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Chapter 207 John Rabe
No. [-] Xiaofenqiao, Guangzhou Road, Gulou District, NJ City, now the South Park of Gulou Campus of Nanjing University.There is a western-style villa with an elegant environment. This villa was the former residence of Mr. John Rabe, the manager of the Nanjing Branch of Siemens AG, the initiator of the Nanjing International Safety Zone, during the Anti-Japanese War.

In this small villa covering an area of ​​630 square meters, in the early days of the Japanese occupation of Nanjing, it protected more than [-] NJ citizens who escaped the massacre at most.

Dora Rabe stood in front of the window on the second floor, looking anxiously at the deserted street outside.It was late, but even now John Rabe had not returned.At the dining table, their son Otto Rabe and daughter Gretel Rabe were eating in whispers by the light of the candles.The Japanese army has surrounded here for several days, and the electricity has been cut off as early as the first day they came here.Now, the lighting at night can only rely on those candles that were originally used as decorations.

"Mom, hasn't Dad come back yet??? I want to eat the sausage made by Dad." Gretel Rabe said to Dora who was still by the window. It seemed that she had had enough of the days of bread to eat up.

After hearing her daughter's voice, Dora turned around, walked to Grete's side, touched her head and said softly: "Grete, Daddy will be back soon. When he comes back, I will Just let him make sausages, and then let you eat your fill. But, let's be a good boy now, and eat the bread on our hands first. Otherwise, when Dad comes back, if he sees that you are not good , he will definitely not make sausages for you."

"Yeah, Mom, I will definitely be a good boy. Otto, look, I know that when Dad comes back, we will have sausages to eat." After hearing Dora's words, Gretel happily turned to Otto. Tuo said, and then ate the bread in his hand with big mouthfuls.

"Yeah, I'm a good boy too, and I want to eat sausages too!!!" Otto said after hearing Grete's words, eating bread with big mouthfuls.

Seeing the joyful expressions of the two children, Dora smiled wryly on her face, where is there any sausage to eat now.In the entire safe zone, there was already nothing to eat.What I said to Gretel just now was nothing more than tricking them into having a good meal.After all, the bread they ate did not taste very good.

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"You're back." Shortly after the eleven o'clock bell rang, John Rabe, who had been away from home for a day, finally returned home in the rain.Dora, who was worried about him, finally fell to the ground after hanging for a day after seeing her husband come back safely.

"Well, I'm back. How are the children, are they all asleep?" Rabe, who had already taken off his coat, responded to Dora's words in a low voice.

"The children are already asleep, but before they go to sleep, they are still asking when you will come back and make them sausages." Dora stepped forward to hug Rabe, talking about the children's questions in a tired tone.

"Thank you for your hard work. I will make sausages after a short break. Today the Japanese army sent a batch of food supplies, and I brought back some meat, just in time to make sausages for the children. I have suffered a lot these days. "Rabe hugged Dora back and said softly.

"I'm ok, I'm just worried... about those soldiers rushing in. John, you know what I'm afraid of. Every time I hear a gunshot, I'm praying to God. Pray, Don't have any accidents, as long as you come back safely." Dora said in a crying voice, and Rabe's chest felt wet soon.

"Don't worry, Dora. I'll be fine. Don't forget, I'm the deputy director of the Nanjing branch of the Communist Party. This status is very deterrent to the Japanese." Rabe comforted Why isn't he afraid of the wife in his arms? It's just his own conscience that makes him act like he will die.

It has been almost thirty years since John Rabe came to China in [-].He fell in love, got married, had children, and had a successful career in this land of China.Here, he left too many good memories.Here, has become his new hometown!

"Okay, okay, don't cry, it won't be pretty if you cry anymore. Don't tell me, when you send me out to work tomorrow, you will appear in front of the gate with a pair of swollen eyes?" Rabe Consoled his wife.

"Fuck you, just say something unreliable." After hearing Rabe's words, Dora first hammered Rabe's chest, then wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and stopped crying.

Sure enough, Rabe, who knew his wife's character well, was very resourceful and directly stopped Dora from crying.

"Hehe, isn't it because I'm afraid that you are not beautiful? Well, you take a break, I'll make sausages, I can't make you feel that my father is a man who doesn't believe what he said." After Rabe finished speaking, he said I walked into the kitchen and prepared to make sausage overnight, so that the children could eat it tomorrow morning.

Dora didn't go into the kitchen with Rabe, but went to get a cup of hot tea first, and then went there.She and Rabe have been married for more than twenty years, and she knows what her husband needs most at this time.

After walking into the kitchen, he saw that Rabe was using a machine to mince meat, so he silently put the teacup within his reach, then leaned against the door frame, and asked about Rabe's day.

"The situation is not optimistic. The Japanese outside always sneak in over the wall when we are not paying attention, posing a threat to the people in the safe zone. This morning, if I was not nearby, A schoolgirl would be raped."

"Moreover, according to the people who fled in later, the Japanese were massacring people here outside, far away from us. There was an eight-year-old girl who fled in with her sister, There were still three wounds on her body that were bleeding continuously. She told us that almost all the rest of the family had been killed. Among them was a baby who was only a few months old.”

"Moreover, when many people fled in, they basically didn't wear any clothes to keep out the cold. They could only rely on each other tightly for warmth. In addition, food and medicine are also a big problem." Rabe After taking another sip of water, he said sadly.

(End of this chapter)