Literary Heroes of the Republic of China

During the Chinese New Year here, a chicken is basically killed, and there is a chicken on the table.

It might be better if it's plain boiled chicken, but this chicken is boiled in soy sauce and soaked in chicken broth with soy sauce.

There is also a steamed fish on the table, which has been cut into several sections, and the eyes are rolling with eyes that are dead. Delicious, braised in soy sauce is delicious.

In addition, there are green vegetables cooked with soy sauce chicken soup, dried bamboo shoots and seaweed tofu with fatty meat... Yes, several dishes were cooked together, and this dish has not skimmed the foam, so There is a layer of protein coagulation floating on it.

In fact, there are quite a lot of dishes on the table, but to be honest, looking at them makes people unappetizing.

Mu Qiong was even a little lucky at this moment—fortunately, whether it was Zhu Wanwan's natal family or the previous Mu family, they all had small assets, and Zhu Wanwan's cooking skills were also good, unlike Feng Xiaoya who didn't know how to cook at all .

Of course, to Feng Xiaoya Zhou Laosan and the others, no matter how poor the appearance, as long as it is meat, it is delicious.

Mu Qiong didn't bring many dishes, just a bowl of braised pork, a bowl of roasted salted duck with dried bamboo shoots, a sweet and sour fish and a bowl of braised vegetarian chicken.

The braised pork is pork belly boiled with sugar. Although it is cold, the pieces are still oily and delicious, not to mention the sweet and sour fish. Even the braised vegetarian chicken, Zhu Wanwan slices it and puts it in the oil first. Fried, and then put soy sauce and sugar braised.

After Mu Qiong put the dishes away, Wei Ting invited him to eat together, and poured him a bowl of rice wine: "Sit down and eat, let's chat for a while."

Mu Qiong didn't like to stand by and watch others eat, so he sat down. As soon as he sat down, Feng Xiaoya handed him a pair of chopsticks, and said with some embarrassment: "Mr. Cooking, I..."

Feng Xiaoya was quite embarrassed, as soon as she saw the dishes brought by Mu Qiong, she felt that the dishes she cooked were really not decent.

"It's okay, I don't even know how to cook." Wei Ting smiled.

"Then how can it be the same... You are all people who hold pens..." Feng Xiaoya felt very guilty.

Mu Qiong picked up a piece of chicken cooked by Feng Xiaoya and ate it, and looked at Feng Xiaoya: "Sister Feng, when you cook in the future, just remember a little bit, like pork and chicken, just cook it in plain water and cut it, let everyone dip it Soy sauce is fine, as for the vegetables, fry them separately and don’t mix them together.”

Mu Qiong's two suggestions can't make people cook delicious meals, but at least if they do this, the presentation of the dishes will be much better, and they won't mix various dishes together to confuse the taste.

"Boiled in water? Isn't it tastier when it's braised in brown sauce? I specially added soy sauce." Feng Xiaoya said.

Soy sauce is a good thing. After she stewed the chicken, she specially poured soy sauce into the chicken soup.

"If you want braised in soy sauce, then boil the soup dry." Mu Qiong said, he is not good at cooking, and these are summed up from eating too much.

Anyway, he has never seen Zhu Wanwan make soy sauce soup when making braised pork, and basically boil the soup dry.

"I must learn." Feng Xiaoya nodded, and then looked at Mu Qiong with admiration: "Mr. Mu, you scholars know a lot."

Mu Qiong really didn't think he knew much, it was because Feng Xiaoya knew too little.

And this can't be her fault, she's probably never eaten delicious food.

When the three of Feng Xiaoya ate, they didn't touch the dishes Mu Qiong brought. Mu Qiong and Wei Ting greeted each other several times before they tasted it.

"This fish is delicious."

"This braised pork has sugar in it...I haven't eaten anything like this before."

Even Feng Xiaoya didn't know fried vegetarian chicken yet.

Mu Qiong ate before he came, and basically didn't eat anything, but Wei Ting ate a lot, and after eating, he said to Mu Qiong, "Let's go for a walk, I have something to discuss with you."

