Chen Shu and her son were placed in the main landlord's suite in the last part of the east courtyard of the Admiral's Mansion, which, according to the new acquaintance of Senator Fang, was originally Feng Guozhang's residence. However, most of the furniture was taken away by the Feng family, and the marshal ordered everything to be simple, so he just added a few pieces of furniture that were necessary, and it was a little sparse, if there was anything missing, just explain it to him. He lived in the west wing of the middle courtyard.

Chen Shuzhi said that Senator Fang, who looked suave in a dress, was a newly recruited advisor to her husband, and she was very trustworthy, so she politely said that it was already very good, thank you Senator Fang.

Fang Shengyuan said with a smile, this will be the home of Dashuai and his wife in Jinan, but they can't settle down.

Chen Shu noticed that Senator Fang addressed her husband as Commander, while the officers and soldiers of Mengshan used to call her husband Commander. She naturally didn't understand, now that Long Qian, as the governor of a province, was qualified to be called a handsome. There is also a customary name in officialdom called Junmen.

Chen Shu has been married to Long Qian since the autumn of the previous year, and it can be regarded as two years of fine clothes and food, and the quality of life is several grades higher than that of the small landlord in Chenjiaya, so his vision has naturally improved. In Chen Shu's opinion, there is no such exquisite and luxurious courtyard in Yizhou City.

The courtyard where she now lives runs north-south, with a three-way pattern. The front and middle courtyards are inhabited by the staff office and guards, and only the backyard is obviously reserved for Long Qian, which is considered his personal space. The yard is very large, three trees are planted, one large and two small, Chen Shu only recognizes the big one as a jujube tree, and the other two small trees are wrapped in white cloth, as if they are afraid of freezing to death. It was the first time Chen Shu had seen a tree dress.

There is also a western courtyard, which is also the residence of the headquarters organs. A newly opened moon gate connects the middle courtyard of the eastern courtyard. Connect the two courtyards as one.

Chen Shu didn't pay attention to the layout of the front yard and the middle yard, but the back yard was undoubtedly her new home. There are five main rooms, three east and three east wings, and a spacious corridor connects the main room with the east and west wings. However, only the windows of the main room are inlaid with glass, and the east and west wings are still pasted with white raw edge paper.

The door in the middle of the main house is opened, there is a corridor and reception room, covered with a dark gray carpet, and on the north wall hangs a picture of Guan Gong reading the Spring and Autumn Period at night, and on both sides hangs a couplet inlaid in a mirror frame: Liu Yingchun tries horses. Tiger Tent Night Talk. Under the portrait of Guan Gong is a table of eight immortals. There are four chairs on each side of the two mahogany chairs, and there is a high coffee table between each of the two chairs.

There are two rooms on the east and west, and there are two rooms together. The east suite is her and Long Qian's living room, the outhouse is a living room, and the inner room is a bedroom. Heating is not with an iron stove in Yizhou. Instead, a charcoal brazier was placed on a shelf.

The west room is arranged in Jackie Chanqian's office. Bookshelves and desks are in place. It's just that the large number of books he has collected and purchased in the past two years have not yet been shipped. Still in Yizhou.

Sister-in-law Zhang was placed in the East Chamber.

Chen Shu didn't expect her husband to be in Jinan, but her father, who came to Jinan earlier, lived in the middle courtyard. Listen to my father. Long Qian was already on his way back to Jinan. Out of last night's mess, of course he has to rush back.

Throughout the day, the headquarters was filled with a tense atmosphere, and this atmosphere Chen Shu had been taught, just as when he was facing the advance of the officers and soldiers. Her father just chatted with her for a few words, and asked about her mother and siblings who stayed in Yizhou, and she was called away and didn't know what she was busy with. Of the officers of the headquarters who were familiar with him, only Situ Jun and Song Jinguo came over to greet each other. Chen Shu asked Situ about the situation last night, and Situ said that the riot had been quelled and there was nothing serious. But looking at Situ's expression, it seems that the situation is still very tense.

In the morning, Chen Shu handed over her son to Sister-in-law Zhang, and she chatted with Mrs. Tang Shaoyi, who lived in the West Chamber. Tang Shaoyi was a guest, but he was very familiar with the high-level of the Mengshan Army, and he was not in the backyard in the morning, probably talking to his father and them in front.

It is said that with Tang Shaoyi's identity, it seems that the main house should be left to the Tang family, but her husband's subordinates obviously have no scruples about this. And Mrs. Tang has been nagging about the cold in the Northeast, it is said that the winter there will freeze her nose, and she can't decide whether to go to the Northeast with Lord Tang.

Chen Shu despised Mrs. Tang a little, and wanted to be herself, not to mention the Northeast, even the ends of the world, and she would be with her husband. What's more, as the prefect of Fengtian, where will Lord Tang suffer a little crime?

Lunch was delivered, shabu mutton, Chen Shu invited Mrs. Tang's family to come over for dinner, but Lord Tang just showed his bottom and was invited away again.

