Lin Huiya's condition was very serious, when they traveled to Guizhou, Yunnan, she suffered from bronchitis, which troubled her for more than a year, her body was weak, her immunity was low, and eventually led to tuberculosis.

Today, she has been living in the infectious diseases unit of the hospital, and her two children do not see her often.

Often Shen Mengxi took Bingbing and Ah Ping on the grass outside the window of the ward, waving to her from afar, all Shen Mengxi could do was to contact her with medicine and make nutritious meals for her.

Lin Huiya is weak on the outside, but her heart is stronger than Shen Mengxi imagined, she actively cooperated with the treatment, ate and exercised well, never shed a tear due to her illness, she was cured and discharged from the hospital after three months, and the whole person was refreshed, and even gained some weight.

In the past three months, Liang Chengru participated in the design and construction of several large air-raid shelters, and at this time, the air-raid shelters in Chongqing have been upgraded to tunnels and caves, and even teahouses and factories have been opened in the vast air-raid shelters, and even school exams have not stopped.

Liang Chengru's health is not good, the motorcycle accident that year, resulting in injuries to his legs and lumbar vertebrae, has been left with sequelae, two years of displacement, resulting in aggravation of the condition. How many of these two architects are admired by everyone know how much physical and mental pain they have endured in silence. The couple never complained, but just endured it silently, showing the tenacity of the Chinese to the fullest, making Shen Mengxi, who was pretentious at every turn, extremely ashamed.

Behind every glamorous one, there is a soul that grits its its teeth.

They also made a big move, that is, after several people deliberated, they decided to set up an orphanage.

This kind of bottomless pit with no income is not something that ordinary people can support. But they are full of confidence that they will be able to do it and do it better.

With Zhang Jiaguang's efforts, they were approved to build a large house on a vacant lot near Liziba, which is sturdy and beautiful, with classrooms and dormitories, with layers of bamboo poles on the roof, and a yard of more than 100 square meters in front of the house as a playground. An arched tunnel was dug in front of the mountain, which was wide and deep, well ventilated, and equipped with tables and chairs, so that classes could even continue during air raids.

Shen Mengxi contributed the most, Liang Chengru designed the drawings, Jin Yuelong and Huang Jinfang supervised the construction, Shen Mengxi also raised donations from the surrounding officials and neighbors, newspaper reporters heard the wind and reported one after another, and many people who were enthusiastic about public welfare donated money.

Named Chaoyang, their orphanage, which is nearly saturated, has taken in 60 orphans and employs four local women, two for cooking and laundry, and two for childcare.

The oldest child in the orphanage is 12 years old, and the youngest is just over 100 days old. On weekdays, the children in the orphanage take care of the younger ones, and each child has his own responsibilities and obligations, taking turns to help with the kitchen, cleaning the classrooms, dormitories and bomb shelters, and the older girls also help the nursery staff to take care of the babies.

While Huang Jinfang and two students from a nearby middle school volunteer for the older children's teaching and education, Shen Mengxi spends his spare time helping to manage finances and regularly check the children's health.

Liang Chengru and Jin Yuelong were both hired by Chongqing University, and most of their salaries were invested in the daily expenses of the orphanage.

The days passed slowly and quickly in and out of the bomb shelter.

There is no real optimism, the air raid is always a sword hanging over the head, probably because everyone is in the same state, the fear is evenly shared, and everyone lives peacefully.

A piece of news from Shanghai stunned Zhang Jiaxuan and Shen Mengxi.

- Zhang Jiaheng became a traitor.

Shen Mengxi's eyes widened and asked, "Say it again!" ”

Zhang Jiaxuan sat on the sofa infinitely annoyed, "The third brother was summoned by Wang's puppet government and became an official of the Ministry of Health, the Chinese despise Western medicine, but the Japanese value the efficacy of Chinese medicine, he is said to be very important, treating old injuries to that Chairman Wang, and also treating acupuncture for several high-ranking Japanese officials." In the end, Zhang Jiaxuan threw the teacup in his hand into the courtyard and smashed it to pieces.

Shen Mengxi said "that father" for a long time

"My father was so angry that he fell ill, Zhang Jiaheng didn't say anything about going back to visit, he was blinded by lard. The face of the Zhang family was lost by him! I still got the news from the intelligence department, and they said that this person's former name was one word different from mine, and when he asked me, I wanted to get into the cracks! He disposed of all the properties in Baoshan, closed the clinic, completely disregarded his father's wishes, and changed his name to Qian Yaozong! ”

Shen Mengxi was stunned, and even changed his surname!

"Fourth brother, is there anything hidden here, when my mother died, I had some suspicions, you have to find out carefully. It's a pity that we can't contact my father now, otherwise we will know what happened by asking him. ”

Zhang Jiaxuan was also thoughtful.

Half a month later, Zhang Jiaxuan took a letter and came to the orphanage to find Shen Mengxi, she was teaching the children to sing, and when she saw Zhang Jiaxuan's face, she quickly asked the eldest girl, Chen Liuqing, to take everyone to sing and walked out by herself.

Zhang Jiaxuan looked sad, "My father passed away." ”

Shen Mengxi was stunned with an "ah", Zhang Jiaxuan hugged Shen Mengxi, and the brother and sister hugged their heads and cried. They could do nothing but weep bitterly.

After crying, Shen Mengxi took the letter and hurriedly read it, and sat on the stone bench in the courtyard all of a sudden.

The letter was written by the eldest brother, and it turned out that Zhang Jiaheng was not the child of Zhang's father, but the son of Zhang's father's childhood sweetheart, and he had no blood relationship with Zhang's father. Back then, because of the order of their parents, the two started their own families, but they still had feelings for each other. Later, the woman's husband's family suffered a great disaster, her husband died, she gave birth to a child early, and she also died of depression. Father Zhang rushed to hear the news, but only saw a newly erected grave. He took back the infant child, put it under the name of Zhang's mother, counted as a descendant, named Zhang Jiaheng, and when he grew up, he taught his family medical skills, and also handed over most of the family business to him to manage, placing the greatest expectations on him.

Zhang's mother was kind-hearted and treated Zhang Jiaxuan as if she were her own, until by chance, Zhang Jiaxuan heard the chat of her parents and learned about her life experience, but she kept it back. On the day of Zhang's mother's illness, it was he who made disrespectful remarks, brushed his sleeves away, made Zhang's mother angry and fell ill, fainted to the ground, and delayed the best time to rescue, which led to Zhang's mother's death.

Afterwards, his first reaction was to put the blame on Shen Mengxi, although Zhang's father knew all the reasons, he chose to cover up for Zhang Jiaheng and still regarded him as a parent.

After the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, most of the Zhang family moved into the concession, Zhang Jiaheng did not know how to meet some people in the public concession, and finally was recruited by the Wang puppet government, and wanted to go to Nanjing to be a high-ranking official.

Zhang Jiaheng looked at Father Zhang with disdain, and said, "You are not my father", which made Father Zhang, who was unprepared, so angry that his blood pressure increased, and he immediately fell to the ground.

When he woke up, Zhang Jiaheng had gone to Nanjing, Zhang's father was deeply shocked, and he was in tears, counting his more than ten children, this is not his own, but he poured the most effort into it, but in the end, it was he who hurt himself the most.

Zhang's father was bored, called a few sons, intermittently explained the matter clearly, and expelled Zhang Jiaheng from the house.

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