Lu Yulin ran to the door of the house and saw that a corner of the roof had been blown up, and the ground was full of glass shards.

"Shuxian, Mom, where are you?" Lu Yulin searched while shouting.

"Young Master, we're all here." From the kitchen came Yu Rong's voice.

Lu Yulin pushed open the kitchen door and saw her mother, Shuxian, and Yurong curled up in a corner. Hurriedly stepped forward and pulled them up.

"These devils who have been stabbed with a thousand knives hurt the heavens and reason."

"Mom, Shuxian, it's not safe for you to hide here."

"There are no bomb shelters around here, so where else can we hide?" Shuxian had a sad face.

"Oh, I remember." Mrs. Lu's eyes suddenly lit up: "There is also a tunnel in our house, I heard my father-in-law say that in order to hide from the Taiping Army, I dug a tunnel at home, which seems to be under the offering table where the tablet is placed in the Buddhist hall." It has not been used in decades. I wonder if it can still be used? ”

"Yurong, you go with me to have a look."

Lu Yulin hurriedly came to the Buddhist hall, the room was not too big, and the portraits of the ancestors of the Lu family were hung on the walls around it. A large offering table is dedicated to the tablets of the ancestors and ancestors. The whole family worships here during the Qingming, Zhongyuan, winter solstice and Chinese New Year's Eve. Next to the offering table is Mrs. Lu's Buddha shrine and offering table, on which several kinds of fruits and snacks and other foods are enshrined, and candles are lit on the candlesticks on both sides.

Lu Yulin didn't come to this place often, because he felt that the atmosphere of this house was too heavy, because he was naughty when he was a child, he was often locked up here by his father to recite Zhuzi's family motto, so Lu Yulin always had a shadow in his heart about this room. But since all these years, Mrs. Lu has been here to worship the Buddha, so this room is no longer as isolated as a secret room.

The offering table was made of rosewood, and it was dead, and Yurong and Yulin finally moved it away, and sure enough, there was a cover plate on the floor, and when the cover was lifted, it was black inside.

"Yurong, you go get a candlestick."

Yu Rong hurriedly handed the candlestick to Yu Lin.

Lu Yulin illuminated it with a candlestick, the tunnel was very deep, Yulin went down to take a look, the tunnel was more than one person high, very long, and I didn't know where it went, but it should be safer to hide here.

"Yurong, you can bring your wife and Shuxian over."

After a while, Yurong walked in with the pot-bellied Shuxian and Mrs. Lu.

"You see I have a really good memory, there is indeed an authenticity."

"Mom, this tunnel is very deep, where does it lead?"

"It seems to be the Pearl River, I seem to have heard my mother-in-law talk about it, saying that if the Taiping army comes, it will lead to the Pearl River from this tunnel, and then escape by boat."

"In this case, Yurong, you go and bring all the candlesticks in the house, put them here, and prepare some dry food, in case there is a bombing, the whole family will hide here. You let Uncle Yao, Ah Cheng and Fat Aunt, and Tiger Boy also come over. “

"Okay, young master."

"Mom, I'm not worried about Dad, I'll go find him."

"You have to be careful, Lin'er."

"Don't worry, Mom, Shuxian, I'll come when I go."

Yu Lin walked out of the secret passage and ran out, and as soon as he ran to the street, he saw Lu Yixiang coming over in a rickshaw.

Lu Yixiang handed a piece of fiat currency to the coachman: "No need to look for it." Then he hurried home.

"Daddy." Lu Yulin hurriedly greeted him.

Lu Yulin dusted off the dust on his body: "Your mother and Shuxian are all right." ”

"It's fine, and we've found a secret passage in our house."

"Secret passage?" Lu Yixiang was very puzzled: "Is there a secret passage at home?" “

"I heard my mother say that it was dug to avoid the Taiping army, and it can be dug all the way to the Pearl River."

"Yes, yes, yes, there is such a thing, this secret passage is older than my age, and after so many years, I have almost forgotten it completely."

Lu Yixiang hurriedly entered the door, ordered Yulin to lock the door, and then went straight to the Buddhist hall, and was relieved to see that the family was hiding here.

Lu Yixiang gathered the masters and servants together: "Listen, everyone, this tunnel is the way of life and death of our family, and we are not allowed to reveal it to anyone, in case the Japanese soldiers rush in, there is this secret passage, we still have a glimmer of life, if it is leaked, then everyone has only a dead end." Did you all get it? “

"Understood, sir."

"Tiger Boy, do you understand?"

The little boy nodded.

"Fat sister-in-law, keep an eye on the tiger boy, don't let him run around alone, this bomb doesn't have eyes."

"Don't worry, ma'am, I'll keep an eye on him."

"Dad, I just took a look, and the west side of the second floor was blown up."

"That's the study, alas, these dogs, don't worry about these things for now, as long as the people are okay. During today's bombing, I happened to be near Xiajiu Road, and a single bomb blew up seven or eight shops, killing and wounding countless people, and it was unbearable to see. ”

"This blood debt will one day be repaid by this group of inhumane beasts." Yu Lin clenched his fists.

"Yes, blood debt and blood payment." Yurong was also indignant.

"I don't think this bombing will end for a while, we have to be prepared, it's also chaotic outside, a large number of refugees are crowded at the docks, stations, it's hard to go to Hong Kong now, we just found this shelter, we'll stay here and take refuge, I'll go get some food, everyone stay at home and don't go out."

"Dad, I'll go with you."

"No, you just stay here and take care of your family, Ah Cheng, you go to the cannery with me, there is still some stock in the warehouse, you drive to fetch it back."

