There is a strange phenomenon in Tianjin, where wealthy people and foreign nationals are working, entertaining, and spending money near Consul General Du's Quan Ye Chang on Consul General Road in the French Concession. However, he lived in the area on both sides of the five roads of "Machang Road, Mu Nan Road, Dali Road, Changde Road and Chongqing Road in the British Concession".

It is a garden-style western-style western-style western-style building and European-style courtyard in the vicinity of more than 20 streets in the British Concession area of Tianjin, mainly on Machang Road, bringing together British, French, Italian, German and Spanish architectural styles. The street maintains an elegant and quiet appearance, and coming to the vicinity of Racecourse Road is like walking into the International Architecture Museum.

I sat on the rickshaw, looking at the exquisite small western-style buildings on both sides of the street, as well as the clean and quiet streets, and I felt like I had walked into a small city in Europe. Everything was so quiet and comfortable. But these are all based on the blood, tears and humiliation of the Chinese, the country is weak and the people are poor!

In a trance, I arrived at the Xu Mansion and saw that this was a European courtyard-style building, the courtyard was full of green trees, and the courtyard wall of the building was covered with green creepers, covering the original appearance of the building but bringing a touch of coolness to the early summer of May.

Under the leadership of the Xu family, Mr. Yu and I walked into the main building with a gift, and there was a large Western-style living room. In front of the staircase in the middle stood an old man on crutches older than his father. When I saw this, I hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down and kowtowed.

"Xu Shibo, you are well!"

"Good! Good! Okay! You kid, what kind of gift do you do without a festival? Hurry up! ”

The old man was glad that I was not seen, and he didn't care about my great gift, but he just stretched out his hand and let me bow down. Originally, too, the two families have a good relationship and a good family, and the younger generation should share the gift to the elders, and there is no shame! What's more, when his old man was doing foreign affairs in Tianjin, this old man was still his father's top boss.

"Hee-hee! Father! Where did this kowtow worm come from! A crisp lark-like voice rang out from outside the door.

"What kowtow bugs? Not a spark of decency! Come and see you Brother Zhang! Although the old man scolded, his voice revealed a pampering.

"Daddy! What brother? Who is he? "A little girl of sixteen or seventeen ran in from outside the door. The head of the student with eyebrow bangs is wearing a women's student uniform during the Republic of China, which is indescribably youthful and beautiful. At first glance, you can tell that I grew up in a honey pot.

"Don't be rude! What it looks like! ~~~ Pengxiang! This is your little sister Xu Yating. It's my old girl, and I'm spoiled! Don't worry about it. ”

"Shibo! You're serious. I think Xiao Shimei is innocent and straightforward, very cute! ”

"Hehe, a wild girl with no rules!" The old man then invited me to sit on the European sofa in the living room.

"How is your father doing?"

"Fortunately, now the eldest brother has taken over the business. My father is at home for a long time! Raising flowers and playing Tai Chi every day is to complain that the eldest brother does not give him a grandson to play! After a pause, he glanced at the little girl who was churning around the present, and continued:

"I went to Shanghai this time, passing through Tianjin, and my father repeatedly told my little nephew to come to visit Shibo."

"Blessed is your father! The children are each angry. ~~~ I heard that the Beijing government wants to ask him to come out and do things? ”

As if he didn't care, the words changed, and the words turned a little stiff. Hearing this, I was stunned for a moment. Who am I? A frequent visitor to the forum in the previous life, an old bird in a crooked building, obedient and listening, that is a necessary skill! The two lifetimes of speculation on people's hearts are no worse than your old oilman in officialdom. I took a meaningful look at the old man's expression.

What do you mean? Tempting the father? If it's a temptation, what is the old man? Pour Yuan's? Or is it Nanjing?

I know from the history of my previous life that in 1914, that is, in January of this year, the President ordered the dissolution of the Congress and the abolition of the Provisional Statute, which caused the power of the President to skyrocket unprecedentedly.

So now there are a lot of people who are dissatisfied with the president because the power in the hands of these people has been taken away. I just don't know what kind of faction the old man is. At this time, it is better to be cautious and say less.

"The Secretariat of the Presidential Office once approached my father, but my father refused. My father is old, and he doesn't have the energy to worry about it. So he didn't want to go out of the mountain himself, and his family didn't want him to work too hard. ”

I replied cautiously. Although I don't understand politics, I still have a sensitivity to politics that must be seen in the modern daily "News Network". The good impression of the old man when they first met was immediately discounted.

That's what it is! ~~~ This kind of big question related to personal political future and family fate, you, a good elder of the family, don't ask the parties, but ask a junior from the side? How much do you mean? Thereupon------

"My eldest brother Wenhan is now working in Nanjing?"

You will change the topic, and we can also interrupt the building! The east wind blows the war drums, who is afraid of whom!

"Huh? ~~~ Oh, he's in Nanjing! ”

The old man was a little unaccustomed to the crooked building I started with. The old man is also very careful, there are many in Nanjing. It's the same as not saying it. He thought I was going to continue the conversation! How can I do what you want!

"Xiao Shimei is also 17 this year, right?"

"Ah~~~ It's 17, and I've grown up in a blink of an eye."

