XIII: A Mother's Mission

Boss Li talks about the same object as the fight against the enemy, and he will never let it go. Either you don't make a move, as long as you make a steady move. He will also seize the opportunity to successfully complete the task bravely and resolutely as if he had completed a difficult task. But the first thing that comes to mind when he does anything is the organization. This is determined by the nature of his work and his special status. This is the secret of his invincibility in the heart of the army in the past eight years.

Just now, he went to the house to call Sister-in-law Yang to come home and go to the Central Hotel for dinner, and at the same time gave the telegraph operator a task, and immediately reported his pursuit of Xiaoling to the organization. Request instructions.

Boss Li happily called two cars to go to the Central Hotel. He asked Wang Mingming and Xiaoling to sit in his car. He sat in the co-pilot's seat, and he looked back at Xiao Ling from time to time and said something inconsequential to Xiao Ling.

When the car drove to Taiping Road, Boss Li said: "Xiaoling, you see that both sides of the road have become ruins. Do you remember, before the 77 Incident, this was the most prosperous commercial street in Nanjing. The devils began to bomb this street in August of the 37th year, and the bombing lasted for four months, and after the fall of Nanjing, the devils ransacked this place, and the vitality of this street was greatly damaged, and it was not easy to restore the prosperity of the past. ”

Xiaoling said thoughtfully: "I was here with my grandmother before the Qiqi incident, and I have an impression. The street was very lively at that time. I also bought school supplies here. I haven't been here since the devils bombed here. Grandma said it was too dangerous and she wouldn't let me go out. You were in Yueben at that time, how did you know what happened in Nanjing. ”

Boss Li said: "Nanjing is my hometown, of course I am particularly concerned. The situation of the war in Nanjing was reported in the newspapers every day, so I naturally knew it very well. Besides, I returned to Nanjing in three or seven years. I struggled under the noses of the devils, and my work required me to know everything about Nanjing. ”

Xiaoling said: "The third aunt told me that you are really amazing, you were only twenty years old at that time, and you were the chairman of the board." After returning to Nanjing, you fought in the heart of the devil. You have been invincible for eight years of the Anti-Japanese War and have done so many things for the country. How do you do that.? ”

Boss Li said: "If you want to talk about this, it is indeed very simple to say, there are two things, one is to have a firm belief in your own career, and the other is to rely on the organization tightly." ”

Xiaoling said: "You are too principled. I don't understand what kind of belief and organization. I'm a merchant's daughter, and I know a little bit about business, but you can tell me about it later. ”

Boss Li said, "I will." ”

The Central Hotel arrived, and although the Anti-Japanese War had just been won, it had been completely restored to its original state. Boss Li helped Aunt Li and Xiaoling to walk in front. When they arrived at the door, the hostesses on both sides bowed together and said, "Welcome." The attendant came up and said the name of the private room, and the attendant said, "Follow me." ”

Wang Mingming has followed his mother-in-law into many high-end restaurants in the past, and he is a person who has seen the world, and today is the first time to eat at the Central Hotel. The magnificence of the hotel stunned her. She looked carefully at everything from the magnificent chandelier to the calligraphy and painting of celebrities on the wall, from exquisite handicrafts to Western carvings.

Aunt Yang and sister-in-law Yang entered the hotel, and they didn't dare to walk in surprise. Sister-in-law Yang helped Wang Mingming, Aunt Yang followed Sister-in-law Yang, and they looked everywhere, even the waiter's clothes carefully. Wang Mingming looked at what they followed carefully. They don't look like people who come to eat, they look like tourists.

