Lu Chen drove back home in a hurry. As soon as Lu Chen arrived at the door, he saw Ike standing at the door.
Lu Chen quickly got out of the car and walked to Ike.
"Ike, here's the telegram."
Ike handed the telegram to Lu Chen.
Lu Chen took the telegram and read it. No wonder Ike didn't know what to say. The telegram only said, "Urgent, get back to me soon."
Lu Chen asked: "Who sent this telegram?"
Ike shook his head.
"The person who sent the telegram said that it was sent from Guangzhou. After several forwardings, it reached us."
Guangzhou, I don’t know anyone in Guangzhou. No, my eldest brother is in Guangzhou. Could it be a telegram from my eldest brother?
But what do these words mean? Let me go back quickly. This is what happened.
Lu Chen thought about it carefully and then thought of something. Then Lu Chen asked: "Ike, what day is today."
"Boss, today is March 12th. What's wrong?"
Lu Chen understood that his eldest brother was probably going to fight again. Then I asked myself to go back, but why did you call me back when you were fighting? Lu Chen was extremely confused.
But if his elder brother comes to find him, he has no choice but to go back. Lu Chen could only take Ike and set off immediately to the dock. Take the boat back to Guangzhou.
After more than half a month, Lu Chen returned to Guangzhou in early April.
When Lu Chen came to Guangzhou, he first went to the American Consulate. As for why he went to the consulate, Lu Chen needed to make a phone call. If I am not familiar with the place where I was born in Guangzhou, where can I find my elder brother? Fortunately, I still have an American identity. You can go to the consulate to borrow a phone.
Lu Chen came to the consulate and handed his honorary citizen certificate to the consulate staff. When people at the consulate saw that Lu Chen was an honorary citizen of New York. Still quite surprised.
"Hello sir, I wonder if I can help you."
Lu Chen smiled at the staff and said, "I'm going to the consulate to borrow a phone. I don't know where your phone is."
It turned out to be just a borrowed phone. The staff took Lu Chen to an office. Then let Lu Chen go in and use it himself.
Lu Chen quickly walked to the phone, picked up the phone and dialed his elder brother.
"Hello, this is the 22nd Brigade of the Fourth Army. I am the brigade commander Lu Jiaming. Who are you?"
"I'm Lu Chen, brother, why are you so anxious to call me back?"
"You're back, that's fine. Just tell me where you are and I'll send someone to pick you up."
"I'm at the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou. Please ask someone to pick me up."
(Lu Jiaming was a little speechless. Why did Lu Chen end up at the U.S. Consulate?)
"Okay, just wait there, I'll have someone pick you up right away."
A few hours later, Lu Chen came to Lu Jiaming's house.
As soon as Lu Chen entered the door, Mother Lu ran over.
"Let me see if you are suffering outside alone."
Lu Chen quickly said: "Mom, I'm fine. Look how strong I am now."
Father Lu also walked out at this time. He looked at Lu Chen and then said calmly:
"I heard from your elder brother that you are doing pretty well in the United States."
Lu Chen nodded:
"I am living well in the United States now. I originally told my eldest brother some time ago that I would take you to the United States. But my eldest brother refused to let me go."
"Why are we going there? We're not familiar with the place. It's good to be here."
(What’s so good about this place is that it’s going to be chaos soon. Lu Chen cursed in his heart.)
"By the way, dad, didn't you go back to your hometown? Why are you here with me?"
Father Lu couldn't help but sigh when he heard Lu Chen ask this.
"There is a lot of chaos in Sichuan right now. Our hometown is not stable, so your eldest brother took us here."
Lu Chen and the second elder continued to chat for a while. Lu Jiaming just came back from outside with a few guards.
Lu Jiaming looked at Lu Chen.
"That's right. After staying abroad for so long, you haven't lost weight. It proves that you are indeed living a good life."
Lu Chen looked at Lu Jiaming and asked, "Brother, are you so anxious to call me back just to see how I am doing?"
Lu Jiaming didn't reply and went directly into the house.
When Father Lu saw Lu Jiaming coming back, he sent Mother Lu away.
Lu Chen looked at this posture and felt that something big was about to happen.
After Mother Lu left, Father Lu said sadly, "Xiaochen, I asked you to come back this time for two reasons."
Two things, Lu Chen looked at Lu Jiaming doubtfully. Lu Jiaming gave Lu Chen a calm look.
Father Lu continued: "We received news that your second brother is dead."
(⊙O⊙)What? My second brother is gone, why don’t I know? William never told me what happened to his second brother.
Lu Chen quickly asked: "Dad, when did you receive the news? You can't be mistaken."
Lu Jiaming glared at Lu Chen fiercely and reprimanded: "Can we get this kind of thing wrong? My friends in the government told me this at the beginning of the year. They caught a man named Lu Yunting. He has been shot."
