Wang Hongju rode a bicycle from school home, he saw a car parked in front of the house, a middle-aged woman standing next to the car was pointing the driver to remove large boxes of things from the car, and walked in to see that it was the eldest sister Shuzhen, who had not seen her for a long time, and was busy greeting the eldest sister affectionately. Shuzhen has not been home for more than two years because of Ma Liangchen's falling out with her mother's family, Wang Hongju misses this big sister very much, and is naturally very happy to see her.

Wang Hongju pointed to the luggage spread on the ground and asked with concern: "Sister, what's going on?" ”

Shuzhen smiled and said that she would stay a few more days when she went home this time, Wang Hongju heard her sister say this, so she helped her sister take a piece of luggage and walked into the yard.

Entering the courtyard, Wang Hongju shouted happily: "Dad, Mom, my eldest sister is back." ”

After the shouting, Mrs. Wang showed half of her body from the main room in disbelief, and when she saw that the person who came was indeed Shuzhen, she hurriedly greeted her, and said as she walked: "Ouch! It's Shuzhen! I really didn't expect you to come home, and I haven't heard from you for a few days. I really want to die! ”

Shuzhen called her mother affectionately, and then took a few steps to her mother's arms and hugged the old man tightly, tears welled up in her eyes, and she whimpered and couldn't speak. When Mrs. Wang saw the maid taking a large pile of Shuzhen's luggage into the yard, she asked Shuzhen, "What's the matter?" Looks like you're going to stay a little longer at your parents' house this time? ”

Sookjin nodded, "Hmm." ”

"That's good, that's good. I've always kept the room you used to live in! I'll call someone to clean it up when I get back. Mrs. Wang happily closed her mouth and hurriedly pulled Shuzhen into the room. When Wang Hongju saw his mother and sister entering the house, he ran to the back garden and told his father that the eldest sister had come home.

Wang Yunqing was puzzled when he heard that his eldest daughter Shuzhen had come home to live, and he said to himself: "Shuzhen is not living well with that rich and powerful Ma Liangchen!" What are you doing when you go back to your parents' house? He got up and went to the front yard with his son to see his daughter Sook-jin. As soon as the father and son walked to the window of the main room, they heard Shuzhen's cry from inside the house, and the old man Wang frowned and pushed open the door and walked in. Wang Hongju felt inconvenient and stayed outside the door to listen.

It turned out that Shuzhen was forced to go back to her parents' house this time, Ma Liangchen thought Shuzhen was old, and hooked up with a young and beautiful woman outside, and he bought another house to live with that woman. Shuzhen cried, noisy and noisy after knowing it, and there was no way to make Ma Liangchen change his mind. In desperation, she inquired from others about the residence of Ma Liangchen and the woman. One day, while Ma Liangchen was away, she took a few good old sisters to break into Ma Liangchen's new house, beat Ma Liangchen's little friend, and smashed the house. Ma Liangchen hurried back when he found out, and he couldn't help but be furious when he saw the smashed home and the bloody face of the woman he loved. The angry Ma Liangchen found Shuzhen and beat her violently, and cut off Shuzhen's financial resources, in desperation. Shuzhen had no choice but to return to her parents' home.

After listening to her daughter's crying, Wang Yunqing pointed at her angrily and said, "I told you to leave that bastard a long time ago, but you just didn't listen!" You can eat and drink spicy food with him, right? You white-eyed wolf with no conscience, you and Ma Liangchen haven't come back a few times since they returned to Beiping from Nanjing, and I didn't see you stop you when your husband framed me, and now that your husband has bullied you, you think of going back to your parents' home. Tell you, it's a blessing that the Kuomintang didn't kill him as a traitor, I think that this guy's life will be taken by others sooner or later, what are you doing when you go home? Go to his funeral! ”

Mrs. Wang retorted unhappily when she heard the old man say this: "Master." Ma Liangchen harmed you, it's not about Shuzhen, Ma Liangchen has a lot of things to hide from Shuzhen, and besides, Shuzhen has become the master of Ma Liangchen! Shuzhen just came home today, and she has a stomach full of grievances. Forget a few words about your father's inconvenience, and train people with one mouth! Have you forgotten? Shuzhen's family business is still what you said, if you want to rely on you this month, you matched the two of them at the beginning, so that there was a later wolf into the house! ”

"How did I expect Ma Liangchen to be such a villain? Even if I'm blind. ”

"Yes! You were blind at first. It killed our daughter! ”

Wang Yunqing felt weak, and no longer argued with his wife, but just sighed on the side. Sookjin sat on the side and cried.

