A bouquet of flowers, in the cold winter is a very expensive luxury, Jian Bing looked through the bouquet, but did not find the card, although she Bing Xue is smart, but she can't guess which admirer sent the flowers, but the woman likes flowers after all, she took out scissors to modify the branches and leaves, put the flowers into the vase and placed them on the balcony.

In the alley downstairs, Li Yaoting was wandering with a cigarette, and suddenly saw a vase of flowers in the window of Jianbing, and couldn't help grinning, dropped the cigarette butt to tidy up his suit, took a nostalgic look, and left.

Jianbing still went back to Sima Road to resume his old business, the flower world was growing day by day, and he didn't appear in Fengyue Field for a few months, and his fame and worth fell I don't know how much, although there are often bureau tickets to invite, but Jianbing is obviously not in the state, either distracted or tantrums, and his business plummeted.

There is no business, there is no income, I can't afford to support a servant, I can't afford to buy a diamond necklace and the latest fur coat and high heels, without these outfits, the guests with status will not call the game, no way, Jianbing had to sell his Oldsmobile car at a low price, barely maintained for a while, every night, there are still flowers delivered to the door, but who sent it, Jianbing has never known.

The book apartment is more advanced than the third and second halls, because they are only high-end guests, and the fees are relatively expensive, and they are all celebrities, chaebol tycoons, and they spend a lot of money, and the maids just eat tips are enough, and the ice business is too poor, and the servants can't even get the monthly money on time, and they are full of complaints.

At noon that day, a guest finally came to the door, and when he came in, he saw that it was Ding Gongzi, a foreign firm who had been admiring Jianbing, and Ding Gongzi got straight to the point, took out a 10,000 yuan HSBC cashier's check and said: "Jianbing, as long as you marry me, this cashier's note will be yours immediately." ”

Jian Bing was silent, but the maids' eyes were red, the youth rice could not be eaten for a few years, marrying into a wealthy family is the ultimate dream of every fireworks woman, such a big pie fell from the sky, it seems that God is not thin on Jian Bing.

These laypeople, how do they know Jianbing's thoughts, Ding Gongzi gave birth to a bean sprouts physique, wearing a pair of glasses, in fact, he is just a middle school graduate, he is a big smoker at a young age, he spends all day drinking, drinking, prostituting and gambling, marrying such a person, I am afraid that he is either a widow or an abandoned woman.

Jian Bing quietly pushed back the cashier's check: "Thank you, Nong, Allah has his own business." ”

Ding Gongzi was annoyed and angry, and the green tendons on his neck suddenly appeared: "Jianbing, can the nong business continue, if it continues like this, sooner or later it will fall into the second hall for thousands of people to ride, and ten thousand people will be pressed!" ”

Jian Bing was not annoyed at all, slowly lit the hookah, blew out the fire fold in one gulp, and said lightly: "Even if you are reduced to a salted meat village to let the coolie sleep, what does it have to do with Ding Gongzi?" ”

Ding Gongzi jumped angrily: "I see how long you can last, who doesn't know that your business is not good, and you haven't made money for a week." ”

Jian Bing's movements froze, these words touched his sore spot, and it was really difficult to move an inch without money in Shanghai.

Ding Gongzi's business softened: "Jianbing, I have you in my heart, be my woman, the money is enough." ”

Suddenly, someone outside said, "Only Nong has banknotes on the beach?" ”

Everyone turned their heads together, and saw a young man in a suit standing at the door, wearing a top hat crookedly, a British tweed coat draped over his shoulders, holding a cigarette in his mouth, followed by two deflated men wearing peaked caps and short shirts, who were wiping matches to help him light a cigarette.

Jian Bing was slightly taken aback, isn't this Chen Zikun's little brother Li Yaoting, last time he chopped off a finger at his house to scare off the people of the Axe Gang, and since then Ah Gui and they have never come to the door, and they haven't had time to thank him.

Li Yaoting puffed out a puff of smoke from his nostrils, and when he came over to look at Ding Gongzi, he took out a bouquet of flowers from behind his back: "Miss Jianbing, give it to you." ”

Jian Bing was slightly stunned, the flowers turned out to be sent by Li Yaoting, I heard that he was just a waiter in the pachinko room, a bouquet of flowers every day, but it was not a small expense, she just hesitated a little, then took the flowers, and said generously: "Thank you Mr. Li for your support." ”

Ding Gongzi looked Li Yaoting up and down, couldn't figure out his way, so he took out his business card and handed it over: "Didn't ask for advice?" ”

Li Yaoting took the business card and said very politely: "It turned out to be Ding Gongzi, fortunately, my name is Li Yaoting, a rough man begging for life on the Huangpu River, and today I specially brought my brothers to support Miss Jianbing, hehe." As he spoke, he casually lifted the hem of his suit, revealing the handle of the revolver.

Ding Gongzi gasped, and then became stiff again: "Mr. Li turned out to be a member of the gang, by the way, my father and Inspector Swens of the British Concession Patrol House are good friends, next time I will introduce you to each other, and we will drink tea together." ”

Li Yaoting smiled faintly: "The case of the two western arresters in the patrol room who were killed has not been solved yet, how can Inspector Swans have the heart to drink tea." ”

Ding Gongzi was bored, but Li Yaoting caught a glimpse of the 10,000 yuan HSBC promissory note on the table, and immediately took out a banker ticket from his suit pocket and slapped it on the table.

"Five hundred taels of Chongyu money village's banker ticket, cut." Ding Gongzi snorted mockingly, Shanghai's financial industry is developed, and the strongest ones are the foreigners' banks and the Ningbo people's money banks, and the bank cashier's notes and the bank's banknotes are the same hard currency, but 500 yuan is too little.

