Chapter 9 Marble (excerpt)-6

Just in time, a policeman came over, waving a stick in his hand, and shouted at the same time: "Go back..." Hearing this, Ma Bole got out of the car. Although he got off the car, his legs were still numb and he couldn't walk, so Ma Bole hit his knee with his fist. After three or five times, he still didn't feel better. But the cart puller just stared, stomped and yelled for money. Ma Bole thought, you poor ghosts, why don't I give you money? After the numbness in his legs subsided a little bit, he gave the car fare according to the cent. The coachman had already taken the money, pulled the cart a couple of feet away and was still cursing: "Plague, plague!"

Ma Bole's original happiness has now lost seven or eight points. One has numb legs, the other is a fucking Chinese, and the one who pulls a rickshaw is so powerful. Especially when he saw the rickshaw driver standing in the distance still stamping his feet and cursing, he really wished that he would become a foreigner immediately and kick him a few times. He thought, the Chinese must be ruled by foreigners. Foreigners kicked him for no reason, but he didn't dare to make a sound. The Chinese paid the money a little late. Look at how fierce he is. Ma Bole angrily went to the platform to take a look, and there were already a lot of people on the platform.There is no distinction between men, women, and children. No matter what the box or cage is wrapped, they are all stubbornly entrenched there like a big rock on a barren hill.If those who go later want to find a gap, I'm afraid they won't be able to.

Marble looked desperate at first glance. "At that time, what can we do!" He closed his eyes, and as soon as he closed his eyes, it seemed that tens of thousands of people rushed up, stepped on the head of his son David, and squeezed Joseph's stomach, and the youngest daughter, Jacob, was already unconscious. where to go. What he feels desperate is not the present, but the future.That is to say, it is not that his box and package cannot fit on the station; nor does it mean that his whole family will not be able to get on the train; What he was desperate for was at the Songjiang Bridge.

Songjiang Bridge is the only way for trains from Shanghai to Nanjing.That bridge was blown up by Japanese planes shortly after "August 13th".And not once, but several times.I heard that the bombing was terrible, it couldn't be more miserable, it seems to be worse than the thousands of deaths on the vast front line every day.Newspapers made articles every day, and attached photos of people who were injured or killed by Japanese bombs.Next to it is written a description: Miserable! Now when Ma Bole sees so many people on the station, he feels his brain rushing to the top. He looks like it's over at the first glance, and he said:

"What will we do then!" Although Ma Bole has come to the platform now, he is still far away from the Songjiang Bridge.But when he calculated the distance, he did not use the distance, but the time.In terms of time, the Vatican King crossed the Songjiang Bridge in Shanghai only in the middle of the night. Ma Bole thought, although this is not the Songjiang Bridge, but as soon as he got on the train, the Songjiang Bridge was right in front of him!So now isn't it equivalent to standing on the Songjiang Bridge? The more he thought about it, the more dangerous he was, and he was about to suffer disaster, as if he knew in advance that the Japanese planes would come to bomb him as soon as he got to the Songjiang Bridge, as if the Japanese planes were going to bomb him specifically.

The Songjiang Bridge was dark, since it was bombed, trains could no longer go through the bridge, because the bridge had been bombed. The train from Shanghai stopped when it reached the Songjiang Bridge, and the people fleeing on the train had to go to the bridge in the dark at midnight. Japanese planes sometimes bombed at night, and bombed at night. , the situation is even worse, thousands and hundreds of people were bombed crying. The train from Shanghai to Songjiang Bridge is afraid of being bombed by the plane, so it runs at night, and it is midnight when it arrives, and there is no moon.

With the moon, Japanese planes must be bombed. When those hundreds of people crossed the bridge, it was you who yelled at me, which was shocking. "Mom, I'm here!" "Father, I'm here!" "Brother, go this way!" "Sister, hold on to my clothes!" The Songjiang Bridge is one or two miles long, under the dark bridge, there is a flood of bright white water under the bridge.There is no moon in the sky, only stars shining.Those who helped the old and the young to cross the bridge were all yelling and holding hands, afraid of falling into the river or getting separated.But the slabs of the Songjiang Bridge are only narrow, and if one person walks alone on it, he will fall into the river if he is not careful.So the whole family had to walk separately, some walked fast, some walked slowly, so they got separated and couldn't see in the dark night, so they had to greet each other for fear of losing contact.

