This request is a bit abrupt.

Although the two have known each other for many years, they have only been together as lovers for a few months. He suddenly made such a request, which caught people off guard and was a little reckless.

However, Wen Jianning only thought about it for a moment, and then replied neatly: "Okay." ”

She agreed so happily, which made Feng Yi hesitate for a while. He put down his hand and pondered for a long time before slowly asking, "Are you sure you don't think about it anymore?" What words am I still trying to use to convince you......

Wen Jianning thought for a while: "I can be my own master." But if you don't think about it, I can think about it a little longer. ”

Feng Yi grabbed her hand and tightened it, not refusing: "I think about it, you don't have to think about it." ”

The two stood in the ruins and smiled at each other, and when their eyes met, there was an indescribable tacit understanding that secretly flowed.

On the way back, the two had already discussed how to meet their relatives.

Feng Yi said: "Then this year's school winter vacation, let's go back to Hong Kong together and meet my second uncle." ”

Wen Jianning had heard Feng Yi talk about what happened when he was young, and knew that the elder meant something to him extraordinarily, so he responded with a good voice, and suddenly smiled again: "If Sister Feng Ling knows, I'm afraid that the two of us will be angry." ”

When the old people reunited last year, Feng Ling's attitude towards her was not friendly.

He looked at her with a gentle look: "You don't have to worry about them, everything has me." ”

Wen Jianning was actually not too worried about the Feng family's thoughts, because now she knew that if he was really the kind of person who obeyed the words of his family, as early as the time Feng Ling came to Kunming, he would automatically stay away from her, and the two would not be able to get to where they are today.

However, after thinking about it for a while, she still felt a little sorry for him, and sighed again: "If you don't listen to your family, you insist on being with me, I'm afraid that you won't be able to be the young master of the Feng family anymore in the future." ”

Feng Yi stretched out his hand: "I can't be the young master of a big family, and please Miss Wen don't think I'm a poor teacher." ”

Wen Jianning pretended to be reserved and said, "Then I'll think about it again, do I want to marry this young and handsome teacher?"

The two laughed for a while before continuing to talk about business.

When I first met his old man, I mistook him for the bookkeeper of the small attic, and I hope he doesn't blame me. ”

Feng Yi raised his hand and scratched the tip of her nose, laughing at her: "It was a long time ago, the second uncle is not a careful person, I'm afraid I don't remember it anymore." Besides, he's always there, so you don't have to worry about him. Even if you really don't fit his old man's eyes, the person you want to marry is me, not my second uncle. ”

Wen Jianning was relieved at this time, after the matter on Feng Yi's side was settled, only Wen Jianning's relatives were left.

There are almost no serious elders above her, the two brothers have gone to the battlefield, and Mr. Qi and Meng Li are far away in Shanghai for a while, so they can only take the opportunity of returning to Hong Kong to visit Zhong Hui's parents.

Speaking of Mr. Qi, Wen Jianning couldn't help but be a little worried about her recent situation.

For most of the past six months, Mr. Qi's situation in Shanghai seems to be very bad, and the address and name of each letter are different. She easily didn't dare to write to Mr. Qi, for fear that her side would cause her some mistakes, but it would affect her teacher.

This time, she was going to get engaged, so she had to write a letter to inform Meng Li first, and asked her to tell her otherwise.

The extent of the bombing by the Japanese was unprecedented, and along the way, they saw all the scenes that were terrible, and all the surrounding buildings were razed to the ground, and the loss of the campus building was particularly heavy.

Wen Jianning's dormitory, where they had lived for less than two years, was also in ruins, and all the bookcases and belongings were buried underneath.

When she returned to the South Courtyard, Zhong Hui and the others were rummaging through the ruins, trying to find something from inside. Fortunately, their dormitory was shattered by the nearby shells, and was not burned by the fire, and they did find a lot of books under the rubble and masonry.

Wen Jianning also rescued many of his books and personal belongings with them, as well as Mr. Qi's letters and Feng Yi's hand-carved seals, but unfortunately the Melantu he gave her at the beginning could not be found.

Although some things were recovered, their place of residence was actually gone. A group of people began to worry about tonight's accommodation, Feng Yi asked them to calm down, saying that he would help them inquire about temporary accommodation, in exchange for gossiping thanks.

As soon as he walked on his front foot, Wen Jianning cleared his throat: "I have very important good news to announce. ”

She looked around and smiled under the gaze of everyone: "Feng Yi and I have decided to get engaged." ”

The other girls stayed for a moment, then cheered for her.

