After sailing at sea for nearly two months, I heard from the sailors that after crossing the English Channel, we were about to reach the port of London.

There was a cheer on the boat, the day was too dull, the range of activities was so large, and the scenery on the sea was tired of seeing, and some people fed the seagulls with breadcrumbs, attracting a few seagulls to always follow the big boat. The occasional encounter with a whale or dolphin is a great surprise.

But these days, it has been calm, and I am very lucky, once I saw the dragon sucking water from a distance, and it seemed to be turning around. The people on the ship were still terrified, thinking that it was the dragon king's apparition, some knelt on the deck and kowtowed, and the foreigners kept rowing crosses and chanting words.

Shen Mengxi quietly took out his mobile phone and took photos and a video with his body as a cover. This is a Huawei phone, which has some photos and videos of whales, dolphins, sunrise over the sea, sunset on the sea.

On this day, the weather was cloudy, neither hot nor cold, Shen Mengxi put on a shawl and walked on the deck.

This Zhang Jiayu has a good physique, not fat or thin, no foot wrapping, and is also 1.6 meters tall, she has studied in a women's middle school, but she got married early.

After Shen Mengxi's meditation and pranayama, yoga and tai chi, his complexion is getting better and better.

"Mrs. Xu, come on, come on, there is a shortage of your card partner!" Mrs. Qu beckoned to her under the parasol.

Shen Mengxi walked over with a smile, "Aren't the four of you just right?" Under the parasol, in addition to Mr. and Mrs. Qu, there was a young woman in a dress, and another was a foreign man with blond hair and blue eyes.

"We can't let both husband and wife play, Mr. Wilson will blame us for being a fool!" Mrs. Qu covered her mouth and chuckled, and pressed Shen Mengxi on the chair, "Mrs. Xu, you are getting more and more beautiful, tell me the secret!" ”

"What's the secret, we don't all eat the same food and drink the same sea breeze on the boat!"

"Mrs. Xu, I haven't introduced you yet, this Miss Qin is Qin Lidan, the palm jewel of Mr. Qin, the manager of Shanghai Sino-Ocean Company, and this is Mr. Wilson, the representative of the British Empire's East India Company, and his father is one of the shareholders!" He also said to Miss Qin and Wilson: "This is Zhang Jiayu, the young grandmother of the Xu family, the richest man in Zhejiang. ”

Shen Mengxi smiled slightly, stood up and shook hands with them one by one.

Kissing hand salutes is popular in British high society, but Shen Mengxi doesn't like it. Mrs. Qu secretly laughed at Shen Mengxi's buns, and without saying anything, the four of them began to prepare to play cards.

The cards made up by these ladies and ladies are all commensurate with their identities and net worth, Mrs. Qu wears heavy makeup every day, jewelry, and Shen Mengxi also wears earrings and rings accordingly. Open your pouch and grab a handful of silver dollars and place them in the small drawer of the table.

"Yo yo yo! This is a fire oil drill! Mrs. Qu exclaimed and grabbed Shen Mengxi's left hand, "Mrs. Xu, take it off quickly and show it to me, oh, everyone who is shaking will be blinded!" ”

Shen Mengxi took off the ring and handed it to Mrs. Qu, "Mrs. Qu likes to make me happy the most, I haven't seen anything before, this is not a pigeon egg, but the fire is a little better." The mother-in-law gave it, it was so big and stupid that she couldn't even raise her hand to play mahjong. ”

A few people laughed.

"It's really not unusual for the Xu family to buy a fire oil drill." Miss Qin said with a smile.

"Oh, Mi Siqin's jade bracelet is in good condition, I'm afraid it has been handed down!" Mrs. Qu began to praise Miss Qin's bracelet again.

"It's okay, but it's fun to wear it."

As soon as the greetings passed, I honestly played mahjong.

This Wilson is actually a Chinese expert, who has lived in China for ten years, speaks Chinese well, plays mahjong very well, feeds Miss Qin cards without showing a trace, and takes care of the family to the family. Mr. Qu volunteered to be a tea waiter, and others were very eye-catching, with candy for a while, a towel for a while, and he was meticulous in his service.

