Chapter 21 twenty one

Juemin is the happiest these days.He didn't share much of Juexin's and Shuying's troubles.The affairs of Qin and Liqun Weekly News tied his heart even more. What he got from Qin was tenderness, comfort and encouragement.The business of Liqun Weekly is going smoothly: the weekly is published on schedule, and the number of sales is also increasing issue by issue.He routinely attends editorial meetings every Tuesday afternoon.Read some manuscripts, and sometimes bring your own articles.Qin sometimes attends, sometimes not, so he is invited to be the representative.The funds in the agency are gradually becoming sufficient, and as long as there are more manuscripts, they can increase the length of the weekly report by half.There are also new members, letters of sympathy are sent almost every day, and a middle-aged man in his forties also wrote a letter of admiration.All this ignited a fire on the enthusiasm of young people.Every youth is indulging in optimistic dreams.They often get together and talk, with a bit of hyperbole, about future victories.Those simple hearts are filled with joy.This joy gave them a little more hope.It was at this time that Fang Jishun got a novel about the future society "Elysium" and a booklet called "One Night Talk" from a friend in Waizhou County.He lent them to other friends as treasures and read them. The beautiful description of the ideal world in "Elysium" and the repeated explanations about social change in "One Night Talk" left a deep impression on this group of young people.At the same time, Juehui sent some books and newspapers of the same nature from Shanghai, such as "History of Socialism", "History of the May 1st Movement", "Labor Magazine", "Tell the Youth", "Night is Young", etc., all in the bookstore. Can't buy it.On the covers of these publications and pamphlets, epigrams such as "the greatest pleasure in the world is nothing like reading forbidden books behind closed doors on snowy nights" are often printed on the covers.Indeed, these passionate young people recited them behind closed doors with trembling hearts.They read it word by word with concentration, and their souls were attracted by those provocative words.No theory was so obvious, so plausible, so eloquent for them.The impression left by "Elysium" and "One Night Talk" has been stamped with countless brand cherry blossoms. These young hearts are quickly and completely conquered.They no longer have a little doubt.They believed in future justice and were ready to die for it. "Young Night" opened up a new horizon for them.This is a play about the Russian Revolution written by a young Polish man.In this play are young people from another country, who are about their own age, but who have taken part in the struggle for freedom and happiness for the people with the determination of self-sacrifice.So loyal, so generous, so heroic in the thought and deeds of those young men.This is the hero of their dreams, the example they should emulate.

Day by day they study this theory and read such books and newspapers.When they gather in the society to chat, they often express their opinions for discussion.Soon they could no longer be satisfied with "reading forbidden books behind closed doors".They also think the work of the weekly newspaper is too slow.They need more serious activities to vent their enthusiasm, more obvious facts to confirm their ideals.They themselves are inexperienced.They wrote to several newly formed socialist groups in Shanghai and Beijing.There is also a socialist secret society in a certain commercial port in this province, which is the society that published "One Night Talk".Fang Jishun inquired about the communication office of the community, and they also wrote a letter to the community.The reply came quickly.

The envelope was stamped with the stamp of the Methodist Church, and the addressee was written as Rev. Huang Cunren. In addition to the letter signed by the general secretary of the community, there was also a booklet called "The Purpose and Organizational Outline of the Community".That opinion and organization was what they dreamed of.After reading this pamphlet, they could no longer wait in peace. They wanted to organize such a secret society too, and were eager to do a little secret work.Fang Jishun was the most enthusiastic among them, and he was elected to draft the manifesto.Naturally, this is not a difficult task. He has the pamphlets of the group and the manifestos published in the magazines as blueprints.After the manifesto was written, they agreed to hold a meeting at Huang Cunren's home to discuss the establishment of a group.

Juemin had lunch one day and planned to go to Qin's house.He went to the hall, and the gatekeeper Xu Bing was coming into the second door from the outside.Seeing him, Xu Bing reported, "Second Young Master, there is a student surnamed Zhang looking for you outside. He refused to come in and waited at the gate. If he wants you, go." "Okay," Juemin agreed, and he I thought it was probably Zhang Huiru who came to ask him to go to the weekly newspaper office.When he got outside, he saw Zhang Huanru, Zhang Huiru's brother, wearing the uniform of a high school student, holding an umbrella in his hand, pacing up and down on the stone floor at the gate with his head down.He crossed the threshold and called out: "It's still good." Zhang Huanru raised his head in surprise, and said briefly, "Juemin, let's go to Cunren's house." His voice was not high, and his expression was very serious.

