Chapter Seventy-Six: Congratulations, Young Ambition
Her father, Bai Zhengchang, dressed in a satin nightgown and a pipe, drank tea and read English newspapers while peeking with interest at his daughter, who had only returned for half a year. The daughter has lived in the countryside for a year, and her condition has been relieved, but her weak appearance is actually tough, and she must be the adopted son of Wang Ya'an, who has made friends in the world-Na Miantang. His daughter knew that this heart had secretly promised that Miantang for more than ten years.
Hearing the sound of the car door opening, Bai Wei's body trembled slightly, looked up at the door, and after seeing the man who opened the door, Bai Wei's eyes were full of tenderness, and her tense body seemed to relax in an instant. She lowered her eyes, and a touch of Hao Ran gradually rose between her eyebrows.
At eight o'clock, the bell rang slowly, and the servant bowed down to usher in the guests. Namitang wore a suit and bow tie, put on his coat, and stepped into the house. The blush on Bai Wei's shy face was even worse, and even a faint layer of pink appeared in the white greasy bend, shyly tugging at the corners of his clothes, Bai Zhengchang couldn't help laughing, the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were all smiling, Shi Shiran laughed, "Brother Mian, you're here." ”
Na Miantang nodded elegantly to Bai Wei and greeted Bai Zhengchang: "Uncle Bai, hello! ”
Bai Zhengchang joked: "Tang'er, this time to take care of the help is very busy and pay attention to rest, Wei'er has been talking about the things you played when you were a child today, my ears are about to become calloused." Wei'er passed away early since she was a child, frail and sick, and had no friends since she was a child, and finally took care of her body in the countryside, you are the eldest brother, take some time to accompany her, and it can be regarded as me, a half-body person in the dirt, asking you. ”
Bai Wei stood there with a flushed face, with a small face lowered, and even her chin seemed to be hidden in the collar, and she only denied it: "No." ”
Na Miantang was very respectful, "I know uncle, I'll take Sister Bai Wei out to eat in a while." ”
Bai Zhengchang patted Na Miantang on the shoulder kindly, "Come to my study first, our uncle and nephew will have a good chat, and we won't delay your young people's dating time." ”
"Daddy." Bai Wei looked arrogant, and she didn't dare to look at Bai Miantang, so she only said softly.
Bai Zhengchang's study.
Bai Zhengchang put down his pipe, slowly took out a cigar, and pushed the cigarette case to the opposite Miantang, who took out one, first lit Bai Zhengchang, and then lit his own.
"Little Gege is back, isn't it?"
"Yes, Uncle Bai, we haven't found her, but she came back by herself, I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse?."
"This is her fate, and it is impossible to disobey it! How is human can be controlled, fate is fate, we cower and shrink into businessmen for many years, and we have to calculate it in the end. The husband is in the world, he has made great achievements, he is in troubled times, it is difficult to be alone, and the blood debt will eventually be repaid by blood, so no one wants to jump out of the Three Realms! ”
After talking, that Miantang walked into the hall, Bai Wei waited on the table, and saw that Miantang was extremely shy, the breeze blew the long skirt on her body, wrapped in the soft and slender body, curling Tingting, the white face was quiet and gentle, the whole person was like a butterfly about to fly, she smiled at her father, "Dad, let's go." Xiaolan, coat! ”
Bai Zhengchang waved his hand: "Be happy, safety first." Na Miantang politely bowed to Bai Zhengchang: "Uncle Bai, goodbye." ”
The maid flew over to put on Bai Wei's coat.
Na Miantang sat in the car, looking at Bai Wei, who was blushing and happy, "Bai Wei, I'll take you to dinner." ”
Bai Wei's eyes widened, "Where are you going?" ”
"You'll know when you get there."
In Bai Wei's mind, his voice was as gentle and powerful as ever, and listening to her ears made her ecstatic heart inexplicably steady.
In front of Yongan Department Store, on the second floor of Dadong Hotel. Song Da asked me for dinner, and I went to the banquet by appointment, and there have been several such dates. I love the lively, the more friends the merrier. In my heart, apart from that Miantang, Song Da can be regarded as a friend with a unique personality, who can help you in times of crisis, and is never as strong as a warlord, but a gentleman. Now Brother Ghost, Pony Six, Pig Head Three, Niu Ba, Oil Four Chickens, and Ah Wu Donkeys have begun to work at the dock again, although the silver is less, but it is enough for three meals a day.
Song Da grew up abroad and became a foreignized rich kid. Although we are very different in status, he believes that he and I have a sense of connection. He tolerated my sometimes arrogant and sometimes irascible personality, and he would not smile at my ignorance in any venue, and he once said: "I don't know why, I always feel that there is youth and wildness in your body, is it hidden in your blood genes?" I know I don't have to. “
The place where he invited me to eat was more and more high-class, and it was easy to be with him, but I never thought about what kind of story would happen between us. I admit that the reason why I took the initiative was that there was an element of anger with that Miantang, and I also admitted that one of the former masters of the Song Dynasty Thirteen Taibao had enough guarantees for our safety in this troubled world, and his agile skills, subtle temperament, and handsome face were enough to make my heart move.
