Chapter 54: The Old Man Reunited
"Take these, don't let outsiders see them, and don't talk nonsense, I'm good for you, understand?" The other party looked at the bag printed with Japanese, and looked at Huang Chao's eyes full of complexity, of course Huang Chao knew what the other party was thinking, it was nothing more than a suspicion that he was a Japanese lackey.
Huang Chao shook his head slightly, showed a smile, and then whispered: "Just act as if nothing happened, don't let the Japanese see this thing." The other party suddenly understood something, showed a nervous look, looked around carefully, stuffed the cloth bag tightly into his arms, and left with his head down.
At this time, there was also a resistance organization behind enemy lines in Foshan, and this passer-by realized that Huang Chao might be one of them, so he quickly took his things and left.
When he came to the spinning factory, Zhou Qingquan was about to go out, and Huang Chao saw him wearing a suit and familiar round-framed glasses, hurrying out of the factory gate.
As soon as Zhou Qingquan went out, he saw Huang Chao standing at the door, he hadn't seen him for a year, Huang Chao's appearance had not changed, but his face was even more cold and hard. Seeing acquaintances at such a time, Zhou Qingquan was quite happy in his heart: "Ah Chao, are you back?" ”
"Izumi, Brother Quan." Huang Chao felt a burst of excitement in his heart, he finally met someone he knew. He suddenly remembered that since he was involved in the Battle of Songhu in August last year, he had been alone and silent for a year.
Except for the base where he bought food and hid in the wilderness at the beginning, he didn't talk to anyone. Later, he was completely snatching supplies from a small group of Japanese troops, and he had no chance to speak. Every day he saw the sea and the sky, and later added all kinds of shocking and tragic scenes.
"Finally back, even if I have meditation to dispel negative emotions, such a silent battle is almost overwhelming my spirit."
Zhou Qingquan approached Huang Chao and asked in a low voice, "Why did you come back?" Now that the situation is tense, you are not with Ling Zun? Foshan is like this now, and it can't learn martial arts anymore. ”
Zhou Qingquan also heard Ip Man say that Huang Chao may have participated in the war. At this time, he saw Huang Chao's vicissitudes of appearance and cold temperament, and he suspected that Huang Chao was a soldier and had a special mission when he came back.
But this kind of thing, he can't ask rashly. So I had to ask a few questions, if Huang Chao had other reasons, he would take it as true, and never talk nonsense about his guesses.
Zhou Qingquan's cautious appearance made Huang Chao feel quite funny. This is also a righteous person, although his views on prices are a little strange, but he is definitely a good friend of Ip Man. In the end, in order to cover Ip Man, he was shot in the head.
Huang Chao squeezed out a smile, feeling that his face was a little stiff, he cleared his throat so that he could speak in a normal voice: "Ha, Brother Quan." I'm just going to come back and see, nothing else. ”
Huang Chao is indeed lying, he only came back to participate in the last plot, and then when the energy of time and space is full, he will return to the original world. More than a year of fighting left him physically and mentally exhausted.
This reason is too fake, and Zhou Qingquan also saw that Huang Chao was perfunctory, which deepened his own thoughts: Huang Chao must have come to perform the task.
"I know some people, and they are also against it now," Zhou Qingquan gestured with his eyes to the sun flag on the street, without saying the specific content, "If you want to help, I can contact them." ”
Huang Chao fell into deep thought, making Zhou Qingquan feel that his guess was becoming more and more accurate. After a long time, Huang Chao said: "I won't say this in advance. Brother Quan, do you know where Brother Q is? ”
"Ah, I'm about to go to him, let's go together. But Ah Chao, don't pull Ah Wen to do it together, his wife and children are all pointing to him alone. ”
Huang Chao just laughed when he heard it. None of the soldiers and civilians who resisted the Japanese army jumped out of the stones, and who didn't have relatives? They all fought for the country with their blood, and they died without mercy.
Ip Man is actually a patriot. It is said that after Ip Man fought against the Japanese, he and his family escaped from Foshan, and then joined the secret service organization and carried out secret work. All movies only show Ip Man before 1938 and after 1950, during which Ip Man disappeared. However, Huang Chao estimated that the children of Ip Man's big family were estimated to stay in the agents after the Anti-Japanese War, and then hehehe, so that they were brought in Hong Kong and never came back......
On the way, Zhou Qingquan sighed: "Thanks to your persuasion, I have at least saved some capital, and the Hong Kong store you handed over to me to take care of before is also operating normally." I kept telling Ah Wen to leave Foshan, but he felt that leaving was an escape from his hometown. ”
"Then Brother Quan, why are you still opening a factory here, I see that your factory is very dilapidated, this is not beneficial."
"Alas, I am also from Foshan. If the factories don't open, the workers don't have anything to eat. How can I escape on my own? These damn ......" came to a group of Japanese soldiers, Zhou Qingquan looked at the Japanese soldiers and cursed quietly, pulling Huang Chao to stand on the side of the road.
"Keep your head down and don't look at them. Ah Chao, you are not an ordinary person at first glance, don't let them notice you. ”
As long as Huang Chao activates his mental power, he can kill this group of Japanese soldiers in an instant, but there are so many Japanese troops in the city, and he can only affect Zhou Qingquan and the spinning mill by doing so. Huang Chao could only follow Zhou Qingquan to give way on the side of the street and listen to the footsteps of the Japanese soldiers.
