The three siblings returned home the next day, and they boarded the ship again, this time home, and when they looked back at the sea, the sparkling water was like a dreamlike experience of the past few years.

The ship floats on the sea, Yun Yun is still seasick, lying on the bow of the boat and throwing up several times, Fluttershy is fine, she accompanies Yun Yun and pats her on the back, looking at the horizon as far as the eye can see, it is curved.

Zhuang Sheng was on the deck, leaning against the guardrail of the ship and talking to people. Yunyun is dizzy, and Fluttershy brings her over, and when she sees her brother talking happily with the man, she walks over. I heard the man say, "Judging by your outfits and actions, I thought you were Japanese, but I didn't expect you to be compatriots!" ”

"I've lived in Japan for more than three years, so I'm inevitably getting used to it." Zhuang Sheng said with a smile.

"I see." The man was immediately a little angry, and when he saw two young ladies dressed neatly and exquisitely, he asked, "What is this?" ”

"Oh, they're little sisters."

Yun Yun felt uncomfortable, and only forced a smile and looked at the sea, and Fluttershy gave her a cold look and turned back.

Seeing that the two of them didn't pay much attention to him, the man withdrew his eyes, his face turned pale, and he looked the three of them up and down with a sideways face, speculating that they must be the kind of rich idlers, so arrogant and rude, he knew that he only cared about himself and did not care about the survival of the country, so he asked: "Why are you three brothers and sisters running around like this?" ”

"No, at first it was just to avoid the calamity, and then to distract yourself."

"I also often shuttle between the two banks, but it's rare to see idlers like you, when the mountains and rivers are broken—"

Zhuang Sheng coughed, very unhappy in his heart, and his face turned red.

The man stopped, but he was still angry, and he was embarrassed, so he said softly: "Since you have lived there for three years, you should get used to it, why do you go back at this time, you don't know yet, that land is so chaotic, it is not easy to live, I am afraid it is not as comfortable as Japan." ”

Zhuang Sheng glanced at him, just smiled bitterly and shook his head, looking at his words and actions, this person is very much like a down-and-out literati with some rotten spirit, a little learned, with a sense of anger, nowhere to attack, and no ability, so he relies on pointing others to sell his "life ambitions" that he can't perform.

Seeing that Zhuang Sheng was silent for a long time, this person asked again: "Respect the name?" What are the names of the two young ladies? ”

Yun Yun glanced at him, hated this person, and didn't mention that what she said just now was obviously the wrong person, and now she asked for her name without saying a few words, and she didn't leave well, but she didn't answer, and she also turned her head.

"I think that's the end of our relationship." Zhuang Sheng said, and then called the two sisters and walked away.

The man was angry and ashamed, and went back to the cabin.

Zhuang Sheng faced the sea breeze, leaned on the guardrail and thought for a long time, muttering, "I want to change my name." ”

"Why do you want to change your name?" Yun Yun asked.

"The name is so bookish, I don't want to be like that person."

"He's so annoying," Yun Yun said in disgust, and then asked, "Then what name do you want to change?" ”

Zhuang Sheng asks Fluttershy again, "Think about it for me?" ”

She shook her head, "I can't think of it, you gave my name to me." Fluttershy says.

"I actually already have one, it's called 'Yun Cheng', what's the matter?"

"What two words?"

Zhuang Sheng wrote these two words in the palm of her hand, Yun Yun and Xiao Fluttershy both understood, they looked up at the sky, saw clouds, and thought: "This 'Cheng' has the meaning of weapons," so she said, "The sky 'cloud', the underground 'Cheng', the cloud goes with the wind, Cheng moves by the heart, 'Yun Cheng', these two words are very good, think about it carefully, the meaning is also good." ”

Yun Yun smiled: "I want these two words." ”

"Okay."

"Can I change my name?" Yun Yun asked.

"No, your name was given by your mother, how can you change it without permission."

"Then why did you change it?" Fluttershy asks with a smile.

"My name was given by my father, I was weak and couldn't practice martial arts when I was young, and then the family encountered some changes, so my father took this name, which means that I want to study and enter the office. But in the end, the civil and military were deserted, and I was already a big deal in his eyes, so he changed his name at this time, and he was underground, and he wouldn't blame me too much. ”

"Do I need to change my name?" Fluttershy asks.

"No, it's better to have a single name and a 'butterfly', you are like a butterfly, if you don't take this word, no one in the world is worthy of it." Zhuang Sheng looked at her and smiled stupidly.

Yunyun and Fluttershy both laugh as they look at the sunset, hoping that the sun will rise early tomorrow because it will be there tomorrow.

The next day, the three siblings abandoned ship and went ashore, passing through Shanghai, determined to rest for a few days.

The three of them couldn't help but marvel at how different this place was from other places!

There are a group of chic buildings, all kinds of houses with strange shapes, high and low, the top is sharp, the color is gray and white as a whole, and it looks bright and bright, which is in stark contrast with the houses in Beiping in the impression. The market is very bustling, with many people coming and going, and there are many business sellers. There are countless kinds of things, small gadgets, and exquisite goods, which have never been seen in Beiping and Japan.

There are also people walking on the wide avenue, some of them are wearing fresh style clothes, dressed in a unique style, but they are also good-looking, and Yun Yun likes it when she looks at it.

