Zhou Fu pulled him to the corner and told him what was going on, Jia Wei sighed deeply, he didn't expect that the tragedy of death didn't just happen on the battlefield.

He hurriedly took the letter written by Ruikang and handed it to Master Zhou, saying, "Uncle Zhou, look, it's Ruikang's letter!" You see, he's been awarded the rank of major for his bravery in battle, and he's married to Jiaqi. It has Ruikang's officer photos and their wedding photos. ”

Master Zhou's eyes suddenly flashed, he grabbed the envelope, put on reading glasses with trembling hands, and looked at the photos and letters several times, his eyes were filled with tears, and the corners of his mouth showed a relieved smile.

"Okay, good, good, finally Ruikang is still alive, there is still hope for our Zhou family, hehe, there is still hope." Master Zhou happily leaned on his crutches, looked at Ruojun who was standing by the door, leaning on the door frame, and said, "Ruojun, make a few good dishes tonight, I want to drink two cups." ”

Mei Ruojun stood motionless at the door like a puppet frozen by magic, without any sadness or joy on her face, she just stood there in a daze, until Master Zhou shouted again, she came to her senses: "Okay, Dad." ”

"Come on, take a look." Mr. Zhou excitedly handed her the photo, he was so happy that he forgot the "uncle and sister-in-law love" that had turned the world upside down, and now he wanted to share his joy and happiness with the whole world. Ruikang did not disgrace the Zhou family, he lost his way back in time, he was already an officer, how glorious it was to protect his family and defend the country! Joy made him forget the friction and pain he had had, and forgot Mei Ruojun's role as a "troubled water".

Mei Ruojun looked at the black and white photo in Master Zhou's hand, it felt like two sharp blades, two bloody blades that would cut her, she took a breath and reached out to pick it up, but she still didn't have enough courage, even if it was pretending, she couldn't pretend it, she knew that their photos must be beautiful, she knew that they were the best combination, she knew everything, she understood everything, but the fear in her heart still made her involuntarily withdraw her hand, turned around and walked out of the hall, but hit Ding Xiaohui who was just about to come in.

"Ah, I'm sorry." She said to him in a panic, without raising her head, and went straight into the bedroom.

Ding Xiaohui asked Cuiliu puzzled: "What's wrong?" ”

Cuiliu wanted to say but didn't know where to start, smashed her mouth, and shook her head: "Cough, the young grandmother may be sick again, Mr. Ding, you can persuade her again." ”

"Okay, I'll go talk to her."

Looking at Ding Xiaohui, who turned around and followed Ruojun into the bedroom, Cheng Jiawei was even more suspicious, who is this man? How can you walk into Ruojun's bedroom in a grand manner?

Zhou Fu saw Jiawei's puzzled look, and stepped forward to explain: "Oh, this Mr. Ding is our benefactor, he saved the eldest young grandmother twice, and these days thanks to his care." His medical skills are very good, and our family's headache and brain fever are all due to him, otherwise in our current situation, it is really a problem to even see a doctor and take medicine. ”

"And Brother Ding is very knowledgeable, patient and kind." Meng Shuzhi suddenly raised his head and said, glanced coldly at the two photos in Master Zhou's hand, and continued to bow his head to write, his unshaven expression shocked Cheng Jiawei's heart, he knew that Meng Shuzhi had always admired Zhou Ruikang, but at this time, the good news of Ruikang's promotion and marriage not only did not make him happy at all, but reacted so coldly.

Master Zhou also nodded and said, "Yes, Xiaohui is a good person and has helped us a lot." ”

What kind of magic does this Ding Xiaohui have that will make the Zhou family praise him? Cheng Jiawei couldn't help but take a strong interest in him.

