In the early years, Wang Yunqing married his sister Yurong to a friend in his army, his brother-in-law was named Feng Xuanxia, who served as a division commander under General Fu Zuoyi of the National Army. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Feng Xuanxia followed General Fu Zuoyi to fight bloodily on the anti-Japanese front, and was a brave general who fought against the Japanese army. As a family member of the army, no matter how cruel the battle is and how difficult and dangerous the environment is, she has always followed her husband. Recently, she often coughed all night, vomited blood when she was tired, and the doctor in the army preliminarily diagnosed her with tuberculosis. Tuberculosis was called tuberculosis in the folk, and it was an incurable disease at that time. Feng Xuanxia was anxious after knowing that his wife had this disease, and he wanted to arrange for Yurong to go to Chongqing for treatment, Yurong knew that tuberculosis was difficult to cure, so she didn't want to go to Chongqing and wanted to return to Beiping. Feng Xuanxia was puzzled by this, and he asked Yurong why she didn't go to the safe rear and went to the dangerous enemy-occupied area for treatment? Yurong said that there is an American-owned Youren Hospital in Beiping, and the medical level of this hospital is much higher than that of Chongqing. In addition, she thinks that she may not live long, she wants to take the opportunity to go back to Peking to see a doctor, visit her mother's family, and burn a few pillars of incense on her parents' graves; If she goes to Chongqing for treatment, if the disease is not cured, she will not have the opportunity to see her mother's family again. Feng Xuanxia understood his wife's mood very well, but he felt that Beiping was an enemy-occupied area, and Yurong was the wife of an anti-Japanese general of the national army, and if she revealed her identity, it would be an extremely dangerous thing. However, Yurong thought that she would not alarm anyone if she quietly returned to Beiping, and with her eldest brother Wang Yunqing to protect herself, there would be no major problems in personal safety. Feng Xuanxia hesitated again and again, but still couldn't resist his wife. He had no choice but to send a henchman guard disguised as a civilian to escort his wife and quietly sneak back to Beiping.

At dusk. A rickshaw quietly stopped in front of the gate of Wang Yunqing's house, and the driver looked around vigilantly. Carefully helped a thin woman in a cheongsam out of the car, this woman was in her forties, she was Yurong. Yu Rong whispered a few words to the guards dressed as the coachman, who nodded and pulled the car away. Yurong then knocked on the door.

Yurong's sudden appearance made Wang Yunqing and his family quite surprised and surprised, Wang Yunqing has been very fond of this sister with a similar temperament since he was a child, since Yurong left Beiping with Feng Xuanxia's team, there has been little contact between their brother and sister, but Wang Yunqing has always remembered Yurong's sister in his heart. Yurong saw her brother who she hadn't seen for many years, and she hadn't spoken yet. Tears flowed out. Wang Yunqing and his wife were also excited.

"Yurong, I really didn't expect you to come home to see me." Wang Yunqing carefully looked at Yurong's face, and he found that his sister had lost a lot of weight, and there were many fine wrinkles on his sister's face. He asked his sister distressedly: "Have you suffered a lot in the past few years, you have been haggard a lot." ”

Yu Rong smiled faintly and did not answer.

Mrs. Wang stepped forward and took Yu Yurong's hand and complained: "Sister Yurong, you haven't come back to your parents' house for many years to take a look, it really makes me want to kill you!" But it's not the right time for you to come back this time, the devils and spies are keeping a close eye on outsiders, and they have arrested a lot of people recently. ”

Yurong said, "Sister-in-law, don't worry. When I came in, there was no one in the alley. ”

Wang Yunqing hurriedly said: "It's better to be careful this year, let's hurry into the house and talk." ”

They invited Yurong into the living room, served tea and poured water, and warmly entertained her. After booing each other for a long time, Yurong said the reason why she returned to Beiping.

After Yurong said that she had tuberculosis, Wang Yunqing, who was still smiling just now, immediately sank her face. He looked at his sister carefully, and saw that her melon seed face had become thin and long, and her cheeks had collapsed. There were two rosy blushes on the left and right cheeks, which he knew were the symptoms that most tuberculosis patients reflected on their faces. He asked with concern, "Yurong." Tell my brother, when did you get this disease? What stage have we reached now? ”

"Big brother. I've been coughing for almost a year, and I used to think it was a minor illness like bronchitis and a cold, but recently I learned that it was tuberculosis. I can't tell you what stage this disease has reached. After Yu Rong finished speaking, she coughed rapidly, and she hurriedly covered her mouth with a handkerchief.

"Big brother, don't be surprised, I suffered a little cold on the road just now, and I felt itchy in my throat."

"Yurong, are you coughing up blood?" Wang Yunqing asked with concern.

"Hmm." Yurong nodded.