Suddenly, a procession passed, and they walked in unison, without squinting. The three of them stopped to look at these foreigners, puzzled and curious, and only later did they learn that this was the so-called "concession", which was under the jurisdiction of both the Chinese government and foreign forces, so there were foreign troops patrolling.

Zhuang Die took everything into her eyes, she did not compare Shanghai with Japan, but gave birth to a long-lost sense of intimacy in her heart, and silently sighed: "It turns out that this is China." ”

After shopping for most of the day, when they wanted to buy some favorite things, they found that the Japanese banknotes in their hands could not be used, and after turning over the boxes, they found some remaining gold and silver, and the merchants who did not know the goods did not dare to accept them, so they had to go down, Zhuang Yuncheng took the sisters to run for a long time, and finally found a place in the British Concession, exchanged for a lot of banknotes in circulation at that time, and a metal coin called "Yuan Datou", Zhuang Yuncheng looked at the portrait above, thinking that this is Yuan Shikai.

After that, I played here for a few more days, seeing everything I hadn't seen before, eating everything I didn't eat, and buying everything I liked.

Before leaving, Yun Yun was the most reluctant, and she never forgot about Shanghai. I secretly made a wish in my heart that I would definitely come and lie down in the future.

On the way back, I took the train, there were many people on the car, the smell was mixed, the train was bumpy, Yun Yun was sick again, listless all the way, and only lay on Zhuang Yuncheng and slept all the time.

"Are you alright?"

"It's fine." Zhuang Die said.

Zhuang Yuncheng squeezed her hand, felt still cold, and said: "It seems that you are really sober, look at her, your body is very hot, and she is all hot and confused." ”

"I'll hold her." Zhuang Die said.

"It just so happens that I'm hot too." Zhuang Yuncheng straightens Yun Yun, Fluttershy moves over, he moves out to breathe, and Yun Yun lies on top of her again.

Finally arrived in Beiping, got off the train at Zhengyangmen Railway Station, looked around, the scene in front of me was different from Shanghai, the color in front of me was darker than Shanghai, there was no sun in the sky, only some miserable white clouds, and the ground seemed to be shrouded in a layer of gray mist, the traditional house building was no different from three years ago, crowded with the human shape of the station, and it didn't look much different in general, and what attracted Zhuang Yuncheng's attention the most was that all the men had cut off their braids and had short hair.

When they get out of the station, there are coachmen soliciting passengers, and there are very few rickshaws, and they hear that people here call this car "foreign car", and in Shanghai, there are also this kind of car, they call it "rickshaw".

"It's still far from Zhengyangmen to You'anmen, let's take this foreign car." Zhuang Yuncheng said.

The sisters naturally agreed, so they put away the big bags and small bags, and each of them sat in a foreign car, and the foreign coachmen were full of smiles and ran away like a gust of wind.

Yun Yun sat in this foreign car, although it was a little bumpy, but it was more comfortable than taking the train, and the wind was blowing, feeling much more energetic and in a good mood.

Along the way, the foreign cars passed by, and the people on the street all turned their heads to take a look, and when they met the idlers who fought cocks and lackeys together, they had to judge their heads.

It took less than half an hour to arrive, Zhuang Yuncheng paid, and the foreign coachman pulled the car and ran away after thanking him. The three of them looked at the blue-gray house, it was only three years, but it was so old that it didn't look like the home in their impressions, and they saw that the house next to it was bright in color, as if it exuded a dense atmosphere, and they felt that this house was bleak and gloomy.

The door opened a crack, and when it was pushed open, a gust of wind blew, and the door suddenly opened, and all three of them were startled.

Then a pungent stench came to my face, and then I was greeted by a terrible sight—blue-black moss soaked in the water that had not dried up for a long time, so that the whole ground was wet and black, and there was a pool of black water in the middle of the courtyard, broken doors and windows, and miscellaneous debris piled up haphazardly—a mess!

"How?" Zhuang Yuncheng walked cautiously and said, "There is no place to stay, you should be careful." ”

Zhuang Yuncheng stepped on the wet moss, went to the opposite eaves to put down the luggage, and turned to help them over.

"Stains, shoes are dirty," Yun Yun said, Zhuang Die stepped forward to open the door, this time the dry and cold air mixed with the smell of rot rushed out of the door, Xiao Fluttershy hid her face, coughed twice, and said, "Brother, look." ”

Zhuang Yuncheng looked at it, there was a mess inside, he didn't care about it much, he went straight inside, walked through the two rooms inside, went out and walked along the verandah to the backyard, looked at each room one by one, and when he came back, he was already dusty, frowned and said: "It's like it has been copied here, but everything worth a little money is gone, and there is a broken empty shelf left." ”

"But what can I do?"

"It's not worth much, it's just that there is no way to live here, and it will take several days to clean it up, so I have to find another place to live first, and then ask someone to slowly clean it up before living."

As he was talking, a head suddenly stretched out in front of the gate, and when he saw someone, he shrank back.

They didn't care, they took their things and went out again, went out the door, closed the door, turned around and walked a few steps, when they heard someone behind them shouting: "Wait! ”

The three siblings were all startled, and turned their heads to see that they were two face-to-face people.