The Chinese New Year is coming in a blink of an eye. When the situation is turbulent, the taste of the New Year is not very full. In previous years, the lanterns have been hung up at this time, but now, only a few bustling streets are hung with lanterns. There are only a few of them, which are not very festive. , I really can't be happy.

The weather turned cold, and there were many hungry prisoners on the road, some of them were babies. The people patrolling the streets took the bodies away and threw them into the pits dug outside the city. As for whether any of these people were still alive, no one knew. No one went to see it. Throw it into the pit, and those who are not dead can climb up when they wake up. If they are buried deep by the corpse, they will still be dead even if they wake up.

Bai Meiru also has a few friends in SIPG. A group of ladies from rich families gathered together and built a shed in a slum area, and hired people to cook porridge to help the poor.

She knew that her family would leave SIPG soon, so she asked Boyi to help fund an orphanage.

But it was a drop in the bucket, they saved few people and killed many people.

Bai Er also took out a sum of money and bought a few buildings for the poor to live in. No rent was collected, just like 72 tenants. Many people lived in one building, and some of these people lived in the building. Shop, earn a little money for a living.

Compared with the difficulties of people's livelihood, entertainment is still in full swing, and several new dance halls have been opened, and they are of all kinds, entertaining everyone. The previous dance halls still have to restrict guests, not for famous people, but for the scumbags on the street. If you want to get in after paying a few dollars, the dance hall will stop you.

Now I don't care about anything.

It seems like the end of the world is coming, and everyone wants to take advantage of the last chance to party.

The most iconic event is that Ms. Zhao finally accepted Yang San's pursuit, and - she has more boyfriends.

Bai Yi put on a suit and a woolen coat, and went out with Bai Er. Bai Er was also dressed in the same way. The two stood together, looking like brothers who were not related by blood. .

The two made an appointment to go to the theater. Tonight is Sun Qi's last performance. After tonight, Sun Qi will officially retire and prepare to leave SIPG.

Because of Bai Er's face, the troupe owner agreed to his retirement, and Sun Qi took away all the income from this performance.

It can be regarded as easy to get together and part ways. At this age, it is better to form a good relationship than to find an enemy. Who knows when I will ask the other party.

There are not many people watching the theater now, and the courtyard is not full, which is far from the previous full house.

But Sun Qi didn't care, and continued to sing seriously on stage.

He is a person born with ill-fated fate, and today, he feels that his luck is not bad.

I used to think that if I joined a theater troupe, I would never be able to hold my head up for the rest of my life, and I would have no future.

Now he can get a sum of money back, find a safe place, open a small shop, and live well.

He sang seriously on stage, and the people in the audience listened seriously.

It seems that at this moment, all people of different classes have finally found a sympathy.

Bai Yi took a sip of tea, the draft was howling, and it was a bit cold, he tightened his collar tightly, his eyes were still on the stage.

The last glory of the Republic of China is at this moment.

The iron hooves of the great powers smashed the picturesque country of the Qing Dynasty, and finally regained a breath of vitality. Wars followed one after another. At this time, no one would believe that the land of China in the future will regain its vitality and flourish.

"What's the matter?" Seeing Bai Yi's appearance, Bai Er asked his servants to bring over a hand warmer, a piece of charcoal was smoldering in it, and it lasted longer than the hot water bottles of later generations.

Bo Yi held a hand stove, and asked Bai Er softly: "Have you thought about the future? What will our country be like when there is no more war?"

Bai Er is not interested, he is a person who lives in the moment, so he said: "No matter what, people are still the same, good or bad, smart or stupid, just the same as now."

When Bai Yi heard this, he felt the same reasoning, so he stopped talking and listened carefully to Sun Qi's performance.

At the end of the performance, the class leader asked Bai Er and Bai Yi to stay, and after waiting for a long time, Sun Qi ran over without taking off his make-up.

He ran and didn't speak, he knelt down on his knees solemnly, and kowtowed to Bai Er with a reverent expression.

"Without Second Master, I wouldn't be where I am today." Sun Qi said sincerely.

If he didn't have Bai Er's face, the troupe owner wouldn't let him go so easily. The troupe lacked a pillar, so it would be too difficult to train another one.

Sun Qi finished kowtowing, and bowed to Bai Yi again. He saw the relationship between Bai Yi and Bai Er, but he didn't point it out. At the same time, he thought that Bai Yi was not a narrow-minded person. If he was narrow-minded, he would have settled with him long ago. Treated him like a rival.

What's more, Sun Qi doesn't take men's love seriously, this thing has existed since ancient times, it's not new, especially when he stays in the troupe, he has seen all kinds of people and things, so it's not surprising.

