Xu Xuzhi

Chapter 115 Eight Blessings Inn

In [-], Yangchun March.

Feng Jiu stared at the smiling Qiu Sheng in front of her, her eyes were about to fall out: She never thought that Qiu Sheng, who was so lonely and brave, would be willing to leave her own one-year-old son, braving the rumble of gunfire, to do it. After passing Guiyang, which was torn to pieces by Japanese air raids, they ran to Xiuwen to accompany them.

Even though Feng Jiu's lips were worn out, Qiu Sheng just refused to go back with a playful smile, saying that thinking of the girl and uncle suffering here, while she and Tang Zhikai are enjoying the blessings in the United States, this day will not be able to live; and said don't worry about Tang Zhikai, he is too The Tang family firmly supported her decision.

Tang Dafeng, Tang Du's old housekeeper, also moved to the United States after disposing of all the Tang family's domestic properties last year. Seeing that Qiu Sheng, his long-lost daughter-in-law, had given birth to a white and fat grandson, he immediately beamed with joy. She wanted to go back to the girl's side to accompany her, but she just sighed and said, man, if you know the favor, then go.

The world is not peaceful, but life must go on.Over the past year or so, countless shocking events have occurred in the world:
Although the host of the No.12 Olympic Games, which was deprived of qualifications due to Japan’s invasion of other countries, was transferred from Tokyo to Helsinki, it was eventually suspended due to the war. The host country, Finland, initiated a proposal by Soviet Russia as early as the end of [-]. It was defeated in the Soviet-Finnish War and was forced to cede the land to Soviet Russia. This small Nordic country had already been turned into ruins—so, it was only restored in [-], in order to maintain peace, friendship, and equality between human beings. However, the modern Olympic Games held in the end lost to the ambitions of the war madmen in the shells pouring down all over the sky.

Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Romania, Luxembourg and other Western European countries were successively occupied by the German army. This highly mechanized force then bypassed the famous "Maginot Line" from the Netherlands in June - the designer, General Pétain, the French Minister of Army, thought that It is solid, but in fact it has only been repaired to the border with Germany, and the border with the Netherlands and Belgium is wide open, and the overall cost is unbelievably expensive, so it takes up a lot of military expenditures and soldiers' allowances, which leads to low morale of the army-such as The torrent of steel swept across France and cut the British and French coalition forces in two. The Allied forces had to carry out a large-scale "Dunkirk retreat".

A month later, when Feng Jiu saw a report in the newspaper that "in just ten days, this unprecedented 'Dunkirk Fleet' rescued the British and French troops of up to 34 people from a desperate situation. The heroic performances of all the Allied officers and soldiers are touching, and they will surely save a huge force for the future counterattack against the German invaders." After saying that, he couldn't help laughing. Ning Zheng, who was sitting next to her, happened to be reading an outdated "Time Magazine". He stared at the The picture of Stalin on the cover of the issue published at the end of last year was contemplating—Stalin was elected "Time" Person of the Year in [-]"—and when he heard that his wife was not funny, he turned to look at her.

On one side of Fengjiu's body, two long legs consciously pressed on him, and even kicked him twice, before he said: "Alas, I'm just a little more convinced, no matter ancient or modern, Chinese or foreign, those who 'happily hold funerals' are Quite a lot—so many people have died, but they insisted on beating drums and drums and saying that this is a good thing, a very good thing. It depends on how people say it.”

After hearing this, Ning Zheng looked at the contents of the newspaper, couldn't help laughing, picked her up and sat on his lap, then gently touched her with the tip of his nose, and said casually: "If you don't say that, what else can I do?" ? Always a morale boost."

Feng Jiu shook his head, "The casualties are so heavy... I can't handle politics, it's too hypocritical." Feng Jiu really has nothing to say to the treacherous political arena in various countries around the world.

Ning Zheng had heard Song Wencheng, who had visited for countless times, talk about how Feng Jiu went out to meet Lao Jiang secretly a few times ago, and negotiated with him about his release—his wife obviously hated politicians so much, but she had to deal with them, As a husband, he is really...

Ning Zheng had mixed emotions in his heart, so he could only use his hands to hold her tighter, and then slid up and down her smooth face face to face, "Jiu'er, I won't allow you to go to Lao Jiang again in the future."

As soon as Feng Jiu heard this, he knew that this secret that he didn't think he could keep was finally known. He could only pretend to be brisk and said: "Actually, it's nothing, it's all on the way. Besides, if I don't see Mr. Jiang for a while, I'll leave it to you." Want to meet him, um, by the way, annoy him..."

