Chapter Thirty-Seven: A Difficult Clearance
Not far from Dongshi Wharf in the southeast of Xiadao, there are some dilapidated buildings, mostly travel agencies, inns, restaurants, etc., and business is very depressed. On the simple stone road leading to Dongshi Wharf, there are sedan chair drivers, coachmen, porters, donkey grooms, street vendors, overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese dependents. It looks like a slightly prosperous wharf, but it reflects a lot of helplessness and desolation.
Looking towards the wharf not far away, there is an overseas Chinese transport boat docked on the shore of the wharf, with "Anshun" written on the hull and the Japanese sun flag on board. There were quite a few Japanese soldiers standing on the pier, loaded with guns and ammunition.
At the pier checkpoint leading to the traffic boat, there are many people who want to pass through the checkpoint, and there are already long queues along the way. Several days of pseudo-traitors, holding leather whips in their hands, guarded on both sides of the checkpoint. Next to the checkpoint is a temporary fortification set up by Japanese soldiers, and the Japanese machine guns are mounted in the fortifications.
The Japanese puppet traitors checked the boarders one by one, and they checked the documents of each person who crossed the checkpoint, and then searched their bodies, so the procession moved very slowly.
Near the checkpoint, a young man was opened and searched for his package, and glanced at the traitor who was inspecting with dissatisfaction, and was found by the traitor, who picked up the whip and "crackled" at the young man, and kept scolding: "I'll let you see, let you see enough." The whip whipped on the body, and it was a blood mark. The passing passengers on the side did not dare to squeak, for fear of accidents. A few lashes came down, until the young man lowered his head, and the traitor stopped.
At another checkpoint, an elderly man was examined, because his movements were a little slower, and he was also whipped by a traitor on his back.
After the old man passed, a woman in her thirties with a suitcase in her right hand and wearing a patch came to the checkpoint with a child in her left hand.
The traitor at the checkpoint looked her up and down and shouted, "Open the box!" ”
The middle-aged woman hurriedly opened the box, and the traitor grabbed the clothes inside and threw them on the ground, picked up a jade bracelet at the bottom of the box, looked at it, and said fiercely: "This is a prohibited item, confiscated." The traitor said as he grabbed it and stuffed it into his pocket.
The woman hurriedly begged: "Boss, you can't accept this, it's inherited from our ancestors!" ”
Another traitor took off his spear and smashed it on her, scolding in his mouth: "Damn, you talk so much nonsense, I say that it is contraband, it is contraband, and if you talk again, you will want to get on the boat." ”
The woman was smashed to the ground, and the child was so frightened that he cried "Wow Wow". The middle-aged man in the back hurriedly helped her up, and was also whipped twice by the traitor, who yelled at him: "Let your mother be nosy!" ”
The middle-aged man dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.
The long line slowly passed through the checkpoint.
Next came a middle-aged woman, handsome and fair, with a slender figure, well-dressed, and at first glance she was a scholar.
The tall Japanese soldier stepped forward and stopped her woman with a gun, dragged her out of the ranks, smiled lewdly and put his hands into the woman's clothes, and touched her up and down randomly. The young woman trembled with fright, but the Japanese soldier still did not give up, and continued to "search" her lower body, and the middle-aged woman screamed in fright.
The Japanese army listened to the young woman's scream, and the middle-aged woman's screams intensified.
At this time, a well-dressed man next to him wore a top hat and a large mask on his mouth, which covered the old man's face. The old man jumped over to the person in front of him, walked straight over, and stretched out his hand to stop the indecent movements of the Japanese soldier.
The Japanese soldier looked at the uninvited guest in front of him in annoyance, and the middle-aged woman took the opportunity to break free from the clutches of the Japanese army and enter the checkpoint.
The Japanese soldier looked at the old man, picked up a spear with a bayonet, and grinned and scolded: Horn Ga, anti-Japanese elements, die, die!
A traitor hurriedly ran over, knelt down in the Japanese soldier's ear and said, "Taijun, this is a relative of Chairman Hong Licheng Hong, you can go out to see a doctor, you can do it." ”
The traitor said and quietly stuffed a few silver dollars into the hands of the Japanese soldiers.
The Japanese soldier pushed away the traitor's hand, rolled his eyes at the old man and asked: Baga, go to the doctor, what disease does he have?
The traitor approached again, gesturing nervously with his hand, while explaining: "Anthrax is highly contagious, and this disease is very difficult to cure!" ”
"Bastard, take off your mask!" The Japanese soldier shouted in disbelief.
The young traitor turned around and said: Old man, Taijun doesn't believe what I said, let you take off your mask and look at it.
The old man pretended to be deaf and did not hear the words of the traitor.
"Taijun asked you to take off your mask and take a look!" The traitor raised his voice and repeated.
Only then did the old man understand, and he slowly took off his mask.
"Taijun stay away, don't infect you!" The traitor shouted and hid to the side.
The old man slowly removed his mask. I saw that the old man's face was yellow, he coughed and had yellow saliva in his mouth, revealing a foul smell, and a few flies flew over to join in the fun.
The Japanese soldiers hurriedly covered their mouths and waved their hands to signal the old man to pass quickly.
"Let's go, go over there and heal well, President Hong said, if you can't cure the disease, don't come back!" The traitor shouted at the old man again.
The old man nodded slightly, put on his mask again, and walked into the checkpoint.
The people on the dock entered the ship one after another, and the "Anshun" traffic boat let out a long roar and finally slowly sailed away from the port.