Respectfully

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Li Qingyun and his wife hurriedly boarded the train going south. When asked about it, they said that the third wife had not returned to her natal home for many years, and this time she was just doing her filial piety.Those who don't know the inside story agree twice, and those who know the inside story will not point it out.

Even if it is a daughter who is removed from the family tree, she is still her own flesh and blood. If a white-haired person gives a black-haired person, it will not be good for anyone.

Li Jinming and Ms. Chen received New Year's guests together,

Now, Ms. Chen is the serious wife of the second young lady of the Li family, and her straightforward manner is gradually revealed.The old lady's love for her made her gain a firm foothold in the mansion.

Ms. Chen didn't know much about Li Jinshu's matter, she vaguely heard that it was related to the marriage.In the final analysis, it was not a glorious thing, and the third wife ordered the government to seal it up several times.

Ms. Chen has also read books and knows that such things are not "new" nowadays.Some tabloids that specialize in pornographic news will occasionally write about the romantic affairs of a certain famous lady or a certain young talent, elopement, escape from marriage, divorce of wife and children... There were also one room at home and one room outside, The wife at home respects her parents and raises her children, but she is still abandoned like chaff, while the men outside are peaceful and happy.

There is nothing wrong with resisting blind marriage. After all, marriage is not a child's play, it is related to a lifetime of happiness.But after getting married, they abandon their wives and sons, looking for the so-called "progressive love with a common language", or knowing that the other party has a wife and son, but still shouting slogans and leaning forward, and being reprimanded by others is not ashamed but proud. Also commendable?Should it be praised too?

Is this really the progress of the times, or is it a bright coat for pickled things?

"Xia'er, what do you think is the second sister?"

After seeing off the guests, Ms. Chen sat in front of the dressing table and took off a golden hairpin on her head after returning to her room. Even if she was removed from the family tree, she was Li Jinming's biological sister after all. Not to mention filial piety, some were too bright It is better to avoid the color.But just in time for the Chinese New Year, when guests come to the house, it is not good to be too clean.

"Young Madam, I have inquired about it, it seems that this is the case..."

Xia'er leaned close to Miss Chen's ear, and whispered something like this. Miss Chen frowned as she listened, and when Xia'er finished speaking, her face became very ugly.

"What's the matter! Is she really a girl from the Li family?"

"I didn't believe it at first. The people around the wife were tight-lipped, and the girls around the second girl also walked away and scattered. It was just a few old women who were drunk and chewed their tongues. I only heard a few words.

"Chew your tongue? It may not be credible."

"Young madam, they talked so well, and said that there is a young master here, why can't the second girl get along with each other? It's not shameful to have to be a concubine for others..."

"Okay." Miss Chen raised her hand to stop Xia'er's words, "Don't say these words in front of the young master."

"Young Madam, don't worry, I know the severity."

"kindness."

Miss Chen nodded, and when she heard the girl outside the door coming to invite her, and another New Year visitor, she hurriedly looked in the mirror, trimmed her temple hair, and got up when she saw that there was nothing wrong. He took out the gold hairpin that had just been put in the box, and put it on his head again.

"Let's go."

Such a person is not worthy of her dedication.It's a relief to die.

Walking through the corridor, looking at the withered flowers and trees, Ms. Chen was in a trance for a moment. If she was in Li Jinshu's place, if she had relatives like the Marshal's Mansion... Thinking of this, her footsteps stopped.

"Young woman?"

"fine."

Shaking her head, what's wrong with her today, she can think so wildly.

People in the world have different fates. Those who are unlucky may not necessarily have a bad life, and those who are blessed may not be happy if they do not hesitate to be blessed.

The Marshal's Mansion was extremely lively.

Since Bai Lao and President Lou Da's couple are celebrating the New Year in Guanbei, the daughter and son-in-law of the Lou family gathered together again.

All the families brought their children over, the little Doudings from the whole room got together, the oldest one was ten years old, and Lou Ershao, the little uncle, was later in age.The chubby girl on the fifth floor is very clingy to Li Jinyan, the girl on the sixth floor is no longer crying so much, and the seventh floor has finally spread the good news, her belly has not yet shown, but her actions have become more cautious.

Lou [-] and Lou [-] were sitting on both sides of Mrs. Lou, one was peeling oranges, the other was telling jokes, which not only made Mrs. Lou laugh, but also made the concubines and young ladies sitting around laugh.

Li Jinyan, who was on the throne of "Kids King", heard the laughter, and turned his head to look. The little chubby in his arms, the second young man sitting next to him, and Douding, who was sitting next to him, also turned their heads. A piece of brush.This scene fell into the eyes of everyone, and there was another burst of laughter.

The uncles of the Lou family who were playing cards next door were a little curious when they heard the laughter. The sixth uncle got up to look, and when he came back, he described it, which amused everyone in the room.