"Are Jisun and the others here?" Juemin knew what it was about, but he still asked. "Yes," Zhang Huanru nodded, still with a serious expression on his face. Juemin was also very excited.He didn't ask any more questions, and left with Zhang Huanru. Huang Cunren lives in a secluded street.Juemin was very familiar with that house, and he lived there for some time last year.But when he went to Huang Cunren's house this time, he felt nervous, as if something astonishing and important was waiting for him there.He never participated in a conclave.He had read several translated novels describing the activities of Russian revolutionaries, such as "The Parachutist" and "Epiphyllum" published by the Commercial Press, which exaggerated the terrifying and mysterious atmosphere of the secret meeting as much as possible.This left a deep impression on his mind.So at this moment, he couldn't help thinking of some exciting scenes that the author tried to describe in those novels.Zhang Huanru refused to go straight and turned eastward and westward on purpose, which made him hear a lot of monotonous barking dogs, and finally arrived at Huang Cunren's home.

This is a small mansion, with a loquat tree protruding from the low wall. They went in without being announced by the porter.Huang Cunren's study is next to the living room.They went into the study.There were already four people in the room, Fang Jishun, Zhang Huiru, and Chen Chi all came.Seeing these kind and nervous faces, Juemin smiled moved. During the meeting, Huang Cunren closed the door. He stood behind the door, listening to other people's conversations, and paying attention to the noise outside.Fang Jishun was the first to speak. He explained the significance of the meeting in a deep voice, and then explained the content of the declaration he had drafted.Huang Cunren and others have read this manifesto, only Zhang Huanru and Juemin have not seen it.Juemin took it from Fang Jishun's hand, read it carefully, and handed it to Zhang Huanru.The manifesto is much shorter than the pamphlets of the community, but it still contains a lot of inflammatory words and fierce attacks on the current social system, and it also explains in detail about organization and work.Fang Jishun said humbly that his own thinking may not be thorough, and he hoped that others would revise the manifesto.

Juemin only felt that the manifesto was "well written", but he never noticed that it was exaggerated. But he wondered that he couldn't handle the difficult jobs, and he wondered that he himself lacked the ability and determination to be a member of such a secret society.Juemin expressed his opinion.He thinks that the scope of work is too large, such as setting up a printing office, etc., which cannot be done at present; there are also too many departments, such as women's department, student department, worker department, peasant department, etc., which are mostly in name only, and there are only a few members in the commune. It is also difficult to assign the heads of the various ministries; the wording of the manifesto is too strong, and once it is published, it may lose the sympathy of many moderates.Fang Jishun resolutely answered these questions one by one.

He still stands by his original claim.Juemin was not satisfied with this answer, but he wanted to hear Zhang Huiru and Huang Cunren's opinions.Some of their opinions are the same as Juemin's, but they also agree with Fang Jishun's other part of his views. "Although we have a small number of people at present, we will gradually increase in the future. At that time, the scope of our work will be expanded. Our organization outline will also apply at that time. The organization outline should have a long-term nature. We organize this Why is the group not doing some big work? Originally, it was because I felt that the business of Liqun Weekly was a bit monotonous and could not meet our requirements, so I organized this group..." Fang Jishun said with confidence and in a firm tone.He went on to say something.He enunciated very clearly, with almost no lingering sound.He is sullen and serious.

Huang Cunren and Zhang Huanru also said a few words.Chen Chi made some comments.Juemin said a few more words.Later, the declaration was finally passed, but there was a minor revision in the branch, and several departments were temporarily merged into one propaganda department. The name of the group was also decided: "Junshe", which was proposed by Fang Jishun.They decided to hold an inaugural meeting next Tuesday.After they talked about the Junsha, they talked about plans to reprint pamphlets, print and distribute leaflets, and rehearse "Night is Young".Later Fang Jishun left first.Only then did everyone feel relaxed.Juemin and others chatted casually at Huang Cunren's house for a while.They talked about the performance of "Night is Young" again, and everyone was very excited, so they assigned the roles: Zhang Huiru was the leading actor Hua Xili, Huang Cunren was the revolutionary Ang Dong, Chen Chi was the female revolutionary An E, and Zhang Huiru was the female revolutionary An E. It's also like being a female revolutionary Sophia.Juemin is also very interested in this matter, but he refuses to be an actor.Everyone pushed him to play the important supporting role Gregor, but he said he would not play the young worker.In the end he only agreed to play an unimportant role in the play.Everyone presumes that Fang Jishun is an old revolutionary Dang Dale, and Wang Yong, a young member of Liqun Weekly, is pretending to be a maid Ma Xia.All other roles are performed by members of the weekly newspaper.After this decision, everyone was very happy, and everyone had a satisfied smile on their faces when they left.The tense and serious expression when he came was no longer seen.

