Chapter 590 The haggard “little aunt”
At 4:20 in the afternoon, a white-collar beauty wearing a black down jacket and high heels dragged a suitcase with a computer bag on top. She walked out of the exit of Linghai Railway Station while answering the phone.
Han Xiaowu, who came to pick her up early, went to pick up the trolley case and took her straight to the taxi pick-up point.
"Mr. Liu, I'm sorry, it's almost the New Year, and the epidemic has recurred again. Now I can't do anything, and I can't go anywhere. Due diligence can only be arranged until after the New Year... I know, don't worry, I will wait until the New Year. Just arrange for colleagues to go there..."
"Hello, Mr. Gu, I'm Zhang Mei. I have good news for you. Your company's debt has been invested by an institution. The investor's father sent me an email two hours ago. I fell asleep in the car just now. I didn't pay attention. It's What I just saw...
It's out of the question, it should be, the approval document is about to expire. If it can't be sent out, let alone you have a hard time this year, I will also have a hard time this year. "
Zhang Mei made phone calls along the way from the train station to Jianghai Cultural Park.
Han Xiaowu took it for granted. After scanning the QR code to pay the fare, he opened the taxi suitcase, took out his luggage, and walked to the restaurant in the cultural park with her who was still on the phone.
Zhang Mei finally finished her call. She put down her phone and looked at the lake view outside the window. She smiled and said, "Hubby, this place has a nice environment. How did you find it?"
"Listen to the sisters in the community and tell me whether you want to charge your mobile phone or lend you a power bank."
"No need, I charged it on the train."
Zhang Mei was on a business trip for eight days in a row. She didn't sleep well at all in the past eight days. She sat down, yawned and asked: "What is the activity today? When you called, I was busy doing it." PPT, I didn’t pay attention.”
She was a workaholic, and seeing her haggard like this made Han Xiaowu feel very sad.
Walking behind her, he massaged her shoulders and talked about the uncle's visit to Linghai the night before.
Zhang Mei understood the ins and outs and immediately became energetic. He raised his head and asked with a smile: "Your ancestors also served as second-rank officials in the Qing Dynasty?"
"Absolutely true."
"Did the founder of the Qian Dynasty participate in the bus petition and the Hundred Days Reform?"
"The ancestors of our group not only participated in the Hundred Days Reform, but were also good friends with Tan Si, who died heroically, and were classmates at Zunjing Academy with Yang Rui, who died heroically!" When talking about his ancestors, Han Xiaowu was really so proud.
Zhang Mei was amused, and said with a chuckle: "According to this, we should invite Linghai's family to have a meal. After all, your uncle came over to recognize his relatives at night. In other people's eyes, it seems that he is robbing the ancestors."
Han Xiaowu couldn't help laughing and said: "You just know, not to mention how embarrassed I was at that time, I just wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl in."
"What's so embarrassing about this? It's not just their ancestors who were dug up accidentally, they are also the ancestors of yours."
"But our ancestors were dug out from their family's ancestral graves accidentally by the construction company, and our branch lives in Fu'an, not Linghai."
"Don't be embarrassed, you should think the other way around."
"What do you mean?" Han Xiaowu asked with a smile.
Zhang Mei took a sip of tea and said plausibly: "Their branch inherited most of the family business from their ancestors and drove your family to Fuan. Our ancestors didn't even finish the bowl of water, so your family ate it." It’s a big loss, speaking of which, the Linghai Han family owes you the Fu’an Han family.”
Han Xiaowu sat down and said with a smile: "It sounds reasonable."
There is such a thing in the world. The more Zhang Mei thought about it, the more amused he became. He asked curiously: "If you go back further, the Linghai Han family and the Fu'an Han family are actually the same branch. Husband, have your uncle ever thought about finding the eldest son? The descendants of the first and second houses.”
"He thought about it. He retired and had nothing to do anyway."
Han Xiaowu took out his mobile phone and checked the time, and said with a wry smile: "He has now become a member of the Jianghai Research Association. He has also formed a group with the veteran cadres in Linghai to exchange information and keep in touch at any time, specializing in studying the affairs of his ancestors. .
He has been a teacher for so many years, and my brother and sister-in-law are also teachers. He is really full of talents. So in the past two days, he has been mobilizing students from all over the world, especially those teaching at universities in Xichuan, Shancheng, and Capital, to help check historical materials. "
The Han family in Linghai has a single lineage and is not prosperous.
The Han family in Fu'an is a really big family. Han Xiaowu's father has four brothers in his generation alone, and there are even more cousins. It seems that they don't move around very much now.
If we trace the bloodline, we are still the descendants of Han Xiufeng and Han Shiju and his son, but because they are busy making a living, they don't care about these things.
Thinking of this, Zhang Mei suddenly discovered that the economic foundation can really determine the superstructure, and only his uncle, the old man who has a retirement salary and does not have to worry about his children, and the head of the "Linghai Han family" who is engaged in engineering will be interested in this.
She suppressed her laughter and asked, "Did you find out anything?"
Han Xiaowu clicked on his uncle's WeChat account, looked at the historical materials he had just sent at noon, and said with a smile: "Our ancestors came here to avoid disasters. There are not many things left behind, and there are even fewer records about him.
However, there are many records about the 'Xichuan Han family'. After all, they are the legitimate son and grandson of the first wife. Not only did they inherit most of their ancestors' family property, but they also inherited the connections that their ancestors made when they were officials. "
"What's the record?" Zhang Mei asked curiously.
