Chen Shu heard the content of the talks. She has been learning English with Lu Bicheng for two years, and she can already have general English conversations. All the conversations between her husband and the Houst envoy were in Chinese, which helped Chen Shu even more. Even without Tang Shaoyi's translation, she basically understood what Mr. House said. This makes her proud. Americans have come to China for help, and this qiē is all the credit of the husband.

She doesn't care about national affairs, and she doesn't intervene. Recently, she has been struggling with the issue of her eldest son studying in the United States. Fourteen-year-old Zhenhua has basically completed the middle school curriculum, and David has contacted famous American schools for Zhenhua more than once. Because of Zhenhua's status, almost all public and private universities in the United States have opened their doors to him. Zhenhua loves physics, and out of consideration for children's academics, there are not many schools to choose from. Her husband agreed that Zhenhua would study in the United States, but she always felt that her children were young and she couldn't let go. Last night, David called from the State Guest House, it was her husband who answered it, and after talking about Zhenhua's study abroad, her husband said that it was okay, no longer hesitate, and I will hand it over to you when I get there, I am very relieved.

The husband regarded David as a brother, and his friendship with the blonde and blue-eyed American was not ordinarily deep. She also trusts David, they have known each other for more than ten years, from the first time the Mengshan Army entered Zhengjiazhuang, David followed her husband, and experienced so many ups and downs, David is one of the most reliable people.

Chen Shu did not deliberately eavesdrop on their conversation. The reception room was connected to a storage room, where she was looking for something and overheard most of their conversation. In order not to arouse the suspicion of the American guest, Chen Shu waited until the end of the meeting before leaving the storage room. Looking down from the window of the bedroom on the third floor with a white screen. I saw my husband waving goodbye to Mr. House. Foreign Minister Tang and David left in a car. And the husband and Hong Yuecheng stood in the courtyard and chatted for a long time, and there seemed to be a lot to talk about, and the two walked side by side towards the depths of the garden.

Chen Shu is extremely satisfied with the brand-new presidential palace. Whether it's the main building or the garden, the luxury is beyond her imagination. It's much stronger than Haiyan Hall. The main building is a three-story structure, the first floor is two meeting rooms and two restaurants of different sizes, the small restaurant is basically for family use, and the large dining room can accommodate 50 people. The large conference room on the first floor is large and is generally used for press conferences. If the weather is good, the regular press conference of the Presidential Palace will be held on the lawn of the garden.

On the second floor is his office, study, administrative secretary and confidential secretary's office, and another meeting room of about 40 square meters, which is used only for important meetings. The meeting with the Special Envoy of the President of the United States took place in this Western-style reception room.

The third floor is their private space. Six bedrooms. A gym, two bathrooms, a tea room, and a small screening room. Silent movies are available. Except for the most intimate friends. The average person will not enter the third floor. Of course. Her uncle or younger siblings always stayed in the guest room on the third floor. Last summer, the younger brother Chen Zhi took his daughter-in-law to live for more than ten days.

There is also a swimming pool in the basement. He always wakes up and goes down to the basement for an hour's swim, replacing his morning jog. She and Zhenhua don't like to swim, but the second child Xinghua swims almost every day.

In addition to the main building, there are two annexes built on the two wings of the main building, which house members of the presidential office, adding up to more than 100 people.

What satisfies her the most is the garden, when the construction was built, a large number of trees were transplanted, and in the spring, the begonia flowers in the garden are in full bloom, which is particularly beautiful. So some people called the presidential palace the Begonia Garden.

There is a water surface of about four acres in the garden, and a lot of freshwater fish are raised. He was a man who did not like to stay in the house, and in addition to attending official business and receiving guests, he always wandered around the garden, walked on the cobbled paths, and chatted with the guards. He especially likes to fish in the pond, and most of the fish he catches are handed over to the large kitchen to improve the lives of the staff, and sometimes he keeps it for his own use and makes a fish soup himself.

