“…… My home is on the Songhua River in the northeast, where there are forests, coal mines, and soybean sorghum all over the mountains.

My home is on the Songhua River in the northeast, where there are my compatriots and my aging father.

"IX. Eighteen, Nine. One Eight"! From that miserable time,

"IX. Eighteen, Nine. One Eight"! From that miserable time,

Flee from my homeland, abandon the endless treasures, wander! Stray! The price of the whole day is in the customs, wandering!

In what year and month will I be able to return to my lovely hometown? In what year and month will I be able to recover my endless treasure?

Daddy, Daddy! When will we be able to gather together......"

In the middle of the night, in the small bungalow of Jinchina's family, a heartfelt sad song lingered in the living room for a long time.

Under the dim electric light, looking at the notice leaflets distributed by the Ministry of Public Concession Bureau, Jin Qina, who was shocked to hear that her homeland was about to be planted with the Japanese flag again, couldn't help but sing a sad ballad with tears in her eyes. It's a pity that in the night of Shanghai, no one seems to appreciate it - a moment later, only a "bang" can be heard, and I don't know who opened the window suddenly, and the voice of an angry old woman was heard:

“…… Little girl, I'm sleepy, what are you doing? ”

“…… Sister Kim, could you please stop singing! No matter how much you sing, you can't change the cruel reality that this place is about to become a Japanese concession! ”

Wang Qiu said with a wry smile as he flipped through the notice in his hand, "...... Let's discuss what to do! ”

Strictly speaking. The Bureau of the Ministry of Industry did not formally cede the northern area of the concession, but only allowed the Japanese marines to "assist in the management" of the northern area of the concession north of Suzhou Creek (the formal cession was not until after the outbreak of the full-scale war of resistance). But what is actually going on, basically everyone knows.

In Wang Qiu's perception. The expansionist and aggressive steps of the Japanese Marines in Shanghai seem to be like miniature versions of the Japanese Army's expansion and aggression in Northeast China -- in Northeast China, the Japanese Army first seized the Liaodong Peninsula and laid a nail; Then, through the 918 Incident, all the three northeastern provinces were taken and Manchukuo was established; Then launched the North China Incident, and took Rehe, Chahar and the small half of Hebei into the bag.

In Shanghai, the Japanese Marines first took advantage of the May Day massacre. forcibly stationed in the Japanese-inhabited area of Hongkou and laid a stronghold; Then he took advantage of the 128 Incident to take full control of the eastern area of the Public Concession. the establishment of the Hongkou Japanese Concession; No matter how hard and soft they were, they fought with the colonial Shili of the United States and Britain, and finally swallowed the northern area of the concession with a history of nearly 100 years, and pushed the boundary of the Hongkou Japanese Concession from the Hongjiang River to the bank of the Suzhou River.

During this period. Whether it is the Nanjing National Government. or the Ministry of Industry Bureau of the Shanghai Public Concession, all of them are so weak that they can't do it. Not only did Chiang Kai-shek's "Outside the World First Settle the Interior" lose the face of the Chinese, but the British and American Yankees in the Shanghai Public Concession did not show much arrogance and domineering.

“…… The family and the country are scattered, and the children are crying together; Mountains and rivers are broken, blood and tears are gone! ”

Professor Yang also felt deeply about the humiliation of the loss of this territory, and couldn't help but take advantage of the excitement to splash ink. Such a large print was written. Then he put down the brush and let out a long sigh. “…… I remember that in our time, I didn't know how much I watched documentaries, movies and TV series about the Anti-Japanese War from childhood to adulthood, and I was so numb that I almost didn't feel it. But Weishenme would still feel angry today?! ”

Recalling this afternoon, when they saw with their own eyes the armored cars of the Japanese Marine Corps driving proudly past the door along with the "March of the Warships," and the scenes of Japanese ronins waving small sun flags and cheering, Wang Qiu, Ma Tong, Cai Rong, and others could not help but be silent -- since they were born, the Shanghainese of this era may have been accustomed to seeing the patrols of Annam, Indian soldiers, and British, French, and American officers proudly on their toes. Now it's just another Japanese Marine Corps, and it doesn't seem to be a big deal.

But in the eyes of modern Chinese like Wang Qiu, such a shame that goes deep into the bone marrow is really completely unbearable.

As for the little bird tour true white? In order not to be embarrassed, she has traveled back in time to count the jewelry and gemstones she has "bought" these days, and she is not there now.

“…… Having said that, for what reason did the Japanese not hesitate to offend the United States and Britain fiercely, and they must also plot such a few hundred acres of land in the northern area of the public concession on the north bank of the Suzhou Creek? From a military point of view, it doesn't seem to make much sense, it can't always be to relieve population pressure, right? ”

In order to break the overly dull atmosphere, Wang Qiu smiled and diverted the topic, "...... Although Shanghai claims to be a treasure of every inch of land, it will not be able to collect much money just by occupying a few blocks -- if the Japanese had dared to expropriate in the Japanese concession of Shanghai, those rich people would have fled long ago! ”

“…… Maybe it's really to alleviate the pressure on the population! Jinchina sighed, "...... I heard that there are a lot of Jews in Hongkou these days! ”

- January 30, 1933, Adolf? Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany. Half a year later, in a German referendum, Hitler received the support of 90% of the Germans and became the legitimate president of Germany. From then on, the Nazi Party completely seized power in Germany, openly waged an anti-Jewish campaign, and forced German Jews to flee en masse and move to any corner of the country that would accept them. Among them, more than 10,000 Jews fled across the sea, across the entire Eurasian continent, all the way to Shanghai, a visa-free free port, where most of them now live in the Hongkou Japanese Concession.

