Chapter 308: The Story of the Occupying Army (Part II)
"Come on, buy big and buy small, buy and leave!" Inside a three-story Kantaro izakaya near the Kandagawara River in Akihabara. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 InfoDozens of people gathered in the renovated large hall and were gambling enthusiastically. As the tattooed dealer shouted, one of the tables happened to have been bought and left.
"Great! Big! Big! He Dazui, whose face was red and his ears were red, and his eyes were bloodshot, pressed the table with both hands, and the wind and discipline buckles on his military uniform had already been torn off, panting as he watched the dealer who kept shaking the dice clock and shouted.
"Smack!" The dealer who showed off his skills a few times put a black dice clock in the shape of a bronze bell in a temple on the table, and shouted "Open!" under the gaze of many eyes around him! ”
"One-one-four, six-o'clock small!" The dealer's shout made He Dazui, who was originally roaring like a bull, suddenly deflated, and the whole person almost collapsed to the ground as if he had been drained of his strength. No surprises, he lost again.
"Come on, come on, bet on." The shouts of the dealer caused the gamblers around to start placing bets, but He Dazui left the table in despair. He had already lost all the money he had, and he had borrowed it from his comrades. At this moment, He Dazui felt that his heart was cold for a while, and he even wanted to die.
If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't get a weapon when he went out, He Dazui wanted to take out a gun and surprise all the people here. It's just that even if you want to turn your face now, you can't do it. Although this place is all taken care of by the Japanese, He Dazui knows that the people behind this place are existences that he can't provoke, and he now feels that the whole world is a gray color.
"Sir, do you need to rest?" A waitress with white powder on her face came to He Dazui's side and asked respectfully. There was a hint of tremor in his voice.
Most of the people who came here were officers and soldiers of the occupation army, and the people in charge also knew that these soldiers who had come down from the battlefield were not easy to mess with. Once someone does get mad, it's a big deal.
Therefore, they arranged for many women to comfort the occupying forces who had lost money. Free drinks and women were used to appease the losing occupying forces.
Anyway, there is nothing in Japan now, but there are many people who can't eat. Most of these hired women are unpaid, and they are all just in charge of food. But even so, I was almost squeezed through the door by the women who came to apply for jobs. The feeling of hunger is unbearable.
He Dazui, who was lost in despair, raised his eyelids and looked at the woman in front of him. Although I can't see it clearly with powder, my complexion is good, and my appearance is good. Because I can't look good in a kimono, but I don't think it's too bad to be a woman who can beg for food here.
Although He Dazui was very disappointed, he had not yet reached the point of discouragement and despair. He gets a good salary every month, and he can get some extra money out of Japan from time to time. This gives him hope that he will not do irrational things because of losing money. After all, it is a soldier who has been on the battlefield with a gun.
He Dazui raised his hand and took the woman in front of him into his arms and kissed it hard. Well, there are a lot of women here in Japan. He Dazui, who is already a regular customer, also knows very well that these women will only get a full meal after receiving guests, and even be able to eat a can of military luncheon meat. If you haven't received any guests, you can only eat a cold rice ball.
He Dazui is also a regular customer, but the woman in his arms has not been seen before, so he thinks it should be new. He Dazui, who was in a bad mood, rubbed the parts below his neck that could not be described, then stood up with the woman in his arms and strode upstairs. When he passed by the waiter, he shouted, "Send two bottles of wine to Lao Tzu!" ”
In a small room on the third floor of the izakaya, military uniforms, **, sake bottles, kimono socks and shoes are thrown randomly on the wooden floor. The old tatami mats creaked, creaked, creaked for a long time and finally stopped. After a while, He Dazui, who had a satisfied face, raised his hand and wiped his body. Under the tear stains on the woman's face, she asked suspiciously, "How could you?" ”
What made He Dazui puzzled was that the woman who took the initiative to find himself was still in her original clothes, which is really a rare thing in Tokyo. After all, at the end of the war. The government collapsed, the social order was gone, and the occupation army came to spend a lot of time and drink. It's incredible that he could meet one.
He Dazui turned over and lay on the side, fumbling with a cigarette from his military uniform and lighting it, quietly listening to the woman tell her story.
The story is not complicated, or rather simple. is that the woman originally came from a good background, her father worked in a bank, her mother was a full-time housewife, and she had a young brother at home. It was originally a middle-class home. However, after the outbreak of the war, the bank collapsed, his father lost his job, and the family lost their source of livelihood. Then there was constant defeat and terrible inflation until there was nothing left.