Fengjiu recalled the last time when he unexpectedly saw Lao Jiang with the help of several forces, he looked like he had swallowed a live frog, probably because he couldn't figure out that his whereabouts were so secretive, even Even her own wife has been concealed, how could she be caught by this little girl, and growled in Ningbo Yongyin: "Does Madam Ning regard my place as your northern alley, come and leave whenever you want, what?!"

Feng Jiu looked at the seat in front of him with flaring nostrils and flaming eyes, worrying about the dentures coming out again for him, probably if she hadn't been concerned about whether she was a lady, she might even be able to use Fenghua's standard national curse of "Nai Amu Xipi" Out.

Yo, say I'm an alley stringer.Feng Jiu didn't need to be upset, he continued to play Tai Chi with him with a smile on his face, saying that in Guiyang Xiuwen Yangming Xiaodongtian, your godbrother Ning Zheng has "enlightened the Tao", and he has cultivated himself quite well, don't you believe it?Then fulfill the promise and let it out for a try. If it doesn’t work, then lock it back. Mr. Jiang, you will also gain the reputation of being open-minded and disregarding past suspicions. Why don’t you care?

Lao Jiang couldn't even look at her again, he would die of anger—he had already discovered that although General Stilwell, sent by President Roosevelt, never refused his proposals face to face, he kept procrastinating repeatedly, and had to resentfully "Praise" myself for being a master of Tai Chi, but I didn't expect that Mrs. Ning Zheng was also one of the best, not much better than myself.

Looking at Feng Jiu's expression, Ning Zheng knew that she didn't listen at all. Fortunately, no matter how unbearable Lao Jiang was, he would not attack his wife, so he could only kiss her tenderly; he still didn't let Liu Bing'an publish it in the newspaper. The reason for the reunion of the two is that it is an extraordinary time, and it is better to be cautious, so the two have been living in such a "meaningful" way.

Feng Jiu closed his eyes, being provoked by Ning Zheng's hot breath and the occasional unshaven stubble, he let out a thin laugh from time to time: When they arrived in Guiyang, they lived in the wing room of Longgang Academy in Qixia Mountain—— This is the place where Wang Yangming, a thinker in the Ming Dynasty, used to cultivate himself and establish his studies when he was relegated.

There are few people here, the empty mountain is lonely, and birds occasionally pass by. The room is extremely simple, and there are no more comfortable couches and elegant furnishings, but they don't care. Looking around, there are green hills, stretches of plum forests, the Zhifei Temple of Dacuo monks, stone inscriptions full of walls in caves, "three tides" gushing three times a day, steaming paddy fields, and farmers There is a hut with a stone bridge standing for a hundred years...

Because it has not been attacked by the Japanese invaders, it still retains the original beauty of the countryside.It is rainy in Guizhou. At this time, the raindrops are dripping down the eaves, like a string of pearls, hanging down the eyes. In such a troubled world, they can still be together, so why is this place so ugly?

What's more, although Ning Zheng was detained here by Jiang for "reflection", he still did not "reform" himself according to Jiang's intention. He said to Feng Jiu: "Through comparison, I found that only dialectical materialism makes sense. With a background like mine, the bourgeoisie can’t get rid of it. In fact, it is easy to be led away by mechanical materialism. The mistakes of Kant and Hegel are obvious. I have to overcome the old habits to be reborn. .”

After hearing this, Feng Jiu kissed his forehead appreciatively, clapped his hands and said, "I'm sorry, my family Ruiqing, I understand... But, Mr. Jiang is about to be disappointed."

Ever since Feng Jiu came, as long as they were in the house, the spies would hide away wisely. They seemed to be the only ones in the vast world. The husband and wife depended on each other, which also made their already unbreakable relationship even closer. , Fengjiu vaguely glimpsed the secret of "living together" with another person.

In fact, Liu Bing'an hoped that Feng Jiu would leave here for more walks: Whenever she wandered in the mountains during the day, she would always chat with the secret agents in the line. No matter how she started the conversation, after a while, she could always deftly turn the conversation around to the eternal topic of anti-Japanese war.

