Shanghai Embroidery Lady

Chapter 86

In a blink of an eye, it is April, the weather is getting warmer, and the warm spring breeze is mixed with catkins and flowers.Swallows whisper among the beams, and there are thriving scenes everywhere. Even the ancient alleys seem to have been washed by the drizzle for days. One or two small light yellow flowers brought a new look to the old alley.

Ye Zijin just opened his sleepy eyes that day, when he smelled a seductive fragrance, his stomach growled suddenly.

Zizheng brought a steaming pot of chicken soup and rice from outside the door.He put the dishcloth under the small pot on the table, and said to Ye Zijin behind the curtain, "Sister, it's time to have breakfast."

Ye Zijin poked her head out from the curtain, and said pleasantly, "Why are you so diligent recently? You cook soup and cook at the same time. Are you taking me to cook for Xinyu after I finish my cooking?"

Zizheng pretended to be displeased, glared at her, and said, "Am I the kind of person who has a girlfriend and forgets about her sister? I get up early to cook for you with good intentions, and you still say that about me, it's really chilling... ..."

Ye Zijin smiled and said: "Okay, okay, don't feel cold anymore, come to warm you up, I'll get up and eat right away."

Zizheng proudly said: "Then punish you to eat an extra bowl and gain weight."

When Ye Zijin finished washing up and walked to the table, she found that there were several dishes of side dishes on the table, including fermented bean curd with pickles and fried peanuts.

The two siblings gathered around the table to eat, Ye Zijin mentioned the meeting with Zhao Zhimei that day.Later, she specially asked Xiao Wu to go to Paramount to inquire about it, but the backgrounds of Qiangwei and Zhimei were quite different. The people inside said that Miss Qiangwei was the daughter of an overseas Chinese businessman, and she returned to Shanghai to become a singer because of her family's decline. .

"Could it be that there is such a coincidence in the world, they look exactly the same, but there are no other sisters in Zhimei." Ye Zijin wondered.

Zizheng added some soup for her, and said: "Maybe she has some reasons for pretending not to know you, maybe she feels ashamed to see you, didn't you say that there was a man waiting for her in the car that night? People will change to some extent after having a meal of love and moonlight.”

Ye Zijin sighed, and said, "I don't think it's a disgrace for her to be a singer at Paramount, it's better than those canaries kept in cages."

As Ye Zijin said, out of the corner of his eye, he inadvertently glanced at a few magazines placed by Zizheng's desk, and picked them up on a whim and flipped through a few pages.When she saw an article titled "Manifesto on the Reform of the Chinese Women's Federation", she couldn't help but stop and take a few more glances.

"These ten declarations are very well written. Men and women should receive equal education, and women should be liberated from those old rituals." Ye Zijin turned to the next few pages, all of which were published by some well-known figures in the literary world poems and articles.Close the pages of the book, and there is a small painting printed on the cover. On the painting is a night sky. Under the night sky is a deep lake. A little moon shadow is reflected in the center of the lake. In the bushes on the bank, a bright lamp is held high in one hand. .

Seeing that he was interested in his beloved "New Youth" magazine, Zizheng excitedly told his sister, "Sister, this magazine is full of progressive ideas, promoting Mr. Sai, Mr. De and new literature. You can Read more, all the writers I admire have published articles on it, and I still have a fresh memory of Mr. Qu’s translation of "An Overview of Leninism."

"Then what is written in the overview?" Ye Zijin was inexplicably worried when she saw that her younger brother was so keen to talk about these progressive ideas. She didn't know that this magazine involved many political issues, and some articles even exposed the anti-communism of the KMT right wing. For this reason, the magazine has been shut down several times, and now even the entire magazine office has been closed. Zizheng often flips through these old magazines, and she is a little afraid that her brother will cause trouble.

Zizheng was about to speak, but he paused and then changed his words: "Oh, sister, you don't understand even if I tell you, hurry up and eat, it's getting cold."

Zijin put down his chopsticks and said seriously, "Xiaozheng, don't take out these old magazines from now on. I'll keep them for you. You can study your books at ease. It would be nice to be an engineer in the future. No matter when, you There is always a shortage of skills, and those political things are rarely discussed."

"Well, I see, sister." After eating, Zizheng took a few books and was about to go out.

Ye Zijin sent him to the door, and straightened his younger brother's untidy collar, and said with a smile, "How old are you, wearing clothes so sloppily, always makes people worry."

Zizheng tilted his head mischievously and said, "It's you who still treat me like a child, so you don't worry about it. I just hope that someone will marry you, so you won't nag me all day long, haha..."

"Sister, I'm leaving." Zizheng put away his smile, and suddenly leaned over and hugged his sister.

Ye Zijin patted his back, said with a smile: "Okay, don't be late, call Xin Yu to come home for dinner tonight."

Looking at the back of Zizheng going downstairs, Ye Zijin felt a little relieved. Her younger brother has always been obedient. Ye Zijin hoped that he would find a safe job after graduation, and then marry a wife and have children to live a safe life. This is her To be my sister's wish.

When Ye Zijin went out, there were few rickshaws on the street, and the usually bustling street seemed much deserted.After finally stopping a rickshaw, the other party first asked her where she was going, and when they heard that she was going to the French Concession, he let her get in the car.

When the car passed the Shanghai Tobacco Factory, Silk Factory and Spinning Factory, Ye Zijin found that the gates were all closed, and felt a little strange, so he asked the driver, "What happened? Why are there strange things on the street today?"

