Chapter 67 66

Guan Xiaohe, an urban bug, refuses to leave the city easily.Looking at the city tower from inside the city, he felt safe; on the contrary, looking at it from outside the city, he felt a little afraid, for fear that the huge city gate would shut him out.His soil was black, and when he saw the loess outside the city, he was at a loss.His air was warm, smelly, and smelled of incense powder or fried dough sticks; the coolness outside the city made his senses and lungs feel sick and tired.He is a flower in the greenhouse, and he can't see the real sunshine and rain. Today, he actually left Pingzemen.He heard that those who froze to death in the city and starved to death were all taken out of the city by patrol trucks and thrown outside the city like dumping garbage.He hoped to find Tong Fang's body outside the city.Even if unfortunately she did get bitten by wild dogs, it would be nice for him to get a piece of her bone or some hair.It was really hard for him; he had to get out of the city, and he had to go where there were dead bodies!

As soon as he saw the city gate, he was sweating, cold sweat.He is afraid of leaving the busy streets and walking into empty and deserted places.He slowed down and hesitated.No, he couldn't just turn around like that.He must be firm!He called Tong Fang in a low voice: "Tong Fang! Tong Fang! Protect me! I took the risk to find you!" Walking into the city gate, he hardly dared to open his eyes.He was used to crowding around with people in satin clothes and powdered faces in Xiyuanzi cinema.Here, foreign carts, dung carts, dirt carts, mule carts, carts, and all kinds of tattered people, those carrying baskets, those carrying loads, and those carrying a bunch of pig intestines, are all crowded together. Everyone wants to go fast, but no one can go fast.He could barely open his eyes and covered his nose.

It seemed that after a year or a half, he finally left the city gate.After leaving the city, he should have been happier; but he was even more frightened.He seems to be a bird used to living in a cage. Once he sees the emptiness, he doesn't know what to do.Reluctantly, he walked forward.Walking out of the gate, he took a look at the moat and the city wall. He was like a lost child, not daring to take another step in any direction.Standing for a long time, he couldn't decide whether to move forward or retreat.He almost forgot about Tongfang, and felt that some voices were calling him: "Come back! Come back to the city!" The city, and only the city, is his home and everything to him.He should be like a piece of fruit peel or some chicken intestines, rotting on that big rubbish heap - the city.He is a roundworm of urban culture, he can only find nutrition and life in the hot, smelly stomach.He can't bear a little wind, a little cold; the emptiness and silence are his grave.

He should go back, even though Tong Fang is his beloved, he is inconvenient to make himself suffer in this terrible place for her.Besides, he has already ventured out of the city, and he knows that if Tong Fang has a spirit, she will definitely understand him, thank him, and forgive him! He also thought, what if he found a bone or some hair from Tong Fang?It is only an infatuation in novels and plays, which is of no use in reality.He is shrewd and inconvenient to do stupid things.Besides, the most important thing is that he has to become an official, and when he becomes an official, he will read a few sutras to Tong Fang carefully, and build a decent tomb for her.As an official, he can no longer be angry with the big red bag.After becoming an official, moreover, he can marry one or two concubines.No, this is a bit sorry for Tongfang!However, people must develop themselves along with their official career.If he really became an official, he would have to marry his concubine again. I'm afraid Tongfang would not forgive him.After thinking about this clearly, he felt much more comfortable.Forget it, let's go home!When he got home, he should no longer be angry with his wife.To behave in the world, he told himself, he must consider the reality, not be too infatuated or too mysterious.

He started walking back.As soon as he took a step, someone grabbed his arm.He was startled.As soon as he thought about it, he thought of robbers; this is outside the city, and outside the city is a wild place, and there will be robbers during the day.He secretly looked aside with his eyes, ready to see clearly before deciding to call for help, or obediently handed over the wallet.It is not worth giving up your wallet, but your life is more precious than your wallet. He understood it, and beside him was an old man with a shrunken mouth and a messy beard.The clothes on the old man were very unseemly.Xiaohe immediately became brave.He despises the poor, hates the poor; he is not at all polite to the poor.He knocked down the hand that was holding him, like a stinky bug: "If you want money, speak up! What's the rule if you touch your hands? I don't care if you have a beard, so I'll pull your mouth!"

"You've already hit me!" The old man took a step forward, and the two hit each other face to face. Only then did Xiao He understand that Mr. Qian Moyin was in front of him. "Yo! Mr. Qian!" He called strangely.He forgot that he had betrayed the money poet.He thought Mr. Qian was already dead.Mr. Qian didn't die, but he was destitute, like a beggar. He thought of his old neighbor, so he shouldn't treat him like an ordinary beggar. He wanted to give the old man a dime or two to show his kindness. "You've already hit me!" Mr. Qian stared at Xiao He's face with bright eyes. "I hit you?" Xiaohe asked in surprise.He thought the old man must be a little crazy because of poverty.He hurriedly fumbled in his pocket, and first found a bill, which was about one yuan, and he put it down.He can't afford to give one piece to the old man.He is charitable, but kindness must have a limit.He fumbled again, and found two five-cent coins, made by the Japanese, very small.Two dimes was only a dime, a little less.But it's always better to give people money for nothing.He took it out: "Take it, old man! Never mind!"