As soon as the train from Shanghai arrived at the Songjiang Bridge, people who rummaged through boxes and chests got out of the dark carriages. Those who slept on the train, and those who were sound asleep, are now full of energy. "Songjiang Bridge is here, here it is!" People shouted together: "Hurry up! Hurry up!" I don't know why, except for the old, the weak and the children, the rest are alive and well, each showing their own special abilities. They can walk as fast as they can, and those who can run will run forward. If they can trample others down, they themselves Therefore, they will run to the front, and they will ignore their conscience, trample others down, and run to the front by themselves.

Some of these refugees are healthy like mad cows and horses, and some are old and weak like snails. Those who are healthy, regardless of the world, bark their teeth and claws, rampaging.Old people, because their hands and feet were too clumsy, were squeezed under the bridge and drowned.Children were sometimes pushed under bridges and drowned. So the legend of the Songjiang Bridge is so terrifying, it is like a critical moment of life and death. Therefore, the passers-by on the Songjiang Bridge shouted loudly every night, and the loud voices were mixed with crying and crying.That kind of crying sound was not easy to cry, but like being pressed by a pressure plate. The sound seemed to be squeezed out of a small box, as if it came out after suffering infinite oppression.That voice is heavy.The power is very great, as if thousands of people are playing a musical instrument.The cries and shouts were earth-shattering. It seemed that those people were at a critical moment of life and death.Those who are as strong as mad cows and horses are born to run ahead.Old and weak women should naturally be squeezed out of the river.Because they are old and weak, or crying women or children, it is inevitable that they will walk a little slower because of their clumsiness.It doesn't matter if they are weak, if they walk too slowly, the most important thing is to hold back those who are healthy, so that the excellent ones cannot move forward like the wind and arrows.Only this point, if you don't push forward, what should you do?

So strong men rushed across the river like the wind and arrows; the old and weak or children, who had no power to resist, were squeezed out of the river. The philosophy of superiority and inferiority can only be proved correct and fully concrete at Songjiang Bridge. At the same time, those who have crossed the bridge seem to have studied the philosophy of superiority and inferiority. Those who passed the bridge first got on the train and got seats. Old man, no matter you are a newborn baby, treat him like a loser. The women and children walked up to the carriages in high spirits, without a place to sit or stand, with a baby in their arms, a burden on their backs, and tears and sweat on their faces.

Those winners who have already snatched their seats are doing well there, and it seems that his future is already happy.For the woman who came up later with the baby, none of them stood up and gave up their seats, and none of them gave this woman a look of pity. They all sat there in a domineering manner, as if they were saying, "Who made you inferior?" Most of the people standing in the carriages were women holding children and bent-over elderly people, while those who were sitting were mostly young and vigorous. Why are the young and the strong sitting, and the old and weak women standing?This is not what is the winner? The winners sat row by row in the carriage and looked at the side of the loser.Very calm, as if he was saying in his heart: "Who made you old!" "Who made you a woman!" "Who made you hold this child!" "Who made you not run fast!" Ma Bole stood on the platform, the more he thought about it, the more afraid he became, and the more he thought about the stakes, the more he felt the stakes became more personal, so he couldn't stop, and the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't stop. If it wasn't for the Japanese planes already in the sky, he wouldn't move as if he was nailed there.Little Jage called: "Dad, Dad..." He ignores her. David cried: "Daddy, Daddy, I'm hungry. I want to buy some tea and eggs." He said: "Go aside, you hate it." Joseph was running around on the platform, kicking someone's baggage, pulling out someone's child's hair, and had already gotten into a fight with him there.Mrs. Marble said: "Go over there and bring Joseph back, that kid is too disrespectful...he got into