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Chapter 54

"Plane head, two liang of oil, Egong Ridge, hanging red ball

Japanese planes dropped bombs, blood flowed everywhere in the mountain city

Endless alarms, endless vengeance"

This is a nursery rhyme that children in the mountain city often sing when they get together to run and play. This ancient city was doomed from the moment it became the capital of the Republic of China. It has waved goodbye to the past comfortable life. It was accompanied by five years of heavy bombing. The Japanese knew that if they wanted to conquer China, they had to conquer its capital first. The geographical barrier of Chongqing made it impossible for the Japanese army to invade, so they took the lead in capturing Wuhan. Establish a W air force base and deploy a careful and frequent air strike strategy.

There are two ways for the government to report air raids, one is the sound of sirens, and the other is to raise red lanterns in places with high terrain such as Egong Ridge and Pipa Mountain to remind some ordinary people who live far away from the city and cannot hear the siren .

For an ordinary Chongqing person, a day’s life is nothing more than smoking, drinking tea, setting up a dragon’s gate, and sitting around playing mahjong. Whenever the long and harsh siren sounds, it is like a nightmare. Wet towels and some food, squeezed into the air-raid shelter closest to me, sometimes I stayed for a whole day, and the longest time was as long as seven days and seven nights.In that damp and dark cave, people sat close to each other, each felt the breathing and heartbeat of the other, the rumble of artillery fire mixed with the cries of children, accompanied by the shaking of the earth, that kind of fear, how many years , the shadow of life that can never be erased.

Zhou Mei's vision has always been far-sighted than other businessmen. As early as when the National Party had just deployed an air-raid shelter in Chongqing, she transferred all the Jing family members to the villa area in Nanshan, and built a private air-raid shelter with her own funds. , whenever the enemy attacked, the members of the Jing family could always move inside quickly, and the place where Xie Zibai lived was only a hundred steps away from the No. [-] air-raid shelter. If she is nosy, she can escape safely.

Although the places where they took refuge were called air-raid shelters or air-raid shelters, the internal facilities were very different. The air-raid shelters in the wealthy areas of Nanshan were built like dance halls. When they took refuge, they could drink while watching performances, while the public air-raid shelters were not only stuffy. The anomaly is still very humid, people have to bring their own benches when they go in, and if they don’t have a bench, they can just sit on the ground, but even if the conditions are so bad, the government’s official price pass still sells for two taels of gold, which is not affordable for ordinary people.Chongqing has more than 12 air-raid shelters, which can only accommodate 40 people. At that time, Chongqing’s population was already [-]. Only some people could enter, while others had to face evacuation outside the city. fate.

Unexpectedly, in the face of life and death, money can still determine the value of human life. Even if Zhou Mei is one of the capitalists, she can only acquiesce and has no right to intervene in the government's decision, because she has also discussed with Bai Yuan had a big fight.

The reason for the quarrel was that Xie Zibai didn't feel pain in her back when she stood and talked, thinking that with Zhou Mei's current status, she could try to change everything, but Zhou Mei didn't care what Xie Zibai said about her, she just warned her countless times that being an airplane When you come, you are not allowed to give your pass to others, and obediently take Shishi to the air-raid shelter for refuge.

What she cares about is whether Bai Yuan is safe or not. As for the beliefs she insisted on when she was young, such as freedom and equality, they all change little by little with time. Once people start to have capital, they will start to have selfishness This means that the more you are at the top of the food chain, the less you want to understand the so-called sufferings of the people, because even if you understand it, the laws of the world cannot be changed.

However, Bai Yuan is different. She is supposed to be the most frivolous and careless actress who likes to joke about life. When facing life and death, she always puts righteousness first. She really proved the truth that the more you have nothing, the more selfless you are. .Most of the rich people in this world are made up by the poor; good people are just stepping stones for those in power.

