"Sir! Here it is, this is the address you provided. In the dim light, the taxi pulled up outside a small cottage on the outskirts of New York.

"Okay, thanks! Don't look for the rest, it's your tip! Fang Lang got out of the taxi with a large box of Chinatown's specialty pastries in his hand. Walked straight to the door of the villa and knocked on the door.

"Is Mrs. Clark at home?"

The lights were on in the house, and Fang Lang knew that someone was home. In fact, it is a bit rude to come to visit others so late, but Fang Lang has to study in school during the day, and the time is tight and the task is heavy, so there is really no way to come out to visit during the day, so he can only take the liberty of visiting at night.

Fortunately, after Commodore Jackson suggested that Fang Lang visit John's mother, Fang Lang sent a telegram to John, who served in the Pacific Fleet, and unexpectedly got a response quickly.

Before leaving, Wan Chongxin also gave the news that he had not found a supplier of penicillin production equipment, which made Fang Lang have to transfer his hope to the machinery factory of the Mrs. Clark family.

Soon, a young girl in her early twenties opened the door and looked at Fang Lang at the door:

"Who are you looking for?"

Fang Lang looked at the girl in front of him and knew that he was not looking for the wrong place, because the girl's facial features were somewhat similar to John's. Fang Lang smiled politely:

"Hello! I am John's comrade-in-arms, my name is Fang Lang, I don't know if John has told you. ”

"Yikes! You're finally here, Mom and I've been waiting for you for a day. My brother sent a telegram to the family. We thought you'd come during the day! ”

Sophia Clark happily opened the door, pointed into the room with her hand, and motioned for Fang Lang to come in.

The girl's words made Fang Lang a little embarrassed, he didn't expect that they would wait for his arrival at home.

"I'm really sorry, because I'm studying at a short-term training course at West Point, so I have to study during the day, and I only have time to visit at night!"

As he spoke, he walked into the room, which was not large and was typical of American villa style. Mrs. Clark, who was in the house, also walked out with a smile on her face. After hearing Fang Lang's words, he said with a smile:

"It's okay, Fang. John told us that he was his savior, and that he was going to come in and sit down, it was cold outside. ”

Fang Lang saw that there were only two women in the house, and it didn't seem appropriate for him to come over so late, and he had miscalculated! This made Fang Lang a little embarrassed. Hurriedly spoke:

"Mrs. Clark is really sorry, I should have come to visit you earlier, and now I have to wait for you for a long time, I brought a little snack from our Chinese, I hope you can like it."

Seeing Fang Lang's somewhat embarrassed expression, Mrs. Clark smiled, took the gift box handed over by Fang Lang, and motioned for Fang Lang to sit on the sofa in the living room.

"Sophia pours Fang a cup of coffee! Fang, have you had dinner, I'll go and make you something to eat now. ”

Fang Lang waved his hand again and again, "Mrs. Clark, I have already eaten at school, and it is good to drink hot coffee." ”

The more Fang Lang thought about it, the more he felt that this visit was very rude, but since he had already come, it was not good to turn around and leave directly!

"Fang, don't be restrained, John said you need my help with something, right?"

Hearing Mrs. Clarke's direct inquiry, Fang Lang was also relieved. Since he has come, there is nothing to be pretentious, so he said calmly:

"Yes, Mrs. Clark, I heard Brigadier General Jackson say that your family has the means to get access to penicillin's production equipment and production processes, right?"

Mrs. Clark was obviously a housewife who was not involved in her mother's business, but she had also heard of penicillin, an anti-inflammatory miracle drug.

"Penicillin! There is no shortage of this new drug in the U.S. market! ”

"Yes, Mrs. Clark, the main thing is that my family wants to invest in the construction of a factory in Brazil to produce this drug."

Hearing that Fang Lang's family wanted to build a factory in Brazil, this was also a business, and it was just a gesture for herself, so Mrs. Clark said without hesitation:

"So be it! You sit down here, and I'll go up and make a phone call and ask my brother. My father's factory is now run by my brother, and I don't know the situation very well. But since Jackson asked you to come to me, it shouldn't be too much of a problem. ”

Fang Lang was no longer polite, and said directly:

"Okay, that's hard for Mrs. Clark."