Before leaving, Sun Qi also said to Bai Yi and Bai Er: "I bought the ticket for tomorrow, and I will leave by train at noon. I hope the second master and the young master will take care of themselves. I will cherish the kindness of both of you." .”

Bai Yi said very politely: "Mr. Sun, don't say that. You are in the troupe, but you don't despise yourself. You are already a gentleman."

Sun Qi took a deep look at Bai Yi, and bowed again.

His life has gone through ups and downs, but only Bai Yi can tell the bitterness.

If he could live with his head held high, who would want to bow his head, bow his head and do his best?

Are actors willing to be actors from birth?

Bai Er: "Live well, live like a person."

Sun Qi wiped the corners of his eyes with his fingers, and said with a smile, "If possible, I must live like a human being."

The class leader also said beside him: "He is the most energetic one in the class. If it wasn't for this, I wouldn't let him go."

After all, many people would not be able to survive without the theater troupe.

They only know how to make a living in this way in their whole lives. Since they were in elementary school, when they hold this job, they only know how to eat the rice in this bowl.

Letting them out would actually harm them.

The troupe owner also said that their theater troupe is leaving too, and they are planning to go to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas. It may be better there. If you are lucky, you can change to another job. It's the same as before, but I don't worry about being troubled at any time.

The troupe master is the son of the old troupe master. After his father died, the son inherited his father's business. If it were his father, he would never let Sun Qi go, and he would definitely not be able to lead the troupe in exchange for a living.

It takes a lot of time and energy to train a little kid into a role that can go on stage, and it also depends on the talent of the little kid. One minute on stage and ten years of work off stage, if you give up, it is tantamount to a strong man cutting his wrist.

When leaving, Bai Yi said to Bai Er in the car: "You did something good by accident."

Bai Er is very proud: "I have always been a good person."

Bai Er really thinks so, he never defaults on the salaries of his employees, even the coolies who move the goods, the money he gives can't be considered low, except for dealing with his father, he is really a good person in his life.

Bai Er held Bai Yi's hand. Bai Yi's hand was warm and dry, while his was cold and pale. After realizing this, Bai Er wanted to take his hand back, but Bai Yi held it again.

"When the year is over, I'll send my family to Chongqing, what about you?" Bai Yi asked Bai Er's younger siblings.

Bai Er said very coldly: "If you want to stay, you can stay. If you want to leave, I will give them a sum of money. If you go out, you won't starve to death."

He is just the second brother, not his real parents, let alone even if his real parents are there, it's nothing more than that.

As soon as Bai Yi arrived at Bai's house, he received a call from his family. Bai's father told him to go back immediately. He had something important to discuss, and he couldn't talk on the phone. He had to talk face to face. The family's car went back to Bai's house.

"Look." Father Bai handed the letter to Bai Yi.

When Bai Yi looked at the writing, he knew it was written by Bai Mingqiu. They all said that the writing was like his own, and Bai Mingqiu's handwriting was also like his own. The strokes were not very correct, but it couldn't be said to be unattractive. With a strong personal style, I can't recognize the font, I can only say "my font".

Bai Mingqiu wrote the letter to ask for money, so he wrote it at the beginning.

The latter is about the recent life. When the enemy attacked, he also went to the battlefield with his comrades and temporarily repelled the enemy.

But the army had no money to buy medicines or bandages, and the comrades in arms were all suffering, and they never got the support materials from the rear.

Bai Mingqiu didn't complain about the difficulty of joining the army, but complained that their weapons were too poor. If it wasn't for this, so many comrades in arms would not have fallen. It's torn clean clothes.

As for himself, he was also injured a little bit, but luckily, the bullet grazed his arm and only suffered some skin trauma.

In the end, he emphasized his position. Although he was very scared and wanted to cry when he was injured, when he thought that he was defending his family and his family in SIPG, he felt that he could persevere .

By the way, if possible, please ask Dad to send him more money. If there are medicines and bandages, that would be even better. In the next life, he will still be a dutiful son and grandson of Dad.

Bai Yi looked at it with frown at first, but at the end, his brows and eyes widened, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He didn't say anything, but he was always worried about Bai Mingqiu. Bai Mingqiu was good at reading, and his nature was not bad, but he had been going smoothly, had no experience of training, didn't know the hardships of the world, and was born a bit mischievous. I always feel that Bai Mingqiu will go astray if he continues like this.

Now once, he can barely be regarded as a passionate young man.

Father Bai: "I sent him there to sharpen his temper, not to send him to die!"

He was in tears: "This time it was just a scratch, what about the next time? Will he have such luck next time?"

Bai Yi said, "Dad, it's a good thing that he wants to serve the country in the face of a national crisis."

Bai's father's shoulders slumped: "I know it's a good thing, but there are so many people serving as soldiers, he is not one of them, I only have three sons..."

"Without any of them, a piece of flesh will be dug out of my heart."

