City of Streamer - Chapter 28

After Feng Shizhen returned home, everything was as usual, talking and laughing. Although Mrs. Feng was a little puzzled, Feng Shizhen had a very good reason for resigning. Even Feng Shixun didn’t say anything, so she let it go.

It’s just that Feng Shizhen rejected his brother’s younger brother, and Mrs. Feng felt regretful and talked about Feng Shizhen for several days.

Mrs. Feng is a woman, so she listened to the fortune-telling, and secondly, she felt that her daughter was twenty-five years old, and she was already an old girl. Before the family accident, she couldn’t take care of her marriage, and now the debt has been paid off. Feng Shizhen’s words to his mother also went into his left ear and right out of his right ear, answering whatever he said, but he didn’t take it to heart.

These few days, Feng Shizhen got up at the earliest every day, flushed the toilet, and changed the coal for the stove. When Mrs. Feng got up, Feng Shizhen even had breakfast ready. The hot soy milk and the freshly baked pan fried on the table, as well as a large bowl of polenta, coupled with the cute smiling face of her daughter, made Mrs. Feng both happy and worried.

“Why can’t I marry such a beautiful, capable and virtuous daughter?”

Feng Shizhen had sweat on his forehead and said with a smile: “Mom, we also have to eat one bite at a time. Our family has just slowed down. How many days have we said that we want to marry our daughter, and the marriage will be negotiated tomorrow? Who do you think marrying a daughter? It’s not that women have to struggle for half a year to find the right person, we young people still have to get along with ourselves for a while to see if they are suitable or not.”

“You’ll be twenty-four next month, how much time do you have to delay?” Feng Shizhen picked it up in the winter and took that day as his birthday. She looked about three years old at the time, so she was counted as three years old.

“You can’t be in a hurry if you don’t delay.” Feng Shizhen said calmly, “Can’t you wait for a few days for a lifetime? What if you can’t get along, or if the other party’s character is not good? Although it is said that divorce is free now, it is not Good thing. Mom, I also want to get married and be in love to the end, just like you and dad. “

Mrs. Feng and her husband are indeed in love all their lives. Hearing what my daughter said, I was also afraid that I would force her daughter to have an unsatisfactory marriage, but she was to blame.

Feng Shizhen comforted his mother, served his father with breakfast, and accompanied his mother to buy vegetables.

The weather is getting colder, and the price of the side dishes has also risen, which is a penny more expensive than before. Mrs. Feng was very reluctant to pay. Feng Shizhen paid the money first, bought another duck, two catties of mutton, and cut a catty of braised pork head.

In the evening, Feng Shixun didn’t have to be on duty and hurried home for dinner. The Feng family sat in the not spacious living room and ate a sumptuous meal.

Dim yellow lights, shabby household items, frail and aging elders, and the preoccupied elder brother opposite. There is a world of difference from the Rong family here. It is the most realistic mortal life after the flashy coat is removed. She officially left the world full of coolness, darkness, but arrogance and luxury, and returned to her original life trajectory.

“Why don’t you eat it?” Feng Shixun suddenly asked sharply, “I’m used to eating the delicacies of the mountains and seas from the Rong family, but not the porridge and side dishes at home?”

Mrs. Feng hurriedly tapped her son’s hand with chopsticks.

Feng Shizhen smiled at his brother’s aggressiveness, and said calmly: “The Rong family’s vegetables are big fish and meat, and they are stuck in the stomach and make people uncomfortable. For a girl like me, it is better to eat the porridge and side dishes that I am used to. “

Feng Shixun snorted, somewhat disdainfully.

“What’s the matter with you two?” Mr. Feng was puzzled.

Feng Shizhen glanced at his brother who was digging into the rice, and said, “It’s nothing, I pushed the matter of the Zhang family, and the eldest brother lost face and was unhappy.”

Mr. Feng said to his eldest son: “I know that the child is good, but it’s always up to your sister to do it herself. Our family has finally managed to get together to have a meal with the whole family in peace, so don’t have any more troubles. .”

Feng Shixun responded obediently to his father, and glared at Feng Shizhen quietly again, blaming her for calling herself a small-minded person.

“Shizhen,” Mr. Feng asked again, “Since you have resigned, what kind of job are you going to find again?”

Feng Shizhen gave his father some vegetables and said, “It’s a little hard to find at the end of the year. But I have a senior sister in Peiping who said that a new women’s university has been opened there and is recruiting people. I want to give it a try.”

“You want to go to Peiping?” Feng Shixun was stunned.

“I haven’t decided yet.” Feng Shizhen handed him a reassuring smile, “But if the treatment is really good and there is a prospect, I have no reason not to go.”

