lady, please calm down

In July in the north, the summer heat is high and it is no cooler than in the south.

Night, late Xu.

Zhang Xiaoyin lives in the side house of the Zhang Family Courtyard in Zhuskin Lane. The doors and windows are closed, and the room is as hot as a steamer.

In order to cool off, Zhang Chuangen and Zhang Xiaoyin simply wore shorts and sat in front of the lamp, but they were still sweating profusely from the heat.

However, the two of them could not care about this at this time. Zhang Xiaoyin reported some recent work progress to his upline Zhang Chuangen.

Zhang Chuangen nodded frequently, and finally took out a "pay on sight" cargo ticket from Yuzhou Dongji Trading Company from the bag and handed it to Zhang Xiaoyin.

Zhang Xiaoyin was illiterate, so he looked over it twice and didn't recognize what it was.

"Xiao Yin, when you settle down, you need to learn to read some words, otherwise you will be blind for the rest of your life!" Zhang Chuangen warned in the tone of an elder.

He completely forgot that he himself was a big problem in the Huaibei Army's literacy campaign. Zhang Chuangen was a bit old, so he couldn't learn as fast as Pao Ze, a young man in the army.

Later, because of his slow learning, it dragged down the entire company's advanced selection.

Zhang Chuangen was originally a soldier of the Armed Guards. Now, Paoze, who was at the same time as him, was also a platoon leader or company commander. He suffered the disadvantage of being "uneducated". Until he was transferred to the military before he was discharged, he was only a squad leader.

But compared to Zhang Xiaoyin, who couldn't read a single Chinese character, Zhang Chuangen, who could at least recognize several hundred Chinese characters, was qualified to teach Gan'er like this.

"Hey, if you have time, godfather will teach me." Zhang Xiaoyin smiled sheepishly and raised the coupon in his hand, "godfather, what is this?"

"This is a cargo note from Dongji Trading Company. With this ticket, you can withdraw 275 taels of silver from the bank."

"so much!"

Zhang Xiaoyin was shocked. There were more than two hundred and seventy taels. Not only he had never seen it in the barren Yuzhou, but even the generals and camp commanders in the Xiang army could not afford so much money.

Zhang Chuangen's expression became serious, "It's not for you to spend randomly! This money is for you to win over the emperor and make good friends with the superiors. Xiao Yin needs to remember, don't reach out randomly. When the big thing is accomplished, the prince will not hesitate to give it to you. If you want to be rich in this life, don’t let your mind wander and lose the big because of the small!”

Zhang Xiaoyin nodded hurriedly, "Don't worry, godfather, I haven't used up the money I sent last time. Except for the money to redeem my mother, I haven't touched a penny of the other money."

Zhang Chuangen nodded happily and said: "Our military commander is not that harsh on our brothers. Part of this money is your own funds."

As he spoke, Zhang Chuangen pointed to Zhang Xiaoyin's frayed calf-nosed pants with his buttocks exposed with a smile, and said: "Just like these tattered clothes, change them when they need to. Spend some money from the funds to buy two sets of decent clothes. From now on, Xiaoyin Now that I am an official, I need to show some dignity."

"Be an official?" Zhang Xiaoyin looked surprised.

"Yes. Didn't I just say that this money is for you to be a good official? Find a way to become an official, the higher the better!"

"Can"

Zhang Xiaoyin has no confidence in this matter. The only people he can get to know are middle and lower-level officers such as captains. These people have no power to promote at will.

With his current status, he is out of reach of senior officials such as the commander of the First Army and the governor who are truly in power.

Zhang Chuangen smiled mysteriously, "Don't worry, higher up, someone will help you with your promotion. The funds you use here are to appease those who were originally your superiors and will become your subordinates in the future, so as to prevent them from becoming psychologically unbalanced."

Zhang Xiaoyin couldn't help but feel a shiver in his heart. After the incident in the prison camp at the beginning of the year, he knew very well that he was not the only one who had Qi's secret lines buried in the Han and Boxiang armies.

Due to discipline, he could not inquire about this kind of thing at will, but he knew that there must be many "comrades" doing the same job in the entire Yuzhou City.

It's just that Zhang Xiaoyin didn't expect that the level of the hidden line was so high, and he even had the power to mobilize and promote middle- and lower-level officers.

That night, Zhang Chuangen stayed at Pigskin Alley.

The next day, at dawn, Zhang Xiaoyin, who was sleeping with Zhang Chuangen, was called by her mother.