a fight with him." After the wife finished speaking, she looked at her husband, who was still motionless. The wife's temper is also very big, and it is getting dark soon, when will the train come.There is no shadow yet.Isn't there a lot of things that are going to be crushed?The wife was also full of displeasure. Seeing her husband's unmoving state, she really pissed him off. She ran to Joseph and beat Joseph to tears, and took the child by one arm. Drag back. That Joseph is a little hero, and his education since he was a child is to hit people when he meets people, but it cannot be said with certainty. "Military officer" is not allowed, but after all, he never instructed him as soon as he saw someone: "Go and fight, you go and fight." So his grandfather often said: A person's temperament is born, and those who are easy to beat people are Naturally, those who are easy to be beaten are also born.So Joseph's disposition was also innate. Joseph's grandfather often said: "Mountains and rivers are easy to change, but nature is the most difficult to change."Therefore, his grandfather never removed Joseph's aggressive nature, because he knew that it could not be removed. Joseph grew up in Qingdao and has never left Qingdao.When he was in Qingdao, when he encountered something, he would kick it if he wanted to, and he would hit it if he wanted to. For a good small tree, if he said it would be pulled down, he would pull it up.He was studying in kindergarten, and his little classmate had a good nose. He said it would be broken, so he broke it. He held a knife in his hand, and he scratched whatever he encountered. Made a big cut. Jesus is the most believed religion in Marble’s family. There are holy images hanging inside and outside the house. Usually, those holy images are not dared to be touched. People kneel at the feet of the holy images when praying, but Joseph’s mother At the foot of Jesus, Joseph made a big cut on the holy image five miles away. Joseph was a child who grew up in Qingdao.I have never left Qingdao, but today I came to Fanwangdu Station in Shanghai in order to escape. Unexpectedly, when he was on the platform, his mother wanted to move his disposition, but Joseph was born with a disposition to hit people, how could he "remove" him?So he wailed, kicked and beat him, and smashed his mother's watch Meng Zi. Mother held him with two hands, and he kicked around with both hands and feet.Because it is his nature to beat others, he must beat to the end if he wants to beat, his mother dare not let go at all, once she let go, he will run back and go to beat again. I don't know how long it has been, the sun has already set. The wife had coaxed Joseph well, and came to see Ma Bole, who was still standing there motionless. My wife just wanted to say: "There are nails under your feet! You don't move..." Before my wife could say anything, a plane came from the sky, and the person on the platform yelled, saying: "No, Japanese plane!" So the thousand or eight hundred people at the station fled east and west. Ma Bole's wife panicked and called David and Joseph again. When she looked up, Ma Bole who was standing motionless had long since disappeared. The wife shouted: "Paul! Paul..." (Paul is the name of a person in the Bible, because he is anti-religious, and the name Bole was changed by himself.) When it came time for Ma Bole to run for his life, he just ran for his life. He couldn't remember anything, he couldn't see anything, he couldn't hear anything. Because he stood there thinking about the bombing of the Songjiang Bridge for too long, his mind became dizzy, and he could no longer tell where he was.He could no longer remember his wife, his David, and his Joseph... There was only one Japanese plane circling in the sky, without dropping any bombs, it circled in a wide circle and flew away. After the plane left, the wife took the three children and found a place with Ma Bole.At first glance, Ma Bole's face was covered in mud. The wife asked him what happened?Unexpectedly, he still didn't say a word, and stood there again, as if nailing nails, and dreamed with his eyes open again. The wife, who is very impatient, asked him: "Don't you want to leave today?" He doesn't answer. Ask him, "What are you thinking?" He doesn't answer. Ask him: "Do you have a headache?" Ask him, "Have you lost something?" Ask him, "Do you want to buy anything?" He didn't answer anything.My wife really can't guess this time.Originally, there was one last move, but this opportunity is a bit inappropriate. Does he still want money now?Usually when Ma