Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1210 A Marriage Across the Pacific
"This is the territory under the rule of the Australian Senate." Mendoza avoided talking about it. "Now tell me about yourself. Who are you and why did you travel across the ocean to Manila?"

Donna Marina de Arellano has nothing to hide, she was born in Spain as the illegitimate daughter of the Spanish nobleman Gonzalo de Arellano.

Her mother came from a humble background, but she was well-loved—her father's "girlfriend".Her father also acknowledged her.Therefore, when she was young, she was able to go to Mexico City with her father who was going to New Spain, and entered a monastery to complete her pre-marital education.

As illegitimate daughters, although they do not have the legal status of legitimate children, the illegitimate children of the nobles—especially the illegitimate children they recognize are much better than ordinary people. illegitimate child.

Donna Marina de Arellano has been educated like a noble lady since she was a child.Been growing up in Mexico City.It was not until the beginning of this year that she was picked up by her father to prepare for marriage.That's why she took the Manila Galen to Manila.

"Married?" Miss Mendoza was taken aback, "With whom?"

"I just know he's a great gentleman," Marina said. "I've forgotten the name—it's a mouthful."

"You don't even know the name," Mendoza couldn't believe his ears, "you are going to marry him?"

Marina didn't seem to be surprised: "It was the Governor of the Philippines, His Excellency de Tavora, who proposed marriage." She said proudly.

"So you took the Manila Galen and crossed the Pacific Ocean to the Philippines to marry this man you've never met before?" Diana Mendoza's voice couldn't help but rise.

"It's a gentleman." Miss Marina corrected, "Although he has not been formally canonized, His Excellency the Governor has submitted a report to His Majesty's Privy Council—he will have a bright future."

Mendoza really cannot accept such a view of marriage, but it is not her task to convey the view of marriage and love in the 21st century.

"So, many of the gorgeous costumes and jewelry in the poop are your dowry?"

"Yes," Marina nodded. "If you don't count cash, the dowry my father prepared for me is worth [-] pesos. Give me another [-] pesos in cash."

"Your father is very rich."

"If it is his legitimate daughter who is getting married, I think the cash dowry alone will be no less than [-] yuan." Marina didn't care, and seemed to feel very honored.She stared at Mendoza and said proudly: "In addition to my father, my fiancé is an important figure in front of the Governor-General of the Philippines. I believe that as long as you send a letter, they will come up with a fortune." Huge sums of money to redeem me.”

Then she said a lot of things, all of which were to show off how much her father and her fiancé, whom she had never met, were favored by "Your Majesty", "Your Highness" and "Your Excellency", how rich and how powerful they were.And hinted that as long as she can help her redeem herself, she will consider helping Miss Mendoza get out of this "horrible place" together-she can even give her a "suitable arrangement".

On the contrary, she didn't show much interest in where she was and who she was in. She didn't show the strong curiosity that many aborigines showed when they first came to Lingao.

Mendoza listened patiently, smiling noncommittally.But she was getting more and more bored in her heart: she thought she had enough "cultural differences" with Zhou Weisen and other elders, and she always felt out of place in Lingao.But listening to Marina's words, she felt that the distance between herself and her was far from a simple "cultural difference", but like people living on two planets.

The newly completed auditorium of the Ministry of Education is the most magnificent building in the Fangcaodi Teaching Park, which can accommodate 500 people to participate in activities.In addition to meetings, the stage facilities it has are also sufficient for theatrical performances, which are much better than the completely open-air Baiyi Cinema.

Hu Qingbai is very proud of this. It took him a lot of effort to win it—thanks to the banner of giving priority to education.However, from Jiang Shan's point of view, it was a mistake to hand over the construction of the auditorium to Mei Wan's construction company: those house builders had no idea what art and aesthetics were.As a result, the appearance of the auditorium is almost the kind of Chinese pastoral European-style building that is common in some county-level development zones: a curved porch is added in front of the main entrance, and a row of Dorian-style columns stands below it, which is neither fish nor fowl. .

However, if you don’t give it to them, who can you give it to?Hu Qingbai shrugged his shoulders, this is the same as their current living conditions: no choice.

At this time, there was no one on the hardwood seats in the auditorium, and the ceiling lamps and wall lamps were not lit.Jiang Shan walked towards the brightly lit stage and sat down in the front row seat.The rehearsal of the chorus is going on here-a few weeks before the 1632 annual hymn show, this is the busiest place, and there are at least seven or eight amateur choirs from various systems and departments rehearsing here every day.

