Li Guolou shouted angrily: "Sister-in-law Qian, you are so shameless. What kind of world is it now? Even the British Empire does not allow women to be concubines. How can you let your daughter jump into the fire pit?"
Qian Shuiping picked up Niu Niu, coaxed her daughter, and told Niu Niu not to cry, "Niu Niu doesn't cry, Niu Niu doesn't cry. If we don't learn to sing, we will learn needlework and support ourselves in the future!" After a while, he said: "Little girl
Lou, this is the Qing Empire. Rich men all marry concubines. What you say now is nice. When you grow up, you will also please several wives in the future. Men are all mean when they see beautiful women! Don’t believe it.
We can bet."
Li Guolou is said to be an underdeveloped "boy chicken", with his face as red as a persimmon. He is now a tall and handsome man of five feet. Although there is no hair on his face, he has as much hair as others.
Li Guolou thought of the little girl Xie Yunfang who broke off the engagement. She was a woman who was familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics. He was once questioned by Xie Yunfang and was speechless. This was the key to why his father-in-law Xie Yuantong insisted on breaking off the engagement. The whole family was
He looked down on him, a loser who wasted his youth to study abroad. Now that Li Guolou had not come out from the shadow of being dumped by a little girl, and he would not even look at the beautiful women passing by on the road, he wanted to have a job
Start your own career so that others can know that Li Guolou can live a comfortable life in the world without relying on his family.
Li Guolou squinted and said: "Sister-in-law Qian, don't look down on me. I know Western boxing and free fighting. I also know a little about Chinese martial arts. Your husband can't help me fight. In this world, just having strength is not enough.
, just like the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was annihilated by the Hunan Army and the Huai Army, it still relied on the foreign powers to provide us with foreign guns and cannons from the Qing Empire."
Wang Shutong, who was eavesdropping on Li Guolou and Qian Shuiping's speech outside the door, exposed half of his head from the door and said angrily: "Down with the great powers of all countries, give me back Shanghai, give me back Guangzhou, give me back our great rivers and mountains, fake foreign devils are traitors!"
Qian Shuiping closed the door with a bang and shouted: "Wang Kuaisui, there is nothing wrong with you here. Hong Xiuquan said he is invulnerable. Just keep talking about the Japanese with your mouth."
Wang Shutong was full of patriotic enthusiasm, but no one paid attention to him. He did not give up yet, and stood at the door of the south room, leaning against the door panel and listening to the conversation between Li Guolou and Qian Shuiping.
Li Guolou stood up and looked at Niu Niu and Niu Niu. He didn't like the Four Books and Five Classics or the Eight-Part Essay at all. Although he had learned it when he was a child, since he came to England to learn basic cultural knowledge and knew the Four Books and Five Classics, the Eight-part Essay not only cultivated his own cultural accomplishment.
, writing a few articles cannot promote social progress.
Li Guolou faced Qian Shuiping and said: "Sister-in-law Qian, let's discuss it with you. I can understand what you said just now. You go back and discuss it with your husband. If you are willing to let Niu Niu, Niu Niu arrives at Ma
I can pay the tuition for them. The teachings of Confucius and Mencius can no longer keep up with the changes in the world. Now my great-uncle is planning to build a shipyard and arsenal in Shanghai. To tell you the truth, my family also has a business in Shanghai, and we also need Western culture.
For a knowledgeable person, it is best to learn Western knowledge from a young age and be able to integrate it. You will not be like me who only started to learn Western knowledge when I was fourteen. I can only learn one language, only know a rough idea of the rest, and have never passed the exam."
It was the first time that Li Guolou told others that his family's status in the business world was high, and it was also the first time that he revealed that his family's wealth was money. He had not yet said how much he had spent in the capital this year on various things in the Liufu Yamen.
Money? If it were revealed, Wang Kuaizui, who was eavesdropping outside the door, would probably hit his chin on the ground. He was not afraid of embarrassment and revealed that he had not studied well and could not get a good diploma, so he sat in the capital for a while.
He was out of work when he was young, and no government office invited him.
Qian Shuiping smiled distressedly and said: "Xiaolou, I heard that in that Marian church school, people will be brainwashed and believe in their sect. I'm afraid there will be endless troubles."
Li Guolou was helpless. He had no enthusiasm for preaching to others. He had been denounced as a "fake foreign devil" and a "traitor" by the Chinese people countless times. He said: "Sister-in-law Qian, whatever you want, it's just a matter of saying it. If you don't agree with it,
, just pretend that I haven’t said that the impact of studying on the future is not necessarily good. Living a life without illness and disaster is also a blessing. Right?"
Niu Niu looked at Li Guolou and gritted her teeth and said: "Mom, I want to go to Ma Sha School. From now on, I will follow Uncle Li and I will definitely become a rich man."
Niu Niu is a smart person. He doesn't know the truth about people going to higher places. He shouted: "Mom, I also want to go to Ma's School. I will be Uncle Li's subordinate from now on. I guarantee that I won't lose anything."
