The deafening roar of the liner still seemed to echo in Lird's ears, but the furnishings were already dignified and elegant, and the smell of cooked grains wafted in the air.

Lird frowned, as if he had returned from the unreal, and he put down the heavy suitcase in his hand, moving his swollen arms, and combing through the recent events as he looked around at his new surroundings.

More than a month ago, Germany suddenly sent troops to attack Poland, and its behavior shocked all countries in the world, but it seems that the German side did not want to make some superficial tests, but spread out the front in an all-round way, and there was a great momentum of swallowing the whole of Poland with it, and for a moment the whole of Poland, both the government and the people, fell into a huge panic.

Almost a day, the shadow of death once again covered this land of historical strife, and everyone had a solemnity and fear on their faces.

Lird's town was also in a panic, although it was not located on the Polish-German border, but according to the German march, it was only a matter of time before armored vehicles drove in.

In the midst of the panic, the whole town soon went into a state of paralysis, and everyone hid in their homes, watching it all with an ostrich mentality. Even Lird's grandmother no longer urged him to go to the church school, but she confined him to his home very strictly, not allowing him to escape from his sight, which Lird was very helpless, but fortunately, at special moments, his grandmother no longer cared about what books he went to read, such as nautical charts, but asked Lird to pray to God sincerely every morning and evening.

In the face of the portrait of God, Lird pondered whether his prayers as an atheist would really be heard by God.

However, the prayers of the grandfather and grandson were not without effect, and soon one of them came. Before the Germans occupied the area, a man came to the home of Lird, a friend of Lird's father, who contacted him as soon as the Germans attacked Poland, begging him to arrange for his mother and son to go abroad.

Faced with the escape from her homeland, Lyard's grandmother was extremely reluctant, but she still accepted it when she saw her young grandson. That night, the three of them packed their bags and set off overnight, and by daylight, the carriage in which Lird was riding had left the town for dozens of miles.

Looking into the distance behind him through the old carriage window, Lird felt indescribably complicated feelings in his heart, and he did not know how long he would have to spend this parting before returning here.

The grandmother in the carriage was sleepy with her eyes closed, as if she was not bothered by this trouble.

But what Lird didn't know was that his stubborn grandmother had foreseen the outcome of her life.

After several days of rough travel, Lird and his grandmother boarded a passenger ship bound for the United States off the northern coastline.

After countless years at sea, the liner finally docked, and the grandfather and grandson also found their father's business partner, Mr. Wyatt, who had come to pick them up.

Wyatt warmly received the grandfather and grandson and arranged for them to rest in an apartment.

In the car to the apartment, Lird learned two things from Wyatt, the first of which was that his father was not in the United States, but in India, and his return was still uncertain. Lird felt extremely disappointed by this, but his father's absence was insignificant compared to the second thing.

Poland, completely fallen.

Not long after Lird and his grandmother fled their homeland, the Soviet Union also sent troops to invade Poland, and soon Poland was completely annexed by the two great powers in only half a month.

Lird was silent for a long time, and finally whispered to Wyatt, "Mr. Wyatt, now I... Already a slave to the country?"

In response to Lird's question, Wyatt's gentle smile on his face was a little stiff, and then he said to Lird in a more gentle tone: "Don't worry, all difficulties are only temporary, and this time the Soviet Union and Germany are only in conflict because of some difference of interest, and after the two sides reach a settlement, Poland will return to its previous appearance." ”

At this time, Grandmother Lird, who had always been silent, said coldly: "The flesh that swallowed the mouths of the two beasts also wants to spit it out? ”

Mr. Wyatt smiled awkwardly at this, and Lird gave Mr. Wyatt an apologetic look.

Even if it is three insignificant hundreds, it is already the next thing that is by no means as simple and optimistic as they imagined.

...

"Do you like it here?"

Mr. Wyatt's words in his ears woke up to Lird's recollection, but seeing Mr. Wyatt smiling at him, Lird smiled a little awkwardly, "I like it very much." ”

Mr. Wyatt smiled and said, "I see that you have been a little distracted, this is normal, after all, you have just arrived in a new and unfamiliar city, and you must be very unaccustomed." ”

Lird said, "I'll be quick about it, sir." ”

Wyatt patted Lird on the shoulder and said, "I believe in you, lad. ”

Wyatt added, "Do you speak English? You know, not everybody in America knows Polish as well as I do." ”

Lird swallowed and spat, "A little bit, I taught myself some when I read books on nautical charts before." ”

"That's great, it seems that you're just as well suited to living in the United States as your father, and believe me, you may be terrified of everything here right now, but as soon as you start to get used to it, you'll find that this is the 'land of magic' where you can make all your dreams come true. ”

With that, Mr. Wyatt's eyes glanced in the direction of Grandmother Liard, and said, "Don't say this to the old man." ”

Lird laughed, "Of course, she would definitely say that this is Satan's backyard." ”

Wyatt laughed and said, "You have a better sense of humor than your father." Lird smiled as well, and then said to Wyatt, "Sir, when will my father be able to come back here, to tell you the truth, I... I miss him so much. ”

The smile on Wyatt's face retracted a little solemnly and said, "Kid, I'm very considerate of your feelings, but... Your father's work is peculiar, and business matters limit his freedom to a great extent, and I cannot give you an exact answer as to when he will return, but I can assure you that he is absolutely safe, and that we will be in contact with each other by telephone every week, and that you may be able to communicate with each other by telephone at that time, which is much more convenient than when you were in Poland. ”

Lird smiled and nodded rather reluctantly.

