Marriage of the Republic of China

The last day of the exam was on the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month. Fu Wenge got the schedule for the exam, and couldn't tell what it was like.Yes, he is full of anxiety about the future, and he is about to form a family, but he is not ready yet.It shouldn't be, sooner or later, if Bai Hanyu can't attend, it will be a pity for Bai Hanchen.

"Wenge! Pillar!"

Zhou Yunfei grabbed Fu Wenge's sleeve.Good guy, what kind of thought is this, walking without looking at the road, and going to the pillars.

Fu Wenge suddenly came back to his senses, blushed a little, folded the list and put it in his bag.Zhou Yunfei squinted at him, sized him up, and hummed, "What are you thinking, your soul is gone."

"No... nothing."

Fu Wenge clutched the cloth bag on the slant, feeling extremely agitated.Before going out in the morning, Bai Hanchen gnawed on him so distraughtly that he found out that his shirt had been unbuttoned several times when he arrived at school.If this continues, I'm afraid he will be abducted to the bed by the wolf before the wedding night.

No, I have to make a rule for Bai Hanchen when I go back, and I'm not allowed to hold him and chew on him before I get married.My mind is in a mess, and I can't read the books. What should I do if I fail the exam.When he was admitted, he was ranked third in the class. If he failed the final exam, it would be a shame.

Chen Xiaomo studied hard, and her grades were always in the upper middle class.Relying on his clever mind, Zhou Yunfei's grades in the monthly quiz are not bad.But in the eyes of others, it seems that they don't need to bear the expectations of their elders.It is good to do well in the exam, but if you do not do well in the exam, there is still a way to go home and get married anyway.

This is a real prejudice, and their only option to break it is to work harder than others.

The three of them entered the small courtyard while talking, and as soon as they opened the door, Chen Xiaomo stopped in his tracks, and his expression tensed immediately.

Li Chunming came, and He Lang was also there.The open space outside the living room was full of tools and materials, and it was unknown what the two of them were tinkering with.Seeing Chen Xiaomo, Li Chunming straightened up, wiped off his sweat, and smiled at him honestly.

"What are you two busy with?" Zhou Yunfei was very happy seeing He Lang, ran over and squatted next to him, and was about to grab the iron bar in front of him.

"Don't touch it!" He Lang grabbed his wrist, blushed and let go quickly, "It's just welded, it's hot."

Zhou Yunfei raised his eyes to look at the iron frame shaped like a horse, and was very curious: "What are you going to do?"

He Lang explained: "Brother Chunming said to make a swing for you to use for reading in the yard and basking in the sun in winter."

"Really! That's great! I don't have to run to the park all the time!" If it weren't for Aunt Fang and the kitchen chef who could see them when they turned around, Zhou Yunfei would hug He Lang and kiss him hard.

"Yes, I think the master's house has such a thing, sit on it, wobble, it's really fun." Li Chunming continued, looking at Chen Xiaomo's expression by the way.He lives in the master's house now, and every day he sees the three foreign children in the master's house playing on the swing, so he decided to make one for Chen Xiaomo.

Seeing that Chen Xiaomo was silent and there was no expression on his face, Li Chunming continued to flatter him and said, "Yes, Xiaomo, there was a baby in the master's house yesterday for his birthday, and the master's wife made a cake. I tasted it, and it was very sweet. Today Before coming here, I bought one for you... you guys brought it here, and you also... try it."

"Cake, I took Xiaomo to eat it." Zhou Yunfei was knocked on the shoulder by He Lang just after Zhou Yunfei finished speaking, he turned his head and saw He Lang winking at him.

"I don't like sweets." After Chen Xiaomo finished speaking, seeing Li Chunming's expression became tangled, and realized that he was hurting someone, he added embarrassingly, "It's okay to eat once in a while."

"I'm going to cut it, I'm just hungry."

As Fu Wenge said, he gave Li Chunming a look, encouraging him not to be discouraged.Chen Xiaomo has given up on Zheng Hongsheng, and now is Li Chunming's good opportunity.He also saw that Li Chunming was sincere to Chen Xiaomo, and he wanted to live in the kind of life that Chen Xiaomo cared about, and he would not be forced on him.

But if they want to have a happy relationship, it depends on whether Chen Xiaomo is willing to accept Li Chunming as a person.Judging from the current state, Chen Xiaomo has wrapped his heart tightly, and Li Chunming must work hard if he wants to break in.

Aunt Fang had never eaten a cake before, so Zhou Yunfei handed the greasy white ball to her mouth, and waved her hands tightly to say no to it.

