Chan returned home. The maid was cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, Yao Yilei and Jianbing were sitting on the sofa in the living room chatting, seeing that he had come back for so long, Yao Yilei stood up and said, "I'm tired, go to sleep first." "The heels rang and went upstairs.

Jian Bing observed the words and looks, and saw Chen Zikun's depressed appearance, she knew that this matter had been successful, the white widow was successfully driven away, and the conspiracy succeeded, she didn't dare to talk much, and said that she went upstairs to see Yao Yilei, and also left.

Chen Zikun was very depressed, but he couldn't blame others, Yao Yilei and Jianbing did a good enough job during the period of misreporting their deaths, enough, what qualifications do they have to reprimand others, and besides, Bai Yufang's incident was completely caused by himself, women are struggling to support at home, and men are messing with flowers outside, so they are ashamed to say it.

I'm sorry Yao Yilei and Jianbing, but are you worthy of Bai Yufang, and then look at the white jade boat in your hand, and feel even more guilty.

Sitting in the living room with his eyes closed, suddenly there was a sound of gentle footsteps behind him, and then a pair of hands pressed on his shoulders and pinched gently, it was Liu Ting.

"What, what's on your mind?" Liu Ting asked softly.

"Yes, I owe Bai Yufang an explanation." Chen Zikun sighed.

Liu Ting turned around, wearing a white nightgown, her freshly washed hair was wet, and under the dim lights, she was vaguely still the image of a female student at the door of the superintendent's office, although she was not Chen Zikun's wife and concubine, but she was closer than her wife and concubine, she had been a private secretary for more than ten years, handled all his affairs, and knew his attitude and policy, many secrets Yao Yilei and Jianbing did not know, but Liu Ting knew everything about it.

"Speaking of which, you haven't known Bai Yufang for a long time."

"Yes, it's ten days and half a month."

"Actually, for falling in love with someone, it doesn't take ten days and half a month that long, sometimes one glance is enough, the key is, do you love her?" Liu Ting said quietly.

Chen Zikun was stunned, but he didn't expect her to ask such a question.

"Don't be in a hurry to answer, two people come together, not necessarily out of love, the words of the matchmaker from their parents, or for money, for power, and for compassion and guilt, I don't know what happened between you and Bai Yufang, but I think your feelings for her now are not pure, but have more pity and love."

"It's really not easy for Bai Yufang to support a troupe independently." Chen Zikun said with emotion.

Liu Ting said: "So you want to help her, you wishfully think that as long as you include her in the harem, everything will be solved, but have you asked her how she feels, does she need an ordinary man who can run the troupe with the joys and sorrows, or a hero who stands up to the sky and fights in the north and south?" What she wants, you may not be able to give. ”

Chen Zikun was dumbfounded.

Liu Ting continued: "I can see that Bai Yufang is a very strong woman, she is a little similar to Sister Xiaoqing, I believe she will not marry you, if you really want to help them, you might as well change the way, I heard that the Eighth Route Army Office is holding an anti-Japanese performance, probably the Qi family class can come in handy, although it is a charity performance, but it is a good opportunity to make a name." ”

"Okay, I'll call Zhou Enlai tomorrow, thank you, Ting'er." Chen Zikun said with relief.

Liu Tingwan smiled: "Don't thank me, don't blame Sister Lei and Sister Bing, they are also good for you, for the good of this family, Bai Yufang is not as good as Sister Xiaoqing, she is your first love, her social status is too low, she is not good to anyone when she enters the Chen family, and she herself is not comfortable." ”

I understand that Lei Lei and Jianbing are both kind. Chen Zikun said.

"If you understand, go upstairs." Liu Ting got up and went upstairs, Chen Zikun sat downstairs for a while, then went upstairs and quietly pushed open Liu Ting's bedroom door, the door was not locked, and it was hidden.

……

Or Liu Ting's method is the most reliable, the Eighth Route Army Office and the Propaganda Department of the State Government jointly organized an anti-Japanese charity performance, many student organizations, poetry clubs, and art clubs actively participated, Qi's class is a traditional opera troupe, and the basic skills are solid, much stronger than these cameo tickets, although it is a compulsory performance, but after the name was launched, the people who came to invite them to act broke through the threshold.

On a cold day, the boat doesn't need to live, all the members of the Qi family class moved to the hostel, and they were busy rehearsing and performing all day long, Luo Xiaolou also came from Wanxian, the troupe experienced a thrilling turmoil, and the people's hearts were more united than before.

Chen Zikun's new position has not been determined, so he has to relax at home, occasionally going to watch the performance of the Qi family's class, but every time Bai Yufang avoids it, even Xiu'er avoids him.

Shuangxi returned and brought news from Jiangbei, Gai Longquan and Chen Shou were reluctant to leave their hometowns, and insisted on guerrilla warfare in the local area, Liu Xiaoyong disappeared, and finally saw him with Zheng Zeru, the rest of the brothers died and were injured, Jiangbei has completely fallen.

People have become accustomed to the pain of war, life and death are common, no matter how many people die, they must persevere in their lives, Chen Zikun receives a fixed salary from the War Department every month, because there is no specific position, so there are no subsidies such as carriage and horse fares, and prices are getting higher and higher, and that salary is simply not enough to support family expenses.

According to Song Ziwen, the Ministry of Finance expressed its willingness to purchase the machinery and equipment transported by Chen Zikun from Jiangbei at the price of scrap iron, although he was very unwilling, but in this situation, it is better to let the machine be scrapped than to sell it half and give it to the country, Chen Zikun did not take it too seriously, and instructed Liu Ting to handle the matter.

