Xu Xuzhi

Chapter 76 Wedding

Now that she is pregnant, Fengjiu can only suspend her hastily studying for a master's degree, and rest assured to raise her baby, and wait for the fruit to come to fruition.

In the midsummer, the army of Zhizhi in the Shuai Mansion was still screaming with unabated momentum, one after another, echoing each other, making people upset. Before Feng Jiu said anything, Ning Zheng spoke first: "Why don't you stick to Zhizhi?" ? You can't sleep well, right?"

"No." Feng Jiu flatly refused, "Can Xia Tian be called Xia Tian without Cicadas and Watermelons? I like it."

Ever since she was pregnant, as long as Ning Zheng came home, he would always point fingers at him uninvited, as if he had been pregnant before, and the results were nothing more than some specious taboos that were obtained from nonsense, almost worthless, but Often frightened by him, Fengjiu also felt that he should "steer with care" and had to obey most of the time.

The watermelon was thrown into limbo because of its cool nature, and only a small piece a day. Feng Jiu, who claimed to be born in summer only because of eating watermelon, was already full of anger, and wanted to stick his cicadas all over again?Just treat it like winter.

Now that Fengjiu's fetus is firmly seated, her diet has started to become regular, but she doesn't see much flesh growing on her face. Even though Dr. Wu tried her best to assure that this is normal, Ning Zheng still has unfounded worries. I am afraid that the mother of the child will be hungry.

Fengjiu saw that he was busy doing all kinds of useless work, and he was lucky that he only had one in his stomach. If he was like someone else who had several at one stroke, he might not have to worry about him.

Ning Zheng has been extremely busy on weekdays: when he came to power, apart from the obvious military and diplomatic thorny issues, the first thing to bear the brunt was to develop the economy and increase the endogenous force.

Last year, when the Ning army retreated outside the customs, military expenditures had climbed to astronomical figures. At the same time, prices under the rule soared.

The Japanese took advantage of this turmoil to borrow a large number of foreign loans; urban residents in the three eastern provinces, such as Fengtian City, whether merchants or ordinary people, almost everyone borrowed business tickets from them. Located in Yokohama, Japan, near Naniwa Square Therefore, Fengtian Sub-branch of Zhengjin Bank has become a place that everyone can't wait to patronize.

If things go on like this, it will only be a matter of time before the financial lifelines of the three eastern provinces are fully controlled by the Japanese.

Ning Zheng was very worried, and at the end of last year, he established the Fengtian Financial Consolidation Committee to take charge of the financial issues of the three eastern provinces, and decided that the three eastern provinces' official bank, Bianye Bank, Bank of China, and Bank of Communications would jointly manage it and strictly implement the "self-sufficiency" policy. , living within one's means, balance of revenue and expenditure, and a slight surplus".

The committee also decided that the Federation of Industry and Commerce and social groups should regularly inspect the financial situation of all walks of life.

Under the guidance of this policy, Fengjun's disarmament campaign has been carried out vigorously. Only one item has been downsized, and the military budget has been greatly reduced to one-tenth of the original. Sales, increasing income and reducing expenditure: At the same time, through the three customs of Dalian, Anton and Yingkou, a total of [-] million tons of grain was exported within a year, in exchange for a large amount of cash.

In order to invigorate the economy, the committee also abolished many bad taxes.

All kinds of measures were taken properly, so after only one year of recuperation, the Northeast's financial revenue and expenditure have quickly become balanced, and the value of the votes has increased by about [-] times.

Of course, at this time in [-], the financial consolidation plan had only been implemented for half a year. Although the situation was still difficult, the trend was improving. People from all walks of life were generally optimistic about the future development of the three northeastern provinces.

At the end of July, all levels of government in Fengtian began to take vacations. Ning Zheng immediately took Fengjiu to Beidaihe, and Qiaozhi, Qiaoxin, and Fengling, who had not left the cabinet, followed.

The second brother and the second sister-in-law then rushed to Beidaihe from Tianjin with their two children.Since the flag change, the second elder brother's family has always lived in Pingjin, but they will return to the commander's mansion from time to time.

Hongsi's artillery company went to Qiqihar for training. Together with Bi Datong, he took charge of the daily training of the artillery company.

