After Tang Fengwu and Yi Zhongxiu left, the relationship between Zeng Xian and Yi Zhongyu developed rapidly, and they were already a recognized pair in the Yi family.

Yi Zhongling became the general manager of Xinghua, Yi Zhongyu and Zeng Xian assisted, and Xinghua's business was booming.

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve this year, before the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, Zeng Xian successfully proposed to Yi Zhongyu in front of everyone, successfully engaged Yi Zhongyu, and planned to officially get married in the Spring Festival next year.

On the evening of January 28, 1932, the Japanese invaders raided Shanghai, and the Sino-Japanese War began.

The flames of war were everywhere, the smoke of gunfire was everywhere, and the people were in panic.

Xi Wei'an led the troops to the battlefield, and the Yi family took the lead in donating money and materials, doing their best to support the front line, and called on the people of Shanghai to respond positively.

The Battle of Songhu lasted for 36 days, and the Chinese soldiers sacrificed their lives to bravely resist the enemy, forcing the Japanese army to change their commanders three times.

On 1 March, Japanese reinforcements attacked Liuhe, and the Chinese army was forced to retreat.

On 3 March, the Japanese army declared an armistice under the mediation of the League of Nations.

After the war, Zhabei in Shanghai was reduced to a scorched earth, and industry and commerce suffered a devastating blow.

This war also made Xinghua face an unprecedented crisis.

The cotton yarn and cosmetics factory purchased by Xinghua borrowed more than 3 million yuan from the British-funded Summit Bank with all the production rooms and machinery, which expired during this period.

Yi Xinghua has always supported national enterprises, and half of Xinghua's funds are outside, but there is no way to recover it at this time.

In addition, a lot of money was invested in the construction of the Guangzhou branch before, and now Xinghua has very little available liquidity.

If the bank could not repay the loan, they were going to sell the four largest factories under the name of Xinghua to the Japanese at the lowest price.

In peacetime, with years of partnership, banks would not be forced to do so.

On this day, several Japanese businessmen came to negotiate with Yi Xinghua and demanded that Yi Xinghua sell all the factories and stores under his name.

How could Yi Xinghua agree, and said:

"Even if all the factories under my Xinghua name go out of business, I won't sell them to the Japanese."

The other person said in Japanese:

"There is an old Chinese saying that those who know the times are Junjie, and I hope that Boss Yi will think it carefully and not regret it."

It is said that it is to negotiate, but in fact it is a threat.

Zeng Xian was silent, and the Japanese businessman named Tanaka suddenly slapped himself angrily. The people of Yipan hurriedly stepped forward to organize, but they couldn't stop at all.

Tanaka kept screaming and asking "what's going on".

You hit yourself yourself, you don't know what's going on, how can others know.

Zeng Xian reminded in a deep voice:

"I'm afraid he's fallen into an evil spirit, so you don't take him to the hospital.

Also, this is Xinghua, don't come again! ”

Several people left one after another, Yi Xinghua thoughtfully,

"Did you do something?"

"Chairman, look at what you said, what can I do?"

Yi Xinghua smiled but did not speak.

When Yi Zhongyu learned of this, he said to Yi Xinghua:

"Father, I'll figure out how to do this!"

"What can you do?

I know you have some money on your own, but it's three million, not three hundred thousand. ”

"Don't worry, father, I know it in my heart, you just wait for my good news!"

Zeng Xian asked Yi Zhongyu privately to know that she had a batch of government bonds in her hand, and now she can release more than one million.

Of course, if it weren't for this war, it wouldn't be worth it.

She plans to borrow the rest from her grandfather.

Yi Zhongyu stood out among the two uncles and four cousins, and as Mr. Zhou's most optimistic descendant, her request was nothing.

It's just that Mr. Zhou has a grudge against Yi Xinghua, and he heard that he gave the position of general manager of Xinghua to his eldest daughter Yi Zhongling, and the old man is still a little unhappy.

Talking about the old man, Yi Zhongyu had no choice but to sell his shares in Singapore to his best cousin.

Hearing that his granddaughter was going to sell his shares, Mr. Zhou immediately changed his mind and promised to help Yi Xinghua survive this crisis.

But he had one condition, the money was not borrowed, but shared, and the shares were held by Yi Zhongyu.

I have to say that Mr. Zhou's love for this granddaughter is moving.

Xinghua's debt problem was solved, and the Japanese's plan to get Xinghua came to naught.

It's just that in this way, the Japanese are even more eyeing Xinghua, and they want to get rid of Yi Xinghua even faster.

On this day, Zeng Xian and the others heard that someone had entered the house under the pretext of giving gifts, but they didn't expect that there was a bomb in the gift box.

Fortunately, Tang Fengwu and Yi Xinghua were together at that time, and Tang Fengwu reacted quickly enough, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

Because of the war, the soldiers who stayed in the Yi family followed Xi Wei'an to the battlefield, and the Yi family's guards were much lax.

After this incident, Zeng Xian called all the men of the Yi family together and told them to be careful in everything in the future, and that everything that came in from outside must be opened and checked.