The yellow cat said, "Mingzi, I didn't expect to be able to eat here again." I'm afraid of this once in my life. In the future, we will be rich, and we will still not be able to come without identity and status. Wang Mingming said: "Yellow cat, you are too pessimistic. This is the place where dignitaries and dignitaries come, and you can come when you have money. The waiter will circle around you. Straighten up. Don't be afraid. ”

Boss Li walked beside Xiaoling and said, "This place is full every day. I called in advance and booked a private room. Otherwise, the tables in the hall wouldn't have been our turn. Xiaoling said: "The capital is different, I have never seen such a hotel in Yucheng." I opened my eyes today. ”

After entering the private room, everyone sat down, and Boss Li said to them: "This central hotel was built in front of the presidential palace, and the earliest design was seven floors. Considering the security of the presidential palace, it was changed to three floors.

"Construction started in 29 and opened in 30, and the first guest of Lao Jiang and his wife to feast here was Zhang Xueliang, the young marshal of the Northeast Army. In the 37th year, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party formed a united front, and Lao Chiang convened a national defense conference, and the political axe was here to pick up the wind for the representatives of [***]. What I remember most clearly are the above two things. Because these two things are special. Easy to remember. While speaking, Dr. Yang arrived with his wife and children. Everyone is seated and served.

They came out of the restaurant after dinner, and Boss Li called a taxi to the Victory Cinema. He said: "I invite you to watch a movie, the Victory Cinema is the Xindu Cinema, the Anti-Japanese War was won, and the cinema was taken back from the hands of the devil and renamed the Victory Cinema." ”

Everyone was happy. Aunt Li held Wang Mingming's hand close to her ear and whispered, "There is a door." Wang Mingming smiled knowingly and nodded.

Wang Mingming, they watched the movie and returned home. Xiaoling took out something and gave it to Wang Mingming. She said: "Third aunt, when I came, my mother asked me to hand over the real estate in Nanjing to you, and my mother said that it was arranged by my grandmother before her death. This is the deed of the family and the foreign company, you take it. In the future, the properties in these two places in Nanjing will belong to you. My mother said that you can rent out the house, you can sell it, you can watch it.

"Mother also said that my father has passed away for many years, you are still young, and you have no children, and it is best to remarry with the right person." The eldest sister's concern made Wang Mingming very moved, and she took the deed with a trembling hand, and tears flowed down. She said: "The eldest sister is so good, she can think that I am already grateful, and she also gave me the property in Nanjing." Thank you, eldest sister, thank you Xiaoling for sending me so far. ”

Xiaoling took out three more gold bricks and handed them to Wang Mingming.

"My cousin runs a food factory," she says. My mother set up a food wholesale company in her own home, and my mother converted the house along the street into a store, with more than 40 rooms upstairs and downstairs. The mother used a few rooms for herself, and the others were rented. Because the backers had not dropped bombs there, many companies had set up comptoirs there to wholesale goods. Every day, it is crowded with people. Even buses and coaches have stations there. My mother also removed the fence on the side of the hill and built more than 30 shops. The house has not yet been built, and it has been rented out completely.

My mother ate the rent money, took a few old mothers and family members to sell the products in the cousin's factory, and at the same time did the business of goods from the north and south. Mother's business is not bad. Her mother said that she could no longer restore the scale of Zhang's house when she came to Chongqing, and that she was just an ordinary trader. My mother said that she was even less capable of coming to Nanjing to revive Zhang's house. When I came, my mother asked me to bring these three gold bricks to you, and my mother said that she wanted you to use them first, not too little. ”

Wang Mingming, where can he ask for it. She said: "I can't accept this money, and it's not easy for my eldest sister." There are so many things going on in the family, and it all depends on him to support them. There is nothing left for the family. You can bring this back, and the eldest sister can use it. How I will live in the future reassures her. I'm old Nanjing. There will be a way. ”

Xiaoling asked Wang Mingming to accept it, she said: "This is my mother's explanation to me, and I am fulfilling my mother's mission." You've got to take it. My mother didn't know that you were disabled by the devil, and I didn't tell my mother on the phone that you were disabled, and I was afraid that she wouldn't be able to stand it. I said you're fine, please rest assured. She asked me what you rely on, and I said you grow vegetables in the backyard. The mother cried on the phone. I cried very sadly. She would be heartbroken if she found out about your disability.