Shanghai Embroidery Lady

Chapter 136
In the blink of an eye, it was September, and a peaceful morning became unsettled because of a newspaper.

Ye Zijin threw the newspaper on the table angrily, the black headlines were shocking.Just the night before, the South Manchuria Railway was blown up, and the Japanese army used this as an excuse to launch a war. But today, the Japanese army has fully occupied Shenyang and Changchun!

Meng Haoxiang happened to go downstairs, and seeing Ye Zijin's displeasure, he asked, "Who upset you early in the morning? You're about to get married and still have such a temper."

Ye Zijin put the milk bread on the table, glanced at the newspaper, and said, "The Japanese have already launched a war."

Meng Haoxiang picked up the newspaper, his expression became solemn, and he said in silence for a moment: "Because of a non-resistance policy, the [-] guards of the Peking University Camp were defeated by the [-] Japanese soldiers. It's a big joke."

Ye Zijin sighed, and said, "I really don't know if the government has another strategy or is really incompetent. Do you want to watch the land in the Northeast be invaded by the Japanese?"

"There's no need to be angry for incompetent people. After all, there's nothing we can do about it. They're not in a hurry now. When the Japanese come to Shanghai in the future, they will naturally be in a hurry." Meng Haoxiang smiled contemptuously.

Ye Zijin asked suspiciously, "Could it be that they will come to Shanghai again? Are they really that capable?"

Meng Haoxiang picked up a piece of bread and put it in his mouth, flipped through the newspaper, and said vaguely: "Who wants to take this piece of fat in Shanghai? It's already torn apart, and the Japanese don't want to hurry up and get a share."

Ye Zijin couldn't help clenching the cup in her hand, "If there is such a day, I will walk with you."

"Leave? Why should we leave? We are in the French Concession, and the Japanese will not offend the French. If you really care about the country, you should stay and do what you need to do instead of leaving." Meng Haoxiang said casually.

"What are you going to do?" Ye Zijin asked.

Meng Haoxiang's eyes tightened, and he said calmly: "I have already canceled the cooperation with several Japanese companies, and Baohui International will not have business dealings with the Japanese in the future."

Ye Zijin agreed: "It's right to do this. They can't let them earn money from the Chinese, and then use it to support Japanese soldiers to beat our compatriots. I will go to Shenji today to announce that I will no longer use Japanese cotton mills to produce cotton yarn."

Meng Haoxiang smiled and said, "Is this called husband singing and wife following?"

Ye Zijin thought for a while, with a hesitant look on his face, he said, "Haoxiang, I'm afraid our wedding date will be delayed later."

"Why?" A trace of surprise flashed in Meng Haoxiang's eyes.

Ye Zijin didn't dare to meet Meng Haoxiang's gaze, and looked at the lilies in the vase on the table out of the corner of her eye, and said slowly: "Because I have to prepare things for the expo during this time, Shen Ji wants to present a few cheongsams as exhibits, this one I want to do it myself.”

Seeing Ye Zijin's embarrassed look, Meng Haoxiang thought it was kind of cute, he waved his hand and said, "Okay, I'll follow you, anyway, outsiders know that you are my fiancée, it doesn't matter if you get married early or late, in my heart You are already my wife."

"Haoxiang..." Ye Zijin raised her eyes in amazement, a warm current surged in her heart, she thought he would be angry, but she didn't expect him to agree so easily.

"But there is one condition." Meng Haoxiang said suddenly.

Ye Zijin was half moved when he was suddenly choked by the conditions in Meng Haoxiang's mouth, and asked, "Boss Meng, what deal do you want to make this time?"

Meng Haoxiang raised a smile on his lips, and said, "You can't be so busy after I get married, otherwise when will you be able to give birth to me?"

Ye Zijin blushed all of a sudden, lowered her head and complained, "You're so shameless when you're not married, but you'll be fine once you're married."

Meng Haoxiang smiled and said: "That must be a big deal. This time, I will let you be willful for the last time. From now on, I will try my best to hand over the matters of Shen's memory to your subordinates. I will not allow you to tire yourself any longer."

"Oh..." Ye Zijin replied in a low voice, picked up the cup and took a sip of milk.

The morning sun shines on the lilies through the long windows. The fresh lilies are white and elegant, quietly expressing their thoughts.

On the way to Shen Ji, the car stopped suddenly, Ye Zijin's body leaned sharply, almost hitting his forehead.

Ah Yuan hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

Ye Zijin didn't hear what Ah Yuan said behind, because there was a deafening call sign outside the car, mixed with harsh car horns, and the left and right cars evaded to the side of the road one after another. into a ball.

"What happened ahead?" Ye Zijin instantly raised his vigilance.

Ah Yuan got out of the car and took a look, then returned to his seat and said, "Miss Ye, there are students parading ahead."

At this time, Ye Zijin listened carefully to the slogans outside, "Resolutely resist Japanese aggression! Severely punish generals who don't resist! Rise and fall of the country! Everyone is responsible!"

Slogans echoed in the streets and alleys. Looking at the group of passionate youths, Ye Zijin couldn't help but think of Zizheng.

I saw a mighty parade walking on the street, with black and white banners raised high, the male students walking in the front raised their loudspeaker microphones and shouted slogans all the way, and the female students following behind waved their hands Small and medium flags, while shouting slogans, handed out leaflets to the people around them.The shouts were louder and louder, and the leaflets were flying all over the sky, and the handwriting on them penetrated the back of the paper.This group of patriotic students was protesting the government's non-resistance policy in their own way. Ye Zijin looked at the youthful and immature faces, and felt quite touched in his heart.

