Shen Mengxi received a letter from Lin Huiya, in which she said that Liang Chengru presided over the design of the Monument to the People's Heroes, and she also participated in the design of the pattern of Sumeru Terrace, and participated in the design of the national emblem.

Shen Mengxi Hexin had mixed feelings, she wanted to return to China to serve, but she was afraid of the various sports that followed.

After some consideration, there was still no reply. just showed the letter to Wang Shouqing, and then put it away.

"They are indeed suitable for staying in China, and they are both so talented. If it weren't for me, you would have been able to stay in a top-tier university, just like them. Wang Shouqing said.

Shen Mengxi shook his head, "Without you, I wouldn't be suitable to stay." ”

Before Wang Shouqing could speak, Shen Mengxi said, "I came to the United States first, if you don't come with me, you will probably be a high-ranking official in Taiwan." ”

"If you don't come along, I'll probably die in battle."

The two were silent for a while.

In order to change the topic, she looked through the book in Wang Shouqing's hand, which was actually "Tao Te Ching", and even made notes.

"Huh? Watching Lao Tzu lately? ”

"Jiayu, if Hitler or Chairman Jiang had read the theories of war, peace, and non-war in this book, the situation would not be what it is today."

"Heh, those who agree with this kind of book will not start a war at all, and those who start a war will not read this kind of book at all, and I am afraid that they will be burned and not allowed to be read by others."

"It's true, the purpose of war is to plunder, how can they agree with Wuwei and advocate Naruhito."

The couple then chatted about the Tao Te Ching and the Zhuangzi, and it turned out that at this time there were already twelve English translations and nine German translations of the Tao Te Ching.

"Ru's father was skeptical of Lao Tzu, and Mr. Liang believes that Lao Tzu's book was apocryphal by someone in 300 B.C."

"Hehe, everyone's mind has limitations. If the Wuxu Reform Law succeeds, according to Mr. Kang's "Book of Datong", it should be the same government in the whole world, with no family, no marriage, and men and women should not live together for more than one year, and they will have to be replaced after one year. ”

"Hahaha!"

"Haha what, could it be that you are also thinking about changing people?" Shen Mengxi narrowed his eyes dangerously.

"Jiayu, you just look at me too tightly, I'm a gentleman, how can I have such a dirty idea, just laughing." Shen Mengxi was often forcibly jealous once, and Wang Shouqing was always very useful, even if he was in his fifties, he was still happy to do it.

"Hmph, there's no best. However, it is good to go to a nursing home when you are sick and a nursing home when you are old. ”

"Cremation of the dead, this is not easy to accept."

"Well, attaching importance to education, developing production, and equality between men and women are still worthy of praise."

The husband and wife chatted with each other, and Han Xiangmei, who came to visit the door, saw it at the door, turned around and whispered to her husband, "Look at it, chatting and sleeping well are the most important factors in the harmony of husband and wife." ”

Zhang Xinhuai nodded silently.

A few days later, Zhang Jiasen and his wife came to San Francisco with their three young children, he has always advocated no war, advocating the complementarity of Germany and France, and now Wang Shouqing has a person to talk to, and the two talk by candle and night, sometimes laughing, sometimes arguing.

Zhang Jiasen was dissatisfied with the one-party dictatorship of the Kuomintang, opposed Marxism, and advocated the revival of Confucianism.

Shen Mengxi looked at this second brother and could only sigh.

Zhang Jiaxuan asked the second brother to live in his house, Shen Mengxi said that his family had a small population, so it was better to live in her house, but Zhang Jiasen still chose the fourth brother's house, his sister's house, and the Wang family in the end.

Shen Mengxi spread his hands and smiled helplessly, where he lived, it was not the same, it was so close.

She took her nephew's hand, "Let's go, go to my aunt's house and eat something delicious." ”

In November 1949, brothels were abolished in New China.

In February 1950, the People's Republic of China promulgated a general decree strictly prohibiting opium tobacco and drugs.

On May 1, 1950, the People's Republic of China promulgated the Marriage Law, abolishing arranged marriages and implementing freedom of marriage and monogamy. Equality between men and women, and protection of the legitimate interests of women and children.

At the end of June, 300 million peasants were given land under the land reform

In September, the right of imperialist countries to station troops in Chinese mainland was completely abolished.

In October, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea began.

Chairman Jiang, on the other hand, gave up Hainan and Zhoushan to protect Taiwan, stepped up military training and military manufacturing, and worked hard to achieve a "counteroffensive on the mainland."

Several families gather frequently, although they are on the other side of the ocean, but they are still concerned about everything in the motherland.

