Chapter 27 Chapter Twenty Seven

The strings of the zither broke suddenly. It turned out that A-Zhen had already passed away. A-Bing hugged A-Zhen and was in pain. He hated why the sky was so cruel, and took away his wife who was in love with him... This day finally came, and A Bing was still sleeping when he heard firecrackers going off in the street and cheers were endless. "Little Japan has surrendered!" "Little Japan is going to go!" "China is saved!" Ah Bing sat up, put on his clothes and said, "Ah Zhen, don't get up, you are still sick, I'll go out and have a look."

A Bing touched the street happily. "A Bing, Japan has surrendered, and everyone is going to the streets to celebrate, let's go, I'll help you go." A Bing hurriedly said, "Uncle Wang, thank you." On the street, A Bing heard the sound of slogans. "Japan has surrendered, China has won!" "Little Japan is getting out of China." A Bing heard that the leader calling the slogan was Brother Li. He thought to himself, it seems that Brother Li is a Communist Party, just like Brother Yang Yin. A Bing was so excited that he also shouted slogans on the street.

Ah Bing returns home and tells Ah Zhen the good news. "Ah Zhen, Little Japan has really surrendered." Ah Zhen gasped and said, "That's great...that's great." On this day, the Taoist circle held a thank-you repentance at the Wuji Altar of Lei Zun Hall, and A Bing was invited to be the drummer.Sitting on the drummer's seat, A Bing lost his piano, so he had no choice but to beat the drums to celebrate the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. The old Taoist priest came over and said to A Bing, "That nasty Zhang Daohua has already escaped because of his close relationship with the Japanese. The Taoist temple is going to invite your elder brother Hua Boyang to be the Taoist leader. He has always been a Taoist, and he is honest and honest."

A Bing said: "Great, I miss my brother very much, I haven't been to his house for a long time." "You can see him later." At the beginning of the ceremony, Ah Bing's drumming shocked the surroundings, sometimes like thousands of soldiers and horses galloping on the battlefield, sometimes like immortals walking lightly beside the incense table, and finally ended with the majestic momentum of the rushing river and the churning sea. People responded with warm applause. On this day, it was snowing heavily, and A-Zhen was panting even more. A-Bing touched A-Zhen's forehead with his hand, ah!I have a high fever again.

"Ah Zhen, I'll take two more medicines on credit." "No... A Bing, it's useless. You'd better save some money. You'll have to live in the future." "No, A-Zhen, I will also treat your illness after selling the thatched hut." "Don't go yet...I'm afraid..." Ah Zhen passed out and started talking nonsense. A Bing stood beside him, worried. At night, Ah Bing waited at the head of the bed. He applied a cool towel to Ah Zhen's forehead, and Ah Zhen opened her eyes. Ah Zhen gasped and said, "A Bing, I'm afraid I can't do it."

Ah Bing squeezed Ah Zhen's hand and said heartbrokenly: "No, Ah Zhen, you can't leave me, I can't live without you..." "...A Bing...I...I don't want to leave you either, it's just...it's just that God wants...to take me in." "No, Jane, we were originally arranged by God, how could God have the heart to tear us apart!" Ah Zhen shook her head and said: "... God is going to accept me, A Bing... since I... the first time I heard... you playing the erhu... your piano sound has been integrated into my life... now... …Now……" Seeing that Ah Zhen was breathing heavily, Ah Bing hurriedly said, "Ah Zhen, rest for a while and talk about it later."

Ah Zhen gasped for a while, and said, "A Bing, I want to hear you play the piano... I know it will be the last time in my life." "Okay, I'll play it right away. The huqin was run over by a Japanese car. I'll play the pipa." He adjusted it, then sat on the head of the bed and played it. Suddenly, the beautiful sound of the qin was heard in the room.Echoed in the small tile house. Ah Zhen listened quietly, at this time she had entered a coma. In the haze, the sound of the piano brought her back to her childhood—— ...Big brother...help me...In that doomed childhood, the sound of the piano was like weeping.

... In Lei Zun Hall, leaning in the stove and listening to Taoist A Bing playing the piano, the sound of the piano is melodious and cheerful. ... hugging A Bing by the Taihu Lake, the sound of the piano is high-spirited and exciting. ... and A Bing depend on each other for life, and the sound of the piano whispers and echoes. ...Reluctant to leave A Bing, the sound of the piano is high and exciting. Suddenly, the sound of the piano stopped abruptly. Ah, the string is broken. Ah Bing turned his head and saw that Ah Zhen had died. "Ah Zhen..." Ah Bing hugged Ah Zhen's head and passed out.

Ah Bing threw himself on Ah Zhen and cried loudly. "God! Why are you doing this to me? Ah Zhen, why did you leave me?" "Ah Zhen! Let me go with you..." A Bing was about to hit the head of the bed as he said that, but was hugged tightly by the neighborhood aunt and dad who heard the sound. "A Bing, it's useless to cry when the lights go out when people die. I'll call a few people to bury him first." At this time, all the neighbors came, and everyone was very sympathetic. Some brought boards and some raised money. "A Bing, don't be sad, this board was originally intended to be a wooden bed, let's make a thin coffin for Ah Zhen!" Brother Li said.

