Chapter 245

Die for the country

And then a month passed.

At the beginning of June 1942, the thirtieth year of the Republic of China, in the midsummer, Mantis was born in the grass, cicadas were chirping on the branches, and dragonflies were flying in the small pool, which was the season of life.

Qiao ruochu clearly remembers that day, a group of soldiers from the military headquarters suddenly went to the door of the residence against the bombing. She felt something bad and staggered and went out to open the door.

"Madam, I'm sorry, deputy commander Lin, he was shot in the fierce battle..."

Qiao ruochu looked at the death notice in black on a white background in their hands, and fell to the ground in the dark.

When she woke up, there was a circle of people around her. They were all the family members of the generals who had made friends with Lin Junmai. Some of them, like her, died in battle and became widows.

"When will the body come back?" Joe if early a word a word to spit out, finally, spit out a mouthful of blood.

"Ruochu..." Wei Hanmei went up to hold her and sobbed

"They are missing. It's said that they lost their way in yerenshan of Myanmar when they were retreating. Even the American plane couldn't find them. I'm afraid there are no bones left..."

"No bones." Qiao ruochu murmured and suddenly coughed and spat out a few mouthfuls of blood.

......

For a few days, Qiao ruochu didn't know how she lived. She was lying in the hospital bed, surrounded by a cold, pungent smell of disinfectant water, in a desperate white.

Mengniang took her son to visit her. The little child was holding a bunch of bright flowers in her hand. Her voice was so simple that she said, "aunt Qiao, it's for you."

Qiao ruochu shed tears, barely pulled out a smile, "thank you."

"Ruochu." Mengniang's eyes were full of water vapor. "We still have children. He died, and we will depend on each other later..." before she finished speaking, she was already sobbing.

"At that time, like you, I just wanted to go with him... After a long time, I became numb and would die. I'll meet them underground sooner or later and let them wait..."

When Zhou Yucheng died, she almost didn't want to live. Later, her heart of death gradually faded, and life went on like this.

Qiao ruochu doesn't speak. He looks at Qingqing with soft eyes. His sorrow lingers between his eyebrows, and he can't open it.

At the end of August, Shen Yue's letter was filled with sadness. Finally, he asked his sister-in-law to leave for Switzerland to join them.

After reading the letter and thinking about it for a few days, Qiao ruochu has already set out.

But now Chongqing is severely blocked. Except for international personnel or the president's special plane, there are not many flights to all places. If you have to go, you have to take a boat to Shanghai first.

But Shanghai was occupied by the enemy, and she hesitated.

"Can't you really go to Shanghai?" She asked Shino.

Xi Nuo sighed, "what can't go? No matter how ferocious the Japanese are, the businessmen who come and go between Shanghai and Chongqing are not one after another."

"But it's hard for you to tell. If someone deliberately finds fault with the family members of the generals of the national army, they will lose their lives..." he opened the conversation and kept on talking. "Junmai's men haven't returned home yet. We don't know the specific situation. Anyway, all the people I don't believe in him are dead, and I don't even believe him is dead..." "brother Yao, You don't have to comfort me. I've figured out that there are no undead people in war. Junmai has died for his country. I have nothing to say about it. " Qiao ruochu showed his pale face in the warm sun at the end of summer. The willow eyebrows were dyed with sadness, and his gossamer tone was very touching.

Xu en came to Lin's residence more and more frequently, and he sat for a long time every time. Qiao ruochu had a hard time dealing with it.

After the new year, he finally said: "if you are so young and beautiful, it's a pity to keep it like this." Seeing that she didn't speak, he further said: "I have been separated from my humble wife for a long time, and the relationship between husband and wife has already existed in name..."

Qiao ruochu heard something wrong, and quickly interrupted him: "thanks to Director Xu's wrong love, ruochu can't afford it."

"Don't be so anxious about this refusal, you'd better consider it..." Xu enzeng gently floated out a sentence. He had intended to find a matchmaker to say it, but he felt more sincere when he came to the door. After a long time of preparation, he finally said it, but he didn't expect to be rejected as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Director Xu, I've never remarried in my life. Please don't mention it again." Qiao ruochu said solemnly, his face was very ugly.