The last one to get engaged in the dormitory was Zhong Hui, because the engagement was held in Hong Kong, they didn't even see the fiancé, and Wen Jianning was the first person in their dormitory to make a marriage with the person they had met.

Everyone giggled around her and joked, but she was calm and calm, letting these sharp-tongued jokes, quite a bit of a posture of not moving, only Zhong Hui next to her looked like he wanted to talk and stopped.

After being asked by her, Zhong Hui said hesitantly: "...... I'm not trying to stop you, but will it be too fast?"

The others gradually cooled down from their excitement, and only then did they look at Wen Jianning with hindsight.

Wen Jianning said seriously: "I've already thought about it. ”

The Japanese army is approaching Yunnan step by step, and perhaps one day, even the city of Kunming will fall. How long and short people's lives are, there is not so much time left for them to grind for three or five years, and then set a life after everyone is satisfied.

Feng Yi may have made a request for engagement with her rashly because of this consideration.

But Wen Jianning happened to have no intention of refusing.

Zhong Hui could feel his friend's firm intentions, and he could only acquiesce.

It wasn't until late evening that Feng Yi helped them temporarily rent a small courtyard outside the city, so that they could make do for a while. As soon as everyone heard that there was a place to stay, they immediately happily discussed what to repurchase.

Zhong Hui said: "I didn't want to live in our dilapidated school building for a long time, but this time I can finally change places." ”

The others also responded, but in fact, everyone was not very pampered. If it weren't for the accidental bombing of the dormitory this time, they would at most just talk a few words, and they would still sit in that simple dormitory on weekdays and still read books and attend classes.

Fortunately, everyone had plenty of money among the students, and they quickly repurchased bedding and daily necessities, and then they went back in a big way. Feng Yi, a supernumerary staff, inevitably had to help them and escort them all the way to the place.

After everything was almost done, everyone saw that it was not early, and persuaded him gossipingly: "Feng Yi, I'm sorry for you today, but you can go back early, don't pester us to see Ning." ”

Feng Yi responded with a smile, walked to the door next to him without hurrying, took out the key and opened the door.

A group of people were stunned at first, and then reacted, laughing and pushing Wen Jianning.

Wen Jianning was a little annoyed, pushed them away and walked back: "I've been busy all afternoon, I'm so hungry that my stomach is screaming, you guys are still messing around like children, I'll cook in a while, none of you should come over to eat!"

After the others waved goodbye to Feng Yi, they hurriedly ran into the courtyard to prepare dinner.

Among the few people in the same dormitory, most of them don't touch the spring water with their fingers, Zhong Hui helped Wen Jianning in Beiping, Feng Xin and Ruan Wenyun, two clumsy people, were directly assigned by Wen Jianning to choose vegetables.

Everyone was busy and finally put dinner on the table in a hurry.

Wen Jianning was about to announce the start of the operation after distributing chopsticks to everyone, but Feng Xin suddenly knocked on the edge of the bowl with the end of the chopsticks. She didn't know why she stopped, only to find that everyone was looking at her with a smile.

Feng Xin smiled: "Jianning, don't you still use us to remind you that there is a hungry kind-hearted person next door?"

Wen Jianning was a little annoyed and angry by their ridicule today, her face twisted, and she categorically refused: "I won't go, whoever likes to go." ”

Zhong Hui took a dish of food and walked out the door: "Okay, I'll go and tell that Feng Yi that we don't want to give him food." ”

The others also followed her out with a smile, leaving Wen Jianning alone in the house, not eating by herself, and letting them mess around, so they could only stomp their feet and chase them out.

Feng Yi on the other side was sweeping the floor in the house, and suddenly heard a knock on the door, thinking that there was something wrong with the female classmates next door.

When I opened the door, I saw a group of people blocking the door.

Zhong Hui also brought a plate of vegetables in his hand and sent it to him: "We saw that Ning fried it with his own hands, you have to finish it well." ”

This Wen Jianning had already chased after them, and was standing behind them, his face quietly red at some point.

Ruan Wenyun smiled beside him: "We see that Ning Lan has a good heart, you have to treat her well." ”

Feng Yi nodded seriously: "I will." ”

Everyone got his answer, and they all ran back to eat with satisfaction, only Wen Jianning remained alone.

Feng Yi saw that everyone was gone, so he explained to her: "...... I forgot to tell you beforehand that I also rented the yard next door to you. After all, you are all female students, and the first few days I was afraid that you would live outside for the first time, and if there was something you were not used to, I would have a good place next door to take care of you. If they embarrass you, I'll explain it to them before leaving. ”

Wen Jianning pursed his lips and smiled: "I have already decided to get engaged to you, are you still afraid of those faceless and skinless troubles?"

