Chapter 19 Chapter Eighteen

Zhang Ailing rarely had the opportunity to take the tram with Hu Lancheng. On the way, she pointed out some novel signboard advertisements to Hu Lancheng, but when she turned around, she saw him far away.Zhang Ailing didn't bring up the topic, the two sat like this, thinking about their own things, so close, but it seemed that they had lost contact, and at first glance they looked like two strangers in the vast world.Zhang Ailing suddenly felt scared, she took Hu Lancheng's hand with her hand, she wanted to feel his presence, Hu Lancheng suddenly recovered, and held her hand tightly.

Back home, when Eileen Chang helped Hu Lancheng pack the boxes, she deliberately found a piece of fabric and said, "I have a piece of floral silk. You said that Xiao Zhou took good care of you, so you can take it to her as a gift!" Hu Lancheng was a little surprised when he heard this. He looked at Zhang Ailing and said, "You don't buy things easily. Since you bought something, you must like it. You can keep it for yourself! Xiao Zhou also doesn't take things easily! I gave her a handkerchief She pushed and pushed, and it took a long time to accept it!" Hu Lancheng didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but Zhang Ailing's heart tightened slightly when she heard it.She didn't have any seizures, just walked to Hu Lancheng with a smile, took his arm, and said lightly: "You know that a man gives a woman a handkerchief to show his love." Hu Lancheng said frankly: "I didn't think much about it, but I I really like her!"

Eileen Chang still asked calmly, "What do you like about her?" Hu Lancheng thought for a while and said: "She is like my sister next door in Hu Village, she can walk shoulder to shoulder on the field ridge! It's okay to move a bench and sit under the eaves while picking beans and talking! I came back this time and realized that it's no wonder we always Shut up in the house and talking, Shanghai has no place to go! I go for a walk by the Han River every day in Hankou, and Xiao Zhou will follow me when he is free! Sometimes there are bombardments on the other side, and we talk and laugh along the way!"

Zhang Ailing stared at Hu Lancheng blankly, her hand slipped from his wrist, she smiled slightly, and walked away gently.Hu Lancheng didn't know what he wanted Zhang Ailing to understand when he said these things. He just wanted to tell her everything about his life in Wuhan, but seeing that she didn't respond, he didn't dare to say any more.He couldn't see Zhang Ailing's brows were lowered and tightened. The people in Hanyang Hospital had greeted Hu Lancheng enthusiastically, but when they saw Xiao Zhou coming, they scattered in a crowd. There were countless mandarin ducks in the wild during the war, and everyone was not surprised.Hu Lancheng pulled Xiao Zhou to sit down, stared at her and asked if she was okay, Xiao Zhou frowned, looked up at him, touched his cheek as if he had done something wrong and said, "I'm thin!"

Hu Lancheng couldn't say a word of distress, he just looked at her yellow and thin face seriously, and later saw her talking with her hand, and there was an extra gold ring on her hand, so he held it and looked at it, and asked: "Really? I'm not married anymore?" "I bought it with the money you left me! The money will be depreciated, and the gold will keep its value. This will be returned to you." Xiao Zhou said to pull it off, but Hu Lancheng stopped him: "Don't! Wear it! Just I'll give it to you!" This ring is probably the only thing he can give her.Zhang Ailing's shadow stood among them, and Xiao Zhou could also see it.However, she just fell in love with Hu Lancheng without thinking, as if it was where her life was and where she was going.