The work in Peiping was the retreat that Meng Xu’an arranged for her early in the morning. After the affair with the Rong family was over, whether it was successful or not, it would be inconvenient for her to continue to stay in Shanghai, so according to her wishes, she was given a job teaching English at a girls’ school in Peiping. Feng Shizhen calculated that the affairs of the Rong family were more than halfway done. She had already left the Rong family, the espionage mission was over, and the rest was to instigate Rong Jia to seize power. If it goes well, Meng Xu’an would have taken action a few years ago. Then she should avoid Peiping after the year. Tell this now, so that the family can be mentally prepared.

As Feng Shizhen expected, the elder brother Feng Shixun was the first to object: “The high hall is still here, what are you doing in such a far place as a girl? If you suffer any more grievances, who can support you?”

Mr. Feng was surprised: “What wrong has Shizhen suffered?”

“Nothing!” The Feng family brothers and sisters denied it in unison.

“Big brother is making an analogy.” Feng Shizhen filled his father’s wine again, “I didn’t say I would definitely go to Peiping. If I can find a good job in Shanghai, I will naturally stay in Shanghai. If not, then Peiping is also a good place to go. “

Feng Shixun drank with his head down and stopped arguing with his sister.

After eating, Mrs. Feng served Mr. Feng to take a bath, and Feng Shizhen went to the kitchen to wash the dishes. Feng Shixun walked in without saying a word, rolled up his sleeves, and helped his sister wash the pot together.

The suet condensed on the pot and was not easy to wash, so Feng Shizhen boiled hot water. On a cold winter night, hot water vapor rose from the sink, causing the cheeks of both brothers and sisters to blush.

They didn’t talk, one washed the dishes, the other flushed, and quickly washed the dishes in the sink. Feng Shizhen carefully wiped the tableware and chopsticks, and put them in the cupboard. Feng Shixun sat down in front of the stove in the kitchen, took a poker, and poked the ashes.

Feng Shizhen knew his brother’s posture and had something to say to himself. She wiped her hands, closed the kitchen door, brought a small stool and sat down next to Feng Shixun.

Feng Shixun took two sweet potatoes and asked Feng Shizhen, “Is Miss Feng still eating such coarse grains?”

Feng Shizhen bumped his brother’s shoulder with a smile, grabbed two sweet potatoes, and simmered them in the ashes.

The orange light of the fire shone on the Feng family brothers and sisters, although they were not similar, but they were both handsome and elegant, jumping in their dark and bright eyes, showing their vigor.

“Are you still angry with me?” Feng Shizhen asked.

Feng Shixun poked at the ashes and said, “Why do you like Rong Jiashang? You have resigned, so why should I be angry? Do you really plan to be with him?”

Feng Shizhen smiled bitterly: “Am I the kind of woman who loves the son of an enemy who is so stupid? I want to ask you, what are you going to do about Wen Chunli? Do you want to seek justice from Rong Dingkun? ?”

Feng Shixun slammed the tongs on the stove edge twice and said, “How to ask for it? Where is the evidence? If the truth is discussed, Mrs. Sun will be dragged in. She kindly told me the truth, and I can’t ignore her. Situation – what would Rong Dingkun do if she knew it was her who had informed her? And I can’t swallow this breath! Our house is broken, but everyone is still alive. They are suffering day and night, and they still don’t know who harmed them. This justice must be brought back!”

“How to ask?” Feng Shizhen asked, “Rong Dingkun is very powerful. He has both black and white, and he is escorted by politicians and warlords, so he can hide such a big tragedy. Brother, when we fight with him, we will undoubtedly hit the stone with the egg. I hate him too, I wish he could personally experience the pain of Wen Chunli’s neighbors. If you want revenge, I will support you with all my strength, but please think more about your parents and don’t be impulsive. If you have any ideas, the two of us will discuss it. Okay?”

Feng Shixun nodded cautiously, and took his sister’s shoulders, “Don’t worry, your eldest brother, I’m in my twenties, I’m not an impulsive and irritable teenage boy. You have suffered more damage.”

Feng Shizhen leaned on his brother’s solid shoulders and let out a long sigh.

Feng Shixun asked, “You stayed at the Rong family for more than three months, do you know what weakness Rong Dingkun has?”

