Old Shadow of the Republic of China 23

Lin Yutong went out to say hello to Bai Kun and saw the two of them go to the study room to talk, and she retreated. She closed the door before returning to the kitchen. Seeing Xingzi sitting in front of the stove, her head lowered and her eyes flashed but she did not continue the topic just now. The girl's love was just beginning, and this was also a natural thing. But Lin Yutong didn't want to intervene. Whether Bai Kun or Bai Yuan she liked was not suitable for her. Bai Kun knew his current identity. People like him deserve respect. For ideals and faith, they abandoned their family and property. But what would happen if they were his wife? He might have received an order and could have left at any time or been arrested tomorrow, and it was more likely that they would go to the battlefield one day and go back. Not to mention that they would have to support their families and take care of their wives and children, it would be a blessing that they would not be implicated. And Bai Kun

A girl like Xingzi has naive ideas. A girl like Xingzi is not suitable for him who has experienced life and death in her thirties. It can only make each other embarrassed. Let’s talk about Bai Yuan, Bai Yuan is a smart and ambitious child. Although the two are similar in age, Bai Yuan is different from Xingzi. Xingzi is content with his knowledge of words, but Bai Yuan insists on learning foreign languages, not only English, but even German with the Fourth Master. Every time the Fourth Master goes to class, he will insist on listening. Lin Yutong has read his notes and does a very good job. Every time he reads newspapers, he cares about everything he cares about. There is no common language between him and Xingzi. Of course, it is not suitable for two people to get together. For example, Xingzi, finding someone who knows the roots is actually for her good.

She didn't seem to mention it, but Xingzi wanted to mention it: "Sister, why don't you talk to your mother, I'm not in a hurry to have a marriage."

Lin Yutong smiled and said, "It's not impossible to wait for another two years. If you are determined and study hard, your family is in a good condition now, and it's not a problem for you to go to middle school and college. Go out to see the world." Don't put the veterans' eyes on this acre of three-point land in the Lin family compound.

Xingzi shook her head: "I am so old that I can't read. Besides, my mother can't be busy at home."

She worked with braised pork after school in the evening and helped sell it in the morning before going to school. In fact, it was time to go to school. Lin Yutong glanced at Xingzi. She really didn’t have the ambition and felt that she would be content if she didn’t do anything. So who can blame for this?

She smiled and said, "What should I do?" She saw Lin's love for Yang Zi and Xingzi. It was because of the fact that Tong Hammer and Huaizi were too iron before that she promised Xingzi to each other. At least with Huaizi, she was not afraid that the Tong Hammer would do anything stupid. She was the eldest sister who was the eldest sister, and this marriage was different from other things. There was something wrong in the middle. Who should I blame? Lin's mother felt guilty about her son, but she really loved Xingzi. The mother and daughter had limited knowledge, which was different from Huaizi and Yangzi. She couldn't respond, but she couldn't refuse, so she could only say, "Marriage is a big deal after all, and I have to discuss this with my elder brother and Yangzi. You know, mother, she might not be able to listen to me."

Xingzi nodded, as if she was relieved. Seeing that Lin Yutong's rice had been almost done, she stood up: "Then I'm going back, sister."

Thinking of Bai Kun in the room, Lin Yutong didn't keep her: "My mother is alone at home, so I won't keep you." She only handed over a bowl of vegetables, "You go back and eat with your mother."

After seeing Xingzi off, she closed the door and then delivered the vegetables in. The Fourth Master and Bai Kun had already come out of the study room, and they were sitting in the main hall, each with a cup of tea.

When Bai Kun saw Lin Yutong coming in, he didn't stop talking: "This time the opportunity is good. If you can get such support, you will always achieve results sooner. But I still have to remind me as a personal identity, be careful and careful. Now that there are spies, there are pro-Japanese forces within the Kuomintang. It's hard to say whether these people are humans or ghosts behind them."

This is what the authorities don’t trust, it’s here. If you sway above, the one below will have to bear the risk of an earthquake.

Of course, the Fourth Master and Lin Yutong naturally understood how to grasp the degree. Now, I would like to inform Bai Kun that if the other party does not cause misunderstandings, then this goal will be achieved.