"It's ironic to say that our ancestor Han Xiufeng was a loyal minister of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. He helped the Qing government suppress the Taiping Rebellion, suppressed the Xiaodaohui uprising in the East China Sea, and even fought against the Eight-Power Allied Forces.
But his grandson, Han Shichang's son Han Zeli, actively participated in the road protection movement. First, he joined the Comrade Baolu Association, and later participated in the formation of the Comrade Baolu Army, which rebelled against the Qing Dynasty and hunted down Qing officials. "
"and after?"
"Later I went to the capital, participated in the National Protection Movement, and fought against Yuan Shikai. After the National Protection War, I worked as an aide to President Li Yuanhong, and in November 1916, I joined the Political Science Association initiated by Li Gengen, Gu Zhongxiu and others. , also known as the ‘Department of Old Political Science’.”
"so smart!"
"But compared to their descendants, the old lady in our group is more powerful."
"Old lady?"
"That's our ancestor's mother, the Ren family."
"Isn't the old lady a concubine taken by our ancestors? I'm not disrespecting the old lady, but the concubine probably didn't have much status at that time..."
Han Xiaowu looked through the historical materials sent by his uncle and explained with a smile: "I thought so at first, but it turned out that the old lady was not an ordinary woman."
Zhang Mei smiled and asked, "Why is it unusual?"
"This is a letter that my uncle's student found in the "Ronglu Cunzha". This "Ronglu Cunzha" actually contains letters from officials and friends from various places who asked Ronglu to do things. It reflects the Manchu and Qing dynasties. The shortcomings and flaws of the officialdom system, the officialdom ecology at that time was really full of corruption.”
"But what does this have to do with your old lady?"
"Among them is a letter written by the old lady to Ronglu, the then foreman of the military aircraft department!"
"Old lady, write a letter to Ronglu?"
"Not only did he write it, but Ronglu responded to the letter, asking our ancestors to participate in the Hundred Days Reform. You won't believe it when you tell me. Cixi, the old witch, became angry and wanted to severely punish the reform party. Tan Sitong's father was a feudal lord at that time. None of the high officials could save Tan Sitong. A letter from my old lady, who followed the path of Ronglu, actually saved my ancestor."
A prostitute, even a concubine, could accomplish such a big thing.
Zhang Mei was secretly frightened and doubtful.
At this time, footsteps were heard outside.
Immediately afterwards, an unattractive young man walked in with a smiling young lady. As soon as he entered the box, he smiled and said: "Uncle, aunt, I'm sorry to keep you waiting for so long."
"Hello little uncle, hello little aunt."
Not only had she met Mr. Zhang before, but she had also chatted with him. Jiang Yue smiled and said hello.
Zhang Mei didn't expect that they would call her aunt. She couldn't help but think of her husband's niece, and stood up quickly: "Officer Jiang, stop making trouble, I don't dare to be your aunt."
"Mr. Zhang, as you said, Secretary-General Han is our little uncle, aren't you our little aunt!"
"Yes, little aunt, you are senior to us, we can't be both older and younger."
"This is Officer Han. He is really no outsider. Not only is he a member of my family, he is also the cousin of Teacher Xu Linlin."
"It turns out you are Teacher Xu's cousin!"
"Well, she's waiting for my brother-in-law. They might have to come later."
The little aunt was so charming and pretty that Han Xin was too embarrassed to shake hands with others, so she just took the junior as her own and bowed when she came up.
Zhang Mei didn't dare to accept such a big gift, so she quickly stepped back, only to be blocked by a chair.
"Officer Han, you are exaggerating. I am not afraid of your jokes. I admire you policemen the most..."
"Little aunt, you really know how to joke. You and my little uncle are both top students. We admire you more than anything else."
Han Xin was joking, but her nose kept sniffing.
The little aunt didn't wear perfume, so there was no fragrance on her body, but there was a faint, very familiar metallic smell!
Looking at the delicate face of the little aunt, although she put on light makeup, she could not hide her haggard look.
Han Xiaowu didn't know that the "cheap nephew" was observing Zhang Mei, so he picked up the phone with a smile: "It's almost half past five, I'll call Xiao Mi and ask her to hurry up."
Jiang Yue saw his little niece the night before and couldn't help but smile: "She works in the sales department of Jin Shiyuan, not far from here."
Han Xin asked calmly: "Auntie, uncle said you were on a business trip. Where were you on a business trip?"
"Dongguang, I've been here for several days and I'm almost exhausted."
"Come back by plane?"
"Well, I arrived at Hongqiao at noon. As soon as I got off the plane, I took the high-speed train and went directly to Linghai."
"Little aunt, you can't just work, you have to take a rest. Don't move. Look, your hair is falling out."
Seeing her beauty, she got close to her as soon as she arrived, and even reached out to help her remove the hair that fell on her down jacket...
Jiang Yue looked very unhappy and immediately squeezed forward, holding Zhang Mei's arm affectionately: "Little aunt, where do you plan to celebrate the New Year?"
"I have agreed with my parents that we will celebrate the New Year in Fu'an this year and will not go back this time."
"Great, let's go and pay New Year's greetings to you and your little uncle then."
"Can you please stop calling me old by calling me an aunt?"
"You were originally our little aunt."
"Yes, we are also planning to ask for lucky money from you." Han Xin grinned and quietly put the aunt's fallen hair into his pocket.