bunny kid

Summer of 1937———

A piece of grass outside the house was dyed with colorful colors, and it took a year to decide to repair a piece of messy and withered weeds into a sea of ​​flowers.It took another two years to attract people to visit with the gorgeous sea of ​​flowers.

Over time, the house is no longer a remote and uninhabited house. In the past few years, we have met many famous friends who came here.

The sound of "ding ding" sounded among the flowers, and before I could respond, the visiting Xu father and wife responded first: "Mr. Lin is back!"

"Mr. Lin" who came back on a dark blue steel bicycle, dressed in all black youth attire, nodded respectfully to the Xu couple and greeted them politely.

"It's hard work." The young Mrs. Xu greeted habitually.

"It's okay, it's okay." The slow-tempered Lin Zhi replied in a low voice.

I glanced outside the door, and the sky has been stained with a red glow.Every day is like this, as long as Lin Zhi comes back, it means that it will be dark soon, I eagerly fulfill my responsibility as a master: "It's getting late, you guys stay and eat."

Mr. Xu looked regretful: "It's a pity, we have already booked a western restaurant, and we missed the opportunity to try your handicraft."

"It's okay, there will be a chance next time."

After the Xu couple said goodbye to us, they drove out of the garden in a car.

Although I usually get along with tourists in a friendly way, it is not easy for Lin Zhi to mingle with strangers, at least for him, it is not a must.In this way, as long as he can basically say hello and not be hated, that is the greatest friendliness he can achieve.

He really hasn't changed at all, the man he was five years ago is almost the same as the man he will be five years later, if we say that the biggest change is probably his height and appearance.

Lin Zhi, who was originally only as tall as my shoulders, may have grown more than ten centimeters in the past few years, and the top of his head has reached my eyebrows.The childishness on his face was completely gone, the masculine edges and corners gradually appeared, and the voice could no longer make a coquettish sound. In this way, he became a little more manly, but if I had to say, he was still cuter than before.

Lin Zhi is now working as a waiter in a western restaurant in the city. The job was introduced by Min Hua, and it is said that the boss is her uncle.Lin Zhi worked there for about three years. Although the work was hard, he still worked hard for our future.

Before that, I was actually responsible for going out to work.Minhua considerately arranged for me a job as a private tutor. The students were all the children of high-ranking officials, and the income was quite good at that time.But the traffic is really inconvenient, and my legs are not good. I have to walk a long way every day to get a taxi. After a long time, my right foot actually deteriorated.

Naturally, Lin Zhi couldn't be bothered by this matter, he scolded me when he found out, and I was really shocked when I saw him so excited for the first time.A few days later, he suddenly came back on his bicycle. It turned out that he taught me to ride a bicycle by himself, just to drive me to the city center every day, saving me the journey.

However, this situation did not last long. After all, tutoring is not a stable job. Soon I was replaced by other able-bodied teachers, and of course I lost my job.For a long time, I was depressed, but Lin Zhi seemed to have got his wish, complacently persuading me to stay at home and recuperate, while he turned to earn money to support his family.Although I had struggled in my heart, but Lin Zhi was very motivated, so I didn't have to argue.

So, I became a flower farmer, taking care of the flower garden every day, making a few friends in my free time, and living a leisurely and comfortable life.

Lin Zhi put on his apron, and flipped through the ingredients in the kitchen: "How do you cook ribs?"

I patted the cucumber with the back of the knife, and said casually, "Let's stew it."

I put the cucumber into the prepared sauce, planning to make a cucumber shot, "The salary seems to be paid today?"

"Yes." Lin Zhi finished washing the ribs, turned his head and washed the wok again. "It's pretty quiet today."

"Huh? Home?" I was helping to start the fire.

"Yes."

"After all, the current situation is turbulent, and everyone is not very interested."

"The guests in the restaurant are discussing enthusiastically."

Lin Zhi put the wok on the stove: "Everyone says war is about to start."