The upstairs was brightly lit, but empty, and there was not a single guest. The manager greeted us respectfully and led us to a dining table with silver candlesticks, on which red roses were in full bloom, and white clothes and black horses were diligently lighting candles and pulling away seats. As we sat down, the lights suddenly dimmed. The violinist stands still beside us at some point, and in the darkness the piano opens the bow, as if the whole world has always been a piece of music for two people and a quiet one. I suddenly twitched in my heart, 'There must be demons in quiet places.'"
Song Da sent a kunshi, no longer as a soldier like a blade: "Yes, everything is prepared for you tonight, if you don't come, I will feel very sorry." I chose the roses, do you like them? ”
I looked around and laughed out loud, "Thank you, Instructor Song, I prefer you to teach me your famous grappling kung fu more than roses." ”
The waiter's cart tiptoed up, took out a bottle of red wine from the crystal ice, wrapped the bottle in a large white towel, and expertly poured the wine into the glass. Song Da lit the table with his hand and sighed with some emotion: "Grape wine glow-in-the-dark cup, if you want to drink the pipa, urge immediately." Drunk and lying on the battlefield, how many people did the ancients fight back? Mao Jiujiu, do you know why it is called Shanghai? ”
I was stunned for a moment, and looked at Song Da, who had a sharp military temperament, with curiosity: "Of course! ”
Song Da said: "During the Warring States Period, this was the fiefdom of Chun Shenjun, the prime minister of Chu State. The Huangpu River in front of him was dug by his order, so it is called the Huangpu River, also known as the Chunshen River. In the Ming Dynasty, it was a fishing village at first, and then ships gathered and business travels continued, and it became a famous commercial port and a veritable maritime shopping mall. After the Opium War, she began to become the metropolis of the East, but this is her ..... shame, now Shanghai is a deformed city, I don't like her very much, because China has always been troubled by internal and external troubles, but she is prosperous day by day. ”
It just so happened that the bell of the customs building rang, and at eight o'clock in the evening, the rumbling bell shook people's hearts, looking back at the tall Angelian and ancient Greek buildings in the night.
I broke the silence and used a teasing and relaxed tone, "I, Mao Jiujiu, 18 years old, have been thinking about it for 18 years, facing the truth for 18 years, Lone Star has entered the fate, unknown parents, humble background, ambitious, nothing has been achieved, and I know everything." Fate, this dog thing, always likes to make faces with me. We boil pumpkin and sweet potato seedlings and rice in a pot, it's called multigrain rice, you don't like to eat it, I don't like to eat it, but there is only this pot of rice. ”
"Fate seems to be at every turn, and it tells me, tease you. Fortunately, a group of brothers supported each other, and in order to beg for a mouthful of food, they fought and were abducted, which was not my intention. ”
"Now I am wandering the rivers and lakes, happy with enmity and hatred, experiencing ups and downs, setbacks, and hitting walls again and again, my head is broken and bleeding, and my body is bruised. It's not willing, it's really a last resort. No matter how unfair God is to me, I always think that I, the cat, are not convinced! You are a big man I know in Shanghai, and I have no friends other than my scumbag brother. I'm very lucky. ”
Song Da looked at me deeply, a little heartache, "Mao Jiujiu, forget the unpleasantness just now, come, touch a drink." ”
The goblets filled with red wine clammed together with a crisp clatter. Song Da tasted it elegantly, and a piano sound played rapidly on the stage in the distance, and the song "Heroic Symphony" was unpredictable at the right time, and I actually drank a glass of red wine in the music. Red drunk and intoxicating, the candlelight swaying, in the candlelight, is a pair of affectionate eyes, but I have a mind under the influence of alcohol flashing back to that arrogant face. If he knew what it would be like for me to mix well, I couldn't help but smile.
Song Da didn't think I was rude, "Ordinary girls don't drink so much, you know?" The way you smile is infectious, and I've never seen a girl smile as brightly as you are. ”
The waiter laid the lobster, Song Da took the knife and fork, signaled to me to cut the shrimp entrance, and then put down a piece of cut lobster meat and put me on my plate.
I'm not used to eating foreign food, and it's not easy to tell him, after all, others are the master, I am the guest, and I still understand this bit of etiquette. I would also say a compliment: "Congratulations, young man." I wish you all the best. ”
Song Da smiled, "Do you want to know my story?" When I was studying in Europe, it was experiencing the European war, when the university was closed, many classmates went to do ambulance work, I knew kung fu and signed up for the volunteers, but the British discriminated against us Chinese, the so-called cannon fodder scouts were all sent to the Chinese, and the British turned their heads and said in English to let these * go to death! At that time, the artillery fire was very heavy, and bullets were flying around. ”
I nervously asked, "What happened?" ”
"I didn't go, because I translated their words, and I called them cowardly English pigs, and the officers turned white with anger. At that time, I really hated it to death, a double hatred of the country and the family! I came back to be an upright soldier, a horse leather shroud, the life of a soldier, and the death of the country. The rivers and mountains are so good that the current Chinese soldiers should probably die. We didn't die, just because of amnesia and cowardice! The gangsters are in power, and they are all robbing the country's difficult wealth. ”