Chapter 386: Youth awakening

In San Francisco's Chinatown, nearly forty-year-old He Bingxuan received bad news from the Chinese employees under the company's name. The San Francisco city government ordered him to close within one week on the grounds that the medicinal materials business he operated was potentially harmful Named medicinal material company and related industries such as clothing, tea, grocery store.
He Bingyan is a native of Cotton Village, Nanhai County, Guangdong Province. He has lived in cotton village for generations, working as a farmer, hardworking and hardworking.
He Heping's father went to Foshan Town, Guangdong to do business earlier.
The cruel political oppression and economic exploitation of the Qing court made the economy languish and the business slumped. His family's business was unable to make ends meet, it was on the verge of bankruptcy, and its family was increasingly embarrassed. In order to get rid of the predicament, he sent his son He Bingxuan to Hong Kong, which was not long after the port was established, to visit his old friend Liao Jingchang, and to care for the relationship and care of Tiao Liao, he opened a small grocery store in Hong Kong. The young He Zai was smart, alert, and courageous. He was struck by his difficult circumstances, but also strengthened his determination to revitalize his family. He was diligent in running a small grocery store, proactively exposed to overseas business conditions, and constantly imported western machinery and equipment that were relatively trendy at the time. Because of his insight and integrity, the accumulated capital under his name gradually increased, and he gradually became a small businessman. Zhongshang, later, Liao Jingchang's son, Liao Zhubin graduated from St. Paul College in Xiangjiang,
I was notified by the HSBC Bank Office that he will be transferred to the city of San Francisco to assist with HSBC business in the United States.
Liao Jingchang and He Bingyu's father are old friends. They continued the friendship between them. He Bingyu, who has made a name for himself in business, and Liao Zhubin, who received Western education, also maintain close ties.
Before leaving, Liao Zhubin suggested that He Bingxuan follow him to move to San Francisco, and use the assets and wealth accumulated in his business over the years to make his business in the United States.
Affected by the gold rush of Chinese laborers to the United States in the 1870s and 1980s, He Bingxuan believed that the Chinese laborers in the United States were a market with huge potential economic benefits. If the business of medicinal materials, tea, cloth, and garments was made in the United States, it would be far more than in the United States. Hong Kong earnings.
He Bingxuan was a decisive person. After analyzing the benefits, he took a family of more than ten, followed Liao Zhubin, and moved to San Francisco.
He is superior to the eyes of most businessmen in mainland China, which has brought He Bingyu's career to a new level.
From 1870 to 1881, the average wage of a Chinese worker in the United States was generally around 26 US dollars, although it was less than half of that of white people, but was saved. The salary saved in one month was ten times that of the people of the Qing Dynasty.
Relatively generous wages provide conditions for the consumption of Chinese workers. Depending on the grocery stores and drug stores set up in San Francisco and other Chinese communities, He Bingxuan's business is growing, and the Chinese staff under his name has gradually grown to more than 200 people. He himself He also quickly became a leader in the American Chinese business community.
Seeing that the business under his name was getting more and more prosperous, He Bingxian planned to pull up his friend Liao Zhubin to enter the business development together. Unfortunately, the increasingly difficult situation for American Chinese workers and the formal promulgation of the "Chinese Exclusion Act" completely cut off Possibility of US business expansion.
White thugs have successively impacted Chinese shops, arbitrarily scolded and humiliated the Chinese walking on the street. In recent months, the news of the killing of Chinese has been continuously published in the newspapers. Seeing that the situation has become more chaotic, even though He Bingxu, who has experienced a strong wind and waves, Suddenly panicked.
"Daddy, Uncle Liao and Enbai are here, waiting for you in the front hall."
十七 A 17-year-old girl walked in quickly and said.
让 "Let your eldest brother and third brother follow Anan uncle to the drug store first. If you encounter white people to cause trouble, be patient, try not to conflict with them."
He Bingyan stood up, temporarily set aside the San Francisco government's executive order, and instructed.
"Okay, dad, I'll tell the big brother and the third brother."