Juemin walked home excitedly alone.Although he had a satisfied smile on his face, but when he walked on the calm street where he lived, his smile was blown away by a gust of gentle wind.In fact, this was due to doubts arose in his heart.Indeed, he still had a lot of doubts in his heart.He is not a rash person who thinks and does it.He is much more stable than Juehui.Unless he is forced to do something, he always has to think about it before he does it.He refuses to risk in vain, to make unnecessary sacrifices.He is also reluctant to take part in work that he himself does not fully approve of.He has concerns.He also values ​​the environment.His enthusiasm prevailed in that exciting environment, and he spoke and decided without forethought.Now when he thinks about it calmly, he feels that neither joining Junsha nor acting is suitable for him.To join a secret society is to obey discipline, abandon family, and even abandon personal happiness altogether.He himself was not prepared to do so.Moreover, as a member of a secret society, if any problem occurs, it will affect the family, so he can't feel at ease.As for acting on stage, this will definitely arouse the family's censure, not to mention that the performance is a script to promote the revolution.In the past, he and Juehui acted as actors in the English drama "Treasure Island" that was going to be performed in school. Although the script was not staged, his stepmother was already worried that the fourth and fifth aunts would gossip.This time he was going to act formally, and they were going to rent an ordinary theater to perform. His elders would not be ignorant, let alone ridiculed and criticized.Although he himself said that he is not afraid of his elders, but he is not willing to cause trouble for himself because of a small matter.The more he thought about it, the more he felt that his actions should be cautious, and he couldn't just promise to do anything.The gong of the second watch sounded in front of him.He walked to the crossroads, and the watchman walked past him with a lantern in his hand and a gong in his hand.The gong sounded heavy and solemn, as if warning him.He suddenly woke up.He made up his mind: he went to explain to his friends the next day that he would not join Junshe or act as an actor for the time being.He can only be a sympathizer and help them by the side.After making this decision, he felt at peace in his heart.He walked into the gate of the high mansion.He felt that his decision was very smart, and he was relieved for this decision.

The fifty-candle light bulb in the hall seemed particularly dark that night.Three or four sedan chairs sat proudly on the wooden frame, swarthy like giant beasts.There was a lot of noise in the porter's room, and servants and bearers crowded around to play cards.As soon as Juemin stepped through the second gate and went down to the courtyard, he heard a girl's voice calling: "Fifth Young Master, Sixth Young Master, if you make trouble again, I'll go and sue Fourth Master." Juemin recognized that it was Qixia's voice.He felt strange, and hurried up the stone steps to take a closer look.It turned out that Juequn and Jueshi stopped Qixia in a corner behind the sedan chair.Jue Qun pulled Qi Xia's clothes with a playful smile, Jue Shi spit on her body.Qixia yelled while dodging.She was so embarrassed that she had no choice but when she saw Juemin she screamed as if she had met a savior: "Second Young Master, look at Fifth Young Master and Sixth Young Master who are pestering me and messing around with me. Please stop them." Yuan Cheng He was trying to persuade him there, when he saw Juemin, he respectfully called "Second Young Master", and walked down the courtyard to the gatehouse. Juemin glanced at Juequn and Jueshi annoyedly, and asked displeasedly: "What are you doing to stop Qixia?" I have to beat her today." Jue Qun said proudly, two front teeth fell out, and the gap was very smooth. "Which one is lying, the retribution is right in front of you. Fifth young master, you came to touch me on purpose. How dare I touch you? I saw that you couldn't even hide." Qixia argued angrily. "Okay, you curse me. If I don't beat you to death, you are nothing. Sixth brother, come and beat me up. We've beaten enough, and we'll sue Mom when Mom comes back." Jue Qun gritted his teeth and rushed to grab Qixia's arm. Just hit the skirt.Jue Shi also rushed to help.While struggling, Qixia called out warningly: "Fifth Young Master, Sixth Young Master." Jue Min really couldn't see it, and his anger went straight up.He grabbed Jue Qun by the arm, dragged the ten-year-old child away, and said dissuadingly, "Fifth