Zhang Xiaoyin walked into the courtyard shirtless and said something to her mother. After a moment, she turned around and put the neatly folded clothes on the bedside.

Zhang Chuangen was also awakened by this movement. Seeing that Zhang Xiaoyin was holding his own clothes, he couldn't help but let out a surprised "Eh" after taking it.

Along the way, his clothes were covered with dust, soaked with sweat and dried several times, giving him a rancid smell of sweat.

After taking it off last night, I asked Xiao Yin to dry it in the hospital to eliminate the sweat smell.

But at this time, not only were the clothes clean, but they also had the fragrance of soap locust. Zhang Chuangen thought for a while that Xiao Yin had picked them up by mistake.

Seeing that he didn't know why, Zhang Xiaoyin smiled and explained: "My mother saw that my godfather's clothes were dirty last night, so she washed them overnight."

Since Zhang Xiaoyin could become a peripheral member of the military system, Huaibei had naturally done a background check on him. Zhang Chuangen knew that he had a widowed mother, but it was dark last night and he couldn't see clearly, so he didn't take it to heart.

At this time, I learned that someone had washed my clothes for me, so I quickly dressed and got up, ready to say thank you.

But he couldn't find his pair of smelly socks. After rummaging around for a few times, Zhang Chuangen gave up. The socks had been worn for many days. Not only did they smell bad, but they also had holes in the heels and toes.

It’s okay not to.

Putting on shoes on his bare feet, Zhang Chuangen followed Xiao Yi into the courtyard.

But I saw that the morning light in July would illuminate the small courtyard.

There was a cloud of water vapor in the simple kitchen in the corner of the courtyard, as if breakfast had been cooked in the stove.

Mother Zhang was sitting on the threshold of the kitchen, looking at the morning sun, slightly hunched over, holding a pair of washed socks to mend.

This scene is warm but ordinary.

But Zhang Chuangen, who had been a bachelor for half his life, could not bear this. When he got up early in the morning, the woman had already cooked rice and mended his torn socks that she even disliked.

For him, this impact was no different than when later generations of palus woke up and found Reba standing by the bed in a maid uniform and asked: "My dear, what do you want to eat this morning?"

"Mom, this is Uncle Zhang, a merchant from the south who comes to collect wool skins."

Zhang Xiaoyin, who had not noticed anything strange about his godfather, introduced him vaguely to his mother.

Zhang's mother quickly stood up, made a blessing, lowered her head and said, "The Nu family has met Zhang Yuanwai~"

"."

Zhang Xiaoyin didn't wait for her godfather to respond, so she couldn't help but turn around out of curiosity, only to see Zhang Chuangen's dark face turning the color of pig liver, looking extremely embarrassed.

"Uncle Zhang?" Zhang Xiaoyin called again.

Zhang Chuangen finally came back to his senses and said hurriedly: "Oh, oh, sister, no courtesy, no courtesy."

The morning sun on the second day of July shines on Yuzhou Mansion on Zhongjing Road in the Kingdom of Jin, and also illuminates Caizhou City in the Kingdom of Qi.

At noon, the girls' school of Lanxiang Middle School, located in the northwest corner of Caizhou City, became lively.

It was breakfast time, and the students, uniformly dressed in blue skirts, black shoes and white socks, walked to the dining hall in groups.

Regarding the male-female branch system, Chen Chu did not think it was very necessary.

But now, it is not a small problem. The Huaibei Road School Secretary has repeatedly expressed his opinion, and even brothers Chen Jingyan and Chen Jing'an also support the branch system.

The most realistic consideration is the 'prevention of men and women'. Especially in the middle school department, teenage students are at the age when they are bold and impulsive. If something serious like human life is involved, the current trend is more conservative. If it goes down, the reputation of the school will definitely drop to freezing point.

After all, Lan Xiang Academy at this time was already somewhat of a prototype of a later school. It was not a private school with only a dozen students, but hundreds or even thousands of students mixed together, making management very difficult.

Chen Chu finally accepted the suggestion of a branch school system. Since last year, the middle school girls' department has remained in the city, with Li Yian, Li Jia, and Yu Nong serving as the honorary principal and deputy principal respectively.

The men's department moved to a wider area outside the city, and Chen Chu continued to serve as the honorary principal.

Both departments adopt closed management, and arrangements are made for campus underwear, food, accommodation, and transportation, and there are two days off every seven days.

Because Lanxiang Academy was born in Luliuwei and is inextricably linked to Chen Chu and Yu Nong, students who graduate here will be clearly marked as direct descendants of Huaibei.