Anyway, no matter how many times Xizibai has been scolded by Zhou Mei, she is still keen to go round and round between life and death, doing her best to help those helpless people in the flames of war, you want her to pass by those who are lying in a pool of blood to her It is difficult for an ordinary person to turn a blind eye to the elderly and children who are asking for help, right?Realizing that she was born as a lowly bone, she was destined to be unable to change it. Whenever there was danger, Bai Yuan would hand Shishi into Jian Rong's arms. It was not that she was not afraid of death. Fate is serious, every time she gets bloody and exhausted in the hospital for transfusions, when she sees Zhou Mei pick her up with a cold face and settle all the bills for her troubles, she puts on that look Not bad skin, began to smile hippie.

Zhou Mei was really tired of scolding, so she stopped scolding in the end. She gradually understood that the two of them seemed to have exchanged lives with each other. The part she lost, Xie Zibai was taking over for her, and Xie Zibai was lost because of her. For the part of her, it would be futile for her to force her to stay, so it's better to live more free and easy for her.

Every time the Japanese air strikes brought huge casualties and property losses to the city, but they did not scare off the Chinese people stationed on this land, but made them more fearless and more fearless in the face of life and death. A touch of optimism.The people of Chongqing gradually got used to this seemingly exhausting life. During the war, sometimes there was some black humor. When the alarm sounded, they put down the chopsticks in their hands. After the plane left, they gathered together again in twos and threes. Those who should work, those who should play mahjong continued to play mahjong. In the cave, speaking an authentic Bashu accent, he smiled and showed off to his companions that he played all the cards.

In a flash, a year has finally passed without any danger.In the private room of the Jindian Restaurant, Xiao Shishi has a huge bib hanging around her neck and is holding a French hot dog in her hand. She is devouring it and rubbing the ketchup all over her face, making Zhou who is cutting the steak opposite her Sleepy couldn't help laughing.

Bai Yuan's hair is combed back cleanly and tied in a knot at the end. Her chin is sharp and thin, which looks much slimmer. Taking advantage of her slender neck, the dark green cheongsam neckline looks white and shiny , it's hard not to make people dream, she patiently wiped the sauce on Shishi's cheeks, and coaxed softly, "Hey, eat slowly"

At her age, when her femininity was first strong, when she was walking down the street with Shi Shi, passers-by would always look sideways. Not long ago, she was spotted by Blind Donkey, the leader of the Straw Hat Gang in Shapingba, and sent someone to follow and inquire about her three times. One day, when I learned that she was living alone with a child, the blind donkey called a few horsemen to come to the door, and boldly said that he would take care of her. The actor Bai was extremely helpless and didn't want to cause trouble, so he said that he was wrongly loved, but he was already taken care of. , One woman does not serve two husbands.

Unexpectedly, those boys didn't know the seriousness after listening to it, and instead pressed forward to ask her boss's name. The actor was too lazy to answer, but there were many people on the other side. Let these rascals block the door for three days, yelling and cursing, feeding Shishi to eat white rice porridge, and not saying a word about Zhou Mei, if Kuju didn't happen to come to give money to Zhou Mei, I was frightened by these hooligans , went back and told the story verbatim. Zhou Mei, who was busy transferring assets abroad, didn't know that there was such a thing.

It’s okay if I don’t know, after knowing it, Zhou Meidang even went to Shiliu’s Juyi Hall, the next rainy night, the land of the Straw Hat Gang was robbed, and more than a dozen straw hat gangsters died in the streets , the corpses soaked in the rain turned white, which frightened the residents living in that area. The report from the police station said that it was a gang grievance. It seemed as if it disappeared overnight and never appeared again.

"If you have something to do in the future, please come to me in time." Zhou Mei put down the knife and fork in her hand and said softly.

"Oh." Bai Yuan glanced at her, angry in her heart, but didn't want to say more.

