The 23rd day of the 12th lunar month, February 11, 1901 in the Western calendar.

In the early morning, in the wind and snow, a Western-style carriage led slowly on the wide and winding official road in the suburbs.

Sitting in the carriage, with his hands on the stove, Chen Moran lifted the white lace curtain of the car window from time to time to look outside. The sky was gray, and many old trees on both sides of the road stretched out their short bare branches into the cloudy sky, and if you looked closely, you could find the young yellow buds between the wrinkled branches.

The ground under the car was black and muddy under the snow, and looking ahead, the hungry eyes slowly soaked into some green. Chen Moran knew that those not very warm greens were formed by the flooding of shallow grass in early spring, maybe the spring in the south came early, but spring is really far away, but it can penetrate into the spiritual world of some people.

The carriage stopped in front of a water-emblem-style mansion more than ten miles away from the city, as soon as the car stopped, Chen Moran picked up the beautifully packaged gift box and got off the car.

The thick door opened, and behind the door stood an old servant in a horse coat, and the old servant's face did not see the swagger of the servants of large families, but looked extremely humble.

"Young Master Chen, the old man has already instructed no, to the end, Young Master Chen is young, he is only in business, business is not easy, save some money, keep it for the factory, please return it!"

"That! Daddy Wu! You see......"

Chen Hanmo, who didn't understand the meaning of the words, lifted the beautifully packaged gift box in his hand.

"The year is approaching, Mr. Nan Ping is my senior in the business world, and secondly, he is the elder of Ranzhi, so he should come to visit, and he also asked Daddy Wu to pass it on his behalf!"

Missing!

What are you kidding, although it has only been a few months since he came to this era, at least Chen Moran still understands that when renting someone's house, when the age comes, the gift comes to the door, one is the number of courtesies, and the other is to finalize the rent for the coming year.

"Man Shun, I'll go in later, you go to the car to relax for a while, don't freeze your body this day!"

When Daddy Wu entered the door to report, Chen Moran, who was carrying the gift box, looked back at the frozen giggling and rubbed his hands, and said to Man Shun with a sigh of anger in his palm, and then ordered, this Man Shun was the carriage guy invited by Chen Moran when he went to China and Russia last time.

"Yes! Master! ”

Man Shun, who was dripping with frozen snot, nodded hurriedly, he had been in contact with the young master for so long, he knew that the young master's words were not polite, and people cared about themselves from the bottom of their hearts.

"Young Master Chen, master, please go to the study!"

The door opened again, and Steward Wu of the Sun Mansion walked out from behind the door and made a gesture of invitation. After entering the gate, under the guidance of Steward Wu, Chen Moran cautiously followed behind the housekeeper, big families often talk about rules, and he didn't want to be kicked out of this mansion and that factory because of any rules.

"Young Master Chen, the master will come over in a while, you are young!"

After introducing Chen Moran into the backyard study, Steward Wu gave an order and retreated. After Steward Wu left the study, Chen Moran looked at the study in front of him, this was the second time he saw the study of a large family in this era, the study was still that simple and elegant, the room was surrounded by bookcases, neatly crowded with all kinds of books.

At the windowsill, a few pots of evergreen trees are exhaling a faint fragrance, looking at those pots of flowers and trees, Chen Moran suddenly feels refreshed, and the green in winter always makes people feel comfortable. After standing in the study for about half a minute, a teenage girl came in from outside the door, and the innocence and the delicate and moving expression that came out of those big sparkling eyes only made Chen Moran's eyes light up suddenly, and his heart shook a few times inexplicably.

When the girl by the door saw someone standing in the room, she was first startled, and then politely bowed.

"Who is Sir, please?"

The girl's graceful appearance surprised Chen Moran, and before he could take a closer look at the girl's appearance, he remembered the taboo of the big family, and hurriedly lowered his head and returned the salute with his hands in fists.

"In Xia Chen Moran, the word is true, the age is approaching, I came to visit the Sun Mansion to visit ......"

At this point, Chen Moran remembered that his words were the words he had prepared before coming to Sun's Mansion, and he never thought that this would be used on this girl's body first.

"I don't know what to call Miss?"

"Huh! Mr. Chen, my dad probably won't come over until later......"

My dad ...... Obediently, the little girl in front of her is Sun Jingnan's daughter, after knowing the identity of this girl, Chen Moran couldn't help but look up at this girl.

Fang Yi raised his head, different from the previous one, this will make Chen Moran feel amazing, such a beautiful little girl, just very small! looks like she is fourteen or fifteen years old, with a pair of bright big eyes, a pretty nose, and plump lips, embellished on the beautiful melon seed face, but the smart eyes in her eyes add a little naughtiness to her gentle temperament.

"You ...... man"

The gaze of the man in front of him made Sun Xiyun's pretty face blush, he had never been looked at by a man like this since he was so big, especially his eyes.

"Rude, rude! Miss, don't blame! ”

The coquettishness of the stunning little Lori in front of him made Chen Moran come back, and he dared to stare at others again, clasped his hands into fists, and apologized.

"Listen to humanity, this new Chen ...... in Shanghai"

The girl put one hand under her chin, and looked at the crutches in Chen Moran's hand with interest.

"Hehe, Cripple Chen, this may be another name for the big guy!"

Chen Moran smiled and took over the words for the girl in front of him, Chen Cripple is what he is now called by the outside.

"Mr. Chen, don't get me wrong!"

Chen Moran's calmness made Sun Xiyun look embarrassed, and quickly explained.

"My dad once mentioned you, saying that you grew up in Europe and the United States since childhood, and this return to China is the idea of saving the country through industry......"

"Don't dare to be, it's really Mr. Nanping's false praise."

When he didn't dare to say anything with his hands in his fists, Chen Moran's eyebrows were still a little proud, that time he really fooled Sun Jingnan's Tanhualang, pretending to be a so-called Massachusetts graduate, living in Europe and the United States for more than 20 years.

The reason why this is so is, on the one hand, to hide his origin, and partly to put gold on himself.

Although the door of the country was knocked open by the British with cannons sixty years ago, how many Chinese really understand foreign countries in this era? Just like Sun Jingnan, although he has been in Tanhua and has been the prefect, he can't even say what a few countries in Europe are, not to mention other people, or this is the reason why Sun Jingnan will ask himself about the "impostor" about the current situation, they don't understand Europe and the United States at all, China's real understanding of Europe and the United States, in fact, is just after Xin Chou, before that, the vast majority of people still have a thought that is taken for granted.

"Giggles!"

The coquettish smile in his ears made Chen Moran's heart flutter for no reason, and when he looked up, the little girl in front of him was covering her mouth and laughing.

"No wonder my dad said you were nondescript!"

"Ahh

The girl's words made Chen Moran stunned, what was going on.

At this moment, a voice outside the study interrupted Chen Moran's thoughts.

"However, you are too polite! It just so happens that you came to visit today, and an old friend is also in the house, so today I just want to introduce you to each other! ”

In the middle of the conversation, there was already an old man standing fifty miles away outside the study, with a red face on his face, Chen Moran looked back, it was not Sun Jingnan, who was it, and next to him stood a middle-aged man about forty years old, who looked at him with a rather interested look.