African Nationhood

Hanking (Pretoria) in spring (October-December) has finally ushered in the most beautiful season of the year. The jacaranda trees on both sides of the road are in full bloom, and the faint fragrance of flowers can be smelled everywhere.

The jacarandas are even more beautiful when they are in full bloom, looking like purple haze on the treetops from a distance.

Young men and women in Hanking will choose to go out for dates and outings during this season.

Ouyang Keying was dressed up today. She planned to let her husband take her out for an outing while the jacaranda flowering season was not over yet.

……

She and Shi Zhao got married at the beginning of this year. At that time, the Ouyang family received the betrothal gift: 888 acres of land, 888 ounces of gold, 888 diamonds, and 888 pearls.

Because her father-in-law, Chairman Shi, was not allowed to be too ostentatious, their wedding was not extravagant. Only some senior officials and relatives attended the banquet.

After the wedding, when she bowed to her mother-in-law and changed her name to mom, her mother-in-law gave her a big red envelope.

A 30% stake in the pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson, and a pearl necklace set with an 18.8-carat heart-shaped diamond.

When she saluted her father-in-law and changed her name to daddy, she received gifts of 2% shares each in Mercedes-Benz and Herstal Arms Company.

She bowed to Alice's mother and changed her tune, and received a gift of 1% of Chanel clothing shares.

She saluted Ye Rong's mother and changed her tune, and received a gift of 1% of the shares of the North African Oil Company.

She bowed to Jin Xiyue's mother and changed her tune, and received a gift of 1% of the Royal Petroleum Company's shares.

These betrothal gifts and the gifts given by mothers are the same as those given by elder brothers and sisters-in-law when they get married.

When the second brother Shi Xu gets married at the end of the year, the sister-in-law from a commoner family will also receive the same betrothal gift and gifts as her.

These rules came from the requirements of her father-in-law, Chairman Shi.

He said that he should treat his children equally and not make any specializations, so that in the future his children would not complain that he did not drink a bowl of water evenly.

……

Ouyang Keying walked out of the room and went downstairs. She saw her brother-in-law Shi Yang playing Go with her father-in-law. She became interested and walked over slowly.

Shi Yang was taking the long exam, and Ouyang Keying made a blessing gift to her smiling father-in-law, who smiled and nodded.

Ouyang Keying watched for a while and felt that Shi Yang was going to lose again. Her father-in-law was also very good at Go.

She only found out after she got married that her chess skills were not even as good as Shi Yang's, let alone compared to her father-in-law.

Shi Yang has been interested in Go since he was a child, and the father and son often compete together.

It's just that Shi Yang lost more than he won, but he refused to admit defeat and fought and lost again and again. His father-in-law often praised Shi Yang for his perseverance and perseverance to achieve great things.

Go is a game that takes both mental and physical strength into account. She has a wild temper, so her father asked her to learn Go, saying it could hone her temperament.

It's a pity that after so many years, her temperament has not improved much, and her chess skills are only average.

"Snapped"

Shi Yang finished the long test and made his move directly.

The father-in-law also followed suit. The two fathers and sons made moves very quickly, but soon Shi Yang stopped playing again.

He sighed, "I lost again."

……

The father-in-law reached out and rubbed his brother-in-law's head, stood up and left the living room.

Ouyang Keying watched her father-in-law leave, relaxed, and then joked to her brother-in-law: "Shi Yang, you shouldn't have done it with your father, you should have done it with me, so that your confidence can be restored more."

Shi Yang secretly curled his lips while clearing the chessboard, "Third sister-in-law, please don't humiliate yourself. I'm afraid that if I beat you, you will cry again, and then third brother will come to me to settle the score."

Ouyang Keying immediately became anxious when she heard Shi Yang mention her embarrassing incident.

"I didn't cry. I just happened to catch a cold one day and my eyes were too sad."

Shi Yang sighed, "Yeah, I understand, I know."

Hearing Shi Yang's perfunctory words made Ouyang Keying even more angry, "You guy, you..."

