Double Bracelets

All things were delayed, and the whole family did not leave for Shanghai until January 46.Jiang Tonghe still couldn't go with him, so he stayed for a meeting in Chongqing.Jiang Xijie's request to resign was unsuccessful, but soon word spread that "five sons are admitted to the imperial examination {1}". Jiang Xijie pretended to be furious and resigned based on this.The boss had no choice but to let her go, after all, she really had to take care of the family.

However, after changing hands, she arranged for the whole family to leave by boat by relying on the connections she had accumulated over the years and a gold bar.They arranged for someone to carry Wang Chanyue to the first-class cabin—it couldn’t be compared to before the war—this guy could walk, but no one dared to let her go down.The Fu family sisters took their parents' ashes and brought them back to Shanghai for burial according to their will.When the boat set off, Jiang and Wang stood by the porthole and looked at Chongqing, where they had lived for nearly eight years. It looked like a giant beast with many injuries. Its muscles and bones were all damaged. Even if it moved a little, it would be painful.But it still has to go forward.

When they came to Chongqing, they were also full of anxiety and hidden worries. They also thought about when they could leave, and whether they could return to the happy days of the past when they left. Later, because of the delay of the war, they felt that they might never go back.Leaving Chongqing now, and finally embarking on the journey back to the hometown where there is no news and may even be completely destroyed, I still feel anxious and anxious.Everyone has things they don't want to deal with but have to deal with when they go back. The Yangtze River is still the Yangtze River, and the passenger ship is a passenger ship that survived by luck. The rope that fate has tied around everyone's neck is tightening bit by bit.

Wang Chanyue didn't expect that Fu Yiheng would still be willing to go with her. She had the courage to ask Fu Yiheng a while ago, are you going back to Shanghai to carry out the mission? Before the photo, Fu Yiheng would not tell her, and it was useless to ask.But this time, Fu Yiheng answered very simply and directly, "Yes. After all, I don't have much room for activities in Chongqing. I have to go back to Shanghai to make some preparations."

In fact, the answer Wang Chanyue most wanted to hear was that from now on, I have nothing to do with them.Of course it is impossible.At this moment, she could only lie on the bed, reaching out her hand to caress the cheek of Fu Yiheng who was still sitting by the bed with her, "Are you..." "Huh?" "Aren't you... have pity on me?" Are you It's not because you pity my injuries that you treat me so well, stay with me like this, and never leave me.It's not that I'm worried about you, I doubt you, I just have a bad feeling, I don't know what it is, but it's approaching me like a dark fog, I'm afraid, I feel powerless to resist .

Fu Yiheng grabbed her hand with a smile, and put it on his lips to kiss lightly, "I don't pity you, I pity myself. Seeing you like this, my heart is about to break." Wang Chanyue smiled slightly, Raising his index finger to touch the tip of her nose, Fu Yiheng rubbed her palm obediently like a cat.

Your eyes are so bright, like night pearls, always so bright.You always say that my eyes have light, no, you do, you are the kind of magical banshee in western mythology, the siren relies on the bewitching singing, and you rely on the light in your eyes.

They were on the boat, ignorant of the tragedy and riots in Chongqing in early February. When they disembarked, it seemed that the whole world was against the Soviet Union.After hearing this, Zhao's mother said, there are no good people in Russia!The righteous words she said were full of vitality. Jiang Xijie told her that if she went abroad, she would be picked up with her, so that she could live happily for another 120 years.Zhao's mother glanced at her, her expression was very kind, and her mouth remained the same: "You are planning to use me for another 120 years!"

Jiang Xijie then determined that not only was she willing, but she could not live in 100 years, but she could still live in 20 years.

The first thing I did when I came back to Shanghai was to visit their old houses.Because I couldn't get in touch with the housekeeper, I had to go see it in person.Arrange for the whole family to live in the hotel first, and send Wang Chanyue to the hospital. The next day, Jiang Xijie and Wang Jiyue set off to visit their hometown.The old house of the Wang family was nearby, so I went there first.The house was dilapidated, but it was not abandoned, but it was ruined by someone. It was dirty and messy. It was like a palace deliberately polluted by the Eight-Power Allied Forces with excrement and urine.Daily debris, diapers, garbage, scattered all over the place.Wang Jiyue went in and knocked on the door, but there was no one in the room, it seemed that the building had been empty for a long time.I even asked the person who lived next door—the original neighbor didn’t know where he went—the person said that a middle-aged woman brought someone to live here, a big family of country people, and they lived in peace for a while. , Later the Japanese invaded the concession and ran away without them. "Are you gone? Where did you go?" "Then I don't know!" The new neighbor obviously didn't plan to answer any more questions, and Wang Jiyue didn't plan to ask any more questions, so she pulled her away, "It's something Xu Ma can do." , nothing unexpected. Let’s go to your house.”

Now that she said so, Jiang Xijie didn't argue anymore, after all, she knew Mama Xu, but she didn't.Relatively speaking, she is more concerned about how Hu Xie spent the past eight years.While they were thinking about it, the two of them were walking towards Jiang's house when they saw a man standing at the intersection staring blankly. "Who is that?" "Who is who?" Jiang Xijie followed Wang Jiyue's line of sight, and saw Hu Xie's youngest son—he was still a little boy when he left, and eight years later, he had begun to grow a beard. of teenagers.

