Chapter 48 The wolf and sheep are struggling to find a husband

The county seat of Lin'an County. No. 29 Longqing Street. Fang's compound. Large living room in the front yard.

Japanese Second Lieutenant Hirochi Takagi walked quickly in front of Eiichi Nakagawa, stood up and saluted, and said in Japanese:

"Commander Nakagawa, excuse me. The captain of the valley ordered me to come, and asked you to go to the west gate of the county seat now to inspect the defenses. The captain of the valley is waiting at the west gate. ”

Fang Daxian looked at Takagi Hongzhi in surprise and confusion, and his mind was racing: Why did Xiao Mu come?! How could he be a Japanese officer? This is a catastrophe, and death is really not far away. No wonder Nakagawa Rongichi knew about the sacrifice of his second brother against Japan, and Xiao Mu knew too much about the Fang family. What to do? What about the Fang family?

Nakagawa Eiichi stood up, looked at Fang Daxian, who was pale and sweaty on his forehead, and asked:

"Mr. Fang, what's wrong with you? Is your face so ugly and you feel uncomfortable? ”

"No, it's not that you're not feeling well. I was scared by what you just said, and I was so scared. I implore Captain Nakagawa to be elegant and broad, and don't worry about me. ”

"Good, good. I don't care. However, I would like to remind you to remember, Mr. Fang, that in the future, you should only eat and toast and be safe. It is better not to eat and drink and invite disaster. ”

"I remembered, I remembered. Thank you, Captain Nakagawa. ”

Eiichi Nakagawa gives orders to Hirochi Takagi in Japanese. Then, he strode out of the living room, the front yard, and the outer courtyard, and left Fang's house. Get into the car and head towards the west gate.

Fang Da sat on the sofa first, thinking about what Xiao Mu was all about......

Cao of the First Army rushed into the living room with a group of heavily armed Japanese soldiers and surrounded Fang Daxian. Jun Cao held the saber in his left hand, pressed his right hand on the pistol on his right waist, stared at Fang Daxian with two gloomy little eyes, and said in broken Chinese brutally and forcefully:

"Mr. Fang, you, immediately take your whole family to move to the west courtyard and the north courtyard to live. The front yard, the middle yard, and the east courtyard were requisitioned by the imperial army. Do you, understand? Quickly. ”

"Good, good. I'm leaving, I'm leaving. Fonda grabbed the cane he had placed beside him, stood up and walked out the door, two Japanese soldiers following him with rifles.

Tian Yuanxiu led her daughter Niuniu to find the Jishi Pharmacy located at No. 168 Longan Street in the center of the county, facing north and south. She walked to the counter, took out a sketch of Francis from her thick cloth pocket and put it on the counter, and asked the guy standing at the counter with hope:

"May I ask if Fang Qiren is here?" At the same time, he handed over a silver dollar.

The pharmacy guy took the very realistic sketch and looked at it, and immediately looked nervous, and flatly denied: "No, I don't know, we have never had this person here." ”

The pharmacy guy's expression, dodgy eyes, and tone of voice made Tian Yuanxiu understand that he must know her husband's whereabouts. She raised her voice and said in a very affirmative tone:

"Fang Qiren used to be an apprentice and a buddy here for a few years, how could you not know him and not know him? Please tell me. ”

The middle-aged male shopkeeper came over when he heard the sound, picked up the sketch and looked at it, and said with certainty:

"Miss, I'm sorry, there is really no person you are looking for in this number, you go to other places, other stores and ask again, look for it, maybe you can find it."