After Japan's surrender, the yen became waste paper, and the valuable things at home had already been exchanged for food on the black market. When the occupation forces came, my father went to work as a porter at the dock in exchange for food for his family, but a few days ago my father was too tired to continue supporting the family. The woman who couldn't watch her family starve to death took the initiative to stand up and find the job. Although he had no money, he was able to get food as long as he served his guests, and he was able to feed his family with food.
After listening to the woman's story, He Dazui smoked silently. At this moment, he suddenly felt how hilarious it was for him to gamble with his life. Thinking of those field rations that were discarded at will because of the bad taste and taste, He Dazui suddenly felt that it was fate.
This is the difference between a highly educated and an uneducated military man. Don't look at him, He Dazui only has a middle school education, but he has definitely not said anything about the moral concept in his heart after being in the Ming army for so long.
And if it were a Japanese army, which was basically composed of illiterate people and peasants in the countryside, there would certainly be no sympathy, because their life was much worse. People only have compassion when they are better off than others.
This era is still very traditional, especially in the Eastern world, where a woman's chastity is far more important than her life. This traditional concept in oriental culture has also spread to the world with the footsteps of the Ming Dynasty. Unlike the previous losers, He Dazui had a different feeling for the woman beside him at the moment.
Daming is very rich, but there is still a gap between the rich and the poor. People like He Dazui who came out of the mountains naturally knew that the price of marrying a wife was too great for Daming now, let alone marrying a concubine.
He originally wanted to be able to make some money from the casino and send it home, and then save another amount of money for himself to go home and marry a wife when he retired. But just now, I suddenly remembered that I could find a Japanese woman as a concubine.
"Don't stay here anymore." He Dazui looked sideways at the smooth neck of the woman on the side and said below, "I will raise you in the future." ”
"Yes." The woman with tears on her face looked at He Dazui, who had a lot of scars on her body, trembled, and the corners of her mouth responded softly. Women in the war are the most powerless group, and they can only cling to the strong if they want to survive.
Raising his hand and caressing his smooth body, He Dazui grinned and felt that the interest came up again, and he turned over and lay down, "You will be my woman in the future, Lao Tzu will support your whole family." ”
At this moment, He Dazui suddenly felt that all the grief and indignation caused by losing money before had dissipated. He made up his mind to quit gambling and live a good life from now on.
Just as the two of them resumed their passion, many trucks and jeeps painted with gendarmerie logos suddenly drove up on the street outside the izakaya. The bright headlights illuminate the Kanda River.
The Japanese who were standing guard outside the izakaya were shocked. They clearly knew that their field was covered by big people, and it was also covered by big people from the Taito District garrison troops. I have been here several times before to check in advance, and there has been no major incident. This time, they killed without warning, and looking at the snow-white gendarmerie sign painted on the car door, they knew that something big was going to happen this time.
A large number of gendarmes wearing white armbands and white steel helmets surrounded the izakaya in jeep trucks, and then a large number of gendarmes jumped out of the car with guns in hand and rushed to the izakaya.
The Ming army has strict rules and regulations, and when you go out to the barracks on weekdays, you must return before dinner, and you are absolutely not allowed to spend the night outside, let alone wartime. Moreover, gambling is strictly forbidden in the army, and once caught, the highest punishment will be expulsion from the military!
No soldier could accept this outcome, and the reason why they were able to come out and play was only because their unit commanders saw that after the end of the Japanese battle, they would give their subordinates who had been brutally tested by blood and fire a chance to relax and have sex and wealth.
"The gendarmes are coming!!" The hustle and bustle of the living room, which was full of people, bright lights, smoke, the smell of wine, smoke, sweat and the fragrance of women, instantly quieted down. The men and women all froze, their hands motionless, as if the whole hall had been frozen.
"Run!" But just a few seconds later, a loud shout brought the entire hall to life in an instant. Everyone scattered in all directions, women's screams, men's shouts, wine glasses falling to the ground, tables and chairs, benches toppling down, chips and money falling, etc., all kinds of sounds converged into a dizzying noise.
"Bump!" The thick door was slammed open, "Don't move!" A large number of gendarmes armed with submachine guns rushed in, which immediately made the whole scene even more chaotic. (To be continued.) )