"Let's not talk about it, it's really different. People say Li Sanshao is a money rake, why are children so good?" The second son-in-law, like the sixth son-in-law, has a two-year-old daughter at home. Unfortunately, don't care how he coaxes her , the little girl just didn't want to get close to him, she would cry when she opened her mouth for a kiss.

"You can't be envious of this matter." The third uncle said, while picking up a tile, his eyes lit up, and he pushed the mahjong tile in front of him, "I'm confused when I touch it."

"Third brother-in-law is so lucky, and the business of opening a casino must be booming."

"Hey, old seven, don't talk nonsense. Now the government is strictly investigating tobacco shops and gambling halls in various places. Two tobacco shop owners hanged themselves in my place, and the casino owners are also living with their necks shrinking. Check out the abducted girl, her brother-in-law's family is all serious business."

"Just kidding, don't blame the third brother-in-law." Seventh uncle smiled and made way for Dai Jiansheng who was beside him, "Fifth brother-in-law, you also play twice."

"I don't need it." Dai Jiansheng waved his hand, but was still pushed into the chair by the seventh uncle, "Fifth brother-in-law, play around twice, don't always smoke on the side."

Others also persuaded him, but Dai Jiansheng had no choice but to agree, and sat down to draw his cards.

The seventh uncle and the third uncle exchanged glances, and gestured with a smile. The third uncle nodded and cupped his hands, "I owe you once as a brother-in-law."

Lou San and Lou Wu are siblings of the same mother, and they have been in love since childhood.

For Dai Jiansheng's incident, Lou San was more angry than Lou Wu, but with people like the Lou family and the Dai family, it is impossible for Lou Wu to reconcile with Dai Jiansheng, and even if she could, Lou Wu would not be able to let go of her child.No matter how powerful the Lou family is, it is impossible for the grandson and Lou Wu who have been on Dai's family tree to leave.

Besides, President Lou Da and Marshal Lou still want to use the Dai family, Dai Jiansheng also expressed regret, Lou Wu's life will always go on.

Going back to Guanbei this time, Lou San just wants to persuade Lou Wu, even if he can't go back to the past, don't always hold his breath in his heart and pinch Dai Jiansheng's excuses. Parents-in-law and mother-in-law don't want to be too partial, and it won't be her in the future Said east, Dai Jiansheng dare not go west?Why hold your breath to make yourself feel bad.Even if it's hard, it should be Dai, not her.

The sons-in-law continued to play cards, and the female family members of the Lou family also started a game. President Lou Da and Marshal Lou were in the study, and Bai Lao was also invited over. Ask the butler to clean up a room and put out all the toys he brought back from the toy factory.

With the "experience" of last year, Li Sanshao started to make preparations just after the twelfth lunar month this year, no matter how many beans and dough there are, let them come!

"Brother Yan." Second Young Master Lou pulled Li Jinyan's gown, "It's time."

"What?" Li Jinyan lowered his head, "What did Ruier say?"

"Practice calligraphy."

As soon as Lou Ershao finished speaking, the chiming clock on the wall rang, and two delicately designed small doors opened, and several fairies with flower baskets or peaches in their hands appeared one after another. Li Jinyan looked at the time, then looked at Looking up at his Second Young Master Lou, how could the time be so accurate?

"Rui'er, it's Chinese New Year today, let's rest during the Chinese New Year." Li Jinyan bent down and wanted to hug Er Shao Lou, but he overestimated his own strength, holding the little chubby pier with his left hand was already hard enough, and then he wanted to hug Er Shao Lou with one arm stand up?

The probability is close to zero.

As a result of ignoring the high difficulty of the real challenge, Li Jinyan successfully made a meat pad for Xiaopangdun and Lou Ershao, and the three of them fell on the carpet together.The few doughnuts on the side thought they were playing a game, and rushed over like small cannonballs, pressing on them.

The girls on the sixth floor are all crawling this way, and the nanny who takes care of her is following behind, her head is sweating.

A group of arhats were stacked on top of each other, and the female family members of the Lou family on the poker table laughed so hard that they couldn't keep playing.

It wasn't until Young Marshal Lou came down from the second floor that the laughter gradually stopped, and the piles of dumplings were also separated. Li Jinyan sat cross-legged on the carpet, scratching his hair, his image...

Bai Lao and President Lou Da also saw the scene just now, President Lou Da touched his bald head and laughed, but Bai Lao didn't laugh, but nodded in relief, "Children's heart, good boy."

"father in law?"

"Er is a reckless man."

President Lou Da: "..." He didn't want to ask this...

Li Jinyan sat on the ground in a "self-defeating" manner, making faces at the dough, but suddenly a big hand appeared in front of him.

"Young commander?"

"Get up."

