Zhu Daolin felt Chu Mei's strange appearance, stuffed the remaining sweet potato in his hand into his mouth, clapped his hands, turned to Chu Mei and said very seriously:

"Wait a minute, can you help me cut off my long hair and get a short hairstyle?"

Chu Mei was stunned, looked left and right, and finally looked at Zhu Daolin, and after finding that Zhu Daolin didn't seem to be joking, she hesitated for a long time and finally nodded.

Zhu Daolin smiled slightly, and turned to Liu Yongqing, who was sitting opposite: "Old Liu, now that I have cut my hair, why don't you take the lead...... Didn't the officers and men of the East China Sea Fleet cut off their long hair long ago? I haven't seen anyone sorry for the ancestors, not to mention the hot climate here in Yingzhou, and having long hair is not only inconvenient, but also inappropriate! ”

Liu Yongqing, whose face was sunburned purple, swallowed his saliva with great difficulty, and finally gritted his teeth: "Okay, since the generals are willing to cut off their long hair, their subordinates have nothing to be reluctant to, and they will accompany them to the end!" ”

Yang Dading laughed: "That's right!" Every time I see my brothers crawling with lice and boils on their heads, I feel uncomfortable, and I have such long hair that I can't wear a military hat or a steel helmet at all......"

"Da Ding, you kid shut up! There is no time to speak. Liu Yongqing interrupted Yang Dading's words in a deep voice, and Juan with blonde hair on the side was so happy.

Yang Dading was stunned for a moment, only then did he find that Chu Mei put down her chopsticks and covered her mouth, the expression on her face was very uncomfortable, and after thinking about it, she realized that the lice and boils she blurted out had seriously affected her sister-in-law's appetite.

Zhu Daolin didn't have any scruples, looked at Chu Mei, didn't say anything, and motioned everyone to continue to discuss the standards for short hair, and then included them in the internal affairs regulations, requiring the whole army to strictly implement them. After speaking, he took a few sips of millet porridge and drank it, and then picked up the cold salad and sent it to his mouth.

Breakfast ended quickly, Zhu Daolin led Chu Mei, who was frowning, into the independent small courtyard on the east side of the compound, into the spotless living room, and asked softly, "Didn't you eat enough?" ”

Chu Mei frowned and gently leaned on Zhu Daolin's shoulder. Shook his head and said: "I am a child from the countryside, not as squeamish as you think, breakfast tastes very good, I finished the prawns you peeled for me, and I also ate half of the steamed sea fish, the taste is very delicious, just ......"

"This place struck me very, very strange, it looked like a normal barracks, but the weapons in the guards' hands were too old. Although I can barely understand the speech, it is not the same as the accent in our Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, and there are many people with long hair, and there are even Spaniards, what is going on? ”

Zhu Daolin kissed Chu Mei's cheek to show comfort: "Don't worry, don't be afraid, you will get used to it soon...... Alas. I can't tell you clearly for a while, and you don't believe it. So you still need to observe it yourself and slowly experience it. Okay, cut my long hair, I'll get scissors and a comb. ”

After Zhu Daolin put the square stool at the door and took out the delicate hairdressing scissors, comb and safety razor, Chu Mei suddenly felt a little unbearable: "Such beautiful long hair." Are you really willing to cut it off? ”

Zhu Daolin sighed with emotion: "Cut it, when the army was reorganized last autumn, I wanted to enforce short hair in the army, but who knew that as soon as I said it, I was strongly opposed by my master, uncle, uncle and a group of staff. In desperation, I had no choice but to stop, and only after a few months did I dare to quietly promote it in the East China Sea Fleet. ”

"The East China Sea Fleet has a large number of Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch officers and instructors, so the resistance is not so great."

"After a few months of implementation, the entire 15,000 officers and men of the East China Sea Fleet have short hair...... Now it needs to be implemented in all the armies of Yingzhou, as the commander-in-chief, I must take the lead, otherwise it will be difficult to convince the public! ”

Chu Mei was stunned for a while, feeling that Zhu Daolin's words were chattering, what kind of master's staff, and what kind of fleet, which made people completely confused.

After thinking for a while, Chu Mei took the scissors handed by Zhu Daolin, and reluctantly cut off his long black and flowing hair: "Tell me, what kind of general are you?" ”

"It's like a fake."

Zhu Daolin tightened his collar as he said to prevent the broken hair from falling into his neck.

Chu Mei finally cut off a strand of Zhu Daolin's long hair, took it in her hand and looked at it, quietly put it on the window edge behind her, and asked casually: "What happened to those masters, uncles, uncles, and a group of staff you just said?" ”

"I guess you've heard my mother say that I'm a disciple of the Jade Character Generation, and I am considered to have a higher rank in the Qing Sect on Maoshan Mountain, my master's Taoist name is Xuanqing, and I am currently the head of the Xuanzi generation of the Ming Shangqing Sect, and now he is in charge of the Ziyang Temple in the northern suburbs of Jinling with several uncles and uncles."

"In the past two years, I have purchased a lot of industries, so I have dozens of staff members of the think tank to advise me and manage many industries on my behalf, most of these people are currently in Jinling, and only a dozen have come to Yingzhou, which is lonely overseas, including my two fellow brothers, and you will see it with your own eyes when you go by boat later."

Zhu Daolin slowly told Chu Mei the inside story, and didn't dare to stimulate her too much, but he didn't expect that Chu Mei, who looked delicate, was far stronger than he imagined.

After listening to Zhu Daolin's words, Chu Mei forcibly endured her doubts and stopped asking, and silently cut off her long hair for Zhu Daolin.

Chu Mei tied the cut long hair with the rubber ring she carried, then opened the knife holder of the safety razor, took out the blade, and carefully trimmed Zhu Daolin's hairstyle:

"I've seen a photo of you in high school with your hair at my mother's place, and it's very energetic, but I can't do it well, so I can only try to cut your hair into short makeup that is not ugly."

"It's okay, just cut it short, I trust your craft." Zhu Daolin replied happily.

Half an hour later, Zhu Daolin finished washing, changed into a set of camouflage summer clothes, pulled Chu Mei back to the lobby with the newly dressed up, and went to the small military dock with the generals who had been waiting for a long time, and took the 150-ton patrol fast ship prepared in advance, and went down the river.

Standing on the deck of a wooden warship with six ancient guns, below is the clear and wide Tamsui River flowing into the vast sea, on both sides of which are lush mangrove forests stretching for miles, and flocks of egrets and seagulls flying in the sky, such a view makes Chu Mei on the deck feel like she is in a fairyland, which is unbelievable.

Zhu Daolin held Chu Mei's hand tightly, pointed to the scenery on both sides of the Tamsui River, and introduced them to her one by one.

************

PS: Thank you Lin Chung for the big monthly pass! (To be continued.) )