men and women

I went to Huguo Temple on the eighth day of the lunar new year, and didn't return to Shen's residence until the fourteenth day of the first lunar month.On the fifteenth day of the Lantern Festival, Gu Xinyue brought out some lottery heads and asked the servants to make lanterns for fun. Whoever made the best ones would get the lottery heads.

The servants were busy tying it up, but Daimei and the others did the best tying. Even Shen Queming wanted to get close to her, saying that she wanted to tie up a beautiful one and hang it up.

Shen Heli tied up the simplest white gauze lamp in a decent manner, and asked Gu Xinyue to write a few random strokes on it, as if the two of them did it together.Gu Xinyue was bored, so he asked someone to bring some materials for painting. He casually drew a few plum plants that he saw on the mountain this time, black mountain white snow, deep and light red plum blossoms. When Gu Xinyue finished his pen, Shen Heli looked at it carefully Looking at this modified lantern, "If I knew it earlier, I would have tied it more carefully. It doesn't even match your painting."

"Where are you going to hang it?" Gu Xinyue was obviously quite satisfied with this work. "There is a blank space here, you can write and fill it in."

"Okay." Shen Heli said, the brush Shen Heli used was not good-looking, so he took out his water-filled pen from his inner pocket, and carefully wrote down the Lantern Festival of a certain year on that piece. .

Shen Heli felt satisfied after finishing, "I have to hang this in my study for a whole year, and we will make another one together during the Lantern Festival next year, and I will change it."

"I'll take some spices from me later, and put them in the lanterns. It has a scent and can prevent insects and moths." Gu Xinyue said.

Shen Heli said enthusiastically, "Why don't we make another one and hang it in the bedroom."

"No." Gu Xinyue refused simply and clearly.

After the Lantern Festival, Zhang Jintian asked Shen Heli to come out to meet. It was the first time for the two of them to meet. After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Zhang Jintian entered the theme, "Thanks to Boss Shen for helping me this time, and wishing me the best of luck. Thank you so much. I'll do it out of respect."

Shen Heli picked up the wine glass and took a drink. Zhang Jintian was ten years older than him, and he was also a veteran of Shanghai, so he was not proud of this kindness that could be said to be a life-saving grace, but a very humble attitude. Added more wine to Zhang Jintian, "Boss Zhang, don't worry too much, this is also the reason between you and me."

Boss Zhang picked up the wine glass and drank another glass, "If you don't mind, I'll call you brother if you don't mind. I, Zhang Jintian, am not the kind of person who doesn't care about kindness. From now on, I will call you brother. If you have anything to say, just ask me. There's nothing wrong with helping."

Shen He immediately shouted along the pole. "It's my honor to call you Brother Zhang. Brother Zhang is the best in the business district of Kyoto." Shen Heli gave a thumbs up. "My little brother will learn more from you in the future." Although everyone knows that Shen Heli didn't help Zhang Jintian for no reason, but when interacting with others, everything is too straightforward, so it's meaningless.

After drinking for three rounds, both of them were a little bit smoky, and the elder brother and younger brother shouted with a bit of sincerity.Zhang Jintian pointed at the table and said, "Brother, I know that Li Qiangguo is opening a department store across from you, and you are facing each other. You are upset, but now is not the time to deal with him."

"Look at him jumping up and down, he seems to be very prosperous, but as soon as the people behind him let go, without others, he will collapse by himself." Zhang Jintian said to Shen Heli. "It's not easy to do business now. If you do a small business, you will be swallowed up and squeezed, and if you do a big business, you will be exploited by a higher class."

"But there is no way, your business has already been opened, and there is no time for you to want to be safe." Zhang Jintian said, "Don't think about revenge first, stabilize your business first, even if there is a loss, it will be short-lived. No matter what, you are also a foreigner, and you are not allowed to be the only one in Kyoto."

"Kyoto is so big, I never thought of being the only one." Shen Heli said honestly, "I'm just a little more courageous than others, and the situation is stable. I'm ready to open a department store in Kyoto. At the very beginning, I prepared for the situation that many department stores will come out to compete in the future. The problem is, we have healthy competition, right now, it’s not whether I want to fight him or not, but he’s coming at me directly, not because he wants to compete with him. I compete, but directly want to crucify me. If I don’t react, I’m afraid others will look down on me.”

"Young spirit." Zhang Jintian shook his head and said, "He is in full swing now, just let him give way, and when he weakens in the future, you can beat the dog in the water and achieve the best result with the least cost. You are really against him now For Maimang, the price to pay may be quite a lot."

Shen Heli smiled and picked up the wine glass and drank it down, "The price you pay depends on the hands behind the Li family, whether they really want to support the Li family, or just use the Li family as a knife. If the knife is not easy to use, just change it."

Zhang Jintian also laughed, "Young people are awesome."

