Cartier's silver-plated steel lighter made a crisp sound, and the flame was blown away by the wind. A woman's cigarette was held in Vivien Leigh's mouth, and she sucked gently, and the smoke came out from her lips and nose.
Zhou Hexuan frowned, leaned against the window and said, "The lighter is good, where did you buy it?"
"Zhongyuan Department Store." Vivien Leigh puffed out smoke.
Zhou Hexuan pointed to his sleeping little daughter and reminded: "Smoking is bad for health, especially for children."
Vivien Leigh took another deep breath, put out the cigarette butt, and said excitedly: "I know, but I just want to smoke. I'm very irritable, inexplicably irritable, I don't belong here, I'm really fed up!"
"I'm sorry." Zhou Hexuan apologized quickly, not daring to argue with Vivien Leigh.
Vivien Leigh's mental state was obviously somewhat abnormal, and she didn't know whether it was postpartum depression. Anyway, she was easily sad and irritable, and sometimes she felt depressed and irritable for no apparent reason.
"It's nothing, I'm getting better already," Vivien Leigh said, rubbing her forehead, "I shouldn't have quarreled with you yesterday."
Zhou Hexuan began to turn the topic to his daughter and asked: "Have you thought of the child's English name?"
Speaking of her daughter, Vivien Leigh became much more energetic: "How is Rebecca?"
"It's a beautiful name." Zhou Hexuan smiled.
The two of them walked to the cradle of their little daughter, and Zhou Hexuan said to the nurse: "You go out first."
The nanny immediately stepped back and warned: "Sir, madam, if the young lady cries, just call me. I will always stay outside."
"You took the trouble." Zhou Hexuan thanked him.
The Chinese name of the daughter born to Zhou Hexuan and Vivien Leigh is "Zhou Chunxi", which means "bright and beautiful". This is similar to the foreign name Vivien Leigh gave her daughter. Rebecca (Rebecca) originally means "charming beauty".
Zhou Chunxi, also known as Rebecca, is written according to the Roman pinyin, and in foreign languages, it is rebecca·chow.
The little guy is almost 50 days old. His hair is black with brown. I don’t know if it is brown or black. After all, purebred Chinese people also have yellow-haired girls. The color of the hair can only be seen when they grow older. But the eyes
The color is very beautiful, neither Zhou Hexuan's black nor Vivien Leigh's gray-green, but a pure blue like the sky.
She has obvious mixed-race characteristics, with a straight nose and sunken eye sockets, but her eyebrows are very similar to Zhou Hexuan's. Especially those two eyebrows, which are far thicker than those of ordinary babies.
As I turn one year old, the color of my eyebrows gradually becomes darker.
Xiao Chunxi obviously inherited her father's eyebrow characteristics. Just as Su Xuelin described in the article, Zhou Hexuan's eyebrows were thick and black, with standard star-shaped sword eyebrows.
Vivien Leigh sat on the edge of the cradle, looking at her daughter lovingly. She raised her hand to touch her, but was afraid of waking her daughter up, so she hesitated for a while before putting it down. She turned to face Zhou Hexuan, and suddenly appeared
Let me ask: "Do you think our daughter can grow up healthy?"
Khan, here we go again!
Zhou Hexuan felt a terrible headache. Vivien Leigh had always been chatty since she gave birth to her daughter, and often said some incomprehensible words.
Zhou Hexuan could only force out a smile and consoled her: "Of course, when my daughter grows up, she will be as beautiful as you."
"No, I want to take my daughter back to England. China is too dangerous." Vivien Leigh said excitedly.
Zhou Hexuan couldn't keep up with this kind of leaping thinking, so he quickly followed her and said: "Okay, when my daughter grows up a little, we will take her back to England."
Vivien Leigh said anxiously: "I want to take her back now."
"It's not possible now. My daughter is too young and can't withstand the storm of the ship. She will get sick," Zhou Hexuan said.
