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Four generations under one roof 老舍 7936Words 2018-03-19
Zhaodi, since his home was ransacked, he hasn't come home again.She was afraid that there would be another accident at home, and something like that would kidnap her and go away.She was determined to save her mother.Without her mother, she could see, she lost everything. When she was studying opera, she once praised an actress who went from a fancier to the sea - Fenzhuanglou.She went to this powder makeup building, and lived there without saying a word. There are many friends in Fenzhuanglou, and it is crowded with people all day long.Brother Zhao got along with these people and asked them to rescue Da Chibao.

Among the relatives and friends in the past, she also visited a few, but everyone was very indifferent to her.Some even told her face to face: "We are afraid of getting hurt, please don't come again!" Among these people, only Lan Dongyang did not refuse her request.She knew that Dongyang would only buy a persimmon or a few peanuts for a woman at most, so she didn't dare to hope that he could treat her to a meal or play with her.On the contrary, she came to beg him, so she had to spend some capital to bribe him.Her capital is her body; in order to save her mother, she has no choice but to let him hold her hand or touch her face.She has to be patient; when her mother is rescued, she will show Dongyang a little color.As for how Dongyang attacked the big red bag in the newspaper, Brother Zhao didn't see it.She is not in the habit of reading newspapers.Even if she occasionally picks up a newspaper, she only reads drama news, movie news, and romance novels, and nothing else.

She longed to see her mother, but no matter how much she asked, she didn't know where her mother was.Zhaodi shed tears.She guessed that things must be very serious.If mother had a real misfortune, she thought, what would she do herself?She has no ability, no savings, no... Yes, she has beauty and youth, so no one wants her.However, her beauty and youth are just for fun in this chaotic age.She doesn't want to marry someone honestly, and cooks and holds babies all day long.Even if she could marry a rich man and not have to cook and hold a baby, her freedom would have to be greatly compromised; that would not work, what she wants is to be carefree, unrestrained, enjoy herself without any responsibility, what are you talking about? Just do what you live.Only her mother can give her such a life.She really cried, thinking of all the benefits of her mother, and also how she could live if her mother was in danger!

Among the many boyfriends in Fenzhuanglou, one was a spy for the Japanese.He, Huang Xing, is a beautiful young man.He looks good, is well dressed, and always carries a pistol.He knows he's decent, so whenever he does, he always puts an unnecessary smile on his face to add to his dignity.He knew he was well dressed, so he was always pulling up his collar, pulling up his trousers, or straightening his skirts.In addition to the pistol, he always carried a small mirror, which he took out from time to time to look at his face, sometimes even his gums. After talking with Brother Zhao for a while, Huang Xing understood her difficulties.He is willing to help her, and he is very sure; as long as she goes with him and meets someone, Da Chibao will be released from prison immediately!

Brother Zhao was overjoyed and willing to go with him. He took Zhaodi to Dongcheng, a lonely house not far from the root of the city.Inside, he introduces her to a Japanese guy.In the blink of an eye, Huang Xing disappeared, and Brother Zhao began to wonder what was going on.The Japanese asked her about her resume in detail, and while she was answering, she brought up the big red bag.He recorded all her resume and didn't say anything about the big red bag.Then he led her to a hut, which was very small, with only one bed and one chair. "This is your house. Remember it clearly, number 109. From now on, you will be number 109, and no one will call your name." After speaking, the Japanese shouted outside: "No. 104! "

Not long after, a woman who was about the same age as Zhao's younger brother came in.She saluted the Japanese very respectfully, and then she stood upright. "Tell her the rules here!" The Japanese walked out. Zhaodi's heart was about to jump out, and he wanted to run away quickly.No. 104 stopped her: "Don't move! Anyone who comes in here can't get out!" "What's going on? What's going on?" Brother Zhao asked eagerly. "You'll understand when you keep going, there's no need to make a fuss!" "Let me out! Let me go! I have important things to do!"