The young girl left in a stride, without the restraint and restraint of ordinary ladies.
"Well, the dad couldn't help but dad. When she watched her daughter run to her side, crying and crying, she softened her heart and let her keep her footing out, but now she grows up and becomes a tomboy. Every day with a few male students, there is nothing like everyone's ladylike appearance, and I don't know if the decision made 10 years ago is right or wrong. "
Looking at her daughter who ran out, He Bingxuan sighed.
Like ordinary wealthy families, the He family is a large grand garden-style family with a thriving population and children. Mrs. He Bingxuan has a good wife, twelve children, plus the Chinese people in the nursing home, male and female servants hired, and the accountant responsible for business and property accounting, totaling no less than fifty or sixty.
The young girl He Peizhen who ran out in front of his eyes was his fourth child and first daughter, and she had two brothers, a younger brother and three younger sisters. Children born with a half mother
In counting, she has twelve brothers and sisters (five brothers, seven sisters, that is, three brothers, two younger brothers, six younger sisters, and He Xiangning ranks fourth. Therefore, the servants and the servants all call her Miss Four. Miss No.4, who is a "Noble Flower", is thin and small. On the surface, she is a petite and weak girl. However, her smart and lively talents and brave and strong personality are unusual.
When she was very young, she had her own opinions and opinions, and had a strong temperament of being competitive. She often showed a willfulness that made her elders uncontrollable. For everything she knew, the three cows couldn't pull back. She If you think that there is no reason, you will never obey easily. You must fight to the end.
In the 1870s and 1980s, the mainland still retained the habit that women must bind their feet. Almost all women (especially
As usual, their upper societies are) wrapped in little feet.
Although Hong Kong has the earliest transportation with overseas, and has taken the lead in popularity, the bad habits of foot binding are still preserved.
When He Peizhen was five or six years old, her mother began to force her to bind her feet, first using hot water to iron her young
Tender feet (supposedly to soften bones). And then layer them again and again with a long strip of white cloth
Wrap it tightly and wrap it around, and then sew it tightly with needle and thread. Miss Four was unwilling to suffer this pain. She cried and made trouble during the day, tears rebelling against this inhumane habit;
In the middle of the night, with ten toes swollen and irritated, I couldn't stand the pain anymore, so I got up quietly. Take the courage, secretly cut the foot-foot cloth in the slit with scissors, and threw the white cloth Going down the bed freed your feet.
The next day, the mother reprimanded and scolded her, then took away the scissors and stored all the scissors in the family, and then tied her feet again, stitching tighter than the last time. But she did not cry, secretly bribed Xiaoyahuan to buy a pair of scissors, hid under the big incense burner of the ancestor altar in the safest place, waited until the night was quiet, and then cut off the foot-binding cloth angrily. Cut into flying butterflies, then knead them into a ball and throw them under the bed.
While her mother's scolding is getting worse, her crying and struggle never stop. Wrap it once, cut it back,
This heroic struggle has probably gone through dozens of rounds, and then tangled and cut again and again and again, constantly resisting, unyielding, and at an early age, he showed a unique character.
She resolutely opposes foot binding, not only because of her unwillingness to suffer from flesh, but also her own opinions. As a child, Miss Four liked to hear the story of "Long Hair" rebellion very much. She admired the female soldiers of the Taiping Army who braved the war with a pair of natural feet. Her young mind gave birth to the idea of ​​taking them as an example, hoping that she would grow up like these heroines and travel around the world with a pair of heavenly feet, so she hated foot binding even more and became a "non-foot-footingist". ". Therefore, she made up her mind and resolutely resisted foot-binding. The mother insists on foot binding, her daughter resists stubbornly and does not yield to each other, and the matter is getting worse. In the end, her strong and unyielding tenacity touched her father who loved her, and he came forward to interfere in this matter. Use the dignity of parents He said, "Let her go!"
Under the guardianship of his father, his mother sighed, and finally reluctantly agreed not to bind her feet anymore.