In front of the hospital, bombs exploded on the ground, machine guns fired desperately, and bullets whizzed past their heads. Xiao Zhou screamed and fell on Hu Lancheng's body.Hu Lancheng had just recovered from his shock amidst the smoke and dust, only then did he realize that Xiao Zhou was so desperate to protect his life, and he was instantly stunned.Having received Eileen Chang's magnificence and grandeur, and the love that doesn't touch his body, he cherishes even more the affectionate affection in this troubled world. The sky in Shanghai was booming, this time it wasn't bombs, it was fireworks and firecrackers, Japan surrendered!For Zhang Ailing, this moment is a kind of joy of picking up the broken and withered.She thought of Hu Lancheng's situation and worried about him.Aunt seldom twisted her waist along with the music on the radio. Zhang Ailing leaned against the balcony door, looked into the house, and suddenly smiled and shouted to her aunt, "Yanying said that as soon as victory is announced, she will go to the house in Hongkou immediately." The cloth shop scours all the fabrics that cannot be bought at a low price!" She knew that she said this to please her aunt and let herself be tainted with the joy of victory, but the inexplicable fear in her heart was even stronger, and she seemed to hear that she and Hu Lancheng were in love together. the words said:

"I don't worry, I can always find you, even if it's across the Milky Way, I still want to see you!" "Then you can change your name to Zhang Qian, or Zhang Zhao! I will lead you to recruit you everywhere you go!" Hu Lancheng was like a frightened bird making preparations before fleeing.He had to appease Xiao Zhou, the woman next to him first: "I won't take you away, so I don't want you to suffer with me!" When a disaster strikes, no matter what, the first to suffer are women and children.Xiao Zhou sobbed there.Hu Lancheng pulled her hand over and held her comfortingly, saying: "After I leave, no matter what kind of stigma you stigmatize, you have to ignore it accordingly. The current situation will continue to be chaotic. I have been away for two years, and I will definitely be able to come out to do things. As long as I can come out , I will come to Wuhan to pick you up!"

Xiao Zhou looked at him with tears in his eyes, as if he was trying to believe that there was still this day. He wiped away her tears and said, "I'm leaving, you have to take care of your health, don't cry to death! I like to see you smile. Keep it for me, and I will return it when we meet in the future! All my money and clothes will also be left to you." Xiao Zhou shook his head desperately, and could only answer the most trivial questions in his eagerness: "I don't want these..." Hu Lancheng turned Xiao Zhou's face to ask her to look at him, and said, "Listen to me, I won't take care of you after I leave. Money is worthless, but things are even more valuable. If you need it urgently, you can pawn off your clothes."

Xiao Zhou cried on his knees, then turned around and hugged Hu Lancheng and said, "I will never sell your things!" Even in the moment of desperation and confusion, Hu Lancheng still has to do the homework of a literati: "The love is there, and nothing else is important! I have no ceremony with you, but the name has already been determined! With this Han River as proof! Think about it, three The separation of five years is also very common in the war, you have to think that we still have a long time to live, think about me turning around and leaving, it's just like going to the newspaper office, I can't see you right now You, it seems like you are going to cook for me!"

Xiao Zhou looked at him with tears in his eyes and said sadly: "I hope you want me to forget you. It is more terrible torture than death for me to hang my heart like this!" Hu Lancheng's mind was quiet, but she said like an oath to heaven and earth: "Do you forget that I am with you! I will never forget you!" Early the next morning, Hu Lancheng boarded a small boat on the Han River under the arrangement of colleagues from the newspaper office.The boat pushed away from the shore, Xiao Zhou hid in the alley by the river, looked at the water and covered his face and cried bitterly.There was a thin morning mist on the river, and Hu Lancheng didn't deliberately look for her, he didn't want himself to have any sad intentions.While the boatman wasn't paying attention, he threw the pistol for self-defense into the river, and there was a bang, as if Hu Lancheng sank into the river along with his name and life.He had to leave everything behind to escape, but Xiao Zhou's clear singing still seemed to be echoing in the mist of Jiang Xin.

