Chapter 43 life or death

On the afternoon of November 10, 1931, Sicheng and Huiyin finished their work early, and they had to rush to Tsinghua University to attend a tea party before 5 o'clock. This tea party was held to welcome Dr. Bailey from England. Dr. Burley is the brother-in-law of the British poetess Manshfield.Xu Zhimo loves the British poetess so much that he paid a special visit to her when he was studying in the UK, and wrote an article "Manshu Feier" to commemorate her.Although she has died of illness for many years, Xu Zhimo still loves and admires her spiritually as always. At the tea party, Xu Zhimo kept asking Dr. Bai Lei about his problems, hoping to learn something about Manshufeier's life and death from Bai Lei.Huiyin and Sicheng smiled knowingly, moved by Zhimo's infatuation and persistence.

After the tea party, Zhimo told Huiyin and Sicheng that they might have to go back to Shanghai in the next few days.He said that Xiaoman sent several telegrams to remind him that he should have left long ago, but the plane changed the time again and again.He said with some annoyance: the time has been changed three times, and the class has been adjusted again and again; if the plane is rescheduled again, he will not leave. After Huiyin and Sicheng returned home, they received a phone call and went out again.An old Penn classmate came back from the United States, and they had to visit.By the time I got home from all this work, it was already late.Old Wang, the servant who opened the door for them, said: Mr. Xu came in the evening, waited in the living room for a long time, drank a pot of tea, left a note, and just left.

Huiyin and Siguo saw Zhimo's message on the table: "The flight will be scheduled at six o'clock tomorrow morning, and the fate of this flight is uncertain..." Huiyin was stunned, feeling a surge of uneasiness in his heart.She hurriedly dialed the phone to inquire about Zhimo's itinerary. She said to Xu Zhimo: "Sicheng and I feel that taking a plane is a bit uneasy. Why don't we take the train!" "Don't worry," Zhimo's voice on the phone was still so cheerful, "The plane is very safe, I still want to save my life to see greater deeds, how can I die!"

Zhimo's relaxed attitude made Huiyin feel that she was too sensitive, so she quickly changed the topic: "Why do you keep talking and keep talking? Xiaoman is not in good health. You should stay longer in Shanghai this time." "No, I still have classes here, and I'll be back in a week at most." Huiyin said: "Next week I have a class, and I will teach foreign envoys about Chinese architecture in the Concord Auditorium." Zhimo hurriedly asked; "What time is next week? Dozens?" Hui Yin said: "It will be on the night of the 19th, next Wednesday."

Zhimo said, "I'll be back on the 19th, and I'll cheer you on then." A week passed in the blink of an eye. At noon on November 19, Huiyin and Sicheng received a telegram from Zhimo before boarding the plane in Nanjing: "Arrive at Nanyuan Airport at 3 p.m., please send a car to pick you up." In the afternoon, Sicheng personally drove to pick up Zhimo.The weather is gloomy, there are few flights taking off and landing, and the empty airport is very lonely. Waiting until 4:30 in the afternoon, there was still no sign of the postal flight "Jinan" that Zhimo was on.

Sicheng was a little anxious, and asked the airport management staff about the flight situation.The answer I got was that there was heavy fog in Jinan area today, maybe the plane didn't take off.Ask again, it's still unclear.Sicheng had no choice but to drive back home.