"Yes, sir."

"Sir, you have to be careful."

The streets were full of corpses, Lu Yixiang's Buick car was struggling on the road, looking at the tragic scene, listening to the heart-rending wail, Lu Yixiang's heart seemed to have been stabbed, and it was bleeding continuously.

The Buick drove into the canning factory and stopped in front of the warehouse, the canning factory had stopped working, and the workers were gone, except for an old janitor, the factory was empty.

"Ah Cheng, you go with me to see how many cans are left in the warehouse."

The warehouse was empty, and there wasn't a single box of cans.

"Boss Lu, a group of refugees came this morning, and I can't stop them, alas, they've all been robbed."

Lu Yulin shook his head and sighed: "Just grab it, grab it, people are down to this extent, and they don't have to be courteous or obey any laws." Ah Cheng, let's go around the production workshop and see what else can be eaten. ”

Ah Cheng followed Lu Yixiang to the production workshop, and finally found three boxes of canned beef in the corner.

"Ah Cheng, let's move out together."

Ah Cheng moved three boxes of canned food into the car, Lu Yixiang opened a cardboard box, took out five or six cans, and handed them to the old man at the door: "Take it." ”

The old man had a sour nose, pursed his lips, and began to cry like a child.

As the car drove back, passing by a group of ragged refugees begging along the street, Lu Yixiang asked Ah Cheng to stop and held a box of cans in front of them.

Seeing that there was something to eat, the refugees rushed up and grabbed it, Lu Yixiang sighed when he saw this, and was about to turn around and leave, when suddenly, dozens of refugees kowtowed to him. Lu Yixiang's eyes were misty with tears, and his heart was like a knife. Then he wiped his tears with his hand and turned away.

All that's left at home is this box and a half of canned beef.

"This box of canned food is for Shuxian, and we all cook soup and eat this half box of canned food. Fat sister-in-law, every day with a canned beef to cook soup, there are still some wild vegetables in the yard, dig them out, stir-fry. ”

"Madam, it's not enough for so many people to eat one canned beef."

"Mom, let's share this box of canned food together, I don't eat alone."

"This is reserved for my grandson, Shuxian, you can't be short of nutrition in the past few months."

"Madam, I have seven or eight eggs left in my kitchen, two bags of rice, a bag of flour, and two old hens in the yard that lay eggs."

"Don't kill the old hen first, stay and lay eggs, it's really too much to eat, let's kill it again." Alas, I wish there was not grass on that lawn now, but vegetables. ”

Lu Yixiang ran to Lu Yihui's house and told his second brother about the secret passage found at home.

"Yihui, I see that you, your younger siblings and Yu Ting have moved to live with me, I have found a secret passage at home, which leads directly to the Pearl River, and I can temporarily avoid the bombs of the Japanese."

"Brother, no need, it's not a matter for our family to live here with you, we will be careful ourselves, you and your sister-in-law don't worry about us."

"Yihui, you have to be careful, this bomb doesn't have eyes."

"I know, brother, if the house collapses, I'll go to your house again."

"Okay, I'm leaving, you and Qiu Lian be careful."

The Japanese bombardment of Guangzhou lasted for more than two months, and the city of Guangzhou was transformed from a rich and leisurely place into a dilapidated city full of rubble and corpses.

Shuxian felt a pain in her abdomen when she got up in the morning, and hurriedly called Yurong.

"Yurong, my stomach hurts so much."

"Young grandma, are you going to give birth?"

"Probably so." Shuxian held back the pain, and the beads of sweat on her head continued to drip down.

"Young grandma, don't be afraid, I'll call my wife."

Yu Rong hurriedly rushed out of the room: "Mrs., Mrs., the young grandmother is about to give birth." ”

Mrs. Lu came out of the room, and when she heard this, she hurriedly instructed Ah Cheng: "Ah Cheng, send the young grandmother to the hospital quickly." ”

Ah Cheng hurriedly ran to start the car.

Suddenly, the air defense siren sounded, followed by the roar of aircraft.

"It's not good, the Japanese are going to drop bombs." Mrs. Lu hurriedly instructed Yurong: "Quick, Yurong, help the young grandmother into the tunnel first." ”

A bomb exploded on the lawn, and the ground caved in, creating a huge crater, and the shell fragments cut the tires of the car, and the tires suddenly deflated.

"Madam, the car is broken down and can't be driven." Ah Cheng was about to cry.

"Then you see if there are rickshaws on the street, no matter how much it costs."

"Hey."

Mrs. Lu hurriedly ran into the Buddhist hall: "Shuxian, how are you, hold on a little longer." ”

"Mom, I'm fine." A burst of abdominal pain hit, and Shuxian couldn't help but snort.

"Yurong, you go upstairs and take off some of the young grandmother's clothes."

Yu Rong hurriedly went upstairs to get her clothes.

After a while, Ah Cheng returned.

"Madam, the coachmen on the street are busy running for their lives, and I haven't stopped them for four in a row."

"Ah, what can I do? At this time, the old man and Yulin went to Hong Kong to deal with the transfer of the factory. ”

"Madam, I see that the young grandmother is about to give birth, and now it is too late even if she is sent to the hospital, and the road is also very dangerous, I am afraid that I will have to deliver the baby at home." The fat sister-in-law said as she rubbed her hands anxiously.

"At home, there is no midwife at home! Where can I find a midwife? ”

"Madam, my mother used to be a midwife, and I used to help. Otherwise, I'll give it a try. The fat sister-in-law volunteered.

"That's all there is to it."