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Shuying also had the opportunity to watch "Night is Young".She went a day later than Juexin, and was invited by Qin.Qin and Juemin made a plan and asked Shuying to play at Qin's house on that day in front of Shuying's mother, Mrs. Zhang.Zhang naturally did not object.Sure enough, Shuying arrived at Qin's house alone in a sedan chair.Qin then secretly accompanies Shuying to the theater.Qin also only said to her mother to go shopping with Shuying.They returned to Qin's house after the play, and even Qin's mother didn't know that they had been to the theater.Shuying's mother thought that Shuying was at Zhang's house all day long.

This is the first time for Shuying to enter the theater.Everything inside is very novel to her.The seats for the female guests are upstairs, and they sit in a box on the right.There are not many audiences upstairs, all of them are female students in white clothes and green skirts.Downstairs is the male seat, young students account for more than half, and the upper seat is probably 90% of the situation.Some people were cracking melon seeds, eating peanuts, talking loudly, and joking.Many people raised their heads, and many strange eyes often shot upstairs, which made Shuying blush timidly.There was a commotion downstairs.

Shuying buried her head and concentrated on reading the manual, but she couldn't read it.Suddenly the whistle sounded, the curtain was drawn, and the whole theater immediately became silent.All eyes were on the stage.There was a shabby room with a half-lit kerosene lamp on the table.Two women were sitting at a table folding newspapers.There was a small door on the left, through which came the faint sound of a printing press. "The one playing Sophia is Zhang Huanru, you met him in the park," Qin said to Shuying, pointing to the older woman on the stage.She pointed to the young maid again and said, "This is Ma Xia." "Well," Shuying replied, she could no longer remember what kind of person Zhang Huanru was.But she still watched Sophia and Masha attentively.At this time, a middle-aged man came out of the small door, holding a bunch of newspapers in his hand.

"This is Huang Cunren, you must remember him, the second cousin lived in his house for a while last year," Qin pointed to Ang Dong and said kindly in Shuying's ear. "Well, I remember," Shuying replied with a slight nod.She remembered the man Jean had pointed out to her in the park that day.She also remembered Huang Cunren's name.She often heard Juemin and Qin talk about him, and she also knew that he helped Juemin escape from marriage.She didn't know him, but she already respected him.At this moment, she unconsciously looked at him a few more times, listening to him complaining about the tyranny of the government on the stage.

So a young man came in from outside with a pack of typefaces.Qin told Shuying that this young man was Zhang Huiru, who played the leading role of Hua Xili in the play.He is also the elder brother of Zhang Huanru who plays Sophia.Shuying vaguely agreed, she looked at the stage without losing her head.At this time, the gatekeeper led the police into the room to check the room, saying that there was a new guest who did not have a passport.Ang Dong showed the fake passport Hua Xili brought to the police, and spent a little more money to send the police away.Sophia went into the inner room to help a party member in worker's clothes come out.

"This is Fang Jishun. He wrote an article cursing Feng Leshan," Qin said, pointing at the old man.Shuying nodded indifferently, she didn't know what kind of person Fang Jishun was.Fang Jishun often used his pen name to publish articles in Liqun Weekly.She had read those articles, but did not know that they were Fang Jishun's works. The old revolutionary coughed and said many violent words.The doorbell rang suddenly.Presently a slender and fine-looking young woman entered the room. "It doesn't look like a man. You can see that he walks and talks like a woman," Qin whispered to Shuying with interest.

"What's his name?" Shuying looked at the young woman curiously (they called "her" An'e), and asked this casually. "His name is Chen Chi. He is usually slower than others in doing things. Everyone said that he got the right name. I heard from my second cousin that it was the first time for him to play a female role," Qin Xingzhi replied nicely. Dang Dale talked for a while on the stage, seemed very tired, and went into the inner room again. The rest said a lot, mostly inflammatory things, about the future of the revolutionary movement.Hua Xili even said loudly angrily: "So this blood clock should ring. The louder it gets, the higher it gets. It won't stop until the victory is complete." There was a burst of applause downstairs immediately.Shuying was startled suddenly, her heart beating violently.She hurriedly turned her head to look at the piano.Qin is excitedly watching the performance on the stage.