Tian Yuanxiu said reluctantly: "Fang Qiren really worked in your Jishi Pharmacy before, he told me personally, where is he now?" I came to him in a hurry, why didn't you tell me? If you don't say anything, I won't leave. ”

The pharmacy owner sitting behind the counter under the south window of the pharmacy landlord wall (Fong's uncle Guo

Huaiyi) heard the prestige, frowned and thought for a while, then stood up and walked over. He took the sketch from the shopkeeper's hand, looked at it carefully, and looked up and down at Tian Yuanxiu, who was young and beautiful, dignified and elegant wearing a light beige muslin short-sleeved top, beige skirt, white line socks, and black leather shoes, and the beautiful and lovely girl snuggling next to her, and preliminarily judged that she was not an ordinary lady. So, he asked softly and gently:

"Miss, can you tell me why you have to look for this person? Who are you? What is the name of the young lady? ”

Tian Yuanxiu carefully looked at Guo Huaiyi, who was wearing a sky blue silk robe and gold-rimmed glasses, and bowed slightly and said politely:

"Hello, you're the owner of the pharmacy, right?"

"Yes, in Xia Guo Huaiyi. Miss, don't be in a hurry, say something slowly. ”

"Boss Guo, I am Tian Yuanxiu, Fang Qiren's wife, and this is our daughter. Now the war is in chaos, and our mother and daughter have a difficult life, so we have to flee all the way from Beiping to Lin'an County to join our husbands, please tell me, where is Fang Qiren now? As she spoke, Tian Yuanxiu couldn't help but burst into tears when she came from it.

Guo Huaiyi stretched out his hand and gently stroked Niuniu's head lovingly, and said comfortingly:

"Miss Tian, don't be sad, this person did work here before, but he resigned a few years ago and left, we really don't know where he is now, but I can help you ask someone to inquire around and find it. Miss Tian, where did you come to live in Lin'an County? How do you live with your daughter? ”

Uncle Gen, who came to the pharmacy to wait in line to catch the Chinese medicine, happened to see all this, he was first surprised and puzzled, and then stood next to him and listened quietly and carefully.

"Alas!" Tian Yuanxiu took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears, sighed heavily and said:

"More than three months ago, a friend introduced me to Lin'an County National Model High School to teach art classes, and I lived in the school dormitory with my daughter. But just over a month after I arrived, the war started, and the school was closed and the salary was stopped. Now that I have no money, my daughter and I have no money to pay for our daily expenses, and life is very difficult. So, I want to find my husband as soon as possible, and if you find out about Fang Qiren, please come to the school and tell me. Please, everyone? ”

Guo Huaiyi returned the sketch to Tian Yuanxiu: "Definitely, definitely." ”

"Thank you, thank you." Tian Yuanxiu took the sketch and put it in her pocket, thanked her, took her daughter's hand and walked out of the pharmacy, walking on the street with a heavy heart and slow and disappointed.

Guo Huaiyi, who was full of doubts, walked to the door of the pharmacy, looked at Tian Yuanxiu's mother and daughter who were gradually walking away with a heavy heart, and sighed heavily with a sad face: "Alas! ”

Uncle Lao Gen walked to the door with a Chinese medicine bag and smiled humbly and thanked him:

"Big brother, thank you, I'll go back."

Guo Huaiyi returned the salute: "No thanks, if you feel unwell, come to the pharmacy to find me." Old roots, please walk slowly. ”

A guy walked quickly to Guo Huaiyi's side and called softly: "Master." ”

Guo Huaiyi nodded lightly without moving.

The shrewd and capable guy whispered, "Understood." After speaking, he walked out of the pharmacy and chased quickly in the direction where Tian Yuanxiu left.

The sad and helpless Tian Yuanxiu led her daughter to walk slowly on the street. Uncle Lao Gen hurriedly chased after him from behind with a few packets of Chinese medicine: "Hey, hey, girl, you wait." ”

Tian Yuanxiu stopped, turned around and looked at Uncle Lao Gen vigilantly and suspiciously, took her daughter in her arms and asked puzzledly, "Are you calling me?" What are you doing? ”

"Miss Tian, don't be afraid, I heard what you said in the pharmacy just now, I don't mean anything wrong, I want to help you. Can you show me that piece of paper? Maybe I can help you find the person you're looking for. ”

"You? Can you help me? Can you find the person I'm looking for? Who are you? ”

"I am an old man in Lin'an County, and I know seven or eight out of ten people in the county, and everyone calls me Uncle Laogen. You see I'm so old, I won't fool you or lie to you. There is a small teahouse in front of you, just a few steps away. If you believe me, go sit down with me, and I'll talk to you. Look at the sun, don't let your children bask in the streets, come on. ”

Tian Yuanxiu picked up her daughter and followed Uncle Lao Gen into the small teahouse and sat down in a secluded corner. At this time, there were not many people in the teahouse, and a young man followed.

