The four-year military career has long ended, the Beiyang warlords no longer exist, the Northeast Army changed its flag to the Feng warlords in 1928, and there was little action against the Japanese invasion, and in 27 a new army entered Zhang Guazi's field of vision, that is, the National Revolutionary Army led by Gongchandang, who was preparing to resist the reactionaries of the Guoming Party through the Nanchang Uprising.

In the early days of the Nanchang Uprising, the Beiyang warlords and the Guoming Party were not without rumors, but Lao Jiang did not take such a miscellaneous army with backward equipment and lack of materials seriously. Of course, Zhang Guazi also learned about the Guoming Revolutionary Army led by the Communist Party from his comrades-in-arms and officers; At that time, the entire Northeast Army was dictated by Zhang Zuolin alone, and the Guoming Party only united with the capitalist community to exploit the proletariat, and the Five Thinking Movement made Zhang Guazi see that the Wuchan class was rising and saw the dawn of the future, but since its establishment, the Gongchan Party has always been hiding in Tibet, and it has been harassed by various forces, and Zhang Guazi chose to enter the Northeast Army in order to live. This armed uprising gave Zhang Guazi the hope of joining the Gongchan Party. That is the real destination of the peasant brothers and the Wuchan class, who would be willing to give their lives to the landlords?

In January 1927, it was a few days of the Spring Festival, Zhang Guazi went home to visit his wife and children, and also mourned his mother who had died for four years.

"Yanyan, we're going to leave this village after this year."

"Why? Now that the Japanese have taken over our village, life is quite stable, and the devils have no action, besides, the foreigners are all in the city, how safe it is! Qin Yan knew in her heart that Zhang Guazi was going to the south to fulfill the entrustment of the year, and she was more likely to run to the Guoming Party. Because Qin Yan is at home all the year round, she doesn't know the changes outside, let alone the Gongchan Party.

"I have saved a lot of money over the years, the village is small, the city is also small, and it is controlled by the Japanese and foreigners, and I can't do any business, I plan to move our family to the south, quite a friend said, there are a lot of new business foreigners are doing, but very few, and only in the concession, I plan to develop and develop, while learning and doing." Zhang Guazi obviously didn't lie, and his eyes always deliberately avoided Qin Yan's eyes, "And I was entrusted by someone back then, and now it's time to send Mei'er to the south." ”

"I think only the second half of your sentence is true!" Qin Yan was angry, but she was only angry, because she knew that Zhang Guazi's advantages and disadvantages were too real, and he was very axial, "I'm afraid I have to go to the Kuomintang to continue to be a soldier!" ”

"Ah, this" Zhang Guazi's mind was guessed, and he was a little embarrassed, "Those who know me, my wife too." ”

"Don't give me all those useless things here, you can go if you want to, and don't bother me and the child if you die." Qin Yan said that if she died, don't bother her and Mei'er, but in fact, she was really scared, afraid that this man who gave her happiness and worked hard for her would really die on the battlefield.

Zhang Guazi saw Qin Yan turn her head, probably because she didn't want to worry about it anymore, so she followed with a hippie smile and stroked Qin Yan's shoulder.

In mid-March, Zhang Guazi's family packed their luggage, put away useful and valuable things, and wrapped their parents' spiritual seats and the spiritual seats of Qin Yan's family that they later found a carpenter to make and prepare to set off.

Say goodbye to Grandma Sun and hand over the key to the courtyard to the village chief, after all, this courtyard belongs to the village, and it was originally asked by Grandma Sun from the village chief, and it should be returned.

Zhang Guazi bought a few valuable old items in the pawn shop, added a few more goods, and left for the station; At that time, the devils were strictly investigated, and everyone who wanted to take the train to a distant place, and those who were wrapped in large bags and small bags, had to be checked to prevent anyone from joining the anti-Japanese organization.

The train moved slowly, surrounded by wheat fields and in the distance by patches of woods; As the train moves, roe deer, deer, tigers and other jackals, tigers and leopards are seen from time to time along the way.

Qin Yan had never taken a train, let alone left home so far, everything around her was fresh.

"Melon seeds! What is that? Before Mei'er could ask, the curious Qin Yan spoke.

"It's a roe deer."

"It's a deer"

"It's a tiger! Didn't you embroider tiger shoes for Mei'er! Don't know this? Zhang Guazi was also disturbed by Qin Yan's ignorance.

