Chapter 39 Father and Son

"This is a huge empire with a population of 500 million. It has a brilliant civilization history of 5,000 years. On 12 million square kilometers of land, every city, the first river and every mountain witness the country's long history and its brilliant culture everywhere.

In the history of this ancient empire, countless great thinkers, philosophers, poets, writers, inventors, water conservists have been born... For thousands of years, this ancient empire has been at the forefront of the world in terms of culture and technology.

But all this ended in 1644, and everything in this ancient empire ended with the invasion of the barbarian nation. In order to maintain their colonial rule, the barbarian nation carried out a large-scale massacre of the nation that created the world's most brilliant civilization. Hundreds of millions of people died in the mass slaughter, and then In the past two hundred years, the literary prison has almost destroyed everything of this nation.

It was also from then on that the country and nation fell into a deep sleep. No matter how the outside world changed dramatically, he still fell asleep. In 1844, the British Empire opened the empire with a firm ship and cannon. In the following 64 years, the nation, which had been enslaved for 260 years, gradually awakened. In the wave of world nationalism, the youth of this country were also affected.

Ten years ago, the Han youth, the main body of this ancient empire, launched a riot. After the uprising broke out, it was only a few months, that is, the Qing Empire became a historical term with the fall of the capital. A brand-new China appeared in the far East in front of the world. After the choice of the people, the Chinese Empire replaced the Qing Empire. If we need to kill 10 million people to restore the backbone of the nation, I will not hesitate to set up a guillow in every city!"

In the face of the sunken nation, the emperor of the Chinese Empire once swore to the people around him that, in fact, he did exactly this. Radical nationalism became the mainstream of the country, and the Chinese Empire then roared at the world, waved their fists, and looked at each with vicious eyes. A country that had imposed shame on them, and in the end they chose Japan.

The war ended in Japanese defeat. Since then, the country has become the most powerful country in Asia. In the following ten years, although he has convern his minions, anyone can clearly see the fact that despite their minions, through ten years of industrialization This country has become stronger. When Europe is at war, he has danced his sharp minions and tried to claim his power from the world.

Now, even the most powerful country can't completely strangle this powerful empire in the cradle. He has grown into a strong young man, and he can wave his sword at any time to any country that has humiliated him!"

--October 1914 New York Times--Beware of the Chinese Empire

Although it is in the south of the Yangtze River, the early morning in late autumn still has a trace of coolness. After an autumn rain at night, the blue sky reveals a touch of fish belly white in the east. Several morning stars are remembered in the vast air, blinking and peeping at all sentient beings in the lower world. With the rise of the sun, everything in the world gradually revived. The noise once again broke the fairyland-like silence of the night.

The distant mountains outside the city wall come out of the darkness and present the green color in people's vision, as if they have never changed since ancient times. Year after year, whether they are now human beings or other ancient creatures looking at them, they just stand quietly. Where is it? It's motionless.

In the drum tower on the city wall, the bellman rang the bronze bell in the drum tower. The deep and thick bells echoed over the city for a long time. To some extent, the morning bell with Chinese characteristics actually reminded people that it was time to get up.

The houses in Anqing City are one after another, one after another. Although the height is different from the new and the old, they are all of the same color. Looking at the blue and gray from a distance. A small river flows in from the north, winding around the city and flowing out from the east. The river is emerald green full of vitality. On the river, several ducks roam on the river.

As the capital of Anhui Province, although Anqing is a city along the river, it does not seem to be affected by industrialization. What is industrialization? The blue sky is blocked by black smoke, and the river is polluted into gray... However, as a provincial capital city, Anqing has inevitably embarked on the road of industrialization in the past decade.

In the new urban area in the east of the city, in the interconnected factories, the roar of machines will not stop because of the day or night. In fact, the new urban area in the east of the city is now the largest urban area in Anqing. Near the factory, there is a residential community that relies on factories, where hundreds of thousands of workers and their Family members, in the port near the river, transport a steady stream of industrial products or raw materials into Anqing every day.

Although the machines in the factory in the new urban area are transported all night, in the living area of the workers, they also woke up from the silence of the night with the dawn. In the morning, when the women began to clean the pavement of the bluestone slabs in front of their doors, they saw their familiar neighbors greeting each other cordially, and laughter filled the living area.

In the past decade, many changes have taken place in this country. Even in this worker's living area, there is usually no garbage. Relying on ten years of criminal laws and heavy punishment, people have long changed the "impurity habits" of being assimilated by barbaric nations during the colonial period. A civilized nation is reflected in In many ways, the cleanliness and hygiene of the environment are the most basic, so every morning, these women will get up as soon as possible to clean their door. Of course, they also need to clean their own hygiene, but that's in the morning.

