War Photographer's Notebook
Chapter 1192 Midnight Cannons
Chapter 1192 Midnight Cannons
While Wei Ran was sleeping soundly, the rest of the people in the Xu Love Letter Apartment were still busy.
In the kitchen, Mama Yang was busy baking pancakes with Jasmine's help.In the small courtyard, Tao Canhua was also arranged to carry the buckets of briquettes delivered yesterday one by one to the small open space between the back door of the kitchen and the boiler room for picking vegetables.
As for Cao Dumb, who has no sense of existence, he has already driven the car alone to nowhere when Wei Ran was taking a bath.
When it was dark and Wei Ran was called up by Yang's mother to have dinner, Cao Dumb also drove the car back to the Xuqingshu Apartment, then babbled for Wei Ran to help, moved out of the car and put a seal on it wooden chest.
These two wooden boxes are not heavy, but the seals on them are particularly interesting. On the white paper that firmly sealed the box mouth with paste, only the word "Cao" was written. Outside, there are bright red fingerprints one after another.
Obviously, Cao Dumb, who can't speak and can't read, might not be able to explain the origin of these two boxes even if he wanted to.
What's more, after he asked Wei Ran to help move the box into his room and push it under the bed, he immediately signaled him to leave and even locked the door, making it clear that he didn't want to explain the origin of the box.
After finishing dinner in silence, Mama Yang immediately called everyone to help, and moved all the hundreds of pancakes and more than 20 hot pots filled with cold whites into the basement.
"Before the lady left, she told me that if there was a fight, let us all hide in the basement."
Jasmine said while helping to cover the wooden refrigerator full of pancakes with a thick quilt, "Didn't the box say in the morning that the devils had already started attacking Beiping? I reckon they will go to Jinmen in the next two days." gone."
"Then do I still need to play the piano for that ghost?" Tao Canhua asked immediately.
"Look at it first"
Jasmine glanced at Wei Ran who was also helping to tie up the quilt, and replied while busy, "Of course there is no need to go if there is a fight."
"You put it that way, I don't know whether to look forward to the fight or not to fight." Tao Canhua muttered.
"Start taking turns on duty tonight"
Wei Ran said abruptly, "I took a nap in the afternoon. I'll be on the first shift later. You all should rest in the basement. It's cool and safe here. I'll watch on the first floor until midnight. , you can choose someone to replace me, now that Miss is not at home, my bodyguard can't afford to eat every day."
Hearing this, the rest of the people looked at each other, and the mute patted his shoulder, stretched out his hand to make a scissors hand, and then pointed to Tao Canhua, making a gesture of three.
In the end, he pointed to Mama Yang and Jasmine, and then pointed to the stage in the center of the basement, gesturing for a sleeping gesture.
"Let's just listen to Uncle Dumb's arrangement"
Wei Ran was the first to agree, "Mama Yang and Jasmine both stayed in the basement. I was on the first shift, Uncle Mute was on the second shift, and Canhua was on the last shift. Uncle Mute, is my understanding correct?"
Hearing this, Dumb Cao immediately nodded and gestured a thumbs up in agreement.
Seeing that Jasmine didn't object, Wei Ran walked upstairs without forgetting to say, "My first shift is on duty until 02:30".
"Everyone, go and take off your bedding." Jasmine greeted and followed Wei Ran.
After a little preparation, everyone except Wei Ran moved their bedding into the basement, and made a floor bedding on the small wooden stage.
That night, it was a rare thing that the above-ground part of the Xuqing Book Apartment was not lit. Wei Ran also hid in the shadow of the corner with a piece of red ginseng in his mouth, staring at the pocket watch in his hand, guarding the German-made watch. The radio, patiently boil time.
At two o'clock in the morning, when the clock in the hall on the first floor started to ring the time, Wei Ran also heard the clear sound of guns!
It's fighting!
Wei Ranteng sat up from the reclining chair, swallowed the red ginseng slices that were about to be chewed in his mouth, and then ran quickly to the storage room leading to the basement.
Almost when he opened the door of the storage room, he immediately saw the light coming from the basement, and when he stood at the stairs, he also saw Jasmine and the mute who were about to climb up.
"What?" Jasmine asked loudly while climbing up.
"The sound of cannons is starting." Wei Ran raised his finger and pointed in the direction, "It's coming from over there."
Hearing this, Jasmine immediately quickened her pace, "I'll go upstairs and make a phone call! Wei Ran, there is a telescope in Miss's study, you run up to see which direction the war is going on!"
