Battle in Changsha in the Qingming Festival

, enough for three people to sleep.

"Oh, as long as you don't dislike the smell of medicinal wine on my body, I have no problem."

"How could it be? Everyone is tired tonight. After a while, they must all fall asleep. There is still a smell of medicinal wine." Hu Xiangjun took off his coat and was removing his hair in front of the mirror.

Sheng Qili didn't see Ping An all this time, so she asked, "Where is Ping An?"

"Ping'an has already fallen asleep, sharing a room with Xiaoman and the others, I don't know if he is used to sleeping."

In the past few days, Sheng Qili sat on the stool every day, watching the maids in the Hu family's ancestral house busy from early in the morning, tidying up the yard.

Hu Xiaoman took Sheng Chengzhi and Hu Xiangxiang to nowhere.

She boredly looked at the clear sky, imagining the shape of the clouds.

Pingan ran to her with an apple in his arms, imitating Sheng Qili, looking at the sky and gnawing on the apple.

Sheng Qili heard the sound of a mouse gnawing on something, and looked sideways, only to find Ping An standing aside.

Ping An ate her mouth so moist, with a small piece of pulp on her cheek, seeing her looking at her, she thought she wanted to eat it too, so she held up the apple and smiled sweetly, "Aunt Sheng, eat!"

Sheng Qili pinched his chubby face with her hands, and shook her head, "Aunt Sheng won't eat it, you can eat it! Be good, eat all the apples, so that you can grow as tall as Uncle Xiaoman."

"it is good!"

"Ping An, look at what little uncle brought back for you!"

Hu Xiaoman ran into the yard bluffing, holding a baby bird in his hand, followed by Sheng Chengzhi and Hu Xiangxiang, each holding an identical bird in his hand.

"Little bird!"

He didn't want the Ping An apple either, and ran to Hu Xiaoman to clamor for the bird. Hu Xiaoman put the bird in Ping An's hand, holding the bird in his hand. It chirped in his hand and pecked Ping An's palm with its light red beak. , he thought it was fun and giggled.

domineering return

It was already November 1938, 11 when we left Xiangtan. The raging fire burned for 17 days. Within 5 days, wherever the fire went, there was scorched earth, houses collapsed into piles, and food was burned to black ashes.

Sheng Qili pushed open the door, and countless fine dust floated out from the crack of the door. The dust wandered aimlessly with the wind, and one day, when it wandered to the place of birth, it returned to the earth with a sigh.

"Chengzhi, secure the door, it must be fastened!"

When they came back, they saw many homeless refugees in ragged clothes, huddling together and watching the passing pedestrians and vehicles.

When people are at the end of the road, all moral constraints and codes of conduct are not worth mentioning in front of them.

"I thought I would face ashes all over the place when I came back. Unexpectedly, our house didn't have any trace of burning!" Hu Xiangxiang was surprised. He thought he was homeless, but in the end he found that he still owned a whole house. It's like God gives you a stick first, and then rewards you with a candy.

Sheng Qili put her luggage on the ground, her thoughts were treacherous, and her face was inscrutable.

Heart Road, it is joy and sorrow.

After Sheng Chengzhi repeatedly confirmed that the door was closed, he said slowly: "Sister, I think Changsha is almost burned, and the train station will be burnt soon."

If it can't operate, we may have to stay for a while. "

"Well, Cheng Zhi, how much money do you have?"

"It's quite a lot. What's the matter?"

"When you accompany Xiangxiang back to see Grandma Hu and the others later, you can stop by the rice shop and buy some rice. It doesn't need to be too much. It's enough for the three of us to eat for two or three days. those who saw it."

Although Hu Xiangxiang is usually clever, she still has little experience, and many things are not as clear as Sheng Qili's.

She asked puzzledly, "There should be rice in the kitchen, what do we buy rice for?"

Sheng Chengzhi didn't know what Sheng Qili's plan was, neither he nor Hu Xiangxiang looked at her without knowing why, their eyes sparkled with curiosity.

Sheng Qili pointed to the outside and guided, "When we first came back, what did those people think of us?"

After being reminded by her, Hu Xiangxiang remembered the weird eyes of those people, as if they were lambs waiting to be slaughtered. Thinking about it made her feel creepy, but she still didn't know what Sheng Qili said.

"We buy rice, does that have anything to do with what they think of us?"

"Buying rice means that there is no food in the family, and there is no possibility of distributing it to others. In this way, we may avoid a unnecessary fight!"

She is not selfish, she also wants to help those people, it's just that there are only the three of them left in such a big Shengfu, without any support, she dare not take out food rashly, and the food is not enough for those huge numbers of refugees. Far from enough.

Hu Xiangxiang suddenly realized that she hadn't thought of this level at all, and she admired Sheng Qili even more in her heart, "Sister, you are really amazing!"

Sheng Chengzhi also nodded involuntarily, "Yeah, we didn't expect it."