An'e continued excitedly: "The current hardship is really embarrassing. The blood clock must ring at the same time, so that it can be heard everywhere. ... People in the future will definitely enjoy peace and happiness..."" Did you hear it? Did you hear it? The sound of the blood clock?" Sophia suddenly asked with a serious expression. The whole theater immediately became very quiet.Everyone was listening, wanting to hear the sound of the "blood clock". "Tomorrow." An E suddenly yelled wildly on the stage, making the audience in the audience jump.

"Slavery will end tomorrow," Ma Xia said dreamily, raising her head. Several people downstairs clapped their hands. Hua Xili and An'e left one after another.Sophia and the others stayed in the room and continued reporting.The doorbell suddenly rang loudly, and Ang Dong stood up in horror, hissing, "There...outside the door...our business is broken." "Ouch." Sophia and Ma Xia groaned in unison.Dang Dale ran out of the inner room, took out a pistol and said, "Police? I will keep one bullet for myself and the other five for your use." He still went into the inner room.There was a knock on the door, and Ma Xia went to lock the door early.Sophia and Ang Dong were busy burning correspondence addresses and documents.There was a gunshot in the inner room, which must have been fired by Dang Dale.Then a sheriff broke in with five policemen.

"It's over," Shuying whispered to herself in panic.There was also a small commotion among the audience downstairs.Qin was also very excited, but when she saw Shuying's anxious look, she smiled and comforted Shuying lovingly: "Second cousin, don't take it too seriously. This is acting." Shuying glanced at Qin moved , sighed reassuringly. As soon as the police entered the house, they rummaged through the boxes and searched everywhere, while viciously arresting the three people in the house.The sheriff commanded everything haughtily, until he stumbled across the little door and went in, only to hear the sound of the printing press.Soon the sheriff took out a newspaper, read it to the light: ""Guangming"," and said in astonishment, "So you are the people who ran "Guangming"." The sheriff said some more mocking and insulting words.

