Yin Xiaofeng never thought that one day he would become half a housewife. Ever since his wife, Yue Lianyi, was named a model worker in the construction industry and won the title of "March Red Banner Bearer", Yin Xiaofeng's wife's work became busier and busier, and Yin Xiaofeng took on more and more childcare tasks.
His daughter, Feifei, was eight years old and was in the third grade of primary school. That was a frightening age, exuberant energy, boundless curiosity, and very easily fluctuating emotions. When his daughter was obedient, there was nothing to say, she was an incomparably cute existence. But when his daughter tossed and turned, she was like a soft tofu covered in dust, unable to be blown or hit.
Of course, there were many people who hit their children, and it was even the majority. But Yin Xiaofeng only had one daughter. After hitting her once, he looked at his crying daughter and felt completely distressed. Yin Xiaofeng swore in his heart that he would never touch his daughter again.
China's tradition was to rest every ten days, but the new government adopted a five-day rest method. Yue Lianyi rarely had a rest. The huge Guangzhou city was getting bigger and bigger, even if the large-scale construction in Guangzhou began to come to an end, and the construction of Jiulong and other places began. All the engineering departments were working overtime.
Yin Xiaofeng took his child to the park in the morning, playing on the swing and riding the merry-go-round. In the afternoon, he took his child to participate in the Restoration Party's "Parents' Education Conference".
Children are the flowers of the motherland, such a slogan was posted on the wall of every classroom in the Parents' Education Conference. After the teacher went on stage, he first read a quote from Vézé, "The purpose of our education is to let the child walk on the right path, or because we want to educate the child to be what we want them to be. More importantly, we have to understand whether this attitude is the real idea, or our own excuse. This concept needs to be reflected at all times. There must be a spirit of criticism and self-criticism. "
When Yin Xiaofeng first heard this, he felt that it was a mountain of fog, but then he felt that it was very reasonable, and then he felt that it was nonsense. In any case, he had to listen to it once, so he was indifferent. This course was not so much a class, but rather a parents' complaining meeting. When these parents talked about their children being disobedient, all of them were furious. They said things like "if I had known this would happen, I would have crushed him or her to death".
Perhaps it was due to the dispelling of the vicious tendencies in the classroom, these boys and girls would still be beaten in the end. However, the incidents of beating children were becoming less and less frequent. After all, children were the apple of their parents' eyes. Who would really hit them when they could?
The curriculum was to educate parents and show them what kind of country China would be in the future. Children have all sorts of careers to pursue. Those who came to participate were people from the government, enterprises, and institutions. These parents felt that it was a good idea to make a plan for their children's future.
There were teachers playing games with the children outside the classroom, so Yin Xiaofeng wasn't worried that his daughter would get lost.
After class, Yin Xiaofeng flew home with his daughter. Feifei held her father's hand and said that she had some conflicts with the children. Or who she really liked and who she didn't like. Listening to the little fellow talk about all kinds of things with a focused expression, Yin Xiaofeng felt a strong sense of family happiness, but at the same time, he felt a little illusory.
Thinking back to what the teacher said in the parents' education class, Yin Xiaofeng suddenly felt that many of the discussions about the relationship between parents and children were not necessarily unreasonable. "… Our children came into contact with this brand new China almost at the same time as us. More importantly, we came from the old era, and a large part of the ideas we formed when we were young are still things from the old era. And from the moment these children were born, everything they received was from the new era. In other words, they had grown up together with this new era. The influence of the old era on them is much less than ours. We don't recommend that we let our children do things our way. In fact, many times we have to learn from these children … "
Yin Xiaofeng had never experienced school life. He was coming into contact with the unfamiliar place of school through his daughter's words. In a sense, his daughter's words were expanding Yin Xiaofeng's world little by little.
It was just that this feeling was too unreal. There were beautiful small trees on both sides of the wide street, and the three-story, four-story, five-story, and six-story buildings on the street were completely different from traditional Guangdong buildings. On the street, there were people riding bicycles, walking, and bustling with people coming and going. These people were also different from the traditional Guangzhou residents. They had very different occupations. In less than ten years, the whole of Guangdong had changed.
"Dad, that building is so tall!" Feifei pulled Yin Xiaofeng's hand and shouted, pointing to a few things that were under construction not far away. Yin Xiaofeng looked up and said with a smile, "Feifei, that's called a water tower. It's not a building. "
"A big water tower?" Feifei asked.
"Yes, a big water tower. With a water tower, the tap water can reach our home. "These basic lessons were also part of the parents' education class. Parents didn't know what the child asked, and this kind of embarrassment was often encountered by this group of parents.
"The stars are out!" Feifei shouted with the jumping thinking of children. The most shining things could attract their attention the most.
Yin Xiaofeng looked in the direction of his daughter's finger. The bright stars had already appeared in the sky. Yin Xiaofeng suddenly remembered how long it had been since he looked up at the sky. The new buildings in Guangzhou were getting taller and taller, and Yin Xiaofeng's eyesight was also gradually improving. But how long had it been since he really looked at the higher sky from the bottom of his heart? Yin Xiaofeng felt that he couldn't remember at all.
