Chapter 44 Visit Zeng Mansion
After a month of coming to Wanxian, Chen Xiuwen was also very happy. His cooperation with Tongda Commercial Bank brought him 10,000 oceans of income in just over half a month. At the same time, Chen Xiuwen also received a call from his brother-in-law Tang Wenbin, who had sent someone to start looking for the biologist named Fleming in the UK, and he immediately notified him once there was any news. In the telegram, Tang Wenbin naturally made a contribution to how he spoke to him in front of the old man. At the same time, he felt very regretful about not listening to Chen Xiuwen's words back then, and finally asked his brother-in-law in a telegram that he should invest in what stocks he should invest in if he invested now.
Chen Xiuwen talked to Tang Wenbin about the US stock market just by saying this casually. It was during the Great Depression in the United States. At that time, when investing in stocks, as long as the company did not go bankrupt, he would definitely make a big profit. Although Chen Xiuwen did not know the US economy and stock market in this era, Chen Xiuwen still wrote about Boeing, Lockheed and General Dynamics in a call back. Because he knew that these three companies became the fastest-growing companies in the United States at that time because of World War II. If you buy their stocks or invest directly, you can only make a profit and no loss.
Chen Xiuwen had not been able to visit the Zeng family introduced to him by his father-in-law Yu Zhantang for a month. As the nominal son-in-law of the Yu family, Yu Zhantang was also good to him. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Chen Xiuwen took Yu Zhantang's handwritten letter to Zeng's house to pay New Year's greetings to Zeng Shixian.
When Chen Xiuwen met Zeng Shixian, he was more or less surprised. He did not expect that there were Western-style figures like Zeng Shixian in a small mainland town like Wanxian. He was dressed in a well-tailored suit, a squat, and a British pipe in his mouth, which made Chen Xiuwen, who was used to seeing the old man and Yu Zhantang, who had always been dressed in Chinese style.
Moreover, Zeng Shixian's humorous and witty conversations are far less formal than the old man and Yu Zhantang. Chen Xiuwen really doubted how Zeng Shixian could become friends with his father-in-law Yu Zhantang.
Zeng Shixian was knowledgeable and studied in the United States in his early years. After the Xinhai Revolution, he returned to China with full ambitions and served in the Beiyang government. However, after years of warlord melee and Yuan Shikai's proclaimed emperor, Zeng Shixian chose to return to his hometown to be a rich man with idle clouds and wild cranes.
When Chen Xiuwen came to this era, he rarely met an elder with a relatively "modernized" mindset. The old and the young talked very easily. Since Sino-Japanese relations have always been the Great Depression of the US economy and Roosevelt's New Deal. Chen Xiuwen did not expect that Zeng Shixian lived in seclusion in the mainland and knew the dynamics of the world today, and couldn't help but feel very novel.
Zeng Shixian smiled and explained to Chen Xiuwen: "Haha, my son Jiahui has been studying in the United States for many years and has just returned to China this time. I have heard from him."
As he was speaking, a man and a woman came in from outside the door, looking like a man in his 27 or 8, wearing a suit and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses that were very trendy at the time. The girl beside him made Chen Xiuwen's eyes lit up. She looked like she was eighteen or nineteen years old, with a melon-shaped face, a white jade-like face, a pair of thin curved eyebrows, a deep and bright eyes like black gems, a handsome and straight nose, thin lips, thick hair, a purple girl's hat, a light blue dress, and a half-heeled leather shoes under her feet looked both fashionable and beautiful.
The girl jumped to Zeng Shixian and said affectionately: "Dad, are there customers at home?" While speaking, she unexpectedly looked at Chen Xiuwen, who was wearing a well-in-class military uniform, who had a great conversation with Zeng Shixian.
Zeng Shixian patted the girl's arm docilely, and could tell that he was very fond of his daughter. He smiled and introduced to Chen Xiuwen: "Luanfu, this is my son Jiahui, and his daughter Jianing. Jiahui is what I just told you that I just returned from the United States, and Jianing is here to study in your Shanghai."
Chen Xiuwen quickly stood up, greeted the two of them, and introduced himself. Zeng Shixian added with a smile: "Luanfu is your Uncle Yu's son-in-law, and now he is the major battalion commander of the 88th Division of the National Army, and he is stationed in our Wanxian."
Zeng Jiahui politely stepped forward and greeted Shen Xiuwen, but it could be seen that he was a little cold to Chen Xiuwen's identity as a soldier.
"Chen Xiuwen? Have you studied at Jiaotong University?" Zeng Jianing asked excitedly when he heard Chen Xiuwen's name.
Chen Xiuwen was stunned for a moment, nodded and said, "Yes."
"Ah, it turns out that you are really the Chen Xiuwen who fought Japanese soldiers at the temple shop, and later rented a hero to save the beauty and killed three Japanese ronin. Haha, your deeds have spread all over our Jiaotong University. I didn't expect that I would meet a real person today." Zeng Jianing suddenly shouted excitedly. However, he immediately asked suspiciously: "I heard that Lin Jingyun, the school beauties of our Jiaotong University you saved later, became Wen Wan's husband again?"
Zeng Jianing's question immediately made Chen Xiuwen very embarrassed. He didn't expect that Jiaotong University still had his gossip when he was in college. His face turned red and he replied hesitantly: "Don't listen to their nonsense. Lin Jingyun is just my classmate."
"Jia Ning can't be so rude." Zeng Shixian hurriedly scolded his daughter, and then said apologetically to Chen Xiuwen: "Luan Fu, don't be accustomed to it. Jia Ning has been spoiled by me since he was a child."
"It's okay, it's okay. I didn't expect Miss Zeng to be my alumni. I didn't expect that some of the ridiculous things about Xiuwen back then are still circulating in the school." Chen Xiuwen waved his hand and said.
"What is ridiculous? Brother Shen, you don't know that you are a famous anti-Japanese hero in our school. Brother Shen, tell me about the incident when you and Lin Jingyun went to the battlefield together?" Zeng Jianing looked at Chen Xiuwen with his eyes glowing, and said curiously.
"I'm so proud of it. I'm not an anti-Japanese hero. It was just a coincidence. There's nothing to say."
Chen Xiuwen couldn't stand Zeng Jianing looking at her curious gaze, and quickly turned to Zeng Jiahui next to her and said: "I just heard that Brother Jiahui has been studying in the United States for many years. I wonder what major Brother Jiahui studied?"
Zeng Jiahui heard Chen Xiuwen ask about his major and was a little surprised and replied: "I studied medicine and mainly studied pathology."
"Brother Shen, my brother is a doctor of medicine from Harvard, very awesome." Zeng Jianing interrupted. It can be seen that the little girl admired her brother very much.
Chapter completed!