"Man, make us a pot of jasmine crumble, hurry up."

Tian Yuanxiu: "Man, bring us a pot of good green tea." ”

"Okay, please wait. A pot of fine green tea! The man turned and walked away.

Tian Yuanxiu took out the sketch from the flower cloth pocket and handed the letter to Uncle Lao Gen suspiciously.

Uncle Lao Gen took the sketch with both hands and looked at it, and blurted out:

"Little Sixth Son, Fang Jiren. Hey! It's really like it's really good, it's like a real person. Look, look, this little six sons are so energetic. ”

"What little Liuzi? Who is Francis? Uncle Gen, my husband's name is Fang Qiren, Fang Qiren, did you hear clearly? Did you recognize the wrong person? ”

"No, no, no. Miss Tian, if the person on the paper is not wrong, then the person on the paper is the little sixth son Fang Jiren. I watched him grow up with a bare ass since he was a child, can I still admit that I am wrong? Don't believe it, take a closer look yourself, how much does this little girl's eyebrows, eyes, nose and mouth look like his father Fang Jiren? ”

"Come on." The young man came over with a wooden plate, and quickly put the teapot and two teacups on the table gently: "Please use it slowly, what else do you say?" ”

After watching the young man turn around and leave, Tian Yuanxiu was puzzled and asked:

"My husband's name is not Fang Qiren? His name is Francis? Who is the little sixth son? ”

"Oh, I forgot to tell you. Xiao Liuzi is Fang Jiren's nickname, and more than half of the people in this county know it, if you don't believe it, you can go out and find someone to ask later, is Fang Jiren the little Liuzi? ”

"Uncle Gen, aren't you looking at the wrong person?"

"Did I see the wrong person? Miss Tian, you didn't draw the wrong person, right? ”

"I drew this portrait myself, how could I draw my husband wrong."

"Good. Miss Tian, if you didn't draw the wrong person, I didn't recognize the wrong person, this is Fang Jiren. If you don't believe me, you can't do it. ”

"His name is not Fang Qiren, his name is Fang Jiren. It turns out that the name and family he told me were fake, he? Why did he deceive me? ”

"Ahem, do you need to ask? It's his little sixth son bastard, who deceived you from the beginning, and he didn't want to be really good to you at all. ”

"I don't believe it. I am wholeheartedly and wholeheartedly good to Fang Jiren, he will not give up on me from the beginning, and he will not be the negative person who plays with feelings as you said. ”

"Hmph, believe it or not. But now it's clear that Xiao Liuzi deceived and dumped you two mothers and sons. Miss Tian, why don't you believe it? ”

"Good, good, I believe I believe. Uncle Gen, let me ask you, did Fang Jiren ever work as a partner in Jishi Pharmacy before? ”

"He has never been a buddy, this Jishi Pharmacy was opened by his grandfather's family, almost a hundred years ago, Fang Jiren is half the boss of this pharmacy, and the boss you saw just now is his uncle Guo Huaiyi. In the past, Francis used to come to the pharmacy to sit in the hall to diagnose patients. ”

"Oh? That's right! Why did the pharmacy guy and the shopkeeper say that there was never such a person? Why didn't Boss Guo tell me the truth? ”

"This? I don't know. Maybe it's because their Fang family and the Guo family have something difficult that can't be spoken, right? ”

"Are you saying that the Fang family and the Guo family have unspeakable secrets that are inconvenient to speak? Uncle Gen, do you know what that could be? ”

Uncle Lao Gen picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea: "Who knows?" ”

"Uncle Lao Gen, Fang Qiren and I, no, it's Fang Jiren, we've been separated for a few years, is he married again?"