Rebirth of Siheyuan: Starting from escaping famine in 42

People took off their heavy cotton jackets and trousers and changed into thin clothes, but they were still busy in the spring rain.

A spring rain falls on the eaves like thousands of silver threads, and rows of water drops fall from the eaves like a beautiful pearl curtain.

The spring rain is like nectar, silently dripping to the earth, nourishing the thriving vegetable fields.

Li Qingfeng sat under the eaves, smoking, drinking tea, and quietly watching everything in the rain.

Li Qingfeng is resting at home today. He had already asked for leave from the police station yesterday. Unexpectedly, it started to drizzle early this morning.

It is now April 15th, and there are still four months until the Japanese Emperor announces Japan's surrender.

During these four months, Li Qingfeng was thinking whether he should cause some trouble to the Japanese, but now the Japanese have become smarter. After he robbed their bank last time, the Japanese sent heavy troops to guard important places, such as banks and businesses controlled by the Japanese, day and night, leaving no blind spots at all, and leaving Li Qingfeng no chance to make a move.

Even the homes of the wealthier pro-Japanese families and traitors were protected by groups of puppet soldiers, so Li Qingfeng had no chance to take any action.

Oh! Forget it, let's wait until the devils surrender and everyone relaxes their vigilance, and then see what happens!

After the Chinese New Year, Li Qingfeng traded again with the four black markets in Sijiu City, exchanging a total of 50 large yellow croakers and 20 boxes of raw jadeite. He also told the four black market leaders that Li Qingfeng would come to trade once every three months, and asked them to prepare money, not limited to jade, such as antique calligraphy and paintings, gold and silver jewelry, jade ornaments and ancient books.

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time flies.

The time came to August 15th, 1945.

Li Qingfeng, with excitement, followed Ma Baofu on the street, patrolling casually, and raising his hand to check the time from time to time.

Ma Baofu, who was standing by, saw Li Qingfeng's trembling body and thought he was sick, so he asked Li Qingfeng: "Qingfeng, are you okay? If not, find a place to rest for a while."

"Okay! Brother Ma, I didn't sleep well last night." With that, Li Qingfeng and Ma Baofu found a teahouse, ordered a cup of tea, and took a rest while smoking and drinking.

There happened to be a radio in a nearby grocery store. At this time, an excited voice came from the radio. The grocery store owner turned up the volume to the maximum, and an excited and generous voice came from the radio: "Our justice will inevitably defeat the truth of power, and finally get its final proof..."

When Li Qingfeng heard the voice, he stood up excitedly, ran quickly to the radio, and listened to the sound coming from the radio without breathing.

Ma Baofu followed Li Qingfeng into the grocery store and listened to the radio.

They were not the last two. After hearing what happened, the nearby citizens all ran into the grocery store. The store was full of people, and some were crowded at the door, listening to the radio, waiting for the man to say those words.

People throughout the city and across China were listening quietly beside their nearest radio.

At this time, a voice came from the radio. The citizens near the radio listened attentively. The radio said: "Japan has officially surrendered unconditionally. In order to celebrate the victory of the War of Resistance, the whole country will have a three-day holiday from now on. Fellow countrymen, the war is over, and the nightmare is over."

When the Chinese people across the country who were listening to their radios heard the last sentence, they cheered loudly and ran in the streets, making sounds to vent their emotions and crying loudly.

At this time, Li Qingfeng was also in tears. With trembling hands, he struck a match to light a cigarette and said to Ma Baofu beside him: "Brother Ma, did you hear that? The devils surrendered, the devils surrendered!"

Ma Baofu also shed tears of excitement, nodded heavily and said: "Yes! Qingfeng, the devils surrendered."

Li Qingfeng finished his cigarette, ran out of the grocery store with a gun in his hand, and ran quickly towards Liu Chuanzhi's house. He didn't care about the voice calling him from behind. He just wanted to vent his emotions in front of Liu Chuanzhi.

"Qingfeng, where are you going? Li Qingfeng?" Ma Baofu looked at Li Qingfeng running away, lowered his head silently, not knowing what he was thinking.

When Li Qingfeng ran to Liu Chuanzhi's house, he was already sweating profusely, his face was covered with sweat and tears, he was breathing heavily, and looked at Liu Chuanzhi and Wang Shenghua excitedly.

He said to the two of them, "Lao Liu, Sister Wang, did you hear that? The devils have surrendered, the devils have surrendered!"

Wang Shenghua looked at Li Qingfeng, whose eyes were filled with tears and sweat. He covered his mouth with his hands, trying to stop himself from crying out loud.

Liu Chuanzhi's eyes were red, and he nodded and said, "Qingfeng, the devils have surrendered, and we have won."

After saying that, the two hugged each other excitedly, then they separated, looked at each other excitedly, and then they both laughed, but as they laughed, they couldn't help but cry again.

The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was won and we are still alive, but many, many people died in the battle and could not see today's victory, nor could they hear the Japanese emperor say unconditional surrender.

Our compatriots and Chinese soldiers sacrificed their lives to bring us today’s great victory.

After a while, the three people in the room calmed down their excitement a little.

Li Qingfeng handed Liu Chuanzhi a cigarette, lit one for himself, and said to him and Sister Wang: "Old Liu, Sister Wang, we have to celebrate tonight."

Liu Chuanzhi was smoking a cigarette. When he heard what Li Qingfeng said, he nodded and smiled and replied, "Yes! Today is a day worth celebrating. We should get drunk before we go home."

Wang Shenghua gently touched his belly with both hands, and said to the unborn child in his belly in his heart: Child, our country’s victory, you are also a witness. When you are born and grow up, I will slowly tell you. Then he looked at the two people in front of him with a smile on his face. One was his man and the other was his important younger brother.

"Old Liu, go to my father-in-law's house and tell him. You all can come to my house together. I'm going to go back to the police station to hand in the gun, and then go home to cook." After saying that, Li Qingfeng didn't wait for Liu Chuanzhi to reply, he went straight out of the yard and ran towards the police station.

Li Qingfeng returned to the police station, greeted his colleagues with a smile, said he would have a drink when he was free, went to the armory to exchange weapons, and then left the police station.

First, he came to the master's house. As soon as he entered the yard, he saw the master lying on the recliner, closing his eyes, shaking his head and humming a little tune. Li Qingfeng walked up to him and said softly, "Master, you also know that the Japanese surrendered! Now follow me home. I will cook some delicious dishes tonight and we will celebrate."

Na Quanfu opened his slightly red eyes and said to Li Qingfeng, "Okay! Qingfeng, let's go now. It won't delay you from going home to cook."

"Okay! Master, please slow down." Li Qingfeng helped his master get up and walked to the gate of the courtyard. After locking the door, Li Qingfeng supported his master and walked slowly towards home.