Feng Shizhen said: “The most impressive thing is that he has a lot of face. He is obviously greedy for money, lustful, and a lot of evil, but he prefers Qiao to pretend to be a gentleman who is elegant but a decent businessman. Things are often defeated by him. I have always avoided him in the Rong family, and I haven’t had much contact with him. He likes young, docile and bookish female students. Although I am a female student, my words and deeds are far from ‘submissive’. The word is still far away, so he doesn’t like me very much. Once I talked with the young ladies of the Rong family about women’s independence, and he was still unhappy. He is a traditional and conservative person in his bones. “

Feng Shixun stared at the fire for a while and then asked, “What about Rong Jia? What do you like about him?”

Feng Shizhen recalled the first time he saw Rong Jiashang, the young man in white clothes Shengxue, like a tall poplar, and couldn’t help but smile.

“I didn’t like him at first.” Feng Shizhen said, “When I first went, he was very dissatisfied with me. It took me some effort to convince him and let him come to the class honestly. Later, I had more contact with him and found that he was talking to the outside world. Different.”

“Why is it different?” Feng Shixun said coldly, “Isn’t he a frivolous, spoiled, rich kid?”

Feng Shizhen cast a soothing look at his brother: “How can a child who grew up in the hands of a stepmother be spoiled?”

Feng Shixun snorted coldly, “Then it’s a fact that he harassed you!”

Feng Shizhen said: “He is still young, and in fact, he is eager to stand out, so that he will no longer be ridiculed by his stepmother and controlled by his father. Although it is inevitable that he is a bit aggressive, he is definitely not a playboy. He is quite smart and eager to learn, but he has always been clumsy. And he doesn’t want to inherit the family business, he wants to join the army.”

“You praised him as a flower.” Feng Shixun sneered.

“Of course, he is also immature.” Feng Shizhen smiled lightly, “No one is perfect, he is only twenty years old, and he was only released from the military academy in the mountains and forests for eight years. Where is his village. I’m not saying good things for him, I just hope you don’t misunderstand him blindly. “

“What about him harassing you?” Feng Shixun asked coldly.

“He was even more wronged for that matter.” Feng Shizhen said, “He was drunk and talked to me in a crooked way. The old mother of Rong’s house was afraid that the world would not be in chaos, so she called it out first, but it made him and I both ride a tiger. For me, I even recognized it through gritted teeth, and he didn’t say anything after being beaten by his father.”

“So you fell in love with him?” Feng Shixun asked. #####

eighty three

“It turns out that eldest brother is waiting for me here!” Feng Shizhen laughed, “I didn’t like it just because of this thing. After getting in touch with him a lot, I realized that he is actually a lonely person, especially since he has a pure heart. , and treat me with sincerity. First I admire his intelligence and talent, then pity his scruples, and then… think he is really good-looking!”

“In the end, it’s because he’s handsome?” Feng Shixun said annoyed, “You girls, it’s just…”

“Don’t say that you don’t like beautiful girls.” Feng Shizhen sneered, “You grew up, you have a girl you’ve been with, and a girlfriend you talked to later when you were studying, which one is not beautiful?”

Feng Shixun’s cheeks were a little hot, “That’s all over. When you get older, you will no longer be confused by appearances, but will focus on a person’s knowledge, cultivation and morality.”

Feng Shizhen said, “But eldest brother, you haven’t had any contact with Rong Jiashang, and you don’t know him. How do you know that my evaluation of him is not accurate? Isn’t it prejudice if you are like this?”

Feng Shixun was very annoyed and said, “His father is Rong Dingkun, what do you want to do with him?”

Feng Shizhen smiled bleakly, “What you said is.”

Seeing her like this, Feng Shixun was even more sad. He turned around and coaxed: “Shanghai is so big, there are always better men. Let’s not talk about that. Next weekend is your birth mother’s birthday, and I happen to have two days off to accompany you. You go back to the grave.”

Feng Shizhen nodded and said softly, “I want to do a ritual for the twentieth anniversary celebration. I have pity on my mother to give birth to me, but I can’t even remember her name. It’s really unfilial to think about it.”

“After all these years, you haven’t detailed anything?” Feng Shixun asked.

Feng Shizhen shook his head, “Occasionally I still have dreams, but it’s just a few fragments over and over. I just remember that my brother was crying, and my mother yelled for me to run away. Twenty years have passed, and I don’t know if my brother is still alive… “

Although the Feng family did not deliberately emphasize it, they never concealed her identity from Feng Shizhen.

Back then, the Feng family picked up the seriously injured little girl, and after a little inquiries, they knew that a tragic case of gangsters murdering and robbing money had happened upstream. The victim was a mother who was passing by with her child. The mother died on the spot, and her daughter’s whereabouts were unknown after she fell into the water. Because all the people present were dead, it was only from Feng Shizhen’s mouth that he knew that there was still an infant boy whose whereabouts were unknown.

