Chapter 57: Blood Is Thicker Than Water
My father leaned over to find his cane, and when I saw his slow gait, I felt unbearable: "What are you doing here?" ”
My father was angry and said: "I'll go back to Peking to be my traitor, you be your national hero, let's not disturb each other, it's good!" ”
I said, "Didn't you say that as soon as Yamamoto Maru died, you couldn't go back?" ”
My father snorted angrily and said, "It's better to go back and get shot than to be blinded by your own son!" ”
I was funny in my heart, and on the surface I was still serious: "No one gives you a white eye, you like to live here, no one can stop you, but you'd better not take out Mr. Wang's words at every turn, even if I don't hear it, if you let others hear, I will pull you to parade in the streets!" ”
My father was silent for a long time before he said, "The Tao is not the same...... That's it! I'm not going to mention it anymore, that's all. ”
Seeing that he had calmed down, I asked him again, "Who told you that we killed Yamamoto's gang?" Are you guessing or are you listening to nonsense? ”
My father glanced at the bayonet on the table and said, "You punctured the fuel tank of the car, and tried to persuade the Japanese to change cars with you, what kind of patrol do you use to scare people...... Can you hide these tricks from me? ”
I was a little surprised: "Did you see me puncture the tank?" ”
My father said, "I don't see it." When I used to talk to you, I smelled gasoline, and when I looked at the way your eyes flickered, I knew you were hiding something from me! You've been like this since you were a child, you didn't dare to look at people when you lied! Yamamoto Maruichi is actually a shrewd person, but he is just dizzy, otherwise these tricks you do will not escape his eyes! ”
I thought I was already very cautious, but I didn't think that in my father's eyes, it was useless at all, and he couldn't be deceived at all.
My father snorted coldly and said, "That is, because you are my son, although you don't want to recognize me as a father, but after all, blood is thicker than water, and I have ruined your business, and I am afraid that I will kill you." If you were someone else, I would definitely expose you on the spot! ”
Now there is a kind of traitor, they don't think they are traitors, they are convinced and respected by Wang Jingwei's theory of saving the country with curves, and my father undoubtedly belongs to this kind of traitor. He lives in his home in Beiping, the courtyard of the deep house is full of birds and flowers, and the Japanese people he meets are warm, thoughtful and polite to him, these superficial things, which further deepen his identification with what he does.
When it was time to eat, Ani brought me my portion of the meal and Huang Wenlie's special extra meal for my father, in fact, the extra meal was nothing special, it was just an extra spoonful of dishes.
When I saw Ani put down her meal and was about to go out, I hurriedly asked her, "Where are you going, you don't eat?" ”
Ani said: "I'll go out to eat, and the head of the regiment said to let your father and son enjoy some kind of fun......
I chased after Ani and said, "It doesn't affect your eating here, and when you leave, we don't have much fun to talk about." ”
Ani was confused, she wouldn't understand the complicated father-son relationship between me and my father, and I didn't think she would understand it either. Although she didn't understand what I was talking about, Ani followed me into the camp with her own food.
My father took one look at Ani and then asked me, "Is this your orderly?" ”
I said, "It's overkill to make her an orderly, Ani is the best sniper in our regiment!" She can shoot down the enemy's flag from 600 meters away! ”
My father had a look of surprise on his face, but his surprise was not because I said that Ani was the best sniper, nor because she could knock down a military flag six hundred meters away, but because he was surprised by what I called Ani.
"Ani? Is this a woman? My father's eyes widened as he looked at the dark, thin "woman" in front of him.
Ani put down the lunch box and glared at my father.
I said to my father, "You still say that I am a little more important, you are so old, you are not sure whether people are men or women, how can you talk like that?" Ani is a girl, the only female soldier in our regiment! ”
My father apologized again and again: "This ...... Don't be surprised, girl, my old eyes are dizzy, and the light in this room is too dark, it's really rude, rude. ”
Ani's anger was for a while, and she didn't take it to heart at all, and when she saw that my father was being careful, she picked up her chopsticks and began to eat, and said while eating: "Uncle An, what's rude, I'm always mistaken." ”
With Ani here, my father and I were kind of on good terms, otherwise I wouldn't have known what to say to him. After dinner, I took him to Linmeng, and it was impossible for the barracks to accommodate idle people for a long time.
I thought that my father, who was accustomed to living at the feet of the Son of Heaven, would not look down on such a small place as Linmeng, but I didn't expect him to praise Linmeng's architectural style and cultural scenery, and said while walking: "It seems to have returned to the ancient Ming and Qing dynasties, simple, elegant, and extraordinary artistic conception!" It is really a place of benefit for cultivating the mind! ”
I took him to the place where Yinghui lived, and the courtyard had been vacant here because the lease had not yet expired. I opened the courtyard door and walked in, and the courtyard looked a little deserted because no one was cleaning it. However, the house is basically unchanged, the bits and pieces that Yinghui bought are still placed everywhere, but everything is right and wrong, and I stood in the door and was haunted by memories for a long time.
My father, a man who had high requirements for food, clothing, housing and transportation, was very dissatisfied with the shelter I found for him, so he forced me to take him to see a few more houses, and finally fell in love with a two-storey house with an attic, which was only affordable for people of high status in the local area.
Although he was not particularly satisfied, he reluctantly agreed to rent here when he could no longer find a better place than this house in Linmeng.
Because he was planning to live for a long time, my father's family purchased a lot of furniture and daily necessities on the same day, and he even hired a servant to be responsible for lighting a fire, cooking, and cleaning the house.
I watched the little workers who came out to carry the furniture, and placed them under the command of my father, and they were so busy that the neighbors thought that some rich man was happy to move to a new house.
I approached my father and said, "You have calculated that you will not be able to go back this time, so you have brought all your belongings out...... Otherwise, where would you get so much cash? ”
My father's eyes widened: "If I can calculate whether there is a return this time, I will sell the old house in Beiping!" …… Alas, it's a pity that I have a big house in Sanjin, and I don't know when I can go back. By the way, you are my son, from now on, my food and clothing will naturally be for you to be filial, I heard that your battalion commander's salary is also a lot, don't forget it in the month. ”
I smiled wryly, it seems that no matter how cold the relationship between our father and son is, it cannot reverse the fact that I am his son.