The rest of the Tang family didn't like to go far, and they thought Beidaihe was too noisy, so they stayed in Fengtian Province to spend the hot summer vacation as usual.Tang Du took his wife, his eldest son's family, Mrs. Ning, Mrs. Ning Zheng, four concubines and their children who had become closer to each other over the years, and went to an unknown place called "Changxing Island" lovingly. The island is close to Dalian, with beautiful scenery and abundant seafood. It is not well-known because of its remoteness. The Tang family also built a holiday villa there.

Although Qiaozhi and the others came with their brothers and sisters-in-law, as long as Ning Zheng and Feng Jiu were together, the girls would not wink at them—they understood that the couple had been able to stay more easily since they got married. It's not easy to be together, but we always go far away to swim and play in the public area on the beach, where there are more young people and more lively.

The second elder brother's family often went to other villas to hang out and socialize, because the second sister-in-law's natal family and friends also had a few vacations here.

Because of the experience of the previous year, Ning Zheng bought an inaccessible private beach early, and built their own two-story white seaside villa. The decoration and decoration are all based on Liang Weijun's house: Fengjiu has had too many things in the past two years, and Ning Zheng doesn't want to let him go. She didn't bother about this anymore, seeing that she recognized Mrs. Liang's taste last time, she couldn't go wrong with pretending like this.

Fengjiu is very happy that Ning Zheng can use her privileges to find such a good beach this time. After all, she thinks that she looks ugly when she is pregnant, and she will be even uglier in a swimsuit. Unless it was absolutely necessary, she really didn't want to show this appearance to other irrelevant people.

Fengjiu's stomach has become unusual since she was four months old: from the back, her waist is still not full, and her legs are long and slender, as if she is still a girl; One jump——from the side view, her abdomen is like a huge ball rushing outwards, but the belly has swollen to the head, and then it stops abruptly. Now it is almost six months old, and the size is even bigger. appalling.

If Ning Zheng invited the two famous doctors in Beidaihe to swear and swear, Mrs. Ning really only got the pulse of one fetus here, it must not be multiple births, even Fengjiu herself would be suspicious .

Ning Zheng had a different idea: as long as Feng Jiu walks in front of him with his belly upright like a big fat goose, he can't help but smile all over his face, as if to say, look, this belly is only a mere inferior Contribution... That kind of pride and complacency, Feng Jiu couldn't bear to look at it, because his hands would itch when he saw it, and he wanted to hit someone.

She was wearing a light yellow two-piece swimsuit—mainly because the traditional one-piece style would strangle her stomach, and it would be difficult to put on and take off—and she was swimming in the sea.Under the careful teaching of the professional coach Ning, her swimming skills are already very decent.Fengjiu likes backstroke the most, and Ning Zheng watched his wife swimming with her fat belly upturned. It looked like a great white whale he had encountered near Glacier Bay in Alaska. It was really interesting.

Few times, Fengjiu found out that the backstroke was badly tanned, so he switched to breaststroke, alternately paddling his still slender limbs in the sea, and as soon as he started swimming, the upper half of his swimsuit would roll up unconsciously, revealing his snow-white skin. On her belly, a mid-gestational line was quite obvious, and in the blue crystal-like sea water, her skin seemed translucent.

What Ning Zheng, who was escorting by the side, likes to do most now is to dive deep into the bottom of the sea, and then swim towards Feng Jiu who is cruising obliquely above him, stretch out his hands to grab her round waist that she can no longer grasp with one hand, lightly Gently put his lips on her bulging belly, even with her long and narrow navel; even dragged her to the bottom of the sea on a whim, and sealed her lips suddenly when Fengjiu burst out a series of bubbles, holding her precious The oxygen in the mouth was transferred to her in one gulp.

If someone was making a movie at this time, doing so would naturally look extremely romantic, but it would be a bit risky for a pregnant woman, so Feng Jiu would beat him to death once he came down, and Ning Zheng, who was not careful in everything, had to give up.

Ning Zheng once asked Feng Jiu why he usually wears light-colored clothes, but he likes to wear brightly colored swimsuits when he goes to the beach. Feng Jiu looked at him strangely, "Do you even have to ask? What if the bottom sinks?" Good catch."

"..." Ning Zheng stroked his head. On the one hand, his wife was extremely romantic, and on the other hand, she was terribly pragmatic.

The Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Fengjun Army and his wife came out on vacation, and the brigade of the Guards came with them. In addition, dignitaries and dignitaries from all over the country flocked in the summer. Therefore, the Beidaihe beach in the 18th year of the Republic of China was still bustling with people, and it was extremely lively.

Although Fengjiu didn't want to show her belly, she didn't count many things she said.

When you come to the beach for vacation, you can't always stay in your own private territory and don't go out. As long as you go out of your own beach area, no matter whether you know it or not, everyone can't wait to comment on Fengjiu's belly when they see Fengjiu's belly, as if they have seen it. Hundreds of pregnant women have the same belly.Not to mention that everyone insisted that this fetus was a son: probably because this pregnant woman still walks lightly, her waist is still slender when viewed from behind, her belly is pointed, and her skin is fresh, which is recognized as a standard male appearance.

Feng Jiuyi heard that she was not obvious on the surface, but the boss in her heart was not happy: she had spent so much effort, she didn't want to have a son - the joy of dressing up a pink and soft little daughter, and the little daughter grew up to be the eldest daughter to accompany her to go shopping and buy clothes Fun, no matter how old she is, the fun of being able to hold her in her arms and kiss her face wantonly... She doesn't want to lose anything.

So when their daughter was born, I don't know how many people who were full of self-confidence had their crystal glasses shattered all over the floor.

In fact, Feng Jiu came here not only for vacation, but more importantly, to attend the beach wedding of Ke Weili, Wen Xiuwei, Yin Yage and Ge Luoli.

It turned out that Ge Luoli did not resist Yin Yage's offensive, and accepted the marriage proposal under her father's persuasion.

Ke Weili and Yin Yage are also friends, and they have a lot of contacts. Knowing that the other party is going to get married in the summer, they simply decided to hold the ceremony together, and save friends from making an extra trip. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds.

Not to mention that Wen Xiuwei and Ge Luoli are both Feng Jiu's best friends, and the two couples met and became attached to each other because of the couple, so this decision is reasonable no matter how you look at it.

Among the four newcomers, except Wen Xiuwei's family background is slightly weaker, the other three are all out-and-out famous families, and most of the relatives and friends who came to the wedding are also famous.For the sake of safety, Ning Zheng not only arranged for the guard brigade to live in the former German barracks area to perform security work, but also specially transferred three warships "Hai Zhe", "Hai Chen" and "Hai Yu" from Huludao Naval Port for maritime security.

Most weddings are similar, and this one was no exception.Early in the morning, on the private beach of Ke's family, a large number of servants hired by the two grooms' families were already busy: facing the sea, a ceremony pavilion with four white pillars was set up with blue and clear veils fluttering. More than 200 armchairs are arranged on both sides for the guests to sit and watch the ceremony. They are all covered with white chair covers, and the backs of the chairs are covered with bows made of orange ribbons; there is a long and narrow aisle in the middle, which is sprinkled with orange Lily petals; in the distance, on dozens of long tables covered with snow-white tablecloths for guests to dine after the ceremony, orange and white hydrangeas and eustomas are arranged. In order to highlight the characteristics of beach weddings, orange and yellow are also randomly placed And the red five-armed starfish, and the white shells are also dotted among them.

Near ten o'clock, the guests began to arrive one after another: most of them were young masters and ladies who knew each other in the study circles in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanghai, Europe and the United States, and they would go to Beidaihe for summer vacation in summer.

Because it was a summer wedding by the seaside, most of the men and women wore light blue, off-white, light chestnut, light duck yellow and other refreshing and soft light clothing.

After a full night's rest, Feng Jiu came here at a leisurely pace, accompanied by Ning Zheng.

They were chatting with Injager, who was dressed in a light blue tuxedo and white kamabond, this "handsome as a painting" and the groom who was closest to the "Virginia" in Bong Jiu's mind had been following since The old man and Ning Zheng had never seen any scenes together, but today probably because he was the groom for the first time, so he looked a bit cramped, Ning Zheng laughed at him in a low voice.

Yin Yager's parents live in a manor in California. They were not young when he was born, and now they are old and sick. They can't afford to take a long plane or ship across the Pacific Ocean to attend their son's wedding in China. ; and the uncle who brought him to China has already retired and returned to China to retire with his brother, so he plans to bring Lori back to the United States as soon as the wedding here is over, and then have a banquet there relatives and friends.

