Xu Xuzhi

Chapter 94
Almost a month has passed in the blink of an eye, Feng Jiu is living very well in Shanghai, her girlfriends heard that she is going abroad, of course they have to get together before leaving, this is also Feng Jiu's girlfriends circle - Wu Meilan, Wenxiu It was the first time that Wei, Zheng Li, and Ge Luoli could get together so completely after they got married one after another.

Zheng Li and his second cousin Tang Fengyun divorced a year ago.

At that time, newspapers across the country reported it extensively. After all, the second cousin's name as "Movie Star Chunshan" was still very famous.Fortunately, the two separated easily—they didn’t expose each other’s shortcomings, and there was no court dispute. The two parties calmly signed an acceptable agreement, which stated that their two boys were still jointly raised by the two of them. , which disappointed the literary and journalistic circles who wanted to watch the show.

But the general public felt that this couple handled it very decently. After all, the more sensational divorce cases in the past few years - Xu Zhimo in the front and Ruan Lingyu in the back - were all messed up and ugly, so they were criticized.

Of course, Feng Jiu was not surprised by the breakup of this golden boy and jade girl: there was no empathy, it was just a personality disagreement, and the discord between their husband and wife had been going on for some time.

After this gathering, Feng Jiu went to visit his uncle and aunt who had already emigrated to Shanghai. The divorce of the eldest son was a big blow to them in the old school. The main thing is to keep them by their side, which calmed them down a lot; the handsome second cousin grinned when he saw Feng Jiu, forced a smile to tease her, "Sixth sister, what can you do about this?" You can't blame me, she didn't want me..."

What else could Feng Jiu say: I really didn't expect that it wasn't the second cousin who lived in the colorful world, but Zheng Li, who had always been like a classical lady, couldn't bear it any longer.She could only pat her second brother's shoulders which had become less straight all these years, and chatted to comfort her.

Wen Xiuwei, who is about to follow her husband to the United States, said cheerfully that she feels good about going to the United States this time. The two plan to take the opportunity to have a child. After hearing this, several girlfriends are happy for her.

In the past few years, Ge Luoli followed Yin Yage all over the world, continued to purchase arms and equipment for the Ning army, and took care of her impressive business in China as an agent for importing fuel. From time to time, she had to go back to the United States to visit the retired minister His father, David Ge.They have already given birth to a little girl named Eva, but because the couple's whereabouts are uncertain, the child has been raised by his grandfather since birth.

And, of course, Melanie.Before leaving for Shanghai, Fengjiu suddenly had an idea to borrow Longsheng from Melanie.How good this little brother Long Sheng is, Feng Jiu has the right to say; this time the journey is far away, and her Yaya is a baby with "strong emotional needs", who seems to be easy to coax, but in fact is sensitive and slender; Feng Jiu thinks , if the dragon was born, wouldn't it be much better?

Feng Jiu's idea is very similar to the idea of ​​"borrowing a child to travel" popular among modern people.

When Melanie heard this, she was very happy, although she was also reluctant to part with it, but to tell the truth, she was still worried that Fengjiu's family was gone, and she had to educate the children by herself again: Melanie had always acted carelessly and didn't like to study; After having a child, I always feel that I am very clumsy in education. I have neither thought nor means. Compared with Fengjiu who is armed with various ancient and modern parenting concepts and is fluent in foreign languages, my son is so good. Talent, nothing to be delayed by being a mother.

Besides, this opportunity is rare——Longsheng Zaohui, if he can take this opportunity to go to Europe with Ning Zheng, he will be able to broaden his horizons at a young age, and he will naturally see a lot in the future. Not everyone has this opportunity.

Although traveling in Europe was expensive, Melanie was not unable to afford the money—although the Northeast fell and her family's business was greatly affected, Melanie was still very rich.As a major shareholder of many large companies across the country, she can still receive large dividends every year; but, how can she have the energy to take her son to travel abroad?She still has to be by her husband's side.

However, how could Feng Jiu ask her for a penny?

