Today is August 15th, which is the traditional Chinese reunion festival. People with families will reunite during the Mid-Autumn Festival to enjoy the moon and eat moon cakes.
But these wanderers who left their hometowns did not stop their hurried footsteps, just because their home was gone, and their home was occupied by bandits. They wanted to fight and drive the bandits out, and their lives no longer mattered.
In the early morning, Zhaodi got up very early and went to the shopkeeper to borrow needle and thread.
Erniu and Xiaowuzi also woke up and were about to go out to buy some food for everyone, but Erniu was stopped by Zhaodi: "Xiao Shandong, come here, I will sew some clothes for you."
Er Niu walked over obediently and stood stiffly, but did not dare to look at Zhao Di.
Han Laoliu suddenly said: "What is Xiao Shandong called? I will call you brother later and younger brother." His tone was not serious, but Zhao Di was so frightened that she quickly nodded in agreement.
Erniu raised his head, not daring to breathe, and stood as straight as a log. As Zhaodi sewed clothes on his chest, his face turned redder and redder, whether it was from embarrassment or suppressing it.
Xiao Wuzi did not leave, but leaned against the door with his arms folded, watching this scene with interest.
After finishing sewing, Zhaodi put her head on Er Niu's chest and bit off the thread. Then she raised her head and smiled and said, "It's sewn, brother."
Erniu finally couldn't hold it in any longer, exhaled a long breath, and agreed with a naive smile: "Hey, hey."
Xiao Wuzi stood outside the door and turned around and said, "Let's go, brother." Then he said to Zhao Di, "Let's go, sister." With a teasing look on his face.
Zhao Di glared at Xiao Wuzi, but Er Niu hurriedly followed Xiao Wuzi.
Er Niu was originally a smart young man, but he turned into a fool in front of Zhao Di.
There is nothing Xiaowuzi can do. Maybe he will have such a time in the future, but he has not met this person yet.
After breakfast, they packed up their things and hit the road. Arriving at the train station went smoothly. Maybe it was because of the festival, so not many people took the train. In addition, they only heard when they arrived at the train station that the station manager, who was holding a wedding ceremony yesterday, drank too much and fell on the railway and was crushed in two by the train. Many people went to see it and said that the donkey's body was neatly cut from the waist and looked exactly like a pork chop. Then everyone talked privately that the palace donkey had done too many bad things and was being punished.
Zhaodi also heard this. In addition to secretly rejoicing, she was extremely grateful to Erniu and Xiaowuzi. Although they didn't say anything, how could Zhaodi not guess that it was them who did it with her intelligence.
The train was still the same, smoky, with the smell of fruits, cigarettes, and food mixed with the smell of human sweat and smelly feet, making people afraid to take a big breath.
They did not sit together. Zhao Di helped Lao Haishan sit on a chair, Er Niu sat opposite, and Xiao Wuzi and Han Laoliu sat two rows away from them.
Xiaowuzi prepared a lot of food and water, enough for the five of them to get off the bus.
The train rocked dully, and everyone was drowsy. Lao Haishan still coughed all the time, and the people in the car stayed away from him, probably because they were afraid of inflicting his illness on them.
Among the five people, it was Zhaodi, who lived near the train station every day, and Lao Haishan, a bandit, who took a train for the first time.
Even Erniu took the prisoner-of-war camp train from Guanli. Han Laoliu has also traveled south and north, and among the five people, he is the only one who has been to Fengtian City.
The train crawled slowly for a whole day and a half, and finally arrived at Fushun Railway Station around eight o'clock in the evening.
After leaving the platform, Fushun is also a city, with lights on the roadside. Moreover, those doing business near the train station often stay open all night, so every extra penny they can earn these days is worth every penny.
Han Laoliu led them forward, not knowing where he was going to take them.
The moon on August 15th was big and round. It was already high in the sky, illuminating the small town in silence.
Han Laoliu turned into an alley in front of him and stopped at a high-gate courtyard. He went up and knocked on the door knocker.
After a while, a middle-aged man came out and asked: "Who is it? This is a big festival, and you won't stop even if you sleep." Han Laoliu said: "You are the housekeeper, right? I am a friend of Mr. Tuesday, my surname is Han, please let me know."
After saying that, he extended his hand to let the other party see his incomplete fingers.
The housekeeper came out with a lantern, and saw his hands under the lantern's light, with a look of astonishment on his face. Then he said politely: "Wait a moment." He turned around and went in again.
After a while, the door opened, and a person stepped out. He saw Han Laoliu grinning there, and stepped forward to hug Han Laoliu. While shouting: "My brother, you miss me so much." Han Laoliu was choked to death.
"Please be gentle, you're strangling me. Put it down. I need to ask you something, otherwise I can't come to my door during a big festival to make people uncomfortable."