Mu Qiong followed Wei Ting out, Wei Ting first gave him five silver dollars: "You don't have to worry about me, there are rich people around me."

Mu Qiong knew that Wei Ting knew about the money he gave to Feng Xiaoya, and he was a little helpless: "Principal Wei, I don't need this money."

"I'm not short either. I used to drive back and forth, how much did I spend on gas for a day?" Wei Ting said, "By the way, I called you out because I wanted to ask you something...Are you free on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year?"

"I'm free, what's the matter?" Mu Qiong asked.

"Huo Er is going to come to Shanghai when he is young. I plan to run around with him to see if I can get money. Do you want to go with me?" Wei Ting said.

"Second Young Master Huo? Huo Ying?" Mu Qiong was startled.

People in modern times are very fond of Huo Ying.

Without him, the life of Second Young Master Huo is quite a legend.

His father, Huo Shengping, was born with mud legs. When life was difficult, he recruited a group of villagers to become bandits.

As a result, I worked as a bandit for a few years, caught up with the Qing government's policy of "treating bandits with bandits", accepted recruitment and became a regular army.

After that, he fought all the way, and there were tens of thousands of horses under him.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the country was in chaos. Although he was born recklessly, he was quite capable. In the end, the more he messed up, the better he got, with more and more soldiers under his command.

A year later, the era of warlord separatism came, and he became one of the warlords.

At that time, many warlords wanted to be the boss, but Huo Shengping didn't have this idea. He just wanted to manage his own one-acre three-point land and be his own emperor. However, the general trend of the world couldn't follow his thoughts... Later The warlords were beaten to the ground one by one, but he failed to stand to the end and withdrew from the stage of history early.

In the torrent of history, he was actually not well-known, so he ended up pretty well... Seeing that the situation was over, he took his wife and children and fled to Shanghai as an apartment, and then went abroad.

Just after leaving the country, he died of illness.

He is not famous in history, Mu Qiong can know him, all because of his second son Huo Ying.

It is said that Huo Ershao was very good at making money during the period of the Republic of China. Later, when he went abroad, he took advantage of the economic crisis to buy a lot of land in the United States, and made friends with the Chinese gang at that time. He actually established a business abroad. Empire comes.

When Mu Qiong was young in his previous life, the elderly Grandpa Huo returned to China to invest. He built schools and hospitals in the country, and spent countless money, which made the media report on him and the past of the Huo family all day long. out.

Huo Ying was unmarried all his life, not only did many good deeds during his lifetime, but also donated all his property after his death.

Although at that time on the Internet, some people clamored that Huo Ying did good deeds because the Huo family committed too many crimes in the past, and he could not give birth to a son to atone for his sins, but Mu Qiong has read history and knows that although the Huo family was not very good in history, they did not betray the country , It’s not like some warlords have to scrape off a layer of oil when they drive the common people to death, which is already considered good.

Under such circumstances, Huo Ershao didn't need atonement.

Moreover, although Huo Ershao has no children, the Huo family is not without descendants, and there is no such thing as his atonement for the Huo family's heirs.

"That's him." Wei Ting said: "Second Master Huo is a capable person, he managed to start a successful business at a young age, and he has a lot of money in his hands. I'll see if I can persuade him to donate some." Wei The university that Ting plans to run has already bought land and is building a house, but the follow-up funds are not enough. He is very worried recently.

"Can I see Second Young Master Huo?" Mu Qiong was looking forward to it.

"Yes." Wei Ting said: "On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Second Young Master Huo will hold a banquet and invite many people. You can follow me to see it."

"Thank you, principal!" Mu Qiong said gratefully. He knew that Wei Ting was willing to take him to such an occasion to support him.

"Go back and get ready," Wei Ting said.

Mu Qiong agreed immediately.

When Mu Qiong and Wei Ting talked about Second Young Master Huo, they were talking about Second Young Master Huo, who was having a New Year's Eve dinner at Fu's house.