Lu Chen thought for a while and said, "You must have been deceived by your friend. If it was really the second brother, wouldn't anything happen to you? I mean, brother, you didn't tell others about the second brother, right? .”
Hearing what Lu Chen said, Lu's father had hope again in his eyes. He looked at Lu Jiaming and said:
"Xiaochen is right. If something happens to the second child, you will definitely be implicated. Is your friend making a mistake?"
Lu Jiaming said angrily: "My friend can't be wrong, he showed me the list."
Hearing this, the hope in Father Lu's eyes dimmed again. Lu Chen thought for a while and said:
"It may be someone with the same name. We didn't see the second brother himself. We can't confirm that it is the second brother. Brother, you must be mistaken."
"impossible…"
"stop fighting."
Father Lu interrupted the argument between the two.
"No matter what happened to the second child, we can't find him now. It's no different from him. Now let's talk about the second thing. Boss, you can tell it yourself."
Lu Jiaming looked at Lu Chen and said:
"Xiaochen, let's put aside your second brother's affairs for now. The main reason I want you to come back this time is to take your second brother to the United States first. I will give you a sum of money and you can help me take care of my second brother."
Lu Chen waved his hand and said: "You don't need to give me money, I can take care of them myself. I want to know why you didn't agree with me to pick them up last time, but now you take the initiative to call me back to pick them up."
Lu Jiaming sighed and said:
"I was able to take care of them last time, and I don't trust you. Now, your eldest brother and I are going to fight, and this time is more dangerous. I don't know if I can survive. My parents can only leave it to you. "
Lu Chen looked at Lu Jiaming doubtfully.
"You're in Guangzhou, so it's none of your business when others start a war. You didn't graduate from Huangpu. Don't just join in."
Lu Jiaming said: "I have received the order, and the troops will be leaving in more than ten days."
Lu Chen was agitated. Things in the Central Plains were none of Guangzhou's business. Why does Big Brother's army have to leave?
Lu Chen looked at Lu Jiaming and said, "How are your troops and equipment?"
"You don't understand this, why are you asking?"
"I don't understand your army, but I can get weapons. Just tell me what you're missing, and I'll see if I can get it for you."
Lu Jiaming stared at Lu Chen with stern eyes:
"I thought you just happened to get a batch of weapons last time, but I didn't expect you could still get them. Tell me honestly, are you in the business of smuggling arms?"
Lu Chen said impatiently: "Just tell me whether you want it or not."
Lu Jiaming kicked Lu Chen without warning and roared at Lu Chen:
"Lu Chen, you are actually smuggling arms. Do you know how many people will die if you sell a gun? It is because of people like you that those warlords have so many troops, and China has been unable to cease the war."
Lu Chen also got angry and yelled at Lu Jiaming:
"Damn it, it's none of my business. I don't sell it. Some people sell it. And even if no one sells it, there are military factories in Taiyuan and there are also military factories in Shenyang. I think you are a fool to be a soldier. "
Lu Jiaming wanted to hit Lu Chen again. Lu Chen pointed at Lu Jiaming and said:
"I'm telling you, don't do anything. If you do, I will fight back. Don't think that because you are the boss, I won't dare to fight back."
At this time, Father Lu took the crutch and gave each of Lu Chen and Lu Jiaming a stick. Then he shouted:
"You two brothers, stop it. The youngest is right. If you want to fight, it has nothing to do with us businessmen."
After hearing what his father said, Lu Chen looked at Lu Jiaming provocatively and said:
"I sell the most arms, but you buy the most. If you use my things and let me take the blame, you just want to be a bitch again and build a memorial."
After Lu Jiaming heard Lu Chen's words, he was so angry that he wanted to take action again. But after thinking that Lu Chen was his younger brother, he gave up and said:
"Xiaochen, you don't understand. If those warlords don't have the support of the country behind you, how can they have the courage to go against the government?"
Lu Chen was too lazy to argue with Lu Jiaming. He said, "You're talking nonsense to me. If you don't want my weapons, just say so. I'm not forcing you to ask for them. Do you want weapons or ammunition?"
"want."
"OK."
Lu Chen nodded and said, "Take me to the telegraph station. I want to send a telegram to my people in Shanghai."
Lu Jiaming nodded.
"We'll go in a minute. Now let's talk about your parents going to the United States with you."
"There's no need to talk about this. As long as they agree, I can take them to the United States at any time."
"Okay, I'll go and handle the formalities for them later."
Father Lu saw the two brothers finished talking and said:
"Now that you've finished talking, it's my turn to speak. I discussed it with your mother, and we unanimously decided not to go to the United States."
Lu Jiaming looked at Father Lu anxiously:
"Dad, didn't we agree that Xiaochen would come back to take you to the United States? Why did you regret it?"
"Jia Ming, your mother and I both feel that we are getting older now. After going abroad, we don't know when we will come back. And when we went to the United States, we didn't know anyone. We couldn't speak foreign languages. We didn't even speak to anyone there. No one is there. If you don’t want to go, you won’t go.”
