The booming era begins with the director of the Propaganda Department!

Chapter 390 A bloody drama!!

"I agreed to pick her up, so why did this girl arrive early again?" Zhang Shenfei said as he pulled off the "Flowers Bloom and Fortune Comes" pillowcase from the bed opposite him, which was so black that you couldn't tell its original color, and began to wipe his big leather shoes.

Tong Luoyang was shocked. Although he had never washed his pillowcase in the past three years in Shanghai, his pillowcase had been tacitly regarded as a foot cloth by everyone in the dormitory.

But he claims to be a kind person, and every time he sees it, he can't help but express his feelings.

"You are such a wicked bastard. If I find out after you come back to Shanghai, I will not forgive you."

"Why are you a native of the Central Plains pretending to be a native of Sijiu City?" Zhang Shenfei glared at him. "I won't let you off. This isn't the first time."

"You guys, tsk tsk tsk." Tong Luoyang said.

"How do you think you are better than us? If you see evil deeds and don't stop them but remain silent, you should be considered equally guilty." Zhang Shenfei said while his hands kept moving.

After polishing the left shoe to a shine, he switched to the right foot. After polishing the shoe until it could reflect a person's shadow, he admired it carefully and nodded with satisfaction.

"Okay, that's it."

Zhang Shenfei, dressed in a dashing and handsome manner, walked out of the dormitory and headed downstairs.

When I got downstairs, I saw Lou Xiao'e wearing a light blue velvet dress with a white cape and brown mid-heeled lace-up leather boots. She still had her signature Hu Lan haircut, but she also wore a small two-finger-wide headband in the same color as her shoes.

In recent years, people's clothing has become more conservative. Most girls wear green military uniforms and blue work clothes, and the colorful outfits of the 1950s are no longer the norm.

When Zhang Shenfei first saw Lou Xiao'e's outfit, he instantly felt refreshed.

He walked over and teased, "Hey, where did this girl come from? Why are you dressed so eye-catching?"

Knowing that he was praising her, Lou Xiaoe covered her mouth and smiled happily: "My father always told me to integrate with the crowd and not to be special. This suit was brought to me by my eldest brother from the foreign exchange store in Shanghai. This is the first time I wear it in school."

"It's better to be low-key." The two walked side by side. Lou Xiao'e's outfit attracted many people's attention, but the students of Yenching University have always considered themselves to be more open-minded and accepting than others, so at most they would just look at her a few more times.

The two walked to the bicycle shed. Zhang Shenfei unlocked the door, straddled the bike with his long legs, and nodded at Lou Xiaoe, motioning her to get on.

After both of them were seated firmly, Zhang Shenfei pedaled hard and the bicycle immediately sprang out.

The Lou family’s small Western-style building is also in Dongcheng District, but not near Jiaodaokou, but not far from Jinyu Hutong.

The Lou family's house was a two-story Russian-style building with a red-tiled roof, white walls, and large windows. Each window was decorated with a circle of gold-painted wave patterns, and the arched iron double doors were tightly closed.

Lou Xiao'e jumped out of the car when she was still some distance away from the gate, ran over with her little leather shoes clacking, patted the door knocker, and called out crisply, "Mom, Mom, open the door."

When Zhang Shenfei came forward, she pouted and said, "The house is still some distance from the door. It will take at least seven or eight minutes to walk over. Let's wait a moment."

In the past, they had a doorman and servants at home, which was not a big deal. But now there are only a few of them in the huge house, and sometimes they feel it is too inconvenient.

But she was not stupid. She knew that she could only think these words in her heart and never say them out loud.

The two waited outside the iron gate for several minutes before they saw the gate of the villa open. Then, a woman who looked to be in her thirties and had the same hairstyle as Jia Zhang came out.

As she walked, the woman looked at Zhang Shenfei beside Lou Xiao'e, sizing him up silently.

Lou Xiao'e smiled and turned to Zhang Shenfei and whispered, "This is my sister-in-law. She is looking at you."

Zhang Shenfei smiled faintly: "It is said that the more a mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, the more satisfied she is. I wonder what your sister-in-law's first impression of me, the Lou family's prospective son-in-law, is."

Lou Xiao'e's face flushed: "What...what prospective son-in-law? Who wants to marry you?"

Zhang Shenfei scratched his head, looking puzzled: "You won't marry me? Then why am I here today? Otherwise...then I'll leave?"

After saying that, he sighed softly, as if to say, "Boy, Dad is very disappointed in you." Then he turned around and prepared to push his bike away.

Lou Xiao'e immediately became anxious and pulled his clothes: "What are you doing? We have come this far. How can you back out? Besides, who said, who said I won't marry you..."

At the end of her speech, she seemed to be too embarrassed to look at Zhang Shenfei and looked down at her toes.

