"If even the old beggar is so bold, are we, the people in Northern Manchuria who hate Japan so much, just one chance away?"
This is what Xu Ruifeng said to Wen Wan after dinner. At that time, the young couple were strolling on the streets of Wafangdian. On both sides were dust-stained snow, and the snow was covered with a thick layer of firecracker holes.
Wen Wan held her belly with one hand and held Xu Ruifeng's arm with the other. She lowered her head and smiled softly: "Our people are not only lacking in opportunity, but also in courage."
She knows her man very well, and knows that Xu Ruifeng hates these people the most on weekdays. It is obvious that the resistance against Japan is for the country and the people, but they watch you when you are suffering, and point fingers when you have grievances that you cannot express.
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"Yes, since ancient times, uprisings have always come about because of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, and rebellions have come about because of Huang Chao. Without these people in the lead, there would not be the spark that could start a prairie fire."
Wen Wan stretched out her hand and pinched Xu Ruifeng's arm hard. Lao Xu made a hissing sound and took a breath of cold air. She stared and asked, "What are you doing!" Wen Wan responded with good reason: "
Let you say you are illiterate!"
Xu Ruifeng smiled so happily that Wen Wan, who should have been angry, also smiled under the guidance of the other party.
The two of them are simply enemies.
After the laughter was almost gone, Xu Ruifeng asked: "From home?"
"Um?"
Faced with this answer, Xu Ruifeng said thoughtfully: "Now my level is almost the same as that of you who play ideals, can I stand on the same level?"
Wen Wan raised her head and said as if she was deliberately taunting him: "It's not even close."
"in vain."
Xu Ruifeng stepped forward, Wen Wan chased after him: "You don't believe it?"
"Then let me tell you."
The gentle and eloquent conversation once again opened up another perspective on life for Lao Xu.
She said that "serving the country and the people" for people like her actually has far-reaching meanings. For example, if you, Xu Ruifeng, wear this black dog skin and go to get something from a street vendor, if you don't give money, no one will dare to say anything, but in their case
, there is a clear stipulation not to take a stitch from the common people. If necessary, money must be given after requesting it. Even if there is no money, an IOU must be issued.
Hearing this, Xu Ruifeng asked in disbelief: "What?"
Then he remembered the historical allusions that the old falcon eagle told him, thinking that he understood it, he said: "I understand, this is your strategy to consolidate your rule, just like 'The king of Chuang came and refused to pay', which made the people of many cities take the initiative
The same slogan as "Open the City Gate" gives people hope."
"No..." Wen Wan wanted to explain, but Xu Ruifeng interrupted her: "What's not? In history, I've heard too many stories about people in power sending troops to grab food, and I've never seen an emperor who hasn't been able to secure his position in the world.
Take this thing seriously, and you want to say that it is to maintain law and order, but what is law? Law is the way to govern the world after the world is stable, and the way to conquer the world is to rely on soldiers, and soldiers are crafty."
Wen Wan stomped her feet angrily and started arguing with him on the street: "Which Confucius Temple did you come from? What era is this? Why are you still holding on to this old antique?"
"Not taking advantage of the common people is not just a description of being kind to the common people. You don't know the profound meaning here at all. In fact, it is helping the working people who have just collapsed from the feudal dynasty to re-establish their complete outlook on life."
Values…”
Xu Ruifeng glanced around: "What do you think?"
"It's just to help those ordinary people understand that they are complete people, understand?"
"Put it down, who doesn't know that he is a complete person?"
Wen Wan looked at him mischievously, already digging a hole: "You know?"
"Sure."
"You want me to die?"
"I have to die."
“The father wants the son to perish?”
"The son must perish."
Wen Wan asked: "If he asks you to die, you will die. If he asks you to die, you will die. Tell me, where are you completely? Are your thoughts controlled by him, or are you controlled by yourself?"
Xu Ruifeng was speechless again. Not only had he never seen these new gadgets, he had never even heard of them.
In the evening, as long as the old man takes off his belt, he has to kneel there straightly. This is called the rule.
"Besides, we are fighting against Japan not only for the common people, but also for this country and for the sake of national integrity. We have never thought about getting anything in return from anyone. Therefore, when the fellow villagers sent aid materials, we were grateful and offered money of equivalent value."
"What do you mean, I should hate the common people, even if I help them fight against Japan, I still have to endure being looked down upon and called a traitor?"
When Wen Wan heard this, she asked seriously: "Who are you helping to fight against Japan?"
Xu Ruifeng suddenly felt a little lost. He stretched out his hand in the direction of the gendarmerie but retracted when he was about to point: "If you are not helping the embroiderer, you..."
"You are helping yourself to fight against Japan!"
"It is you who are unhappy living in such an environment. You have to stand up and resist Japan. No one is forcing you."
Xu Ruifeng quickly explained: "That's not me. I asked Shang Kun to..."