Ding Xiaohui followed Mei Ruojun back to the house, as usual, he checked her pulse, checked her expression, shook his head, and asked softly, "Ruojun, what's wrong with you?" Your pulse is clearly irritated and confused. ”

Mei Ruojun replied with a misty look in her eyes: "I'm fine, don't worry." Go ahead and get busy with yours. ”

"Don't lie to me, and don't lie to yourself, you look bad."

"I didn't lie to you, I'm really good, I just want to be alone for a while." Ruojun's eyes moved to the scissors in the sewing box as he spoke.

Ding Xiaohui was shocked, and quickly snatched the sewing kit, although Mei Ruojun has been gradually improving in the past few months, the situation is very unstable, sometimes calm, sometimes depressed, he is afraid that she will do things that hurt herself, so he has been by her side to comfort her and monitor her.

"If you feel sad and sad, you cry and say it, it will be much better."

She glanced at him, sighed, sat down by the window, and read slowly: "Long Huangquan Road, sigh on the bridge, look back at the old dreams, flowers have grown on the other side...... ”

Ding Xiaohui only felt that her poems had deep meanings, but he didn't understand what she was going to say.

"Don't worry, I won't do anything stupid. Is there a difference between me and dead? The bitter smile on her face made him frown.

Cheng Jiawei knocked on the door twice: "Ruojun, can I say a few words to you?" ”

Ruojun nodded and walked out of the bedroom.

The two came to the courtyard, Jiawei looked at her from head to toe, shook his head and said, "Ruojun, you look terrible......" He took out a cigarette from his trouser pocket, lit it, frowned and took a deep breath, and sprayed the smoke into the air.

"You've learned to smoke." She tilted her head slightly to look at him, and the handsome face that was once young and cheerful, always painted with a big smile, no longer had the demeanor of the past, but a lot more sorrow.

Jiawei looked at the cigarette in his hand and smiled: "Some people smoke more fiercely." ”

"Who?"

He looked sideways at her, and she immediately understood who he was talking about.

"Don't you want to ask me how he is?"

"Didn't you just tell your father? I'm glad that finally Ruikang has news, which is still great news. She said with a light smile.

Jiawei shook his head: "You really don't want to ask?" ”

She looked him in the eye, as if he wanted to tell her something else, but as if he was hesitant to say it. She didn't know what he wanted to say, but she was no longer interested in knowing, the good news of his marriage to Jiaqi had already said everything, what else to ask? Moreover, her mood is still immersed in the grief of losing her husband and child, Ruikang has become a thing of the past, a memory, a story, and everything has ended.

She sighed and shook her head, "Everyone is fine." ”

Jiawei nodded and sighed.

At the dinner table, when Master Zhou took the photo to introduce Ruikang to Ding Xiaohui, when he saw the young and handsome face in the photo, he couldn't help but glance at Ruojun, who was eating with his head buried on the side.

//

Winter goes to spring, flowers bloom and fall, the years are rushing, two years have passed in torment, the suffering of the Chinese is still not over, the Japanese have invaded all parts of China on a large scale, and the dark days seem to have no end in sight.

The Japanese army occupied the Shijingshan Iron Works and the Mentougou Coal Mine, and plundered various important military materials such as iron, coal, salt, and cotton. Even food began to be rationed, and poor Chinese became yellow and thin.

Zhou Fu carried a small bag of "mixed noodles" and returned to Mei's house dejectedly, came to the kitchen and handed it to Cuiliu, Cuiliu opened it to see, it was bran, bran again, and some ground bean cakes, moldy corn, sorghum, and mixed with a lot of sand and stones, and said unconsciously angry: "Zhou Fu, what is this?" How do you eat this? ”

Zhou Fu also said angrily: "Don't mention it, the rice in the rice row was taken away by the Japanese, and then a large cart of this kind of thing was transported, what a pit man, how can the body stand it if you eat too much of this thing?" ”

Cuiliu threw the bag of mixed noodles aside, and cried angrily, although she was a maid, she grew up in the Zhou family's favorable conditions since she was a child, and even dogs in the Zhou family would not eat such things.