"Let you go? No one has been let go here!" No. 104 said without emotion. "I have to get out, I have to save my mother!" "Stay here, and you will be able to save your mother in the future!" No. 104 smiled, the smile was extremely short, extremely cold, and extremely hard. "Really?" Brother Zhao didn't believe No. 104's words. "Believe it or not!" No. 104 smiled again, and then began to tell the rules here. Zhaodi's heart turned cold.She has never been restrained in any way, and she doesn't know how to say rules.However, there are rules for everything here, as if to turn a living person into a machine!She cried in the middle of the night.

She fell asleep with great difficulty, but she was awakened by the ringing of the bell before long, and it was not yet very bright.No. 104 whispered outside the door: "Get up, you! If you are late for a while, you will be beaten to death!" Brother Zhao got up trembling, and ran out in a daze.It was very cold, and the cold air hit her face fiercely, and she seemed to wake up sharply.Immediately, tears captivated her eyes again.When she ran to the washroom, she just rinsed her mouth with saliva, wiped her face with a handful of water, and left quickly, lest she be late and get beaten.Rubbing her eyes, she followed everyone—more than forty young men and women in total—to an open space in the backyard to gather.The three sides of the open space are high walls with dense iron nets on the top of the walls; the other side is a house with several square holes in the gable wall.Outside the east wall of the courtyard, not far away, is the city wall; the gray-black, tall, city wall, silently looking into the courtyard.The ground is bare, hard, and grayish-yellow, and the city walls are gray-black, hard, and bare.The sky is gray, cold, and bare.Zhaodi saw the city wall from the ground, and then saw the sky. She had never dreamed of such a terrible place.Everything was gray, cold, still, and naked, and she didn't dare to look at it anymore.Even if she didn't look at it, she could still feel the cold air and the darkness, as if it was going to freeze her and condense her in the darkness.She wanted to grab someone's arm to steady herself.She was trembling all over, and could hear her own teeth chattering.

The men are in front and the women are in the back. Everyone stands in a row, facing the gable with square holes.From No. 105 to No. 109 stood at the end. They were probably newcomers, and their expressions were particularly unnatural and restless. After everyone stood there for a while, four instructors, three Japanese, and one Chinese came from the front yard, fully armed and solemn.The captain shouted a salute.The three Japanese instructors returned the salute, their eyes moved from the front to the end of the row, and the whole body was overflowing with murderous aura, serious and proud.

The Chinese instructors saluted the Japanese, then turned around like a wooden man, turned to the line, and knocked the heels of their shoes as loud as small firecrackers.He began to lecture.After saying a few words about the whole class, he called the newcomers: "Five steps forward—go!" Brother Zhao looked at his companions on the left and right, and then walked forward with them.The Chinese instructor coughed and said very affectionately: "You already know the rules here, so I don't need to repeat them. Now is your last chance to decide whether you want to be here or not. If you are not willing, please ask Go five steps forward!"

