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Chapter 400: Old Days

The original anger that was raised because Pei Yi was disobedient and went back to the imperial capital privately, and intentionally changed the registration time for the school practice, disappeared the moment he saw his grandson.

This is the child he brought up with his own hands, even if he is angry, he is not willing to be angry for too long.

"Would you like tea? I'll ask Xiao Lin to make a pot."

Mr. Pei loves cigarettes, wine, and tea, and regards these three things as the most important, and his family members are not allowed to touch them.

After he got old, because of his health, Mrs. Pei and his family hoped that he would stop smoking and drinking, so he would spend more time drinking tea.

He usually keeps the really good tea in his collection, and he is not willing to drink it until it is important.

"Last time, I got a little Dahongpao. There's only this little bit. You can try it." Mr. Pei pinched his fingers and gestured, Pei Yi said:

"Isn't there wine hidden in Grandpa's cabinet?"

Mr. Pei was stunned.

After he was in poor health, he was forbidden to drink at home, but the old habit was hard to change. He took out a small space behind the cabinet in his study and filled it with a bottle of good wine. He usually drank a little secretly when no one was around.

Pei Yi was favored by him since he was a child, his family didn't know his secret, but Pei Yi knew it.

Hearing that his grandson said he wanted to drink, Mr. Pei looked at him for a long time. There was a smile on his mouth, but his eyes were firm, and he didn't mean to change his mind. In the eyes of Mr. Pei, no matter how old he was, he was like the one who was once He holds the child in his hand, so he decides everything for him and makes decisions for him.

Now I want to drink tea with him, but he offered to drink because he wants to express to himself, has he grown up?

Mr. Pei smiled, and turned to get the wine glass.

He opened a hollowed out thick dictionary, and took out a small box inside. There were just two wine glasses in it, and the wine in each glass was just enough for two sips to finish.

In order to facilitate his hiding, the wine glasses at home are not big, but small and exquisite, which can be held in the palm of his hand.

Mr. Pei took out the wine glass, went into the bathroom to wash it, and took something to dry it. His face showed pain, he hesitated for a while, and finally rubbed his hands, took all the books from the shelf, and finally moved out a wine bottle :

"More than forty years ago, it was given to me by an old friend of my grandfather at that time. Usually I would not bear to touch it, and would not give it to anyone."

The wine bottle was tightly sealed, sealed with wax to avoid 'running', and the body of the bottle was touched brightly, as if it hadn't been opened for so many years.

The appearance of the bottle is not amazing, it even looks a bit rustic, but it can be seen that it is old.

Mr. Pei held the wine bottle with a sad look: "Grandpa, an old friend, has long been buried in the soil."

He became ruthless and melted the sealing wax on the bottle. Before the cork was opened, the aroma of the wine floated into Pei Yi's nose.

Mr. Pei seemed to be ten years old all of a sudden, holding the bottle, a little weak:

"This wine bottle was given by your grandfather Zhang. Maybe you don't know this person yet."

He sighed, sat down, and opened the bottle. The wine had been stored for many years, the color of the wine was amber, like honey, it was already a little thick, and the aroma was overflowing.

"At that time, the invaders invaded and the country was in a precarious state. I was just twenty-three or fourteen, just like your age." Having said this, Mr. Pei glanced at Pei Yi, and poured a glass that was seventy-full , pushing it in front of Pei Yi:

"The scene at that meeting, A Yi, is beyond your imagination."

Mr. Pei smiled, and calmly sat down on the sofa on the other side, having a face-to-face conversation with his grandson.

"Now that you've grown up, Grandpa doesn't want to talk to you about school, nor about your practice, but wants to talk to you about other things."

He raised his legs and reached out to touch the low box on the sofa, which contained a box of cigars. He took out one and smelled it:

"Do you know how grandpa married grandma?"

Pei Yi shook his head. All he knew was that his grandma was from Shanghai. He came from a famous family and had many relatives. Every time he went back to Shanghai when he was young, his grandma's natal family always liked him very much.

Being able to marry Mrs. Pei with a good family background, Mr. Pei, who was particular about family background at that time, would naturally not be of too low a family background, and his background was even more prominent than Mrs. Pei's.

Mr. Pei was originally from Tianjin. Mr. Pei’s grandfather was an effective adviser to the regent Liu Zhangcheng in the late Qing Dynasty. He was later transferred to the governor of Liangjiang, governing Jiangsu, Jiangxi, and Anhui. At the same time, he governed Nanjing. , buying coal and iron, telegraph, ship, theater and other enterprises, developed in Tianjin for many years, with great power, and the Pei family quickly took root.

Under such circumstances, although Old Madam Pei was from a good background at that time, compared with the Pei family, it was slightly inferior.

When Mr. Pei was young, he was the eldest son of Pei's eldest son, and there were as many women who wanted to marry him as there were crucian carp crossing the river.

When he was young, his family was prominent, and most of the family members who came and went were noble ladies of various clans. Many people scrambled to be his matchmaker in front of the old Mrs. Pei at that time.

Under such circumstances, China was in an extremely complicated situation back then, the high schools were still prosperous, and even the economy showed an unusually rapid development state.

The aggressors coveted this fertile land, and have neglected it. The three provinces are already falling, and the people there are living in dire straits.

However, under Mr. Pei's rule, singing and dancing made peace, and the extreme prosperity and chaos of war blended together. From Mr. Pei's mouth, like a picture scroll, slowly unfolded in front of Pei Yi.

"At this time, a good friend of mine, Zhang Yiping, came to visit me." When Mr. Pei said this, he leaned back on the sofa chair, and his whole body fell into the memory: "He is seven years older than me, and he was my friend when I was studying in Peking. Old acquaintance, very talented, is the general secretary of Shanghai Wenwushan, and advises him."

Mr. Pei held a cigar, looked at Pei Yi and smiled, Pei Yi said:

"Great-grandfather?"

Mrs. Pei's maiden name is Wen, and her family was in charge of the affairs of foreign compradors in Shanghai, and was very rich.

"Yes, the door of my Pei family is not so easy to enter, A Yi." Mr. Pei smiled, "He came here as an old friend of mine, and he brought such a jug of wine. I talked about my marriage."

Mr. Pei was born too high, and he was the eldest son. His family expected a lot from him. His marriage was still undecided. He was the ideal husband-in-law in the hearts of ladies and ladies.

Although the Wen family is rich, it is too low for the Pei family.

To say something that seemed rebellious at that time, the Pei family was like an emperor covering the sky with one hand in the land of two rivers.

At that time, the late Qing Dynasty had already existed in name only, and the warlords in various places were separated, and it was difficult to restrain the localities. The Pei family was the sky in the Liangjiang area, and the Wen family was a comprador of a foreign company. match.

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