Mr. Qian did not go to pick up the little money. "You forgot. You never beat me, but you taught the Japanese to beat me! You and I are enemies! Do you remember?" Xiaohe remembered.His face immediately turned pale. "Follow me!" said the old man firmly. "Go, where are you going?" Xiaohe swallowed. "I'm busy, and I have to hurry into town!" "Stop talking nonsense, let's go!" Xiao He's eyes were frightened and she looked around, trying to escape or call for help. "Go!" The old man stretched his right hand inside his cotton jacket.The bulging elephants there are "guys".

"When you make a sound, I'll shoot." Xiaohe's lips began to tremble.In fact, the old man did not have a weapon on him, but Xiaohe felt as if he had seen a gun.He remembered how he framed him back then, and how he took the Japanese military police to arrest Mr. Qian.The two of them were indeed enemies, so he imagined that the enemy must carry a gun.His knees softened, as long as he relaxed a little bit, he would kneel down.Guns, enemies, outside the city, together, he must die, he thought. "Mr. Qian!" He begged tremblingly, "Forgive me! I'm ignorant, I don't feel at ease to harm you! The adults don't see the villains, please forgive me this time, I won't dare next time! You have no money, I will provide it! I I will respect you forever as if I were my father!" "Follow me!" Mr. Qian gave him a punch with his hands.

Xiao He's tears rolled in her eyes.He regretted it, and even cursed Tongfang; for her, he came to the "execution ground"!His legs could no longer move, as if stuck on the ground.Mr. Qian grabbed his arm and pulled him away.Xiaohe didn't dare to raise her head, for fear of seeing the mountain in the distance, that terrifying mountain.He knew that he would never be able to enter the city, and his ghost would be locked outside the city, only to wander among the mountains and fields.horrible!He didn't dare to take out his arms and run away, he knew that bullets moved faster than legs.He could only plead again, but his lips trembled and he couldn't speak.

They passed the place where Qi Tianyou threw himself into the river, and Mr. Qian pointed it out to Xiaohe. "Qi Tianyou died here!" There was nothing there but frozen ice.Xiaohe didn't dare to look at it, he turned his head away.When Tianyou died, he didn't feel anything at all, and he didn't go to Qi's house to mourn.He thought Tianyou was just a small businessman, life or death had nothing to do with him.Now, he was tempted; he thought he might have made underground neighbors with Tianyou in ten minutes. Going forward, they passed the place where Ruifeng found the hat covering the head.The hat was gone, and the head was gone, but human bones were thrown here and there.They still go on.Xiaohe became a little impatient.He wanted to ask: "Where are you going?" But he didn't dare to ask.He didn't dare to say: "Don't torture me, kill me!" Not only didn't he dare to speak, he almost didn't dare to open his eyes to look around.He felt that without killing him, he would be scared to death if he walked in this kind of place for a whole day.He knew that here and the city were only separated by a small river and a thick city wall, but he also knew that only within the city wall was Beiping, where it was safe, where Dong'an market, candied haws, and boiled mutton were located!

