The diplomatic failure was already two months later, and in order to make up for Miss Truman's grievances, Soong Meiling invited her to Nanjing as a guest in the name of the first lady of the Republic of China.

Miss Truman, who was too frightened, couldn't do without Chen Bei for a while, and she had to accompany him next door when she slept, and she would take care of her in case she had a nightmare or something, so Chen Bei also had to accompany her, as for Yan'er and Elizabeth, it was even more indispensable, Yao Yilei was reluctant to have her daughter, and she was also clamoring to go together, and the team was getting bigger and bigger, but Song Meiling was happy, saying that there were more people, and the more the better.

This time not to take a plane or a boat, Mrs. Jiang personally arranged for them to do the Shanghai-Nanjing line express train, said that this train is also one of the faces of the Republic of China, the locomotive is not the stupid black and thick appearance of the year, but the streamlined head, the glass is shiny, round and smooth, very modern, originally wanted to arrange the railway bureau to hang a special train, but Mrs. Jiang felt that people may not like extravagance, so they arranged for them to sit in ordinary first-class carriages, so it is also good to see the people's feelings in our country.

A group of people took a car to Shanghai Zhabei Railway Station, accompanied by military police, there are agents of the Secrecy Bureau, for fear that something will go wrong, a carriage was wrapped, the red hat bellman helped them place their luggage, the car is spacious, two large leather sofas side by side, and the bar serves coffee and drink, free newspapers and magazines, and even the English edition of Time Magazine.

Elizabeth is a student of the journalism department, and when she sees new things, she commits occupational diseases, pulls Yan'er to take pictures everywhere, and when she comes to the second-class carriage, she sees four leather seats side by side, all covered with white cotton cloth covers, and the passengers are all well-dressed soldiers, businessmen, and civil servants, and for a while it is like being in a developed country.

The car arrived at Nanjing Xiaguan Railway Station, the newly built station was spectacular and tidy, there were not many passengers, orderly, Mrs. Jiang personally greeted at the platform, brought the guests to the state guesthouse to stay, first rested, and then there was a welcome dinner, everything was held in the name of Mrs., it was informal, no officials were present, only some young students of Nanjing Central University were accompanied, all of them were proficient in English and polite.

The next day, Song Meiling arranged for the students to take the distinguished guests to visit the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, play Xuanwu Lake, go boating on the Yangtze River, enjoy the scenery of Nanjing, and conduct social activities at Jinling Women's College in the evening.

A series of activities finally made Miss Truman's mood improve and forget about the unpleasantness of Shanghai.

After the event in Nanjing, the group went to Jiangdong by boat, and it was time for Yan'er to fulfill the friendship of the landlord.

Chen Zikun personally greeted him at the pier, and the reunion of father and daughter was touching, which can be imagined.

There is nothing interesting in the provincial capital, it is still the same old, visit the Confucian Temple, and socialize with the students of Jiangdong University, it is the summer vacation, most of the students have gone home, so there are not many people organized, but the order issued by the national government has allowed American friends to see the demonstration.

Hundreds of students took to the streets, holding anti-hunger and anti-civil war slogans, and demonstrated in front of the provincial government building, startling everyone, saying that this was really huge, but Xiao Nan scoffed at it, saying what is this, we were called Haodali at that time.

Everyone was curious to ask, Xiao Nan told his experience a little flutteringly, everyone was indignant, the students demonstrated, and they were actually beaten by the soldiers, they were simply robbers and bandits.

Xiao Nan pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose and said: "This country is rotten, only by ending **** and returning the government to the people can we save China's decline." ”

If Chen Zikun was present, he would have to scold him for being a child who is not sensible, but his brothers and sisters appreciated him very much, praising him for being a good young man, Xiaonan was smug and said: "I plan to go to Beitai to learn about people's livelihood during the summer vacation, but my father won't let me go, can the eldest brother and second sister help me talk about it." ”

Yan'er said: "Social practice is a very good activity, we also want to do it once, no problem, I'll go talk to my father." ”

The baby daughter went out, Chen Zikun naturally agreed, let them go to Jiangbei United Machinery Company to go to social practice, Yan'er and Mary are from Harvard Medical School, can diagnose workers, Elizabeth is an intern reporter, can interview as much as you like, Chen Bei is responsible for the accompanying guards, Xiaonan is a follower, serving tea and water to the sisters.

Yao Yilei originally wanted to go with her, but Chen Zikun said that if you go, the children will not have a good time, so she stopped her.

A group of young people happily rode the gunboat of the Marine Police Corps to Beitai to play, browsing the beautiful scenery on both sides of the Huai River all the way, and their mood was overflowing with comfort.

At this time, Liu sat at home, muttering why his eldest nephew didn't appear.

Maybe it's another flight mission, the little girl comforted herself.

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When the medical team from the provincial capital was stationed in Jiangbei United Machinery Company, the factory organized a gong and drum team to beat gongs and encourage lions to welcome, and the workers who got off work were crowded on the roadside to watch, and Yang Shugen and Ma Chunhua were also among the onlookers.