Bole was sad, she would know that he was out of money again.Does he still want money now?Didn't she even hand over her family passbook to him? Just then, the train came.Marble shouted: "Go!" So his whole family attacked the train, needless to say, Marble was in the lead, followed by his wife and children. This kind of attack is obviously not acceptable. Although Ma Bole may have prepared a lot earlier, the wife is simply inexperienced. In fact, it is no wonder that the wife is pulling David and Joseph, and Jacob is still holding him. , how can you get on the train in this state?Moreover, there is no room for space. It only takes a second to squeeze the children and adults apart.The wife only held Jacob in her arms, and David and Joseph didn't know where they were.There was no other way, so the wife had no choice but to back down, and while she was backing, she shouted: "Joseph, Joseph..." After a lot of work, my mother found David and Joseph.Both children burst into tears. David has a weak personality since he was a child, and he would cry when he lost a piece of candy.But Joseph was a hero, and he had never been bullied before, but what happened this time, four tears flowed from both eyes, and two hung from the corner of one big eye. Joseph said, "Go home!" My mother felt sad after hearing this: "I have pity on my little hero..." So mother put down Jager, and pulled up the skirt to wipe Joseph's tears. Before the tears were wiped clean, Jager, who had just stood on the ground, was knocked down. The child was so pitiful, with his legs on his back, as if a caterpillar had fallen over. If it wasn't for her mother to hug her quickly If she got up, maybe someone later would step on her with the sole of her shoe. There was no way, the mother took the two children and retreated far away to make way for the person who snatched the train. But those who are moving forward are so ferocious. When everyone is moving forward in unison, it is not easy for you to retreat alone, because you step back three or two steps, and others push you up again. By the time Mrs. Marbler withdrew from the crowd, the train was about to leave. Mrs. Ma Bole wore two pearls on her ears all the year round. Those two pearls were the size of small soybeans and were inlaid with gold. They were worn on her ears when she got married.When Ma Bole was short of money, he and his wife wanted to pawn this pair of beads. The wife thought that she had nothing left. The gold bracelet was sold, and a dozen or so gold rings were pawned off. The diamond ring It's okay, she has made up her mind to say what she wants to say, and she can't give it to you.Now I touched my ear, and it was gone. "Paul, Paul, I lost my pearl..." She robbed the train for so long, only caring for her three children.After she finished shouting, she remembered, Ma Bole, she hadn't seen him for a long time. She knew Ma Bole's temper. When it came to a critical moment, he would find the safest place to stay by himself. The Yellow River swelled that time, and Ma Bole was still young at that time, and when he went to a small county with his father, he encountered this flood.Everyone was soaked in the water, except Ma Bole, who climbed to the top of the chimney by himself and sat there riding on the mouth of the chimney.The pots and stoves were all flooded, and people had nothing to eat, except Ma Bole, who hung the steamed buns around his neck with a string. The lady immediately remembered the story.Then he thought about a lot, for example, when Jage was sick, he was afraid to ask him to go to the doctor, so he said that he had a friend from somewhere, and he had to go to see his friend.I went overnight after seeing it.For example, when he bought watermelon at home, he picked the best one and took it to his study.He said it was to make a model, and he wanted to make a plaster cast.He said he was told to do that at school.In the evening, he cut up the watermelon and ate it. He said that it is not enough to just look at the appearance, but also to look at the content. When the wife thought of this, the more she thought about it, the angrier she became. If he wanted to go, he could go by himself. The wife and three children sat on their own boxes, and they had several boxes, a wire basket, and luggage, a lot of things, but nothing was lost. The wife thought, this is really a time of fleeing, everyone is just running for their lives, and no one wants the things here, I always think this way in my heart, but I am also very afraid, if these things were snatched by people just now, where would they go? Go