"Dangdang, dangdang. Han Cai'er was awakened by a slight knock on the window, only to feel that the room was bright for a while, and it turned out that the sun was shining in. There was a sound in my ears, it came from the window, and I quickly looked over, and it turned out to be a little golden chipmunk knocking on the bedroom window with its little paws.

Han Cai'er opened the window of her bedroom curiously, and a cold wind blew in, Han Cai'er shivered, and hurriedly ran to the wardrobe to take out her clothes and put them on. The golden chipmunk had three thin black lines on its back, and when she saw Han Cai'er open the window and squeaked a few times at Han Cai'er, she jumped into the bedroom, and ran to the fruit bowl on the low table next to the bookcase at a trot, picking and choosing a walnut to stuff it in her mouth with satisfaction, and jumped out of the window.

Han Cai'er is still a little girl after all, and she has no resistance to this cute little animal, and immediately watched the chipmunk jump from the window to the branch of a big tree, and disappear into the dense foliage in a few clicks. Han Cai'er realized that outside her window was the back of the bungalow, and there was a neat lawn on the ground, and several dense trees stood on the side, and the branches of one of them stretched out to the edge of her window. There is a pebble fish pond on the grass, white swings and rocking chairs under large trees. The birds chirped in the trees, and many of them were bouncing around the grass and occasionally picking up an insect or two, which quickly attracted other birds to come and scramble.

Standing by the window and watching for a while, Han Caier heard a rumbling sound, and then realized that she had been up for a long time, and she didn't know if her brother had gotten up, so she quickly put on her socks and slippers and ran downstairs, and met Wu's mother on the way, and said hello to herself. When I ran to the restaurant on the first floor, I saw my brother sitting in his seat reading a newspaper, with a solemn expression.

Han Cai'er lowered her head, eating fried eggs, pickles, and porridge aggrievedly, as well as a small section of fried sausages, after eating, Meimei burped, and was about to cover her mouth, when she saw Lu Xihua looking at herself with a smile, she couldn't help blushing again.

Lu Xihua looked at this sister and said with a smile, "After eating, go to the living room with me, I have a gift for you!"

Han Cai'er saw that her brother was not angry, so she happily came to the living room on the first floor with her brother, and saw at a glance that there was a strange thing leaning against the wall. Two wheels, one in front and one in the back are generally in size, and there are two small wheels on both sides of the wheel in the back, what is this?

Lu Xihua came to the object and said with a smile, "This is a bicycle, a gift from my brother." In the future, you can ride it to and from school every day, and you can ride it wherever you want to play, which is very convenient. Let's go, my brother will go outside and show you. ”

Han Caier has never seen a bicycle, but this is what her brother bought for herself, and her heart is still sweet.

When the two came to the main road, the roads in the Jinweiying Concession were all asphalt and gravel roads, and they were cleaned on time every day and were very clean. Lu Xihua put the car on the ground, "Cai'er, look at how my brother rides." You'll try it later. ”

Han Cai'er nodded and stood aside curiously.

Lu Xihua specially bought a 26 British crested brand women's bicycle, there was no big bar in front, and he asked someone to modify it, and the item box was added under the front headlights, and the training wheels were added on both sides of the rear wheel, so as not to fall down and hurt her feet when Han Caier first learned.

Lu Xihua stepped on his feet, sat on the cushion, put one foot on the pedal, kicked on the ground, and shouted in his mouth, "Get up!" The bicycle moved forward with the movement of Lu Xihua's feet. Han Cai'er saw Lu Xihua riding on a bicycle, and as soon as his feet moved, his wheels turned, as if he was the Nezha in the painting, and clapped his hands again and again and shouted, "Brother is so amazing." ”

Lu Xihua saw that Han Caier was happy, and he was also very happy, and he rode around the road twice and came back, at this time there were not many Chinese in the British Concession, and there were not many pedestrians on the road, so it was very convenient to practice driving.

Lu Xihua pinched the brake to stop, and after coming down, he said to Han Cai'er, "Sister, you can try it." ”

Han Caier nodded excitedly, holding the handlebars with both hands, sweating nervously, and didn't know how to put her feet. Lu Xihua smiled, "Take it easy, don't pinch your hands so tightly, you'll get tired, just grasp the direction gently." He also helped put Han Cai'er's feet on the pedals, and said, "Grab the handlebars when you stop, use the pedals when you start, come, I'll help you behind, and you ride forward boldly." ”

Han Cai'er nodded, a few beads of sweat appeared on the tip of her nose, and she carefully stepped on the pedal, and sure enough, the bicycle shook and moved, Han Cai'er shouted happily, "Brother, it's moving! It's moving!" Lu Xihua said gently, "Okay, keep it like this, don't shake your hands, ride up." ”

Children learn things quickly, and it didn't take long for Han Caier to be able to ride a bicycle on the road alone, of course, the auxiliary wheels of the rear wheel played a lot of credit, or Han Caier would definitely have to fall.

