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Chapter 11 The Beginning of Winter

These turbulent years, in the blink of an eye, are two months...

The mountain city has finally regained the calm it should have. After day and night repairs, the homes are being rebuilt one after another, gradually restoring their previous appearance. Some stilted buildings can only be completely ended by the flood at that time, and some are lucky enough to survive the flood. The impact of the first shock has become a memorial and ruins in the future. People have returned to their normal lives. Talking and laughing can be heard gradually in the streets and alleys, slowly regaining some human touch...

At the end of November, it is the end of autumn and the winter solstice is approaching. The weather is already so cold that people wrap their padded jackets tightly. Everyone rushes to gather in the yard to bask in the sun during the day. Children ride wooden horses and jump around the door. There are strings of bacon and sausages hanging on the shelves, and the time is full of stories, big or small, everything is peaceful and logical, and people seem to be really about to forget that catastrophe like a nightmare...

These people may also include Zhou Mei...

Zhou Mei's store has completely changed its look. After the baptism of the flood, the entire shop on Datong Street has been repainted and the plaque has been changed. Zhao Sihai, the boss of Shang, brought four baskets of congratulatory gifts, and came to congratulate her in person. Not only that, he also brought land from the Datong Street area to take care of her. Shi, who was the sixth eldest among several of their brothers in the early years, was known as "Sixteen Masters". They were Qing soldiers who fought against foreigners before the Qing Dynasty fell, and they sworn brothers in life and death. Zhao Sihai was the fourth among them. After the victory of the [-] Revolution and the disintegration of feudal rule, several of them went their separate ways, changed their faces, and started business. The powerful forces in the world can always control more than half of Chongqing...

Although the bald sixteen has no hair, he doesn't look as wretched as Zhao Sihai. He likes to wear black double-breasted shorts on weekdays. His lower body is still the long robes of the Qing Dynasty, and he is covered with an ancient fur coat. He is thin and gentle, with very sophisticated eyes, and always has a golden pipe dangling from his mouth. Most of the talented people under him, like him, shaved their heads as a special symbol of the Shi family's subordinates...

When he came, there were crackling firecrackers in front of the fake door, and the neighbors came to join in the fun. As a result, people naturally avoided walking when they saw him.

In "Fake Sleep", the tailor A Wang who came back to help Zhou Mei carefully showed Shi Liu and Zhao Sihai tea, and then ran back to the backyard to work with a wink...

"I am very grateful for the care of Master Sixteen. If my wife has any needs in the future, please let her come to me directly. I promise to dress up my wife as the most beautiful woman in the whole mountain city and add glory to Master Sixteen's face." On Zhou Mei's neck Wrapped in a water-green silk scarf and a black sweater, she folded her hands in front of her body in the early winter sun. The water-green color made her complexion fairer, and she couldn't see any blush even after the powder applied to her face. Feeling white makes people want to drip...

Her hair has grown a lot, and the two sides hang down naturally. It is a very clean short hair that is parted in the middle... There are still two eyebrows that make people look energetic...

Her word wife does not know how many concubines of Shi Liu are included. Shi Liu used to have five concubines, all of them were like flowers and jade, but one of them died young and left two years ago, so now he only has four concubines. Madam, there are rumors that the young concubine had an affair with an outsider. After being discovered by Shi Liu, he personally sent someone to kill him. As for who the concubine had an affair with, it is unknown...

Shi Liu sized her up from head to toe with his cold eyes behind his back, turned the ginger finger on his thumb, and couldn't help laughing, "Miss Zhou is too polite, look at my outfit. I don’t need to change it. After wearing it for many years, I don’t know how to change it. No matter how I look at those foreign devil’s suits, I feel uncomfortable.”

"Hey, it's such a pity. The little girl never makes men's clothing, but since Master Sixteen is here to support you today, I have to give you face. Please ask someone to report the size to me. I will try to give you the size before the Chinese New Year." Hurry up to make a satisfactory dress, so that the sixteenth master will be completely new~"

Doing business under the eaves of others, and it is related to one's own interests, how can you not give others a three-pointer? Although Zhou Mei feels cold to others, but at the critical moment, you can't find a trace of criticism. For the best In other words, she should be the kind of woman who is good at pleasing men...

"That's really Miss Lao Zhou's trouble." Shi Liu raised his eyebrows and picked up the tea in hand, and looked at the pattern in "Fake Sleep", seemingly unintentionally said, "How old is Miss Zhou this year? I heard that you teach at a university. It's not easy to be so young..."