With the promulgation of one decree after another on the mainland, the center of conversation of the Zhang brothers has completely turned to the mainland, especially the land reform, and they are very surprised that the government's measures have allowed 300 million landless peasants to obtain 700 million mu of land and means of production free of charge.

Shen Mengxi's peaceful life has changed, Wang Shouqing's alumni of West Point Military Academy contacted him and repeatedly invited him to teach at the military academy, Shen Mengxi agreed, he didn't want Wang Shouqing to regret it, and several years of pastoral life were also satisfied, so he entrusted all the farm to Zhang Jiasen and took Adjutant Tian's family to New York.

West Point is located on the west bank of the Hudson River, 80 kilometers from New York.

They lived in a three-story villa, not far from the military academy, surrounded by a two-acre open space, fenced, reclaimed the land behind the house, planted vegetable and fruit trees, and planted flowers in front of the house.

Shen Mengxi teaches German at a university, and she doesn't have many classes, driving to class three days a week, and the rest of the time helping Han Shanni with the children or tending to the vegetable garden.

Life is also good.

Shen Mengxi and the two have never been naturalized in the United States, and Andrew said that he could help, but Shen Mengxi declined.

They still live in the United States as citizens of the Republic of China.

In 1952, Han Shanni gave birth to her third daughter, Xu Jiatian, and when she learned that she was still a girl, she almost collapsed.

Shen Mengxi called Ah Huan over and talked with him seriously for a few hours, telling him not to feel pressure, the birth of boys and girls are the children of the Xu family, and there is no need to be obsessed with what to pass on the ancestry. Ah Huan also realized that it was his obsession and put pressure on his wife, and after going back, the husband and wife had a good talk, and Han Shanni was relieved to do the confinement.

Han Shanni's health has not been good, so Shen Mengxi took her third granddaughter with her.

Han Shanni was reluctant, but she couldn't take care of herself, and often cried.

Six years later, Han Shanni finally gave birth to a boy and cried with joy.

But his health was even worse, and he still couldn't take care of the child, so Shen Mengxi took over his grandson Xu Jia, who was only five pounds. At the age of 58, the old couple started to take care of a baby again.

For this daughter-in-law who has no heart and no eyes, and her joy and anger are completely different, Shen Mengxi can't love or hate it.

After graduating from university, Han Shanni has been unemployed and concentrates on taking care of her husband and children. Now that she has given birth to a son, she feels that she has fulfilled her responsibility. The whole person relaxed, and did not agree with her mother-in-law's education methods, thinking that she was too strict, unscientific in the education of children, and often complained about her mother-in-law's strength with her mother and outsiders.

For her mother-in-law, she is both respectful and afraid, and she dare not mention it in person if she has opinions, and now she has a little more jealousy, she often sighs with her husband that her young man's body is not as good as her mother-in-law, and I am afraid that she will not be able to survive her mother-in-law. Ah Huan was a little annoyed and helpless. He remembered their mother's efforts clearly, contributed money, and did not complain. But my wife's health is really much worse because of childbirth, and her mood is also melancholy. He could only silently reconcile between his mother and wife.

Of course, Shen Mengxi noticed all this.

In 1960, Shen Mengxi was 60 years old, and she decided to retire.

Wang Shouqing is 65 years old and has gray hair, but the years of returning to the military academy have made him full of energy and physically tough.

Shen Mengxi sent his granddaughter and grandson back to Han Shanni, the most difficult two years have passed, the grandson is now healthy and tenacious, lively and polite, a child who is more than two years old, does not cry or make trouble, can do simple arithmetic, can recite poems, and it will be easy to bring it later.

The couple boarded a cruise to Europe, and their first stop was Cambridge, where they first met.

"Fortunately, this young lady, are you Chinese?" Wang Shouqing asked his wife with a smile.

"Yes." Shen Mengxi also smiled and stretched out his right hand, "Zhang Jiayu, from Baoshan, Jiangsu." Nice to meet you. ”

"That's a fellow countryman, Wang Shouqing of Wuxi, Jiangsu, it's a pleasure to meet you."

The two laughed and hugged each other affectionately.

Half a year later, Ah Huan received a letter from her mother, saying that they had traveled around Europe, visited their former friend Laura, and met old friends Daniel and Frank, and they had decided to settle in the small town of Witz, Germany, so that they could live a good life without worrying about her. I sent a few photos with the letter, on the side of the Kang Bridge, on the banks of the Rhine, and in front of the Milan Cathedral, Shen Mengxi was full of energy, holding Wang Shouqing's arm, looking into the distance.

Ah Huan, who was in her forties, couldn't help but shed tears.

。