Thirty-three: Chrysanthemums

Chrysanthemum Lai is in a hurry to become an officer in the army, and they are afraid that she will affect the army's mission. When you get to the front line, the bullet doesn't have a long eye, and it's hard to explain if there is a mistake.

They ordered Hadron to drive her away, and Hadron also wanted her to go back, the battlefield was too dangerous after all. Hadron gets angry at her and yells at her to go back.

She didn't want to embarrass Qiangzi and left silently. After a long time, she went around and came back. She quietly stayed with the cooking class and helped them with their things.

The commander quickly knew that Chrysanthemum had not left at all, that she was near the troops, and now that she was back in the troops. They met together to discuss what to do.

Hit, can't hit. I have been scolded and scolded, and I have been rushed. There's really no way to take her. In the end, it ended in helplessness.

The troops departed, the soldiers got on the train, she climbed the locomotive. In this way, she came to the Songhu battlefield.

When the troops rested, she helped them with laundry and cooking. When the war began, she brought them boiling water and helped them save the wounded. It's been a long time and no one has asked her about it.

One day a senior officer with two bars on his collar badge came, and he saw Chrysanthemum and asked the company commander seriously: "What's going on?" How can the troops let the common people mess around here. ”

Chrysanthemum was frightened when she heard this, thinking that the official was going to send someone to arrest her. She hid in the kitchen in fear. Hopefully, the soldiers in the cooking class can help her.

The company commander made a report on 1510. After listening to the report, the senior official put down his serious face and said: "There is such a thing, anti-Japanese, there are all kinds of heroes." Let's go to the kitchen and see her. ”

When the leader of the cooking squad saw that the chief was coming, he hurriedly shouted: "Everyone stand upright and salute." The official replied, "Rest a little, you are busy with your business." ”

He came to Chrysanthemum. Chrysanthemum was so frightened that she lowered her head and didn't dare to look at him. He said, "Little girl, your name is Chrysanthemum, isn't it?" Don't be afraid, the company commander has already told me about you. How old. ”

Chrysanthemum saw the company commander nodding to her with a smile, meaning to ask her to answer. She had the courage to stand up and say: "Back to the chief's words, my name is Chrysanthemum, a native of Nanjing, and I am seventeen years old this year." ”

The senior officer smiled and said, "It's like a soldier." You're an amazing volunteer, you've done so much from the barracks to help the troops. Okay, okay.

"It's not easy for you to rescue the wounded in the midst of artillery fire. The company commander won't give you a reward, I'll give it. I see you go to the health company, where there are many volunteers like you. They will welcome you.

"You can learn a lot by caring for the wounded with them. You're too young, or I'll ask them to take you in. Make you a real soldier. ”

Chrysanthemum really wanted to go, she had been to the health company when she was sending the wounded, and she had seen those volunteers. She also wanted to be a volunteer, and she didn't dare to speak up because she didn't know where she came from.

The commander sent her to work in the health company, and she was happy in her heart. But she wanted to know the opinions of the company commander and Qiangzi, and she looked at the company commander hesitantly and did not dare to answer.

The company commander said anxiously: "Thank you, sir, quickly." ”

The company commander agreed to her going, and she smiled and bowed to the senior officer and said loudly, "Thank you, sir, I am willing to go to the health company."

"I went there when I was sending the wounded, and I envied the volunteers, and I went to take care of the wounded. Complete the mission. Glory for the chief. ”

The official laughed. He said to the company commander, "This girl is clever and a good piece of material. The army needs such good youth.

"You personally send her over, just say what I said, you have to arrange her well. Someone should be sent to teach her how to rescue the wounded. ”

Chrysanthemum is not only diligent in the health company, but also smart, studious, and inquisitive, making rapid progress. The people in the health company liked her and were willing to pass on their experience to her.

Wang Mingming asked her, "Why don't you stay in the health company?" ”

Qiangzi said: "They already want her, who knows to retreat." They asked her to nurse the wounded and retreat together, she was afraid that she would be separated from me, so she came back from the health company and retreated with us.

"Elementary school girl, don't talk about chrysanthemums. You're a high school student with a belly of culture. I wrote a poem, and I'll read it to you. You helped me change it.

