Early the next morning, Lao Yi drove over to accompany Hu Wenkai to pick up his father-in-law, who had known Dubson Hu Wenkai's father-in-law before. Two cars are parked at the exit of the train station waiting for the train to arrive.

Lao Yi sat in Shanghai to help Hu Wenkai save a lot of energy, and the stall is getting bigger and bigger, and people who have not believed in it are not good. At the suggestion of Hu Wenkai, Lao Yi's mother-in-law and Carrota jointly built a garment processing factory in Wujiang, with Carrota providing sewing machines and Lao Yijia providing professional technology. Just opened, Hu Wenkai gave them orders for thousands of sets of military uniforms and factory overalls.

Dubson, a tall, thin man in a gray suit and carrying a shabby suitcase, walked out of the station with his wife, and Carrotta flew over like a bird and hugged them, and the three stopped to talk not far away.

Dubson took Hu Wenkai's hand, looked him up and down, nodded and said, "Carrotta's boyfriend?" Mr. Hu Wenkai. ”

Hu Wenkai replied cautiously: "Yes, Mr. Dubson is favored by Carrotta. ”

Carrotta walked over and grabbed Hu Wenkai's arm and said, "Mom, this is Hu Wenkai." ”

The couple spoke fluent Chinese, and Mrs. Dubson smiled and nodded without speaking.

The couple first reported to the diocese, and Hu Wenkai and Lao Yi sent them to the diocese, while Carotta stayed behind to accompany her parents.

Lao Yi drove the car and laughed: "Boss, you will also have this day, what is the hairy son-in-law to see the old man in Chinese." ”

Hu Wenkai grabbed his scalp in embarrassment and said, "There's no way, it's Carrotta's parents." ”

"Lao Yi, you said that this thing will not be impossible, right?"

Lao Yi comforted: "Haha, you didn't see your mother-in-law look at you like her own son." Boss 10,000 rest assured. ”

Hu Wenkai wondered if he cared too much about the approval of Carrotta's parents, and was too worried.

In fact, Dubson is quite interested in Hu Wenkai, since the last disaster relief and the admission of 200 orphans, Dubson has recognized Hu Wenkai. However, as an old man, he still has to put up a shelf at the train station. You can't agree to your daughter marrying him Hu Wenkai as soon as they meet.

At noon, Carrotta drove the Dubsons to No. 3, Lane 181, and according to Hu Wenkai's opinion, they were to be picked up, but Dubson said that it was not so cumbersome and did not need to be picked up.

The couple brought bacon from Sichuan, and Hu Wenkai personally cooked a plate of bacon and green peppers. As the family of four sat down to eat, Dubson pointed to the photos on the wall and said, "You guys are cutting first and then playing, and we have to confirm that the photos have been taken." ”

Hu Wenkai opened his mouth and couldn't speak, but Carrota pulled him up and said, "Hu Wenkai still doesn't respect your old Taishan wine." ”

Holding the wine glass in both hands, his face flushed and said, "Old Taishan is on top, my son-in-law toasts you." ”

Dubson and his wife began to ask Hu Wenkai's family, and carefully answered one by one, Dubson said that he had come back this time specifically for Carrota's engagement, and that after the engagement, they would go to Sichuan to preach. They didn't want Carrota to get married too soon, after all, Carrota was only in her early twenties, and the old couple wanted them to wait another two years before getting married.

Hu Wenkai assured these demands one by one, and at the table Dubson talked about the miserable life of the people in Sichuan, and the warlords amassed wealth regardless of the lives of the people. Hu Wenkai was only sympathetic and offered that he and Karotta set up a fund dedicated to improving the lives of the people in the Dubson Mission.

Dubson said that everyone's life is difficult, you still have to live your own life, your little money is a drop in the bucket, and the essence cannot be solved.

Carrotta lowered her head and nodded with a smile and said, "It's still Dad who didn't let Wen Kai bleed to us." ”

Dubson is also a person who can't be quiet, and proposes to go to Tianfen tomorrow to visit the Sichuan orphans, and Carrotta immediately picks up the phone to get through the company, and tomorrow the ship is requisitioned by Hu Wenkai.

The whole company knew that the boss and his father-in-law were back, and when they received the call, they asked if Carrotta's parents were going to Tianfen, and Carrotta didn't say much after a while.

Dubson was a missionary to China by the American Presbyterian Church and is a physician himself and a graduate of George Washington University. He practiced medicine and missionary work in Sichuan, and was also responsible for teaching and training Chinese students.

