Ye Yanbing took the whole family to Nanjing by train. There was no personal adjutant with him, and he did not wear a military uniform. This time the provincial relatives were completely private, and in view of Long Qian's almost strict requirements in terms of official style, Ye Yanbing had to take the lead in complying with Long Qian's regulations.

What he didn't know was that the Security Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense sent plainclothes to escort General Ye Yanbing throughout the process, and starting from Beijing, Ye Yanbing's family, who had not received special training, did not even find the four plainclothes who had been following them.

Ye Yanbing's parents are farmers, and they lived an enviable life in their later years with the light of their son. His elder brother died early, died in a fight for water, Ye Yanbing fell into Caomeng Cottage because of his brother's revenge and murder, the family thought he was already dead, who knew that he had become the founding general of the republic, and he also became a brother-in-law with President Longda, and the Ye family became a legend in his hometown. As early as the Fifth Town period, Ye Yanbing took his parents to Jinan, and later settled in Nanjing, accompanied by his widowed sister, and the two children under the widow's knee also lived with their mother and Ye Yanbing's parents, and studied in Nanjing.

Seeing that his parents were physically tough, Ye Yanbing was very happy. I told my parents that he would not go back to the front line, that he would work in Beijing for a long time, and that he would take them over when he settled down in Beijing. The Ye family's parents are naturally willing to live with their son, but they feel that their daughter-in-law's family background is too noble, and they are afraid that it will be difficult to serve. Chen Xian saw the old man's intentions and said that we should be filial, don't you want your grandson? It's my sister, who looks like a forty-something? Let Yan Bing worry about it, maybe he will find a home for his sister.

It has been eight years since Ye Yanbing's brother-in-law died of tuberculosis. At the beginning, my sister was really haggard, she looked very old, rich and nourishing, living in a mobile body, stained with the light of her younger brother, every time she saw her sister-in-law over the years, Chen Xian felt that the other party was younger, and now she looks graceful, not like a person forty miles away at all.

The second elder of the Ye family now feels that his daughter is suffering, and he heard his daughter-in-law say this. Naturally, it is a dazzling smile. "That's good, I'll listen to you."

Ye Yanbing stayed with his parents in Nanjing for ten days, leaving his two children behind under the pretext of official business. I chose a public holiday. took Chen Xian to Wuxi by train.

For Chen Hao. Chen Xian is emotional. Hearing her husband say that Chen Hao's whereabouts in Poland were unknown, Chen Xian and Chen Shu were very sad. For Xu Si, Chen Xian heard her sister talk about it. I am deeply embarrassed. Emotionally, Chen Xian was reluctant to let the woman into her sister's life, but she did not dare to openly refuse her husband's advice. She knew that her husband's gang had a deep affection for Long Qian, and she would never want to see Long Qian's blood scattered among the people.

Xu Si's secret is only circulated in a very small circle, and only a few people know about Wang Mingyuan, Feng Guozhu, Situ Jun, Ouyang Zhong, Wang Zhifeng and so on. It was precisely because Chen Chao was in charge of the Ministry of Police that he learned that a field team personally controlled by Jiang Yun lived in Wuxi, and then learned Xu Si's secret.

Chen Chao is an old-fashioned figure, accustomed to seeing a big family of three wives and four concubines, although he has only one woman in his life. According to Long Qian's status, it is not a big deal to have one more woman by his side. Although the marriage law was one of the first laws promulgated after the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was openly declared illegal to take concubines. However, this law only prohibits officials from taking concubines on the surface, and it does deal with several bigamy cases with great influence, which deters officialdom, especially the center. But there are many people who ask for little wives in private, and few are punished by the law. Even the officials who have already taken concubines have no choice but to acquiesce to the status quo. In fact, among the Manchu, Beiyang, and Kuomintang figures recruited by the Mengshan Army to surrender and rebel, there were really few figures like Cai Yuanpei who were as clean and self-reliant. is the former finance minister Duan Qirui, who has been praised by Long Qian several times for being honest and honest, and also has two or three little wives. Of course, the situation of the army is much better, because Long Qian has a tight grasp in this regard, especially the southern army system under his personal command, which is even more exemplary.