Qin Yan is delicate and has the charm of a beautiful woman in the world; Men, women and children in this carriage had to come and have a look, and there were even gentlemen who crowded through the crowd "thousands of miles away" to greet them. You said that this is your daughter-in-law, so many people are looking forward to seeing each other, can Zhang Guazi not be jealous?

There was a lot of buzz in the carriage, two people fighting here, a few people playing Sass and playing the accordion and singing "Beautiful Dream Man", and some Japanese soldiers rushed to hear the sound and asked the player to sing the Japanese song "Song of Katyusha" for him.

"The Song of Katyusha" is sung by the Japanese Matsui Sumako in the drama "Resurrection", "Resurrection" tells the tragedy of Katyusha, and the song is also full of sadness; Then Matsui Sumako fell in love with Shimamura in the same crew, but unfortunately Shimamura died of illness, and the affectionate Sumako committed suicide for love.

After the Japanese in the carriage put order in order, they signaled that the singing began, and the sadness was carried out throughout, and the air gradually became quiet; Most Japanese soldiers did not take the initiative to participate in the battlefield, but were forced to enlist in the army by the rise of Japanese militarism.

At this moment, Zhang Guazi looked out of the window with blank eyes, and what passed in front of him was a piece of land that no longer belonged to the Chinese nation; Thoughts drifted into the distance, melancholy and sorrow for the mainstay of the front-line anti-Japanese war.

Pictures of the bloody battlefield of the soldiers and the fight with the enemy came to mind.

He knows that he will go, and he doesn't know if he can return safely, but the national righteousness is clear in his heart, this is not the time to escape from the world, even the monks and old Taoists have gone down the mountain to resist, and he has more responsibility and mission to rush to the front line; This was not only his mission, but also the mission of thousands of Chinese sons and daughters at that time.

The slanting sun shone on the face of the melon seeds, and Mei'er lay quietly on the laps of the melon seeds and Qin Yan and slept peacefully; Qin Yan held Zhang Guazi's hand tightly, and her eyes were wet with tears as she sang.

The train is not direct, the speed gradually slowed down, the sign at the entrance of the station reads "Linyu Station", the Linyu Station at that time is the earliest Qinhuangdao Station, according to the records of Qinhuangdao County, the earliest Qinhuangdao is called Linyu, until after the reform and opening up, it was renamed Qinhuangdao.

It was early in the morning when she entered the station, and the sky was bright, Qin Yan snuggled on Zhang Guazi's shoulder and fell asleep peacefully like Mei'er; In addition to the attendants who patrol the post regularly, there may only be melon seeds that have not slept all night.

Zhang Guazi stroked Qin Yan's cheek and said softly, "Yanyan, it's time to stop." ”

Qin Yan rubbed her sleepy eyes, and a slight teardrop wet her eyes.

"Mei'er, Mei'er, it's time to get up, we're here." Zhang Guazi gently shook Mei'er on her legs.

Mei'er woke up, sleepy, her eyes squinting at the small slit, looking at her parents.

"Come, Mei'er, follow your mother's example, stretch." Qin Yan's upper body raised her hands slightly and elegantly, stretching her waist, Mei'er learned well.

"Dad, is it here so soon? I thought it would take a long time. Mei'er put her hands on Zhang Guazi's legs on one side, and Qin Yan's legs on the other, supporting her to stand up.

"Not yet, we have to go far, far away, the train can't go directly, now we are transferring at Linyu Station." Zhang Guazi kindly rubbed Mei'er's head.

The door of the carriage opened, and the conductor shouted as he walked at the head of the carriage: "The train has arrived, please get off the train in an orderly manner." ”

Linyu Station is different, built by foreigners in 1921, the platform is green grassland, not so much grassland, but mossy land, green, but does not affect the pace of the crowd, behind the platform is a wooden canopy and seats, full of Western colors.

Westerners, Japanese and Chinese stand together waiting for the train to come, and even there will be exchanges between foreigners and Chinese, and even Chinesemen and Japanese will chat together; This may be the only station in China since the Japanese invasion where there is no class, no strife, no ideological antagonism, and everyone complements each other, without the slightest oppression and exploitation.

Zhang Guazi was surprised, does the hatred of the country and the family not exist here? Isn't there a national consciousness awakened by everyone here? It's impossible, it's sad.