Wang Hongju listened to his sister's crying outside the house and was very angry, since he was a child, he loved this sister who was nearly 20 years older than him, he was brought up by his sister for most of his childhood, and he had deep feelings for his eldest sister. Although Shuzhen almost broke off relations with his family after marrying the traitor Ma Liangchen, he did not hate his sister, and his love for his sister never faded. Wang Hongju pushed the door and walked into the house and said to Shuzhen: "Sister, you just go home and live, you don't pay attention to that bastard in the future, I will teach him a hard lesson sooner or later!" ”

At this time, Beiping had already smelled the smoke of the civil war, and the whole city was shrouded in a tense atmosphere. Almost every day, people were arrested in the name of gangsters, and sporadic gunfire rang out occasionally in the city at night. For the sake of safety, Wang Yunqing told his family not to go out and run around if he had nothing to do, and specially told Wang Hongju to go home after school and not to stay outside, Wang Hongju did not take his father's instructions seriously. On this day, after dinner, he sneaked out behind his parents' back, and it turned out that he and several classmates from the reading club had a secret activity tonight, to distribute leaflets attacking the reactionary rule of the Kuomintang in the troubled area. He was the first to arrive at the appointed meeting place: under the arch of the arrow tower at the front gate. They scheduled to meet at half past seven in the evening, Wang Hongju came more than ten minutes early, and before anyone else arrived, he stood alone under the city tower and waited.

In the summer dusk, the sun refuses to set, a few clouds in the western sky are dyed blood red by the sunset, and the majestic arrow tower adds a sense of solemnity and mystery under the reflection of the setting sun. Flocks of black swifts flew in and out from time to time under the arches of the castle towers, and they chased and screamed and flew in and out, like black lightning across the sky; The moat in front of the castle tower flows gently, and the breeze blows, and the microwave ripple water surface reflects mottled and changeable colors; In the railway station at the southeast corner of the arrow tower, there are occasionally a few low and distant train whistles. At this time, Wang Hongju was only presented with a beautiful and peaceful illusion, and several military vehicles full of soldiers drove quickly before he returned to the reality that the war was approaching Beiping.

After a while, Wang Hongju saw Huang Tingting coming from not far away, and he beckoned to greet him. After the two met, Huang Tingting put her hand around Wang Hongju's arm and snuggled up to him affectionately. Wang Hongju was a little embarrassed, but Huang Tingting behaved generously without the slightest twist. Two other male and female classmates then came, and they also pretended to be a couple and walked behind Wang Hongju and Huang Tingting. The two lovers walked in the direction of the front door.

On the street, an American-style open-top jeep flew towards with its horn blaring, and pedestrians on the road hurriedly avoided it. Several American GIs wearing crooked boat-shaped hats pointed at Huang Tingting in the car, whistling sharply and "OK!" OK！ Strange screams. Wang Hongju glared at them with disdain, and cursed in a low voice in English. Huang Tingting told him to ignore these arrogant American soldiers: "These Yankees will have to get out of China sooner or later!" ”

They walked and chatted, from the front door to Dashilar, then to Zhushikou, and from Zhushikou to the overpass. By this time, it was getting dark, there were few pedestrians on the road, and most of the shops were closed. Huang Tingting and a few people returned from the same way, on the way, Huang Tingting pulled Wang Hongju into a shop that was still lit, and a chubby middle-aged boss who looked very shrewd greeted him with a smile on his face. Huang Tingting told the boss that she wanted to buy a schoolbag, and the boss took out several looks for her to choose from. Huang Tingting picked a more satisfactory schoolbag and paid for it. The boss kept saying thank you and welcome them next time, and sent them out of the store.