He refused to recruit servants to serve in their private lives. According to the relevant regulations, the presidential palace can employ six servants for internal and external miscellaneous affairs. Now that the internal affairs of the huge Presidential Palace will be taken care of by the administrative staff of the Presidential Palace. Every Saturday morning, the presidential palace, including the chief of staff, goes out to clean the gardens, which seems unorthodox. But that's how he persevered. When there was no urgency at hand, he would also bring a broom and clean the garden with his men. This matter was reported, and Speaker Hong thought that it would damage the image of the president and solemnly raised it to the General Office, but he was unmoved. According to his words, there are fewer and fewer opportunities to move the body now, and the body is getting weaker and weaker all day long, so it is good to find an opportunity to move. The presidential palace is everyone's home, isn't it natural for everyone to clean and maintain it together? Hiring servants not only costs money, but also plays a bad lead.

Still, the report published in The Crescent about the president himself cleaning the garden caused a stir. There are those who praise it, and there are also those who implicitly criticize it for fame and reputation. I don't know other cities, the top people in Beijing, especially the people in the cultural circle, all talk about style, and generally hire followers, not to mention university professors, even teaching assistants, but also hire a follower, buy a newspaper and snacks, hire a rickshaw or taxi, and even wash your face with a basin of water are all followers, and you will not be able to do it yourself, otherwise you will lose face. The fact that the reporter of the "New Moon" told everyone that the president had cleaned the garden himself with the fact that he had witnessed it with his own eyes did indeed spark discussion. Mr. Cai Yuanpei, Minister of Culture and Education, was interviewed by reporters for this and believed that the President had set a good example and it was worth learning from and emulating by all of us.

Mr. Cai Yuanpei does not hire followers, and he is qualified to say this. As early as 1910, he organized and established a "Virtue Society", the purpose of which was to strengthen personal cultivation and improve personal morality, and most of the members of the "Virtue Society" were university professors, who pursued the "Three Nos" doctrine, did not smoke, did not drink, did not take concubines, and advocated a simple life. At that time, the country had not yet legislated on marriage, and Mr. Cai's proposition was unusual, and it was ridiculed as a fame and reputation at that time. Now the situation is different, the big smoke has long been banned, and the public concubinage is also illegal.

The size of the house is also a problem, and the cleaning alone is exhausting to the individual. Fortunately, there is no need to cook. Otherwise, Chen Shu will ignore Long Qian's objections and hire an old mother to clean up. Chen Shu also works in the Women's Federation, going to the women's federation every afternoon and doing housework in the morning. She does not hold any position in the Women's Federation, which is also what Long Qian meant. The Women's Federation is mainly engaged in women's rights protection, and has set up several departments, and its affairs are increasing. Since the birth of the People's Republic of China, earth-shaking changes have taken place in all aspects, the biggest of which is the improvement of the status of women, the public slogan of equality between men and women, and the gradual support of the law. But the reality is far from ideal. The Women's Federation conducted a survey on women's rights and interests in Zhili Province, and the situation was shocking. Not much better than the Manchus. Especially in the countryside, it is the strictest. Fortunately, the awareness of equality between men and women is awakening in big cities, and more and more women are being recruited for jobs, not to mention schools, and there are more than a dozen girls' middle schools and girls' normal schools in Beijing alone. With the awakening of feminist consciousness. Some incidents of abuse of women have come to light. The work of the Women's Federation has intensified. Chen Shu felt that the incident was not enough. I really wanted to pay a woman to help her with the housework, but she didn't get Long Qian's permission.

Because Chen Shu was too busy, Long Qian stipulated that his two sons must clean up their own houses. Including washing your own clothes. Zhenhua has no problem, Xinghua can't stand it, so he has been reprimanded by his father for this. Yes, 12-year-old Xinghua is still a child, and his studies are heavy, so how can he have time to do housework.

For this reason, Long Qian had a serious conversation with Chen Shu, talking about their future life from the education of their children. Long Qian said that everyone understands the truth of making children self-reliant and self-reliant, except for fools. But not every pair of parents can do it, you don't feel sorry for your son doing the housework, it's all for their good. Zhenhua has decided to study abroad, and you can't follow him to the United States, let alone hire a few people to serve him in the United States. Xinghua is afraid that he will not be able to study, this child likes to be a soldier, especially the navy, there is a great possibility of joining the army in the future, it is very hard to be a soldier, and it is not a bad thing to train him to be self-reliant as soon as possible. As for us, sooner or later we will have to move out of this courtyard, the constitution stipulates that the president will be re-elected for a maximum of one term, and this year is the end of the first term, even if I am re-elected, I will be relieved of this burden in six years at most. After leaving office, he is a civilian, and he will not have the president's salary, nor will he enjoy the treatment of the current security secretary. It's good for you to do some housework, so that you don't have to adapt in the future. Human beings have a bad problem, it is always easy to go up and difficult to go down. I am accustomed to being served, and one day I will not be able to stand it without servants.