Hearing this, Wei Ran immediately turned around, stepped on the stairs and ran up to the third floor.
However, he didn't go to the study to find some binoculars, but ran directly to the terrace, climbed up to the roof along a wooden ladder in front, and took out the binoculars from the metal book while lying on the roof.
Thanks to Jinmen in this era, there are not as many high-rise buildings and light pollution as in later generations, so it took no effort at all, and he found the direction of the firefight through the guidance of firelight and sound.
In the end, Wei Ran went downstairs as quickly as possible based on the little historical records he had, and found Jasmine on the second floor who was talking to a phone and a candle lamp.
"Where did the fight start?" Jasmine asked hastily, covering the microphone with her hands.
"Northwest direction, about the location of the Japanese Concession!"
Wei Ran stood at the stairs and yelled in response, "There is still a long distance to the north, probably across the Haihe River, I guess it is at the terminus."
Hearing this, Jasmine covered her mouth and the microphone with her hands and repeated the words, then hurriedly asked, "Where is the direction of the university? Is there anything going on there?"
"I didn't see a fire there just now, I'll go and see it again!"
As Wei Ran spoke, he immediately ran up to the third floor, stepped on the ladder and climbed up to the roof, took out the binoculars again and looked in the direction of Nankai University, and at the same time secretly guessed who the person was talking to Jasmine on the phone.
After some searching, he ran down again and shouted, "It's okay to go to the university!"
Hearing this, Jasmine immediately responded to the phone, then hung up the phone and said, "Go outside the courtyard and see how the situation is on the street!"
Knowing that the other party was trying to distract him, Wei Ran decisively turned around and went downstairs to check the situation.
At the same time, Jasmine also immediately replaced the original phone line with the phone in her hand, and vigorously shook the generator handle to make a call to Xiao Su's mother.
When Wei Ran ran to the gate of the small courtyard, he found that Dumb Cao was already looking out with a box cannon that he didn't know where it came from.
Also looking at the street outside and the wise neighbors who didn't turn on the lights, Wei Ran took out a cigarette case from his pocket, took out a piece of red ginseng and handed it to Dumb Cao, "Take it and eat it, it's refreshing. "
Hearing this, Cao Dumb took the red ginseng slices handed over by Wei Ran and smelled them before throwing them into his mouth.
Seeing that the gate of the courtyard was guarded by Mute Cao, Wei Ran waited for a while before going back. When he entered the gate, he found that Mama Yang and Tao Canhua had also come up. A kitchen knife, while Tao Canhua nervously held a jujube wood rolling pin that was more than one meter long.
"Let's go to the basement"
Wei Ran urged, "You won't be able to help when you come up, and we probably won't be able to help you either, so go down quickly."
"In case there is a devil coming, at least I can block it." Tao Canhua also clenched the rolling pin in his hand even tighter as he spoke.
"Don't worry, this is the British Concession, devils would not dare to come in easily." Wei Ran comforted him a little helplessly.
He was helpless with the useless rolling pin in Tao Canhua's hand and the small pistol in his hand that was not much stronger than the rolling pin, and he was also helpless that in this land of China, he needed the protection of the British.
"Wei Ran is right, Mama Yang, go and hide below first. You are a man, Canhua, so you have to stay."
While speaking, Jasmine also came down from upstairs, looked at Wei Ran and asked, "How is the situation?"
"There is no movement outside, and neither are the neighbors around." Wei Ran took out his pocket watch and glanced at it while speaking. At this time, almost 10 minutes had passed since the fight started.
"Mother Yang, you go to the basement first." Jasmine urged, and took the kitchen knife from the other party's hand by the way.
"Ugh!"
Yang Ma sighed, nodded worriedly, and walked into the storage room step by step.
When only Wei Ran, Jasmine, and Tao Canhua were left in the room, Jasmine placed the candle lamp she was carrying on the table, sighed and said, "Canhua, it seems that you don't have to play the piano for Mr. Ueda tomorrow."
"Are we going to help?" Tao Canhua asked, holding the rolling pin in his hand, "Go and help beat devils."
"Just by you?" Jasmine snorted, "Or with the rolling pin in your hand?"
Hearing this, Tao Canhua lowered his head and clenched his fists at the same time, even his already thin body was trembling uncontrollably.
Sighing lightly, Jasmine looked at the candle lights on the table and muttered to herself, "Just wait for the news, even if we want to do something now, we can't help at all."
"Play a few tunes and listen to it." Wei Ran said abruptly, "Canhua, play a few tunes and listen to it, such as Guangling San or something."
"Brother Wei Ran, don't."