After leaving the store, Huang Tingting told Wang Hongju to slow down, and after meeting with the classmates behind, they moved to a quiet corner. Huang Tingting took out a stack of leaflets from the schoolbag she had just bought and stuffed them neatly into the hands of the two of them. Wang Hongju was very surprised by this, and Huang Tingting smiled proudly at Wang Hongju. Then the four of them broke up, one pair went east into the mouth of the fresh fish, and the other pair went west into the big fence.

Huang Tingting quietly stuffed Wang Hong with a stack of leaflets, and she told that there were soldiers patrolling the streets with guns and spies everywhere at all times, and that the slightest carelessness would be in danger of being exposed, and that a high degree of vigilance should be maintained during the operation.

Huang Tingting and Wang Hongju walked into Dashilar Commercial Street. Usually it is bustling at night, when most of the shops in this street close early, and a few passers-by occasionally walk by in a hurry on the empty street. Huang Tingting was responsible for keeping watch, and Wang Hongju was responsible for quickly stuffing the leaflets into the door of the shop. If they saw someone nearby, they would snuggle up in a dimly lit corner and whisper to each other as lovers. As the pedestrians passed, they quickly separated and continued to stuff leaflets into the shops. Wang Hongju participated in such an event for the first time, and he felt very enjoyable and exciting. When they had basically finished scattering the leaflets at Dashilar, Huang Tingting said to Wang Hongju, "Let's go." Let's take a look at the front. They walked north through the doorframe alley with their arms on their shoulders towards Langfang Toutiao.

The doorframe alley is narrow and long, and there is only one street lamp at a long distance, and the dim street lamp only illuminates a small place. Wang Hongju is very familiar with this place. He told Huang Tingting that when he was a child, his father often took him here to eat flavorful snacks such as roasted food and belly. As the two spoke, they noticed two swaying figures flashing in the distance, and when they looked closely, it turned out to be the patrolling Kuomintang soldiers approaching them, and the bayonets on their guns flashed in the dim light. The alley is very narrow and it is too late to dodge, and turning around and walking back will definitely arouse the suspicion of the other party, Huang Tingting stabbed Wang Hongju and asked him to quickly stuff the few flyers in his hand into the sock tube. She then put Wang Hongju's arm around and said, "Don't be nervous, walk over to them." ”

"Stop! What for? As soon as the shouting fell, the two soldiers had already come to the front, and the two bayonets were aimed at the chests of Wang Hongju and Huang Tingting. Huang Tingting screamed in fright and turned around and threw herself into Wang Hongju's arms, Wang Hongju hugged her waist and retreated back, comforting her while retreating: "Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid! There's me. ”

"Stop! If you move again, you'll shoot! A burly soldier shouted in Shandong.

Wang Hongju stood firm and pretended to tremble and said, "Don't, boss, don't shoot, I think I've seen a ghost in this dark sky!" Scared the hell out of us! ”

"Who are you? Why are you still wandering the streets at night. When he saw that the other party was a young man and a woman, the soldier raised the muzzle of his gun.

"Boss, the two of us are students, she is my good friend, we will come out and walk around after dinner." Wang Hongju cautiously explained.

Another short soldier walked up to them and looked at them almost face to face, and then said in a strange way: "The most restless thing these years is you students, who come out to make trouble twice in three days!" ”

"Boss, the two of us are students who keep to ourselves." Huang Tingting lay in Wang Hongju's arms and whispered.

The short man said in a weird way: "Do you dare to go out for a walk in the dark sky?" You two are bold enough! ”

Huang Tingting pointed to the gun in the other party's hand and said tremblingly: "I'm not too timid." But the guns in the hands of the two bosses scared me. ”

Wang Hongju comforted his girlfriend while complimenting the two soldiers: "We are not afraid, there is no need to be afraid of your boss to maintain social order." ”

"You little brother is very good at talking." The big soldier with a Shandong accent grinned.

"What's in this bag? Open it and take a look! The big soldier pointed the tip of his gun at the schoolbag on Huang Tingting's shoulder and ordered.

The short soldier reached out to Huang Tingting to ask for the bag, and Huang Tingting reluctantly handed the bag over. At this time, Wang Hongju was nervous and wanted to get angry, he knew that the bag contained leaflets, and it would be bad if he was to be searched out. The two soldiers opened their satchels and checked them with flashlights, but there was nothing else except a few books, a bottle of toilet water, and a handkerchief.