Indeed, since Mr. Sun Yat-sen put forward the Three People's Doctrine, the whole country has spoken of the Three Peoples, and Linyu is no exception, but it was the Japanese army that invaded China, and it was the Yangzheng Mansion that divided the benefits from it, so it cannot be generalized; Although Linyu was also governed by the Japanese and foreigners, these foreign invaders were relatively successful in transforming Linyu, with shops with floor-to-ceiling windows in wooden buildings in the market, and signboards with red lights at night, which were simply not seen or imagined before; What's more, Linyu as a medium is full of businessmen, scholars, and some tourists from all over the world, they are not all belligerent, but take advantage of the fact that Linyu has just been built and the lack of industry to make financial business, just to see what has just become of this land that has just come out of feudal autocracy and entered the stage of colonization and has been modernized by people from all over the world, just to promote some ideas that may be capitalism, may be imperialism, or may be communism. This is completely different from invasion, and the common people prefer to work for some honest merchants than the landlords of the past, because in this way they can get more paid than before, and the landlords of the past may not even be paid, but endless deduction and looting.

Of course, the Linyu people also have a strong patriotic and national feelings, and the movement against colonial aggression is also going on in secret; It's just that compared to other places, although Linyu is still plundered by invaders, it is still relatively stable.

Zhang Guazi didn't stay long, the train slowly entering in the distance was exactly what their family was going to take, Guazi held the luggage and was eager to try.

The next successive transfers, although troublesome, but each station stayed for a while, and each train passed through a different mountain and river of the motherland, accompanied by Qin Yan and Mei'er; always reflects the first rays of sunshine in the morning, accompanied by the singing and dancing of the carriage, and ends with the afterglow of the sunset and the galaxy; Such a time made him let go of his national hatred and family hatred, and almost forgot all his sorrow and melancholy, so quiet and peaceful.

He always looked out the window after laughing, he didn't know if this time was good or bad, and he didn't know if he would have the chance to experience such a good time again.

Anhui Station——

After a long journey, finally, Zhang Guazi's family planned to land, not to mention Qin Yan and Mei'er, even Zhang Guazi himself was a little unable to bear it.

Zhang Guazi carried his bags, Qin Yan led Mei'er, and the three of them stood outside the station, looking around the crowded street; Where is the right place to stay, always find a suitable place to live.

"Three! Do you stay at the hotel? A coachman pulled the car and ran to Zhang Guazi.

"Little brother, do you have a suitable hotel to recommend?" Zhang Guazi asked politely.

"Yes~Yes!" The driver looked like he was in his early twenties, and his face was full of pride, "I have what you want, and as long as you can stay at the store I recommended, this time the fare is free!" ”

"Oh, no, no, no, you still have to pay; You have also seen our family, come to do business, no savings, just go out and be a few valuable objects at home barely enough money for the goods, thinking that the little brother can have a good and cheap place, let us spend less money, and live comfortably? Zhang Guazi put on a slick look like a businessman.

"Well, you take Mrs. and Miss to get in the car, and leave the rest to the small one, so you are satisfied!" The driver said as he put his foot on the pedal of the car steadily, and bowed to reach out to ask for it.

"Then I'll bother the little brother." Zhang Guazi is still polite, he is not familiar with the place, and it is necessary to hide his identity.

As Zhang Guazi's family sat down, the driver conveniently raised the front of the car and ran, although it was a rickshaw with manpower, the speed was also fast.

"Okay! Sir, it's time to get there! You slow down. "It's quite fast, and it only takes a stick of incense for the driver to pull him from the station to this outskirts a little far from the city.

"Okay, I'm tired, little brother." Zhang Guazi got off first, and then helped his wife and children to get out of the car.

The coachman whistled, and a few young men ran out of the hotel, dragging their luggage into the lobby.

"You can rest assured, the little one will go first." Before the melon seeds could be polite, the coachman gestured towards the hall and pulled the car away.

"Welcome to Green Pine Hotel!" The hostess in front of the hotel shouted.

Zhang Guazi was a little stunned, although this purely foreign-style hotel is a little far away from the city, it is not cheap at all from the service to the decoration, and he clutches the money bag tightly.

"Hello, is there a cheaper room?" Zhang Guazi asked timidly.

"Hello sir, the flat price of all rooms in our hotel except for suites is one and five cents." Said in the lobby of the hotel.

So cheap!? Zhang Guazi was stunned, thinking that he would have to start with two pieces.