A group of well-dressed young people walked in from outside the gate, the man was handsome and dashing, the woman was beautiful and generous, and there were two foreign girls in it, although Beitai is an advanced industrial city, and foreign engineers are not too rare, but foreign girls are difficult to see, so they immediately caused a sensation among everyone.

Ma Chunhua noticed at a glance that Chen Bei stood out from the crowd, he was too tall, wearing a khaki shirt, shiny leather shoes, straight trouser lines, wearing toad sunglasses, a bull hat (boat-shaped hat) on his head, and chewing gum in his mouth.

"Cut, at first glance, you know that it's a straw bale, and a militia like Dog Egg can let him go." Ma Chunhua said with disdain in her heart.

The people next to him exchanged their heads and said that this big man was the eldest son of Chen Dashuai's family, the Air Force flew a fighter plane, and he had won any medals, and it was said that he was still Song Meiling's godson, and everyone was envious.

Ma Chunhua was angry from her heart, it turned out to be the Kuomintang Air Force, these miscellaneous things have done a lot of evil, how many revolutionary comrades-in-arms died under their bombing and strafing, how many revolutionary fruits were destroyed in one fell swoop, she looked left and right, and wanted to go back to the cafeteria to get a kitchen knife to chop this guy, but there were many guards in the factory nearby, and they would be exposed when they really did it, it didn't matter if they sacrificed themselves, it was not good to involve the poplar roots.

Thinking of this, she forcibly suppressed her anger, put away the idea of splitting Chen Bei with a knife, took a bite of the green onion, turned her head to look at the poplar root, her "man" was staring intently at the beauty in the medical team, and suddenly disdainful in her heart: "It's also a useless one!" ”

Ma Chunhua wronged the poplar roots, he stared at Chen Yan not because of lust, but aroused his childhood memories, when he was in the Beitai Jiangwan Villa, Yan'er dressed like a cute doll all day long, lived in a big house, played on the lawn, and he was wearing rags, hoeing under the scorching sun, and sheltering in the wooden house.

"Sooner or later, I'll trample you all under my feet." Poplar Root secretly clenched his fists.

Ma Chunhua noticed that the poplar tree emitted a strong aura.

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Chen Beiyan'er and her entourage live in Jiangwan Villa, and open a free clinic in Jiangbei United Machinery Company to treat workers and their families, and the two doctors in the seat are top students of Harvard Medical School, but to Yan'er and Mary's frustration, what they have learned is useless, and Chinese patients are basically suffering from common diseases caused by malnutrition and hygiene habits, such as parasites, trachoma, infections and pneumonia.

And these diseases, ordinary barefoot doctors can diagnose, why there are still so many patients, Mayor Xiao gave them the answer, the basic health facilities are too poor, there is only one hospital in the whole city, and the fees are expensive, ordinary people can't afford to live at all, and people will die of pneumonia, because no one can afford to buy gold-like penicillin.

Chen Yan angrily questioned Mayor Xiao why he only developed industry and did not take care of people's livelihood.

Mayor Xiao patiently explained that the country has experienced a long-term war, and the people's livelihood has long withered, and the most important thing now is to develop the economy.

Then, he led everyone to visit the shantytowns in the east, where there were endless rolling dragons and rotten grass huts, some of which were even made of coffin boards, and the poor people in ragged clothes and vegetables made everyone's hearts like knives.

Beitai is so beautiful, the lush Freedom Avenue of plane trees, the river beach covered with camphor trees, the villas in the maple leaves, the towering city mansions, all of which are so illusory, like a castle in the sky, a real city, a real people, but never exposed to the sun.

Chen Yan made the decision to set up a medical station on the river beach to provide free medical treatment for the poor, Xiao Lang saw that she was full of enthusiasm and could not bear to be beaten, so he could only give full assistance, providing tents, medical equipment and disinfectant alcohol, as well as nurses and police.

But that's all he can do, there is a serious shortage of medicines, especially penicillin, and there are only ten in the whole city.

Miss Truman volunteered and sent a telegram to Song Meiling, asking for assistance with some penicillin, Song Meiling did not dare to slack off, and immediately called Kong Lingkan and asked the Yang company to donate, penicillin, an expensive western medicine, can be sold for a small yellow croaker, but it is nothing to the Yang company.

As a result, a box of penicillin injections was urgently airlifted to Beitai, with a handwritten letter from Song Meiling, which highly praised their voluntary diagnosis and treatment, and euphemistically pointed out at the end of the letter that these Western medicines were donated by Yangzi Company free of charge.

Madame Chiang has always been smart, but this move has added to the problem, because the penicillin packaging has a United Nations medical aid label on it, and the staff did not tear it off if they did not understand English, but these college students from the United States understood English, and they immediately understood that the drugs aided by the United Nations had become a tool for the relatives of the party-state emperor and the emperor to make profits.

Everyone was silent for a while.

Suddenly, someone outside the tent cried: "Help, save my mother." ”

Yan'er hurriedly went out, only to see a young man pushing a flat cart, on which lay a dying old woman, coughing constantly, it should be late pneumonia.