Everyone watched Zhong Hui leave, and then returned to the city together.

But in the evening, Zhong Hui suddenly came back.

After asking, I learned that the Japanese planes came to bomb in the afternoon, blowing up a road outside the city, and the car Zhong Hui was riding in could not drive far, so he could only find a way to change the road tomorrow, so he had to stay for a few more days.

In the next few days, due to the successive bombardments by the Japanese army, many roads, railways, and other communication lines in various places were blown up. was forced to delay so many times, and when Zhong Hui finally made the trip, the originally bleak parting atmosphere had also been diluted. When they finally said goodbye, the two friends no longer had tears, and only agreed to meet in Hong Kong at the end of the year, and then they reluctantly parted.

After Zhong Hui dropped out, the position of vice president of the student government council vacated by her was temporarily taken over by Feng Xin, who was in the same dormitory.

Although the student officers at their level were about to step down from their positions and prepare to graduate in a few months, the general election and the handover of duties still needed to be presided over by senior students, and in the end, the errand fell on Feng Xin.

As soon as the new appointment came down, Feng Xin avoided Wen Jianning for several days, and he looked sorry when he occasionally met her. After all, Zhong Hui just dropped out of school on the front foot, and she filled this vacancy, and when facing her friends, it was inevitable that she would be a little unable to raise her head.

On the contrary, Wen Jianning saw that she was awkward in her heart, and took the initiative to find her to explain the words: "...... Although this time it ended with such a result, if you think about it, this is not necessarily a good thing for me and Zhong Hui. At least this lesson has made us finally realize our own shallowness and naivety in politics, and we can avoid running into bloodshed in the future. It's a pity that we couldn't complete the entrustment that Senior Sister Shen entrusted when she left, and I'm afraid the rest can only be handed over to you. ”

Feng Xin saw that her tone was so sincere and sincere, and he had mixed feelings for a while.

Since Senior Sister Shen and her sisters left office, in less than a year, the open and secret struggle within the student self-government association has become more and more intense. Zhong Hui was still able to suppress one or two when she was there, and she was suddenly expelled from school, which made the arrogance of that group extremely high, and her job as a temporary successor became more and more difficult to do, but the hardships in this were really difficult to explain to outsiders.

It wasn't until she heard Wen Jianning's heartfelt words that she finally couldn't hide her thoughts. , rarely choked up a little and said: "...... With your words, how can I at least last for less than half a year. ”

On weekdays, Feng Xin is busy with club socializing, and he doesn't have much time to get along with them. Wen Jianning is not good at taking the initiative to get close to people, and everyone just maintains ordinary friendly exchanges. It wasn't until after this conversation that the two really felt close.

As the girls grow closer, another thing happens at school.

In the end, several male students couldn't hold their breath and copied the seventy-fourth chapter of "Dream of Red Mansions" overnight, and they copied and inspected the Grand View Garden, and posted it all over the school in one night. The meanness of cultural people has always been bloodless, but after half a day's work, the school began to talk about "Dream of Red Mansions", and almost all literary and artistic posters began to discuss the meaning of this plot.

Of course, the teachers and students of the Three Youth League were not stupid, and they immediately reacted and asked the teachers of the Discipline Department to deal with the group of insinuating people, but they were touched. Most of the professors at the UN University are liberal and do not sell their face.

Last time, the gang of the Three Youth League made trouble to the point of making students withdraw from school, which made many people feel dissatisfied, and the other party wanted to seize on trivial matters to make a big fuss, which immediately aroused the disgust of many teachers.

Professor Li, who has always been amiable to others, put down his teacup and said coldly: "It is you who let students only discuss literature and art, and now it is you who are not allowed to talk about it." How many years have the Manchu Qing Dynasty been dead, and a single red mansion is not allowed to be discussed, do you want to engage in writing and prison? Do you have the ability to let your Director Chen personally arrest them, and it is best to arrest those professors in the Chinese Department as well!"

