Double Bracelets

Although Jiang Tongmin wholeheartedly supports the eldest son's pursuit of happiness {5}, he dare not support the second son's matter now.At least according to the current situation, Fengtian's celebrity Fu Fenglang came to ask him to marry him. God knows whether he is planning to secretly inform the song or a political opponent is planning to frame him.The second son grew up playing with Miss Fu's family, he knew it.He would also believe that Miss Fu's family really wanted to marry that brat.But the telegram was sent in such a secret way that no one dared to send it home, but it was sent to this crowded place. It is really unpredictable how to calculate behind it.

Sent away people.Except for Mrs. Xu who went to Song's house to continue chatting, the group went home together.As soon as they entered the house, everyone else was sent upstairs, only the two brothers Jiang Tonghe and Jiang Xize, the protagonist of the incident, were talking in the living room.Jiang Xijie originally pretended to go back to her room to study, but couldn't bear it and sneaked upstairs to find Jiang Xiyao.

"Brother." "You are here again. Why?" "Congratulations, brother!" Jiang Xijie jumped in front of Jiang Xiyao like a rabbit. Jiang Xiyao smiled and stroked her head. I’m running around all day, so I can’t see you very often.” “Hey, that’s right, after my eldest brother gets married, I’m afraid he won’t want to see me anymore!” Jiang Xiyao laughed loudly, “Why, you are my only sister ah."

Since childhood, the two young masters of Jiang's family have done two things: dote on the little sister and bully the little brother.Thinking about it this way, Jiang Xijun is quite pitiful. "I didn't even have time to ask, how is the fourth child?" "He's very good. I'm gone, and no one cares about him every day. Grandpa will watch happily when he knocks down the roof. By the way, just now That telegram is from the Fu family, why does the second brother look unhappy?" Jiang Xiyao was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to answer, Jiang Xijie vaguely heard the voices of the quarrel downstairs, "Brother, let's go and eavesdrop?"

Jiang Xiyao naturally disagreed as always, and was dragged away by the little sister as always.The two tiptoed to the stairs, only to hear Jiang Tongmin talking downstairs,

"Brother, you're right. It's really hard to say what's going on. But we have had contact with the Fu family for a long time. They were not under Zhang Zuolin's hands. After Fu Chuanqing died, Fu Fenglang and Fu Juxu It is not going well to stay in the Fengjun, and the little uncle Fu Chuanyi is under Yan Xishan's command. {6} It is right to disintegrate them and let them submit to the revolution at this time. This incident just happens to be an opportunity, brother, you can do it Send two telegrams, one to go home and one to Fu's family, so that they can contact the old man if they need something. You can't trust yourself or me, you can trust the old man, right?"

A silence followed.Jiang Tonghe was silent for a long time, but Jiang Tongmin smoked silently by himself.Silence is like weight, falling little by little in the air and on people, making people feel uncomfortable.The two eavesdroppers were lip-syncing, and just now they asked if Fu Yuanying asked for it, when Jiang Tonghe's voice came from downstairs,

"Stinky boy, you still don't want to?"

The two brothers and sisters downstairs were taken aback. What's going on?

"Yes, I don't want to. After finishing my brother's work, I may also be busy. The situation is not clear at the moment, I," "You brat, if this attitude is passed back to your future father-in-law, can you still do it?" Can’t you get into other people’s eyes?” “Father, maybe Xi Ze can’t take care of the family like you and elder brother, and be worthy of his wife and children, me,” “A dignified man! What a man if you don’t take responsibility! That’s all... I will take care of this marriage on my own. I will choose a time to tell others, but you will remember it for me, there is no room for negotiation! As a father, I will arrange it for you!"

At this time, Jiang Xijie naturally did not see through the political considerations behind Jiang Tonghe's statement.In his eyes, he certainly has his son's wish for the continuation of the family, but he also has political power considerations.It is not enough for the eldest son to join the army and be under the first army. He has to arrange relationships for this family in many ways. He can not only be the backer of others, but also rely on other people's mountains. Political and military affairs are tied together to form an unshakable nepotism system.

Speaking of the nepotism system of kinship, maybe Jiang Tonghe is not as sophisticated and professional as Wang Shaoxun. For a wedding that he went to with a shy face, Mr. Wang didn't bring a single concubine, nor did he bring his wife in his hometown in Suzhou, and he brought his daughter alone.After a wedding, there are seven or eight future son-in-laws that he thinks are suitable.Wang Jiyue couldn't take it anymore. When she met the third "talented man", she was about to find an excuse to escape halfway, and her father happened to be away. The timing was just right but there was no reason. Jiang Xijie appeared at this moment.The two stayed until the wedding ceremony was completed, and then they separated.

To be separated is to face their own troubles in life.

As soon as he got home, Wang Shaoxun asked her, "You were at the wedding just now, but you were with the third lady of the Jiang family?" "Probably not, she never said." What, you want to marry me and become a sister-in-law? "Oh... Since you are classmates now, do you know which university she plans to take?" "Her? Maybe she is the same as me." "Same as you? She said that?"

Wang Shaoxun looked at his daughter with bright eyes, which made Wang Jiyue get goosebumps.The eyes full of hope made people feel at a loss, as if any father's will would be opposed.This is the world that believes in Zoroastrianism, so it can only be divided into two halves, "Yeah, that's what she said." "Oh, that's good! You want to..."