In the eyes of most of his subordinates, the matter of Long Qian's private storage room was not a matter at all. One of the core concepts of Long Qian's establishment of the Mengshan Army was that the officers and men were unanimous, and that what the lower levels were required to do, the higher authorities should be the first to do it, especially in the implementation of discipline. Except for Xu Si's matter, Long Qian really has nothing to blame in this regard. It was also his leading example, the first to set an example, coupled with advanced training methods, that tempered the Mengshan Army, a strong army that surpassed that time. But his subordinates all grew up from that environment, the difference between the noble and the low, and strict hierarchy is the basic feature of society, and his subordinates, even the core figures such as Lushan Wang Mingyuan, Ning Shijun, Feng Guozhu, Ye Yanbing, have never felt that their boss should be the same as everyone. In his hometown, it is a hierarchical society, and in the cottage, it is also a hierarchical society, how can his subordinates compare with Shangguan? Therefore, when Xu Si's "Thousands of Miles Seeking Husband" came to the troops going south, Long Qian did not refuse and included him in the room, Wang Mingyuan and Ouyang Zhong only thought about how to explain to Chen Shu in the future, and did not feel that Long Qian's disagreement was a big problem. Yes, Long Qian also lost his temper because of Feng Lun's concubine, but at that time, Long Qian really did not have a woman other than Chen Shu, and besides, can Feng Lun compare with the commander? From the remnants of Mengshan with the number one hundred and ten people to the fifth town with more than 10,000 mercenaries, isn't this miracle created by the commander? As for Xu Si leaving Long Qian and never coming back, Wang Mingyuan and others deeply regretted it, she was a very good woman, she was really talented and beautiful. It's really not authentic for the commander to abandon others, is it really that Chen Shu can't tolerate Xu Si? Could it be that the commander is really so afraid of guilt? Wang Mingyuan, Feng Guozhu and others had privately persuaded Long Qian, but Long Qian refused to allow them to interfere in his private affairs. Naturally, these people would not publicize Long Qian's private affairs, so Ye Yanbing didn't even know that his boss had been in the outer room during the army's southern expedition for several years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and there was also a boy!

When Chen Chao mentioned this matter, it happened that Ye Yanbing led the army to fight in Europe, so he naturally had no time to ask about it. However, Ye Yanbing's first feeling was not to condemn Long Qian's immorality, but to think that the child should be brought back to Long Qian! Before he came back from Russia and went to Nanjing Province, Chen Chao talked about this matter again and felt quite embarrassed. Ye Yanbing knew that this matter was no longer a secret in the Chen family, and Chen Chao had persuaded Long Qian to take Xu Si's mother and son back, and told Ye Yanbing. Chen Shu has already agreed to this. But Long Qian disagreed, saying that since he had done something wrong, it might be even more wrong to correct it. Isn't it good for their mother and son to have no worries about food and clothing, and to be a commoner in their hometown?

"Since you went to Wuxi to see Xiaohao's family, you might as well inquire about their mother and son, and if possible, go and see them. It's hard for a clean official to decide family affairs, and I really don't know how to deal with it. If this matter is publicized, I don't think many people will accuse him, but Shu'er will not be able to run away from a jealous name. Isn't Shu'er wronged? Chen Chao shook his head and sighed when he said this.

Since the father-in-law has this attitude. Ye Yanbing is easy to do. It is not so much to visit Xu Yi in Wuxi, but to find Xu Si to see if he can properly solve this troublesome housework.