find it?The whole winter's clothes in this box, children's and adults' clothes are all in it! When she thought of this, her heart suddenly started beating, because there was still a platinum dart hammer in that small suitcase!Isn't that in the wallet!Isn't that old wallet in that little box! Ma Bole didn't know about this matter, it was prepared by his wife for himself. When it came to an emergency, she took out the platinum dart hammer and sold it. Wouldn't it still be used as travel expenses to return to Qingdao? From this point of view, the wife was not very single-minded and not thorough in accompanying him to escape, and it seemed that he did not have to escape, because once she got started, she would have something to carry. Qingdao has real estate to live in, real estate to eat, escape, where to escape?But it’s all about running away, so let’s follow along!Anyway, when you don't want to escape, why don't you just run back?Anyway, the door over there was open. But the wife's heart was still beating, one was tired from robbing the train, the other was that Ma Bole made her angry, and the third was that the platinum dart hammer was almost lost, which scared her. Mrs Marlborough did not look into the carriage till the train left, she did not want to look, because she could do as she liked!Shanghai and Hankou are not all the same.Finally she thought: Qingdao is the same. But when the road policeman blew his whistle, he raised his head unconsciously, as if there was something on the train that she was worried about. It happened that Ma Bole was standing outside the door of the carriage.He yelled and yelled and swung his arms.As if someone had caught him on the train and was about to take him away, his eyes were red, and he shouted, "Come on, why don't you get on..." At this time the train has moved forward. He kept yelling until the train was already rumbling its wheels and starting to go faster, and then he jumped out of the car. It was very dangerous, and almost dropped his front teeth. When he jumped, he thought: touch the ground with your toes, not your heels.When he jumped, he completely forgot again.When he got up from the ground, he only felt that he was no longer on the train, because the train left him and ran forward rumblingly.As for how he got off the running train, what method he used to get off, whether he touched the ground with his heel first or with his toe first, he had no idea. When Ma Bole stood up from the cement platform, stroked the unlucky shoulder that was heavily loaded and hit the ground first, and walked step by step towards the side where his wife was sitting, there was nothing on that side. No sound, and absolutely no sign. The madam lowered her head, showing that she didn't even see Ma Bole's fact that he almost didn't lose his arm.But Joseph was very happy, standing on the lid of the box, jumping and clapping his hands and shouting hello to his father. Ma Bole walked to the side of his wife, and the wife didn't say anything else, she raised her head and said, "Find me ear pliers!" So Ma Bole was surprised, he wasn't afraid of losing the ear pliers, in fact, he might not have heard what his wife told him to look for.But why did the wife lose her temper?This really made him a little confused. Could it be that the wife is going back to Qingdao?Could it be that the wife is unwilling to flee?This time it was bad. Marble thought: "It's over." This time it's over, once it's over!Although I haven't reached the Songjiang Bridge yet, who would have thought that this is even more powerful than the Songjiang Bridge!Because he saw that in this world, without money, wouldn't it mean that a person's soul was taken away? So Marble stood there again unable to move a step.He thought how to do this!There was nothing he could do. The second train came, but my wife was not so angry and didn't intend to go back to Qingdao. The train was far away, so my wife told me, "Paul, look at the box, I'll go back to Qingdao." The child is in the car, and I will get things later..." As the wife spoke, she casually picked up the small suitcase with the platinum dart hammer hidden there. Marble said: "Carry it for me!" When Marble heard that his wife was going to board the train, for some reason, he felt a burst of intense gratitude. This kind of gratitude almost made him shed tears.His heart was sour, his wife was finally a good person, so he became very enthusiastic, and he insisted on carrying the small box containing the platinum dart hammer. Mrs. said: "Let me carry it!" Ma Bole didn't know the reason, but rushed