Xu Xuzhi
Chapter 104 Homecoming
Chapter 104 Homecoming
A few days later, Fengjiu suddenly found out that the German ambassador to the UK, Ribbentrop, was committed to "Anglo-German friendship" and generously donated money to buy Cartier jewelry for several middle-aged British women whom he had never met in Paris. newspaper.
This is what Qiu Sheng saw on the newsstand when he was out shopping: the most popular tabloid in the UK - "News of the World" specially published a very eye-catching headline on the front page.Qiu Sheng almost died laughing, and hurriedly bought it back for Feng Jiu to watch.
Feng Jiu thought to himself, last time at the "tea tasting luncheon" held by the Chinese embassy in London, he saw Ribbentrop again, the German man who used to cling to Feng Jiu, this time he even smiled All owed: It seems that although the funds for espionage activities are abundant, they can't stand up so fast.
As usual, Mrs. Simpson, who wears what Westerners call an "Indian woman" hairstyle and wears a jaguar peridot Cartier necklace, smiled when she saw her. She always has a good impression of smart women who are not interested in becoming her competitors, especially Now her relationship with the crown prince has gone a step further. The crown prince has promised to marry her after becoming king, then she will be the rightful queen of England by then, although she has not married her second husband, the American businessman Er Nestor Simpson divorced.
However, as we all know, in the end she still missed the throne and did not reach the throne she dreamed of - "It's hard to find a foot if you hit seven inches". At the end of the 25th year of the Republic of China, the former Prince of Wales and the future Duke of Windsor, at that time When Edward VIII announced his abdication and shocked the world, Feng Jiu thought of this old saying.
It is now the last month of the year. Since Ning Zheng left, time has passed quickly. It is approaching Christmas, and the festive atmosphere is getting stronger. Feng Jiu took the children back to London and went to Oxford Street for a big purchase. By the way, I bought a lot of gifts for others; I went to the Olympia Center to see the wonderful "London Olympia International Horse Show", among which dressage and jumping are the most interesting, elegant riders in tuxedos with slits in the back for easy riding They crossed the high obstacle beams in a thrilling way, and saw Longsheng, Yaya and Cecil, who was picked up from the Rampusa mansion to play together, exclaimed, and the tips of their little noses were sweating; while performing dressage, The high-headed horses with excellent bloodlines from all over the world are obedient and obedient under the command of their masters, and they do round, snake and "8"-shaped fast and slow trots in sequence, which is even more eye-opening.
In view of the fact that the children played very happily that day, she took them to the skating rink that was only open near Christmas to go skating on the second night; The face is crystal clear, and the children are flying happily like spring swallows, laughing, and their little faces are flushed from the cold, and they are not too cold; the little Yaya is wearing a pair of small white sheepskin skates on her feet, and the bottle is nervous. Like her parents, Yaya is very athletic, and she can slip away in a few strokes, so she scurried around like an elf, and for a while slipped mischievously on purpose. Behind Aquarius, it would be better to scare Aquarius, who is already nervous, to the point where she doesn't know what to do, until Feng Jiu, who is monitoring in the rest area, comes over and reprimands her in a warm voice, because she knows that if she doesn't correct herself, she will be severely punished. Mom won't forgive herself so easily.
Don’t forget to study while playing: Feng Jiu took the children to the London Science Museum, where a giant steam locomotive attracted the children’s attention: this is based on the drawings of the great mathematician Babbage’s posthumous work Manufactured Difference Engine No. [-], which is also the world's first hand-operated mechanical computer, is mainly used for the calculation of polynomial mathematical functions.
After listening to the narrator's further explanation, Feng Jiu learned that the only legitimate daughter of the great poet Byron, Ada—well, another Ada—had spared no effort in building the Difference Engine for Babbage in her short life. , and wrote a book about the budding of computers with his own original ideas, so the name "Ada" has always occupied a place in the history of human emerging disciplines.Hearing this, Feng Jiu found that Ya Ya's eyes were extraordinarily bright.
When it came to Christmas, Fengjiu spent time with the Rampuson family in their big house in London: besides the George family, there was also the eldest son who often ran away, the three cousins of the Sir and their family members, which added up to two full quarters. A dozen or so, the men wore crisp evening gowns, the women mostly wore tulle skirts with flowing hems that spread out like seaweed, and only one of Sir Lan Gamo's cousins wore the outdated but very suitable rose purple whalebone style Jane. tube skirt.
Among the large group of relatives, Fengjiu only knew one, and that was César who had been with him all the way during the hunting; and among the third generation children of the Lan family, there were three little boys and a little girl, who were no older than Longsheng. At the age of two, it seems that the blood of the boy in the Rampuson family is very strong.
The Christmas dinner and party are still organized by Irina, which is also the practice over the years, so Irina can be said to be familiar with it: a huge Christmas tree has long been erected in a corner of the hall, and there are circles of glowing lights wrapped around the tree. A small light bulb, under the tree are full of gift boxes tied with ribbons; children from the Lan family in small suits and princess dresses, and Long Sheng in vermilion robes who play together as soon as they meet each other, and plum red jackets with tied hair. Bud, who looked like a Wuxi big Ah Fu, picked up two red silk bags and ran under the tree one after another while screaming softly, guessing in a childish voice what was hidden in the big and small gift boxes. What is it, because I am full of anticipation for tomorrow morning; after a while, I took out various chocolate coins wrapped in gold and silver foil paper from the adults, comparing and exchanging them; With a crying voice, it was another lawsuit.
On the long dining table, holly and expensive red roses are inserted in crystal vases, exuding a delicate fragrance, and red candles flicker on silver candlesticks, complementing the huge crystal chandelier in the center of the ceiling of the hall.
Hanging above the fireplace are several bunches of lush mistletoe, with beaded white plump berries. This evergreen plant, like holly, is called parasitic grass in China. Drink a cup leisurely, help up the steps to try the clog marks" such a leisurely and elegant sentence, it seems that this thing can make wine.
In addition to traditional British Christmas food on the table, including turkey, grilled fish, blueberry scones, star-shaped mince pies, Christmas pudding, Christmas cakes, stake cakes and meat pies, the drinks are eggnog, winter-specific hot In addition to the red wine and the children’s hot cocoa, there are candied apples and Sixi meatballs made by Wu Ma: a nest of glistening candy shreds and big meatballs that are thick and red, making most blue-eyed people who have never eaten authentic Chinese food The family called it a work of art, and Mama Wu couldn't stop laughing from ear to ear.
At night, the star at the top of the Christmas tree is lit, and the servants who have served in the villa for at least ten years are dressed up as elephants, lions, rhinos, harlequins, Kazakh cavalrymen and Byzantine women. Black beard and eyebrows were drawn with soft charcoal, and they asked everyone to guess their names shyly; Everyone happily participated in the games of grabbing chairs and balloons.
The housekeeper of the Blue Mansion was also the leader of the choir of a nearby church, and she sang a Christmas carol for everyone, accompanied by Cesare's piano, which was very pleasant.
Feng Jiu is holding a glass of mulled wine with cinnamon and apple juice in her hand—she is a person who accepts food that she has never eaten, so she can appreciate the taste that matches winter—she is Talk to Cesare's cousin, Offrey, in his 30s.This person stayed in India for several years and was keen on plant research.He stuttered a bit and was very nervous, but when he greeted Feng Jiu, he didn't shake hands or kiss hands like other people, which surprised Feng Jiu: After all, she had stayed in Europe for a long time, and she was not familiar with Western etiquette. I don't agree.
