Go back to the past and be a schoolboy

Chapter 152
"Hey, hey, I said, Brother Li, you don't have to be so stingy, isn't it just to borrow your bicycle, and it's not like I won't return it to you. If it's really not possible, you can ask a price, and I will buy it for you."

As soon as he finished the work at hand, Cheng Nuo returned to the courtyard that he hadn't seen for a long time. Before he got to the courtyard, he heard someone making noise.

Looking around the corner, it turned out that it was Zai Tao and Li Laosan, each holding a bicycle handle, and seemed to be arguing about something.

Seeing that posture, Li Laosan still had no intention of softening his attitude, and said with a slight sarcasm in his mouth:
"I said, Zai Tao, that you are the commander of the Imperial Guard, but you speak differently. If you fancy something, you don't say anything, and you just buy and sell it by force. You are just bullying us ordinary people, right?"

Zai Tao was a little embarrassed: "What is the commander of the Imperial Guard? It's just that he was deceived by others and drove the ducks to the shelves. Besides, it's a matter of which dynasty or generation. Isn't everyone like Brother Li now, a plain-headed commoner, It’s not fun to say that.”

Li Laosan was still not very polite: "What happened to which dynasty and which generation, didn't it all happen last month, how can you pat your ass and don't admit it, let me tell you, this is still Mr. I don't know, if If I know it, I will settle accounts with you."

Zai Tao, who was called "the master of the big house" by Zhou Weiren after liberation, was canonized by Emperor Guangxu as the second-class general of the town when he was three years old, and was soon promoted to enjoy the "year-old Fengyin". 500 taels, Lumi 500 Dendrobium", the Duke of the Qing Dynasty.

After Pu Yi ascended the throne, Zai Tao served as Minister of the Imperial Guard.At that time, the imperial guards were the main soldiers of the Qing Dynasty to protect the imperial palace, so Zai Tao, who held military power, was regarded by the court as the most reliable general of the royal family.

In 1911, Prince Regent Zaifeng decided to allocate 1800 million silver dollars for a large-scale military exercise, namely Yongping Qiu Cao, in order to frighten the people of the country and show off his force.

When Zai Tao, who was the Minister of Supervision at that time, was about to show his fists, a cannon shot from Wuchang City shattered his dream of the exercise. Zai Tao, who was about to start the military exercise, received an urgent notice from the imperial court that Wuchang had mutinied and immediately stopped the military exercise.

Later, when the braided army was restored, Zai Tao, as the uncle of the former emperor, naturally wanted to restore his ancestral business. At this time, Zhang Xun came here specially to ask him to be the commander of the imperial guards again, and he agreed.

It is a pity that this restoration farce lasted only 12 days before it was declared a failure. Zai Tao, who was hit hard, finally recognized the general trend and understood that the Qing Dynasty could no longer be revived.So far, Zai Tao has completely given up his illusions and no longer participates in any activities related to "Rejuvenation".

Considering this period of history, Cheng Nuo knew that Zai Tao would not feel at ease working for the Academy of Sciences, so he was assigned idle jobs in front of him, such as observing astronomy, appraising cultural relics, and so on. The overall work arrangement is of little significance.

After going through the blow of this incident, I believe that Cheng Nuo will work harder if he makes a move.

After all, it is often easier for people to remember the person who gave the charcoal in a timely manner, while ignoring the icing on the cake.

So after hearing the sarcasm in Li Laosan's words, Zai Tao said disconsolately: "You don't need to tell the dean, such a big matter will definitely not be hidden from him, I guess you will know about it in Tianjin, and then let him know." Deal with it, who made me confused for a moment."

Seeing this, Li Laosan couldn't help but feel sorry for what happened to his friend. During Cheng Nuo's departure, although the two of them had a big age difference and their identities were even more distant before, fate is a wonderful thing. These are not problems in the future.

On weekdays, the two had a lot of exchanges, expressing their opinions on national affairs together, and worrying about the future of their children together. Their relationship was so good that Li Laosan's wife, Xiu Ni, laughed and scolded: "You two men should just live together as a partner."

Seeing this situation now, he sighed and said, "Mr. is a talkative person. Besides, although you got on their pirate ship, we got off in time, didn't you? And when the braided army came to trouble us, it was you too." Come forward to settle things, we can talk to Mr.

Zai Tao shook his head with a wry smile: "Forget it, we are just radishes with mud now - wash a piece and eat a piece, and we will talk about the rest when the dean comes back. If you want to kill it or cut it up, it's up to you."

Li Laosan saw that the other party was a bit broken, and instinctively wanted to continue persuading him, but he was stopped by Zai Tao.

"Jingle bell~"

After ringing the bell on the bicycle, Zai Tao said calmly: "Now that I am in such a situation, Brother Li can't give up. Sell this bicycle to me, and I promise to give you money, and I won't treat you badly."

