When everyone set out for Nanjing, as usual, many relatives and friends came to see them off. The Wei and Chen families came, of course, as did the Li and Zhao families, and the in-laws of Wei Jie, Zhao Feng, and Zhao Yu. The daughters of each family wanted to go abroad with their husbands to study. Studying abroad was a good thing, and the families would not stop them, so they all came to see them off.
After Chen Xuan and Wei Nian returned to China, they met Qi San. During the Japanese occupation, there was no communication between the north and the south. Mr. Rong was in Chongqing, and Qi San was in charge of "Si Qing". Now Mr. Rong wanted to sell "Si Qing", and Qi San was ready to take the last shift. Originally, Chen Xuan thought Qi San would buy "Si Qing", because if Qi San wanted to buy it, Mr. Rong would definitely give a very affordable price. But to Chen Xuan's surprise, Qi San refused.
Qi San refused because of the happy event. He and Miss Bai had decided to emigrate abroad after "Si Qing" was sold. They had had enough of the troubled times. Qi San was in Beijing, just waiting for the new owner of "Si Qing" to come and take over. Miss Bai had already dealt with her affairs in Beijing and decided to go to Shanghai first. Once Qi San's affairs were settled, the two would meet in Shanghai. Knowing that the Wei family was also going south, although the Wei family was going to Nanjing, they were on the same train route, so they left together.
Qi San carefully sent Miss Bai's gift to her car and gave her many detailed instructions. Apart from that, no one else came to see Miss Bai off. Miss Bai's parents' home is in Beijing. Now that Miss Bai is going abroad, no one came to see her off. This shows the relationship between Miss Bai and her parents' home. Miss Bai listened to Qi San's long-winded talk, and she was concise to Qi San's neighbors, saying, "Call me when you finish your business here, and I will prepare the boat ticket. Don't give a penny to my parents' home."
Qi San agreed one by one.
When the train was about to leave, Qi Sanfang got off and waved goodbye to Miss Bai.
On the train, everyone was settled in. Miss Bai also bought a first-class ticket. Because she was a female passenger and was with the Wei family, the stewardess arranged them together. Compared with Miss Bai who was alone, the Wei family was definitely traveling in a grand manner. There were six people from Wei Nian's family + Li Yi, the son of the shopkeeper Xiao Li + his mother, Mrs. Wei + Wei Yin and her son + Wei Jie's family of three + Wei Yun + Wei Jin's family of eight + Wang Damei, Wang Taohua and Wang Guihua, a total of more than 20 people. Fortunately, those under the age of Wei Hong did not have to go for free, because the child was too young and needed to be held, and would not occupy a seat alone. Even so, they occupied a carriage in a lively manner. Those who were not aware of the situation thought they were moving.
The children started to have fun on the train. Wei Xin was the oldest child, so it was fine. The younger ones, led by Wei Yu and Xue Huai, liked to walk around and look around on the train. There were so many children that the adults couldn't take care of them all. Chen Xuan had a lot of experience in this, so she let the older children take care of the younger ones, and her older sisters Taohua and Guihua also helped. Moreover, although the younger children might not listen to their parents and elders, they would especially listen to the older children.
Wei Xin is very good at taking care of her younger siblings. The newcomer Li Yi is well taken care of by Wei Xin. However, Li Yi is also a child who has seen the world and has taken a train before. He is also the eldest brother at home. He also takes care of Wei Hong, who is younger than him, and Sibao, a swaying little fat kid who has just started to walk. In addition, the children of Wei Jie, Zhao Feng, and Zhao Yu are all about three or four years old. These little guys like to play with the older children.
