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Apricot blossoms.Great victory in Taierzhuang. Cheng Changshun's business is completely hopeless.The Japanese confiscated all the broadcasting radios in the city, and then ordered every yard to buy a Japanese-made one with four lights, and they could only accept the radios in this city and eastern Jidong.The Guan family obeyed first, and turned on the machine day and night. Yidong's broadcast program was more than an hour later than Beiping's broadcast program, so until twelve o'clock at night, the Guan family was still ringing with gongs and drums.In the No. 6 courtyard, Xiao Wen set up a stand, specially for listening to the radio Beijing opera.The sound of these two machines attacked Qi's house back and forth, causing Ruixuan to curse frequently.Ruixuan decided not to buy it, but fortunately Inspector Bai was easy to talk and didn't force him.

"Mr. Qi, you can do this," Inspector Bai suggested: "Wait, wait until I can't pay the job, you can buy it again. If you buy it, you are afraid of arguing and panic, so you can't open it!" This is a big deal for the Japanese, if you want to hear the news, who will believe it..." Fourth Master Li also bought one, not to listen to anything, but just to avoid trouble.He doesn't care about listening to operas, and he doesn't know how to tease that foreign thing.His son, Fat Niuer, often turns it on, not because he listens to it, but because he thinks that it was bought with money and should not be left unused for nothing.

In the courtyard No. 7, no one is willing to buy one alone, and it is impossible for everyone to buy it in partnership, because whoever pays is the owner, and it is inconvenient to be at the disposal of others, and this little thing can’t be moved around casually. of.Later, Fang Liu, a black-haired man who talked about cross talk, was invited to broadcast one day. He got a little reward and bought one to demonstrate to his wife.His reason was: "To save you from looking down on me all the time, and talking about cross talk with bad tongues! Look, I, Fang Liu, also went to the radio station to show my face! When I make a noise there, nine cities and eight streets, even Tianjin three don't care." , you can hear it all! If you don’t believe me, just listen to it yourself!”

On the 4th, of course Sun Qi and Xiao Cui had no money to buy it, and they were not happy to buy it either. "I've been tired all day and have to sleep at night, who has the time to listen to that!" Xiao Cui said.Sun Qi completely agreed with Xiao Cui's words, but in order to show that he was more knowledgeable than Xiao Cui, he brought up another reason: "It's not just for sleeping! Who is broadcasting? The Japanese! There's nothing else to say, anyway, I don't Spend money to listen to rumors made by little devils!" The two of them refused to take responsibility, and Widow Ma panicked.Inspector Bai Mingming came to inform that every yard had to install a frame, how could he refuse to obey?If the Japanese check it out, that's okay!At the same time, she was unwilling to pay the money alone.She can afford this little money, but she is most afraid of people knowing that she has savings in her hand.She decided to talk to Mrs. Cui first.Even if Mrs. Xiao Cui is as unwilling to contribute money as Xiao Cui, she must teach her that she knows that she is not generous.

"I'm talking about Mrs. Cui," the old lady blinked her eyes, as if she had many tricks in her mind. "There are noises in the other courtyards, so we can't keep wasting it! I think we should get something that makes noise anyway, and don't teach the Japanese to find out our faults!" Mrs. Cui didn't answer directly, but pulled her ragged jacket with cotton exposed everywhere, lowered her head and said, "It's getting hot soon, but I can't take off my cotton jacket, I'm so sad!" Yes, jackets are more important than radios.Wouldn't it be a little boring for Mrs. Ma to say more?She sighed and went back to the house to discuss with Changshun.Chang Shun whimpered, feeling annoyed. "This blows my business to the bottom! Every family has a radio, rich and poor can listen to big shows, who will listen to my chatterbox? Who? Our business is blown, and we have to buy a radio for ourselves? Really! The Japanese came to investigate, and I will reason with them!"

"They have to be reasonable! Isn't it easy for them to be reasonable? Changshun, it's not easy for me to raise you so big, so don't bring me into trouble!" Changshun is very firm and will not buy it.In order to deal with his grandmother, he often turned on his gramophone. "If the Japanese really come to investigate, it will be over if there is a noise here!" At the same time, he was unhappy to be bored at home, listening to those gramophone films that he had heard thousands of times.He had to find another job.This made grandma think day and night, but she couldn't think of a way.Teaching his grandson to sell peanuts and melon seeds would be a loss of dignity; let's start a larger business, and he doesn't have so much capital; working hard, Changshun is spoiled and spoiled, so he can't bear hardships; playing handicrafts, he doesn't have any expertise .She is in great trouble.Because of this, she sometimes couldn't sleep in the middle of the night.Listening to her grandson's voice, she secretly cursed the Japanese.She originally thought that she and her grandson were people who would not offend even a fly, and the Japanese would never come to bully them.It's true that the Japanese didn't kill them; but Changshun had nothing to do, isn't it because of the Japanese?She gradually understood why Sun Qi and Xiao Cui hated the Japanese so much.Although she did not dare to express her opinion to them blatantly, but when they were talking about the Japanese in the courtyard, she would listen attentively in the room; if Changshun was not there In the room, she nodded boldly, expressing her agreement with their words.