Han Laoliu pulled the man down the steps, and the two of them whispered there for a long time, then led him over and introduced him: "This is our shopkeeper Hai, these three are his children, and they are sick this time." It's amazing. After seeing it, a doctor said that he could only go to a big hospital in Fengtian to see the doctor. No, he didn't have a place to stay for the time being, so he came to you?"
Then he said to everyone in Lao Haishan: "This is Zhou Zhongyun, Mr. Zhou, and I have a life-long friendship. Let's settle down with him first." He made arrangements directly without asking whether they agreed.
Mr. Zhou is a proud man. His family is in the business of medicinal herbs. He seems to be a rich man. When everyone entered his home, Mr. Zhou first asked the housekeeper to arrange accommodation for everyone. His family had plenty of space, and all three courtyards belonged to Mr. Zhou. Then he ordered the kitchen to start a fire and cook.
There are many servants in his family. It seems that they have just finished dinner. Now friends are here and they have to have another meal. Mr. Tuesday is so proud.
The banquet was served, and Master Zhou's two concubines and young masters also came. Master Zhou pointed at Han Laoliu and asked the children to call them uncle. Han Laoliu was very rare about children, and these two teenage children were very tall. nice. Han Laoliu was at a loss because he didn't have a greeting gift. Xiao Wuzi stepped forward and gave two children two yuan each, saying that it was Uncle Han's greeting gift. The two children happily accepted it. Mr. Zhou also looked at Xiao Wuzi with a new look.
The banquet was very sumptuous. In the golden autumn season, Mr. Tuesday bought a lot of crabs and heated rice wine with shredded ginger. This was the right way. Zhao Di ate crabs for the first time in her life, and she didn’t know how to start. Er Niu was from Weihaiwei, Shandong Province. His hometown was close to the sea and he was very familiar with eating crabs, so he peeled the shells and picked out the crab meat for Zhao Di.
Lao Haishan managed to eat a few mouthfuls of rice, but could not drink a sip of wine, because drinking wine would make his cough worse, and he would not be able to sleep that night. So he stopped eating after a few bites, signaled Han Laoliu and Zhou Yeye to say hello, and went to rest first. Zhaodi didn't eat either, and was busy taking care of Lao Haishan. Erniu wanted to go, but was stopped Han Laoliu stopped.
Only Mr. Zhou, Han Laoliu, and Erniu Xiaowuzi were left at the banquet.
Only then did Han Laoliu formally introduce himself to Mr. Zhou, "Shopkeeper Haid is the former boss of Haishanying in Emu County, Jilin. Later, they all joined the Anti-Japanese Alliance and are still working with the Japanese. This time, he was actually injured. You Is there any way to get admitted to a big hospital for surgery? I know that big hospitals are basically run by the Japanese. It’s okay if you have someone more reliable. To put it bluntly, just don’t let the Japanese find out that the injury was on the battlefield.”
Master Zhou's face, which had always been smiling, became serious. He stayed there in silence for a long time and said, "Don't leave in a hurry. Stay here for a few days and I'll find a way."
Han Laoliu then took the fifth son and said to Mr. Zhou: "This is my brother's child. It's because of him that I came out this time. If you come to the fifth son, call him Uncle Zhou. From now on, Zhong Yun will have to take care of him." ?”
This is a bit of an entrustment. Master Zhou also understood that this boy must be a child that Han Laoliu valued very much, otherwise he would not be so serious with him.
Then he said to Mr. Zhou: "These two little guys have a lot of tricks on their hands. If you have something you can't solve, they can help you.
Master Zhou smiled and said: "What can happen to me? It's just the bad things at home. I don't care about them. I just don't want the family to break up. It just so happens that I don't have anyone to protect me recently. How about you guys? For other things, just work as a bodyguard for me for a while? I'll pay you a very high salary." Han Laoliu asked: "How high can it be? Don't be vain, be honest, they are all short of money. .”
Master Zhou said with a stern look on his face, "My bodyguard on Tuesday deserves fifty yuan a month, otherwise he is not worthy of my status. If there is merit, there will be rewards."
This is really a lot. In these days, a strong laborer can earn five or six yuan in a month, but in good times it can only earn more than ten yuan. In some places, it’s just one piece or two pieces.
Therefore, someone who can pay a bodyguard fifty yuan is really a rich man.
At night, everyone shared a room, and none of them seemed to have had a good rest. Anyway, Han Laoliu slept in a deep sleep. Only Lao Haishan and Xiao Wuzi did not sleep so soundly. Lao Haishan was coughing, and Xiao Wuzi was still nervous. Xian, he has the same sense of crisis as in Changchun when he is surrounded by enemies on all sides.
It's not against Mr. Zhou, but because of this strange environment.
After breakfast the next day, Mr. Tuesday's first thing was to order his servants to tailor the guests' clothes and make two sets of clothes for each person, because he saw that Zhao Di was wearing men's clothes.
The second thing is to call Erniu Xiaowuzi and go with him to do things.