Chen Shu disapproved of her husband's words in her heart. First of all, she disapproves of her husband's always being ready to step down. Yes, the constitution stipulates the term of office of the president, but the proposal of this article of the constitution is precisely the husband! Isn't that? Isn't there nothing to do? You laid the country, others don't know it, I don't know? If you don't sit in this world, who is qualified to sit? Who can sit still? It's just a matter of allowing those people to criticize and comment, and they have to get themselves out of power? Reappointment? Of course she will be re-elected, Chen Shu never thought that her husband would fail to be re-elected, looking at the world, Mengshanjun's old brothers don't need to say it, who else can wrestle with her husband? Sun Cannon, who is hiding abroad and refuses to return to China? Yuan Shikai, who shrank in Henan and did not come forward? Or the Manchu court in the summer resort? How much more can the situation change even in another six years?

As for the New Year's salary, the husband's income is indeed high enough, but the expenses are also large, and he really doesn't save much money just by relying on his annual salary. But Chen Shu still saved some money, not from Long Qian's annual salary, but from the dividends of Huayuan and Zhongxing. She didn't know exactly how to calculate it, but this income made Chen Shu feel at ease. Even if he is not the president, as long as Huayuan and ZTE are there, the dividends will be there, unless they collapse, but with the support of the state, how can an enterprise group that is already so large collapse? So the future described by the husband is just nonsense!

However, Chen Shu will not point out her husband's absurdity to her face. She respects her husband from the bottom of her heart, and apart from the past incident, he really deserves her love. Therefore, Chen Shu waited for Long Qian to finish speaking, and said with a smile that you are a pessimist, not to mention whether the country can leave you, even if you are a civilian, you are not an ordinary civilian, how can you lack money? If even the people who founded the republic starved, the country would surely be doomed. What you said is right, it's nothing to let his brothers do some work, I agree, I'm not afraid of getting tired, it's nothing to do some housework, it's not worth your attention. As for the future, I can't see it, at least I don't know who will dare to take your place.

Long Qian was surprised, hey, that's what I said! If I sit down on this chair one term at a time, what is the difference with the emperor? Well? What do you mean by who dares to take my seat? Sue you, the earth will turn the same way without anyone, and the more it turns, the better! If no one takes my place, my life's efforts, my ideals and struggles will fail, and I will fail badly! These words are just to be said at home, and never to be said to the outside world.

Chen Shu said, you can rest assured. I have no culture, so I can't help you with big things, but I will never cause trouble for you.

Now the most important thing is the tiger head (Zhenhua), and this time David will come back to finally determine the matter of Zhenhua staying abroad. Chen Shu asked for leave from the unit, because David was going to come over in the afternoon to talk about it.

In the afternoon, David came to the presidential palace again and finalized the details of Zhenhua's study abroad with Long Qian and his wife. In the end, it was determined that the school where Zhenhua studied was Yale, and it was all negotiated there, and a qualification exam would be held when I went, and according to Zhenhua's level, there was no suspense in the review of Yale. Zhenhua's English is very good, and there is no problem with zài language communication. Long Qian asked about the tuition fee, and David said that you don't need to worry about this, and I will bring the bill back when I come back next time. I will pay the upfront fee. But you can't put it off, just follow me right away.

David is well aware of Long Qian's financial self-discipline, which is part of the reason why David respects Long Qian.

That night, Long Qian seriously talked to his eldest son about the precautions for studying abroad, and told his eldest son to study hard and really learn his skills. He shows the other side of a loving father, from his studies and social investigation to his life, he talks about everything from his studies and social investigation to his life. Chen Shu was a little speechless. Thinking that her eldest son was going abroad alone at such a young age, Chen Shu couldn't bear it anymore and couldn't help but burst into tears. On the contrary, Zhenhua comforted his mother.

David did not return to China with House, but took Zhenhua to Shanghai by train three days later, Shanghai already had a flight with the United States, and David had already booked a return ticket before coming. Chen Shu went to Qianmen Station to see her off, and tearfully saw off her proud eldest son. (To be continued......)