No one dared to move.The veteran students behind seemed to have stopped breathing.Zhaodi wanted to move forward, but her feet could no longer move.She looked to the left and right, and the people on the left and right were also looking at her. " "No?" The instructor asked urgently. A little girl on Zhaodi's left, looks to be only sixteen or seventeen years old, with a flat face, red cheeks, not tall, rather stout, not handsome, but thick and cute, walked forward fiercely . "Okay!" The instructor smiled. "any left?" Zhaodi wanted to take a step, but was held back by a woman beside him.She swayed and stood still. "Okay, come here!" The instructor said to the little girl with a flat face and red cheeks.She hesitated for a moment, and then walked forward bravely; there was some white gas in her mouth. "This way!" The instructor led her to the gable of the house and told her to lean against a small square hole in the wall.At this time, the sun came up and suddenly turned the gray sky red. For most of the sky, it was gray red, as if bruised with blood.The city walls became darker, but the walls and people in the courtyard became a little clearer.The flat-faced girl's body turned red, and the white breath in her mouth became even whiter.A Japanese instructor jumped up, raised his hand, and shouted: "Okay!" A shot was fired from inside the room, and the little girl, still breathing some white gas, fell forward like a board.The sky is redder, and the ground is bleeding. "Return to the team!" The Chinese instructor said to the recruits. Brother Zhao didn't know how to return it.There were no other things or colors in front of her eyes, only a piece of red light from the ground to the sky, and some Venus were flying in the red light. "Turn left! Run!" the instructor ordered. Zhaodi can't run.However, with that dead body lying there, she dared not run away.Whenever she ran near a dead body, she wanted to close her eyes.But somehow, she just saw it, and the blood on the ground.She couldn't breathe and didn't dare to stand still.She opened her mouth and held her belly with both hands, as if her intestines were about to be torn apart.Enduring the pain, she swayed from side to side like a drunk.Soon, a red curtain was covered in front of her eyes, connecting with the red sky and red blood.She forgot herself, forgot everything, only felt that the world, the red world, was dancing and turning. She didn't know when, and how, she got into the house.When she opened her eyes, she was lying on the bed, and it was already noon. She didn't cry anymore.Don't dare to think about anything.She regretted her life and decided not to rely on the square hole in the wall. Youth is iron, and environment is a furnace.After a month, she "live" again.She is no longer afraid of blood and death, her heart has turned to stone.She forgot the life of the former lady, and no longer painted Kou Dan on her fingernails, but became a new recruit.This new recruit, according to her own calculations, will be stronger and more vicious than her mother.In the past, she only knew how to use her flower-like appearance to be romantic and adventurous; now, she will combine her beautiful appearance with a heart of stone to become a female bachelor who is much greater than her mother.It is true that her mother is still in prison, but she cannot but thank the Japanese for giving her a chance and a future for her.She thought: As long as she does some meritorious service, she will be able to rescue her mother.When the mother regains her freedom, the two of them standing side by side will surely make the whole city of Beiping tremble! Spring has passed, and the younger brother has finished his training. She wished for a pistol.did not receive. She hopes to get some work that excites her enough.But she was sent to the railway station to check the passing passengers.She got a book of photos, and she had to memorize them one by one, and then looked at the station to see if there was anyone who matched the photos.It's not easy to do, and it's not fun.She has to keep an eye out all the time, so she might not be able to find a "spies".She has to change her make-up every day, one day she is a country girl, the next she is a middle-aged woman;She didn't like the job, and she didn't like her make-up even more.However, an order is an order and cannot be resisted.She knew the result of rebelling against orders, and she hadn't forgotten the flat-faced girl.She longed to put on beautiful clothes and high-heeled shoes again, like a female spy in a Hollywood movie, traveling between gorgeous hotels and wealthy people.However, she had to be a country girl! She was eager to see her father, not for anything else, just to teach him that she had become a capable person.However, the order forbade her to go home and forbid her to communicate with the family members. She longed to see her mother.She thought that since she became a Japanese spy, she would definitely have the opportunity