After hearing this, Long Sheng was not unhappy at all - with the help of his nonchalant mother, he has long been used to living with the funny and kind godfather and mother family, especially with such a playful Yaya The younger sister can be naughty with him.

Before leaving Shanghai, Fengjiu fulfilled a wish. She originally wanted to take a sneak peek at the master in her heart—Mr. Zhou, but unexpectedly, Ning Zheng discovered it when she went out.Feng Jiu feels that she admires Mr. Da, but that doesn't mean everyone does, so she just thinks that she can catch a glimpse of this literary giant from a distance, and that's enough.

But at Ning Zheng's insistence, he drove to Mr. Da's newest residence—a three-story new-style brick-and-wood building on Shigaota Road: Danzhu walls, crimson-colored framed glass windows, The dark green balcony and a small garden in the front yard are clean and comfortable.

When they arrived at the place, the two of them didn't get out of the car, they just parked the car beside the tree-lined avenue full of poplars on the right side of the house until three o'clock in the afternoon—it was the time when Mr. Ning Zheng looked at Feng Jiu with reverence, and watched the short, stern-faced, curly-haired gentleman in a gray cotton coat with a thick stack of manuscripts under his left arm, and between the yellow fingers of his right hand. Taking a few puffs of a lighted cigarette from time to time, he briskly walked straight to the "Neishan Bookstore" not far away.

Feng Jiu, a qualified admirer, guessed, "This cigarette is probably from the 'Pinhai' brand—he gave all the good cigarettes to others," while sighing, "Mr. Da's cigarettes are too fierce." Only then did he tell Ning Zheng that he could leave with satisfaction.

After returning, Feng Jiu seemed to have just remembered something, so she felt a little embarrassed towards Ning Zheng: In fact, as long as you think about it a little bit, you should be able to figure out why Mr. Da, who is so stubborn, is willing to face the leader of the largest warlord in the north. Ning Zheng let it go lightly - Mr. Da once criticized him as "the backbone force that destroys the country and the nation". With so many think-tank consultants under Ning Zheng who read newspapers, weekly magazines and books every day, how could they not report such remarks, so I don't think so. Knowing that, Ning Zheng's feelings towards Mr. Da could not be better.

Fengjiu secretly scolded himself for being confused, while consoling him far-fetchedly, "Mr. Da also called Hu Shizhi 'the dog-headed military adviser of the Japanese imperialists', and Mr. Liang Zhihua as 'the lackey of the capitalists'. Mr. Da can scold you, explain If you fall into his eyes, you can be regarded as the number one person in our country..."

Indeed, in the era in which Mr. Zhou lived, if he had not been scolded by him, it could only show that he was not worthy enough; of course, I have never heard of anyone who was scolded to be grateful for this.

"Why don't you just say it's my honor? Do you want me to write another thank you note to show my gratitude?" Ning Zheng deliberately put on a tiger's face and refused to let the sun shine at all.

... Feng Jiu really thought so in her heart, she even envied Ning Zheng a little bit, hey, how could my husband know that there is such a person as himself?If you can scold me too...

Feng Jiu could only obsequiously squeeze his shoulders and back for him, make tea and pour water, and keep busy; Ning Zheng looked at her big rolling eyes, and knew what she was slandering, and finally smiled uncontrollably, although Like light snow meeting scorching sun, soon there will be no trace left.

A few days later, Feng Jiu found that Ning Zheng was studying hard with a book by Mr. Da. It was only when Feng Jiu walked to his desk and tapped the spine of the book lightly; Glancing at the book, then at himself, he couldn't help but be embarrassed, "I must know how people scold me, right?"

But Ning Zheng couldn't help admiring, "Mr.'s article, I read it late, it really is the 'medicine' of the Chinese people. Although Li Li doesn't want to eat it, I have to admit that it's not the paralyzing 'Furong' "Ointment", but a bitter medicine that really cures the disease; it not only makes people's skin hot, but also blood rises; in order to save the public, "get out of the fire and get on the seat", every sentence pokes the heart..."

Hu Fu said angrily: "Hey Jiu'er, don't look like you're honored, you can't wait to replace yourself with your body", if you are really scolded, you will know what it feels like—anyway, whoever feels uncomfortable will know .”

