Li Zhen took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down.

At this point, the critical moment finally came.

Li Zhen said slowly: "This time I led a team to the U.S. Commonwealth, and I was invited by President Lincoln. At the same time, I came to the Federation for another purpose, to learn from the Federation's experience in establishing higher military schools. When the Civil War broke out, President Lincoln invited me to help with the war, so I, Liu Jintang, Chen Yucheng, and Huang Qiang came to Washington, D.C., but others had already visited Harvard University and Yale University to consult with experts from the two comprehensive universities in the hope of gaining experience in building schools. ”

"China is an ancient country with a long history, and Confucius thousands of years ago was a great educator with seventy-two disciples. At that time, education in China had already begun to take shape. But until now, most of the schools that exist are private schools, or useless places like the state's selection of Baguwen. To this end, I want to build a school to create a good atmosphere for the people of China. ”

"Mr. Scott has been in the military for more than 50 years, has a wealth of combat experience, and has a wealth of life experience. Now that Mr. Scott has just retired, I have come to visit Mr. Scott and would like to ask Mr. Scott to accompany me to China to be a professor at the military academy. ”

Li Zhen looked sincere and said, "I know this is a very rude request, after all, Mr. Scott will face the problem of relocating his family. However, I will make sure that Mr. Scott will come back every year. Mr. Scott, could you please consider it. ”

After hearing this, Scott's eyes widened and then he shook his head.

He is over 70 years old, and he doesn't know how many more years he will live, and if he leaves, will he be able to return to China?

Moreover, he was still waiting for the end of the war between the North and the South.

After Scott made a decision, he said, "President Lee, thank you for your help, I haven't ...... yet"

In the middle of his sentence, there was a knock on Scott's door.

He immediately stopped, gave Li Zhen an apologetic look, and got up to open the door. When the door opened, I saw a woman in her sixties walking in with a vegetable basket, her face was already full of weather, her temples were white, but her eyes were shrewd.

Li Zhen's heart moved, and he guessed who this was? So stand up immediately.

"Maria, why did you come back so soon?" Scott no longer has the demeanor of a wise man, and even said with a smirk on his old face, very flatteringly.

Maria snorted and said, "I'll never come back, you'll have more fox friends." ”

Scott explained: "He's not your average friend! ”

Maria glared at Scott and said in a deep voice, "Old man, do you still dare to talk back?" ”

Scott hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Don't dare, don't dare!" ”

When Li Zhen saw this scene, his eyes almost fell, it seems that the old gentleman is a strict wife! There is no status in front of his wife. Li Zhen felt funny when he thought that the old gentleman was commanding Ruo Ding on the battlefield, invincible, and a big hero on the battlefield, but he had no status when he returned home. This combination is really very strange.

Maria sat down on her own, ignoring Li Zhen.

Scott smiled slightly and explained: "Mr. Li, this is my wife Maria, she is very virtuous, I feel very happy to be able to go through the longest time of my life with her, and grow old slowly. ”

Li Zhen blinked, why did he feel that the old gentleman was weak-hearted? And Scott mentioned his name and did not address the president, but changed his name to Mr. Lee.

Sure enough, when Mary heard this, the anger on her face calmed down slightly.

Li Zhen sat down and said, "Madam, hello, I'm Li Zhen!" ”

Maria nodded and said very politely: "Mr. Li, Scott is hospitable, I can't stop it, but if you want to see him in the future, you can invite him to a banquet or something, and try to visit the house as little as possible." ”

Scott hurriedly gestured with his eyes to keep Maria silent.

Unfortunately, Maria glared at old Mr. Scott, and he stopped talking.

Li Zhen smiled and said, "Madame said it well, but I want to invite Mr. Scott, I'm afraid he won't come." ”

Mary waved her hand and said, "It's okay, just tell me next time, he will definitely go." ”

Li Zhen said: "Yes, yes! ”

He said in his heart that Scott's wife was really a tough person, and he crushed Scott to death.

Maria threw the basket of vegetables she was carrying to Scott, and said helplessly, "Your old pocket watch was pawned for three hundred dollars, and it is not worth much." If I continue like this, I'm going to be hungry. I'm tired, you go wash the vegetables. ”

Seeing that Li Zhen was still there, Scott hesitated.

"Not yet!"

Mary's eyes widened and she roared.

Scott shuddered, left with the basket of vegetables, and gave Li Zhen an apologetic look. After Scott left, Li Zhen smiled and said, "Madam is so happy to be able to marry a good-tempered person like Mr. Scott." If it were someone else, it would definitely not be so peaceful. One look at Mr. Scott's attitude towards you, and you know that he loves you very much. ”

Mary said proudly, "Of course, I am his wife." ”

After a while, Maria asked, "Mr. Lee, most of the White House officials Scott knows, I haven't seen a yellow-skinned person come to the house." How did you meet? What to do with Scott? ”

Li Zhen smiled slightly and said: "I am the president of China, and I have come to the United States for a visit by President Lincoln. ”

"The President of China?" Maria's eyes widened.

Li Zhen saw Scott stand up from the kitchen and shook his head at him constantly.

Li Zhen didn't know why, but he didn't talk to Scott. His gaze returned to Maria, nodded and said, "Yes, I am Li Zhen, the president of China." When I was at the White House today, I met Mr. Scott and was so impressed by Mr. Scott's talent that I came to visit in person. I didn't expect to meet Mrs., and the time to come was just right. ”

Scotta listened with a bitter expression.

Maria rubbed her hands, swallowed, and said, "You are the president of China, so you should be very rich?" ”

She stared at Li Zhen, as if she saw two golden mountains in her eyes.

Scott, who was standing at the kitchen door, stomped his foot, and said in his heart, he knew it would be like this, and this time he was embarrassed.

A smile appeared on Li Zhen's face, because he had heard Maria say that he had taken Scott's old pocket watch and went out to pawn, and it seemed that Scott's family was not well-off.

Li Zhen nodded and said, "The president of China is different from the president of the United States Federation, and I do have a lot of money. ”

"Wow, wow!"

Maria nodded repeatedly, her wrinkled cheeks unfurling. She raised her hand and lifted the gray hair next to her ear, smiling, looking amiable, and when she looked at Li Zhen, it was like looking at her own son.

ps: the second shift;