Because of this, Lanxiang has become a school with the largest concentration of children of middle- and senior-level managers in the Huaibei Army, middle- and senior-level managers of Luliuwei Farm Reclamation, and children of martyrs.

The latter status is naturally the kind that includes free board and lodging.

In the corner of the dining room, Wu Junru, the daughter of Wu Kui, deputy commander of the 4th Brigade of the Huaibei Army, and Zhou Zhiruo, the daughter of Zhou Zongfa, the commander of the 13th Regiment, were eating and talking excitedly about the upcoming summer vacation.

"My father happens to be stationed in Tokyo, and my mother said she would take me to Tokyo to visit my father after the holiday!" Zhou Zhiruo looked forward to her upcoming trip to Tokyo.

"There's so much fun in Tokyo. I'll be staying in Caizhou during the holidays. Which of the Zoo, Cherry Valley, and Botanical Gardens is not more fun than Tokyo?"

Wu Junru listed many good places in her hometown.

"You can't say that! No matter how good Caizhou is, we still need to go out and see the world." Zhou Zhiruo was not convinced.

While the two were arguing, they saw a slim figure hurriedly approaching with a dinner plate and sat down.

Although the visitor has his head lowered, he can guess who the person is from his body shape after spending time together.

"Tiger head, what are you doing?" Sandra Ng was startled by the sudden appearance of the tiger head.

But Hutou lowered his head and asked hurriedly, "Has Master Ma left?"

Ma Shitai is the moral education instructor of the girls' school. It is said that she was brought by Li Shanchang from the Zhou Dynasty. She is strict and unsmiling, and she never asks the students whose children they are when they are scolded. She is scolded and punished when needed. Punishment.

Last year, when Professor Ma just joined the school, he punished "Little Thorny" with his tiger head once and hit his palm three times with a bamboo ruler.

Afterwards, Hutou went home and complained to her sister, but she didn't expect that instead of waiting for her sister to come forward to help her, she was punished by her sister again.

From that time on, Hutou gave Ma Jiaojia the nickname "Master Ma".

Zhou Zhiruo raised her head and glanced at the crowd, only to see Master Ma finishing her inspection of the dining room and walking out of the door with her hands behind her back. Although Mrs. Ma is strict, she never takes the initiative to find trouble. Why is she afraid of what she will do when Hutou is just having breakfast?

"Hutou, Master Ma is gone." Zhou Zhiruo reminded, Hutou let out a long breath and then raised his head.

As soon as she raised her head, Zhou Zhiruo knew why she was afraid.

Sandra Ng, who was sitting opposite, also noticed the problem and couldn't help but pointed to the red, tender and shiny lips of the tiger head in surprise, "Tiger head, you. You."

Hutou didn't take it seriously, but said dissatisfiedly: "Call me Xiangyi!"

"Oh, Xiangyi, you are so brave. You are not allowed to wear lipstick in the school. Be careful of being discovered by Mrs. Ma!"

"I'm so scared! Summer vacation starts tomorrow anyway."

The smelly look on the tiger's head was a bit unbeatable. Zhou Zhiruo was very envious and couldn't help but asked in a low voice, "Hu Xiangyi, which one are you using? The color is really nice."

“I used cardamom red from the National Color Series”

In their teens, people today are precocious. Even if Zhou Zhiruo and Wu Junru are not as bold as Hu Tou and dare to apply lipstick in school, during the holidays at home, several little sisters visit each other and learn a lot while hiding in the boudoir. Apply makeup and powder.

It is a woman's nature to pay attention to appearance.

As for the features of new makeup styles and newly launched fragrances in each issue of Caizhou Five Days Talk, they are even more familiar with it.

Therefore, when the two heard about the "National Color Series", they were both surprised.

"Wow! A set of the national color series costs more than three hundred taels of silver! We talked on the 5th and said that only ninety-nine sets of this model were produced this year! I also heard that the harems and concubines of the Zhou Kingdom were all rushing to buy it. Well, over there, a set of national colors has been sold for more than a thousand taels!"

Sandra Ng was amazed again and again. Although the Zhou and Wu families could not afford this set of perfume, they would never buy it for a child of thirteen or fourteen years old!

Zhou Zhiruo felt dizzy with envy and couldn't help but sigh: "Xiangyi, your sister is so kind to you!"

The tiger's head was eating the food in small bites to avoid swallowing the fat in his mouth, but he lowered his voice and said: "Don't talk about it when you go home! Sister Xiangzhuang doesn't know."