In the afternoon, two old friends came to visit her, Zhang Hongcao and Luo Erya, wearing clumsy and heavy cotton military uniforms. The two of them are still working in Mengshan Military Hospital, Zhang Hongcao is already an official, but she is still not married, but Wang Yuechan's maid Luo Erya has been married, and the man is a staff officer in the logistics department, and Chen Shu does not know him.

Luo Erya got married during the flood fight in Wuding Mansion, and she is also considered a bride. Chen Shu said happily repeatedly, got up and wanted to find a suitable gift, but she didn't find it in the chaos. Zhang Hongcao smiled and said Don't be busy, if you want to give, let's talk about it later. Erya only sat for a moment and left, saying that there were a lot of injuries last night, and there were several surgeries in the hospital, and she had to go back. But Zhang Hongcao didn't leave, holding Zhenhua and teasing the child, very loving. Chen Shu said, you should also find a suitable person. You see, you are the only one left in the original group of sisters.

Zhang Hongcao's expression immediately darkened when he heard this, don't say it, I won't get married.

Chen Shuzhi said that the female soldiers under Long Qian were not discriminated against because of their background. is Sun Juan, Huang Yu and others who are already married, and their lives are not good. Because Sun Juan was infertile, she had trouble with her husband several times, and Long Qian also came to the door to persuade her. And the most beautiful topaz among them is the best person to marry, Sheng Guang is now a high-ranking officer of the Mengshan Army, and it is said that he has found someone outside. However, no one picked it out, and Chen Shu did not sue Long Qian, for fear that Long Qian would be angry. Because she knew that Long Qian had always cared a lot about these hard-working sisters he had saved from under the knife.

"Don't talk about that. When we meet the commander, we will have a backer in this life. That is, the commander, I don't think we are from a cheap background, but we look at it personally. Now that I have no worries about food and clothing, I am really happy to see our Mengshan army getting stronger and stronger. Oh, don't talk about that, by the way, I think you should give your child a nickname, don't always call him tuba. A man's tuba can't be called easily. ”

"But he said that the name is for people." Chen Shu looked at Zhenhua who was sitting in Zhang Hongcao's arms, and brought a hand-sewn tiger head cotton hat that Zhang Hongcao had just brought, which made it even more tiger-headed.

"That's not going to work. He is expensive, he is the little master of our Mengshan Army, so can he easily shout the tuba to others? Isn't it a break in the rules? ”

"You, you don't know his father's temperament, and I'm most annoyed by those rules. I see him with the soldiers below, and he is always in the best mood. Oh, I forgot to ask you, what the hell was going on last night? My father and Situ didn't elaborate. Are there many dead and wounded? ”

"The patrol battalion that should be killed is in chaos. Isn't that looking for death? killed one of our soldiers, wounded several of them, and amputated one of them......" Zhang Hongcao has been in the military hospital for a long time and is used to seeing death and disability. It looks easy to say.

"Let's find someone. It's not always a matter to be alone. Now our old camp has moved to the provincial capital. You don't have to be looking for ...... on the team."

"Don't mention that. I'm just coming to see you. The hospital is not far from here, so you can go there when you have time. I think it's like you're literate. You shouldn't be staying at home all the time. Forget it, that's not something I should be worried about. I heard that the commander will be back in a day or two......"

Chen Chao came, and Zhang Hongcao said goodbye and left.

"Shu'er, I'm leaving Huayuan." Chen Chao took the tea that Chen Shu had brewed and gently blew the foam on the water.

"Why?"

"It's been roughly negotiated with the Machine Bureau. I've been busy with this these days. The chairman of the board of directors is ready to give up the position to Xu Jianyin, the general office of the Machinery Bureau. ”

"So what do you do?" Chen Shu was taken aback. My father's departure from Huayuan means that there is a large amount of income lost every year.

"What he meant was to put up a senate in the headquarters first." Chen Chao put down the teacup, "Huayuan wants to merge with the Machinery Bureau, he has taken a fancy to other people's skills and talents, and he doesn't need to ask foreigners to solve the problem of making bullets, and he must give others some benefits." In the next step, he is going to assign me a few people, including the senator, to start a social survey of the whole province. Therefore, I didn't spend much time in the provincial capital, and I wondered if I would move your aunt and them to Jinan as well? ”

Chen Shu pondered. Chen Chao thought she was thinking about her errand, but she wasn't. Chen Shu was ashamed of her worries about money. Indeed, the Chen family doesn't have to worry about money anymore, as long as Long Qian's military power is tightly grasped, where will there be a shortage of money? After thinking for a while, "Uncle, Xiaoxian will naturally be with Ye Yanbing in the future, don't worry about this." Of course, it's better for my aunt to come here. It's Xiaozhi, did he let him come to Jinan to do things? ”

"He told me about Xiaozhi. His opinion was to let Xiao Zhi go to Shandong University Hall to study. ”

"That's a good feeling. Or is he thoughtful. Chen Shu became happy, "Then it's decided, pick up my aunt and them, and live together as a family, how good." However, I heard that since the university hall invited the general office of studying in the West, the courses are all Western courses. Xiao Zhi is just the foundation of a private school, and he only studied a little bit of technical school in Yizhou, can he be admitted? Chen Shu became worried again.