Feifei took Yin Xiaofeng's hand and said, "Dad, the teacher said not to go under the building that is under construction. If something falls from above, you will be hurt if you get hit. Dad, you have to be careful too! "
Listening to his daughter imitating the tone of an adult, Yin Xiaofeng couldn't help but laugh. He picked up his daughter and said seriously, "Okay. Dad will be careful. Feifei, you have to listen to the teacher. Don't go to those dangerous places. "
The father and daughter talked like this and went to the street to eat dry fried beef, durian cake, and other food. After eating, Feifei walked on the side of the road and seriously held her father's hand. The two of them went home hand in hand.
At the entrance of the building, a man who looked to be in his forties suddenly came out of the shadows. He rushed to Yin Xiaofeng and said in surprise, "Elder Dawn Wind, you really live here!"
After carefully looking for a while, Yin Xiaofeng recognized that the man in front of him turned out to be Yin Jiajie, who had gone to Luzon with him to make a living.
After taking care of his daughter, Yin Xiaofeng quickly poured water for Yin Jiajie. The two hadn't seen each other for more than ten years. When they separated, they were in their twenties. Now they were almost forty. Yin Jiajie was very old, and there were too many wrinkles on his face. Yin Xiaofeng had seen his appearance in front of the mirror. He was two years older than Yin Jiajie, but now Yin Jiajie looked more than ten years older than Yin Xiaofeng.
After the wind and rain, Yin Jiajie's wrinkled face showed a kind of dull black color. He didn't have the ruddy color of his youth. His whole person looked like a dead tree, lacking vitality. Yin Xiaofeng thought of the hard days he and Yin Jiajie had in Luzon and couldn't help sighing, "Jiajie, you have suffered! When did you return to China? How is Luzon? "
Yin Jiajie sighed, "Brother Elder Dawn Wind, Luzon is not good. Those Spaniards are becoming more and more ruthless to China. I also saved a little money over there, and the Spaniards are desperately extorting us. I felt that something was wrong, and I also heard that life in Guangdong is getting better, so I came back from Luzon. I first went back to Jiangmen, and I heard that Guangzhou is good for business, so I came to Guangzhou. I heard that you have moved to Guangzhou, so I came to see you. "
The two were brothers when they were young. When they talked about their experiences over the years, Yin Jiajie was very envious that Yin Xiaofeng actually became an official. He also cursed the Spaniards in Luzon for their cruelty to China. In addition to extortion, the Spaniards even deliberately let the local people kill China's Chinese businessmen who bought real estate in Luzon, and then seize the property of the Chinese businessmen.
Yin Jiajie didn't come to get some money. He just came to Guangzhou for the first time, and he always hoped that someone could give him some advice. After everyone talked for a while, Yin Jiajie took his leave.
The next day, Yue Lianyi returned home on vacation. In the evening, her daughter began to expose her father's various "evil deeds" and said that an old man came to visit yesterday. Yin Xiaofeng smiled and said, "What old man? He was one of Dad's brothers in Luzon. "
After arranging for the child to sleep, Yin Xiaofeng sighed while the husband and wife were talking. "I originally thought that leaving Luzon to Guangdong was a lack of opportunities to make money, but I didn't expect that I came back to the right place."
After Yue Lianyi heard Yin Xiaofeng talk about Yin Jiajie's experience, she immediately became spirited, "Elder Dawn Wind, arrange for Yin Jiajie to meet the people from the Armed Forces."
"Why?" Yin Xiaofeng couldn't understand what his wife was doing. Was she going to help Yin Jiajie arrange work?
Yue Lianyi hugged Yin Xiaofeng's arm, "I met Governor Pang at the model workers' conference, and then I talked to him. Once, I accidentally heard Governor Pang say to others that we should quickly collect information about foreigners bullying Chinese. Wasn't Yin Jiajie being bullied by foreigners? If we can help Governor Pang, we have to do it quickly. If we really get to know each other, it will be easier for me to talk to Governor Pang in the future, right? "
Yin Xiaofeng knew that his level as an official was not as good as his wife's, so in terms of administrative level, he was only a deputy section chief. Yue Lianyi was already a section chief and had the treatment of a deputy director. If there was a chance, it was not impossible for her to become a deputy director. Just now, the two of them had been busy several times. Yin Xiaofeng vaguely agreed, and then fell asleep.
On July 5, 1886, the Guangdong provincial government submitted a report to the intelligence department that the Spanish occupying Luzon had begun to massacre the Chinese. On July 29, the intelligence department sent this report to the central government.
After listening to the report, all the members of the Politburo did not speak immediately. All eyes fell on Vézé. Vézé knew that he had no other choice at this time. He said, "Let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs formally notify the Spanish and ask them to explain this."
After saying this, Weiser said, "Order the General Staff to prepare for war. If the Spaniards don't give us a satisfactory answer, we will have to prepare for war. If the Spanish do not give us a satisfactory answer, we will immediately declare war on Spain. The target of the war is the whole of Luzon and all the Spanish islands on the west coast of the Pacific. "
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