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Chapter 992: Nanyang’s Tyranny (Second update, please subscribe)
When the world was in turmoil and changes, and when Britain was entangled with France in planning to hold a meeting to implement "international control" of the canal, the tensions in the world seemed to have nothing to do with the people of Nanyang, who continued to enjoy their peaceful lives as usual.

Bright sunshine, white sandy beaches and bustling metropolises...

Through the movies, all of this seems to have become the symbol of Nanyang. In fact, what better represents Nanyang are the factories. The contiguous industrial areas and the residential communities dotted between the factories are the foundation of Nanyang.

Within a radius of about one kilometer centered on the community, there must be a nursery, kindergarten, primary school, library and community clinic.

People worked in those factories, lived in communities with complete facilities, raised their children, and the schools their children went to were very close to their homes and they could walk to school by themselves... People in Nanyang have long been accustomed to such a life.

In the early morning, when she opened the window, the laughter of children came into her ears. A slight smile flashed across Lin Weiyin's face, and her smile was still as elegant as before. She looked out the window at the children who were queuing at the platform, waiting for the school bus to arrive. There was an unconcealable joy flashing between Lin Weiyin's brows.

Looking at his smiling wife standing by the window, Liang Sicheng felt that everything was perfect.

Ten years ago, when he received the invitation from Nanyang, he hesitated. Nanyang... he had never been there before, but he could not refuse the conditions offered by the other party - Nanyang had a specific drug for treating tuberculosis, namely streptomycin. It had not been on the market at that time, but experiments had proved that it was a specific drug for treating tuberculosis.

Faced with the only hope of saving his wife, despite being extremely reluctant to leave Tangshan, he still brought his wife and children to Nanyang. At the beginning, his original intention of coming to Nanyang was just to help his wife treat her illness. With the help of special medicine, his wife, who had been suffering from tuberculosis for many years, gradually recovered. Liang Sicheng, who taught at the Department of Architecture of Nanyang University, also integrated into the construction of Nanyang.

In the past ten years, every achievement here has made him more at home here. I don't know when, in his heart and in his words, "Nanyang" has become "our place".

In fact, it was not just him, but also Qian Zhongshu next door. Sometimes, life is full of coincidences. When their two families were in Peking, they were neighbors. They never thought that they would become neighbors again after going to Southeast Asia.

However, neither of their families keeps cats now, because there is corresponding legislation in Nanyang for keeping pets such as cats and dogs, and the law has extremely strict requirements on it. Not only do they need to bear additional taxes, but they also need to undertake certain community health services - because community health services are borne by the taxes paid by everyone, so the services enjoyed are also the same. If someone keeps a pet, it will inevitably increase the burden on social health, so in order to ensure fairness, people who keep pets need to bear the corresponding community health services to ensure social fairness.

It is also because of this that almost no one in Nanyang keeps pets - because not only does it cost money, but more importantly, it requires taking on corresponding social responsibilities!

"Watching the kids again?"

Walking to his wife's side, Liang Sicheng gently put his arms around her waist and said.

"Well, look at those kids..."

Lin Weiyin said.

"The smiles on their faces can always make people forget their worries. Do you remember when Pengfei was in Kunming, he said that his biggest dream was to become a teacher, because the children's smiles..."

Lin Weiyin's voice became more and more depressed. Ye Pengfei was her "younger brother". During the Anti-Japanese War, their family evacuated to the rear area. When they arrived in Huang County, she suffered from acute pneumonia and had a high fever of 40 degrees. There were refugees everywhere in the area. In order to find a place to stay, their family walked through several streets and alleys, but could not find a bed.

When they were at their wits' end, eight young men in air force cadet uniforms came to their aid and cleared out a room for them, giving them a place to stay.

The following year, they arrived in Kunming. The eight air force students they met in Huangxian also came to Kunming, so they often came to Liang's house to play. Later, her younger brother Lin Heng also entered the Air Force School, and the friendship between those students and her husband and wife became closer. They regarded her husband and wife as brothers and sisters. When they graduated from the Air Force School, because they had no relatives in Kunming, they attended the graduation ceremony as their "honorary parents" and gave speeches.

According to the custom, each of them had to leave the contact address of their relatives before going to the battlefield, in case of any need after death. Because most of their families were in enemy-occupied areas, it was inconvenient to contact them, and they had no relatives in the rear, so they also left the address of the Liang family.