As usual, Feng Jiu expressed his admiration for his ingenious groom's dress, which is elegant and outstanding, with extraordinary taste.

Immediately afterwards, all of Ning Zheng's "Four Young Masters" arrived: Ke Weili, another groom official, was of course the first to arrive. He was wearing a white tuxedo with a red rose corsage pinned on his face. There is an irresistible smile on his face, dazzling like a sun god: being able to embrace such a physically strong, lively and mischievous foodie beauty is probably the biggest achievement for him, a Hong Kong native, in the Northland.

The second is Zhu Tieli, Ning Zheng's lieutenant-major: tall, with a wild and uninhibited face, wearing a thin white linen suit with thin gray stripes, a white Panama hat, and a civilized stick in his hand; his father Zhu Qiqian was a famous industrialist in the Republic of China. He is also an outstanding collector, especially in the collection of Kesi handicrafts. He has made remarkable achievements and is known as "No.1 Kesi Collection".

Ning Zheng once spent 20 silver dollars to buy a lot of precious silk dresses, regular clothes, round fans and screen fans of the Qing Dynasty from Mr. Zhu not long after his marriage, and gave them to Feng Jiu for appreciation. Feng Jiu then followed these exquisite embroidery work , looking for embroidered women in Suzhou to use on her clothes, handbags and sachets, handkerchiefs, and other items, and also gave a lot of them as gifts to girlfriends and female relatives; when she felt that some silk fabrics were not very good When he understood, he would call old Mr. Zhu for advice, so Feng Jiu and Zhu Tieli's father were more familiar with each other.

A few days ago, he accompanied Ning Zheng to test-fly the new "Schleck" seaplane that Injager bought from France half a month ago near Chitushan Airport in Beidaihe, accompanied by Feng Jiu and Zhu Tieli. A few pretty sisters and Ning Zheng's entourage and female relatives were all very surprised to see that the plane could take off, land and park on the sea.

In fact, as early as three years ago, Fengjun had introduced eight "Schleck" FBA-19 seaplanes to form a seaplane fleet, and used the "Zhenhai" as its mothership. It can be said that this is the first seaplane in Chinese history. A quasi-aircraft carrier.

During this process, two marriages were unexpectedly fulfilled: Zhu Tieli's fourth sister, Zhu Huyun, fell in love at first sight with Li Jing'an, a major pilot who took the lead in the test flight, and his fifth sister, Zhu Luyun, also met Lin Guangmu, another secretary of the major. , Of course they all came today.

Less than a year after the beach wedding, the Zhu sisters also got married together.

Since Feng Jiu also went to the airport to watch the fun, Ning Zheng blamed her for her adult beauty, insisting that she was the reincarnation of Yuelao.

Feng Jiu had already noticed that Ning Zheng was surrounded by young and strong military officers, most of whom had a background in studying abroad, and their family background and character were of good character. How could it be possible not to let the young ladies' hearts germinate?So this is the truth about "Yuelao". If you want to talk about Yuelao, Ning Zheng will do his part.

Zhu Tieli's slender and tall wife Wang Roujia was hooked in Zhu Tieli's arms. She was the girl in the green skirt who had dinner at "De Dion". She was so infatuated with Ning Zheng that she completely gave up.

Then came the third son——Cao Pu and his wife Ping Ruoning. Mrs. Cao matched her husband in a western-style dress of the same color. The couple looked very harmonious.

As the name suggests, Cao Pu is dressed in a plain linen suit, but he himself is a shining gentleman.Cao Pu was once excluded because of his father's reputation in the "burning of Zhaojialou" incident, but it is rare for him not to change his ambition; So he was entrusted with the important task of serving as today's wedding master of ceremonies.

His wife, Ping Ruoning, is a gentle lady who graduated from the Medical School of West China Union University established by Western missionaries. She was also the first batch of girls recruited in 10. After graduation, she returned to Peiping to assist the former Prime Minister of the Beiyang Government. , The old father-in-law Cao Rulin established the Central Hospital to treat common people free of charge. Fengjiu was very moved after hearing this, and soon after returning home, he wrote a check of [-] yuan to donate to this civilian hospital to express his love.