Changshun could not listen to the gramophone all the time.He started to drop by.He knew he shouldn't go to Guan's house.The little education his grandmother gave him made him look down on the Guan family at all.He really wanted to go to Wen's house and learn a few reeds, but he knew that his grandmother didn't want him to become an "actor", and she would definitely object to his frequent association with Xiaowen and his wife.Grandma had no objection to him going to chat with Fourth Master Li, but he himself was not very happy to go, because Fourth Master Li was not very learned although he was a tall and virtuous man.Although he himself can only read opera books vaguely, he feels that he has the foundation to become a scholar--if he can read opera books, won't he gradually be able to read big books?Back and forth, he went to see John Ding. When John was on vacation, he wanted to change some English characters so that he could read the foreign characters on the gramophone.He thought that all foreign characters were in English, and John Ding must be proficient in English.But, to his disappointment, John didn't know the words!However, John Ding has a set of theories: "English is the same as Chinese. There are vernacular and classical Chinese. What is written is very different from what is spoken! I work in the British government, and a little English is enough; To read English characters, you must have a child worker. Unfortunately, I didn’t work hard when I was a child! British words, I’m almost the same! You can say butter, it’s called batter; tea, it’s called kick; water, it’s water! can say!"

After Changshun heard this, although he was not completely satisfied, he couldn't help admiring John Ding.He remembered Bateer, and called Fatty "Bai Bateer" at home, which made his grandmother angry. John Ding couldn't satisfy him, and he didn't come back often, so Cheng Changshun found Ruixuan.For Ruixuan, he has long wanted to get close.However, seeing Ruixuan's elegant appearance, he was a little ashamed of himself and dared not go forward to flatter him.One day, watching Ruixuan took Niuzi to watch two magpies on the big locust tree at the door, he came over to say hello while accosting.It's true that Ruixuan did have an air of keeping people away, but he wasn't arrogant either.Therefore, he accosted and followed in.In Ruixuan's room, he asked for the English words on the phonograph.Ruixuan knew it all, and explained it to him in detail.He admired Ruixuan even more, and said in his heart: He was a child laborer!

Changshun's desire to seek knowledge was very strong, but he didn't dare to disturb Ruixuan too much, so every time he came, his voice would be so loud that he had nowhere to put his hands and feet.After talking with Ruixuan for a while, he was happy to hear something he had never heard before, and began to ask Ruixuan many questions respectfully and sincerely.He is quite smart and likes to learn.Ruixuan saw his embarrassment and earnestness for knowledge, so he told him that he could come wherever he wanted, and he was welcome.In this way, he dared to come to Qi's house boldly.

Ruixuan would like to have someone to talk to from time to time.Years ago, when Nanjing fell, his heart became dark.At that time, the most he could say was: Anyway, the Sino-Japanese affairs will never be over; if they are defeated, just fight again!When he heard the government's declaration to continue the war of resistance, he was no longer pessimistic.He often said to himself: "As long as you fight, there will be a way out!" One winter, he didn't wear the fur robe, because the fur robe was sent to the pawn shop for Mr. Qian's illness, but he couldn't redeem it.He didn't feel any discomfort.Whenever his wife urged him to try to redeem the fur robe, he would just smile and say, "When the heart is hot, the body is not cold!" When it was Chinese New Year, there was nothing at home, so he was not in a hurry, as if he had already forgotten the importance of Chinese New Year. thing.Yunmei's heart is not so peaceful, in order to please the old people, in order to cope with the questioning of the children, she must embellish it somehow; if it is just herself, but the year is omnipotent.She didn't dare to rush him, so she became even more anxious.When she couldn't bear it anymore, she asked, "How is it celebrating the New Year?" Ruixuan smiled again.He no longer wants to worry about things like the New Year's Eve, just as he doesn't care about whether he has a fur coat in winter.His heart has grown.He does not intend to become a person who is cold because of pessimism, nor does he want to be cold about life because of anger.He ignores the little things in life because of the firmness and clarity in his heart.He sees clearly that a nation with the virtue of loving peace dares to boldly break the shackles on its hands and feet, and it will surely become fortitude, and the combination of peace and fortitude is the best virtue.What else is he worried about?Who would want to play with a few pebbles when they see mountains?The presence or absence of leather robes, but they were just small stones, and he had already seen the mountains.

