Summer in Shanghai is humid and muggy, and the streets and alleys are as noisy as ever, with the shouts of the crowd under the scorching sun and the chimes of tram bells and horns alternate. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

As far as the eye can see, there are striking crowds shuttling back and forth and shouting slogans, the continuing fermentation of the May Day tragedy, the war in the south and the strife in the north, which have profoundly affected every corner of this deformed city.

The slanting sun shines in the evening, and the sycamore is swaying.

In the traditionally bustling and laid-back French Concession, a Ford pickup truck painted with a postal logo slowly pulled up in front of the imposing openwork iron gate in the middle of Xiafei Road, and the postman pulled out a boxy pine box from the car and rang the doorbell embedded in the granite column.

A few minutes later, the middle-aged maid came to the door of the study on the second floor of the villa with the wooden box that had been opened and checked, and whispered to the beautiful woman sitting in front of the window practicing the piano: "Grandma, someone sent you a box of foreign wine from Guangzhou, and a letter that has not been signed, where do you think it is appropriate?" ”

The beautiful woman was very surprised, she quickly came out and picked up the envelope on the wooden box and looked at it, and told the maid to put the wine on the floor against the wall, and went over to open the lid of the box, and took out a bottle of wine, and was immediately happy after reading the label on the wine bottle: "It turned out to be the rarest French Bordeaux, I don't know which naughty ghost is making a trick ...... it."

Hearing the movement, the Feng family came with a smile, looked at the box on the ground, took the Bordeaux wine in the beautiful woman's hand, and sighed: "This is my favorite...... The giver is quite tasteful, haha! Who sent it? ”

"I don't know, it was sent from Guangzhou, I haven't seen this font on the credible cover, and I can't remember which friend is in Guangzhou for a while, it's strange." The beautiful woman flipped the envelope and looked at it, except for writing the word Zheng Xuan on her head, there was no more half a symbol.

Feng Dashao was also curious: "Then open the envelope, you won't know if you open it, little fool!" ”

Zheng Xuan smiled: "You're stupid, hehe...... Hey? There is a photo ......"

Feng Dashao had already come over: "A soldier wearing a big cap? This looks like you've seen it somewhere, it can't be your suitor, right? ”

Zheng Xuan was already full of tears, holding a five-inch enlarged sideways photo and looking at it again: "It's my brother, Zheng Yi...... This guy with no conscience actually went to Guangzhou to join the army......"

Feng Dashao snatched the photo, looked at it carefully, and turned the back: "Major Zheng Yi salutes Ms. Zheng Xuan!" June 5, 14th year of the Republic of China...... No way? I remember that your brother is not yet twenty years old, how can he become a major? ”

Zheng Xuan hurriedly wiped away her tears, snatched the photo from her husband's hand, and looked at it carefully, before raising her head: "How is it impossible?" Look at that box of Bordeaux, if he wasn't an official, where would he get the money to buy such an expensive gift to send me? ”

Although Feng Dashao couldn't get used to his brother-in-law, it had been a long time, so he didn't pay too much attention to the rudeness and arrogance of his brother-in-law:

"That's right! I heard that Sun Cannon's military salary for his officers is very high, if you speculate so, your brother can also afford to buy a box of Bordeaux, haha! Don't get excited, see if there's a letter in the envelope? ”

"I just don't! This nasty guy, I hate him to death. ”

Zheng Xuan is happy and annoyed at the same time, the message behind the photo doesn't even have the word sister, if Zheng Yi is in front of her at the moment, she will definitely have to scold her to relieve her anger.

Feng Dashao pursed his mouth, sat on the Western-style sofa opposite the piano, took out a silver cigarette case, opened it with a "ding" sound, and took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth:

"Hey, I remember the last time your old man came to Shanghai, he said, your runaway brother as early as middle school, followed his British teacher to study electricity, in this area is quite accomplished, since this is the case, don't let him be a soldier, after returning home, if your eldest brother who is not generous enough can not accept it, you can go to our family business house to hone for a few years, haha!"

"I think he's quite handsome, is there a good match? If not, we might as well introduce him to one so that we can save him from the fire. ”

Zheng Xuan shook her head again and again: "How do I know?" You were there the last time I saw him, and I went to look for him at noon the next day after attending the Yuyuan Poetry Meeting, but he had already left by boat......"

"Before, because of the relationship between the family, I was not close to him, I went abroad to study after graduating from high school, and I married you when I came back, and the number of times I met him was very rare, if I hadn't met him occasionally in the Licha Hotel last spring, maybe I wouldn't have this brother in this life, alas!"

"Write him a letter."

"That's all there is to it...... Oops, I don't know the address, this damn guy, when I see him, I'll beat him up......"

Five days later, at dusk, Longgang Village in the northern suburbs of Huangzhou.

The swarthy and sturdy Xu Maofu rushed into his yard sweating profusely, and shouted loudly to his father who was cutting and weaving bamboo baskets from afar: "Dad, my little brother Yi has become a major in the revolutionary army, and he has sent us photos, as well as a mailing list of 1,000 oceans!" ”

Father Xu shuddered, almost injured by the sharp bamboo knife, threw down the work in his hand, and ran up in a few steps: "Where is the photo?" Let Daddy take a look! ”

"Here, look first, I'll call my mother too."

Xu Maofu stuffed the letter and photos into Xu's father's hand, rushed into the house and helped the old lady who was more than nine months pregnant out, talking non-stop while walking, extremely excited.