Li Laosan's face darkened: "After going around for a long time, I finally got the abacus on my head. Why, do you have to have this tricycle?"

Zai Tao patted the seat, felt the fluffy feeling of the spring and said with satisfaction: "It's not that I have to buy it, but Brother Li, you won't let me ride it. If I can ride it for free, why should I bother?"

Li Laosan laughed angrily: "I've told you eight hundred times, when the master comes back, no one can use this car. I have to wait for the master's order at any time. We can prepare the car at any time. I won’t miss my husband’s business, I’ll give you a ride, but when my husband suddenly comes back from Tianjin, what should I do to pick him up?”

Zai Tao slapped his forehead and said: "Didn't Mr. Wu Yulin and Shi Jin from the Institute of Mechanical Engineering say that they have newly developed advanced bicycles and heard that they can ride faster? Brother Li, why didn't you communicate with them? Say it’s for the dean, ask them to replace you with a better one, and the old one will remain.”

Li Laosan said unhappily: "It's a two-wheeler, can it compare with my three-wheeler? It's fast, but it's not stable at all, and I can't carry much. I use this to drive Mr. out. Aren't you going to lose his place?"

When Zai Tao heard the same thing, he gradually gave up the idea of ​​borrowing a car, but when he thought of the two-wheeled bicycle in the first half of the sentence, he suddenly became interested.

"The two-wheeled bicycle you mentioned just now, is it the kind that is ridden by one person? It is faster and more convenient, and you can go wherever you want?"

"Where you want to go, you don't necessarily have to go there." Although Li Laosan was a little puzzled, he still said: "It's better to be on a flat road, or take a dirt road or something, like taking a boat. I heard that Mr. Wu tried While driving, he often fell somersaults, his face was covered with bumps, and his wife almost couldn't recognize him.

Why, don't you know about the test drive of bicycles in our yard? "

Zai Tao couldn't help rubbing his nose, and said embarrassedly: "I was outside at the time, I didn't have a chance to see this."

Li Laosan laughed: "That's right, you were the commander of the imperial guards at that time, and you were busy with your maintenance. You forget things a lot, and all you think about are national affairs. How can you see the little things of the common people in your eyes?" .”

Zai Tao's face was a little red: "Don't mention the past, Brother Li, my old face is so embarrassing, if I mention it again, I will be ashamed to face others."

Li Laosan shook his head: "Okay, I'll stop this matter here, you just need to be more careful in the future, outside is no better than in the courtyard, who knows if there is a man or a monster under that mask, there is something wrong with the two-wheeled bicycle Yes, but not in my hands, in the hands of the two gentlemen, I can't change their minds."

Zai Tao gritted his teeth and said, "Thank you, brother, for your kindness. I'll go over to see those two gentlemen and see what they have to say."

Seeing that the other party had made up his mind, Li Laosan said: "Okay, then you can figure it out, my husband is coming back soon, don't make any troubles on your side, our small body can't stand the trouble. "

"Okay, without further ado, then I'll go to the two gentlemen first." Zai Tao cupped his hands and was about to go out.

At this time, Cheng Nuo, who had been eavesdropping on the corner for a long time, knew it was time to come forward, and walked out steadily, pretending to be surprised, and said, "Old Li, Mr. Zai, you are all here, I just bought some twisted twists from Tianjin, you all have a taste .”

Originally, Zai Tao was timid because he was tortured in the court when he was young. The person he was most afraid of at this time was Cheng Nuo. When he saw the other party's sudden appearance, his knees almost gave up in fright, and he was about to kneel down: "Cheng Nuo ...Dean Cheng, when did you come back, why didn't you notify us in advance?"

It was Mr. Li who had sharp eyes and quick hands, and went up to support Zai Tao: "That's right, sir, if you tell me, I have to go to Qianmen Railway Station to pick you up no matter what, you see, I have prepared all these tricycles for you, and the wheels are all Polish it up."

"You don't need to pick me up, it's just a short distance away. I have hands and feet, just walk back." Looking up and down Xia Tao, Cheng Nuo pretended to be surprised and said, "Mr. Zai, what's wrong with you, who is it?" I have scared you like this, and anyone who dares to bully me has to settle accounts with him."

"No one dares to bully me, it's just...just..." Zai Tao stammered.

"It's just what's wrong. Tell me. If it can be solved, I'll definitely help you find an explanation." Cheng Nuo said "anxiously".

Glancing at Li Laosan next to him, Zai Tao gritted his teeth and refused his friend's support, and stood up independently: "Sir, it's like this, during the time you left, I made some unforgivable mistakes , I'm really ashamed to see you, making you look like a ghost."

Cheng Nuo knowingly asked, "What happened?"