"At least it makes everyone less nervous, doesn't it?" Wei Ran looked at the other party and asked, "And it can also make you less nervous."
Hearing this, Tao Canhua was stunned for a moment, then nodded heavily, put down the rolling pin in his hand, got up and walked into the room, took out a guqin, and played Guangling San "on demand" by Wei Ran.
However, before the song ended, the roar of motorcycles came from outside the yard.Perhaps disturbed by the noise, one of the strings of the guqin in Tao Canhua's hand broke with a "boom".
For a moment, Tao Canhua's mood that had just calmed down, and even the atmosphere in the hall lit by a single candle, became tense again.
Soon, the motorcycle roared from far to near, and finally stopped at the gate of the small courtyard. The dazzling lights even penetrated into the room through the half-covered door.
Seeing this, Wei Ran immediately ran out with a gun in his hand.Immediately afterwards, he heard the man on the motorcycle shout in the night, "Don't shoot, it's me, the manager of Deutsche Matheson. Volker! I mean no harm, I'm here to borrow a car!"
"Why did Mr. Volker come to borrow the car at this time?" Jasmine asked loudly while catching up.
"I know that Miss Meixiang is not here, so why don't you lend me the car?" While Walker was speaking, a man in a black Chinese tunic got off the motorcycle he was driving.
The man leaned over to the door of the locked iron gate and whispered, "It's me, Guan Bingwen, Sister Jasmine, I want to borrow the car and Uncle Mute and Brother Wei."
"What are you going to do?" Jasmine leaned closer and asked in a low voice.
"Wounded transport, of course wounded transport! There has already been a fight in the Japanese Concession, and many people have been injured on our side."
Guan Bingwen said anxiously, "We need a driver who can drive and enough cars. Feng first asked me to rent two cars from Volker, and I want to borrow another one from Miss Meixiang. In addition, I need two drivers, so... "
"Come in first!"
While speaking, Jasmine gestured to Mute Cao, who immediately opened the locked courtyard door.
"Wei Ran, you take Walker and Xiao Guan in for a sit-down first, and I'll call Xiao Su's mother for instructions." As Jasmine said, she quickly ran up to the second floor.
"Please come in"
While Wei Ran led the two of them to go in, he still didn't forget to pick up his watch to check the time. At this time, there were only three or four minutes left before 02:30.
(End of this chapter)
While Wei Ran was sleeping soundly, the rest of the people in the Xu Love Letter Apartment were still busy.
In the kitchen, Mama Yang was busy baking pancakes with Jasmine's help.In the small courtyard, Tao Canhua was also arranged to carry the buckets of briquettes delivered yesterday one by one to the small open space between the back door of the kitchen and the boiler room for picking vegetables.
As for Cao Dumb, who has no sense of existence, he has already driven the car alone to nowhere when Wei Ran was taking a bath.
When it was dark and Wei Ran was called up by Yang's mother to have dinner, Cao Dumb also drove the car back to the Xuqingshu Apartment, then babbled for Wei Ran to help, moved out of the car and put a seal on it wooden chest.
These two wooden boxes are not heavy, but the seals on them are particularly interesting. On the white paper that firmly sealed the box mouth with paste, only the word "Cao" was written. Outside, there are bright red fingerprints one after another.
Obviously, Cao Dumb, who can't speak and can't read, might not be able to explain the origin of these two boxes even if he wanted to.
What's more, after he asked Wei Ran to help move the box into his room and push it under the bed, he immediately signaled him to leave and even locked the door, making it clear that he didn't want to explain the origin of the box.
After finishing dinner in silence, Mama Yang immediately called everyone to help, and moved all the hundreds of pancakes and more than 20 hot pots filled with cold whites into the basement.
"Before the lady left, she told me that if there was a fight, let us all hide in the basement."
Jasmine said while helping to cover the wooden refrigerator full of pancakes with a thick quilt, "Didn't the box say in the morning that the devils had already started attacking Beiping? I reckon they will go to Jinmen in the next two days." gone."
"Then do I still need to play the piano for that ghost?" Tao Canhua asked immediately.
"Look at it first"
Jasmine glanced at Wei Ran who was also helping to tie up the quilt, and replied while busy, "Of course there is no need to go if there is a fight."
"You put it that way, I don't know whether to look forward to the fight or not to fight." Tao Canhua muttered.
"Start taking turns on duty tonight"
Wei Ran said abruptly, "I took a nap in the afternoon. I'll be on the first shift later. You all should rest in the basement. It's cool and safe here. I'll watch on the first floor until midnight. , you can choose someone to replace me, now that Miss is not at home, my bodyguard can't afford to eat every day."