Mother Xu hurriedly came to her husband's side, took the photo and looked at it again, and tears soon flowed out: "Oh God! How did you go to become a soldier...... This handsome appearance reminds me of my lifeless sister again, woo woo......"

Xu Maofu squatted beside his mother, with a smile on his face: "Mother, what are you doing?" This is a good thing, what are you crying about? Sit down, sit down, don't get tired......"

"You see, my brother Yi wrote this sentence on the back of the photo: To my father and mother, Save, Er Yi! Look at this, my brother Yi hasn't changed at all, and he treats you and my father as his own father...... There is also this letter, which says that he was promoted to major section chief of the quartermaster department of the Whampoa Military Academy on 1 June, and concurrently serves as an arms instructor at the military academy, with a monthly military salary of 200 oceans, plus a subsidy of up to 350 oceans! ”

"Oh my God, you can make so much money as a soldier?" Mother Xu was so shocked that her tears were gone.

Father Xu smiled: "That's what Xiao Yi said in the letter, although this kid has been stubborn since he was a child, he has never lied, since he said so, it is true, otherwise where did a thousand oceans come from and send it to us, haha!" This child is out of breath, and I can rest assured. ”

Mother Xu stroked her big belly that was about to give birth, and looked at her husband with a shy face: "You dead ghost, I'm almost forty years old and you made me like this, if Xiao Yi knew that there was another brother or sister, I don't know if he would laugh at me." ”

Father Xu laughed: "What are you laughing at? Xiao Yi's multiple younger brothers or sisters must be happy, who doesn't want to have more brothers and sisters? What a blessing! ”

"I thought that our old Xu family would be rich in this unique seedling, but I didn't expect to return to my hometown after wandering outside for more than 20 years, and I actually had this blessing, it seems that my ancestors blessed it! Haha......"

"Dad, I want to go to Guangzhou!"

Xu Maofu stood up suddenly, and looked at his wrinkled father with a smile on his face.

Xu's father didn't speak, but Xu's mother was startled: "No!" You can't go anywhere, I'll marry you a daughter-in-law after Qixi Festival, and when you give birth to a boy and half a girl, I won't stop you if you leave. ”

Father Xu nodded frequently, picked up the letter in the basket, and patted it gently: "Didn't you read how your brother Xiaoyi's letter was written?" Let you read more books, practice boxing well, and he will come back in two years, do you understand what he means? ”

"I don't understand!"

Xu Maofu replied angrily.

Father Xu glared at his son fiercely: "If you don't understand, you have to give Lao Tzu an understanding!" Don't look at the world now, your brother Xiaoyi obviously said in the letter, if you can't get it next year, the revolutionary army will go on a northern expedition, and you will definitely fight Wuhan at that time, these words have been clearly told to you, it is not appropriate for you to go now, he can't take care of you if he really wants to fight, and he will only see you when he takes Wuhan, what are you anxious about? How old are you now? ”

Xu Maofu muttered unconvinced: "My brother Yi is only a month older than me, isn't he also a major in the revolutionary army?" ”

Father Xu kicked over: "You dare to compare yourself with your little Yi brother, and you don't pee to take pictures of yourself, do you have your little Yi brother's brain?" Do you have as many books as he reads? Will you fix wires and machines? You won't know any of these, but your brother Xiao Yi will, this is the gap, do you understand? ”

"Stay at home honestly, if you really want to leave, you can beat me and then talk about it."

Xu Maofu was completely out of line, sitting under the eaves of the porch and sulking, complaining that his brother Yi had to write badly after two years, and he couldn't leave if he wanted to.

Seeing his father holding the letter to his mother and reading it slowly, he held up the photo from time to time and looked at it again, the warm appearance made Xu Maofu lose the courage to fight in his heart, and after thinking about it carefully, his brother Yi did not violate the original agreement, Brother Yi left the night and said that it would take three years to meet, and now it has just been more than a year, and it seems that it will be three years before they can meet.

At the same time, Zheng Yi, who was thousands of miles away, was sitting on the Baihegang on the southeast side of the Whampoa Military Academy, took the letter written by the service soldier Duan Xuan, read it carefully, and nodded in approval:

"The writing is good, the attitude is very correct, and the mistake is also sincere, I guess your father and your mother can feel at ease after receiving the letter, alas! You guy, if the second squad leader hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known that you joined the army behind your father's back, if I had known this, I would have asked you to write a letter to your family to report your safety. ”

Duan Xuan smiled embarrassedly: "Big brother, did your father and mother support you to join the revolutionary army?" ”

Zheng Yi was stunned, half-closed his eyes, and looked at the red sunset on the western horizon: "I also ran away from home, my mother died when I gave birth, there are many brothers and sisters in the family, the eldest mother, the second mother, the fourth mother, and the fifth mother, maybe there will be six mothers and seven mothers in the future......"

"You are different from me, father and mother, fortunately, you still have a brother who is filial piety by your father's side, otherwise I really dare not face your father and mother in this life."

"Big Brother ......"

Duan Xuan's eyes flushed with emotion.

Zheng Yi slowly stood up, waved his hand and slapped Duan Xuan: "Okay, go back and put it in an envelope, and follow me into the city tomorrow to take a quick portrait, and send it to your father and mother together." ”

Duan Xuan nodded heavily, followed Zheng Yi and walked a dozen steps, and couldn't help but ask again, "Big brother, do you miss your mother?" ”

Zheng Yi nodded: "Occasionally, I think that if people have no family affection, they are a ****, very lonely, fortunately, I still have a godfather and godmother who raised me since I was a child, and a younger brother who is better than you, so I am not lonely......"

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