Wei Hong didn't play with these kids. She always despised creatures without intelligence. She tidied up the bed in her bedroom according to her own preferences, took out her special cup with the Superman Clark Kent printed on it, drank a few sips of water, and then took out a book and sat at the small table by the window to read. Wei Yu and Xue Huai liked to train very much. Chen Xuan gave Wei Yu a task to teach his younger brother and sister foreign languages. Wei Yu put his cousins' books in a row. Xue Huai was a good teacher. He took out the books he brought with him and asked his mother for a handful of milk candy and put it by his hand. If he said it well, he would get candy. If he said it badly, not only would he not get candy, but he would also be spanked.
Taohua and Guihua helped take care of the children while learning a few foreign words. They had been learning foreign words with their aunt since they left their hometown. Now they can speak some simple conversations, but they still need to continue learning. Li Yi has English classes at school. He helps maintain order in the classroom and is the monitor appointed by Wei Yuqin.
The children went to play by themselves, and the adults could do their own things. Wei Jin was with the old lady, feeling so emotional. Wei Jin kept looking out the window, watching the platform slowly moving away from his sight, the tall poplar trees and Western-style buildings on the roadside going away one by one, Wei Jin couldn't help but feel a little emotional, "Mom, I used to think that I was not as lucky as you. You see, even in Beijing, there are not many people as old as you, with your style and experience. You have taken trains, ships, and planes. Look at me, I am also a real Beijinger, I have lived in Beijing all my life, and I have been everywhere. This is the first time I have taken a train in my life."
Mrs. Wei thought about it and agreed with her eldest daughter's conclusion. She nodded and said, "Indeed, you are quite unsophisticated."
"Really? How can a mother say that about her own daughter?" Wei Jin smiled. "Now that I'm on the train, it shows that my blessing has not come too late." Thinking that it was the first time for her eldest daughter to take a train, Mrs. Wei took her for a walk, showed her the bathroom and dressing room, and the mother and daughter also went to the dining car to drink coffee.
After Wang found out, she told Wei Jie, "Grandma is so fashionable. She took my eldest aunt out for coffee."
Wei Jie said, "What's so strange about this? I heard that everyone drinks coffee abroad."
"How can they be the same? My sister-in-law's mother went abroad with her son for seven or eight years. She can't speak a word of foreign language. Now she still tastes like burnt coffee. Look at our grandmother. She is so foreign-styled. She speaks foreign language very well. She puts on makeup every day, wears small leather shoes, and can drive. Even in foreign countries, grandma must be fashionable." Wang is a little snobbish and has a picky temper. She is good at making a living. In other words, people with such a temperament are born with a yearning for success. In Wang's eyes, grandma is the model of a successful woman.
At the age of nearly 70, being able to live to the same level as her grandmother is, in Wang's opinion, a complete success.
Wei Jie smiled and said nothing, thinking that grandma had changed a lot over the years. Wang packed up her things, took out the fruits, water cups and other things she brought and put them on a fixed small table beside her, and said to her husband, "I'll go see grandma."
Wei Jie said, "You don't." He is going to the United States to take the postgraduate entrance examination.
"Let's see later." Wang ran to get in touch with her grandmother-in-law.
Chen Xuan, Wei Yin, Wei Nian and Miss Bai also went to the dining car to chat. They happened to meet the old lady and Wei Jin, so they sat together. They just talked about each other's recent situation. Miss Bai was still delicate and beautiful, but she was more mature than before. She stirred the coffee in front of her and said, "If I had known that you would be fighting against Japan after you left, I should have gone abroad earlier. I have been in Chongqing for the past few years, and I also managed Mr. Rong's business. However, the domestic environment is too complicated, with wars all day long, and business is not easy to do."
Chen Xuan thought about these years and couldn't help but say, "Yes, you stayed in Shanghai at first, and then Shanghai and Nanjing were successively occupied by the Japanese devils. I was particularly worried about you. I asked Mr. Rong when I sent the telegram, and I was relieved to know that you were with him. What are your plans after you and Mr. Qi go abroad?"
"You want to study and continue to help Mr. Rong run the business." Miss Bai was always cool and asked Wei Yin, "Are you moving the whole family to the United States this time?"
