Fourteen: Big things

Xiaoling said to Wang Mingming: "Third aunt, there have been so many things in the family since we arrived in Yucheng, and my mother has been hit too hard. After her grandmother died, she was exhausted. Been sick for a long time. Those who can walk are gone, and those who can't go hope that their mothers can recover their health as soon as possible, and they will count on their mothers for the future.

"My mother didn't do business, and the family's shop was bombed by devils. She didn't know other crafts, she didn't buy land when she arrived in Yucheng, and her family had no source of livelihood, so her mother had no way to maintain the family.

"There is an old mother with her subordinates kneeling in front of her mother's bed, she said Mrs., after we came to Yucheng, the lord arranged for me to help deliver the goods in the store, and when the goods were delivered, I slowly understood the business process and met more than a dozen bosses who came to the store to batch goods. On the day of the devil bombing, I had a stomach upset and didn't go to work, and I escaped.

"Big lady, I say this in the hope that big lady can lead us in business. We don't have a shop, just in the concierge of our Zhang Mansion, and the eldest lady can just change the concierge into a shop. I went to find the dozen or so bosses to batch goods here. We'll definitely be able to get it done.

"My mother sat up and said you said yes, we can't sit and eat empty. For the sake of my child, and for the sake of your mother, who can't stand on my own, I have to stand up. I counted, and there were eighteen of you. This is an auspicious number. From now on, you follow me to do business here.

"My mother started her business from scratch and worked hard to do business, from losing money to preserving capital and then developing to the current scale.

"Third aunt, your life in the future will be difficult, and my mother and I will not fail to ask you about things. Mother said that the war is over, and with our efforts we will get better. My mother also said, we are one of your relatives, we have become alienated from each other for so many years, you must not treat us as outsiders.

"It's best if you want to go to Yucheng and live with us. The people over there are all old people in Nanjing in the past, and our career will be more prosperous if you go. If you don't go to Yucheng, we will help you. ”

Wang Mingming sighed and said, "Your mother is really a good person. I'm already like this, and I won't trouble your mother anymore. Besides, I haven't heard from my mother's family yet, and I have to find a way to find them. ”

Xiao Ling saw that the third aunt took the gold brick and said, "Third aunt, how is Brother Li?" He asked me to go to the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum tomorrow. He said that the devil's bomb had damaged a copper incense burner in the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum. He had long wanted to go and see it, but he never had time. Do you think I can go with him? ”

Wang Mingming understood very well in her heart, and she asked, "Are you willing to go?" She smiled shyly and said, "I haven't been to the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, so I wanted to see it myself." Now that Brother Li has asked me to go, I can't make up my mind. I listen to the third aunt. ”

Wang Mingming laughed. She said: "You are really a child of the governor, your mother is not in Nanjing, you want me, the third aunt, to be in charge of this kind of thing, okay." The third aunt is a person who knows Boss Li well. He's a guy you can rely on. You can generously go to the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum with him. He's a busy man, and if he can take time off to spend time with you, it shows that he's interested in you. I'm happy for you.

I recall that my mother-in-law took you away in three or seven years, and the battle situation ahead deteriorated. The devil's plane bombs every day, and I don't care about the bombing of enemy planes when my mother-in-law is at home, my mother-in-law is gone, she is not by my side, and I am afraid. One day I was on the street when I encountered a plane bombed by devils, and the house next to me was blown down by the heat wave and overturned me, and I rolled far on the ground. I'm terrified. The plane above me hadn't gone yet, and I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to get up nervously when the plane was shot. Aunt Li happened to be passing by there and she helped me. We've been good friends ever since.

"At that time, Nanjing was already under the city, and all the gates were fighting against the army. The battle was fierce. Aunt Li advised me to leave Nanjing as soon as possible. Wish I could have gone sooner. I remember it was my third day from the hospital and I felt like my body was fully recovered. I decided to leave Nanjing to look for you in Yucheng, but it was too late, and the man sent by the old butler to buy a ticket came back to say that the defenders of Nanjing had ordered the river to be closed. Even the ferry was transferred to Wuhan.