Urged by his wife, he suggested to send her squirrel robe, which she only wore when going out, to the pawn shop.Yunmei got angry: "How did you learn how to run a pawn shop? Life is about buying things, how can we send things out?" Seriously, although it is her only favorite piece of clothing, she doesn't Don't be mad at it.What she is fighting for is the principle of family life. Ruixuan didn't lose his temper because of this rude questioning.He had made up his mind not to let his feelings be touched by such a trifle.Hope in suffering washed his soul.As a result, Yunmei's leather robe went to the pawnshop. When the new year started, five colleagues from the school disappeared.They all fled to Peiping.Ruixuan couldn't help feeling ashamed that he couldn't escape, and at the same time changed his opinion that everyone in Beiping was a badass.His colleagues, and many others, were not bad guys, and they took the risk of getting out.They fled, not for enjoyment, but because they were unwilling to be slaves.There are also "people" in Peking! From Ruifeng's mouth, he heard that each school will have a Japanese secretary to monitor all school activities.He knew that this was inevitable, and decided to see how the Japanese secretary would punish the students' hearts.If possible, he will secretly give some encouragement and comfort to the students, and teach them not to forget China.If he can’t do this, he resigns and finds something else to do.For the sake of the young and old in the family, he must avoid the greatest danger.But, so far as possible, he must do what he can, so as not to forgive himself entirely with shame. Mr. Qian suddenly disappeared, Ruixuan was very worried.However, it was easy for him to think that Mr. Qian would definitely not hide it, but would do something he didn't want to tell others.If he really wanted to hide it, he believed that Mr. Qian would tell him; Mr. Qian is a straightforward person.Once a straightforward person has something that he is unwilling to say to his friends, he must have a plan in his heart that will not hurt his friends.Thinking of this, he couldn't help letting out a sigh of relief, and said in his heart: "War will create people! The bad ones may be worse, and the good ones will be better!" He couldn't imagine what Poet Qian would do and how To do it, he absolutely believes that the old man will stop cherishing life, and stop writing poems and painting.Everything about Mr. Qian seems to be closely related to the War of Resistance.He secretly drank a glass of wine and wished the old poet success. If the escape of colleagues and others, the disappearance of the old man Qian, if he is excited, the ban on the use of legal currency will make him worry.He himself has no bank deposits, so he doesn't need to go to the bank to exchange counterfeit currency, but he feels as if a rope is tightly tied around his neck and everyone else's.The Japanese accept legal currency to exchange for foreign exchange, and at the same time only use some paper to deceive everyone.Huabei will only juggle with some scraps of paper without any real "money".The blood of Huabei was sucked dry by the enemy!Those Chinese banks were still operating as usual, and he couldn't figure out what kind of business they would have, and why they weren't closed.Looking at those beautiful buildings, he felt that they were all "buildings" made of paper.If he doesn't know exactly what's going on in the bank, he's emotionally happy that the villagers outside the city still believe in legal currency.Legal money is paper, and so is counterfeit money, but country folk refuse to use counterfeit money.This, he thought, was a sign of patriotism.This is psychological, not economic.The happier he was with the behavior of the villagers, the more he looked down on those banks. Similar to banks, they are bookstores that sell new books.The new books they kept were taken away by the Japanese and burned, and none of the books they print are "new" anymore.Ruixuan thought that they should also be closed, but they were still open as usual.Ruixuan likes to visit bookstores and book stalls.When he sees new books, he doesn't necessarily buy them, but he feels comfortable after flipping through them.New books are like flowers of knowledge.The more publications, the more prosperous the culture will be.Now, all he sees are reprints of "Book of Filial Piety", "Four Books", and so on, but not real new books.The Japanese no longer allow the Chinese to express their ideas. Yes, Peiping has no money, no education, no ideas!However, Ruixuan's heart was much happier than in the past few months.He didn't become insensitive because he was used to seeing the Japanese and their rampage, but he saw the bright side.As long as we continue to resist, he thinks, all the wishful thinking of the Japanese will be in vain.The declaration of the central government to continue the war of resistance cleansed his heart like a laxative; he no longer doubted that this war would end like September 18th and December 28th.With this confidence, he also has courage.He regards the educational, economic, and ideological aggression of the Japanese as a punishment for a person like him who cannot go to the national crisis.He must admit his crime of not being loyal to the country, so that he can be punished bravely.At the same time, he decided that no matter what kind of suffering he suffered, he must maintain the ambition of not surrendering