Chapter 26 Chapter nine

War is howling on the land of China. During the past four or three years, the Allied forces attacked smoothly in the Pacific Ocean and occupied many islands. Japanese ships suffered heavy losses, and they could hardly defend their positions in the Pacific Ocean.It was an attempt to start a large-scale war with the main force in order to penetrate the north and south of China, contact the Nanyang communication line and destroy the US air force base.According to historical records, beginning in April 1944, Japan successively launched the Battle of Central Henan, the Battle of Changheng, and the Battle of Guiliu.The Chinese army resisted on various battlefields, but all failed, losing a total of 500,000 to 600,000 troops in eight months.The people were displaced and rushed to Sichuan and Yunnan to escape.The Japanese invaders did not even let the trains full of refugees go, targeting the fleeing crowd and bombing them wantonly.People can only evacuate and walk to a safer place step by step.There are fewer and fewer places like this on the land of their homeland.After the fall of Guilin and Liuzhou, Guiyang and Dushan also fell for a time.The Japanese invaders entrenched in western Yunnan have always been a serious threat.The classroom in Kunming has never been peaceful, and at this time, I feel even more threatened by the enemy.

Classrooms in Kunming have never been peaceful. Democratic calls for "returning power to the people and abolishing one-party dictatorship" are getting louder, and club activities in schools are becoming more frequent and powerful.In order to hide properly, Wei Feng was notified and left Kunming quickly. From spring to summer, Kunming's flower affairs are still busy, and personnel affairs have changed a lot.Wei Feng left.He didn't have time to say goodbye to Xueyan by the Longjiang River, nor did he visit Xuanzi. He only went to Lameilin to explain that he had asked for a year's leave from the department and asked Xuanzi to be Ananda's protector.He knew that Fifth Aunt would inevitably worry, but there was nothing he could do.Fuzhi said: "Now that the goal has been determined, let's go!"

Xuan Zi was not able to meet Wei Feng like he did in the Summer Palace, and he didn't even know the exact day he left.He's gone, just like Seol Yeon.He Man would undoubtedly know about him, but she wouldn't say it.Since the guardian was identified, He Man seldom came to Waste Alley.With the help of Bichu and Daila, Xuanzi led Qinghuan and Yang, and formed a very affectionate relationship with the growing Ananda, and taught him to call him Xuangu, but he could only call her mother.Xuan Zi always felt a little embarrassed, and said to that cute little face: "You will change it, won't you?" Behavior, it is inevitable that someone will use their imagination and make up some things, Xuanzi doesn't care, she can do whatever she wants.

Mei and Li Zhiwei both graduated from high school and took the entrance exam for Minglun University.Mei chose the Department of Mathematics.Fuzhi and Bichu thought she was more suitable for liberal arts, but they didn't interfere. "It's enough to be a good math teacher." Fu Zhi said.Zhiwei chose the Department of Sociology, "If Zhiqin is here, I must study biology." These are Li Lian's words. The university where the list was released, Zhiwei came to invite Mei to watch the list together.Zhiwei said: "I think you will be able to pass the exam, but I'm not sure." Mei smiled and said, "I guess both of us can pass the exam." The two of them made a gap and walked to the gate of the university. Seeing that the list has been posted out.The names are written in neat calligraphy, and there are not too many people who read the list.Mei immediately saw the word Li Zhiwei.Is the head of the Department of Sociology. "You passed the exam." Mei pointed, and Zhiwei stared at her name for a while, and then went to look for Mei's name again. If a friend doesn't pass the exam, she will not be happy or complete. "I also passed the exam." Mei was the first to find out again.Meng Ling was already among several names.They laughed, held hands, straightened their arms and turned twice, just like playing games when they were children, singing "London Bridge is Falling Down", and putting the children between their four arms, they will never play games like that again .

