In Xiamen in early winter, the island begins to show a chill, and the leaves of the plane trees on the roadside fall in the breeze. Pedestrians on the side of the road, wearing slightly thicker coats, hurried along.

Professor Zhang was still wearing the shabby gray gown, wearing an old black top hat, carrying a cloth bag in his hand, and walking hurriedly through the rustling leaves.

He turned and walked into an old building that had been a school printing office before the fall and had been blown up by the Japanese army and had been abandoned to the ground covered in bricks and rubble. Since this place is relatively secluded, Professor Zhang simply cleaned up this place and cleverly turned it into a working room of the editorial department of the magazine, which is also a reception room. He looked outside, and when he saw that there was no one around, he went in and opened the door of a house.

Professor Zhang said to the busy female students, "Xiao Anzi, do you know whose manuscript I have made an appointment?" ”

Jing Jing stopped the printing work in his hand and asked curiously, "Whose manuscript?" Seeing how happy you look, you must be a celebrity again."

"Well, celebrities, celebrities from our southeast coast!" Professor Zhang put down the cloth bag in his hand and said, "It's the manuscript of Mr. Hong Chengda and Ms. Ruan Yinghua!" ”

"That's great, I don't know who Ms. Ruan Yinghua is, but Mr. Hong Chengda is a well-known patriot in our Xiamen industrial and commercial circles. When the war broke out, he participated in the Xiamen Anti-Enemy Support Association from all walks of life, and was elected as the head of the recruitment department, taking the lead in donating property to support the front-line ,......"

Said quietly.

"Then I'll tell you about Ruan Yinghua, right?" Professor Zhang said with a smile on his face: "Ms. Ruan is a big reporter of Hong Kong's "Huashang Daily", who has written a lot of articles about the people's anti-Japanese resistance and the lives of refugees, exposing and lashing out at the Japanese puppet government, which is very in-depth and a well-known figure,......

Professor Zhang said as he took out the manuscript and put it on the table.

Quietly took the manuscript to read, Ruan Yinghua wrote "Why Xiamen Fell", she looked at it carefully, and said happily: "Celebrities are well written, there is irony, and with these celebrities supporting the façade, our "Salvation Speech" will be published soon. ”

"Well, the content of this issue is very important, you immediately arrange and proofread, and send it to the Hong Kong printing house for printing before getting off work, pay attention to confidentiality work, and don't leak any of the content!" Professor Zhang repeatedly admonished.

"Professor Zhang, don't worry!" Quietly, he picked up the manuscript and was busy printing it again.

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside. Professor Zhang hurriedly opened the door and saw a student running over and saying, "Teacher Zhang, is there someone outside who wants to see you?" ”

Professor Zhang was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "Xiao Xia, who is it?" ”

Xiao Xia hurriedly said: "She said that she is a Xiamen college student!" ”

"Xiamen students? Didn't they all move to Gulangyu, how did she know I was here? Professor Zhang pondered for a moment and said, "I know, you ask her to wait for me." ”

"Okay!" Miss Xiaoxia turned around and ran out.

Professor Zhang turned to the busy quiet and said, "Xiao An, you take everyone and equipment to transfer immediately from the back door."

"Professor Zhang, why did you transfer immediately?" Quietly asked.

Professor Zhang said: "Don't ask yet, just transfer quickly." ”

"Where to go? What do you do? "Quiet, confused, and concerned.

Professor Zhang thought for a while and said, "Just go to the contact point in Lao Cai, someone wants to see me, I can't leave now, you guys go quickly." ”

"How can this work, let's go together!" Quiet said reluctantly.

"This place is not safe, I'll stay and deal with them, hurry up." Professor Zhang urged Jing Jing and the others.

"Alright then!" Jing Jing and the others hurriedly packed their things.

Professor Zhang grabbed the two books on the table and walked out. He walked out of the old building and saw a girl in a school uniform standing under a plane tree not far from the door.

Professor Zhang still walked over unhurriedly. The girl found Professor Zhang, hurriedly greeted him, and said politely: You are Professor Zhang, right?

Professor Zhang nodded and asked, "Miss, are you?"

"My name is Qingfang, I used to be a student at Xiamen University, I still listened to your class, don't you remember?"