He picked up Feng Jiu's hand again with a serious face, and "slapped" his left chest, "Cover your husband quickly—the blood is bleeding." He said, "However, you didn't Did you find out that you have scolded Mr. Jiang all over the country, why have you never scolded Mr. Jiang?"

Feng Jiu was taken aback, and just about to think about this question that he had never thought about before, Ning Zheng smiled again, salivatingly took her hand and stuffed it into his shirt, and murmured: "You have the best hand in your hand." Hurry up, it’s about to kill someone..." Feng Jiu was distracted, seeing his tired look at this moment, couldn't help laughing—he really can climb the pole.

However, if you think that Ning Zheng has exposed the fact that he was forced to go to the wild, it would be absurdly wrong-she looked at Ning Zheng's eyes at this moment, and there were jokes and obsessions in them, but there was no such thing as what she wanted to see most. Arrived, easy.His dark eyes have always been covered with a thin layer of frost since the resignation call was sent out.

Ning Zheng’s good friend, Mr. Mei Lanfang, moved to Shanghai’s Masinan Road as early as September [-]th—probably because some friends worried that if the Japanese invaders took advantage of the trend and occupied Beiping, he might become an ancient court again. The kind of actor who entertains the invaders.

Mr. Mei was so stimulated that he simply went south.Now he also knew that Ning Zheng and his wife had arrived in Shanghai, but they only made one phone call, but they tacitly didn't mention the meeting—maybe that night was too exciting for the two of them, so it's like not seeing each other.

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April [-], Huangpu Wharf.

At that time, there were many cruise ships operating between Europe and China, the most luxurious of which were of course the "Conte Rosso" and "Conte Fandi" of the Italian Sabado Shipping Society, whose Chinese names were "Red Earl" " and "Green Earl", taken from the nicknames of the two founders of the Italian Savoy dynasty.

The "Red Earl" chosen by Ning Zheng and the others—it has to be said that Chinese people have an unusual preference for red.

The cruise line departs from Shanghai, passes through the South China Sea, enters the Indian Ocean through the Strait of Malacca, and enters the Mediterranean Sea at the Suez Canal. The duration is expected to be 25 days.

In fact, the whole country is well aware that this is political exile. During the period of the Republic of China, once a warlord stepped down, "going abroad for inspection" was the choice of many people. It was both reasonable and decent.

how long?unknown.Of course, Ning Zheng chose to travel in Europe because he was influenced by his friend Ciano, the former Italian ambassador to China, and Mr. Jiang’s diplomatic adviser, Mr. Duanna, also tried his best to persuade him to take this opportunity to learn from advanced countries. The concept of governing the country can be studied, how financial institutions operate, and at the same time, the application and development of science and technology in various fields such as military affairs and people's livelihood can be inspected.

The entourage included Duan Na, the head of the foreign affairs team, Mr. and Mrs. Shen Guozuo, secretary Li Yingchao and his wife, and other staff members, in addition to Duan Na, who happened to be going to Europe.

Feng Jiu's most caring Qiu Sheng was forced by her to send her to the United States ten days earlier to marry Tang Zhikai, the son of the housekeeper of the Tang family.

Wu Ma and her daughter Bao Ping set off together - the Northeast fell two years ago, and her husband in the countryside of Haicheng has never been heard from. No one can say whether he is dead or alive; Discord, and rarely contact, but still a lot of silence; Aquarius has grown up, the little girl trained by Wu Ma and Qiu Sheng, is very clever and capable.

Accompanying him were Zhi Changsheng and his wife Wen Xiuzhi—Zhi Changsheng knew that his marriage with Qiu Sheng was hopeless, and he had already honestly married a well-educated girl from his hometown, and his marriage was very satisfying.

It was a long journey, Ning Zheng's family and Mr. Duanna booked the first-class cabin, while the other attendants lived in the second-class cabin on the next floor.