He was dressed as a wounded Japanese soldier, with a military cap and gauze covering half of his head and face.At this moment, the whole country has begun to arrest the traitor, and he must rely on the assistance of the Japanese to escape.He fled to Shanghai in the train transporting wounded Japanese soldiers, and hid in an alcove behind the closet of a Japanese family in Hongkou District. Ikeda came to visit him late at night and told him that he could leave China together on the ambassador's plane.Hu Lancheng declined, saying: "I will also flee in China!" Ikeda anxiously persuaded: "The list of wanted Nanjing government officials has been released, and the Chongqing government will start searching and arresting them immediately! Please don't be so proud! Japan's failure lies in its pride." !" Hu Lancheng was stunned, looking at the sad and angry Ikeda. His face was humiliated by the defeat of the country. He thought for a while and said, "I have no right to be proud! I just don't want to be an exiled person! Although we can understand each other, the way After all, it is different! Japan was defeated, but Japan did not perish. China won, but the new China is still unknown. I hope I can live to see it! root!" Having said that, both he and Ikeda knew that the decision could not be changed.One is about to return to the country sadly, but the other is going to die.Friendships forged due to war have to go their separate ways due to peace. Words such as "traitor" and "dirty" were written on the door of Zhang Ailing's apartment mailbox with a brush.The administrator came out with a bucket of water and a rag to wipe it, just in time to meet Zhang Ailing coming back, and both of them were a little embarrassed.The administrator seemed to be sorry for her negligence in management, and said: "I don't know which child is playing a prank, so I will bring a milk back!" Zhang Ailing calmly took the rag, drew water from the bucket, and wiped the words "traitor" on it by herself. erase. After Hu Lancheng returned to Shanghai, she insisted on seeing Zhang Ailing, but Qingyun said worriedly: "What if someone is waiting for you at her place? Everyone knows about your relationship." Hu Lancheng shook her head and said, "I don't think I'm that important. No matter how I line up with those people in Nanjing, I'm still behind! I must see Ailing!" Qing Yun knew that she or anyone could not stop him at all. Zhang Ailing heard the doorbell and opened the door with trepidation. When she saw Hu Lancheng, she stretched out her hand to block him and hug him.Hu Lancheng's mood was extremely complicated, and he didn't know what to say for a while.At this moment, Zhang Ailing is like a well-trained and docile wife, taking off his coat, setting a seat for him, pouring tea, and going to the kitchen to get freshly steamed buns from the pot.My aunt was pacing anxiously in the kitchen, and warned Zhang Ailing face to face: "He can't stay here now!" There was a low pleading in Zhang Ailing's voice: "He will leave early tomorrow morning!" Her eyes were slightly red, and her aunt stopped talking.The aunt and nephew, no matter how strong their mouths are, they are not heartless people after all. Zhang Ailing wanted to help Hu Lancheng prepare the clothes for fleeing, but Hu Lancheng took a look at what she packed up, and thought it was redundant, so he refused to take it.Zhang Ailing stood there in a daze, she was his wife, and there was nothing she could do for him.Hu Lancheng summoned her and said: "Come, let's talk!" Zhang Ailing seemed to know what he was going to tell her, and she didn't want to hear it at all, but he was about to flee, and his life and death were uncertain.She would rather follow him now. When Hu Lancheng opened his mouth, he wanted to take care of Zhang Ailing first. He felt sorry for her from the bottom of his heart, and asked, "The situation is going to become more difficult! Are you prepared?" Zhang Ailing never seemed to think about the hardships of the past, and simply said: "I still write my novels! No matter how chaotic the situation is, there should be room for a desk." Hu Lancheng had the mindset of a politician, and warned: "The few magazines and newspapers that were still able to speak out when the enemy fell, will definitely be blocked and reorganized in the future. You must pay attention to these changes! When necessary, be quiet for a while, and then take action after seeing the situation clearly." Zhang Ailing turned her head to comfort him and said, "You don't have to worry about me, just promise me that I'm safe!" Hu Lancheng held Zhang Ailing's hand, and he said sentence by sentence, feeling that Zhang Ailing's hand was getting colder: "I entrust my life to God, I entrust my children to Qingyun, and I give everything outside of me to Xiao Zhou. You, I have nothing to trust! It seems that common things and common thoughts between us are superfluous! But I thought, if there is a chance, I think I met Aileen in this life, and I still have to laugh!" Zhang Ailing choked with sobs, lowered her head for a long time before she said: "At this