The young man standing at the door of the store saw two people coming in, and hurriedly greeted him and said, "Erwai, please!" ”。 Wang Hongju helped Mr. Song limp into the store, and Mr. Song's feet hurt so much that he frowned when he took a step. The young man looked at him with curiosity.

The shelves of this shop are lined with antique jade objects of all colors, and the walls are covered with calligraphy and paintings. The young man politely said, "The things in my store are genuine, and there are many types, this gentleman has bad legs and feet, so the two of you will sit on the chair and rest for a while." And then look at it slowly. ”

Teacher Song sat on the chair, and he also said to the guy politely, "I'm here to find someone." Please go to the back and talk to the shopkeeper, and say that the child's uncle is here. ”

The man was embarrassed and said, "Sir, I'm alone on this counter now, I have to watch things, I can't do without it!" ”

Teacher Song smiled: "Are you afraid that we are thieves?" ”

The young man hurriedly waved his hand and said, "That's not what it means, it's not what it means!" You can't leave people at the counter, that's the rule in the store. ”

Wang Hongju interjected at this time and asked: "Man, my teacher's foot is broken and he can't walk the road, can I go in and call someone to walk?" ”

"This backyard is a warehouse, so you can't just go in." The young man still said very politely: "Our shopkeeper has gone out, only the proprietress is behind, she may come out in a while, I think the two of you should wait for a while." ”

Teacher Song said to Wang Hongju in a whisper: "Wait patiently, there is no tail behind, we are safe now." As soon as he finished speaking, two children with school bags came in from outside the store. Slightly older of them are boys and the other is girls. Teacher Song shouted happily when he saw them: "Dawei, Niuzi, you brothers and sisters are out of school!" ”

When the two children saw Teacher Song, they were stunned for a moment, and then they came to him and called their uncle affectionately. Teacher Song hugged the girl's waist tightly with both hands and tried to lift her, but as soon as he stood up, he fell into the chair with an "ouch".

The girl took Teacher Song's hand and asked with concern, "Uncle, what's wrong with you?" ”

"My foot is broken, and it hurts when I move."

The boy named David anxiously asked, "What should I do then?" How did you get it? ”

"It's not a big problem, just raise it for a few days!" After Mr. Song finished speaking, he pulled Wang Hongju. He said to the two children, "David, Niuzi, this little brother is a student I once taught, come and get to know each other." ”

Dawei was the same age as Wang Hongju, and he nodded to Wang Hongju and greeted him politely. Unlike his brother, the beautiful girl came to Wang Hongju and looked him up and down curiously, Wang Hongju felt that the girl's big eyes were very clear.

"Hello brother." Niuzi generously stretched out a hand to Wang Hongju.

"Hello little sister." Wang Hongju politely took the girl's hand. He looked at the cute little sister in front of him and felt a sense of joy in his heart. Wang Hongju had just finished reading "Dream of Red Mansions" in his father's study recently, and he felt that the little girl in front of him looked delicate and weak, much like Lin Daiyu described in the book.

While several people are talking. A middle-aged woman who appeared to be very lean stepped out of the small door behind the counter. She was startled when she saw Teacher Song, and then hurriedly walked out of the counter and grabbed Teacher Song's hand: "Brother, how could it be you?" Did the Japanese let you out? ”

Teacher Song wanted to stand up when he saw his sister, but as soon as he stood up, his feet and neck felt a pain in his heart, and he grinned "ouch".

Teacher Song's sister hurriedly held her brother's shoulder and asked with concern, "Brother, what's wrong with you?" ”

Teacher Song whispered in her sister's ear: "Eldest sister, it's a long story, I killed two devil officers on the street just now. Broke his foot while escaping. Now they're arresting me, so I'm running to you. ”

"Oh, then they must be hunting you all over the city now!" Teacher Song's sister was shocked when she heard this, and she hurriedly asked David to take her sister outside the store to let out the wind. Then she let her brother and Wang Hongju into a small living room. I closed the door casually.