The stingy Planning Institute and various departments will not rehearse the naturalized people during working hours, so they all come to rehearse after work.But for this time and space where there are no entertainment activities at all, it is quite interesting to participate in chorus rehearsal.Young people can use this to meet a lot of people - especially the opposite sex.

The man Jiang Shan was looking for was standing up and down the command seat, waving his arms, spouting out a long string of half-baked Mandarin with grammatical confusion.The strange accent and a few words of English and Cantonese from time to time made not only the chorus students of the national school and the military school look bewildered, even Fang Fei who was standing next to the curtain couldn't understand why.In the end, the piano accompanist, a 30-year-old tall female senator with long black hair tied into a ponytail with a handkerchief, saved the situation.Her voice was not very loud, but it was extremely clear, and she explained the long speeches of the rehearsal conductor in just a few words.

Veslando seemed very satisfied with this explanation, and shouted: "Let's do it again, from the beginning!" He raised his hand, and the sound of the piano accompanied by the slightly childish singing of the boys reverberated in the auditorium, as if the army was marching. marching.

"Heroes, go forward bravely,

Don't miss it, don't look back.

Willing to forsake comfort and possessions,

fight for the country,
fight for the country,
Victory is beckoning!
......"

"You shouldn't be here doing this," Jiang Shan lit a cigar.After the rehearsal, the chorus members gradually dispersed. Through the window, he saw the students of the National School in Fangcaodi in small groups, talking and laughing as they walked towards the dormitory, while the students of the Military and Political School quickly gathered on the playground and lined up , singing a song and walking towards the dormitory, "The principle of a spy is to never show his face."

"James Bond can attend the reception of the embassy, ​​and he can still say that my name is Bond." Weiss drank half a bottle of kvass in one breath, smacked his lips in satisfaction, and lifted the bottle in his hand forward. Means: "And always meet pretty ladies. Expect those Jesuit guys to train you choirs? Europeans don't even have the concept of a conductor these days. They'll train choirs to be choirs." "

"James Bond is a fictional character—" Before Jiang Shan finished speaking, he heard the sound of high heels colliding with the wooden steps of the stage, and felt strange. Except for Miss Pei, no female veteran would be there This is not a grand occasion to squander the precious resource of self-provided heels.

"Jiangju," he just turned around, when the woman had already walked in front of him, carrying the fragrance of carnation flowers.Her voice was soft and mellow, with a faint hint of charm: "Thank you for coming to see our rehearsal."

Jiang Shan casually responded with a few polite words. The woman in front of him seemed to have known him before, but he couldn't remember her name.Logically speaking, having such a beauty among the time-traveling crowd would be quite eye-catching.The short shirt on her upper body can be seen to be made of high-yielding cotton and linen blended material, but the dark sleeveless long skirt inside is obviously a high-end product from the plane before she crossed over, outlining a perfect female curve—look Come.Jiang Shan glanced at her and immediately looked away. Although she had a smile on her face, those deep eyes were like two springs and deep pools, tempting him to jump down and never come up again.

The woman stretched out her hand generously: "My name is Liu Shuixin. My husband was drunk last time at the annual meeting, so I need your help to help him back."

Jiang Shan finally remembered that the charming wife in front of him was the wife of Liu Zheng, the head of the remote exploration department.No wonder this guy was the most active when the apartment was divided up. It turned out that he was anxious to hide his beauty.During information sharing, Jiang Shan once managed to secretly check the personal files of some veterans of the General Political Security Bureau. strangeness.He shook the other's finger lightly: "It's getting late, I'll take Teacher Liu back, it's time for the children to find their mother."

Liu Shuixin laughed again, and Jiang Shan hurriedly avoided her gaze: He is not a dick, let alone a magician, but also a veteran who has lived in the flowers and never touched his body.For more than ten years, I have never been so uneasy because of a certain woman as I am now.

Probably because it has been too long since I have come into contact with such a charming woman with a modern atmosphere, Jiang Shan thought, I am a little horny.Like the other elders, he also bought a maid. Because he didn't get the right number, he just followed the crowd and bought a C-level one.

"It doesn't matter, the baby is in the nursery." Her voice became more and more sweet and charming: "I will pick it up by the small train, and it will be there in 10 minutes." The small train is what the Guihua people call the Lingao Municipal Railway. Also used to this name.

(End of this chapter)