It's not that she doesn't want to look for Zhou Mei, she never holds it up, but there are a few hooligans blocking the door, how can she dare to leave easily, if she is there, she can still resist, leaving Jian Rong, who is unarmed and quite handsome A woman is alone at home, if something happens, what can she do, this little devil is also, he doesn't throw bombs when he should throw them, but he keeps throwing bombs when he shouldn't.

Zhou Mei moved the sliced ​​steak to Shishi, and moved the piece of steak that Bai Yuan didn't have time to cut, and cut it silently. Zhou, patiently coaxed "I want to eat something else"

"I'm so scared, I'm still eating!" The actor gave her a blank stare.

"Dong Chi has moved to the street where you live, and there will never be such a thing again"

"I'm not talking about that." Xi Zibai was a little bit clueless, "Actually, it's fine to find someone to scare them. What are you doing? I heard that the blood flowed like a river."

"This is Liu Ye's method, it has nothing to do with me." Zhou Mei's tone was flat, as if she was talking about an unimportant matter.

"You don't come here, if you don't take care of him, how dare he be so lawless in the current environment?" The actor Bai suddenly felt a chill down his back, and muttered, "You two, a rich woman from a military family is a smuggler. Black toubob, really scary..."

"So, why don't you just tell them who your boss is~" Zhou Mei smiled, her eyes also crooked.

"Damn!" the actor scolded in vain, "Being taken care of by the female boss, whoever believes me if I tell you, they will probably think I'm crazy!"

"Okay, eat quickly, it will be cold in a while"

"Heartless, it's been a long time, and I just took a look. In the end, Kuju helped. You don't feel ashamed, I feel ashamed too"

Seeing that she finally said what was in her heart, Zhou Mei said lightly, "It's almost done."

"Where is Ku Ju, why didn't you take the little girl to the department store today, instead you came to see me when you have time?" the actor Bai Yinyang asked angrily.

"Ju'er went to watch a movie with her classmates." Zhou Mei knew that she had been remembering this, and she didn't hide it. She said openly, "When she graduates from high school, I will send her abroad. In fact, I should have let her study in the morning." "

"Ju'er Juer's, it's not too nasty." Xi Zibai was still sour, "You didn't go there again..."

"She lives in the dormitory now, okay?" Zhou Mei looked helpless, "I want to make it clear to her and you refuse, and I want to leave her alone and you refuse to let her go. You have to bear the troubles you caused yourself, and don't end up with me." gone"

"Scumbag..." The actor Bai gulped down the steak, and said through gritted teeth, "It's fine to raise two, and blatantly ask one of them to give money to the other. Your heart is made of stone, you, we opera singers." Although the family background is not good, but it is not rubbish. You see, it makes the little girl feel sad. She is trying not to cry, but you bully her like that. It is said that men will become bad when they have money. I don’t think women are so good. Where are you going!"

"..." Zhou Mei put down the knife in her hand with a slap, and said with a cold face, "It's like how wronged you are, what's wrong with raising two? I can afford it! One day you play yourself to death, at least She can still be with me!"

Shi Shi, who had eaten very deliciously, still had half a piece of sausage in his mouth, seeing Zhou Mei full of hostility, tears came to his eyes.

"Are you expecting me to die that much!!"

"Whose women don't always go to the hospital? Whose women don't hide when the bombs come, but go to die! Whose women are wandering around the street with nothing to do? You say you make some mess every now and then. , who will clean up for you!! Can you leave me!!"

"Come on, I'm the only one who can make your abilities meaningful and make you feel that life is a little bit interesting. It's useless to change someone else. You are naturally overthinking and pessimistic. You If you have today, thank you!"

"Can you show some face! How can I need you to help me?"

"Wow, wow"

......

The two of you glanced at me and talked to each other, staged the daily quarrel that started with the troublesome things caused by Kuju and Baizibai, and ended with the crying of children. She, she is more and more unwilling to pay attention to her, but when she is facing Xie Zibai, she doesn't understand why this woman can always step on her thunder point accurately, making her want to explode in place at any time, even with Xie Zibai Blow up together.