Tang Fengwu came back this time because of work matters, and naturally Yi Zhongxiu also came back.

In times of war, unpredictable things happen every day.

In order not to leave regrets, Yi Xinghua decided to let his two daughters get married in the near future, and he also had a good heart.

However, Xinghua has too many enemies, and this side has just broken the plan of the Japanese, and it is targeted by the old opponent over there.

During this time, counterfeit banknotes were rampant, and many banks were constantly disturbed by people with counterfeit banknotes at their doors every day.

On this day, Zeng Xian and the Yi sisters had just come to the company, and they heard that many people had gathered at the door of Xinghua Bank, saying that the money obtained in Xinghua yesterday was all counterfeit banknotes.

If this matter is confirmed, Xinghua will be finished.

Fortunately, Yi Zhongling had already taken precautions and deliberately left an imperceptible gap in the seal of Xinghua Bank. Those who wanted to use counterfeit banknotes to suppress Xinghua ultimately failed to succeed.

The person who took the lead in making trouble was sent by Wang Jianchi, and Zeng Xian beat him up and threw him at the door of Wang Jianchi's house.

On this day, after dinner, Yi Zhongjie called Zeng Xian to the backyard.

Although they lived under the same roof for several years, Zeng Xian did not get much close to this brother-in-law.

He was curious about what Yi Zhongjie would have to say to him.

"Zeng Xian, no, you are going to get married tomorrow, I should call you second brother-in-law.

Second brother-in-law, although we don't have a deep friendship, I am very grateful to you from the bottom of my heart.

Although I am the only son in the family, I have not done a single thing for this family.

Before you came, the eldest brother-in-law took care of the affairs of the family, and the affairs of the company were carried by my father, and I was only dedicated to my dreams.

Later, when you came, you took care of the family company, and even my sisters and sisters went to the company to help, and I still only did what I wanted to do. ”

Yi Zhongjie is an assertive and pursuing young man, and his mind is not on his personal family, but on the national righteousness.

During this time, he has been in the post-war hospital to save lives and help the wounded, sleeping only three or four hours a day, and sometimes only a few changes of clothes go home.

Zeng Xian admired him very much.

It is rare for a boy who grew up in a wealthy family to have such awareness and great love.

"Zhong Jie, you are an ambitious man, and the chairman has always been proud of you."

Zeng Xian smiled bitterly,

"No, I may be a good doctor, but I'm not a good son, but I don't regret my choice.

Second brother-in-law, I called you here because I want to tell you something. ”

Yi Zhongjie took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Zeng Xian,

"Tomorrow, after your wedding, I'm leaving."

Zeng Xian took the letter and asked:

"Where are you going?"

"Go to the Northeast! I want to use my skills to support the war of resistance and do my part.

Don't tell anyone about this, but you can give this letter to my father when I leave.

I'm sure he'll understand me. ”

Zeng Xian didn't expect that the thing he was going to say was so big.

"Now the whole of Tohoku is in the hands of the Japanese, and if you go there, you may die at any time.

You've thought about it, are you really going to go? ”

Zeng Xian, who has experienced war, knows how cruel the battlefield is, and a weak scholar like Yi Zhongjie goes to that kind of place and dies for life.

"I've figured it out! In the future, the Yi family and Xinghua will ask you to take care of them more. ”

Zeng Xian nodded.

Yi Zhongjie told him about this because he believed in him, and he entrusted his family to him, how could he not agree.

The next day, the wedding of the two couples was held in the Sky Garden.

There were many guests who came to the wedding, both business and political.

There are those who sincerely congratulate them, and there are those who take the opportunity to pull the relationship.

The young and the old are orderly.

The first to be drawn into the wedding scene by Yi Xinghua was Yi Zhongyu.

Yi Xinghua handed over Yi Zhongyu to Zeng Xian, signed the marriage certificate under the witness of the officiant, exchanged rings, and became a legal husband and wife.

followed by the wedding of Tang Fengwu and Yi Zhongxiu, and the same process was repeated.

The two couples were married with the blessing of everyone.

When the atmosphere was in full swing, a scream attracted onlookers.

A middle-aged man fell to the ground with a fruit knife stuck in his abdomen, bleeding profusely.

The middle-aged man, surnamed Zhang, is the owner of a yarn factory and has had business dealings with Xinghua for many years.

Yi Zhongjie stepped forward to check, and the person was no longer good.

Everyone was panicked, and Xi Wei'an hurriedly called someone to control the scene and investigate everyone.

However, the results of the investigation did not yield any results.

Zeng Xian stood on the stage and looked at everyone, locking on a young man.

dared to make a fuss on his big day, Zeng Xian was extremely angry.

Time went back an hour, just in time for him to exchange rings with Yi Zhongyu.

The two teams of newcomers completed the ceremony and came to the field to receive everyone's blessings.

Zeng Xian found the middle-aged man in the crowd and stared at him quietly.

The middle-aged man took a fruit knife from the dining table and walked to Boss Zhang's side to prepare to do it.

Zeng Xian immediately controlled his behavior and ability to speak, and led him to the door.