After a while, César also came over with a glass of eggnog, and asked Feng Jiu with a smile if he found that Ofrey was a clean freak. I knew it, and I took the initiative to say that I thought it was suffering. I have been treated for a long time, and I have only recently improved, and I still need to continue the treatment.
Fengjiu felt that Ofrey was a little different, but he still comforted him by saying that generally speaking, people with a cleanliness freak have outstanding talents, so that they can create meticulous and clean works of art.Offrey was greatly moved when he heard it, and he himself was obsessed with painting, which he quite agreed with.
Feng Jiu told them about Ni Zan, the most cleanliness painter in the Yuan Dynasty in Chinese history: this man was born in a very wealthy family, and he was best at landscapes and ink bamboos. Even the toilet at home was covered with sandalwood. The pagodas are covered with goose feathers; the sycamore trees in the courtyard are all washed to death; his paintings are simple in composition and left blank, bright and cool, lonely and out of dust, showing the leisurely state of the world without any vulgarity. .
When Offrey heard this, he couldn't help yearning for this ancient fellow in China.
However, Feng Jiu was very considerate and did not go on. What he said was that this man was obsessed with women all his life; During the meal, "raise the eyebrows of the case" so as not to be overwhelmed; when the jailer saw that a prisoner dared to be so picky and ignored himself, he was furious and locked him next to the Gong barrel to live, but he didn't die. After he was released from prison, he survived to his seventies.
At the Christmas luncheon just now, Sir Ram Pusheng was able to sit in a wheelchair and have a Christmas dinner with everyone because of his improved health. Fengjiu watched Elena greet the whole family affectionately, and felt deeply in his heart. There is no lack of envy in the heart - after all, no matter whether it is the Ning family or the Tang family, because of the national crisis, they have stopped holding large family banquets these years.
The once lively Spring Festival in Shuai's Mansion feels like a world away when I think about it now.
George has always liked the lively Yaya. After dinner, he took her and a few children upstairs and downstairs to run hide-and-seek, which made the little girl very happy.
When it was almost ten o'clock, Fengjiu saw that the young gentleman from the Lan family took a bunch of mistletoe that was as green as holly from above the fireplace in the hall, raised it over his wife's head, and stared at her intently. , So someone on the side began to coax knowingly; the young wife blushed, took a step forward and closed her eyes, and the husband gently kissed the wife's lips amidst whistles and applause.
Fengjiu knows that this is a Western tradition: on Christmas Eve, girls who pass under the mistletoe must agree to kiss the boy; of course, the boy must also pick a berry from the mistletoe.
Is it another guarantee of "love from now on to eternity", Feng Jiu smiled in his heart, where did so many legends come from, far-fetched.
At this moment, the red bud that was running past the fireplace was caught by the same red dragon, and in his hand he also took a bunch of mistletoe that he didn't know when to pick. , first held her chubby face and looked at it for a long time, then imitated the young man just now, after lifting it up, hung over the head of Yaya who was staring at a pair of big black eyes and a confused face, and carefully touched her moist little face. There was a light peck on the mouth.
Feng Jiu couldn't help being stunned.
At this time, the sweaty Cecil also ran over, flicking his blond hair. He didn't see Long Sheng's actions, but excitedly followed the example of the adults, and just wanted to pull Ya Ya A kiss, the target seemed to be the cheek, but even this was stopped by Long Sheng, whose expression immediately became a little serious, grabbing his arm.
Feng Jiu, a mother, was completely stunned.
Ning Zheng returned to China in the New Year Yiyi, and it is conceivable that he was very busy: on the way back to the country, Mr. Jiang, who had been eager to ask him to come back to help suppress the rebellion and stabilize the domestic situation, due to differences of opinion within the Fujian army, established However, the hundred-day new government collapsed.Once again, Mr. Jiang was lucky enough to escape the disaster that shook the foundation of his rule, so whether Ning Zheng could come back in time to help him became less important.
So he was not so anxious to see him again.
Ning Zheng couldn't imagine how this "Great Commander" was so mean, but he could only suppress his emotions, and had a long talk with Chief of Staff Ji Songling and Fa Xiao Xu Yong first, and the two close friends listened to the After his experience and opinions in Europe, he felt that Ning Zheng's idea was right.
Almost everything in the world is only suitable or not, and there is no such thing as good or bad.
Any Chinese knows that Mr. Jiang is not the best leader, but compared to the European powers - Germany and Italy, they all have a strong dictatorship without exception, which is why they can develop their economies rapidly and then develop important reasons for national defense.The experience China has gained from this is that it is only possible to drive out the Japanese aggressors and recover the Northeast only by uniting with the outside world.In other words, they Ning Jun had to continue to support Mr. Jiang: because in the current China, if you want to find someone who is more "orthodox", more convincing, and has rich political qualifications than him, there is really no such person .
That's what it means to "pull the big guy out of the box".
Ning Zheng also met with other important officers of the Ning Army and leaders from all walks of life, including the core members of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Salvation Association. After listening to the work report for nearly a month, he had a plan in mind on how to continue to support the Volunteer Army in the Anti-Japanese War.
The next thing is to meet Mr. Jiang. Although he is reluctant, he has to put it on the agenda—Mr. Jiang feels that he has left Ning Zheng alone for long enough, and it is almost time for him to take it. Moreover, Ning Zheng's speech to the press after his return showed that he would continue to support his position. This made Mr. Jiang, who was suffering from internal and external troubles, and even his loyal brother-in-law Song Wencheng break with him, still gave birth to several Very grateful.
Because the last meeting in Baoding broke up unhappy, the re-meeting in Chenglu, Hangzhou made the two people who had experienced big scenes feel a little embarrassed.After shaking hands and talking happily, Mr. Jiang took advantage of the situation and asked Ning Jun to continue the "great cause of suppressing the Communist Party".
After returning from Europe, he felt painfully that the Ning army, as a modern army with distinct feudal and clan characteristics, would not be able to fight back to its hometown if it was hindered by affection and the lax military discipline was not rectified, and even its combat effectiveness would not be able to continue to be updated and improved .Especially when some generals of the Ning army followed the old commander out of the province to occupy territory, their strong old warlord habits really delayed things very much.
Ning Zheng rectified military discipline, and held meetings with senior generals day and night to unify their thinking. After the meeting, he went to the barracks for inspections. When it was late at night, he could only return to his residence. Naturally, what he looked forward to most was a letter from England. When Yue went to Guangdong, he was looking forward to receiving letters: in the dead of night, his greatest comfort was to take out Feng Jiu and Ya Ya's letters and read them carefully one by one; occasionally, Long Sheng would write to him personally. Write a letter to report how cute and naughty my sister is.
Feng Jiu's letters have always been the thickest, a large pile, written every day depending on the date, and after a week of accumulation, they will be sent out together with other people's letters.Ya Ya’s letter is a sentence every day: Feng Jiu, who never forgets parenting, thinks this opportunity is very good and cannot let it go, so she asks Ya Ya to write down the things she thinks are most worth remembering that day, and draw pictures if she doesn’t know how to write Instead, if you can't draw, you can find brother.
So one day Ning Zheng received this letter:
"Since Papa left
Sky is not blue anymore
Clouds are not white anymore
Dog doesn't bark anymore
Ice cream bitter
Dutch Water Runner
Gemma doesn't even taste good when she eats. "
Among them, the word "qi" is painted with a few raindrops floating above.Ning Zheng was very moved after receiving the letter: She is really a daughter, and she has a deep relationship with her father. He felt that his eyes were about to burst into tears, and he couldn't help but worry that the fat girl would become hungry and thin?Ji Songling just came in and asked, "Has there been a letter from our family's Longsheng?"