Although the Fu family's house is small, it has been specially remodeled, and its warmth is far better than other houses in Shanghai. At this moment, a lot of charcoal fires are lit in the house, making it very warm.

Fu Huai'an was so hot that his face turned red. He really wanted to take off his clothes, but when he saw his second brother standing opposite him, he immediately stopped his plan.

He has three older brothers. The eldest brother doesn't take him seriously at all, and the third brother doesn't care about him, but the second brother...has made trouble for him several times.

Since the second brother returned to China, his treatment at home has dropped again and again. Not only that, once his father asked his second brother to take care of his younger brother, his second brother directly said "I am only a younger brother".

What Fu Huai'an was most afraid of was this second brother. He always felt that his eyes were gloomy, as if he was going to cut a piece of flesh off of him at any time.

Thinking of this, Fu Huai'an felt a lot of sweat protruding from his back, making his back wet, but he still didn't dare to take off his clothes, so he could only eat without taste.

Seeing this scene, Huo Ying sneered.

Fu Huai'an wanted to be angry, but he never dared to get angry in front of this second brother.

"Yun'an, does this kid live with you, does he bother you? Do you want to find another house and throw him out?" Huo Ying said.

"No need." Fu Yunan said.

When Huo Ying heard this, he gave Fu Huai'an another gloomy look.

"Second brother." Fu Yun'an called out.

Huo Ying's expression finally returned to normal, he no longer stared at Fu Huai'an, but began to eat slowly.

After he finished eating and put down his chopsticks, Fu Huai'an immediately put down his chopsticks.

"Have you eaten?" Huo Ying asked.

Fu Huai'an nodded quickly.

"Then what are you doing here to block your eyes?" Huo Ying asked again.

Fu Huai'an suddenly jumped up and left immediately.

After Fu Huai'an left, Fu Yun'an said: "Second brother, why are you scaring him?"

"I just frightened him, and I didn't do anything else." Huo Ying said: "As long as I think of him eating and drinking at home when we were unaccompanied, I don't like him."

Fu Yun'an stopped talking. Their life in those few years was really hard.

Huo Ying said again: "Brother also wanted to come here to celebrate the New Year, but he couldn't leave, so I was the only one who came here, but Brother has prepared a lot of things for you, and they will be delivered in two days."

Huo Ying didn't like Fu Huai'an, but he thought everything was pleasing to his third brother.

After all, this is the feeling that comes from being dependent on each other.

Their father, Huo Shengping, rose from the grass and offended many people.More than ten years ago, those offended by him kidnapped his wife and children, trying to trick him out and kill him.

Of course Huo Shengping didn't fall for the trick, he instead killed the person who wanted to harm him.

But after experiencing such a situation, he was afraid that someone would deal with his family again, so he asked someone to send his wife and children abroad.

Unfortunately, the person he found was not reliable.

He, his elder brother Yun'an, and his mother and younger sister were indeed sent abroad, but the person who brought them took away their money and ran away, leaving them on the pier in a completely unfamiliar country.

Their mother was married to their father before he was well-off. Although she looks good, she is a country girl who can't read big characters. Where's the eldest brother?The eldest brother grew up in the countryside in the early years, and he was wild and disobedient. He hadn't studied like this at the time, and didn't know a few words.

His words... are similar to his big brother's, or even worse.

During that kidnapping, his hand was broken, his body was also injured, and his movement was inconvenient. In addition, during that kidnapping, their mother protected his elder brother and left him alone... He was so full of resentment that he didn't even want to live.

As for the younger sister who is only five years old, it doesn't matter at all.

At that time, it was normal for their family to be sold, but fortunately there was still Yun'an.

Before going abroad, he was not familiar with Yun'an.

He is two years older than Yun'an, and when Yun'an was born, their family's life was going to be difficult. There were already two sons in the family, and the third one was not so rare, plus being poor... Yun An was sent out to be someone else's son.

The family who adopted Yun'an was surnamed Fu, and the name Fu Yun'an was given by that family.