Of course, if she could see her toes.

Zhang Shenfei grinned his back teeth with a wicked smile: "Little guy, I can't cure you?"

Lou Xiao'e realized that she was being teased and pouted angrily.

While the two were joking, Lou Xiaoe's sister-in-law had already opened the door: "Ezi is back? Why didn't you call your brother in advance to pick you up from school? It's such a long way, and you have to ride a bicycle back..."

Lou Xiao'e pouted: "Didn't Dad tell us not to use the car recklessly? Didn't my brother get punished for secretly driving the car to that fox's...whose house a few days ago? I don't want to end up like him."

Mrs. Lou's face suddenly changed, but soon returned to normal, and continued to smile: "This must be Zhang Shenfei, right? I often hear our son Mo mention you at home..."

"Sister-in-law, what are you talking about? When did I always mention him?" Lou Xiao'e interrupted her and pouted.

She was already at a disadvantage in the previous confrontation. If her sister-in-law revealed all the family affairs to her, she would really lose face in front of Zhang Shenfei.

Sister-in-law Lou Xiao'e covered her mouth and laughed secretly: "Okay, okay, okay, no, you didn't. Comrade Zhang Shenfei, our Moth has never mentioned you at home, not even once."

Isn't this just trying to cover up something? My sister-in-law is so bad! Lou Xiao'e rushed over and tried to cover her sister-in-law's mouth.

Fortunately, the other party saw that she was really anxious, so he stopped teasing her and said seriously: "Mom and Dad are waiting at home, let's go in quickly."

The three of them then walked through the yard towards the villa. The villa had three floors in total, and in the front yard were planted various flowers and plants, which should have been in full bloom in spring and summer.

Unfortunately, it is winter now and it snowed a few days ago. Most places are withered and yellow. Only the holly is still tirelessly providing a little vitality for this winter garden.

There are many courtyard houses in the old city, and many people of status and position live in large courtyard houses with three, four or even five courtyards.

There are not many small Western-style buildings like the Lou family’s. Zhang Shenfei observed with interest.

Walking into the villa, Zhang Shenfei discovered that it was decorated in Chinese style, with screens, huge and heavy mahogany furniture, and various calligraphy and paintings by famous artists, which showed the owner's style.

Sitting on the L-shaped sofa were Lou Zhenhua and his wife, whom they had met briefly at the steel rolling mill a few years ago. The man sitting on the single sofa next to them was in his thirties, presumably Lou Xiaoe's brother Lou Xiaofeng.

"Mom, Dad, brother, this is Zhang Shenfei. He is mine, my friend..." When introducing the man next to her, Lou Xiao'e showed a rare hint of shyness in front of her parents and brother.

"Da Fei, these are my parents, my elder brother..."

"Hello, uncle, aunt, and big brother." Zhang Shenfei placed the things he brought on the coffee table, immediately bowed respectfully to the two elders, and shook hands with Lou Xiaofeng who had already stood up.

Lou Zhenhua nodded slightly, but when Lou Xiao'e's mother saw how handsome Zhang Shenfei was, a satisfied smile immediately appeared on her face: "You must have had a hard time coming from Yenching University. Please take a seat...Xiaofei, go make some tea." Lou Xiao'e's sister-in-law answered and walked aside to make tea.

Under the warm hospitality of Lou's mother, Zhang Shenfei sat on the single sofa opposite Lou Xiaofeng, while Lou Xiao'e sat next to her mother and snuggled up to her.

"Child, just come if you want to, why bring anything..." Lou's mother's eyes moved around the things on the table: malted milk, White Rabbit, chocolate, all of which were good things to take out in this era.

But in their Lou family, it is not good enough.

If it were in the past, she might have just turned her back, but now the Lou family has always been low-key at the request of Lou's father. Although she was a little dissatisfied at this moment, she did not show it.

Song Xiaofei brought over tea and snacks, and after placing them one by one, she sat down next to Lou Xiaofeng.

Lou Xiaofeng glanced at her, rolled his eyes silently, and moved a little to the other side without making a sound.

There was a flash of disappointment in Song Xiaofei's eyes, but she quickly adjusted herself.

Mother Lou looked at Zhang Shenfei with a smile, and after he took a few sips of tea to moisten his throat, she asked a series of questions as if checking his household registration.

It's nothing more than the number of people in the family, the number of acres of land per capita, the number of cows on the land and so on... Aren't these the things that a mother-in-law considers when she looks at her son-in-law?
Zhang Shenfei answered every question, and when he mentioned that he had ten nephews at home, everyone in the Lou family gasped.

After the routine questions, Lou's mother calmed down, and Lou Zhenhua put down the newspaper in his hand and stood up: "Shen Fei?"

Zhang Shenfei knew that the topic had come, and he couldn't help but straighten his back: "Uncle."

