Golden Pink Building

"Hesun used to think he was honest, but he was—forget it, I'll find a chance to talk about him and ask him to apologize to his mother-in-law. He is a bit too much. He yells at other people's houses casually, even if If it's true, you shouldn't be so rude to other people's servants." Bai Shaoyi was also angry when she knew the reason of the matter.

Qingqiu couldn't say anything to the Jin family's children, but instead came to persuade her husband: "I think it's better to forget it. Hesun knew that he was reckless. If he is sensible, he must feel guilty in his heart. If he still feels that he didn't Wrong, if you go up and reason with him, it will make people feel uncomfortable and hurt the relationship between relatives. Save others from saying that we will not let go if we catch some mistakes. My mother loved them before, and I couldn’t let her mother just leave. , we came to quarrel with my cousin."

Bai Shaoyi let out a rough breath, took Qingqiu's hand and asked her to sit beside her: "Thank you, madam, for being considerate of me. There are so many relatives in my family, there are always things that people can't say. I have nothing to do tomorrow, and I will take you and your mother-in-law to go shopping Go. I will pay for whatever you like. By the way, Shanghai is different from other places. Many people only look at the clothes and not the people. I think my mother-in-law is still wearing the clothes made in Beiping before. It should be changed to something brighter. Clothes. It’s colder here than in the countryside, so you should buy some winter coats.”

Speaking of it, Bai Shaoyi is indeed a very filial son-in-law, and he is also very concerned about his mother-in-law. Qingqiu usually buys clothes and things for her mother, and quietly gives money to her mother. Bai Shaoyi will never be unhappy, but will add something to her.When it was time for the holidays, Bai Shaoyi wanted to remind Qingqiu not to forget to give Mrs. Leng something, and to visit her. "No wonder my mother said good things about you. Your heart makes me feel ashamed. It's just the same thing. My mother is a lay Buddhist. She eats vegetarian food and prays to Buddha all day long. She doesn't need a fur coat." Mrs. Leng has grown more and more Eating vegetarian food and reciting Buddha's name gradually cut off even the meaty smell.

"I know this. The department stores have brought the latest British fine woolen coats, which are very good, and your winter coats must be replaced this year. Seeing that the winter vacation is coming, what plans do you have?" Parents You can feel free to not be around, originally Bai Shaoyi planned to put down unimportant things by herself during the winter vacation, and take the family to have fun.But Qingqiu is pregnant, so the plan of hiking can only be shelved.

Qingqiu thought about it, and said with a smile: "Let's stay in Shanghai. It's good to go home, but it's just for Chinese New Year, and relatives will definitely break the door. I don't have the energy to socialize with those aunts and grandmas now. Shanghai also has a lot of fun, There are many good shows in cinemas and theaters. You can also go to Yu Garden. During the Chinese New Year, you should also think about treating guests. The elders live together, and all treats are invited together. We can’t run away as soon as our parents leave the country, and make our family friends look at us as ignorant.”

"I was really negligent. Hey, I can't figure out why I have to treat guests during the Chinese New Year. I'm either busy with inviting people to set up banquets at home, or I seem to be running around. The dishes on the banquets are still the same, greasy and unappetizing. . " Bai Shaoyi couldn't help but sigh when thinking about the "tribulation" at the end of the year.

"I have a good idea. During the Chinese New Year, we will charter a cruise ship to cruise the river. We can not only enjoy the scenery, but also have a quiet and undisturbed place for everyone to talk and catch up. Wait for the night to set off fireworks to help, or you can Please order some theater troupe or something. With the sound of water, it sounds better." Qingqiu was in high spirits, discussing about the banquet at the end of the year.

"Okay, it's wonderful! I haven't held a serious banquet on a cruise ship except for a few times when I was in Paris. It's just that the list of guests has to be carefully selected. Think about it, if you invite a few He is an inappropriate person, and everyone is not happy to talk about it and can't just leave. It is the most embarrassing to be trapped on a boat." Bai Shaoyi discussed the list and details of the guests with Qingqiu in high spirits.

The new year is coming in a blink of an eye, and as soon as the post about the Bai family’s treat was sent out, the relatives and friends who received the post all angrily called and said that the banquet on the river was fresh and interesting. .Qingqiu carefully inspected the ship, meals and servants, and finally went to rest with confidence after everything was safe.The next morning, just as Qingqiu woke up in a daze, she heard Yuan Yuan running into the house excitedly: "Mom, it's snowing outside! Shall we still go to the boat?"

Bai Shaoyi reached out from under the quilt and pulled Yuan Yuan into the quilt: "You ran out without shoes on, your little feet are getting cold, let me see if it's really snowing." Then she got out of bed and came to the bed curtain.Outside the glass window, there were snowflakes, there was already a layer of snow on the ground, the trees, flowers and plants were covered in powder makeup, and countless snowflakes were falling from the leaden gray clouds in the sky.

