There are many photo studios in Beijing, and when Wu's mother left home, she said she wanted to take Lu Nong to an old photo studio to take pictures.

After walking across most of Beijing, I finally found the "Yunzhao Photo Studio" she mentioned. The door outside the photo studio was shabby and the words "Yunzhao Photo Studio" were mottled and faded. Only a few fashionable black-and-white photos were placed in the glass windows, indicating that the studio was still open for business.

Mother Wu said that this photo studio was first opened during the Republic of China period. The photographers were highly skilled and well-known, so the photo studio has been open ever since. The photographer position has been passed from father to son, and now the son's son also helps out in the photo studio.

Before the Li family moved overseas, they would invite the artists from Yunzhao Photo Studio to take family portraits during festivals, and the servants would also have the opportunity to take a few individual photos.

The master's surname was Zhang. He was surprised to see Mother Wu and Lu Nong. He had a good memory, and even though he hadn't seen Mother Wu for some years, he quickly recognized who she was.

As for Lu Nong, it was entirely because the memories Lu Nong left on him were too profound.

A few years ago, he took a solo photo of Lu Nong by chance when he went to Li Garden.

As a photographer, Master Zhang has seen countless people of all kinds in his life and has taken photos of countless people, beautiful, ugly, and ordinary. The more people he sees, the more beauty becomes ordinary.

But the beauty of this lady is something you can treasure in your memory. Whenever you recall it, you will marvel at the beauty of creation and praise the timing that allowed you to witness her most beautiful years.

"I haven't seen you for a few years. You look even more elegant than before. Is this your husband? He is indeed a handsome man. They are a perfect match." When the old teacher met old friends, he would inevitably use the old terms of address. He called Lu Nong "Miss" and Pei Zheng "Mr."

The age difference between Pei Zheng and Lu Nong was not that big, they were real peers. At this moment, Pei Zheng was standing behind Lu Nong, carrying the suitcase, working tirelessly, while Lu Nong was holding little Gu Huai in his arms, and it looked like a family of three going out.

The old teacher also misunderstood.

"No," Lu Nong quickly denied, "He is my younger brother."

Pei Zheng felt embarrassed and took a few steps to the side, away from Lu Nong.

When Pei Zheng heard Lu Nong say that he was his younger brother, he felt relieved. A stepson was even more embarrassing than a husband. If Lu Nong told the master that he was her stepson, he would drop his box and run away immediately.

"I'm sorry, I misunderstood you."

The old master realized that he had made a mistake and apologized repeatedly. He then asked Lu Nong what kind of photos he wanted to take. He obviously also knew who was the one who made the decision among these people.

Nowadays, there are not many styles of photos that can be taken in photo studios. Taking photos is still a luxury at that time. Ordinary people can only take photos a few times a year. Most of the time, they take family portraits on important occasions such as weddings and graduations, or when a family member is born. Therefore, the style of photos is fixed.

Lu Nong was not interested in any of the styles mentioned by the old teacher, but instead told him about his idea of ​​taking artistic photos.

The old master came from the Republic of China. When he was an apprentice with his father, he saw fashionable men and women wearing nice clothes to take pictures, so he accepted Lu Nong's ideas well.

When he even heard that Lu Nong brought a cheongsam, he sent his son to move out the old armchair from the storeroom.

According to the plan, we first took a photo of Lu Nong and her son in green military uniforms. Lu Nong squatted down beside her son and half-huggled him. Both mother and son smiled at the camera.

Wearing the green military uniform, the two took another solo photo.

The photos of Zaizai are particularly adorable. Lu Nong asked him to salute the camera and to strike various cool, cute and funny poses. Zaizai did all the poses obediently. He is so well-behaved and adorable. Lu Nong gave him a big kiss.

Later, I simply changed the baby into two different sets of clothes and took a set of personal photos.

Until Zaizai was a little tired and Lu Nong went to the dressing room to change into a cheongsam, the old teacher asked Wu Ma and Pei Zheng to take individual photos in turn.

In the dressing room, Lu Nong undid her braid, tied her hair into a bun, and then pinned it with a tassel hairpin. She put on pearl earrings and a pair of barefoot, half-covered white low-heeled shoes. After getting dressed, she slowly walked out of the dressing room.

The photographer's son, Xiao Zhang, was wiping the armchair. He happened to look up and saw Lu Nong dressed up. He was mesmerized for a moment.

It was not until he was hit on the head by the old master that he came to his senses and continued to work, but he still glanced at Lu Nong from time to time.

Pei Zheng, who had just finished taking the photos, was leaning lazily against the wall. When he saw Lu Nong coming out, he couldn't help but stand up straight, muttering in his heart that his stepmother could always reach new heights of beauty.

The calmest person was actually Mother Wu. She held little Gu Huai in her arms and asked him, "Is Mommy pretty?"

