When the car stopped at the door of Yue's mansion, the hands of the pocket watch stopped at twelve o'clock at midnight.

The driver trotted forward and opened the door.

His right cheek suddenly felt a little cold. Yue Dingtang stretched out his hand and wiped it with snow water.

Under the illumination of the headlights, the fine snow particles were clearly visible, and occasionally there was a little wind, blowing the snow particles into his neck. The driver subconsciously shrank and muttered softly.

"Why is it still snowing?"

But once you enter the gate, it feels warm.

Warm wind came towards the face, mixed with a faint fragrance, and the instantaneous alternation of hot and cold made his nose itchy. The driver couldn't help but lower his head and sneeze.

"Little brother!"

A beautiful figure walked down from the second floor. It was hard to believe that she was wearing stiletto heels and a cheongsam, but she could still be swept over like a whirlwind.

Yue Dingtang didn't even need to look at the other person's face before he blurted out: "Third sister, why are you back?"

Yue Chunxiao smiled and said: "Why, you don't want to see me? Your brother-in-law has returned to China with the minister. I don't want to go to Nanjing, so I might as well go home and have a look."

Yue Dingtang: "Mrs. Chiang is here in Nanjing, and there are dances and banquets every day. Isn't that your favorite?"

Yue Chunxiao pouted: "I like to be in the limelight, not to be humble and suffer. I don't know how to be an official until I arrive in Nanjing. There are a lot of royal relatives, so I have no interest in serving them. Why don't I go home and be happy and comfortable? Besides, those people

If you think that going abroad is a good job, you will definitely ask questions about how much money your brother-in-law has made!"

Yue Dingtang nodded: "Still the same bad-tempered person."

Yue Chunxiao made a move to hit him, but the latter quickly moved out of the way. Yue Chunxiao reached halfway, changed his palms into fingers, and pinched his ears.

Yue Dingtang hissed, "Be gentle!"

Yue Chunxiao: "Are you convinced?"

Yue Dingtang: "The five bodies fell to the ground."

Yue Chunxiao let go with satisfaction: "I made some dumplings and rolled out the noodles. What do you want to eat, dumpling soup? Noodles with scallion oil?"

Yue Ding Tang: "Noodles mixed with scallion oil."

Yue Chunxiao said angrily: "It's still the same, it hasn't changed since I was a child."

After that, he happily went to prepare.

Mixing noodles with scallion oil is very fast. Heat the scallion oil in a pan until the scallions change color. After the noodles are cooked, take it out and pour the hot scallion oil on it.

A bowl of noodles has become a dream of most people in this city, from high-ranking officials to peddlers and commoners.

Yue Chunxiao did more than just make noodles with scallion oil.

There are also stuffed mushrooms and small soup dumplings on the table.

These two things cannot be accomplished in a short time.

Yue Dingtang twitched his lips: "We agreed on the late-night snack, but you're not afraid of me dying."

Yue Chunxiao brought the noodles mixed with scallion oil and placed them in front of him without pretending to be a servant.

"I thought that your second brother would come back to eat, but who knew that he had to run away to Peiping for a while." Yue Chunxiao sat down opposite him and sighed, "It's better to be at home. I like everything I see, even the one with a missing mouth in the room

The cabinets all look better than outside."

Yue Dingtang lowered his head and ate several mouthfuls of noodles, then smiled and said: "What kind of sin did you suffer to sigh like this? Didn't you always think that Western countries are so much better than the places of your ancestors? They are advanced, beautiful, and have tall buildings.

Building, civilized etiquette, is that what you said?"

Yue Chunxiao rolled his eyes at him: "I used to go to study abroad. How can studying abroad be the same as stationing abroad? You just make sarcastic remarks here, I really should let you see it with your own eyes. You know, it said it was an embassy. I don't know.

, and thought it was a haunted house that was in disrepair!”

Yue Dingtang was surprised: "After all, you represent the dignity of a country. Didn't the Nanjing government provide funding?"

Yue Chunxiao smiled bitterly: "Decent? Nanjing should have allocated the wages to your brother-in-law and the others, but they have been in arrears since the first half of the year and have not been paid yet. Those like us who still have some financial resources can still make a living. Some of the poorer families do not even have winter clothes."

I can’t afford it! There are also renovations at the embassy. Every time it rains, water leaks from the ceiling. Not to mention your brother-in-law’s office. The windows are broken and cannot be closed. Rain always splashes inside and stains the walls.

The floor is all wet, and over time, it will become moldy. You want to change the place, and even the salary is in arrears, where will the funds come from? "

At first, the hands holding the noodles did not stop, but gradually, the movements slowed down.

Silence flowed between the two of them.

"Then what does Nanjing say? Minister Chen sent a telegram?"