Ning Zheng listlessly handed him the letter written by Long Sheng to his father. Ji Songling read it at a glance, breathed a sigh of relief, looked down and read the last sentence twice, couldn't help laughing, and turned to Ning Zheng and said : "Look at your restless energy, is Yaya saying there again that she misses her father so much that she is hungry and thin?"
Ning Zheng had read Feng Jiu's letter long ago, and he was almost able to memorize it now. In addition to reporting his mother's daily life, study, and social situations as usual, the letter even mentioned Cecil's great progress in writing Chinese characters. When we arrived, we didn't mention that Ya Ya didn't like to eat.
Ji Songling pursed her lips and handed Longsheng's letter to him, pointing to the end of the letter. Only then did Ning Zheng realize that Longsheng had thoughtfully asked his father to tell his godfather, don't worry about my sister, she has gained three pounds this month , and so on... I see.
Reading the letter and replying to it is probably the happiest thing for Ning Zheng so far. He comforted his daughter a lot, and wrote a long letter to Feng Jiu. In addition to gently pointing out that Ya Ya thinks Chinese characters are difficult to write, So in addition to the disadvantages of writing in both Chinese and English, I wrote this sentence full of grievances: "There are two letters, I have been waiting, but you still didn't mention whether you miss me..."
Feng Jiu rolled his eyes when he received the letter, does he know how old he is?I'm not used to having Fengjiu express his thoughts on him in a letter.But now that Papa Yaya clearly mentioned it, after Fengjiu said a hundred times in his heart, "No matter how old a man is, he is still a little boy", he still wrote at the very beginning of the letter, "How did you know? That day , before you leave, I start to miss you..."
Ning Zheng arrived in Wuhan in March and took up the post of Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the "Bandit Suppression" in Henan, Hubei and Anhui. He had just started the second reorganization of the Ning Army, and it was not going well, and he often came back at night full of anger.After receiving Feng Jiu's letter, he read it again and again, then kissed it lightly, lay down on the simple single camp bed, held the letter to his chest, and smiled comfortably.
After receiving the sixth letter, Ji Songling who came over after hearing the news watched his expression change from dull to ecstatic. Ning Zheng grabbed Ji Songling's arm, "Old Ji, Feng Jiu is here again!"
Ji Songling was also happy for him, although she had a little regret in her heart: he and Melanie had such a good relationship, and the couple always got tired of being together. For some reason, God just didn't reward them with a second child.
Ning Zheng didn't know what to do. He said he was going to the UK for a while, and then he remembered how to get away here. While scratching his head, Ji Songling, who knew Feng Jiu's temper, calmly suggested that Ning Zheng should hurry up and leave. After reading the letter, I didn't read a few words just now, and I was so excited.
Ning Zheng knew that Feng Jiu had an idea, and after reading it, he saw that Feng Jiu said that since he was so nervous about rectifying the Ning Army in China, he might as well wait until he gave birth before returning to China.
Although Ning Zheng was reluctant, he also felt that sitting on a cruise ship for [-] days while pregnant was too hard, so he asked Feng Jiu to take care of himself; after thinking about it, he was still uneasy, and hired an excellent gynecologist with a lot of money He and a midwife were sent to England to stay by Feng Jiu's side.
Feng Jiu actually had other plans: she didn't really plan to give birth to a child before returning to China, but if she didn't say that, she would be afraid that Ning Zheng would have trouble sleeping and eating.This looks good, hula la two "patron saints" came again, it's ridiculous.
Spring is here, Fengjiu is four months pregnant, and the pregnancy is stable. The doctor also advises her to go out for a walk more often.George said last week that he would take them to the dog farm, which is also one of their family's businesses.
Golden Retrievers, also known as retrievers, are especially suitable for British nobles who love to hunt. All of the Lan family are purebred golden retrievers: Westerners actually attach great importance to the purity of blood, and often have little interest in skewers.
Feng Jiu and Xiaolan Gamo were sitting outside having afternoon tea, and Irina was telling some ironic anecdotes about the royal family. Several children were watching the newborn little golden retriever on the grass more than ten meters away from them.
No one noticed that a fence was not tightened, and a group of little golden retrievers jumped out happily, which was also strange. These little creatures ignored the other two, and only stared at Yaya, Yaya screamed and started to run away.
Feng Jiu saw that she was in a hurry, and just about to go forward, George stopped her with a light wave of his hand, and comforted her with a smile, "Audrey, it's okay, golden retrievers are the most docile dogs, especially these newborn three Moon's puppies, they won't hurt Gemma."
Only then did Feng Jiu feel relieved, and together with Long Sheng, who had just been stopped by little Cecil and was now relieved, he watched Yaya stumbling and running around around the corner in front of him, and the little golden retrievers with pale yellow fur behind him. It formed a river, followed deftly to the left, to the right, and then turned back... Unable to hold back the dogs, they managed to throw Yaya to the ground, and licked Yaya's face affectionately with their pale red tongues .
Ya Ya had been a little scared at the beginning, and now he was giggling as if he couldn't breathe. Little Cecil was stunned. The white-eye that came back was so sweet and crisp, and it was heard in the open pasture, echoing the call of the goldfinch in the nearby woods, and it was hard to tell which one was more beautiful.
He looked at Long Sheng at the side, and found that Long Sheng was also stunned, probably because he had never seen a person and ten dogs rolling into a ball.
The three children got along well, and after lunch, they were sitting together, looking at the pigeon whistles that Longsheng had made for Cecil, when suddenly there was a crisp cry of surprise from a child, Feng Jiu looked up, it turned out that It was the fourth time that Göring's daughter Ida and Rommel's son Manfred came to play with little sister Gemma by train.
Rommel's son brought the latest submarine toy that was realistic and exquisite, Ida brought all kinds of fresh sweets that everyone loved, and the four children played for a long time by the pond.In order to thank Manfred for giving them such an advanced submarine toy, Long Sheng immediately decided to make a few more pigeon whistles as a thank you gift.
This is the simplest two-barreled pigeon whistle, and it was taught to him by Lao Yangtou, the gatekeeper of Shuncheng Prince's Mansion.
Long Sheng was dug out of a piece of pumpkin rind. It is thin, light and delicate, and does not weigh too much. Although it is simple, it can also make a high and low harmony. Cecil first decorated the tail feathers of two pigeons. When they got on, they were fascinated by the slightly monotonous but still melodious whistle. Yaya suddenly sighed, "I'm homesick, I want to go back to China."
When little Cecil heard this, an angelic face immediately showed reluctance; so did Manfred and Ada. Seeing everyone's faces, Ya Ya waved the chubby hand cheerfully, "Hey, you can go to China Play with me!"
Edda hugged her chubby little sister in her arms silently—she was older and knew better what parting meant.
In mid-May, the world-famous football World Cup has started.Ning Zheng also jokingly said last year that if he really can’t go back to China, he just waits to go to Italy to watch the World Cup—Ning Zheng can be regarded as an avid football fan.
Feng Jiu read the newspaper, and a large photo on it was extremely eye-catching: the opening game of the World Cup was the host Italy against the US team, the Italian head of state, Mussolini, appeared in the stands as expected, and all the Italian players immediately stretched out in the middle of the field. Straightening his right arm, he gave him a fascist military salute; this military salute was so dazzling that Feng Jiu couldn't help frowning.In the end, the Italian team beat the US team seven to one. I don't know if it was inspired by the head of state's personal presence.
Soon on June [-]th, Feng Jiu and his party bid farewell to the Rampusheng family who had gotten along like relatives, and set off for Rome: Mussolini's daughter Ada mailed her many World Cup tickets, and they decided to go back to China before returning home. Go to the football game first.