Jiang Xijie didn't dare to recognize her, but when the other party saw her, she ran towards her with big strides. When she ran in front of her, she also didn't dare to recognize her. "What's your name?" Jiang Xijie asked, but the boy remained silent, "Are you Hu Jun? I know your father Hu Kai, he"

Before they could finish speaking, there was a shout at the door of the house, and Hu Xie's wife greeted them there.

Walking into the courtyard gate, everything remains the same, only slightly old.Jiang Xijie asked where Hu Xie was, where were the others, and how the family had been doing in the past eight years. Madam Hu's eyes were red, and she sat down on the small sofa and asked her son to pour tea. Died years ago.Before the Japanese could break into the concession, the Hu family made a living by doing small business while guarding the house.The economic situation in the enemy-occupied area is also not good. Fortunately, Jiang Xijie left behind gold bars and silver dollars, so that the influence can be reduced, but the Hu family is also worried about attracting thieves, so they can only live carefully and dare not spend money.The concession ceased to exist three years ago, so all kinds of ghosts and monsters came in.Hu Xie was worried all day long that someone would covet the house and its contents, guarding the house like a hen guarding its chicks.

The family thought he was overreacting, but one day, a thief came. One of the three thieves was shot to death by Hu Kai, and the other two ran away.Hu Kai drove people all the way with a gun at an early age. When the puppet government came, there was nothing to investigate. He killed in self-defense, and the thief had no relatives to collect the body, so the matter was settled.Hu Kai kept on talking, saying that the remaining two thieves had to be caught too, or they would go steal another house sooner or later.

Unexpectedly, a month later, Hu Xie was beaten to death in an alley.A wooden stick with nails hit him hard on the head, bleeding from the seven orifices.

Hu Kai has two sons and a daughter. The eldest son escaped to join the army, but his whereabouts are unknown now.The second daughter was kidnapped by the puppet army and given to the Japanese after her father died, and then committed suicide.Only the youngest son was left with his mother.The mother was worried that the money would lead to death. Although no one outside seemed to know about it, the mother and son dug a deep hole in the hidden part of the yard and buried the money in the middle of the night when no one was there.

"Miss..." Mrs. Hu was crying, and Jiang Xijie also cried, "I will return the money to you in a while. Now that you are back, we..." "Don't talk about anything else, we... let's go first Go and bury Uncle Hu properly, and hide it next to Grandpa, so that Grandpa can still drink with him." Jiang Xijie took a deep breath and said, "Also... the money is originally for you. It's yours. Don't No matter what you say..."

Madam Hu asked, is Madam still there?Jiang Xijie said she was gone, only she was gone.Mrs. Hu sighed desolately, and said, "Ah, Lao Hu also planted some flowers for Mrs. Hu, but I thank you later."

Life is still going on, and those who died in the past have settled down like stones at the bottom of the river. Their own memories, stories, and indifferent light and shadow when they existed have also been gradually washed away by the river.

When Wang Jiyue returned to Shanghai, she was introduced by Mr. Tao, and naturally there was no shortage of work, so she was not in a hurry, she just planned to go back to Mudu to see if the ancestral home and grave were safe after everything was settled.The family found someone overnight to tidy up and repair the Jiang family's old house. Because of the proper maintenance, they soon moved in.The Wang family simply sold the old house, and Wang Jiyue directly gave the money to Jiang Xijie and said, hire someone to expand the house, so that everyone will not be crowded.Jiang Xijie originally thought that she would live separately and buy their own property in the near future, but then she thought that the current situation is chaotic, and the money in her hands might as well be turned into real estate, so she began to make arrangements again.

After the Fu family returned to Shanghai and buried Fu Fenglang and his wife properly, they finally received a telegram from Switzerland from Fu Yuanheng, who had come all the way, saying that he was going to come back and asked everyone how they were doing and where they lived.Said that Yuan Xing was very sad after knowing that his parents were dead, and the three of them were going to come back, but because Fu Juxu's wife is not in good health, and Europe is also in chaos now, I am afraid that the trip will be delayed.The Fu family sisters, whose parents both died overnight, didn't need to be in a hurry to meet, they just replied that they should take their time and pay attention to safety along the way.As for the ancestral house and the clan, they didn't even think about whether they would go back to Shanxi.Among the elders, Fu Chuanyi and Fu Yiheng are probably the only relatives who can remember.

As for Fu Yiheng, he was unexpectedly obedient.The order she received earlier was to let her return to Shanghai.This is both where she can function best now and where she has asked herself to be.However, before she made this request, Shangfeng asked her: "You want to accompany your Miss Wang, right? After all, she was injured, so you can leave her if you are not good."

She froze for a moment, thought for a few seconds, and nodded.The other party smiled, and the smile was not friendly.But she was given such an order anyway.

Today, Shanghai, the old place where the French Concession used to be, she has to come to meet people.

The author has something to say:

{69} After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the Chinese Kuomintang took over officials to the recovered areas, where serious corruption occurred, and property that should have been handed over to the state was embezzled wantonly.At that time, it was circulated in the market: "Looking forward to the central government, looking forward to the central government, it will be even more difficult when the central government comes." Ridiculously, the recruiter became an upstart, and it was the "five sons who were admitted to the imperial examination": "seat, woman, house, car, and note".

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