The Jade of the Republic of China

The temperature in mid-autumn is different every day, and it has been a little colder in the past two days.

Meng Liansheng got up early, put on a newly bought dark gray three-piece suit in the small room of the Bai mansion, combed his hair into a shiny little part with a comb, and put on the amber salt crystal Guanyin given to him by Shen Yutong. , and fasten the copper pocket watch to the left pocket of the vest, and hang one end of the chain from the button in the middle.

After getting dressed, he looked around in the mirror, and thought he was a very handsome and decent young man, and standing with the No. [-] son of Shili Yangchang, he should be right.

After taking the photo, he seemed to think of something again, took the brown cashmere scarf from the bedside table and put it on.The scarf around the neck, the Guanyin pendant on the chest, and the copper pocket watch on the waist are all made by Shen Yutong.

Facing the mirror, Meng Liansheng curled the corners of his mouth contentedly.

He went down to the annex building and came to the living room of the main building. Bai Qinghe and his son were already sitting at the dining table preparing to have breakfast.He bought his own new house two months ago and has his own home in Shanghai, but he still goes back to the Bai mansion for a day or two every week.

"Xiao Meng, come and have breakfast with me and Zijun."

Meng Liansheng glanced at the wall clock on the wall, it was still early, so he walked over with a quick answer.Bai Zijun jumped off the chair and sat beside him, holding a wooden sailboat he gave him last night.

"Brother Meng, you see, I named this sailboat, Chasing Waves."

Meng Liansheng patted his head and said with a smile, "That's a good name."

Bai Qinghe glanced at the person opposite him indifferently. He knew exactly what Meng Liansheng had done in the past year, because the other party never concealed anything and always reported the truth.He grew up much faster than he expected. Everyone outside said that Xin Xiaomeng got his true biography, and he was the second Bai Qinghe in Shanghai.But he knew very well that Meng Liansheng's style of doing things was completely different from his own.

He can't say who's right and who's wrong, who's good and who's bad, because they're not good people after all.

But what Meng Liansheng did exceeded his expectations again and again, and it even made it difficult for him to connect the other party with the ragged boy at the pier back then.

However, he is still respectful and humble in front of him, and he still cares and loves Zijun, which seems to be the same as when he first came.

He looked him up and down, and said with a smile, "You're dressed very modernly today, are you going on a date?"

Meng Liansheng took the coffee brewed by the servant, took a sip, shook his head and said, "Second Young Master is going back to Shanghai, I'm going to see him today."

"Second son of the Shen family?" Bai Qinghe was stunned for a moment before he realized it, and smiled, "He went to Ziliujing for more than a year, and I haven't heard much about him. I almost forgot that you rescued him in Sichuan, and you were with him in Xikang I stayed for a few months. The second son is a talent who has stayed abroad, and the Shen family is not an ordinary family of merchants. It is rare for you to have such a friendship. When he comes back, you should walk around with him more."

Meng Liansheng nodded: "Yes, I will."

"By the way," Bai Qinghe said again, as if thinking of something, "My third uncle went to Lixin to pay the money. As long as the amount is not too much, you let him go without stopping. If he makes you trouble, you can find a way to get rid of it." , don't get entangled with him."

Meng Liansheng said with a smile: "The third master is Mr.'s uncle and a veteran of Lixin. I will respect him."

Bai Qinghe shook his head and sighed, and said with a helpless smile: "I can't help it, my nephew broke my bones and connected my tendons. When I came to Shanghai to offend someone, he saved my life by scraping together medical expenses. Without him, he saved me back then." , how can there be the current Lixin. And Shunhe, Li Yongnian is my adoptive father after all, you can grab business, but don't touch others."

Meng Liansheng could hear that Bai Qinghe was beating him, telling him who could move and who could not. He was very obedient to the other party, and since the other party spoke, he would naturally remember it in his heart.

He nodded: "I know sir."

Bai Qinghe chuckled: "Xiao Meng, you are very smart. Zhidong is gone. Fortunately, I have you as my helper. Otherwise, I would have to be busy as usual, and Zijun wouldn't see me for a few days."

Meng Liansheng said: "My husband gave me a chance, of course I will work hard to repay him."

Bai Qinghe smiled: "Well, I saw the right person."

Coming out of Bai Mansion, Meng Liansheng went directly to the pier.It was only nine o'clock when we arrived at the pier, and the passenger ship departing from Chongqing didn't fall until around ten o'clock.So he waited obstinately for an hour before he saw the ship honking its horn belatedly into the port.

At the end of the seven-day and seven-night ship journey, the moment Shen Yutong set foot on the pier, she simply had the illusion of not knowing what was going on.

Ah Fu and Cheng Da were beside him with large bags and small bags in their hands, while he himself carried a rattan box, which was the most important luggage for his trip. A small stack of letters from Meng Liansheng.

After exiting the gate, he stood among the bustling passengers, looking at the familiar scenery, before he breathed a sigh of relief, he heard a familiar voice: "Yutong!"

Shen Yutong followed the prestige, and saw Shen Yuan beside a black Chevrolet waving at him, raised one hand in response, and ran towards him with a suitcase.

He only had a rattan box that didn't weigh much in his hand, and he ran very vigorously, but suffered from the two attendants with large and small bags behind him.

"Brother, just call the driver to pick him up. Why are you here by yourself again?"