After the parade had passed, Ah Yuan restarted the car.Suddenly, the whistle of the siren was heard behind the car, and the crowd quickly fell into chaos.The angry students were unarmed and resisted the police sticks with only their flesh and blood. In a blink of an eye, there were cries and shouts one after another. The crowd began to rush in the direction of their car, and the police cars that came behind followed in an endless stream.

"Turn the car over quickly, stop those police cars chasing the students!" Ye Zijin made a decisive decision, she didn't want to watch those brave students get arrested.

A Yuan looked at the gap in the crowd, and turned the car suddenly, just blocking the middle of the road, only people can pass.At this time, road traffic was almost paralyzed, shops were closed one after another, there was a commotion everywhere, and students fled in all directions.

There was only a sharp slam of the brakes, and the police cars stopped beside Ye Zijin's car.A policeman angrily got out of the car, opened the driver's door of Ye Zijin's car, grabbed A Yuan and shouted: "Why are you driving! Don't want to live anymore?"

Ye Zijin opened the car door unhurriedly, and calmly said, "Let go of my driver."

Ye Zijin was wearing a white windbreaker, the embroidered collar of the cheongsam was faintly exposed in the coat, her back was straight, and her black curly hair hung naturally on her shoulders.The policeman saw that Ye Zijin was dressed in bright clothes, and although he didn't recognize Ye Zijin, he could tell that she was a person of some background, so his voice was a little softer, and his tone was arrogant: "Miss, we are arresting people now. , your car is blocking our way, please give way, you can't afford to be late."

Ye Zijin smiled and said, "Sir, I'm really sorry, my car had a problem just now. It was because I couldn't start that I had to stop in the middle of the road, so I can only trouble you to take a detour."

Seeing that Ye Zijin didn't know good from bad, the policeman immediately said angrily, "Did something go wrong just after we moved to the middle of the road? I think you did it on purpose, could it be those accomplices of the rebellious party? If you don't let me Catch them together."

Ye Zijin glanced at the exasperated man lightly, and said unhurriedly: "Don't label me indiscriminately, there is indeed something wrong with this car, I was just about to call my fiance and ask him to call for someone Fix the car."

The policeman was puzzled, and said: "I don't care whether you repair the car or not, I think you are suspicious, take me away!"

Ye Zijin said loudly to A Yuan: "A Yuan, I want to sit down with this policeman at the police station. You ask Meng Haoxiang to come to the police station to pick me up for dinner at noon."

A Yuan was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly said, "Okay, I'll inform Boss Meng right away."

"Wait!" The man's face suddenly changed drastically, and his voice trembled, "You said your fiancé is Meng Haoxiang?"

"Well, don't you believe it? I can ask Secretary-General Zhu to prove that we have already invited him to be our witness." Ye Zijin smiled.

At this time, another police car drove up from behind, and a man in uniform got out of it.

With a sound of "slap", a stick hit the head of the policeman who made things difficult for Ye Zijin just now impartially. Complaints, but weak words: "Deputy Inspector Xia, why are you here?"

Ye Zijin was a little surprised to see that it was Xiao Xia who came here. She only heard that Xiao Xia had been promoted, but she didn't expect to be a deputy inspector in the police station.Seeing that he was wearing black uniform boots, his demeanor was quite different from that of the patrol squad leader back then.

"I called you here to maintain law and order. Who told you to arrest students randomly? Let them go!" Xiao Xia shouted at the policeman just now.

The policeman held his head and repeatedly agreed, and immediately ran to the back to let his subordinates release him.

"Sister Zijin, long time no see." Xiao Xia turned her head and smiled at Ye Zijin.

Ye Zijin sized her up and said, "It's said that Shibie will look at you with admiration in three days, but you say it's been three years, and you're about to be completely reborn."

Xiao Xia touched the brim of his hat embarrassingly, and said: "They are all fools, don't look at this position's air, there are a lot of troubles. Today there is a parade here, and tomorrow there are people who smashed and burned Japanese shops. Busy!" Can't be too busy."

Ye Zijin said with a smile: "You should treat it as serving the country and the people. These students have done nothing wrong. In the future, you should not embarrass the students when you encounter this kind of parade. They are patriotic after all, and it is not an anti-government riot." party."

Xiao Xia sighed and said, "There is an order from above to suppress the student demonstrations, and I don't want to arrest them. If I let them go this time, maybe I won't let them go next time. It's hard for me to do it."

"Then don't hurt them, just grab them and make a show, and let them go later." Ye Zijin was worried about those students. Zizheng was among the students back then, and most of the students who were arrested were brutally killed. up.

Xiao Xia shrugged and said, "As long as they promise not to make trouble later, we won't kill the students."

Ye Zijin breathed a sigh of relief, but when she thought about the contents of the leaflet and the slogans the students chanted, she also felt a little indignant. Facing the invasion of foreign enemies, it is ridiculous that the government still has the leisure to arrest the students who marched.

"Sister Zijin, how are you doing? I heard from my grandma that you are getting married?" Xiao Xia asked, changing the subject.

Ye Zijin nodded and said, "Well, soon, I will definitely invite you and Grandma Qin to have a wedding wine."

Xiao Xia smiled and said, "We have been waiting for this day for a long time, congratulations."

"Thank you." Ye Zijin replied with a smile.

The two exchanged a few words in a hurry and then left. Ye Zijin got into the car, recalling the scene just now in his mind, and suddenly thought that he could do something within his power like them.For the cheongsam at the expo, an idea came to her mind...

(End of this chapter)