Chapter 198: Riding the Wind and Waves
"Abba, Nong Yigatou stayed in Shanghai?" Katsuo was a little reluctant.
"Katsuo, you are not young anymore, and you have been very independent since you were a child, I hope you can grow faster in the melting pot of revolution in the future. Mom and Dad want you to make a difference in the future. ”
Ming Feng's eyes were full of a father's expectations for his daughter.
"Abba, don't worry, I won't disappoint Nong and Mommy." After so many ups and downs, Katsuo has matured a lot, and he is no longer the street gangster he was back then, but a shrewd peripheral officer.
Ming Feng looked at his daughter lovingly: "Katsuo, let's dress up as a tomboy tomorrow, it's more convenient." ”
Katsuo nodded, "Abba, I understand." ”
"Go ahead and prepare, tomorrow is a tough task." Mingfeng stood up and put his arms around Tiger Boy and Katsuo.
After returning to the room, Tiger Boy thought about how to hide the film from being discovered, he wanted to hide the film in the soles of his shoes, Tiger Boy looked down at his shoes, the soles were too thin, and the film could not be hidden at all, and the distance was far away, if the film was placed on the soles of his feet, the film might be defaced due to friction; Tiger Boy thought of sewing the film into the clothes again, but it didn't work after trying it, the film had thickness, and it came out suddenly at a glance, and the Tiger Boy couldn't think of a suitable way to hide it for a while.
Tiger Boy saw a salted duck egg on the table, his eyes lit up, he got up and walked to the corner, there is a big porcelain jar in the corner, there are a lot of yellow mud salted duck eggs in the porcelain jar, this is specially pickled by the fat aunt for everyone, Tiger Boy took out a fresh salted duck egg from the porcelain jar, removed the yellow mud on the eggshell, and then smashed the duck egg, poured out the egg yolk and white, and carefully wiped the inside of the eggshell, and then put the film box into the eggshell, three micro films just loaded, Tiger Boy stuffed the eggshell with yellow mud, Then use a strip of paper to glue the gap between the two halves of the eggshell, and then seal the eggshell with yellow mud in a porcelain jar.
Tiger Boy put this special salted duck egg with other salted duck eggs, and then pulled Ming Feng over.
"Brother Mingfeng, come over and take a look, is there a difference between these salted duck eggs?" The tiger boy looked at Xu Mingfeng proudly.
Ming Feng carefully observed the more than thirty salted duck eggs on the table, and shook his head without seeing any clues.
The tiger boy excitedly found the salted duck egg with the film hidden: "Brother Mingfeng, this egg is a special egg." ”
Ming Feng touched Tiger Boy's head: "Tiger Boy, you are really good at bluffing people, even I have been deceived by you, okay, yes, this method of hiding information is worth promoting in the future." ”
"Brother Tiger Boy, Nong is really smart." Katsuo looked at the tiger boy adoringly and praised the tiger boy for his cleverness.
Tiger Boy touched his head embarrassedly and laughed stupidly.
The next day, Katsuo put on his old clothes and pants and dressed up as a street gangster, while Tiger Boy put on a gray shortshirt and held a basket of yellow mud salted duck eggs, and walked with Katsuo towards the 16th Shop Pier.
Ming Feng was dressed in a long robe, with eyes and a beard, holding a book in one hand and a civilization staff in the other, dressed up as an old professor, and quietly followed behind Tiger Boy and Katsuo. He had to watch Tiger Boy and Katsuo get on the boat to rest assured.
Tiger boy bought two tickets to Nantong, because the current situation is tense, so most of the ships can only reach Nantong, and then go north, it is the jurisdiction of the base area in northern Jiangsu, and the shipping company does not want to cause trouble, so there is no direct ship to northern Jiangsu.
Tiger Boy and Katsuo were standing on the dock, waiting in line to board the ship, and a few plainclothes agents in front of them were checking the passengers boarding the ship one by one, because the inspection was strict, so the line was moving slowly.
