Latest website: The war is over.
For some people, war always ends in a special way.
In the early morning of this morning, facing the biting cold wind and the sky full of clouds, Juliet got off the train at the Seattle train station in this gloomy weather. The train station was destroyed during the war and has not been rebuilt to this day. Juliet was there
He jumped down from a pile of rubble, and the ground was covered with mud.
The remaining ruins tell people that this is the train station.
Looking around as a habit, Juliet wanted to find Uncle Willy and Aunt Ellie's carriage, because every time she came from Olympics in the past, they would pick her up by the train, and the telegram had been sent out two days ago.
Already.
Are they coming?
When Juliet looked around, she saw two Ming soldiers near the broken platform. They were standing there with guns on their backs.
Although there were Ming troops stationed in Olympic and the streets were full of soldiers, I still felt surprised and scared when I saw these people in green uniforms. Even though I knew that those Ming soldiers would not stop pedestrians without any reason, but
She was still a little nervous. After all, her brother Billy was still resisting. He was resisting the Ming invasion with other guerrillas in the mountains and forests.
"God, they saw me,"
When she felt that the Ming army and police were looking at her, Juliet looked at those people with what she thought was a fierce look.
After showing that she bravely resisted their rule, she hurriedly took the suitcase containing her clothes in her hands, and then walked through the snow covered with cinders and ashes, leaving her skirt in the muddy snow.
Dragging.
After walking out of the train station, in addition to carriages, there were several mud-spattered trucks parked outside the station. In addition, there were several cars. One of them was a car with two people standing next to it, dressed in gorgeous clothes.
The woman was holding an officer's arm. When she saw the officer's green uniform, Julie felt irritated and said to herself fiercely.
"What a shameless woman. She threw herself into the arms of a foreigner so quickly!"
While Juliet glared at the woman's back fiercely, lamenting the woman's shamelessness, she then lamented that she had to walk to her aunt's house, which was several miles away from the station.
While she was standing there looking around, a carriage stopped in front of her, and she saw Uncle Willy leaning half forward, with a hearty smile on his dark face:
"Juliet, my child, how long have you been here? Get in the car quickly, your aunt is waiting for you at home."
Finally meeting her relatives, Juliette seemed very happy along the way. She kept asking about her aunt and cousins. After learning that her cousin Tal had died in the battle, she said in a tone full of hatred.
"It's all those damn Ming people who killed Cousin Tar..."
As she spoke, tears flowed from Juliette's eyes. She would never see her cousin again.
"Yes, it was the Ming army that killed Tarr. He died defending Seattle. Many people died, from Seattle to Portland, many people died/"
Willy, who was driving the carriage, spoke in a low tone. His eyes looked into the distance as if he was missing his son. Seeing this, Juliet also fell silent.
The two of them just walked on without saying a word. Soon, they were stopped in front of the bridge. The people who stopped them were soldiers from the Ming Dynasty wearing green military uniforms. When he saw them, Willy's face looked ugly.
Even with some hostility in the end.
The aunt's house with red brick walls finally appeared in front of her, and Juliet's heart was beating fast at this moment. How merciful God was, that he did not let this house be damaged beyond repair!
Her aunt was standing in front of the door, looking at her with a smile on her face. When she saw her getting off the carriage, she happily went up to greet her.
That night, the dinner at Aunt Ellie's house was very simple, different from the rich ones in the past, just polenta and dried peas.
However, even so, Juliette still ate voraciously. After all, the reason why she came to Seattle from the Olympics was because she had no income. Because there was no income, let alone property taxes, she could not even eat. Forced by life, she could only
Being able to come to her aunt was also the reason why she hated the Ming people. Their invasion changed her happy life.
Under the dim light of the dining room, Juliet chatted with her aunt. Ellie seemed very happy about the arrival of her niece. Finally having a chance to talk to a relative, she soon began to sadly talk about all her sufferings.
From the death of their son in battle to the loss of property, they have endured all these sufferings.
"Escaped, those damn vampires, after the Ming people came, they all fled, taking our money with them."
Ellie couldn't help but curse those "vampires", who were actually bankers. After the war broke out, the bankers fled one after another, and many ordinary people fell into bankruptcy as a result - they found that they had lost everything.
"Also, no one will accept banknotes now. God can testify that although those banknotes belong to various banks, we exchanged them for food and gold..."
"Yes, it was the same in the Olympics. The bankers ran away. No one dared to accept the banknotes they issued. No matter Americans or people in the Ming Dynasty, they didn't want it. They only wanted gold coins or silver coins. Many people lost their money overnight.
Became a pauper."
Juliette was deeply touched by this. In fact, her family was originally wealthy, but all the money was in the bank. The bank closed, the bankers fled, and she became bankrupt, even though she still had thousands of dollars in her family.
He had cash, but there were very few gold and silver coins. But now the market only recognized gold and silver coins. So in order to make ends meet, he had to exchange a large amount of banknotes for Ming Yuan at a low price.
"What's the most painful thing?"
Old Willie on the side complained.
"It's taxes! God, we can no longer pay the real estate tax. If we can't pay the real estate tax, everything except the house we live in may be lost. My money can only pay for this house.
House taxes.”
When the words fell, Old Willy sighed.
"No one can escape taxation and death. Even if foreigners rule here, this will not change."
Looking at her husband's frown, Ellie said.
"Juliet, the burden on his shoulders is too heavy now, and the rent and taxes are so high, he really doesn't know how to survive. But of course, we will try our best to survive."
Juliet knew that Uncle Willy and Aunt Willy were not lying. Everyone is having a hard time now, and everyone is maintaining these taxes.
Thinking of this, she held Aunt Ellie's chubby hands tightly with a smile on her face.
"My good aunt, I believe we will be able to survive, God will bless us, and we can also think of other ways to make some money..."
Just as she was speaking to comfort her aunt, there was a knock on the door suddenly.
"Willy, Willy, open the door quickly!"
"It's Hank."
After hearing the neighbor's voice, Willy just opened the door and heard Hank yelling loudly.
"Willie, Portland, Portland was occupied by the Ming Dynasty!"
"What!"
Juliet shouted in surprise.
"Portland is a very big city. How come the Ming people occupied it so quickly?"
"I don't know, miss."
Hank shook his head and said.
"I heard the news on the radio in the bar that the defenders had surrendered."
"Cowards! I knew those men were a bunch of cowards! They, they..."
Juliet shouted excitedly.
"Didn't they say they wanted to protect us, the women of America? Why didn't they die? Why did they surrender! Those damn cowards! Why didn't they die!"
At this moment, Juliet's heart was filled with contempt for those men. They were simply a group of cowards, a group of cowards...
But unlike them, she is still resisting tenaciously. Look at the rule of those foreign invaders!
At this moment, Juliet's heart was filled with pride.
"After all, miss, they have tried their best."
Hank looked at the unreasonable girl in front of him and said.
"Each of them is a heroic warrior, fighting bravely against the invaders."
"Warrior? Is it possible?"
Juliet sneered.
"If they were all warriors, why did they surrender?"
(End of chapter)
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