Feng Yi's heart moved, and then she saw that her ears were quietly red, and her face seemed to be faintly hot.

But she was only willing to say one sentence at most, so she waved her hand to him and ran away: "Okay, you finish eating quickly, and when the food is cold, I will go back to eat." ”

Feng Yi watched her enter the courtyard next to her, and then closed the door with a smile.

......

Wen Jianning and a few people in their dormitory stayed in that small courtyard like this.

Many of their classmates, like them, have no place to live, so they have to temporarily live in a dilapidated hostel near the school, where the accommodation conditions are really not very good. In contrast, their yard is small, but the conditions are not too bad, and there is a stove for cooking.

On the way to class every day, everyone planned to buy vegetables and cook together, and when they walked in the evening, they dug up a few cacti from outside and planted them under the courtyard wall, as if they suddenly had a small home.

Feng Yi stayed next door for two days, and after helping them settle in, he returned to school.

In the next few days, when the two were together, they continued to talk about the engagement.

Although Feng Yi wanted to settle everything as soon as possible, he also knew that this matter was in a hurry, so he could only come step by step.

In the end, they decided to take a week off work in November to return to Hong Kong to visit relatives, and at the end of the year, they held an engagement ceremony in Kunming. After Wen Jianning graduates next year, the two will discuss how to organize the wedding.

The two had already discussed it, and immediately wrote to their relatives and friends separately.

Wen Jianning originally thought that his interpersonal relationship was simple and would not be too troublesome, but when it was time to write a letter, he found that there were many people to be notified. Zhou Yinghuang and Wen Baiqing, two brothers, as well as Zhong Hui's parents, as well as Mr. Qi and Meng Li who are far away in Shanghai. Since they didn't know much about Feng Yi, she wrote a long, long letter, writing all these things after they met and reunited in Kunming, hoping that they could understand.

Shortly after the letter was sent, news came that the Japanese army had approached a small city in southeastern Yunnan Province.

At the end of October, Japanese planes bombed Kunming indiscriminately for four days. After the alarm sounded, everyone had retreated to the hill a few miles away on the outskirts of the city, only to see smoke rising from the direction of the city, and another catastrophe had struck the city.

Wen Jianning was in a heavy mood, turned her head and suddenly saw a familiar female classmate squatting on the ground covering her face and crying, several people surrounded her to comfort her, and hurriedly went over to ask what was going on, but only heard the other party whimper: "...... I left Mr. Wen's manuscript behind. ”

It turned out that it was the turn of the female classmate to go to Mr. Wen's house to help today, and after hearing the alarm, she evacuated with everyone, just in time for a few children crying, Mr. Wen could only go to pick up the child first and hand over the suitcase to her.

However, she turned her head and was called by her wife to help, and in a hurry, she actually dropped the suitcase.

Wen Jianning's heart jumped suddenly after hearing this, the book that Mr. Wen was writing had recently reached the final stage......

She didn't dare to think about it anymore, but it was not a way to make people cry like this, so she had to comfort: "It's okay to bomb before, maybe this time it won't affect my husband's residence." ”

Everyone was talking about comforting words, and finally persuaded the female classmate to stop.

Wen Jianning accompanied her to Mr. Wen's side to apologize.

Fortunately, Mr. Wen was very generous and did not blame the female classmate, but let her relax.

Despite this, the female classmate was still a little uneasy, as one of the student assistants, of course she knew the importance of those manuscripts to Mr. Wen, which carried the fruits of Mr. Wen's years of hard work, and nothing could measure it.

However, it was useless for everyone to be uneasy, and everyone could only look in the direction of the city, counting the minutes and seconds in anxiety.

It wasn't until the bombardment in the city had stopped for a long time and the alarm was lifted that they hurried down the hill. Mr. Wen has never been in good health, and today he is running all the way, and even these young students can't keep up. Wen Jianning and several classmates followed behind breathlessly all the way, until they saw Mr. Wen in front of them suddenly stop.

They followed Mr. Wen's line of sight and looked ahead, only to see that the familiar alley had turned into a sea of fire, and the surrounding houses were still burning in flames. The small brick and stone building where Mr. Wen's family lived was in the middle of the fire, and most of the entire building had been burned to the ground, and the fate of those manuscripts could be imagined.

Mr. Wen, who was wearing a long robe, looked up at the raging fire in front of him with his hands behind his back, and stood there for a long time without moving.

(End of chapter)