Wyatt saw Lird's loss, patted Liard's shoulder again and said, "Don't worry, everything will be fine with the child, please believe me, and trust your father." ”

"You grandparents and grandchildren will rest here for a while, I still have some things to attend to here, and after about ten days, we will leave here and go to San Francisco, where my home is, you can live in the same estate as me and my family, and I will arrange for you to enter the local school and start a new study life, believe me, the school there teaches more than just God's conversation with St. Peter, there is a lot of knowledge that you are interested in, you know that if you want to be a navigator you can't just rely on the cross. ”

Listening to Mr. Wyatt's words, Lird finally smiled with satisfaction.

...

Wyatt was a rare gentleman, and during the first few days of his arrival in the United States, he tried to spend as much time as possible with them every day, giving them the greatest help to help them adapt to this strange city.

After more than ten days, Wyatt waited for the two grandparents to wait for the train to San Francisco, and after several days of long travel, the three finally arrived at the Wyatt family's estate.

The moment he stepped through the gates of the manor, Mr. Wyatt turned and said to the two Leards, "Welcome, this is your new home!"

Lird smiled and looked at his grandmother, who was so depressed that even the whole trip was depressed.

...

A screeching alarm rang and echoed through the room for a long time.

Lird pursed his lips and reached out impatiently to extinguish the alarm.

After a few more moments in bed, Lird sat up, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and stretched a long stretch.

In the blink of an eye, Lird and his grandmother had been living in the United States for two years, during which time Lird had become thoroughly familiar with and accustomed to the American way of life, preferring the noise and novelty of the city to the quiet and peaceful Polish town.

Lird quickly mastered the English language, showing his talent for the language, and according to Mr. Wyatt, even Roosevelt's press spokesman was less American than Liard's accent.

Under Mr. Wyatt's arrangement, Lird entered a private university not far from Wyatt Manor, where he studied his favorite major, navigation, although it was not the university's trump card, but Lird still felt very satisfied, and every day he felt unusually happy when he saw the blue tiles on the huge map.

However, happiness is not without regrets.

The first is that for two years, Lird's father has never returned, and has been adrift, although Lird can talk to him on the phone almost every week to confirm his safety, but the melancholy of not seeing each other lingers in his heart.

The second is the condition of the grandmother, although the life in the United States is very rich, and the Wyatt family cares for the grandparents and grandchildren, but the body of the grandmother of Lird has always been a sadness, even if Lird knows that the sadness is called homesickness.

During her two years in the United States, Lird's grandmother tried to send letters to her hometown, but there was no news, and one letter after another sank like a stone to the bottom of the sea.

After a long time, even the extremely stubborn grandmother chose to give up. Always sitting alone on a garden bench looking into the distance, whispering in Polish, which few people could understand, my grandmother had barely communicated with anyone since she arrived in the United States, and although Lird and Wyatt had thought of many things, they were of little use.

Lird knew that if it weren't for himself, his grandmother would never have left Poland, and that even if she died at the gunpoint of the Germans, she would have let her blood stain her homeland. Whenever he thinks about it, Lird feels sad and guilty.

And the last regret belongs to the current era environment.

In fact, it didn't go as Wyatt comforted Lird, as if God was blaming Lird and punishing the world for bringing an unprecedented war into the world.

The German occupation of Poland was not the end, but the beginning of an even greater catastrophe.

Within a few months of the fall of Poland, the flames of war raged across the European continent, echoing the wars that had already begun in Asia and Africa.

World War II officially began.

The catastrophe came as a surprise to Lyrd, but it was not something he could have predicted as a teenager in the countryside, and the wheel of history never changed by the power of one man.

At a time when the world was in a state of flux, the United States was like a paradise outside of everything, and it seemed very comfortable to watch the war while selling weapons to make a fortune in the war. He was disgusted and helpless at war, but even more powerless, all he could do was hope for the safety of himself, his grandmother, and his father, who never returned.

After washing up, Lird walked briskly downstairs to the dining room, where the maid had prepared a delicate breakfast, and Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt were sitting at the table quietly sipping coffee.

"Sorry, I woke up late. Lird apologized and sat down at the table.

Mr. Wyatt put down the newspaper in his hand and said, "Haha, you are not late to get up, there are really not many young people who can get up early like you now." With that, Mr. Wyatt's face showed a little dissatisfaction, and he said to the maid beside him, "Hasn't Jenny gotten up yet?"

The maid coughed lightly and said, "That... Miss should be washing. ”

Wyatt snorted coldly: "Wash, I think she must still be lying in bed and sleeping, you only know how to protect her and find excuses for her, and you don't look at her sloppy appearance every day to go to school!"

The maid hung her head and said to the maid with a light smile, "You go and urge Jenny, if she doesn't get up again, Liard won't wait for her to go to school together." ”

The maid hurriedly agreed with a sigh of relief, and hurried upstairs.

Mr. Wyatt rolled his eyes at Madame and said, "It is because of your connivance that she has become what she is now, and she does not look like a lady at all." ”

Mrs. Wyatt said softly, "Calm down, my dear, Jenny is still young after all. ”

Mr. Wyatt pursed his lips, and finally sighed helplessly and said, "Xiaoxiao, you always use this excuse. After that, he turned his head to Lird and smiled: "It's really a joke for you." ”

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