Father Bai is an old-fashioned person, he pays attention to strict father and mother, he must be strict, so he hides his love deep.

Now that the son was in danger, the fatherly side prevailed.

Bai Yi: "You want to call him back?"

After finishing speaking, Bai Yi glanced at the letter again: "I see the meaning in his letter, that he will not come back."

Father Bai slapped the table with a slap, blowing his beard and staring and said: "I am his father! How can he not listen to me?!"

Bai Yi: "Since the military law is strict, there are also sayings that generals are not allowed to accept military orders abroad, based on what you know about him, do you think he will come back obediently?"

Bai's father didn't have this confidence. Only the eldest son in the family listened to him the most, was the most sensible, and was born to be the darling of his parents.

As for the next three, they were all debt collectors offended in previous lives.

Even Bai Meiru - there are always times when she will be willful.

Only Boyi doesn't have it. Boyi seems to have no temper by nature, and he treats everyone with gentleness and courtesy. When he was in the capital, young masters from every household were willing to make friends with Boyi. Every holiday gathering, he would send invitations to Boyi Not less.

At that time, Bai's father was very proud. When Bai Yi was born, he was still young and hadn't learned how to be a good father, but Bai Yi was sensible since he was a child. He was only seven or eight years old and could walk around in every house. Face, others don't value him because he is a father, but they think that although he is still young, he is smooth and appropriate, and will surely succeed in the future, so they respect him.

Father Bai felt that this showed that although he had no experience as a father, he could still be called a good father. If the son did not teach the father and the son, if the son was a good son, then the father would also be a good father.

As a result, as soon as Bai Mingqiu appeared, Father Bai's self-confidence was blown away.

But no matter how bad Bai Mingqiu is, his father watched him grow up, and he was also his son. Compared with the sensible eldest son, he also paid more attention to the ignorant second son. As for Bai Yi, he was about to treat the second brother as a The son read it.

"Dad, if you are really worried about him, give him more money." Bai Yi knew that the family had just received the money, and there was a lot of money, and he could embezzle more than before, and said, "As for the medicine and bandages, I will come Think of a way, when the time comes, I will ask Bai Er if there is anyone he knows who can help take him there."

Father Bai was discouraged: "That's the only way to go."

But Bai's father was still not happy, he felt that he did something wrong, he shouldn't have sent Bai Mingqiu to the army, he should have been sent to the pier to carry goods, maybe it was better.

Bai Yi closed the door of the study, leaving Father Bai to sulk in the study, while he went downstairs to pour a glass of water.

"Brother!" Bai Meiru trotted in all the way, and Ruyan threw herself into Bai Yi's chest like a forest, and rubbed it twice in remembrance, regaining the feeling of dependence in childhood, feeling very peaceful in her heart, and then raised her head Said, "The orphanage is open, I'm going to find you, and I'm going to visit with you!"

Bai Meiru: "I have everything ready. I have cotton-padded clothes and trousers for the winter, five pigs, ten chickens, ten ducks, and two hundred oceans of cash. They just happen to be sent there."

Bai Yi looked down at her: "Where did you get the two hundred oceans?"

Bai Meiru's monthly pocket money is ten oceans, which is quite enough, but she has no habit of saving money, so it is impossible to save so much.

Bai Meiru smiled and said, "I asked the ladies to donate! Mrs. Zhao donated one hundred alone."

Only then did Bai Yi feel relieved, and he was not in a hurry to go back to Bai's house, so he agreed to take a walk with Bai Meiru, and they took the things there in the dark. Just say hello.

Give each of them an ocean, spend a little money, and ask them to escort them there.

The orphanage is located in the suburbs, and there are few people here, but it is still safe with high walls and broken glass embedded in the walls.

The children here are all found from the urban area. Some are intact, most of them are missing arms and legs, or have a flawed face, but even if they are intact, they seem to have consumptive disease, skinny and always coughing.

I couldn't afford western medicine, so I asked the doctor to take some herbal medicine and boil it, and I drank a few medicines. I didn't say I would recover immediately, but I finally stopped coughing.

The children's rooms are bunk beds, and one room can sleep ten people. There are swings and slides in the yard, and the cafeteria is very large. Although the building is a bit old, only the walls are newly built, but for these children, there is a shelter from the wind. Rain, and also give them food to eat, a place to sleep in the bed, can already be called happiness.

After all, before they were brought here, they lived on the streets, slept in the alleys, and their only source of income was begging.

When Bai Meiru talked about this child with Bai Yi, she was very distressed: "The oldest is 12 years old, and the youngest is five years old. His arms are not as thick as a wooden stick, and his face has no flesh. They all have a big belly, which shows that they have not had a good time. Life, I don’t know what their parents think, they just care about life and don’t care about it.”