Feng Jiu boarded the Orient Express again, and for this train that took no less than ten times, Feng Jiu felt emotional.She was sipping a glass of milk when she suddenly heard a well-dressed couple walking by, speaking with a strong eastern American accent, "Shanmo, isn't this trip to Europe interesting? Think who it is What about the fee paid for us?"
"The cecum of Viscount Fernand."
"Where did we go to Casablanca last year?"
"Thanks to Mr. Gerrard's pancreas."
"What about the trip to Shanghai the year before last?"
"Credit to Mrs. Hutton's gastric ulcer."
Feng Jiu couldn't help but laugh, it seems that this is a couple of physicians who earn a lot of money.She couldn't help but think of Qiaozhi, her favorite sister-in-law, who had less than two years left in her long eight-year student career at Union Medical College, and finally saw the light of day.
But she knew that even after graduating with a license to practice, Qiaozhi would not be able to realize her dream of traveling around the world by collecting high medical fees from the rich like this couple, because what Qiaozhi wants to do is to save poor Chinese mothers from bad luck. obstetrician.
People have their own aspirations and choose what kind of life to live. As long as the source of income is right, it doesn't matter whether it is right or wrong; but we have to admit that there are differences in the realm of being a human being.
Qiaozhi has been secretly engaged to Huo Kaixing, because the Xiehe Hospital, which started out as a Christian, has regulations that if they want to stay in the hospital after graduation, they must swear not to get married.But Qiaozhi hasn't made a final decision yet, and her fiancé loves her so much.
Feng Jiu also knew that her little sister Feng Ling had finally come together with Hong Si: Ever since the national calamity, both Feng Jiu and Ning Zheng felt that the orthodox ethical constraints were no longer important. If there is no blood relationship, then two lovers really shouldn't be unable to be together because of their husband and wife.Just in May, they had already graduated and got married. Considering the employment prospects and the embarrassment of appellation, they simply left Peiping and Tianjin, and both went to Shanghai. In the small mansion of Zheng's residence, Tang Du also gave his youngest daughter a small mansion as a dowry. It seems that apart from the awkwardness in the title, everyone is still happy to see the success of this marriage.
In fact, Fengjiu's decision to return to China has been kept from Ning Zheng until now: Xiuwei was pregnant in the United States, and Sir Ke Dong urged her to return to Hong Kong to wait for delivery; although she was not happy, she was filial Ke Weili still couldn't stand his father's deep friendship, and finally sent Xiuwei back to Hong Kong, while he stayed in the United States to continue his military studies.
Feng Jiu also moved his mind when he heard it, and felt even more confident: Xiuwei can cross the Pacific Ocean while pregnant, why can't she cross the Indian Ocean if she wants to?Aren't they all human?What's more, Xiuwei is still the first child.
But Ning Zheng thought about it, and consulted with many obstetrics and gynecology experts. Although everyone's opinions were close to the same, it was nothing serious, but he was still worried.
Later, Feng Jiu was also annoyed, and he simply gave up arguing with Ning Zheng, but he had already made up his mind.
Three days later is the second World Cup final.Bong Koo sat in the VIP box of the National Stadium in Rome, watching with great interest the whole process of Italy conceding a goal first, tenaciously withstood the crazy attack of the Czech team, and calmly organized a counterattack, and finally won [-]-[-]. Defeated Czechoslovakia and won the championship.In this era, footballs made of brown leather were flying around, and the whole game was wonderful.
Feng Jiu objectively compared the football games he and Ning Zheng had watched in Fengtian before, and felt that the intensity of this game was slightly better, and he thought that after returning, he should show off in front of this authentic fan.
The host Italian team got their wish and took home the "Rimite Cup". The winner's trophy was so small that Mussolini thought it was not grand enough, so he ordered a custom-made imitation six times the size of the original owner. Embedded with bright gemstones of various colors, it is extremely luxurious and dazzling.
Feng Jiu was clapping his hands to applaud the host, unexpectedly, Ada, who was watching the final with her, sighed, Feng Jiu looked at her in confusion, and Ada said with a little embarrassment: "Audrey, how do you know , My father actually gave the players a death order before the game - either win the championship, or, die..."
? !Fengjiu suddenly felt that the green grassy modern football field in front of him suddenly changed back to the bloody and violent Colosseum of ancient Rome, full of cruel killings of life and death-these Italian football players, just like those who did not win in ancient times What's the difference between a gladiator who has to be thumbed down by a priestess to kill?
It's no wonder that the athletes all looked so tragic when they were on the field. After the score was zero to one, they looked even more insane, so that the Czech players shrank back and only strengthened their defense in their own backcourt, not daring to rush out to fight them confronted head-on.
Fengjiu and Ada shook their heads together—is it true that no matter ancient or modern, Chinese or foreign, they are always companions like tigers?
Four years later, Mussolini intensified and gave the same order to the players who were not allowed to wear the traditional Italian blue uniforms, but all fascist black uniforms, so that the Hungarian team lost the final four to two. Goalkeeper Szabo said something meaningful: "I conceded four goals, but I saved the lives of the entire football team."
Feng Jiu and his party boarded the cruise ship in Venice as scheduled, and bid farewell to Ada Yiyi, who followed him off on purpose.The ship has already sailed, and everyone is quite excited at the thought of returning home.
Ya Ya has been very strange these days. She has been interested in a book she accidentally found in the big study of the Lan family. Seeing that she likes it, Yi Lianna simply gave it to her: This is exactly the book written by Byron's daughter Ada. In this book about the Analytical Engine—Elementary Computer, there are still many English words in it that Yaya doesn’t know; what’s more difficult is the kind of mathematical proof that has been solved for several pages at a time.Still, she looked at it over and over again, fascinated.
Feng Jiu walked to the deck and saw that Long Sheng and Ya Ya, who were under the umbrella with the cat, were reading books seriously one by one.
Feng Jiu walked up to them, touched Long Sheng's head, and Long Sheng tilted his head and smiled at his godmother; Ya Ya suddenly said to Feng Jiu, "Mom, these formulas are so beautiful," and she held her hand in admiration. Touching the paper on which a large number of mathematical formulas were printed, he thought for a while and said another word: "Very—'elegant'".
Feng Jiu was taken aback. She was able to see the elegance of boring and complicated mathematical formulas, which is probably not far from seeing the "poetic flavor". This little girl's mathematical talent is really amazing.
Feng Jiu agreed with her with a smile, then hugged her into his arms, looked up at the rolling waves, suddenly remembered something, lowered his head and smiled and asked Ya Ya, "Do we Ya Ya still remember what Daddy looks like?"
The four-and-a-half-year-old Yaya is ignorant, and her big head is unconsciously a little bit.
"What is it like?" Feng Jiu became interested, and wanted to hear how the little Ya Ya would describe his father.
"Bear-like." Ya Ya gave the answer concisely.
... "Bear-like child" is a word that appears frequently in Northeast China. It is often used as a joke between people who are close to each other. It roughly means "cowardly, cowardly".
Yaya probably often heard the young guards around him jokingly say this to each other, so she remembered it, but she didn't expect to use it to describe Ning Zheng at this time.
Why don't you say "elegant" now?Feng Jiu wanted to laugh, but held back.She educated the child with a slightly serious face, "Ya Ya, you can't say that about Dad, ah no, you can't say that about anyone. It's not a good thing—do you know that?"
Ya Ya lowered her head in embarrassment, Feng Jiu smiled, and kissed the baby girl's fat face a few times, rubbing her into her arms while thinking, when she sees Ning Zheng, she must Tell him how the girl described him; and tell him by the way that Yaya is going to have a little brother, well, this time it should be a boy...