Ning Zheng whispered, so I married a loose-handed "wealth-spreading virgin", oh no, "spreading-wealth lady".

Because just a few days ago, Fengjiu donated 100 million silver dollars to his alma mater, Fengda University. On the same day, he used his father's inheritance almost to the bottom. The newly established Jilin University donated another 65 silver dollars. This was all obtained by instructing Lu Guitu, the wealth manager appointed by her father, to sell the large tracts of land her mother hoarded for her in Heilongjiang and Mongolia in the early years. The frequent deployment of big money has already shocked Chinese society.

Of course, it also shocked the father and elder brother who sighed repeatedly after the persuasion was fruitless.

Feng Jiu smiled, "I am willing."

"It's good to be happy, money can't buy you to be happy." Ning Zheng doggedly said, not forgetting to put Feng Jiu's swollen leg, which was not visible no matter how he looked, on his own leg, and pressed hard.

Of course Ning Zheng knew that Feng Jiu’s actions were also a support for himself: Although the three eastern provinces’ finances were tight and military expenditures and administrative expenditures had dropped sharply, the members of the Finance Committee still reached a consensus that the investment in education should not be reduced in the slightest , but also to increase the allocation of funds. The education funds of all universities, middle schools and primary schools in the three northeastern provinces have increased by more than 50.00% instead of falling. Fengjiu also appreciates such a visionary and responsible approach under her husband's rule.

Resolutely developing education is the only way to effectively improve national strength.

Being moved, Miss Fugui Fengjiu couldn't help throwing money at her to show her support, which in turn made Ning Zheng feel grateful.

After a while, Wu Youquan and his wife He Ying, the son of the former Heilongjiang Governor Wu who died together with the old commander, also arrived. The adoptive brother took over the position of the successor of the Heilongjiang Warlord, and he can still only serve as a bodyguard next to Ning Zheng. Although he was awarded the rank of major general by his father when he was 16 years old, it is a pity that the luck is not good, and he can't help but feel ashamed of his late father. A lot of painstaking efforts to pave the way for myself.

Since last year, he has done two things, which have earned him a good reputation for his father and the Wu family: one is to establish Xingquan Middle School in Fengtian in the name of his father, and the school funds and tuition fees are all borne by the Wu family; Under the instruction, a new Northeast Frontier Defense Commander's Office Guard Regiment was formed, with four companies under its jurisdiction, and purchased the horses needed for the cavalry at its own expense.

He was unhappy, as if nothing could arouse his interest, only when he turned his head to talk with his childhood sweetheart, small and exquisite wife, did he show a little smile.

Zheng Li, who was pregnant with her second child, was also accompanied by Tang Fengyun. They first went back to Fengtian and lived in the old house. They met Fengjiu several times, and her age was younger.

Fengjiu felt sensitively that there was a problem between the cousin and Lili, and it seemed that Lili loved and ignored the second brother between the two of them.

But it's not like some common men having sex, but a deeper and more essential difference of concept. Occasionally, I can hear a few chats with the couple. Lili seems to be disappointed that the second brother has no pursuit in life, and even I couldn't help but sneer in front of my face; the second brother, who always had his eyes above his head, was uncharacteristically taciturn, and forbeared not to talk about his wife's merits.

Fengjiu knows very well that the knowledge of marriage is unpredictable and profound, and outsiders can't interfere casually, they can only secretly worry about it.

Melanie also came with Longsheng in her arms, and beside her was her perfect husband, Deputy Chief of Staff Ji Songling, who took the child back to his arms in no time. He seldom wore light-colored suits. It is like a green bamboo that is full of wind and flow, wishing it could rustle with the wind.

The slight smile on his lips could melt Melanie who had been watching him for several years and hadn't seen enough. Feng Jiu couldn't help pinching her small waist secretly, signaling her to be more reserved, it's the old couple's fault. Can it still work?
The little dragon-born golden boy is as elegant and elegant, and she is a little shocked by the changes in this tall Aunt Tang who has been familiar with her since she was born.Ji Songling put him down, a short and fat one, standing quietly at Feng Jiu's feet, Feng Jiu stroked the top of his hair, it felt smooth to the touch, and the hair quality was excellent.