moment, you still want to mention Xiao Zhou to me? What do you want me to think?" She raised her eyes and looked at Hu Lancheng. Shed tears in front of Hu Lancheng.She didn't know how to endure it, but at this moment she couldn't bear it anymore anyway, she pursed her mouth and didn't want to cry out like a child, but the tears fell on the back of her hand.Hu Lancheng was stunned, he didn't want to make her sad, he reached out to comfort her, but Zhang Ailing pushed him away. Zhang Ailing wiped away her tears and sat quietly, waiting blankly for him to speak.Hu Lancheng lingered in his throat with difficulty: "Xiao Zhou is already mine! Maybe I'm too confused, but this can only be left to you to convict!" Zhang Ailing clenched her fists tightly, and her body trembled slightly. She might have thought about it, but she was not prepared to hear it with her own ears. After hearing it, the pain in her heart was unexpected. She was stunned by jealousy and anger. .But Hu Lancheng didn't notice it, he just wanted to tell her all his feelings during this period of time: "Xiao Zhou is just a simple child, she treats me sincerely, and I treat her sincerely as well. For half a year, I only talked to her every day, and the feelings came naturally! I don’t even have words to explain or explain to you! But I don’t feel that I have betrayed my heart! I squatted on the train for wounded soldiers, and I hid in Japan In the alcove of someone's house, every breath I breathe is still Ailing, Qingyun is afraid that I will be arrested and persuades me not to come, but I think it is worth risking my life to see you!" Zhang Ailing was wronged and asked angrily: "Since you have me in your heart, how can you still love another woman?" Hu Lancheng looked at the lamp shadow on the wall and thought, what kind of person he is, he found out step by step, it is not fixed to follow the rules, so he has to think about his behavior for a long time, he consciously and sincerely said: "Yes The truth is often unreasonable! The Han River flows like this, and I won’t turn back when I pull it! But I didn’t hide it! I want to talk to you about Xiao Zhou several times, but you always turn the topic away. I know you are I don’t want to listen. Xiao Zhou and I want to talk about you all the time. She knows everything between you and me, and I didn’t hide it from her! She is also a bright and reasonable person. I never complained! It’s just that she cried so hard the day I left that she couldn’t even send me to the riverside! She took it as a farewell, and she didn’t believe that we would see each other again in this life! She didn’t even believe me when I went back to Shanghai in March Will go back to Wuhan again! She doesn't believe it, but she still looks forward to it!" Hu Lancheng looked far away, thinking of Xiao Zhou by the Han River, Zhang Ailing listened to every word, like Ling Chi, tears fell down, and the most shocking thing was Hu Lancheng's other sentence: "I am running away now, and I have no ability to take care of her. , but I promised her that as long as I survive this catastrophe and come out on top, I will definitely go back and pick her up!" Zhang Ailing was surprised, she didn't know what he was talking about, what he was thinking, she just felt dizzy in her head, and asked: "Where do you put me when you say that to her?" Hu Lancheng was silent for a moment and said: "I only tell her the truth at the moment, and I have nothing else in my heart! War can destroy everything, but people can survive with sincerity! I always want to give her a glimmer of hope! I and The relationship between Xiao Zhou is not only a love, but also a kiss! Because it is a kiss, I have no scruples in my heart! And I always think that if I am a kiss, I must be a kiss to you! I even thought that one day When you meet Xiao Zhou, you will like her!" Hu Lancheng was so wishful thinking that Zhang Ailing couldn't bear it anymore, and she burst out: "Why should I like her? She is just a little servant who can do laundry, cook and serve people with quick hands and feet! I opened my eyes every day since I was a child, and there are more than a dozen people around the bed. Huh!" Hu Lancheng was surprised by her reaction, her aristocratic spirit made her say such words without exaggeration, but she never used this to show off or hurt others, and today she was forced to the brink of collapse. Zhang Ailing panicked, and asked with infinite grievance: "Do you want women to be like this? I can't do any of those things! You are in Wuhan, what can I do? You are sick and I am anxious all night long." I can’t sleep all night! The roads and railways are blocked and bombed, and I can’t go to your side. You wrote me how Xiao Zhou served you. Was it Zhou Lai? But you still have her grievances in your heart, why have you ever felt my grievances in your heart?" Before she finished speaking, she threw herself on the pillow and cried loudly.Hu Lancheng stared at her blankly. He had never seen her humiliating like this before. This made Hu Lancheng very uncomfortable. It seemed that Zhang Ailing shouldn't have such