(End of this chapter)
A few days later, Fengjiu suddenly found out that the German ambassador to the UK, Ribbentrop, was committed to "Anglo-German friendship" and generously donated money to buy Cartier jewelry for several middle-aged British women whom he had never met in Paris. newspaper.
This is what Qiu Sheng saw on the newsstand when he was out shopping: the most popular tabloid in the UK - "News of the World" specially published a very eye-catching headline on the front page.Qiu Sheng almost died laughing, and hurriedly bought it back for Feng Jiu to watch.
Feng Jiu thought to himself, last time at the "tea tasting luncheon" held by the Chinese embassy in London, he saw Ribbentrop again, the German man who used to cling to Feng Jiu, this time he even smiled All owed: It seems that although the funds for espionage activities are abundant, they can't stand up so fast.
As usual, Mrs. Simpson, who wears what Westerners call an "Indian woman" hairstyle and wears a jaguar peridot Cartier necklace, smiled when she saw her. She always has a good impression of smart women who are not interested in becoming her competitors, especially Now her relationship with the crown prince has gone a step further. The crown prince has promised to marry her after becoming king, then she will be the rightful queen of England by then, although she has not married her second husband, the American businessman Er Nestor Simpson divorced.
However, as we all know, in the end she still missed the throne and did not reach the throne she dreamed of - "It's hard to find a foot if you hit seven inches". At the end of the 25th year of the Republic of China, the former Prince of Wales and the future Duke of Windsor, at that time When Edward VIII announced his abdication and shocked the world, Feng Jiu thought of this old saying.
It is now the last month of the year. Since Ning Zheng left, time has passed quickly. It is approaching Christmas, and the festive atmosphere is getting stronger. Feng Jiu took the children back to London and went to Oxford Street for a big purchase. By the way, I bought a lot of gifts for others; I went to the Olympia Center to see the wonderful "London Olympia International Horse Show", among which dressage and jumping are the most interesting, elegant riders in tuxedos with slits in the back for easy riding They crossed the high obstacle beams in a thrilling way, and saw Longsheng, Yaya and Cecil, who was picked up from the Rampusa mansion to play together, exclaimed, and the tips of their little noses were sweating; while performing dressage, The high-headed horses with excellent bloodlines from all over the world are obedient and obedient under the command of their masters, and they do round, snake and "8"-shaped fast and slow trots in sequence, which is even more eye-opening.
In view of the fact that the children played very happily that day, she took them to the skating rink that was only open near Christmas to go skating on the second night; The face is crystal clear, and the children are flying happily like spring swallows, laughing, and their little faces are flushed from the cold, and they are not too cold; the little Yaya is wearing a pair of small white sheepskin skates on her feet, and the bottle is nervous. Like her parents, Yaya is very athletic, and she can slip away in a few strokes, so she scurried around like an elf, and for a while slipped mischievously on purpose. Behind Aquarius, it would be better to scare Aquarius, who is already nervous, to the point where she doesn't know what to do, until Feng Jiu, who is monitoring in the rest area, comes over and reprimands her in a warm voice, because she knows that if she doesn't correct herself, she will be severely punished. Mom won't forgive herself so easily.
Don’t forget to study while playing: Feng Jiu took the children to the London Science Museum, where a giant steam locomotive attracted the children’s attention: this is based on the drawings of the great mathematician Babbage’s posthumous work Manufactured Difference Engine No. [-], which is also the world's first hand-operated mechanical computer, is mainly used for the calculation of polynomial mathematical functions.
After listening to the narrator's further explanation, Feng Jiu learned that the only legitimate daughter of the great poet Byron, Ada—well, another Ada—had spared no effort in building the Difference Engine for Babbage in her short life. , and wrote a book about the budding of computers with his own original ideas, so the name "Ada" has always occupied a place in the history of human emerging disciplines.Hearing this, Feng Jiu found that Ya Ya's eyes were extraordinarily bright.
When it came to Christmas, Fengjiu spent time with the Rampuson family in their big house in London: besides the George family, there was also the eldest son who often ran away, the three cousins of the Sir and their family members, which added up to two full quarters. A dozen or so, the men wore crisp evening gowns, the women mostly wore tulle skirts with flowing hems that spread out like seaweed, and only one of Sir Lan Gamo's cousins wore the outdated but very suitable rose purple whalebone style Jane. tube skirt.
Among the large group of relatives, Fengjiu only knew one, and that was César who had been with him all the way during the hunting; and among the third generation children of the Lan family, there were three little boys and a little girl, who were no older than Longsheng. At the age of two, it seems that the blood of the boy in the Rampuson family is very strong.
The Christmas dinner and party are still organized by Irina, which is also the practice over the years, so Irina can be said to be familiar with it: a huge Christmas tree has long been erected in a corner of the hall, and there are circles of glowing lights wrapped around the tree. A small light bulb, under the tree are full of gift boxes tied with ribbons; children from the Lan family in small suits and princess dresses, and Long Sheng in vermilion robes who play together as soon as they meet each other, and plum red jackets with tied hair. Bud, who looked like a Wuxi big Ah Fu, picked up two red silk bags and ran under the tree one after another while screaming softly, guessing in a childish voice what was hidden in the big and small gift boxes. What is it, because I am full of anticipation for tomorrow morning; after a while, I took out various chocolate coins wrapped in gold and silver foil paper from the adults, comparing and exchanging them; With a crying voice, it was another lawsuit.
On the long dining table, holly and expensive red roses are inserted in crystal vases, exuding a delicate fragrance, and red candles flicker on silver candlesticks, complementing the huge crystal chandelier in the center of the ceiling of the hall.
Hanging above the fireplace are several bunches of lush mistletoe, with beaded white plump berries. This evergreen plant, like holly, is called parasitic grass in China. Drink a cup leisurely, help up the steps to try the clog marks" such a leisurely and elegant sentence, it seems that this thing can make wine.
In addition to traditional British Christmas food on the table, including turkey, grilled fish, blueberry scones, star-shaped mince pies, Christmas pudding, Christmas cakes, stake cakes and meat pies, the drinks are eggnog, winter-specific hot In addition to the red wine and the children’s hot cocoa, there are candied apples and Sixi meatballs made by Wu Ma: a nest of glistening candy shreds and big meatballs that are thick and red, making most blue-eyed people who have never eaten authentic Chinese food The family called it a work of art, and Mama Wu couldn't stop laughing from ear to ear.
At night, the star at the top of the Christmas tree is lit, and the servants who have served in the villa for at least ten years are dressed up as elephants, lions, rhinos, harlequins, Kazakh cavalrymen and Byzantine women. Black beard and eyebrows were drawn with soft charcoal, and they asked everyone to guess their names shyly; Everyone happily participated in the games of grabbing chairs and balloons.
The housekeeper of the Blue Mansion was also the leader of the choir of a nearby church, and she sang a Christmas carol for everyone, accompanied by Cesare's piano, which was very pleasant.
Feng Jiu is holding a glass of mulled wine with cinnamon and apple juice in her hand—she is a person who accepts food that she has never eaten, so she can appreciate the taste that matches winter—she is Talk to Cesare's cousin, Offrey, in his 30s.This person stayed in India for several years and was keen on plant research.He stuttered a bit and was very nervous, but when he greeted Feng Jiu, he didn't shake hands or kiss hands like other people, which surprised Feng Jiu: After all, she had stayed in Europe for a long time, and she was not familiar with Western etiquette. I don't agree.
After a while, César also came over with a glass of eggnog, and asked Feng Jiu with a smile if he found that Ofrey was a clean freak. I knew it, and I took the initiative to say that I thought it was suffering. I have been treated for a long time, and I have only recently improved, and I still need to continue the treatment.
