The Smith family held a grand ball in the name of celebrating Li Lihua's safe return, which not only invited a large number of celebrities from Batavia, but also invited people to attend the Governor's Office and the British Fleet. The Governor's Office sent Mr. Debray, the secretary of Governor Rosblu, and the British Fleet sent the first mate of the Old Man's Asterisk.

In fact, although the Smith family does not discriminate against Li Lihua's Chinese descent, she is just an ordinary child in the family and there is nothing special about it. In the past, the Smith family has never held any activities in her name. This time, it was actually to find an excuse to contact the People's Army and the Zhang family, and also took this opportunity to hold an entertainment event to clear the tension since the war.

Although the People's Army did not attack Batavia during the entire period of protection of overseas Chinese, it still put a lot of pressure on the residents of Batavia. Moreover, during the war, Batavia's foreign activities were completely interrupted and they were in a state of emergency, which made the residents fall into extreme panic. Now Java has restored peace. Although the Dutch colonial government has signed a treaty that is humiliating, it has no impact on the residents of Batavia. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out some activities, such as Batavia's revival. The Governor's Office and the British fleet have sent people to participate, hoping that Batavia will recover as soon as possible.

After Qian Guoyu and Huang Qingping sent Li Lihua to Batavia, they lived at Zhang Zhijun's home. The next day, with Zhang Zhijun to attend the dance party with Zhang Zhijun. Since they were attending the Western dance party, Zhang Zhijun wore a topper and a pair of swallowtail suits, dressed in a Western style. Zhang Zhijun grew up in Java. Although he had a strong sense of belonging to China for a long time, he also had many Westernized influences in customs and habits. Zhang Zhijun did not shave his hair and braids, and he had different clothes on different occasions. This was not surprising among the Chinese in Java. After all, Java is a region with a large hodgepodge of culture and customs, and has a variety of developments. Fortunately, when he came to Java this time, Qian Guoyu and Huang Qingping both brought their own military dresses, so he wore military dresses to attend the dance party.

The three of them took a carriage to the Smith family's manor. After getting off at the gate, they saw that there were carriages on both sides. It was obvious that there were many people coming today. After the servant informed the guard, a group of people walked out of the door. The leader was an old man in his sixties, with his hair and beard a little gray. Zhang Zhijun hurriedly greeted him, bowed and said, "Mr. Smith."

The old man nodded, and bowed, saying, "Mr. Zhang, welcome."

Zhang Zhijun introduced to Qian Guoyu and Huang Qingping again that the old man was George Smith, the current patriarch of the Smith family. After meeting each other, Zhang Zhijun introduced to them a middle-aged man and woman around Smith, which turned out to be Li Lihua's parents John Smith and Li Xiangmei.

John Smith took a step forward and gave a deep salute to the two, saying, "Thank you for protecting my daughter during the war and keeping our family from grief. Here I would like to express my sincere thanks to you as a father."

Li Xiangmei also said: "We only have Lihua as a daughter. I can't believe what kind of silence we would become without Lihua. We really don't know what to use to thank you for your kindness."

Huang Qingping smiled and said, "Sir, Madam, it is our best reward to save a family from sorrow, to save father from pain, and to make mother sad."

Then George Smith said, "Okay, John, we should invite our guests in, rather than expressing your gratitude at the gate."

John Smith then realized it and said, "Yes, uncle." Then he said to Huang Qingping and Qian Guoyu, "I'm sorry, we were rude."

George Smith said: "Okay, please come in."

Everyone walked into the gate of the Smith family, walked through a courtyard, and came to a hall of more than 200 square meters. At this time, many people had come to the hall, and no 100 people had more than 80. The men were all dressed, and the women were all European-style long skirts and dresses, and they were in groups of three or five. Some were talking loudly, some were whispering, and more than 10 people were waiting to pass by to deliver fine wine and delicacies. There were bands playing relaxing and soothing music in the corner.

Huang Qingping looked around and asked, "Where is Lihua?"

George Smith smiled and said, "She is in the dressing room. Several people should know that it takes a long time for young girls to put on makeup, and she is the protagonist today. She hopes to show her best side, so please forgive her for being rude."

Huang Qingping smiled and said, "Mr. Smith, we can understand."

George Smith bowed again and said, "Ms. Huang, thank you for your generosity. Please forgive me for your other guests and I cannot accompany you." He turned his head and said, "John, you treat our guests well."