or losing integrity.Yes, the government has moved to Wuhan.However, he felt that his heart was closer to the government.Yes, the most powerful move of the Japanese is to block the ears of the people in Peiping, preventing them from hearing the central broadcasting, and to numb the hearing of the people in Peiping with opera commentary, cross talk, and Japanese songs like wailing.However, Ruixuan also tried to listen to the central broadcasting or watch the recordings of the broadcasting.He has one or two English friends whose radio has not yet been taken by the Japanese.Hearing or seeing the news from the central government, he felt that he was still a Chinese, sharing all the joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys of all Chinese people in the war all the time.Even if unfortunately he dies soon, his soul will fly to the center.He felt that he was definitely not insane. He changed from loving peace to worshiping war, definitely not.He has read anti-war writings by Tolstoy, Russell, and Romain Rolland. He also believes that the greatest enemy of mankind is nature, and the greatest mission of mankind is to conquer nature and make mankind exist forever.People should not kill each other.However, China's war of resistance is by no means militaristic, but to preserve a peaceful, quaint, humane, and culture for the world through resistance.This is a great mission.Everyone with a little knowledge should stand up and shoulder this important task.Those who love peace but have no courage, peace becomes humiliation, and self-preservation becomes stealing life. Seeing this big topic clearly, he couldn't help but pay attention to the small things that happened at any time: the big balloons that were set up above the Xinmin Newspaper to celebrate the victory were repeatedly cut by people, and a certain traitor received an envelope containing a bullet. , found anti-Japanese leaflets somewhere... These things made him excited.He knows the hardships of the War of Resistance, and knows that these small performances are by no means enough to intimidate the enemy, but he can't help but feel excited and happy, because these small things are just small notes under the big topic; They are tightly connected, just like every tiny nerve is connected to the brain center. The victory of Taierzhuang turned his firmness into a kind of belief.The big balloons on West Chang'an Avenue rose again, and the radio stations and newspapers in Peiping announced Japan's victory together.Japanese military experts also wrote many papers, comparing this battle to the annihilation battle of Fort Danen.Ruixuan alone believed in the victory of the national army.He couldn't shout loudly, telling people not to believe the false news of the enemy.He couldn't come and put up a big balloon and tear down our victory flag.He could only be happy in his heart, and gave a contemptuous smile to the radio voice from Guan's house. Really, even if he had the chance, he would not shout loudly, he is from Peking.His voice seemed designed for chants.Peking's solemnity and tranquility do not allow shouting and rioting, so his voice must be gentle and kind, so as to match Peking's tranquility and grace.Even so, he felt suffocated in his heart.He desperately wanted to talk to someone.Chang Shun'er came just in time.Changshun is young, although he has been strictly disciplined by his grandmother since he was a child, but the young man has a passion that cannot be quenched by his grandmother.He likes to listen to Ruixuan's talk.If Grandma's words all start with "no" - don't talk too much!Mind your own business!Don't... Ruixuan's words almost always start with "we should".Grandma's words made his heart tighten, as if it wanted to shrink into a small round marble and hold it in the palm of his hand.Ruixuan's words are not the same, they excite him, his heart heats up and his eyes shine.What he likes most is to hear Ruixuan say: "China will never perish!" Ruixuan's words are sometimes difficult to understand, but he always listens attentively if he understands them or not.He thought that even if he didn't understand one or two sentences, it didn't matter. Anyway, "China will not perish" as a foundation. After hearing Ruixuan's words, Changshun also wanted to tell others; knowledge and emotion are things to vent out.Of course he dared not tell his grandmother.Grandma has already asked him why he often goes to Qi's house.He rolled his eyes secretly, and lied: "Uncle Qi taught me how to read foreign language!" Grandma thought that foreigners all speak the same foreign language, just like all people in Peiping speak Peking dialect.Well, since Beiping City was occupied by the Japanese, it might be of some use for her grandson to speak a few words of foreign language; therefore, she did not prevent her grandson from going to Qi's house. However, he soon showed his flaws.He revealed his knowledge to Sun Qi and Xiao Cui.In terms of the level of knowledge, the three of them were originally about the same.However, age is never equal.On weekdays, whenever Sun Qi and Xiao Cui couldn't say anything about Chang Shun, they would use their age to overwhelm Chang Shun.Although Changshun felt dissatisfied, he had no good way to resist.Didn't grandma often say that you are not allowed to quarrel with older people?Now, he speaks clearly and clearly, calling Sun Qi and Xiao Cui's age is useless at all.Besides, Xiao Cui was only a few years