Fengjiu felt that Ofrey was a little different, but he still comforted him by saying that generally speaking, people with a cleanliness freak have outstanding talents, so that they can create meticulous and clean works of art.Offrey was greatly moved when he heard it, and he himself was obsessed with painting, which he quite agreed with.
Feng Jiu told them about Ni Zan, the most cleanliness painter in the Yuan Dynasty in Chinese history: this man was born in a very wealthy family, and he was best at landscapes and ink bamboos. Even the toilet at home was covered with sandalwood. The pagodas are covered with goose feathers; the sycamore trees in the courtyard are all washed to death; his paintings are simple in composition and left blank, bright and cool, lonely and out of dust, showing the leisurely state of the world without any vulgarity. .
When Offrey heard this, he couldn't help yearning for this ancient fellow in China.
However, Feng Jiu was very considerate and did not go on. What he said was that this man was obsessed with women all his life; During the meal, "raise the eyebrows of the case" so as not to be overwhelmed; when the jailer saw that a prisoner dared to be so picky and ignored himself, he was furious and locked him next to the Gong barrel to live, but he didn't die. After he was released from prison, he survived to his seventies.
At the Christmas luncheon just now, Sir Ram Pusheng was able to sit in a wheelchair and have a Christmas dinner with everyone because of his improved health. Fengjiu watched Elena greet the whole family affectionately, and felt deeply in his heart. There is no lack of envy in the heart - after all, no matter whether it is the Ning family or the Tang family, because of the national crisis, they have stopped holding large family banquets these years.
The once lively Spring Festival in Shuai's Mansion feels like a world away when I think about it now.
George has always liked the lively Yaya. After dinner, he took her and a few children upstairs and downstairs to run hide-and-seek, which made the little girl very happy.
When it was almost ten o'clock, Fengjiu saw that the young gentleman from the Lan family took a bunch of mistletoe that was as green as holly from above the fireplace in the hall, raised it over his wife's head, and stared at her intently. , So someone on the side began to coax knowingly; the young wife blushed, took a step forward and closed her eyes, and the husband gently kissed the wife's lips amidst whistles and applause.
Fengjiu knows that this is a Western tradition: on Christmas Eve, girls who pass under the mistletoe must agree to kiss the boy; of course, the boy must also pick a berry from the mistletoe.
Is it another guarantee of "love from now on to eternity", Feng Jiu smiled in his heart, where did so many legends come from, far-fetched.
At this moment, the red bud that was running past the fireplace was caught by the same red dragon, and in his hand he also took a bunch of mistletoe that he didn't know when to pick. , first held her chubby face and looked at it for a long time, then imitated the young man just now, after lifting it up, hung over the head of Yaya who was staring at a pair of big black eyes and a confused face, and carefully touched her moist little face. There was a light peck on the mouth.
Feng Jiu couldn't help being stunned.
At this time, the sweaty Cecil also ran over, flicking his blond hair. He didn't see Long Sheng's actions, but excitedly followed the example of the adults, and just wanted to pull Ya Ya A kiss, the target seemed to be the cheek, but even this was stopped by Long Sheng, whose expression immediately became a little serious, grabbing his arm.
Feng Jiu, a mother, was completely stunned.
Ning Zheng returned to China in the New Year Yiyi, and it is conceivable that he was very busy: on the way back to the country, Mr. Jiang, who had been eager to ask him to come back to help suppress the rebellion and stabilize the domestic situation, due to differences of opinion within the Fujian army, established However, the hundred-day new government collapsed.Once again, Mr. Jiang was lucky enough to escape the disaster that shook the foundation of his rule, so whether Ning Zheng could come back in time to help him became less important.
So he was not so anxious to see him again.
Ning Zheng couldn't imagine how this "Great Commander" was so mean, but he could only suppress his emotions, and had a long talk with Chief of Staff Ji Songling and Fa Xiao Xu Yong first, and the two close friends listened to the After his experience and opinions in Europe, he felt that Ning Zheng's idea was right.
Almost everything in the world is only suitable or not, and there is no such thing as good or bad.
Any Chinese knows that Mr. Jiang is not the best leader, but compared to the European powers - Germany and Italy, they all have a strong dictatorship without exception, which is why they can develop their economies rapidly and then develop important reasons for national defense.The experience China has gained from this is that it is only possible to drive out the Japanese aggressors and recover the Northeast only by uniting with the outside world.In other words, they Ning Jun had to continue to support Mr. Jiang: because in the current China, if you want to find someone who is more "orthodox", more convincing, and has rich political qualifications than him, there is really no such person .
That's what it means to "pull the big guy out of the box".
Ning Zheng also met with other important officers of the Ning Army and leaders from all walks of life, including the core members of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Salvation Association. After listening to the work report for nearly a month, he had a plan in mind on how to continue to support the Volunteer Army in the Anti-Japanese War.
The next thing is to meet Mr. Jiang. Although he is reluctant, he has to put it on the agenda—Mr. Jiang feels that he has left Ning Zheng alone for long enough, and it is almost time for him to take it. Moreover, Ning Zheng's speech to the press after his return showed that he would continue to support his position. This made Mr. Jiang, who was suffering from internal and external troubles, and even his loyal brother-in-law Song Wencheng break with him, still gave birth to several Very grateful.
Because the last meeting in Baoding broke up unhappy, the re-meeting in Chenglu, Hangzhou made the two people who had experienced big scenes feel a little embarrassed.After shaking hands and talking happily, Mr. Jiang took advantage of the situation and asked Ning Jun to continue the "great cause of suppressing the Communist Party".
After returning from Europe, he felt painfully that the Ning army, as a modern army with distinct feudal and clan characteristics, would not be able to fight back to its hometown if it was hindered by affection and the lax military discipline was not rectified, and even its combat effectiveness would not be able to continue to be updated and improved .Especially when some generals of the Ning army followed the old commander out of the province to occupy territory, their strong old warlord habits really delayed things very much.
Ning Zheng rectified military discipline, and held meetings with senior generals day and night to unify their thinking. After the meeting, he went to the barracks for inspections. When it was late at night, he could only return to his residence. Naturally, what he looked forward to most was a letter from England. When Yue went to Guangdong, he was looking forward to receiving letters: in the dead of night, his greatest comfort was to take out Feng Jiu and Ya Ya's letters and read them carefully one by one; occasionally, Long Sheng would write to him personally. Write a letter to report how cute and naughty my sister is.
Feng Jiu's letters have always been the thickest, a large pile, written every day depending on the date, and after a week of accumulation, they will be sent out together with other people's letters.Ya Ya’s letter is a sentence every day: Feng Jiu, who never forgets parenting, thinks this opportunity is very good and cannot let it go, so she asks Ya Ya to write down the things she thinks are most worth remembering that day, and draw pictures if she doesn’t know how to write Instead, if you can't draw, you can find brother.
So one day Ning Zheng received this letter:
"Since Papa left
Sky is not blue anymore
Clouds are not white anymore
Dog doesn't bark anymore
Ice cream bitter
Dutch Water Runner
Gemma doesn't even taste good when she eats. "
Among them, the word "qi" is painted with a few raindrops floating above.Ning Zheng was very moved after receiving the letter: She is really a daughter, and she has a deep relationship with her father. He felt that his eyes were about to burst into tears, and he couldn't help but worry that the fat girl would become hungry and thin?Ji Songling just came in and asked, "Has there been a letter from our family's Longsheng?"
