Perhaps because of Feng Chengcheng's pregnancy, this year's Chinese New Year is particularly lively at home, and there are a lot more relatives coming and going.

Lin Zixuan, who is about to become a father, has also matured and no longer finds excuses to hide like in previous years.

He finally accepted his identity in this era, as the eldest grandson of the Lin family, he took on the rise and fall of this family, instead of watching coldly like an outsider.

This is the journey he has had through three years.

From the initial confusion to the current calmness, Lin Zixuan has changed a lot, and he is gradually integrating with this era.

Because of this, he will pay more attention to his words and deeds, and he can't bring disaster to the family because of his recklessness.

He and Feng Chengcheng accompanied their relatives to talk, greeted each other, and got closer to each other, just like a real Republic of China.

If Lin Zixuan in the first two years felt cold and alienated from his relatives, like an awkward child, the current Lin Zixuan is kind and gentle, with a hint of majesty.

This is a sign of maturity and poise.

Maybe it is only now that he has truly become a member of the Lin family.

This change made Lin Boqing very pleased, he felt that it was precisely because of having children that Lin Zixuan became an adult and understood his responsibilities.

I didn't go back to my hometown this year, so I spent this Spring Festival in the Shanghai concession.

Speaking of which, since the founding of the Republic of China, in order to promote the Gregorian calendar and integrate with Western society, the government has designated New Year's Day as the New Year and canceled the Lunar New Year.

Government departments and schools have a three-day holiday on New Year's Day, while the Spring Festival does not have a holiday and goes to work normally.

The writer Lao She wrote an article "My Mother", recalling his 1918 work as the principal of Beifangjia Hutong Primary School.

According to the regulations of the Beiyang government, at the end of the lunar year, the school will continue to operate as usual. You are not allowed to go home to worship your ancestors on Chinese New Year's Eve, and you are not allowed to go home on the first day of the New Year to pay respects to the New Year.

The old community was afraid that her mother would be lonely at home alone, so she took two hours off to go home to visit her mother.

This is not only a rule for civil servants, but also for the private sector, and if anyone is found to have violated it, they will be regarded as reactionaries.

But there is a policy. There are countermeasures under it.

The people will privately worship each other's New Year, and they will also worship their ancestors, but not very publicly, and the Beiyang government does not have so much energy to care about these things.

After 1920, the government basically stopped interfering in the affairs of the Chinese New Year.

In the Shanghai Concession, it is more free, although Westerners do not celebrate the Spring Festival, they will not prohibit Chinese from celebrating the Spring Festival, and Westerners must also take care of Chinese traditions.

Lin Zixuan took Lin Xiaoling and Ruan Lingyu to set off firecrackers together. Feng Chengcheng watched from a distance.

At this time, the sound of firecrackers is heard from time to time, and there is a very New Year atmosphere, with older people sitting and drinking tea and chatting in the living room, and young people walking around and communicating with each other.

After setting off the firecrackers, Lin Zixuan returned to Feng Chengcheng's side and held hands. Accompany her to watch the bustle in the distance.

And so the year passed.

The first day of the Lunar New Year is the peak period for New Year's greetings, and there are no text messages to send in groups in this era. Lin Zixuan used the phone to call those who were far away to pay New Year's greetings, and those who were close to him would come to the door to pay New Year's greetings.

The most important person among them is Feng Jingyao.

Coming to Feng's house, Feng Jingyao was very happy, although they could meet every week, the Chinese New Year was different after all.

What's more, his daughter is pregnant, which gives him sustenance in his heart. He is moving his forces towards the public concession, but it is not going very well, there are dead and wounded on both sides, and then there will be negotiations.

Of course, Feng Jingyao didn't need to say these things.

During the meal, he casually reminded his daughter and son-in-law not to go to the public concession if they had nothing to do recently. It's confusing there.

At the same time, he also sent bodyguards to protect him secretly.

After dinner at Feng's house, Lin Zixuan and Feng Chengcheng returned home.

When he goes to other people's homes to pay New Year's greetings, he also has to accept other people's New Year's greetings, and a group of employees such as Ping Banya naturally want to come to Lin Zixuan to pay New Year's greetings, which is the consciousness of his subordinates.

Leaders will not remember who came to pay New Year's greetings, but they will remember who did not come to pay New Year's greetings, which is common sense in the workplace.

Lin Zixuan gave his employees three days off, which is already very generous, those foreign foreign companies do not have a holiday at all, while the factory workers only have one day off, and some factories do not even have a holiday.

I really have something to ask for leave, but I don't have a salary.

He wants to take advantage of the New Year to issue a special New Year's issue, which is mainly a review of what happened in the past year, in addition to a review, there are also comments, and a look forward to the new year.

In fact, it can be called a yearbook, because it is issued by Vientiane Bookstore, so it is called "Vientiane Yearbook".

In Lin Zixuan's vision, this yearbook should be kept as a record of history, and it is necessary to achieve an impartial attitude, be faithful to history, and not be affected by any forces.

On the small side, this is a retrospective of the past, and on the big side, this is the "historical record" of this era.

If this yearbook is done well, Vientiane Books will establish its own brand in the Chinese publishing industry.

Due to Lin Zixuan's attention, Ping Banya and the others did not dare to slack off, and they were busy for more than a month, and it was finally completed.

Although it was not possible to verify all the incidents one by one due to poor information, it was also done as comprehensively and detailed as possible, as well as comments on the views of all parties.

So, just after the New Year, the Vientiane Yearbook 1923 was published.

The yearbook is detailed and illustrated, and the price is not cheap, costing five silver dollars a copy, which ordinary people cannot afford.

To this end, Lin Zixuan mailed a copy to major libraries and universities for free, which was to make a name for himself, and this yearbook was collectible.

Ding Ling also came to pay New Year's greetings to Lin Zixuan, but she also brought a woman over, this woman is called Xiang Jingyu.

Only then did Lin Zixuan know that Xiang Jingyu and Ding Ling's mother were classmates or sworn sisters at Hunan Changde Normal School, Ding Ling called Xiang Jingyu the ninth aunt, and the relationship between the two was very close.

Xiang Jingyu studied in France, entered the Mondagny Girls' College, and had extensive contact with the French working class, which had a tradition of struggle in the Paris Commune.

The Paris Commune in France in 1871 was the world's first dictatorship of the proletariat, but it later failed.

Moreover, Xiang Jingyu is also a feminist who advocates women's emancipation.

She put forward the ideas of "women should have the right to inherit the inheritance", "freedom of social interaction between men and women", "freedom of marriage and divorce", "equality of wages between men and women", "protection of motherhood", "sponsorship of working women", "equality of education between men and women", "equality of men and women in employment", and other ideas on equal rights for men and women and the protection of women's rights and interests.

She came to Lin Zixuan precisely for the sake of women's liberation.

Because Lin Zixuan's own magazines dedicated to women, such as "Family" and "Rose Weekly", are platforms to promote women's liberation, she hopes that Lin Zixuan will publish such articles.

This is a meaningful thing, and Lin Zixuan has no reason to refuse.

However, he could not turn the magazine into a propaganda tool, a moderate amount of propaganda could, and if the whole magazine was to promote women's liberation, the magazine would probably not sell. (To be continued.) )