Shanghai mahjong cards are relatively slow, and there is a limit on the number of fans, it is not very easy to and cards, four people chatting while playing cards, played four rounds, are a little tired, Shen Mengxi looked at the small drawer, and actually won a few silver dollars.

In the end, of course, the three ladies won, and the Wilson family lost, and he got up and said with a smile: "It's an honor to play with some beautiful ladies." ”

Several people withdrew the mahjong and drank afternoon tea.

"Mrs. Xu drinks clear coffee? It's hard work without sugar! Miss Qin said.

"I love the original taste of the coffee."

"The people of Alahaia have a sweet tooth every day."

"I also like sweets, but drinks don't like sugar. In particular, I can't tolerate drinking tea with sugar. After saying that, Wilson smiled.

Wilson also smiled, "I've changed a lot over the years I've been in China. Have you ever seen Turks drinking black tea? Someone adds six pieces at a time, and the sugar cube can't be dissolved at all! ”

The ladies laughed again.

Shen Mengxi ate a small sandwich and a small muffin, she spread a little jam and cream on the muffin, and the delicious food was almost flying. After eating the dessert, taking a sip of sugar-free coffee at this time is a perfect match.

Miss Qin looked at the satisfied look on Shen Mengxi's face and couldn't help laughing, "You look at her, she doesn't look like a cat!" ”

"A lazy cat that wants to sleep when you're full?" Shen Mengxi laughed at himself.

"Mrs. Xu, Mr. Xu will go to the dock to pick you up, let's take a good look at what kind of man is worthy of a wonderful person like our Mrs. Xu!" Mrs. Qu joked with a smile.

"Don't look at it, don't look at it, we don't board right like you and Mr. Qu, we are old and napping, and we are holding the thread with our eyes closed." Shen Mengxi said seriously.

Miss Qin looked at Shen Mengxi's serious appearance and giggled again, "Mrs. Xu is so funny when she speaks!" ”

Miss Qin's perfume was too pungent, Shen Mengxi finally couldn't hold back a sneeze, and hurriedly covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief.

"God bless you!" Wilson said subconsciously on the side.

"Thank you. I'm sorry, I'm afraid I'll have to go back and take a break, I'm out of company. Shen Mengxi apologized to a few people in the audience and went back to the cabin.

Alas, this boring trip is too long.

As the latitude of the voyage increased, the air became damp and cold, and the sun gradually set, Shen Mengxi wrapped the woolen shawl on his body and stood on the side of the ship, looking at the sparkling sea in the distance.

I'm about to get off the ship, and what will greet me?

A small hand tugged at her skirt, and when she looked down, it was the little girl who pointed to the rainbow.

Shen Mengxi squatted down: "What about your mother, why are you running around alone!" ”

"Mommy's over there!" The little girl pointed with her hand, and sure enough, her mother was chatting with several women eating melon seeds, and when she saw Shen Mengxi, she shook her hand.

As soon as the little girl spoke, a sour and rotten breath came to her face, and Shen Mengxi frowned, "Bai Jingxian, little friend, be good, stick out your tongue to give milk... Show it to Auntie. ”

The girl obediently stuck out her tongue, and there was a layer of yellow greasy on it, and the little girl was overeating. Shen Mengxi took out a big hawthorn pill from her handbag and put it in her hand, "Go and show it to my mother, it is a hawthorn pill, which is consumed, and she said that you can eat it, so you can eat it." ”

The girl ran towards her mother, and Shen Mengxi waved her hand back to the cabin with the girl's mother.

When the cruise ship finally arrived in the port of London, it was the beginning of 1921, and I saw a lot of people standing at the dock from afar, and the people on board began to be restless, some people were looking for relatives and friends, some people began to wave, and some people were unmanned to pick up the ship, silently looking at the port of London.

Wilson came early to say goodbye and left his business card.

It took an hour for the ship to dock, Shen Mengxi slowly sorted out his luggage, thought about it, and put on thermal underwear, a cashmere coat outside, and a pair of leather boots, I don't know how long it will take to get off the ship, it is important to change a pair of warm and comfortable shoes.