"You can't ask a woman's age casually~" Zhou Mei blinked playfully, and sipped her bright red lips on the teacup, skillfully prevaricating the question...

Shi Liu laughed loudly when he heard the words, and when he was in a good mood, he ordered his subordinates to take care of Zhou Mei's business and safety on weekdays. Zhou Mei also laughed along with him. Zhou Mei blinked and dragged away Shi Liu who wanted to stay longer...

When only Zhou Mei and Awang were left in the store, they looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. Awang's hands were the same as those of those who often do handicrafts. Because they were often exposed in the cold winter, they were covered with chilblains. Wiped the sweat off his forehead, washed the rag in the basin, and continued to wipe the new furnishings in the store...

Zhou Mei kept thinking in her mind, and couldn't help but secretly scolded Zhao Sihai for always making trouble for herself, and suddenly became irritable...Recently, the other army of the Nationalist Party has been reorganized and dispatched, and it will soon go to Hunan and Jiangxi The base area of ​​the Red Army supported the defeated and retreating own people. The fourth counter-suppression campaign of the Red Army was in dire straits, but she had not made any progress in the task given to her by her superiors...

While thinking about the countermeasures in her mind, she picked up the sweater needles in the woolen basket, and with the dexterous frequency of her fingertips, she knitted at a fast speed... Just looking at it like this, you can't see what she is knitting, just look at it. Under her nagging, the lengthy thread formed a very beautiful pattern, and slowly, it transformed from a cell into a fresh life...

In that era, the sweater was actually a new thing, and most people had never seen it before. Every time she knitted this amazing thing, Awang would move a bench aside and watch with admiration. You won't feel tired after watching it all afternoon, and Zhou Mei is not stingy, and will teach him all this craft and some of her own creativity.

Chu chu chu... I don't know how long it took, the sound of the car motor at the door made her look up subconsciously, with a little anticipation in her heart, and when she saw that Jing's car had parked at the door of "Fake Sleep", for some reason, Zhou Mei's heart ached. She and her eyes were in a daze for a while, and she couldn't catch her breath for a while. She didn't react until the furry Linda rubbed against her feet and gave a "meow"...

Zhou Mei put down what she was doing, bent down, hugged Linda to her lap, and rubbed her soft belly with her hands. Linda desperately burrowed into her sweater, trying to get out in the chilly weather. A touch of warmth...

Jing Luo stepped on valuable handmade leather boots, wrapped her whole body in a warm woolen coat, and walked in with a pleasant smell. It seemed that her feet were in good shape. She blocked the evening light. , straightened the short hair that was as neat as Zhou Mei, and said sweetly, "Sister Zhou, my parents asked me to pick you up for dinner at home."

this smell...

Well, it's hard for Zhou Mei to remember things, and it's hard to forget the feeling, this smell, she still remembers, she once smelled the smell of this perfume from another person...

"Does the old man want to hear the story again?" Jiu Er, not wanting to think any more, Zhou Mei sorted out her thoughts, and replied quietly...

"Hee hee, it's not actually." Jing Luo made a grimace, his eyes followed Linda who was running around in "Fake Sleep", and glanced at A Wang who was going to empty the dirty water in the basin, "Let's go, come with me Get in the car, let's say in the car"

Zhou Mei and Awang confessed, picked up the heavy woolen coat at hand, and went out with Jing Luo to "fake sleep"...

As soon as he got into the car, a cigarette was passed in front of him. Zhou Mei was stunned for a moment, and then took the cigarette. Jing Luo and Zhou Mei blew smoke rings together in the small space in the car. After driving forward for a while, Jing Luo said lazily, "My brother is back, and he didn't pay much attention to me when he got home. He just said that he missed you..."

"Oh..." Zhou Mei took a long puff of cigarette and responded lightly, but she was wondering why Jing Yuan came back on the eve of the battle...

The division he was in was hit hard this time, and it was his fate to escape and return without becoming a prisoner...

"My parents have gone out. I heard that many important people will come to my house tonight, including Commander Cai, the deputy commander of the left army in this battle. They seem to discuss important matters..." Jing Luo coughed meaningfully. He coughed, "Anyway, when there are more men, it is inevitable that some women will be needed. If Xiao Bai is not here, Uncle Liu will appoint you, and you will not be able to escape."

Zhou Mei nodded, not showing much on the surface, but she was naturally happy in her heart. Sometimes, opportunities will appear in front of you inadvertently, and it depends on how you grasp her identity. Her identity is extremely dangerous. If she makes a mistake, she will die, but if she doesn't have the guts, she will lose the meaning of being like a fish in water in this circle...