The Fourth Master said that he was drinking, and no one would drink three glasses. The two of them combined and drank a drink or two. People like Bai Kun who had secrets in their stomachs would never be allowed to drink too much.

As night fell, Bai Kun said goodbye and came out of the courtyard. The moonlight was good tonight, and the moonlight was scattered, making the entire courtyard look shady. Some families started eating, while some people simply saved up a meal, turned off the light and went to bed directly. When they fell asleep, they were not hungry. Maybe they could dream of two white buns in their dreams.

Bai Kun let out a breath and slowly walked out, from the third entrance to the gatehouse, how far it could be. He didn't care when he heard footsteps behind him. The yard was still safe. When he arrived at the door of his house, he was about to take out the key and open the door, he heard a low voice from behind with cowardly: "Mr. Bai"

"Well" Bai Kun turned his head and saw that it was Xingzi. He suddenly had a headache. Now it was already getting married, and he could be the girl's father at this age. He didn't understand the little girl's thoughts? It was just that it was really inappropriate. He smiled, "It's Xingzi, what? Is there anything wrong?"

Xingzi handed over a small package, "Sir, this is my intention."

Bai Kun couldn't let the little girl hold it up, and reached out to take it and touched it, and he knew it was a pair of shoes. He smiled bitterly in his heart, but he didn't show any of it: "We Xingzi are really skillful children. These shoes must be more suitable than your teacher's wife."

"Master's wife?" Xingzi paused for a moment, and her expression changed suddenly, "Master's wife didn't come with her husband?"

"Yes!" Bai Kun nodded, "There are so many men who go out to support their families, but they are not all those who sacrifice their families." He looked at the small package in his hand, "You have good skills, but you are still a child after all. Don't work so hard in the future. But I still have to thank you."

Xingzi felt embarrassed when she stood here: "No need to thank me. I'll leave!" Before she finished speaking, she ran into the yard.

Bai Kun sighed and was about to open the door when he saw someone coming in from the door, but it was Huaizi.

Needless to ask, Huaizi must have seen everything just now. This is a bit embarrassing. If you meet someone who is unreasonable, you will think you seduce a little girl.

But obviously, Huaizi is not an unreasonable person. He bowed to Bai Kun first: "Thank you, sir." This is also a blessing. If you encounter a bastard, you will not take advantage of the benefits you delivered to your door. Anyway, you are rushing to get there.

Bai Kun pretended to be puzzled: "What are you thanking? I'm telling the truth."

"Sir, are you married?" Huaizi didn't believe it.

Bai Kun's mouth moved: "I have had a good female classmate. But this matter is hard to describe."

That means that the heart belongs. With Mr. Bai's knowledge, a woman who can be classmates with him should be a woman like Xiang Tongtong, so he doesn't look down on Xingzi from other people's perspective.

He felt a little complicated, "Then I hope that lovers will finally get married."

Neither of them picked it up, and everyone was able to pass the face. Huaizi went straight to the yard. In order to avoid Xingzi's embarrassment, he delayed outside for a while before entering the room.

As soon as I entered, I saw Xingzi kneeling in the east room, and my mother sat on the kang and glared at Xingzi.

Huaizi pretended not to know and reached out to help Xingzi up: "What are you doing? If you have any words, this place is so tide, get up quickly."

Lin’s mother slapped her hand on the kang table, “You don’t ask what she has done.”

Xingzi's body couldn't help but tremble, and she lowered her head and dared not speak.

Huaizi hurriedly sat over and said to Lin's mother, "You scared her. The girl's house is big, so what a big deal is in her face."

"What other face does she want? What other face does she need for private teaching with a man?" Lin's mother stared at her eyes, her hands trembling.

What a sin to be a private person? Xingzi raised her head suddenly, "I just made a pair of shoes for my husband, why did she just give me a private person? I just gave me a private person, but I didn't do anything to elope with a man."

"Xingzi!" Huaizi quickly scolded, "What are you talking about?"