Brother, let Qixia go." "I won't let her go. Who dares to let her go?" Jue Qun shouted stubbornly. .Seeing Jue Qun being pulled away by Jue Min, Jue Shi was a little scared, so he stopped and stood aside, waiting for Jue Qun's orders. Seeing that Qixia was still standing in the corner, Juemin just looked at him blankly, and said seriously, "Qixia, don't hurry up." After being reminded by Juemin, Qixia hurried into the turning door and went inside. .Juemin was afraid that Juequn would catch up with him, so he still held onto Juequn's arm, and only after a while did he let go. "Second brother, you let Qixia go away. You go and get it back for me." Juequn waited for Juemin's hand to be released, then turned around and twisted Juemin, refusing to let go. "You let me go, and I want you to pay for it." "Fifth brother, let me go, I have something to do," Juemin said in a gentle voice, holding back his anger. "Okay, you defend Qixia and bully me. Do you still want to leave? If Qixia doesn't come, I won't let you go, so what about you. You are so shameless, help the girl." Juequn scolded, and said He wiped his face back and forth on Juemin's body, wiping the snot and saliva all over Juemin's gown.He also called Jueshi and said: "Sixth brother, come and help me." Jueshi ran over as expected. Juemin couldn't bear it anymore.He moved his body, wanted to pull himself out, and commanded angrily, "Let me go." Then he threw Juequn's hands down. After all, Juequn didn't have much strength, so he had to take two steps back and almost fell into a somersault. Juemin was about to go inside, but Juequn caught up with him.Juequn cried and said, "Okay, second brother, if you hit me, I'll go and sue my aunt." But Juequn didn't go inside as he said, but still entangled Juemin and refused to let him go. Juemin was so angry that he couldn't help it, he stopped thinking about it.He loudly taught: "If you say I will hit you, I will hit you, and see if you are still afraid in the future." He grabbed Jue Qun, stretched out his hand, and slapped Jue Qun's buttocks twice.He didn't beat him hard, but Juequn burst into tears and yelled, "Second brother hit me." At the same time, he bit Juemin's hand.Juemin's hand was bitten, and he felt the pain, so he pushed hard. Juequn backed away, leaning on a sedan chair, weeping and cursing sadly.Juemin tidied up his clothes, looked at the scars on his hands, and calmed down a little.Before he had time to go through the turning door, he saw a sedan chair being put down in the hall.This is Ke'an's sedan chair, Zhao Sheng followed the sedan chair to the hall, drew up the sedan chair curtain, and Mrs. Wang came out from inside. Juequn saw his mother come back and knew that with the amulet, he would not be afraid of Juemin, so he cried louder on purpose.When Wang got off the sedan chair, Jueshi went to report: "Mom, the second brother beat the fifth brother and made the fifth brother cry." Juemin heard Jueshi's words, which might cause Wang's misunderstanding, so he went over and said to Wang. A few words of explanation gave a rough account of what happened. Wang didn't answer Juemin's words, she raised her eyebrows and stared at Juequn, walked up to Juequn, held Juequn with one hand, and slapped Juequn's cheek with the other hand.She beat it hard, and felt the group crying like slaughtered pigs.Juemin was a little embarrassed beside him.He also felt that Wang was hitting too hard.But he was inconvenient to dissuade her. He was thinking about how to get out of the siege, when Wang suddenly gritted his teeth and scolded Juequn: "You don't play inside, who told you to touch someone? The girl is also very noble. Can you afford it? You deserve to be beaten. You deserve to be beaten. You just need to go back quietly after being beaten. Why are you still crying in the hall? You are such an unprogressive thing. I will beat you to death. I gave birth to you, and it is worth it for me to beat you to death myself. "Wang raised her hand again to feel Qun's face.Seeing his mother angry and his brother being beaten, Jueshi felt that something was wrong, so he sneaked away.Juemin was very upset when he heard that there was a thorn in Wang's words, but it was inconvenient to explode, so he had to hold down his anger, pretended not to understand, and went inside. Juemin entered his room, and just as he sat down, he heard Wang holding the weeping Juequn and murmuring past his window.He originally wanted to calm down and prepare for the next day's homework.But a restless feeling disturbed his mind.Wang's red and white square face flickered in front of his eyes, and two goldfish eyes glared at him maliciously.Her