The students who went to interrogate were so blocked that they couldn't speak on the spot, so they had to leave in disgrace.

But this matter did not end here, the people of the Three Youth League inquired behind their backs, and finally found out two of the male classmates who took the lead in posting hand-copied newspapers. Soon after, one student was expelled for some reason, and another classmate was suddenly disqualified from studying abroad on public expense.

Wen Jianning knew one of them, and when she met them later in school, she tactfully thanked the other party and asked him if he needed any help, after all, the other party's actions were also bad for her and Zhong Hui.

The male classmate obviously didn't take this matter to heart, and said with a big grin: "What's this, is it possible that if I am not qualified to study abroad at public expense, my life will not have to pass." It just so happens that I plan to go to the Northwest after graduation, and I finally have a chance in the future. ”

After two successive poster incidents, the school did not prohibit students from running posters, but there were still some posters that had been in business for a long time quietly disappeared, and most of the posters that remained were also turned to talk about literature and art, and few students around them talked about current affairs and politics. If this change had been placed in the past, Wen Jianning, who believed in literary and artistic freedom, might have thought that this was a good thing.

But when she thought of Zhong Hui and those expelled classmates, she only felt that her heart was blocked.

It didn't take long for Wen Jianning to find that it was not only the posters that had changed, but also some familiar classmates in the school who had suddenly disappeared, as if the world had evaporated. She inquired in private, some said that they were asking for leave to go to distant relatives, some went to the countryside to teach, and some simply asked for leave to suspend school, and as for when they would come back, the people in the dormitory couldn't say anything.

She is not the only one who has noticed this change, although other students are still attending classes as usual, going to teahouses, talking about literature and art, and participating in interest clubs, most of them can still perceive that there is a low and depressing atmosphere in the school, as if the eve of the mountain rain is about to come, and it is like a long night just after sunset, and I don't know when I will see the morning light again.

One day not long after, she heard that the optimistic male classmate had also been expelled.

At this time, there were only four months left before the graduation of their cohort.

In this context, Wen Jianning published a new short story "Rainy Season".

The protagonist is a female student who grew up in the metropolis and received a new education.,By chance,She followed her parents back to her hometown.,Feel all kinds of discomfort about that closed and backward water town.。

In this story, the Jiangnan water town does not have the usual brightness and gentleness in literary works, but looks dull and decadent. The weather in the rainy season is gloomy, the bluestone road is covered with wet moss, and the ancient ancestral hall is gloomy and terrifying...... These are not nothing, the backward customs and outdated concepts of the town have made this new-school female student repeatedly reprimanded by the elders of the clan.

When she protested indignantly to her parents, she was told by her parents to be patient and respect the elderly, and that it would be good for them to return to the city after a while. The protagonist can only survive with a lot of misery.,But just a few days before the family was supposed to return.,Because the Japanese army suddenly occupied the city where they lived.,Parents decided to stay in the countryside for refuge.。

The whole story takes place in the rainy season in May and June, which is the most cloudy time of the year in Jiangnan. The day of returning to the city is far away.,But these trivial anguish are as endless as rainy weather.,The hero waits day after day in this unpredictable weather and mood.,Waiting for the day when he can return to the city.。

After it was published in the newspaper, a few days later, Wen Jianning saw an article review of "Plum Rainy Season" when he was reviewing the manuscript in the editorial department of "Sui Han". After reading it with great interest, she still put the article aside and left it for other students to comment.

Although others don't know her pen name, at least she should avoid suspicion.

She just put down the article, and someone next to her pushed a manuscript over.

Wen Jianning picked it up and looked at it, but after a few glances, his brows furrowed. "The Cold Year" does not accept articles related to politics, which is a well-known thing in the whole school, and this article is obviously very unqualified, and then look at the signature, it is actually written by a classmate in the editorial department, but the other party asked for leave today and did not show up. This manuscript has just been transferred in the hands of several other student editors, and it was either directly checked and approved by the people of the Three Youth League, or no one dared to write a comment, obviously some people felt that something was wrong, but no one dared to be the one who came out.