The number of people watching the list gradually increased, some passed the exam, and some did not.Those who are on the list are very happy, and those who are not on the list are not very depressed.There are many ways. They walk home.The unknown flowers on the wall of the courtyard swayed in the morning breeze, as if nodding and smiling. "You must have passed the exam." Someone called out, and it turned out to be Teacher Yan Bulai.Yan Bulai's eyebrows were deeply furrowed, and his hair was still disheveled. He seemed to have just woken up, but he hadn't slept well. "You guys are beaming. I guessed right? But I don't know how many more days I can study." The two were a little surprised , Looking at the teacher inquiringly. "The war is getting tighter and tighter - I won't tell you this, go home and report your good news!"

Although the battle situation is getting tighter, it is much farther away from their lives than bombing.They can still go to school for a few days, they don't think about it.Zhiwei kicked a small stone, Mei kicked it again, you kicked, I kicked, crossed the street downhill until the steep slope, Mei kicked the stone far away, Zhiwei wanted to see where it landed place, but can't find it.The two couldn't stop laughing.Mei suddenly said: "Maybe we need to go to war." "Then go." Zhiwei didn't think twice.The two broke up on the steep slope and went home separately.

Li's house is not far from Lameilin. It is a paved house facing the street, and there is a bookstore in front of it.They live in a small courtyard at the back.Zhiwei thought all the way, her father would probably think of her sister again.As for my mother, my mother's heart has been occupied by gods and Buddhas. Although the activities of the church members have decreased a lot recently, my mother still can't take care of this family wholeheartedly.Zhiwei sighed inwardly.She walked past the bookstore and pushed open the door of her courtyard, and saw that the courtyard was empty. She knew that her father was teaching literature and history knowledge in a summer school for that part-time tuition fee.Mother must have gone to the street to buy groceries, but Zhiquan disappeared as usual.Zhiwei wanted to shout "I passed the exam", but there was no one.

For a while, Jin Shizhen came back with a basket of vegetables, and excitedly said to Zhiwei: "Don't talk, I know you passed the exam." The vegetable basket said: "Mom, you are right." The mother and daughter piled the fresh and tender vegetables in the basket on the ground, and there was a small piece of pork.Shizhen took a bowl to put it in and said, "Look, your mother isn't so depressed. I spent the last bit of money. Prices have risen too fast. This amount of pork used to be enough to buy half a pig." Now." Zhiwei replied: "It seems that my father said that the school where he is part-time class will pay his salary today, and this food is enough for two days." Jin Shizhen said: "Your father's part-time class is very hard. Who wants to listen to what kind of literature and history knowledge these days A few hours would be good." Zhiwei said, beating rice and cooking rice, "Cook it early, it depends on how delicious it is." Zhiwei said, taking bamboo shallow seeds to beat rice, ready to pick insects.Unexpectedly, there was not a grain of rice in the rice bucket.She turned the bucket over, but not a single grain of rice appeared.

"Mom, there's no more rice." Zhiwei shouted. Jin Shizhen slapped her hands together, "It's not that I'm out of rice, I've been eating rice noodles for the past few days. It's still early, go buy it now." She touched her pocket with her hand, then slapped her hands again, "I don't have any money anymore We'll talk about it when your father comes back." The two of them were packing up the dishes enthusiastically, but their interest was halved at this moment.After a while, Li Lian came back, and when he entered the door, he declared that the school didn't pay the salary today, knowing that there was no rice at home, and said that there were these vegetables, which were good enough.Jin Shizhen said: "Without the staple food, Xiaoquan won't be able to eat enough." "Then go hungry." Li Lian said.Zhiwei had an idea, "I'll go to Meng's house to borrow it." Saying that, she walked out with a bag.Li Lian stopped, "Did you pass the exam?" "Yes." "Where's Meng Lingji?" "Also passed." Li Lian nodded and remained silent.

