Chapter 86: Take care
South Hot Spring is in the southeast of ZQ, belonging to the confluence of the Baxian Mountains and the Tushan Mountains, and between this Jianwen Peak and Huaxi, the Kong family, who learned that the national government would move the capital to ZQ after the war, not only bought real estate on a large scale, but also repaired the Moon Tower very early. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info but Kong Xiangxi still works in Fanzhuang, this fairyland manor full of osmanthus flowers, just the boudoir of his two daughters.
SC is finally a basin, even in winter, it is not too cold, but people are not used to the humidity and fog and fog and difficult to see the sun, just like the current situation - just a month ago, Wuhan was lost, which swept away the excitement brought by the previous victory in Guangzhou. With the fall of Wuhan, the population of ZQ, a city with a population of less than 500,000, immediately skyrocketed, and more than 100,000 people moved here.
Xu Peipei, who entered Sichuan with Kong Lingyi, lived in the Confucius Garden on the bank of the Huaxi River, and after entering the Sichuan, she knew that her husband could not come back for the time being, and just when she was planning to go to Germany, her husband called from Germany, asking her to live in ZQ with peace of mind and explaining that she could go to the city - the Japanese planes bombed ZQ from time to time, and it was too dangerous to go to the city. In the telegram, the husband's gentle language was still the same, and the opening 'My Wife Aijian' made the two sisters of the Kong family laugh for several days. Xu Peipei regretted that she did not go directly to Europe and went to Hankou, but the matter was irreparable, she could only wait here silently.
"Alright, it's all set. Get the baby out. "This day is the child's first birthday, according to the habit is the day of drawing lots, Sister Kong Lingyi, who has never given birth to a child, thinks this is quite interesting, but Jiang Xiuyu, who also came to ZQ, regards this as a major event in the child's life.
On the English carpet in the living room were two pots of charcoal, and in the middle of the charcoal fire was a thick cashmere quilt, on which were placed the things to draw lots: the three-character scripture, gold bars, coins, swords, brushes, and so on. After the child was picked up, he was confused about the situation, so he crawled back into his mother's arms, which caused several women to laugh. The more he laughed, the more the child fell into his mother's arms and refused to come out, but fortunately he didn't cry.
"This kid," Jiang Xiuyu shook her head helplessly after laughing - she is now a famous singer, although she is also a lyric and song written by Li Kongrong, but it is not the same tune as Xu Peipei at all, but it is very suitable for the current situation.
Hansheng said that children born at the end of December are afraid of life. Xu Peipei caressed her daughter, she didn't think it was important to draw lots, especially the girls' family.
"He's got a letter?" After catching it several times, they couldn't catch it, and the two sisters of the Kong family went out after laughing, leaving only Jiang Xiuyu in the living room.
"Nope." Xu Peipei flashed a trace of disappointment, her husband only sent a few short telegrams, in addition to reporting safety, it was to make her feel at ease in ZQ Although the words were unknown, Xu Peipei always felt that something was wrong.
"Then you ......" Jiang Xiuyu sighed secretly, she felt as if she had done something wrong. At the beginning, she strongly persuaded Xu Peipei to go to Hankou - after the Li family in Fuzhou refused to be thousands of miles away, Kong Lingyi may be the only person who made Li Kongrong worry and could stabilize this marriage. After all, the Kong family is a powerful person, and Li Kongrong always doesn't want his career to be known by big people about abandoning his wife and daughter.
"It's good here, too." Xu Peipei smiled against her will. A few months ago, RB Records asked her to release a record, so that she could only live in the YWCA's dormitory for a while.
She was talking here, Kong Lingyi, who answered the phone outside, came back, she reached out to hug the child, made a gesture to spank her ass, and feigned anger: "It's really yours, and you won't catch lots." As she was talking, she didn't want a kumquat to fall off the child, she grabbed the kumquat and looked at Xu Peipei in surprise: "I have already caught it, when will I catch it?" ”
"Ahh When did her daughter catch a kumquat and talk to Jiang Xiuyu, Xu Peipei didn't know, Jiang Xiuyu on the side took the child and praised: "The orange is good, auspicious, this child must be rich and expensive." ”
Jiang Xiuyu was holding the child, Kong Lingyi smiled and pulled Xu Peipei aside, she said: "My cousin inquired about the news, saying that Brother Han Sheng was hired by a department of the National Defense Force. ”
"Hire?" Xu Peipei looked at Kong Lingyi with a blank eye, not knowing what the employment meant. Before, he only said that his husband had official business in Germany and couldn't leave, and the matter of returning to China was canceled.
"Yes. It was the Germans who asked Brother Hansheng to help them do something. Kong Lingyi said, "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also inquired about the news, on the day Han Sheng returned, the German Foreign Ministry and the Embassy in Germany negotiated that it was recommended that he stay temporarily, but how to talk during the period, maybe only Ambassador Cheng Tianfang knows, he will arrive in a few days, I can find someone to ask." ”
"He's fine." Xu Peipei glanced at Kong Lingyi gratefully.
