The Twelve Years: Song of the Unsung Friends

Tan Qingxiang cooked meals for everyone, and sent everyone else to the living room to eat, leaving him alone in the kitchen. He looked at the glass, glanced at the neighbor's vine, and ate a bite of fried rice cake.

Vaguely old dreams, silent scenes are shown on the glass.

"Mr. What is your last name?"

"...Tan."

"Mr. Tan, hello. I am Xiao Susan."

"I know, I know."

"Sir, do you want to drink and listen to music first, or... go to bed without clothes?"

What did he answer at that time? Tan Qingxiang himself forgot.

She is called "Xiao Su San" and lives in the Shihua Pavilion where Su San lived. She is the best at "Yu Tang Chun". Tan Qingxiang is an ignorant of drama, and has repeatedly heard this story. It is said that the famous brothel prostitutes and the sons of the nobles met and knew each other. After hardships, they eventually became family members.

And he Tan Qingxiang was supposed to be a theaterman.

Tan Qingxiang took another bite of rice cake.

On the glass, the shadow of Zhou Lixun suddenly appeared.

He thought he was wrong, and didn't open the door until the door was knocked: "Why are you back again?"

Zhou Li circulated the telegram in Yang's hand: "Great news! Where is the Dong language?"

"On the second floor."

"Let's go up and say it together." Zhou Lixun had lived here and walked upstairs in a familiar way.

Tan Qingxiang followed him: "You're welcome, just rushed up like this?"

"What are you polite?" Zhou Lixun turned around with a smile, "It's too late to be polite."

He said, people have reached the second floor.

It happened that the door of the bedroom was open.

Fu Tongwen had just made Wan'an make a pot of tea. Before he could close the door, he saw Zhou Lixun rushing in regardless, and handed over the translated telegram and the original in his hand: "Quick, take a look."

Fu Tongwen took it and heard Zhou Lixun say: "The victorious country will hold a meeting in Paris! We invite China to participate!"

Years of planning, sending a large number of laborers to the European battlefield, and even preparing for the military expedition, are all for this matter. In order to have the right to speak internationally, in order to get back Shandong...

Unexpectedly, tonight, good news suddenly fell from the sky.

Fu Dongwen was like falling into a dream, stiffening for a few seconds before he could not wait to open the translation of the telegram.

Several telegrams were sent out today.

Zhou Lixun poured himself a cup of tea, drank it with his head up, and laughed.

When Fu Dongwen saw the time in the translation in January, he immediately asked: "When are you going to leave? The meeting in January next year, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep up."

Zhou Li said: "Immediately! Get everything ready in ten days and leave immediately!"

"Where do you go from?" Fu Dongwen asked eagerly, "There are too few liners on the Eurasian route. Have you considered it?"

"Dong Wen, you can rest assured, rest assured," Zhou Lixun laughed and helped him find the translation of the third telegram, "Here is a route arrangement. We do not take the Eurasian route. To be on the safe side, we will go from Shanhaiguan this time. To Japan via Northeast, North Korea, and then from Yokohama, Japan, across the Pacific, take the route of San Francisco and New York, and then cross the Atlantic to Paris.

Shen Xi sketched the route in his mind. It was a detour, but it was the safest.

As Fu Dongwen said, there are too few liners in Europe and Asia. Waiting for the shipping schedule will only make things wrong.

Soon, Zhou Lixun had already talked about the arrangements for going to Paris from this message. There were more than fifty people in the delegation, and Zhou Lixun was among them. Fu Dongwen was also invited to Paris as a "non-delegation member".

"Dong Wen, you have two choices. One is to go with the delegation. The other is your liner in Shanghai waiting to go to Paris. The former is a difficult journey and it is very hard. I will worry that your body will not be able to bear it; the latter is afraid of you. Can't make the meeting start date..." Zhou Lixun is in a dilemma, "It's up to you to decide."

"I will go north with you and go to Paris together." He didn't have any extra consideration.