I was stunned, and stopped fanning the fire: "How is it possible, just believe that the sky is falling."

"But the guests all swear by it. You also know that they are high-ranking guests, and they all plan to move out of Baoding."

"That's their unfounded worry." I fanned the fire again.

"You think it's impossible? But isn't the northeast all occupied by devils?" Lin Zhi knelt down and said seriously.

"Our country has many allies, and the devils dare not touch us."

"Sure? Can you guarantee that the two countries will never go to war?"

The fire was burning violently, I stood up and poured a tablespoon of oil into the wok, put a couple of garlic and ginger into the oil, and the hot oil splashed out immediately: "No, of course not, but I believe that within a few years at least the country will definitely It is peace in the world."

Lin Zhi leaned back against me, squinting at me, as if very puzzled.

"What's the matter? Are you having trouble?" The ribs were poured into the wok, and the sound of "sizzling" immediately came out with the oily smoke.

Lin Zhi lowered his voice and complained, "I said that because I was worried about us, but you don't care at all."

"Come on, give me a bowl of water."

Lin Zhi with a gloomy face obediently poured me a bowl of water and poured it directly into the wok. When he was angry, he was always submissive.

Seeing that his frowning expression remained unchanged, I couldn't help but secretly panicked, and quickly tried to calm down and comforted me: "Why am I not worried? I am also very worried. But think about it, even if there is a real war, Our place is so remote, how could the devils find out? Even if the flames are raging outside, this place will be safe and sound." After that, I patted his head, "Don't worry too much, ah?"

Lin Zhi walked out without saying a word, leaving me alone at a loss.In fact, I am indifferent to any major national affairs or current affairs, so I can only stare and talk nonsense.Especially now that my life is stable and leisurely, I am even less interested in the outside world. Now I only rely on a small radio to communicate with the outside world.So when Lin Zhi suddenly brought up whether to go to war or not, I was stunned. This kind of heavy political topic has never been discussed between us, let alone he is brooding over this kind of topic. It seems that the people in the city The political climate really affected him a lot.

Accidents are always unpredictable, like a torrential rain, catching passers-by without umbrellas by surprise, but it is too casual to say that the change of the situation is a heavy rain.Because it has never been an accident, it is the breaking point of human greed.

Probably Lin Zhi had already figured out this truth, and before that day came, he was always anxious.Whether he has any bad premonitions is all hidden in his heart, and I have no way of knowing as the person next to him.

In the early morning of July 7, a bad news came and turned a heavy rain into a tsunami, which invaded our hearts.The radio announcer angrily reported the news:

Last night, the Japanese troops stationed at the border forcibly asked to enter Wanping City, where the Chinese garrison was stationed, for a search on the grounds that a soldier was missing. Ceasefire.The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China calls on all compatriots and the whole nation to carry out the war of resistance, prevent Japanese imperialism from occupying an inch of China, and shed the last drop of blood to defend the country.

The sound of the radio was interfered by the signal, and the hoarse reverberation sound was intermittently cut off. Lin Zhi hurriedly stepped forward and squatted in front of the radio for half an hour. The content of the broadcast was all related to this report.

That day, Lin Zhi and I rode bicycles to the city center.The streets in the city center were filled with crowds. Some families were fleeing with a car full of luggage. Some intellectuals distributed leaflets on the side of the road calling for the people to resist the war. Of course, some of us still maintained our daily life in a leisurely manner. people.

Lin Zhi deliberately went to the western restaurant to check whether it was still open. Unexpectedly, the notice posted at the door indicated that the boss had moved out overnight with his family.

We went home without a word all the way, full of helplessness in our hearts, we had nothing to rely on, except here, there was nowhere else to go, and we didn't know where we would go in the future.

But the cruelty of reality forces us to start the erratic rules of survival.

On July 7, Jiang Zhongzheng, chairman of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government of the Republic of China, issued a statement on Lushan Mountain, officially starting the all-out war of resistance against Japan.

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Only this chapter commemorates the July [-]th Incident.