As a matter of fact, as early as the end of July, when Wen Jianning had just arrived in Kunming, there was already movement in Hong Kong.

However, due to the long length of the "Yongding Bridge" series, it was not published until not long ago. Coupled with the time it took for the letter to be on the road, she only received a reply today.

Zhong Hui's father helped draft another title before the official publication, "A Schoolgirl's Experiences Before and After the Fall of Beiping", so that these short stories have a documentary flavor. As soon as it was published, it attracted great attention.

In fact, to a certain extent, the publication of "Yongding Bridge" is already a little late, after all, a year has passed since the Lugou Bridge incident, and most of what can be written has been written, but although there are many people who write it, few of them are recognized as good.

This is due to the urgency of the situation at that time, and the discussions in the newspapers all revolved around the war situation and national conditions, and most of the current commentaries were published, and the subsequent dramas, poems, and other creations were more for the purpose of issuing patriotic appeals, although the emotions were clear and strong, but the art was a little immature; second, all works with major historical events as the theme need time to precipitate, in order to truly get a glimpse of the whole picture.

On the occasion of the first anniversary of the Lugou Bridge Incident, someone was finally able to calm down and write such a work, which naturally caused great discussion. From this point of view, the publication of "Yongding Bridge" is neither early nor late, and it is just the right time.

In addition to the discussion of literary and artistic issues and anti-Japanese issues, "Yongding Bridge" also drew people's attention to another matter.

At the beginning of the fall of Pingjin, many people fled with their families and mouths, but more people still stayed there, not to mention anything else, just Peking University and other schools, and there are still many teachers and students stranded there. The heroine of "Yongding Bridge" took more than four months to barely escape with the help of a university professor, and now that the Japanese army has occupied the city, the future rule will only become more and more harsh day by day, how can the teachers and students trapped in the city get out.

It is said that there have been public calls for the government to continue to find ways to help teachers and students trapped in the occupied areas and save the fire for the country. Of course, this is not so easy, and it may be a good thing if more capable people can pay attention to it.

Of course, not all of the voices of the discussion were positive.

Some people think that the protagonist Wen Hui, as a student, thinks about how to escape at the time of the national crisis, which is too negative, and some good people misinterpret this escape as an allusion to the retreat of the national army. Wen Jianning had expected this and didn't take it to heart. This is the characteristic feature of newspapers and magazines in this era, and there are all kinds of voices.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, there were even more people who used patriotism to exclude dissidents and fish in troubled waters. As long as Wen Jianning has a clear conscience, as long as the voice she really wants to convey can be heard by more people, then these attempts she made will not be in vain.

She put away the letter contentedly, left a note on Zhong Hui's bed, and went to the Lu Mansion alone.

Lu Mansion is located in the area of Yuantong Temple in Kunming, the house is a Chinese-style house from the outside, there are two stone lions squatting at the door, and when you enter the courtyard, you find that the building inside still has some French style.

The aunt and wife of the Lu family are dressed beautifully, with delicate patterns embroidered on their clothes, intricate silver jewelry of the Miao nationality on their bodies, and a pair of jade pendants on their ears, like a moving jewelry rack. The person was also very arrogant, he didn't even ask his name, and after glancing at Wen Jianning with his chin, he lightly motioned for her to go to the study to talk about it first.

There was already someone in the study, and in addition to her student, there was a male classmate who was teaching the little boy homework.

Wen Jianning was slightly stunned when she saw the other party's face clearly, wasn't this the male classmate she had seen that day.

However, compared to the embarrassment when we first met that day, the other party today is much more decent. Although it is still the same old robe, the other party has an extra pair of gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, and he doesn't think he will be able to see anything clearly. Just looking at the other party's side face, Wen Jianning's inexplicable familiarity came again.

However, she didn't continue, and when she came back to her senses, she was about to introduce herself to the little girl next to her, but the little girl grabbed the inkstone on the table and smashed it: "I don't want you to teach! I don't want you to teach you!"

However, she had already noticed that something was wrong, and as soon as her body flashed, the inkstone went to the aunt who was watching the joke behind her. The ink instantly stained the robe, and the aunt also screamed, causing a stir for a while, and the situation was extremely chaotic.

Wen Jianning was slightly angry in his heart, but he still felt more funny.

This scene seemed so familiar to her, it was exactly the same as when she first met Jianwan.

By the time she had settled down, her aunt had already gone to change her clothes, and the male classmate had stopped. He glanced at Wen Jianning, as if he didn't recognize him, and took out a ring ruler and said to the little boy who was smiling and clapping his hands next to him just now, "Stretch out your hand." ”

The two children, who were triumphant just now, were instantly silenced, and their little faces turned white with fright.

The little boy was unconvinced: "Sir, why did you beat me, it was my sister who did the bad thing just now." ”

"You're a brother, she's a sister. She made a mistake, and you are also responsible. ”

The children didn't know what responsibility was not responsible, and they wanted to continue to talk back, but Wen Jianning could see that they were still afraid of this gentleman, so in the end they bowed their heads and obediently stretched out their palms to be punished. The elder brother was beaten, and the younger sister was also a little scared next to her, but it was probably expected that this gentleman would not hit her hand, and he grimaced at Wen Jianning again in a blink of an eye.

Wen Jianning thought about it, and after finishing the fight, he borrowed the ring ruler and said to the little girl, "You also stretch out your hand." ”

The little girl immediately screamed: "Even my father and my husband have never beaten me! Why did you beat me! You bullied me while my mother was away, and when she came back, I would let her beat you!"

"Okay, just wait for your mother to come back. ”

As soon as the words fell, the aunt's wife, who had changed her clothes, came in with her eyebrows uplifted: "I see who dares to beat my Lu family's children!"