"Miss Jianbing, please think about it again, I promise to love you alone, and I will never marry another concubine." Ding Gongzi swore and said, completely treating Li Yaoting as nothing.

With a "snap", Li Yaoting slapped the table, and said with a change of color: "Jianbing is my eldest brother's woman, whoever dares to rob it, I will not be polite to him." ”

Ding Gongzi was timid and didn't want to continue to entangle with the people in the gang, so he found a step and said, "I still have something to do, so I won't accompany you, I'll see you again." ”

Jian Bing said with a smile: "Ding Gongzi is leaving, come back when you have time." ”

After sending Ding Gongzi away, Jian Bing beckoned the maid to prepare wine and food, but Li Yaoting left a card and said, "Miss Jian Bing, you can call me for something and see you soon." ”

"This banker's ticket?" Jian Bing hesitated.

Li Yaoting said: "This little money is reserved for Miss Jianbing to reward her subordinates. ”

"Mr. Lee......"

"See you later." Li Yaoting hurried away with his subordinates, and Jian Bing leaned against the door, looking at his back with long eyelashes, a little incomprehensible.

……

In Hengyang, Hunan, the army is finally about to withdraw and go north.

The local squires organized the people to bid farewell to the Third Division to the north, and the fathers and villagers presented the Wanmin umbrella to Wu Dashuai, who loved the people like a son, and the two sides shed tears and said goodbye.

As the procession marched north, Chen Zikun and Wang Degui sat in the cart of the baggage battalion directly under the division headquarters, looking boredly at the rice fields on the side of the road.

At this time, Chen Zikun has been in the army for more than half a year, but he is still the lowest private, he asked Wang Degui when he would be able to become an officer and carry epaulettes, Wang Degui counted him with his fingers.

"You are now a private, and then you are a private, a private, a corporal, a sergeant, a sergeant, and a sergeant, and only after the sergeant can you be counted as an officer, warrant officer, second lieutenant, lieutenant, slowly climb up."

Chen Zikun asked: "Lao Wang, what military rank are you?" ”

Wang Degui said: "I, who have been a soldier for 20 years, am now a sergeant. ”

Chen Zikun was dumbfounded: "Damn, what life do you have to wait until you can become an officer." ”

Wang Degui said: "You don't understand this, how can you be promoted if you don't fight, as the old saying goes, no merit will not be punished, no matter how good your physique is, no matter how accurate the gun is, the commander can't promote you, why, can't you serve the public." ”

Chen Zikun said this in his heart, the army is a large collective that prohibits orders and abides by rules, and if there is no war, it is difficult to have a chance to show his strengths.

After several days of marching, when the army came to the vicinity of Changsha, suddenly the division headquarters commanded and issued an order for first-class combat readiness.

Changsha was the territory of Zhang Jingyao, the overseer of Hunan, which was the sworn enemy of the Third Division, and the troops immediately became fully vigilant, the bayonets of the guard battalion were unsheathed, the bullets were loaded, and Chen Zikun also filled his horse pistol with bullets, looking eager to try.

Wang Degui covered his face with a hat, lay lazily in the car and said, "Don't worry, you can't fight." ”

Chen Zikun wondered: "Why can't you fight?" ”

Wang Degui said: "The soldiers under Zhang Jingyao's hands are enough for our third division to stuff the teeth, and they don't dare to kill him first, I guess they are afraid that we will occupy Changsha, so they will make a show to give themselves courage." ”

Chen Zikun said: "The 70,000 guns of the Seventh Division will not be so unbeaten." ”

Wang Degui said: "You are young, you don't know the rules of the team, after the overseer marshal occupies the territory, the looted people's wealth, first deposit it in the Shanghai Foreign Bank, and then buy a house in the Tianjin concession, and then buy land in your hometown, repair the ancestral hall, and the last little money left is used to raise soldiers, do you say that such soldiers can go into battle, can they fight in battle?" ”

Sure enough, as Wang Degui said, the army passed through Changsha without danger, and it is said that Master Wu also went to visit Zhang Dujun, and the two sides were polite as if they were born to a mother.

At the end of May, 30,000 men and horses of Wu Peifu's division and four brigades arrived in Wuchang.

Wuchang is the first place of righteousness in Xinhai, the troops rest in the parade racecourse, wait to cross the river, look at the river in the distance, the smoke and waves are vast, hundreds of ships and thousands of sails, the north bank of Hankou is full of buildings and houses, far more prosperous and lively than Wuchang.

This is the territory of Wang Zhanyuan, the overseer of Hubei, Wang Overseer is a direct Chinese, and he hopes that the Wu army will go north as soon as possible to force Duan Qirui to step down, so he prepared pontoon bridges and ferries early to assist the third division to cross the river.

The division headquarters was arranged to cross the river in the first wave, and the cooking squad sat on the ferry to cross the Yangtze River, Chen Zikun looked at the top of the mountain on the south bank, there was a high-rise building with ridges and cornices between the greenery, and the white light flashed upstairs, and he hurriedly shouted: "Lao Wang, look." ”

"Don't look at it, it's the Yellow Crane Tower, the division commander must be watching us from above." Wang Degui was not surprised, did not raise his head, and fell asleep in the bumps of the ferry.

On the Yellow Crane Tower, the stars are shining, the swords are sonorous, Wu Peifu, Wang Zhanyuan, and an extremely burly general stand by the railing, pointing out the country.

Wu Peifu put down the binoculars in his hand and asked the burly general with some pride: "Huanzhang, how do you look at the appearance of my third division?" ”

The general said: "The third division is the iron army trained by Yushuai, and the five-body throw that I Feng Yuxiang admires." ”