In the living room, Mr. Song told his sister about the whole thing. It turned out that he was taken to prison by the Japanese and tortured, but the Japanese agents could not find anything of value in him, so they stuffed him with hundreds of laborers into a stuffy tank train and sent them to work as coolies in the coal mines. This train was also loaded with a large amount of munitions. Halfway through, the train was ambushed by Chinese troops, and the train was blown off the rails. In the chaos, he, along with the laborers in the carriage, killed the Japanese soldiers who were escorting them and escaped. While on the run. Japanese machine guns fired wildly at the fleeing crowd, most of the laborers were killed, and only a few escaped by chance.

"Why didn't you hide after you fled? If you get caught by the Japanese devils again, you won't come out alive! The elder sister angrily complained to her younger brother.

"I saw that the Chinese soldiers who ambushed the Japanese train were not afraid of death, they braved the crazy strafing fire of the enemy's machine guns, shouted and rushed forward, the soldiers in front fell and the soldiers in the back rushed up without hesitation, their spirit of seeing death as if they were at home strongly shocked me. Sister, it is impossible to sacrifice bloodless in order to drive the Japanese devils out of China! If I die to resist Japan, I admit it! ”

"There are devils and traitors everywhere in Beiping City, my sister absolutely agrees with your anti-Japanese behavior, but you can't act recklessly. Tell me, who are you assigned? Why did no one answer your single-handedly assassination of a Japanese officer this time, and you didn't even have a thorough plan. ”

"Sister, you really exalt me, I have no contact with any anti-Japanese organizations, and this killing of Japanese devils is purely personal." Teacher Song pulled out a pistol from his waist and said: "This pistol was found from a Japanese officer who was killed when I was escaping, and the purpose of my return to Peking is to use this gun to kill several Japanese devils, to avenge the anti-Japanese soldiers who died during the carjacking, and to avenge the laborers who were killed." I want to use the actual action of resisting Japan to tell the Japanese devils that there will be Chinese who are not afraid of death everywhere, and it is possible to shoot revenge bullets at them in any corner, and they will not be at peace wherever they are. Unless they get out of China! When Teacher Song said this, his cheeks flushed with excitement.

"Well said!" Wang Hongju couldn't help clapping his hands when he heard Teacher Song's impassioned speech. Teacher Song patted him on the shoulder and said approvingly: "Good boy, worthy of the students I taught!" ”

Wang Hongju was relieved when he saw that Teacher Song was in touch with his family, and he told Teacher Song that he was going home. Teacher Song took Wang Hong's hand and said to his sister: "Sister, today it was this child who sacrificed his life to save me, if he hadn't rescued me, we would never see each other again in this life!" ”

Teacher Song's sister stepped forward to hold Wang Hongju's hand. Very enthusiastic to say, "Child, you are awesome!" On behalf of my whole family, I thank you! ”

Teacher Song and her sister sent Wang Hongju out of the small living room, and at this time, the little brother and sister who were out of the wind also returned to the store, and the little girl stopped him when he saw that Wang Hongju was leaving, and said, "Little brother, do you want to go?" It's getting dark, so you can finish eating at my house and then leave. ”

Wang Hongju waved his hand and said, "No, if I come home late, my father will spank me." ”

Wang Hongju's innocent words made everyone laugh, and Niuzi asked him a little puzzled: "You are not even afraid of Japanese devils, are you still afraid of your father spanking?" ”

Wang Hongju was asked by the girl with a big red face, and he rubbed his hands crampedly and didn't know how to answer. Teacher Song was busy relieving Wang Hongju: "Niuzi." What's so strange about that! I'm in my twenties, and as long as your grandfather beats me with a stick, I'm so scared that I can't even find it! ”

Niuzi was amused by her uncle's exaggerated movements. Wang Hongju thought she was very cute when she smiled.

"Little friend, since your tutor is very strict, we won't keep you, you should pay attention to safety when you go home! If you see if this is good, I'll give you some money, and you can find someone to pull a foreign cart to take you home. Niuzi's mother took out a piece of ocean from her pocket and handed it to Wang Hongju. Wang Hongju refused and said, "Thank you, Auntie, you can put away this money." I can't ask for other people's things. ”

The girl's mother liked this polite and educated child very much, she took a jade pendant from her daughter's neck and hung it around Wang Hongju's neck with her own hands. She touched Wang Hongju's head lovingly and said, "Little friend, thank you for saving my brother, and our whole family is grateful to you!" I'll give you this jade pendant as a souvenir. May she bless you with peace in your life! ”

Wang Hong lifted the jade pendant and looked at it, and then looked up at the aunt's face. He felt that his aunt was smiling as kindly as Guanyin Bodhisattva.