grievances!He wanted to comfort her, but he couldn't say any decent words, so he finally sighed: "I'm sorry! I'm too arrogant and unreasonable! I show my heart to you, and I have nothing to hide! I'm naive again, and I Always think, Aileen understands everything I say!" In the deep night, Hu Lancheng was awake, quietly watching the shadow of the moonlight on the roof, Zhang Ailing was lying on his side with his back facing him.Hu Lancheng expected that she would not be able to sleep either. They used to talk all night long, but on the eve of parting from life and death, their hearts were so dark and silent. Suddenly Zhang Ailing turned around, she hugged Hu Lancheng with tears in her eyes and said, "Hold me! Lancheng!" Hu Lancheng immediately turned over and hugged Zhang Ailing. He and Zhang Ailing were in a cloud of thought. This was the first time he suddenly understood that Zhang Ailing was not a fairy, and that she wanted the same as all women in love.However, he is still not familiar with her body, and the hug is still full of life. They never rely on the body to get close. For Hu Lancheng, there is even a kind of loss from falling to the ground from a high place. He knows that he and Zhang Ailing are thinking about the soul. The top is the closest two points, but the body is very far away. However, Eileen Chang doesn't want illusory words, she wants a real life, she wants Hu Lancheng's soul and even more Hu Lancheng's person. With tears in her eyes, she eagerly kissed Hu Lancheng, such a hasty, restless and pitiful kiss.Hu Lancheng pressed her head into his arms, he didn't want her to be like this.At the moment of parting, he suddenly felt love and pity for her like Xiao Zhou, and he was willing to take responsibility because of her frailty. This may be the emotional basis for growing old together, but the tram outside the window jingled, and the sky was bright. In the autumn of 1945, the sycamore trees on the street began to turn yellow, and one or two pieces could not stand the cold and fell first.And Zhang Ailing's bleak autumn has come earlier.Shanghai cultural circles held a symposium with the headline "Cultural traitors should not be tolerated." The participants were all young and old, and the speakers were all generous and consistent: "We are not only discussing the content of literary works, we are talking about those The opportunists who rely on the power of the puppet regime to occupy the cultural circle by selling their literature for glory will be caught out, to give an explanation to the society, and to give justice to the intellectuals!" The words of female writers are sharper and more merciless: "I don't need to name names, but as a homosexual, I feel ashamed and ashamed for these female writers who sell their souls, and even worse, their bodies! The stage carefully created by the enemy and the puppet regime for them, using writing techniques to incite innocent people, demolishing the hearts of the society, complacently receiving high manuscript remuneration, their pens are all stained with the blood of our anti-Japanese heroes!" Under the atmosphere of unanimous public opinion in the whole society, Eileen Chang has lost the venue to defend herself.The door of the magazine that published her works was posted with the words traitor running dog, and the sign was broken and thrown on the ground. Young students wore armbands to eradicate traitors on their arms, and all the remaining manuscripts of the magazine were taken out and burned.What was born in the fire of war is now destroyed in anger, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, and the ashes are flying in the hot air. No one thinks that it will return to the soul one day. Even in the downstairs of Zhang Ailing's apartment, there were students wandering around, and the administrator sent them off faithfully: "Our building is not allowed to go upstairs without the invitation of the owner, so don't make trouble here! What are the students doing if they don't go to school? The students refused to give up and yelled: "We are about to meet Zhang Ailing! We have questions and want to ask her for advice in person!" Zhang Ailing went downstairs to see this scene, the severe fire of judging traitors had already burned to her feet, she watched, turned around and hurried upstairs again, avoiding this incident.The administrator's shout came from behind: "Don't post notes here! There is more than one family living here!" "I just want everyone to know that this is the place where she lives with that traitor!" The voice rumbled to Zhang Ailing's ears, making her dizzy. go upstairs.At this moment, she was thinking of Hu Lancheng especially. The threat to the indirect person was so severe that he was about to be turned into ashes. How panicked he must be when he was living in the countryside, and he couldn't sleep well. At this moment, Hu Lancheng was sitting in the awning boat on the small pier in Wenzhou, looking a little sick, but still caring about looking up at the sunset.The hull of the ship swayed, but his heart had calmed down after months of ups and downs.The boatman