Hearing this, the rest of the people looked at each other, and the mute patted his shoulder, stretched out his hand to make a scissors hand, and then pointed to Tao Canhua, making a gesture of three.
In the end, he pointed to Mama Yang and Jasmine, and then pointed to the stage in the center of the basement, gesturing for a sleeping gesture.
"Let's just listen to Uncle Dumb's arrangement"
Wei Ran was the first to agree, "Mama Yang and Jasmine both stayed in the basement. I was on the first shift, Uncle Mute was on the second shift, and Canhua was on the last shift. Uncle Mute, is my understanding correct?"
Hearing this, Dumb Cao immediately nodded and gestured a thumbs up in agreement.
Seeing that Jasmine didn't object, Wei Ran walked upstairs without forgetting to say, "My first shift is on duty until 02:30".
"Everyone, go and take off your bedding." Jasmine greeted and followed Wei Ran.
After a little preparation, everyone except Wei Ran moved their bedding into the basement, and made a floor bedding on the small wooden stage.
That night, it was a rare thing that the above-ground part of the Xuqing Book Apartment was not lit. Wei Ran also hid in the shadow of the corner with a piece of red ginseng in his mouth, staring at the pocket watch in his hand, guarding the German-made watch. The radio, patiently boil time.
At two o'clock in the morning, when the clock in the hall on the first floor started to ring the time, Wei Ran also heard the clear sound of guns!
It's fighting!
Wei Ranteng sat up from the reclining chair, swallowed the red ginseng slices that were about to be chewed in his mouth, and then ran quickly to the storage room leading to the basement.
Almost when he opened the door of the storage room, he immediately saw the light coming from the basement, and when he stood at the stairs, he also saw Jasmine and the mute who were about to climb up.
"What?" Jasmine asked loudly while climbing up.
"The sound of cannons is starting." Wei Ran raised his finger and pointed in the direction, "It's coming from over there."
Hearing this, Jasmine immediately quickened her pace, "I'll go upstairs and make a phone call! Wei Ran, there is a telescope in Miss's study, you run up to see which direction the war is going on!"
Hearing this, Wei Ran immediately turned around, stepped on the stairs and ran up to the third floor.
However, he didn't go to the study to find some binoculars, but ran directly to the terrace, climbed up to the roof along a wooden ladder in front, and took out the binoculars from the metal book while lying on the roof.
Thanks to Jinmen in this era, there are not as many high-rise buildings and light pollution as in later generations, so it took no effort at all, and he found the direction of the firefight through the guidance of firelight and sound.
In the end, Wei Ran went downstairs as quickly as possible based on the little historical records he had, and found Jasmine on the second floor who was talking to a phone and a candle lamp.
"Where did the fight start?" Jasmine asked hastily, covering the microphone with her hands.
"Northwest direction, about the location of the Japanese Concession!"
Wei Ran stood at the stairs and yelled in response, "There is still a long distance to the north, probably across the Haihe River, I guess it is at the terminus."
Hearing this, Jasmine covered her mouth and the microphone with her hands and repeated the words, then hurriedly asked, "Where is the direction of the university? Is there anything going on there?"
"I didn't see a fire there just now, I'll go and see it again!"
As Wei Ran spoke, he immediately ran up to the third floor, stepped on the ladder and climbed up to the roof, took out the binoculars again and looked in the direction of Nankai University, and at the same time secretly guessed who the person was talking to Jasmine on the phone.
After some searching, he ran down again and shouted, "It's okay to go to the university!"
Hearing this, Jasmine immediately responded to the phone, then hung up the phone and said, "Go outside the courtyard and see how the situation is on the street!"
Knowing that the other party was trying to distract him, Wei Ran decisively turned around and went downstairs to check the situation.
At the same time, Jasmine also immediately replaced the original phone line with the phone in her hand, and vigorously shook the generator handle to make a call to Xiao Su's mother.
When Wei Ran ran to the gate of the small courtyard, he found that Dumb Cao was already looking out with a box cannon that he didn't know where it came from.
Also looking at the street outside and the wise neighbors who didn't turn on the lights, Wei Ran took out a cigarette case from his pocket, took out a piece of red ginseng and handed it to Dumb Cao, "Take it and eat it, it's refreshing. "
Hearing this, Cao Dumb took the red ginseng slices handed over by Wei Ran and smelled them before throwing them into his mouth.