Ang Dong broke free and rushed towards the sheriff, but was pushed down by the police again.Two police officers grabbed him and beat him.Sophia and Ma Xia cried anxiously.They were also tightly bound by the police. The police chief stood in front of Ma Xia and asked frivolously, "You little thing, haven't you finished crying yet?" Ma Xia said angrily, "Don't we even have the right to cry?" Already?" The sheriff laughed and said, "You little bastard. Things like you should do what you are told." Amidst the turmoil, the curtain followed the sheriff's laughter and Ma Xia's cries. All of a sudden to win over.At first there was a dull silence.So countless palms clapped frantically. "Sister Qin, what do you think?" Shuying turned her head and asked in a low voice. "What a show," replied Jean excitedly. "Sister Qin, is there really such a thing?" Shuying asked in a whisper. "This is terrible. I seem to have heard my eldest brother say that my third brother will also be a revolutionary party in Shanghai, is he the same as Ang Dong and the others?" "Second cousin, don't worry," Qin said softly, suppressing the waves in her heart. Comfort Shuying said. "That kind of thing did happen, and maybe it still happens often now. But the third cousin won't be like this. You don't have to be afraid for him, you don't remember what An E said just now: the pain of an individual is compared with the pain of the whole What is it? This sentence is very interesting." Shuying didn't answer immediately, she was thinking.Twice she hesitated to speak, apparently having several conflicting thoughts battling in her mind.Qin knew this, and wanted to divert her attention, so she said, "The second act is about to start, you should pay attention to watching the second cousin act." Before Shuying had time to answer, the second act really started.She looked at the stage attentively. There was a living room where Hua Xili was talking with some of his friends. "Look, the person sitting next to Huaxili is the second cousin. Do you recognize him?" Qin proudly pointed to the elegantly-spoken young man in neat western clothes and said with a smile on her face. "Yes, I recognize it now," Shuying replied with a smile. "Second brother looks better dressed like this than usual." Several people on the stage chattered about all kinds of bad news: Sophia failed to commit suicide in prison, and Ma Xia was insulted.They also talked about the strike in the town.Someone proposed to assassinate the governor. In the end, everyone discussed the plan to assassinate the governor, and they were all willing to do that.The banker played by Juemin didn't get a chance, and complained dejectedly: "It's nothing for me to spend a few stinky money. An'an watched others prepare to send their lives one by one. Sigh..." "Second brother Not such a person," Shuying whispered in disbelief. "What did you say?" Jean asked. Shuying looked at Qin thoughtfully, and suddenly burst out laughing.She said favorably to Qin: "Second brother is doing very well. I don't think I'm watching a play." Qin was naturally very happy when she heard that. But the banker took a few steps on the stage in distress and had to leave.Shuying suddenly turned her head and asked, "Will the second brother still play?" "He won't play anymore," Qin replied regretfully. "It's a pity that's all there is to it," Shuying said disappointedly.She hoped that Juemin could stand on stage longer and say a few more words, but she knew it was impossible.She asked Qin with some doubts: "Why didn't the second brother play Huaxili?" Play a supporting role," Qin explained comfortingly knowing Shuying's psychology. Shuying didn't ask any more questions, and still watched the stage attentively. Huaxili was the only one left in the room.The old woman and aunt who cleaned the house came into the room with a broom.She complained to Hua Xili for a while, saying that when a young master of hers was arrested and hanged for participating in the revolutionary movement, tears fell from her eyes and her voice turned into a sob.At this time, the doorbell rang, and my aunt bent over and staggered to open the door.Then a boy in school uniform walked in.The young man handed over a small book to Hua Xili, and said very movedly: "I have read it twice. I can't wait to swallow it.... Hua Xili, I would like to ask you, what kind of person do you meet who can read him?" Being a comrade...can someone like me count?" Shuying glanced sideways at Qin unconsciously.Qin stretched out her hand to pinch Shuying's left hand. The young man talked to Hua Xili for a few words, and finally couldn't help but said with grief and indignation: "Our teacher told us today that the Revolutionary Party is a bad person and a poison in society. I didn't dare to say a word when I heard these words. I I'm going, I'm going to read those plague books to support my mother..." Shuying's heart was pounding, and her hands were trembling a little.The boy's sorrow seemed to be contagious to her.A voice also said in her heart: "It's been too long, I really can't bear it." Those people on the stage, those words gave her hope, and gradually attracted her heart.Like that teenager, she wanted to leave the gloomy environment in which she lived, and she also wanted to ask: "Can people like me count?" Qin glanced at Shuying inadvertently.She saw Shuying's longing eyes, and guessed Shuying's psychology slightly. She knew that this play had already had an impact on Shuying's heart, so she was naturally satisfied.But she didn't say anything, just smiled encouragingly, and called in a low voice: "Second sister." Shuying turned her face to look at Qin.But An E came out.Qin then pointed to