550. Reminiscences of the past
"That's right, Yunlin, then let's raise a glass to our long-lost uncle and nephew, don't go back today, stay here, I want to talk to you all night." Tan Hongming and Ling Yunpeng had a very happy conversation, and his appreciation for the son of this comrade-in-arms was overflowing.
"Okay, Uncle Tan, I'll listen to you." Ling Yunpeng readily agreed.
Tan Hongming walked outside the house and gave a few instructions to the team members outside the door, and when Long Tsai heard it, Tan Hongming wanted to drink with this strange young man, and couldn't help but feel strange: "Uncle Lin, who is he?" ”
"He's my nephew, we haven't seen him for seven or eight years, and we're going to get drunk today. Longzai, you go and order them to serve some of our special seafood, and I will entertain my nephew. ”
"Uncle Lin, didn't the doctor say that your wound is suppurating and it is not easy to drink?" Long Tsai reminded with concern.
"It's okay, I'm in a good mood today, I see my nephew who I haven't seen for many years, how can I talk about it without drinking, don't worry, it's okay, besides, don't you have your anti-inflammatory medicine, go and prepare!"
Long Tsai saw that Tan Hongming was rarely so happy, of course he didn't want to let him spoil his fun, so he ordered his subordinates to hurry up to fish and catch shrimp and entertain Ling Yunpeng.
After about an hour, Long Tsai asked the chef to cook a table of sumptuous seafood, including freshly caught crabs, fresh shrimp, live fish, as well as shrimp cakes, shrimp paste, fish balls, roast meat and other local specialties.
Looking at this sumptuous dinner, Ling Yunpeng couldn't help but think of Kang Junru, when he was studying in Guangzhou, Kang Junru took him to various restaurants and hotels in Guangzhou City whenever he had time, let him taste all kinds of dishes, and almost ate all the whole city of Guangzhou, Kang Junru's love for Ling Yunpeng was almost a kind of doting.
"Yunlin, you're welcome, let go of your stomach and eat, I don't have anything else here, the seafood is enough, no matter how horizontal Little Japan is, it can't wipe out all these fish, shrimp and crabs in the sea." Tan Hongming poured Ling Yunpeng full of wine, and said heartily: "Come, Yunlin, this glass of wine will catch the wind for you." ”
Tan Hongming and Ling Yunpeng clinked glasses, and then the two of them tilted their necks and drank the wine in the glass.
Ling Yunpeng hurriedly filled Tan Hongming and himself with wine again: "Uncle Tan, this glass of wine, I respect you and wish you a speedy recovery." ”
"Well, don't worry, my old bones are still very tough, and if I don't drive these dogs out of China, I'm still reluctant to see Marx!" Tan Hongming picked up the wine glass and drank it all: "Yunlin, don't patronize and drink, try our specialties here." ”
"Okay, you're welcome, Uncle Tan." Ling Yunpeng picked up a prawn, peeled off the shell, and ate it: "Well, it's so fresh, it's delicious." ”
"Eat more if it's delicious." Tan Hongming used his left hand to pick up vegetables for Ling Yunpeng.
"Uncle Tan, I'll do it myself." Ling Yunpeng hurriedly peeled a prawn and put it in Tan Hongming's bowl, then filled Tan Hongming with a third glass of wine, then picked up the wine glass, and said with a solemn expression: "Uncle Tan, this cup of wine, I respect you and my father, and my father Kang once experienced the eventful years." ”
"Good!" Tan Hongming raised his wine glass excitedly, thinking of those former comrades-in-arms, Tan Hongming was uneasy, his left hand holding the wine glass trembled slightly, and then drank it all.
"Uncle Tan, speaking of my Kang Dad, I want to ask you, do you know the whereabouts of my Kang Dad?" One of the main purposes of Ling Yunpeng's visit to Tan Hongming this time was to learn about Kang Junru's situation from Tan Hongming.
More than four years ago, Kang Junru suddenly disappeared, and rumors about him have been endless, some say that he defected, some said that he was secretly executed, and some said that he fled abroad, anyway, there are different opinions, it is difficult to distinguish the true from the false, but Ling Yunpeng would rather believe that his Kang Dad was sacrificed, rather than believe that his Kang Dad betrayed the revolution, or went abroad to avoid the limelight. The father Kang he knows is the same as his father Peng Ruofei, who has firm beliefs, and is an iron-clad man who is not afraid of power and does not hesitate to live and die, and is by no means a soft bone who is servile and flattering, and surrenders on his knees.