When Mei came back from looking at the list, Tantai's sister and brother were already at home.Everyone almost lifted her up.She walked over and hugged her mother's shoulders, Bichu smiled and patted her.Fuzhi also came out of the bedroom, said with a smile, "Okay," and went back to his room to continue his work.Zhezi reported: "Brother Zhuang has come, he didn't say anything, I have to wait for you to announce it yourself." Mei went to her room, and saw an envelope on the table, when she opened it, it was Zhuang Wuyin's self-made greeting card, with words written on one side :Happy for you!There are several wild flowers on the other side, which have several colors of red, yellow, blue and white, which are very bright.Mei looked at it for a while, then put it away in a drawer. For some reason, she didn't want others to see it.

No reason has already been recommended to the graduate school. He had an opportunity to study in the United States, but he refused to go.Mr. Zhuang is not reluctant.Some people say that he doesn't pay much attention to opportunities because everything is too easy to come by.However, Mei vaguely felt that the reason why he stayed was perhaps only one of the reasons. "Mei, come out and have a look." Xuanzi called.She brought a half-worn silver-red jacket and asked Bi Chu to cut two small clothes.Everyone gathered around the wooden table in front of the door, talking and laughing.One said to cut it this way, the other said to cut it that way, and each used their imagination. Zhiwei walked into the wintersweet forest, first heard a burst of laughter, heard the sound and knew that Tantai sister and brother were also here, so she wanted to retreat, Mei ran over and pulled her over, everyone congratulated her.Zhiwei blushed and said nothing, after a while, followed Mei into the room, and then quietly explained her purpose.Mei looked out the window, knowing that Zhiwei didn't want to say anything, so she didn't report to her mother, she went to the kitchen cabinet to get rice, and filled Zhiwei's pockets, Zhiwei hurriedly said: "A little is enough, I don't think you have much left." There are too many." Mei smiled and said, "It doesn't matter to us, there are so many people, and anything can be conjured." Zhiwei said softly, "I'll go home, and there is no one." She hurriedly added, "It's hard for mother I bought vegetables, but when I had vegetables, I ran out of rice." Mei sent Zhiwei away, and the clothes were cut for a while.Bichu and Xuanzi continued to discuss the sewing problem, took out the homemade model airplane and put it on the square table in the outer room, and asked Wei to point it out, "Little baby will learn aviation in the future." Wei said approvingly, he thought of the airplane in the residence in Peiping large model.By the time I go back, I'm afraid even Xiaowa will be past the age of playing with models.He made some comments about the model.Mei said that Teacher Yan said that the situation is very tight.Wei Dao: "Two students from the Engineering College participated in the expeditionary force. I heard that they died recently. One suffered from malaria and did not have quinine cream. The so-called miasma in that area is malaria. There were a lot of non-combat casualties. The other fell into the Nu River after being shot. He said he still had a gun in his hand." Wei's eyes lit up, and his voice trembled, "It's really heroic. This is where the man died." Mei raised her head, looked at him, and felt that there was a kind of enthusiasm in Wei, which was in her blood. Communicating.After a while, he said: "This is what Bai Juyi described as 'I heard that there is Lushui in Yunnan, and miasma smoke rises when the pepper flowers fall. The army waded through the water like soup, and ten people and five died before the battle." Wei said: " I heard that the school is going to move again?" Mei glanced into the back room and said: "Yesterday, some gentlemen came to talk with dad very late, and it seems to be talking about moving." Wei Wei said: "The students don't want to come Move, always hide, always hide, where to move again." They couldn't think of where to move, and looked at each other. "Listen," Wei said, a heavy sound came from a distance, it was the sound of footsteps, and then a singing voice sounded, "The big knife cuts off the devils' heads—" The footsteps and singing sound were getting closer.Bichu and Xuanzi walked into the room and said they had passed the line. Everyone listened solemnly. The sound of footsteps, rumbling military vehicles, and rough and uneven singing made it look very sad.Bi Chu pushed open the door of the back room and saw that Fuzhi had put down his pen and was sitting on the rattan chair. She asked