the stage and said to Shuying, "Look, An'e is out again." Hua Xili was falling asleep on the sofa, An'e pushed the door open and came in, knocking lightly on the table a few times, Woke up Huaxili.Hua Xili quickly stood up and shook hands with An'e. The two talked about their goodbyes, and they also talked about the closure of the printing house and the arrest of Sophia and others.Since that incident happened, An E moved to hide in the house of an aunt who lived in Yuan Street.My aunt's husband is an official of the Finance Department, and he is extremely hostile to the revolutionary movement.So she is very safe living there. ... After they talked about it, Hua Xili suddenly took An'e's hand and kissed it, uttering a confession of love.An E finally couldn't hold on anymore.She opened her arms and called softly, "Hua Xili, come here." Hua Xili hurried to her side and slowly knelt down on the ground.An'e caressed Hua Xili's hair, and whispered affectionately: "My beloved idiot." Shuying's heart beat even harder, and her face flushed slightly.She thought: Is there such a thing?This is no longer the description in the Western novels she often reads, but the real scene before her eyes.She felt that Hua Xili and An'e were a man and woman of flesh and blood, not the two characters played by Zhang Huiru and Chen Chi.The passionate scene performed by those two people shook her heart and opened her new horizons.She was a little scared, but also a little hopeful.She watches attentively the tragedy unfolding on the stage. The singing of the striking workers and the footsteps of the marching crowd sounded outside the window.An'e and Hua Xili went to the window to watch.An E said very happily: "...it looks really good. The many workers are very neat, walking forward slowly.I can see that they are all sincere..." But Hua Xili suddenly said urgently: "Didn't you hear the hooves of the horses over there? "An'e looked around calmly, and suddenly shouted in horror: "The horse soldiers loaded their bullets. "Then he said: 'Our people keep moving forward...they just sing.They sang forward.Not afraid of the guns of the horsemen.They keep moving forward. "At this time, the footsteps on the square outside the window were getting closer and closer. It was the footsteps of many people, but it was very neat, and there was a gloomy singing mixed in it. Auntie walked into the room with a bow and walked to the window. She and The singing started outside the window, and An'e and Hua Xili continued to sing along. The three of them were singing vigorously, when suddenly a row of gunshots rang out outside, so the singing stopped, and the sound of running and crying became one. People in the square The sound was very noisy, and there were people screaming "Help". Then there was another row of gunshots. Human voices and horseshoes rushed into the room in disorder. There was a commotion in the male guest's seat downstairs, and some people cursed viciously. "Sister Qin, what's the matter?" Shuying timidly leaned on Qin's shoulder, grabbed Qin's hand, and asked in a trembling low voice.There was a look of horror on her face. "Don't be afraid, this is acting," Qin tried her best to suppress her excitement and comforted Shuying kindly. "An'e...An'e." Hua Xili yelled in pain.In the middle of the shouts, several rows of gunshots rang out one after another.An E cried out in grief and anger: "We are too slow. We should work harder." The audience downstairs suddenly clapped their hands frantically. Hua Xili took An'e's hand and said distressedly: "I don't want to lose you..." Suddenly, the auntie ran into the room crying and said, "My God. Susha was stabbed by a bayonet." Susha was The nickname of the boy from before.Huaxili ran all over the house in a hurry, calling "Susha." Auntie went out again.An'e said annoyedly: "Everywhere is trouble." Then Hua Xili said frantically: "An'e, let's go. Let us run away.Quick, quick..." But the doorbell rang. Huaxili went to open the door, and brought in Gregor, the worker's uniform who came earlier. Gregor said at the door: "The time has come, it's our turn."It has to be...the streets are full of blood now. How many people died is still unknown. ... Definitely, the day after tomorrow. Hua Xili replied, "It must be the day after tomorrow." "Gregor said again: "There are two roads in Yuan Street and Gong Street. "Hua Xili replied straightforwardly," I'm going to Yuan Street. "Well, everything is ready," said Gregor. "He shook hands with Hua Xili and walked out quietly. Hua Xili stood alone in front of the door for a long time. An'e walked over and asked, "What's the matter?" "Hua Xili replied that it was nothing serious. An'e half-pushed him to the front of the couch, and they sat down side by side. An'e suddenly asked in surprise," Hua Xili.Why are you fighting? "Hua Xili leaned against An'e and said wearily, "Let my head rest on you..." An'e said, "I'll rock you to sleep." "Hua Xili said in a daze, "It only takes a moment. "An'e stopped it softly:" Don't make any noise, shut up. "The audience in the whole theater was watching the stage attentively, staring dumbly and listening to every move and every word of those two people. They wanted to know what happened. However, the curtain closed slowly, covering everything So the applause like firecrackers resounded all over the theater. "Sister Qin, I'm about to cry," Shuying smiled at Qin with tears in her eyes. "Me too, this scene is so moving," Qin wiped her eyes with a handkerchief, "it makes people feel like it's real." "I never dreamed of such a thing before," Shuying said excitedly. "I now know that there are such things and people in the world." "You used