to say: "Look at you... you have several children with you, and you haven't lost the box yet. Let me carry it." Ma Bole was very enthusiastic and sincere to help, so Ma Bole reached out and snatched the box. As soon as he grabbed it, his wife quickly grabbed it again.Mrs. said: "Let me take it!" Ma Bole's enthusiasm was really irrepressible, he said: "Is there gold in there? You have to carry it yourself." So Marble snatched the box again. Mrs. said: "Hate!" In the end, the wife snatched the box over, and carried the box to the side of the train track. "Fucking Chinese, don't know how to flatter." Ma Bole didn't say these words, he just thought about it in his heart and swallowed it. After a while, the train came. At first, Ma Bole and the others also robbed violently for a while; later, seeing that there was really no other way, they stopped robbing.Because they brought too many suitcases and luggage, and the child was too small, not to mention that the wife did not cooperate very well with Ma Bole.The wife only cared about the small suitcase that Ma Bole didn't think was very valuable, and Ma Bole made him pessimistic and desperate for a while.It was a sickness, and the wife did not understand him at all.When it came to an emergency, he would stand still and never talk about discussing things. Everyone should find a way. So if things get messed up, they know they won't be able to grab it, so they won't grab it anymore. But he didn't grab it, and for some reason, Jager was squeezed by the crowd, squeezed on top of people's heads, and let them go on the train. The train is about to start, the train is exhaling, the white The breath may be white smoke, and it is puffing out, like a runner kicking his legs in advance when he is about to finish.Not only this, but the road police are also blowing their whistles, and the train will start to move in a blink of an eye.This train has to run, if it doesn't run in a few minutes, it will be paralyzed and crushed by people, because the people pushing up from the windows and doors are as big as ants. many. The wheels of the train turned slowly three or two times at first, then four or five more rapidly.Those people who are holding on to the train and refuse to let go can’t think about it now. Some of them are holding the handle of the train and their legs are running on the ground. It's also the reason why I only hold on to something and refuse to let it go.Some even climbed onto the roof of the train, where it was much more spacious and the air was so good that the ticket inspectors might not go up there to check the tickets.But after all, there are a lot of timid people. The top is round and long, and they are not sure. Most people dare not go up, so there are only a few people sitting on it. None of the above is terrible, but what is terrible is that the one whose head is in the car window and whose feet are outside the car window cannot get in or get out, and the most terrible thing is that the feet are in the window. Li's head is outside the car window, because it is top-heavy, it will fall out from time to time. When the wife saw the scene, she cried out: "My Jager..." And the train moved faster and faster. Ma Bole ran outside the car window, while Jager was crying inside the car window.As soon as Ma Bole stretched out his hand, he was about to grab Jager's arm, but he didn't grab it. He stretched out his hand again, just about to grab Jager's hair, but it fell off. At the end, Ma Bole followed the train for more than 50 feet before finally getting Jager down. When Jager pulled down from the car window, she was scared like a little rabbit. She didn't make noise or cry, and her mother held her in her arms, and she sat motionless like a little fool. in his arms. Mom said: "Yage, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, come home with mother to eat and wear a jacket... come..." The mother stroked the child's hair and called the child's soul. Jacques was motionless, neither affectionate nor frightened.Mother was so moved by this quiet attitude that she immediately shed big tears on Jager's hair. It took a while for my mother to remember that in times of great distress, she should pray to Jesus. How could she be called a soul?Those who are called souls are polytheists.Didn’t the church members speak when they preached?There is only one God, there is no second. So Marble's wife prayed to Jesus over the child's head for a while: "My Lord Jesus, be kind to my Jager, do not frighten my Jager, my Jager is the most frank child, my Jager..." She couldn't go on praying, she