There are only twelve days left until New Year's Eve, and the business houses are preparing for the New Year in all aspects.

Chen Tianhua convened a meeting with all the directors of the commercial bank to arrange work arrangements before and after the first month of the year.

"Dear colleagues, the new year is coming soon. For our Tianhua Commercial Bank, this year is an extraordinary year. Shuangqi Kiln Farm has completed its construction from preparation to official opening and operation. The breeding farm,

The breeding cooperatives are also operating normally and have achieved fruitful results. These are all inseparable from everyone's joint efforts and diligence. I would like to sincerely thank everyone."

Chen Tianhua stood up and saluted, and everyone applauded.

"Everyone's hard work deserves generous rewards, and the red envelopes for the Chinese New Year this year will be bigger and thicker."

More warm applause and cheers.

"Drink water and remember the source. Our commercial bank must not forget the measures to benefit the people before the Spring Festival every year. We must do it every year and get better and better. This year we will still make rice cakes and write Spring Festival couplets. We must prepare in advance and make it large-scale. The commercial bank will provide money and organization.

The masses contribute.”

"Mobilize the masses to consciously contribute their own efforts and cultivate a spirit of cooperation. The general venue for making rice cakes can be held in the front yard of the new house in my town. The specific general persons in charge are Wu Laosan and Lin Gen, and other colleagues will divide the work and cooperate."

"During the first lunar month, I have some important things to do in Hangzhou. Everyone should follow the instructions of the general manager. The business bank will pay for a troupe to come and sing for our Xibutou Village for a few days. How about that?"

"good!"

Thunderous applause erupted in the venue.

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The foothills of Nanping Mountain in Fucheng, Hangzhou, and the south bank of West Lake.

The sun is bright here, and the golden light shines through the branches of the locust trees in the distance, leaving mottled and sparse shadows on the ground.

The official residence of the new envoy of Zhejiang Province is located here.

This official residence covering an area of ​​more than 150 acres was expanded on the basis of the original garrison mansion.

Two rows of guard barracks and several rows of servants' dormitories were added to the side. On the first floor of the main building, the original servants' dormitories were converted into conference rooms.

In this way, the official residence can also have on-site offices and meetings, and can be used as a temporary command center during wartime.

A small boiler imported from Germany was added to the mansion, which burned coal as fuel and supplied boiling water, heating and hot air to the entire mansion.

According to regulations, the official residence can be built into a larger one, but Bai Suling didn't want to bother anymore, so she had no choice but to do so. However, the overall layout is still quite good.

The Li Mansion's private residence, which was originally located on the south bank of the Yunsi River, was located in an area of ​​dignitaries with many people and houses, which was not conducive to defense.

This official residence is an independent building, which is convenient for surrounding security.

After the expansion, the usable area of ​​the Jiancashi Mansion was five times larger than that of the original Li Mansion, the garden was also enlarged, and the surrounding walls were heightened, making it look like a huge palace.

The high red wall is covered with rose vines, which are bare in the twelfth lunar month, and the vermilion-wrapped black iron door looks even taller, heavier, and majestic.

The coldness brought by winter spreads throughout every corner of the official residence, and the northwest wind blows, making people feel the biting cold wind.

Bare trees stood pitifully on both sides of the road, and the once-vibrant grass finally couldn't hold on anymore and all withered and turned yellow and fell asleep.

In the twenty-eighth year of Guangxu's reign, it was the sixth day of the first lunar month.

It's half past ten in the morning.

Li Shuzhen got up early, had breakfast, and dressed up.

Today she wore a Suzhou embroidered Begonia light red low-slit cotton cheongsam, paired with a pair of deerskin short boots trimmed with white fox fur. Outside was a large fur coat, yellow mink, made from Russia. The black circles on the face could

Ripples are made, fashionable and noble.

She stood on the open-air balcony on the second floor of the west wing, bathing in the sunshine after the snow in winter, holding a tea bowl and smiling as she watched her nieces and nephews from her hometown in Anhui build snowmen in the garden.

Last month, during the twelfth lunar month, Deacon Sun led his team to Keyandang Lake and rescued Chen Tianhua and others, and only told her afterwards.

This made her angry and anxious, and she was confused for several days.

However, Sun Yong told her that Chen Tianhua would come over after the new year and promised to live in his house for a while, which made her extremely excited.

Years ago, she went to East Street in Fucheng, Hangzhou, to purchase nightgowns, cotton slippers, a Belarusian fur-collared fur coat, etc. for Chen Tianhua, and had her maids and grooms carry them all.

From the beginning of the year to the end of the year, she has been thinking in her heart, Hua Zhi, you have no conscience, you have not come to visit me once in more than half a year, huh, let's see how I deal with you this time.

In fact, she pretends to be Chen Tianhua and comes earlier every day.

Alas, some people have telepathic abilities, and they will really come to you if you talk about them.

A long-column carriage with the words "Li's Mansion" printed on it came and trembled in front of the black iron gate of the official residence.

A tall young man got out of the car.

He was seen wearing a brown fur lapel woolen coat, a goose-yellow turtleneck knitted sweater, a large pure wool scarf, blue-green thickened woolen trousers, and black high-top leather boots.

The second sentry in the sentry booth at the front of the official residence, as soon as they saw the visitor, gave a uniform military salute of "Pah..." and said, "Hello, third aunt."

"Hello."

The person who came was really Chen Tianhua.

He held a executive-level meeting of the commercial bank a year ago to arrange the tasks for the year. On New Year's Eve, he accompanied his mother and grandmother to stay vigil in the new home garden.

From the second to the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, I walked around my uncle's house, my uncle's third uncle's house, Liu Wenjie's family, and Fan Chenggui's family, and gathered with several key members of the trading company.

On the early morning of the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, I asked Ah Hua to use the U-Peng sailing speedboat to deliver it to the Henan Wharf of Yunsi.

He arrived at the Li Mansion first and found out that the Li family had all moved to the official residence of the envoy on the south bank of the West Lake.

There are some servants left in the Li Mansion. The third son of the Li family, Li Pinzhang, and his Japanese wife live here.

In addition, Yunsihe Li Mansion has also become a temporary residence for people from Anhui's hometown.

The former steward Ding of the Li Mansion followed his master to the new residence on the south bank of West Lake. The new steward of the Li Mansion sent a Li Mansion carriage to take Chen Tianhua to the official residence.

The garden was completely white, and the flowers, plants, and trees were all covered with ice and snow.

Li Shuzhen was on the second-floor balcony of the west wing, where she could easily see Chen Tianhua coming in. She happily went downstairs to meet the lover who made her worried and loved and hated her.

"Hua Zhi, giggling... you are finally here, giggling..."

She was originally ready to give him a look, but as soon as she saw his figure, she couldn't help it, and her previous resentment was thrown into the sky.

"Qianhua!"

Chen Tianhua hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, with a smile on his face and some excitement. He was at a loss as to whether to hug or shake hands in front of everyone.

Alas, there is no need for it anymore, everything is there in the smile and eyes, full of longing.

Li Shuzhen was the same. She was very excited when she didn't see her, but she was at a loss when she saw her.

"We just arrived at Yunsi River. Didn't you go see my third brother and sister-in-law?"
Chapter completed!