with her eyes: "How is it? Are we going to flee again?" Fuzhi replied in a low voice: "We have nowhere to escape. .” That night, the sound of heavy footsteps woke up many people from their dreams.Fuzhi and Bichu put on their clothes and sat up, listening to the sound of footsteps approaching from far away, and then approaching and far away.The ten-wheeled truck carried the luggage, and the stone pavement was panting under the pressure.They invariably remembered the footsteps of the withdrawal of troops when Beijing fell.This is the sound of different footsteps, this is going to the front. "One, two, three—four!" The voice was irregular and hoarse, as if the night was also rough.But the pace of going to the front line cannot be stopped. Summer goes and autumn comes.On the first day of school, Liang Mingshi presided over the registration of students at a long table. He was very happy to see Mei coming and said, "The Department of Mathematics does not have pastries filled with jujube paste." Mei said softly, "Mr. Liang will give it." feel laughing.A few senior students were helping, pointing and saying, "This is Mr. Meng's youngest daughter, who has acted in "Blue Bird." Mei just pretended not to hear.After registration, I went to the girls' dormitory with Li Zhiwei to arrange beds. They are college students.They are familiar with the school and do not need to visit it.The first thing they did was to write a notice each, recommending themselves to the Teacher's Office.Mei teaches math and English.Zhiwei teaches Chinese.Mei wrote and said: "I want to write about teaching Taijiquan, do you think it is good?" Zhiwei put the braids that fell on her shoulders behind her head, and replied: "If it teaches dancing, it may be more appealing." Mei He lowered his eyes, pretending to be thinking on purpose, then raised his eyes, his thick eyelashes were slightly curved upwards, and his eyes were full of mischief and smiles.Suddenly stood up, waltzed two steps lightly, and stretched out her hand to Zhiwei as an invitation gesture, Zhiwei said in surprise: "It's quite similar, have you really learned it?" Mei smiled and said: "I am a self-taught .” Zhiwei also laughed. They are so happy, youth can melt hardships and hardships, and extract strength from them.The noon sun shines on the lime peeling wall of the dormitory gate, on which there are various notes pasted up and down in a disorderly manner.They put up their notices.After posting it, I still stood and watched, feeling that I was amazing. A few students hurried past, saying they were going to see the prisoner. Mei chased her and asked, "What prisoner?" The classmate glanced at her and said, "New classmate? Of course they are Japanese prisoners. It's not far from the middle school." Mei, Wei followed, and everyone talked about it happily. One said: "If we can win small battles, we can win big battles." The other said: "One of these prisoners is against the war. It would be great if there were more. They don't approve of war, but they have to fight." Walking to an old warehouse not far from the middle school, a car was parked in front of the door, and two soldiers were escorting several people into the car. These Japanese captives looked similar to Chinese people, each of them bowed their heads to listen to the arrangement, looking very cowering.The sun cast the shadow of a row of trees on the car, showing a small shadow. Some students whispered: "These people also worked for the Japanese fascists." Another said: "I don't know if they understand." Zhiwei He murmured: "Devils will have such a day." Mei felt a burst of sadness. They were also father, brother, husband, and son. If they didn't fight, wouldn't they all be the same people.But now they burn, kill, rob, and plunder everything. They become devils and demons, and they have harmed many of us.A male classmate asked the anti-war protester to say a few words, and the escorting soldiers shook their hands.The car drove away, and a person was closing the warehouse door, stretching and breaking the shadow of the tree.The classmates dispersed.Mei and Zhiwei walked back to the dormitory without speaking. In the evening, Mei returned home.Gossip about the day's experience at the dinner table.Zhezi specially picked up some vegetables for Mei, and said, "Young lady is a college student." Mei said, "I also saw Japanese prisoners." Then he talked about the situation at that time.Fu Zhi pondered: "They are also human beings, but driven by the fascist policy, they have become tools and have been 'alienated'. We wage this war to defend the country and the nation, not only to eliminate the anti-human fascists, but also to 'human'. back to being human.” "Return the 'person' to a