felt that there was nothing to say, and she thought it would be better to use the old Chinese method of calling out the soul.But since you believe in the teachings of Jesus, you have to follow the rules of Jesus.Otherwise, people will see the joke. She still wanted to say a few words of prayer, but when she looked up, no one looked at her.And this is not at home, with the mother-in-law watching, and not praying is afraid that the mother-in-law is unhappy, which has something to do with the future inheritance.It's not at home now, so let's forget it casually. So she stopped praying, and she discussed with Ma Bole to get the rickshaw back to the hotel.If you want to catch the train, come back tomorrow, because both trains have already passed. When they got into the rickshaw, they realized that a big box was missing. Marble said: "I seem to have seen it. People are being pushed on, and they are going on the train..." The wife said: "You still say it! Didn't you throw it into the car? Didn't you say that throwing up one counts as one, and throwing one more counts as one... I don't know where you have such energy. When I heard about fleeing, my eyes turned red..." Jager was rescued, and the big box was taken away by the train alone. Marble and his family all returned to the hotel. Once in the hotel, the aunt first opened the small box to see if the platinum whoring hammer is always in good condition?Then he took out An's ointment from his pocket.Jager's ear was cut, David's nose was bleeding a little, and Joseph's knee was scraped by a piece of skin the size of a steamed bun, so they were wiped with ointment when they were too old. After wiping everything, he said to Ma Bole: "Paul, won't you rub some on?" She held up the ointment in her hand. Although Ma Bole's arm was bruised, he didn't use ointment, because he never believed in medicine, and he would smoke cigarettes when he was sick.He said that with the money for the medicine, it would be better to take it.He replied to his wife: "No, I don't need it, you go ahead." As he said that, he called a teahouse with a big belly, took a basin of water, washed his face, and went outside to buy cigarettes. When I bought cigarettes, I sat at the table and smoked.While smoking a cigarette, he was smiling all over his face, and the corner of his mouth was slightly tilted to the right. He was very happy, because their Jage was not snatched by the train at last, and Jage was finally rescued. Although his purpose of getting on the train was not to rescue Jager, but to get on the train, but in the end, after a lot of hardships, the train couldn't get off if he wanted to.So it's not just getting on the train, but getting off the train.Wouldn't it be a blessing if you could get down there?Otherwise, where will I take little Jage! Ma Bole felt that although there was no result on this day, he felt very fulfilled.When he was going to bed, he also said: "Labor is the happiest thing ever. No wonder some people advocated the sanctity of labor..." So he patted his chest, stretched his arms, kicked his legs, and went to bed and fell asleep, but his wife didn't quite understand what he meant. Chapter two The next day, Ma Bole and the others prepared for the whole day, and the preparation for this day was not without success. Except for the five members of their family who were still independent, the rest were brought with them.Because they really have experience, if they have more children, they will lose them, but little Jager almost didn't lose them, let alone things? So the big thermos bottle and the small thermos bottle were originally in the net basket, but now they are hung on each person's body respectively. Ma Bole hangs a big one, and David hangs a small one.The military water bottle should have been hung on the body of Joseph, the second son of Marble, but Jacob refused to allow it. Jacob cried tears all over his face, and finally fought to hang it on his body. Mom said: "Look, when you arrive at the station, when the train rushes you away, even the water bottle ran away with you." Marble also said: "When you get to the Songjiang Bridge, it's different, Yage. At that time, you won't even be able to find your mother. Why are you still carrying a water bottle?" But how could little Jager be obedient, and he ran around the ground like a duckling carrying a water bottle on his back Then they carried apples, eggs, and military bags. David and Joseph each had a flashlight on their shoulders.According to Ma Bole, you must bring this with you. When you arrive at the Songjiang Bridge, it will