At the beginning of the final semester, the school finally remembered to allocate a new school building for those of them who had been boarding away for a long time.

Zhong Hui and the others joked that they didn't want to disturb the two of them, so they took this opportunity to move out of the small courtyard and go back to the school.

Jokes are jokes, although after returning from Hong Kong, Wen Jianning and Feng Yi's relationship has deepened, but after all, the two are not officially engaged, and they are both conservative people, so it is impossible to live in the same place like this. So Wen Jianning also moved away with them, but she privately paid a sum of money to buy this small courtyard, planning to use this place as her place to stay after graduation in the future.

It didn't take long for the two to quickly hold a simple engagement ceremony in the small courtyard.

They only made a special trip to Hong Kong to inform their families, and their teachers and classmates were all here in Kunming, so naturally they still managed it here. On the day of the engagement, Feng Yi invited his mentor, Professor Yang Lao, and his wife, while Wen Jianning invited Mr. Wen, Professor Li, and several teachers of the Chinese Department.

When the two of them served tea to the teachers together, Mr. Yang glanced at Wen Jianning: "This is the female student you coaxed?"

He made a straight face, so that Wen Jianning couldn't tell the other party's likes and dislikes for a while, and he was a little overwhelmed.

Feng Yi said with a smile: "The person who the student finally asked for, don't scare people away." ”

The senior wife next to her glared at Mr. Yang when she heard this, and his face seemed to be a little unbearable, and his face became more and more serious.

Fortunately, Professor Li next to him could speak, so he hurriedly made a round, and then acted as a pastor and said the oath.

After the engagement was completed, Mr. Yang said few words and only said some words of exhortation; instead, Mr. Wen and several professors of the Chinese Department were very happy to see that the proud protégé had set a lifelong event, and they quoted scriptures and texts and talked endlessly.

After finishing speaking, everyone applauded warmly, especially Zhong Hui was the most excited, and even shed tears. Ruan Wenyun teased her beside her: "It's just engagement, when Jianning gets married, won't you flood the Seventh Army and cry down the Great Wall." ”

Zhong Hui wiped his face: "I'm only crying this time, our small courtyard is about to become Sister Lin's Xiao Xiang Pavilion." ”

Ruan Wenyun's face flushed, and then he stopped talking.

After the engagement, they said goodbye to the teachers and then returned to the vicinity of the small courtyard.

The others entered the door, leaving room for the newly engaged lovers to sit on something else.

Feng Yi explained gently: "The teacher didn't mean to embarrass you today, he is extremely soft-hearted, but he was born with that stern face. It is said that when he came to propose, he also had such a face, and his wife was almost scared away by him. ”

Wen Jianning snorted and laughed.

Seeing him walk into the next door, Wen Jianning closed the courtyard door, and laughed alone with his back against the door panel. The engagement was completed, and the two lived next to each other. Maybe in the future, she will marry in this small courtyard, and the person who marries is not far away, just next door.

......

By the time she got back inside, the others had already slept.

She squeezed a bed with Zhong Hui on weekdays, and as soon as she sat on the edge of the bed, Zhong Hui, who was originally facing the wall, suddenly turned over, lifted the quilt and winked at her: "Jianning, let's talk well tonight." ”

The two friends whispered all night under the covers, and it was not until the early hours of the morning that they could not stand it anymore, and they fell asleep together, and woke up late the next day. Shortly after waking up, Chen Hanxiang suddenly visited.

Everyone hurriedly packed up and invited her to sit down, thinking that she was here to congratulate her, but they didn't want her to cry with one mouth.

She doesn't often live with them, and her relationship with everyone is not very deep, but everyone's relationship is quite harmonious. Seeing her suddenly lose her temper like this, a group of girls hurriedly asked her not to cry in a hurry and speak well first.

It turned out that Chen Hanxiang's family had already engaged her to a family affair, and she was going to marry the other party as soon as she finished her studies.

However, unfortunately, her fiancé suddenly fell seriously ill this year and was bedridden, and the two parents were only worried that the situation was not good, urging Chen Hanxiang to return to Hong Kong as soon as possible and get married as soon as possible.

Zhong Hui said in disbelief: "Then if your fiancé is gone, won't you marry and be a widow?"

In fact, she also wants to say, how many years have passed, how can there be such an ignorant and backward thing as an arranged marriage. But now she knows a little bit about the world, and she knows that Chen Hanxiang really wants to resist, but she is afraid that she will not wait until now to be anxious.