She uses easy-to-understand language, a mellow and beautiful voice, real and appropriate examples, a gentle and friendly attitude, reasonable and well-founded persuasion, and after a patriotic education, she can always treat those around her who have never had the opportunity to share with them. The young spies who talked with such an elegant and noble wife at close range were ashamed to say—which spies don’t have a hometown?There are not many hometowns that have not fallen under the iron heel of the Japanese invaders. The hatred of the country and the family is filled with hatred, and some who cannot bear it burst into tears on the spot. As soon as they come back, they insist on being transferred to the front line, fighting to the death with the sworn enemy. I'm not here to take care of this patriotic general.

Losing several competent subordinates one after another gave Liu Bing'an a headache. He was afraid of this beautiful woman who talked and laughed. However, what can he do to Mrs. Ning?
In [-], the great war that had swept across most of the world followed the development trend, which was like a torrent, which made people jaw-dropping: French interim President Pétain soon surrendered, and Hitler, full of ambition, inspected the new land of Paris; " General Charles de Gaulle of Free France organized a resistance force; Winston Churchill, a veteran MP they met in the House of Commons in London when they were traveling in Europe, was appointed as the prime minister of the United Kingdom, and then the German army began the "Air Battle of Britain"; Germany, Japan, and Italy officially form an alliance of the fascist axis.

In October, Japan occupied French Indochina, and the idea of ​​establishing a "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" was further realized.

Towards the end of the year, the "Hundred Regiments Campaign" launched by the Eighth Route Army, which lasted three and a half months, was basically over. It severely damaged the main railways, highways and coal mines of the Japanese army in North China, and effectively hindered the implementation of the Japanese army's policy of "supporting war with war". It also made Japanese generals such as Ningji Okamura take "communist suppression" as their main goal.

At the same time, Fengjiu received a letter from the elder brother in the United States, saying that George Rampuson's family had escaped from the UK after the air raid, hid in Switzerland for a period of time, and then arrived in Boston, USA, and settled down in the Tang family.The letter also said that Yaya and Longsheng rejoiced when they saw their friend Cecil again, and the three children loved each other, don't think so.

In China, the most important battlefield in Asia, the war situation has changed: starting from the Battle of Wuhan in 40, the domestic army paid a heavy price of [-] casualties in exchange for a gradual retreat from the initial defeat and a slow transition. to the current stage of strategic stalemate.

Ning Zheng once told Feng Jiu a past story: he only saw an old newspaper one year after he was imprisoned, which said that the CCP welcomed Mr. Puzzled, he asked the visiting Ke Weili: "Has Fu Shi changed his name to Yan'an?"

When Feng Jiu heard it at the time, he felt very distressed: Fu Shi, this is a place of great significance to Ning Zheng. Ning Zheng was there to provide the desperately needed military supplies for the Red Army, which was in crisis and almost desperate. supplies, and in the long talk with Mr. Zhou all night, completed a complete transformation into a selfless patriot, and now, Fengjiu only hopes to have a big sister, Fengling, and a baby with Fengling and Hongsi This base of the CCP, like its new name, can continue to be safe and peaceful forever.

On the New Year's Day of [-], when Feng Jiu went to Chongqing again to look for an opportunity to meet Lao Jiang, the visiting American government commissioner, the famous writer Hemingway and his wife, the Dutch director Joyce, and the Eighth Route Army stationed in Chongqing Under the arrangement of Wang Bingnan's German wife Wang Anna, the person in charge of the office, after all the hard work, she got rid of the military commanders and Central Command agents who would stare at her as soon as she arrived in Chongqing. Mr. Zhou met.

After the meeting, Feng Jiu realized why Ning Zheng said that Mr. Zhou was "a perfect man born in the world". Mr. Zhou was very happy to see Feng Jiu, but he was full of heartache and guilt, and immediately wrote a note in hand, just to be safe , without title or inscription, only a few sixteen characters, entrusted to her to hand over to Ning Zheng—"Treasure for the country, take good care of yourself; the future is promising, and the future can be expected."

After Ning Zheng saw it, he held it tightly, without saying a word, Feng Jiu put his head on his shoulder, and said softly: "It seems that everyone who has met Mr. Zhou is fascinated by him. The Hemingway couple said that Zhou's A few words are better than Jiang's sumptuous lunch and a mouth that does not wear dentures to show intimacy. A week is worth thousands of lobbyists. They will definitely tell the truth about the "Southern Anhui Incident" and the CCP's desire to cooperate with the Kuomintang. The determination to resist Japan and stop civil war entanglements has been faithfully conveyed to President Roosevelt."