Marshal Lou pulled Li Jinyan up with one hand, then turned around and "lifted" Lou Ershao up again, perhaps because the sixth sense of young creatures is relatively strong, when Louhu comes down the mountain, it doesn't matter if it's a mountain leopard or a piece of dough, he's all honest up.

"elder brother."

"uncle."

"Ah."

"Yeah."

Chinese language and Martian language are mixed, but without exception, they are all saying hello to Young Marshal Lou.

Li Jinyan scratched his head again, these doughnuts would jump on him when they saw him, and they would obediently say hello when they saw Marshal Lou, they are both "elders", why is there such a big difference?

"Yan'er, follow me." Bai Lao said, "Xiao'er, take care of the younger generation."

Let Young Marshal Lou look after the child?

Not only Li Jinyan was surprised, but all the female family members of the Lou family were also surprised.

Mrs. Lou asked, "Father, why..." Let Xiao'er look after the child?Aren't you afraid of flooding the Marshal's Mansion?

"That's it." Bai Lao said with his hands behind his back: "Yan'er, why don't you leave soon? Have you ever finished writing the five big characters today?"

Before Li Jinyan could speak, Lou Ershao said from the side, "I am reporting to my grandfather, today is the second day of junior high school."

"Oh?"

"It's a Chinese New Year, and you should take a vacation."

"How did Ruier know that?"

"Brother Yan said."

Old Bai nodded, and Li Sanshao covered his face.By the way, brother Shanbao, did you sell your brother Yan just like that?I hurt you for nothing...

In the end, Li Jinyan obediently followed Bai Lao up the stairs, and the cold-looking Marshal Lou took the Doudings to the game room.

After a while, Mrs. Lou said: "President, let Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu go and have a look."

"Ma'am is right."

No matter how I think about letting my eldest son, who is in the air-conditioner, look after the child, it is quite unreliable.

In the study, Bai Lao didn't let Li Jinyan write immediately, but told Li Jinyan one by one the political affairs that the three of them talked about just now, including the case of Zhao Furen.Li Jinyan just listened and didn't interrupt. After Bai Lao finished speaking, he picked up his teacup and moistened his throat, "Do you understand?"

"Yes, thank you for your grandfather's teaching."

"In politics and officialdom, you don't need to be proficient, but you have to understand." The teacup was put down, without the slightest sound, Li Jinyan suddenly found that the appearance of Young Marshal Lou when drinking tea was [-]-[-]% similar to Bai Lao.

"Grandfather, please be taught."

"If you don't understand anything, you can ask Xiao'er." Bai Lao smiled kindly: "Today is the second day of junior high school. You don't need to go out, so you can increase your calligraphy practice to six chapters."

Li Sanshao: "..."

In the game room, there are miniature versions of train tracks, whining locomotives and green carriages, more than a dozen boxes of puzzles, enlarged versions of velvet dolls, and a "battlefield" that occupies one-fifth of the floor area. Soldiers, artillery, even armored vehicles and scaled-down airplanes.

The battlefield model is very realistic. The toy factory spent a whole month and only made two sets.One set was packed by Li Jinyan and brought back to the Marshal's Mansion on the spot, but the other set was taken away by the principal of the Army Military Academy in the Six Northern Provinces, saying that it was such a good thing that it would be too wasteful to just treat it as a toy.

"The sand table for foreign training and command operations is not as delicate as this."

Hearing the report from the director of the toy factory, Li Jinyan began to think about whether it was appropriate to introduce this toy to the market.In the end, it was decided that the sand table was still going to be done, but the object of supply was temporarily shifted to various domestic military academies.

Such toys can enrich the "after-school life" of military cadets, and they will not be reprimanded by military instructors for playing with toys.

Of course, money still has to be paid.

The area of ​​production can also be expanded, such as North Korea, Japan, Russia... all can be included, so be prepared.The premise is to get an accurate map.

After entering the game room, the Doudings cheered for a while. Unexpectedly, what the Doudings were most interested in was not puppets or trains, but war toys.

When Li Jinyan finished writing six big characters and went downstairs, he found that the living room was empty. Following the sound, he walked to the game room. In the spacious room, almost all Lou's family members gathered together.The eyes of the sons-in-law are shining when they look at the railway toy. The third son-in-law also owns a toy factory, but they only make common building blocks and puppets on the market. Seeing this train toy is like seeing a golden mountain.

If the train can do it, so should the car, but what about the plane?

"Siblings... no, I would like to say that the third brother-in-law wants to discuss something with you, do you think?"

"About the toy?" Li Jinyan said with a smile: "It just so happens that I also have something to say to my brother-in-law. What does my brother-in-law think of this toy? In fact, there are more types that can be developed."

The third son-in-law is a smart person. Hearing Li Jinyan's words, he immediately understood the elegance of the string song, and the smile on his face became more sincere.