Little Gu Huai nodded vigorously and said in a baby voice, "Mom, it's beautiful."

Lu Nong blinked at him and walked to sit under the spotlight. The armchair was much wider than her slender body. She leaned to one side with her hands on the armrests of the armchair, her legs stretched out diagonally, and her head slightly tilted to the camera, revealing the smooth and delicate lines of her neck. The tassel hairpin hung slightly, complementing the pearls on her ears.

The old teacher didn't even bother to say anything else, and quickly got into the flannel and pressed the shutter to capture this precious and beautiful moment.

After taking this photo, Lu Nong held Zaizai into the camera again. He was wearing a small suit, looking delicate and cute, with an innocent look. He stood beside Lu Nong and hugged her legs. Lu Nong was sitting upright on the armchair, just like a mother and son in the Republic of China.

Next, Mother Wu sat on the armchair holding her baby. Lu Nong stood behind Mother Wu, holding her shoulders and took a photo.

Finally, Lu Nong changed into her wedding dress. Her favorite part was actually the veil. The top of the veil was made of pearls of even sizes woven into a wreath inlaid with tiny gems, and underneath was a long veil that trailed behind her.

The lace long skirt is not fluffy. The cheongsam-like design makes it slim and fits the curves, outlining the graceful figure in detail. The hem is not too long and just covers the shoe surface.

Lace gloves of the same pattern snaked to the elbows.

When she stood in front of the camera and turned around, everyone in the photo studio subconsciously held their breath.

Until the sound of a door being pushed open broke the silence in the room.

"Old man Zhang, are you there? We are short of pocket money, please come out quickly..."

A few ruffian youths stared at Lu Nong with their eyes almost popping out of their heads. Lu Nong felt uncomfortable with this kind of gaze, and the gazes of those youths gradually became obscene.

Xiao Zhang reacted immediately, walked up to the men and pleaded in a low voice, "Brothers, there are customers in the store now, let's go out and talk, and I will give you the money when we get out."

The leader looked at Xiao Zhang and pushed him away. "Who do you think you are? Get out of my way."

As he spoke, he walked towards Lu Nong, "Hey, we're lucky today. We met the best in the world. Girl, how about playing with us? What's so good about being a gigolo? Be nice to us, and we'll let you eat the best food and drink the best drinks."

He saw Lu Nong wearing a wedding dress and Pei Zheng was the only man in the store dressed decently, so he thought the two of them were a newlywed couple with a lot of money.

Lu Nong sneered, "Come here and try it."

When these words came out, several hooligans laughed, "Yo, the girl is still angry."

Mother Wu wanted to go over and stop these hooligans from molesting her young lady, but she was holding little Gu Huai in her arms and was afraid of hurting the child, so she was in a dilemma and didn't dare to move. She looked at Pei Zheng for help.

Pei Zheng had already walked up to Lu Nong calmly at this time, facing the gangsters with the attitude of a protector.

"Get out of here," the gangster boss said to Pei Zheng impatiently, "If you don't get out of here, I'll make you lie on the ground and unable to get up."

Pei Zheng smiled and said, "Sir, the room is too small. How about we go outside and compete? If I lose, I'll let you do whatever you want."

"Hmph," the gangster looked at Pei Zheng with disdain. Pei Zheng happened to be dressed elegantly today, so he didn't take Pei Zheng seriously. "He's brave, brothers. Let's help him today. Let him walk out and lie down in."

"Let's go!" The gangster leader pushed Pei Zheng out of the photo studio.

As soon as they went out, the people in the room immediately leaned over to the door of the photo studio and looked out.

Lu Nong couldn't help but feel anxious. Although she knew that the hero in the novel was very good at fighting, she was still worried that Pei Zheng would get hurt.

At 3:30 in the afternoon, Pei Jinan finished his military affairs, took a leave, and called Xiao Zhou to prepare a car to go to Yunzhao Photo Studio.

Xiao Zhou was stunned after answering the phone. Where is Yunzhao Photo Studio? And it’s not even time to get off work at this hour?

There was no other choice, Xiao Zhou had to urgently investigate the location of Yunzhao Photo Studio, and it took him a long time to find it on the map.

After the car started, Xiao Zhou carefully glanced at the leader through the rearview mirror and saw that he was resting with his eyes closed, so he swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

Just when he was looking for the map, he suddenly realized that before leaving, Mother Wu seemed to have mentioned that she was going to take photos with Comrade Lu in the afternoon. Yunzhao Photo Studio was most likely the place where Comrade Lu and his friends went to take photos.

The car drove along and stopped at the side of an old street. Across the street was Yunzhao Photo Studio.

Xiao Zhou took out the car key and was about to get out of the car to open the door for the chief. His eyes fixed and he almost broke his voice, "Chief, isn't that Xiao Zheng?"

