The first thing Shen Mengxi did when he returned to Shanghai was to rent a house and take Ah Huan out to live, but Zhang Jiaxuan didn't agree, and Lu Shunxian also kept it very much, they were used to a big family, and there were servants to do the work, so they really didn't mind that their sister and nephew would live in for a while.

Jingshu's children were even happier to see Ah Huan, especially Junde, who was the same age as Ah Huan and soon played together.

Shen Mengxi didn't want to leave when he saw Ah Huan, so he had to stay for the time being.

Ah Huan was very comfortable living in Shanghai, and in the first few nights in Baoshan, she cried and looked for her grandmother, and when she arrived in Shanghai, she lived with her cousins at night, and she was so crazy that she forgot everything and never made a noise.

He was lonely and had no real companions, just watching the other children chase each other from afar, watching them roll in the mud and run in the wind, and he spent most of his time reading and writing with his grandfather, or listening to his grandmother talk about his father and mother.

Now, Zhang Jiasen arranged Ah Huan to enter the primary school where Junde studied, the little brothers went in and out together every day, they were very friendly, Junde was more than half a year older than Ah Huan, took care of Ah Huan, took him around the concession, told him where it was British, where it was American, where it was possible to go, where it was not allowed to enter, took him to know all kinds of buildings, all kinds of vehicles, and introduced him to his good friends, like a good brother. Lu Ming bit his fingers and followed behind, very well-behaved.

Ah Huan didn't understand the concession very much, and asked Zhang Jiaguang: "Fourth uncle, which country is Shanghai from?" Why is there a British one and an American one? ”

Zhang Jiaxuan's face was painful, "Of course, Shanghai is ours and the concession is also Chinese, but we have been bullied...... Ah Huan will understand when she grows up. ”

"Ahh Then drive them away! ”

“...... Ah Huan has the strength to drive them away! ”

"Good! My cousin and I are together, and we are in the same boat! Ah Huan waved his arms and made a sword dance.

"Okay." Zhang Jiaxuan was moved by his nephew's childish words and touched his nephew's head.

Lu Shunxian has been very nervous recently because of Zhang Jiasen's divorce, she has not studied in school, but she has been taught by her father and brother to read some books at home, and her world is the trivial life of her husband and children on weekdays, and she knows almost nothing about the outside world.

She asked Shen Mengxi: "Will your fourth brother have someone outside?" Come back and divorce me? When he asked, his eyes were fixed on Shen Mengxi, full of fear.

Shen Mengxi immediately shook his head firmly, "No!" I asked the fourth brother, and he said no, there must be no! ”

Lu Shunxian suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, that's good." Immediately sighed again, "What's wrong with this world, my aunt and wife have turned over and rode to the head of the main house, and the woman's life is becoming more and more difficult." ”

"The way of the world is always changing, as long as we follow the changes and keep up with the way of the world. Fourth sister-in-law, I see that there is a piano in the living room, why don't I teach you to play the piano! ”

"That's for Jingshu, what else do I learn from my old clumsy hands."

"Remember that the fourth sister-in-law knows the guqin, you must be able to learn it as soon as you learn it!"

"When you were a child, you always asked me to play the piano for you, and you relied on me every day, and the four sisters-in-law were long and the four sisters-in-law were short. I went to school at the age of 12, and then got married, and now I'm 26 years old, and I'm old, and I can't understand a lot of things you say. ”

Shen Mengxi listened to her quietly, and when she saw that she was sad, he leaned on her arm and said, "Is this how you are leaning?" ”

Lu Shunxian smiled, "It's still the stubborn look of a child, I heard that you went back to Baoshan to make a big fuss, how did you become so spicy!" ”

"If a woman is not good, she will be bullied! Let's go, I'll teach you to play the piano! ”

When Zhang Jiaguang came back from work, he saw his aunt and sister-in-law playing the piano and the guqin, and the four children were singing around them, under the candlelight, which was very warm.

Seeing him enter the door, Lu Shunxian hurriedly went over to help him change out of his suit and hang it up, took out his slippers and gave him them, and called the maid to cook.

The four children also stepped forward to say hello.

"The eldest master is back!" Shen Mengxi also stood up.

"You don't have rules!" Zhang Jiaxuan smiled and said, "Yu'er, today I met an old friend, they are preparing for a new university, and they are in urgent need of foreign language teachers. ”

"Oh? What kind of school? Shen Mengxi was very interested.

"Separated from St. John's University, Guanghua University. It has been almost prepared, there are about six or seven hundred students, but there are not many teachers, especially the lack of good foreign language teachers, the school site is in the suburbs, some remote, and the salary is probably not too high. ”

Shen Mengxi nodded and agreed.

On the ship that came back this time, Shen Mengxi had nothing to do, so he sorted out his experience in the past five years, made an outline, and prepared to write ten short essays to introduce Britain and Germany in school, food, clothing, humanities and other aspects, so as to give a reference to young people who are preparing to go abroad.

Zhang Jiaguang read the four articles she wrote and agreed very much, "It is very necessary for you to write like this, it will be very helpful to students who are interested in studying abroad, and once published, it will definitely be welcomed!" ”

took it to a friend at the newspaper for her, "You take a pen name and wait to see the newspaper." ”

Shen Mengxi said with a smile: "You don't need to work hard in everything, you don't need to worry about everything." There is a brother covering, it turns out that this taste is so devastation, why don't I give up the struggle and be an old aunt and grandmother in your house. ”

"That's exactly how it should be. In this world, men are all hit on their heads and bled out, and women come out to fight, which is too difficult. Yu'er, you have eight brothers, one person stretches out a hand, you are three heads and six arms! ”

Shen Mengxi cried instantly, not wanting Zhang Jiaxuan to see it, she was lying on the table, accustomed to decades of self-improvement, and the sudden family warmth made people feel weak.