"Grandma is a bear, what are you writing in these books? I don't know a word! I ask you. Is this a Communist Party book? The big soldier asked Huang Tingting.

"That's the textbook I used for school, don't break it, I still have to use it." Huang Tingting suddenly replied in pure Shandong dialect.

"Drink, you girl speaks Shandong dialect well!" The big man grinned.

The little soldier knew a few words, and after flipping through the books, he said, "It's a textbook, like a book of history and geography." ”

"Then you must be students, don't look at me as uneducated, I just envy readers! My family has no money, or I am a scholar. You don't have to carry this murderous guy all day. The burly GI's attitude softened considerably. He asked Huang Tingting: "Listening to the accent, we are still fellow countrymen, where is your hometown in Shandong?" ”

Huang Tingting said in her hometown: "My family is from Yantai, Shandong. ”

"Then we are not far away, I am from Weihai, because I don't have land to plant at home. Alas! I haven't been back to see my wife in years!" He poked the butt of the gun on the ground and held the barrel of the gun with both hands, shook his head first, smacked his lips again, and then said in a concerned tone: "Little fellow, you listen to my sentence: it is not easy for your parents to provide you with education. If you want to study, study hard. Now that the army is in chaos, don't go out at night and run around, how to explain to your parents if something really happens? Hurry home! After speaking, the big soldier returned the bag to Huang Tingting.

"Yes, yes. Thank you two CEOs, let's go home. Huang Tingting couldn't stop nodding, and after speaking, she pulled Wang Hongju and left.

"Wait!" The short soldier grabbed the gun and said, "I'm sorry, it's business!" I'm going to search for this man. He asked Wang Hong to raise his hands, touched all over his body, found nothing suspicious, and said: "There is almost no one on the street, hurry up and go home." ”

After the two soldiers finished the investigation, they walked forward with their guns in their hands, and disappeared into the depths of the alley after a while, and Wang Hongju also pulled Huang Tingting and left quickly. There was a false alarm just now, his nerves were still tense, and after walking a long way, he let out a long breath. Wang Hongju said to Huang Tingting in surprise: "I thought I was very good at acting, it turns out that you can act better than me!" I'm so impressed with admiration! Wang Hong raised his thumb to Huang Tingting.

Huang Tingting smiled slightly and said, "Can I act?" You're exaggerating! I think you performed very well the first time you participated in the social activities of the book club, your psychological quality is very good, and my first time I was far worse than you! ”

Wang Hongju was not satisfied with his performance today, he said: "I was very scared when those two soldiers went through your schoolbag just now, my heart was pounding, and I thought we were going to show our stuffing." ”

Huang Tingting smiled and said, "No, the flyers in that bag have been scattered." ”

Wang Hongju said excitedly: "Today's social activities are very exciting, I like it, and I will participate more in the future!" ”

Huang Tingting immediately corrected Wang Hongju's statement: "Wang Hongju, we are not participating in such social activities to seek excitement, such social activities are a kind of political behavior that exposes the nature of the reactionary government and arouses the people's sense of resistance. ”

Huang Tingting said that Wang Hongju's face was full of heat, and he said convincingly: "Yes, you are right, I still feel that I am still not mature enough." I'm going to ask you a lot of advice in the future. ”

Huang Tingting smiled slightly, "The main advantage of you is that you have a sweet mouth and can flatter people." ”

"Tingting. To tell you the truth, I really admire you, you are simply my idol! ”

"Look at you! I just said that you have a sweet mouth, and you flatter me hard! Huang Tingting said, and the two laughed happily.

Wang Hongju sent Huang Tingting to the vicinity of Liuli Factory, and when he was about to break up, Wang Hongju looked at Huang Tingting thoughtfully and asked softly: "There is something buried in my heart, I always want to ask you, but there is no suitable opportunity, and I don't know whether to ask today." ”

"What do you want to ask? Don't spit out. ”

"Tell me, are you a communist?" Wang Hongju looked at Huang Tingting.

