Before he had time to rejoice in the accompanying capital, Shen Mengxi experienced the first bombardment in his life.

A shell fell about 200 meters from Zhang Jiaxuan's residence, the glass shattered, and the house was trembling.

Shen Mengxi was writing an article in the study, she threw down the pen and came out, and found that she didn't even know where the air-raid shelter was, so she simply went back to the house and sat motionless on the edge of the bed.

Zhang Jiaxuan ran over, picked her up and ran out, and his guards also ran in from the outside, escorting them towards the bomb shelter.

"It's over, it's over, there's no safe place in China." Zhang Jiaxuan shouted as he ran.

Shen Mengxi's head was buzzing, and before going to Xuzhou, Frank grabbed her shoulders and prayed, "Don't be stubborn, come back to Germany with me!" I'll take care of you for the rest of your life! ”

Shen Mengxi saw a strange frenzy in the eyes of this young man, and she smiled and said, "Frank, I am Chinese, and I will stay in China." ”

"The national strength is weak, and the commander-in-chief is incompetent! Why are you still stuck here?! ”

"Your country is not stable either."

Shen Mengxi still clearly remembers that 80 years later, it is also the evaluation of German experts that China will be invincible!

China will be invincible!

At that time, Shen Mengxi's life was stable, and he had a sense of security in any corner of the earth, but now he is like a lost dog, hiding in Tibet, and finally hiding underground.

Zhang Jiaxuan looked at her sister who was a little stunned, thinking that she was scared silly, patted her on the back and said, "Don't be afraid, my brother asked you to go to Hong Kong." ”

Shen Mengxi didn't hear about it, and let his brother take him into the air-raid shelter.

Chongqing began to build air-raid shelters in September 1937, there is a special air defense headquarters, now there are nearly 1,000 public and private air-raid shelters, the air-raid shelters they hide in, is an arched passage about five meters high, about six meters wide, is a public air-raid shelter, but basically more than ten nearby government officials are public.

A little girl about two years old was so frightened that she couldn't stop crying, the nanny walked around the hole with her, patiently coaxing her, and the child's mother said angrily, "It's not good to let you coax a child!" ”

Shen Mengxi couldn't help but walk over, check it, took the child's little hand, rubbed it in her palm, and whispered, "Good baby, it's okay, it's okay." ”

Then with a few gentle pushes of his thumb along her wrist to her elbow, the child turned his head to look at her, and slowly stopped crying. Shen Mengxi hugged her, put her head on her heart, and gently stroked the child's hair, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, just go over." The child sobbed lightly, tired and wanted to fall asleep, Shen Mengxi teased her and laughed a few words, the nanny was grateful, and even bent down to salute, the child's mother also came to thank her, the child saw the mother, immediately reached out to her to hug, tilted her little head on the mother's shoulder, and was very aggrieved.

Zhang Jiaxuan and the girl's father were obviously acquainted, and they stood together and chatted.

At this time, it was the Battle of Xuzhou, and the Japanese army only tentatively bombed Chongqing, and the three planes roared and circled for twenty minutes, dropped a few bombs and flew away. The defenders of Chongqing had nothing to do but shoot a few shots that missed, and watched the plane fly away.

On days when there were no bombings, the atmosphere in Chongqing was peaceful, people seemed to have forgotten everything, still working, smiling and greeting, and a group of children running around on the stone road.

Shen Mengxi walked high and low for a long time, she came to the diagonal opposite of the Hongyan Office of the Eighth Route Army, and quietly looked at the stone steps, the closed door, and the plaque on the side of the door.

After looking at it for a few minutes, just as he was about to turn around and leave, the door creaked open, and a short-haired woman in cargo pants walked out with a smile, went down the steps, stroked the placket of her clothes, and looked back, a man with thick eyebrows also walked out, wearing a round hat, followed by a person with a camera, they found a place at the door, ready to take pictures, the two snuggled and smiled at each other, the man crossed his left hand towards his waist, and the photographer took a photo.

This action made Shen Mengxi stunned, she squinted and looked carefully, recognized the couple, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise, but tears couldn't help but fall.

She attracted the attention of the guards outside the door, and came over and said politely, "This is the office of the Eighth Route Army, if you have nothing to do, please go for a walk elsewhere." ”

Shen Mengxi wanted to say, can I ask for an autograph, can I take a group photo, I have a lot of gold to donate to you!

The guard looked serious, the people over there had already entered the door, and Shen Mengxi nodded regretfully and left.

Wang Shouqing's injury recovered quite well, the terrain of Chongqing and his injuries determined that he could only wait for Shen Mengxi to visit at his residence, he often looked at Shen Mengxi who brought food and wanted to stop talking, he didn't want to miss the opportunity again, and he was worried that he would recover from his injuries and go to the battlefield and not know whether he would live or die.