"Ah? Then where did you get the money to buy it? Three hundred and fifty-eight taels!"

"My sister Yunong gave it to me secretly. My sister doesn't know, so don't let it slip."

"So that's it. Teacher Chen is so kind."

Yunong is responsible for taking care of Yurong Xiangzhuang under Luliuwei Farm Reclamation. It is not difficult for her to secretly get a set for Hutou.

"Tiger head."

"Call me Xiangyi! If you call me wrong again, sisters won't have to do it anymore!"

As you get older, you care about more things.

For example, the nickname "Hutou" didn't bother Hutou when he was young, but when he grew up, especially after he entered school, whenever the teacher called on his name, the more he heard the name "Hutou", the more shameful he became.

It doesn't look like the girl's name!

So, last year, Hutou asked her brother-in-law to give her a new name.

The reason for finding Chen Chu is very simple, because he gave the names of Wu Junru, Zhou Zhiruo, and Wu Yanzu, including Peng Yuyan and Wu Yanzu in the boys' school.

At first, Chen Chu said 'Jinmai' without thinking, um, Zhao Jinmai.

But Hu Tou refused. The name had the word "Mai" in it. In her opinion, it had the same meaning as peach, apricot, flower, and green.

The air is quite down-to-earth, but it has an earthy smell.

For this reason, Hu Tou was even angry and cried. At that time, she said: Names are with people for a lifetime. The names my brother gave Jun Ru and Zhi Ruo back then were more pleasant than the last. When it was my turn, I used crops as my names. My brother is very partial.

Chen Chu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. After some coaxing, he racked his brains and took out the word "xiangyi" from a poem by Lao Su, "I want to compare the West Lake to the West Lake, light makeup and heavy makeup are always suitable" and gave Hutou a name.

But then, Chen Chu had to make the entire poem to explain the meaning of the two words.

Anyway, once this was done, there was another rumor in the back of the palace that "the prince wrote a poem to name the princess' sister."

If there are too many lice, you will not bite them. If you copy too many lice, you will become thick-skinned.

Since everyone is saying that he did it, then let’s leave it at that.

Here, the three little sisters were lying on the dining table, putting their heads together, and agreed to go to the palace the next day to try the tiger head makeup.

"I'll call Daya, and..." Wu Junru was talking when she saw a few figures in the distance, she couldn't help but stop and curled her lips and said: "Xiangyi, look at those rich girls from Tokyo, what's the air! "

Hearing this, Hu Tou turned his head and looked over.

But they saw that several girls aged fourteen or fifteen had just walked to the window where they were cooking. The tall one with bright features was carrying a panda-shaped backpack made of lambskin with black and white splicing.

The women who were traveling with her were chattering around her about how cute her schoolbag was. Even if she couldn't hear clearly from a distance, she could guess that they were all compliments.

The woman with the backpack is named Jiacheng. She just transferred to Lanxiang Girls' School with a few sisters in April this year. She speaks Tokyo Mandarin.

Nowadays, in Lanxiang Academy, besides people from Huaibei, the largest number of people are from Tokyo.

Among them, there are many daughters from famous families such as Prime Minister Fan Gongzhi, the granddaughter of Zhang Chunxiao, the Minister of War, and the daughter of Du Zhaoqing, the Minister of Rites.

This situation is easy to understand. The children and grandchildren of important officials in the DPRK were sent to Huaibei to study. Naturally, this was a product of the current abnormal political situation in Qi State. They can be understood as hostages.

It is a means to make both parties trust each other more when they cooperate.

Although these girls may not understand why their grandfather and father made such a decision, and no one bullies or excludes them in Lanxiang Academy, women are all born politicians, and the uneasiness of leaving home quickly caused them to form small groups defined by region. Group, report to the group to keep warm.

After all, with the same hometown, the same accent, and the same class, it is easier to have common topics.

On a psychological level, I feel far closer than the girls from Huaibei.

Jiacheng, who joined the class, quickly became the leader of the Tokyo faction through some unknown means.

In just a few months, he formed a handkerchief relationship with girls such as Zhang Wanyu and Du Yunming, and they were inseparable all day long.

Hutou never took the initiative to talk about his family background due to instructions from his father and brothers.

But seeing that Jiakui and the others were in their own group, their words and deeds were somewhat arrogant and arrogant that they had cultivated since childhood, and they were vaguely resistant to being friends with Huaibei girls, which made Hutou and others feel a little unhappy with them.

At the same time, there is another reason that is not easy to explain. Beautiful women will always be inexplicably hostile to equally beautiful women.