She didn't even lift her eyelids, she just picked out the manuscript and put it in the stack that she didn't use.

A male classmate next to him suddenly slapped the table and stood up: "Classmate Wen, please take your work seriously,"

She put down the pen and pushed back without being soft or hard: "Where did I not take my work seriously?"

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became tense, and the other student editors who had been immersed in reading the manuscript also raised their heads.

The male classmate accused: "You only looked at the manuscript twice and put it aside, this is your attitude?"

Wen Jianning said unhurriedly: "I don't know, what qualifications does a person who stares at the every move of the female classmate next to him have to accuse me at work." However, I still have to make it clear that some people can only browse word by word, and do not use their own ability to measure whether others can see ten lines at a glance. Are you satisfied with this answer?"

Seeing that the male classmate was so angry that his face was red and his neck was thick, classmate Mu, who was the person in charge, hurriedly stood up and played a round: "Don't quarrel, everyone is classmates, if there is anything you can discuss calmly." ”

As soon as his voice fell, another female classmate who was also from the Three Youth League stood up and asked Wen Jianning menacingly: "Then tell me, what is written in this article, and why don't you use it?"

Wen Jianning retold the point of view of the article in a few sentences, and suddenly smiled: "As for why I don't use this article, in addition to the lackluster nature of this article itself, after being in the editorial department for so long, I think everyone knows the purpose of "Years of Cold". As a semi-official publication of the school, "Sui Han" only talks about literature and art, except for anti-Japanese affairs, and does not raise the flag for the political views of any faction, so as not to mislead people's children. I don't see anything in this masterpiece that deserves to be forgotten by several of you even the most basic of principles. ”

Another classmate stood up and said solemnly: "The old rules are used to be broken, and everything should have an unprecedented first time." In vain, you have been under the influence of new culture and education for so many years, but you will only cling to the regulations and bite the rules. ”

Wen Jianning's attitude was still calm and indifferent: "Regulations are not the same as stereotypes, you don't need to mess around." The editorial department is only responsible for undertaking publications, not a court to decide cases. If you are not satisfied with this, then you can go to the school board and use your family connections and club connections to get the presidents and professors who set this rule to change their minds and revise the founding policy of the journal. ”

Someone ridiculed loudly: "You obey the regulations so much, how dare you openly disobey the regulations of the Wall Post in the first place? I think you are clearly prejudiced and communiqué personal vendettas, and you are using your power to suppress the creations of other students!"

As soon as this incident was mentioned, the other classmates who were still a little angry were immediately angered, and spoke for Wen Jianning: "We are talking about "Sui Han", why should we talk about the poster. What happened last time, you know it in your own hearts!"

"Don't think that if you have someone behind you, you can reverse black and white, justice is at ease in people's hearts!"

"You don't have to speak for this kind of person, she won't dare to admit her mistake if she dares to do anything. ”

"What kind of justice is in the hearts of the people, is justice stipulated by you?"

For a moment, there was a lot of noise in the office, which was still quiet.

The two groups of people split into distinct sides, glaring at each other without giving in. As the person in charge, Mu was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and both sides persuaded him, but neither side was willing to listen to him and sit down to calm down.

It's okay that these people don't mention the poster incident last time, but when they think of Zhong Hui and those classmates who were forced to leave the school, Wen Jianning only felt that his blood was surging, and the string called reason in his mind was almost broken.

The hand hanging by her side clenched into a fist several times and then released it, but in the end she couldn't hold back her anger, and slapped the table: "Since I dare to do the poster thing, there is nothing I dare not do! Whether the rules are reasonable or not, my friends and I have already paid the price." Since you are going to unite today to violate the rules of the "Year of Cold", then I also ask you, which one is willing to stand up and punish the person who has been demerited, and who is willing to be expelled himself!"

The room was still noisy for a while, and no one made a sound for a long time.

(End of chapter)