Sure enough, she just wiped her tears and said resignedly: "This is also something that can't be helped." ”

Wen Jianning came up with an idea on the side: "Otherwise, we will find a professor to intercede with your father, there is only the last year and a half left, why should we let you finish your studies and at least get your graduation certificate." ”

Chen Hanxiang wiped away her tears and forced a smile: "For people like us, what is the use of a graduation certificate." After all, in the past few years in school, I haven't studied well, and no matter how hard I stay, it's just a waste of time. ”

This is indeed true, although the workload of the Chinese Department is not heavy, she has not studied seriously in school in recent years, every time before the big exam, she comes to borrow notes from Wen Jianning, and she is done with it, and on weekdays, she drinks coffee and socializes with a few female classmates with the same conditions, which shows that she does not like to study much.

However, Chen Hanxiang was in a good mood, and after being comforted for a while, he laughed again: "I'm just talking to you, when I get married, if you pass by Hong Kong when you turn around, you must come to play with me." ”

Everyone persuaded and persuaded, but they still couldn't persuade her.

Three days later, Chen Hanxiang went through the withdrawal procedures and left Kunming.

Among the six people in their dormitory, Wen Jianning and Feng Xin stayed in school, Ruan Wenyun planned to teach, Zhang Tonghui had to study for another year, Chen Hanxiang was going to get married soon, and Zhong Hui was going to leave Kunming and go home after graduation. Although everyone has not really reached the moment of going their separate ways, their respective lives have forked, which is somewhat sentimental.

But their relationship with Chen Hanxiang is not deep, and this faint sentimentality has passed in a flash with the passage of time.

In the blink of an eye, another year in Kunming has passed, and the new year is coming soon.

On this afternoon, Zhong Hui rarely had no club affairs, and he and Wen Jianning prepared posters in the dormitory.

Since more students have come to help with "Wildfire", they have gradually handed over some affairs to other students. Today they received news from the outside world, saying that it was a great victory for our side in the Battle of Southern Henan, repelling thousands of Japanese troops, and some classmates wrote several articles to analyze the situation of the battle, and the two were also very happy, and they rarely planned to post posters.

The two of them were reviewing for the last time for errors and omissions when suddenly someone knocked on the door.

When I opened the door, it was a female classmate from the poster unit who came, and informed Zhong Hui, the person in charge, to go to the meeting.

Zhong Hui didn't think too much about it, and hurriedly got up and prepared to go out.

However, the female classmate glanced at the stack of posters stacked on the wooden bed, and a strange look appeared on her face: "You don't need to release today's poster first, and we'll talk about it after the meeting." ”

Zhong Hui sensed that something was wrong, and asked quietly: "Is this the case with other posters?"

"Yes, that's the case with all the posters. ”

Zhong Hui was at a loss, and only said that he would change his clothes and rush over immediately to persuade the female classmate to leave. When she turned around, she said with a solemn expression: "Jianning, don't post today's poster first, I'm afraid there will be no good thing in today's meeting." ”

Wen Jianning had just heard their conversation, and he also had this premonition, so he put down his pen and got up and said, "Since I want the student leaders of all the posters to go over for a meeting, then I will also go with you." ”

Zhong Hui thought about it for a while, and decided not to let his friend get involved in this kind of thing again: "What's the use of going, you still have to get angry with you." Listen to me, you stay here and wait for me to come back, one of the two of us must not be confused by those people. ”

Wen Jianning had no choice but to stay in the dormitory and wait for her to come back from the meeting.

However, Zhong Hui had no news for a long time, and she didn't come back until the afternoon, which made her a little worried.

Wen Jianning knew very well that although Zhong Hui, the newly appointed vice chairman of the student self-government association, also held the position of leading the post of the newspaper unit, she was not the main person talking about it there. What's more, there are still teachers from the discipline department above, and there are many things that she may not be able to say. Today's situation is obviously wrong, and if she chokes on people again, won't she suffer.

She was thinking like this, and Zhong Hui, who had been going for most of the day, finally pushed the door in.

Wen Jianning pulled her to sit down, and hurriedly asked, "How is it, why have you been going for so long?" ”

As soon as she spoke, everyone noticed that her voice was hoarse.

The experience of the student government association in the past few years has made her fade away from the impatience and naivety of her girlhood, and it will not be a trivial matter to be able to make her angry like this. When Zhong Hui calmed down after taking a sip of water, everyone knew the reason.

The authorities have always been blind to the liberal atmosphere of the General Assembly, especially since last year, when there have been difficulties in the battlefields at home and abroad, and the strong-blooded students have often talked about it, and some remarks have reached the ears of some people, which has greatly annoyed them. Today, the poster unit specially summoned these student leaders to a meeting, precisely to rectify the poster atmosphere. The central content of the meeting was nothing more than saying that the country had reached a critical point of survival, and there was no need to report on the situation of the war that disturbed people's minds, and that they were not allowed to publish relevant war reports indiscriminately in the future, nor were they allowed to mention any current affairs, and that everything was mainly about the students' own affairs.

The others were dumbfounded, which was clearly to silence them.

Wen Jianning hesitated and asked, "Could it be that there are so many newspapers in Kunming City, and they don't let people talk?"