squatted at the bow of the boat, smoking, and occasionally looked at him, his eyes met the boatman's, and he could even smile.Fan Xiumei, a relative of a friend, is willing to take him in. She has a quiet demeanor, dignified features, but sharp eyes. She is about forty years old, but she looks neat and elegant, and looks only thirty.The two look and behave like siblings, quite intimate.The color of the mountains follows the color of the water, the sky is dark and dark, the smoke from the village can be seen far and near, and there are small villages with lights gathered not far away.Fan Xiumei led Hu Lancheng on the yellow muddy country road neatly, obviously familiar with the place to go.They were one behind the other, not shoulder to shoulder, and Xiumei would look back at Hu Lancheng from time to time, just like taking care of her younger brother.To enter the village, you must first pass the ancestral hall.Hu Lancheng suddenly stopped in his tracks. On the gray concrete wall, there were four large red characters "Eliminate Traitors".The murderous aura of fleeing did not stop because he arrived in the countryside. He didn't know whether he should continue wandering. Zhang Ailing's strong attempt to write has not been overwhelmed by public opinion, but her stage has disappeared at the moment. Shanghai Shuguang Publishing House published a book "The History of Cultural Traitors and Crimes" in November. Zhang Ailing and Su Qing were listed in it at the same time. One of the committee members In the deliberation seminar, Zhang Ailing was identified: "About Zhang Ailing's essays and novels, there is a readership market for her. If you really want to care about the political issues in the text, there are few problems! But she is a writer who made "Magazine" popular." , her novel was also published by "Magazine", which is the propaganda publication of the main force of the puppet Wang. Besides, I heard that she lived with Hu Lancheng again! This is particularly noteworthy. Although she did not promote them for them in writing, But from a political point of view, it is a problem! How many artists hid their strengths and bide their time during the Anti-Japanese War, and thanked guests behind closed doors! The country is so difficult, right and wrong must be clarified, and loyalty and evil must be divided!" It is already a bleak winter on the street, pedestrians are wrapped in cotton clothes, and the movement of the city seems to slow down along with the bloat.Eileen Chang has been exiled by Shanghai cultural circles.Fortunately, there was Ke Ling who reluctantly comforted her: "Everyone is willing to publish your article, but it is really difficult to stand on it! This is a temporary phenomenon, and it will be fine in the past!" In the gray winter morning, in the sleeping Shanghai, Eileen Chang wrapped her The cotton-padded jacket was standing on the roof of the building, and the wind was biting, but this was just in contrast to her mood at the moment.Her hair was long, uncurled, and fell to her shoulders, whipping her cheeks in the wind.There was no worry on her face, she just looked at the sky lightly, she had prepared for this catastrophe, and she was miserable and panicked beforehand, but standing on the top of the big wave was just a biting cold, but the bones were still there, her body Thoughts and emotions are still there, and so is her attachment to the world. With this infinite attachment, she crossed the water to see Hu Lancheng.It was a cold February day. Eileen Chang was standing on a small ferry overlooking the distance. The two banks of the boat were the typical scenery of the south of the Yangtze River. two strokes.Looking at the peaceful scenery, Zhang Ailing thought of Hu Lancheng's words about my country every day, and I, Hu Village, was happy. There was a skinny young man beside her, who was Hu Lancheng's friend Si Jun for many years. He specially accompanied Zhang Ailing to Hu Lancheng's anonymous hermit Wenzhou countryside.Zhang Ailing was so happy that she couldn't help telling Si Jun: "This is Lan Cheng's home!" Mr. Si didn't understand. He thought it was Zhang Ailing's poor geography, and explained politely: "Brother Lan Cheng's family is in Shengxian County, and it is further north to Jinhua. Still in the south!" Si Jun seemed to be teaching geography for Zhang Ailing. Zhang Ailing always met people who could not understand her in her life. say.Si Jun talked about his relationship with Hu Lancheng in a few words: "He is my second brother's classmate, he often came to live in my house, and he is familiar with my family. My second brother passed away, and we also regard him as a brother in our family. " Zhang Ailing smiled at him gratefully after hearing this, and she didn't think Mr. Si was not smart: "It's lucky that you are running for him like this!" She loved Hu Lancheng, and felt that the people who loved him in the world were familiar and amiable, so she turned her head to look at him. Go, the vast expanse of water is like the Milky Way with a bridge. What they are going to is actually Fan Xiumei's grandmother's house.Si