few words rubbed back and forth in his ears again.He couldn't help but said to himself: "Never mind her, what should I do to be afraid of her." He buried his head in his book again.But his thoughts were still stuck on those things.He read a page without knowing what that page said.When he read the next sentence, he forgot the previous sentence.He thought: "I am usually able to control myself, why am I so angry about a trivial matter? I shouldn't be as knowledgeable as her." He forced a smile, feeling that he was a little silly just now.He thought he would not think about that matter anymore, so he read with peace of mind.He read a page intently, but in the end he still didn't understand the meaning of that page, as if he had never read it.He got angry, closed the book and stood up. Wang's words immediately came to his mind again.He turned his head away in disgust but the scene in the hall appeared before his eyes again.He paced restlessly up and down the room. His thoughts also went farther and farther, and many unpleasant things came to entangle him.He seemed to be in a maze, and he didn't know where to find his way out. "Second brother, second brother." Shuhua's voice suddenly rang at the door.Shuhua walked in panicked, looked at him, and said, "Mom calls you." She couldn't continue for a while. "What's the matter, please? Are you in such a hurry?" Juemin felt strange and asked with a smile on purpose. "The fourth aunt brought the fifth brother to find Mom, and said that you injured the fifth brother and asked Mom to be the master. Mom and elder brother rubbed medicine on the fifth younger brother, and they paid for it.She still refuses to quit.Now she is still in mother's room, if mother wants you to go," Shuhua said breathlessly. "I hurt my fifth brother? I only hit him twice, how could I hurt him?" Juemin said in surprise.He still didn't quite believe what Shuhua said. "Fifth brother's face is swollen, and your hands are a little too heavy, and you have caused this kind of trouble again," Shuhua complained.She felt that the matter was a bit serious, and worried for Juemin, not knowing how it would end. "Fifth Brother's face is swollen? I didn't hit him at all. Let's see it soon and we will understand." Juemin understood a little.He thought that this must be a trap set up by Mrs. Wang, so he tried his best to suppress his rising indignation, and hurried out of the room. Juemin entered Zhou's room.He saw Zhou sitting on a stool in front of the desk.Juexin stood next to Mrs. Zhou, with his back against the desk.Mrs. Wang sat on a chair next to the coffee table in front of the second cabinet.Juequn stood in front of Wang, leaning tightly on Wang's knee.Qixia stood timidly in the corner of the room. "Second brother, look at how you beat fifth brother like this. You are so old, you still cause trouble every day." Juexin scolded with a straight face when he saw Juemin come in. Before Juemin could answer, Mrs. Wang continued to complain to Mrs. Zhou: "Sister-in-law, only Wu'er is the smartest among my sons, and now my second nephew has beaten him like this. In case there is something good or bad, who will call me in the future? ""What's good or bad?Even if you get hit twice, you won't die. "Juemin sneered. "I was talking to your mother, who asked you to interrupt." Wang suddenly opened Jinyu's eyes and cursed sharply. "It's justified for you to hit someone?" "I didn't hit my fifth brother at all, it was my aunt who hit me." Juemin contradicted him confidently.He stood at the door with folded hands. "Second brother, don't talk," Zhou said to stop Juemin.Afterwards, she perfunctory Wang said: "Fourth brother and sister, don't be angry, discuss things slowly, and make it clear, just ask the second child to make an apology to you." It's good to offend the Wang family.She couldn't figure out the right and wrong of this matter, and she couldn't figure it out.She saw Wang and Juemin insisting on their own opinions, and she couldn't decide who was right.She only hoped that she could persuade Wang to calm down, and she could ask Juemin to apologize to Wang, give Wang a face, and let Wang go back to her room peacefully, so that this matter can be settled earlier. "I beat it myself? You are talking nonsense. How can I have the heart to beat my own son? You see, you beat Wu'er like this, and you still have to blame it." Wang clapped her hand on the coffee table, angrily Said. "I saw my fourth aunt beat it with my own eyes. I only spanked my fifth brother twice on the buttocks, and I didn't even touch his face," Juemin also argued angrily.He still folded his hands and held his head proudly.Someone pulled his