What her father said was nothing more than these, and Wang Jiyue felt that she could almost memorize it.However, what floated in her mind was what the two of them had just chatted with. Jiang Xijie asked her which university she planned to go to and what major she was going to study.Wang Jiyue smiled calmly, put down her teacup and said, "Hujiang University." "You too?" Jiang Xijie's face was full of surprise, "Oh? Are you too?" "Yes, yes! I was appointed by my father when I came here If I go to Hujiang, I must pass the exam by myself!" Wang Jiyue laughed, "With your ability, it's not difficult." This is not boasting, but Wang Jiyue's sincerity, after all, after Jiang Xijie came, In addition to her, there is another Jiang Xijie in the Chinese and Western girls' school who is liked by every teacher. Every time the exam is finished and the rankings are released, the top two are just a struggle between the two of them. "Of course! But he wants to set a future for me without my consent. That's not acceptable!" Wang Jiyue smiled, "You, you."

After two months of getting along, the relationship between the two of them is already very good, no different from ordinary good friends.Even because of being isolated at school, it got deeper.Anyway, everywhere she goes, she is always the target of being read. At first, Jiang Xijie felt very uncomfortable, and she wanted to go forward to argue, but then she remembered the same person she met in Tianjin, and that’s all—everyone is similar, but Just common humanity.

Maybe there is no universal value in this world, it is made up by politicians who make up lies to deceive people, and behind it is some dirty and common human nature.

Slowly, Wang Jiyue developed compassion for Jiang Xijie, and Jiang Xijie only had her as a friend.

In the long years since then, the flames of war have been raging, and they have always only had each other.

When the new year came, on New Year's Day, Jiang Xijie finally spent it at home with her family, and then went back to Tianjin.Before leaving, I met Wang Jiyue once, and the two girls made an appointment to meet at a quiet cafe on Xiafei Road.For some reason, Jiang Xijie just wanted to meet Wang Jiyue before leaving. Although it didn't seem interesting to bring her some local products from Tianjin, it seemed that seeing her was not enough.Wang Jiyue went to the appointment happily, and this was probably the only thing she could be considered completely happy and without any haze before returning to Suzhou for the New Year.

"What about you? Are you going back to Suzhou for the New Year?" "Yes, as usual, we still have to worship the ancestors, and I also want to go back to see my mother early." I remembered that when she was two years old, her mother passed away due to postpartum hemorrhage.Jiang Xijie once told her that although her aunt was very kind to her, she never knew what it was like to have a mother since she was a child.It seems that others will dote on her because of this, but,

If there is nothing, there is nothing, and it cannot be made up for.

"I'm sorry." "It's okay, it's nothing serious. By the way," Jiang Xijie put away her sadness and smiled, her foggy eyes became tender and affectionate, "If you have a chance, take me to Suzhou to play! I have no choice but to It's up to you. I don't understand the language, and I don't have any friends, and my family members are even more unreliable." "Okay, I'll accompany you, as long as you are free, come to me."

Back in the bungalow in Tianjin, it was dinner time.The north wind was blowing, but Jiang Xijie left her family in Shanghai and ran back to Tianjin to find her grandfather and younger brother. Who told her that she had a heavy responsibility to persuade her grandfather to move the family to Shanghai together. "Hahahahahahajie! Long time no see! Are your father, uncle and your brothers all right?" As soon as she entered the door, the coldness around her body had not subsided, Jiang Xijie followed the voice of the people, okay, sit there and have a drink with grandpa Isn't the brandy from Uncle Gu {7}? "Hello, Uncle Gu! New Year's greetings to you! Uncle and Dad are both well, and so are the brothers. But they all have business affairs and are not coming back, so I came back with Zhao Mama alone. Don't you plan to go home for the New Year? "Gu Shaochuan smiled, "It's not convenient for me to go back in the current situation. I don't know where to hide. Before I leave, I still want to rub a piece of sauce elbow here with your grandpa before I can leave! Otherwise, who knows why? What year and month can I eat it!"

After finishing her speech, Jiang Xijie didn't know whether to laugh or sigh. "Uncle Gu, you are so powerful, you will come back naturally. Isn't the country needing people like you? I think no matter who the government should be, I still remember when I was nine years old, my grandfather heard you in the living room Paris refused to sign on behalf of the country, and was so happy that he walked around like a child."

"Tsk tsk tsk! Say it again! Say it again! Here, a bite of meat jelly! Grandpa made it himself! I can't keep your mouth shut!" Jiang Xijie took it with a smile, but turned her head to make a face at Jiang Xijun: ah , I made it by myself, I took the official kitchen cook at home to buy it by myself, and saw the cook make it, I didn't cut it with a single knife, and I bought it myself.

Gu Shaochuan and Jiang Xijie chatted casually about what they had seen and heard in Shanghai. "By the way, Xijie, which university do you want to go to?" "Father told me to go to Hujiang University." "Oh? Haven't you considered St. John's?" "I have, but I just want Concentrate on learning English thoroughly, and learn it as well as Uncle Gu, so if you think about it, there is not much difference between Hujiang and St. John's."

Gu Shaochuan laughed for a while, Xu was drunk, and the house was very warm again, Jiang Xijie saw that his face was blushing. "That's right, that's right. In fact, the university is just a resource platform for you. It's like throwing your fish into a pond full of food, but how much can you eat? Can you turn into a fish?" Big fish, it’s up to you. What about the future? What plans do you have after finishing college?”

"Finishing college..." Jiang Xijie lowered her head in thought, Wang Jiyue's face appeared in her mind,

What does she want to do after college?

The author has something to say:

{5}This point is my personal setting.Whether people were really like that at that time, we will never know.

{6} It is based on General Fu Zuoyi.

{7} Gu Weijun.Its character is Shaochuan.Gu Weijun resigned after Zhang Zuolin reorganized the military government and lived in the British Concession in Tianjin.