Yun An studied in that family since he was a child. Later, when the family had an accident during the war, the Huo family helped them. When Yun An was brought back, he knew more than 2000 characters and could read many articles when he was only eight years old. In [-], his father hired a teacher to teach them. He and his elder brother didn't listen to the class, but Yun'an listened very carefully.

Maybe reading is really useful. When their mother broke down and cried on the pier, and he and his elder brother were terrified, Yunan found a Chinese laborer who was doing work on the pier, and took out the gold hidden in the shoe , Find a place for their family.

At that time, their mother only cried all day long, he was sick, and his younger sister was young... At first they relied on the gold hidden in Yun'an to buy food, and later Yun'an found some work, so the family did not starve to death .

Of course, his elder brother also contributed - his elder brother went to hang out with the gang, and from time to time he would go home with some food all over his body.

After struggling like this for a few months, Yun'an managed to learn foreign language, and then asked their mother to make food, and he sold it, so they didn't have to worry about starving to death.

Huo Ying didn't want to recall those days, but fortunately, they got in touch with their father, and their father brought money.

However, despite the money, the family situation has not improved.

His elder brother took the money, made a living in the gang, and smoked opium. His hand couldn't be cured due to the delay before, so he didn't want to live all day long. As for their mother...she still just know cry.

If their family continues like this, they will all suffer in the end.

At that time, it was Yun'an who went to get the elder brother back, took them to move, forced the elder brother to borrow opium, watched them learn foreign literature and Chinese every day, and pulled them back from the abyss of depravity.

The life of their family finally gradually improved, and the elder brother began to study hard, but he gave up the idea of ​​committing suicide.

Four years ago, the eldest brother returned to China for the first time, two years ago, he brought his mother back to China, and half a year ago, Yun An also graduated and returned to China... Their life finally got better.

As for Fu Huai'an...

They have no enmity with Fu Huai'an.Although Fu Huai'an's mother was a little cautious, she had never harmed them, nor was she capable of harming them.

It's just that when they were young, they didn't have enough to eat, they were kidnapped later, and almost starved to death when they went abroad, but Fu Huai'an was his young master at home. He was always uncomfortable.

"Brother should have stayed at home." Fu Yun'an said.

"What do you do at home, those people look annoying." Huo Ying said.

Fu Yun'an knew that Huo Ying had feelings for his parents, so he didn't answer any more.

At this time, Huo Ying said again: "Yun'an, I heard that you are interested in Mu Yongxue's son... Don't worry, as long as you like it, my brother and I will support it."

Fu Yun'an's expression froze.

Huo Ying said again: "This Mu Changqiong... Oh, now his name is changed to Mu Qiong. He was born well, and he must have a common language with you. He is quite educated and can write books. He is not a bad match for you."

Huo Ying just came to Shanghai, but Mu Qiong's information has already been read.

He admired Mu Qiong quite a bit.

This kid has ambition, he can live a good life by himself even if his father doesn't want him, and he is talented, much better than the actor he thought his younger brother liked.

This is the kind of person who might not be willing to follow his younger brother... But these days, whoever has a gun is a master, and Mu Qiong, a literati, cannot escape after all.

"Second brother, there is no such thing." Fu Yun'an said.

Mu Qiong is good-looking, he liked the way he wore a suit at the entrance of the western restaurant to attract customers, and thought it was pleasing to the eye.

After getting along a lot, I feel that Mu Qiong is excellent in all aspects.

But that's about it.

Not everyone likes men, Mu Qiong is still young, what is he doing to harm others?

"Yun'an..."

"Second brother, I have never lacked my own opinions, and I can handle my own affairs." Fu Yun'an said.

It really is……

Huo Ying is the famous Huo Er Shao outside, everyone fawns on him, but he can't get tough when facing Fu Yun'an.

If it weren't for this younger brother, he might have died by now.

What's more, don't look at his business is booming... When his brother didn't return to China, he relied on his brother's help abroad. When his brother returned to China, his brother was in charge of the business in Shanghai. He felt that his younger brother was more capable than him.