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Walking in the crowd with Hu Xuan, Wen Yuanbing also drooped his head, listless, and completely out of place with the excited appearance of the crowd marching next to him. Hu Xuan asked, "Brother Wen, what's the matter with you?" ”

Wen Yuanbing opened his mouth, but stopped talking. Hu Xuan said: "Don't worry, I didn't mean to force you, it's just that since everyone is together, it's better to help each other." I'm here, and I have a few friends, so if you need my help, just ask. ”

Wen Yuanbing said: "Thank you, in fact, alas, it's useless to say, I'm not from here, I was a teacher at the Art College, because my family suffered a change, I almost lost my life, and I was fired from the school, and I was exiled here, I wanted to go to a friend, but I also ran into a wall everywhere, and I was taken in by General Lu, and he saw that I was good at painting, so he accepted me as a painter." Alas, I don't know where my family is now, I ...... Alas, no more. ”

"That's right," Hu Xuan nodded, "Brother Wen, your experience is indeed quite sympathetic, but things have to come step by step, you tell me the information of your family, I am in the antique shop, I usually meet a lot of people, I can help you pay attention to inquire." ”

"That's great," Wen Yuanbing showed a somewhat happy expression at this time, "Brother Hu, thank you, you are really warm-hearted." ”

Hu Xuan smiled, "It's not just me who is warm-hearted, you see so many people in front of you, which one is not warm-hearted?" ”

As the two of them spoke, they walked forward with the crowd, and on the street, it seemed that a torrent had been overflowing, and workers, peasants, merchants, and students, one after another, shouted slogans and rushed forward.

Under the persuasion of Hu Xuan, Wen Yuanbing's mood seemed to be cheerful, following the procession, occasionally shouting a few slogans. He looked at the emotionally charged people on the street, and said to Hu Xuan with some emotion: "Brother Hu, you see these workers and students, so concerned about state affairs, how patriotic they are, where are they like me, alas. ”

"Aren't you also patriotic? And participated in the parade. Hu Xuan smiled.

"Does that count?" Wen Yuanbing pursed his lips, "We were sent by others......" He said this, and glanced at Hu Xuan, "Brother, are you often sent out by General Lu to do this?" ”

"No, today is the first time, I just work in a jade shop, I usually make a living by appreciating jade and buying and selling antiques, and then they pulled into the citizens' association, and only in the morning did General Lu send someone to find it, come out to represent the citizens' association, and participate in the parade."

"I see." Wen Yuanbing nodded, his face looking a little more relaxed.

Seeing Wen Yuanbing's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Hu Xuan said intentionally or unintentionally: "I'm just a small craftsman, and the official family has orders, so I naturally have to obey them." However, no matter what we do, we must act on our conscience, and we must not hurt nature and reason for our own selfish interests. ”

"Yes, yes," Wen Yuan Bingji agreed, "I'll just say, you don't seem to be like that...... Actually, I envy you, rely on your own craftsmanship to eat, you don't have to be inflammatory...... No, no, I didn't mean that. ”

A burst of slogans sounded like a wave, drowning out the conversation between the two, it turned out that the team had already walked to the door of the Civil Affairs Department, a large group of military police, all standing on the side of the road, loaded with guns, Wen Yuanbing shook his head, shut up, followed everyone, while shouting slogans, while walking forward.

The procession, which had been going back and forth on the main streets of the city, did not disperse as planned until noon. The students went back to school, the shops were bought and sold, and the city was slowly restored to normal.

Hu Xuan said to Wen Yuanbing: "You go with me, let's go have two drinks." ”

Opposite the Jade King antique shop, there was a tavern, Hu Xuan took Wen Yuanbing to the tavern and asked for a pot of soju, and the two faced each other, drinking and chatting. Wen Yuanbing's mood was much more cheerful than in the morning, he drank two glasses of wine, talked more, and said with emotion: "Brother Hu, I think I was also a teacher in a higher education school, I was an intellectual, I wanted to have status, I wanted to have income, I thought of those days, I really wanted to laugh in my dreams, but God didn't bless me, this kind of stable life, after a few years, it was like grease falling into hot water, and I couldn't find it quietly." first offended the villain, suffered a lawsuit, then was fired from the school, was ransacked by bandits, separated from his family, and almost lived on the streets. Now that I'm here, I can barely mix a bowl of rice, and I don't know how long I can mix it......"

Hu Xuan carefully inquired about Wen Yuanbing's fall to the Lu Mansion, and learned that he originally wanted to go to his friends and find his family, but things were not satisfactory, and his friends couldn't count on him, so he was recommended and accepted as a painter by Lu Daya. He observed for a while, and felt that what Wen Yuanbing said was not like a lie, and he had a bottom in his heart. Slowly persuaded: "Brother Wen, life is unsatisfactory everywhere, don't be discouraged, I will mobilize other friends to help you find your family together." As for the current job, if you don't do it well, you can quit. ”

Wen Yuanbing nodded, "That's what I mean, it's just that I don't know anything else except painting, and it's hard to find a job, so I'm worried." This morning, General Lu told me that when we went out to paint in the future, no matter what we painted, it didn't matter what we painted, but then he said that he wanted to paint living people, and when he saw the appearance of people, he came back and painted a portrait...... Alas, brother, I have never been a person who is not close to the government, I just want to eat with my own skills, and be a man in my duty, but why is it so difficult? ”

"Yes, many people want to be honest and eat with strength or skill, but how many people can do it?" Hu Xuan poured another glass of wine for Wen Yuanbing, "In this world, black and white, are often reversed, if you want to be able to mix, first of all, it is to protect yourself, and secondly, it is to find the right way." ”

"Anyway, I won't rely on my own craftsmanship to harm others, today, I prepare a painting, and I won't paint it." Wen Yuanbing may have drunk too much, and said with a red face.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to pay the difference," Hu Xuan shook his head, "Brother Wen, since you were sent out, you can't say that no one has seen it, right?" The streets are full of people, you can draw a few pictures, that is, anyway, the painting does not look like it, is it not in your control? ”

"Yes, yes," Wen Yuanbing nodded, "You're right." His eyes were a little red, and he stretched out his thumb at Hu Xuan, "Brother Hu, I just feel that you are a good person and will not approve of me harming others." (To be continued.) )