Chapter Seventy-Three: Showing Your Heart Categorically refused
Chapter 73 shows that the heart refuses categorically
Outside the south gate of Lin'an County. Cao Yong, the platoon commander of the reconnaissance company of the supplementary regiment, wore a neat and white Eighth Route Army uniform, tied an armed belt around his waist, and rode a black horse to the south gate of the county seat. Three or four Japanese soldiers and five or six puppet soldiers saw Cao Yong as if he were facing a great enemy, and at the same time raised their guns and loaded their bullets, and tightly surrounded Cao Yong. The Japanese machine gunners on the castle tower pulled the bolts of their guns and prepared to shoot.
Pseudo-military armor: "Hey! What the hell! You're so bold, you're here to die. β
Cao Yong turned over and dismounted, and said calmly: "I'm not here to send death, I'm here to deliver a letter, to the commander of the Japanese army Nakagawa." Hurry up and report it. β
The puppet armor put down his gun and whispered to the Japanese military Cao. Jun Cao nodded, raised his arm and waved, then turned around and walked into the bunker to make a call. The puppet soldier walked up and down in front of Cao Yong and searched his body back and forth.
Jun Cao came out of the bunker and said to the puppet armor: "Tie it up and take it away!" β
Two puppet soldiers grabbed Cao Yong's arm, one left and one right, and the other puppet soldier took a thumb-thick hemp rope to wrap around Cao Yong's neck, and then tied his arms.
Cao Yong was calm and allowed the puppet army to be bound, and said with a relaxed and mocking expression:
"Do you need to tie me up? I didn't bring a single shot or bullet, and I scared you into this way with my bare hands? Have you peed your pants? Look at you little rat guts, it's really useless! Lost the face of the Chinese, lost the face of the Chinese man. β
A puppet soldier kicked Cao Yong's ass heavily and scolded viciously:
"Fuck you! Less nonsense. Beware of Lao Tzu killing you, believe it or not? β
"I don't believe it! You killed Lao Tzu and tried it?! What are you majestic? Have the ability and courage to go sideways with the little devil! Leper dog, turtle grandson, do you dare? β
Cao Yong was tied up with five flowers, and was escorted into the county seat by two Japanese soldiers with guns. Passers-by looked in horror, shook their heads and sighed.
The county seat of Lin'an County. In the living room of the main house in the west courtyard of the Fang family compound.
Fonda sat on the single sofa on the right side of the living room, holding a thread-bound book in his left hand and looking at it carefully. His wife, Guo Shuting, sat on the couch in the middle of the living room and looked at the pillowcase with the pattern of mandarin ducks playing in the water embroidered in her hand.
Fang Luqing walked briskly into the living room with the door open, and shouted in a crisp voice:
"Grandpa, grandma. Qing'er said hello to the second elder. β
Guo Shuting put down the pillowcase in her hand, raised her head and looked at Fang Luqing with a smile:
"Yo, is Qing'er here? Come here, come here, sit with grandma. Look at this girl, she is getting more and more handsome, like a fairy, she is really likeable. β
Fang Luqing sat beside Guo Shuting obediently.
Fang Daxian closed the book in his hand and put it on the coffee table, moved his body to sit upright, looked at Fang Luqing and frowned, and said with a serious expression, both majestic and concerned:
"Qing'er, why haven't you left yet? What are you doing when you didn't study well in Beiping and ran back to Lin'an County when the war was in chaos? β
"Grandpa, I think you two elders will come back, I want to accompany the two elders to do their filial piety, I don't care about this chaos."
"Master, our Qing'er is not only getting more and more beautiful, but also has a sweeter mouth."
"It's not, it's my grandfather and grandmother who have fed me since I was a child."
Fang Daxian pretended to be disgusted and said, "Hmph! Slippery. β
"That's what it was. Qing'er lost her father and mother when she was very young, and it was her grandparents who took Qing'er into the Fang family to raise and educate her, and it is natural to repay her kindness with filial piety. Right? Grandmother. β
"Yes, grandma knows Qing'er's thoughts, and your grandfather also knows."
"Look, look, how do you dress like a poor student? Yes? Qing'er, why don't you wear all those new clothes that your grandmother made for you a year ago? β
Fang Luqing affectionately grabbed Guo Shuting's arm, pursed her lips and said coquettishly:
"Grandma, do you see grandpa? As soon as I got home, my grandfather counted me down. β
"Silly girl, where is Grandpa? He said this because he felt sorry for you, did you hear this? Who made you stay old and not come home? β
"Humph! What's the use of me feeling sorry for her? When I came back from Beiping, I didn't go home, so I went directly to teach in the county middle school on my own initiative, and I still lived in the school dormitory. Qing'er, what will others say about me if you do this? You, you, you're a little white-eyed wolf. β
Fang Luqing got up and walked to Fang Daxian's side, squatted down, leaned into Fang Daxian's arms, and said coquettishly: "Grandpa doesn't like Qing'er anymore, Qing'er is leaving, Qing'er is so pitiful." β
Fang Daxian's eyes were full of kindness and affection, looking at Fang Luqing in his arms, his right hand gently stroked Fang Luqing's thick black and soft hair, and reproached:
"You girl, you're getting more and more naughty, you don't often come home to see our second elder for so long, can't you say a word? I see you dare to go? Break your legs. β
"Okay, don't go. I'll just watch my grandfather every day and listen to you count me, right? I don't feel comfortable listening to it. β
Fang Daxian gently held up Fang Luqing's chin with his right hand, and said kindly:
"Qing'er, don't teach in middle school, move back home, how many things do we have in so many shops and industries in Fang's family, stay and help me do things, okay?"
