Chapter Ninety-Three: The Little Match Girl

The snowy weather was always gloomy, and the German officer, apparently having no interest in wasting time in the snow after finishing his speech, hurried away with his men. At his home in France, his newlywed wife had prepared hot mashed potatoes, as well as thick soup, and fluffy loaf of toast.

As a German officer, he still had some rights to obtain certain resources for himself in Paris, which was under German control.

The night was getting dark, and the French police, who had been patrolling outside at this time, were probably afraid of the snowflakes that were falling heavier and heavier, and hid in the house with their necks bent and refused to come out. In such cold weather, I believe that only the stupid people will hang outside. Coupled with the anti-aircraft fire and total blockade of the Germans, they believed that the Allies should not have hit here so quickly.

I heard that more than two months ago, a British bomber flew to Paris by mistake and was shot down by German anti-aircraft machine guns. Several British people on the plane parachuted to escape, and the Germans arrested everywhere, but in the end they found nothing, which made the Germans suffer a dumb loss.

In fact, these French policemen knew that those pilots must have been secretly escorted out of Paris by French civilians, otherwise how could they escape the blockade of the Germans?

Occasionally, when they saw Germans deflated, although these French policemen didn't say anything on their faces, they were still happy to see it in their hearts, of course, most of their attention at the moment was still on the burning fireplace next to them, and the warm flame made everyone feel the beautiful taste of life.

"Ah, being able to make a fire in such a damn weather. What a beautiful day. ”

The night grew darker and darker, and finally it was completely dark, but in the reflection of electric lights and snow on the ground. The whole of Paris was a little brighter than the usual night, and Vivien Leigh's "Blue Bridge" was playing in a cinema in Paris that was not blocked by the Germans.

Don't wonder why the movie "Broken Blue Bridge" can be shown in Paris, which is controlled by the Germans, once the romantic factor hidden in the bones of the French explodes, even the stereotypical Germans have to consider avoiding it for the time being. Under the many cries in Paris, if the Germans did not want to kill all the French in Paris. Then there is only one choice but to compromise.

After the Germans arrived in Paris, many cinemas were closed because they had more or less shown anti-Nazi films. In response to the public's demand, the Germans finally opened a cinema and allowed some movies to be shown with restrictions, and Vivien Leigh, the brightest female star at the moment, was undoubtedly extremely popular. Whether she starred in the Soul Broken Blue Bridge. Or Gone with the Wind. All are sought after by people.

At this moment, Audrey Hepburn is still tossing around, hiding from the shadow of war, Marilyn Monroe has not yet become famous, and after the two of them become famous a few years later, they may be more beautiful and famous than Vivien Leigh, but at this moment, Vivien Leigh is still the most dazzling star.

And today's screening. is her soul broken blue bridge, and many young men and women have bought movie tickets early. I just waited for the evening time to watch it, but because of the German arrangement, the film was cut and late, but it still couldn't stop the enthusiasm of the French.

At 9:30 p.m., the movie started on time, and young men and women were almost crowded here. At the exit of the cinema there are two German soldiers, guarding against some unforeseen eventuality.

"It's really cold today, if you're still outside in the middle of the night, you'll definitely freeze to death." A German soldier stamped his feet, and the two of them were unlucky enough to be assigned night shifts, but they could watch a movie anyway, but they needed to guard the entrance and exit to prevent anyone from causing trouble, so they didn't have seats.

"I think so, too, it's like the biggest snow of the month."

The two muttered something in a rambling voice, but they were quickly attracted to the attention of the film, although some of the scenes about the Germans were cut to make it a little inexplicable, but it did not prevent them from appreciating the beauty of the heroine.

Time passed little by little, no matter how beautiful the movie was, there was an end, and soon people walked out of the movie theater in twos and threes, and went home, and there was a young couple who walked while reminiscing about the plot of the movie, and when they were looking forward to the characters in the movie, they were suddenly dragged by the corners of their clothes.

They turned around and saw a very young girl, wearing a shabby skirt and a scarf that she had picked up from nowhere, her little face flushed from the cold, looking at them expectantly.

"Sir, ma'am, do you need to buy matches?"

"Matches?"

The young couple looked at each other in astonishment, and then found that the little girl's hands were red from the cold, and she was actually holding a box of matches, and the little girl's knuckles were a little white.

"I'm sorry, we don't need matches."

The young woman shook her head, there were still plenty of stocks in the house, even though matches were needed for things like fireplaces. The most important thing is that what they need most is food, not a box of matches.

The family's money is all planned, buy potatoes, salt, sugar, and maybe some meat, this movie ticket has been the money that the two have secretly liked for a long time, so they can't do anything about the little girl.

"Ma'am, look at my match, it's the best to use, it's fine with a wipe, and you won't waste a second one."

The little girl eagerly demonstrated her matches to the other party, and no one noticed that his feet were wearing a pair of thin cloth shoes that he had picked up from nowhere, and there were holes, which she had actually dug up in the garbage heap before anyone else, otherwise she would have walked barefoot on the street at the moment.

"Wait a minute, I can light one for you to see......"

"I'm sorry, I don't really need it. Maybe you can go there and try it, there are a lot of people coming out of the cinema. ”

The woman kindly pointed in the direction of the movie theater, and then her boyfriend pulled her arm, showed an apologetic smile and walked away, and occasionally heard the man's whispered voice, what a liar, pretending to be pitiful or something like that.

Maybe in their opinion, the appearance of a little girl is pretended, who would be stupid to come out in the middle of the night to sell matches? Don't be kidding, the other party is out to deceive people, maybe there are other fierce and vicious big guys hiding around, ready to extort their money.

The departure of the two made the little girl a little discouraged, and a cold wind that blew over made her shiver, and her empty belly was as cold as a lump of ice. The little girl then carefully stuffed the match into her arms to prevent it from getting wet by the wind and snow, and then slowly and with difficulty walked in the direction of the cinema.

Halfway through, she stopped under a second-floor window and looked up, revealing the warm candlelight and the sounds of people talking happily in what seemed to be a party.

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When I wrote this chapter, my heart was very heavy, and when I wrote about the snow plot, I naturally wrote about the little match girl. The heavy gears of fate are still turning, they were, they are, and they will be.

At the beginning, I liked Chinese classes the most, and I was actually very impressed after seeing the story of the little girl. And after all these years, the little match girl is still one of the stories that touched me the most, and I will never forget it.

When I watched Gorky, steel, fairy tales, UFOs, Jin Yong, Shen Congwen, Lao She and Camel Xiangzi, the Bell and Drum Tower, the Journey to the West, the Water Margin, this and that, Guo Xiaosi from the new concept composition, the first time I saw fantasy, online games, and the first time I came into contact with computers. Regardless of Chinese and Western, high-pressure and vulgarity, regardless of the text of wild history, hunger and thirst, laughter and scolding, all are life.

When I was a child, I felt that life was a sense of life, all kinds of stinky farts, but now I think that it is the taste of a teenager who doesn't know sorrow, and he is worried about the new words. When I was a child, I envied others and wanted to grow up, but now that I am growing up, when I returned to the elementary school campus for the first time after many years, I suddenly felt that I was old, and the most envious was when I was a child.

Time will not go back, life will not come back, I hope you cherish the present, or still alive, while you still have the strength to do what you want to do what you can do, don't wait until you are old to regret it. (To be continued......)