Zhou Qingquan took Huang Chao to a rice shop: "At the beginning of the war, refugees poured into Foshan, and many wealthy families took over the soup kitchen. Later, the Japanese soldiers entered the city and looted on a large scale, and most of the people in the city suffered, and every family had no food overnight. Ah Wen's life is also very difficult, who would have thought that their mansion would be robbed by Japanese soldiers as a headquarters! When I came back, I found out that he came here every day to exchange things for rice. ”
"If you hadn't asked him to stock up on some gold bars, it is estimated that his family would have run out of food a long time ago. Alas, I have known him for so many years, Ah Wen is a very strong person, and he will never accept help from others. ”
Huang Chao and Zhou Qingquan walked into the crowd in line and saw a thin figure, wearing a black coat, carrying a small bag of rice out of the crowd.
"Ask brother!"
Ye Man raised his head and saw Huang Chao and Zhou Qingquan, his tightly knit brows slowly unfolded, he took a few heavy breaths, and finally showed a smile. At such a moment, it is one of the few happy things to be able to reunite with old friends from the past.
When they returned to the spinning factory, Zhou Qingquan introduced the situation of the factory to Ip Man, and wanted to invite Ip Man to work in the factory on the grounds that the two had joined forces before, but in fact, he was looking for a reason to help him, but Ip Man still refused.
Zhou Qingquan's son still looked sluggish, wearing a light-colored sweater, and he looked quite fashionable. When he saw Ye Man and Huang Chao, he trotted over happily: "Uncle Ask, Uncle Huang." ”
Huang Chao was very hurt when he heard it, and "Uncle Huang" seemed to make him overlap with a big-eared thief. Could this faint sadness portend something? However, Zhou Guangyao finally called himself "uncle", and no longer called himself "super brother" as before, and this generation was finally clarified.
This year's battle has made Huang Chao see more tragedies and more vicissitudes. Zhou Guangyao felt that Huang Chao was not the big brother he used to be, and he had become an uncle like his father.
Huang Chao said sincerely: "Ah Yao, I haven't seen you for a long time, I'm already an adult." Children will be very happy when they hear this, and Zhou Guangyao is no exception.
He pulled Ye Man and Huang Chao and said, "It's great that you guys are here to help...... Uncle Wen will take everyone, everyone will be energetic, and you can watch you play Wing Chun. Brother Chao, uh, Uncle Huang, you are also very powerful......"
This bear kid really can't speak. Before Ip Man spoke, he characterized it as "coming to help", which made people unable to get off the stage. also played Wing Chun for everyone to see, you should be a performance of the workers' art team!
Later, Zhou Qingquan and his son stayed with Ip Man for dinner, and Ip Man patted Zhou Guangyao's face and smiled: "I still have something to do, let's go next time." "In fact, it is impossible for Ip Man to stay and eat, you must know that he came out to buy rice, and there is no rice at home!
Huang Chao also hurriedly said: "Then, I'll leave too." He said goodbye to Zhou Qingquan and his son, chased him out to catch up with Ip Man, and said with a smile: "Brother Qian, I haven't seen you for a long time." My house has been blown to rubble, and I have to disturb you. ”
The corners of Ye Man's mouth moved, and a smile appeared on his face, but he no longer had the cheerful energy of the toothy laughter he had back then: "Let's go, Ah Chao, you have changed a lot this year." What did you do? ”
"Even if you keep fighting the Japanese, from Shanghai to Nanjing, there is nothing to say. Foshan fell, and I was tired of it, so I came back to see. ”
Ye Man's deep gaze swept over Huang Chao's face, and he quickly withdrew his gaze. What Huang Chao has experienced and what is the purpose of coming back, Ip Man will not get to the bottom of it. He looked at the dilapidated streets, and said for a long time:
"I've been practicing martial arts since I was a child, but now I find that I can't do anything. Ah Chao, I'm not as good as you. ”
After a while, they were already approaching Ip Man's home. Ip Man was a little hesitant and didn't want to invite Huang Chao to his house, because the current situation was really difficult, Huang Chao saw his embarrassment, and immediately said:
"Ask brother, I won't go to your house. Where else can I eat nearby? I'll just make do with it. ”
Huang Chao said politely, but Ip Man is a face-saving person, Huang Chao said this, Ip Man gritted his teeth and said: "Ah Chao, there are no restaurants outside." Come to my house and eat together. ”
Ip Man likes to invite people to dinner, Master Liao came to the door to find trouble, and Ip Man also asked him to come to dinner together. When he met Huang Chao at this time, he was so embarrassed that he didn't dare to invite him to dinner, and Ye Man felt quite uncomfortable. At this time, although I was very worried in my heart, I was also refreshed.
Huang Chao was secretly happy in his heart, if he wanted to help Ip Man, he definitely couldn't give things directly; With Ip Man's self-esteem, he will never accept it. So he simply came to a "if you want to give it, you must take it first".
Huang Chao followed Ip Man to his house, and as in the movie, he lived in a dilapidated two-story building. There is a stove downstairs, Ye Zhun and a few children, holding branches as guns, "biubiubiu" fighting each other.
When Ye Zhun saw them, he ran over and shouted, "Dad." Uncle Huang. ”