Mr. Feng has some insight, and thinks that this murder involves killing people at risk, which is a bit strange. He didn’t say anything about picking up the child, but quietly paid for the burial of Feng Shizhen’s biological mother, and the family left in a hurry.

The Feng family couple originally had the intention to conceal Feng Shizhen’s identity. Feng Shizhen occasionally had nightmares, and he was also very confused. It was not until Feng Shizhen was ten years old that two old servants of the Feng family quarreled and accidentally revealed Feng Shizhen’s life experience. Feng Shizhen knew that it was not a nightmare and that he was not his own.

Fortunately, the Feng family couples are excellent parents. Feng Shizhen is smart and well-behaved. Even if he knows his life experience, it does not affect the parent-child relationship. The Feng family was also generous, thinking that now that they knew it, they also asked Feng Shizhen to pay homage to his biological mother, expressing that he would not forget his kindness.

Feng Shixun has never forgotten the scene when he first met Feng Shizhen.

Mr. Feng went to the river to wash his hands and brought back a wet little girl. Mrs. Feng couldn’t let go of her arms when she hugged the girl, and took care of her with her clothes indistinctly. The wet nurse also teased Feng Shixun, saying that Father River God sent him a little daughter-in-law.

Feng Shixun was only six or seven years old that year, and was extremely curious about the daughter-in-law sent by the river god. When Feng Shizhen was recovering from illness, he always went to see her and felt that the little girl was small and white, like a face person. He wasn’t sure if it was a real person, so he secretly took a bite on the little girl’s face.

The little girl woke up and looked at him with dark eyes, neither crying nor making trouble.

Mrs. Feng asked, “What’s your name?”

The little girl said vaguely: “Really.”

Feng Shixun’s younger sister, whose baby name is Zhenzhen. So Mrs. Feng burst into tears.

With one arm around his wife and children, Mr. Feng touched the little girl’s sweaty forehead with the other, and said, “From now on, you will be called Feng Shizhen, our daughter…”

This daughter has been raised for 20 years. She has grown from a cute and white baby to a beautiful and beautiful woman. After Feng Shixun returned to China this time, every time he saw his sister’s figure like a deer in the forest, he thought, can I only be her brother for the rest of my life? Obviously, when I picked it up, it was meant to be my daughter-in-law.

“Brother?” Feng Shizhen put a hot object on Feng Shixun’s face.

Feng Shixun was so hot that he almost jumped up, only to find that the girl was teasing him with a roasted sweet potato.

“Do you want to eat it? It’s sweet!” Feng Shizhen smiled.

Feng Shixun dispelled the thoughts in his mind, took the sweet potato, and smiled softly at Feng Shizhen.

Shiori Hashimoto’s movement was quick. The nature of the Hashimoto family is similar to that of the Rong family. There are farms and opium gardens in the north and south. At the same time, they also rely on the background of warlords to do smuggling business. It’s just that the Hashimoto family’s ship used to only travel with China and Japan. Now that they want to develop their business in the South China Sea, they want to catch the Rong family’s line.

As soon as he heard that the eldest young master of the Rong family was the old lover of the concubine, Hashimoto Saburo did not need to say more about his daughter, and sent a post to the Rong family the next day. In the name of a new member of the local antiques association, please invite Rong Dingkun, the vice president. Long brought his family to have tea at home.

For Rong Dingkun, it was like someone sent a pillow when he was about to fall asleep. He sent the post to Mrs. Rong and said, “President Hashimoto has moved to a new house, and this is the first time he has been entertaining guests. You should prepare a warm house gift. I heard that there are many girls in his family. Bring both and Fanghua.”

Fang Lin and Fang Hua only went to the Chinese and Western Nursing School in the morning to read the list, and both girls really passed the exam. The young ladies from several officials and businessmen that Mrs. Rong knew all took the exam, but none of them passed. So Mrs. Rong was so proud that she wanted to take her two daughters out to show off all over the city.

On the day of the tea party, the Rong family was well-dressed and arrived as scheduled.

Rong Dingkun was a famously handsome man when he was young, and he is still handsome in middle age. Mrs. Rong was very well maintained and looked graceful and beautiful in her early thirties. Fanglin and Fanghua, a pair of sisters, are wearing Su embroidered shirts and skirts, one pink and one yellow, as delicate and tender as two parallel lotuses. Rong Jia is the most eye-catching. Wearing a suit and leather shoes, he is handsome and straight like a pine tree, with a reserved and elegant smile. That just right arrogance made several girls in Hashimoto’s family blush.