She really doesn't like making friends with powerful people that much, she is not interested in fame and fortune at all...

What Jing Luo said was true...

This time when I came to Jing's house, Zhou Mei felt a big difference from a distance... There are several military jeeps parked in the compound of Jing's house, and there are many people in military uniforms guarding the door with serious faces. Seeing this, instead of being afraid, she became a little excited in her heart. The tighter the security, the more it proved that this meeting of the left team of the national army is very important...

The car stopped, and she and Jing Luo got out of the car together. As soon as they entered Jing's house, the door was slammed shut by the soldiers guarding the door. Zhou Mei was startled by the scene in front of her. She was used to the smell of smoke. She couldn't help holding her nose and coughing...

Mr. Jing and Mrs. must have gone to other places to pass the time. The hall on the first floor is almost full of officers in ginger military uniforms. Most of them are smoking cigars and discussing with the people around them seriously. Looking at something, on the sofa facing the gate, sat a middle-aged man with a friendly face and neatly combed hair, that was Zhou Mei's godfather Liu Xiang, and beside him was a thin man, The expression was rather tired, but he still held his energy and looked at the large military topographic map laid out on the table with everyone...

I heard that Chen Cheng, the commander-in-chief of the Central Route Army, had been killed by two divisions. As the commander of the other route, he must have been devastated. Zhou Mei felt that he was a little different from other Kuomintang officers. The first time he saw him, I always feel that she and this person in front of me may not be permanent enemies...

Hearing the sound, everyone turned their attention to the two delicate flowers that seemed to bloom suddenly on the smoky desert. When they saw these two beautiful and western-looking women covering their noses and coughing due to the smell of smoke, most of them let out a sigh. With some relaxed laughter, the tense atmosphere immediately eased down...

Liu Xiang raised his head, and immediately put a smile on his face, "Xiao Mei...here we come." When he got up, the thin man next to him also got up. He was tall and straight, and Liu Xiang looked shorter than him. After talking a lot, he pointed at Zhou Mei and introduced, "Xianchu, this is my daughter, Xiaomei, this is the famous Commander Cai, Cai Tingkai"

"I always hear Fu Cheng talking about you, it's a pleasure to meet you." Cai Tingkai stretched out his hand, and smiled very elegantly at Zhou Mei...

"When I heard about Mr. Cai earlier, I knew we would definitely meet," Zhou Mei smiled flirtatiously, not only clenched Cai Tingkai's hand with both hands and did not let go immediately, but also stood on tiptoe, using very serious Cheek-style western salute, greeted him thoughtfully...

Hearing everyone's joking and snickering, Zhou Mei continued to stare at Cai Tingkai with flooded eyes. Seeing that his forehead was slightly sweating, Zhou Mei pursed her red lips and continued to tease, "It's winter, Mr. Cai seems to be hot. Really, or am I too enthusiastic, and you are a bit overwhelmed?"

"Hahahahahaha" the crowd burst into laughter, Liu Xiang shook his head while laughing, "Xianchu, this is terrible, I have never seen Xiaomei take the initiative to anyone like this, you have to take good care of it~ "

In fact, the role of Zhou Mei's attendance at these occasions is nothing more than that, to water those dry occasions that are about to catch fire, and use her beauty and wisdom to handle her communication in this circle. Most people who know her like her very much Of course, there are people who coveted her and hinted to her several times, but because of Liu Xiang's face, they dare not forcefully attack Zhou Mei...

She has never lacked suitors, but when she is alone with people, she always loses her enthusiasm in the crowd, so cold that the people in front of her dare not speak, and those who really dare to express their feelings to her, and dare to directly touch her, Seems like there's only one...

Liu Xiang is a smart person, and even a kind person. He and Zhou Mei's late father, Zhou Jian'an, were good confidants. He saw the decline of the Zhou family but could not lend a helping hand. He has been guilty all the time, and promised Zhou Jian'an to take good care of Zhou Mei, so he would not let Zhou Mei be reduced to those casual courtesans. He knew that Zhou Mei's knowledge and beauty were worthy of a better future, and he also had a better future. High utilization value...

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Everyone is yelling for me to post more

The post-translation has been changed and changed, and there is a pair of endings that always give me a headache

Then it went to a critical point, and it was painful to learn from it.

Suddenly I felt sorry for Ye Qingluan in every possible way, and even more sorry for myself

Let's end this simple first, and let me make it simple