Even so, the two sides still maintain the situation of not infringing upon each other.

But today, something unexpected happened.

Luo Xiangxiu, Hutou's classmate, was thin and suffered from telephobia, which is myopia. After finishing her meal, she didn't pay attention and bumped into Jiacheng. The meal just happened to spill on Jiacheng's cute panda bag.

Seeing the food soup seeping into the texture of the leather, Jiacheng was so distressed that she almost shed tears. Luo Xiangxiu quickly took out a handkerchief to help her wipe it. Zhang Wanyu on the side was also a little angry, and lightly pushed Luo Xiangxiu's hand, dissatisfied and scolded: "What's the matter with you? Don't you know how to read the road?"

Luo Xiangxiu seemed to be frightened. She stood beside him at a loss and tears instantly filled her eyes.

If there is a teacher present at this time, step forward to comfort him, and the small storm will be calmed down immediately.

But Luo Xiangxiu's father died in battle during the civil war in Huaibei, and he was an orphan of a martyr.

He was also the classmate that Hutou looked after the most on weekdays. When Hutou saw her panicked look, he was immediately furious. No matter who was right or wrong just now, he rolled up his sleeves and rushed over!

"How dare you say something harsh to her again!"

It was Zhang Wanyu who scolded Luo Xiangxiu, but the tiger-headed stride was aimed at Jiacheng. The latter couldn't help but be startled. He hadn't said a word yet!

Originally, the bag was stained and he was not happy, but when he saw the tiger head protecting the calf without asking any questions, Jiacheng also asked in annoyance: "Who are you?"

"Haha, I won't change my name, but I won't change my surname. I live in Caizhou, Shanzi Street, Liu Daya!"

far away.

'Zhen Da Ya', who had just approached the dining room, looked confusedly at the crowd that suddenly gathered in the dining room.

The classmates next to me were surprised and excited, "Da Ya! Someone seems to be quarreling. Let's go watch the fun."

But Liu Daya said in confusion: "Just now, why did I seem to hear someone calling my name?"

Of course, it was impossible for Hutou to actually be with Jiacheng in the dining room, but the gathering caused by her impulse finally attracted Master Ma.

After Master Ma appeared, Jiarou and Hutou talked about what was going on.

But the two people's calibers are very different, and they are almost talking to each other.

But Ma Shitai only used two words to make the two people stop talking instantly.

"Zhao Xiangyi, what are you putting on your lips?"

Oh my god, I was so involved in the quarrel that I forgot about the lip grease. Hu Tou couldn't help but his expression changed, and he wiped off the lip grease with his hands immediately.

Jiachuan here was secretly enjoying herself, and Master Ma reached out to take the soiled panda bag from her hand. She lowered her head and looked at the 'Huarong' logo on the bag, and said lukewarmly: " Liu Jiacheng, don’t you know that the school doesn’t allow you to bring valuable jewelry or handbags?”

After saying that, Mrs. Ma glanced at the two people's different faces and said, "Follow me to check the room!"

Originally, Mrs. Ma planned to expose the incident in the dining room with a small punishment, but because of the presence of lipstick and expensive bags, she ordered the female school staff to search the dormitory.

It doesn't matter if you search this

There were stories about ghost foxes and scholar ladies, a complete set of top-notch jade fragrances, expensive handbag accessories, and even a few strange-looking bras found in Zhao Xiangyi's dormitory.

Mrs. Ma was ashamed and angry, so she handed the matter over to the teachers Liu Jiacheng and Zhao Xiangyi who had led the trouble that day, and demanded that the two young teachers be severely punished, including "calling parents".

The two female teachers had not been in the job for a long time and were worried that it would be difficult for the parents of the students to deal with them, so they bumped into each other specially.

Zhao Xiangyi's teacher's surname was Li. He looked at the student roster and said, "Xiangyi's contact person is 'Zhao Xiaomiao from the Luliuwei Farm Reclamation Administration Department.'"

Liu Jiacheng's teacher's surname was Lin, and he also found the information he was looking for, "The contact person left here in Jiacheng is 'Huaibei Disabled Veterans Resettlement Office Chen Yidao'."

When Teacher Lin heard that the other parent was serving in the Huaibei Army, he couldn't help but worry: "Will the soldiers be more temperamental? Xiangyi and Jiacheng have a conflict. When Chen Yidao meets Zhao Xiaomiao, will the two of them fight to vent their anger on their children? Let’s start fighting!” (End of Chapter)