Through a small pine forest, they ran diagonally southwest.After walking another mile or so, they came to a pile of corpses.Among a group of small grave mounds, there are two new ones.It was not a grave mound at all, but just a little bit of soil covered with broken tiles and bricks. Mr. Qian stood still. Xiaohe's mouth began to move, and she couldn't stop breathing in through her nose. "Mr. Qian! Are you really going to shoot me? I, I have never done anything wrong in my life! I am just socializing, and I am particular about food and clothing. I have no evil intentions! Can't you forgive me? Mr. Qian! Uncle Qian!" "Kneel down!" Mr. Qian ordered him. No trouble, Xiaohe knelt in front of the grave, covering the back of his head with his hands, as if his hands could stop bullets. After he knelt for a while, Mr. Qian turned to him and said in a low voice, "This is Tongfang's grave, and that one belongs to Xiaowen and his wife. I moved their bodies here from the river and buried them." You said that you have done nothing wrong, please look at these two graves! Not only are you not ashamed of the death of the country, but you are very happy. You sacrificed Xiaowen and his wife in vain for your daughter to be in the limelight. You also said that you did not do anything Fault! As for Tongfang, she has heart, courage, and insight, but you use her as a plaything. She hates the Japanese, and hates you for fawning on the Japanese. If it weren't for your family's shamelessness, she might not have gone to Take risks. She hates you. You bully her, play with her, you think she is just a kitten or a puppy, or worse than a kitten or a puppy. She hates you, she wants to drink your blood and skin you! You Thought you were the closest person to her, but in fact, you don't know her at all. You are boring, shameless, your eyes and your heart are always on eating, drinking, dressing, getting promoted and getting rich. You indulge your wife, your children , to teach them how to act with faith. You haven’t done anything wrong yet!” The old man took a breath and raised his voice a little louder: “Kowtow to them! Kowtow! They may not know that you salute them. Even if you know, They may not even bother to accept it. I teach you to kowtow to them in order to teach you to understand that you are a sinner, a traitor, and a shameless bastard!" Xiao He kowtowed a few times in a daze. "Look at my legs! You taught the Japanese to beat me up! How dare you say that you have done nothing wrong and have no evil intentions? Look at this again." Back, "Look up, look! Every scar, every injury is related to you! They are always on my back, and when the weather changes, they will tell me with pain that I don't forget to take revenge! They Tell me, the enemy is the Japanese and you! With you!" The old man put on his cotton-padded jacket three times. "You know your sin, don't you?" "Got it! Got it! Just beg for your life!" Xiaohe kowtowed twice again. "It's a small matter that hurts me personally. I want to ask you, are you Chinese? Or Japanese? It's a big deal!" "Chinese! I am Chinese!" "Oh, you know you're Chinese, so why are you so happy when the Chinese urban education is taken over by the Japanese? Why go out of your way to curry favor with the Japanese as if they were your own father?" "I'm an asshole!" "You're not just an asshole! You're educated, you're a little bit smart, and you're in your fifties! An ignorant kid knows how to hate the Japanese, but you don't know it, you don't know it on purpose. You're a boneless Traitor! I can forgive a bastard, but not a traitor like you!" "I don't dare anymore!" "Don't you dare? I ask you if you understand? Do you understand that a person must love his country and hate his enemies? You should understand that you didn't see Xiao Cui being beheaded for no reason? Did you not see Qi Tianyou jumping?" Didn’t you see that Tongfang and Xiaowen’s couple are buried here? The Japanese killed tens of thousands of us and Tongfang. Even if you don’t care about others, don’t you care about her? Japan If people can kill Tong Fang, they can also kill you, do you know that?" "Know! Know!" "So, what do you do?" "As long as you let me go, I'll change!" "How did you change it?" "I hate the Japanese too!" "Why do you hate the Japanese?" Xiaohe couldn't answer. "You can't tell! There is no right and wrong, no good and evil in your heart; no one else but yourself! You don't know what is love and what is hate! Tell you, if you still have a little heart, you will be the first, go Stop your wife, don't teach her to do whatever she wants. She won't listen, kill her! She is more sinful than you, kill her, and you can atone for your own sins! Do you understand?" Xiaohe didn't hum. "say!" "I'm afraid of her!" Mr. Qian smiled. "You have no bones!" "As long as you let me go, I'll go home and persuade her!" "What if she won't listen?" "I have no idea!" "Will you run out of Peiping and do something for the country?" "I dare not leave Beiping! I am timid!" Mr. Qian laughed out loud. "On your mind, sin, I should kill you! I kill you, as easy as picking a bedbug! You remember this! I can kill you anytime, anywhere! In terms of your guts, bones, I will kill you again! I don't bother to kill you! I don't want your blood to stain my hands! You and I are enemies, and this will never be resolved, unless you make up your mind to do something worthy of the country like a human being. Get up! Today I let you go! Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, I don’t think you have changed your mind, and I will settle accounts with you! Do you understand?” Xiaohe stood up obediently.When he got up, he just glanced at the city wall, wishing he could fly up as soon as he stretched out his arms, and fly to the other side of the city wall. "Get out!" Mr. Qian shoved him. Xiaohe almost fell down, because her knees were a little numb from kneeling.Rubbing his knees, he ran to the city like a shit.Mr. Qian looked at Xiaohe's back and sighed.Bowing his head, he said to the two graves: "I'm sorry, but my heart is still too soft! Tongfang! Mr. Wen! Ruoxia! Sleep peacefully! I will come to tell you any good news!" After finishing speaking, He squatted down and added a few broken tiles and bricks to the grave mound. Xiaohe saw the city gate, and quickly slapped the dust off her clothes.He came back to life, saw the city of Peking, and regained his dignity.He only blinked at the rickshaw driver, called the car over, and got on it.How happy he was to be in the city and see the main street!He forgot what Mr. Qian said, not even a word.There were only two things in his mind: he regretted venturing out of the city to find Tong Fang's body; second, he swore that he would never go out of the city alone again.As for Mr. Qian, he couldn't think of any solution, so he had to wait and see.One day, old man Qian fell into his hands, and he must not let it go.At Xisi Pailou, he taught the car to stop, went to the dried fruit store and bought two cans of Ermu Ripan~X and some roasted almonds.He has to go home and boil a pot of bamboo leaf greens, mix a little Chinese cabbage heart with X soup in a wooden dish, and chew a few almonds to drive away the cold.After buying these things, he went to the foreign goods store and chose two bottles of Japanese-made cosmetics, which he planned to give to the director's wife.From then on, he could no longer be angry with his wife.Good guy, if it wasn't for being awkward with her, how could there be that scene outside the city?It's your own disaster, damn it! As for killing the wife, or advising the wife, it's just crazy talk, it's ridiculous!Smiling, he went home.