Zhang Jiaxuan knew that she was crying, thinking that she was sad for her marriage and sad for the future, so she reached out and patted her shoulder, "Brother Hui will introduce you to a good one, this time brother must keep his eyes open." ”

******

During these days, Shen Mengxi was very busy, and many people came to her.

The first to come was Laura, her husband usually went to work, and she was home alone, bored and moldy. Knowing that Shen Mengxi had returned from Baoshan, he immediately came to the door.

Shen Mengxi pulled Lu Shunxian and went shopping with Laura, none of these three people were familiar with Shanghai, as soon as the children went to school, the three women chartered a carriage with a shed, and played around without purpose, shopping malls, cafes, clothing stores, Nanjing Road...... Even the vegetable market goes.

Laura is very happy, she likes all kinds of small snacks in Shanghai the most, and learned more than a dozen Chinese characters with Lu Shunxian, that is, "east, west, north, south, north and south white 12345678900", yes, they have gone shopping enough and come back, they will pull a maid to play four rounds of mahjong, Laura is very talented in eating, drinking and having fun, and has become addicted in a few days, and the best Chinese word to speak is "eat!" Touch! And! ”

They also used Mr. Bourgewa's camera to take pictures everywhere, sometimes in street scenes, sometimes in group photos of them, and sometimes in passers-by captured by Shen Mengxi. Shen Mengxi found that Lu Shunxian's chest was flat, and he usually lowered his head with his chest in his chest, this posture is what men like, "the gentleness of bowing his head, like a water lotus flower is not too shy to the cool breeze". And Laura raised her chest and raised her head, she was wearing a European-style corset, her waist was tightly tightened, and every time she ate, she said bitterly that she couldn't eat, and she drooled greedily.

An idea sprouted in Shen Mengxi's mind.

Lu Shunxian is very happy these days, she has grown to almost forty years old, and she has not been so reckless to play around, she is faintly guilty, feeling that she does not abide by women's morals, is not easy in the room, and is afraid that her mother-in-law will scold her if she knows. But Zhang Jiaxuan didn't seem to care, but seemed to support her to have her own entertainment, so she gradually put her mind at ease.

On the fifth day when they started shopping, Zhang Jiaxuan came back with Xu Shizhe, Shen Mengxi frowned and glared at Zhang Jiazhang.

Zhang Jiaxuan smiled bitterly.

Ah Huan ran down quickly from upstairs, stood behind Shen Mengxi, panting softly, and eagerly looked at his long-missed father.

But Xu Shizhe had something in his heart, and he didn't have the heart to pay attention to him, he just thought it was Zhang Jiaxuan's son, smiled perfunctorily, and got straight to the point with Shen Mengxi: "Jiayu, I came to ask you to agree, you must agree!" My father said that if I want to remarry, I must get your permission. ”

Shen Mengxi burst out laughing, "What the hell is this?" You want my permission to get married! I'm not your own mother! ”

"Yu'er!" Zhang Jiaxuan spoke out to stop her sister who couldn't stop laughing, looked at Xu Shizhe with a face like pig liver apologetically, asked him to sit down, and ordered the maid to serve coffee, and went upstairs to confess his guilt, leaving space for the three of them.

The corners of Ah Huan's mouth began to prune, slowly developing into sobbing, and finally crying, Shen Mengxi sat down and pulled Ah Huan to his side. said to Xu Shizhe: "Mr. Xu, this is Ah Huan, he has been looking forward to seeing you." ”

Xu Shizhe had already sat down, and stood up suddenly, "Ah Huan! Father didn't pay attention to you in a hurry, you came to Shanghai! Father thought you were in your hometown with your grandfather and grandmother. ”

Ah Huan cried and was pulled into his arms by Xu Shizhe, Xu Shizhe took out a handkerchief to wipe his tears, and took the candy on the table for him to eat.

Ah Huan snuggled up to him, looking pitiful.

"Mr. Xu, I don't understand, you and I have no relationship for a long time, why does Ling Zun want me to decide your marriage?"

"I, I don't know."

"Presumably the old man doesn't agree to your marriage, and he can't resist you, now he wants me to be a wicked person. By the way, Lu Xiaomei didn't get divorced either, right? Mr. Xu, strictly speaking, you are committing adultery! Shen Mengxi took a sip of coffee and said.

Xu Shizhe's face, which was just a little normal, turned blue again, and his chest was about to explode.

"So far, I can only tell you, except for the matter about Ah Huan, no matter what you do, I have no opinion."

Hearing this, Xu Shizhe became happy again: "Then you agreed!" Thank you Jiayu, I knew you wouldn't object! Xu Shizhe hurriedly stood up and left happily, even forgetting to say goodbye to Ah Huan.

Eight-year-old Ah Huan shed tears again, "Father doesn't like Ah Huan, right?" ”

"He likes you, but now he has more important things on his mind, so don't worry about that."

"Then when he's done with this, he'll come over and like Ah Huan, right? Mom! ”

"Yes."

"Then I'll wait for him!"

"Okay."

Silly boy, the last thing you can force in this world is to be liked by others.

Xu Shizhe is the only son in the family, from childhood to adulthood, he wants to be windy, everything goes well, and he has always been praised and respected. The relationship between him and Lu Xiaomei is not favored by almost everyone, but they just go against the wind, and the pressure they will bear in the future can be imagined.

This person learns both Chinese and Western when he is erudite, and is incorrigible when he is naïve.