"Brother Hansheng is too good, and the Germans are not willing to let him go." Kong Lingyi smiled, "You can relax." By the way, Zhou Shuchun from the Navy also called just now, and he said that he wanted to come to see you, and he was on his way. ”
"The ...... of the Navy" Xu Peipei was stunned, most of her husband's colleagues were from Fuzhou, considering the attitude of the Li family, she was a little afraid of the navy, but she didn't expect the navy people to take the initiative to come to her.
"It's Adjutant Chen, Minister of the Navy, who just returned from the United States." Kong Lingyi and Zhou Yingcong are familiar with each other, and after signing the submarine contract in Germany, Zhou Yingcong also invited her to drink, hoping that she could say a few more good words in her father's ear, so that the navy could buy one or two more cruisers.
Kong Lingyi said Zhou Yingcong, and Zhou Yingcong, who had made the call, was already on his way to South Hot Spring at this time. The driver was Li Kongrong's adjutant Zhong Qiangong, and Qiu Zhongming was sitting in the co-pilot's seat.
After Li Kongrong left the United States, the work of the Navy's US Preparatory Office was officially launched according to the plan, and the three of them returned from the United States for the purpose of selecting the officers and men of the fleet. It is said that it is a selection, but in fact, the more important work is to bring out the selected officers and soldiers, and there are two destinations besides the United States, one is Hong Kong, where passports and visas are not required for the time being; The second is Fuzhou, compared with Xiamen, Fuzhou has no strategic and economic value, so it has not been occupied by the Japanese army for the time being.
The rebuilding of the fleet was only for the purpose of resisting Japan, and it was very chilling for the government to control the elbows everywhere. There was also an anomaly in Berlin, where Li Kongrong, the mastermind of the entire naval reconstruction, was first ordered to return to China urgently, and then persuaded by the Germans to stay in Germany, bringing a shadow to the naval reconstruction.
The mountain road was bumpy, and the Citroen sedan had to slow down, but the three of them no longer cared about the bumps, they were all stunned by the beautiful scenery of the southern suburbs. Zhong Qiangong, who was looking at the waterfall not far away, said: "This place is where the gods live, right?" ”
"It was Emperor Jianwen who lived." Qiu Zhongming is a SC person and is also familiar with ZQ. "The place where my wife lives should be on the north slope of Jianwen Peak, and there is Huaxi in front of the door."
"Emperor Jianwen? Is it Emperor Jianwen who was ousted from the throne by his uncle? Zhou Yingcong has never been to South Hot Spring, he thinks that the mountains and rivers here are beautiful, and it is really a fairyland on earth.
"That's him. Legend has it that he became a monk here, so it is called Jianwen Peak. Qiu Zhongming said, driving over the mountains, he pointed to a mountain peak in the west and said: "That's it, do you see that house, it should be Confucius Garden." ”
The place pointed out by Qiu Zhongming is surrounded by ancient pine and bamboo forests, and the scenery is dark, and you have to look carefully to see a small Western-style western-style building with gray tiles and white walls. To build a villa in such a place, several people in the car can't help but shake their heads, and only dignitaries can afford to live in this place.
"Madam, Colonel Zhou is here, Miss, please go down." In the afternoon, after sending Jiang Xiuyu away, Xu Peipei was practicing a song sheet in the room, and after the door knocked, the subordinate carefully reported.
"Oh, I'll go down right now." Xu Peipei put down the song sheet in her hand, straightened her clothes and went downstairs. At this time, there was a lot of laughter in the living room, and Zhou Yingcong didn't know what interesting things he was talking about with the two sisters Kong Lingyi. When I saw Xu Peipei, I knew that Colonel Zhou knew each other this week, and last year I watched a movie with my husband and several other sisters, and we all watched a movie together in SH.
"Mrs. Good." Qiu Zhongming met him at SH last year, and when he saw Xu Peipei walking down the stairs, he immediately came over with Zhong Qiangong to salute.
"Mrs. Nice!" Zhong Qiangong also went up to salute. He couldn't help but glance at Xu Peipei, and then he didn't dare to look at it: "I am Chief Li's adjutant in Berlin, and the chief has a lot of support for the lower officials, and the lower officials are impressed." ”
Qiu Zhongming is salute, Zhong Qiangong is bowing, the two of them came up like this, making Xu Peipei a little shy and a little sweet at the same time, at this time Zhou Yingcong also came over, he smiled and said: "Miss Peipei, don't come to be harmed." ”
"It's Mrs. Lee." Kong Lingyi corrected on the side, she took Xu Peipei's hand and said, "Does Peipei know what we were talking about just now?" It's really amazing, Brother Hansheng actually ......" Kong Lingyi was speechless, she took out the jewelry that Zhou Yingcong gave her just now, and sighed: "Look, Brother Hansheng found Western jewelry from the bottom of the sea, three hundred years ago." ”
"This is what the chief bought at auction and gave to the lady and the eldest lady." After Kong Lingyi finished speaking, Zhong Qiangong handed over the two pieces of jewelry that Li Kongrong bought to Xu Peipei.