person." Mei remembered this sentence all her life.Not long after the opening in autumn, in order to avoid the war and to have a more suitable environment for teaching and learning, the school was ordered to put forward the long-planned relocation plan again.The Ministry of Education proposed Xikang as a site for consideration. Qin Xunheng, Meng Fuzhi, and Xiao Ziwei had the same activities on this day.In the morning, I went to Qingyun University to participate in the joint meeting of leaders of various schools in Kunming to discuss the current situation. In the afternoon, I will discuss the relocation plan at the school's academic affairs meeting.Everyone felt very heavy after the morning meeting.While walking on the street, it suddenly began to rain, but I stood under the eaves of a restaurant for a while, and the rain became more and more violent.Xun Heng said, let's go in and have something to eat.The restaurant is very lively, the cups and plates are clashing, the food is fragrant, coupled with the loud shouting from the waiter, it is in contrast to the cold wind and rain outside the door.Fuzhi smiled and said: "This is really 'tighten the front, eat tight in the back'!" The three ordered a simple meal, and they were about to finish their meal. When they saw the people at the next table eating roast duck, they all thought of the roast duck in Peking and the delicious stewed cabbage on the duck rack. soup.Ziwei said: "Let's ask if there is this soup, it will not be too expensive." Because their food is simple, the waiter's heart is contemptuous.At this time, he stared at him, put the rag on his shoulder, and said, "You don't eat roast duck, where did you get the duck bones! You don't agree to use the leftovers from other people's food." The three of them were speechless and smiled at each other. .At this time, a person came out from the inside, wearing a blue cloth gown, very neat and tidy, when he passed by, he stopped suddenly and called out: "Isn't this the master!" Kneeling down to salute, Fu hurriedly stood up to support him, and said, "Why and when did you come?" Chai Fali met Mr. Qin and Mr. Xiao again, and said, "I have been away from Peiping for several years. I opened a small restaurant in Guilin, and when Guilin was in short supply, I ran out to do something in this restaurant, and I wanted to settle down better before going to see the old lady, so as not to worry about me.” The guy said that these The guest wanted to eat duck soup, Chai Fali said, what's the matter, walked around the kitchen, and after a while, he brought out a pot of duck soup that was wafting with heat and fragrance.Fu Zhi asked Chai Fali to sit down and talk, but Chai Fali did not dare to sit down, so he stood up and talked about the situation on the road.It was fine when he came, but now it's more difficult.But no one wants to be a subjugated slave, and anyone with a little strength will escape.The difficult few days on the road cannot be finished.He stood for a while, and said that he was going to discuss a business now, and he would go to pay his respects in two days, but don't go there until he finds out the address. Ziwei said: "Chai Fali has always been a capable person." Fuzhi sighed slightly: "He said he was afraid that we would worry about him. It seems that he is worried about us." When a person walks out, he only feels the cold wind blowing against his face, which means that autumn is already deep.Along the way, I saw a group of people with black and thin faces, dragging their children and daughters, and carrying big bags and small bags. They were the newly arrived refugees.Beside the green lake and under the willows beside the bridge, there were also refugees sitting or lying down. The two children were probably sick and kept crying.A mother comforted in a low voice, and a mother patted her butt a few times.The beaten child cried loudly.Another child followed, and a few birds fluttered away in shock. While walking, it rained again.When the three of them arrived at the university office, their gowns were mostly wet.Several gentlemen have arrived and are putting away their umbrellas and adjusting their clothes.There are no long windows and elegant furniture here, and the tables and chairs are very simple, which is heaven compared to sleeping on the street. Two major events were discussed at the meeting. Qin Xunheng briefly introduced the current situation, saying that the Ministry of Education had sent people to Xikang to investigate, and the traffic there was very inconvenient, so the enemy would not be able to hit it.In addition, due to the tense military situation, interpreters are needed on the battlefields in western and southern Yunnan. The Ministry of Education