Seventh Young Master is also a businessman, but he is not very interested in toys. At most, he will watch the fun. After watching, he will go back to the living room with Second Young Master and others to continue playing cards.The female family members of the Lou family also felt that these things in the room were quite novel, but they were not too interested, so they stopped stopping after seeing them.On the contrary, President Lou Da and Marshal Lou are at the two ends of the "sand table" at the moment, commanding a few little Doudings to dispatch troops and generals to kill all directions.

Regardless of the young age of this group of doughnuts, they have a lot of talent.

Lou Ershao and Xiaopangdun are the best among them. They don't need much teaching, they know how to use armored vehicles to "beat" the opponent's infantry.As for the plane, Mr. Lou Er had seen it, but the chubby guy hadn't, but after seeing how Mr. Lou did it, he followed suit. Later, President Lou Da and Marshal Lou were useless, and only a few Dough is fighting on the "battlefield".

Li Jinyan has a little knowledge of military affairs, and he can see that the layout of both sides of the battle is well-designed, and they are not "nonsense".

Isn't it unreasonable to lament the prosperity of the family?

The battle finally ended with Lou Ershao's side winning. It just so happened that Mrs. Lou sent a girl to pass the word that it was time for dinner.Little Fatty was not discouraged either, he stood up, waved his hand aggressively, and fought after the meal.

January 26, the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.

Li Qingyun and his wife arrived at Suzhou Railway Station, and when they got off the bus, it was Sun Qingquan's adjutant who came to pick them up.

"The master seat is busy with business, and the wife is also out to meet guests."

The adjutant's explanation was a bit dry, and Li Qingyun and the third wife didn't care about it. They just wanted to see Li Jinshu as soon as possible. No matter what wrong things their daughter did during her lifetime, she would always be buried in the grave after death.

The old lady insisted that Li Jinshu was not allowed to enter the Li family's ancestral grave, so Mr. Li had no choice but to take her ashes back for another burial.

The car drove to the Sun family's mansion first. Since it was an excuse to visit relatives, it was always necessary to meet the family first.

The father of Sun Qingquan and the third wife has passed away, and there is only an old mother in the family. Like the old lady of the Li family, she eats fast and prays to Buddha all day long.

When the mother and daughter met, Mrs. Sun looked at the third lady with red and swollen eyes, and sighed, "Qing He, how did mother teach you in the first place? A good daughter, how did you teach her like this?"

"mother……"

"Okay, let's just let the matter pass. When a person dies, everything is empty, so let's bury him."

The third lady didn't make a sound, but just cried. The old lady shook her head, supported the girl's hand and turned back to the Buddhist hall.

Sun Qingquan just had a quick meeting, and Mrs. Sun took Master Li San and his wife to Li Jinshu's residence.In the simple mourning hall, there is only a girl and a woman guarding it.

Li Jinshu had an accident on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month. He was stabbed twice in the chest and abdomen, and slashed three times on the face. After being sent to the hospital, the doctors tried their best but failed to save him.

The person who stabbed Li Jinshu to death had been caught, but another person who was present ran away. Sun Qingquan tried his best to suppress him, and the newspapers in Jiangsu and Shanghai still published the news of "beautiful woman died for love".

With added oil and vinegar, Li Jinshu has become a representative of licentious women who can do their best. Fortunately, the name was not listed in the newspaper, otherwise Mrs. Sun would have no face to go out.

"Qing He, when Jin Shu died, he was three months old." Mrs. Sun looked at the third wife, and did not miss the complaint in her eyes. If that is the case, what good person is she still doing? "The Xu family doesn't admit it, and the one in the prison insists it's not. From Jin Shu's death to now, Xu Yiwen hasn't shown up."

After hearing these words, the third lady was like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, but Mrs. Sun didn't say anything, she got up and left under the pretext of something else.

After Mrs. Sun left, the third lady sat there for a while, almost unable to cry.

On January 27, the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Li Qingyun and his third wife took Li Jinshu's ashes on the train returning north. Both Sun Qingquan and Mrs. Sun came to the station to see them off.

On January 28, the daughter and son-in-law of the Lou family left Guanbei one after another and returned home. When they heard the news of Li Jinshu’s death, Li Jinyan sent someone to Li’s family to express condolences, but was told that the Li family did not open a mourning hall at all. Li Jinyan didn’t say anything. explain.Just send someone to pass a message to the leopard, and the operation in the south will be cancelled.

On February [-], strikes were held again in various Russian cities, and large-scale anti-war demonstrations broke out. Some members of the State Duma also appeared in the crowd.

On the same day, Germany announced the resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare in order to force the Allies to agree to peace talks.Two days later, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announced the severance of diplomatic relations with Germany.

At this time, it was only one month before the February Revolution broke out in Russia, and only two months were left before the United States officially entered the war.