Ning Zheng listlessly handed him the letter written by Long Sheng to his father. Ji Songling read it at a glance, breathed a sigh of relief, looked down and read the last sentence twice, couldn't help laughing, and turned to Ning Zheng and said : "Look at your restless energy, is Yaya saying there again that she misses her father so much that she is hungry and thin?"
Ning Zheng had read Feng Jiu's letter long ago, and he was almost able to memorize it now. In addition to reporting his mother's daily life, study, and social situations as usual, the letter even mentioned Cecil's great progress in writing Chinese characters. When we arrived, we didn't mention that Ya Ya didn't like to eat.
Ji Songling pursed her lips and handed Longsheng's letter to him, pointing to the end of the letter. Only then did Ning Zheng realize that Longsheng had thoughtfully asked his father to tell his godfather, don't worry about my sister, she has gained three pounds this month , and so on... I see.
Reading the letter and replying to it is probably the happiest thing for Ning Zheng so far. He comforted his daughter a lot, and wrote a long letter to Feng Jiu. In addition to gently pointing out that Ya Ya thinks Chinese characters are difficult to write, So in addition to the disadvantages of writing in both Chinese and English, I wrote this sentence full of grievances: "There are two letters, I have been waiting, but you still didn't mention whether you miss me..."
Feng Jiu rolled his eyes when he received the letter, does he know how old he is?I'm not used to having Fengjiu express his thoughts on him in a letter.But now that Papa Yaya clearly mentioned it, after Fengjiu said a hundred times in his heart, "No matter how old a man is, he is still a little boy", he still wrote at the very beginning of the letter, "How did you know? That day , before you leave, I start to miss you..."
Ning Zheng arrived in Wuhan in March and took up the post of Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the "Bandit Suppression" in Henan, Hubei and Anhui. He had just started the second reorganization of the Ning Army, and it was not going well, and he often came back at night full of anger.After receiving Feng Jiu's letter, he read it again and again, then kissed it lightly, lay down on the simple single camp bed, held the letter to his chest, and smiled comfortably.
After receiving the sixth letter, Ji Songling who came over after hearing the news watched his expression change from dull to ecstatic. Ning Zheng grabbed Ji Songling's arm, "Old Ji, Feng Jiu is here again!"
Ji Songling was also happy for him, although she had a little regret in her heart: he and Melanie had such a good relationship, and the couple always got tired of being together. For some reason, God just didn't reward them with a second child.
Ning Zheng didn't know what to do. He said he was going to the UK for a while, and then he remembered how to get away here. While scratching his head, Ji Songling, who knew Feng Jiu's temper, calmly suggested that Ning Zheng should hurry up and leave. After reading the letter, I didn't read a few words just now, and I was so excited.
Ning Zheng knew that Feng Jiu had an idea, and after reading it, he saw that Feng Jiu said that since he was so nervous about rectifying the Ning Army in China, he might as well wait until he gave birth before returning to China.
Although Ning Zheng was reluctant, he also felt that sitting on a cruise ship for [-] days while pregnant was too hard, so he asked Feng Jiu to take care of himself; after thinking about it, he was still uneasy, and hired an excellent gynecologist with a lot of money He and a midwife were sent to England to stay by Feng Jiu's side.
Feng Jiu actually had other plans: she didn't really plan to give birth to a child before returning to China, but if she didn't say that, she would be afraid that Ning Zheng would have trouble sleeping and eating.This looks good, hula la two "patron saints" came again, it's ridiculous.
Spring is here, Fengjiu is four months pregnant, and the pregnancy is stable. The doctor also advises her to go out for a walk more often.George said last week that he would take them to the dog farm, which is also one of their family's businesses.
Golden Retrievers, also known as retrievers, are especially suitable for British nobles who love to hunt. All of the Lan family are purebred golden retrievers: Westerners actually attach great importance to the purity of blood, and often have little interest in skewers.
Feng Jiu and Xiaolan Gamo were sitting outside having afternoon tea, and Irina was telling some ironic anecdotes about the royal family. Several children were watching the newborn little golden retriever on the grass more than ten meters away from them.
No one noticed that a fence was not tightened, and a group of little golden retrievers jumped out happily, which was also strange. These little creatures ignored the other two, and only stared at Yaya, Yaya screamed and started to run away.
Feng Jiu saw that she was in a hurry, and just about to go forward, George stopped her with a light wave of his hand, and comforted her with a smile, "Audrey, it's okay, golden retrievers are the most docile dogs, especially these newborn three Moon's puppies, they won't hurt Gemma."
Only then did Feng Jiu feel relieved, and together with Long Sheng, who had just been stopped by little Cecil and was now relieved, he watched Yaya stumbling and running around around the corner in front of him, and the little golden retrievers with pale yellow fur behind him. It formed a river, followed deftly to the left, to the right, and then turned back... Unable to hold back the dogs, they managed to throw Yaya to the ground, and licked Yaya's face affectionately with their pale red tongues .
Ya Ya had been a little scared at the beginning, and now he was giggling as if he couldn't breathe. Little Cecil was stunned. The white-eye that came back was so sweet and crisp, and it was heard in the open pasture, echoing the call of the goldfinch in the nearby woods, and it was hard to tell which one was more beautiful.
He looked at Long Sheng at the side, and found that Long Sheng was also stunned, probably because he had never seen a person and ten dogs rolling into a ball.
The three children got along well, and after lunch, they were sitting together, looking at the pigeon whistles that Longsheng had made for Cecil, when suddenly there was a crisp cry of surprise from a child, Feng Jiu looked up, it turned out that It was the fourth time that Göring's daughter Ida and Rommel's son Manfred came to play with little sister Gemma by train.
Rommel's son brought the latest submarine toy that was realistic and exquisite, Ida brought all kinds of fresh sweets that everyone loved, and the four children played for a long time by the pond.In order to thank Manfred for giving them such an advanced submarine toy, Long Sheng immediately decided to make a few more pigeon whistles as a thank you gift.
This is the simplest two-barreled pigeon whistle, and it was taught to him by Lao Yangtou, the gatekeeper of Shuncheng Prince's Mansion.
Long Sheng was dug out of a piece of pumpkin rind. It is thin, light and delicate, and does not weigh too much. Although it is simple, it can also make a high and low harmony. Cecil first decorated the tail feathers of two pigeons. When they got on, they were fascinated by the slightly monotonous but still melodious whistle. Yaya suddenly sighed, "I'm homesick, I want to go back to China."
When little Cecil heard this, an angelic face immediately showed reluctance; so did Manfred and Ada. Seeing everyone's faces, Ya Ya waved the chubby hand cheerfully, "Hey, you can go to China Play with me!"
Edda hugged her chubby little sister in her arms silently—she was older and knew better what parting meant.
In mid-May, the world-famous football World Cup has started.Ning Zheng also jokingly said last year that if he really can’t go back to China, he just waits to go to Italy to watch the World Cup—Ning Zheng can be regarded as an avid football fan.
Feng Jiu read the newspaper, and a large photo on it was extremely eye-catching: the opening game of the World Cup was the host Italy against the US team, the Italian head of state, Mussolini, appeared in the stands as expected, and all the Italian players immediately stretched out in the middle of the field. Straightening his right arm, he gave him a fascist military salute; this military salute was so dazzling that Feng Jiu couldn't help frowning.In the end, the Italian team beat the US team seven to one. I don't know if it was inspired by the head of state's personal presence.
Soon on June [-]th, Feng Jiu and his party bid farewell to the Rampusheng family who had gotten along like relatives, and set off for Rome: Mussolini's daughter Ada mailed her many World Cup tickets, and they decided to go back to China before returning home. Go to the football game first.