Shen Mengxi was only in the time when Wang Shouqing was in danger, and her emotions were difficult to control, but now that he is safe, she has regained her indifference, she only occasionally goes to Wang Shouqing's house to have a look, and usually lives in Zhang Jiaxuan's house.

Wang Shouqing complained a little, "Why are you willing to look at me a few more times only when I am the most difficult and dangerous." ”

Shen Mengxi laughed, "Why are you like a child." ”

Zhang Jiaxuan directly picked out and said, "Jiayu, if you want, my brother will call the shots for you, and my father will scold you and say that it was my idea." ”

Shen Mengxi laughed, "Why do you want to call the shots in my own affairs?" ”

"It's also a good thing that a lover eventually becomes married."

"No, no, no, fourth brother, lovers always end up resentful. We all have strong personalities, so it's nice to look at it from a distance. ”

"How so!" Zhang Jiaxuan didn't understand very much, "Such a good man, be careful to let others cut off your beard!" ”

"Hehe, how can such a good man bear to become a husband."

"I don't understand."

"Of course you don't." Shen Mengxi gave a canvas backpack to Zhang Jiaxuan, "Take it, if you encounter an emergency, you can carry it and go into the bomb shelter." ”

Inside were some necessities of life, food and medicine, as well as guns and bullets.

Zhang Jiaxuan looked at a transparent plastic bottle and was very surprised, "This bottle is very ingenious, it won't leak." ”

"Don't pour too hot water, it won't."

"Oh. Then you don't usually go too far away, if you go out, you can also see the nearby bomb shelter first, if I can't take care of you, you don't have to be afraid. ”

"Got it, brother, I'm almost forty, not fourteen."

"Yes, you're almost forty years old, and you're no longer the little girl who cried and laughed before you got married. Jiayu, you have to be good, the fourth brother was blind back then, and he found a bad husband for you, and now he is trembling, sometimes he is afraid that you will be alone, and sometimes he is afraid that you are not a person, so he simply forgets it alone, but he is worried that his brother will not be able to take care of you for long when he is old."

Shen Mengxi hurriedly covered his mouth, "Why do you mention this again, how many years have passed since the incident, fourth brother, I know what I want, you live your life well, I can take care of myself, and Ah Huan, you don't have to worry about me in everything, you still have your own family." It's time to worry about Jingshu, ah. ”

Zhang Jiaxuan wiped a handful of old tears, "How can I get by, you grew up in the palm of my hand, you were let down by others, and you can't do anything to him, I dreamed of my mother again last night, and she is still blaming me for not taking good care of you." ”

Shen Mengxi shook his head helplessly.

"Brother, do you dislike me for living in your house and want to drive me out?"

Zhang Jiaxuan pointed at her angrily, "You! You're going to bully me! ”

Shen Mengxi smiled, learned his tone and said, "You will bully me." Our southern men are just too hard-hearted, you should slap the table and yell at me with full anger, you say it again! Besides, I'll beat you! ”

"I can't do it." Zhang Jiaxuan also smiled. "To be honest, you have to be northerners to fight."

Shen Mengxi didn't know what he was talking about, whether it was a fight or a battle between the two armies, anyway, it was the same, nodding in agreement.

"Fourth brother, let's not talk about this topic in the future, everything will go naturally, now, being able to live safely is more important than anything else, and I don't know how my father is doing in Shanghai?"

The brother and sister sat at the dining table, ate dinner slowly, and talked about their relatives.

The Nationalist government shifted military and industrial resources from east China to southwest China, and the penicillin pharmaceutical factory was located in an underground bomb shelter in Chongqing, and American technicians followed suit.

Shen Mengxi deliberately took a look, but was not allowed to enter, and really just glanced outside the door.

Guangxi and Yunnan have also moved into many factories, and the Chinese people, whenever and wherever they live, as long as they still have a breath, will use everything around them to live a better and better life.

Shen Mengxi rejected Zhang Jiaxuan's plan to send her to Hong Kong, first, this road is too far away, the road is difficult and dangerous, and when she arrives in Hong Kong, she can only defect to Lin Yuesheng, and Hong Kong is not as stable as she imagined, so it is better to stay by the side of the fourth brother. Moreover, she has always wanted to donate a large amount of gold in her hand, but there is no channel.

She simply worked as a doctor at the Central Hospital, occasionally contributing articles for publication.

When she arrived in Chongqing for three months, she learned the news of Lin Huiya from a staff member of Xinhua Daily, it turned out that after the fall of North China, their family of four traveled from Beiping to Yibin, and listened to him, Lin Huiya was not in good health and seemed to be sick.

Shen Mengxi immediately wrote to the past and sent some commonly used anti-inflammatory drugs and children's medicines, at this time, it is difficult to say where it is safe. She did not invite Lin Huiya's family to move to Chongqing, but only wrote down her situation in Chongqing and left her address, which was up to them.

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