Ji Songling specially asked for leave, and accompanied his wife who arrived in Shanghai earlier, and sent their son to Fengjiu; they followed the cruise ship and visited the public facilities of this luxurious cruise ship and Fengjiu's cabin—the hull division. It has three floors and is a giant cruise ship, but it does not carry as many passengers as the "Titanic", which sank on its maiden voyage 30 years ago. In order to maintain its high standard of luxury, Sabado Cruises The ship was modified, redundant cabins were removed, and the number of passengers dropped to 600.

Each floor has a special purpose: some are tall banquet halls, some are swimming pools, some are gymnasiums, and most are various restaurants, bars, and coffee shops, including Cantonese cuisine.

Melanie was very satisfied after reading it, and before disembarking, she childishly took out balls of paper ribbons from her small satchel, happily distributed balls to everyone, bent down and kissed her son's cheek, and hugged Ya Ya, and Feng Jiuliang hugged and said goodbye; Ji Songling shook hands with his son very seriously, and Long Sheng waved goodbye to his parents with his mouth pursed.

Feng Jiu suddenly remembered that when Hutou left China many years ago, he took the train, but he also stuffed a ball of ribbons in her hand that was supposed to be used when the ship saw him off.

In fact, where is it used, and what does it matter?They all mean the same thing, Feng Jiu couldn't help smiling slightly.

The long siren blew, and the "Controso" with white smoke slowly departed from the port, ready to ride the wind and waves in high spirits; the passengers standing on the side of the ship, and the ribbons in the hands of relatives and friends standing on the shore to see off They were stretched longer and longer until they broke, countless hats were waving, countless silk scarves were flying, and a large group of seagulls were screaming and hovering above the blue waves of the port. This parting scene was not at all desolate.

It wasn't until the ship disappeared that Ji Songling took out a handkerchief to wipe away the tears she had just shed for his wife, and sighed, "Look, you'll regret it if you tell me earlier."

"No!" Melanie said firmly, "I'm just a little bit reluctant, only a little bit."

"Yes, my wife is the strongest, so you still want to go back to Peiping with me instead of staying in Shanghai to find friends?"

"Yes, I'll go back with you."

The couple snuggled together and got into the car parked beside them. Melanie looked back at the boundless sea again: Their Longsheng will definitely live happily.

At this time, in front of Tang Du's mansion in Tianjin, a tall and handsome young man walked up, wearing an American-style khaki windbreaker, carrying an ordinary luggage bag, hesitated for a moment, finally reached out slowly, and rang the Tang Mansion The doorbell.

The concierge, who was bathing in the warm sunshine and drowsily dozing off with his arms folded, hurried out. He applauded when he saw the person's elegant demeanor, and then he respectfully asked Mr. what's your business. The young man smiled He said, "Please inform Mr. Tang that Wei Yuanhua is back."

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On the ship, it was almost noon at this time—Feng Jiu was very foresighted to bring a lot of things, and he had already asked Bao Ping to take Long Sheng, Ya Ya, and two guards to swim in the swimming pool on the second floor.

Long Sheng and Yaya changed their swimsuits, and flopped into the swimming pool: Yaya in a bright red swimsuit could breathe easily without moving her arms, and was swimming happily while clinging to her two calves; When she was a baby, Ya Ya was always put into the water by her parents to play, so she did not forget this ancient human skill; The guard studied hard for a while, and soon he was able to swim a few meters, so he hugged his sister from time to time, sinking to the bottom and rising up, deliberately scaring people.

Ning Zheng spends a lot of time with Mr. Duanna—they have known each other in Fengtian for a long time, and they are both important figures in Chinese politics, so it is interesting to talk: Duanna, an Australian, arrived in China at the beginning of this century , started as a reporter from the "New York Times", and gradually became deeply involved in Chinese politics. He has experienced almost all political storms, advised various powerful figures, and provided diplomatic advice, thereby establishing the status of "China's first foreign consultant"; Living habits, he refuses to learn Chinese, but he is a firm "Chinaist", and at the same time, he has a compassionate heart for Christians.

