Chapter 87 friend reunion

The young men from the Aviation Academy graduated and officially started serving in the Air Force.Sicheng and Huiyin attended their graduation ceremony as specially invited parents.They practice flying speed and repelling combat every day over Kunming, always ready to fight the Japanese plane to the death.Sicheng and Huiyin love these young people. They have the belief that this war must be won, and they are ready to die on the battlefield for the country at any time.The only thing they are dissatisfied with is that the plane they are driving is too backward, and the speed and performance cannot be improved.

Sicheng and Huiyin were concerned about the battle ahead, and the bloody battle at Taierzhuang made them very excited. Many of the towns and small counties in the inland area where fierce battles were taking place were places they visited during their field trips. Their homeland feeling.Looking at the newspaper, Huiyin said to Sicheng: "Guess what I want to do most now? I really want to serve in the army in Shanxi!" As she spoke, she also felt that it was not realistic, so she said, "But in the army I don't really know what I can do!" Sicheng did not have as many fantasies as Huiyin. When his body began to recover, he began his efforts to rebuild the construction society.He summarized the work of the society, formulated a new work plan, and then sent a letter to the China-US Foundation, asking if he could get subsidies and support from the foundation if he resumed the work of the society in Kunming.Soon, Zhou Yichun, the director of the foundation, wrote back and said that Liang Sicheng alone could not form an institution. If Liu Dunzhen, another key member of the society, and Liang Sicheng were together, the existence of the construction society would be recognized, and it could be considered to continue Give grants and support.Sicheng immediately wrote a letter to Liu Dunzhen, inviting him to Kunming Resonance Construction Society.Soon, Liu Dunzhen wrote back from his hometown in Hunan, agreeing to come to Kunming with his family.Sicheng's students Mo Zongjiang, Chen Mingda and Liu Zhiping also came to Kunming successively.In this way, the architectural society, which had almost died, raised its banner again.

In 1938, teachers and students from National Southwest Associated University came to Kunming one after another from all over the country.Some of them took a car, some walked on foot, and some detoured from Vietnam.Zhang Xiruo's family came, Zhao Yuanren's family came, and Chen Yinke also came.Jin Yuelin didn't have a family, so he detoured Hong Kong and Haiphong, and took a narrow-gauge train from Hanoi to Kunming.Wen Yiduo was wearing a long robe, trousers rolled up, and a long beard. He and his students walked from Hunan to Kunming via Guizhou. Some research institutes of the Academia Sinica have also moved here, and Sicheng's younger brother Siyong's family came to Kunming with the Institute of History and Language.

Relatives and friends meet again.In exile, many were left with nothing but a suit or a robe, and even if they found a house, they were truly barren.However, the situation of each other is similar, the national crisis is at the head of the war, and it is a kind of warmth and a kind of comfort for everyone to be able to reunite. Jin Yuelin said of Huiyin in his letter to Fairbank: "...is still so charming, lively, expressive and radiant—I can't think of more words to describe her. The only difference is that she is no longer Great opportunity to talk and laugh because there really isn't much to tell and laugh with the current state of the country."

Sicheng and Huiyin's family rented in Kunming City. In a letter to Fei Weimei, Huiyin talked about their lives: ... Sicheng is laughing, hunchbacked (now his back is even more hunchbacked than before), Lao Jin is about to open our small cupboard to find something to eat, and the children, there are now five --- two of our family , two surnamed Huang, and one is Siyong (Sicheng's younger brother).The baby often has a demure smile of a girl, and grows more and more beautiful, while the younger brother is strong and naughty, with a pair of wide-open eyes, he is just the boy I expected.He was really an artist, and he could draw meticulously some airplanes, anti-aircraft guns, tanks, and many other military inventions.