Chapter 117 A Precious Photo
Chapter 117 A Precious Photo
Shao Quanzhong rushed into the yard and immediately smelled a pungent odor and white smoke filled the yard.
He had just returned from the battlefield and was extremely sensitive to flashes, smoke, and noises. The person he cared about most lived in this yard, and he was extremely nervous.
But there were many people in the yard, and it didn't look like a big mess. Rong Hui heard the footsteps, turned around and looked at him with a smile, "You just came back? Why do you look so anxious?"
He quickly reacted, pointed at Shao Quanzhong and laughed, then immediately covered his mouth, "Haha, you country bumpkin, but I'm so happy that you're so worried about my safety. Come and have a look at my new toy, you must not recognize it."
Shao Quanzhong had already seen the wire switch in Rong Hui's hand and the foreign gadget connected to it. He was full of straight man style and didn't try to please Rong Hui at all. He said, "Isn't it just a camera? It scared me."
Does Shao Quanzhong know how to flatter women? He knows how to do it. But he is conceited that he is a real man, and he is still very feudal and patriarchal after marriage. He showed his true feelings in an emergency just now, but he immediately pretended to be fine when he saw that nothing was wrong.
Women of this era don’t ask for any “emotional value”. As long as their husbands are capable and honest, they will be satisfied.
"This is a gift my father brought me from Manhattan. It is also imported from America. It is the latest Leica camera from Prussia."
Shao Quanzhong looked around and saw the row of people who had just taken a photo together. He walked up to them and kowtowed to them one by one.
"The son-in-law greets his father-in-law and mother-in-law. Dad, Mom, you are here too? This is——"
Rong Hong smiled slightly, "This is my wife, who came from Xiangshan to take care of Huier."
"My son-in-law pays homage to my mother-in-law."
A father-in-law, two mothers-in-law, plus his father and mother. Shao Quanzhong kowtowed and stood up, and found that this person was quite complete.
"Brother Shao, you're back just in time. Sister-in-law Julia, come and help take a family photo for us."
The second half of the sentence was spoken in English, and a foreign woman in her thirties smiled and nodded.
Shao Quanzhong took off his hat and bowed to the woman, "Greetings, sister-in-law."
Rong Hui quickly acted as an interpreter.
Shao Quanzhong always thinks about his team, as it is rare for his team to be fully staffed.
He turned around and ordered, "Siwen, go to the barracks and call your fourth brother, eldest brother, third brother, Hengzhong, Haichang, Le Xiucai, Ziyi, Song Laosan, Bozai, Qu Laosan, Yan Laoliu, Jiang Lutan, and the backbone of our Huai Army to take a group photo. Tell them that I will host a dinner and invite everyone to drink together. Oh, by the way, call Shao Yuan as well."
Yung Wing had come to Hailing with great difficulty. Liao Rong would take the foreign gunners back to Zhenjiang the next morning, and Jiang Chunlin would continue to hang out in brothels immediately, at least in a hurry to send the reward money to the top girls who had made contributions.
Tomorrow is a holiday, and most of the others will probably go home. If we don't take pictures tonight, it will be difficult to get so many people together.
The five relatives who had taken the photo just now sat in their original seats, while Shao Quanzhong, Rong Hui and Wen Xiu stood in the back row. Julia pressed the switch, and with a bang, the photo of the eight members of the Shaw family was frozen.
The original plan to invite the two foreign subordinates for drinks turned into a dinner party for 18 core members of the Huai Army, and the kitchen began to get busy.
The conditions of Shao's residence were much worse than those of Xiaoxiangya and Zheyuan, where only literati and scholars gathered. Except for Yung Wing and Shao Yuan, most of the people in Shao Quanzhong's party wore military uniforms.
Modern people have a question: why are all the audiences of talk shows women? This is because women's gatherings are entertainment activities, but men's gatherings are very dangerous...
Rong Hong came to Hailing to do business, but this occasion only talked about family affection, and business would be discussed tomorrow. Rong Hui was pregnant alone, and her mother-in-law and mother came together to take care of her. She was very happy.