After they finished talking, Mr. Duanna, who was already very old, went back to the cabin to take a nap. Although he insisted on refusing to eat Chinese food and speak Chinese, he had learned a lot about the habit of Chinese people taking naps. Come over and accompany Ning Zheng to lie on the white deck chair on the deck, and use the huge white parasol to block it, which just cuts off those curious prying eyes below.

The two of them don't need to talk, sometimes they read a book and talk a few words from time to time. The two little guys will come to them after swimming and take a nap, so they tease the children and blow the sea breeze. It's almost over; Ning Zheng will occasionally get up and find the private butler who is in charge of their cabins, or simply go down to the second floor, find the waiters who walk around the deck with silver trays, and serve them a few glasses of refreshing drinks. Drinks come.

They just looked at the sea, the sky, the clouds, and the waves... After a few days, it seemed that everyone really relaxed.

On this day, the couple stood on the stern deck with their arms leaning on the railing, looking down at the white waves stirred up by the huge thrust of the cruise ship.

"Did I shame you?"

Ning Zheng suddenly said this without any warning, he turned half sideways, facing the direction of Shanghai that had long since disappeared, and after a while half covered his face with his hands, as if he had the courage to take another look at her. also no.

This was the first time they had talked about leaving the field, Feng Jiu thought to himself, he finally decided not to torture himself anymore.

Feng Jiu pulled his hand down, and asked briskly, "What? Do you think I care about such things?"

Ning Zheng turned his head to look at her, and then turned his gaze away immediately, but Junyi's face was still flushed.

Feng Jiu said "tsk tut" twice, and pretending to be frivolous, he stretched out his hand to support his chin, and turned his face around, "I think back then, you could be regarded as a jadeite who's as magnificent as the morning glow, as solemn as the wind under the pine tree" Lang, I didn't expect that after following me and Ya Ya, the market would plummet like this. It's sad and lamentable. Well, fortunately, the Sa family is not the kind of person who always confuses and abandons. Don't worry, I will take responsibility for you In the end."

Ning Zheng had already been shocked by his wife's outrageous behavior, and he was even more stunned when he heard her words; in the end, he couldn't help laughing out loud, and after a while, he stopped smiling, bowed his head, Kiss her lightly, cherishing her very much.

When his lips crawled behind his ears again, Feng Jiu hugged his neck tightly, enduring the trembling all over his body, tiptoed and whispered in his ear: "You are always my man, the father of my child, remember , remember..."

Ning Zheng's body trembled slightly, and his breathing became more and more rapid. He stopped kissing, but hugged her tightly in his arms, as if wanting to make the two of them into one.

Zhi Changsheng, who had been standing on the second deck, watching Ning Zheng all the time, was relieved to see the husband and wife embrace each other tightly—it must be Mrs. peace of mind.

Within a few days, the [-]-ton cruise ship entered the Indian Ocean.

The weather was beautiful along the way, and the weather was calm.The two sturdy children adapted to life at sea faster than adults. They ran around the deck energetically all day long, chatting up the captain and crew members, and warmly greeted their traveling companions from various countries. When I was young, I took a free time there, eating French and Italian food in different ways, and when I got tired of eating, I changed to Chinese food and lived happily.

One day, Ya Ya and Long Sheng ran over happily, saying that they had learned a song from other passengers and wanted to sing it to them. Ning Zheng and Feng Jiu immediately sat upright, pretending to be listening attentively, and the immature voice of a child Singing loudly and joyfully: "

"Come is come, go is go,

24 is twenty-four,

Yam is potato,

Yes yes no.
Mom snapped, and all of them were caught and beheaded. "

After singing, both of them had their little hands behind their backs, waiting for their parents to praise with a proud face.

Feng Jiu spoke both Chinese and English to Ya Ya since she was a child, and soon added French; after Long Sheng often lived with them, she certainly did the same to Long Sheng.

She had already consulted her tutors - Budoma and Xiedike. These two outstanding linguists also agreed with this point of view: even if they are from different language families, because children have the strongest ability to learn languages, so Speaking several languages ​​together will not confuse children, but will promote each other.