"Auntie, this is very valuable, isn't it? I can't ask for it! Wang Hongju still wants to resign.

Teacher Song, who was sitting on the side, dissuaded: "Hongju, you can accept this gift." In the future, if you see this jade pendant, it will be equivalent to seeing me. ”

When Wang Hongju heard Teacher Song say this, he said thank you, and then he had no choice but to accept the gift. Teacher Song personally hung the jade pendant around his neck.

"Hongju, come here." Teacher Song took his hand and instructed, "You remember, don't tell anyone about today's incident, not even your family." Also, don't come here again. You have to forget about me, forget everything that happened today. ”

Wang Hongju asked why this was done, and Teacher Song told him: This is for everyone's safety. The clever Wang Hongju can get through with a little bit. Teacher Song said again: "I want to thank you for saving me today, but I don't want you to encounter something like today, even if you encounter such a thing, you have to hide far away, because you are still young, you must study with peace of mind." I hope you will study hard to grow up healthy and healthy, and become a pillar of the country in the future! Hongju, you must remember my words! Teacher Song patted Wang Hongju's shoulder vigorously.

"Teacher Song, I remember your words, will we have a chance to meet in the future?" Wang Hong's eyes were rosy and he asked.

"Will we ever have a chance to meet in the future?"

Teacher Song smiled and said, "Hongju, when the Japanese devils are driven out of China, we can meet again!" ”

"I'm here to send this little brother." Niuzi took Wang Hongju's hand and personally sent him out of the store. After walking out of the antique shop for a distance, Wang Hongju wanted to look at the little girl again, he looked back, and saw Niuzi standing under the big locust tree and waving to himself, he also waved to Niuzi, and he saw Niuzi's face showing a very sweet smile. After walking a long way, he looked back again, and he could vaguely see the figure of the girl. Thinking that he would never see this cute little sister again, his heart added a little melancholy.

Wang Hongju's speech paused at this point, and his thoughts returned to reality. "Under a luxuriant locust tree, there stood a beautiful girl, who was dressed in colorful clouds, but the girl's sweet smile was more brilliant than the glow. This beautiful image has been haunting me for many years, and now I finally see the girl in this painting again, and she is now sitting next to me. ”

Listening to Wang Hongju talk about this, Huang Tingting understood everything. People don't believe that fate is not good, she feels that she and Wang Hongju are like two small fish. They swim aimlessly in the vast sea, they meet head-on by chance despite being far away from the ocean, and then they leave separately, it stands to reason that they have no possibility of meeting again, but after a few years, these two little fish actually meet again in the vast sea, and it seems that there is an unknowable force in the dark arranging all kinds of magical coincidences. Huang Tingting thought of this and said with emotion: "This world is really big, and it is really small, the little brother who saved my uncle left and disappeared, but I didn't expect him to be by my side, and he is also a senior brother in the same school as me." What a coincidence! ”

Wang Hongju held up the jade pendant in his hand and said: "The girl I have never forgotten, the girl I thought I would never see again, turned out to be by my side, and she also became the guide of my life path." Although I knew that my uncle was in the antique business, I never thought that he was the owner of "Bogu Zhai". I don't believe in fate! ”

"Wang Hongju, let me ask you, we only met once when we were young, and we didn't have any interactions, how could you miss me for so many years?"

"To tell you the truth, I thought you were very good-looking at that time, just like Lin Daiyu in "Dream of Red Mansions". When I saw you, I unconsciously thought of myself as Jia Baoyu. ”

Huang Tingting was surprised: "Ah! Do you know the love of men and women at such a young age? ”

Wang Hongju smiled embarrassedly, "No, I really wanted to have a beautiful and cute little sister like you at that time." ”

Huang Tingting replied with a smile: "Then I'll be your sister!" ”

"Okay, but I still want you to be mine, mine." Wang Hongju said this, and he stopped talking.

Huang Tingting took over the conversation and said, "I know you want to be my comrade, don't you?" ”

"yes, of course!" Wang Hongju said embarrassedly.

