Thirty-seven: Zhenjiang people

The child held a hot bun to honor the old man, the old man was very satisfied and distressed for the child, she asked the child to eat with a smile on her face, the child must be eaten by the old man, and the old man had to take a bite. The child smiled happily when he saw the old man eating. He said, "Is grandma delicious?" The old man smiled and nodded, "It's delicious." Child, you eat quickly, it won't smell good when it's cold. The child agreed before devouring it.

Wang Mingming was moved and said, "What a good child." He was so hungry that he pressed his chest to the back of his chest, and he didn't forget the old man. Her tears almost welled up in her eyes.

She walked over to the old man. The woman saw that it was inconvenient for her to walk, and hurriedly helped her to walk. When they came to the old man, the woman said to Wang Mingming, "This is the child's grandmother." ”

The child's grandmother was also very well-dressed, and she said with a smile on her face, "Thank you, benefactor." Thank you. "She was polite to stand up. Wang Mingming hurriedly squatted down and said, "Old man, you sit." You must be hungry when you look like this, so let's eat. She gave her a bun. The old man took the bun and said thank you. She gave the child another bun and stood up to give the woman a bun.

The woman said, "You haven't eaten yet, so keep it for you." ”

Wang Mingming handed the bun to her and said, "You eat slowly, don't be in a hurry." Not enough for me to buy again. ”

The child bowed to Wang Mingming and said, "Thank you, Auntie." Auntie, you're so nice. I will never forget my aunt for the rest of my life. I will not forget today's beautiful day. ”

Wang Mingming said to the child: "No thanks. You look like a student, what grade are you in? The woman said, "I was in the third grade before the war." How do you go to school after the war? The child's future has been delayed. ”

Wang Mingming said: "Yes, the war has ruined our country and ruined a generation. I think this child is very smart, and if he has the conditions to go to school in the future, he will have a good future. I don't think you're asking for food. Listening to your accent like the people on the other side of Zhenjiang, how did you get to this point. ”

The woman said, "We are from Zhenjiang. Those who came to Nanjing to look for their relatives. ”

Wang Mingming said: "Nanjing is so big, it's hard to find if you don't know the place." Where do your relatives live, maybe I can help you. ”

The woman said, "Thank you, we didn't find it, and we're going to go back." ”

Wang Mingming said: "Go back? Since you have made up your mind to come to Nanjing, it means that this relative is very important. You shouldn't give up, you can't find it today and tomorrow, there will always be a way. Now that you have fallen to the point of asking for food, it is not easy to go back to Zhenjiang. You came to Nanjing to find someone who can tell me. ”

The woman looked around at the people who were not suspicious and said, "It's a long story, my husband was originally a middle school teacher, and he participated in [***] for the resistance, and he was the commander of the artillery platoon. We received his last letter, which said that he had participated in the war to defend Nanjing, and that his troops were stationed at Tongjimen. He will swear to defend the capital to the death and swear to live and die with Nanjing. There was no news of him after that, and it was later heard that he died on the battlefield of Tongjimen in the battle to defend Nanjing. ”

Wang Mingming's heart was shocked, the artillery commanded the platoon commander! Deployed in Tongjimen, he handed over consolation goods with the housekeeper, and he died by Qiangzi's side during the battle. Is it the platoon commander Wang Mingming really can't believe it's true.

The woman continued: "Mother is coming to Nanjing to find his bones. I also hope to come to Nanjing to find him, we don't come to Nanjing and always feel that he is still in the world. We came to Nanjing to find that he couldn't find him, and the matter in our hearts was also settled.

"We came to Nanjing and found Tongjimen, where are his bones. When we asked people, some people were too scared to answer, and some people first looked to see if there were any devils and Han Jian and then shook their heads and said they didn't know. Later, we were told that [***] had died many officers and soldiers. The devil burned all the corpses.