Sheng Qili felt embarrassed to be praised by them. She could think of this, and she would also like to thank the anti-Japanese war movies she watched with the old man.

After Hu Xiangxiang got married, he was not forgiving, and arguing with her husband was also a kind of love between husband and wife, "When you think about it, we would have gone to drink the northwest wind."

"Xiangxiang, I won't let you drink the northwest wind." Sheng Chengzhi was said to be an idiot, but sometimes he was not shy when speaking, which made Hu Xiangxiang blush.

"If you don't drink the northwest wind, go cook. My sister and I are waiting for your meal!"

He looked at Sheng Qili and Hu Xiangxiang in embarrassment, "I don't know how to cook."

Sheng Qili was stunned, thinking about so many things, but forgot about this matter.

It should be said that none of the three of them thought about solving the problem of eating.

Finally you look at me and I look at you.

Seeing their expressions, she knew that eating is easy but cooking is difficult, and she sighed: "Forget it, let's do it together, the three of us."

There are no workers at home, and three people need to do things like eating and washing, which is difficult for three people who have hardly ever been in the kitchen.

In Sheng's kitchen.

While coughing, Sheng Chengzhi continued to stuff firewood into the stove, and his face was scratched at some point.

Hu Xiangxiang watched Hu's grandma cook a few times, so he volunteered to do it, and saw that she was holding a shovel, and she still had that posture.

"Chengzhi, make the fire more intense!"

"Oh."

He added a lot of firewood to the stove.

Sheng Qili took the kitchen knife and chopped randomly, and almost managed to chop it a few times.

She used to share a house with her friends, who loved cooking in the kitchen, so she never had to worry about three meals a day. Occasionally, when she met a friend on a date, she could solve it in the hospital, but now, for the sake of her stomach, she had to Do it yourself.

She remembered that the last time she went to the kitchen, she specially cooked porridge for Sheng Changhai for the padded clothes. So far, this is the only thing she can do.

The three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang, and in the end they can be regarded as producing a table of decent meals.

Sheng Qili took a bite of vegetarian fried tofu. It tasted good. She gave her a thumbs up, "Xiangxiang, it's delicious!"

Sheng Chengzhi was starving, so he didn't pay much attention to it, and settled a bowl of rice in two or three strokes.

Seeing them eating happily, Hu Xiangxiang's self-confidence soared.

As soon as the three put down their bowls, they heard the sound of someone knocking on the door. When they got closer, they realized that the person who came was not good.

"Open the door, open the door!" The man's clothes were covered with black stains, his hair was covered with mud and dust, his facial features were shifted, and he slapped the door vigorously with a fierce face.

The other member of the group was not much different from the man knocking on the door. He was dirty and hadn't been cleaned for an unknown amount of time. "Brother, is there no one there?"

"No one is better. When the time comes, the door will be smashed open, and our brothers will just grab things and leave, and don't bother to talk nonsense with these soft-rooted rich people." He glanced at the brothers behind him, "Brothers, let's go together!" Collide!"

"Okay!"

Six or seven tall and thick men despised the king's law and immediately started banging on the door.

This group of people are country hooligans who have sneaked into the city. In the countryside, they are like rats crossing the street. Everyone shouts and beats them. They take advantage of this special period to enter the city and want to make a fortune. The man at the head is the hooligan leader, Zhou Dawang. .

Sheng Qili and the others panicked and used their bodies to resist the impact from the door. The three of them could not withstand the thrust of six or seven men. After a stalemate for a while, the door was smashed open with great force.

Hu Xiangxiang didn't notice for a while, and fell to the ground. Sheng Chengzhi hurriedly helped her up, with a worried expression on his face, "Xiangxiang, are you okay?"

Her hands scratched the skin, oozing blood, she shook her head, "It's okay."

Standing in the middle of the door, Sheng Qili was about to step back and not confront them head-on, but Zhou Dawang, who was the leader, saw that the yard was empty and there were only three people, and he had no scruples in his heart, so he directly attacked her and pushed her against the door rudely. The copper door knocker was rubbed, and it immediately turned red.

Seeing this, Sheng Chengzhi rarely got angry, his eyes turned red, and he shouted, "Break into a private house and hurt the master, you are disregarding the king's law!"

"Fa, now I am Wang Fa!" He spat, "Little brat, get out of here!"

Then he greeted the brothers behind him with a beaming look, "Brothers, come in!"

Sheng Chengzhi was furious, and pushed the man, "You can't enter!"

Zhou Dawang is tall and burly, and he punches every time he makes a move.

Hu Xiangxiang's eyes widened, "Chengzhi, be careful!"

Sheng Chengzhi was stubborn, and took Zhou Dawang's fist with his hand. After all, he was not as strong as Zhou Dawang, so he was forced to take two steps back.

Zhou Dawang pointed at Sheng Chengzhi and threatened: "Boy, don't be brave, we only take money, if you resist again, our brothers will take these two little girls away for our enjoyment!