Jun first came to the door alone, the old lady obviously knew him very well, and said happily: "Xiumei and her new uncle just came back!" Her aunt, avoid everything, he pulled Hu Lancheng aside and said, "Miss Zhang came to see you! Don't blame me! She insisted on visiting you! I'll put her in the small hotel by the park first. " Fan Xiumei and her grandmother were pulling a ball of thread. She listened and knew that Zhang Ailing was coming, but she didn't respond obviously, she only held Hu Lancheng with the corner of her eyes.Hu Lancheng was surprised when he heard it at first, but he didn't express any emotion. He just kept quiet for a while, then went to get his clothes and said, "I'll go see her!" He couldn't help but look at Fan Xiumei again. Fan Xiumei explained to her grandmother: "Lan Cheng has relatives here, he is going to see relatives!" She had to say this because she cared about Hu Lancheng and hinted at him silently.Fan Xiumei showed the most generous side. She knew Zhang Ailing, but Zhang Ailing didn't know her existence. She had already won a battle, so she had to have the bearing of a winner. Seeing Hu Lancheng standing at the door of the hotel room, Zhang Ailing smiled infinitely, as if she had found her long-lost treasure, and she hugged him tightly.Hu Lancheng's attitude was unexpected, with faint anger. He closed the door of the hotel first, showing caution in escaping everywhere, and said with a somewhat questioning tone: "What are you here for? Go back soon!" Zhang Ailing was in high spirits, and replied indifferently to Hu Lancheng's rudeness: "I'll come to see you!" There was still anger in Hu Lancheng's words, and he asked, "Didn't I ask someone to bring you a message? Why did you make this trip?" "I'll see it with my own eyes!" Zhang Ailing was a little astonished, this was by no means the meeting scene she had imagined. Hu Lancheng looked at her, then turned his mind to another aspect and asked, "Did the hotel ask you for a document registration?" Zhang Ailing was a little at a loss when she was asked, trying to think back and said: "I didn't pay it! It was Mr. Si who negotiated the house price." "Your name is always known! Now the hotel often checks the guests at night!" Zhang Ailing thought that Hu Lancheng was on the run, and he was always in danger of life and death, and even his Wuminghuo felt distressed. She stroked his cheek and only looked at him earnestly.Hu Lancheng looked at Zhang Ailing, and his heart softened. He could learn all the news about Shanghai from the newspapers. He knew that Zhang Ailing was also suffering from another kind of suffering, and he also had concerns about her. Now Zhang Ailing doesn't want to say anything, she just wants to hold him firmly.Hu Lancheng felt her gentle body, the closeness she had been estranged for a long time.The one in his arms is his wife, a confidant, or a bird of the same destiny in adversity.Hu Lancheng's harsh words to Zhang Ailing, or rather, his intolerance, so preemptive strikes.Zhang Ailing was just Jiang He's torrent of affection, and she had no intention of treating him. This made Hu Lancheng uneasy, and her guilt deepened: "I wish I could see you with a fresh face! You make me feel so wronged by you! When I was a child, there was a time when Mr. Come to sit at home, I just woke up from an afternoon nap, and was called by my father to meet Mr. in front of the hall! It’s so embarrassing!” Zhang Ailing smiled, raking his hair, just being dear.She is willing to send his anger to her, this is his wife's patent grievance. At night, Fan Xiumei's ears were always listening, and finally there was the sound of the courtyard door opening. It was Hu Lancheng who came back. She got up to meet him, and said in a low voice, "You are so late, I am worried again, and it is not easy to find you." Is Miss Zhang okay? Is everything in the hotel complete? I just took a quilt out of the box, and most of the quilts in the hotel are not clean, so you can use it for Miss Zhang tomorrow!" Hu Lancheng didn't feel embarrassed or uneasy, and said, "You want to be so thoughtful! Let's go together tomorrow! She also wants to see you! I didn't mention our business to her!" Fan Xiumei immediately looked at Hu Lancheng calmly, nodded and said: "It should be! If it wasn't for sending off grandma and prevaricating the neighbors, I wouldn't make it like a husband and wife with you! This is all for the convenience and peace of mind of you living here! " She said, but turned around to spread the quilt. The two slept in a big bed that grandma let out.Hu Lancheng looked at Fan Xiumei's back, went to hold her hand and said, "Only we know many things in our hearts! If you feel wronged, it's okay not to see you!" Xiumei said to Hu Lancheng firmly: "I want to see you! I'm not wronged!" She shook her head and smiled suddenly, lifted the quilt and went to bed and said: "When I was a child, I went to the theater in the countryside, and it was mentioned in the drama. People in the past, When you hit the world or won the first prize, when you were in trouble, you got married everywhere, you