The most typical representative is the children of Luxembourg, a small European country located in the northwest of Germany and surrounded by France, Germany and Belgium. They have been immersed in the context of at least three languages ​​since they were young, so when they grow up, they speak Luxembourg, French and German. Very fluent.

Normally, Longsheng and Yaya can switch between Chinese, English and French freely, whether they are communicating with adults, themselves, or with the children of Western friends like Ning Zheng.

Their vocabulary is rich, so the simple English words in this song are definitely not the main reason to attract them. It seems that what they like to sing is mainly the last sentence-human beings are very interesting, no matter what country or where they are from , to learn swear words very quickly, probably because the tone of swear words has a natural emotional catharsis, revealing a kind of joy of going all out, which is very compatible with some dark nature of human beings.

Sure enough, when they heard the last sentence that couldn't be repeated, the expressions of the couple who were full of love and smiles gradually froze, and suddenly they turned their heads to look at each other tacitly, until finally they couldn't help but snicker.

"Sing very well, applaud!" Feng Jiu suggested, and then the couple "chirped" a few times meaningly, and then Feng Jiu said, "You can't sing the last sentence again, it's a curse word, did you hear that?" ?”

"Besides, you two are so good at English, how can you sing such a simple song again? You are so unworthy." Ning Zheng put two high hats on them, and the two little guys glanced at each other. He happily agreed.

Yaya was clamoring for a reward, and she sang such a fun song to her parents just now, shouldn't she be rewarded?
Ning Zheng took out the bubble gum from his pocket without any hassle—this time he was going to spend a month at sea with his daughter and godson, how could he not make some preparations in advance—it was better than the old-fashioned bubble gum he ate in the United States. It has been improved a lot, and the taste has also improved; the six-year-old Longsheng and the four-year-old Yaya both took it in surprise. Without much teaching, Yaya knows how to carefully blow out a translucent glass that is a few sizes larger than her face. The ball was blown bigger and bigger, trembling, until it burst with a "pop", covering her entire face.

Long Sheng hadn't blown it yet, he turned his face and saw Ya Ya who was dazed by a large ball of white gum paste, and immediately burst into laughter, and Ya Ya, who didn't know why, also laughed.

One day at noon, Ning Zheng took Yaya to eat digestive bread at the bow of the boat: she was a little full these days and hiccups all the time; the accompanying medical officer surnamed Huang suggested that the management restaurant order some digestive bread to eat.

There were big fish and dolphins swimming fast with the boat, and jumped out of the water after a while, as if they wanted to enjoy the food in their hands.

Like her father, Ya Ya broke the bread into pieces and threw it into the sea. The big fish scrambled to eat it first. The big piece of bread that I was holding was taken away, and I was about to spread my wings to escape, but Yaya firmly grabbed its not-so-long neck, and said bitterly: "Give it back to me!" Suddenly, the eyeballs rolled, Repeated again in English and French.

Ning Zheng saw that Ya Ya was so considerate to the foreign seagulls who were defeated, and he was afraid that he would translate if he could not understand Chinese. Feng Jiu beat it because she strangled the neck of the goose that was feeding Eagle Alley.

Naturally, the seagull had never encountered such a thing. It rolled its eyes and fluttered its wings wildly after being pinched. The good bird quickly vomited the stolen goods onto the deck without looking back, and quickly flew away without looking back.

Yaya chuckled, and Ning Zheng looked at his daughter with satisfaction, thinking in his heart, how brave and fearless his own daughter looks.

The father was very proud, and the face of Feng Jiu, the mother who had just followed behind, turned green again: If you continue to indulge like this, Yaya will be able to become a female general like Liang Hongyu in the future.

However, since they got married, it is normal for them to gather less and leave more; but now, they can be together day and night, Feng Jiu and Ning Zheng sometimes can't believe it, every morning when they wake up, they can see their lover s face.They thought that the husband and wife were already close enough, but they didn't expect that after almost a month of journey, they would become even closer.

This is the best medicine for heart disease. By the time he arrived in Italy, the first stop of his European tour, Ning Zheng, who had been suffering for more than a year, had recovered a little bit of his previous high-spirited appearance.

(End of this chapter)