After George Smith left, John Smith and his wife brought everyone to the seats to chat, and called to come and get the wine and food to entertain everyone. Li Xiangmei sat for a while, and also stood up and said goodbye to see her daughter's makeup. However, most of the people who attended the scene knew each other at that time, so people kept coming to greet her. Zhang Zhijun introduced them to Huang Qingping and Qian Guoyu one by one. Some people deliberately wanted to meet Huang Qingping and Qian Guoyu to see if they could have some connection. Bi Jing is now famous and there is no discontinuation.

However, although there were many people coming to talk, the atmosphere was still harmonious. No one dared to pick up the favors of Huang Qingping and Qian Guoyu. Although the People's Army fought many wars in Java and killed many people, it mainly attacked the indigenous tribes and did not attack Badavia City. Although the last battle was against the Dutch coalition, the main soldiers were basically local indigenous people. Therefore, the harm to the Europeans, the merchants did not cause much damage. The Dutch colonial government paid a lot of money and gave up a lot of benefits. However, the Smith family was British, so of course they would not care about these things.

Moreover, the competition here is a dance party, and everyone who comes is looking for a lively atmosphere. Naturally, no one will pick and care for others on such occasions, because this is not only a rude, but also does not give face to the Smith family. Therefore, even if someone is hostile to the People's Army, it will not be revealed on this occasion, and at most it just ignores them. However, the most important thing is the strength of the People's Army itself. After all, the People's Army is still stationed on the farm, so who dares to pick and care for the People's Army at this time?

However, Huang Qingping and Qian Guoyu and everyone's communication and answers were very appropriate, that is, they did not be arrogant as a winner, nor were they overly modest and tolerant, neither humble nor arrogant, so they also received praise from many people.

At this time, Li Xiangmei came to the side of the group of people again and smiled, "Lihua is coming out. If any of you want to invite her to dance..." He pointed to the direction of a gatekeeper, "Just hurry up and wait at the gate there, otherwise someone else will rob you first."

Everyone looked in the direction of her fingers and saw more than 10 gorgeous young men gathered around the doorman, each of whom was looking forward to it, obviously waiting for Li Lihua to come out. Although Li Lihua was just an ordinary child in the Smith family, she was a formal member of the family after all, and she was young and well-educated, and had outstanding appearance. Therefore, it was very popular among young men in Java. Even the Zhang family proposed to Li Lihua at the beginning.

Huang Qingping looked at Qian Guoyu, and saw that he seemed a little indifferent, pulled him aside and said, "Xiao Qian, don't you go and invite Lihua to dance?"

Qian Guoyu shook his head and said, "I won't join in the fun."

Huang Qingping said: "Don't blame me for not reminding you. Although Lihua and I haven't been together for a long time, we can also see that she is a good girl. And I think she has a good impression of you. If you miss this opportunity, it will be hard to find any more."

Although Huang Qingping is a woman, she is much older than Qian Guoyu, and she is also higher in the military street. Her social experience and experience are much better than Qian Guoyu, so she can act like a big sister in front of Qian Guoyu.

Qian Guoyu smiled bitterly and said, "Doctor Huang, we are all leaving Java soon, what can we do?"

Huang Qingping said, "So you are worried about this. I can tell you a secret, but you can just not tell Commander Luo. The night before yesterday, Commander Luo came to me and there were instructions from Qingdao to leave 4 people in Java, 3 soldiers and 1 medical staff. Commander Luo asked me to arrange medical staff, but also told me that the regiment headquarters had decided after discussion and decision. The three soldiers left behind were 3 deputy battalion commanders. Wouldn't you be there? I guess you will stay in Java for at least 1 or 2 years, so there are still opportunities."

Qian Guoyu was not moved when he heard this. Of course it was impossible to say that he had not been moved by Li Lihua. Qian Guoyu is 26 years old this year, which is the age to talk about marriage. However, due to the special identity of a soldier, he did not have any experience in love in the old time and space. In this time and space, although many time travelers have found a partner, and some have more than one, the proportion of time travel soldiers getting married is not high. After all, soldiers are not like ordinary time travelers, and the contact area is still a little smaller. Some people have given up some opportunities with the principle of not being insignificant than being indiscriminate, and like Luo Yue, they found a suitable person early to get married.
Chapter completed!