"Okay, then I'm going to prepare, and you should hurry. I'm the train tomorrow night. It's too late for you to arrange someone to buy the ticket early in the morning. See you tomorrow night! See you at the train station!"

After Zhou Lixun finished speaking, he ran downstairs talking to himself.

Really come and go in a hurry, don't think of myself as a guest at all.

Zhou Lixunren left, but the atmosphere in the entire apartment was ignited. All the lights that went out were turned on again, and Tan Qingxiang commanded everyone to pack their luggage. Time is tight, the journey is long, and there are many people accompanying.

Tan Qingxiang and Wan An are both in a posture of burning buttocks, running upstairs and downstairs, shouting and communicating.

As soon as Shen Xi opened the closet, he was stopped by Fu Dongwen.

"Go out with Brother San?"

"Where to go?" She turned her head, "Run around again, it's really too late to pack up."

"Go to the hospital," he said with a smile, "I want to see Xiao Wu immediately, it's important."

Shen Xi glanced at the grandfather clock: "Then go quickly, it's time to go to the ward to rest."

They went straight to the hospital without delay.

It was already nine o'clock in the evening when he arrived in the inpatient ward. Shen Xi vaguely heard the laughter of the nurses on the first floor. When he arrived in the ward area on the second floor, the laughter became clearer, and it came from Xiao Wuye's room.

She remembered something and whispered to him: "I seem to hear someone say that there is a nurse in the hospital who likes Dong Lin very much."

Fu Tongwen didn't care: "Just one? That's a far cry from me and Dong Yan."

She murmured: "Bringing to yourself... false love."

Instead, he laughed: "Oh? So I would be called a'fake romantic', but it's also fresh."

Shen Xi smiled to himself, ignoring him.

When she waited at the door of the ward, she saw Xiao Wuye sitting on the hospital bed, holding a half-peeled citrus in his hand. The five young nurses around the ward all had the peeled citrus in their hands, and only a quiet little girl remained. The nurse was behind the crowd, empty-handed.

"Three brothers, sister-in-law." Xiao Wuye was very surprised when he saw them.

"How did you peel the citrus?" Shen Xi asked with a smile, "Also one person?"

"Thank you for taking care of me on weekdays," Xiao Wuye explained, "It's all from a girl's house, of course I want to strip it."

"That's it." Shen Xi quietly searched for the nurse who liked Xiao Wuye in the legend.

Soon, she found the quietest one.

The little nurses all called out "Doctor Shen" in a proper manner, and left the ward with a guilty conscience. In the end, the little girl hesitantly glanced at the unpeeled tangerines in Little Fifth Master's hand, and reluctantly followed her companions out.

"Wait a minute, this is yours." Xiao Wuye suddenly took her hand and stuffed the orange to her.

The girl flushed and wanted to say thank you, but she couldn't speak nervously.

In the end, he bowed deeply and ran out.

Little Fifth Master didn't expect to peel a citrus to exchange such a big gift, and smiled awkwardly.

"The third brother is here so late, but is there something important?" Xiao Wuye didn't think about the talented girl any more, and looked at Fu Dongwen.

Fu Dongwen took off his coat and put it on the back of the chair.

He saw Shen Xi locked the door of the ward, and finally opened his mouth: "Originally, I had to wait for you to choose a time to talk slowly after you were discharged from the hospital. But today there are changes, so I have to rush to ask what you mean."

"Three brothers just ask, don't have to pick the time specially." Xiao Wuye sat up straight and said seriously.

"Then listen carefully, the third brother is going to ask."

Fu Dongwen stopped. Shen Xi sat next to another empty hospital bed, waiting for him to ask.

She was counting the time to come and go to Paris on the road, and it would take almost half a year to be away from China, so she took it for granted that Fu Tongwen was coming to the hospital to bid farewell and arrange Xiao Wuye's life for half a year... now, it seems that it is not.

Not only Shen Xi, but Xiao Wuye couldn't figure it out.