On the train to Wuxi, Chen Xian thought of this mission to Wuxi. I can't help but cry out for my sister. "You don't know how hard my sister is. I feel aggrieved, and I have to endure it, as if I did something sorry for him! What is this called? ”

The train stops right at Wujin Station. "He's hard enough. They all say that it would be good to build their own country, and if you look at him, he is only one year older than me, his hair is half white, and he looks much older than me. Listening to Gu Xiaolin, for three hundred and sixty-five days, there is no day to rest, every day from getting up to sleeping, except for meeting people is to review the text, and the people who are beaten by iron can't stand it! Even when he went out to inspect, he was in a hurry, and the people in the office couldn't keep up with him. What a strong man was he once upon a time? Three people like me are no match either, and now they really can't...... If he didn't take into account the mood of the eldest sister, why would he be like this? It is said that he is the founding emperor, is there such a founding emperor? For the sake of his wife's feelings, in order not to be blamed, he didn't even recognize his own son? People are not sages, but if they are others, it is me, and I will never be able to do it...... Yes, he was the founding president, but he was also human. Because they took the ticket train from Nanjing to Shanghai, although it was first-class, Ye Yanbing was still worried that others would hear their conversation, so he tried to keep his voice low.

Chen Xian listened for a while, and was about to ask her husband, do you want to accept the outer room? Maybe like your boss, he also has a woman outside the house behind his back? Without waiting for her to speak, Ye Yanbing pointed to the flow of people on the platform, "Jiangsu must be a first-class rich province, and there are not many people who have the money to go out, you look at the appearance of these people, he said that he wants to double the national income in six years, how easy is it to say!" You go and inquire, counting from the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, which dynasty will openly set such a goal for itself? ”

First-class passengers look well-dressed, but the flow of people outside the window is more miserable, and the financial constraints can be seen just from the clothing.

"Those who go out by train should have a better economic situation, and they can't afford to go out without money? Jiangsu is also known as the richest man in China, and it is still like this...... One can imagine the situation in the northwestern and southwestern provinces. If you build a few railways, build a few factories, or run a few universities, it is not difficult. However, in order to increase the income of the people as a whole, it is necessary to double it, and it is purely uncomfortable for oneself. He is always like this, leaving the work of the government to the parliament to judge, what if you set the goal like this, what if you can't achieve it? Really quit and leave? ”

My father said something similar. However, even a blind person can feel the great changes in the country in a few years. How many new factories have been built in Nanjing alone? Colleagues say that when the five-year plan is realized, let alone Japan, it will not be bragging to catch up with and surpass Russia...... As far as steel production is concerned, when several large steel mills such as Anshan and Ma'anshan reach the guidelines, we will throw Japan out of the eight streets. ”

Chen Xian used to work in the Comprehensive Statistics Department of the Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Industry, because the school conditions in Beijing were better (the capital has set up a school for military children), Chen Xian transferred her two children to Beijing to go to school, and her own work was transferred to the Ministry of Industry to do statistical work. Regarding the achievements of the country's industry, Chen Xianzhen knows better than Ye Yanbing.

"I'm talking about a doubling of national income! Hundreds of millions of people, this is not like the Yangtze River flood relief in the first year of the founding of the People's Republic of China! ”

Chen Xian found that the topic was changed by Ye Yanbing, what are you talking about? These are the reasons for taking concubines behind his wife's back? "You're always looking at your brother-in-law...... Don't you want to think about my sister? ”

"I think that since something has happened, you have to face it. I don't care about the woman, but the child is the commander, and it makes him feel uncomfortable to be left out. ”

Chen Xian discovered a cruel fact, the development of the Chen family came entirely from Long Qian. When the Chen family clashed with Long Qian, even Ye Yanbing, the son-in-law, was not an ally of the Chen family.