"That's right." Vivien Leigh stood up and walked around anxiously.
Zhou Hexuan was so crazy that he immediately made up his mind to take Vivien Leigh to Freud for psychological treatment. He said: "Vivian, I'm going to the United States in a few days, why don't you come with me to relax?
.After we finish our business in the United States, we will go to the UK to visit your father."
"Want to go to the United States? It's really great. I've always wanted to see it." Vivien Leigh's mood changed quickly. She was anxious just now, but now she suddenly became happy again.
Zhou Hexuan rubbed his face and thought of various legends about postpartum depression, such as committing suicide by jumping off a building with his child in his arms, or hacking his husband to death in his sleep. His heart suddenly felt...
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Just when Zhou Hexuan was preparing to leave for the United States, the silver trend had spread from Shanghai to Tianjin and Peiping.
From May to August this year, due to the sharp rise in international silver prices, more than 100 million yuan worth of silver was outflowed from Shanghai alone, most of which was taken away by foreign banks.
And Tianjin is not much better. In three months, 60 million yuan of silver has flowed out. Two Chinese banks that are dependent on foreign banks have closed down in succession, which then caused a series of chain reactions. For example, banks and banks suffered runs, such as enterprises and banks.
The factory capital chain is broken, followed by market depression and company bankruptcy. Workers and employees find it difficult to make a living due to unemployment, causing more serious economic stagnation and depression of all industries.
Not only did the Yankees trick China into death, but Japan also took advantage of it and smuggled Chinese silver in various ways with the intention of completely destroying China's financial and monetary system and forcing China to become a vassal of the Japanese Yen Group.
The Japanese's sinister tricks don't stop there. Historically, when China introduces banknotes next year, the Japanese government instructs Japanese and Korean prodigals and traitor gangsters to use foreign banknotes to buy goods on the market. If stores use Chinese banknotes to make replacements, they will
Refuse to accept Chinese banknotes claiming they cannot be cashed.
This caused panic and almost caused the legal currency issued by the Republic of China to become useless paper. Thanks to the help of British friends, the Chinese silver dollar was directly linked to the British pound in the early days of issuance. The British aid reserve was enough to survive the run, and the Chinese legal currency was
This was successfully implemented.
Faced with such a serious financial situation, the Nanjing government's response seemed too slow.
In early May, China's silver began to flow out in large quantities, and it was not until September 9, the day Xiao Lingjun entered school, that the Nanjing government ordered a ban on foreign exchange speculation, but it had no effect.
After Zhou Hexuan set foot on American soil, the Nanjing government finally announced an increase in silver export taxes. The outflow of silver slowed down slightly, but illegal smuggling of silver became more and more rampant. Businessmen from Britain, the United States and France colluded with Japan.
Taking advantage of China's situation.
In late October, Song Ziwen suddenly revealed to foreign newspapers: China is about to launch a currency reform plan, plan to abandon the silver standard within six months, issue paper legal tender, and hopes that the United States can provide assistance. If the United States does not help, China will consider seeking help from Japan.
help.
Japan's response was extremely fast. In just two days, Japanese Foreign Minister Hirota delivered a diplomatic speech, trumpeting "China-Japan friendship." Immediately afterwards, Japan's Minister to China Ariyoshiaki went there with a "China-Japan cooperation" plan.
Nanjing to discuss specific cooperation methods with the Chinese government.
For a time, the talk of China-Japan tie-up and economic cooperation was rampant.
Chang Kaishen and Wang Zhaoming also cooperated extremely well and issued the "Order to Prohibit Japanese Exclusion Activities" three months earlier than in history. The Kuomintang newspapers frantically promoted Sino-Japanese friendship.
The people cursed loudly and described the Nanjing government as a traitorous government.
The Japanese were so complacent that they thought they would be able to control China's finances immediately.
U.S. diplomats panicked and quickly called Washington, hoping that Roosevelt could adjust his strategy toward China and actively improve Sino-U.S. diplomatic relations.