Before Wen Jianning could say anything, the male classmate next to him calmly spoke: "Madam, I hit me just now." ”

Mrs. Aunt seemed to be a little jealous of him, and said with a smile: "The boy is naughty, Mr. Feng should beat him more." ”

Turning his head to Wen Jianning, his face changed again, and he said with an unkind expression: "Are you trying to beat my daughter?"

"It's me," Wen Jianning didn't blink an eyelid, "doesn't Madame think she shouldn't be beaten?"

Mrs. Aunt sneered: "The child is just ignorant and naughty, if she is sensible, what else do you ask you to do." You are a poor student who has just arrived, we are kind enough to give you food, and if you are not respectful when you arrive at the master's house, you will dare to oppose the guest. If you don't tell me a thing or two today, I'd like to ask your school how you teach students?"

Wen Jianning said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Madame, I still say this cautiously, from the moment to now, I haven't even drunk a sip of tea in your mansion, when did I eat your Lu family's meal? Newborn babies can still be said to be ignorant before speaking, but six or seven-year-old children can look at the faces of adults, I don't know if this child has a bad temperament, or the elders of the Lu family have no form and indulge the child like this." After I go back, I also want to ask the professors in the school, they write articles all day long to criticize current affairs, why don't they know that there are such people in Kunming. ”

Mrs. Aunt sneered contemptuously: "You are a female student, you run in front of you to tell right and wrong, I see who can believe you, not to mention today's incident, I still have someone here." ”

After she finished speaking, she turned her head to look at the male classmate on the other side, but was pushed up by the other party neither softly nor hard.

"Madame, I am also a student at the United Nations General Assembly. ”

My aunt was so choked that she couldn't speak for a while, and when she came back to her senses, she said angrily: "Okay! Fight, you can fight as much as you want! I want to see today, I will let you beat you dare to do it!"

Wen Jianning didn't seem to hear the threat in her words, grabbed the little girl's hand with a straight face, and hit it three times in a row. Even the little girl couldn't believe that the three strokes of the board were knocked out so quickly.

Mrs. Aunt thought that Wen Jianning still didn't dare to offend the Lu family after all, so she laughed contemptuously twice: "Okay, since you have beaten and beaten, let's start teaching today." When you leave, the housekeeper will give you the start of the work, and we can't afford to hire such a gentleman. ”

"No need. ”

"Madame refused to look at me squarely, and she threw me with an inkstone, just to humiliate me, not to really want to invite my husband back to study; I knocked her three times, not to make her feel painful, so that she could remember her and know etiquette, but to humiliate her and Madame by beating the handboard, not to be the gentleman of your house. Everyone went back and forth, and it was even settled. ”

Wen Jianning said, he didn't bother to look at his aunt's stunned face anymore, and turned his head to leave.

"Stop! What are you to humiliate us?"

Wen Jianning stopped and looked back, his black and white eyes were full of coldness: "I'm just a poor student, but I'm also a student from the top university in China." I was admitted to university because of my hard work in my homework, and I supported myself by a proper job, and I was able to be an upright person no matter who I was in front of. I don't know what Madame and your children rely on? Before I came, I heard that the male master of the Lu family was away from home all the year round, and entrusted the affairs of the family and the children to you, Madame. I wonder what his expression will be when he comes back and sees his children being raised into the well-known humility of Kunming City?"

At this point, Mrs. Aunt's face finally turned a little pale.

What she is most afraid of is her own master, in case she really tells the female student that when the men in the family come back, she will hear how the children will not be successful, but I am afraid that she will be the first to be unlucky.

And she was even more afraid of the professors standing behind Wen Jianning. Although the local magnates openly welcomed the teachers and students of the United Nations University, they were secretly wary of professors who had extraordinary status in China. If you are scolded by the group of people who have mastered the pen, I am afraid that the entire Lu family will not be able to raise their heads in Kunming.

As if Wen Jianning's words were not heavy enough, Fang Cai's male classmate also said calmly: "What this classmate said just now is what I have always wanted to say." If the Lu family only wants to find two servants who follow the children's wishes and can play with them, I am afraid that it will be difficult for me to do this job. ”

The two of you said a word to me, and they actually squeezed my aunt's wife into a cold sweat.

The other party's face was blue and white for a while, and his expression changed.

When she calmed down again, she changed her face again, she personally poured tea for the two of them to apologize, and asked the two little ones next to her to listen to Mr. in the future, and they were not allowed to mess around anymore, and said that in the future, Mr. would beat if he wanted to, and scold if he wanted to.

Wen Jianning was amazed by her ability to change her face, but the other party had already given her the steps, so she took advantage of the situation to teach the child to do her homework. The pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses just saw the adults quarreling, and their side seemed to have lost the quarrel, and they were uneasy in their hearts, and they sat on the bench and survived to the end.

The rain began to fall in the courtyard at some point.

Before leaving, Wen Jianning and the male classmate borrowed two umbrellas from the Lu Mansion and went out together.

Although Kun Ming was more open than the original Mengzi ethos, the two still consciously distanced themselves. Feng Yi walked in front alone, and Wen Jianning walked in the back alone. Even if someone passed by, they would not have thought that these two people were actually together.

Continuous rain continued to fall from the sky, and the wet cobblestone streets were full of puddles of water of all sizes, scattering countless ripples in the puddles. The rainy days in Kunming are different from other places, the sky is not gloomy, the thick dark clouds are hazy and dimly lit, and the street shops are lit up with dim lights, interweaving into a strange and quiet atmosphere.

The two walked one after the other for a long time, and seeing that they were about to arrive at the school gate, Wen Jianning finally couldn't help it, and asked with some uncertainty: "Classmate, may I ask who you are...... Feng Yi?"

(End of chapter)