Ji Xingwen threw away the cigarette butt and said to Huang Zheng: "The car is almost here, let's go, let's go and have a look." ”

The two walked briskly to the platform and walked to the rearmost carriage. The car had stopped, and there were staff members in blue uniforms with armbands standing on the platform, and the further back they went, the fewer people there were, and the order was relatively orderly.

"Brother!" Huang Zheng heard someone shouting to him, and it was Huang Zhengzhong who followed the reputation. Huang Zheng pressed the military hat on his head with his hand and ran over quickly, and the brothers hugged each other like children who had been separated for a long time.

"Come, let my brother take a look. Well, fat, and tall. Look, they're all taller than my brother. Huang Zheng said with a smile.

"Brother, you've lost weight, are you busy during this time? I heard my mother say that half of Suzhou City was fought down by you with troops? Huang Zhengzhong also asked proudly.

Huang Zheng waved his hand, "That's what my mother said on purpose, I'm just a little regiment leader, how can I defeat Suzhou City?" ”

With that, he picked up the box again

"Let's go, I'll take you to eat Suzhou's specialties." Huang Zheng took the wicker rattan box from his younger brother's hand, and after carrying it, he felt a little heavy, so he asked if it was full of books?

Huang Zhengzhong smiled: "No, this is what my parents and I brought you." Mom said that it was difficult for you to go home here, and she asked me to bring more things if it was inconvenient for her to come and have a look. There are your favorite roast chicken, braised eggs, salted goose, walnuts, almonds and so on. ”

Although these words were plain, Huang Zhengzhong's heart was warm. In the end, it is a family, and they are not allowed to bring things to them, they are expensive as the head of a group, Suzhou has developed transportation, the economy is also good, and what to eat can be bought locally, but the family still insists on bringing it, which is warm and refreshing.

The two brothers hadn't seen each other for a long time, so naturally they had a lot to say, and the two of them talked while walking with the box. After walking a few steps, he ran into Ji Xingwen, who was babbling and gesturing with Doolittle.

It turned out that Ji Xingwen didn't bring a translator this time, but I didn't expect Doolittle to bring it either. The two had no choice but to babble like this.

After Huang Zheng saw it, he stepped forward to translate for the two, which made the two understand the other party's intention to come this time and eliminated an unnecessary misunderstanding.

Ji Xingwen smiled: "Lao Zhao, this is your younger brother." Sure enough, it was a hero who came out of a teenager. ”

Huang Zheng also took the opportunity to introduce: "This is the head of Ji Xingwen, the person who fired the first shot of resistance against Japan in the July 7 Incident. ”

Huang Zhengzhong was in awe when he heard this, Ji Xingwen is famous, the nephew of General Ji Hongchang, young and promising. When the Japanese army attempted to invade Beiping and provoke, without receiving an order from his superiors, he risked disobeying the military order and going to a military court, decisively ordered the troops to return fire, and fired the first shot of resistance against Japan after the Northeast Incident.

"It turned out to be the head of Ji Xingwen. You are a great name between me and my classmates. Huang Zhengzhong said a few words of compliment, and Ji Xingwen was very useful after hearing it.

He waved his hand and said, "Okay, don't praise me, if you praise me again, I'll go to heaven." ”

Huang Zheng saw that Doolittle came to belong to the personal behavior of the half-duke, and that this person was in the same carriage as his younger brother, so he stepped forward and said, "Lao Ji, Mr. Doolittle, I have already set up a banquet at the Garden Hotel over there, why don't we all go over and sit together." ”

Everyone readily agreed, and without further ado, everyone got into the jeep and headed for the booked Garden Hotel. Along the way, there are still many traces of war on the streets of Suzhou, with mottled buildings and machine-gun nests piled up on the streets suggesting that the city has just experienced war.

However, compared to before, many streets have been restored, and various reconstruction work is in full swing. Many buildings in Shanghai have scaffolding made of bamboo poles, and building materials such as cement, sand, and bricks are piled up on the roadside.

Several people took the same jeep, and Huang Zheng drove it himself. On the way, he asked Huang Zhengzhong about his parents, and Huang Zhengzhong also knew how to avoid it, so naturally he would not mention anything too specific, but just said some shallow things, such as his parents are very busy, but they are still in good health. My father still gets up early every day to exercise.

Huang Zheng saw that there were people in the car, and he didn't want to ask too much.

What Doolittle didn't expect was that the young man sitting across from him had also come to visit relatives in the army, and seeing the situation they were familiar with, he knew that there was no need to hide his identity from him. He apologized to Huang Zhengzhong and said, "I'm sorry, I had to hide some information from you before. Actually, my real intention here is for some military reasons, not for me to walk around here myself. ”

Huang Zhengzhong naturally expressed his understanding, and after chatting for a while, they arrived at the hotel. The boss has prepared a private room, but because of the problem of light control, the electricity here will be cut off at night. The boss lit a few gas lamps in the box, which were also bright.