Xu en once hit a nail and left bitterly.

"It's a big deal. Let's talk about cooked rice." Back in the office, he breathed.

His subordinates were very interested in offering strategies, and his eyebrows and eyes were all determined to win.

On this day, the wives of several officials from the Military Commission, who did not often travel with each other, invited Qiao ruochu to play mahjong at home. However, she delayed her visit and reluctantly changed her cheongsam to play mahjong.

Since the beginning of the spring, the Japanese have not bombed Chongqing as frequently as they used to. It is said that the Japanese army has fallen into a quagmire in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Ocean, and the subsequent troops and financial resources can not be replenished. It is already at the end of its tether.

The wives of military officers in Chongqing are the most optimistic. On the day when there is no bombing, every family has a mahjong field. Every now and then they hold a small dance party, and the smell of drunkenness comes back again.

Qiao ruochu and they played a few, win or lose flat, meaningless, lazily looking at the card.

The host's wife proposed a half-time break and asked the servant to serve cake and tea. The other ladies coaxed them to sit on the sofa and have tea.

Qiao ruochu also drank a cup of tea.

After a while of joking, the ladies found her sleepy on the sofa and poked Mrs. Ma: "Mrs. Lin is so sleepy, please find her a bedroom to have a rest."

The host's wife was surprised and said, "Oh, Mrs. Lin seems to be asleep."

"Please call someone to accompany me."

When Qiao ruochu heard them buzzing in her ears, she felt something was wrong. She didn't fall asleep, but she was very tired, and her eyelids were too heavy to lift.

......

As the car bumps, she wakes up from chaos and drowsiness. Qiao ruochu's heart suddenly cools. She has a premonition of danger, and her voice is weak: "who are you? Where are you taking me? "

"Don't be afraid, madam. We are ordered by director Xu to come to Xu's residence for a few days." Replied one of the adjutants.

Qiao ruochu was shocked.

"You, director Xu, are not afraid that I will make trouble in front of the chairman." She exclaimed. The adjutants were silent. They had to listen to their orders,

You can't make any claims.

When he got to a downhill, Qiao ruochu put up his body to wipe his sweat and caught a glimpse of a familiar general-purpose car. His mind moved and he said, "is that Mr. Gu's car in front of him? Can you stop and let me have a word with him

"This..." the people under Xu enzeng were in a dilemma and didn't want to.

They urged the driver to speed up and make a detour in order to get the job done as soon as possible.

Qiao ruochu was powerless and couldn't shout out. He couldn't hit the window, just like the fish on the chopping board.

At the moment when the car turned, Gu Qi in the black general sedan looked this way and was surprised: what's the matter with director Xu's car? It's always running sideways. How can we walk around the road today?

Moreover, the car drove faster and faster, and it was a bit reckless, not like Xu enzeng's usual style.

Full of doubts, Gu Qi turns around and drives back to the city.

After meeting Gu Jun, I somehow told him what I saw today.

Gu Jun didn't take it seriously either. The two brothers changed the topic and chatted for a while. They returned home.

At the end of the evening, when Guanghan is rising, Xi Nuo comes to Gu Jun with his lame legs and runs with sweat: "do you see ruochu?"

Gu Jun and Yao Sitong asked at the same time, "she's gone?"

The three of them went to inquire about it in a hurry. They found out that she was called to play mahjong by Mrs. ma. Halfway, they said that she had a headache and was picked up, but she didn't go home.

"If you told me a few days ago that Xu en of juntong came to her house all day long, she would be very upset... Didn't he take people away?" Gu Jun thought of what Gu Qi had mentioned to him today. He looked frightened and said, "call the people of Shen family to have a look."

Xi Nuo shook his head, "it's too late. I used to be a VIP myself."

"Brother." Yao Sitong grabbed his sleeve and said, "let's, let's not mess with juntong people. They won't do anything about ruochu..."

Gu Jun gave her a squint. "I'll go with big brother. You wait at home."

Yao Sitong released Xi Nuo to pull him: "Jun, when can you stop reading her?" She cried out: "you are my husband now, and you want to offend the head of juntong for her..."