Chapter 23 Chapter Twenty-Three

One night, when A Bing came back from playing, the city gate could not be closed, so A Bing played the huqin, and the Japanese soldiers guarding the city were so moved to open the city gate... A Bing refused to play for the Japanese officer Ono's birthday, and Ono was furious.A Bing was expelled from Wuxi again... One day, Ah Bing was playing the piano in front of the teahouse to publicize. Yang Yin and Zhang Ming called him in a hurry and said, "A Bing, something serious happened, come with us to the train station to promote it." So Ah Zhen helped Ah Bing follow They go. It turned out that the anti-Japanese movement organized by students across the country, the train on which Shanghai students who went to Nanjing to petition were knocked over by Japanese armored vehicles in Wuxi, and hundreds of people were injured.

A Bing was supported by A Zhen to play "Yellow River" for the injured students at the station.The passionate music made the wounded students on the stretchers sit up and listen. At the end of the song, the students applauded desperately, and some shouted slogans: "Compatriots, rise up to fight against Japan and save the country!" "Not to be a subjugated slave!" "Get rid of the Japanese devils!" A Bing participated in the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Congress organized by Yang Yin and Zhang Ming, and held the meeting in A Bing's dilapidated house.

Yang Yin said: "Wuxi is about to fall, and Zhang Ming and I are about to transfer to the countryside of Taihu Lake to organize anti-Japanese guerrillas. You, A Bing, must insist on anti-Japanese propaganda in the city." Wuxi fell. Ah Zhen walked down the street with Ah Bing by her arm. Ah Zhen said, "Ah Bing, there are Japanese plaster flags everywhere, and Japanese soldiers everywhere." A Bing said: "I have already felt that the iron hoofs of the Japanese devils are everywhere." "Shh, keep your voice down." Ah Zhen reminded him. When they came to the teahouse, it was deserted, no one dared to drink tea and chat.

A Bing put the piano away, and after playing for a while, someone said, "Blind man, come with us." "Where are you going? I'm not going." "If you don't go, you have to go." "What are you doing? Arresting people?" "It's you who got caught." "What law have I broken?" "When you arrive, you will know." A Bing was arrested and taken to the police station of the Japanese and puppet army. The leader said, "Blind man, where are those two communists?" "I don't know what the Communist Party is, I don't know."

"You don't know? Call me!" A Bing was beaten violently. "Why are you beating people?!" Ah Zhen cried. "Listen, you two, if you dare to communicate with Communists again, you will be locked up, do you hear me? Get lost!" After A Bing and A Zhen were released from the Japanese and puppet army police, they returned home only to find that the lock had been broken and the house had been searched. Ah Zhen scolded: "Damn it, you turned our house into a mess." A Bing scolded: "Puppet soldiers, are they still Chinese?!" One night, when Ah Bing came back from playing outside the city, the city gate was closed and it was snowing again. Both Ah Bing and Ah Zhen became snowmen, so Ah Bing played the huqin. The Japanese soldiers in the city thought of their home far in the east, so they opened the city gate for A Bing: "Hey, player of the violin, let's enter the city!"

A Bing and A Zhen went into the city with the help of them. The next day, Japanese military officer Ono found out, so he called the Japanese military officer who was guarding the city, prepared to punish him, and interrogated him: "Why did you open the city gate in violation of discipline?" The Japanese soldier said: "Sir, I have never heard such a sad piece of music. It reminded me of my home far away in the East, and my elderly parents. We all shed tears when we heard it, so we couldn't help opening it to him." I have entered the city gate... Punish me, I am willing to be punished!"

When Ono heard this, he was very surprised, so he pardoned the officer, and then ordered someone to arrest A Bing. A Bing was playing in front of the teahouse when suddenly some Japanese soldiers came and wanted to take him away. "Hey, Bing, the blind man, come with us," said the interpreter. "No." "take away." Two Japanese soldiers stepped forward and took A Bing away. It turned out that it was Ono's birthday, and A Bing was asked to play for him. A Bing heard Japanese music playing in the living room, as well as some women's voices. A Bing turned around and was about to leave. He refused to play for him. Ono was furious and said, "If you don't play for me, he will be kicked out of Wuxi."

Ono's subordinate came over and asked sharply, "Are you willing to play for the commander?" A Bing raised his head and ignored him. "Get out too!" Two days later, Feng Bing came to fight A Bing, but A Bing shook his head and said, "I'll go by myself!" With his head held high and eyes wide open, Ah Bing strode out with Ah Zhen. One day, A Bing was performing on the bridge, and the mayor was ordered by Xiao Ye not to allow him to perform on the street, saying: "Blind A Bing, go home, the imperial army will not allow you to perform on the street, or you will be arrested. "

"Why don't you let me perform in the street?" "Let's go! Let's go!" The mayor pushed him and told him to leave quickly.A Bing lost his livelihood and was forced to leave Wuxi. A Bing followed A Zhen and left home, "The Chinese have no way out." A Bing cursed angrily. "Slow down, A-Bing." A-Zhen reminded him. So, Ah Bing carried a pipa on his back and a huqin in his hand, and Ah Zhen carried her luggage on her back. The two of them walked to the countryside one after the other, pulled by bamboo poles. Ah Bing said, "Ah Zhen, how will you live in the future!"

Ah Zhen comforted: "Bingge, there is no unparalleled road, and we can still sing in the countryside." A Bing said sadly: "The country people have no money to give." "It's money to satisfy one's hunger!" "That's right, it's money to feed a piece of cake...Anyway, no matter what, I'm going to pull down my beloved huqin."