Obviously, the sudden influx of so many Jewish immigrants will certainly put some demographic pressure on the small Hongkou Japanese Concession. But the more reason probably lies in the Japanese themselves -- although the land in Shanghai is limited and cannot accommodate such a large number of armed immigrants as the "Manchurian Pioneer Regiment". But the thousands of marines stationed in Hongkou, as well as the large number of Japanese trading company employees who followed, caused enough demographic pressure.

In short, for whatever reason, Jinjina's apartment in Shanghai is about to be classified as a Japanese shili.

Then she and the travelers were left with only two choices: should they move elsewhere, or should they survive under Japanese rule?

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“…… Move! This one must be moved! Wang Qiu waved his hand categorically, "...... There are too many ugly things on our side, and if we are harassed by some rampant and domineering Japanese ronin, I am afraid that it will be a catastrophe immediately! Moreover, the spies of the Japanese special high-tech are much more shrewd than the rice buckets of the patrol room, and I am afraid it is not easy to fool - so let's change the place of residence, anyway, we are not short of money now! ”

And Senior Sister Ma Tong helped Jin Qina consider another aspect, "...... As a female writer in exile from the Northeast, you have always relied on playing the sad card to attract readers, and because you wrote articles denouncing flowery men, you have made a bunch of enemies in the literary world. In this way, if it is known that you actually live in the Japanese concession after fleeing from Northeast China to Shanghai, I am afraid that someone will immediately put the label of 'collaborating with the enemy,' 'cooperating with the Japanese,' "remnants of the Manchu Dynasty," or even "traitor" -- the so-called 'literati have no virtue' is not just talking!

What's even worse is that you now have a reputation that is not big or small, what if the Japanese force you to join the puppet Manchurian nationality after finding out your identity, and sing praises to them as a royal literati? If you don't agree, it will definitely be miserable, and if you agree, won't it be equivalent to fleeing in vain? And for a cultural person, reputation is often more important than life! Don't forget what happened to Mr. Chen after the nude photos scandal back then? ”

- Because of the above, Jinjina, who was reluctant to live under the sun in the first place, was soon persuaded to agree to move.

However, although everyone quickly decided to move, the specific location of the move became a big problem.

-- The expansion of the Hongkou Japanese Concession in Shanghai has affected more than just the Jinjina family. Rather, almost the entire "upper class" of the northern part of the Public Concession, except for those who were close to the Japanese, tried their best to relocate to the country. The Shanghai Public Concession and the French Concession were originally every inch of land, and the population density was extremely high, so where could there be so many vacant houses at one time?

Because Jin Qina was not familiar with the place in Shanghai, she got the news relatively late, and by the time she began to prepare for the relocation, whether it was the remaining half of the public concession or the French concession further south, it was already difficult to find a room. If you don't have access and connections, you can't buy a single-family bungalow villa in a short period of time. And if you live in an apartment...... Then the chance of a wormhole slumping across time and space is too high!

Seeing that the concession could not find a suitable house, everyone had no choice but to start the idea of Huajie (the jurisdiction of the Shanghai Special City of the Nationalist Government). The first thing to consider is Zhabei, which is relatively close to the old house of the Jin family...... Wang Qiu went to inspect it himself one evening, and found that as long as he walked out of the Ten Miles Field, he was surrounded by black-lit, dilapidated and low shacks, which fully showed the deformity and distortion of this era and the poor security of this place.

Wang Qiu finally bought a small reinforced concrete four-story building for sale in Shanghai's Nanshi, the building conditions are very ordinary, but fortunately, there is a yard that can be used as a parking lot, and next to it is the warehouse rented by the traversers, which is convenient for the nearby transfer and transmission of purchased goods. Although the security environment is not as good as that of the concession, it is at least much stronger than the shantytown in Zhabei, and the place is large enough for many people to live in the name of tenants.

As for the Jin family's old mansion on the north bank of Suzhou Creek, it was sold to a rich Jewish man who had just crossed the sea. It was an unusually painful and infuriating deal - because the powerful Jewish rich man had hired a Japanese officer to help scare the seller, Jinchina's house was sold for only 3,000 yuan, and she was so angry that her brain was pounding, and she was still cursing the black-hearted ghost to die when she signed it.

In July 1934, Jin Qina moved from the Shanghai Concession to Nanshi, and by the way, she helped her daughter transfer to another school. But at this time, neither she nor the professional time-travelers thought about what kind of ups and downs this ordinary move would bring to them in the near future...... (To be continued......)