Before she had time to say goodbye to Bai Jingxian's children, the little girl ate a few more hawthorn pills, and the accumulated food was already good, and her mother thanked Shen Mengxi again: "Mrs. Xu, you are too good, and I was careless, I didn't notice, otherwise, her father would blame me when he saw it." ”

This kind of broad wife, who usually takes care of the children as a nanny and maid, is lucky to be able to bring the children to London alive for a few months.

Shen Mengxi said with a smile, "It's nothing, my son is also so old, he just happened to have experienced it." ”

These days, Bai Jingxian is used to playing with Shen Mengxi, and she is very reluctant to separate, looking up at Shen Mengxi with tears in her eyes, "Aunt Zhang, I can't bear you!" ”

The child's sincere words almost made Shen Mengxi cry, she opened the suitcase and took out a pink rabbit doll, "Jingxian is the most well-behaved child, and Auntie is reluctant to let you go, take it as a souvenir!" ”

Bai Jingxian's mother hurriedly pushed it, and Shen Mengxi said with a smile, "It's just a toy, take it." See you soon! ”

The boat had already docked, and some people began to disembark, Mrs. Qu took Mr. by the arm and waved goodbye to Shen Mengxi on the foredeck from afar, and Shen Mengxi also smiled and waved his hand.

In the crowd on the shore, there was a young man who stood out from the crowd, medium height, wearing a pair of round glasses, wearing a long black woolen coat, and a white silk scarf around his neck.

Shen Mengxi glanced coldly, the people who picked up the boat were all happy, some cried with joy, some hugged warmly, only Xu Shizhe looked reluctant, looking at the sea blankly.

Shen Mengxi hired someone to carry his two large boxes and slowly got off the boat. Stopped ten meters away from Xu Shizhe, took a boat for a long time, and when I got off the boat, I always felt that I was shaking.

She began to seriously consider whether to disappear, cut off contact with Xu Zhang's family, and lived her own comfortable life from then on.

Xu Shizhe had already come back to his senses and saw her, recognized it, stomped his feet, walked over, and said impatiently: "Why has it been delayed for so long?" I've picked it up three times! It seems that this cruise ship was driven by Shen Mengxi.

Shen Mengxi didn't speak, and the two subordinates carrying the luggage didn't move.

Embarrassed for three seconds.

"Get in the car, I've hired a carriage and I'm going to the train station." Xu Shizhe doesn't know what's wrong with his wife, but now he is full of Lin Huiya, who has only known him for half a year, and he has no time to think about the changes in his wife.

At this time, the temperature was around freezing, and they hired a carriage with a shed, and the carriage was as cold as a refrigerator, and Shen Mengxi was not even willing to sit down.

Fortunately, it was warm on the train, and I sat straight for more than two hours before arriving in Cambridge Town, changing carriages and arriving at Xu Shizhe's rented place.

It was two rooms on the second floor of a house near the college, a study with a bedroom, and as soon as Shen Mengxi's luggage was opened, it immediately became crowded.

The landlady smiled and hugged Shen Mengxi, saying welcome to the beautiful Oriental girl, Shen Mengxi replied habitually, I am also very happy to meet you. Xu Shizhe and the landlady were surprised.

"When did you get so good at English?"

"It's not very good, I've learned a little at home in the past few years, there are a lot of foreigners on the cruise, and we also play mahjong together." Shen Mengxi replied casually, while taking out a beautiful embroidered fan from the suitcase, and solemnly gave it to Mrs. Jones as a meeting gift, Mrs. Jones liked this oriental gift very much, and said happily that she would make steak for her to eat at night.

Xu Shizhe lives here for eight pounds a month, including room and board. The room conditions are average, if Xu Shizhe lives alone, it is fine, plus Shen Mengxi is a little embarrassed.

At this time, eight pounds is about 80 silver dollars, and in China, one silver dollar can buy seven catties of pork or 18 catties of rice. It's not cheap.

As she came downstairs, the landlady smiled and said, "Madame is here, and the food bill will be raised by four pounds." Xu Shizhe agreed with a smile.

Turning his head to look at his wife, he frowned.