"So, you're going to live here, not dispose of it?"

The so-called listening to the string song and knowing the meaning of elegance, as soon as Ruth said to borrow money, Wang Mengxiong guessed what her idea was. What she said just now was not all acting and crying poor, but she really needed these expenses to maintain the operation of such a big house. As a friend of the priest couple before his death, Chu Yigong is really likely to come up with this part of the money. Even if he refused, his nephew named Chu Ming would probably be willing.

"Of course, it remains, after all, it has the marks of my childhood and the good times I spent with my parents. Now that I have no relatives and no property in Britain, I plan to make this my home! Even if it's borrowing money, I'll keep it going. ”

Ruth really liked it from the bottom of her heart, and although the good memories were mixed with pain, they were mostly happy. In addition, it was the vibrancy of the place that attracted her, making her feel that even if she could breathe the air here every day, it was worth putting down roots here.

"So what are you going to do from here? The cost of this house is not a small amount in a year, and you can't rely on borrowing money to tear down the east wall and make up the west wall, right? ”

Wang Mengxiong's words are actually half because he cares, and the other half is worried about his remuneration this time. If Miss Ruth can't only get in and out, not to mention that her conscience is big and she pays him extra money, even Master Chu's capital will be folded in.

"You don't have to worry about this, when I settle down, I will apply to teach English at the Chinese and Western Girls' School. The founder was Mr. Lin Lezhi, a missionary of the American Methodist Church in Shanghai, who was also a close friend of my father's life. I'm going to do work with him, and it's going to be fine. ”

The Chinese and Western girls' school that Ruth mentioned is very famous in Shanghai, and was founded in 1892. At least Wang Mengxiong knew that almost all the families of the children studying there were either rich or noble, such as the famous Song Ai, Song Qing, and Song Mei, who had studied there successively. Such a school has always been wealthy, and it is estimated that the salary of the teaching staff is enough for her to maintain her daily expenses, and perhaps her own remuneration can also be settled.

Before the two separated, Wang Mengxiong still left Ruth Jing Dingcheng's contact information.

He has two worries, one is that No. 69 Fushuang Road is a former murderous mansion after all, and if Ruth only relies on herself to recruit servants, it is estimated that he will not be able to recruit any of them. It's okay for Chinese people to talk about this kind of murderous house after dinner, but if they are here, I'm afraid no one will dare to do it. If you don't say that this Ruth is stupid and bold, she dares to live here for a long time with her trust in Wang Mengxiong, what a thick nerve! Another reason is the covetousness of outsiders. Even when the house was murdered, there was a group of beggars who occupied the place. If the murderous house becomes a normal house, not to mention that such a large courtyard will be worth a lot of money, even the price of the houses around this Fushuang Road will also rise. Ruth is alone, even if she is a citizen of the Kingdom of Britain, but in Shanghai Beach, it is nothing. With Jing Dingcheng's contact information, Ruth can use the power of the Axe Gang once she asks for help.

It was a little late to return to Chengxin School, but the gentleman who taught the class couldn't bear to be harsh when he saw him sweating profusely, and Wang Mengxiong's grades were very good, and he was friendly with his classmates, and he has always been loved by gentlemen of various disciplines. But in full view of the public, the gentleman did not want to make a bad impression on the student, but still stretched out the ring ruler, struck him three times on the palm of his hand, and told him to return to his seat.

Although Wang Mengxiong has a strong magic to protect his body, he doesn't care about this beating, but he can still feel Mr.'s board when he is heavy and lightly, so he cooperates to make a painful appearance, so that Mr. praises the son of a teachable!

At the same table is a little fat man, his name is Wu Gouming, it is said that this name is still taken off by his father when he reads Li Taibai's chivalrous travel, and the first sentence of the opening sentence "Zhao Keman Hu Ying, Wu Goushuang Xueming" was taken off in the original way. He usually has a good relationship with Wang Mengxiong, and knows that although his body looks thin, he has a super ability to resist blows. Mr. These three boards came down, and it would be fine if he had nothing to do, but now this deliberate frowning look is obviously fake.

Wang Mengxiong saw the little fat man's eyebrows and eyes, and knew that this guy had a lot of ghosts, so he saw the clues. However, in order to take care of everyone's emotions, I still put my index finger to my mouth and made a silent movement. Everyone is a smart person, and they understand it, and they look at each other and smile and listen attentively to Mr. 's explanation.

For several days, the wind and waves were calm, and even the news in the newspapers was the same. It's nothing more than the north and the south fighting each other, and no one will let anyone. Today you fight me, tomorrow I will attack you, the two sides come and go, and the fight is inseparable, but on the whole, the north still has the advantage. After all, now that Duan Dashuai is back in power, his soldiers are like wolves and tigers, and with the help of the righteousness of the government, he mobilizes people from all walks of life to attack the south in many ways, and the followers are like clouds.

However, this stalemate was broken on April 24. Wang Mengxiong saw the news of the declaration and knew that Wu Ziyu, a fierce general under Cao Dashuai and the commander of the Third Division, led his troops to occupy Hengyang. He suddenly remembered the middle-aged general he met at the Hanyang Railway Station, and knew that this time this person was shining, and he was one step closer to the step of directly entering the Central Plains. However, the good times did not last long, because Duan Dashuai actually ignored Wu Ziyu's great military exploits and forcibly granted the position of Hunan overseer and concurrently chief executive to Zhang Yao of the Anhui department, which made Cao and Wu very dissatisfied, and stopped moving forward after occupying Hengyang. At the end of May, Cao Dashuai returned to Shijinmen without authorization, and in mid-June, he privately signed a cease-fire agreement with the representatives of Guilin and shook hands and made peace. This situation has become more and more intense, but it has actually died down and the flames of war have been extinguished!

The speculators in Shanghai scolded their mothers this time, calling Cao Dashuai not interesting. Originally, everyone saw the opportunity to stock up a lot of goods, just waiting for the war to intensify, and took the opportunity to sell it to make two or three times the profit. As soon as the ceasefire agreement was signed, prices plummeted, and many speculators did not have time to sell their inventories, so they directly smashed the materials in their hands. Some silver banks have come to collect debts, causing businessmen to vomit blood and sell them one after another, making prices even worse, and some people have already gone bankrupt and jumped off buildings, which has become news in the newspapers.

The Axe Gang also hoarded a lot of supplies, but under Wang Mengxiong's reminder, they had already fled before the avalanche came, although they didn't make much money, but compared to those who jumped off the building, Wang Yaqiao was still very happy, and he attached more and more importance to Wang Mengxiong's advice. During this period, Miss Ruth really found Jing Dingcheng and helped her to solve the problem of hiring servants and sending those bloodsuckers. Although the bigwigs of the Axe Gang did not come forward, their prestige was growing stronger, faintly overshadowing the momentum of the green and red gangs, and it still made those red-eyed people retreat, and they no longer dared to bully a weak foreign woman. Even the servants also came to see the work, and for a while, No. 69 Fushuang Road became a popular place.

This year's summer came as scheduled, and these bigwigs in the north temporarily divided up their vested interests, and a lot of them stopped, and the south began to be chaotic again. On May 4, Mr. Sun submitted his resignation and issued a telegram of resignation. On the 20th, the south elected Tang Yi, Tang Yao, Mr. Sun, Wu Fang, Lin Yi, Lu Ting, and Cen Xuan as presidents, with Cen Xuan as the chief president. The reorganized South was completely controlled by the South-Western factions. Mr. Sun saw that it was difficult to repay the burden, and he was unwilling to go along with it, so he left angrily, and even resigned with the general surnamed Guo under his command, and returned to the Northeast.