Lu Jiaming still wanted to persuade. But he was pulled back by Lu Chen.
Lu Chen smiled and said:
"Brother, if my parents don't want to go, we can't force them to go, right?"
Lu Jiaming glared at Lu Chen and said:
"Lu Chen, what are you talking about? China is in such chaos right now. What if something happens to my parents?"
Lu Chen waved his hand and ignored Lu Jiaming. He looked at Father Lu and said:
"Dad, let me tell you, I bought a textile factory in the United States. But you also know me, I am not familiar with textile factories at all. When I was in Shanghai, Fu Mingzhuo helped me build a textile factory. No more. Hey, since you don’t want to go to the United States, then I can only sell the factory.”
After hearing what Lu Chen said, Father Lu quickly asked:
"You literally bought a textile mill in America."
Lu Chen nodded and said:
"It's okay if you don't buy it. You know Chen Jianghe? He talks in my ears every day and scolds me every day. Aren't I so annoyed by him that I can't stand it? So I can only listen to him and buy a textile factory and change its name. Lu’s Textile Factory.”
Father Lu nodded.
"That's the bad thing about Jiang He's kid. He's too persistent. But he grew up in Lu's Textile Factory. It's right to have feelings for the factory. So what happened to the factory after you bought it?"
Lu Chen curled his lips,
"What else can I do? I can only let Chen Jianghe take care of it first."
Father Lu's face instantly darkened.
"How can you let Jiang He manage the factory? He is suitable for learning. If you ask him to manage the factory, you will not only harm the factory, but also harm him. Why are you kid so messy?"
"What should I do? I'm not good at this, and I have my own affairs. He doesn't care who takes care of it. Are you going to help him take care of it?"
"I'll go, I'll go. Anyway, don't harm Jiang He."
Lu Chen looked at Father Lu and said, "Dad, don't worry about anything else. You should stay in China. My eldest brother and I will rent and buy a house for you."
Father Lu waved his hand and said, "No, I'm going to help you manage the textile factory. Let Chen Jianghe continue to go to school."
Lu Chen said with some embarrassment: "Dad, if you go, what will happen to my mother? Are you leaving her alone in the country?"
Suddenly there was a "bang" and the door was pushed open. Lu Chen and others were startled.
Mother Lu walked in from outside angrily. Then he grabbed Lu Chen’s ears and cursed:
"It's not bad. I have been outside for more than half a year. I have become more capable, and I can make progress by retreating, right? Tell me the truth, have you bought a textile factory outside?"
"Ouch, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, Mom, let go, let go quickly. I tell you everything."
Mother Lu looked at Lu Chen and said:
"With your character, you would buy a textile factory after being nagged by Jiang He. It's because your father was too anxious to react. He believed your lies. Let's see if you ask your elder brother if he believes it. "
Lu Chen glanced at Lu Jiaming and found that Lu Jiaming was actually sitting aside drinking tea at this time. Lu Chen asked:
"Brother, believe it or not, I opened a textile factory in the United States."
Lu Jiaming nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at rice.
Lu Chen turned around and said to Mother Lu:
"Look, the eldest brother nodded. He believes in me."
Mother Lu glanced at Lu Jiaming, who was looking around. Angry, she walked up to Lu Jiaming and slapped him on the head. asked:
"Tell me, do you believe that Lu Chen will open a textile factory in the United States?"
Lu Jiaming said quickly:
"I believe it, I absolutely believe it. After all, Xiaochen has grown up and stayed in the textile factory for a while. He will definitely still have some feelings for the textile factory."
"Fart, if your father and I hadn't forced him, he could have gone to the textile factory. And when he went to the textile factory, what else did he do besides lighting cloths and playing with them. That kid Mingzhuo was in charge of everything. If he was in charge, The textile mills are long gone.”
Damn, there’s this thing, playing with fabrics produced at home. The original owner is still awesome. But this is not the time to blame the original owner. Lu Chen quickly said:
"Mom, let me tell you the truth. I did open a textile factory in the United States. It's just that the textile factory is not producing now. I really didn't lie to you."
Mother Lu waved her hand and said, "Okay, okay, I know you are doing it for us as an old couple, but we really won't get used to it after going abroad. The language is different, and so are the habits."
Lu Chen quickly said:
"Mom, there are a lot of Chinese in my factory. I guarantee that you will not be left alone. And Chen Jianghe is also there. I am also there. You won't be bored."
Father Lu came out at this time and said, "Lu Chen, please promise that you really opened a textile factory."
Lu Chen was anxious, and he swore: "I swear, I will never lie to you..."
"okay,"
Before Lu Chen could finish speaking, Mother Lu immediately interrupted Lu Chen.
"Let's go. Don't say anything unlucky there."
Seeing that the two elders agreed to go to the United States, the two brothers looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.