Mrs. Clarke, nodded, and went up to the second floor.

At this time, Sophia Clark came out with a cup of coffee and said:

"Hey! Your name is Fang, right? I heard John say that you saved his life on the battlefield, is it true? ”

Sophia is a typical American girl, about 1.7 meters tall, curvy, because it is mixed-race, the face shape is not the common angular type in Europe and the United States, but has an Asian softness, and the skin is a healthy wheat color, which is very in line with Fang Lang's aesthetics.

"Yes, in fact, there is nothing, we are comrades-in-arms, and if he encounters this situation on the battlefield, he will save me!"

After all, Fang Lang is still a humble character of the Chinese people, and he doesn't want to give people a feeling of coercion and retribution, so he said very plainly.

It's a pity that Sophia didn't want to let him go so easily, so she sat down next to him and said:

"Quick, quick, tell me what the situation was at the time, John didn't make it clear, he is my brother, I know him very well, if it weren't true, he wouldn't have sent a telegram to ask my mother to help you!"

"Alright! In fact, the story was very simple, at that time, we were attacking the position defended by the Germans, John was hit in the leg by a stray bullet and fell in the trench, and when I passed by him, I heard the whistling sound of the Germans' cannonballs approaching, and I felt that something was wrong, so I rushed over and dragged him out of the trench.

As soon as we came out, the shell hit the position where your brother was lying, because I was standing, so I was directly hit by the shock wave of the shell, and it flew more than ten meters, and I didn't know anything when I landed! When I woke up, it was already more than ten days later. It's lying in the hospital with your brother. ”

Although Fang Lang said it very easily, the situation at that time must have been very thrilling, and Fang Lang was directly lifted by a cannonball for saving John more than ten meters, if it wasn't for his fate, it is estimated that he would have died early.

Sophia's mouth was open, and she could put a fist into it, and her face turned pale. was obviously frightened by the scene Fang Lang said.

"Oh my God! The war is terrible, this damn war, I don't know when it will end. I wish John would come home soon, and I don't want him to go through such a horrible thing again. ”

Seeing Sophia's expression and face, Fang Lang thought to himself that he had known that if he didn't say it, his relatives wouldn't be able to hear these exciting news. Fortunately, I didn't tell my family about the scene when I came home, otherwise my mother would probably be scared to cry.

"It's okay now, he works in the logistics department of the Navy, he doesn't have to rush to the front line anymore, there is nothing dangerous, don't worry!"

Of course, Sophia knows about John's current work, but when she thinks of her brother's experience at that time, she still has palpitations and says: "Fang, my brother is right, you are his savior, if it weren't for you, my brother would have been gone!" Thank you! If it weren't for you, I'd have lost John forever. ”

For Sophia's gratitude, Fang Lang is also at ease. After all, the original body did pay for his life to save John's life.

"It's all right, it's all over, we all have to look forward, don't we? Now we're both alive and well. ”

American women in this era are not as open as later generations, although the women's liberation movement has begun to appear, but most women are still relatively conservative, so Fang Lang originally wanted to give Sophia a hug and comfort. Thinking about it, I still didn't open my arms.

"Yes! You're all going to be fine. By the way, how did you come to study in New York! Aren't you the Brazilian Expeditionary Force? ”

The American girl's emotions came and went quickly, and in a blink of an eye, she turned the topic to Fang Lang, which made Fang Lang, who was going to comfort Sophia again, a little unprepared.

"Ugh! Well, this one! To make a long story long, I would always faint suddenly and inexplicably because of my injuries, so after the military doctor judged that I was not suitable to continue serving in the army, he transferred me to work on a transport ship in the navy, which was equivalent to switching to logistics. Some time ago, Brazil and the United States reached an agreement to train a new batch of captains, and I was selected to participate in the training. ”