It’s a pity that Rong Jia’s arm is not free today. Wearing a very fashionable cheongsam with dark purple and peony, Du Lanxin followed her fiancé with a smile, and bowed and said hello to the Hashimoto couple with him. Hashimoto Shiori, who was standing at the end of the sisters, looked at it, and not only felt that her eyes were hurt a little.

Hashimoto Saburo’s wife, Mrs. Tanaka, was from a prestigious family, and she had the prudence and grace of a Japanese woman. Although she usually plays an important role at home, she now stands behind her husband cautiously and low-key to welcome guests. Beside the couple, except for the two sons who were wearing suits, the eldest daughter-in-law and several girls were all wearing gorgeous sleeved kimonos. Hashimoto’s three concubines are all extremely beautiful, and the daughters of several concubines are all beautiful and beautiful, each with its own merits. It’s just that Hashimoto Saburo has only two sons, one descendant and one concubine.

Rong Dingkun looked over and saw that Hashimoto’s eldest son was exactly what the outside world said. He was a pale, frail, short and thin young man. At first glance, he knew that he was insufficiency. He was still unmarried in his twenties. The second son of the Hashimoto family was born tall, strong, and handsome. Unfortunately, he was born by a concubine, and he was half Chinese. Hashimoto Saburo must be very troubled in his heart.

The new residence of the Hashimoto family is an 80% new western-style building. The former owner was a British ambassador. The other party retired and returned to the UK to retire and sold the house to Saburo Hashimoto at a cheap price.

After Hashimoto bought it, he renovated a small salon facing south on the first floor and turned it into a spacious Japanese-style room. Work there most of the time.

Today, for tea, the guest of honor will sit on the tatami in the Japanese room. Mrs. Tanaka and her three daughters performed the Japanese tea ceremony in person, using a set of Japanese antique tea sets newly obtained by Saburo Hashimoto.

Of the three girls, two are the daughters of Mrs. Tanaka, and the other is Shiori Hashimoto. Mrs. Tanaka didn’t like this outrageous prostitute very much, or Hashimoto Saburo insisted that she allowed Hashimoto Shi to weave this limelight.

Shiori Hashimoto was deeply favored by her father in her early years, and her upbringing did not need to be much different between her two sisters, and she was born the most beautiful girl in the Hashimoto family. At this moment, Mrs. Tanaka was making tea, and she was responsible for explaining to the daughters of the Rong family. Her voice was soft and tactful, her words and sentences were elegant, she quoted scriptures and classics, and talked about poems. Haosheng showed off her hard work.

Rong Jia put more emphasis on rationality and less on prose, and was not deeply impressed by Shiori Hashimoto’s show, but the rest of the Rong family were a little surprised. Especially Rong Dingkun, he originally liked the most scholarly women who were good at poetry, calligraphy and painting, but he was surprised that a Japanese concubine would be so proficient in Chinese Sinology. Looking at Du Lanxin’s westernized behavior, she suddenly felt that the marriage of the eldest son might have been handled too hastily.

Just thinking about it, Mrs. Tanaka has poured the tea and invites the guests to taste it.

The girls of the Rong family didn’t know the tea ceremony, so they didn’t dare to take it. However, Du Lanxin bowed and bowed in a nonchalant manner, then raised a teacup at the back, turned around gracefully and in a standard manner, and took a sip.

“It’s fragrant on the teeth, thick but not greasy. It seems to taste the taste of Kyoto’s golden autumn maple leaves and chrysanthemums.” Du Lanxin spoke Japanese with some accent, but she spoke very fluently, and her smile was calm and full of confidence.

Mrs. Tanaka revealed a hint of surprise and smiled: “Ms. Du really understands tea. This tea set is called ‘Chrysanthemum Generation’, which was handed down in the Kyoto Palace and was once the dowry of Princess He Gong.”

“It turned out to be this tea set!” Du Lanxin was pleasantly surprised, “I heard the professor mention it when I was in Japan, and I knew that this tea set was made by the master Yamashita Sekiwa, and it was his final work. I didn’t expect to see it with my own eyes today. !”

Rong Jiashang followed his fiancee’s words and said: “Such precious treasures can be collected by your house. It seems that President Hashimoto’s title of Japanese collector is well-deserved.” #####

Eighty-four

Hashimoto Saburo hurriedly passed the award, and then asked, “It turns out that Miss Du has been to Japan.”

Du Lanxin said modestly: “My second uncle is the ambassador to Japan, and I once lived in my aunt’s house in Japan for more than a year. I have nothing to do on weekdays, either to attend Kyoto University, or to study at the tea ceremony and kendo club.”

Saburo Hashimoto had to say to Rong Dingkun, “You sons and daughters-in-law are both talented and beautiful. They are really a pair of beautiful people. Boss Rong is very lucky.”

