Chapter 128: First Arrival in Shanghai (1)
In the thirties, Shanghai Tang was known as the "Paradise of Oriental Adventurers", and Su Tong never visited Shanghai in later generations, but this did not prevent him from yearning for this metropolis.
After thinking about it again, Chief Su decided to secretly go to Shanghai with only a little nurse and a squad of guards, after all, it was not his own territory, and everything had to be safe. If you bring a maid to swagger through the market, it will not only attract attention, but also give a bad impression to the future father-in-law and mother-in-law, I have already eaten the baby daughter they have raised for so many years, and brought a few women to the door to demonstrate. Rao is Chief Su is thick-skinned to a certain extent, and this kind of thing still can't be done. Looking at the disappointed eyes of the second daughter, Chief Su had no choice but to do his best, and finally relied on meat jokes and jokes from later generations to amuse the second daughter.
In March, there was already a breath of spring on the Huangpu River, Su Tong and the little nurse were enjoying the scenery on the river at the bow of the passenger ferry, seeing the rolling river and the little nurse who had been smiling all the way, Su Tong's heart suddenly swelled with tenderness. thought that since I met her, I have been running around, or leading troops to fight, and I don't have much time to accompany her, but she always follows her without regrets. Every time she was going out to fight, although she was very worried, she never mentioned it to herself, she silently packed up her change of clothes and put them in the box, never complained, thinking that she really owed her a lot.
Su Tongyi grasped the little nurse's slightly cool little hand, felt the faint fragrance on the beauty's body, and felt peace in his heart. The little nurse looked back at Ailang, and also felt the guilt and affection in Ailang's eyes, and couldn't help but smile, looking at the beautiful woman's smiling face like a flower, Su Tong suddenly felt as if a hundred flowers were blooming beside him, and his nose was full of rich fragrance.
The little couple snuggled up to each other and leaned on the side of the boat, next to Tie Niu in civilian clothes and a few guards on guard.
At this time, a warship approached the side of the small passenger ship, and the whistle suddenly made a loud "woo woo" sound, which was so loud that Chief Su was deaf for a while, and the loud sound frightened the little nurse to the point that she cried in Su Tong's arms.
Looking at the little nurse Pear Blossom's delicate face with rain in distress, Chief Su was so angry that he jumped to his feet, "You are a plank, which bastard pulled the whistle!" ”
At this time, a huge warship galloped past the side of the small passenger ship, and the huge current set off made the small passenger ship make two circles in the center of the river, and the chief Su who was almost overturned to the ground quickly grabbed the little nurse with one hand, and grabbed the handrail tightly with the other hand, and eagerly saw the ointment flag on the warship and the fake name 'Jiagu'. The dog said, it turned out to be Xiao Yuben's warship, and at this time, there was a faint sound of arrogant laughter and words such as 'Zhinaren' from the warship.
When did Chief Su suffer such a loss, raised by a son of a bitch, and dared to bully Lao Tzu, Chief Su's heart was about to explode. However, at this time, he could only scold a few sentences, the small passenger ship of more than 300 tons was indeed not an order of magnitude compared with the 7,950-ton 'Jiagu' heavy cruiser, and the behemoth's 'Jiagu' could blow Su Tong's small passenger ferry into the sky as long as he sneezed.
Chief Su, who was so hateful that he almost broke his teeth, could only stand aside and sulk, and the empathetic little nurse also reacted at this time and patted Ailang's back with her little hand, softly comforting her man's heart.
Although it has not been a day or two since he has dealt with Yue himself, it is the first time for Su Tong to have such close contact with Yue himself, especially with Yue Ben's warship.
This gave Su Tong a deeper understanding of the status of China in this era, although in later generations he always heard how arrogant and domineering he was, and regarded the people like pigs and dogs, but he had not seen it with his own eyes, and his experience was not so profound after all, but this time it made Chief Su angry enough, which also made him determined to form a strong navy.
At this time, an exclamation came from the boat, "Quick, someone has fallen into the water, save people!" ”
When everyone looked back, it turned out that a passenger who was taking a breath on the deck just now did not grasp the handrail when the military warship passed by, and was thrown out and fell into the heart of the river, and was struggling in the water at the moment.
"Who knows the surname Shui, save people!" At this time, the deck was crowded with passengers, all of whom looked at Jiang Xin anxiously.
"Which of you knows how to swim?" Chief Su asked the guards behind him, but he didn't expect the guards to shake their heads like a broken wave.
"I'll rub, you" Su Tong pointed at this group of Ziqiu Ba helplessly, but he also knew that they were all northerners, and most of them didn't know the surname Shui and it was not good to scold them too much.
"Forget it, I'll do it!" Su Tong reluctantly took off his suit and prepared to go into the water to save people.
"Jianming, you can't do it, don't force it." The little nurse nervously grabbed her lover's big hand.
"Yes, sir, don't force it, if you can't do it, let's not go down." A guard also hurriedly grabbed Su Tong, what kind of joke was he making, let Chief Su go down to save people, in case someone didn't come up but put himself in, the joke would be big.
When several people were arguing, there was a "poof", and a crew member had already jumped down, who was worthy of being a professional, and after a while, he dragged the passengers who had fallen into the water to the edge of the boat, and pulled the rope ladder on the edge of the boat to pull the person up.
The crew skillfully slapped the passenger who fell into the water face down a few times, and after a while, the passenger who fell into the water spat a few mouthfuls and woke up.