were such a young bachelor, and later when you were reunited and worshiped with flowers and candles, it was all the brides who came and came!" Hu Lancheng was expressionless, really had nothing to answer, Xiumei spread the quilt over again, beckoned him to go to bed, and relieved his embarrassment, just like a sister. The two lay side by side, thinking about each other.Fan Xiumei's words were all for Hu Lancheng's sake: "Your money is what I owed in my previous life. Now that you are in trouble, it is only natural for me to pay you back! Ms. Zhang is a lady from a famous family. She is willing to do this for you and even travels thousands of miles to see you. You have to have a conscience!" Hu Lancheng suddenly said angrily: "Xiao Zhou was arrested for me! Where is my conscience?" The anger continued to the second half of the sentence, and it still inevitably turned into mourning and self-sorrow. Xiumei also sighed: "You have to pay it back in your next life! People are suffering forever! Life after life! Either you owe it or I owe it. How can it be smooth and comfortable? But we don't owe it anymore!" The next day, Hu Lancheng took Zhang Ailing for a walk around the fields, following the wishes of his wife everywhere.For him, that means paying off the debt.Zhang Ailing only cared about being happy. She and Hu Lancheng were walking in the countryside. This was the first time in her life. Hu Lancheng was always worried that she would step on muddy puddles or trip over. Her shoes are dirty.Zhang Ailing said without hesitation: "I love the smell of cow dung even more! I came from Lishui, Zhuji, and I thought you passed by this place on the way! I can see Wenzhou City from the boat, and I think you are there." , this Wenzhou city is like a jewel in its mouth and shining." Zhang Ailing turned her strong emotions into words, and Hu Lancheng felt like a heavy hammer and an inexhaustible debt of gratitude to a beautiful woman, so he could only remain silent.Zhang Ailing was also delighted to hear the croaking of the cow, pointing and shouting childishly: "Cow!" Hu Lancheng also came to watch, and both of them were giggling.Zhang Ailing said like a great discovery: "Cows sound good! Horses sound good too, and horses sound like the wind!" Hu Lancheng tasted Zhang Ailing's delicate and exquisite things, and from then on, hearing horses sounded like wind in his life. Fan Xiumei brought food boxes to the hotel to deliver food to them, Zhang Ailing thanked her for "helping Lan Cheng along the way"!Fan Xiumei was thanked by Zhang Ailing and became an outsider, so she could only smile and agree.It is around the time of the Lantern Festival, and the small streets of towns and villages are full of warm yellow light spots of lanterns.The three of them walked aimlessly on the street, incense sticks were planted at the door of every house, Zhang Ailing wrinkled the tip of her nose and leaned in to smell it, Hu Lancheng looked at her, and refused to move her mind a little bit, full of admiration, Fan Xiumei was also at ease. Back at the small hotel late at night, Zhang Ailing and Hu Lancheng faced each other, lying sideways on the bed and looking at each other.The two had nothing to say, Zhang Ailing always smiled from time to time.Hu Lancheng watched, and burst out: "I can't stay! I have to go! In case of rounds at night." Eileen Chang nodded, but the two still lay like this, reluctant to move.Hu Lancheng begged Zhang Ailing: "Tell me another story! I'll leave after I've heard it!" Zhang Ailing smiled and nodded, but she pursed her lips tightly. How could she say anything?So the two of them still lay quietly like this. When Hu Lancheng wanted to see Fan Xiumei again, he felt more ashamed in his heart and face.He probed Zhang Ailing's tone and asked her when she would return to Shanghai.Zhang Ailing was deeply afraid that he wanted her to go, but he didn't say so after all, he just complained to Fan Xiumei about the stomachache.Fan Xiumei asked him why he was in pain, and told him to drink a cup of hot tea after lunch.It's just a few simple words, but it has a special taste in Zhang Ailing's heart when she hears them.Hu Lancheng was also very sensitive, knowing that she had spoken inappropriately, she isolated Zhang Ailing from her life. It was raining outside the window, and the three of them were stuck in the small hotel and couldn't get out.Zhang Ailing hooked a pen on the paper and talked with Fan Xiumei and Hu Lancheng. Seeing Fan Xiumei's appearance, she couldn't help but want to draw. She looked at Fan Xiumei and then at Hu Lancheng, feeling melancholy.The hands also stop and go, and only half of a face is drawn, as if there is no way to continue.Hu Lancheng sent Fan Xiumei away, came over and looked at the half face and asked, "Why didn't you draw again just now?" Zhang Ailing was silent at first, but finally couldn't bear the grievance and said: "When I was drawing, I only felt that her eyebrows and eyes, her mouth, looked more and more like you. I was so surprised, I felt uncomfortable, and I couldn't draw any more! But你还只管问我怎么不画啦！”她凄怨的眼色，胡兰成明明看到，然而无力安慰。