Aunt Li knew that I could not leave Nanjing, and she used her experience when she was young to enlighten me, she told me about the deeds of the female soldiers, and showed me the photos of the soldiers of the death squad. I became strong with her help.

At the end of the year, I came down from the mountains to the vegetable market for the first time to sell the radishes I planted, and I wanted money. With money, I can buy oil and salt. I didn't expect to meet the devil Cha Liangmin certificate. People who did not have a certificate of good citizenship were killed on the spot by devils. Before this, I had been hiding in the mountains, where was the certificate of good citizenship, I was very anxious. Boss Li didn't know me at that time, but he knew and saved me. He has been helping me ever since. After he knew that my mother and I were old acquaintances, he gave me a gun to defend myself, and I used this gun to kill the devil who came to rob Sister-in-law Yang as a comfort woman.

"Boss Li is a good person. He is a person who does things for the country, a person who is loyal to the country, and he is loyal and amiable to the common people to his friends and relatives around him. When Nanjing fell, he was ordered to come to Nanjing, and under such difficult circumstances, he always fought in the heart of the devil. What an amazing person. You make friends with him, and I put a hundred hearts. He is a man he can trust. ”

Xiaoling hugged Wang Mingming and said happily: "Third aunt, you are so good." ”

The relationship between Boss Li and Xiaoling was quickly settled, and Boss Li also changed his name to Aunt Wang Mingming. He said to Wang Mingming: "Third aunt, my leader has approved the matter between me and Xiaoling. The organization agreed for me to go to Chongqing to meet my mother-in-law. My marriage with Xiaoling has been approved by my mother-in-law on the phone. I went this time to see what my mother-in-law had to ask for and arrange. ”

Wang Mingming said, "You are right to do this." Go early and come back early. Boss Li and Xiaoling agreed, and they were happily busy buying clothes and gifts. The two of them were busy for a few days and got everything done. Boss Li said to Xiaoling, "We can go." Tomorrow we go buy ferry tickets. Think about what else needs to be done. Xiaoling said: "I have bought everything that should be bought." Just waiting to go. As soon as she finished speaking, the phone rang.

Boss Li picked up the phone, and the director of the office on the phone said slowly: "Head, I'm talking about the head, the head office calls urgently, please come to the company immediately." Meet and debrief. Boss Li said, "Okay, I'll be there soon." Boss Li put down the phone and thought about it and said, "Mom, Xiaoling, I'm going to the company, and things seem to be very tight." I'll leave now. ”

Aunt Li asked him, "Is it a big deal?" Boss Li said: "He called me head and repeated the emphasis on my head." It must be a big deal. I'm going, things are urgent, I may not be able to come back in the evening, don't wait for me. Xiaoling said, "Go quickly." Focus on the company's affairs. I'll get you in the car. "Boss Li drove away.

There was no news after Boss Li left. Sister-in-law Yang did not come back either. Everybody knows they're doing big things, urgent things. At such times, Aunt Li never called to interfere with him. Although they were all anxiously waiting for him, they all thought that the war of resistance had been won, and there would be no danger for the devil to surrender.

Boss Li went to the company and read the telegram. A foreign steamer laden with medicines was sent from mainland China before the surrender of Yuben. Because of the surrender of Yuben, the ship was delayed in Shanghai for several days and continued to Nanjing. It has been confirmed that we will arrive in Nanjing this afternoon and dock at Xiaguan Wharf. The payment for the goods has been paid before the surrender of the army, and the goods can be picked up when the goods arrive at the dock and the army pays the transportation fee. The army has surrendered, and its cargo has been taken over by your representative squadron. Our three small cargo ships have arrived at the Xiaguan Wharf in Nanjing, pay attention to contact.

The leader finally instructed that this matter must be handled in a timely and steady manner.

After reading the telegram, Boss Li slapped the table and said excitedly: "Call back immediately to ensure the successful completion of the task." Please rest assured. ”