"Okay, then I want a guest room where three people can stay, right?" Zhang Guazi instantly regained the sense of wealth and arrogance of a businessman.

"Hard, would you like to see the suite? Three blocks in one room, including three meals. "The lobby asked tentatively, and those who do the lobby will look at people, like Zhang Guazi, who has dark skin, and when he comes up, he asks if there is a cheaper room, and he is from the countryside, and he has no money.

"Three dollars? It's a bit expensive, do you let the profit be two yuan and five hits? "Zhang melon seeds bargain.

"I'm sorry, sir, we all marked the price and refused to negotiate; And we're already the cheapest in the area, so I'm sure you'll never find a second one. The words in the lobby were sour, and his eyes were slanted with melon seeds.

"Dad, I'm so tired." Mei'er on the side was obviously a little untenable.

Zhang Guazi was also tired, and gritted his teeth: "Okay, then come to a suite." ”

"Okay, you do the registration first, and I'll arrange someone to take you to check in later, and there will be a special person to help you get the room for your luggage." Opened a suite, the lobby is very excited, this store is partial to the number of people, are one or two to come, do not need the suite, this is finally a suite, is a single large.

The suite is indeed different and has a lot of space, there is a living room, on either side are two open rooms, both with baths and coffee tables, the bed is the kind of baroque, the whole suite is also baroque, and the living room and the rooms on both sides are open but also have two double doors that can be closed.

Zhang Guazi packed his luggage, and it was already dark.

"Hello, hello, it's dinner time, can you send it in?" The waiter outside the door asked.

Zhang Guazi opened the door, and the waiter pushed the dining cart into an orderly manner, and placed the Western-style meals neatly on the table: "The meal has been delivered, if Mr. needs it, you can press the bell on the table at any time, and someone outside the door will help you record and deliver." ”

"Okay, okay, thank you." Such thoughtful service shocked Zhang Guazi, who has lived for 29 years and has never been served like this.

Because it was a knife and fork, Zhang Guazi's family had never used it, so they left the waiter to demonstrate, holding a knife in his right hand and a fork in his left hand, starting from the left side.

Although this dinner was luxurious, it did not suit the appetite of the Chinese, and Zhang Guazi's family struggled to fill their stomachs.

I was ready to rest, and I had been running from station to station for the past few days, and I had not been able to wash; After settling Mei'er, closing the door of Mei'er's room and her own room, Zhang Guazi and Qin Yan planned to take a good bath and sleep by taking advantage of the bath; However, the bath is completely open in the room, and the bath must be clearly seen by the people in the room.

According to Chinese tradition, it is rare for husband and wife to "admire" each other. Qin Yan couldn't help but be a little embarrassed.

Zhang Guazi had crooked thoughts; This man hopes for the "eight-eight-nine-nine" thing as much as possible, and it just so happens that this bathtub is open, so it might as well ......

Zhang Guazi ran to the door, supported the waiter outside the door, locked the door, his eyes lit up, and took off his clothes while walking towards the room.

This melon seed and Qin Yan are not very old, in the past, the countryside was married in the fourteenth or fifth five-year period, and those like Zhang Guazi and Qin Yan who got married in seventeen or eighteen are considered late, so calculated, the melon seeds are almost thirty now, and Qin Yan is younger, only twenty-six years old, which is still the age of youth and restlessness.

This night, the mandarin ducks played in the water and hit the waves; In front of Zhang Guazi's eyes, a patch of white flowers with a little pink color.

The moonlight shines through the curtain, reflecting the two looming bodies, breathing rapidly and passionately; Qin Yan wanted to show her singing voice but was afraid of waking up Mei'er next door, so she had to restrain her voice.

Zhang Guazi rode a spear like Zhao Zilong in the Three Kingdoms period on a single savior, and the spear pierced into Cao Jun's heart, "The blood-stained robe is red through the armor, who dares to compete with Dangyang!" ”

Finally, Qin Yan couldn't suppress the happiness in her heart, if the singer swaying between the flickering on the stage, the slightly shy light red pink on the stage for the first time covered her cheeks, not singing in the eyes of thousands of people, but only singing for one person.

"Slow down! Mei'er is still sleeping next door and wakes her up to see how you explain. Qin Yan wanted to welcome and refuse, and coquettishly hammered Zhang Guazi's chest with her fist, and then hugged his neck tightly with both hands.

The night was fragrant, echoing with "singing", sweat and love soaked the sheets, and hands scratched red backs.