After chatting for a while, the Shao family went to rest, and the Huai Army's subordinates arrived quickly in batches.
Julia was the photographer, Shao Quanzhong was dressed in military uniform, holding a command knife, sitting in the front row with Yung Wing in the middle, Zhang Zhidong on the left, Grant on the right, Tian Xing and Liao Rong on the side. The rest of the people had to stand in the back row, and when they found that the difference in the number of people in the front and back rows was too large, Hai Qing and Zhang Siwen were pushed to the sides of the front row.
Standing in the back row, Shao Hengzhong and Emery were side by side in the middle, with Le Sen and Wu Ziyi on either side, and on both sides were Song Le, Lin Buer, Qu Laosan and Yan Laoliu, and Jiang Chunlin and Shao Yuan were on the far left and right, all of them looked honored.
With a "bang", the spotlight flashed, smoke filled the air, and the photo of eighteen people was frozen.
This was the first group photo of the backbone members of the Huai Army, and also the first time that Shao Quanzhong took a photo in this era. This will be an old photo that will be repeatedly cited in history books in the future.
In the photo, Yung Wing and Shao Yuan were the only two who were not wearing military uniforms. Yung Wing was wearing a suit and leather shoes, while Shao Yuan was wearing a traditional long gown. The two foreigners were still wearing American military uniforms, while Liao Rong had already put on a beautiful British white naval officer uniform.
At the age of sixteen, Shao Quanzhong left Jiangyan and went north to Shunyi to beg for food, where he began to seek development.
Now I am twenty-one years old. In five years, I have been surrounded by talented people and have created a considerable situation.
In fact, Wenxiu was also an important member of the Shao faction, but Shao Quanzhong's male chauvinism took effect and he did not allow his wife to participate in men's gatherings.
The eighteen people who took part in the photo shoot will become the heroes of this era under the leadership of Shao Quanzhong. Two of them have grown up - ahem, by the way, you probably don't know it yet, right?
After taking the photo, Shao Quanzhong suddenly found a little regret in this group photo. Almost everyone had no military rank shoulder straps, only Grant wore shoulder straps, and it was the outdated rank of captain in the US Army.
He immediately instructed, "Haichang, Lutan, don't leave Hailing yet. After the holiday, I want to hold an internal conferment ceremony for the Huai Army, and the Huai Army will first connect with the international community on its own."
After the group photo, there was a banquet. Shao Quanzhong opened a large jar of Zhuangyuanhong tea that was originally a treasure of the Qiao family.
The banquet was held in the name of welcoming Grant and Emery, and the guest of honor Grant lived up to expectations and drank every drop of wine.
For Grant, who drinks 60-proof whiskey as if it were cold water, low-alcohol rice wine can be drunk in barrels.
The banquet lasted until midnight, and Grant left drunkenly, helped by his wife, while everyone else left lying down.
Shao Quanzhong drank so much that he passed out. He woke up in the middle of the night thirsty and with a splitting headache.
Wenxiu beside him refused to serve him water, so he had to struggle to get up and find water to drink.
"You little brat, you don't even serve a man, you deserve to be punished, right?"
"Brother Shao, no, we asked you to come back to tell you something important, which is that I am also pregnant..."
Shao Quanzhong forgot about his headache and laughed loudly, "Hahaha, I, Shao Quanzhong, am quite capable. I am about to have an eldest son and a second son. You two must give me a dozen sons to inherit my family business."
Then he said sadly, "It's over. Now I have to become a monk like Le Sen."
Wen Xiu pursed her lips and smiled, "How can you be so sure that it's a son? Besides, Le Xiucai is not a monk. I tell you, you can't be like that pervert Jiang Chunlin and go out and mess around."
Shao Quanzhong patted his chest loudly, "How could it be possible for a serious person like me?"
Wenxiu looked at him dimly, "I'm worried."
Looking up at Shao Quanzhong, she licked her red lips and took out a yellowed thread-bound book from under her pillow, "Let's take a look at this."
(End of this chapter)