decided to recruit fourth-grade students to serve in the army. Some schools in Chongqing have already done so.Everyone agrees on this issue, and everyone is responsible for the national crisis.A gentleman pointed out that the thinking among the students is very complicated, and some people may refuse to serve in the military.Everyone thinks that when life and death are at stake, how can we not go to the national disaster.Principal Qin said: "If this happens, I will not graduate." His tone was very firm, and everyone had no objection. Someone said in a low voice: "Someone has already joined the army and died, why don't you just wait for the recruitment!" The recruiting decision was made, and everyone felt very heavy. The war was approaching day by day. They wanted to send their students to the battlefield, and there was no way out. There is disagreement on the issue of relocation.Some people say that when students join the army, they put their essence into it, so what are they hiding?Some people also said that it is better to move.Fuzhi said: "Now we are using two fists. One fist stretches out, that is, our young people will directly participate in this war; one fist is retracted, that is, relocate and hide. The purpose is of course to train young people to continue fighting. The strength to go out is just to carefully weigh the gains and losses of the relocation. The arrangement of the new site, the tiring journey, and a lot of time, energy and expenses will be spent. I am worried that the school will suffer a lot. And the relocation of the school will have an impact on the people of Yunnan. This can also be considered." Zhuang Youchen said: "Now the world war situation has become clear, and the Allied counterattack is accelerating. If we persist for a while, we may be able to overcome the crisis." Qian Mingjing said cautiously: "The words of Mr. Meng and Mr. Zhuang are very reasonable. , It’s just that if something changes, it’s not good, and moving to a safe place to teach can be more at ease and save vitality.” There are also several gentlemen who advocate relocation, but Xikang’s culture is backward and it is not very suitable.Some people also said, where can I find a suitable place now.If there is a suitable place, the enemy will not be able to hit it for a while, and will not let the bombing go. The cold wind beat the glass windows with raindrops.Everyone felt a chill.With a bang, the wind blew the door open, blowing the papers on the table all over the floor. Liang Mingshi suddenly stood up, supported the table with his healthy right hand and said loudly: "We'd better find a place that is not on the map, so that the enemy can't find it." He had tears in his eyes. These words seem to be true, but also ironic, like a sword stabbing everyone, the room was silent for a while, and tears rolled in people's eyes.Jiang Fang stood up and said, "I'm not leaving. I will live and die with Kunming!" Fleeing to a place that can't be found on the map, "We have nowhere to live!" Someone almost shouted.Ziwei said gently: "Whether to move or stay, and where to move, we need to have a comprehensive consideration, and we need to discuss it with the Ministry of Education." Qin Xunheng stood up, "I understand what everyone means. We may move away, we may stay, we may deal with the enemy, the future is still uncertain, and more hardships are inevitable. But I know," he pointed at everyone with his fingers, The voice whimpered and said word by word, "No matter what happens, we—" He pointed his finger at everyone again, "We will never surrender!" We will never surrender!The strong autumn wind blew this sentence up the treetops, across the roof, rolling in the sky, hitting everyone's heart. Interlude [Dongwei] Wandering for several years, stopped walking.Thank you Village.It looks like Qingping leaning on the side of the rock, like poplar flowers spinning in thousands of mountains.See the woody flowers stretching without roots, and the fragrance of wintersweet flowers through the thin clothes.The hops are less thoughtful, and the tears are often cast down.In order to teach the thieves to be elusive, no one, where to hide, where to hide!There is a pause on the top of the head to throw disasters, and how many strangers are left under the feet.The bald pen is wrapped with a rope, the sick body is frustrated, and the sound of the drum is always frightening.No matter how tormented, I can't stop playing the stringed songs in the barren hills and crimson tents, and I can't change the food and ladles to drink Yan Huile.Cultivate generations of outstanding talents, so as to manage the national policy of peace and prosperity. Written in full from the autumn of 1993 to the summer of 2000