Du Lanxin put down the teacup amid the praise, and bowed to Mrs. Tanaka in return, ending this tedious set of etiquette. When she got up, she inadvertently swept her gaze across Shiori Hashimoto’s pale face by arranging the hairpin, and deliberately stopped for a moment, leaving a glance full of provocation and contempt.

Hashimoto Shiori was stunned for a moment, and his face became more and more stiff.

After tasting the tea, Mrs. Tanaka invited the ladies to visit the mansion. Young Master Hashimoto was unwell and could not continue to accompany the guests, so he pleaded guilty and left. Hashimoto Saburo looked at the rickety back of the eldest son, and looked at the healthy second son and the heroic Rong Jiashang, and felt a little uncomfortable. He sighed secretly, suppressed his emotions, and invited the father and son of the Rong family into the study to discuss business.

Hashimoto’s family wanted to expand the route to the South China Sea, and Rong Dingkun wanted to expand the route to the north. The two could complement each other in terms of food and arms, and they almost hit it off.

Rong Dingkun pointed to the unfolded world map and said, “The family has now opened two lines in the south, passing through the Strait of Malacca along the way. As for the situation of the ports, I will let the dog explain in detail.”

Rong Jia stepped forward, took a pen, pointed to the map, and began to explain.

Hashimoto Saburo had always envied Rong Dingkun’s capable and upright son, but now listening to him talk about it, he is even more amazed and envious. Even Rong Dingkun was secretly surprised.

Rong Jiashang couldn’t help but be familiar with all the ports along the route, the population environment, changes in local regimes, inland transportation routes, and the types of goods suitable for sale. He was also aware of the changes in ocean currents and climate fluctuations in different seasons on the route. He spoke in great detail, but he didn’t reveal a single word about the secrets of the Rong family.

Rong Dingkun listened in his ears, but his eyes were all on his son. He suddenly felt that the eldest son seemed to have grown a bit taller, but also seemed to be just thinner. Wearing a slim suit, he looked more and more mature and stable. At the beginning of the year, the childishness on the child’s face and the rebellious light that flickered in his eyes disappeared at some point in time. Rong Jia at the moment made him seem to see himself when he was young. But more calm and confident than before.

Back then, Rong Dingkun started from scratch, but now Rong Jiashang is already standing on a rich foundation. He is familiar with all the industries in the family and grasps every movement.

After introducing the port, Rong Jiashang also expanded to the southern hemisphere by the way, pointed at the map of Australia and said, “This is also a good place. The outside world has always thought that Australia is desolate and barbaric and sparsely populated. However, the grassland here is vast and suitable for grazing, and it is produced every year. A large amount of wool is cheap and beautiful. Now the clothing industry is developing rapidly, and the prices of raw materials such as noodles and wool are also skyrocketing. If you can import wool from Australia, find cheap factories in Nanyang for rough processing, and then ship it back, the profit may not be small. “

Saburo Hashimoto’s face was red, and he repeatedly said yes, and said to Rong Dingkun: “It is said that tiger fathers have no dogs. Boss Rong has a successor like Linglang, I am afraid that he can retire early and take care of his grandson, just enjoy the happiness.”

Rong Dingkun was so proud of himself, he said, “He has only been studying in the company for a month, and he doesn’t understand anything. He just talks about it in confusion. President Hashimoto must not praise him too much, so as not to let him get carried away.”

“You’ve only studied for a month and you’re so capable?” Hashimoto Saburo couldn’t help but glared at the second son fiercely. After the second son was taken home more than a year ago, he took it with him to teach him, and the teaching has been taught until now, even less than one-tenth of Rong Jia’s.

“I can only say a few words orally.” Rong Dingkun smiled, “In dealing with official business, negotiating contracts and so on is still very tender, and I still need to learn a lot.”

Rong Jia also said: “President Hashimoto is too rewarding, and the younger generation has only entered the industry. There are still many places to ask you for advice in the future.”

Hashimoto Saburo looked at Rong Jiashang’s handsome face and was very happy, but it was a pity that such a good young man got engaged so early. There are two direct daughters in the family, the eldest daughter is already engaged to a wealthy family in Japan, and the second daughter is seventeen years old, which is just right for him. It really doesn’t work, that girl Shiori can also reconnect with the Rong family.

Hashimoto Saburo was so sorry that he couldn’t help shaking his head without realizing it.