"My eldest brother Wenhan brought his family to Nanjing? Why didn't I see my little nephew? ”

"Huh?! Oh! ~~~~~~”

"Nanjing is hot now! That's one of the five major stoves in China! Brother Wen Han took my little nephew with him, isn't that a child suffering! ”

"Hey! Not really! ”

"Actually! People can't be too hot, too hot will make people live short. A doctor in the United Kingdom found that people and animals living in high latitudes far from the equator generally live longer than those in the lower dimensions of the tropics. So, we have to take my little nephew back, just the adults, and the children can't suffer from that sin! ”

"Ah??? Oh! ~~~~~~”

The two-hour Afterlife Irrigation Dialogue ~~~~~~ omitted here

Two hours later, the old man's mind could no longer keep up with the speed of the conversation and the complexity of the content, and he was already dizzy by me, and his mind was in a state of extreme overheating!! It's just a passive "Hmm! ~~Ah~~Oh!! "That's it. How did he know that there was an army of online irrigation in modern times?

"Giggle~~~ha!! Father! You've got a real opponent! Zhang Pengxiang! You're funny! ~~~”

Alas! I was seen through by this little girl. Bystanders! There is a little embarrassment on the face.

"Nonsense! Call Brother Xiang! No politeness! ~~~ Go and tell Liu's mother to leave guests for dinner at noon. ”

Faint~! It's called "Brother Xiang"??? It's better to call it by your full name! This reminds me of the bad memories of the "Eat Xiang" clip on the Internet.

"Virtuous nephew! Let's eat at home at noon! Since your eldest brother Wenhan moved away, there are only two people left in the house, me and your little sister, so it's strange to be cold. ”

"Yes, Sebo! That's bothering! That's right~~~ Shibo! My father also asked me to bring a letter from home. ”

As he spoke, he took a look at Mr. Yu, who had been loading wooden people for a long time. Lao Yu hurriedly handed over the letter and gift list. (In family relationships, letters are referred to as "family letters.") ）

"Your father said in his letter that you went to Shanghai to buy British cloth this time?" After reading the letter, Old Man Xu gently put it on the coffee table in front of him and asked.

Dizzy! This lie is ridiculous, and my father still takes it seriously. It seems that it is true that a lie requires countless lies to be rounded.

"Ahh It was a friend of mine who studied abroad and saw an opportunity to partner with me. Both of us were new to business, so the family didn't intervene, just let me try. Not a big deal! The main thing is to get out and about. ”

"Huh? You're going to Shanghai? Father! I'm going too! The little girl didn't know when she had come back, and she was tired of lying next to her father.

"Nonsense! ~~~ What are you running around blindly with a girl! ”

"Humph! Old feudal! Father! ~~~" The female long tune is crooked, the kind of tired of the dead. I shuddered.

"Virtuous nephew! You see? What does ~~~~~~ mean? I don't want to go into trouble. This girl is too different from my third aunt, the little girl is a real Miss Jiao.

"Shibo! You see, I only brought my third aunt out this time. So the identity is not suitable to greet Xiao Shimei!. Look at this ~~~~~~"

I looked at the old man for a rare time, hoping that he would understand that I didn't want to get into trouble.

"Hear me? Stay honest at home! Go to school well! ”

"What? You're married to three wives, aren't you? How old are you! ”

I've got a black line on my face, what's the matter? Besides, how is your trip good? I have a hairy relationship with a few aunts! This girl's mind jumps so much!

"It's not! No~! ~~~ I travel with you, what does it have to do with the woman you bring? What does it have to do with identity? What age is it! ”

The little girl immediately realized that she had said the wrong point, and quickly corrected it.

I looked at the old man with a wry smile, and the old man looked at me helplessly and said, "This girl's mother went early, no one taught her, and she didn't understand anything!" Got me spoiled! ”

It's spoiled! I don't even understand the sophistication of the family! In the past, it was a big joke, and it was impossible to get married. Or as the old saying goes, (a son who has lost his father cannot marry, and a daughter who has lost his mother cannot marry.) Oh!

"Sister Shi! If my mother knew that you were going out with my aunt and me, she would have skinned me!" There is no reason for my aunt to come forward to entertain the serious lady of the world! You understand? ”

I tried my best to explain that I wanted her to discourage her intention of going to Shanghai.

"What's that? If you don't say it, I don't say it, and my father doesn't say it, how can your mother know? Right! Father!? ”

Dizzy~~~ This girl is really used to boundlessness! Now it's not just me with black lines on my face, but the old man is already covered with ink waterfalls.

"Virtuous nephew! You see! ~~~ I'm too old to walk, her brother and sister-in-law are in the field, it's not a matter of encircling her so much, the girl always wants to see the world when she's older, I think this is just an opportunity, and the virtuous nephew is reluctant to make it difficult??? ”

She can't see the world and has a hairy relationship with me! I found out that this visit was the wrong one. So, in reluctance, a small tail is freshly baked! After talking about the details of the trip and making an appointment with the sailing schedule, the old man immediately sent a servant to buy a ferry ticket. And said that we would wait at the hotel on the day of departure, and the old man sent a car to take us to the pier.

In my depression, I said goodbye and went back to the hotel.