Wang Yunqing asked unhappily: "Yurong, if this lung disease reaches the point of coughing up blood, it will not be curable!" How did this Xuanxia do it? Why didn't he treat you sooner? ”

"Big brother, this can't be blamed on Xuanxia, in the past few years, he has led the army to fight in the north and south, often either chasing the devil or being chased by the devil, fighting and killing all day and night has never had a stable life. There is a shortage of doctors and medicines in the team, and the wounded and sick cannot be cured! Xuanxia doesn't care about me at all. When I first got sick, I thought it was a minor illness like a cough, and neither of us paid much attention to it. When he found out that I had tuberculosis, he was so sad that he died! After Yu Rong finished speaking, she bent over and coughed again, and the violent cough made her almost breathless. Wang Yunqing saw it in his eyes and felt pain in his heart.

"Anyway, when I handed you over to him, you were a good man; Now when you go back to your mother's house, you have become tuberculosis holding your heart all day long. Or Xuanxia didn't take good care of you, if you have a three-long and two-short, I will ask him for guilt! ”

"Big brother, don't complain about Xuanxia. During the Anti-Japanese War, he wanted to send me to the rear to live, and I insisted on being with him; When he fought bloodily on the front line of resistance against Japan, I had to be by his side, give him support and comfort, and live and die with him! ”

When Wang Yunqing heard his sister say this, he admired his sister very much. He no longer complained about Feng Xuanxia, and was thinking about how to treat his sister.

Yu Rong looked at the two good-looking nephews standing in front of her, she loved them very much, and she took out two red envelopes and put them in their hands. Wang Hongxing put the red package into his pocket, Wang Hongju thanked his aunt but took the red envelope and glanced at his father, Wang Yunqing said: "Hongju, this is your aunt's red envelope, you can accept it!" With his father's words, Wang Hongju put away the red envelope.

Wang Hongju has loved to listen to the stories of the war since he was a child, and Mrs. Wang doesn't know how many times he told him the stories of "Wagangzhai" and "Yang Jiajiang". He knew that his aunt had come back from the front line of the Anti-Japanese War, so he pestered his aunt and asked her to tell her a few things about fighting devils. Wang Yunqing stopped and said, "Hongju, your aunt is sick, and she is tired from the journey and needs to rest. Don't disturb her today, and let her tell you slowly when your aunt is well. ”

"Hongju, my aunt's illness is contagious, you should stay away from me in the future. I have a lot of stories about fighting Japanese devils, all of which I have personally experienced, and I can't finish telling them for three days and three nights, so I'll tell you slowly when I'm cured, okay? ”

Wang Hongju said: "Auntie, you can recover from your illness first." ”

Yu Rong smiled and said to her brother, "This Hongju nephew is really sensible. ”

Wang Yunqing asked his sister: "Yurong, does anyone know about your return to Beiping?" ”

"Big brother, Xuanxia said in public that he would send me to Chongqing for treatment, and secretly sent a cronie to send me back to Beiping. Only the two of them knew my whereabouts. And no one saw me when I entered the yard just now. ”

Wang Yunqing nodded: "Okay!" The fewer people who know, the better. ”

Wang Yunqing walked to the window and looked out, he walked to his sister again and said: "Yurong, my brother is honest with you, I don't agree with you coming to Beiping for treatment, because Beiping is now a world of devils and traitors, and your husband is a general of the national army in the Anti-Japanese War, if the news leaks, they have to arrest you, it's too dangerous for you to stay here!" ”

"Big brother, I have no choice but to come to Beiping."

"I know that. Since you're here, my brother has to be extra protective of you. So listen to me in all your actions during this time. I'll clean up a house for you right away, you can't stay at home and can't show your face in public, and no one can contact you, I'll first invite a trusted Chinese medicine doctor from outside to come to your home to treat you, if Chinese medicine can't cure you, let's consider hiring a Western medicine doctor. If your illness improves, I will send you out of your home and recuperate in a safer place. ”

Yurong nodded in agreement.

Wang Yunqing instructed his family again: "None of you should tell this matter, and the slightest rumor must not leak out!" Madam, you have to keep an eye on Lao Zhao and other servants, none of them can talk nonsense about Yurong! Oh, and Shuzhen, we also have to be careful, if that traitor Ma Liangchen knew that Yurong had returned to Beiping, he would have to betray Yurong to the Japanese. ”

Mrs. Wang took over the conversation and said: "Shuzhen, a heartless girl, has no door on her mouth, and she is a person who can't keep things in her heart. Thankfully, she's not here today. If she met Yurong, Ma Liangchen would know. But Shuzhen won't come home if it's not the New Year's Festival or anything. ”

Wang Yunqing said: "Let's be careful. (To be continued......)