It was Hu Banxian who spoke, Chen Zikun did a happy event, as long as it was a neighbor who was willing to join in the fun, all of them were welcomed, and the sugar and tobacco were openly supplied.

Standing next to Yan Zhiyong is Yu Deshun, the dung king of the capital, who usually has a head and a face in the world, and today the Chen Mansion is full of friends, and all the celebrities who come are in the capital, so he can only sit in the courtyard and stand and watch the excitement.

Yu Deshun smiled: "Hu Banxian, you show me a look." ”

Hu Banxian is not doing business today, so he is not so polite when he speaks, and quipped: "You, you don't need to look at it, you have to smell it with your nose." ”

Everyone laughed, and Yu Deshun was not angry, he was born in dung, and he did this for a living, so he didn't care about a joke or two.

Another guest entered the courtyard, a tower-like giant, wearing a general's uniform, holding a gentle woman, the gift in his hand turned out to be a home-woven homespun cloth, Baoqing shouted: "The army parade made General Feng bring his wife to ~~"

Everyone was in awe, but they didn't expect Chen Zikun and Feng Yuxiang to also have a friendship.

Yan Zhiyong said: "Hu Banxian, don't you know how to look at the face, show one to the reviewer." ”

Hu Banxian said: "How can I see such a character in the review, don't make trouble." ”

Everyone coaxed, Hu Banxian was touted for a long time, and he was a little fluttering, and said: "I watched Feng review and make people, and I can use the characters of the Three Kingdoms as a metaphor." ”

Everyone was gossiping: "How do you say it?" ”

Hu Banxian shook his head and said: "His appearance is like Liu Bei, his talent is like Sun Quan, Zhibi Dong Zhuo, deceitful like Lu Bu, and Yundao is only like Yuan Benchu." ”

Everyone laughed: "Hu Banxian, you can really pull it." ”

……

The Chinese wedding is to worship heaven and earth and worship parents, but Chen Zikun is an orphan, where did his parents come from, so he had to ask Xiong Xiling, who is in love with father and son, to replace him, and his mother was replaced by the godmother he recognized five years ago.

Chen Zikun's godmother is Xing'er Niang, this poor woman never dreamed that there would be such a beautiful day, before she tried her best to resign, saying that she was afraid of embarrassing Chen Zikun, but Chen Zikun insisted on it, and also helped the godmother prepare a satin dress and all kinds of jewelry, Yao Yilei had no objection, and it was difficult to resist, Xing'er Niang had to agree.

Chen Sanpi was so excited that at first he wanted to call himself Chen Zikun's godfather, but when he saw that all the people who came were the prime minister, the chief minister, and the professor, he was so frightened that he hid in the backyard and didn't dare to come out.

Guo'er was finally caught by Baoqing and wore a navy blue student uniform to attend the wedding, but she disappeared after hiding behind the crowd for a while, making Xing'er angry enough.

The wedding was presided over by Chen Zikun's teacher Liang Qichao, the male bridesmaid was Liang Sicheng's brothers, and the female bridesmaid was Yao Yilei's little sisters.

There are dozens of tables of banquets prepared in the house, it is April day, the spring is bright and the weather is pleasant, the guests push the cup under the wedding shed and drink it, Chen Zikun toasts everywhere with a wine glass, and suddenly Liang Sicheng came over and said: "Zikun, come here, there is a guest who wants to see you." ”

Chen Zikun went with him, and in the living room, he saw a group of acquaintances of the Crescent Society, surrounded by an old man with crane hair and a childish face, dressed in cloth clothes, a snow-white beard, deep sunken eyes, and dark skin, obviously not from Middle-earth.

Xu Zhimo and Lin Huiyin sat on either side of the old man, and when they saw Chen Zikun arriving, they introduced to him that this was the Indian philosopher Mr. Rabindranath Tagore, who had just arrived in Beijing today, and had a chance to visit Chen Zikun's wedding and wanted to give him a gift.

Although Chen Zikun has never heard of Tagore's name, he knows that he is not an ordinary man by looking at his immortal style, not to mention that these guys from the Crescent Society are usually above the top and can make them respectful, they must be extremely awesome characters.

"It turned out to be Mr. Tagore, I have been looking up for a long time, why didn't I sit at the table, so what, hurry up and arrange a seat, I will accompany the old gentleman to drink a few glasses of wine." Chen Zikun greeted warmly.

Tagore laughed and said a few words in obscure Indian English, and Xu Zhimo translated: "Sir said thank you for your kind invitation, but I won't bother you after a long journey, this is a gift from Mr. ”

As he spoke, he took out a book of poems, signed the title page and gave it to Chen Zikun.

Chen Zikun took it in his hand and saw the words "Gitanjali" written on the cover of the poetry collection.

Seeing off Tagore and his friends from the Crescent Society, Chen Zikun saw a group of beggars squatting at the gate devouring the sugar-stuffed buns sent in the house, among which there was a familiar face, and immediately exclaimed: "Isn't this Xu Er!" ”

That person was really Xu Er, wrapped in a torn cotton jacket, his face was dirty, and when he saw Chen Zikun, he was so shocked that even the bun fell to the ground, and he couldn't speak.

"Xu Er, where is your young master?" Chan asked.

"The young master died of lung disease." Xu Er was saddened.

Chen Zikun also lamented, thinking that Xu Tingge Yushu was in the wind and suave, but unfortunately since the fall of Xu Shuzheng, he has been in a slump, and today I heard that he died young, which is really suffocating.

"Baoqing, do you have any money?" Chan said.