A week later, Liu Ting put a copy of the "Central Daily" in front of Chen Zikun, and published a message in a conspicuous position on the second page: "After the coordination of the Materials Committee and the efforts of every effort, a set of power equipment will be imported from Hong Kong, and the power interruption in Chongqing will be greatly reduced, which will strongly support military production and the great cause of resisting Japan." ”

Chen Zikun wondered, "What do you mean?" ”

Liu Ting said: "Hong Kong and Chongqing are not connected to ships at all, and airplanes cannot transport equipment as large as steam turbines, it is not my villain's heart, and these bureaucrats in charge of materials do everything they can, I am afraid that they will ......."

Chen Zikun is not stupid, he immediately thought of the batch of machinery and equipment he scrapped, aren't they all needed by the electric light factory.

"Let's go, let's see." Chan grabbed his hat.

With Liu Ting and Shuangxi, drove to the suburbs of the electric light factory, the so-called electric light factory, in fact, is the common name of the power plant, since the Nanjing government moved westward, Chongqing's power gap is getting bigger and bigger, the situation of power outages occurs from time to time, and the expansion of installed capacity has become a top priority, but during the war, water and land transportation is inconvenient, import channels have long been interrupted, and power generation equipment can not be produced by itself, so there has been no way.

When the factory director saw Chen Zikun coming to inspect, he hurriedly accompanied him in person and answered all questions.

Chen Zikun casually asked some business questions, and proposed to visit the newly purchased equipment, but the factory director's face was a little unnatural, and he said that the equipment had not been sorted out, and the mess was unsightly.

"It's okay, I personally built a power plant in Beitai, and I am afraid of a little chaos on the construction site." Chan said.

Since he insisted on this, the director had to take him to the back warehouse, where a large amount of coal was piled up in the open warehouse, and there was a canopy next to it, and under the shed were a dozen tattered wooden boxes, as well as two rusty steam turbine units.

Chen Zikun stepped forward to take a look, and couldn't help but be angry from his heart, the steam turbine was moved from Chaotianmen Wharf, and the nest made of wild cats inside was still faintly visible, and those wooden boxes even had the mark of Beitai Electric Power Company on them.

"I would like to ask, how to use such a device?" Chen Zikun looked at the factory director coldly.

"I can't sprinkle it, so the material committee sent these things, let us use them as appropriate, I want to clean the rust, and it's okay to use it as a spare piece."

"Isn't this deceiving the common people?" Chen Zikun took out the Central Daily and said.

The factory director smiled: "This is also a way to do nothing, the materials are in short supply, it is already rare to get these things, I don't know how much national money and how much energy the comrades of the material committee have spent." ”

Chen Zikun sneered, asked Liu Ting to take out the camera to take pictures of all the equipment in the warehouse, and then brushed his sleeves away.

After the photos were washed out, Chen Zikun directly took the Central Daily and the photos to Yu Youren, the director of supervision.

Yu Youren is a member of the old league, a white-bearded fairy wind bone, upright, he was surprised to see Chen Zikun come to the door, and said with a smile: "Isn't this the Flying Tiger God General?" ”

Chen Zikun didn't dare to hold it up, he held the disciple ceremony, called Ren Gong, and after some greetings, he said that he was an alternate member of the Kuomintang Supervisory Committee, and it was his duty to report illegality.

"The country is in danger, some people are still making money in the country, Ren Gong, we can't sit idly by." Chen Zikun said sternly.

Yu Youren's expression was solemn, and he picked up the phone: "Pick me up from the Law Enforcement Department of the Supervision Yuan." ”

The Supervision Yuan intervened, arrested the relevant personnel of the Materials Committee, and after investigation, someone did buy Chen Zikun's equipment at the price of scrap iron, and then sold it to a leather bag company, and then sold it to the Materials Committee in the name of Hong Kong imported materials.

This is a shocking case, the "Xinhua Daily" in the first hand reported on it, for a time the public resentment boiled, and the voice of the moths demanding the shooting of corrupt officials filled the capital, and Chiang Kai-shek was also furious when he learned of the situation, and ordered it to be dealt with strictly.

The Material Committee of the Ministry of Finance was killed by a pot, the relevant responsible persons were killed, and the Minister of Finance Kong Xiangxi was also severely reprimanded by Chiang Kai-shek, and he couldn't help but be angry with Chen Zikun, the initiator, but now Chen Zikun is in the limelight, so he can't help it, so he can only bury his grudges in his heart.

Chen Zikun still didn't know all this, and he was still indulged in the pride of eliminating corrupt officials.

Calculate the time, Yan'er has arrived in the United States to meet Xiaobei, Guanshan is thousands of miles, the telegram is not connected, the letter has to take the sea mail ship, and it will take at least a month to arrive in New York, this time the oolong is completely bigger, Chen Zikun personally wrote a book, let Jianbing send it to Hong Kong, and send it to the United States through the British postal system, telling the two children that they are still alive, he is right, at this time Yan'er's cruise ship just sailed into New York, the Statue of Liberty is still standing at the mouth of the Hudson River, Manhattan is still singing and dancing, and there is a peaceful atmosphere.

There were four black Cadillac sedans on the dock, sent by the New York mafia Pacino family to pick up Yan'er, and not far away was a humble Chevrolet, where two FBI agents sat with binoculars and cameras, and one of them muttered, "God knows what these Italians are up to." ”

The cruise ship docked, the passengers who had crossed the ocean rushed down, the Pacino family came on board to pick up people, the surveillance agent held up the binoculars, and the sip of coffee he had just drunk almost choked on his throat.

"Oh my God, they picked up an angel."

Another agent grabbed the binoculars and looked at the gangway as the mafia men with big shoulders and round waists surrounded a simple, beautifully dressed Asian girl.