Lin County.
Sister Hua changed into a plain short gown, took off most of her jewelry, simply put on light makeup, and walked out of the room.
After waiting at the door for a while, a rickshaw stopped at the door.
The driver nodded and bowed, smiling brightly, "Mrs. Hua, do you want to use the car?"
Sister Hua nodded lightly and said, "Let's go to the gouache shop in front."
"Okay!" When the driver heard that there was something going on, the smile on his face became even brighter, so he pressed the handlebar and put down the front of the car.
Sister Hua raised her legs and got on the rickshaw, leaning back.
When the coachman saw Sister Hua sitting down, he raised his yin and yang handles with both hands and said, "Mrs. Hua, please sit down. We are leaving now!"
The gouache shop was not far away, not even a trip down the street, so the coachman parked the car within a few minutes.
After gently putting down the front of the car, Sister Hua walked down slowly and elegantly, opened my small leather bag, took out a piece of French currency and handed it over.
The driver looked at the dollar and said with a smile, "Madam, I just started working and I can't find it."
"It's okay. Just keep it for now. If you think it's too much, just wait for me for another hour. If I don't come out within an hour, just leave. I'll find another car then."
"Okay! It's all up to you!" The driver happily accepted the money, pulled the cart aside, and found a shady place to sit down.
In fact, the gouache shop also belonged to Xu San. The land deed and house deed were both found out from Su Wen that time. Later, Xu San spent some money to buy the shop and handed it over to shopkeeper Qian to take care of it.
Sister Hua lifted the door curtain and saw shopkeeper Qian sitting at the counter with an abacus, as if he was sorting out the accounts.
Hearing the sound, Shopkeeper Qian immediately came up to greet her and said, "Mrs. Hua, the rouge you ordered has arrived. Do you want to try it?"
Sister Hua nodded, and then said calmly, "Of course I have to take a look. The color of the goods you gave me last time was not right, and I was laughed at for several days."
Shopkeeper Qian smiled apologetically, "That's because they don't know how to appreciate it. What I prepared for you last time was the most popular red color in the Magic City."
Sister Hua smiled and said, "Don't forget the magic city. How can our small place compare with a big city like that? Even if we use it, others don't know."
"This time, I have specially prepared five colors for you. You can try them first and keep whichever color you like."
Listening to Qian Zhangui's words, Sister Hua waved her hands impatiently and said, "Stop talking nonsense, take me to see it first."
Shopkeeper Qian bent down and made a gesture of invitation, and then followed Sister Hua into the backyard.
In the backyard, in the wing room, as soon as Xiaohong entered the door, she rushed towards Sister Hua and hugged Sister Hua tightly in her arms, "Sister, you miss me so much!"
Sister Hua smiled and pushed Xiao Hong away, "Stop making trouble, I called you here for a serious matter!"
"What's the business?" Xiaohong said and looked at Shopkeeper Qian, "Is something big going to happen? Otherwise why did you call Shopkeeper Qian and Chef Fang here?"
"Xu San sent me a message last night. Maybe the Japs impersonated the Eighth Route Army and robbed a train. He was on that train and was robbed by the Japs."
When Xiaohong heard that Xu San was in trouble, she immediately asked anxiously, "Ah! Will my brother-in-law be okay?"
Sister Hua shook her head, with a sad look on her face, "I don't know either, but he made some arrangements before we lost contact, asking us to pay attention to the movements of the puppet troops and Japanese soldiers, and this morning I want to go find Chu Yang to inquire I collected some information and found out that their troops were on a mission, so I called you here."
"Xiao Xu has Japanese identity, so the danger is probably not great." Shopkeeper Qian analyzed.
"The devil's plot is not small this time! Xu San specifically told us that we only need to get information. Therefore, I want Shopkeeper Qian and Lao Fang to go out of the city to see if they can find out the movements of the puppet troops. If there is information, immediately Come back and report to me, and then I will find a way to notify my superiors in time."
"Okay, no problem! Lao Fang and I are leaving the city right now!" Shopkeeper Qian acted resolutely and immediately took Fang Zhanbo to apply some simple makeup and slipped out of the yard through the back door.
Shopkeeper Qian left, and Xiaohong immediately asked, "What about me!? What should I do?"
"If you come home with me, our neighbors will have to keep an eye on you."
Xiao Hong pouted and whispered, "I remember my brother-in-law said, aren't our neighbors also our own people?"
"One of the three women may be Japanese! The other two are our own, but we can't completely believe it. We must be careful in this world!"
"I remembered! It seems that the Japanese woman was injured by her brother-in-law. I heard him say that this was a flesh-and-blood trick arranged by the Japanese to insert that woman into our ranks." Xiaohong said, patting her chest. , "Fortunately, I have a brother-in-law, otherwise the Japanese would have succeeded in their conspiracy."
"Well!" Sister Hua nodded, "In the past few days, I have discovered that the Japanese woman's whereabouts are abnormal. Combined with what happened last night and the mission of the puppet army in Linxian, I concluded that something may happen in Linxian. "
"The county seat?" Xiaohong asked.
"It's unlikely that it's in the city. I guess it might be in the villages and towns around Linxian County." Sister Hua said.
"What exactly do you want me to do?"
"Come home with me first, and then we can get some things and go to the door to find out what's true."
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At Lin's Shop, after lunch, Wang Zhenzhen started wandering around the village in the name of taking a quick walk after dinner. As a result, after walking around, she found that the old people sunbathing were no longer there.
Wang Zhenzhen felt very uneasy. She was really afraid that these old people and those villagers would be killed and silenced by the Japanese.
In the past, she might not have thought it was a problem for the Japanese to kill a few people.
But
She is different now. As she grows older and has more experience, she understands more and more what ethics, justice and integrity are.
After wandering for a while, she saw smoke and dust billowing in the distance, as if troops were coming.
He took a few steps quickly and headed towards the direction of the smoke.
Sure enough, it was an army, and it was a puppet army. It was huge and seemed to have hundreds of people.
"Imperial Association Army? Are they troops from Linxian County?" Wang Zhenzhen turned around and asked.
The Japanese soldier following Wang Zhenzhen replied, "I don't know!"
"Then what are they here for?" Wang Zhenzhen continued to ask.
"have no idea!"
Wang Zhenzhen raised the corner of her mouth and stopped asking, feeling that asking was in vain.
The two Japanese soldiers who followed him were bodyguards in name, but in fact they were surveillance, to prevent Wang Zhenzhen from intimidating and inquiring.
"Huh~" Wang Zhenzhen exhaled and thought to herself, if you don't tell me, won't I go find out myself?
As soon as she thought of it, she did it. Wang Zhenzhen did not hesitate at all, and ran towards the place where the puppet troops gathered.
Seeing Wang Zhenzhen running away, two bodyguard-type Japanese soldiers immediately followed her. (End of chapter)