After everyone sat down, they began to eat and drink, and now Suzhou has restored its basic economic order, and the supply of goods from all over the country has also begun to recover, so all kinds of dishes can still be made in the restaurant.

The dishes had already been prepared, and when they came, they were all on board, because they were all on military affairs, and several people had to replace the wine with tea. In between meals, Ji Xingwen mentioned it seemingly casually: "Zhao Zheng, do you know? Wu Yeqing was also transferred to Suzhou. ”

"Transferred to Suzhou?" Huang Zheng's hand was hanging in the air.

Seeing this, Huang Zhengzhong asked, "Who is Wu Yeqing?" ”

"It's your future sister-in-law." Ji Xingwen quipped.

Huang Zhengzhong took a bite of the dish and said, "Don't talk nonsense, there is nothing." As he spoke, he explained again: "I told you all about the previous incident, that is, Xiao Wu couldn't stand the harassment of the people around him, so he asked me to find a trust for her to act together." ”

Ji Xingwen smiled, "What's that?" Is there really less fake play? Look at the ...... in that play."

"Stop!" Huang Zheng was raining down, and the plate of green beans in front of him entered his mouth after a while. Ji Xingwen saw that he was a little shy, so he deliberately said: "What, Xiao Wu is going to serve in the Sino-US joint bomber formation, and he is still in the confidential communication room." I'll tell her your address when I go back, and I'm the only one this month, and you can do the rest yourself. ”

Ji Xingwen didn't refute Huang Zheng's words, he just smiled indifferently.

After talking for a while, knowing that Huang Zheng and Ji Xingwen were both airborne troops, Doolittle was very interested. He talked to the two about the tactics of air combat, as well as some of his own adventures in flying.

When the two learned that Doolittle was the first person to lead the bombing of Japan, they were also in awe. Talking about why he came to China to serve as the military commander of the bomber formation, Doolittle frankly said that it was because of the rescue of the Chinese.

"During the bombing, I had a couple of robes that fell into the water because of the damn weather. I'm sure you'll never want to experience that feeling again, but thankfully it was the Chinese fishermen who passed by who rescued them and the Chinese doctors who treated them, and these things are something I will never forget. Of course, this is only one reason to come to China, and the most important thing is that we cannot take off from the Pacific Ocean to bomb Japan at the moment. ”

Doolittle is not tall, but he speaks loudly. In addition to talking about some things related to the bombing, he also said some things about the improvement of aircraft technology, and in short, the meal was very pleasant.

After the meal, everyone went out, and at this moment in front of the jeep was surrounded by a group of ragged children and women, shaking the broken jars in their hands, and saying mechanically "All right, all right!" ”

"Go, go!" The men at the hotel waved their sticks fiercely, and after a while they dispersed the men.

As there were no guards with them, the four men went back to the camp separately. Doolittle and Ji Xingwen went to the airport, and Huang Zhengzhong and his brother went back to the regiment headquarters, where there was a room for hospitality and a one-night stay.

The jeep stopped at the entrance of the Garden Hotel, and when the four of them came out, the owner of the Garden Hotel came to see them off. The shopkeeper wore an old-fashioned satin coat and performed the etiquette of arching his hands, which made people feel that he had suddenly returned to the former Qing Dynasty.

Doolittle thought it was fresh, and thanked the boss, but he looked a little nondescript and funny, which made everyone laugh.

At this time, Huang Zhengzhong leaned into his brother's ear and whispered, "Brother, give me some money." I don't have any tickets on me. ”

Huang Zheng was a little puzzled, but he still took out his wallet, wanted to pull out a few, stuffed the ticket back and handed the wallet directly to Huang Zhengzhong and said, "Take it." ”

After Huang Zhengzhong took it, he pulled out a pile of fiat currency with a face value of 100 yuan from it, and secretly laughed at his brother who was really rich. Then he walked to the corner of the hotel, gave a few hundred dollars to a woman who was squatting, and gave some odd pieces of money to the children next to him.

The children rushed up and divided all the banknotes in Huang Zhengzhong's hand. In the end, a few were left and handed to a young beggar who had been squatting in the restaurant.

The young beggar buried his head in a felt hat, and when he saw Huang Zhengzhong handing over the money, he looked up, "Let's eat something." ”

The beggar didn't seem to hear it, frowned, and after Huang Zheng stretched the banknote in his hand forward, he understood the meaning, timidly reached out and took it, and slowly took the banknote.

After dividing almost all the money in his brother's wallet, Huang Zhengzhong came back. He handed the wallet to his brother, "Don't you see, you really have a lot of money?" ”

"No matter how much you do, you can't help it like this." Huang Zheng wanted to joke, but when he saw the children who had been devastated by the war, he couldn't stop smiling. He could only sigh for no reason.

A few people stopped greeting each other, and everyone left in a jeep. Ji Xingwen and Doolittle took his car to the airport, and the Huang Zheng brothers took the car to the camp.