Thirty-one: It's over, there is no more in Beiping

In addition to caring about Wang Mingming's belly, meeting visiting friends, reading newspapers and listening to music, these mothers-in-law kept silent about the anti-Japanese affairs. It seems that the resistance has nothing to do with her.

Wang Mingming thinks that the elderly are probably like this. is like her mother, the first thing she thinks about when the national disaster is at the head of the country is to marry her daughter off quickly.

It was about to be dinner, Wang Mingming shook his fan and followed Xizi to see his mother-in-law, and then went to eat together. When they came out of the house, they met the eldest sister and the second sister who also came to see their mother-in-law.

Wang Mingming stepped forward to say hello first. Xizi saw that the eldest sister frowned slightly, and he asked, "Xinghua, what's so unhappy." ”

The eldest sister said softly: "I didn't expect it to be over so soon, there is no more in Beiping." What will happen to China in the future.

"I'm worried that this army will gain an inch, and it will be even more invincible. This war will not end for a while. I really don't understand how the [***] team can't beat Xiao Yuben. ”

The second sister was even more worried. She bowed her head and frowned, and did not say a word.

Kiko sighed and said, "Everyone is worried." He said that he had planes, artillery, tanks and armored vehicles. What does the 29th Route Army have! has a heart loyal to the Republic of China and an unyielding flesh and blood body.

"They fought hard with rifles and broadswords. It's called an egg hitting a stone. How can a fight like this be won. We have to come up with a way to defeat the army. ”

Wang Ming saw Xizi's irritable appearance and knew that he was uncomfortable, and no one felt uncomfortable when the national disaster was at hand. She said: "What other way is there to fight with the army. ”

Kiko let out a long sigh and said, "Let's go see my mother." Listen to what my mother has to say. ”

When Xizi entered the door, she shouted: "Mother - he is from the north, and he calls his mother a mother." Xiao Yueben occupied Beiping. You know that. ”

The mother-in-law was eating tea and listening to music, she turned off the gramophone and said calmly: "I have read today's newspaper and leaflets. I also listened to the radio.

Xiao Yueben gathered 100,000 troops and issued an order to seize Beiping on the 28th. The officers and men of the 29th Route Army fought bloodily and failed to keep Beiping. Retreated. ”

The mother-in-law said with a long sigh. Wang Mingming could see that her mother-in-law was calm on the surface, but in fact, she was very uncomfortable. She was also very worried about the war.

My mother-in-law said to herself: "Beiping, although it is not my hometown, it is the place where I was born. I went from there to study in France and back from there.

"I got married there and had a Kiko. Kiko's father gave his life to defend the place. Kiko's grandmother died of depression because of her fall.

However, more than 30 years later, Beiping fell again. It's not a taste in my heart. Every time I think of it, I think of my loved ones. That's where my heart breaks. ”

Kiko said, "Mother." The head of the national disaster is the responsibility of the husband. I'm going to learn from my father to kill foreign devils. I will also go to the front line and fight with my flesh and blood. ”

The mother-in-law said: "When the national disaster is at the head, mothers will send their sons to the battlefield with the country as the priority, and ask their sons to fight bravely to kill the enemy and serve the country loyally."

"By the end of the war, mothers hoped that their sons would come back alive and return to their hometowns after killing the enemy and making meritorious contributions. You have to go to the front line and fight to defend the Republic of China, there is nothing to blame.

"It's good that the stupid son has such patriotic enthusiasm, and my mother appreciates it very much. The War of Resistance did not require everyone to go to the battlefield, and the war had not yet reached that point. The state also does not have this requirement.

"You're getting older. If you were young, I would send you to war, just as your grandmother and I sent your father to war. ”

Wang Mingming believed that if Xizi was young, his mother-in-law would definitely send him to the front line to fight. A mother-in-law is a person who puts the country first.

It was quiet in the house. Everyone is thinking about their own thoughts. The eldest sister said: Today, the sister-in-law of the neighborhood came to ask me to accompany her to pick out jewelry, and we met a procession on the road.

"We were standing on the side of the road watching the parade, and a few female students came over, and they held donation boxes and said that the two wives please donate money for the war effort, and we donated money."