and rights to meet her mother.However, she still couldn't find out where her mother was. She was happy to be on duty at Qianmen Station the first day.She was free again, and saw the warm spring and blooming Peiping again.When she got to the station, she was a little scared again.Yes, she is a spy and has the authority to arrest people.However, is it dangerous to arrest people?Yes, she had a badge on her body; however, it was not exposed outside, but hidden inside her clothes; she couldn't show her majesty, but just stood there shrinking her head, like a silly girl from the country.She feels lonely, bored, and destitute. After a while, she picked up a newspaper.At the first glance, she saw her mother's photo!Da Chibao has died in prison!The top, bottom, left, and right of the photo explain her corruption, crimes, and how she went crazy in prison! After reading it, she burst into tears.She suffered in vain.Bai became a secret agent, and I will never see my mother again!Through tears, she saw the people coming and going at the station; there were so many people, but she only had herself left.She has no one who loves her, who gives her everything, mother! After being stunned for a long time, the first thought that came to her mind was - run away!What's the point of being a secret agent if you can't rescue your mother?The Japanese had lied to her mother and herself; she should run away and stop being a pawn to those who lied to her! However, she knew she couldn't escape.Looking at the people coming and going on the station, as well as pedestrians, patrolmen, and station staff, she didn't know how many of them were spies and which of them were spies.She definitely knew that there must be a spy among them, and there was more than one.Among them, there may be someone who is responsible for monitoring her.She saw the flat-faced girl again, falling to the ground without making a sound in front of Fang Dong'er, bleeding out! She looked up and saw the crenels of the city wall, and felt that those gaps were like huge eyes. As long as she moved, a bullet would penetrate her chest!She shuddered.She forgot the excitement and prestige of being a spy, but only felt how many guns were behind her! "Okay," she told herself after a long time, "get on with it! Get on with the most vicious ones! Kill whoever you can, frame whoever you can! Killing anyone is also a matter of resolving hatred!" She lost her home, her mother, and her freedom, and all that was left was killing, killing, and hating!She didn't want to kill the Japanese, because the Japanese had more guns, more eyes, and faster hands! At the same time, Gao Di went out every day to find something, but he couldn't find it.Peiping was already half-dead, and all Chinese businesses were similar to Qi Tianyou's cloth shop, which was open but had no business;Larger businesses, even restaurants, have to accept Japanese "shares" and cooperate with the Japanese.Gaudí was not happy to work in such a "cooperative" place, even if she could get the chance.As for the official agencies, let alone all of them are seized by the Japanese, and they don't follow the path of the Japanese or the traitors, and don't plan to get a status.In this way, although Beiping's body is still the tall and generous city walls, and the pavilions and palaces where so many emperors once lived, its heart and lungs are completely Japanese; You must go to the Japanese to beg for mercy.Gaudi refused to do this.She saw with her own eyes what her mother did and how her home was ransacked. Even if she is willing to work hard to earn food, her chances are still not many.In the Taiping period, a woman washed and sewed for the people in the shop, and could eat three meals.Now more than half of the shopkeeper's staff has been reduced, and she can't get jobs.In people's homes, only "red" traitors can afford servants, and Gaudí neither wants to be a maid, nor is he happy to be a slave of a slave. She regretted not being able to learn how to earn a living before, but it was too late.She does have some courage, but she doesn't have any qualifications or capital.If she can escape from Peiping, she will be able to find opportunities to work, and while working, she will learn, and gradually she will be able to gain some knowledge and skills.However, if she wants to earn a living in Beiping innocently, she has entered a dead end! She is busy: she has to cook, do laundry, do shopping, and look for errands everywhere.She was in a hurry: She held her breath and insisted on showing her father how to move without being a traitor.However, she couldn't find a job, and she seemed to have no money in her hand.She panicked: She didn't know how to cook or wash clothes; now, as a beginner, the more you want to please, the easier it is to overcook the rice and wash the clothes like a dog licks them.She was angry: Xiaohe didn't help, nor did she give her any encouragement.He believed that Gaudí did not recognize the general