"It doesn't matter. According to Hui Si, the governor's yamen has a recommended quota every year. This kind of face, Lord Zhou will give it. In addition, most of the students in the university hall are local children of Shandong, and there may not be many who are as knowledgeable as Xiaozhi. Even if it is the test, Xiaozhi may not fail the test. "Chen Chao works hardest on his son, supervises classes strictest, and is still conceited about his son's learning," Zhou Xuexi resigned from the general office of the school and went to Yizhou, so he mentioned this matter to me, but I didn't agree at the time. I felt that he was young and a little uneasy. Now that we are coming to Jinan with our family, of course we have to go to the university hall to study. ”

"That's great. Xiao Zhi is very interested in learning Western knowledge, which I know. He once said that he wanted to invent a weapon more powerful than a machine gun. ”

"Child's words." Chen Chao smiled, his face became serious again, "Shu'er, sometimes I always think, and it's even more so recently. What do you think? I just feel that he has been too smooth in the past few years. There is a Qing generation, and there is no one like him who has risen to the high position of admiral in just two or three years. The full moon is a loss. What was Zeng Hou's merit at the beginning? What status, and named his study 'Seeking Lack of Fasting'! Remind him all the time not to be complacent. ”

"Hmm. But don't you want me to take care of his business? ”

"This is not about politics, but for his future and the future of the whole family. The career is dangerous. The riot in the patrol camp has been ascertained to be instigated by the Zhili side. After all, people occupy the center, and sooner or later they can deliver the message to the emperor. As for him, he has only seen the Queen Mother for a few years. I heard that the body of the Queen Mother of the West is not as good as before. Moreover, ruthlessness is the most emperor's family, how long can that little bit of love to save the driver last? He is even more off-the-beaten, ignoring the emperor, and always screwing against Yuan Shikai. Once the queen mother is not in danger and the power is vested in the emperor, things will be in trouble. ”

"I've heard that the court always bullies the weak and fears the hard. As long as the military power is in hand, no one dares to do anything......"

"Did Ye Yanbing say it?" Chen Chao twisted his eyebrows, "It's just nonsense!" Ye Yanbing is his own person, needless to say. Do you think that in the face of wealth and nobility, you will be like Yan Bing? This time the patrol camp made trouble, and it was impossible to say that no one would directly go to the court to find trouble with him. Moreover, it is said that the imperial court is going to send important ministers to inspect the fifth town, and such a large army is in his hands? Will the imperial court really rest assured? ”

"It is said that the imperial court is already sunset......"

"Nonsense! The Qing Dynasty has been in power for more than 200 years, and it is deep-rooted, relying on more than 10,000 soldiers and horses under his command, he wants to change the dynasty? Shu'er, fortunately, Long Qian is sober-minded, and refuses to listen to the nonsense of a group of tiger and wolf generals under him, as his wife, you share weal and woe with him, you must comfort him to always be vigilant, to be like the abyss, like walking on thin ice......"

In the evening, Chen Chao was dining with his daughter and grandson, and while he was eating, someone reported that the commander had returned. Chen Chao asked Chen Shu to continue eating, got up and went to the front yard. Chen Shu thought that her husband would come, so she asked Sister-in-law Zhang to inform her to add some more food. Who knew that Sister-in-law Zhang came back and said that Long Qian only stayed for a quarter of an hour before being invited away by Zhou Futai. This was more than an hour, and it was not until the hour that Long Qian returned to the backyard.

After not seeing her for two months, Chen Shu saw that her husband was getting more and more clear, and her face was tired. I can't help but feel distressed.

"Oh, it's been a hard journey. Let me see ...... child" Long Qian closed the door, hugged his wife first, and then walked to the back room.

"Zhenhua is asleep, you are very cold, don't touch him......" Chen Shu followed into the bedroom. Long Qian didn't care, lowered his head and kissed his sleeping son.

"No, don't wake him up......" He hadn't shaved in about two days, and his face was black in his sideburns.

"Good ......"

"In the afternoon, Hongcao came and said it was time to give the child a nickname."

"It's your right to be a mother. It's okay for a kitten or a puppy to bark one. Long Qian stared at his sleeping son, motionless.

"What kind of kitten and puppy, belonging to the tiger, is it called the tiger head?" Chen Shu hugged her husband from behind, and the familiar smell fascinated her.

"Tiger head? Good. It's called Tiger Head. ”

"Haven't eaten yet, have you? I'm going to give you a hot one. ”

"Well, I'm hungry. I pushed off Situ and them just now, there are ready-made ones, just do some casually. Long Qian unbuttoned his coat, took off his military uniform and hung it on the hanger in the corner of the house, turned around and grabbed his wife's hand, "Did you miss me?" ”

"Go, I'm all a commander, and I don't have a proper ......"

"Ha Luha, it's natural for a wife to miss her husband. I don't think you can do it. ”

"Don't call your husband and husband, like a eunuch in the palace......" (to be continued......)