Since learning that Xu Mingfeng came to Shanghai, Zhu Hongda understood the purpose of Xu Mingfeng's visit to Shanghai from Su Dechang's mouth. The first is to connect with Lu Yulin to pass on information and tasks, and the second is to make a detour from Jiangyin to Shanghai to northern Jiangsu, and hand over the Yangtze River defense deployment map to the northern Jiangsu base area. As a result, inspections have been stepped up at stations and docks.
A plainclothes man walked up to the tiger boy, asked him to raise his hands, searched his body, the plainclothes touched from top to bottom, found nothing unusual, just about to be released, next to Ah Xiang came over: "You take off your shoes." ”
The tiger boy hesitated a little, and Ah Xiang roared impatiently: "Tell you to take off your shoes, are you deaf?" ”
Tiger Boy could only take off his shoes and hand them to Ah Xiang, Ah Xiang pinched them, but found nothing, and suddenly he set his eyes on Tiger Boy's basket of salted duck eggs and snatched the basket away.
Tiger Boy's heart was shocked: "Sir, this salted duck egg was specially asked by my mother to bring to my father to eat, you can return it to me." ”
"What are you anxious about? I don't want to eat your salted duck eggs, it's just a routine to check it out. Ah Xiang brutally reprimanded the tiger boy.
The tiger boy could only helplessly watch Ah Xiang inspect the salted duck eggs one by one, frowning, and his palms were full of sweat.
Xu Mingfeng, who was hiding on the side, was also anxious when he saw this, he touched the pistol under his robe, and wanted to fire the gun to distract the spies, so that the tiger boy could take advantage of the chaos to get on the boat.
At this time, Katsuo, who was at the back of the line, saw this, and was afraid that the film in the salted duck eggs would be exposed, so he wanted to divert Ah Xiang's attention. She hurriedly walked over to a fat man in front of him who looked like a decent businessman, put her hand into his trouser pocket, and stole the wallet in his trouser pocket.
No matter how dull the person was, he knew that his wallet had been stolen at this time, and the fat man had a trouser pocket and his wallet was gone, so he hurriedly shouted: "Catch the thief's bones, catch the thief's bones." ”
The passengers next to him also made a commotion, Katsuo ran outside with a wallet, and the fat man chased closely behind, and the originally neat team was scattered at once, and everyone scrambled to get on the boat.
The plainclothes were busy maintaining order, and two men were sent to arrest Katsuo together with the police.
Ah Xiang was interrupted by this sudden incident, and hurriedly returned the basket of salted duck eggs to Tiger Boy, and went over to help maintain order, and Tiger Boy and some passengers took advantage of the chaos to board the ship.
Xu Mingfeng saw that the tiger boy got on the boat, the hanging heart just now finally let go, turned his head and saw Shengnan, who was being chased by several policemen, Shengnan stumbled and fell to the ground, the police chased after him, and beat Shengnan's body with a baton......
Xu Mingfeng hid in the corner and saw this scene, his heart was pumped hard, but he couldn't show up, he could only choke back tears, bite his lip, and watch Shengnan holding his head, being beaten and rolling on the ground, wailing constantly. Xu Mingfeng clenched his fists, his teeth rattled, and the green tendons on his temples bulged.
The tiger boy standing on the side of the boat also saw this scene, he wanted to rush off the boat to rescue Katsuo, but he knew that the task on his body was more important, the tiger boy clenched his fists, tears rolled in his eyes, he witnessed Katsuo get a baton on his head, blood flowed down the hairline, and his heart seemed to be pumped hard.
The police returned the wallet that was snatched by Katsuo to the fat man, and the fat man was grateful, took out a few bills from the wallet and handed them to the police to show his gratitude. After the police got the money, he smiled, kicked Katsuo who was lying on the ground, and walked away.