As he grew older, after moving to the United States, under the pamper of his father and the relatively open social atmosphere of the West, He Peizhen was able to receive Western-style education. In 1879, he entered Co-educational Hill Howe High School, which was accepted by Hill Howe High School. He Peizhen and Dongying's first group of female foreign students, He Peizhen had contacted them when they first entered the school. Shigeko Nagai (born in 1863), Yamakawa Shesong (born in 1860), and Tsuda Umeko (born in 1864) are all her friends.
A group of young people full of ideals and grandeur gathered together to discuss the experiences and influences of the nation's national destiny, especially the South American Chinese who came from the remnants of the Taiping Army. They gradually established a new and vibrant Chinese nation's legend. Constantly attracted her to read and sleep forever.
讨论 The lively images of the South American and Korean heroes who resisted the foreign offensive of the people, which were discussed by many people, left a deep impression on her heart, and gradually developed the idea of ​​thinking as a teacher by admiring and admiring.
He Bingyu failed to think that looking at his grown-up daughter from an early age will later become a famous female politician and leader of the women's liberation movement in the history of Han Dynasty. And while he was worried about his daughter's personality,
In another parlor, Liao Enbai said goodbye to his father and secretly came to the backyard to meet He Peizhen.
"Azhen, the situation has been chaotic recently. You better stay at home and don't go outside."
Liao Enbai found He Peizhen and cared.
听说 "I heard that today is the day when Yamasawa University graduated, why didn't you go to her to celebrate?"
He Peizhen ignored the relationship and asked.
"The United States of America has promulgated the" Chinese Exclusion Act. "Chinese people in the United States are all worried. Where can I have the mood to participate in the graduation ceremony of the mountains and rivers?
"Huh, it's a bit of national pride. American foreigners deceive people too much. We, as Chinese children, should lead by example and call on our fellow Americans to demonstrate and oppose the" Chinese Exclusion Act "!"
He Peizhen was emotional and looked at the other side seriously. "Liao Enbai, dare you come with me to Chinatown to call for a demonstration?"
"Azhen, useless, the diplomatic embassy in the United States signed an agreement with the Americans. The Americans provided the machinery and railways to factories in the Westernization Movement as a condition in exchange for the Qing government's agreement to upgrade the" Chinese Exclusion Act "to an international treaty.
Two days ago, Chen Lanbin, the ambassador to the United States, made it clear that he acknowledged that the United States had the right to require Chinese to register. Don't gather people for no reason. "New 81 Chinese website updates the fastest mobile terminal: https: /
After listening to Liao Enbai's explanation, the anger in He Peizhen's chest couldn't help burning.
Things can't be clearer here: the fate of the Qing Dynasty abandoned his people, and the fate of the Chinese stranded in the United States was completely exchanged by the Qing court to the US government.
"Overseas nationals were massacred and killed by foreigners. The Qing government listened to it. What is the difference between the so-called Chinese names and the famous resurgents?"
At this moment, He Peizhen had completely lost hope for the Qing court, and all that remained in her heart was the sadness deep into the bone marrow.
"The Qing court has always guarded against the Han Chinese. Where can we control the life and death of overseas Chinese, Ah Zhen, listen to me. The strength of the United States of America is second to none even in the Western countries. Even if we launch a demonstration of Chinese compatriots, it is not useful at all. Rather than waiting for the consciences of foreigners to wake up and stop the persecution of their compatriots, it is better to respond to the call of the South American nation and organize their compatriots to leave South America. "
"Americans are like a hungry wolf that is ungrateful. At first, the Indians kindly accepted them, but they waited for the white slaughter. Such a country would not stay! ァ 新 ヤ ~ ⑧ ~ 1 ~ 中文 网 ωωω.χ ~ ⒏ ~ 1zщ.còм
Zun Enbai, according to your wishes, let ’s talk with Dad and Uncle Liao, launch the employees of the two companies and the students in the United States to organize the compatriots to leave the United States! "
"Okay, let's meet our father and Uncle He now!" ...