The man pulling the cart whispered: "Miss, you don't know. There was a big incident yesterday. I heard that the workers were fighting among themselves, and then the army came to mediate. As a result, the two sides fought and killed many workers. What will happen now?" The workers are on strike, and there is still a mass meeting in Qingyun Road Square, so I dare not go there.”

Ye Zijin was terrified when he heard this, and recently there have been reports of worker strikes and student demonstrations from time to time. These activities are often suppressed by the armed forces, and the methods are cruel, often resulting in lives and panic among the common people.

Suddenly it began to drizzle, and the raindrops fell on the face, which was cold and cold. Ye Zijin took off the silk silk from the buckle and wiped it, and the driver stopped and put up the hood.The gray sky was endless, and the road was drenched by rain in a short while, and the black tile roof was covered with a layer of mist, and the towering bell tower in the distance gradually blurred until only a pointed roof remained. Also caged in the rain.

The car went around a few alleys and came to the main street. The driver suddenly stopped, leaned against the side of the road, and said anxiously: "Oops, I met a parade. It seems that we have to wait for them to pass before we can leave."

I saw Haohao Tangtang's team advancing in an orderly manner on the street. There were young students, middle-aged men and old people in the team. They held up flags and banners, shouting slogans all the way to Baoshan Road.

Ye Zijin vaguely heard that the slogan was about releasing people, so he asked the coachman, "What are they going to do? Are they going to the government to release people?"

The coachman sighed: "I heard that many workers were arrested yesterday and locked up. I guess they are all going to the headquarters to ask for their release."

Suddenly, several gunshots were heard, and the parade just now was thrown into chaos. Ye Zijin's scalp exploded, giving him an ominous premonition.People screamed and fled in all directions, followed by gunshots one after another... Ye Zijin was holding on to the wall, his feet were weak, and the rickshaw driver had already thrown himself out of the car and fled for his life.The crowd poured into the surrounding streets and alleys like a tide, Ye Zijin squeezed and ran in the crowd in panic, the gunshots behind him became more intensive, from a few sporadic shots to strafing shots.

Ye Zijin was pushed against the wall and fell, her forehead was scratched. When she was struggling to get up, several heavy bodies suddenly fell beside her, and warm liquid splashed onto her back.She turned pale with fright, and tremblingly turned her face to look at the few people who fell down just now. They were all shot in the back and died.

At this time, soldiers with bayonets hacked at the fleeing parade crowd. Countless people were cut and trampled. There were cries and screams everywhere. Corpses were lying on the ground. Red blood dripped from the dead. Time bleeds like a river.

Ye Zijin lay on the ground and did not dare to act rashly. She watched a young man who was shot in the chest on the right side, struggled and fell down not far in front of her.That man's age should be about the same as Zizheng's, and Ye Zijin was both regretful and scared when he died like this.

Seeing that the gunfire here gradually weakened, more people fled to this small street.She quickly stood up and fled back with the crowd, but a man with a white cloth and black "gong" armband wrapped around her arm rushed up, frantically waving sticks in the crowd, and screamed again and again.Ye Zijin was so frightened that she hurriedly ran into the alley, when suddenly she was hit with a stick behind her, and she felt viscous liquid running down her neck, and her head hurt so badly that it was about to burst. Already stained with bright red blood, she collapsed limply on the ground, the figure in front of her eyes and the screams in her ears became more and more blurred, all of this was like a nightmare, Ye Zijin gradually lost consciousness and sank into the bloody nightmare...

In April, the spring is just right, the grass grows and the warbler flies, the peach blossoms and the willows are green, even this gloomy rainy day is dyed dazzling red...

When Meng Haoxiang received the call from Duan Lipeng, he almost immediately dropped the phone and ran out the door, so surprised that Qian Jiang and Qu Xiangtian in the office looked at each other dumbfounded, and hurriedly followed.

In the phone call just now, Duan Lipeng told him that Ye Zijin was injured by someone who was regarded as a parade, and it was his subordinates who recognized Ye Zijin and sent her to the hospital.When Meng Haoxiang thought of her being in that kind of chaos, his palms were already full of sweat.The guns of those soldiers did not have eyes. Fortunately, she was only wounded by Duan Lipeng's men and was not hit by the gun.He knew that the group of people who attacked the workers' pickets yesterday belonged to gangs. The government had recruited Duan Lipeng and Liang Xiaochuan, and used their power to help fight against the Communist Party.

When they arrived at the hospital, there were already people from Duan Lipeng waiting here. Seeing Meng Haoxiang coming, they hurriedly took him to Ye Zijin's ward.

On the hospital bed, Ye Zijin's head was wrapped with a white bandage, and a piece of cotton gauze was pasted on his forehead, with faint blood oozing from it.She hadn't woken up yet, and her face was pale.

Meng Haoxiang sat on the chair beside the bed, and gently held her cold hand, feeling very distressed.

Seeing that Meng Haoxiang's face was livid, Duan Lipeng's subordinates hurriedly explained: "We didn't know it was Ms. Ye... The person who hit Ms. Ye has already been dealt with by our boss. Boss Meng, please calm down..."

Meng Haoxiang didn't speak, but just stared at Ye Zijin on the hospital bed intently.Knowing that the elder brother was very angry, Qian Jiang and Qu Xiangtian hurriedly took Duan Lipeng's men out together.

(End of this chapter)