"Sweet! Aunt Fang! It's not bad!"

Zhou Yunfei laughed and teased her, and put some cream on the corner of Aunt Fang's mouth with his finger.Aunt Fang licked it, showing a surprised expression: "Yo, it's really sweet."

Zhou Yunfei stuffed the plate containing the cake into her hand: "Hey, this piece is yours, if you like it, I'll give you that piece too."

"Eat it, I have a poor appetite, and I'm not used to this foreign thing." Aunt Fang was reluctant to eat it, thinking about taking it home for her daughter to try something new, "This cake... how much is it?"

Zhou Yunfei smacked his fingers and shouted into the yard: "Hey, Li Chunming, Aunt Fang asks you, how much is one more?"

"Three yuan!" Li Chunming shouted.

"Scary! So old and expensive!"

Food and lodging included, Aunt Fang only spent five yuan a month for working.Counting the dime left over from grocery shopping and daily necessities, the full bill does not exceed eight yuan a month.This corner of the cake is enough for the meals of the two little ones in her family for a week.

"Uncle Li, it's not good to make money like this." She persuaded earnestly, "Save more, and when I go back to my hometown to buy a house and land, I can live a comfortable life. It's sweeter than this."

"Yes, I don't eat it very often, so I'll bring you a taste." Li Chunming likes to listen to Aunt Fang's words the most, and she yells "Mr. Li", which makes his heart sweeter than eating a cake.

The swing was almost ready, and the food was served. Li Chunming washed his hands and face and just sat down when Chen Xiaomo called him from the room.Not knowing whether it was pleasant or not pleasant to say, he rubbed his hands uneasily, got up and walked over.

After entering the room, he saw that Chen Xiaomo was holding a long gray scarf in his hand.

"The wind is hard, go outside, wrap up warm." Chen Xiaomo handed him the scarf with downcast eyes, and put on a handkerchief, "Don't keep wiping your nose and mouth with your sleeve, it's unhygienic."

Li Chunming's eyes became hot, and he grabbed Chen Xiaomo's hand as he took the scarf and handkerchief.This big lump of ice was finally melted into corners by him, and everyone knew that they loved him.

Unexpectedly, Chen Xiaomo withdrew his hand like an electric shock, with rejection in his eyes: "Li Chunming, don't get me wrong, I just want to see you buy a cake on a swing, and I will return you a gift, we owe nothing to each other."

"..."

Li Chunming's eyes dimmed in an instant, he put his hands into his trouser pockets, tightly held the small objects inside, and slumped his shoulders in despondency.In the past two days, he learned the inlay technique of foreigners from his master, and made a small diamond ring out of leftover materials.I heard that foreigners put this on their daughter-in-law's hands when they get married, which means that the other party will belong to them from now on, and teach others not to miss it when they see it.

He also learned a sentence of French from his teacher's wife, which is used when people put rings on their hands.He wanted to find a chance to tell Chen Xiaomo, but his tongue got stuck at the edge of his mouth, and he couldn't get it out after wandering around for a long time.Looking at Chen Xiaomo's attitude, even saying it is useless.

Chen Xiaomo didn't want to see him being bullied by her, so she frowned and said, "Go and eat, it'll be cold later."

Li Chunming nodded, wrapped the scarf under his arm, turned his head and went out of the house.Going outside, the hot eye sockets were blown by the cold wind, and my nose was itchy and I sneezed fiercely.Just about to wipe it off, I suddenly remembered the handkerchief Chen Xiaomo had given me, so I quickly took it out and used it.

Chen Xiaomo who came out behind him saw it, lowered his head and pursed his lips and smiled.

——This silly big guy is quite obedient.

Instead of handing over the money to Meng Liu, Bai Hanchen went directly to Wanping County to find Luo Jiaxuan.Jinyu'er's contract of prostitution must be taken back, otherwise he will not win the lawsuit.That is to say, Luo Jiaxuan will not throw the goldfish into the white house, nor will it be returned to him.

Luo Jiaxuan's office is the former county government office.Although there are corresponding officials in various places, they are only in charge of government affairs. As for laws and regulations and local governance, it is actually up to the guns to decide.If they say tax increases, they will raise taxes, and if they say they want to collect grain, they will levy grain.The so-called money can turn ghosts, otherwise why are these people so arrogant.

He used to be a bandit, but now he only wears more skin than a bandit.

Bai Hanchen got out of the car and stepped up the steps with his robe lifted.The soldier at the door stopped him, stared and shouted: "What are you doing?"