Eloped with a man, this was a stain that Lin's mother could not wash away. Now her daughter suddenly poked the pain, which was really a death-making life. Her face turned pale and she pointed at Xingzi with trembling fingers: "Yes! I elopeed with a man. But it was because of my mistake that I couldn't watch you make the same mistake again. Listen to me, the copper hammer is good! After marrying, you have no parents-in-law to serve him, and he has separated from his brothers again. Your life will be closed in the future

You come to live by yourself. If you have the skill of braised pork, your life will be prosperous. The Tong family is also a family member. If you have something to do, you can have help. Where can I find such a good marriage? Just look at your brother's face, he will not treat you badly. His current job in the railway bureau was still the one you found for him. That child has always valued affection and friendship, and I can harm you. In the future, you are not allowed to go to school, stay at home honestly. The dowry should be equipped."

"Why?" Xingzi was afraid and did not want to accept her fate. "Marriage is free and no one has the right to interfere."

"Listen, listen!" Lin's mother pointed at Xingzi and said to Huaizi: "Let's find the Bai surname, go find him, what is he teaching? What is his mind?" Then she stared at Xingzi, "Let's listen to me, the matchmaker's words of her parents' orders, you must dare to get closer to the Bai surname, I will break your legs."

"My parents' orders and matchmakers' words?" Xingzi gasped, "Where is my father? Who doesn't know that I am a bastard! According to this principle, I will not be justified when I was born."

Huaizi slapped the table, "Stop talking. What are you saying?"

I opened those old scars, and it was bleeding, but it was still the one who hurt me.

Xingzi was a little surprised when she was scolded. The blood on her face retreated bit by bit, and she knelt down with a thud, and she didn't dare to say anything anymore.

Huaizi then said to Lin's mother: "Don't make a big deal, students give teachers something, this is all about it. According to you, my sister and husband are not allowed to cause much trouble at school. Besides, Mr. Bai has started a family and the couple has a harmonious relationship. Xingzi also knows this. You said you want to go wherever you want. If you yell out, all the false things will become eye-catching. Isn't this destroying your reputation yourself?"

Lin's mother was a little unbelievable: "Really?"

"If my sister and my husband introduce him, I won't say anything else, but I have a character that is right." Huaizi pushed Lin Yutong and the Fourth Master out, and Lin's mother stopped talking. She didn't believe others' words, but she was convinced by her eldest daughter and her husband. Why? Because she is educated and who is a professor in college, she speaks the truth. There is nothing to doubt.

Seeing that Huaizi comforted this one, she went to see another. The girl was always cowardly, but she didn't expect that she was just like a hedgehog and she really dared to prick people. He sighed, "If you don't want to get married so early, then this marriage is not urgent. Let's just suppress this matter for the time being, just pretend that it has never been mentioned. Today I heard that there is a nurse school nearby, so why don't you try it and save it at home."

"No!" Xingzi started to shake, "No! I'm going to get married, I'm going to get married." As she said that, she got up and walked out step by step.

Lin's mother's tears suddenly came, "Child, don't hate mother. This is really for your own good. It's because of my mother who suffered a great loss that she dared not watch you take a wrong step."

Xingzi sat in front of the stove in the main hall, curled up into a lump. She didn't understand what her mother was thinking when she followed her father. She must have liked her father in her heart. She knew what it felt like to like someone in her heart, and why did she force herself to do it.

The elder brother's voice came from inside: "Mom, don't worry about Xingzi's marriage, call her two years last year."

"What book?" Lin's mother said with a bit of toughness: "No matter how hard Xingzi study, she will not become Tongtong. She is not as good as Tongtong. She has to accept her fate. What can she do if she doesn't accept her fate? After all the struggles, what will life be like? Your granddaughter of the Third Master's family, have you been studying for a long time? What's the result? She was still married to someone as a concubine, not even a formal lady. Now, what's the difference between studying or not? She is not the same as marrying someone and having children to do housework."

Why are you staring at that one who is not successful?

Lin's mother seemed to know what Huaizi was going to say, "Don't mention those foreign ladies to me. If you don't believe it, try to see how many of these pre-marriage pros and consummates are good after marriage? I don't understand the freedom and thoughts outside now, and I know that there are so many things between men and women. It has nothing to do with how much knowledge you know."

Huaizi felt that she couldn't understand Lin's mother, so she could only wait and see the second best: "No matter how much you say now, the Tong Hammer has to agree. They didn't come to propose marriage. What's the point of planning at home? Tong Hammer often comes to the house. Do you not see if he is interested in Xingzi?"

Lin's mother was stunned: "You go and talk about it. Our Xingzi is more than enough for him. What do you think of him?"