Poor families have no money to have abortions, so they can only throw away the babies after they are born, and throw the kinder ones in the downtown area, hoping that some kind-hearted people will pick them up.

The heart is almost, so I just find a place where there is no one and throw it away, regardless of the child's life or death.

Bai Yi said: "When the world is good, there is no shortage of people who only give birth but not raise them, let alone when the world is bad."

This is roughly human nature. Some people want to protect their children even if they don't live, and some people want to let themselves live first after abandoning everything.

Human nature is not black and white, but multiple choices, and it is not surprising which one to choose.

Bai Yi has met many people, so he thinks that no one is absolutely good and no one is absolutely bad.

The real Madonna probably only exists in legends and books.

Our Lady was originally a good word, referring to the Virgin Mary who embraced all pain in her arms and sprinkled happiness into the world.

Later, because there were many moral kidnappings and "good people" who harmed others and benefited themselves in folk stories, the Virgin Mary became a derogatory term.

These stories only capture the appearance of the Virgin, but not the soul, and can only mislead others.

To say to a man in the street, "You are a madonna."

Surely no one would think it was a compliment.

But the word was originally a compliment.

It is to praise a person who is selfless, who sacrifices his own interests to help others, and has the noble character of the Virgin.

They were sitting in a car, followed by a truck. The guards and the orphanage staff unloaded the goods together. Only the five big fat pigs were more troublesome. The chickens and ducks were kept in cages. Apart from shitting all the way, there was no trouble with the fat pigs.

But the fat pigs are still very attractive. Although they smell bad, the guards and employees keep their eyes on these pigs.

Stare at the pig's legs tightly.

The fatter the pig, the better. Most people still like to eat fatty meat. After all, lean meat has no oily water, and only rich people like to eat it.

The water is also the favorite of the poor, and it is also a delicious meal when it is cooked, it is better than eating vegetables.

"It's troublesome." Bai Yi handed each of the guards a piece of ocean, thanking them very well.

The guard, who is usually seen as fierce by ordinary people, is also very easy to talk at this time: "Next time something like this happens, please shout, we need to come to help."

It's a wonderful deal to get a piece of ocean for one favor.

Bai Meiru is wearing flat-soled women's leather shoes today, and her skirt is not long, which is just suitable for walking and busying around. She asked people to take the livestock to the yard behind the kitchen, and asked people to carry the cotton clothes and trousers in. In addition to cotton clothes and trousers, there are several bags of winter melon candy.

After feeling the joy of helping others, Bai Meiru was like a little sparrow flying into the sky, extremely happy.

"Brother!" Bai Meiru stood in front of Bai Yi, looking at Bai Yi shyly, her eyes sparkling.

Bai Yi stretched out his hand and rubbed the top of her head, and Bai Meiru was happy.

In her heart, there is no one in the world who is more capable and more like a gentleman than her elder brother, so getting his affirmation is the best reward for her. She has always hoped to become a person like her elder brother.

Don't be happy with things and don't be sad with yourself, and only ask yourself, not others.

In particular, the eldest brother never told her what a girl should and should not do like those people. Instead, he always supported her in finding the meaning of life and pursuing her own ideals.

Although it was very late, most of the children hadn't slept yet. They didn't have the habit of going to bed early. When they were wandering on the streets, they could only find a place to sleep when it was late at night and no one was on the road.

After hearing the movement, they opened the door a little, and peeked around.

The mother who was still in charge said: "If you want to see it, come out and see it. Miss Bai has brought you something!"

The mother in charge had a loving smile on her face. This mother was selected by Bai Meiru herself. After confirming that she was qualified, she was hired. The mother in charge also cherished this job. It is hard to find a job now. Six yuan is a lot, and food and lodging are included here, and her wages can be taken home, which is enough for the whole family to live comfortably.

The children didn't dare to come out at first, but it was the mother in charge who carried one out and led them to run to the hall.

The first thing the children look at is not sweaters and trousers, but winter melon candies.

Sugar is such a good thing, some of them haven't tasted it for a long time, and some don't even know what it's like.

Bai Meiru rolled up her sleeves and said energetically, "Come here and line up, I'll give you candy!"

Because they have to line up for meals, the children understand the meaning of queuing, and line up one by one with their fingers in their mouths. The children who got the candy cherish the candy and dare not chew it.

Bai Meiru was heartbroken, but she also knew that children should not be taught to eat and drink.

They must learn simplicity, so that they will have a greater chance of surviving when they encounter danger in the future.

Bai Yi stood aside and watched, feeling that although he was not a good person.

But at least the younger brothers and sisters were cultivated.

After getting along for so many years, it is not without feelings, and he also hopes that they will be better.

At this time, Bai Yi seemed to have grasped something ignorantly.

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