At this time, Wang Hongju and Huang Tingting were very excited. The distance between them has narrowed a lot. Huang Tingting asked curiously about the situation of the stone. Lifting the stone, Wang Hongju's mood suddenly became heavy. He recalled with a rather sad feeling: "Teacher Song, who we rescued together, became best friends after that, and I used to bring stones to my house to play. My dad liked him too. However, in the year of cholera, he also contracted cholera, and the Japanese devils dragged him to a field outside the city and buried him alive with other people who were infected with cholera. Shi once whispered to me that his uncle was a devil in the mountains to the west by the Eighth Route Army, and when he was a few years older, he would go to join his uncle's anti-Japanese team, and he would kill a few Japanese devils with his own hands! Hi! It's a pity that he died at the age of fourteen! Sometimes I see him in my dreams. Hi! Wang Hongju couldn't help but sigh.

Wang Hongju's words made Huang Tingting's heart sour, and she also remembered her uncle who died in a combat operation at this time. Huang Tingting looked up at the Milky Way across the sky and said with emotion: "Look! The Milky Way is shining brightly tonight, and I think two of the stars are my uncle and the stone, whose souls are not dead, they are silently watching us and praying for us. May they be happy in Heaven. ”

"What are you talking about, is Teacher Song also dead?" Wang Hongju was surprised.

"That year, my uncle left after recovering from his foot injury at my house, and he went to other places to join the Eighth Route Army, and later died in a battle, and it is said that he detonated a grenade in hand-to-hand combat with the devil and died with the enemy. He died only two days before the Japanese invaders announced their unconditional surrender, but alas! He didn't see the victory of the War of Resistance! Speaking of this, Huang Tingting shook her head sadly, and Wang Hongju was also very sad. The night was deep, Wan Lai was silent, Wang Hongju and Huang Tingting sat under the big locust tree and looked at the starry sky silently for a long time without speaking.

After Wang Hongju and Huang Tingting broke up, they took a shortcut and returned home. He was afraid of disturbing his family, so he sneaked back to his room after climbing over the wall and entering the hospital.

Outside, the bright moonlight is reflected on the screen window; Inside the house, Wang Hongju tossed and turned on the bed. In a trance, he felt that the mottled shadow of the tree on the curtain was very similar to Huang Tingting's side outline, he knew that it was an illusion, and he couldn't help but cover his eyes and laugh self-deprecatingly. This night, Wang Hongju tossed and turned without the slightest sleepiness, he simply sat up, looked straight out of the window, and there was always a lingering shadow of Huang Tingting flashing in front of his eyes.

Wang Hongju's own conditions are superior, his personality is proud, and he has never left a place for any woman in his heart, but since he and Huang Tingting first met, he has gone from liking to admiration to falling in love with Huang Tingting, and before he knew it, Huang Tingting had already occupied his entire heart. At this time, Wang Hongju was faced with a kind of happy trouble, and he kept asking himself: Why did he not dare to take the initiative to pursue true love when he found it? Why can't you be honest with your true love? He was very unhappy with his face-saving behavior, and he considered himself simply an emotional coward and hypocrite. He fell into constant self-blame and self-reprimand, and did not fall asleep until the second half of the night.

The sun crossed the eastern horizon, and a few sparrows woke up on the branches in front of the window. Wang Hongju turned over from the bed and sat up, walked to the window and pushed it open, the sunlight had dyed the yard golden. He saw his father playing Tai Chi leisurely in the courtyard, so he quickly got dressed and walked out of the room to practice with his old father.

After breakfast, he pushed his bicycle out of the house, and his mother chased after him and instructed: "Come back after school, don't run outside in a hurry and let your parents worry." ”

Wang Hongju smiled and said to his mother: "Mom, don't worry, I'll go home after school!" ”

Wang Hongju rode on the rich boulevard in the suburbs, and the morning air was exceptionally fresh. He was surrounded by endless green fields, and he was intoxicated by the fragrance of the earth. Wang Hongju made up his mind and decided to take the initiative to have a showdown with Huang Tingting today, to confess his admiration for her, and to make it clear to her that he wanted to join the Communist Party. He is confident in his decision. The insomnia of the half-night did not bring him a trace of tiredness, and he wanted to see his beloved Huang Tingting immediately, who rode quickly towards the school under the bath of the morning sun. (To be continued......)