Chapter 17: A Night of Horror
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"Good brother!" the telegram was sent one day, like a mud cow into the sea, and Fugen had decided that it would be impossible to see Aryan and them again in his lifetime, but he did not expect to suddenly turn around and see them in such an incredible way, and his eyes glistened with tears. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Qiao Xiaojing and Cuiyu didn't know what to do, they looked at each other for a while, their eyes were full of doubts--- a moment ago, they almost broke the net, but now they are called brothers and sisters, and they have become intimate buddies.
Qiao Xiaojing and Cuiyu poured a bowl of hot water for each of them, their eyes always wandered over Ah Liang, and when they saw Ah Liang, they were all thin, plainly dressed, full of patches, their faces were dark and shiny, their hair was sparse and messy, their skin was dry, and their lips were dry.
Fugen was full of joy and shook hands with Ah Liang and them one by one, and invited them to sit down.
Fugen finally sat down, and due to the lack of stools, Qiao Xiaojing and Cuiyu could only stand behind Fugen, with embarrassment on their faces.
Fugen and Ah Liang chatted for a long time, and then they thought that Ah Liang and Qiao Xiaojing and Cuiyu met for the first time, and they didn't know each other, so they stood up with a smile and introduced everyone, and finally he said: "Everyone here is just like me, they are all my friends in distress, and they are all poor people. ā
The originally silent room was suddenly filled with laughter, and the atmosphere was much warmer.
Through Fugen's words, Qiao Xiaojing and Cuiyu understood that in addition to this Ah Liang, the older one is called Guisheng, and the younger Fuzi is all reinforcements invited by Fugen by telegram some time ago, just like relatives meeting each other, and their hearts are warm.
It was late at night, and everyone was talking and laughing, and they didn't feel tired because of the hurry.
Qiao Xiaojing started to make a fire to cook, and Cuiyu brought Ah Liang and them face washing water.
After some pleasantries, Fugen asked, "How did the three of you come together?"
"The three of us have been together, since you left the police station, not long after, the police station was ordered to cooperate with Yan Xishan Feng Yuxiang's coalition army and the Central Army of Chairman Jiang to fight, although defeated, but a lot of benefits, and later I heard that Yan Jiang cooperated, and the police station naturally got Chairman Jiang's salary......" Ah Liang gushed endlessly, and everyone snickered.
"What are you doing so far?" Gui Sheng interrupted Ah Liang's words and glanced at him.
"This brings us to the subject," said Ah Liang with a smile, "the police station where we have made a fortune no longer raises pigs, and the pigsty has been converted into a large auditorium, and we have no work to do, so we have to leave the police station, and later, after we have searched around, we have accidentally seen you at the door of that place, and after inquiry, we have become the chief manager there, and we are all honest people, and it is inconvenient to enter that kind of place, and we cannot wait for you outside, so we have to leave the city and go home." Ah Liang coughed twice.
Needless to say, everyone knows that "that place" in Ah Liang's mouth is intoxication.
Guisheng and Fukuko sat on the side, looking at Fugen and nodding frequently.
"Of course, you know my situation, I must not go back to Sichuan, and I don't know where to go for a while, so I followed the two of them to their hometown. Ah Liang said this, Qiao Xiaojing brought corn noodles, steaming, under the soybean-sized light, the whole table was glowing with yellow golden light, very gratifying.
"Eat first. Fogen spoke with a little sadness.
"Eat. Ah Liang, Guisheng and Fuzi all picked up the chopsticks in unison.
Cuiyu watched them eat very fragrantly, swallowed her saliva, but was unexpectedly seen by Qiao Xiaojing, who was standing beside her, Qiao Xiaojing pounded Cuiyu and whispered in a low voice: "Look at your gluttonous cat, it's like you haven't eaten corn noodles, saliva is flowing out, like vermicelli hanging on hemp rope, hanging in the air, it's so ridiculous!"
"I hate it, I'm not rare for your cornmeal!" Cuiyu pouted and hooked Qiao Xiaojing with her eyes.
"Really?" Qiao Xiaojing looked mischievous.
"Yes, yes, yes. Jade pretended to be angry.
Seeing that Ah Liang's bowl was empty, Cuiyu pounded Qiao Xiaojing for a while, and said in a slightly reproachful tone, "Why don't you hurry up and serve the meal, what are you doing standing stupidly, you don't have any eyesight at all." ā
"You can do it, you wait for me, wait until I go back to the house and see how I clean you up. Qiao Xiaojing pouted and scared Cuiyu, and together with Cuiyu, she gave Ah Liang and each of them a bowl.
What Qiao Xiaojing and Cuiyu didn't expect was that Ah Liang and the others each ate three bowls, and when they put down their chopsticks, most of the pot of soup noodles was already half a bowl of hot water, and in the face of the empty pot, the two of them couldn't help but shake their heads.
"To be honest, we haven't eaten for almost two days. Ah Liang touched his bulging belly and said calmly, "When we received your telegram, we were very anxious, knowing that you were in trouble, we understand you, if it is not to the point of last resort, you will never open your mouth to us." ā
"Although the family is poor, there are many mundane things, and the family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and it has been delayed for many days to be dealt with. Gui Sheng lit the dry tobacco pot, took two sips, and said with a smile.