"Grandpa, it's not that I don't help you with things, it's that I don't know how to do business. Grandpa, it is very meaningful for me to teach children to read, teaching and educating people is beneficial to the country. β
"What makes sense? The family has three buckets of food, and he is not the king of children. β
"Grandpa, you're old in the old way. Now, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression has been fought for several years, and the Japanese devils are still harming our country, I want to educate the children to become talents, go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and protect the country, and avenge the sacrifice of the second grandfather Fang Daxin and the compatriots who died. β
"Go! This is not what you girls are supposed to do, don't get involved. β
"Okay, okay, don't talk about it, besides, your grandparents and grandchildren have to compete again. Qing'er, come to grandma's place and see if this mandarin duck pillowcase is beautiful? β
Fang Luqing got up and walked to Guo Shuting's side and sat down, picked up the pillowcase of the mandarin duck playing in the water, looked left and right, and couldn't help but praise again and again:
"It's so beautiful, it's so good, grandma embroidered awesomely! Grandma, give it to me. β
"For you? Okay, I'll give it to you when you get married. Qing'er, tell grandma, what kind of man do you want to find? Grandma gives you a touch. β
"Okay. Grandma, hurry up and give me a man. β
Guo Shuting looked Fang Luqing up and down carefully, nodded with a smile and praised:
"Look, look, our Qing'er is not only beautiful and smart, but if you look at this body, this big-breasted and big-assed one, we will definitely be able to have more children in the future."
Fang Luqing's face was flushed with shame, and he pursed his lips and said coquettishly:
"Grandma, how ugly do you say? It's really embarrassing to say this about Qing'er in front of grandpa. Qing'er was unhappy. β
"Afraid of what? Grandpa is not an outsider. Qing'er, shame, let's say, what kind of man do you want to find? β
Fang Luqing was stunned for a moment, and then flashed his big eyes and said seriously:
"Wellβwhat kind of man am I looking for? You must have good character, good looks, and be able to write and martial arts, and be a few years older than me. Grandma, do you think it's good for me to marry the sixth brother? β
"Sixth brother? Qing'er, you can't be talking about Xiao Liuzi, right? β
"Grandma, I'm talking about the sixth brother. Brother Francis. β
Guo Shuting raised her right hand, poked Fang Luqing's forehead with the tip of her index finger, and reprimanded softly:
"Qing'er, the older you get, the crazier you get. Xiao Liuzi is your uncle, don't you mess up your generation if you marry him? Don't say such crazy things again in the future, make people laugh. β
"Grandma, I'm not talking crazy. I've liked Sixth Brother since I was a child, and he likes me too. When I was in elementary school, my sixth brother promised me, and he said that he would marry me when we were all grown up......"
"Shut up!" Fang Daxian scolded loudly: "It's getting more and more unusual, the bigger it is, the crazier it gets." Qing'er! Is Sixth Brother what you can call? Yes? In the future, I will call him uncle. β
Fang Luqing pouted and argued: "Grandpa, I'm only two years younger than him, why can't I call him Sixth Brother?" Yun Shi is two years younger than me, why can't I call her the sixth brother? β
"Yun Shi is the younger sister of Xiao Liuzi, of course she has to be called Sixth Brother. If you are a junior, you have to call him uncle. You can't mess up the generations, do you understand?"
"Grandpa, I understand. I have checked the genealogy of our Fang family, and my sixth brother and I are members of the Wufu clan, which can only be regarded as our own family, and we should re-evaluate the generations according to age. β
"That's not going to work either! If I say no, I can't! In the Fang family, I have the final say! β
"Grandma, look, grandpa is unreasonable. Hum! I'll go to the sixth brother and let him come back and tell you two elders whether to marry me or not. β
"If he dares to marry you, I'll break his legs! See if he dares to marry you? β
"Grandma, look at grandpa, it's so fierce. Grandma, tell me where the sixth brother is now? I'll go find him. β
"We don't know where he is now. Where do you find it? Besides, in these days, there are wars everywhere and people are dying every day, and I don't allow you to go out and run around. Qing'er is obedient, let's not go anywhere. Yes. β
"Humph! I don't tell you if I know! Stay honest at home. β
"I'm leaving, I'm going to talk to my grandfather and the two grandmothers." Fang Luqing got up and walked out of the living room with a snort.