"Our luck is really good. It is a great pleasure to enjoy the snow scenery on the river." Bai Shaoyi jumped back on the bed, making a gesture to scratch Yuan Yuan's belly. Rolling and rolling on the bed, fluttering its chubby limbs like a puppy being pushed to the ground and unable to get up.Seeing Yuan Yuan billowing as if lying there acting cute, Bai Shaoyi "bullied" her daughter even more aggressively.

"Don't be crazy, it's getting late, hurry up and change your clothes." Qingqiu got up from the bed, took the dressing gown and threw it on Bai Shaoyi's head, taking advantage of the darkness in front of Bai Shaoyi's eyes, the mother and daughter pressed Bai Shaoyi on the bed The bedboy patted his head vigorously.

"Surrender, I surrender!" Bai Shaoyi allowed the mother and daughter to bully her, and let them do what they did without any power to fight back.

In the end, it was the sound of osmanthus knocking on the door that interrupted the scuffle. Bai Shaoyi, with her disheveled hair, got out from under the quilt, with a few feathers flying from the pillow on her head.Qingqiu held her heart with a smile, and took Yuanyuan off her father's back like a plaster, and handed it to Osmanthus to take her to wash and change clothes.

"How old are you, relying on your own strength to bully children. Let's see if you dare to bully the weak in the future." Qingqiu satirized Bai Shaoyi, but gently straightened his messy hair.Bai Shaoyi leaned against Qingqiu, half-closed her eyes and let her soft fingers run through his hair: "Life should be like this, I am very happy now." Said Bai Shaoyi turned over and put Qingqiu's lips in her mouth.The snow is fluttering outside the window, and the interior is warm and infinite.

"Qiu'er, it's getting late!" Mrs. Leng's voice came from outside the door, and Bai Shaoyi reluctantly separated from Qingqiu. The two of them pressed their foreheads together, breathing in harmony: "I don't even want to go to any banquet, so why not ask the guests to come?" Let's play by ourselves, just say that we are not feeling well today and take a rest at home." Bai Shaoyi murmured with Qingqiu's earlobe in her mouth, her hot breath hit the tiny fluff behind Qingqiu's ear, causing her whole body to feel numb.

"You're still making trouble, get up quickly! There's no reason for the host to leave the guests behind and not show up. We're going to be late!" Qingqiu's face was slightly red, and she pushed Bai Shaoyi away panting to get out of bed and put on clothes.

"Well, stay for a while, anyway, it's snowing today, everyone will be late, we rushed to the pier early to suffer from the cold. Your body needs special care, I thank you for planning this banquet, it's unique It’s fresh and interesting, and relatives and friends can have fun all day, and feel refreshed. You are capable, but you also need to know how to take care of your body.” Bai Shaoyi is best at talking like a tongue, talking in circles, smoothing hair, making people unaware Unknowingly, she fell into his trap and acted according to his wishes.

"You don't need to use the method of wanting to promote and suppress to set me up. Get up quickly, you think other fools don't know what we are doing in there. Wait a while to get out, I will not talk to my mother shamelessly. "Qing Qiu poked Bai Shaoyi's forehead with his finger.

If they were really still in the room and couldn't get out, Mrs. Leng would not speak of her son-in-law, but she would definitely find a private opportunity to teach Qingqiu a lesson. Now that Qingqiu is pregnant, she must be more careful.Bai Shaoyi got up helplessly from the bed and muttered: "I must find a time for the two of us to go out and play alone for a few days."

After we washed up, we ate breakfast and got in the car together and headed for the pier.There were already guests arriving at the pier one after another, and Mrs. Jin had been reclusive since Jin Quan was gone.Unexpectedly, she came with Minzhi, Bai Shaoyi and Qingqiu were a little surprised when they saw their aunt, but when they saw Minzhisheng next to Mrs. Jin, they immediately understood.After all, it is her own daughter, Mrs. Jin is still thinking about Minzhi's lifelong event.

Everyone greeted each other, Bai Shaoyi rubbed her hands and smiled at her aunt: "My aunt still loves me. I thought my aunt had been eating vegetarian food and praying to Buddha these years, and she would no longer be polluted by the world. Who knows that she made an exception, and I was terrified. It was cold outside. Very soon, let's get on the boat." Said Bai Shaoyi, holding Mrs. Jin's hand, and went up the escalator to the boat.Qingqiu pulls Yuan Yuan and takes his mother on board the boat.However, Mrs. Jin turned around modestly and said to Mrs. Leng: "My nephew is as gentle and kind as his father. Please invite your wife first. There is no guest in front of the master. By the way, Qingqiu is inconvenient. You should help him." Your daughter-in-law." Saying that, Mrs. Jin took Mrs. Leng's hand and walked away with her.