Shen Yuan said with a smile: "How can I not pick you up when you go home? Go for a walk, I have arranged for the cook at home to cook your favorite dishes, and you can eat them when you go back."

Shen Yutong laughed: "I'm in Ziliujing this time and I'm not going abroad. There are more delicious food than in Shanghai."

Shen Yuan said: "Artesian Well is delicious, but there is nothing to eat in the seven days on the boat."

"That's true."

Ah Fu and Cheng Da followed, and Shen Yutong instructed them to put the large packages of local specialties stuffed by Shen Tianci into the trunk. They were about to follow the eldest brother into the car when they suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar figure from the corner of their eyes and subconsciously turned their heads.

Looking over the crowd, he took a closer look and saw that the young man standing not far away and looking at him was Meng Liansheng, whom he hadn't seen for a year.

He stuffed the rattan box into the car, and said to Shen Yuan, "Brother, wait a moment."

After finishing speaking, he quickly ran towards Meng Liansheng.

"Xiao Meng!" Running up to Meng Liansheng, he excitedly grabbed the other's arm, and slightly raised his head to look at him—yes, Meng Liansheng has grown taller again this year, and now he can't look straight up, but has to look up slightly.

He looked at the handsome man with a smile on the corner of his mouth in front of him, feeling a little unreal. He hadn't seen him for a year, but it seemed like a lifetime ago, and he wondered if he was dreaming.

"Second Young Master, you are finally back!" Meng Liansheng said with a smile.

Shen Yutong was brought back to reality by his words, and she was sure that she was not dreaming, but the excitement was still there, and because she didn't know how to express the excitement, she could only hug him.

Meng Liansheng stretched out his arms to hug him, and whispered in his ear, "Second Young Master, I miss you so much."

"I miss you too."

After saying this, the two hugged each other tightly and didn't speak again for a while.

Fortunately, Shen Yutong quickly regained his senses, and felt that it was a bit strange for two big men to hug each other on the pier where people were coming and going.He took a deep breath, let himself separate from the other party, and said: "My elder brother came to pick me up, and the house has prepared a dust-cleaning feast, how about you come to eat at home with me?"

Meng Liansheng looked past him, glanced at Shen Yuan who got out of the car and looked over there, and said, "Second Young Master has just returned home, I'm afraid it will be inconvenient for me to follow, I'm satisfied to see Second Young Master right away Yes. After the Second Young Master has finished gathering with his family, I will treat the Second Young Master to dinner in the evening, and clean up the dust for the Second Young Master. How about going to the Fan Cai restaurant, just the two of us?"

Shen Yutong thought the same thing, since he had just returned home, there must be a lot of excitement in the house, and asking Meng Liansheng to go back with him would make him feel uncomfortable.So she nodded with a smile, "Okay, I'll pick you up at Bai Mansion at five o'clock."

Meng Liansheng said: "I don't live in Bai mansion now, I will pick you up at Shen's garden at five o'clock."

Hearing what he said, Shen Yutong didn't think too much, nodded and said, "Okay, then we'll see you at five."

He waved to him, turned and walked towards his own car reluctantly, because he turned around three times at a step, and he walked out of the tens of meters of distance to see him off.

"Xiao Meng came to pick you up? Why don't you let him come to the house for dinner with you?" Shen Yuan asked casually when she saw someone walking back.

Shen Yutong said: "He has a shy temper. When I come back, my family will definitely have to hang around me for a long time. He feels so uncomfortable when he goes."

Shen Yuan laughed loudly: "Others don't know, anyway, your sister-in-law must be hanging around you for a long time."

Shen Yuan smiled and did not speak. When the car started, she looked at Meng Liansheng who was still standing there. The other party saw him looking over and hurriedly raised his hand and waved at him.

Because of Meng Liansheng, the original expectation of returning to reunite with his family has turned into a hope that this day will pass quickly.Shen Yutong wholeheartedly looked forward to the arrival of five o'clock in the evening.

Because of this hope, from the time he got in the car to the time he returned home, surrounded by people asking for their health, sitting at the dining table facing a table of his favorite dishes, he was always absent-minded, as if there were ants crawling in his heart, and he couldn’t help it from time to time. Always take a look at the watch on your hand, or the wall clock on the wall.

But today's clock seems to be against him. The hands move slower than the turtle.A few hours taught him the illusion of waiting for half a century.

After finally making it to 04:30, he thought that when he went to Bai Mansion to pick up Meng Liansheng, the other party was waiting at the door in advance, so it shouldn't be too early for him to go out now.

So I greeted my family, said that I was going to have dinner with Xiao Meng, changed my clothes and went out.

He was half an hour early, thinking that he could have a taste of waiting for Meng Liansheng.I don't want to, just walked out of the big iron gate of the Shen family's garden, and saw a black Ford car parked across the road. The tall man standing outside the car door, who else could it be if it wasn't Meng Liansheng?

This time, Meng Liansheng was still waiting for him.

He looked at the person across from him, shook his head amusedly, walked across the road, stood still in front of him, tilted his head and smiled and asked, "Xiao Meng, why are you so early?"

In the morning at the pier because I was too excited, I didn't take a good look at him, but now I can't help but take a good look at him.

He was wearing a well-tailored three-piece gray suit, his hair was scrupulously combed, his beard was clean-shaven, his handsome face was fresh and bright, and he even had a faint scent of cologne on his body.

He is already a modern youth in Shanghai through and through, and a grown man through and through.

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