Seeing that the gate of the courtyard was guarded by Mute Cao, Wei Ran waited for a while before going back. When he entered the gate, he found that Mama Yang and Tao Canhua had also come up. A kitchen knife, while Tao Canhua nervously held a jujube wood rolling pin that was more than one meter long.
"Let's go to the basement"
Wei Ran urged, "You won't be able to help when you come up, and we probably won't be able to help you either, so go down quickly."
"In case there is a devil coming, at least I can block it." Tao Canhua also clenched the rolling pin in his hand even tighter as he spoke.
"Don't worry, this is the British Concession, devils would not dare to come in easily." Wei Ran comforted him a little helplessly.
He was helpless with the useless rolling pin in Tao Canhua's hand and the small pistol in his hand that was not much stronger than the rolling pin, and he was also helpless that in this land of China, he needed the protection of the British.
"Wei Ran is right, Mama Yang, go and hide below first. You are a man, Canhua, so you have to stay."
While speaking, Jasmine also came down from upstairs, looked at Wei Ran and asked, "How is the situation?"
"There is no movement outside, and neither are the neighbors around." Wei Ran took out his pocket watch and glanced at it while speaking. At this time, almost 10 minutes had passed since the fight started.
"Mother Yang, you go to the basement first." Jasmine urged, and took the kitchen knife from the other party's hand by the way.
"Ugh!"
Yang Ma sighed, nodded worriedly, and walked into the storage room step by step.
When only Wei Ran, Jasmine, and Tao Canhua were left in the room, Jasmine placed the candle lamp she was carrying on the table, sighed and said, "Canhua, it seems that you don't have to play the piano for Mr. Ueda tomorrow."
"Are we going to help?" Tao Canhua asked, holding the rolling pin in his hand, "Go and help beat devils."
"Just by you?" Jasmine snorted, "Or with the rolling pin in your hand?"
Hearing this, Tao Canhua lowered his head and clenched his fists at the same time, even his already thin body was trembling uncontrollably.
Sighing lightly, Jasmine looked at the candle lights on the table and muttered to herself, "Just wait for the news, even if we want to do something now, we can't help at all."
"Play a few tunes and listen to it." Wei Ran said abruptly, "Canhua, play a few tunes and listen to it, such as Guangling San or something."
"Brother Wei Ran, don't."
"At least it makes everyone less nervous, doesn't it?" Wei Ran looked at the other party and asked, "And it can also make you less nervous."
Hearing this, Tao Canhua was stunned for a moment, then nodded heavily, put down the rolling pin in his hand, got up and walked into the room, took out a guqin, and played Guangling San "on demand" by Wei Ran.
However, before the song ended, the roar of motorcycles came from outside the yard.Perhaps disturbed by the noise, one of the strings of the guqin in Tao Canhua's hand broke with a "boom".
For a moment, Tao Canhua's mood that had just calmed down, and even the atmosphere in the hall lit by a single candle, became tense again.
Soon, the motorcycle roared from far to near, and finally stopped at the gate of the small courtyard. The dazzling lights even penetrated into the room through the half-covered door.
Seeing this, Wei Ran immediately ran out with a gun in his hand.Immediately afterwards, he heard the man on the motorcycle shout in the night, "Don't shoot, it's me, the manager of Deutsche Matheson. Volker! I mean no harm, I'm here to borrow a car!"
"Why did Mr. Volker come to borrow the car at this time?" Jasmine asked loudly while catching up.
"I know that Miss Meixiang is not here, so why don't you lend me the car?" While Walker was speaking, a man in a black Chinese tunic got off the motorcycle he was driving.
The man leaned over to the door of the locked iron gate and whispered, "It's me, Guan Bingwen, Sister Jasmine, I want to borrow the car and Uncle Mute and Brother Wei."
"What are you going to do?" Jasmine leaned closer and asked in a low voice.
"Wounded transport, of course wounded transport! There has already been a fight in the Japanese Concession, and many people have been injured on our side."
Guan Bingwen said anxiously, "We need a driver who can drive and enough cars. Feng first asked me to rent two cars from Volker, and I want to borrow another one from Miss Meixiang. In addition, I need two drivers, so... "
"Come in first!"
While speaking, Jasmine gestured to Mute Cao, who immediately opened the locked courtyard door.
"Wei Ran, you take Walker and Xiao Guan in for a sit-down first, and I'll call Xiao Su's mother for instructions." As Jasmine said, she quickly ran up to the second floor.
"Please come in"
While Wei Ran led the two of them to go in, he still didn't forget to pick up his watch to check the time. At this time, there were only three or four minutes left before 02:30.
(End of this chapter)
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