He pursed his moist mouth, and stared at the godmother's belly that rushed out: it was too big, and Long Sheng silently moved his big head to the side of the belly, making a comparison - willing to bow down, It's even bigger than my stomach after eating a lot of delicious watermelon.

He is almost two years old now, and he is precocious. He speaks early, but he just doesn't like to talk.

After looking at it for a while, the little guy started to act and figured it out by himself.He put his ear on Fengjiu's belly and listened intently. Unknowingly, the grown-ups in a circle wondered what he was doing. Unexpectedly, Longsheng nodded from time to time after posting it for a while.

Feng Jiuqi said: "What can you hear, Long Sheng?"

"Yeah, is there any movement?" Melanie also wanted to know.

The little guy is not big, but he is quite organized.

Long was angry and calm, quite like his father. After the adults stopped talking, he raised his long eyelashes and said clearly: "My sister is in a hurry, she wants to come out and play with me."

Everyone laughed, and Feng Jiu and Ning Zheng were overjoyed: They all said that young children can be supernatural, look, this little god is right, the belly is a daughter.

In the midst of the excitement, Feng Jiu suddenly heard someone calling "Lu Wei" behind her. She turned around in surprise, and it turned out to be Bao Buqu, whom she hadn't seen for a long time—as Ke Weili's old friend, how could he not come to the party? What about the wedding?What's more, he is also the first best man who keeps the wedding ring.

Feng Jiu trotted forward in surprise, and the sea blue long hair hanging on the shoulders of the pearl white haze silk long robe also fluttered with the sea breeze, and Bao Buyi ran a few steps to support her in fright: at this moment, she Bao Buqu's waist was so obvious that Bao Buqu's eyes couldn't help flashing a complicated light, and he was facing Ning Zheng who had been looking up at him from behind Fengjiu since he appeared.

Feng Jiu giggled, his face was full of joy.Oddly enough, she was often embarrassed by the publicity of her big belly, but that didn't include Bao Buyi.

Her mouthful of pearly glutinous rice teeth gleamed under the hot sun by the sea. Since the beginning of the month, her hair has been cut into the very popular short hair at the ears, which is the "Prince Wentz style". Regardless of her bloated belly, She became a pretty girl again, Bao Buqu looked a little dazed, as if Feng Jiu was 16 again, mischievous and cute.

Ning Zheng stepped forward slowly, and habitually stretched out his hands to wrap around Feng Jiu's waist.The old friends greeted each other plainly but still intimately, chatted a few words, and then couldn't talk anymore.

At this time, senior officials of the Nanjing government, ministers of several major western countries in China, compradors of major foreign firms and their families... a total of seven to 80 people have arrived one after another.

Finally, we welcome an old gentleman who came from afar——Sir Ke Dong, the father of Weili Ke.

This is the wedding of the most beloved and ambitious son. Although Ke Weili will take his wife back to Hong Kong to hold another wedding, but this is the place closest to the political center of China, so Sir Ke Dong must come .

Feng Jiu looked behind him and saw that Mr. Ke was accompanied by Ke Weili's two older sisters and one younger sister. He didn't see Ke Weili's mother who was a vegetarian.

After the couple exchanged pleasantries with Ke's family for a while, Mr. Ke had already chatted enthusiastically with Zhu Qiqian, David Ge and other old gentlemen who came over as soon as they saw him.

On today's occasion, there are less than two or three middle-aged and elderly people, and most of them are young people.

So once the ceremony is over, the elders will leave quickly to find a quiet place to drink tea and talk.

But at this time, the scene was full of people's voices, and the voices of calling friends and greetings and entertaining were endless.

Three young girls, Qiaozhi, Qiaoxin and Fengling, happily sat in the last row, wearing a blue-green georgette one-piece dress with a similar pattern made by a tailor together. Fengjiu waved his hand to signal - this means that if you are young, if you are a big girl, you will be paid to let them not dress like your girlfriends.

Near eleven o'clock in the morning, two Western priests in black priest uniforms had already stood under the veil of the ceremony booth, waiting for the two couples to complete the most important ceremony in their lives.

The two grooms stood in front of them calmly and excitedly, waiting to welcome their bride.

All the guests were seated and everyone was eagerly looking forward to the wedding.

(End of this chapter)