Ah Huan wrote a letter saying that Han Shanni was pregnant again and invited them to New York for the Spring Festival.

Lele is also more than a year old, and it is strange to think, so several families put it together, and finally put down everything at hand and went to New York.

Arriving in New York, Lin Yuesheng arranged a place for them to live and held a banquet.

Han Shanni, who came to greet her, was not very good, and she was still having morning sickness. She quietly held Shen Mengxi's arm, "Mom, my reaction this time is different from Huai Lele's!" ”

Shen Mengxi looked at her somewhat flattering smile, and suddenly felt pity, "Good boys, boys and girls are fine, and educating adults well is more important than anything else." ”

Han Shanni was still immersed in the memories of the pregnancy reaction, unaware that her mother-in-law was comforting her.

At the banquet, he actually saw Andrew, Shen Mengxi really admired Lin Yuesheng's communication skills, and secretly thought in his heart, could it be that he had already set foot in the arms business.

As soon as Andrew saw Shen Mengxi, he immediately screamed and came over to hug her, and Shen Mengxi introduced him to Wang Shouqing and his relatives and friends.

During the banquet, Andrew finally knew Shen Mengxi's age, "Oh, buy karma! Are you really 49 years old? Unbelievable! Oh, the age of all Chinese women is a mystery! ”

Shen Mengxi took it as a compliment, but Wang Shouqing was very proud, glanced at his wife, and smiled silently.

After three rounds of drinking, Andrew suddenly took out a few photos taken in Shanghai, and was about to show off, Wang Shouqing recognized the person in the photo as his wife, snatched it, and put it in his arms.

Andrew was so angry that he reasoned with him, and the two took turns arguing in English and French, during which they drank a lot of liquor, Andrew couldn't resist it, and almost collapsed under the table, and he couldn't stop saying, "I thought she was only five years older than me, and I wanted to marry her after her husband died in battle, and my mother would allow it, why?" Why didn't he die? Still in the United States? Why is she 50 years old"

Everyone laughed, and Shen Mengxi smiled bitterly. Wang Shouqing was furious, grabbed Andrew's collar, lifted him, and asked Lin Yuesheng, "This is your friend?" ”

"I just met, his father was the largest arms dealer in the United States."

"You all heard what he said just now!" Wang Shouqing punched Andrew in the face, and with a wail, Andrew collapsed to the ground, and everyone hurriedly came up to persuade him, and Lin Yuesheng was also very embarrassed.

Shen Mengxi grabbed Wang Shouqing, "You don't have to be like him, give your eldest brother a face." ”

Wang Shouqing snorted and didn't fight again.

The Spring Festival of 1949, lively and festive, New York's Chinatown was crowded, the streets were full of Chinese people wearing festive costumes, firecrackers, gongs and drums came one after another, a float parade stepped on the ground full of red cannon clothes slowly walked over, two big-headed dolls, shaking their heads, humble, the God of Wealth wearing red auspicious clothes, shouting "Wishing you prosperity" in his mouth, where he passed, cheered. There is also a wonderful performance by the lion dance troupe, and there are people dressed as eight immortals standing on the floats and waving at the people.

Shen Mengxi stood on the side of the street with Wang Shouqing in his arms, watching excitedly, and the two exchanged a few words from time to time.

Not far away, there was Andrew, who was standing with a resentful face, a swollen left face, and a black green left eye, and he was very remorseful when he learned that he had lost his words after drinking, but he thought that Wang Shouqing's punch was too heavy, and he asked himself to punch back, but the two of them crossed a few times, and there was another black green in his left eye. I had to give up, "Huh! People love and hate Chinese! ”。

Shen Mengxi and his wife have lived in New York for more than two months, and the rest of them have not returned, Han Xiangmei feels that she is actually more suitable to live in New York, where there are many high-rise buildings and advanced facilities, she took the Polaroid that Andrew had just released, and kept taking pictures of everyone, very happy.

"Jiayu, I admire Chengru very much, all these years, the surname Jin has always followed them, how did he suffer?" Wang Shouqing said distressedly.

"Haha, you don't have to put up with it, I don't like ambiguity, everything has to be above board."

"That's good, that's good."

Shen Mengxi has a good physique, and there are no menopausal symptoms yet, she looked at Ah Huan, who was very busy, and discussed with Wang Shouqing to stay for a while, Wang Shouqing simply agreed, and several people each rented a small apartment, ready to live for a year.

Ah Huan was so happy that he suggested that his mother buy a house in New York and settle down in New York.

Shen Mengxi didn't agree immediately, "Mom will think about it." ”

Shen Mengxi matched Han Shanni's diet, her appetite gradually improved, and the child's development was also very good, during this period, her father-in-law and mother-in-law also came, Han's father was a very shrewd person at a glance, with a big diamond ring on his hand, and he also wore sunglasses in the room, with an unfathomable look, Han's mother was very beautiful, similar in age to Shen Mengxi, very quiet, and wearing Buddhist beads on her wrist.

Father Han was full of praise for Ah Huan, praising his noble character and outstanding ability, Shen Mengxi was very happy to hear it, and he couldn't stop praising his daughter-in-law for being virtuous and beautiful, marrying such a daughter-in-law is to benefit three generations and so on.