sleeve from behind and said in a low voice: "Second young master, don't say a few words, don't quarrel with her, you will suffer." He knew it was Huang's mother, and was about to answer when Wang yelled again . "I did it? Which dog did it?" Seeing Juemin's tough attitude, Wang insisted that Juequn's face was swollen by her. Zhou and Juexin watched from the sidelines and did not interfere with Juemin. It didn't go as smoothly as she imagined, she became anxious and said in a hurry. "Okay, which dog hit me, my fourth aunt will ask the dog. I have to go back to my room to study," Juemin sneered, and said these two sentences.He was going to go back to his room. "Second brother, just leave if you don't want it," Juexin hurriedly stopped him.His face was ugly, and there was a pleading look in his eyes, as if he wanted to say to Juemin, "Second brother, just give in and make up for the fourth aunt." Juemin turned around and looked into Juexin's eyes. for a while.He knew the meaning in that look.He felt a little pity for Juexin, but Juexin's request angered him and offended his sense of justice.Facts are facts.His hand didn't touch Jue Qun's cheek.Juequn's face was obviously swollen by Wang himself, but she put the blame on him.He would have liked to live a quiet life at home, but others made things difficult for him on purpose.It would be unfair to ask him now to give in and admit what he hadn't done.This was something his young heart could not admit.Anger stirred his heart.Disappointment stung his brain.He can no longer take care of the peace and happiness of the family.He doesn't have any worries now, but he feels stronger.He was obsessed with his heart, not paying attention to Juexin, and simply sat down quietly on the chair at the left end of the desk, waiting for Mrs. Wang to speak. "Sister-in-law, what do you think we should do? Could it be that Wu'er will let your second child beat you for nothing?" Mrs. Wang was even more unhappy when she saw Juemin sitting down majestically, so she urged Zhou's bluntly. Mrs. Zhou had no choice, so she turned her head and said to Juemin, "Second brother, you can just apologize to my fourth aunt, it's nothing more than a trivial matter." Why do you want to apologize to someone?" Juemin sneered. When Zhou touched this nail, his face turned red immediately, and he was also a little unhappy.But she knew that Juemin could not be persuaded with words, so she silently thought about how to deal with Wang and persuade Juemin. "Okay, second child, you are so big, I know you don't pay attention to the elders now. Sister-in-law, look at the good son you taught." Wang said with a straight face, half angry and half sarcastic. "No matter what, I never made a false accusation," Juemin said to himself deliberately and coldly. "Okay, you dare to accuse me of false accusation?" Mrs. Wang suddenly slapped her hand on the coffee table, stood up, and cursed aggressively with a blushing face. Juemin turned his head and looked around without saying a word, as if he didn't hear Wang's words.Juexin was so anxious that he bit his lip next to him, unable to say a word. "Second brother, don't say a word, okay?" Zhou said to Juemin with a downcast face, she was obviously trying to perfunctory Wang. "Second brother, you should be polite when you talk to fourth aunt," Juexin followed Zhou's tone and said something to blame Juemin. When Mrs. Wang heard Zhou's and Juexin's words, she felt that she had gained some face, so she sat down proudly, and then forced Mrs. Zhou to punish Juemin.She said: "Sister-in-law, is this the case? You don't want to discipline the second child, let me discipline it." Zhou Shi was having no way to get out of the siege, and he wished Wang Shi could say this.She immediately leaned back and replied, "Fourth brother and sister, you are right, I invite you to discipline the second child, and let you handle it." Mrs. Wang did not expect Mrs. Zhou to answer like this, and she was not on guard, so she couldn't answer right away.She pondered for a while, and then said bluffingly: "I said I should give you a spanking." "Okay, please spank me. As a stepmother, it is not convenient for me to discipline. Fourth sibling, you come to discipline the second child for me. It's all right." Mrs. Zhou has said many good things to Mrs. Wang these days, and she has made a lot of mistakes, and she feels extremely embarrassed.Zheng Ku had no chance to vent, so seeing an opportunity to take advantage of it, he purposely said such words to embarrass Mrs. Wang. Mrs. Wang is an old face, she didn't answer Mrs. Zhou, but changed the subject, and said to Mrs. Zhou with a warning: "Sister-in-law, Wu'er