Double Bracelets

On July 7, when Jiang Xize returned home at night, it was already one o'clock at night.This is still halfway to buy a little time to fly back.When the soldiers checking on the road saw the sign of the Garrison Command, they naturally did not dare to stop it.In fact, to him, this is considered a condescension.

They had already received the full text of Konoe Fumimaro's speech, and the battle was bound to be fought.He thought, he wondered what the effect of what Minister Chen {4} said at the Executive Yuan meeting, but he knew very well that the Chinese navy was no match for the Japanese.To fight to the death, Shanghai will be the first to bear the brunt. When the time comes, there will be heavy artillery fire, and the concession?So what about the concession.

Who among his family can stay here, if Shanghai really falls, they will be detained by the Japanese as a threat.When he came out from the headquarters meeting, his father sent him a telegram, telling him to go home quickly and arrange for his family to evacuate to the mainland.He wanted to ask his father, where to retreat?My father is alone in Nanjing at the moment, and my elder brother is already leading the army to concentrate in Shanghai. As a senior military intelligence officer, his whereabouts are unknown. In short, he cannot bring his family with him, so how can he withdraw?where to goWhere is it safe?

At the staff meeting, no one knew how long the war would last, how it would be fought, whether it was going to be peace or war, whether it was going to be a war to the end, or a temporary war and peace, where the Japanese would come from, and after the fall of North China, Whether the front line of Shandong can be defended, and whether it will be encircled, no one knows, no one can figure it out.

He went home, sat in the car, smoked cigarette after cigarette, and never got out of the car.

After smoking half a pack, he got out of the car and walked to the kitchen to pour water for himself.At two o'clock in the morning when everything is completely silent, even the sound of water sliding down the throat is very clear. "You're back." Fu Yuanying quietly appeared behind, Jiang Xize didn't feel surprised, but poured a cup for his wife, and deliberately mixed a little hot water in it. Although it's better to be warm than completely cold, Fu Yuanying's body has been No, the husband even has to worry about the water she drinks.Fu Yuanying took it, took a sip, smelled her husband's body full of smoke, and asked: "How about it, when will it be shot?" "I don't know, let's see when the Japanese will shoot." "What are you going to do at home?" " Dad sent a telegram today and told the family to leave immediately.” “Go? Where are you going?” “Now it seems that once Shanghai is occupied, Nanjing will be in danger, and the government will definitely retreat to Wuhan. Let’s retreat to Wuhan together, no matter what, The guards must be safer. I can’t stay in Wuhan, let’s talk about it.”

Fu Yuanying nodded, thought for a while and said: "It's better for my sister-in-law if you take a boat. It's just that the boat is a little slower. Which one do you think is better?" Jiang Xize put down his water glass and let out a long breath, "Let's take a boat. The train is too tired I’m afraid I’ll upset my sister-in-law. The waterway has been blocked, so it’s safe to take a boat. I... I’m afraid I don’t have time to deal with this matter, so I’ll leave it to Xijie.” Fu Yuanying chuckled, “Both of you brothers, both Leaving things to my sister is really a brother and sister."

She tried to make her husband smile, but he didn't.Jiang Xize just sighed and shook his head.Seeing his haggard look, Fu Yuanying went up and hugged him in distress. "Should I go back later?" Jiang Xize thought, but there is nothing important to do when he goes back. Anyway, his subordinates know that he is going home to arrange things. Before "die for the country", he always gives him some time to spend with his family , "No, I'll leave in the morning. I'll explain the matter to Xijie face to face."

The Jiang family has been preparing to leave since the early morning of the 28th.Some servants were found after arriving in Shanghai, and they were sent away with money at this time.If anyone is unwilling to leave, Jiang Xijie will persuade them to return to their hometown with money.In the end there were only two people left, Hu Kai and Zhao Ma.Zhao's mother and Xu's united front, always regarded themselves as "Miss's half-mother", and now she will definitely not leave Jiang Xijie and run away on her own, not to mention Jiang Xijie's words of persuading people to go home and be with her young relatives are not effective for her : The one who died in her family was a childless widow; Hu Xie’s family was taken to Shanghai by him early on, and he was unwilling to be dismissed by the Jiang family, he wanted to stay and guard the house.

