The family that Shen Mengxi rented was only an old couple, both in their seventies, they did not escape from the city, and still as usual, the old lady cooked slowly, cleaned the room slowly, and tended to a few pots of flowers in the yard.

Most of the neighbors on the left and right fled the city one after another, and only a few families remained.

Shen Mengxi asked, and the old lady replied, "I'm old, I can't walk, I'm going to die sooner or later, it's better to die at home." ”

There were many words on his lips, but Shen Mengxi didn't say anything in the end. The transportation is inconvenient, and such a pair of old people really seem to have to sit at home and wait for death.

"The city of Xuzhou is broken, the old man and I are waiting, if we want to kill, what are you doing running around?" In the old lady's clay pot, a hibiscus bloomed seven or eight flowers, delicate and unique, this flower, the flowering period is very short, but the flower bones seem to be too many to bloom, one is defeated, there are new bones to open.

"People can't live too long, or they have to endure war, my mother said that I experienced it when I was a child, and it would be good when I was old, who knows that I still haven't escaped." I did a sin in my previous life, and I didn't even have a son to send to the end of my life, the eldest one died of illness when I was a child, and the younger one also caught the strong man and died, it's really ruthless, I only have one son, and I was arrested! Now, we are going to look for them, don't let the children wait too long. Bodhisattva bless, Bodhisattva bless. The old lady folded her hands and prayed.

"You're not going to run away, and you're not going to resist?"

"We can't fight again, how can we resist? Even the soldiers can't beat them! The old lady muttered, "Troubled times, evil deeds." ”

The old man remained silent, sitting in his chair, his back bent, and his cloudy eyes staring at the ground in front of him.

Shen Mengxi poured him a glass of water and put it in front of him, and the old man didn't look up, but took a sip.

Shen Mengxi smiled.

The old lady said, "When I was young, I couldn't look at him, and I couldn't find him when the child was sick!" It's only stopped when I'm old, I can't go anywhere, and I look at him every day. ”

The old man's eyes rolled slightly, still expressionless, and Shen Mengxi couldn't help laughing.

Men have about two periods, it is easier to listen to women, one is early childhood, they just start to distinguish between men and women, like to follow the little girl, play house, play games, very obedient, of course, there is also a kind of boy who likes to embarrass girls to express their love, another matter; Another period is old age, not mature and awake, but no energy.

The old lady cooked a simple meal and invited Shen Mengxi to eat together, she hurriedly said that she had eaten and went back to the room.

The next day, he chatted with Wang Shouqing, and when he talked about the old couple, he was silent for a few seconds, "Although they died together, who will bury the old lady." ”

"It's just a shell. Even if the old man buried the old lady, it was not that no one buried the old man in the end. When Shen Mengxi said this, his nose suddenly became a little sour, as if he had thought of something.

"Jiayu, Shanghai is an isolated island, and you can't go back. Fortunately, your family is safe in the concession. I bought a house in Chongqing a long time ago, this is the key, you can go and live in a few days, don't follow the army, don't stay here with me, go to Chongqing to live down-to-earth, and when the war is over, I will go to you. Wang Shouqing put a lock of Shen Mengxi's hair behind his ear.

"I'm not going."

"Why don't you go, you go to Chongqing to find a hospital or a school, and work the same."

"I don't understand Chongqing."

Wang Shouqing couldn't cry or laugh, "Then learn it as a foreign language!" ”

The German advisory group had long made suggestions to the Nationalist Government, one was to fight a protracted war, the other was to take the southwest as the rear area, and in short, to take China as the battlefield, and to take advantage of the geographical advantages of the southwest to involve the energy of the Japanese army. After the Battle of Nanjing, the Nationalist Government immediately announced that the capital would be moved to Chongqing, and Chairman Jiang went to Wuhan to command the campaign remotely, but government officials, including Zhang Jiaxuan, also went to Chongqing.

Wang Shouqing went to Chongqing and Chengdu to buy a house before the German advisory group came, and the original intention was to settle his parents, but his parents passed away one after another a few years ago, and the house there has been empty.

"Then wait for you to be better, let's go to Chongqing." Shen Mengxi suggested. Wang Shouqing will not be able to go to the battlefield for a while and a half, and a battle is indispensable in Xuzhou and Wuhan, so instead of retreating step by step like this, it is better to go directly to Chongqing to recuperate with peace of mind.

Wang Shouqing's eyes lit up, "Okay, let's do it together!" ”

"Chongqing will not be much safer in the future, but it will always be better, your injuries will not be complete for a year and a half, so let's go to Chongqing to recuperate."

Wang Shouqing secretly made a report and asked to go to Chongqing to recuperate for half a year, and soon Wuhan replied and approved his report.

There were two rows escorting Wang Shouqing, divided into two trucks, with a car in the middle, Wang Shouqing himself sat in the back seat, and Shen Mengxi sat in the co-pilot. Their first destination was Hefei.

The speed of the car has not been fast, and it is only a hundred miles out of Xuzhou City until noon.

They stopped for a moment, ate a little more, and continued on their way. Passing by a pass, I heard a gunshot, and the car in the middle was hit in the fuel tank and exploded with a bang.

The trucks in front and behind came to a halt, and the soldiers quickly jumped out of the car and fired back.

But the other party didn't move anymore, as if this shot was fired by an outsider.

Wang Shouqing, who was lying on the last truck, sat up, "This is the Japanese special force that has infiltrated Xuzhou, and retaliated for me to blow up Lieutenant General Matsuda who killed them, haha, let them think that I was blown up, let's turn around and go back to Xuzhou!" ”

The soldiers under the car fired a few random shots, hurriedly turned the truck around, and drove back to Xuzhou as fast as possible, leaving only the wreckage of the car on the road burning with raging fires.

Subsequently, news came out from Xuzhou that Lieutenant General Wang Shouqing was seriously injured and had not recovered, was stabbed halfway to Chongqing to recuperate, and was killed by the bombing of his fellow female doctors. From Xuzhou to Wuhan, they all began to investigate the leakers, and the city gates were also strictly guarded and strictly investigated.

Three days later, Song Ziwen sent a special plane to pick up Wang Shouqing and Shen Mengxi and flew directly to Chongqing.

Arriving in Chongqing, Shen Mengxi finally breathed a sigh of relief. Song Ziwen personally picked up the plane, and Zhang Jiaxuan also came.

"Shouqing, you really scared us this time, fortunately you sat on the truck, and the killer didn't do much entanglement, otherwise the enemy would be dark and I would be clear, and you wouldn't be able to withstand the toss." Song Ziwen patted Wang Shouqing, who was on crutches, on the shoulder and said.

"Yes, fortunately, Jiayu suggested that I get on the truck."

"Miss Zhang is really a lucky star!" Song Ziwen smiled and said to Shen Mengxi, "Your fourth brother is so frightened that he almost flew to Xuzhou in person." ”

Zhang Jiaxuan looked her sister up and down with palpitations, and chattered, "If I knew this, I should have let you stay in Shanghai, I really should have let you stay in Shanghai!" ”

Shen Mengxi smiled and pointed to his brother's sideburns, "Are you thinking about me and turning gray hair overnight?" ”

"Brother Jiajia works hard for the country, and his temples are dyed with frost, which is really admirable!" Song Ziwen joked.

"Fifty, it's time for gray hair." Zhang Jiaxuan said with a smile, "But in the past few days, it's true that I am dizzy, you look at my nose again, I have a big boil, it's really hot!" ”

"Then let's eat some hot pot to suppress the shock!" Shen Mengxi suggested.

The four laughed.

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