After a few laps, Han Cai'er stopped in front of Lu Xihua with a beautiful brake, and said excitedly, "Brother, brother, what do you think of me?"

Lu Xihua gave a thumbs up and boasted, "My family Cai'er is smart, and learning things is fast." ”

Han Cai'er blushed embarrassedly, and wanted to be modest, but she heard someone next to her slapping and said in a strange tone, "Very good, this lady's driving skills are very good." What makes me wonder is that the two small wheels in the back of the car actually play a supporting role. It's a fantastic invention that helps everyone get the hang of the bike in the shortest possible time without worrying about injury. Dear Lu, is this your invention?"

Han Caier quickly looked back at the place where the voice came from, and saw a foreigner with a big nose and a Chinese with a strange face, both dressed in suits, standing not far away and applauding.

Lu Xihua smiled, "Mr. Powell, you really won the award. It's just a small improvement, and I don't want my lovely sister to get hurt on her bike. This thing is useful when you first start practicing the car, and it will be useless when you become proficient, right?"

The foreigner known as Powell smiled and saluted Han Cai'er, and then said, "Lu, please allow me to introduce to you, this person next to me, Mr. Mister Zhou, Mr. Zhou Hexuan, he is a famous scholar in your country, and his "The Rise of Great Powers" is very famous, I don't know if you have read it. ”

Lu Xihua's smile became even bigger when he heard this, and he took Zhou Hexuan's hand, "Mr. Zhou, you are the pride of our countrymen, when will you have time to sit at my house, let me have the opportunity to ask you a few times." ”

Zhou Hexuan took out a handkerchief, wiped the sweat on his head, and asked with some uncertainty, "I don't know Mr. Lu's name?"

Lu Xihua said, "My name is Lu Xihua, I have a little spare money, I live here, and Mr. Zhou also lives around here?"

Powell said, "Mr. Zhou is here to discuss the matter of cash-for-work and waterway combing this time. Our Ministry of Industry is preparing to issue bonds, and we need a lot of support from you. ”

Lu Xihua nodded, "Now there are more and more displaced people in the city, just disaster relief and food distribution is not a matter, we must find some work for them." Mr. Zhou's idea is good, and he has not only rescued the victims, but also done the project, and stabilized social security, killing three birds with one stone. By the way, Mr. Powell, how many bonds is the Ministry of Industry Bureau going to issue this time in the concession?"

Powell was also very satisfied with seeing Lu Xihua's praise of Zhou Hexuan's proposal, so that his political risks could be transferred to the heads of these rich people, and said, "This time, Britain, the United States, France, Japan, and China, the five countries jointly proposed to use the tariffs in Tianjin as collateral and decided to sell 1.5 million bonds, and the British Concession Ministry of Industry and Bureau will bear 300,000 of them." ”

Lu Xihua smiled slightly, "Okay, since Mr. Powell has proposed it, in order to support your decision, I will buy a bond of 100,000 silver dollars." ”

When Powell heard this, he laughed and said repeatedly, "Thank you Lu for your support, when will you be free to come to my house to attend the reception." My wife is obsessed with your magic tricks. ”

Lu Xihua said, "No hurry, I'll go to the Ministry of Industry Bureau tomorrow to buy bonds, by the way, I want to open a small pastry shop near Victoria Park, selling some ice cream and snacks, I don't know if it's convenient to go through the procedures?"

Powell waved his hand, "No problem, you can come over tomorrow, and I will arrange for them to get things done immediately." ”

Only then did Lu Xihua turn his head to Zhou Hexuan and say, "Mr. Zhou, do you want to come into the house and sit down?"

Zhou Hexuan shook his hand, "Not this time, I'll visit Mr. Lu again next time I have the opportunity." I have other things to do, so I'll take my leave. ”

Looking at Zhou Hexuan and Powell in the distance, Lu Xihua smiled, this person was interesting, in order to confirm the thoughts in his heart, he shouted loudly to Zhou Hexuan, "Mr. Zhou, say hello to Zhang Wuji on my behalf!"

Zhou Hexuan, who was in the distance, stumbled under his feet, looked back at Lu Xihua carefully, and sped up his steps to leave.