Hemingway was puzzled and said that most of China's land had been occupied, but China's wartime supreme leader still did not forget to order his subordinates to suppress the army of the hostile political party, which is unreasonable.He commented on Mr. Zhou as "the only really good man he met in Chongqing", which shows his palpable disappointment with the ruling Kuomintang and its government.

After Feng Jiu finished speaking, she felt very sad, secretly wiped away her tears, and accidentally brought them to Ning Zheng's earlobe—her husband who had dominated the political arena for more than ten years, his wings had been broken when he was young, The Japanese aggressors who are close at hand must not fight or take revenge—even the body of the old marshal who was originally parked in Zhulin Temple was actually six years after the "Huanggutun Incident", and he had defected to the Japanese and served as the "Puppet Manchurian State Affairs". The traitor of the "Prime Minister" and the old commander buried his brother Zhang Xuwu, what a shame and humiliation.

Ning Zheng felt a slight wetness in his ears, and sighed softly in his heart. His wife cried out of pity for him, and she didn't want him to see it, so he didn't expose it, but deliberately joked: "Look, I didn’t let you go to Fushi to see how wise Mr. Zhou is—I knew that my wife would be fascinated by his beauty and forget about your husband, right?”

Feng Jiuyi got angry when he heard that, he stopped crying immediately, beat his shoulder with staring eyes, and stomped his foot again, Ning Zheng smiled, and simply grabbed her fists and legs, "Small arms and legs, still fighting with me!" ?”

Under the laughter, the sad atmosphere disappeared, and Ning Zheng asked softly, do you want to dance?Bong Jiu nodded.

The phonograph in their bedroom was given to Mrs. Jiang when Fengjiu went to Chongqing to ask for a handwritten note after returning to China, or she originally wanted to buy one: this was the well-known Tianjin Zhongyuan Department Store in the northern region at that time. The limited-edition phonograph of the No.11 Berlin Olympic Games was custom-produced to Columbia Corporation of the United States.

Of course, it wasn’t until the outbreak of World War II that people realized that the five Olympic rings on the emblem of the Berlin Olympics had been slightly distorted under the claws of the domineering Prussian eagle, and the Berlin Olympics was destined to be a shameful one. into Olympic history.

Although the emblem looked awkward, the object was innocent. Ning Zheng put the needle away, and Feng Jiu came over and wrapped his neck around his neck. Ning Zheng enjoyed Feng Jiu's increasingly obvious attachment to him, and she held her slender Lifting her up slightly, her feet took off the embroidered slippers and stepped on her own feet instead.

A Canadian folk song "Red River Valley" filled with a touch of sadness has slowly flowed out——

"People say you are leaving the village and we will miss your smile.

Your eyes are brighter than the sun and shine on our hearts.

Come and sit by my side, don't leave so hastily;
Remember your hometown in Red River Valley, and the girl who loves you. "

The sound of the gurgling rain outside the window had long since stopped, and under the light of the coming cold mountain moon, the two of them spun round and round, as if they were both covered in clothes made of moonlight as thin as a veil, and they exchanged each other from time to time. Talking about their necks, they expressed wistfully their strong and ethereal yearning for the children thousands of miles away as fathers and mothers.

…………

Feng Jiu couldn't resist Qiu Sheng, and finally tolerated her to stay.

Within a few days, Ning Zheng received an invitation from Liu Bing'an: An old acquaintance in Yuncheng, Shanxi, and Shanxi warlord Yan Baichuan, who had ruled over one side for 37 years, invited Ning Zheng and his wife to attend the wedding.

In fact, as early as the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, although the Japanese army was unstoppable in North China, Shanxi was a headache for the Japanese army—probably because Shanxi is very similar to Sichuan, with complex terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack. As long as you defend the valleys in the north and south, it will not be easy to be captured. .The "Battle of Taiyuan" four years ago was fought in the hometown of the famous "tumbler" in the political arena of the Republic of China. After more than two months, although it ended in failure, the Japanese army was able to invade at the cost of nearly 3 casualties Taiyuan, this is also the worst and longest battle in the North China battlefield.

Although paying a heavy price, the Japanese army has never been able to completely occupy Shanxi, and even if they lay down a new stronghold, they will retreat for various reasons within a few days; at this stage, the Japanese army has insufficient military resources, and the new feature of "attacking but not occupying" also gradually revealed.