"So, you think those hands are just using the Li family as a knife. You said that you were prepared before the situation was stable. Obviously, you were optimistic at that time. That's why you are showing favor to Chen Xinghan now." Zhang Jintian asked .

Shen Heli just laughed and didn't speak.

Zhang Jintian said. "What a coincidence, I am also optimistic about Chen Xinghan. I heard that you are helping Jiang Chengjun to build roads and level ground recently. I am afraid that the funds for the activity are not sufficient. Would you like me to give you a sum of money and only charge you a small interest."

Shen Heli also became interested, "Brother Zhang is also optimistic about Chen Xinghan, what is the basis?"

"Because he has Jiang Chengjun next to him." Zhang Jintian said, "The military and government are never separated, but they are separated. The government is detached from the state governments. Although it does not talk about democracy, its way of governing is based on the perspective of the people to the greatest extent."

"It's just that their current weakness is that they have too few territories and soldiers. If the army is stronger, I will invest in them no matter what." Zhang Jintian said.

"It's always easy to add flowers to the cake, but difficult to send charcoal in the snow. If they are really strong at this time, I'm afraid they don't need you and me to rely on." Shen Heli said.

"Investing in Chen Xinghan, I'm still a bit of a drummer. I've already made up my mind to invest in you." Zhang Jintian smiled and patted him on the shoulder and said, "If you get close to them, I'll be lucky in the future too."

"Haha." Shen Heli laughed, and the two toasted again.

Shen Heli went home drunk, was cleaned up and lay down on the bed, and spontaneously hugged Gu Xinyue into his arms, "I went to see Zhang Jintian today."

"En." Gu Xinyue replied casually, since he was hugged into his arms while sitting, he just turned over, lay on his side and continued to flip through the book.

"His vision is very precise, and he is mature in the world." Shen Heli said, "He also said that he would invest in me and lend me money to build roads."

"That's good." Gu Xinyue continued to respond without distraction.

"What are you doing, watch me talk." Sensing his distraction, Shen Heli said with some dissatisfaction.

Gu Xinyue said without turning her head, "I'm full of wine and come back, I'm willing to let you go to bed, you can be grateful to Dade, don't talk nonsense."

Shen Heli buried his face behind his back, chuckled, and fell asleep snoring within a few minutes.

Gu Xinyue closed the book with a headache, obviously she couldn't read it tonight.

Although there is still a strong aftertaste of the New Year after the Lantern Festival, everything must start to get on the right track.Before the official opening of the state government, Jiang Chengjun also organized a new year's ball and charity dinner. Shen Heli and Gu Xinyue still received invitations this time.Shen Heli looked at the words of charity dinner on the invitation card.Said to Gu Xinyue, "It seems that I need to bring more money this time."

"Just bring something that can command a higher price." Gu Xinyue said, "You treat it as a cash transaction. If there is really a large amount of money, you must write a note first, and then take the money over."

"Yeah." Shen Heli nodded feeling reasonable, "Yuezhi, go and wear that windbreaker with a fox fur collar, it looks good in that."

Jiang Chengjun's stomach pains are now regular and frequent. When the dinner started, he was still speechless against the pain in his stomach, and his face was pale.Chen Xinghan brought a bowl of tonic, not to relieve the pain, but to nourish the fetus, make him grow better and stronger, and eat blood to become more powerful.

Chen Xinghan looked at his distressed look, his eyes were full of reluctance, he felt sorry for Jiang Chengjun to suffer such a crime, but he knew for whom he suffered this crime, how firm his mind was, but he couldn't say any words to persuade him to give up .The bitter tonic could not be more bitter, Jiang Chengjun also drank it in one gulp.Chen Xinghan touched his cheek, "I've found a place, don't worry about it, I'll accompany you to live there, let's get through this period of time."

"Do you really think you've settled down in the capital?" Jiang Chengjun glanced at him angrily, "Believe it or not, we left the capital the first day, and someone came in the next day. When we want to come back, it will be even more difficult."

"There's nothing good about Kyoto." Chen Xinghan said, "The three towns outside the Guan have already been taken down, and more of our land in the north is still occupied by foreigners, so there is a lot of room for development."

"I know you are a person with big ambitions." Jiang Chengjun said, "I don't like the way you love me for my son and daughter at all."

"I still remember what you said when you joined the army. Don't forget it either." Jiang Chengjun said with a pale face, "My ambition is to do something for thousands of ordinary people who are suffering like you. The suffering I have suffered is just an emotional part of me as a person. My lofty ideals have not changed."

"Got it, got it." Chen Xinghan said with a bit of a headache, "I have bitten my sore lips, and there are so many things to say. Everything is for the people."

Jiang Chengjun crawled up calmly, "Okay, the labor pains are over, I have two hours of relaxing time, now hurry up and change clothes and go out, it's almost time for socializing and socializing."

"Yes. Your Excellency." Chen Xinghan.