has taken the medicine now, if she is still not well tomorrow, you should ask the doctor to see her. "Of course, if Lao Wu is not well tomorrow, you can just come to me. Fourth brother and sister, you'd better go back and rest, Lao Wu should go to bed too," Zhou saw that Wang couldn't answer and changed the subject, so she Follow Wang's tone to persuade. "Why are you arguing so much?" The short Shen Shi suddenly opened the door curtain and came in, holding a hookah in her hand, she asked as soon as she entered the room, in fact, she already knew the whole story of the matter. "Fifth brother and sister, you came at a good time, you come to judge." Knowing that there will be no results if the quarrel here continues, Wang feels that it is not interesting, and is about to go back to the house in silence. Now when she sees Shen coming in, she seems to have got something. A powerful helper, he spoke vigorously. Mrs. Zhou beckoned Mrs. Shen to sit down.Mrs. Shen said to Mrs. Wang with a smile on her face: "Sister-in-law four, what's the matter? I'd like to hear from you." Mrs. Wang then exaggerated what happened and described it vividly.Finally she said: "Fifth siblings, tell me: Which one is right? Should I ask my sister-in-law to punish my second nephew?" Shen pondered for a while, took a few sips of water pipes, and then gloated and provoked: "Fourth sister-in-law, naturally You are right. But I think this matter can only be handled by the third brother. It's best to talk to the third brother.Originally, the eldest sister-in-law is a stepmother, so it is inconvenient to discipline the second young master. ""Okay, second brother, you can go to the third dad's place with fourth aunt," Juexin replied angrily because he couldn't understand Shen's smirk. I think going to Keming is the best way to solve this matter. "Fifth brother and sister, you mean well, let's go to the third brother's place," Wang said proudly knowing that she would not suffer when she went to Keming's place.But Jue Qun, who was standing in front of her lap, couldn't open his eyes and secretly dozed off there.He suddenly woke up and turned around and said to Wang Shi: "Mom, I'm going back to sleep." This sentence seemed to pour cold water on Wang Shi's enthusiasm. Wang Shi angrily pushed Juequn and cursed loudly: " You stupid pig. They beat you, and you have to go to sleep before you get angry. Stand up properly and follow me to the third dad." "I won't go. This has nothing to do with the third dad, I Why do you want to find the third father?" Juemin's words were in reply to Juexin.He thought of Shuying being scolded, and was very unhappy with Keming.And ever since Xi'er was taken over by Keding as his concubine, Keming's prestige in the mansion has been reduced a lot.Juemin once respected Keming before, but now even this respect has disappeared.He didn't believe that Keming could give him justice.And he already understood that no one in this family could give him justice.He didn't expect that his elders would use this method to deal with him; he even couldn't imagine that his elder brother would still be so docile and perfunctory to others after being hurt so many times, and obey others so cowardly.An hour ago he had decided not to do things that would cause ridicule and blame from his family for the time being, and he still had some concerns.Now the last of his attachment to the family was broken by this clumsy trap.He no longer has any worries.He even thought proudly: I have disobeyed even my grandfather's orders, let alone you? "Eldest young master. If the second son doesn't go there, he won't do it. He has the ability to beat people, why doesn't he dare to go now." Wang Shi heard that Juemin refused to go, thinking that he dared not go to see Keming, so she embarrassed Juexin even more complacently. . "Second brother, you just go there. Whoever is right and who is not, third dad will make a decision," Juexin said to Juemin anxiously and angrily. "I won't go if I say no." Juemin suddenly changed his face and replied harshly. "Fourth sister-in-law, in my opinion, the second child dare not go, so it's the same for the eldest and young master to go," Chen suggested with a half-smile, blinking her small eyes. "Okay, I'll go with my fourth aunt." Juexin felt sad when he encountered a big thorn in Juemin's hands, and when he heard Shen's words, he volunteered angrily, regardless of whether she had any conspiracy or not. Mrs. Wang stood up, and without saying goodbye to Mrs. Zhou, she took Juequn's hand and walked out together with Mrs. Shen.Juexin followed silently. "It's obvious that she framed the second brother, she did such