Several times in dreams

Chapter 57
Hu Zhenjiang fidgeted in the cellar, he didn't expect to be trapped in the holy city.

He even wanted to do nothing but rush into the Japanese barracks and kill Meng Wanyun as well. As for whether he would be caught or not, he didn't care anymore, at least he could complete the task satisfactorily.

But he still has another task waiting for him to complete, how could he act impulsively!

Hu Zhenjiang sat down again, and he warned himself to calm down and find a way to get out calmly.

Meng Wanying was also anxious, and Wen Jun complained during dinner: "I really don't know when this day will be the end! The Japanese devils burn, kill and loot all day long. If one day they get red-hot, we have nowhere to hide!"

Jiang glanced at him and wanted to say something, seeing that the little fellows were all there, but it was hard to say, so he swallowed the words abruptly.

Chen Wenlan is almost 20 years old, very few people come to propose marriage, even if there are, most of them are crooked, she absolutely despises, and the important life-long events will be delayed.

Fortunately, she didn't care that much, she was originally withdrawn by nature, and locked herself in her room every day to read picture books or help Jiang with some needlework.

In fact, Chen Wenlan hates needlework, and doesn't like reading and reading newspapers. Although Chen Zhizhou taught her to write and write poetry before, she can only write her own name and know some commonly used characters.

Even so, Chen Wenlan confidently believes that sooner or later she will be a person who can do great things.

The family is in decline, although eating and drinking is not enough to worry about, but the two young masters of the Chen family no longer look like young masters.

Due to the lack of discipline, the 16-year-old Wen Jing is already the king of fighters in the western part of the city, regardless of the big and the young, the half-grown children in the west of the city have never met Wen Jing.

Naturally, a group of younger brothers followed behind him, and every time he went out on the street, the momentum was stronger than that of Little Japan!

All the girls who kept to themselves avoided him, but Zheng Xizi from Anshun Hutong chased him every day.

Zheng Xizi was not pretty, with a wide face, flat nose and single eyelids, and curly hair. According to legend, when her father ran a caravan in the early years, he married a woman from the Western Regions in the west and gave birth to Zheng Xizi.

When he came back, he only brought back the child. As for the woman, no one dared to mention it, and Lao Zheng never married again.

Zheng Xizi inherited the boldness of women from the Western Regions. She likes Wen Jing. Wen Jing's body shape follows Jiang's. He is tall and thin, with a high nose and deep eyes.

As for the youngest, Wenxiu, she was originally quiet and cowardly, plus one ear was not working well, she was obsessed with carpentry last year, and practiced at home every day out of control.

He even proposed to become an apprentice, but Jiang gave him a lesson with a feather duster, and that was the end of it.

But when he was free, he went outside the crippled carpenter's house, stealing skills through the crack of the door, making people dumbfounded.

In order not to let him go out and make people lose face, Jiang bought him all kinds of furniture and tools to be a carpenter, not to mention that Wenxiu is really talented, she is only 12 years old, and she can make things with style.

The small stools at home are all made by him. They are not only strong but also delicate, but sometimes they are too devoted to making them, and they always hurt themselves.

The Baiyao used by Hu Zhenjiang last time was left over from his wound treatment.

At any rate, after dinner, when the ancestors returned to their room, Jiang called Wanying and Wen Jun into his room.

Jiang closed the door tightly, like a thief, and whispered: "I can't tell at the dinner table just now, but don't worry, there is a secret road in our cellar, leading to the farm outside the city."

"What? Mother, you didn't say it earlier!"

"Before you were young, I was afraid that you would make trouble. Besides, even if you hide in the farm, you can't hide from the Japanese! You two just need to know about this matter."

"Speaking of this secret way, it was when I first came to the Chen family. At that time, all kinds of armies were fighting in chaos, and the world was in chaos. Three of your five sisters were not married, and there were many female relatives in the family. The soldiers were in chaos. So I found someone to dig this secret passage, leading to the farm outside the city."

"It's five or six miles from our house to the farm. How can this secret road be so long?"

Chen Wenjun said in surprise.

"Isn't it? It turns out that there is a door, and the door is a secret passage. Your father added a lock. I didn't expect that one year, your fifth sister was naughty and stole the key and entered the secret passage. There was a fork in the secret passage, and the fifth child was lost." It's inside."

"Then what happened next?" Meng Wanying asked anxiously.

"Fortunately, my wife found out in time. Your father took two servants in and found the fifth child. Afterwards, the world was stable. Your father was afraid that you little ones would go in and make trouble again, so he sealed the door with mud."

"Mother-in-law! If there is an urgent need now, if you dig up the mud, can you still take the secret path?"

Meng Wanying is most concerned about this issue now.

"Should be fine, I've never walked through that secret passage, I've heard what my wife said."

Meng Wanying and Wen Jun glanced at each other, and said a few more words with their mother, before it was too late, they hurried back to prepare to knock on the door.

After it was completely dark, Meng Wanying and Wen Jun came to the cellar with a shovel and a hammer.

When delivering dinner just now, they told Hu Zhenjiang the good news.

While waiting for the dark time, Hu Zhenjiang excitedly knocked in the cellar and finally found the door.

Without further ado, let's do it now.

Wanying was holding the lantern, while Hu Zhenjiang and Chen Wenjun kept their voices to a minimum as much as possible, and they slowly shoveled away the layer of mud stuck on the door.

A wooden door suddenly appeared in front of him.

It hadn't been touched for more than ten years. It seemed that the lock was completely rusted, and the key could not be found at hand.

Hu Zhenjiang told the two to back off, raised the hammer and knocked the lock off.

"Go back and find another lock, lock it again, and seal the door with mud."

Hu Zhenjiang guides Wanying Wenjun.

Hu Zhenjiang opened the door, and a gust of wind blew from the secret passage, "There is wind! It means that this tunnel is open!"

"My mother said, there is a fork in the road, you have to be careful, don't go wrong! The exit is outside the farm outside my city, five miles away, above a drainage ditch. There are a lot of weeds in this season, so it's very hidden!" Wen Jun instructed with.

"Don't worry, brother!" Hu Zhenjiang said again and again gratefully.

"You two can't decide who is older!" Meng Wanying smiled with her lips pursed.

"Let's talk about the big and small in another day, big things matter!" Wen Jun was still sober.

Hu Zhenjiang stepped into the secret passage step by step, turned around and said, "Sister-in-law, please take care of me, my mother!"

"Do not worry!"

The young couple found a new lock and locked the door as it was, mixed some mud and sealed the door. Wen Jun was sweating profusely. It was late at night when they returned to the room, and they slept until noon.

Besides, Hu Zhenjiang, with years of actual combat experience, carried a lantern, weaved through the narrow and secret passages, and found the exit within half an hour.

He extinguished the lantern ahead of time, touched the pistol in his waist, brushed aside the weeds, and listened to the movement outside for a while.

In the tunnel, he looked at his pocket watch. It was just after ten o'clock in the evening. The fighting has been fierce recently, and the city gates in the distance have long been closed. Apart from the Chen family farm in front of him, there are several other houses nearby. They all went to bed early, and the surroundings were pitch black. .

After confirming that there was no danger, Hu Zhenjiang slowly got out of the tunnel above the drainage ditch.

He looked around, saw nothing, and quickly passed through the grove and disappeared into the vast field.

(End of this chapter)