Xue Baoqing, who was standing at the door and greeted the beggar, hurriedly took out his pocket, took out four oceans, and a handful of copper dollars, Chen Zikun took it, grabbed Xu Er's hand and put the money in his hand.

Xu Er's tears fell down, his hand holding the money was trembling, he was also pulling a foreign car, why did he have to be a high-ranking official to ride a horse now, and he married a charming lady, but he became more and more depressed, from a monthly coachman in the general's mansion to a beggar, I feel unfair when I think about it.

"Thank you." Xu Eryi bowed, took the money and ran away, wiping his tears with his sleeve as he ran.

The other beggars immediately raised their hands, like a bush, and they also wanted some money.

……

The wedding banquet at noon was set up at home, but the dinner was placed in the Six Nations Hotel, mainly entertaining friends from the upper class and the woman's relatives and friends, compared with Chen Zikun's famous guests, Yao Qizhen's guests were much more low-key, Cao Rulin, Zhang Zongxiang, Lu Zongyu, and Yao Yilei's brother-in-law, the senior manager of Japan's Zhengjin Bank, the whole is a bunch of pro-Japanese factions.

A couple changed into Western-style dresses and entertained guests with a smile, and the gift from Yao Qizhen and his wife was a pair of limited edition Vacheron Constantin watches set with diamonds and sapphires, which are extremely luxurious, and it is said that there are only two pairs in China, one in Shanghai and one in Beijing.

Nowadays, there are not many people who wear watches in society, only fashionable new-school people like this kind of novelty, Yao Yilei can't put it down when she holds the watch: "Thank you, Daddy, Mommy." ”

Yao Qizhen and his family were smiling, and there were faint tears, and the daughter who had been raised for more than 20 years finally left her parents, thinking about it was really happy and sad.

"Zikun, this is Cao Shibo, Zhang Shibo, and Lu Shibo." Yao Qizhen introduced his son-in-law to three famous national thieves during the May Fourth period.

One of the bystanders who burned Zhao's house in the past bowed politely to the three elders of the transportation department, and all three of them were full of praise and praised Yao Qizhen for finding a good son-in-law.

Yao Qizhen said: "My son-in-law has great ambitions, and I want to build a railway branch line to connect the Longhai Line and the Jinpu Line, which is really ambitious." ”

Cao Rulin said: "Where is it, Xiao Chen's future life is terrifying." ”

Zhang Zongxiang and Lu Zongyu also agreed, the three of them and Yao Qizhen were both born in Japan, and they were old men in the transportation department, and their relationship was extraordinary.

Yao Qizhen said: "Zikun, don't you want to take out a loan, you Cao Shibo is the president of the Bank of Communications, Zhang Shibo is the general manager of Commerce Bank, and Lu Shibo is the general manager of Huiye Bank. ”

Chen Zikun only understood his father-in-law's hard work at this moment, although the old man was fierce, he had actually been planning a loan for himself to repair the railway.

"I must have to disturb a few uncles." Chen Zikun half-jokingly said that the three financial bigwigs naturally agreed.

Finally finished the entertainment, and when he returned to his home in Dongwenchang Hutong, he was exhausted, and Baoqing greeted him and said: "The gift money and gifts are all in the study, I made a book, who gave what things, how much, I remember it clearly." ”

Chen Zikun said: "Thank you for your hard work, don't you go back to sleep early." ”

Baoqing went with a smile, he was the busiest today, but he was busy and happy.

Although it has been simplified as much as possible, the wedding ceremony is still very cumbersome and extremely energy-consuming, Yao Yilei is as tired as a puddle of mud, and she goes back to the house to sleep, but Chen Zikun thinks about the loan, and she can't let go of it, so she wants to prepare materials in the study.

In the corridor in front of the study, a dark shadow suddenly flashed, although Chen Zikun drank a lot of wine, but his skills were still sharp, he quickly dodged and pulled out the gun, and shouted and asked: "Who!" ”

The black shadow fled in the wilderness, Chen Zikun chased after him, chased to the back garden, and took advantage of the moonlight to raise his gun to shoot, but suddenly put down the gun and shouted: "Guo'er!" ”

The black shadow turned out to be Guo'er, and his whereabouts were broken, and he didn't run away, standing in place trembling.

Chen Zikun stepped forward to look at him, and Guo'er's arms were bulging.

"Take it out!"

Guo'er took out a blanket bag from her bosom and threw it on the ground, and there was a loud noise in the heavy bag, obviously containing a lot of silver.

"Are you short of money to spend?" Chen Zikun is very strange, Guo'er is young, and he has not been infected with the vice of smoking and gambling, why did he steal his gift money.

Guo'er said calmly: "Yes, I am short of money. "I don't have the shame of being a thief being discovered.

Chen Zikun said: "What do you do with money? If your sister and brother-in-law don't give you pocket money, if your reasons satisfy me, the money will be given to you. ”

Guo'er said proudly: "They are used to living a tight life, and they only give me twenty eldest sons every month to do something, I and a few classmates want to go south to Guangzhou to vote for Mr. Sun Wen, apply for the Whampoa Military Academy, Guanshan is thousands of miles, it is impossible to do without entanglement, I really have no choice, so I have to take Brother Kun's gift money, but it is borrowing, not stealing." ”

Chen Zikun pondered for a moment and said, "You are going to Guangzhou, does Xing'er Baoqing know?" ”

Guo'er sneered: "Of course they don't know, and even if they do, they will never agree, they just want me to take the teacher exam and become a teacher in the future, but my ambition is not here." ”

"And what are your ambitions?"

"Down with the Great Powers and Eliminate the Warlords!" Guo'er replied sonorously.