to be locked at home all day, so naturally you don't know what's going on outside. If you come out more often in the future, your world will be bigger and bigger." It's going to get bigger," Jean explained cheerfully. "I really don't understand: the same people, why foreign women can do those things freely, but Chinese women are treated as gifts or birds... sent out... locked up? We can't even be in control of our own affairs, we can only watch others send us into the fire pit..." Shuying said distressedly, but she still suppressed her resentment as much as possible, not letting it be in her heart The voice leaked out. When Qin heard Shuying say such words, she felt that Shuying had gradually changed recently: she actually stuck her head out of her cage to visit the outside world; Shuying's wish to fly out of the cage is also one day It's getting hotter day by day.That's exactly what Jean wanted.It is like the growth of a flowering tree, from budding to branching, and now to buds—the gardener who waters and cultivates sees this situation naturally filled with joyful emotion.Qin may not have worked as a gardener, but she has watered a little on the roots, and she also loves the flower tree, and she is looking forward to seeing the beautiful flowers.So Shuying's words satisfied her, made her feel a burst of joy, and temporarily drove away the gloomy feeling and grief that the scene left her with.She took this opportunity to publicize to Shuying: "That's why the second cousin and the others want to attack the old ethics. Their Chinese teacher Wu Youling called the old ethics a cannibalism, which is indeed good. I don't know how many women the old ethics have eaten Sister Mei, sister-in-law, Mingfeng, we all saw it with our own eyes. And Sister Hui, she walked the same path... But now there are also many Chinese women who have risen up to rebel against fate and the old ethics. They should at least be like foreign women. Xu Qianru recently wrote from Guangzhou saying: The number of female students who cut their hair off gradually increased. I also have a classmate——” When Qin said this, she suddenly noticed the curtain on the stage. Having already pulled it away, he shut his mouth and turned his attention to the third act of "The Youngest Night". Shuying was very excited.Qin's words naturally encouraged her.She agreed with Qin, and she also wanted to hear Qin's conclusion.But An'e's fate tugs at her heart.She refused to let go of that woman's every word and action, she wanted to see the end of An'e. The stage shows a rich family's drawing room, which is in the house of Anne's aunt Berbo.It's a peaceful and quiet place.There were three gentle-looking women sitting there, and there was a familiar An'e.But right here an earth-shattering event is about to happen.The audience in the theater seemed to be watching a volcano under the snow.The snow is slowly melting under the blowing of the spring breeze.Everyone is waiting for that terrible outbreak.The signs of an outbreak gradually appeared.Gentle women read the strikers' manifesto.Even the amiable middle-aged woman Bai Erbo also read out, "The time is almost the time, and it will no longer be the end. Since ancient times, the obstacles to the human way have been clarified from the beginning of a small fire, and then they will become a prairie fire, and then the light of the free world will be obtained." Such sentences, and received the books and newspapers deposited by the revolutionaries.But the confused bureaucrat, Berbo's husband, showed their stupidity and licentiousness.When only An'e and Bai Erbo were left in the living room, Hua Xili suddenly came.He was determined to strike the "blood clock", and now he came to ask his loved one to signal him.So the sad farewell...the struggle between love and duty...every word, every word of these two young people, twisted the hearts of the audience.Hua Xili said tragically: "I think about the word death, and I am not afraid at all. My hands are safe. I hope yours, as long as you are by my side, I seem to listen to your orders... You put a light on the window, this is a A secret signal, an order, that is farewell... freedom will finally rise with the sun tomorrow, if you hate me, you can't see it..." He resolutely left.An'e's mournful call can't keep him. I wish her mournful voice resounded through the hearts of every audience.The audience in the balcony wept along with the resolute woman, Shuying wiped her eyes frequently, and Qin also burst into tears. Then came the final climax.An'e lit the candle and put the candlestick in the window. She hesitated several times, and finally sent a signal of sacrifice to the person she loved and loved her with a superhuman will, letting him and the governor perish together. sad, crying.At last she forgot herself, and in a fit of ecstasy she yelled repeatedly like a warrior: "Go forward. Go forward." The curtain was hurriedly closed amidst the cry of "Go forward."The countless obsessed and maddened audience upstairs and downstairs only then knew that the whole play was over.The applause sounded like a rainstorm.The crowd applauded with emotion and nostalgia.The students downstairs first sat down to take pictures, and then stood up to take pictures. Their palms were all red, and they refused to leave. "This is a brave woman." Shuying was very excited and said this sentence tremblingly. "Let's go," Jane said hastily. "Not waiting for second brother?" Shuying asked with nostalgia. "He'll wait for us below, and greet us the sedan chair. He'll come to my house later," Qin replied excitedly.She was no less moved than Shuying. Her mind was filled with images of An'e, Hua Xili and others.