Old man Wang's wife brought the cloth and said, "Make her a mourning dress, it's so pitiful, and let her ascend to heaven in new clothes!" "A Bing, don't think this little money is too little." Everyone helped to bury Ah Zhen. At night, Ah Bing sat in front of Ah Zhen's spirit, motionless, and the spirit lamp was flickering... He said in his heart: ...Ah Zhen, you said that you would live with me forever, but now, you left me and left.Ah Zhen, how can I live without you? A Bing's heart was twisted like a knife—— Ah Zhen, we are really dependent on each other for life and death. I remember the first time I saw you, I was shocked by the shout of "Big brother, help me". That's what happened to the little girl.

When I was blind and about to throw myself into the lake, it was you who hugged me tightly... Ah Zhen, without you, how could I, a blind person, live till now? Ah Zhen, fate has brought us together. For so many years, we can say that we have been inseparable from each other. Although we lived a life of hunger and fullness, we still survived tenaciously. During the day, you lead the way in front, and I follow behind with a bamboo pole. In the wind and rain, we share weal and woe, and endure hunger and cold together... In my most difficult time, Jane, it was you who helped me, accompanied me through the difficulties, and we finally came back alive. The Anti-Japanese War was won, we should have a good time for a few years, but you left before I let you have a good day, how can I not be heartbroken... Sometimes, I really make you wronged. Whenever I stand alone at the window and play "Huishan Erquan", you know that I miss Qin Mei again. Not only are you not jealous, you are not stopping me from playing this song, but Silently brought a stool to help me sit down, then silently stood aside and listened... When I cry, I hear you sniffing too. Azhen, I thank you for your love, this selfless love, I thank you for your understanding, I also know that my sister Qin and I are in a life-and-death relationship, and it is precisely because of my sister Qin that I have such a surging creative passion , I can't forget her.Ah Zhen, I have failed you so much, forgive me... Thinking of this, A Bing sobbed. Jane, remember?I once told you that Brother Yang Yin said that when Little Japan is driven away, Mao Zedong and the Communist Party will make us all live a better life.You said happily, that's great, then we must live to that day.But, before this day came, you left, Ah Zhen... Ah Bing burst into tears. Aju, who came to visit from the countryside, came over with a bowl of porridge and said, "Brother A Bing, don't be too sad. If you die and the lights go out, you won't be able to live if you cry. You haven't eaten for a day, so don't put it in your mouth." Your body is broken, come, have a bowl of porridge." A Bing shook his head and said, "I don't want to eat." Aju hurriedly said: "If you don't want to eat it, you have to drink this bowl of porridge. Your health is not good. If you continue like this, you will get sick. Come on, drink it quickly." A Bing had no choice but to pick up the bowl and drink the porridge. "Aju, Ah Zhen is gone, tell me how to live!" Aju choked up and said: "Then what should I do, I have to live!" "Brother A Bing, Xiaoxiang will stay and take care of you, and we will visit you often, and we will make it through." Twelve-year-old Xiaoxiang said: "Uncle Bing, I will take care of you." During the funeral, Hua Boyang gathered all the Taoist priests in the hall, and they played Taoist music to see A Zhen off. Hua Boyang helped A Bing to walk behind. Dozens of neighbors also came to see him off. Sorrows and music sounded in front, and A Bing walked away crying. People on the road sighed when they saw it. "Oh, how can Ah Bing live without Ah Zhen!" Ah Bing stood on Ah Zhen's grave and wept bitterly, and the mountain wind blew away his messy hair.Ah Zhen, why are you so cruel, you left me and left, telling me how to live on!When you were here, although we were very poor, we were close to each other, and we could barely make ends meet. In the future, what can I do!Ah Zhen, you and I have shared weal and woe for so many years, now without you, what should I do! ... Ah Zhen, let me go with you too! A Bing cried and ran towards the grave, but fortunately A Ju was quick-sighted and hugged him quickly.Aju cried: "Brother Ah Bing, you have to think about it. Although Ah Zhen is gone, there are still us, the people you saved, and everyone. Don't be too desperate." "A Bing, go home, it's getting late." "A Bing, the lamp goes out when you die, and you will never come back if you cry any more. You have to take care." A Bing was helped back by everyone. When Ah Bing returned home, the house was empty, and he was in so much pain that he threw himself on the bed and cried loudly: "Ah Zhen! Why are you so heartless, you left me and left, without you, I don't want to live anymore... " Cousin Hua Boyang tried his best to persuade him: "A Bing, you have to take care of yourself. If you die and the lamp goes out, crying is useless. What should you do if your body is broken by crying? When your sister-in-law gets better, let Xiaohua take care of you." , Xiaoxiang is too young." Xiaoyin also cried and said, "Uncle A Bing, I will take care of you. I can cook and do laundry." Ah Bing moved his brother and his wife's hands and said, "Thank you brother, thank you."