afterglow

Chapter 248 Chinese characters are too difficult;
The signature and content of the letter are very common, it looks like a greeting written by a good friend, but in fact the meaning it refers to is completely different.

Simply put, it's a reminder - your vacation is coming to an end, so don't forget to report on time.

The holiday ends tomorrow, and it must be reported on February [-]st. Although Gotha is only a small city in Thuringia, thanks to the well-built railway network in Germany, Chris is not worried about being late at all.

But the three-month vacation made her tired of such boring leisure time, and this letter immediately touched her heart.

She feels that the joy of performing tasks is incomparable to anything else. The excitement and the unknown feeling that unexpected situations may happen at any time are really intoxicating and memorable.

Even if there is no field mission, even sitting in the office of the Reconnaissance General Bureau to analyze the news newspapers of various countries and extract effective intelligence from them is much more interesting than staying in a small town in your hometown.

After saying hello to her grandfather, she quickly packed her luggage and tied it to the back of the motorcycle.

She tied her hair tightly, put on the wool cap, and then turned the key and twisted the handle, and the 18-horsepower two-cylinder gasoline engine began to roar.

The R12 motorcycle sped out like a nimble black rabbit, and quickly disappeared at the end of the road where the snow had not yet melted.

In the afternoon, on the jingling train.

Chris habitually walked back and forth from beginning to end, and as expected, she found a colleague who was performing routine surveillance tasks, and the other party also spotted her, but the two of them just silently ignored.

As a member of Stasi, the basic professionalism and behaviors have been deeply imprinted in the soul of Chrissy - when checking in the motorcycle, checking the ticket and boarding the car, and resting on the sofa, She was distracted listening to the conversations and conversations of the people around her.

A doctor on the front left and his friend were discussing the world situation. They said that the current situation in Tsarist Russia was in turmoil and there might be a coup;

Of course, discussing this kind of topic will most likely return to the home country after going around in the end.

So Chris put down her coffee cup, took out a small notebook, and wrote down her judgment on the remarks of these people in a standard format, then tore off the page, and handed it to the other carriage. name peers.

It is not to say that those people should be arrested immediately based on this, but simply summarized.

The Stasi will separate citizens who have made political speeches into several categories and organize them into a huge data repository to facilitate their work.

It happened to be early in the morning when she arrived in Berlin, because she had already rested on the train, so she went directly to the Investigation Bureau to report.

After entering the main entrance, there is a bronze statue that greets your eyes.

Behind it, the unremarkable reinforced concrete building is the location of the General Investigation Bureau, and its appearance is like a gray block.

"Is your body fully recovered?"

"Of course, a month is enough."

The supervisor smiled, found a three-page document from the drawer and handed it to her, "It's fine to work in an embassy abroad, or stay in Berlin to do the original job."

Do you even need to ask?Definitely choose the former.

In a happy mood, Chris flipped through the three pages and wrote a brief introduction to the mission of going to the embassy. Each page was for a country, namely Santiago in Chile, Wellington in New Zealand, and Nanjing in China.

"You haven't had breakfast yet, have you? Just make a decision before noon tomorrow, go ahead."

"Yes."

On the way to the cafeteria, Chris began to think about how to choose.

New Zealand must be the first to be excluded, too remote, doomed to be boring, and I am not going on vacation.

Chile is relatively better, but also not great.

Compared with the other two, it seems that only Nanjing is the best choice.

In the past, she stayed in Paris for a while, because there are so many overseas Chinese there, and she had the opportunity to make contacts from time to time, so she tried to learn some Chinese, but felt that it was too difficult, so she couldn't master it.

However, the task briefing said that they would analyze news newspapers and periodicals at the embassy, ​​and it was required to master the spoken and written Chinese as proficiently as possible.

Just thinking of Chinese gives Chris a headache, but the attraction of going there for a job is too great.

Chinese characters are pictographs that are completely different from alphabetic writing; Chinese is neither an inflectional language nor an agglutinative language, but a unique isolating language.

Although a root has only one form of expression, there are at least [-] commonly used "words" with a relatively fixed word order and so-called "auxiliary words" that undertake the function of inflection and change of part of speech, and distinguish meanings through tones. complex.