Seeing Zai Tao's squeak and incompetence, Li Laosan simply stood up and said to himself: "When the braided army was restored, people thought that Zai Tao had been a minister of imperial guards in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. If you don't force him to What a ghost commander of the Imperial Guard, it took a total of 12 days, and my butt didn't even get hot.

After this incident, the more Mr. Zai thought about it, the more he regretted it. He felt sorry, and reversed the history, so he became like this.However, he was not in vain as the commander. Although the master had asked us to buy braids for us to wear long ago, they were still not neat enough, and some people were jealous and troubled us.

Thanks to Zai Tao who came forward and had him as a guarantor, our family can be kept safe. Otherwise, those soldiers who carry guns and only recognize money but not people, no one can say what will happen..."

After a few words, Li Laosan explained the ins and outs of the matter clearly, and finally even interceded for Zai Tao. The hidden words behind it were obvious, that is, a lenient punishment.

Cheng Nuo nodded while listening, and nodded to Zai Tao from time to time in the middle, so frightened that the other party hurriedly added: "President Cheng, I blamed me for being confused at the time. If I hadn't listened to that grandson, I wouldn't have been fooled. At that time Brother Li has been persuading me a lot, who made me obsessed."

As soon as he spoke, he had to slap himself in the face.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Cheng Nuo hurriedly stopped him, and said with a gentle attitude: "The matter is over and it is over, as long as you don't stumble in the same place, but feudalism has no place to survive in the country, Mr. Zai, you have to keep this in mind , and if there are royalists tempting you, you should be more on guard.”

Li Laosan also said: "I heard that, my brother, if you want to listen carefully, what you say, sir, is all learned from a university, so don't be confused again."

Youngest Li nodded his head: "Don't worry, Dean Cheng. I won't listen to anything they say in the future. If they insist on stopping me, I'll just go in my left ear and out of my right ear, and my head won't pass."

After a series of assurances, Cheng Nuo welcomed the two into the house, opened the snack box and gave them a taste.

Looking at the layout of the house, it was still exactly the same as when we left, not even a speck of dust on the table, so I couldn't help but praise: "Lao Li, you guys did a good job. It seems that the house is still being cleaned frequently after I leave. You don't need to clean it up. You can live."

Li Laosan laughed straight: "This is a woman who is more careful. The child's mother heard that the husband came back to live, and immediately asked me to come back to dry the bedding. You can sleep with a little bedding at night."

Cheng Nuo smiled and said, "After I left, nothing happened at home, right?"

Li Laosan recalled for a while, and said: "It's nothing, it's just that the braid army made a fuss for a while, but the master asked us to prepare the braids in advance, and you, the person in charge, are not at home, so it is not easy for the public to look for us." It's okay, nothing will happen later.

It's a strange thing to say. After the crops in our yard were harvested, I was still thinking about whether there would be mice coming to steal them, raising two civet cats or something, but I didn't expect that pair of weasels to come back again. This guy is more effective than cats, mice Mao is no longer visible. "

Cheng Nuo smiled and said: "Okay, there is no mouse, so I don't have to worry about my manuscripts, but my sister-in-law is right, Lao Li, you just know these words are not enough, if you want to be a qualified gentleman, you have to do it anyway." The degree to which the book reads smoothly, you can work harder in the future."

Li Laosan's face was still a little red: "It's also my fault. Back then, I didn't feel tired when I could carry sacks for a day without eating. Now I feel eye pain after reading for a while. I will continue to work harder later."

After instructing Mr. Li, Cheng Nuo looked at Zai Tao again: "Mr. Zai, I heard that you have joined a team called Zongshe Party?"

Hearing this, Zai Tao was so frightened that his hair stood on end. Under Yuan Shikai's coercion and lure, he was forced to surrender the command of the Imperial Guard.Not reconciled to the demise of the Qing Dynasty, he formed the Zongshe Party with his clan Yulang, Zai Ze, Tie Liang and others, with the intention of assassinating Yuan Datou.

At the same time, fight to the death with the southern uprising army and revive the national fortune of Manchu.

Unexpectedly, only two weeks after the founding of the Zongsha Party, Peng Jiazhen, a member of the revolutionary party, killed Liang Bi, scaring Zai Tao and others from appearing in public again.

It never occurred to Cheng Nuo to reopen this long dusty history today, which shocked and frightened Zai Tao.

"Cheng... Dean Cheng, those are all foolish things done by young people. I don't understand these things. I fiddled with my tribe and disbanded the team after only a dozen days. The rest of the matter has nothing to do with me. "

Since it was a beating, it meant that Cheng Nuo knew all about his history and warned him not to make any mistakes again.

It was also a question, so that Cheng Nuo could elicit the following words.

"Mr. Zai, you are the only one in the Academy of Sciences who knows how to train soldiers. I just have some janitors who need your help in training."

　After the repeated chapters are replaced, I will remind everyone, sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)