Then, they began to receive death notices and their personal belongings from the army again and again. Every time they received the belongings, Lin Weiyin, as the "honorary parent", held them in her hands and cried, her heart "exploded into a hole", and Ye Pengfei was one of the eight brothers.

"Pengfei and the others would definitely be very happy if they saw these children..."

When talking about his younger brothers, Liang Sicheng felt his eyes well up. The eight younger brothers he met in Huang County and his wife's third brother Lin Heng all died in the war... Like many soldiers, most of them died in the war.

"The children will all be back at noon today. Today is the nineteenth anniversary."

Today is July 7th.

Since Chen Guimin, one of the eight younger brothers, died in 1941, the Liang family has developed a family tradition.

"Yeah," Lin Weiyin nodded, her expression full of indescribable sadness. Looking at his wife's appearance, Liang Sicheng changed the subject.

"Weiyin, come and take a look at my design. The bidding for the main stadium is about to enter the final stage. I think there is room for improvement in the design."

The main stadium Liang Sicheng mentioned refers to the main stadium of the 1960 Olympic Games. The Department of Architecture of Nanyang University where Liang Sicheng worked also participated in the bidding.

Although he usually wanted his wife to rest more, even though her tuberculosis had been cured, he was always afraid that she would be tired, but today... he decided to divert her attention with work.

"Um,"

Lin Weiyin nodded and said.

"The Olympics is a national event, and we must not be careless. Sicheng, do you remember that you said back then that you didn't know when we could hold the Olympics? I said we must have an Olympic champion first. At that time, we didn't even have a medal. But I never thought that everything would happen so quickly. A few years ago, an athlete won an Olympic gold medal. In this Melbourne Olympics, as long as we perform normally, we will definitely win more than a dozen gold medals. In a few years, we will also host the Olympics."

The seemingly casual words revealed Lin Weiyin's state of mind. Like her husband, she had long unconsciously regarded Nanyang as her home, or even as Tangshan, or a kind of continuation of Tangshan. In fact, there were many people in Nanyang who were like them. Tangshan or Nanyang had long become their spiritual home. There was no feeling of being a stranger in a foreign land, of course, it was inevitable that there would be homesickness.

However, the couple soon focused on the work at hand, perfecting their design. They were busy until noon, and even when their children returned home, they were still busy. Fortunately, the Filipino maid at home had already prepared lunch.

"Dad, Mom, it's time to eat!"

Amid their daughter's shouts, the couple walked out of the study and came to the dining room. Liang Sicheng watched his wife carefully wipe the photo frame, which contained photos of her nine younger brothers, including the third brother, Lin Heng. After putting the photos of her younger brothers back in place, Lin Weiyin walked to her husband's side, and the family stood by the dining table, Liang Sicheng said.

"You know, after they died for their country, they were buried in a foreign land, but their relatives didn't know about it. We may be the only one who still remembers them. Today is the anniversary of the July 7 Incident..."

As in previous years, at noon, Liang Sicheng would lead the entire family to stand up and observe three minutes of silence beside the dinner table to mourn all the anti-Japanese martyrs they knew and didn't know.

After a moment of silence, the family sat down at the dining table again. Just when Liang Sicheng wanted to ask his children about their school situation, a piece of news came over the radio.

"... A special fleet led by the destroyer Yukikaze intercepted a ship full of Japanese war criminals off the coast of Kyushu. This operation was carried out under the special authorization of the International Special Military Tribunal..."

International Special Military Tribunal?

Lin Weiyin looked at her husband with some confusion and asked.

"Sicheng, have you heard of this court?"

Liang Sicheng shook his head.

"I haven't heard of it, but what's going on? Intercepting merchant ships at sea? War criminals? This seems a bit too overbearing..."

"overbearing!"

Lin Weiyin snorted and said:

"In my opinion, the more such dominance the better. During the Anti-Japanese War, the reason why the Japanese were so unscrupulous was because we were not domineering enough. Seeing Nanyang being so domineering, I feel relieved."

"Mother is right. Nanyang is acting in a domineering way, but that is also for the sake of justice. The ship is carrying Japanese war criminals, so of course we have to intercept them. Who knows, the people on the ship may still owe us a blood debt!"

Listening to his wife and children's words, Liang Sicheng said with some worry:
"That's true, but it's a foreign merchant ship after all. If the navy intercepts it like this, I'm afraid something bad will happen!"

(End of this chapter)