The next day, the ship arrived in Yong'an Town, and the railway station hung a slogan: Warmly welcome the Dubson couple to visit Haimen. Hu Wenkai and Carrotta looked at each other and shook their heads, neither of them knowing what was going on.

In front of the station, hundreds of people such as Yang Siliang, Wu Hongxia, Jiang Qiuming, and Chen Jiaxiang greeted them. The Dubson couple were a little dumbfounded, and Hu Wenkai pulled Yang Siliang over and asked what was going on. Yang Siliang said that Lao Yi telegraphed over and said that the boss and his father-in-law would come to Tianfen and let them do a good job of reception.

The reception work is not to be done like this, Yang Siliang said that this is everyone's opinion to the boss Zhuangwei. Tianfen has prepared a team of gongs and drums.

It was all kind, but fortunately Dubson shook hands with everyone after a brief loss of consciousness and got on the train. When the train stopped at Tianfen Station, the siblings, Hu Taojiang and Hu Taoying, dressed in brand new clothes, greeted Dubson at the station, and Carotta explained to her parents that the two were orphans she and Hu Wenkai had adopted.

Dubson picked up Hu Taoying and led Hu Taojiang out of the platform, Yang Siliang arranged two buses to go to Tianfen School, and on the way Dubson couldn't stop saying that the construction of this place is better than Sichuan.

After this meeting, a medical preacher in Dubson, the couple was taken to Tianfen National Primary School, where the children were in the classroom, and the twenty-person dormitory was neatly folded. The school has a large cafeteria, and the brothers and sisters Hu Taojiang and Hu Taoying also live here, and the two introduced them to Dubson.

There were people of all colors in the land, English, French, Russians, Americans, everyone was in a hurry about their own business. Only then did Dubson realize that his son-in-law was the head of the land.

Hu Wenkai hurriedly explained that he didn't mean it, and Carrotta also explained that the two of them didn't know that there was such a big ceremony here, and they couldn't blame Hu Wenkai.

Dubson shook his head and said, "I don't mind anything, I see more than 200 orphans sitting in the classroom, Wen Kai, my daughter is handed over to you, I don't worry." ”

Carrotta hurriedly put forward the suggestion discussed with Hu Wenkai: "Dad, there is a lack of hospitals and doctors in Tianfen, Wenkai means that you should not go to Sichuan, stay in Tianfen to practice medicine." Didn't you want to teach, but you can stay and teach here because Far Eastern University will open a medical department. ”

Dubson didn't answer, but Mrs. Dubson said let your father think about it. Hu Wenkai walked quietly with his father-in-law, and Carrotta held his mother and kept talking.

"Wen Kai, I have written to John, who is practicing medicine and preaching in East China, asking him to come and help you set up a hospital. Sichuan is too miserable to be inseparable from me, and your mother-in-law and I won't come over for the time being. Don't worry about us, after all, we're U.S. citizens. Dubson said in a whisper.

Hu Wenkai had no choice but to say: "Carlotta and I respect your decision, and the two of us will donate a batch of medicines to you." ”

At noon, Liang Qichao hosted a banquet to entertain the Dubsons and his wife, and in Liang Qichao's words, Hu Wenkai was his close disciple, which was equivalent to half of his son.

Dubson also knew Liang Qichao's name in China, and asked for a painting for his friend in Sichuan. Liang Qichao praised Hu Wenkai as a rare young man since ancient times, and directly felt happy for Dubson. and said that he must be a witness to the engagement, otherwise he will leave Tianfen and never come again, and the old child's temper was immediately revealed.

Hu Wenkai and Carrotta discussed whether to hold an engagement in a low-key manner, and chose to hold it in the factory auditorium on Yatian South Road, and Liang Qichao was a witness to the engagement. The guests invited Wilton, Dewey, Adele, Carr, Zhang Jingjiang, Chiang Kai-shek, a group of friends from the company, and friends from the parish of Dubson.

The engagement date was set for Sunday morning, Liang Qichao stood up to announce the start of the engagement ceremony between Mr. Hu Wenkai and Miss Carrotta, Liang Qichao read Hu Wenkai's birth date and resume, and Dubson read Carrotta's birth date and resume. Liang Qichao announced that Hu Wenkai was officially engaged to Carrotta. Firecrackers rang out outside the auditorium.

After a busy day, I finally returned to No. 3, Lane 181, and rested alone on the sofa. It has been a year since I traveled to Shanghai in May last year, and I was originally here to enjoy happiness, but I was busier than my previous life and had to bear responsibility. Busyness will accompany him in this life, and it is rare to be alone and quiet today.