Looking at Mrs. Jin's actions, Qingqiu knew that she must have known what happened that day, so she just smiled and said nothing, the husband and wife took Yuan Yuan and walked behind Mrs. Jin and the others to get on the boat.All the brothers and sisters of the Jin family came. Daozhi was originally in Nanjing with Liu Shouhua, so he rushed over after receiving the invitation.Qingqiu and Daozhi have always been on the same terms, the sisters met with emotion, Daozhi held Qingqiu and did not let go, and told her about the current situation: "I also want to thank my aunt and uncle, Shouhua can find a job in the new government, he is now It’s quite a pleasure to sit, although it’s not as satisfying as before. It’s pretty good. Many of the colleagues who worked with him in Peiping before have lost their errands.”

"We are all relatives, and it is right to help each other. Why bother to talk about it all day long? My father and mother are not in the country. I can't say how much you thanked me when I waited for them to come back. How about little Beibei? He has become an older child. By the way, is Beibei's father here? I heard from Shao Yi that Beibei's father is no longer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and he has been transferred to the Zhejiang government." When Xiao Beibei was in Beijing, he was still clinging all day The child of a human being, who knows that he has become a shy big child in a blink of an eye.Little Beibei combined the advantages of Liu Shouhua, who is good at Taoism, and looked like a little beauty. She shyly hid behind her mother, and looked at Qingqiu with a pair of big eyes.Yuan Yuan smiled and went up to hold Xiaobei's hand: "Sister, I have candy to eat, let's play together."

Little Beibei asked Daozhi with his eyes, and Daozhi pulled Yuan Yuan to take a closer look, and teased her for a while: "You can play with Yuan Yuan for a while, you are a sister, you must take good care of your sister, you can't be careless You can’t even run around, you know?” Little Beibei nodded, with a shy smile on her face, she said softly to Yuan Yuan: “Sister, let’s go play.” Yuan Yuan happily took Beibei away up.

"It's still Beibei who is a few years older than Yuan Yuan, and his behavior is much more stable. It's not like my Yuan Yuan, who knows how to play foolishly all day long." In Qingqiu's memory, little Beibei was a very cute child, why did he suddenly change? How about a shy and quiet girl?Daozhi's eyes became very complicated, and she smiled wryly: "It may be that Shouhua and I don't have much time to spend with her, and it's because Chunzi has always been with her. Chunzi is a typical Japanese woman, she is so submissive." Qingqiu thought of Liu Shouhua's Japanese concubine, and compared with Daozhi, Chunzi was definitely a gentle and docile woman. "Aren't you always at home, why don't you have time to take care of the children?" Isn't Daozhi a full-time wife at home?How could she not have time to take little Beibei.

"I finally understand that it is better for a woman to rely on her husband and father than on herself. I also studied abroad. It is too wasteful to be a housewife at home all day. I found a job in a women's university. I teach students every day, but my life It's much better. You're not trying to finish your studies. In today's society, it's better to be an independent woman. It's just that you can't have both. I don't have much time to spend with my children, and they seem to be unfamiliar with me. Daozhi didn't want to watch her husband and Chunzi together at home, so she simply found her former classmates and friends to find a job in the university and officially became a professional woman.The hard work in the workplace allowed Daozhi to regain the confidence that had disappeared before. She shifted the focus of her life to work and spent less time with her children.

Qingqiu looked at Daozhi, she no longer had the dress of a rich lady like before, even though it was the New Year, Daozhi was wearing a ginger-yellow fine-check cheongsam, a simple original bun, and a pair of glasses on the bridge of her nose , but more like a female pedant.Since Jin Quan's absence, the children of the Jin family have changed somewhat.

Minzhi came to talk to Daozhi, Qingqiu took the opportunity to get away to entertain other guests.Bai Shaoyi and Qingqiu seriously discussed the list of guests. Besides the relatives and friends of the Bai family, there are also Bai Shaoyi's partners and Qingqiu's classmates and teachers.Professor Hu also came to Shanghai from Beijing. After receiving the posts from Bai Shaoyi and Qingqiu, he naturally wanted to bring his wife.After not seeing Mrs. Hu for a year, she is still the same, but her figure has become more handsome.As soon as she saw Qingqiu, her loud voice rang out, "Oh, you are about to become a mother of two children, why is your body still the same as when you were a student before. Tsk tsk, it's really enviable. Look at it Me." As she spoke, she pulled the brocade cheongsam off her body angrily: "Since the birth of the first child, it has been like an inflated balloon. You can't lose weight at all. Do you know that since Beijing changed to Beiping, not only the officials but also the Many professors came running over here." Professor Hu's wife finally found someone to confide in, she grabbed Qingqiu and talked non-stop.