trend, but only started with side issues, obviously asking for boredom.Although he didn't say it clearly, his air showed it: "Being at the feet of the Orientals, I don't want to eat Japanese food, you are a real fool!" Therefore, he wanted to see Gaudi's jokes.No matter how busy she is, he still doesn't move the grass horizontally, and doesn't take the grass vertically.When Gaudi loses his temper, he will say coldly: "Do you want me to move ten or eight tables of banquets? Well, I can't be vague! Teach me to wash the dishes, sorry, I haven't learned it since I was a child!" For many days, he hadn't found out the whereabouts of Da Chibao and Zhaodi, so he simply stopped running errands for nothing.When John Ding comes back, he can chat with him for hours.He asked about everything about the British government in detail, and then expressed surprise and envy. "Hmm! Hmm!" He squinted his eyes and exclaimed with gusto: "This thing needs to be born to a foreigner! This world belongs to foreigners!" Ding Yuehan, now, doesn't think much of Xiaohe, and he is not willing to greet him.However, since Xiaohe didn't praise the British government, he felt that if Xiaohe was indifferent, it would almost be disloyal to the British government, so those who fell in with him would talk with him for several hours. Besides John Ding, Ruifeng is his close friend.Both of them were unlucky, so they naturally sympathized with each other.When talking about their underappreciated talents, they feel a kind of bitter sweetness and bitter greatness.Ruifeng always said his secret agent friend.Talking about them, he felt that he had hope and achievements, and he made such a conclusion: "Brother Guan, just wait and see, I have to get a special agent to do it!" "Yes! Yes!" Xiaohe Squint your eyes into two slits. "That's what gets rich! Yes!" Sometimes they didn't even have a penny in their pockets, but their futile fantasies made them happier as they talked.Their stomachs don't have good food, and when their mouths are dry, they have to drink herbal tea or cold water. As a result, their faces often turn green, their heads sweat, and they even feel nauseous and vomit. Some sour water.But they were still talking, they had to go on; in the conversation they saw some vain hope and happiness. If it was just after dinner, Ruifeng would do all he could to help, scrub and clean Gaodi's dick, in order to win her favor.Although Gao Di didn't give him a good look, he felt very happy, and often hinted to her: "Don't worry, Miss! I am so happy that I have a good thing, and everyone will get better! We are bosom friends what." When there was really nothing to talk about, the two of them used what little physiognomy they knew to look at each other. "Ruifeng!" Xiaohe gently stroked Ruifeng's face with her index finger or ring finger. "Don't look at your dry face, the color is very straight, very straight! Your eyesight and nose luck are good!" Then, Ruifeng also praised Xiaohe in a pleasant way; the hearts of each other were much wider, They all believe that they are at least in the lower realm of the stars! It's spring, and Gaudí hasn't found a job yet.Because of her panic, she began to feel that this was the retribution of the big red bag for doing evil. Not only was she sent to prison, but her daughter would also starve to death!Her and Xiaohe's winter clothes were sold as soon as they were taken off.She had to discuss with her father: "I tried my best, but it didn't work; what should I do?" Xiaohe's answer was quite ready: "I see, the only way is to get married! Marry a rich man, and you and I will have enough to eat!" Really, this is the most important thing he proposed from a history. Proper conclusion: children eat their parents; adults, if they can become officials, eat common people; old age eat children.Gaudi is his daughter, she should have sold her body to feed him. "There is no other way?" Gaudí asked again. "No!" Gaodi secretly went to Ruixuan, told him everything in detail, and asked him for advice. "I'm afraid you have to go? This place is dead, and there is no life in a dead place!" Ruixuan told her. "How to go?" "Of course there are difficulties! The first is travel expenses, the second is to go through the exit procedures, and the third is to endure hardships and adventures. However, walking is better than squatting here!" "Where's Dad?" "Maybe I'm too rude, he's worthless! You know better than I do!" Gaudi nodded. Ruixuan, as it were, scraped off twenty yuan from the bone and gave it to her: "This is too little! But at least it can teach you to get out of Beiping City; let's talk about it when we go out!" He took the twenty yuan and It was a very small package. She didn't dare to say goodbye to her father, and she didn't dare to go through the departure procedures, so she got on the Qianmen station.She found out that if she went to go through the departure procedures, she had to explain where she was going and how long she would