After eating fried eggs and fried bacon with orange juice, she wiped the plate with a piece of bread before eating the bread. It can be said that the food shortage has left a deep imprint on the childhood of this generation of Germans.

So far she has made up her mind - no matter how difficult it is, it is just a language, so what is there to be afraid of?As long as you work hard, you will be able to learn it!

This day is January 31, which is an ordinary day for Europeans, but for the hundreds of millions of people in the east of the world, it is an extraordinary New Year's Day.

Last night on New Year's Eve, when Xia Xiaoshi insisted on keeping the year old until she was ugly, Zhou Changfeng couldn't help it, so he followed her.

But in this era of no TV and no mobile phones, there are far fewer ways to kill time than later generations, especially when there are only two people in a small house.

Ever since, in order to get rid of drowsiness and watch the New Year's Eve until the second half of the night, the two unanimously decided to do some exercise.

After being busy for a quarter of an hour, Xia Xiaoshi changed into that bright wedding dress - double-breasted gown, Xia Pei, horse face skirt, and embroidered shoes with raised heads.

why?Because Zhou claimed that he had no spare time on the wedding night and missed the wonderful feeling of experiencing this attire, and now he is free, so he just made up for it.

The wedding dress is all in a crimson background, supplemented by beige and gold embroidery patterns, and the workmanship is quite exquisite.

It is so bright red, but it does not feel the enthusiasm and hotness it should have, but it gives people a sense of dignity and elegance.

"Sir, change...it's ready..." Saying that, Xia Xiaoshi's shy face blushed.

Looking from bottom to top, the wedge-heeled embroidered shoes elevate her a little bit, making her taller; there is a silver anklet on her left ankle, which plays the same role as the lace leg ring at this moment. There are similarities in the same effect.

Under the light from the incandescent light bulb, the jewels of the hairpin on the black hair glistened.

Although this dress wraps the body tightly, who said that revealing clothes are considered attractive?Facts have proved that there is no necessary connection between the two.

This situation made Zhou Changfeng feel as if he had been punched in the chest and suffered a heavy blow to the heart. Stimulated by this, his heart beat violently, as if he had just switched to the state of the cross-country running in an instant.

The blood all over his body was almost boiling, and the liquid flowing in the arteries and veins seemed to be replaced by fiery molten steel; his eyes also became sharper, and his gaze changed from gentle appreciation to extremely aggressive in an instant, as if seeing a fall Wolf with single lamb.

"gentlemen……"

Zhou Changfeng put his arms around Xia Xiaoshi's waist, and lifted her chin with his left index finger, "This name is too formal, change it to something more intimate, huh?"

Feeling ashamed, the latter hesitated for a few seconds before saying, "Husband... Husband..."

It is troublesome to put on a wedding dress, but it is easy to take it off.

Of course, it’s not impossible to not take it off, it all depends on your preferences and interests.

Although the original intention was to boost the spirits, so as to persist in watching the year until the end of the year, but the result was counterproductive - after that, the exhausted Xia Xiaoshi fell asleep in a daze, even if the crackling fireworks outside could not stop her fall asleep.

The next day is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and according to the custom, you must visit.

However, since there are no relatives to visit, Zhou Changfeng and Xia Xiaoshi decided to go to Xia's house.

Xia's father and Xia's mother naturally welcomed them. Gao Linglu and Xia Xiaoshi went to the East Wing to prepare ingredients for lunch, while Xia Bing and Zhou Changfeng chatted in the main room.

"The imperial court is about to take action." Xia Bing picked up his teacup and took a sip, "I'm afraid it will be this year."

Combined with a series of recent news, anyone with a little political sensitivity can make a guess, let alone officials.

Zhou Changfeng nodded slightly, and said vaguely: "Maybe. However, our department will conduct drills according to local conditions in the future."

Hearing this, Xia Bing was silent for a long time, and after a while he said in a deep voice: "The responsibility is, you have to go, you have to pay attention to your own safety."

"must."

"Now that the negotiation is settled, the countries of Thailand and the West choose to back down, and they can rest assured and bold to pacify the land of Dongpu. In the future, we can advance, attack, retreat, and defend. No matter what the world's disputes are, at least the country can remain invincible."

There are thousands of miles of land in the northwest as obstacles, and the Japanese archipelago as a barrier in the east. As long as the war does not spread to the mainland, it is almost impossible to defeat Ming Dynasty. The population of [-] to [-] million people can slowly wear down to the end of time.