"Now there is a lot of commotion everywhere," the somewhat shy Fuzi rarely spoke, and he finally spoke, "It is not easy for countrymen to enter the provincial capital, and the journey is not smooth, so there is more time to delay, but fortunately, I haven't missed your big event." ā
"Yes, these are trivial things, and the most troublesome thing is that after you arrive in the provincial capital, you can't find you alive or dead. Ah Liang continued, "As soon as we entered the city, the three of us went straight to the place where you used to work, and when we arrived, we realized that the once prosperous place had become a pile of ruins, and a place for the surrounding people to pour pot ashes, slag, and other things. ā
Ah Liang took a deep breath and sighed.
"We don't dare to inquire yet, so we wander around the ruins in the hope of running into you. It's a pity that it took two days and two nights, hungry and thirsty, nowhere to go, nowhere to be found......" Fuzi choked up when he said this, tears welling up in his eyes.
"The night before," said Aliang, "we squinted back to back for a while, and in the middle of the night we met four soldiers in tattered clothes and blood, one of them was injured in the leg, and the other comrades were holding him, and the other should have suffered a head injury, and his head was wrapped in a thick gauze, and blood oozed from the gauze, and the other two were in tattered clothes, and their bodies should be fine......"
"They saw us sitting on the side of the road," Gui Sheng interrupted Ah Liang, "and came up to us, and before we could react, the butts of their guns struck us, snatching what little dry food we had. Each of us should have been hit with the butt of a rifle four or five times, but fortunately I wasn't given a gun to eat. ā
Qiao Xiaojing and Cuiyu looked at Ah Liang and the three of them, grinning and looking very frightened.
Fugen let out a long sigh and shook his head through gritted teeth.
The air in the room was going to freeze, and everything seemed to be suffocating.
"I don't know what's going on," Jade said, "There have been more and more soldiers like this on the streets lately." ā
"Although we were beaten, we did not hate that wave of soldiers, on the contrary, we felt that the soldiers were like children without their fathers and mothers, and we were pitiful. As Gui Sheng spoke, he lit the dry tobacco pot again.
"We got up from the ground," Fukuko said with a serious expression, "packed our bags, endured the pain, and came to the base of the wall a little further from the road, where the light was dim, and we should not be hurt again, I thought so at the time." Less than ten minutes after the poor soldiers left, another group of soldiers ran over, bayonets in their hands, glowing in the light. ā
"There were two pieces of cloth hanging on either side of their hats," Ah Liang interjected, sitting up straight, "I found out at noon today that this group of people is not Chinese soldiers but Japanese devils. This group of people walked in front of us with just a cigarette in front of us, and they heard a dense gunshot, which lasted for a short time, about tens of seconds. ā
"Japanese devils?" Qiao Xiaojing's body twitched, as if she was stimulated, and said timidly, "How can there be devils here, aren't devils still in the Northeast?"
"This can't be wrong," Gui Sheng said, "When we heard the gunshots, we were all scared, and we didn't dare to breathe when we curled up in the air, and we always felt that there were countless guns above our heads, and the slightest movement would kill people." In the blink of an eye, we heard the sound of neat footsteps, and from a distance, we saw that it was the Japanese devils who had just been shot out, and they turned back with their toes high.
"And what happened later?" Qiao Xiaojing asked Ah Liang.
"We huddled all night behind the earthen wall," said Aliang, "and the next day we walked aimlessly down the street like beggars. No one expected to meet the eldest brother, but coincidentally, we actually saw the eldest brother, and originally wanted to come forward to say hello, but when we found that the eldest brother was following behind two suspicious people in dark clothes, we dispelled this idea. ā
Speaking of this, Fuzi looked very excited, he got up and said: "But we have been following from a distance, although we have several opportunities to meet with the eldest brother, but in order to ensure the safety of the eldest brother and avoid exposing everyone's whereabouts, we have to follow from a distance. Eventually, we finally settled on your abode, and we thought it would be best to find you at night so that it would not attract attention. ā
"You guys are so good, so thoughtful. Fogen gave a thumbs up in admiration.
Qiao Xiaojing and Cuiyu's admiration arose spontaneously, and they nodded vigorously.
"It's too famous, it's all learned from the storyteller. Ah Liang wiped the corners of his mouth, and then said, "At night, we found that there was no one around, and when we were about to knock on the door, suddenly there were chaotic footsteps and talking behind us, and in desperation, we had to hide again. Unexpectedly, those people were police officers......"
"Listen, how difficult it is!" Cuiyu sighed.
"That's it!" Qiao Xiaojing also felt that it was not easy for Ah Liang and them to come here, and looked at them with eyes that were almost adoring.
"I've been talking nonsense for half the night, so I'm not going to talk about it. Big brother, what are you talking about? Aryo stood up as he spoke, and Guisheng and Fukuko also stood up, both standing in front of Fugen.
Fugen stepped forward, grabbed the hands of the three brothers, was excited, and stammered: "Good brother, it's good that you are here, don't worry about it, have a good rest tonight, we have time." ā