Kiko smiled and said, "Mother." I also donated money for the fight today. I gave all the money I had on me. ”

The mother-in-law said, "Okay, those who have money have a strong contribution." This is what you should do. What you have to do now is to do your business well, which is also to contribute to the war.

"Kiko was a very smart child when she was a child, that year the Eight-Nation Coalition fought China, the Qing Zheng Axe declared war on the coalition forces, and your father went to the front.

"Hey, you see, I'm talking about the past again. Whenever I talk about the past, I feel like I'm old. Because only the elderly love to talk about the past. ”

The mother-in-law remembers very well that after the Qing Empire declared war on the Eight-Nation Alliance, Kiko's father led the troops to the front, and Kiko's grandmother sent her son off in front of the General's Mansion.

The old man took the wine and said, "Son, for the sake of the court and the people of the Qing Dynasty, you must bravely kill the enemy for national merit." ”

Kiko's father took the wine and drank it down, saying, "Mother, my son is not afraid of the great powers, and he will bravely kill the enemy to serve the court." ”

The generals behind him also drank their wine, and they shouted loudly: "Swear to defend the Qing Dynasty to the death." ”

The general mounted his horse and led his men to set off.

After the war, the heroic cavalry of the Qing Empire could not break the square formation composed of foreign guns and cannons of the Eight-Nation Alliance. Numerous casualties were immense.

The Boxers dared to fight and see death as if they were home, but they were not an army, and there were no rules and regulations for fighting, and there was no invulnerability to martial arts.

The Qing army was defeated again and again. After the foreign devils occupied Tianjin, they formed a coalition army of 20,000 people, relying on advanced weapons such as foreign guns and foreign artillery, to kill Yanjing.

Although the people of the Great Qing Kingdom loved their country, they had to use wheelbarrows to help the coalition army transport baggage under the guns of the coalition army. Fight your own Great Qing Kingdom.

One day, the soldier came to report quickly, saying, "Old ancestor, young lady." The foreign devils set off along the canal and were already approaching Yanjing City. ”

At that time, the people in the house were called Xizi's grandmother ancestor, and the mother who called Xizi was the young lady, called Xizi Little Master.

Junding said: "The general said that the Qing Empire declared war on the Eight-Nation Alliance, and originally thought that the Qing Dynasty would undoubtedly win with many generals and the right time and place.

"After the two countries exchanged troops, they learned that the Qing army's weapons were backward, and the sabers of the Ding army could not fight with foreign guns and artillery. Now Tianjin is gone, and the capital is in danger.

"The general asked the ancestor to take the people from the General's Mansion to leave Yanjing today"

The old ancestor said to the young lady: "We can't expect the Qing army to hold the capital. The defeat was like a mountain. The surname of the whole family cannot be lost to foreign devils. We need to get out of here.

"You immediately arrange to go down, and you must leave Yanjing City before dark. Everything that can be taken away is packed and taken away. The carts in the house were used with the horses.

"Don't forget to bring food and fodder and hand over the general's house to reliable people to watch. This thing has to be fast. Not too late.

"The soldier went back and reported to the general, telling him that we must leave Yanjing before dark. Let him rest assured. "The soldier was ordered to withdraw from the general's mansion and return to the team on horseback.

The people in the house panicked. Everyone gathered in the courtyard and waited for the ancestor to speak.

The young lady said to the old housekeeper at the door: "The old ancestor must leave Yanjing City before dark. Immediately gather the big and small bosses to set it up. I still have something to discuss with my ancestors. ”

The people in the courtyard dispersed in a hurry, and each prepared to go. The big and small leaders gathered before the old butler and listened to his orders.

The young lady was thinking about whether the battle would be over if the coalition forces captured Yanjing City. If you continue to fight, how long can you fight? Where will it hit.

The young lady thought that she had fled and did not know when she would be able to return. I don't know where to flee to escape the pursuit of the coalition forces.

Fleeing for a long time, eating, drinking, housing and transportation are all problems. Think long-term. Have a reliable place to stay.

The child's uncle was an official in Nanjing, and there was no war there. You can go to Nanjing. Although the road to Nanjing is a little farther, there are people to answer it, and there are people to arrange food and accommodation.

If the war does not end for a while, it will not be in the way for this large family to live in Nanjing for a long time. Besides, it will be easy to find the general when he comes back in the future.