"Mr. Kong, get up quickly, I can't bear your bow!"
Kong Hua cannot be made to kneel down during the Dragon Boat Festival. Because his kneeling is worth a lot of money. What's more, what's the use of kneeling down at Kong's house during the Dragon Boat Festival to ask for food and weapons?
But it’s a coincidence to say the least. Since he came to Kong's house, Ma Ping'an kept talking until he got to Kong Yang. It was only during the Dragon Boat Festival that I found it interesting.
Because this matter is probably quite simple.
To talk about this incident, we have to talk about the Dragon Boat Festival's annihilation of the Japanese spy organization Sakura Group in the British Concession in Shanghai.
At that time, the Dragon Boat Festival wanted to kill a German businessman, Deps.
This Deps colluded with the Japanese and sold fake artillery shells to Chinese soldiers.
He filled the shells with sand, which made the independent regiment very passive in fighting the Japanese army. Many soldiers who should not have been sacrificed fell to the enemy's fire.
Duanwu was very angry. After annihilating the Japanese army, he led his men to the British Concession and captured Deps.
The president of the Chamber of Commerce of All Nations, Kidd Dimel, came forward to vouch for Deps, and finally implicated Kong Yang.
At the beginning, Kong Yang also threatened Duan Wu with the background of the Kong family. But after Duanwu revealed that the other party was a Japanese spy, the boy said he was smart and quickly denied it.
And Duanwu didn't take this matter to heart at that time. Because when I heard that Kong Yang was a second-generation ancestor. He was not even qualified to be a spy.
But coincidentally, here, in Changshu Town, I heard this name again during the Dragon Boat Festival.
So I have no choice but to bring up old matters again during the Dragon Boat Festival.
As for Kong Yang, he naturally couldn't say anything. He can only ask his father to save him.
But Kong Hua was a man who regarded wealth as his life. It would be impossible to pluck the hair from his body.
But Dragon Boat Festival was not in a hurry. Instead, he sat down and said to Cheng Wanli: "Old Cheng, sit down, let's eat first. I haven't eaten for a day."
Cheng Wanli rolled his eyes as if he understood something. Sit down, pick up the bowl and chopsticks and eat.
Seeing this, Kong Hua quickly ordered his servant to fry two more dishes, took out the Erwotou that he had treasured for many years, and wanted to have a drink with Duanwu and Cheng Wanli.
Kong Hua smiled apologetically and said, "Sir? Little brother? I don't think you are a bad person. Why do you have to embarrass me?"
While eating at Dragon Boat Festival, he said to Kong Hua: "You always understand people. Now the soldiers at the front are fighting and a large number of refugees are pouring into Changshu. Shouldn't you express your gratitude?"
"This, this, this, I have no food, I have already donated it."
Kong Hua wanted to complain again, but at this moment, Cheng Wanli slapped the table and said: "You old boy, don't toast me and you will be fined. This brother of mine even killed his teacher. You think he was joking when he said killing people." of?"
"Ten stones, ten stones of rice!"
Kong Hua gritted his teeth and stamped his feet, and offered ten stones of rice in exchange for his son's life.
Cheng Wanli snorted coldly and said, "Are you really willing to give up? A single seedling in your house is worth ten stones of food?"
Kong Hua's expression was tangled, as if someone was pulling the flesh from his ribs.
"One hundred stones, one hundred stones is enough, right?"
Kong Hua gritted his back molars and squeezed out these few words from between his teeth.
Duanwu saw that it was not easy for Kong Hua to come here. When Cheng Wanli wanted to ridicule Kong Hua some more, Duanwu stopped him.
Duanwu said to Kong Xiang on the other side: "Girl, please sit down too. I see that you are a person who has read books, and you should know more principles than your father. If you say what I say, you must be right, and we can do whatever we want." If you feel something is wrong, I won’t ask you for help during the Dragon Boat Festival. I’ll get up and leave after I’ve finished my meal.”
"Yes, yes, girl, girl, tell him, tell him, our family has no food,"
At this point, Kong Hua still smiled apologetically at the Dragon Boat Festival. It was obvious that the old miser wanted his daughter to speak against her conscience.
Duanwu ignored it and just looked at Kong Xiang. This girl Kong Xiang is knowledgeable and courageous.
When she met Dragon Boat Festival, she didn't have her brother's impulsiveness or his father's hesitation, but was very calm. So Dragon Boat Festival wants to talk to her.
Duanwu said: "Girl, you may have heard how many people died in the Chinese army during the Battle of Songhu. But have you seen how many people died in the army?"
I've seen corpses everywhere.
I'm not trying to scare you. Just fifty miles east of Changshu City, a village called Dongjiadian was massacred by the Japanese. There were at least five hundred corpses of ordinary people.
I was ordered to come here to supervise the battle, and I didn't have time to bury those folks. They can only expose their bodies there.
Perhaps, you will think that I am talking far away, but the Japanese have already reached a place fifty miles away from Changshu.
You can think about it, if the soldiers at the front had not repelled the Japanese army, Changshu City today would be Dongjia Store yesterday. And can your family enjoy this meal quietly here?
Nowadays, many soldiers on the front are fighting hungry. In order to squeeze out a little food, Chen Yong prevented the refugees from entering the city.
And what are refugees? It's just that the house has been taken over by little devils. They had to leave their hometowns and move their neighbors to the rear.
Do they want to leave? They don't want to leave. I think everyone is unwilling to leave their hometown and live in a strange environment.
But the Japanese are just a bunch of beasts, and they have no reason to explain.
They kill people when they see them and rob things when they see them. They won't ask who you are or what your family background is.
In their eyes, we are all Chinese. But the Chinese should be killed and deserve to die.
So, girl, if the Japanese army invades the city, can your Kong family's property be preserved?
Your land belongs to the Japanese, and your house belongs to the Japanese. Your family’s food, your family’s money, including you helpless women. They will all become Japanese. "
Speaking of this, Duanwu looked at Kong Hua again and said: "Mr. Kong, as a Chinese officer, I may be able to reason with you. But the Japanese are here and they want food from you. Will you give it to them? No, you The family is gone.
Mr. Kong, I believe you are not a fool. Although you are good at running a household, you should also know what to do and what not to do.
Do you want to give food to the Chinese army, be a good person, and be a hero? Or do you want to give food to the Japanese, become a traitor, and remain infamy for the rest of your life?
Okay, that’s all I said during the Dragon Boat Festival! "
After Duanwu finished speaking, he stood up, but Kong Hua still didn't move.
Kong Xiang said anxiously: "Dad, you can't be stubborn anymore. Mr. Duanwu is right. Once the Japanese come, our family will have nothing."
At this time, Kong Yang also said: "Dad, don't be reluctant to part with that little food. I am your biological son, right?"
"Hoo! Hoo!"
Kong Hua gasped for breath, and after a while he said: "That's fine, just tell me how much food is enough."
"Ten thousand shi of food, and you want to move your family westward!"