"It's been issued, every few days, to push for salaries and funds. The people in Nanjing always say it's difficult and difficult, and let them find their own way to raise it. If you ask me, this bullshit diplomat is not the right one!"

"Respect is earned by oneself, not given by others. Even our own country does not take the dignity of this country seriously, so why should your brother-in-law and others go abroad to suffer and suffer!"

"You don't know that before we returned to China, there was a dance at the British Embassy, ​​and your brother-in-law also took me there. At that time, the French counselor asked your brother-in-law, in front of the counselors and secretaries of other countries, what he heard that it had stopped raining outside.

The non-stop rain inside the Chinese Embassy is a sight to behold, is it true?"

She was full of complaints and no longer as confident as she was before going abroad.

Yue Dingtang: "What happened to my brother-in-law?"

Yue Chunxiao: "Your brother-in-law said that the world is not yet peaceful. We Chinese like to be prepared for danger in times of peace. We always remind ourselves not to forget the suffering, so that we can do more practical things for the people."

Yue Dingtang smiled and said, "That's not a bad answer."

Yue Chunxiao said angrily: "You are still laughing! If your brother-in-law were a member of the American or British embassy, ​​would he dare to make such a joke?!"

Yue Dingtang: "This is originally a joke in an informal setting. Even if you have internal and external troubles, you can't blame others for looking down on you."

Yue Chunxiao: "That's why I will never go to Nanjing. Your brother-in-law and the others are out in the wind and rain, with little food and clothing, but those people in Nanjing are living in a state of dissipation. I'm afraid I won't be able to help but take pictures after I go there."

Swearing at the table will make your brother-in-law's career difficult, so why not stay at home and be comfortable, go shopping, and meet old friends."

She is in love with her

"By the way," Yue Chunxiao poked the soup dumpling with chopsticks, and the juice flowed out, and the aroma filled the air. "I went to have afternoon tea today, and I met Ling Yao. Do you remember, right? The sister of your old classmate Ling Shu."

Yue Dingtang paused while holding the bowl of soup.

"What's wrong with her?"

Yue Chunxiao: "It's nothing. I didn't know until I returned home this time that she married a clerk in the municipal government. Her life has not changed much. It's just this fate. Wow, I think the Ling family was so famous and grand back then, but now it's gone.

She also wanted to maintain her reputation as a rich wife in front of me, but I mercilessly exposed her."

Yue Dingtang: "I remember you were not on good terms with each other before?"

Yue Chunxiao chuckled: "You don't understand women very well. She wants to dominate me, and I want to dominate her friendship. Do you understand?"

Yue Dingtang concluded: "Hypocritical superficial friendship."

After saying that, he quickly turned his head and dodged the third sister's grasping hand in time.

Yue Chunxiao continued to sigh: "I still remember when I was in school, Lingyao Jiantian'er would change her clothes every day without wearing the same clothes. She also had handbags and perfumes that were not available in China, and someone had brought them back from the West. But now, she

The plaid cheongsam on her body is clearly frayed at the corners. She is still wearing it, so you can imagine what kind of life Ling Yao is living now! Speaking of which, what about your old classmate Ling Shu? You have no contact with him.

?”

Yue Dingtang: "Very few."

Yue Chunxiao: "As the saying goes, the friendship between old classmates is the most precious. If you have free time, just ask him to come over to your house and chat about friendship and past years. I have liked that child since he was a child, and he is beautiful.

He's also clever, if his family hadn't fallen into disgrace, he might be doing better than you now!"

Yue Dingtang: "What's wrong with you? On the one hand, you hate his sister, but on the other hand, you ask me to invite people to sit at home."

Yue Chunxiao laughed and said: "Isn't this very contradictory? I hate his sister, but I don't hate him."

Yue Dingtang put down the soup bowl.

"Then I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you."

Yue Chunxiao was puzzled.

Yue Dingtang: "Ling Shu was involved in a murder case, and he is the biggest suspect."

Yue Chunxiao looked shocked: "Then Lingyao..."

Yue Dingtang: "She probably doesn't know about this yet. We are currently suppressing the news, and newspapers and magazines are not allowed to publish the news for the time being. Otherwise, given the identity of the deceased, there may be a big commotion."

Yue Chunxiao: "Impossible. Ling Shu was such a well-behaved child when he was in school. I still remember..."

Yue Dingtang: "The deceased is Du Yunning. You also know the third sister. I was an old classmate of Ling Shu."

Yue Chunxiao stopped talking.

"I've finished eating."

Yue Dingtang got up and prepared to go upstairs to his room.

"Little brother."

Yue Chunxiao called him to stop.

"Ling Yao, although I don't like her, I don't have any deep grudges. Speaking of which, we are still old classmates. The Ling family is like this now. Ling Shu is the only male in the Ling family. Could this be a mistake?

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To be continued...