I saw that the entrance of the photo studio opposite was very lively, with a circle of people gathered around, and there were also several policemen in uniform. Pei Zheng, Lu Nong, and Wu Ma holding Gu Huai, and the whole family except Pei Jinan stood neatly in the crowd. The police were escorting several young men with bruised faces and noses and were talking to them.

Xiao Zhou didn't wait for the leader to speak, he inserted the car key and drove to the crowd.

When he got closer, Xiao Zhou found that Comrade Lu was wearing a long wedding dress, which looked very beautiful. Not only he was looking at Comrade Lu, many people couldn't help but look at her.

Pei Ji'an was also looking at Lu Nong in the crowd.

Over there, the police escorted a few hooligans to express their gratitude to Pei Zheng. These street thugs were all orphans from the neighborhood. They had been naughty children since childhood and had followed their boss to do evil things before liberation, including eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. After liberation, their boss was arrested and they had not committed any major offenses but had been constantly committing minor offenses.

This time, he was possessed by evil intentions and wanted to do something big to bully female comrades, but he didn't expect that the other party was a tough guy. He fought five people alone and knocked down all the thugs without any harm.

The police thought of the young man's skills and couldn't help but ask, "Have you practiced before? It's amazing that you can beat five people at once. But don't be so impulsive next time. They are not as powerful as you this time. If you meet a powerful one next time, you will be the one to fall."

"Five are nothing, my dad is even more powerful," Pei Zheng wiped his sweat and pointed at Lu Nong, "I've already told those thugs that if they can't beat her, just take her here, isn't that a good idea?"

The police laughed.

Lu Nong punched Pei Zheng jokingly, and as the two of them exchanged blows, their relationship became noticeably closer.

The policeman laughed and said seriously: "Young man, are you interested in being a policeman?"

Pei Zheng finally found the right way to show off. He pointed to the school badge on his clothes and said, "I'm going to college this year, and I still have four years to graduate."

"Good boy, you have a bright future!" The policeman said nothing else. He was a college student, so it was impossible for him to be a small-time police officer.

In the car, Pei Ji'an saw Pei Zheng and Lu Nong playing and joking very naturally and harmoniously, and he asked Xiao Zhou hesitantly: "When did they... become so familiar with each other?"

Xiao Zhou: “…” Help, is this a fatal question?

"Forget it," Pei Ji'an said without waiting for Xiao Zhou to answer, "You can go to the police station with the police to deal with those thugs."

Xiao Zhou's expression froze, "Yes."

After getting off the car, Xiao Zhou walked up to the policeman, saluted, and said that he was Pei Zheng's parent and could go to the police station with him to handle the follow-up matters. The policeman was shocked. No wonder this young man was so skilled. It turned out that someone in his family was from the army.

Pei Zheng saw him stunned, "Brother Zhou, why are you here?"

Lu Nong was also surprised. How did Xiao Zhou know they were here?

Then within two seconds she saw Pei Ji'an, dressed in military uniform, coming over.

When Mother Wu saw Pei Ji'an, she was overjoyed and quickly grabbed the studio teacher and said, "Lao Zhang, this is my aunt."

"Auntie, do you want to take a photo with Miss?"

Pei Jinan lowered his head and looked at Lu Nong.

Lu Nong didn't understand and thought to himself, why are you looking at me?

Finally, Lu Nong seemed to hear Pei Jinan sighing imperceptibly and saying, "Okay."

In the photo studio, a woman in a wedding dress and a man in a military uniform sat on two armchairs. Both of them looked a little stiff. Seeing this, the old teacher said unhappily, "Come closer. Xiaolu, you were the best at taking pictures just now. Why can't you do it now?"

Lu Nong: “…”

She gritted her teeth and extended a hand to Pei Jinan.

Pei Ji settled down, and the next moment he held the hand that Lu Nong handed over to him, and lowered his head slightly to look at Lu Nong.

The old teacher pressed the shutter at this moment, and commented on each shot after taking it. He praised Lu Nong for his performance as always, and emphasized on Pei Ji'an's bowing of his head at the end, which was like the finishing touch.

Lu Nong: “…” Thank you.

On the way home, Lu Nong stared at a family photo in a daze. It was not until today that she had a little sense of reality about her marriage. But how could she, a scumbag who only cared about love and was irresponsible, know what marriage was all about?

After thinking for a long time, she still couldn't figure it out, so she simply gave up and said, "Whatever happens, I just need to be myself, sister."

Arriving at the door of his home, Lu Nong got out of the car without any worries. But when he looked up, he saw a woman with a gloomy face standing at the door.

The woman glared at Lu Nong viciously, as if she wanted to eat her.

Lu Nong: “…”? ? Who are you, sister?