"Fortunately, I was able to save someone." An old lady said.
"These people are really unbelievable, blatant murder in broad daylight." That's when a middle-aged man said.
"Our political axe is too weak, why don't we send troops to arrest them." Yes, this is a student.
Su Tong shook his head secretly, the country is extremely weak, the military is exhausted, and the economy is in the hands of foreigners, so do you want to send troops at this time? Dream on!
"Jianming, these soldiers are too disrespectful, they are simply taking human life as a child's play!" The good-natured little nurse also said indignantly.
At this time, Su Tong had no choice but to smile bitterly and shake his head.
Fortunately, after a while, the boat sailed to the pier on the Bund, and since this was a British concession, the pier was covered with Indian Ah San wearing turbans. Each of them had a stick in their hands, staring at the passers-by.
"Let's go!" Su Tong looked at these Ah San expressionlessly, and took the little nurse's hand and got off the passenger ferry. Later, Tie Niu followed behind with the guards and a box.
At this time, a rickshaw stopped in front of the two of them, and a dark-faced driver in his forties asked earnestly: "Young master, young lady, where are you going, my car is fast and stable, and you are satisfied." ”
The little nurse's little face turned red instantly, but she didn't tell the difference, and pulled Su Tong to jump into the rickshaw and ordered: "Go to Huang's apartment at No. 106 Xiafei Road"
"Okay, young master, you're done!" I only heard the driver shout, and immediately pulled the car and ran.
It was the first time in Su Tong's life to ride a rickshaw, and it was quite fresh to sit on it at the moment, but the driver didn't brag about it, and the car he pulled was really stable. The two sat in the car, the little nurse held Ailang's hand tightly, the little palm was faintly wet, Su Tong knew that she was homesick, patted the beauty's little hand and comforted: "Baby, don't be nervous, everything has me!" ”
The little nurse glanced at him with disgust, and said unforgivingly: "Who is nervous, I miss my mother." ”
"Well, yes, you're missing your mother" someone didn't expose her little bit of caution, and nodded with a grin.
"Humph!" The beauty proudly raised her little head, and at this moment she was as proud as a little peacock.
Su Tong touched her little head dotingly, the little nurse snuggled into his arms, and the two of them were quietly thinking about their hearts without speaking.
Xiafei Road belonged to the French Concession, while the Bund belonged to the British Concession, so the rickshaw ran a big circle and it took a while to reach the door of the little nurse's house.
When the rickshaw stopped in front of a villa full of French flavor, Su Tong looked at this villa covering an area of at least three or four hundred square meters in surprise, and was secretly surprised in his heart.
Before the car stopped, the little nurse couldn't wait to jump out of the car and run towards the gate, shouting happily: "Mom Zhang, open the door quickly, I'm back!" ”
Su Tong got out of the car, shook his head with a wry smile, and paid the car before walking over, this little girl, usually very quiet, after arriving home, she was a little girl who didn't grow up.
Soon, a mother in her forties and a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl who looked very similar to a little nurse quickly ran out of it.
"Oops, the eldest lady is back! It's really the eldest lady who is back! ”
"Sister, you're back, you miss me!"
The little girl threw herself into the arms of the little nurse without saying a word, and the two of them cried and laughed at the door, making Chief Su stand aside and smile bitterly!
"Okay, okay, eldest miss, second miss, let's go in first and catch up again, besides, there are still guests here!" It was that Zhang's mother who calmed down first and comforted.
After listening to Zhang's mother's words, the two sisters stopped, and the little nurse wiped her eyes and asked embarrassedly, "Zhang's mother, are my parents there?" ”
"Here, the lord just came back, he was still talking about you yesterday, you went to such a remote place as Chahar alone, the lord and the lady can miss you."
Just when Mother Zhang was busy chattering, the little girl next to her stared straight at Chief Su with curious eyes, this may be my buddy's future sister-in-law. Well, for Xiaofei's sake, buddy endured it.
Chief Su looked ahead, and it wasn't until the Iron Bull and the others hurried over with the box that the little girl shifted her focus and focused on the Iron Bull and several guards who were standing like a wooden pillar.
"Eh, look at me, the guests at home don't know how to greet them, and they patronize and talk to the eldest lady." At this time, Zhang's mother suddenly smiled at Su Tong and said, "This gentleman, I'm really sorry, I haven't seen the eldest lady for a long time, I was really rude just now, I forgot to greet you, you have a lot, don't be like me." ”
"It's okay, it's normal for people at this time." Su Tong barely squeezed out a smile. My heart is full of cows, and finally someone thinks of my buddy, it's not easy.
"Mother Zhang, don't be polite to him, he's not an outsider." The little nurse gave Airo a blank look.
"Not an outsider?"
Mother Zhang and the little girl next to her glared at Chief Su in unison, and the scorching light seemed to pierce someone's body.
"Ah, let's go in quickly, don't keep your parents waiting." The little nurse, who knew that she had missed her mouth, blushed and ran in first.
Zhang's mother and the little girl were obviously stunned for a moment, and the little girl also ran in, leaving only Zhang's mother to greet them.
"This gentleman, please come with me." Zhang's mother respectfully brought Su Tong to the gate of the villa, pushed open the door and made a 'please come in' gesture.
Su Tong motioned for Tie Niu and a few people to stand at the door and wait, but he took a deep breath before stepping into the door.
(To be continued)