Huang Tingting didn't expect him to ask this question, so she tilted her head and asked, "Why are you asking me this question?" Do you think I look like a communist? ”

"Because the Communists I imagine are people like you!"

"Oh? Wang Hongju, I think you are very naïve, can the Communists see it from the outside? ”

Wang Hongju said irrefutably: "Anyway, I think you are a communist." You must be! I trust my own judgment. ”

Huang Tingting didn't know how to answer for a while, she lowered her head and thought carefully, then raised her head and looked at Wang Hongju's eyes and said in a very calm tone: "Student Wang Hongju, you don't need to know whether I am a communist now, but what I can tell you is: only the Communist Party can save the Chinese people from fire and water, and China can only make the country strong and prosperous by taking the socialist road like the Soviet Union; Only then can the people truly enjoy a happy life of freedom, democracy, fairness, and justice. If you think the same thing as me and fight for it together, we are not only friends. We can also be gay. ”

Although Huang Tingting answered very tactfully, Wang Hongju had already understood. At this time, he felt that Huang Tingting was like a holy goddess under the soft moonlight, and Huang Tingting's eyes were full of trust and expectation for herself; Her few words made Wang Hongju's heart feel warm. An urge rose in his heart to take Huang Tingting into his arms, but he knew that it was too reckless; He had a lot of things to say to Huang Tingting in his heart, but he didn't know where to start. He forcibly controlled his excited emotions, held Huang Tingting's hand tightly and said affectionately: "Tingting." It's all in plain sight! ”。

Huang Tingting seemed to feel the change in Wang Hongju's mood, and she smiled sweetly: "I understand your intentions." It's getting late, so go home and rest. Is there anything you can say tomorrow when we meet at school? ”

Wang Hongju also wanted to stay with Huang Tingting for a while, he insisted on sending Huang Tingting to the door, but Huang Tingting couldn't resist him and agreed. When they walked into the alley of Liulichang, Huang Tingting pointed to a big locust tree and said, "When I arrive, I will live in the antique shop under the tree."

Wang Hongju looked at the big locust tree and suddenly felt familiar, he walked to the antique shop and looked up at the plaque of the antique shop, and by the moonlight he could clearly see the three big characters of "Bo Gu Zhai", and he was stunned for a moment. Wang Hongju scratched his head thoughtfully, and glanced back at Huang Tingting. Huang Tingting saw Wang Hongju's strange behavior, so she asked curiously: "Wang Hongju, what's wrong with you?" ”

Wang Hongju suddenly became emotional, "Tingting, this is your home?" Do you just live here? ”

"That's right! This is my dad's antique shop, and our house is in the yard behind the shop. ”

Wang Hongju followed up and asked, "Your family has always lived here?" You haven't moved here in the last few years, have you? ”

Huang Tingting felt that he asked very strangely: "Classmate Wang Hongju, what does this have to do with you?" ”

Wang Hongju begged: "Tingting, you must tell me." ”

Huang Tingting laughed, "I think you look like a policeman checking your household registration." Well, let me tell you, my dad has been doing business here for over a decade. How, is this important to you? ”

"Yes, it's very important to me, and it has something to do with you."

"Really? I want to know the answer. ”

At this time, Wang Hongju's mind flashed some scenes during the Anti-Japanese War, he sorted out his thoughts and pulled Huang Tingting to the locust tree in front of the antique shop, the two of them sat down with their backs against the trunk, Wang Hongju took a jade pendant from his neck, he put the jade pendant in Huang Tingting's hand and said: "Tingting, look at this jade pendant." ”

Huang Tingting took the jade pendant and asked inexplicably: "What are you letting me see it for?" ”

"Tingting, take a closer look, all the answers are on this jade pendant."

Huang Tingting returned the jade pendant to Wang Hongju again, and she said: "What do you want me to look at this big black sky." You just tell me if you don't. ”

Wang Hongju sold Guan Zi and said, "If you don't look at it, forget it, I won't talk about this jade pendant first, I want to tell you a story, after the story is told, you will understand everything." ”

"It's getting late, you hurry up."

"Okay." Wang Hongju agreed, and his story began in the second year of the Anti-Japanese War. (To be continued......)

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