When the women finished cleaning and went home to prepare breakfast, the men got up. As men, their mornings were also not easy, especially for the man who had served in the military, they would start morning exercise after getting up, not because these people felt that they would exercise their bones in the morning for the future. Longevity has only advantages and no disadvantages. It's because they are soldiers in the countryside.

In the past decade, China has abolished the mercenary system and changed it to a compulsory military service system for the whole people. Because a large amount of money is spent on industrial construction, a large number of troops cannot be retained for a long time. However, due to the need to train more soldiers, the service period of the army is only one year and three months. The demobilized soldiers are called "rural army" People" are organized as reserve personnel, and the reserve personnel in each divisional management area need to be trained for one month according to the original system every year.

Because of this, the annual "township soldiers" training means an assessment for these "township soldiers". In order to pass the assessment, they must maintain abundant physical fitness to cope with a month's training. If they can't pass the exam after the training is over. Those who fail to pass the test need to postpone the training for one month until they are qualified, and during this period, they only get the basic salary.

The annual assessment motivates these men to run long distances every day to maintain their physical fitness to cope with training. However, for more men, at this hour, they either sleep in or sit at the table with their thighs and two legs waiting for breakfast.

This is a semi-new red brick house. In terms of appearance, this three brick houses are no different from the surrounding houses. In fact, this one-and-a-half floor of three tile houses has long been named "National Building" by newspapers, because this kind of building structure can be seen in the living areas near factories all over the country. Simple and low-cost housing, this kind of housing from Ma'anshan has long been a symbol of workers.

Chenxi poured into the room through the glass on the door to illuminate half of the room. In the dining room, which is only a wall away from the kitchen on the left, the family is sitting around a simple long dining table. Naturally, the first person sitting is the head of the family - a middle-aged man, a woman and a child sitting on both sides.

Chinese people pay attention to eating, but at this time, there seems to be something wrong with the atmosphere of the family. A twelve- or thirteen-year-old girl and a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy just vomit their heads and drink porridge without even raising their heads, while a young man who looks eighteen or nineteen years old also drinks porridge, but there is a trace of worry on his face. .

"Hmm..."

Putting down the rice bowl in his hand, Wang Fuchuan snorted. When the youngest son and daughter heard his father's hum, they quickly accelerated the speed of eating. As soon as he looked up, Wang Ze took a look and let out a cold hum. He was looking at the father of the newspaper that had just been delivered to the door in the morning. The father seemed to deliberately want him to read the top card of the newspaper.

"Special Military Court, end the trial of Li Wenhe and thirty-six other people..."

Seeing this news, Wang Ze sighed in his heart that now he is no longer the college student of the Imperial University, which is regarded as proud by his father, but just a person who has been dropped out, and... "Dad, yesterday, the conscription order was sent. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, he will leave in two days!"

As soon as he said that, he buried his head and drank porridge so that he would not look at his father's face.

But his son's words only stunned Wang Fuchuan. He looked at his son who was buried in porridge, then took out a cigarette from the cigarette box at the table without saying a word, and then silently lit the fire and smoked the cigarette.

But the mother beside her burst into tears, but as a woman, she just cried silently and let the tears fall down.

Wang Fuchuan, who smoked with his head closed, looked at his son again, still smoking his cigarette and said nothing. After he smoked half a cigarette, his mother couldn't stand the atmosphere.

"... What a crime have I done! If you have to go to the street and travel, you don't know how to be considerate of your parents. If you had known this, it would be better not to give birth to you..."

Speaking of the rest, she cried with a runny nose and tears.

"Okay!"

His wife cried shockingly, and only let Wang Fuchuan drink in a low voice. When his wife suddenly closed his voice, he pressed the cigarette butt into the ashtray fiercely, and then looked at his wife who was so scared that he dared not make a sound again, and then looked at his son.

"Do it yourself!"

When he spit out these four words, Wang Fuchuan's heart was like a knife. After all, this is his own son. His own son received a conscription order to perform military service. If it is in peacetime, it is nothing, but now when is it? The army is waiting to go to Europe to fight a war. If his son is on the front line.

Although he thought so in his heart, when he looked at his son, he only hated that his son was not angry. He insisted on following his classmates to coax, go to the street, swim, and participated in the burning of the political axe building. If it hadn't been for the emperor's kindness, he would have been afraid that he would have been sentenced like others, and then directly threw him to the hard labor camp and pulled to the southwest. Repair roads and railways.

"What division is it!"

Although I have complained about my son's own fault, after all, he is my own son, how can he not care?

"The 30th Fiveth Division"

After listening to this number, Wang Fuchuan, who had been a soldier, half closed his eyes and began to recall some regulations he had heard when he was a soldier in the division headquarters.