Wei Yin smiled, "It's not just a big family, but my eldest sister's family, as well as my eldest brother's nephews and nieces, and Ayan's eldest son. The children are studying abroad while they are young, which can help them gain more knowledge and improve their academics. My eldest sister and brother-in-law were worried about the children, so they followed them."
Miss Bai couldn't help but sigh, "The relationship between your brothers and sisters is really enviable."
Seeing Miss Bai say this, Wei Jin immediately acted like a good elder sister. She glanced at Wei Nian and Wei Yin, nodded and said, "It's normal. They quarreled with me a lot when they were young. I'm the eldest sister, so I basically raised them all."
Wei Nian felt a sour taste in his mouth when he heard this, "Big sister, please stop acting like an elder sister-in-law who is like a mother to you. Our mother is still here."
Wei Jin snorted, "I just won't show off. I'm still your eldest sister."
Miss Bai couldn't help but curl her lips when she saw the Wei family teasing. She thought of her mother's family. Although they used to claim to be a family of scholars, they were usually very noble, never talked about money, and had no dust in their eyes. But compared with the Wei family, they were really a world apart. Miss Bai just returned to Beijing at the beginning of this year. When her mother's family saw her, they had nothing else to do but cry poor. She had already prepared to go abroad before returning to Beijing. This time she came back to Beijing to see if her mother wanted to go abroad with her. Unexpectedly, her mother kept muttering that she would have to ask her son to take care of her in her old age. God has mercy on me. If this was her own son, Miss Bai would have said nothing. It's really hard for her mother to rely on a bastard for life. Miss Bai saw that her mother was so ambitious, so she didn't force it. Unexpectedly, her mother was later persuaded by someone to change her mind and said that she wanted to go abroad with Miss Bai. She had to take her children and grandchildren to serve her, and even her aunt, father, cats and dogs at home, all went with her. In her mother's words, when they go to the United States, not only will the family be reunited, but it will also be a lot of fun.
The whole family had a sweet dream!
But if Miss Meng Bai doesn't take over, her hair will turn white.
Miss Bai simply went back to Shanghai, not wanting to waste time on such meaningless things.
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When they arrived in Nanjing, the Wei family got off the train and said goodbye to Miss Bai. Since they were all going abroad, they would not be afraid of not meeting each other again in the future.
This time, the Wei family came to Nanjing and informed Mrs. Wen in advance. Although the Wen family had a large compound, they could not accommodate so many people. They had no choice but to rent a villa nearby. Chen Xuan's family naturally lived in the Wen family. Mrs. Wen, whether intentionally or unintentionally, assigned the Zhao family to live in the rented villa.
Before going to the Wen family, Chen Xuan first asked Wen Shao, who came to pick her up, if there were any temples nearby, and stored her father's ashes in a nearby temple. After all, she was visiting someone else's home, and it was not appropriate to bring ashes into someone else's home.
Chen Xuan felt embarrassed about the more than 20 people in the Wei family this time, and said to Madam Wen, "With so many of us, it will definitely cause a lot of trouble."
Old Madam Wen now has a very good relationship with Chen Xuan. Over the years, her three grandchildren have all lived in Boston, and even Old Madam Wen would go there from time to time to stay. Not to mention Chen Xuan's current achievements, even Wen Shao, Wen Xin, and Wen Yin, Wen Shao is now studying for a doctorate at university, and even the youngest Wen Yin is also studying at a first-class university. The three brothers are not so outstanding for no reason. Despite the efforts of the three brothers, Chen Xuan also took a lot of trouble. Not to mention others, when Wen Yaying followed her aunt to study, how did she study, but the difference was obvious.
Madam Wen smiled, "This is not a big deal. I've been looking forward to your coming." She greeted Madam Wei again and said politely, "Our home is still a little small, so we found a friend's villa nearby. The other children will rest in that villa, and I have arranged for the servants."