Seeing this, Rong Dingkun became more and more proud. The two old foxes negotiated a general direction for cooperation, and only left Rong Jia to discuss the details of cooperation with Hashimoto in the future. Second Young Master Hashimoto stood foolishly as a foil throughout the whole process. Rong Jiashang was afraid that he would be ignored too much, so he deliberately asked him a question. But Hashimoto Ershao couldn’t react at all. Hashimoto Saburo saw it, and wished he could directly strangle his son to death.

After the business is over, the footman brings coffee and snacks, and the men sit on the sofa in the study and chat.

Rong Dingkun then said seemingly unintentionally: “President Hashimoto must know that my family is now looking for an antique that was lost many years ago, and it has been published everywhere. I heard that there is a golden unicorn in the collection of your house, which is exactly like what I am looking for. , I wonder if I can take a look at it today?”

Saburo Hashimoto was already prepared, and smiled: “Boss Rong is polite, you are a well-known antique connoisseur in Shanghai, and I was just about to ask you to give me a thumbs up for the few treasures I recently collected.”

After all, let the second son go to the safe and hold out several boxes. Hashimoto Saburo picked up a golden nanmu box and opened it.

“Boss Rong, please see, this is what you said?”

In an expensive box, a small golden unicorn nestled on a velvet cloth exudes the dark and soft halo of old gold.

Rong Dingkun held his breath, wearing white gloves, carefully picked up the golden unicorn.

The golden unicorn is simple and simple everywhere, and Hashimoto Saburo must have never dared to clean it rashly, so the scratches from the past still remain where the beard was removed, and even the fine marks left by the scorpion are clearly discernible.

Rong Dingkun took the magnifying glass and counted it carefully, it was exactly five, the same as what he wrote down back then. A big stone in his heart was finally put down.

Rong Jia looked at his father’s face and knew that this was the real thing.

Rong Dingkun was inconvenient to speak, so he could only be a reckless junior and said with a smile, “I wonder if President Hashimoto is willing to part with his love? We are willing to pay a lot of money.”

Saburo Hashimoto laughed and said, “If Boss Rong wants to ask for something else, I will definitely give it to Hashimoto. It’s just that this golden unicorn is related to the lifeline of my eldest son, so it’s not easy to do it.”

Rong Dingkun was already prepared, he put the golden unicorn back with a smile, and said, “I’ve heard about it before. It seems that the rumor is true.”

Hashimoto Saburo sighed: “You Chinese say: Children are all debts. My eldest son was like that, and Boss Rong saw it before. The doctor said that he would not live to be fifteen years old. But since I got this golden unicorn, he Several times I was seriously ill, but I was able to turn it around and persisted until now. You and I are both fathers, and both have the heart to lick the calf. There are thousands of treasures in the world, but none of them are as precious as their own children. Please allow the boss to be considerate. My old father’s heart.”

Rong Dingkun may not love children as much as Hashimoto Saburo, but he has to do his best, and immediately said: “Indeed! We are fighting so hard now, not to earn a good family business for our children and grandchildren, so that they will have a future in the future. Just live peacefully.”

The two put aside the matter of the golden unicorn, and only took a few other antique reviews to play with.

Rong Jiashang didn’t know much about antiques, and Second Young Master Hashimoto was even more blinded by this matter. When the two elders saw that the children were bored, they sent them away.

After leaving the study, Second Young Master Hashimoto immediately patted Rong Jiashang on the shoulder enthusiastically and said with a smile: “Jiashang, you have changed a lot since we haven’t seen you for more than a year. I remember when we were still studying in Chongqing, you Your temper is so grumpy. I didn’t expect you to be able to accompany the old man to talk about ancient times so calmly.”

Although Rong Jiashang and Hashimoto Ershao were former classmates, the two of them never talked much, even when he and Hashimoto Shiji were weaving together, he didn’t have much contact with her brother. Looking at it today, Hashimoto’s Second Young Master has not changed, he is as stupid and cowardly as he was back then. Rong Jia seemed to be calm, but he was more arrogant than before, and looked down on each other more and more.

“Returning to Shanghai to see more, my temper naturally calmed down.” Rong Jiashang smiled politely and alienatedly, “I’ll go use the bathroom. Excuse me.”

The layout of the mansion is similar. Rong Jiashang came out of the bathroom, walked out the back door, stood in the corner of the backyard, lit a cigarette and smoked.

“Your habit of hiding in the backyard to smoke has not changed.” Hashimoto Shiori came over with a bright smile, “What? Do you think my brother is annoying?”

Rong Jia took a puff of smoke and said, “He hasn’t changed at all.”

This is not a compliment. Hashimoto Shiori secretly hated that his brother was not promising. Otherwise, the Hashimoto family has only two sons, the eldest son is weak and the second son is very easy to succeed as long as he is not too bad. But the second son is really a piece of mud that can’t be applied to the wall.