"Adjutant Lu, this person wants to kill people here, you take it down for a good interrogation and ask who is the mastermind behind the scenes."

Adjutant Lu nodded and asked someone to take the man down.

Tang Fengwu's parents bought him a house in Shanghai, and they returned to their new home after the wedding.

Zeng Xian still lives in the Yi family for various reasons.

However, there is finally someone next to the pillow tonight.

It was still quite conservative at that time, especially in the Yi family. Although they had already been married, they could not live together.

Even in the two years that Yi Zhongxiu followed Tang Fengwu to France, they slept in separate rooms, otherwise they would have had children long ago.

Zeng Xian moved from the original room to Yi Zhongyu's big room, and the two-meter-wide wooden bed was covered with a festive red quilt, which was very beautiful.

Yi Zhongyu came out of the bathroom wearing a bathrobe, her wet hair scattered at will, and there were even people.

Zeng Xian picked her up, and the woman in his arms was extremely charming.

The two of them lay down on the bed,

"Ahh What is it? ”

Yi Zhongyu lifted the quilt and saw that the four-piece set of 'Early Birth Precious Son' covered the entire bed.

Looking at this, the two of them burst out laughing.

Yi Zhongyu complained:

"This Aunt Gu has put too much!"

Zeng Xian put these dried fruits together and said:

"She wants us to have more children, so let's not live up to the good intentions of others."

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Early the next morning, there was a knock on the door of the bridal room.

Zeng Xian pulled his arm from under the neck of the sleeping woman in his arms, got dressed and went to open the door.

"Second aunt, everyone is waiting for you and the second lady to come down for dinner."

"Okay, got it!"

Xu was too tired last night, and both of them slept late today.

Zeng Xian went to ask Yi Zhongyu to get up, but Yi Zhongyu closed his eyes and twisted and didn't want to get up.

"Well, I'm not up either!"

Zeng Xian took off his clothes again and got into the quilt, so frightened that Yi Zhongyu quickly jumped out of bed and ran into the bathroom to wash.

The two of them came down after more than ten minutes, Yi Xinghua's old face was gloomy, and the others were holding back a smile.

"You two are here so early?"

Seeing Tang Fengwu and Yi Zhongxiu also sitting at the dining table, Yi Zhongyu asked.

Yi Xinghua complained,

"You're embarrassed to say that it's almost three o'clock before you come down, and the whole family is waiting for you two to have breakfast.

Don't let this happen in the future, it's too unruly. ”

"Got it, father, I'll pay attention!"

When you get married, you have to change your words, Zeng Xian was a little unaccustomed to it for a while.

"Father, this is not up to me, who called him ······"

Yi Zhongyu has always been open-mouthed, fortunately, the car brakes quickly, otherwise it would be embarrassing early in the morning.

"Alright, let's eat!"

Huang Yingru greeted everyone to dine.

"By the way, Mom, did my brother go to the hospital early in the morning? Today is the first time I have come to the house since I got married, and he is not at home, etc. ”

Yi Zhongxiu drank the porridge and asked angrily.

"I don't know when he left, and when I went to his room in the morning, he was gone. You know him, he is so focused on the hospital that he can't care about things at home. ”

Huang Yingru explained.

易兴华 says:

"It's a good thing that Applejack can use what he's learned to heal and save people. Don't tell him anything at home, so as not to interfere with his work. ”

Although Yi Xinghua regretted that his son did not take over his class, he did not complain.

While other rich and noble sons were still spending time drinking and having fun, his son was already working hard for his dreams.

He was proud to have such a son.

After the meal, Zeng Xian told everyone about Yi Zhongjie's trip to the Northeast in front of everyone, and handed over his letter to Yi Xinghua.

Huang Yingru was crying, and Yi Xinghua's hand holding the letter trembled.

"If you knew he was leaving, why didn't you stop him, why didn't you tell us earlier?"

Yi Zhongyu was angry at Zeng Xian's behavior of concealing the incident.

Zeng Xian explains:

"Men are ambitious! Zhong Jie is an ambitious man, he is not as content with pleasure as those boys outside.

Even if I told you in advance, you wouldn't have been able to stop him. ”

"If I had known in advance, even if I locked him up, I wouldn't have let him go to the Northeast."

Huang Yingru was hoarse.

"But you can shut up his people, but you can't shut up his heart. Besides, can you keep him locked up for the rest of your life? ”

If Huang Ying doesn't understand, she doesn't want to understand either.

"I don't care, I just want my son to be safe.

Ah Zhong, quickly take someone to the train station to find the young master, and you must bring the young master back to me. ”

"That's it! A dignified seven-foot man should go to the national disaster. Applejack did what he was supposed to do, and it was the pride of our Yi family, and I didn't allow anyone to stop it. ”

"Zhong Jie left last night, even if he chases it now, he can't chase it back."

Zeng Xian said.

With a "snap", Huang Ying slapped him in the face.

Zeng Xian deliberately did not dodge.

When he promised Yi Zhongjie, he thought that he would be blamed.

If this slap is not accepted, how can Huang Yingru's anger disappear.