be dark and the daughter will not be able to find her mother, nor will her father be able to find her son. If you have a flashlight, you can illuminate it. Otherwise, the children will be scattered. If so, then what to do. All this was Marble's idea.Ma Bole even sewed a big back pocket for himself. The back pocket was sewn with a cot, and when Maberle was sewing, the wife rushed to sew it for him.He didn't use it in every possible way, he said, as long as one is a person, everything should be done, let alone what year it is. The wife saw that he was struggling to sew, so she rushed to sew for him. He waved his hands and said: "No, no, maybe I will go to Japan in the future! Let me learn a little bit now." Now the back pocket has already been sewn, it looks like the schoolbag used for studying in elementary school, but it is bigger than the schoolbag, because it is white, and it looks like the big newspaper pocket carried by the newspaper boy. It contained toothbrushes, soap, a change of shirts, etc... and a box of balm. Ma Bole didn't believe in any medicine, but he didn't object to this panacea oil. It wasn't that he proved how effective this oil was, but he felt that although this oil didn't cure diseases, it was still cheap (ten cents per box).Anything that is cheap is worth it, not to mention that it can't be cured, but it can't be cured, so Ma Bole's panacea is always on hand. There is also bread and butter in the backpack, and this bread and butter is for each person, which is also Marble's idea.He said that if the Songjiang Bridge was lost or scattered, or if anyone didn't get on the train, he would eat at the Songjiang Bridge. In addition to making a backpack, there was still a piece of the canvas that he dismantled the cot, and Marble used the remaining piece to sew a small backpack for Joseph. After a while, Joseph also put on a backpack, which also contained bread and butter. Marble got each child dressed.Like an army, fully armed, hot water bottles, flashlights, everyone is on a leash.Naturally, Ma Bole was the captain, and Ma Bole led him to walk around the hotel floor twice. Marble called this behavior a drill, saying: "Everything that has not been tested is just fantasy. What is fantasy, fantasy is not practical. You can do other things without practice. This is crossing the silted river bridge and nothing else. Your life is at stake." Seeing his wife's indifference to his behavior, Ma Bole made theoretical publicity. In the evening, Ma Bole practiced again alone. He tried his own strength, so he carried a military bag on his back and a big bag he made himself on his shoulder. Only these two things cost no less than fifty heavy.Added the flashlight, added the hot water bottle, and he was carrying the big suitcase in which he held his own suit. As soon as he lifted the box, Ma Bole's face was covered with beads of sweat, red from his neck to his ears, as if he had been hit by a jackhammer. 太太看他有点吃力，就说： “你放下吧，你放下吧。” 他不但没有放下，那正在吃饭还没有吃完的雅格，他从后边也把她抱了起来。He said: “这大箱子不能丢，里边是我的西装；这干粮袋不能丢，里边是粮食；这雅格不能丢，雅格是小宝贝。” 马伯乐很坚强的，到底带着二百多斤在地板上走了两三圈。他一边走着，他一边说： “这就是淞江桥呵，这就是淞江桥。” 到了第二天早晨，马伯乐又要演习，因为这一天又要上火车去了。 不大一会，他那二百多斤又都上身了，马伯乐累得红头胀脸的，可是小雅格却笑微微地坐在爸爸的胳膊上。小雅格说： “这就是淞江桥吗？” 马伯乐故意用脚跺着地板。这旅馆的小楼是个旧房子，颤抖抖的地板在脚下抖着。Marble said: “这就是淞江桥……” 雅格的声音是很响亮的，可是马伯乐的声音却呜呜的，好像要上不来气了。 在临出发之前，马伯乐对于他的三个孩子挨着个问： "What's your name?" “我叫大卫。” Marble said: “你要说马大卫。” “我叫马大卫。” 又问第二个： "What's your name?" “我叫马约瑟。” 又问雅格： "What's your name?" “我叫小雅格。” Marble said: “什么小雅格，你说你叫马雅格。” 这都是昨天就已经演习过的了。马伯乐为的是到了淞江桥怕把孩子们挤丢了，若万一挤丢了也好让他们自己报个名姓。不料今天又都说得七三八四的，于是马伯乐又接着问下去： “你父亲叫什么名字？” “叫马伯乐，”大卫说。 又问第二个： “你父亲叫什么名字？” “叫马伯乐。”约瑟咬着指甲。 又问第三个： “你的父亲叫什么名字？” “我的父亲叫叫叫保罗马伯乐……” 小雅格一边说着，一边把那挂在约瑟身上的军用水瓶的瓶盖拧下来了。 马伯乐又问她： “你父亲叫什么名字？什么名字？” 小雅格说： “我父亲要过淞江桥……约瑟，约瑟偷我的鸡蛋啦……” 于是雅格就追了过去，约瑟就踢了雅格，他们两个打了起来。 等把约瑟压服下来，马伯乐又从头问起，第一个又问的是大卫。 “你家在什么地方？” “我家在青岛。”大卫说。 又问约瑟和雅格，都说家在青岛。这一次很顺利地就问完了。 问完了之后，又从头轮流着问起，这一回问的是顶重要的，问他们的门牌号数，问他们所住的街道。 这一回笑话可就多了，大卫说他住的是“观象路”，约瑟说他住的是，“一路”。马伯乐几次三番地告诉说那是“现象一路”，可是他们都记不住。尤其是小雅格，她简直是什么也不知道了，一问她，她就顺口乱说，她说： “那不是咱家后山上不是有一个观象台吗？那观象台到八月十五还可以看月亮呢，可没有带约瑟……约瑟，是不是妈没有带你？” Joseph said: “你说谎，妈没有带你……” 雅格说， "You are lying." 约瑟把挂着手电简的那根小麻绳从身上脱下来，套到雅格的脖子上，从背后就把雅格给拉倒了。 只有大卫规规矩矩地让马伯乐盘问着，其余的两个已经不听指挥了，已经乱七八糟闹了起来了。 结果到底没有弄清楚就到了火车站上去了。 这一次来到了火车站，可比第一次带劲多了。上一次，那简直是啰里啰嗦的，一看上去那就是失败的征兆。什么箱子、瓶子的，一点准备没有，而这一次则完全机械化了起来了，也可以说每个人都全部武装了。什么干粮袋，热水瓶，手电筒，应有尽有，而且是每人一份，绝不彼此依靠，而都是独立的。 雅格有雅格的手电筒，约瑟有约瑟的手电筒，而大卫也有一个。假若走在那淞江桥上就是彼此拆了帮，而那也不要紧，也都会各自地照着手电筒过桥的。 马伯乐他们这次上火车，上的也比较顺利。这大概是因为他们已经有了训练，有了组织的了，上了火车，他们也还没有拆散，依然是一个精锐的部队。比方约瑟的军用水瓶的瓶盖，虽然被挤掉了，但是他会用手按着那软木塞，使那软木塞终究没有掉下来，因此那热水也还是在水瓶里，而不会流出来。 虽然约瑟的手电筒自动就开了，就发亮了，但经马伯乐的一番修理，也就好了。