"You are really annoyed, and she is getting back to life. "It's hard to say about this matter between men and women. Xingzi is good, but she has to fall in love with it. I can find out about this matter, but don't expect me to take the brotherly love and force her to be trapped. Besides, Xingzi is not unable to get married, so she won't be so rushed. The woman should still be more reserved."

Lin's mother stopped talking. When Huaizi was about to go out, she reminded her: "Hold on Tantan. If it doesn't work, it's easy to find another family."

Still didn't give up.

Huaizi came out and looked down at Xingzi who was huddled aside. She didn't know what to say for a moment, so she turned around and went out. It would be better to talk to her relatives' sister. At least she felt more comfortable.

After entering the door, Lin Yutong warmed up the rice for Huaizi, "I haven't eaten yet."

No, the family was so upset, and no one asked him if he was hungry.

While eating, Huaizi told the Fourth Master how much he had transported. "I also asked someone to build some houses there. There was a ditch in the middle of the Huai Shu forest, and the house was built in it, and it couldn't be found. After that, I asked someone to plant some vines around him." He has been busy with this matter recently. He didn't hide it from his own girl, and poured out all the things at home. "In this world, women are not easy than men. I think Xingzi has a real person in her heart and doesn't want to force her."

"It'll be great after this period." Lin Yutong pushed the dish forward, "Xingzi was afraid that she lacked fatherly love since she was a child. Mr. Bai, whether in terms of age or other aspects, has filled a gap in her relationship. It's not too late to be two years old." As she said that, she asked again, "Brother, you are not young now, and you have to worry about this marriage. Didn't your mother force you to go on a blind date?"

Huaizi grabbed the chopsticks and paused, "No"

"Uh" She didn't marry and provoke the relationship between mother and son, really!

Huaizi didn't care, "Now in this world, it's a hindrance to those who are tying their children."

What should I say if I don’t comfort myself like this?

The next morning, the two got up at six o'clock and got up on time at seven o'clock. Liu Fu was already waiting outside.

Sitting in the car and watching the pedestrians coming and going on the street, mixing the fragrance of various snacks, Lin Yutong whispered to the Fourth Master: "When you have time, let's go out and take photos."

"Okay." The Fourth Master responded, but his eyes looked at the crowded place in front of him.

Lin Yutong looked at the Fourth Master, "What is that selling? The store has not opened yet, there are only so many people."

"Do you think that's a father-in-law?" The Fourth Master pointed at the human in the crowd and said.

It's true!

The two of them didn't plan to stay, just let it go. But Lin Dehai's eyes were so terrifying that he saw his daughter and son-in-law who was riding a steel wire chartered car at a glance, and quickly waved: "Big daughter, Ama is here."

The Fourth Master reminded Liu Fu: "Stop."

Seeing the two of them coming down, Lin Dehai squeezed out of the crowd. The Fourth Master said politely: "What do father-in-law want to buy? Even if you hit someone and say it to the elder brother or let us know, how can you always squeeze here?"

In front of this outsider, Lin Dehai was extremely proud of his son-in-law giving face so much, and his voice became louder: "You are sensible, and I have to be sensible as an old man. Huaizi is not young anymore and has not even married a wife. I have always been unable to sleep well recently. Thinking about what can I do for you? Later, I thought, if I don't add any burden to you, I'll help you."

This is really true! It is rare that you can still understand it so clearly.

Seeing his daughter agreeing, Lin Dehai immediately said, "I have an old friend who has purchased a Japanese smoking cessation medicine called Muzhina! I think the medicine is good! As long as I can quit smoking after taking this medicine, it means I won't cause trouble for you. I have wanted to quit a long time ago. Huaizi also sent me to quit, but it's not useful! Now I'm fine, I can quit it."

This person never forgets to brag anywhere. If he is really a friend, he will still use it to squeeze in people?

Lin Yutong frowned and pointed at the crowd: "Are these people buying this smoking cessation medicine?"

"Yeah!" Lin Dehai looked very moved. "It's so painful to quit smoking!" He said, then lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "Actually, I've heard an addict like me say "Mutual Chinese" drugs. This thing was originally sold secretly, but now it has a new name and is sold exclusively in China."
To be continued...