"You are a ground gunner in Northern Manchuria. If you are not happy, who can force you? As long as you are unhappy, put on your robe, drive a big car out of Northern Manchuria at nightfall, and use your skills to get there
Where is the spicy drink that is not popular?"
He suddenly understood what was wrong with his thoughts and consciousness that he had never changed. At this second, Lao Xu finally let Wen Wan explain his aggrievedness.
It turns out that the reason for hating the common people was to blame others for resisting Japan, and to imagine oneself as the savior of everyone; to enter Beiman Prison against one's will was also to find a reason for resisting Japan, and that reason was Xiu Niang's request.
In fact, is anyone really begging you?
If you, Xu Ruifeng, don't want to fight with these Japanese, can you do it on the hillside outside Beiman City and strap a few grenades on your body before you die?
Can you do it by bumping your head against the wall?
As long as you die in the gendarmerie, your surname Xu will be a legend, and no one can find fault with you.
Can the embroiderer really control all this?
cannot.
"lets change a topic."
Xu Ruifeng, who was obviously already the same, deliberately skipped this topic. Wen Wan clearly saw from his expression that he allowed such a big man to cheat on him, and she was thinking with a smile, "How can I see Xu Ruifeng cheating on me in this world?"
, I guess I am the only one, right?'.
They continued to walk forward, and Lao Xu asked for the first time: "Are you cold? I see that you haven't made a single new dress since the incident at the tailor shop."
Wen Wan looked at him suspiciously. When did the elder Xu, who didn't even choose what to wear when she got up every morning, care about her clothes?
"It's not cold, the weather has passed."
"Then do you have anything you want to eat? How about Lao Yan's sauced pig trotters?"
Xu Ruifeng turned around as he spoke and walked toward Lao Yan's house. Wen Wan didn't even move his steps and shouted: "What's going on with you? It's thirty today, New Year's Eve. Have you ever seen a deli open on this day?"
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Lao Xu turned around and smiled awkwardly, and the gentleness he was extremely familiar with grabbed his man's little tail: "You must have something to do!"
"What do I have to do? I just managed to finish the task entrusted by the embroiderer. I feel a little excited."
"Nonsense!"
Wen Wan stopped walking forward, stretched out her hand and tugged Xu Ruifeng's arm, lowered her chin, her eyes changed and said, "Go home, if you don't explain clearly, this matter won't be over."
"Let's go a little longer." Xu Ruifeng was so humble for the first time.
Wen Wan flatly refused: "Stop talking nonsense."
He pulled Xu Ruifeng back and walked back. Along the way, Lao Xu said nothing and just looked at her infatuatedly.
Back in the small courtyard, no one in the courtyard left. Each one held two large bowls in his hands and drank the steaming dumpling soup. This is the habit of Northeastern people, on New Year's Eve.
You have to watch the night, and the dumplings should be eaten during the night watch.
"You've all finished wrapping the dumplings."
Wen Wan is very embarrassed that her master didn't help much with today's New Year's Eve dinner.
Gou Shengzi Niang said quickly: "It doesn't matter how much it costs to make a few dumplings. You are the only one in this room, so hurry up and wash your hands and eat."
Even though women don’t come to the table at noon, at night, even women and children come to the table, all they want is a reunion.
After the people around the table were gathered, Gou Shengzi and his two sisters were loading up the dumplings one by one. He glanced at his master, Old Harrier, and put the fullest plate down in front of Wen Wan: "Shen, you
Come here, the stuffing is huge."
Wen Wan was smiling, forgetting that Xu Ruifeng was different just now. She felt that something was wrong with the way the old beggar looked at her man at this moment. From accusing and scolding, to guilt and self-blame, and later, he didn't even dare to look at her.
With Xu Ruifeng...what's going on?
Wen Wan ate her dumplings in confusion. The atmosphere at the dinner table lost its noon atmosphere. No one spoke, and the table was filled with the sound of clinking dishes. She suddenly felt as if she was in a completely unfamiliar environment.
One, two, when Wen Wan ate the fifth dumpling, she began to feel sleepy, and then she felt no energy in her body. Her body involuntarily slid down the chair, and she couldn't open her eyelids.
Already...
Snapped.
Xu Ruifeng quickly grabbed Wen Wan by the collar. The lady next to him quickly dragged Wen Wan up and placed her on a chair. When Old Xu turned his head, Old Falcon immediately said: "I'll risk my life with you."
Guaranteed, this thing won't do any harm to adults or children, it's just a matter of sleeping." Xu Ruifeng was relieved.
He looked at the woman in front of him tenderly, brushed the slightly messy hair from her face with his hands, and finally said fiercely in his heart: "Load the car and leave the city while the city gate is open!"
He once wanted to walk a few more steps with this woman on the streets of Beiman, and he also wanted to take one more look at her, but time did not allow for it.