Mei Ruojun heard the crying, walked into the kitchen, saw this mixed noodles, sighed, smiled and comforted Cuiliu: "It's okay, I still have some rice and noodles, and I can eat it for a while." Let's put this mixture aside for now, and then we can't talk about it anymore. ”

Zhou Fu sighed: "Grandma, there are good noodles, but the prices in the black market are scary." We can't afford to eat. ”

Ruojun frowned and said: "Master, he is not in good health, he must use rice to cook porridge, Zhou Fu does physical work every day, and he can't be hungry, Cuiliu is now pregnant with a child, and he must be nutritious, don't worry, let me think about it, there will be a way." ”

Under the facilitation of Ruojun, Cuiliu and Zhou Fu got married a few years ago, and gave their bedroom to them as a wedding room, and lived in a small room, and Shu Zhi lived with Master Zhou.

Cuiliu was already five months pregnant at this time. Ruojun is very happy for them, and sometimes when he thinks of the unborn child of himself and Ryan, he still feels a faint pain in his heart, and he loves the child in Cuiliu's belly even more.

Master Zhou saw Cuiliu's big belly, but his mood was very complicated, he often frowned and sighed, he didn't understand why Ruikang and Jiaqi had been married for nearly three years, and there was no news of pregnancy, and he was more and more afraid that he would not be able to see the third generation of the Zhou family until he died.

A bicycle stopped at the foot of the wall, Ding Xiaohui walked in with a few packets of Chinese medicine and a handful of lettuce, and Ruojun greeted him, he was already a frequent visitor to Mei's house.

"Coming?" Ruojun took the medicine and lettuce.

"Hey, here we are. Class ended late today. Is my uncle's illness getting better? ”

"It's better, thanks to your medicine."

"That's good, he is depressed and can't stretch, plus he has a little cold."

"Thank you so much, Mr. Ding. If it weren't for your help, our family really couldn't afford this medical bill. ”

"Why do you still call me Mr. Ding, so polite, as if we knew each other on the first day." Ding Xiaohui smiled lightly and complained.

Ruojun smiled, she didn't know how to answer, for more than two years, she always insisted on calling him Mr. Ding, and naturally she had the idea of deliberately avoiding it in her heart, after all, she was a widow, and she was far away from even talking to Jiawei, let alone Ding Xiaohui.

After Ding Xiaohui checked Master Zhou's pulse, he smiled and said, "Uncle, although this medicine can relieve your pain, your heart disease is the root of your disease." ”

"Cough, Xiaohui, I'm not afraid of your jokes, Ruikang and Jiaqi have been married for three years, why can't they conceive children? Look at Zhou Fu and Cuiliu have only been married for more than half a year, and they have been pregnant for five months. ”

"This ......." Ding Xiaohui smiled a little embarrassedly: "This pregnancy is really uncertain, some have it as soon as they get married, and some have their first child after seven or eight years of marriage, it's hard to say." ”

"What's even more strange is that they said in their letter this time that they plan to adopt a child, so why should they adopt a child?" Master Zhou shook his head and patted his thigh, his heart full of doubts and dissatisfaction.

"Don't worry, the world is chaotic now, and this letter can't reach each other's hands back and forth for a few months, maybe they have it now? Wait patiently, maybe the next letter will have good news. Ding Xiaohui could only try his best to appease.

While he was talking, Shu Zhi walked in from outside the door angrily, and threw his schoolbag on the ground as soon as he arrived in the yard.

Ruojun hurriedly stepped forward and asked him: "What's wrong with you, you've been angry lately, why did you drop your schoolbag?" ”

Shu Zhi bent down and took out a few books from his schoolbag, raised them towards Ruojun, and said loudly, "Look at it!" They let us learn Japanese, they wanted to turn us Japanese! Oh no, they want us to turn into slaves of the Japanese, dogs of the Japanese! As he spoke, he slammed the book on the ground.