Both are waiting for Fu Dongwen to reveal the answer.

Fu Dongwen was not in a hurry. He smiled and looked at his younger brother. After a long silence, he asked him, "Dong Lin, what do you think of your future life?"

"From now on?" Little Fifth Master read these two words, the smile on his face faded, "Although he is full of ambitions, but he has to admit his fate. Third brother, in fact, if you don't ask, I've already thought about this..."

Fu Dongwen waited for him.

Little Wu Ye touched the last citrus on the table, and subconsciously peeled it off: "Thousands of clues..." He shook his head again, "No, it should be said that I have no clue."

Fu Tongwen nodded: "Since you have no clue, listen to the third brother's thoughts?"

"Okay, third brother, you say."

He said: "I want to arrange for you to go to England to study diplomacy."

"Diplomacy? I'm like this—" Xiao Wuye looked at his legs.

"You have finished listening to the third brother," Fu Tongwen continued, "Your current body, it will be difficult to be a minister at first, but you can get a job in the Chinese embassy first. Dong Lin, you have been in the army, and you have enough for the country. Your loyalty is the primary requirement of diplomacy. And your foreign language is what I teach, and it is no worse than those who have studied abroad, so I believe you can do the job in the embassy."

Xiao Wuye never thought of this path, and as Fu Dongwen said, he also got serious.

"I don't have a problem with foreign language," thought Xiao Wuye, "but I don't understand diplomacy. Sister You Wei also said that diplomacy is not something that can be learned right away, nor can diplomatic talents be created right away."

Fu Tongwen laughed: "Do you think I will send you directly to the embassy? Of course not. I want to take you to Paris and give you to Miss Gu Jia to teach you. She has enough diplomatic experience. I taught you."

He added: "The Gu family is well-known in the diplomatic world. Miss Gu's married husband is also a diplomat. They are eager to have a good ‘owner’ to help them in Europe. You are in line with their expectations."

He finally said: "There is one more important point. The Gu family wants to join hands with me. They need my financial resources and connections, and they need me to support the Gu family's development in Europe. Therefore, from the perspective of human relations and interests, Miss Gu family Both her husband will be willing to help you. Donglin, are you willing?"

Fu Tonglin's heart was fluctuating when he heard it, his eyes were shining.

"Have you moved?" Fu Dongwen smiled slightly.

"Yes... It's a heartbeat, but I'm afraid I will fail the third brother's expectations."

"What are you afraid of?" Fu Dongwen asked back, "Are those who dare to go to the battlefield be afraid of dealing with foreigners?"

After all, he was from a military school and died once on the battlefield. Fu Donglin was easily aroused by his words and shook his head with a smile: "I said the wrong thing."

"It's just that in the diplomatic field, marriage is very important."

"But listen to the third brother's arrangement," Xiaowuye is also a son, so how can I not understand that if you want to show off on the table, marriage is a must, "third brother thinks it is necessary, I will marry."

Fu Tongwen smiled with emotion: "Do you have a girl in your heart? Tell your third brother first."

Little Fifth Master was asked, and, rare, he showed a shy smile that he hadn't seen for a long time: "I went to the military academy and went to the battlefield. Where can I get the chance to meet any girl. Nothing."

Fu Tongwen nodded: "Okay."

He got up: "You have a good rest. I will have someone come and pick you up tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?" Little Wu Ye was surprised.

"Otherwise?" He laughed, "Come here late at night because your sister-in-law and I are going to Paris. It's better to take you with me so that I can give you to the Gu family personally, and we can get together in France and Qinghe. Gather."

"Yes, Paris, Qinghe," Xiao Wuye said happily, "The third brother said that, I want to leave tonight."

The two brothers smiled at each other.

Fu Dongwen is a vigorous and resolute person, and Xiao Wuye is not a muddlehead either.

The two of them used the shortest possible time to make a decision to go to Paris.