"The souls of the old man and the second master are still there! I want to stay here to guard the house! When the Japanese come, we can't let them occupy our house! Miss San, just go! Wait until you come back! This old house is still there !” As he spoke, tears fell.Jiang Xijie had no choice but to tell him that if the Japanese invade and occupy Shanghai, even if the concession is safe, I'm afraid you will have a difficult life. Let him take all his family members from the Chinese world to live in this house, and then stay in the house. I don’t feel at ease no matter how I give the money to him, so I finally had to say: “Uncle Hu, if one day it really fails, don’t resist. When you leave, escape as soon as possible, there is a friend I know well at the pier, I entrust you to him, when the time comes, you just ask him, anyway, you can get on a boat!"

In this way, the aunt is required to count the things in the house, which ones should be taken away, which ones should be kept, which ones should be sold, and which ones should be thrown into the cellar.She herself had to go to the foreign firm to ask for her resignation - she knew that doing so would make others think that the Jiang family was greedy for life and afraid of death, and it would also cause panic in others, but she had to resign, and she didn't need to occupy a position.Since he wanted to flee with his family, he had the responsibility, so what was the position in a foreign firm, and he didn't know if there was any trade in the war.Even if there was, she would not want to live in the enemy-occupied area.In such a busy schedule, Jiang Xize knew her heart, and based on family and friendship, told her that the Wang family must go with their family.As brother-in-law, sister, and Jiang Xijie's life-and-death lover, the Wang family and them share weal and woe.

At night, Jiang Xijie ran to Wang Jiyue on the pretext of going to Wang's house to help after finishing her work.The more she thought about it along the way, the more she felt tired and flustered. The sister-in-law was pregnant and her belly was obvious, which was troublesome enough; now bring Fu Yuan'e, who is also a pregnant woman, and there are two children at home.However, if I want to take a plane, I’m afraid it’s impossible, and I’m afraid that the plane in Wuhan will be foggy because of the fog, so I can only rely on her cheek to ask the boss for a ticket—fortunately, she is a hard-working senior employee with a family background Great, otherwise where would the boat ticket come from.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was impossible, so he walked into the Wang family's house with a puzzled look on his face.Ever since Wang Jiyue was about to leave, her heart was in a state of panic, and when she saw her coming, she walked over without hesitation and hugged her tightly.Jiang Xijie felt at ease when she smelled the scent of white gardenia on her body, and said with a long sigh of relief: "How is the arrangement?" Wang Jiyue also sighed tiredly, "It's easy to talk about the arrangement, as you know in our family, they are used to doing their own thing. There is no news about Chanyue, I think she left with Aunt Fu's family. Now my uncle is in a hurry and has nothing to do. For the time being, Yuan'e and I will go together. Hao Peng follows the staff headquarters and can't control it." Wang Jiyue said at the same time While guiding her to sit on the sofa, "Where is Haoxiu?" "He won't leave. He said he couldn't live without the ten-mile foreign market in Shanghai." Instead, I sent a telegram and asked me to take care of everything. In the last two days, I sent three groups of people back to my hometown in Mudu for errands. Hmph... When is the boat ticket?" Wang Jiyue said as she spoke. Began to get bored, as if she resented her father's attitude, maybe in her view, she and Hao Peng were not father's children, but father's pawns. "It should be a few days in early August, not sure. I heard that all the ships will be returned in early August, so as not to be snatched by the Japanese. Before that, the ships can be freely dispatched, and I'm afraid there will be no ships after that. There is a way."

It was getting late, so Wang Jiyue took Jiang Xijie upstairs, and the two of them prepared to wash up and go to bed.When it came to the dismissal of the servants, Wang Jiyue said that Mama Xu would be left to look after the house, Mama Xu was very happy.Jiang Xijie felt strange, and also talked about her own affairs, but each of them was speechless.