And Tan Hongming, as Kang Junru's superior, and Kang Junru are comrades-in-arms who share weal and woe and cherish each other, in Ling Yunpeng's view, Tan Hongming is undoubtedly the person who knows Kang Junru best.
"Yunlin, this matter is a long story, more than four years ago, the organization suffered a catastrophe, the members of the organization died, and many comrades lost contact, this situation was the April 12 incident of that year, your father also experienced it once, and the heavy blow more than four years ago was almost a repetition of the past, as the main person in charge of the underground party organization in Shanghai, I have an unshirkable responsibility." Tan Hongming sighed heavily.
"Uncle Tan, can you tell me more about it?"
Tan Hongming nodded silently, and his thoughts returned to a night more than four years ago.
That night, Kang Junru hurriedly knocked on the door of Caiyun Bookstore, where was the liaison office between Kang Junru and Tan Hongming, but usually, Kang Junru usually went to Caiyun Bookstore to contact Tan Hongming during the day, but that day Kang Junru unexpectedly appeared in front of Tan Hongming at night.
"Junru, what's going on, it's so late, what's the matter with you coming to me?" Tan Hongming realized that Kang Junru came to him at this time, and he must have something urgent to discuss with him.
"Old Tan, you told me last time that there was a shortage of food in the army, so let me find a way to raise food, and I've done almost it." Kang Junru was out of breath, picked up the kettle on the table, poured himself a glass, and drank it all the time.
"Oh? So quickly? When Tan Hongming heard this, his face showed joy.
During that time, our army was extremely difficult, lacking food and clothing, and Kang Junru was praised by the central leadership as the god of wealth and raised a lot of materials for our army, so the central government called Tan Hongming, hoping that the Shanghai underground party organization could raise some food for the soldiers of our army.
Kang Junru naturally went all out to complete this task, he not only withdrew all the money from Manulife Commercial Bank, cashed out all the stocks and bonds, but also asked Jin Yixuan to take out the money that Ruyixuan had kept over the years, bought a large amount of grain on the black market, and then hoarded it in the Ruyixuan Restaurant, ready to be transported to the front line. As a well-known restaurant in Shanghai, Ruyixuan will not be too eye-catching to hoard some food, but because of the huge amount of food, Ruyixuan suspended the business of the upstairs private rooms in the name of renovating the private rooms, and piled up the grain in these private rooms upstairs.
"Well, the last batch of grain is done today, I just rushed over from Ruyixuan, Lao Jin asked me to ask you, can you transport these grains away as soon as possible, Ruyixuan now uses the private rooms above to stack food, and even the dormitories of those action team members are also full of food, Lao Jin asked these team members to stay in a hotel temporarily. Every time a guest wants to book a private room, he is rejected by Lao Jin on the pretext of upstairs decoration, but after a long time, it will definitely be exposed. That's why I came overnight to get you to get the grain out as soon as possible. ”
"Junru, I didn't expect you to get so much food at once." Tan Hongming was overjoyed and greatly appreciated Kang Junru's vigorous and resolute work style: "Okay, I will notify the comrades at the traffic station and let them go to Ruyixuan now and transport these grains away overnight." ”
"It's best this way, in case you have too many dreams at night." Kang Junru breathed a sigh of relief: "Then I'll notify Lao Jin now and ask him to gather all the team members and prepare to carry food overnight." ”
"Okay, then let's split up!"
That night, Tan Hongming informed the comrades at the traffic station that five trucks were used to come to Ruyixuan to transport grain, and Jin Yixuan asked the team members to load all the grain piled up in Ruyixuan onto the car.
The comrades at the traffic station transported the grain out of Shanghai overnight and to our base areas, and the central leaders were very satisfied with our underground party organization in Shanghai, and Comrade Qingluan also praised us for being timely and relieved of the urgent needs of the troops.
"Isn't that going well? How could it have happened? Ling Yunpeng looked at Tan Hongming puzzled.