Chapter 256
There was a dull sound from the old phonograph, and an actor's feminine voice came out of the creaking phonograph, listen carefully, the man was singing the words of the play "A Dream in a Garden".

"It's clearly a beautiful scenery on a good day. In my mouth, it's nothing to say. Whose house is a pleasure to enjoy? Flying in the morning and rolling in the evening, misty waves and boats. The spring scenery in the garden can't be closed, but it's in the dark, but it goes along the road. Cutting constantly ..." The voice sounded like complaints, and it came out of a small mechanical box. For some reason, there was still some inexplicable strangeness, and Li Lei frowned at the side.

But the person sitting on the chair not far from him seemed to be very happy, squinting his eyes, looking fascinated.

Finally, Li Lei couldn't bear it anymore, and said, "You came to see me, and you brought me this kind of thing?"

"What's wrong with this thing?" the man asked back.

The servant with the teacup on one side came over quietly, her shoes stepped on the soft carpet under her feet, making no sound.

The servant brought the tea to the visitor from Li Lei's house, the man took it and said thank you in English to the servant.The servant couldn't understand what he said, looked at him with some doubts, then turned and left,

"Speaking of which." The man looked around, "It's the first time I've come to your house. I'm worthy of being an officer. The place where most people live is not as good as it is."

Li Lei's house is next to the foreign concession. It looks like a western detached villa with a large area, with a small garden and a small pond. It's like opening up a private peach blossom garden in the city.

The small foreign building has three floors, and he found this man after running three floors.

Looking at the man's various exquisite bedroom interiors, the bed with expensive curtains, the exquisite wardrobe, the suede floor spread on the floor, and the high-end leather chair he is sitting on now.The expensive murals hanging on the wall... Li Lei's life is much better than his.

Li Lei looked at the man who had been enjoying the so-called gramophone he had brought here since the very beginning, and snorted with a cold face: "That's how you foreigners come to visit patients, so come here along the way." Apologize to me?"

"Of course not." The man sitting on the chair widened his eyes,

The person who came was a tall western man with blond hair and blue eyes. Like Li Lei, he was wearing a military uniform.But from the color and design of the military uniform, it is not difficult to see that the military uniform he is wearing is not something from his country.

That man was a military officer in charge of Westerners in this province, dealing with military and political affairs in various concessions in the provincial capital.

He and Li Lei met on the battlefield a few years ago. Since then, he has had a deep impression on Li Lei, a young and promising officer, and seized every opportunity to get to know Li Lei and make friends with him. made a friend.This time, he heard about the rebellion in the concession in Li Lei's side, so he specially rushed over from other urban areas where he lived to personally rectify the mess that happened in the concession.

"Relax, my friend." He said with a smile, "I didn't expect those temporary garrisons in your concession here to be so presumptuous. Those young men are young and energetic, and they should not obey your discipline. You see, even When I passed by, those people dared to bump into me."

So without saying a word, he withdrew all those soldiers and brought them back, and replaced them with his own soldiers in the concession here.

The foreigner officer continued: "This kind of guy who doesn't obey discipline is also a threat to us, so don't worry that I will favor them. The soldiers who were replaced this time were soldiers brought up by me. First-hand training, without my order, I will never act without authorization, so don't worry about those people rebelling again."

"Better as you said."

"But having said that, my friend." He said again, "I heard that you were injured? Why didn't you go to the hospital? You know that the Western hospital we built here has the world's top medical technology, as long as you go there , your illness will recover in a few days, why do you need to lie down for such a long time. Of course, in order to express my apology to you, all the medical expenses during your hospitalization will be borne by me. "

"No need." Li Lei rejected the other party's kindness unceremoniously, "Most of your potions are transparent, and they all look the same. Besides you, who else can understand the Western characters on the bottles? I know exactly what you will use for me then."

One of his subordinates went to the hospital and got an injection, and within a short while, he died on the bed.Asked the reason, said what drug allergies,
Drug allergy?Can medicine still be used for allergies?How has he never heard of it?He said that they poisoned it on purpose, but the people in the hospital insisted that it was a medical malpractice, and it would be over if they lost some money.The man died for no apparent reason. Some people said that the medicines used on Westerners may not work well on East Asians. That’s why this happened. It's like a terrible guy, who knows if he will be the next one to have a "medical accident".

After the news spread in the team, everyone refused to go to the hospital, no matter how sick they were, they only went to Linglian's hospital.

It is the peace of mind that my ancestors have eaten for thousands of years.

The foreign officer smiled and shook his head: "Mr. Li is still too cautious... But that's fine too, isn't there a saying in your country, it's called being careful and making a ten-thousand-year ship."

The phonograph had finished playing, and the officer pointed to something beside him and said to Li Lei: "This is the latest thing we have researched, and it can store people's voices in it. According to the custom here, visiting patients requires Bringing a gift can give those people the blessing of early recovery. So I specially asked someone to bring this thing from my hometown for you."

Hearing this, Li Lei glanced at the thing.

"We plan to stay here for a day or two. I heard that you have an opera troupe here, and one of the horns sings really well, so I came here this time and want to listen."

"Do you like listening to plays?"

"Of course I like it!" The officer opened his eyes wide, "Mr. Li and I have the same interests."

Li Lei snorted and said, "I thought you foreigners like to listen to things in dance halls."

"That stuff doesn't have any connotations in it." The officer waved his hand, "It's just a random tune, and a few words that anyone can write. It's usually just a pastime. I love those There is something rich in cultural heritage, which is the main reason why I came to this country.”

(End of this chapter)

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