Before they left the hospital, Shen Xi went to the duty room to find the head nurse and asked the other party to help arrange Fu Donglin's discharge tomorrow. It happened that the nurse who liked Xiao Wuye was there, and when he heard the news, his face paled for a moment.

Shen Xi looked in his eyes and saw the peeled oranges, lying on the desk in the duty room, with a lot of petals.

It should be the little nurse who was reluctant to eat, staying there, and accompanied her on duty.

After returning to the apartment from the hospital, Shen Xi cleaned up all night.

Before dawn, she was completely exhausted on the sofa and fell asleep as soon as she turned her back.

In the hospital the next day, she and Fu Dongwen went to hand over work, and the other went to pick up Xiao Wuye.

In the summer, Shen Xi had already submitted his resignation, and he was ready to go back to Beijing to work with Fu Tongwen, so there were no important patients in the hospital, and there was not much work to be handed over. After discussing business matters with her colleagues, she called Duan Menghe in the office and officially said goodbye.

Unexpectedly, Duan Menghe appeared outside her office shortly after the phone was hung up and came to see off in person.

"Cooperating for many years, just using the phone to say goodbye, isn't it too ruthless?" Duan Menghe asked with a smile, "I'm really not going to come back?"

"It will take at least half a year to come back from Paris. I am going to work in Beijing directly."

He nodded: "Alright."

Shen Xi said seriously: "Thank you, Vice President Duan."

Duan Menghe looked at her and still replied with a joke: "The elder in my family has gone to the wild again, so now think about it, Fu Dongwen is still a good person," he handed her the two newspapers in his hand, "wait. I’m back home, let’s have a fair and honest wedding."

Shen Xi took the newspaper and saw several current reviews circled by the pen, all about Fu Dong's text.

In less than a year, he has changed from a black-hearted businessman and revolutionary betrayer who was criticized by everyone to a patriotic businessman praised by thousands of people, the unyielding backbone of the nation...

Shen Xi has read a lot of these remarks recently and has also shown it to Fu Dongwen. He is the most admirable person for this. If you scold me, I will watch with a smile, and if you praise me, I will also smile. The crusades and merits of these pens have nothing to do with him.

"I was blindfolded at first, apologizing to him for me." Duan Menghe finally said this before she left.

Shen Xi responded, locked the office door and handed the key to Duan Menghe: "Goodbye."

"Goodbye."

Although Fu Dongwen didn't care, she was very happy to hear people praise him face to face.

So Shen Xi took two newspapers and ran downstairs happily all the way, and saw Xiao Wuye and Fu Dongwen standing side by side outside the gate, waiting for her. Xiao Wu Ye wore a new suit, and the prostheses were hidden in trousers. He used to wear military uniforms in the past, it was rare to put himself in a suit like this, and he was so restrained. The hand is stuck in the pocket for a while, and it is not strong, and it hangs beside him, still not strong.

On the other hand, Fu Dongwen put his hands behind his back and put them together. Leisurely leisurely.

In the past, Fu Dongwen came to pick her up from get off work alone. It was already a scene in the hospital. Today, there is a handsome little fifth master beside him. The patients don't ask how to register, and they all look at the plain gate of the hospital.

Shen Xi hid the newspaper behind him and approached.

"What did you take? You laughed so happy?" Fu Tongwen smiled at her and looked behind her, "A check? Young Master Duan is finally willing to admit your superb medical skills and wants to buy you and keep it?"

She smiled and shook her head: "You only have money in your eyes."

"The third brother, a businessman, naturally likes real money," he was not in a hurry, waiting for her to reveal the answer, and hurt the duan son by the way, "I'm afraid he wants to keep you, no matter whether it uses money or people, it is To lose."

Shen Xi stuffed him with the newspaper: "He asked me to apologize to you on his behalf. I wronged you in the past, Sanye Fu."

Without reading the newspaper, he passed it to Xiao Wuye.

"You don't need to apologize," he flexed his fingers, tapped the bridge of her nose, and then smiled, "just give up."