Over there, Bai Shaoyi and Professor Hu were also exchanging greetings. Professor Hu quietly looked at his wife first, seeing that she and Qingqiu were speculating, he winked at Bai Shaoyi, and walked into the corner.Seeing that Professor Hu seemed to have something to say, Bai Shaoyi followed.Mr. Hu hesitated to speak, he opened his mouth a little uncertain whether he should talk to Bai Shaoyi or not.

"Mr. Hu, what's the matter? Although I'm not as knowledgeable as you, I'm a lawyer. I've seen all kinds of people in the world, and I've learned to read words and expressions. Let me guess if you met Is there a lawsuit? Do you want to find an agent or a lawyer? Why is the school defaulting on the salaries of the professors or you are arguing with others in the newspaper, and they have slandered your reputation?" Thinking of the debate in the newspaper, Bai Shaoyi thought it was not Hu The professor must be annoyed if he can't stand the other party's sharp and mean scolding.

"You are such a wonderful person. I am not angry that others scold me in the newspapers. Didn't you say that I have the right to insist on my opinion, and you also have the right to object? The dispute over doctrine and system is nothing more than everyone's opinion , everyone has their own beliefs. It’s really hard to tell the difference between high and low in the matter of belief. Why am I angry? I heard that you not only take criminal and economic cases but also divorce cases, I want to ask you ——" Mr. Hu suddenly got up expectantly, he glanced nervously in the direction of his wife, and just as he started speaking, he saw Feng Ju running over.

"I found you. Did you see Yanxi? I ​​said I was going to pick him up, but he said no, he wanted to rent a car and come here directly. Seeing that it was time to sail, why didn't you see me?" Where's Yanxi?" Feng Ju and Yanxi felt sorry for each other when they separated, but they were tricked by Hesun and his wife, but now they are very close.

"I didn't see it either. If there is a phone on the boat, I'll call and ask. You know Lao Qi is the late king, don't let it be that he can't sleep because of the snow today." Facing Jin Yanxi Bai Shaoyi could only smile wryly because he was so lazy, and he didn't know how he attended classes on time and completed his studies when he was in France.Or Yanxi's free and unrestrained temperament can only be mixed like a fish in water in a country like France.

"You're busy with your own work. I'll call Lao Qi. Actually, if my mother didn't come here today, I can just sleep in at Lao Qi's house." Feng Ju nodded to Professor Hu and left.The conversation just now was interrupted, and Professor Hu had no intention of continuing. He and Bai Shaoyi changed the subject: "Recently, the rumors have been very tight. It seems that the higher authorities are really determined to eradicate the alien party. The matter of unifying thinking It needs to be discussed, and I will not comment, but it is a bit unbearable to talk about everything. No one can say a bad word. Otherwise, they will be labeled as a chaotic party, unable to listen to other people’s opinions, and cannot tolerate different voices. Dangerous. Moreover, the leader’s methods are too extreme. High pressure can only bring stronger resistance. You read newspapers that kill people every day, and the defense of the people is worse than that of Fangchuan. People are curious and rebellious. What is banned is more attractive." Professor Hu was talking about democracy and freedom.Suddenly seeing Zhao Zhongshu approaching in military uniform, he immediately shut his mouth, let out an inexplicable hum, nodded to Bai Shaoyi and went to look for his wife.

"I heard someone attacking the leader as undemocratic from a long distance away. Those professors and intellectuals are full of food and don't understand anything. It's disgusting to just point fingers there. I suggest that you don't talk to such people in the future. It's too close." Zhao Zhongshu felt cold all over, frowning at Professor Hu's back with a disapproving expression.

"Today is the New Year, so you can say something disappointing on such a happy day! By the way, you are a talented student who has returned from overseas, so why are you not considered an intellectual? What you said just now scolded yourself. There is nothing important about you wearing a military uniform." Is it?" Bai Shaoyi looked at Zhao Zhongshu's attire and joked with his old friend.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Zhongshu immediately scolded Ouyang Yujian at Bai Shaoyi: "It's really a villain. In order to get promoted, he would like a mad dog to designate others as rabbits every day, and find fault in newspapers and magazines every day. Censorship is a must." Yes, but it’s not like that. Everyone looks like a rabbit. Now I have to manage military operations to collect intelligence, and I have to come back to wipe the mess caused by Ouyang Yujian’s troubles! I came back from Nanjing overnight just to give that The asshole dealt with the aftermath. Did you know that Ouyang took advantage of the movie made by your cousin, and insisted that your little cousin was ordered by the rabbit to arrest him for questioning. "