older than him, and Chang Shun almost felt that he should almost call Xiao Cui his brother. It's true that Mrs. Ma has been somewhat sympathetic to Sun Qi and Xiao Cui's anti-Japanese remarks recently; however, when she heard her grandson expressing opinions endlessly, she immediately became frightened.She could tell: Changshun learned "bad" from Qi's family! She thought that she should quickly find a job for Changshun, it would definitely be of no use teaching him to sway around like this all the time.With a legitimate business, she should marry her grandson a daughter-in-law to win his heart.She has only such a grandson herself, and the Cheng family only has such a root, she must not give up and let Changshun do whatever she likes.This is her greatest responsibility, which cannot be shirked!Although the Japanese will be domineering, they cannot stop their grandsons from getting married and having children.If she herself had to be pissed off by the Japanese in her life, Changshun's children might be able to enjoy a peaceful life.As long as the Cheng family has descendants who enjoy happiness, they must not forget her old lady, and after her death there will be someone who burns incense and paper! The old lady thought about everything so clearly, and was very happy in her heart.She felt that she had grasped the most reliable thing, no matter how difficult the years were, no matter how powerful the Japanese were, they could not defeat her.She can overcome all difficulties.She seems to have grasped something that is not easy for thousands of years, from the Han Dynasty-her most distant dynasty is the Han Dynasty-to now, and forever, it will not change-her eyes light up, cheekbones There is actually a small piece of rosy on the skin. As far as Ruixuan was concerned, he didn't expect that Changshun would absorb his words so quickly, and this changed Changshun's heart.At school, he didn't easily gossip with the students, and even if he did occasionally, he didn't feel that his words would have much effect.There are many teachers in the school, and the students listen to a lot, so the students' ears seem to have hardened, and they are not easy to touch their emotions.Chang Shun had never been to middle school, so he knew almost nothing except addition and subtraction of simple numbers, and the few words before him.Therefore, his emotions are easily excited, just like a rough man who is provoked by a few words and immediately dares to fight.One day, he hesitated for a long time, and then said a word: "Mr. Qi! I will join the army, okay?" Ruixuan was unable to reply for a long time.He did not expect his gossip to have such an effect on the young man's heart.He suddenly discovered a fact: people with little knowledge tend to have deep emotions, and the source of this emotion is our ancient culture.A person can easily acquire some knowledge, but a deep temperament cannot be cultivated in a short time.The unsung heroes in Shanghai and Taierzhuang, when he thought about it, weren't most of them peasants with little education?They may not be able to write the word "country", but they all sacrificed their lives for the country as if they were dead!At the same time, he also thought that people with knowledge, like himself, are afraid of wolves and tigers and dare not move forward; knowledge seems to be an emotional obstacle.Just as he was thinking like this, Changshun said again: "I figured it out: Even if the Japanese don't order every house to install radios, I can still have business every day, so what's the point? Can a gramophone record save my life? I am very reluctant to part with my grandma, but here is the matter, can I live for my grandma forever? Those who fought the war, who has no home or old people? They must be willing to serve the country If I work hard, I should also go to war! Isn't it? Mr. Qi!" Ruixuan was still speechless.Intellectually, he knows that every Chinese should fight to preserve their ancestral graves and culture.However, emotionally, because he is Chinese, he always thinks about everyone's difficulties first.He thought: If Changshun abandons his old grandmother and joins the army, what will his grandmother do?At the same time, he couldn't stop Changshun, just as he couldn't stop the third child from escaping from Peiping. "Mr. Qi, do you think it would be better for me to be an infantryman or an artilleryman?" Changshun asked again, muttering. "I'd like to be an artilleryman! Look, it's so nice to aim at the enemy's battalion and kill a large number of people with a single shot!" He said so innocently and earnestly, and even his whining voice seemed to be quite different. pleasing to the ear. Ruixuan could no longer be dumbfounded.With a smile, he said: "Wait a little longer, let's talk about it after we have thought about it in detail!" His words were so powerless, decisive, and meaningless, there seemed to be a lot of sawdust in his mouth . After Changshun left, Ruixuan began to blame himself in a low voice: "You, Ruixuan, you will never succeed! You are not cruel, and you will never teach others to be wronged and disadvantaged, but the enemy in front of you today is worse than you. How many times more vicious are poisonous snakes and beasts! For the pity of an old woman, you refuse to teach an aspiring young man to join the army!" After blaming himself, he remembered: This is useless, Changshun will definitely come to ask him again soon.How did he answer?