Zhong Hui's face was ugly and said: "When I came back, I specially asked someone to inquire elsewhere, and other places haven't received similar news recently, so it should only be for us students." "If the authorities directly order a ban on talking about state affairs, they are afraid that the society will immediately turn up the world, so they can only start with these students.

Feng Xin cautiously spoke: "I don't think this is necessarily what the school meant. ”

Wen Jianning said: "But since everyone is called to a meeting, I'm afraid that the school will not be able to withstand the pressure." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent.

Zhong Hui asked with some embarrassment: "Should we still post this poster today, or do we make a new one while it's too early?" ”

The ban has just been issued, and if they are about to violate it, they are afraid that they will be used to establish their authority.

Wen Jianning pondered for a long time, and saw each other's answers when they looked at their friends.

The purpose of this poster was to make their voices heard, and if they cut off their mouthpieces because they were afraid of the school's punishment, then their hard work in the past two years would be tantamount to a joke.

It's easy to make a decision, but it's not easy to think about the consequences of violating a rule.

After thinking about it, Wen Jianning proposed that it was best for the two to go alone, and in the end, one person would take full responsibility, in case something really happened, at least one could be saved, but it was still a difficult problem to choose who to go.

Neither of them spoke, and the tacit understanding that had been cultivated for a long time knew that neither could let the other come out.

The atmosphere in the room was almost stagnant, making the people next to him a little unable to sit still.

Ruan Wenyun was a little anxious: "Okay, what are you fighting for?" I'm unofficial, so let me go. ”

Feng Xin, who had been listening quietly beside her, finally spoke, and she reminded softly: "Ask Yun, you don't have to take care of everything." This time is no longer than ever, and although we are not sure what the consequences will be this time, we still have to prepare for the worst. ”

Wen Jianning and the others thought the same way.

The Office of Discipline had already registered the list of student leaders in charge of the posters, and although they used pseudonyms at the time, Professor Li knew about them. Although the General Assembly is free to talk freely, everyone is still responsible for the content of the posters. This time, they were determined to speak out despite the ban, but they couldn't help but think about the consequences. In the unlikely event that the Department of Discipline or the school wants to ask someone for questioning, at least one of the two persons in charge must stand up and shoulder the responsibility.

The two discussed for a while, and finally Wen Jianning made a decision to let her post today's poster.

After all, Zhong Hui's position in the student self-government association is too important, and once she is caught, she will only be attacked more fiercely than Wen Jianning, and it will only be more difficult for her to gain a foothold in the self-government association in the future.

Wen Jianning picked up the poster and got up, and was about to leave, but was pulled by the corner of his clothes.

Looking back, I saw Zhong Hui clear his throat: "I want to go with you." ”

She was silent for a moment before confirming with her friend, "Zhong Hui, do you really want to go with me?"

The pair of black and white apricot kernels had a question in their eyes, which made Zhong Hui slightly shake his head.

With this departure, they can't turn back. But for a moment, Zhong Hui felt as if she had thought a lot, and she seemed to have just lost her mind for a moment, but she still said firmly: "I want to go with you." ”

Wen Jianning didn't persuade her to think about it carefully, at this moment, all words were superfluous.

The two walked out of the door side by side, and when they got out of the girls' dormitory in the South Courtyard, they found that there were many female classmates on the road who were holding posters in their arms. Everyone didn't even ask, they just looked at each other and smiled tacitly, and each ran in different directions.

There were no stars or moons in the sky tonight, and the road was very dark, but these roads were familiar on weekdays, and the two walked quickly without the slightest delay. The first thing they went to was the Democracy Wall near the North Courtyard, which is located near the North Gate and is a necessary place for teachers and students to enter and exit, and the posters of the whole school will be posted here every day.

There were already a lot of people under the wall, and they walked over to take a look and found "Spring Silkworm", "Cadre", "Group Voice", and "Comment Now...... A lot of the poster leaders they knew well came.

However, the crowd did not stop to talk, just nodded to each other and passed by.

The Democracy Wall is just one of the places where they are posted, and they have other places to go.

In the past two years, the development of posters has been in full swing, and it has long been incomparable. Some of the larger posters are not only posted in schools, but are even printed and distributed on the streets at their own expense. Wen Jianning's "Wildfire" is dedicated to influencing the school, and it has not yet reached this scale, but compared with the beginning, the layout and page count have been greatly expanded, and at least a dozen copies are copied at a time, and almost all the important places in the school are posted. Sometimes, when there is a major current event on the day, the student in charge will rush to work in time.

After posting all the posters in their hands, the two returned to their dormitories.

After ten o'clock, everyone put out the oil lamps and went to bed.

Everyone was half-asleep and half-awake, when they suddenly heard a rough and powerful knock on the door, and someone shouted outside: "Zhong Hui, Wen Jianning, you two come out, the training office wants to question!"

(End of chapter)