"I still remember the first time I met you ten years ago. At that time, you were only eighteen years old. You were commended by the district management office for helping the government catch enemy spies..." Father Lou began to reminisce. "Then you joined the steel rolling mill and wrote a skit to promote literacy. You performed brilliantly at the literacy mobilization meeting in the city."

Zhang Shenfei didn't know why Lou Zhenhua brought up these things at this moment, but he didn't interrupt him. He just nodded from time to time and agreed with a few words to prove that he was listening.

Lou Zhenhua changed the subject and said, "At that time, I thought that you could achieve such success at such a young age. With time, you will definitely be even more powerful."

Mother Lou seemed to have thought of something after being reminded by him, and looked at Lou Xiao'e with a smile: "I remember that at that time, the steel mill held a party, and Ezi saw that Comrade Zhang Shenfei was handsome, and she said that she wanted to marry him when she grew up."

"Ah? My little sister is still living like this?" Song Xiaofei couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle. Lou Xiaofeng on the side looked at her with dissatisfaction, but also held back and said nothing.

"Ah? How is that possible? I was only ten years old ten years ago..." Lou Xiao'e felt that she had completely lost face today and simply didn't want to admit it.

But her mother's words were so convincing that she could only stare at Zhang Shenfei quietly and raise her little fist to threaten him.

The message is conveyed silently: Don’t laugh at me. If you dare to laugh at me, I will beat you up.

Zhang Shenfei winked at her and then turned serious.

The performance of the two did not escape Father Lou's eyes. He sighed and stood up: "Speaking of which, we are old acquaintances.

Comrade Zhang Shenfei, if it is convenient, would you like to go to the study on the second floor with me for a chat?"

"Of course." Zhang Shenfei stood up, "Uncle, please."

Lou Zhenhua stood up, followed by Lou Xiaofeng, and Zhang Shenfei brought up the rear. The three of them walked up the indoor stairs and headed for the second floor.

After entering the door,

Father Lou sat on the sofa, motioned Zhang Shenfei to sit down, and then instructed his son to pour tea.

"Take the Da Hong Pao you bought last time in Shanghai, and pair it with the Xishi teapot set," he instructed.

Lou Xiaofeng always looks impatient in front of his daughter-in-law, but behaves as obediently as a grandson in front of his father.

He quickly made tea and brought it over, then put everything away before sitting down.

Lou Zhenhua raised his glass and said, "Comrade Zhang Shenfei, how about trying this tea? Please give us your comments."

Zhang Shenfei took a sip of tea and put it down politely: "Uncle, the only thing I know about tea is that it can quench thirst. You giving me such good tea is like a cow chewing a peony."

Lou Zhenhua actually nodded, seeming to agree with what he said.

Zhang Shenfei: "..."

It's not Lao Deng, how come it's over? I was polite to you, so you have to be polite to me in return? ?
Lou Zhenhua also put down the cup in his hand and suddenly changed the subject: "Comrade Zhang Shenfei, you will start your internship after the New Year, right? Which unit do you plan to go to?"

Zhang Shenfei sighed speechlessly. Why are so many people asking him about this topic recently?
He had no choice but to repeat what he had said to Sha Zhu and others.

Finally, he emphasized: "In short, where to go is not up to me, but no matter where I go, I am serving the people, it's all the same."

But Lou Zhenhua was obviously not as easy to deal with as Sha Zhu and others. After listening to Zhang Shenfei's words, he said leisurely: "Normally speaking, after graduation, the transfer students will of course depend on the organization's allocation. However, there are always exceptions...

You can tell me where you want to go, and maybe I can help you get there."

Help? Zhang Shenfei looked at him, wondering what he meant by that.
Does he really think of himself as the future son-in-law of the Lou family?

but……

He just didn't believe that Lou Zhenhua's understanding of him came from Lou Xiao'e and he had never investigated him behind the scenes.

If they had investigated, they would have known that he was already married. But if they knew that he already had a wife and children, and was dating Lou Xiao'e.

How could he be so calm and still help me arrange work? ?

Or... Lou Zhenhua actually has another plan?
The melodramatic eight o'clock drama that he watched with his mother in his previous life suddenly appeared in his mind.

"I'll give you five million and my son will be mine immediately!!"

"No, I don't!! We are true love, uncle/aunt you can't break us up!!"

"No, you two are not suitable, I will add another two million!!!"

"True love is priceless. I will never leave him even if I die!! (broken voice)"

Uh ~
Zhang Shenfei shook off the goose bumps all over his body, and his eyes couldn't help but wander to Lou Xiaofeng's face opposite him. After the two looked at each other, they saw obvious contempt in each other's eyes.

Oh, Zhang Shenfei frowned slightly, this seems like he doesn't like me.

(End of this chapter)