Originally, in cases of robbery like this, the suspects had to be arrested and put in prison, but now the prisons are overcrowded, especially political prisoners, and since the Kuomintang was defeated and retreated on the front-line battlefield, they have gone on a killing spree and wantonly hunted down communists, dissidents, and progressive young students.
There was blood flowing from the forehead and the corners of his mouth, and she was covered in blue and purple, she slowly stood up from the ground, and saw that the tiger boy had safely boarded the boat and was standing on the side of the boat, so she stared at him with a smile, and silently prayed for the tiger boy in her heart: Brother Tiger Boy, have a safe journey.
The sailor removed the cable from the bollard in the dock, the steamer's whistle sounded, and the hull slowly sailed away from the dock and up the current. Katsuo watched as Brother Tiger Boy moved farther and farther away from her, farther and farther away, until he disappeared into the morning mist......
After Katsuo and the steamer disappeared into the river, he got up, rubbed the bruises on his body, limped towards the road outside, stopped in a slightly secluded place to rest for a while, and suddenly, a pair of big hands took her in his arms.
Shengnan looked up, it turned out to be his father, Xu Mingfeng hugged Shengnan tightly, tears dripped down involuntarily, he felt sorry for his daughter's experience and injury, and appreciated his daughter's fearlessness and agility even more.
Katsuo was both excited and aggrieved, and threw herself into her father's arms and wept to her heart's content, and her father's broad chest made her feel warm and powerful.
Xu Mingfeng raised his hand and called a rickshaw, helped his daughter into the car, and then sat next to Shengnan and hugged her, for fear that Shengnan would be hurt again.
Xu Mingfeng and Shengnan returned to Yuxiang Tea Shop together, Xu Mingfeng carried Shengnan into the room, put him on the bed, and then sat on the edge of the bed, touched her face distressedly, although the wound on his forehead had scabbed, it was still red and swollen, Xu Mingfeng pulled up Shengnan's sleeves and trouser legs, and found that his arms and legs were bruised.
Xu Mingfeng turned around and took a bottle of bone-breaking wine, poured some bone-setting wine in the palm of his hand, and then smeared, massaged, and massaged Shengnan's arm.
"How's it going, Katsuo, are you feeling better?" Ming Feng asked distressedly: "Where does it hurt, you tell your father." ”
"Abba, it's much better, it doesn't hurt too much." Katsuo opened his mouth and smiled at Xu Mingfeng.
"Alas, Katsunan, you are not as delicate as other girls at all, you can't help but be weak, you are really a person who lives up to your name, Katsunan, you can carry it better than boys." Ming Feng looked at the bruises on Katsuo's body, and a sour feeling couldn't help but welling up in his heart.
Shengnan turned his head and saw Mingfeng wiping his tears, and immediately comforted his father: "Abba, I'm already fine, my father has been raising me as a boy since I was a child, shaving the board and brushing my head, wearing men's clothes, I don't think there's anything wrong, my subordinates uh little brothers are always buying me, I don't want to be too majestic." ”
"Well, my Xu Mingfeng's daughter is a general, and she can respond to every call when she ascends." Xu Mingfeng looked at his daughter's triumphant appearance, imagining his daughter's appearance as a child king, and couldn't help but smile.
Katsuo blushed embarrassedly and said, "I'm just the head of the little ba, how can I be embarrassed to be a general." ”
"Eh, Katsunan, don't underestimate yourself, the prince will have a kind of Xiangning?"
"Abba, what do you mean by that?"
"That is to say, those who call princes and princes worship generals are born with good lives and noble species? In fact, all people in the world should be equal, no one's life is more noble than the other, can't the common people be on an equal footing with the dignitaries? Katsuo, we want to build a country where everyone is equal, and all people only have different social division of labor, and there is no distinction between high and low. No one exploits people, no one oppresses people, and everyone treats each other equally. Our struggle and sacrifice today are to be able to achieve that goal. ”
Xu Mingfeng instilled the idea of equality for all people in Shengnan, and Shengnan longed for the country that everyone was equal that Xu Mingfeng depicted.