"We had to burn paper for him on the street. We told him we had been here. Everything is fine at home to rest assured that there is anything that can't be put down for us to dream, and we will do it according to his requirements. ”

"Our home in Zhenjiang has been destroyed by devils. Let's stay in Nanjing, we don't know the place well, and we don't even have a place to live. His grandmother still wanted to go back to Zhenjiang, and many relatives, friends, neighbors, and neighbors who had fled had come back. The clothes are new and good, and the people are cooked. We have something to rely on when we go back.

"When we arrived at the train station, we didn't expect to meet a few devils, who saw that we were outsiders and robbed us of our money. We had no choice but to go east, planning to walk back to Zhenjiang, but today we have not walked out of Nanjing City, and we can no longer walk. How to go in the future, how to live, I don't know the bottom of my heart. ”

Wang Ming was moved by compassion, not to mention that they had a family relationship with the artillery company. She wanted to help them, but she didn't have much money, and she gave them not enough money for a train ticket. It would take a long time for them to wait for her to come back and get the money. I'm afraid they won't be in a hurry. Besides, if you wait here for a long time, you can't keep it from happening again.

If you take them to the mountains to get money, are they willing to go?

Wang Mingming suddenly thought that she wanted to use people, and those wastelands on the mountains needed people to open up the wasteland. They are the family of the platoon commander and are reliable. It is best for them to go up to the mountains and farm with them. It can also solve their immediate difficulties. Kill two birds with one stone, but are they willing to go up the mountain.

Wang Mingming asked them tentatively: "You have no money to go back to Zhenjiang, and your home over there has also been destroyed by devils, I want to know if you don't go back to Zhenjiang." I mean stay in Nanjing. You stay in Nanjing first, and then go back when you have the opportunity. ”

She looked at them quizzically. And he added, "That's right." I have a lot of land at home, I can't grow it, and I can't find a helper, are you willing to help me? To put it bluntly, it is to come to my house to farm. ”

The old man asked, "Do you mean that you are the owner and we will work for you?" ”

Wang Mingming said: "I am not the owner, you can call me the owner." But we are not an employment relationship. You are the ones who help me. We ate together and farmed together. When you come to me, I will arrange for you to stay, but it is a little simpler. I'll give you food, it's not good to eat, but it's full. I'll pay you for your work, but it's not much. If you don't feel like you want to do it, you can leave at any time. If you go, I'll give you the money to go to Zhenjiang. I'm going to give you a settling-in allowance, and I'm going to give you a promise. ”

The old man said, "Girl, why are you so good to us?" I can't believe it's true. You take care of what you eat, we are three mouths, I'm afraid you can't afford it. ”

Wang Ming could see that they wanted to stay, but he was afraid of causing trouble for himself. They don't know themselves to have such worries. She hurriedly said, "You have to believe me, I will live alone, and when you come to my house, you will know that what I say is true." Do not be afraid. If we work together to plant the land, we will be able to live a prosperous life.

The old man said: "Boss, we are walking to Zhenjiang like this, and we are afraid that if we can't reach Zhenjiang, we will starve to death on the road." We relied on asking for food to get to Zhenjiang, and the house was gone, and we were still homeless, so we could only rely on relatives and friends to send people under the fence.

"Now it's my own world, and my relatives and friends are also saying that they haven't eaten the last meal, which is very sad. I see that you are a good person, we can trust you, and we will go with you. You have given us a way to live. Thank you. We don't know how to do farm work, we have the strength, you don't dislike us, we will work hard. ”

What the old man said made Wang Mingming very happy, and she said, "Okay, I'm relieved to have you say this." I'm not planting fields, I'm growing vegetables. Seeing that the old man breathed a sigh of relief, she nodded and said that there was no problem. She looked down and thought about it, since they had agreed to stay, they were willing to go up the mountain with her. The matter about Platoon Commander Yang should be made clear to the old man. But how to put it. You can't be reckless and say that you know Platoon Commander Yang. There is not one artillery company, and the commander of the command platoon is not one, in case of a mistake, I'm sorry old man.