There are a total of 106 standing divisions of the army, of which 36 are first-class divisions, 30 second-class divisions, and 30 guard divisions. According to the normal mobilization, the second-class division and the guard division are replenished with weapons to reach a state of full staff. If you still need to mobilize troops, it is to add two-character first division, that is, to The reserve division is split into two. If it is the 101st division, it is to form a division with the reserve personnel of the first division.

These are what he heard from the head of the regiment at the beginning. Naturally, the words of the head of the regiment will not be false. According to this demolition method, the three-character division can't come out of the sanc-fifth division. According to reason, it should be... But his son was divided into the sanc-fifth division. Is it possible that the original plan has been changed over the years?

Fortunately, whether he is at the beginning of two or the beginning of three, this kind of division can only be ranked to the fourth and fifth class at most. In any case, it is not their turn to fight a hard battle. According to the method of the Guards, it has always been a hard battle. A new division like the son's place may not even have a chance to go to the battlefield.

After thinking about this, Wang Fuchuan looked at his son who was buried in eating.

"Oze, although you were recruited this time because of the parade, you should know that this is an opportunity for the emperor to atone for your sins. If you are pulled to the battlefield, don't think about anything else, just want to kill the enemy and serve the country,"

With that, he looked at his youngest son.

"You still have a brother, if... he is enough!"

Anqing at the end of October is already in late autumn. After nightfall, the wind blows, with a trace of chill in the night wind. There is a bright moon hanging on the vast starry sky. Today is the moon on the fifteenth and fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar. It is sixteen round, and the full moon hangs on the starry sky. The street lights along the river park outside the city scattered yellowish lights, illuminating the road.

At night, there are not many pedestrians on the road along the river park. There are only a few couples walking in it occasionally. For the vast majority of young couples, even if they are in love, they have to avoid outsiders. Although the country encourages free love and opposes arranged marriage, as a tradition, free love is still in some kind of To a certain extent, it has been resisted by the people.

Under the willow trees along the river is a row of stone benches. On the stone benches sit some young men and women in pairs. Although they do not meet side by side, it can be seen that they are all men and women in love. The wicker slid gently across the river under the wind of the lake. The moonlight fell a mottled shadow through the weeping willows on the gravel road by the lake. In the moonlight, some young men and women strolled on the path under the willow tree.

Wang Ze, who suddenly stopped, looked at the river, and her whole body suddenly became quiet. The coldness of the night wind made Fang Rufang tighten her tight sweater. She looked at her lover, silently opened the bag on her shoulder, took out a folded sweater from it, and handed it to Wang, who was immersed in the night beside her. Ze, slightly frowned and whispered.

"This is what I knitted for you. Let's see if the size is suitable... It's getting cold, you should pay more attention to keep warm... Especially when it's there..."

When the words came to her mouth, she still took the words back, which seemed to be about to burst into tears.

"Thank you."

Wake up from the boundless silence. Wang Ze stopped and reached for the towel handed over by Xu Qian, and gently stroked the texture of the sweater. The warm and soft feeling of the sweater has been immersed in his heart. Looking at Fang Rufang, he suddenly smiled with a childish smile.

"It's so warm, Rufang, thank you."

"When will you leave!"

As soon as he mentioned when to leave, Wang Ze's whole expression faded.

Looking at her boyfriend beside her and thinking that he was about to leave her, Fang Rufang only felt a burst of heartache. Originally, in her heart, she had already planned the future of the two. When he graduated from law school, he would become a lawyer and do justice for the people. What about her? Then they will become teachers and educate their children.

But now, everything has changed.

"I'm sorry, I'm not..."

"It's me who should be sorry, if..."

At this time, Wang Ze seemed to say it easily. But he clearly knows that this upheaval has changed too much, but he can't complain. As a law school student, he clearly knows that his behavior has actually touched the bottom line of the law, and the political axe is really too tolerant of them. At any time, the bottom line of the law needs to be maintained. If their generation does not abide by the law in the name of patriotism, it is exactly as the English writer Samuel said:

Patriotism is used as a stealth suit by hooligans in many fields.

She didn't want to make the last meeting of the two speechless on this issue, so Fang Rufang quickly changed the topic to talk about something more relaxed. He looked up and asked with a bright smile.

"Hey, I heard that European girls are very beautiful. If you go to Europe and you speak English and French so well, will you find a beautiful European girl!"

When she spoke, there was a smell of joke on her face, but Wang Ze looked at the girl in front of her very seriously. The girl under the moon looked very beautiful. He couldn't help reaching out and stroking the delicate and smooth face, looking at the girl with a shy face.

"No matter how beautiful it is, it's not as beautiful as you!"

With that, he couldn't help kissing her. The moment he kissed her lips, he knew that he would remember this kiss and this night all his life.

(to be continued)