a shameless thing." Shuhua hadn't uttered a word for a long time, and now she heard Wang's and Shen's footsteps going away, she couldn't bear it anymore, Then he said it. "Third daughter, be careful, you will cause trouble again." Zhou warned in surprise. "They went to the third father's place, and I don't know what the result will be," Shuhua paused, then said curiously. "There won't be any results, at most it's nothing more than a few scoldings for the eldest brother," Juemin replied coldly. "Third Dad will send someone to call you, what should you do?" Shuhua said worriedly. "Do you think I will be as obedient as my elder brother? I won't go if I don't want to go." Juemin even replied arrogantly. "Second brother, you've been too stubborn lately, you're almost like the third child," Zhou sighed and complained gently. "Mom always blames the second brother. In fact, people like the fourth and fifth aunts should be dealt with in the same way as the second brother," Shuhua explained for Juemin. Cuihuan hurried in from the outside and said, "Master Third please ask Master Second to talk." Shuhua glanced at Juemin.Juemin replied calmly and calmly: "Cuihuan, you go back and say that I have to prepare homework now and I don't have time. The third master has something to say, so please tell the young master." Cuihuan felt a little strange when he heard this, He stood there for a while, but hurried out without saying anything. "If you don't go, Third Dad will be angry," Shuhua said to Juemin worriedly when she saw Cuihuan leave. "What does he have to do with me?" Juemin replied coldly, and he lazily stood up. Only when Zhou saw Cuihuan did he think of Qixia.She was full of troubles and bored, so she pointed at Qixia who had been standing in the corner of the room for a long time and threatened, "It's all Qixia's fault. This incident was caused by her alone. Wait for me天来打她一顿。”觉民看见绮霞埋着头不敢响的样子，觉得不忍，便代她开脱道：“这也难怪绮霞，妈，你没有看见五弟先前那个样子。 绮霞好好地并没有惹他们，他们把她窘得真可怜。“”好，总是你有理，“周氏又好气又好笑地说。她看见绮霞还痴痴地立在那里便责备道：”绮霞，你不去倒几杯茶来，呆呆地站着做什么？今天算你的运气好，二少爷给你讲情。我也不追究了。“她等绮霞走开了，又回头对觉民叹息道：”今天的事情我也晓得是四婶故意跟我为难。我也明白你受了冤屈。可是我又有什么办法？只怪你父亲死得太早，你大哥又太软弱，我一个女流又能够怎样？横竖该我们这一房的人吃亏就是了。“”不过总是像这样地受人欺负也不成。“淑华愤愤不平地说。 “我不会受什么气，我不怕他们。”觉民用坚定的声音说了上面的话，便大步走出房去。他的心上虽然还堆积着愤怒，但是他的眼前却只有一条直路。他不再有彷徨、犹豫的苦闷了。 觉民回到屋里，并不看书，仍旧踱来踱去。不久黄妈端着一盆脸水进来了。她一进屋，就说：“二少爷，你不到三老爷那儿去，做得对。在浑水里头搅不清。明明是那两个母夜叉做成圈套来整你。大少爷心肠太好了，天天受她们的气。说起来真气人。还是三少爷走得好。有出息。你也有出息。太太在天上会保佑你们几弟兄。你将来出去做大事情。她们整不倒你……”黄妈一口气说了许多话，觉民没有插嘴的份儿。她看见觉新进来，才闭了嘴，去绞了一张脸帕递给觉民。觉新在方桌旁边一把椅子上坐下，唤了一声“二弟”。眼泪像喷泉似地涌了出来。 “大哥，什么事情？”觉民惊讶地问道。他把脸帕递还给黄妈，就在方桌的另一面坐下。黄妈端着脸盆走出房去了。一路上小声咕噜着。 “二弟，你以后要发狠读书，做出大事情来，给我们争一口气，”觉新呜咽地说。他的眼泪和鼻涕一齐流下。 觉民知道觉新在克明那里受了气，他的心里也有些难过。 他温和地望着觉新，低声问道：“三爸责备你吗？”觉新默默地点头，一面用手帕揩眼泪。 “这件事情怎样解决？”觉民看见觉新的悲痛的样子，不觉黯然，他又问道。 “还不是不了了之。三爸喊你去，你不去，三爸很生气，他当着我骂你一顿，又把我也骂几句。四婶、五婶在三爸面前你一句我一句一唱一和地说了我们许多闲话，连妈也给派了一个不是。三爸还说可惜爹死早了，你同三弟都没有人好好地管教，所以弄得目无尊长，专门捣乱。他们又提到你去年逃婚的事。三爸说，你连爷爷也不放在眼睛里，更不用说别的人了。不过我看他们对你也没有办法。他们至多也不过多给我一点气受，到后来把我气死也就完了，”觉新极力压住悲愤一五一十地叙说道。 “真正岂有此理。这件事情跟你又有什么关系？我得罪他们，他们对付我好了，”觉民气恼地说。 “他们看见我好欺负，所以专门对付我。就是没有你这回事情，他们也会找事情来闹的。我这一辈子是完结了。我晓得我不会活到多久。二弟，望你努力读书，好给我们这一房，给死了的爹妈争一口气。三弟在上海，思想比从前更激烈。我原先就担心他会加入革命党，现在他果然同一般社会主义的朋友混在一起。我劝他不要做社会活动，好好地读书，他也不肯听。最近他还到杭州去参加过那种团体的会议。这个消息我倒没有敢让家里人知道。他们只晓得他春假到西湖去旅行。总之，三弟不回来革家庭的命就算好的了。要望他回来兴家立业，恐怕是不可能的。我们这一房就只有靠你一个人。 二弟，你不要辜负我们的期望才好。“觉新说下去，他的气恼逐渐地消失了，绝望的思想慢慢地来抓住他的心，把他的心拖到悲哀的泥沼里去。他愈来愈变得伤感了。好容易才忍耐住的眼泪又从眼眶里流出来。他忽然把嘴一扁，孩子般呜呜地哭了。 觉新的哭声进了觉民的心，在他的心里搅着，搅着，搅得他也想哭了。但是他并没有哭。他的憎恨是大于悲哀的。他的长辈们的不义的行为给他的刺激太大了。因为这个行为是加到他的身上的，他便把它看得更严重。他不能忘记它，也不能宽恕它。在这以前他还想到对家庭作一些小的让步。可是王氏的圈套却像一颗炸弹似地把他从迷梦中惊醒了。他才知道在这两代人中间妥协简直是不可能的。轻微的让步只能引起更多的纠纷；而接连的重大让步，更会促成自己的灭亡。 觉新走的便是后一条路。未来的结果是显而易见的。他和三弟觉慧都曾警告过觉新，然而并不曾发生效力。觉慧的性子躁急，早早离开家庭走了。他也知道觉慧是不会回来的。现在觉新把兴家立业的责任加到他的身上，他能够接收么？ “不能。不能。”一个声音在他的心里说。It was his own voice.他已经下了决心了。他昂然地抬起头往四处看，看见觉新正在用手帕揩眼睛，便温和地劝道：“大哥，你不要伤心了。你也太软弱，总让人家欺负你。如果你平日硬一点，事情也不会弄到这样。”觉民要说安慰的话，结果说出的话里却含有责备的意思。他可怜觉新，爱觉新，但是他又有点不满意觉新。觉新到这时候还希望觉民走觉新指出的路，那真是在做梦了。 淑英一个人走进来。觉民看见淑英，有点诧异，便问道：“二妹，你这时候还出来？”“我来看你们。我听说四婶跟你们吵架，吵到爹那儿去。 你们一定受了气罢，“淑英亲热地说。她看见觉新低着头不时发出抽噎声，便同情地唤了一声”大哥“。 觉新默默地点点头。觉民便说：“他刚才在三爸那儿碰了钉子，受了不少的气。三爸还骂我目无尊长，专门捣乱。”淑英的脸色马上改变，眼睛里的光芒立刻收敛了。她皱着眉头沉吟半晌，忽然羞怯地低声说：“我晓得你们会恨我。”“我们会恨你？哪个说的？你难道不晓得我们平时都喜欢你？”觉民害怕淑英误会了他的意思，便着急地说。 “我也知道，”淑英不大好意思地埋头说。她欲语又止地过了片刻，后来又接着说了半句：“可是爹……”她在觉民对面一把椅子上坐下，两眼水汪汪地望着觉民，射出来恳求的眼光，似乎在要求他的宽耍“三爸的思想、行为跟你又有什么关系？”觉民感动地分辩道。 “你要晓得，我也讨厌四婶、五婶，我也不赞成爹，我是同情你们的，”淑英红着脸嗫嚅地说。后来她忍不住又诉苦地说了一句：“我实在不愿意在家里住下去了。”“我晓得，”觉民感动地答道。他看了看淑英的激动的脸，她的脸上隐约地现出了渴望帮助的表情；他立刻想起另一件事：他觉得这个回答是不够的，他想她从他这里所希望得到的也许不是这样的话。于是严厉的父亲，软弱的母亲，陈克家一家人的故事以及许多薄命女子有的悲惨的命运次第浮上了他的心头。他的思想跳得很快：怜悯、同情、愤怒、……以至于报复。淑英的事情原是时常萦绕着他的心灵的。他这时有了最后的决定了。他便正经地对淑英说：“我一定不让你做三爸的牺牲品。我要帮忙你到三哥那儿去。”他更切齿地说：“我要让他们看看，到底该哪个胜利。”这样说了，觉民感到一阵痛快。他觉得自己不是对一个人，是对一个制度复仇了。他又骄傲地想：“我要去加入均社，我要去演《夜未央》，我要做一切他们不愿意我做的事。看他们敢把我怎样。”