Zhou Changfeng thought for a few seconds while pinching his chin, and replied: "At present, war is inevitable, and the overall layout of the imperial court tends to be stable. While preparing for war year by year, at the same time obtaining strategic locations abroad, after that, we can focus our energy on The quasi-essence area, this is called 'grasp the principal contradiction'."

After a pause, he continued: "However, it's hard to say how it will end in the end. After all, the other party can't give in. Either one side will gain a decisive advantage, or they will be exhausted. Only then can peace talks be possible."

"That's right," Xia Bing sighed, "How to end the war decently is the most difficult thing. If you don't do it well, you will have to fight fiercely until your head is broken."

The two chatted along this topic, and the time passed quickly without knowing it.

At the same time, in the east wing, Gao Linglu and Xia Xiaoshi, who were cutting vegetables and preparing meals, were also asking and answering questions.

"How have you been getting along these two days?"

"Very...very good."

"A lot of things will only be revealed when we live together. It's only been two days for you and me... Let's see." Gao Linglu skillfully cut potatoes, and the kitchen knife made a "click" sound when it touched the chopping board, " Let me remind you, if you have disagreements in the future, you have to be patient and tolerant, and if you are really dissatisfied, don't hold it in your heart, isn't he very open-minded? Speak boldly."

"I remember."

"It's good to know. Also, both of you are not young, so you must pay attention to the children's affairs. You can't do it casually, so pay more attention on weekdays."

Being told such things in front of her mother, Xia Xiaoshi blushed involuntarily, and didn't know what to say, so she just lowered her head and let out a "huh".

In this way, by noon, the meal was finally ready.

When Xia Xiaoshi came to greet the two of them to eat, the two immediately stopped their chat, and their expressions became normal by coincidence.

Although they are theoretically two families, the four of them are as harmonious as a family.

Even though this year is much worse than before, it is still relatively comfortable on the whole, and the celebrations in the north and south of the river far outweigh the sorrows.

In the Forbidden City, the Zhengdan banquet is in progress, and it is a joy to drink with the banquet guests.

But the emperor's family did not participate. They were having lunch in the Qianqing Palace.

The sumptuousness of this lunch was far inferior to last night's New Year's Eve dinner, and there was no separate table, the four of them ate at the same table.

"...Right now there are not a few people who hold opposing opinions. This is not a small resistance, but the benefits of the fair redemption of the land are many. Father, I think the intensity of implementation must remain unchanged."

"Inappropriate." The emperor stretched out his chopsticks and picked up a piece of fried vegetables, "It's so true, it still seems too much to do this at this juncture, not to mention that it takes up too much expenses."

"But once the war started, military expenditures rose suddenly, and all development and construction had to be compromised, so it would have to be delayed until I don't know when." Zhu Liqie cast out his concerns, "In addition, there are many benefits in this matter. People have been coveting for a long time, and by the way, they can suppress one or two..."

Huge sums of tens of millions or hundreds of millions of yuan are used to redeem acres of land. This pot of soup is not a star and a half.

In addition, while suppressing local forces, leftist factions will slow down their momentum due to the achievement of their demands.

The emperor smiled without saying a word. After a while, he said casually: "What do you think of Ning You?"

Zhu Lingjing, who was a bit distracted, blinked, quickly organized the words in her mind, and said: "I think, whether it was before or after the war, the public redemption of land can be carried out, but right now is the time for war preparations... It's not the right time. "

"I know what you're thinking," although Zhu Liqiu was opposed face to face, but Zhu Liqie was not angry, but asked calmly: "Is it purely issuing additional war bonds to cover expenses? Use the righteousness of war to suppress opposition? The same There are risks, once your idea goes wrong, the consequences will be obvious and painful."

"Indeed." Zhu Lingjing did not deny his words, "But this is the best move in line with the current situation. Brother Emperor, the Constitutional Council's actions are going against the trend."

Seeing that a war is about to start, if you don't focus on preparing for the war, but also think about being a landlord, the hearts of all parties will easily disperse.

It will be relatively easier to try to engage them after the war is fought, but it is undeniable that there are greater uncertainties in this, because losing a battle can easily amplify internal conflicts.

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(End of this chapter)