"That's right, that day we went to Shanghai to participate in the Battle of Songhu, because it was an urgent gathering, I didn't have time to tell her, and she caught up with us later. I was inspired and wrote.

Title: Beloved Girl

In the early morning, the artillery team marched to the Songhu battlefield.

The warrior didn't have time to say, "Goodbye, beloved girl." ”

The army marched eastward on the rainy avenue,

To defend the motherland and the beloved girl.

In the morning, the rising sun wakes up the girl in her sleep,

In front of her was the silent barracks.

On the muddy avenue, she desperately chased after her,

The military flags in the distance filled with gunpowder smoke were fluttering. ”

When the troops arrived in Shanghai, the volunteers came to express their condolences to us, and I was very emotional and wrote another poem. Title: Handkerchief

The rising sun climbs to the horizon.

The artillery team came to the Songhu battlefield majestically.

Volunteers sent condolences to the army,

A silk handkerchief was tied to the warrior's right arm.

It is full of the hope of the common people for victory.

Inspire the soldiers to fight on the battlefield of resistance against Japan.

It is a call from the Motherland:

Sweep through the pirates and drive them down the Pacific Ocean.

Wang Mingming said: "I didn't expect your poems to be so good, I hope you will work hard to train yourself and become a war poet in the future."

"Isn't your commander very knowledgeable, show him your work and ask him for guidance. You can progress fast by doing this. ”

Qiangzi said: "What you said makes sense, I listened to the platoon commander of the elementary school sister Bai Yang as a teacher, and I will write a lot of poems when the war is over." People would call me a war poet. That's a good name. ”

Wang Mingming asked Chrysanthemum: "Chrysanthemum, listen to your accent, we are from Nanjing?" Where your family lives. How did you and Hadron meet. ”

Wang Mingming's question aroused the bitterness of the chrysanthemum. Chrysanthemum is a native of Nanjing, and her family originally lived by the Qinhuai River outside the Hanzhong Gate. There are two acres of fertile land and a house.

Her family has no relatives in Nanjing, and after her father's death, she and her mother relied on each other for their lives and lived well on two acres of fertile land.

Two years ago, the local black boss saw that their family was two women, one old and one young, and they had evil intentions and tried every means to occupy the two acres of land of the Chrysanthemum family.

Chrysanthemum's mother couldn't fight them, so they went to the government, and the government said that this kind of thing went to the court. Her mother went to the court, and the court reached out and took the money. Where do they have the money to fight lawsuits?

Without money, you can't even get through the doors of the court. The gang boss is even more emboldened to see that the government does not care about the courts. He wants to snatch the house of the Chrysanthemum family.

The house of the Chrysanthemum family is a three-room room with blue bricks and small tiles in the front and back yards. It was left by the ancestors of the chrysanthemum family.

The gang boss and his cronies tied them up from their homes and loaded them into cars in the middle of the night, and when they shouted, they covered their mouths with cloths.

The car dragged them to Xiaolingwei, where they took out the pre-written sales contract and pressed their handprints with the hands of Chrysanthemum's mother.

They loosened their ties and said, "Don't go back." Go back and watch out for your little lives. This is the money the boss gave you for the house, don't be too little, it's worth it.

"You leave Nanjing immediately. The farther you go, the better. I want to stay alive and don't come back. The men left them on the side of the road and left.

They looked at the dark night and the desolate countryside without tears. There were wolves on the mountain of Xiaolingwei, and my mother did not dare to stay there for a long time. She took Chrysanthemum all the way to Suzhou to find Chrysanthemum's uncle.

This incident hit their mother too hard, and when they arrived in Changshu, their mother fell ill. Chrysanthemum was anxious and knelt down on the street and begged for help from her mother.

Due to language problems, many people could not understand her words and shook their heads in confusion. There are people who understand her and translate for others. The poor people couldn't help when they heard this, so they could give them something to eat at most.

The rich people who passed by walked away without looking. At this time, Qiangzi passed by there, and he listened to the accent of Chrysanthemum and was from Nanjing. Surprised, he ran over.

He said: "Girl, don't cry, listen to the accent, you are from Nanjing." Tell me what's going on. I am from Nanjing, and I will help you. You have to trust me. ”