In fact, Professor Zhang still has some impressions of Qingfang, who performs on the street and shows her talents; Japanese military planes bombed the campus of Xiamen University, and Qingfang took the initiative to treat the injured students. But he still pretended to search for his memory, smiled and said, "Look at my memory, I really don't remember." ”

Qingfang said embarrassedly: "It's okay, my family suddenly changed later, and I lost my financial resources, so I had to drop out of school." ”

Professor Zhang pretended to be concerned and asked, "What happened at home!" ”

Qingfang hurriedly replied: "The Japanese devils occupied their hometown, the Japanese puppet army carried out a sweep, both parents were killed, and the family house was burned. The family couldn't stay any longer, so they returned to Xiamen. ”

"Oh, that's right, I shouldn't have asked you these things to make you sad." Professor Zhang said apologetically.

"It's okay, it's all over." Qingfang said lightly.

Professor Zhang looked at his watch and said to Qingfang: I just went out to do something, let's talk while walking!

The two walked out of the gate of the building and walked onto the street. The streets were gloomy and miserable, and it gave people a chilling feeling.

The two of them walked and talked.

Professor Zhang asked, intentionally or unintentionally, "Do you regret not finishing college?" ”

Qingfang said indifferently: "It's no pity to drop out of school, now it's in chaos, it makes no difference whether you finish college or not!" ”

"That being said, learning and not learning are not the same. By the way, what do you do now? Professor Zhang took the opportunity to ask tentatively.

Qingfang lowered her head and said: "I don't have a regular job, I joined the Xiamen United Relief Association from all walks of life a few days ago to do some relief work for refugees, do you know the relief association!" She also took the opportunity to ask Professor Zhang tentatively.

"I'm a teacher, I only know how to do learning, and I don't know much about things outside, which makes you laugh." Professor Zhang said indifferently.

Qingfang said lightly: "This is also normal, after the fall of Xiamen, a lot of things will happen every day, and not everyone knows about it." ”

Qingfang was silent after speaking, and then changed the conversation and said, "Professor Zhang, do you know Zifeng!"

Professor Zhang raised his head and said calmly, "Are you talking about Liu Zifeng?" ”

Qingfang nodded.

Professor Zhang said with a smile: "Of course I know this Liu Zifeng, and we are still related to each other, he is my cousin-in-law, a distant relative. A few days ago, I was mistakenly arrested by the Japanese, and I almost lost my life! ”

"Ah, why, how come I don't know?" Qingfang had a surprised expression.

Professor Zhang then asked, "He probably didn't tell you because he was afraid that you would be worried." ”

Qingfang then asked: "How was Zifeng arrested, is it because of anti-Japanese resistance?" ”

"Anti-Japanese, hehehe, he doesn't even dare to kill chickens, honest, timid and afraid, he was bullied by others when he was in his hometown, and it is difficult for my cousin to have a future."

He paused and said, "There was a little misunderstanding here, but fortunately, the matter is over." ”

Qingfang said seriously: "Once caught by the Japanese, it is difficult to come out, Zifeng's luck is not bad!" ”

Professor Zhang took the opportunity to echo: "You young people don't know how powerful, stay at home in the future, don't show your face, if you want the Japanese to arrest you, it's not easy to do." ”

"Qingfang" disagreed, and retorted: "The rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband, and the hot-blooded young people must be patriotic, that is, to mobilize the people to fight against the Japanese invaders?" ”

"Anti-Japanese, it's up to you, it's too self-sufficient, patriotism is important or life is important, I think you should think about how to protect yourself first!" Professor Zhang shook his head helplessly.

At this time, a foreign car rushed out of the alley next to it, and the people in the car shouted "hurry, hurry".

Qingfang subconsciously put her hand into her arms, and was clearly seen by Professor Zhang.

The foreign car rushed over, Professor Zhang grabbed Qingfang and pulled her to the side, but he fell to the ground, and the foreign car rushed over close to his body.

Professor Zhang said angrily: "These foreign adults don't look at whether there is anyone on the street, they are rampage, it's too unusual. ”

Qingfang hurriedly came over to help Professor Zhang up, "Are you okay, Professor Zhang!" ”

"No, it's okay!" Professor Zhang had a pained expression.

He rubbed his sore buttocks and scolded: I'm in a hurry to mourn, I don't have long eyes.

Qingfang hurriedly picked up the books on the ground, flipped through them casually, and picked Professor Zhang up again.

Professor Zhang limped forward.