go there; trouble.Besides, she had no idea where she was going.She thought about it roughly, and thought that she had to go to Tianjin first, and talk about one stop after another; with the twenty yuan, she would not be able to give her a detailed travel plan.She is determined.She always thought she was under the shadow of her mother, so she had to leave Peiping and avoid that shadow. Her heart was beating fast as she boarded the tram to the front door.With her head down, holding the small bag tightly, she felt how many eyes were staring at her!After a few stops, people came up and down, but they didn't seem to pay attention to her.Only then did she dare to raise her eyelids.However, I saw a policeman getting into the car with two Japanese.Her heart beat again.She thought they must have come to catch her.Before long, they all got out of the car.She swallowed and breathed a sigh of relief.She thought of Tong Fang.With her mouth closed, she shouted in her throat: "Tong Fang! Tong Fang! If I had known earlier, it would be great if we escaped together! Please bless me! Teach me to get out safely!" It was a warm spring in Peiping, and Gaudí did not feel warm.Without her home, without everything, she is now going to an unknown place alone!Seeing the front door, she panicked even more.The tall front door, in her heart, seemed to be a sign of the boundary between yin and yang.After getting out of the car, she walked slowly towards the station, her legs seemed to have no strength at all. The express train bound for Tianjin still has more than 20 minutes to drive.With her head bowed, she stood behind a rather long line of passengers.There was a chill on her back from time to time, and cold sweat broke out on her palms.She didn't dare to think about anything else, she just hoped that someone would come quickly from behind, so that she could be squeezed in the middle, a little bit of cover-up. While half awake and half dazed, someone gently patted her on the shoulder.She instinctively wanted to run.However, her legs did not move.She only thought of two words: "It's over!" "Sister!" Brother Zhao called out in a very low voice. Gaodi's whole body went limp, and tears suddenly fell down.For several months, she has not heard this intimate word - sister!Although she doesn't have a strong relationship with Zhaodi on weekdays, flesh and blood are flesh and blood after all.This "sister" seemed to call off her determination and struggle for several months! Not daring to look at Zhaodi, she just let Zhaodi take her hand and walked to a place where there were few people.She forgot about Tongfang, forgot everything, like a lost little doll, tightly holding her sister's hand, that small, warm hand. After leaving the station, behind a row of rickshaws, the sisters faced each other.The elder sister changed, and the younger sister also changed, looking at each other blankly. After looking at each other for a long time, Brother Zhao asked in a low voice, "Sister, where are you going?" Gaodi didn't hum. "Where's dad?" Gaudi didn't know how to answer. "Speak, sister!" Gao Di was stunned for a while before asking, "Where's Mom?" Brother Zhao bowed his head. "You don't know yet?" "have no idea!" "It's over!" Brother Zhao suddenly raised his head, staring at his sister. "It's over?" Gaudi lowered his head.Her hands trembled slightly. "Tell me, where are you going?" "Go to Tianjin!" "What are you doing?" "I found something!" Gaodi held the small bag tightly to hide his hand trembling. "What's up?" "Don't worry about it! I have to buy a ticket!" "You can't leave without telling me! I'm in charge!" "What?" "I care about it!" "You?" Gaudi's legs also trembled. "How did mom die? Now, you... don't you know what's good or bad?" "I can't help it!" Brother Zhao smiled bitterly, and then changed his tone. "Go home! If I let you go, I will be punished!" "I am your sister!" "That's the same! Even if I let you go, others won't stand still! Go, go home!" Brother Zhao took out some money, stuffed it in the hands of his sister, and then dragged her to the front of the rickshaw. "Hire a foreign car, or take the tram?" Gao Di was speechless.Her hands and feet stopped trembling, her face turned red, and she tossed and turned, only thinking about this sentence: "Retribution! Retribution! It's your own sister who stopped you from leaving!" "Sister, go home!" Brother Zhao said as he walked, "If you dare to run away again, I won't be polite! Besides, this station is a net, no one can get out without evidence!" She told Gao First called a foreign car. Gao Di stepped forward to get into the car, Zhao brother grabbed her again and whispered to her: "You wait, I will find you something to do!" Gaudí stared at his sister and squeezed out words between his teeth: "Me? I'm starving to death and I won't eat your food!" She threw a little money in her hand to her sister. "Okay, goodbye!" Brother Zhao smiled.
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