Han's mother came, and Shen Mengxi naturally retreated to the second line and returned to the apartment.

Wang Shouqing and Zhang Jiaguang discussed the contents of the newspaper, and it turned out that before the Spring Festival, Chairman Jiang ordered the central bank's cash to be moved to Taiwan, and on the third day of the Lunar New Year, Beiping was lost.

Shen Mengxi looked at the faces of several people and did not speak.

A few days later, San Francisco sent an urgent telegram, saying that it had received an urgent order from Chairman Jiang, ordering Wang Shouqing to return to China as soon as possible and go to the battlefield.

Wang Shouqing was silent for a long time, sighed, and stood up.

Just as he was about to speak, Shen Mengxi said loudly, "I'm not going back!" You won't be allowed to go back! ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, Zhang Jiaxuan looked at her sister, and stopped talking.

"It's already a mess, you know better than me in your heart, since the foreign enemy has been expelled, what are you still struggling with?"

Han Xiangmei persuaded, "Shouqing, it's better for you to listen to Jiayu." Everyone persuaded one after another, but Wang Shouqing no longer insisted.

In May, I received another telegram, still recalled.

Wang Shouqing still refused.

In June, Wang Shouqing was expelled from the party.

He drank a lot of wine that night, but he was not drunk. Shen Mengxi sat quietly beside him, accompanying him, and neither of them spoke.

At this time, Hangzhou, Wuhan, Xi'an, Nanchang, Shanghai, and Qingdao were lost one after another. The Kuomintang began to retreat to Taiwan.

A week later, Song Ziwen and his wife came to New York, and Wang Shouqing hugged him for a long time, and both of them shed tears.

"It's a really bad taste." Song Ziwen no longer scolded Wang Shouqing angrily, and he himself fled.

At this time, Lele was living with Shen Mengxi, in order to let Han Shanni have a good rest, the little girl was very well-behaved and cute, she really looked a little like Shen Mengxi, she just knew how to walk, and followed her grandmother step by step, Wang Shouqing also liked her and liked to hold her on her lap.

Shen Mengxi came out of the kitchen and saw Song Ziwen talking to Wang Shouqing mysteriously, and when he saw her come out, he pretended to be nothing. With a roll of his eyes, he took out a voice recorder from the Wuling space and opened it, took advantage of the tea to add snacks, quietly dipped it under the tea table, and then took Lele to play a literacy game.

After the guests left, Shen Mengxi quietly took off the recorder, and heard Song Ziwen repeatedly persuade Wang Shouqing to accept another aunt's wife, "Shouqing, you should really find a young one who can give birth, look at you, the body in the first place is delicate and can't give birth, and the body in the back is good, but too old, you can't even have a biological son for the rest of your life!" Shen Mengxi silently accepted the recorder and remained silent.

In August, Han Shanni gave birth to another girl, hugged Ah Huan and cried, Shen Mengxi stopped her with a voice, "What are you crying about!" Ah Huan didn't dislike you! I also said that boys and girls are the same, or do you think I don't feel sorry for Lele anymore? ”

Han Shanni immediately lost her voice, and Han's mother panicked, "Shanni wants to inherit the Xu family, she must be guilty in her heart." She only gave birth to one of them, but her husband had two sons, and she didn't know what she usually did, and now she worries that her daughters will be the same as herself.

"Mother-in-law, my daughter is also my baby, and she is also a successor." Ah Huan hurriedly said.

"The birth of a boy or a girl is decided by the man, it's not to blame Sunny, you have a good confinement, if you are willing, you will have another child in the future, crying and crying without milk, it's not the child who suffers!" Shen Mengxi's words surprised everyone, including Ah Huan, who looked at his mother in amazement, "Mom, is it true?" ”

"It's true!"

Han Shanni finally stopped crying, Ah Huan wiped away her tears, and she somehow snorted and laughed again.

The second granddaughter was named Xu Jianing, and after the full moon, Shen Mengxi and the others returned to San Francisco, and the rent was not due, Lin Yuesheng and Song Ziwen both graciously retained, but Shen Mengxi insisted on leaving.

Before leaving, Song Ziwen said with a smile, "How do I think Mrs. Wang is dissatisfied with me, and she never seems to talk to me and look at me." ”

Shen Mengxi lowered his eyes and smiled, "I think you are dissatisfied with me, it seems that you have never been optimistic about my marriage with Shouqing, I wonder if you have already picked a young woman who can give birth to him?" ”

Song Ziwen was embarrassed, a little embarrassed, "Brother and sister, what are these words?" Shouqing has always said that it is his blessing to be with you, and of course I hope he is well. ”

Wang Shouqing hurriedly shouted, "Jiayu! Don't talk nonsense! ”

"It's human nature to want to have a biological child. I understand. These days, I have been waiting for you to mention, if you mention it, I will agree, if you don't mention it, I will never take the initiative to mention it. ”

Wang Shouqing sweated profusely, "Don't mention it, don't mention it." ”

"That's good. That's good. Shen Mengxi said goodbye to Ah Huan with a smile and got on the train.

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