As Wang Yongan's secretary, Suo Tudong did not accompany him to Shanghai to meet Chen Qimei, but stayed to assist Li Yao in organizing the deployment of materials. Now his job is to be responsible for communicating with major shipping companies, this job is the most tiring, the person in charge of the major shipping companies Tiannan Haibei's accent even speaks foreign language with foreigners, if it weren't for Suo Tudong who has been working in the Beijing Normal University Hall for ten years and has seen a big scene, he would have been scared away. However, even the work in the Beijing Normal University Hall was not satisfactory, especially after Yuan Shikai entered Beijing, Suo Tudong, as a banner man, was gradually set aside, and with his indisputable temperament, he was fine. Now that I have suddenly accepted such a high-intensity work, I am really a little busy for a while. However, the busy work made him regain his fighting spirit and enthusiasm, although he was tired but full of energy, Suo Tudong walked every day and rejuvenated the second spring of his life.

After a hard day, he returned to the inn where he was staying, and when he opened the door, he saw his wife and daughter covering their mouths and talking and laughing, so he walked over and asked, "You two are talking hotly, what are you talking about?" ”

"I'm not telling you." Suo Ling'er said mischievously.

Suo Tudong pretended to be angry and said: "The female university is not in the middle, the female is not in the middle, they have learned to keep secrets with Abailiu, if the girl gets married one day, she will definitely forget me and you." ”

"What is Abay nonsense?" Suo Ling'er said with a red face and a sigh.

When Suo Tudong's wife heard that he seemed to have something to say, she immediately asked: "Aigen, is someone proposing to our family?" Who is it, how is the family, and how old is this year? (Aigen, Manchu meaning husband, head of the house)

Suo Tudong smiled dumbly and said: "How can anyone dare to propose marriage to our daughter, and don't look at who our daughter's crush is, it is a famous ......."

"Nene, don't listen to my nonsense, I want to serve you, I want to be with you all the time." Suo Ling'er immediately interjected and shouted.

Suo's wife said: "I don't want you to accompany us for the rest of your life, then you really become an old girl?" ”

When Suo Tudong was about to speak again, Suo Ling'er immediately changed the topic and said, "Abai, you have to congratulate me, because I have found an errand and can earn my own money." ”

"Errands? Did you really find an errand? Why don't I believe it, it's up to you to ......" Suo Tudong shook his head, "What errand can you do as a girl, won't it be to wash clothes for others and be a girl in raccoons?" We don't dare to do this errand, no matter how down-and-out the Suo family is, they won't let the daughter of the Suo family be a Huanyi girl, you can save your worries. ”

Suo Ling'er jumped down from the bed, crossed her waist and said angrily, "Abai, is it true that in your eyes, your daughter and I are so poor?" I can't do any other errands than the Raccoon Girl? Tell you, Abai, listen up, don't scare you, I'm a dignified teacher now, well, called a children's teacher here. ”

Suo Tudong was so busy that he didn't know the news outside of work, so he hurriedly asked, "What do you mean by this children's teacher?" Mr. Woman? ”

Suo Ling'er immediately made a teacher's posture, held her neck high with her hands behind her back and said, "Abai, you see that you are still a scholar, don't you understand." Let your daughter explain it to you so that you can fill your mind. ”

Sotu raised his hand and said, "Believe it or not, I beat you up?" Suo's wife giggled on the side, this father and daughter, the party is really a pair of living treasures.

Suo Ling'er immediately jumped to the side, a little farther away from her father, and then explained complacently: "Abai, let me tell you, lest you don't understand anything. Our 100,000 town-border troops marched westward, and there was no one to teach the children of the army's families, so the town-border army headquarters decided to establish an education yamen to manage the children's education of the army's families in a unified manner. They decided to recruit more than 40 teachers, and there were no restrictions on men and women, no age restrictions, and no diplomas, whether they studied in the West or in middle school, as long as they were interested in going west with the army, they all arranged an errand. Your clever dear Gege, I went to compete for the job, and they were impressed by my talent, and hired me as a female gentleman, responsible for teaching sixty children aged seven to eight in the four classes of the town's border army every year. It is said that my job is called the head teacher, and I am responsible for the management of children. ”

Suo Tudong applauded and smiled: "Not bad, really good, you are much more promising than your Abai, and I have less than twenty people under me." It seems that you were born in the wrong era, if you have more than a hundred years, you can be a queen. ”

"That's natural, and I don't look at who educated it, I'm the daughter of a scholar." Suo Ling'er said happily, hugging Suo Tudong's neck and coquettishly, the old couple laughed and leaned back together.

Suo's wife smiled: "You can praise each other." Aigen, you don't know yet, your daughter's monthly salary is five taels of silver, although it is only a quarter of your monthly salary, but this monthly salary is more than the eunuchs in the palace. ”

Suo Ling'er was immediately unconvinced, pinched her waist and said: "What are you talking about, how can you compare me with the eunuchs in the palace, I'm angry, I'm angry." After that, he turned around and left, but when he saw that his mother didn't stay, he said angrily, "I really want to leave?" ”

Suo's wife waved her hand and said, "Rest early, I have to teach students tomorrow, you can't take other people's wages for nothing, right?" ”

"That's right, I'm a female gentleman now, so I need to rest early." Suo Ling'er hurriedly kowtowed to her parents, and then turned to leave. Suo Ling'er had just walked a few steps, and suddenly remembered that his little coat had been forgotten in his parents' house, and they should not have slept at this time, so he turned around and was about to knock on the door, but he heard his mother in the house say: "Aigen, what do you mean that no one dares to propose marriage to our daughter?" Is it because our daughter is widowed and unlucky, and others dare not mention marriage? Or is it because our family is a flag person, and they look down on our family? Suo Ling'er's ears immediately stood up in a daze like a rabbit, and she hurriedly leaned on the door and eavesdropped on the crack in the door.

Suo Tudong shook his head and said: "You think too much, it's not, in fact, there are countless people who want to propose to our family, do you really think that they are all blind, and they can't see the fragrance of our daughter?" There are so many people in Beijing who propose marriage to our family, let alone here. ”

"What's the reason for that?" Suo's wife asked hurriedly.

Suo Tudong said: "You, you don't care about your daughter at all, you don't know as much as his two brothers." ”

Suo's wife said angrily: "Your father, son and daughter are all hiding from me, are you bullying me not to go out, and I will also apply for a female gentleman one day." ”

Suo Tudong couldn't help but smile: "You don't know how to practice, what kind of fun." ”

Suo's wife said: "I teach children embroidery. ”

Suo Tudong patted his head and said, "Don't mess around, I see my daughter's temperament is up to you." ”