The King of Hades is easy to see, but the imp is hard to deal with.Bai Hanchen didn't waste much time with them, and put a few cash coins into the other party's hand, saying: "I'm looking for you, Mr. Luo."

The soldier weighed in the silver dollar, sized up Bai Hanchen, who was dressed in brocade clothes, and laughed, "We, Chief Luo, want to see you whenever you want? Do you have an appointment?"

Bai Hanchen couldn't help but feel happy when he heard this—the big-ass official still made an appointment with his mother.

"No, but he must really want to see me." He said coldly, "Can you bear the burden of delaying your money, Chief Luo?"

The soldier saw that he had an extraordinary bearing, and there was a bit of arrogance in his conversation, and he knew that he was a rich man.I wanted to shave off more oil and water, but after some consideration, I was afraid of offending the other party, so I raised my chin at another guard, pushed the door and put the man into the courtyard.

Luo Jiaxuan was practicing with his subordinates in the courtyard, when Bai Hanchen just stood still, he threw a soldier at his feet.Judging from Luo Jiaxuan's throwing posture and movements, it is exactly the same as when Fu Wenge threw him, presumably he has received formal military training.

It turned out that Ye Luzi was not a bandit.

Bai Hanchen thought for a moment, and said, "Mr. Luo, someone Bai came here uninvited, and I'm bothering you."

"I heard that you're sick, but you recovered pretty quickly." Luo Jiaxuan said, and stuffed the shirt that had been pulled out due to excessive movements back into the waistband of his trousers.He has broad shoulders and chest, a strong waist, and there is no trace of fat around the belt on his hips, which is a good figure for a deputy soldier.

The news is quite well-informed, Bai Hanchen said in his heart.He stood with his hands behind his back, and said lightly: "Little problem, just sleep and it will be fine."

"Sit inside, it's windy outside, your body is precious, don't turn around and get sick again." Luo Jiaxuan took the military jacket handed over by his subordinates, turned his head and said, "Serve Second Master Bai tea!"

Sitting down in the main hall, Bai Hanchen picked up the tea bowl, skimmed off the floating leaves floating on the water with the bowl lid, and took a sip.Tea is good tea, Biluochun back then, it seems that Luo Jiaxuan treated him as a guest of honor.

Think about it too, how much Biluochun can you buy for [-] oceans?

Luo Jiaxuan didn't drink tea as elegantly as he did, and he picked up the teapot and blew directly to his mouth, as if he was pulling a cart and carrying a labor force to drink Gaomo.After drinking tea, Luo Jiaxuan took out two cigars from the cigar box and distributed them to Bai Hanchen.

The smoke was lingering, Luo Jiaxuan squinted at the end of the cigar, and seemed to be talking to himself: "One big ocean, one cigarette, what the hell is smoking, it costs money."

Bai Hanchen knew that there was something in his words, so he said calmly, "Money is earned for spending. It's just that a gentleman loves money and gets it in a proper way. Officer Luo, don't you think so?"

The words were tit for tat, and the atmosphere on the table was not at all as calm as the expressions of the two of them seemed.Both of them had calculations in their hearts, Bai Hanchen kept his breath shut, and Luo Jiaxuan looked at Qian in everything.

"That's right, it's a pity that Luo has been around for so many years, but he didn't get a reputation as a gentleman when he arrived." Luo Jiaxuan sighed pretendingly, "It's not as good as your second master Bai, who has earned so much shameful money. You can also get a good reputation, admire, admire."

"The means of making money, I really have to learn from Chief Luo." Bai Hanchen retorted, flattened his palms, and turned the front and back, "In two or three days, one out and one in, five thousand becomes ten thousand, I’ve lived for 30 years, but I’ve never done such a profitable business.”

Seeing that Huatou finally got to the point, Luo Jiaxuan smiled recklessly.Opening the drawer under the table, he slapped Jin Yu'er's deed of sale on the table: "I heard that you and Mr. Fu are getting married soon, so don't forget to treat me, Luo, to a wedding wine."

"If you can come, the Bai family's mansion must be full of splendor."

Bai Hanchen picked up the deed of sale to verify the authenticity, took out a check and placed it on the table, pushed it to Luo Jiaxuan's hand, and raised the corners of his mouth under the increasingly cold eyes of the other party.

"I've brought five thousand today, and the rest is your present for me and Wen Ge's wedding."

TBC

The author has something to say: Some chapters at the beginning said that I wrote it in a mess. Well, I am really sorry. Due to policy restrictions, it is basically completely different from the original outline from chapter 40 onwards, so it may feel a little off-topic.

I would like to apologize.