Li Zhen took a deep breath and tried to calm down.
At this point, the critical moment finally came.
Li Zhenxuan said: "This time I led the team to the Union of the United States at the invitation of President Lincoln. At the same time, I also came to visit the Union for another purpose, to learn from the Union's experience in establishing higher military schools. The Civil War broke out. , President Lincoln invited me to help, so I, Liu Jintang, Chen Yucheng and Huang Qiang came to Washington, but another group of people had already visited Harvard University and Yale University to consult experts from the two comprehensive universities, hoping to get advice on establishing a school. experience."
"China is an ancient country with a long history. Confucius was a great educator thousands of years ago and had seventy-two disciples. At that time, Chinese education had begun to take shape, but until now, most of them are private schools or private schools. It is useless for the state to select eight-legged essays. For this reason, I want to establish a school and create a good atmosphere for the Chinese people."
"Mr. Scott has been in the army for more than fifty years and has rich combat experience and rich life experience. Now Mr. Scott has just retired, so I came to visit Mr. Scott and would like to ask Mr. Scott to accompany him. I went to China to be a professor at a military academy."
Li Zhen looked sincere and said: "I know this is a very rude request. After all, Mr. Scott will face the problem of moving his family, but I will ensure that Mr. Scott can come back every year to see Scott. Mr. Te, please consider it."
After hearing this, Scott's eyes widened at first, and then he shook his head.
He is already over 70 years old, and he doesn’t know how many years he can live. If he leaves, will he be able to return to his country?
Besides, he was still waiting for the end of the North-South War.
After Scott made his decision, he said: "President Lee, thank you for your help, I haven't yet..."
Just when he was mid-sentence, there was a knock on the door of Scott's house.
He stopped immediately, gave Li Zhen an apologetic look, stood up and opened the door. After the door opened, he saw a woman in her sixties walking in with a vegetable basket. This woman's face was already full of weathered color. , his temples are gray, but his eyes are shrewd.
Li Zhen's heart moved and he guessed who this was, so he stood up immediately.
"Maria, why are you back so soon?" Scott no longer had the demeanor of a wise man, and even said with a flattering smile on his old face.
Maria snorted and said, "If I don't come back, you will have even more cunning friends."
"He's not just a friend," Scott explained.
Maria glared at Scott and said in a deep voice: "Old man, do you still dare to talk back?"
Scott waved his hands quickly and said: "Don't dare, don't dare."
When Li Zhen saw this scene, his eyes nearly fell down. It seemed that the old man was a strict wife and had no status in front of his wife. When Li Zhen thought of the old man's commanding attitude on the battlefield, he was invincible. He is a great hero, but he has no status when he returns home. I feel funny in my heart. This team combination is really strange.
Maria sat down alone and ignored Li Zhen.
Scott smiled slightly and explained: "Mr. Li, this is my wife Maria. She is very virtuous. I feel very happy to be able to spend the longest time in my life with her and grow old slowly."
Li Zhen blinked. Why did he feel that the old gentleman was guilty? Moreover, when Scott mentioned his name, he did not call him the president, but changed his name to Mr. Li.
Sure enough, after hearing this, the anger on Maria's face softened slightly.
Li Zhen sat down and said: "Hello, madam, I am Li Zhen."
Maria nodded and said very politely: "Mr. Li, Scott is very hospitable and I can't stop him. However, if you want to see him in the future, you can invite him to a banquet or something and try to avoid visiting your home as much as possible." .”
Scott quickly signaled with his eyes to silence Maria.
Unfortunately, Maria glared at Mr. Scott, and he resented and stopped talking.
Li Zhenxiao said: "Madam, what you said is good, but I want to invite Mr. Scott, but I'm afraid he won't come."
Maria waved her hand and said: "It doesn't matter, tell me directly next time, he will definitely go."
Li Zhen said: "Yes, yes."
He said to himself that Scott's wife was really a tough person and she crushed Scott to death.
Maria threw the basket of vegetables she was carrying to Scott and said helplessly: "Your old pocket watch was pawned for three hundred dollars and it's not worth much. If this continues, I'm going to be really hungry. I'm very tired. , you go wash the vegetables."
Seeing that Li Zhen was still there, Scott hesitated.
"Go not yet."
Maria's eyes widened and she roared.
Scott shuddered, carried the vegetable basket and left dejectedly, giving Li Zhen an apologetic look. After Scott left, Li Zhen said with a smile: "Madam, I am so lucky to be able to marry Mr. Scott." A person with such a good temper would definitely not be so peaceful if it were anyone else. One look at Mr. Scott's attitude towards you, and you can tell that he loves you very much."
Maria said proudly: "Of course, I am his wife."
The conversation changed and Maria asked: "Mr. Li, most of the people Scott knows are White House officials. I have never seen a yellow-skinned person come to my house. How did you get to know each other? What are you doing with Scott?" Woolen cloth."
Li Zhen smiled slightly and said: "I am the President of China, and I was invited by President Lincoln to visit the United States."
"President of China." Maria's eyes widened.
Li Zhen saw Scott standing up from the kitchen and kept shaking his head at him.
Li Zhen didn't know why, but ignored Scott. His eyes returned to Maria, nodded and said: "Yes, I am Li Zhen, the President of China. When I was in the White House today, I met Mr. Scott. I was impressed by Mr. Scott's talent, so I came to visit him in person. Unexpectedly, I met Mrs. Scott, and the time was just right."
After hearing this, Scotta had a bitter expression on his face.
Maria rubbed her hands, swallowed, and said, "You are the president of China, so you should be very rich."
She stared at Li Zhen, as if she saw two golden mountains in her eyes.
Standing at the door of the kitchen, Scott stamped his feet, thinking to himself, he knew this would happen, and he would be so embarrassed this time.
A smile appeared on Li Zhen's face because he had heard Maria say that she had taken Scott's old pocket watch out to pawn it. It seemed that Scott's family was not well off.
Li Zhen nodded and said: "The president of China is different from the president of the United States. I do have a lot of money."
"Okay, okay."
Maria nodded repeatedly, all the wrinkled cheeks on her face relaxed. She raised her hand to lift the gray hair beside her ears. She smiled with a kind expression. When she looked at Li Zhen, it was like looking at her biological son.