"Let's see what?" Kong Lingwei hurriedly grabbed it and was about to open the gift, wanting to see what jewelry was inside, Kong Lingyi was trying to stop it, but she still didn't move as fast. Soon the packaging was unpacked, just two very ordinary pieces of gold jewelry, although the shape is unique, but not even a gemstone is set.
"Madam, the chief is honest and honest, and he bought it with all his savings." Zhong Qiangong and Qiu Zhongming on the side were worried that Xu Peipei would be disappointed, and hurriedly explained why this jewelry was so ordinary.
"It's okay, as long as it's sent by him, I like it." Xu Peipei carefully took the jewelry with a smile in her eyes.
"What about ours?" Kong Lingwei threw the gemstone jewelry in his hand, and he didn't quite understand.
"This is a gift from the Admiralty, and every piece of jewelry must be signed by the commander and General Lin." was accidentally asked this question by Kong Lingwei, and Zhou Yingcong had to answer truthfully.
"A gift from the Admiralty?" Kong Lingwei, who was dressed in men's clothes, rolled her eyes, and she said a little unhappily: "Do you have something to ask my father?" ”
"Second Miss Mingjian." Zhou Yingcong reluctantly agreed. "The Navy wants to rebuild its fleet, and I hope to get the support of the national government......"
"Shuchun sit down and talk." Kong Lingyi knows more than her sister, she pulled Xu Peipei to sit down and let him speak slowly.
"Eldest Miss, Second Miss, Mrs. Li: Since the Anti-Japanese War, the navy's ships have basically run out. This outcome was foreseen by Hansheng when he was in Berlin, where I was in Berlin with the Minister and Chief Lin. In addition to suggesting that the navy arrange and arrange for the Ninghai to go overseas in Jinshanwei, Hansheng also drafted a naval reconstruction plan.
Considering the difficult situation, we knew that the government could not afford to rebuild the navy, so we thought of some ways to do it, and the excavation of ancient shipwrecks was one of them. Now that part of the money for the reconstruction of the Navy has been settled, it is only that the Air Force has a lot of opinions on the training of pilots in the Navy, so I would like to ask the eldest lady to say a few kind words in front of President Kong and the president's wife......
Zhou Yingcong explained his intentions, Qiu Zhongming took out two more gifts, and Zhou Yingcong said: "This is for Lord Lingtang and the president's wife, and it can be regarded as a little heart from the navy." ”
Kong Lingyi just took the two boxes of gifts, and Kong Lingwei opened the boxes quickly, although the hall was not bright, but the light of various colored gems still shocked the four seats. Although Qiu Zhongming and Zhong Qiangong knew that it contained high-grade jewelry, they never thought that it would be so dazzling, no wonder it was used to give it to the president's wife and Mrs. Kong. Kong Lingyi was also stunned, she has always been favored by the family, and there are a lot of gems in her private room, but she can't compare it with these two boxes. She understood why Zhong Qiangong and the others had to explain to Xu Peipei just now, compared to her gifts, Xu Peipei's two pieces were shabby, but compared to these two boxes of gemstone jewelry, the ones in her and her sister's hands were still shabby.
"It's too precious." Kong Lingyi was originally going to accept it, but it can be seen that the gift is too expensive, and he doesn't dare to accept it.
"It should." Zhou Yingcong pushed the box over, and the army stuffed in Kong Lingyi's hand only hoped to rebuild and kill the enemy as soon as possible, but the Aviation Committee and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were under control everywhere, and many people could not get passports. ”
"Passport?" Kong Lingyi is not clear. "It's going...... America? ”
"Yes, I plan to send some key personnel to the United States, but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can't get passports, so ......" Zhou Yingcong spat out the Navy's bitterness. The most effective way for the government to do so now was to restrict naval personnel from going abroad, and he had to come to Kong Lingyi for help.
"I'll try." Kong Lingyi heard that she was only applying for a passport, so she accepted the jewelry, and she was not unfamiliar.
"Then thank you, Miss." Zhou Yingcong said with a smile. After chatting for a while, he said to Xu Peipei, "Can you invite Mrs. Li to take a walk in the garden?" ”
The garden was just behind the villa, and Zhou Yingcong walked outside: "Brother Hansheng can't come back for the time being, and his communications are also monitored by the Germans, so it's not good for him to say a lot of things in letters and telegrams." ”
"He, what's wrong with him?" Xu Peipei looked at Zhou Yingcong, and her heart immediately rose.
"He said something he shouldn't have said, and then the Germans persuaded him to stay. He could have returned, but the Navy needed those two submarines, and for the sake of the submarines, he had to stay in Germany. Speaking of this, Zhou Yingcong took out a bag of things from his arms and said: "This is a letter from Hansheng to you, he wants you to take care." (To be continued.) )