Chapter 81 days of exile

Huiyin and Sicheng came to Changsha, and their old friends Jin Yuelin, Zhang Xiruo, Chen Daisun and many others also came here one after another.The Ministry of Education formed a temporary university in Changsha with teachers and students who fled from Tsinghua University and Peking University.In the face of national crisis, the professors hastily settled down here.Although life is not easy, their spirits are high, and the patriotic enthusiasm of the people across the country is unprecedentedly high, which makes them see the hope of China, and they look forward to serving the country as soon as possible.

When Huiyin and Sicheng arrived in Changsha, there was no decent house in the city.With the help of friends, they rented three cabins upstairs from a family home.The house is close to the train station, and the incoming and outgoing trains seem to be coming through the wall.However, as long as they are with their friends and they are not far away from each other, they feel solid and safe. Huiyin's mother fell ill, and Huiyin took care of the housework and took care of her mother and children. In the evening, a group of old friends always meet at Liang's house.They spread out the map on the table, and several people leaned in front of the map to point and analyze the recent battle reports.They were worried about the battle situation on the Jinpu line and worried about the situation in northern Shanxi.Huiyin and Sicheng had just returned from an inspection there two months ago, and they had special feelings for those places.Sicheng pointed to familiar places: Daying, Fanshi, Daixian, Yanmen, Shuoxian, Ningwu, Yuanping...Yangmingbao...Datong, they had walked that section of the road many times.His hands caressed the map as if it were the ground there.

Huiyin frankly expressed her pessimism about the war. She said: "When we returned to Beiping from Shanxi, the Marco Polo Bridge Incident had happened for more than a week. We saw with our own eyes that the defense capability of that area was almost equal to 'eggs'. I don’t believe that the anti-Japanese war will have such a great defense and resistance ability. Yan Laoxi’er’s army is simply vulnerable. The weather has started to get cold. We have worn cotton clothes over there three months ago. Look at the streets Those soldiers who passed by, what were they wearing? I can't imagine how they lived or died!"

The air raid siren always sounded unexpectedly, and the whole family ran to the empty campus of the temporary university with their support.After the air raid passed, go back to the gray brick house. On the street, there is an "Anti-Japanese Theater Troupe" performing live newspaper drama "Put Down Your Whip". People are already familiar with the simple plot, but there are still many people watching.At the end of the performance, the audience and the actors often cried together and shouted slogans: "Go back to your hometown! Give me back to the three provinces in the east!"

Under such circumstances, even the most calm professors were eager to do some practical anti-Japanese work.Friends complained at the homes of Sicheng and Huiyin. They criticized the poor organization of the Ministry of Education, which made many people imprisoned here and could not advance or retreat, which was completely redundant to the War of Resistance. The days in exile are the days when the spirit is easy to be confused, the days in exile are the days when the emotions are easy to fluctuate, and the days in exile are the days when I miss my hometown and relatives.Whenever this happened, Sicheng would lead everyone to sing.He directed this small choir as seriously as he directed the student military band of Tsinghua Academy.They sang from "Arise, people who do not want to be slaves" to "Go forward, don't back down, life and death are at the last moment." The singing passed through the narrow and depressing space, and they vented their stagnation in singing, Express passion in singing and be satisfied in resonance.

No. 134 Jiaochangping, Jiucaiyuan, Changsha, is the temporary residence of Huiyin and Sicheng in Changsha. The singing voice from this humble gray building often attracts passers-by to stop and look up.Singers include men and women, adults and children. Their singing voices are loud and intense, conveying inexhaustible faith and enthusiasm.