Li Guolou smiled bitterly and said: "Don't follow me. I am the most useless person in the family. I am idle and achieve nothing. From now on, you will follow my brothers and sisters. I can't guarantee anything else. Sister Qian, as long as Niuniu graduates from the church school
, I can guarantee that the entire courtyard will belong to your family from now on, and you can even afford servants."
Qian Shuiping was so excited that she almost fainted. Although Chinese people scolded foreigners, who didn't know that foreigners were superior to others. If her children came out of church schools run by foreigners, they would also be superior to others in the Qing Dynasty.
Qian Shuiping patted her breasts and shouted: "Xiaolou, I am in charge of the family affairs. If Wang Kuai scolds me, I will scold you. If the neighbors don't like it, they won't. My family will depend on you from now on."
Li Guolou replied: "Sister-in-law Qian, it seems that I have been supporting your family for the past six months. If Ma Da Bangzi does this again, I will really give him a beating. This is not a joke!"
Qian Shuiping burst into tears with excitement and said: "Xiaolou, just give me a beating and kill this bastard, so that I can remarry as soon as possible."
Niu Niu and Niu Niu looked at each other. It seemed that their mother wanted to marry Li Guolou. That would be great.
As soon as Qian Shuiping opened the door, the door panel had not been opened too far, and her hands were still on the door. Wang Shutong could not wait to rush into the room, startling the four people in the room.
Wang Shutong said anxiously: "Brother Li, my son is a child prodigy. Just accept him as your son. I will never speak ill of you again. I will kneel down to you."
Li Guolou doesn't accept this trick. Wang Zizi looks like a monkey. When he sees a little girl, he follows behind others and even urinates on the little girl. He will definitely be a pervert when he grows up. No matter how smart Wang Zizi is, he won't do it.
He would spend money on a child like this. Hong Gu’s nature has long been passed down to her son. As the saying goes, species resembles species, and there is nothing wrong with that.
Li Guolou grabbed Wang Shutong and said: "Don't worry, Wang, speak quickly. Fake foreign devils are invulnerable. Bad words make people progress. Just say it. Your son's virtues will be known to all the neighbors. I can't afford this god."
Wang Shutong didn't succeed, and he left the south room helplessly. From now on, he will use his quick words to publicize the "scandal" between the fake foreign devil and Sister Qian. Even if people don't believe him if he tells it once, he believes that if he tells it a hundred times, this scandal will be solved.
It will definitely spread to every corner of the capital.
Li Guolou no longer wears robes, and now he does not dare to be avant-garde. He wears a suit and tie, with a short braid on the back of his head.
He had met such nondescript fake foreign devils on the road, with their nostrils turned upward and looking down on Chinese people. Generally, such people were translators in foreign consulates and compradors in foreign trading houses. Some even had their pigtails cut off because they had already
When people become foreign nationals, they are superior to others when traveling in the capital. They wish they had a high nose bridge and blue eyes. They also like to hold a "stick" in their hands. If ordinary people dare to scold them, the "fake foreign devils" will wave the "stick" and carry it with them.
They greeted each other in foreign languages. When the government officials saw this kind of "fake foreign devils", they were more afraid than the real ones, because such people couldn't be fooled. Compared with the real ones, the yamen must give the common people a beating. This kind of "fake foreign devils"
"I understand that when others scold him, if you are a little dishonest, they will have an excuse to "start a fight," just like the British Empire warships firing cannons outside Tianjin Port.
Although Li Guolou was scolded as a fake foreign devil, when he saw such "fake foreign devils" who had forgotten their ancestors, he was filled with anger. He once had a fight with the "fake foreign devils". Since they liked everything foreign so much, Li Guolou
After greeting them in English and serving them with Western boxing, these "fake foreign devils" were beaten down in one fell swoop. These "fake foreign devils" were clamoring to go to the Yamen for review. Li Guolou came here and said directly
You have to go to their consulate to reason with them. If you can't beat them, you deserve it! If you don't believe me, ask your master what he said? He just found trouble and beat up four "fake foreign devils". Now in the capital, he is already the "male uncle" among the "fake foreign devils"
"Kiss", often attend gatherings of "fake foreign devils", people are so cheap, these "fake foreign devils" think that with Li Guolou joining them, they are stronger!
But Li Guolou regretted it extremely. Now that he saw those "fake foreign devils", he could no longer do anything, because everyone was friends. When he saw those "fake foreign devils" on the road, he quickly ran away, fearing that something bad would happen.
He is no longer a human being inside and out. Because it is often the "fake foreign devils" who occupy the "reason", which puts him in a dilemma and he can no longer be a rogue with fists.
He is young and fashionable and loves to dress up. He wears the most popular gray beanie in the capital, which is made of six pieces of the same material, symbolizing the "unity of Liuhe" in the four directions of heaven and earth, with a piece of blue jade inlaid in the middle. He wears a woolen black windbreaker.
, a pair of gray trousers and military boots. Li Guolou did not want to wear the silk mandarin jacket usually worn by wealthy people. Although he also had a mandarin jacket, as long as he was not entering the yamen, he still dressed like a "fake foreign devil" (he considered himself very good).