After returning to the house, lying on the bed, both of them were tired, hugging each other, Wang Jiyue lazily said: "Did you know? Dad is going to divorce Fourth Aunt." "Huh? How can we leave at this time?" "He thinks it's cumbersome. He wants to pay a sum of money to get rid of the trouble. It's better to know about the third aunt after such a trouble." "Then the fourth aunt is willing?" "Will you or not, They didn’t tell me either. They said they would come back to Shanghai tomorrow. She would bring the paperwork, and she would sign in person and I would pay the money in person, and the money and the goods would be settled.” Jiang Xijie couldn’t comment, so she could only tsk tsk.Wang Jiyue felt disheartened, and put her palm on Jiang Xijie's collarbone. Thinking about how hard she had gained weight in the past few years, she was about to start fleeing and lose weight again, "...I can't think of it, in my lifetime, It's really a war." Jiang Xijie knew that she was referring to the past when they talked about what they should do during the war when they were young, so she chuckled, turned her head and kissed Wang Jiyue's face, "Life and death are fate, wealth and honor are in the past." My God. Come on, come on." Every time Wang Jiyue is kissed by her like this, she is conditioned to be shy, and she wants to hide, so she shrinks back, but when the person who belittled her runs away, she counterattacks and forgets, "You Speaking of which, it seems as though it is raining and thundering when you go out on weekdays, but you haven't brought an umbrella." Wang Jiyue succeeded in attacking, biting her neck even more, Jiang Xijie tilted her head outwards, and indulged her as her vampire, "...I am now I understand why the second brother is always smiling, ""...why?" "Things are already difficult, so why put more burden on yourself. Cao Cao never cries. It's Big Ear Liu who cries. Besides,"

She gently pushed Wang Jiyue away, "I think it's good to have a good fight, so as not to be bullied all the time, and make them think we are easy to bully. It also makes those soft bones know that there are still hard bones." Win?" Wang Jiyue asked, her eyes were quite psychedelic, and she had nothing to do with seriousness, and she didn't seem to be discussing national affairs. "yes,"

Jiang Xijie still wanted to talk, but she had no chance.She was in a trance at the moment of convulsions, and heard Wang Jiyue tell her, don't leave me, no matter what happens, don't.She vaguely remembered that she was in bliss and squeezed out the word "good" from her teeth.

On the morning of August [-]th, the family took a passenger ship belonging to Jardine to Wuhan.In the first-class cabin, Wang Jiyue settled a group of people. When she stepped out of the cabin, she saw Jiang Xijie holding a few letters in her hand. She thanked the first mate and stood there alone to read. "What letter?" "It's from the elder brother. One is for the whole family, one is for the elder sister-in-law. There is also a message from the second brother. It is all comforting, so that the family can rest assured." She will come out after delivering the letter to her family. , the whistle sounded, and the passenger ship set off.The boat was full of dignitaries' homes, Jiang Xijie thought, but she didn't know how many people were still on board when they arrived in Wuhan.Now it seems that everyone has nothing to do with the government, and they fled separately.

Come to think of it, it doesn't really matter.

She saw Wang Jiyue standing there leaning on the railing, the sky was clear, even if she was fleeing, Wang Jiyue was like a beauty walking down from a classical painting.He went up to see her worried and sad expression, so he put his arms around her shoulders and said, "Don't worry when you get on the boat. Everything will be fine when you arrive in Wuhan." Wang Jiyue smiled and leaned her head on Jiang Xijie's shoulder, " I'm not worried about myself. When I'm with you, I'm not afraid of anything. I just... look at the two sides of the river, think of so many ordinary people in the Chinese world who have nowhere to go, and worry about them." Jiang Xijie also thought of the past for a while. With scraps of paper falling from ancient books and rare books, Wang Jiyue said again: "I'm afraid human life is not as good as paper."

The author has something to say:

{4} was the Prime Minister of Japan at the time.During his term of office, he will obey the will of the soldiers.

{5} Chen Shaokuan, Minister of the Navy at the time.On the same day, he was ordered to report at the meeting of the Executive Yuan that he would implement a plan to sink ships in the Jiangyin section of the Yangtze River to block the waterway.