“I heard that you performed well, and my father is full of praise for you.” Hashimoto Shiori approached Rong Jia, reached out and took out a cigarette case from his pocket, and took out a cigarette, “You still had a cigarette back then. Tian complained that I didn’t want to inherit the family business and wanted to join the army. Now I have figured it out? Actually, who didn’t have some unrealistic ideals when they were young, and I still wanted to be a female star. Your family has a huge family business and is the eldest son. How many? You can’t beg for such a good life after burning a lifetime of high incense. Listening to my brother, you are doing a good job in your company now, and you are directly in charge of many important things. It’s already on the way, so let’s go well.”

Rong Jia struck a match to help her light a cigarette, and said, “I remember that you encouraged me to pursue my dream back then.”

“At the time, I thought you were just a boy from a low-income family.” Hashimoto Shiori said, “For you at that time, joining the army was indeed an excellent choice to stand out. But since you are the eldest young master, you have such a large The family business is waiting for you to inherit, why do you want to be far away?”

Rong Jiashang said: “I want to join the army, not to get ahead.”

“What’s that for?” Hashimoto Shiori asked with a smile, “Being a soldier, you don’t rely on fighting to gain fame and fame. Could it be that Tu is very powerful with guns and guns?”

Rong Jia was at a loss for words, and once again realized the feeling of not being speculative when facing Hashimoto’s second youth. #####

Eighty-five

Shiori Hashimoto asked again: “You are doing so well in your chamber of commerce now, don’t you like it at all?”

dislike. Rong Jia said in his heart. He was even disgusted.

He can do well if he wants to. He can be familiar with all business, and he can learn Rong Dingkun’s method to negotiate business, sign contracts, suppress opponents, and train his subordinates. It is not difficult for him to be a qualified heir.

But he didn’t like these things at all. He hates opium stained with blood and sweat, the stock data is also consuming his patience day by day, and the commercial negotiations that make fun of the scene make him sick. When he wakes up every day, the thought of spending a precious day doing these things brings out a sense of negativity.

But no one around him could understand him, and even thought he was moaning for nothing.

Jin Yiyu food, and social status, but dislike all these, just want to be a soldier. They will all think the same as Hashimoto Shiori, only think that he Rong Jia has had too many good days, and he has to give birth to something to toss for no reason.

And the only person who can understand him and encourage him to fight for his ideals already knows the ugly secrets hidden by the Rong family and can break with him at any time.

Rong Jiashang did not dare to go to Feng Shizhen or confront her, for fear that she would ask him about Wen Chunli and ask him for evidence. At that time, will he admit it or lie? How could he beg her forgiveness and keep her?

She was his only confidant, the one he was in love with, but what his father had done planted a devastating bomb between them. This made Rong Jiashang not dare to love Feng Shizhen, nor did he have the courage to ask for her love. For the first time, he felt so humble and powerless, like a stray dog ​​with a servant girl at Feng Shizhen’s feet, humming and begging her to throw a pitying glance and not kick him away.

“Miss Du is very surprising.” Hashimoto Shiori suddenly said, interrupting Rong Jiashang’s thoughts, “I didn’t expect her to be quite talented. Jiashang, you must go to a good university next year. Don’t be compared by your fiancee.”

Rong Jiashang snorted absentmindedly and said, “That golden unicorn is really important to your respect.”

“Isn’t it?” Shiori Hashimoto raised his eyebrows, “My father always thought that the thing was for the eldest brother’s life, and as long as the eldest brother was still alive, he would not let the golden unicorn out. Your family really wants it that much? What kind of treasure is this golden unicorn?”

It was my dad who owed someone his life. Rong Jia scolded his stomach, stomped on the cigarette butt, and said, “Let’s talk about it. After all, gentlemen don’t take people’s favor.”

Shiori Hashimoto looked at Rong Jiashang’s indifferent back and blurted out, “My eldest brother won’t last long!”

Rong Jiashang turned to look at her.

Hashimoto Shiori bit his lip and said, “He has had a serious heart disease since he was a child. The doctor said that the only way to cure him is to change his heart. Haha, how can there be such a miraculous medical skill in this world! Don’t look at how he can support it today. When I came to see the guest, in fact, he couldn’t even get out of bed on weekdays. Otherwise, our room was obviously driven away by the wife, so how could we be brought back?”

Rong Jia asked, “What did the doctor say?”

Shiori Hashimoto sneered: “I found a new American doctor, but I have some skills. After taking the new medicine, the eldest brother was able to get up. But as soon as he got up, his wife was busy with his marriage and wanted to hug him.