Is Long Qian bad for his sister? Chen Xian thought about this question repeatedly and came to the conclusion that it was very good. Since marrying his sister, the husband and wife have never blushed, let alone beaten their wives. The daily affairs of the family are completely in the hands of his sister, even if it is his salary, it is his secretary who receives the deposit slip from the financial office of the office to give to his sister, except for the money he has to spend (mainly subsidies sent to some special people), the rest is never asked. In Chen Xian's opinion, he absolutely respects his sister, and on some occasions where his sister needs to attend, he has given his sister enough face. For a time, Chen Xian was very envious of her sister's good life, and her mother also said privately that the Chen family was virtuous, and both of you sisters married nobles, and they were so good to you.

Is my sister bad to him? Because he felt that his own culture was low, he didn't have more common language with him, and his sister worked hard to study, surrounding his interests, and his sister dabbled in all the knowledge he liked. After more than ten years, my sister's knowledge now definitely surpasses herself. Not to mention in life, because he doesn't like to use servants, and he doesn't like to eat out, as the president's wife, my sister has learned a good cook, for a few of his favorite home cooking and noodles, my sister has consulted the chef of a famous restaurant in Beijing many times. The appreciation of those guests who were invited by him to dine at his home was definitely not a hypocritical compliment, but a fact. The older sister who used to like to dance with guns and sticks is gone...... Isn't this qiē all for him?

Chen Xian heard that the woman was a college student, who knew music and rhythm, was good at poetry, and was more beautiful than her sister. These are the reasons why he abandoned his sister? Of course, there was no talk of abandonment, he did not bring the woman home at all, and it was said that he had cut ties with her, but why did the father and husband turn up the matter again?

The topic could not go on, and until they got out of the car, Chen Xian did not talk about this topic with her husband again. After they got out of the car, they called a rickshaw, first found a good inn to stay, and after lunch, Ye Yanbing called Chen Xian to go out, Chen Xian asked him where to go, Ye Yanbing said impatiently, go to see Xiaohao, where can you go?

This sentence made Chen Xian feel a lot more comfortable. took the taxi from the inn to Chen Hao's Yue's house, obviously Ye Yanbing had done his homework and directly told the driver the detailed address.

Regarding the disappearance of Chen Hao, Ye Yanbing has already made it very clear, although Chen Xian no longer has the illusion that Chen Hao is alive in her heart, she still hopes for a miracle. In the taxi, Chen Xian said to Ye Yanbing, "Maybe he was captured and still alive." When he fought Texas, didn't he also disappear? Didn't you come back alive later? When you see his daughter-in-law, don't say that he has died. ”

"Do you still need to tell this? Of course I hope so. There are many legends that the death rate in the POW camps was extremely high...... You don't understand, the Germans hate us so much......"

"Didn't you arrest a lot of Germans too? Can't it be exchanged? ”

"The war is still going on, how to exchange? I always think of ways to do it. If it weren't for the two letters connected to his daughter-in-law, I wouldn't have made this trip. Again, you have to face it. ”

When the car arrived at the corner of the street, the black and thin driver refused to ask for the fare, "Listen to the two of you, are you the officer of the expeditionary force?" It is my honor to serve the expeditionary force, and I cannot ask for this money. ”

Ye Yanbing was a little moved, and forced the fare to the driver, "I am indeed a soldier, and the military discipline is strict, so I dare not violate it." Don't hurt me. Despite being dressed in civilian clothes, he gave the patriotic driver a standard military salute.

Chicken Goose Lane is an east-west alley paved with cobblestones, pink walls and tiles, typical Jiangnan water town style, about 100 meters long, living more than a dozen families, according to the address on Xu Yixin, Ye Yanbing and his wife knocked on the courtyard door of the street number 9.

The door was opened by a young woman of medium stature, "Who are you looking for?" A mouthful of Wu Nong's soft language.

"Does Xu Yi live here?" Chen Xian knew Xu Yi, Chen Xian attended the wedding on behalf of the Chen family when Chen Hao got married, but the young woman in front of her was not Xu Yi, Chen Xian suspected that they had found the wrong address.

"Ah, yes, Xu Yi is out, and she will be back soon. Please come in. The young woman's attitude is like that of a master. (To be continued......)