Ouyang Keying was so angry that Shi Zhao happened to come in from outside. When he saw the irritable expression on his wife's face, he immediately laughed.

"What's the matter with you, Old Thirteen? Didn't I tell you not to mess with your sister-in-law?"

Shi Yang spread his hands and said, "What can I do? My sister-in-law has no self-awareness and insists on playing chess with me." Shi Zhao looked at the stinking look of this kid and got angry, "What are you crazy about? I'll do it. Let’s give you a fight.”

Ouyang Keying also recognized her husband's chess skills, so she gave her husband a thumbs up, "Shi Zhao, please help me vent my anger and get rid of Shi Yang's arrogance."

Shi Yang had a look of disdain on his face, "Come on, I'll let you two come together."

Shi Zhao became even more angry, stepped up to his younger brother, and the two of them cleaned the chessboard together.

The two brothers set up the chessboard again, and Ouyang Keying approached her husband and vowed that the couple would fight Shi Yang together.

Shi Yang moved first with black, and Shi Zhao followed suit. The two brothers made moves very quickly.

Ouyang Keying looked at it for a while and lost interest. She suddenly remembered that she was going on a trip with her husband today, but was provoked by her brother-in-law Shi Yang and forgot about the business.

Her husband Shi Zhao couldn't beat her brother-in-law, so in order to prevent her husband from losing later, she directly reached out and touched the chessboard.

"Shi Zhao, we have to go out today. Let's go quickly. It will be too late later."

After listening to his wife's words, Shi Zhao immediately remembered that his wife had indeed said that they would go on a trip together today.

So he nodded, "Yes, it's time to go. Write this down first."

Shi Yang was speechless when he saw the two couples fooling around together. Just when he was about to say something to ridicule them, he heard footsteps coming from outside.

He looked at Shi Zhao and his wife, "Who is here?"

Ouyang Keying listened for a while, with a smile on her face.

Sure enough, Ouyang Geng appeared in the lobby, and Ouyang Keying quickly greeted him.

"Dad, you're here."

Ouyang Geng smiled at his daughter, "Where is your father-in-law?"

"He should be in the study."

Shi Zhao also stood up and respectfully called his father-in-law, while Shi Yang smiled and called Uncle Ouyang.

Ouyang Geng nodded, "I'll go find your father and you can play."

Ouyang Keying saw her father coming in a hurry, thinking something big had happened.

They didn't know what it was, so the two couples didn't mention going out, and Shi Yang also sat quietly aside.

……

When Ouyang Geng came to Chairman Shi's study, he found that the door was ajar and his old classmate was writing at his desk.

He knocked on the door. Seeing him coming, Chairman Shi put down his pen and said with a smile: "Please come in."

Shi Jintang took the cigar box, took one, threw it to Ouyang Geng, and picked up another one. The two of them lit cigars and smoked for a while before they really started talking.

"What's the matter?"

"The former governor of Portuguese West Africa is here."

"Oh, he came to ask for help?"

"Yes, the line we laid before finally took effect."

Shi Jintang blew out a puff of smoke and smiled.

During the previous campaign in the Congo, Shi Jintang deliberately asked Shi Jinyong to find the Portuguese just for today.

Because Governor Cuseiro was a staunch royalist, he organized several counterattacks after the bourgeois revolution broke out in Portugal, but they ultimately failed.

Therefore, Shi Jintang asked Vice Prime Minister Shi Jinyong to have good relations with Governor Kusero, which would be useful at critical times.

Shi Jinyong and Ouyang Geng both felt that Chairman Shi was too talkative.

They coveted Portuguese West Africa and would break up with the Portuguese sooner or later, but Chairman Shi wanted to do the opposite.

Now it seems that Chairman Shi is still far-sighted and far-sighted!

In the past, when making friends with the Portuguese, they kept their secrets secretly. Now that the Portuguese came to ask for help, Nanhua could make conditions.

Chairman Shi is really powerful, really tall! (End of chapter)