Shanxi is also one of the most important anti-Japanese base areas of the Eighth Route Army. It is a pity that Yan Laoxi, like his old enemy Jiang Weizuo, is becoming more and more afraid of the power of the Eighth Route Army that has won the heartfelt support of the people in his hometown, so he will cooperate with the Eighth Route Army to obtain "" He completely forgot the past of the "Pingxingguan Great Victory", even though he was already miserable, he still did not forget the "suppression of the Communist Party", which greatly suits the Japanese mind.

Even though the battle of Taiyuan suffered heavy casualties and the arsenal on which the war was maintained was lost, it was probably because Ning Zheng, who was both an enemy and a friend, lost the fate of the three eastern provinces. The idea of ​​"exile" has always been wandering on both sides of the Yellow River.

In order to boost morale and show the calmness of Chinese people who "should live their lives", he kindly invited friends from all walks of life to attend his grandson's wedding in Yuncheng, Shanxi, which was still under his rule.

Sending invitations to Ning Zheng this time is actually intended to be a test and to buy good ones—after all, the Ning army has been torn apart, and Ning Zheng is a prisoner. The former opponents in the Central Plains War are now in such a mess, Yan Laoxi is quite sad. feel.

Liu Bing'an had already hung up the phone to the secretary of the committee, notified him of the invitation, and asked, can Deputy Ning go?Jiang asked the secretary to convey it on his behalf, but he disagreed, and said that since Mrs. Ning was here, she could attend on behalf of her husband.Liu Bing'an thought to himself, it would be nice to be able to spend a few days with this lady, he is too good at instigating rebellion.

Feng Jiu was very angry after hearing Jiang's decision, but Ning Zheng had expected it, and persuaded her, "I hope you can go out for a walk, don't always run to places like Chongqing and Mount Lu; if you have more time, go back to Xi'an." Take a look, isn't it good?"

Xi'an is the place where Feng Jiu's heart aches when he mentions it. Feng Jiu silently observes Ning Zheng's expression with a calm expression, as if the biggest catastrophe in his life didn't happen there, so he can only obey.

Qiu Sheng wanted to follow, Feng Jiu had nothing else to say.Ning Zheng also said that it would be good to stay longer, now that the whole country is fighting against Japan, he is helpless to be trapped here, but she doesn't, so it would be good if he can do something for the resistance against Japan.

After hearing this, Feng Jiu was refreshed.

In the middle of last year, Mr. Jiang finally allowed Ning Zheng to have his own bodyguard under the support of Mrs. Jiang, so he was transferred to other troops and could not be reused. Zhi Changsheng and his wife, who had followed Ning Zheng for a long time, came to Ning Zheng again. Beside him, there were several guards from the former guard battalion.

This time when Feng Jiu was going out, Ning Zheng was worried, and deliberately made the two most elite guards not leave his wife at all.

For some reason, before leaving this time, Fengjiu felt that she was extremely attached to Ning Zheng, but she couldn't show it, so she just said to Ning Zheng, "Don't waste your homework, I will check your "Return" by Maupassant when I come back. Are you familiar with it?" and walked out.

Feng Jiu started teaching Ning Zheng to learn French a long time ago, but it was a pity that this student had no ambitions and made slow progress, which made the French teacher so angry that he lamented "you can't teach a child".

She counted slowly, and it was twenty steps. At this time, hurried footsteps came from behind. Ning Zheng chased after her, and hugged her from behind. Feng Jiu turned around in his arms, stomping her feet and accusing: "I counted twenty steps, and you just thought of chasing after him. It's too shameful!"

Ning Zheng was stunned, looking at her dumbfounded, "Okay, then next time, five steps?"

"That's 'five steps laughing at twenty steps'. Two steps, no more." Feng Jiu looked at him arrogantly with his nostrils.

Ning Zheng smiled, hugged her tightly into his arms, and said in a low voice, "Why don't you go?" At this moment, he felt strong reluctance and uneasiness, as if she As if he couldn't come back, he lowered his head and kissed her lips.

Feng Jiu raised his head to accept his fiery kiss, while thinking in a daze, it still doesn't work: Yan Laoxi is very powerful, no matter whether it is true or not, even Lao Jiang will give him three points of courtesy, in case Ning Zheng is freed The turning point is in his hands?Once again, she felt that this good opportunity could not be missed.

After a lengthy kiss, Feng Jiu gently pushed Ning Zheng away and straightened the collar of his white shirt, "I'd better go, it's all agreed. You have to wait for me, you and I, we haven't had any problems yet. Enough."

Saying that, she smiled sweetly, and walked away lightly under Ning Zheng's reluctant eyes.

(End of this chapter)