Feng Jiu boarded the Orient Express again, and for this train that took no less than ten times, Feng Jiu felt emotional.She was sipping a glass of milk when she suddenly heard a well-dressed couple walking by, speaking with a strong eastern American accent, "Shanmo, isn't this trip to Europe interesting? Think who it is What about the fee paid for us?"
"The cecum of Viscount Fernand."
"Where did we go to Casablanca last year?"
"Thanks to Mr. Gerrard's pancreas."
"What about the trip to Shanghai the year before last?"
"Credit to Mrs. Hutton's gastric ulcer."
Feng Jiu couldn't help but laugh, it seems that this is a couple of physicians who earn a lot of money.She couldn't help but think of Qiaozhi, her favorite sister-in-law, who had less than two years left in her long eight-year student career at Union Medical College, and finally saw the light of day.
But she knew that even after graduating with a license to practice, Qiaozhi would not be able to realize her dream of traveling around the world by collecting high medical fees from the rich like this couple, because what Qiaozhi wants to do is to save poor Chinese mothers from bad luck. obstetrician.
People have their own aspirations and choose what kind of life to live. As long as the source of income is right, it doesn't matter whether it is right or wrong; but we have to admit that there are differences in the realm of being a human being.
Qiaozhi has been secretly engaged to Huo Kaixing, because the Xiehe Hospital, which started out as a Christian, has regulations that if they want to stay in the hospital after graduation, they must swear not to get married.But Qiaozhi hasn't made a final decision yet, and her fiancé loves her so much.
Feng Jiu also knew that her little sister Feng Ling had finally come together with Hong Si: Ever since the national calamity, both Feng Jiu and Ning Zheng felt that the orthodox ethical constraints were no longer important. If there is no blood relationship, then two lovers really shouldn't be unable to be together because of their husband and wife.Just in May, they had already graduated and got married. Considering the employment prospects and the embarrassment of appellation, they simply left Peiping and Tianjin, and both went to Shanghai. In the small mansion of Zheng's residence, Tang Du also gave his youngest daughter a small mansion as a dowry. It seems that apart from the awkwardness in the title, everyone is still happy to see the success of this marriage.
In fact, Fengjiu's decision to return to China has been kept from Ning Zheng until now: Xiuwei was pregnant in the United States, and Sir Ke Dong urged her to return to Hong Kong to wait for delivery; although she was not happy, she was filial Ke Weili still couldn't stand his father's deep friendship, and finally sent Xiuwei back to Hong Kong, while he stayed in the United States to continue his military studies.
Feng Jiu also moved his mind when he heard it, and felt even more confident: Xiuwei can cross the Pacific Ocean while pregnant, why can't she cross the Indian Ocean if she wants to?Aren't they all human?What's more, Xiuwei is still the first child.
But Ning Zheng thought about it, and consulted with many obstetrics and gynecology experts. Although everyone's opinions were close to the same, it was nothing serious, but he was still worried.
Later, Feng Jiu was also annoyed, and he simply gave up arguing with Ning Zheng, but he had already made up his mind.
Three days later is the second World Cup final.Bong Koo sat in the VIP box of the National Stadium in Rome, watching with great interest the whole process of Italy conceding a goal first, tenaciously withstood the crazy attack of the Czech team, and calmly organized a counterattack, and finally won [-]-[-]. Defeated Czechoslovakia and won the championship.In this era, footballs made of brown leather were flying around, and the whole game was wonderful.
Feng Jiu objectively compared the football games he and Ning Zheng had watched in Fengtian before, and felt that the intensity of this game was slightly better, and he thought that after returning, he should show off in front of this authentic fan.
The host Italian team got their wish and took home the "Rimite Cup". The winner's trophy was so small that Mussolini thought it was not grand enough, so he ordered a custom-made imitation six times the size of the original owner. Embedded with bright gemstones of various colors, it is extremely luxurious and dazzling.
Feng Jiu was clapping his hands to applaud the host, unexpectedly, Ada, who was watching the final with her, sighed, Feng Jiu looked at her in confusion, and Ada said with a little embarrassment: "Audrey, how do you know , My father actually gave the players a death order before the game - either win the championship, or, die..."
? !Fengjiu suddenly felt that the green grassy modern football field in front of him suddenly changed back to the bloody and violent Colosseum of ancient Rome, full of cruel killings of life and death-these Italian football players, just like those who did not win in ancient times What's the difference between a gladiator who has to be thumbed down by a priestess to kill?
It's no wonder that the athletes all looked so tragic when they were on the field. After the score was zero to one, they looked even more insane, so that the Czech players shrank back and only strengthened their defense in their own backcourt, not daring to rush out to fight them confronted head-on.
Fengjiu and Ada shook their heads together—is it true that no matter ancient or modern, Chinese or foreign, they are always companions like tigers?
Four years later, Mussolini intensified and gave the same order to the players who were not allowed to wear the traditional Italian blue uniforms, but all fascist black uniforms, so that the Hungarian team lost the final four to two. Goalkeeper Szabo said something meaningful: "I conceded four goals, but I saved the lives of the entire football team."
Feng Jiu and his party boarded the cruise ship in Venice as scheduled, and bid farewell to Ada Yiyi, who followed him off on purpose.The ship has already sailed, and everyone is quite excited at the thought of returning home.
Ya Ya has been very strange these days. She has been interested in a book she accidentally found in the big study of the Lan family. Seeing that she likes it, Yi Lianna simply gave it to her: This is exactly the book written by Byron's daughter Ada. In this book about the Analytical Engine—Elementary Computer, there are still many English words in it that Yaya doesn’t know; what’s more difficult is the kind of mathematical proof that has been solved for several pages at a time.Still, she looked at it over and over again, fascinated.
Feng Jiu walked to the deck and saw that Long Sheng and Ya Ya, who were under the umbrella with the cat, were reading books seriously one by one.
Feng Jiu walked up to them, touched Long Sheng's head, and Long Sheng tilted his head and smiled at his godmother; Ya Ya suddenly said to Feng Jiu, "Mom, these formulas are so beautiful," and she held her hand in admiration. Touching the paper on which a large number of mathematical formulas were printed, he thought for a while and said another word: "Very—'elegant'".
Feng Jiu was taken aback. She was able to see the elegance of boring and complicated mathematical formulas, which is probably not far from seeing the "poetic flavor". This little girl's mathematical talent is really amazing.
Feng Jiu agreed with her with a smile, then hugged her into his arms, looked up at the rolling waves, suddenly remembered something, lowered his head and smiled and asked Ya Ya, "Do we Ya Ya still remember what Daddy looks like?"
The four-and-a-half-year-old Yaya is ignorant, and her big head is unconsciously a little bit.
"What is it like?" Feng Jiu became interested, and wanted to hear how the little Ya Ya would describe his father.
"Bear-like." Ya Ya gave the answer concisely.
... "Bear-like child" is a word that appears frequently in Northeast China. It is often used as a joke between people who are close to each other. It roughly means "cowardly, cowardly".
Yaya probably often heard the young guards around him jokingly say this to each other, so she remembered it, but she didn't expect to use it to describe Ning Zheng at this time.
Why don't you say "elegant" now?Feng Jiu wanted to laugh, but held back.She educated the child with a slightly serious face, "Ya Ya, you can't say that about Dad, ah no, you can't say that about anyone. It's not a good thing—do you know that?"
Ya Ya lowered her head in embarrassment, Feng Jiu smiled, and kissed the baby girl's fat face a few times, rubbing her into her arms while thinking, when she sees Ning Zheng, she must Tell him how the girl described him; and tell him by the way that Yaya is going to have a little brother, well, this time it should be a boy...
(End of this chapter)
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