Old Mrs. Wei smiled, "I always listen to my aunt. This time we are mainly taking the children to study abroad. Alas, we had no news from Beijing before, and we didn't know how the children were doing. Later, when Japan surrendered, we only contacted by letter or telegram. I didn't know until I got home that the children had not been idle all these years and were all in college. Even my granddaughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law are college students. I don't think they are useless, but the country has been at war for these years, and their studies have been delayed. So I let them go abroad with us this time and prepare to continue their studies."
"That's good. If you want to have a bright future, you have to study more." Old Madam Wen said to Chen Xuan, "Your mother and A Shao's father are both out. One is busy in the government, and the other is summoned by Madam Kong. They have to go. We are not outsiders, so I will wait for you at home."
Chen Xuan said, "That's good. It's not like we haven't been here before. Don't let Mom and Uncle Wen delay their business."
At one point, Old Lady Wei introduced Wei Yun to Old Lady Wen and said with a smile, "This is my eldest granddaughter, she is studying English at Yenching University, and this time she is going abroad to study art in France."
As soon as Wei Yun entered the room, Madam Wen saw her and said with a smile, "Xinxin looks more like you. I also heard Xinxin talk about the appearance of your eldest daughter. I thought nieces all look like their eldest aunts. It turns out that the eldest granddaughter looks like her youngest aunt. This daughter is really well born."
Wei Xin couldn't stand hearing this anymore, and asked, "Grandma, am I not pretty?"
Madam Wen laughed and said, "It looks good."
Wen Yun also started calling her great-grandmother. Old Madam Wen was now accustomed to this title.
When Wei Jin and his party came, Mrs. Wen was really moved by the prosperity of the Wei family. She thought that the Wei family only had two sons and two daughters, but there were so many younger generations, which was really lively. However, she also had three grandchildren and one granddaughter, but the children were young and her granddaughter's marriage had not been smooth. There was no rush. After a few years, they would have a big family.
Thinking of this, Madam Wen became happy again. She sighed in her heart. Wei Xin always said that she looked like her eldest aunt. Now it seems that, with Madam Wei, the three of them really look the same. Madam Wen listened to Madam Wei introducing her. Wei Jie and his wife Wang both graduated from Union Medical College, Zhao Feng and Zhao Yu both graduated from Yenching University, and their wives were top students who graduated from Fu Jen Catholic University. Madam Wen nodded repeatedly, "They are all good children." Seeing that there were still little ones, she asked her personal maid to take out a large mahogany box and open it. Whether it was a boy or a girl, each of them was given a small golden peanut.
Wen that the old lady was hospitable, and she was very happy, especially since this family had a promising future. During the Anti-Japanese War, they could not go abroad from Peking and had to study in China. However, Yenching University, Union Medical College and Fu Jen Catholic University were all famous and good universities.
It can be seen how promising other people’s children are.
Old Madam Wen, who claims to be from a famous family in Jiangnan, naturally knows the importance of family talent. Although not all the relatives brought by Chen Xuan and Wei Nian are surnamed Wei, they are all close relatives. Even Li Yi is a child of a friend, and he must be a very close friend. At this time, it is really far-sighted to help relatives and friends.
Old Madam Wen explained to Wei Jin and the others why there were no more sons and daughters-in-law. The servants brought black tea, milk, coffee, juice and various freshly baked pastries, and everyone sat together and talked lively.
Old Madam Wei had been to the Wen family before, so she naturally knew about the current wealth and power of the Wen family. However, it was the first time for Wei Jin, Wang and others to come here, so they knew what kind of person Chen Xuan's mother married. Chen Xuan was just the stepdaughter of the Wen family, but she brought a large family here, and the old lady was waiting at home in person, which showed that she valued Chen Xuan very much.
Of course, this is also the superficial view of Wei Jin and Wang. A long time ago, Mrs. Wen's prominence no longer needed the support of her husband's family.
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