When Wei Ran was woken up again by Qiushi in the basement without sunlight to drink medicine, it was already the afternoon of July 30.
"Tinmen fell"
Just as Wei Ran and Andy put down their bowls of soup and medicine, Mei Xiang also put down the handset of the telephone on her desk, and helplessly told the bad news that everyone had guessed last night.
Then, she continued, "Jasmine just received the news that the Japs have occupied Nankai University. They sent several cars of Japs over and robbed a lot of things from there. They also took away several people including Nankai University.
All the schools were set on fire, and the Japanese planes just went there and bombed them again, killing many people who spontaneously went to put out the fire."
Andy, Guan Bingwen, and even the cigarette vendor Chen Xiuyu all sighed heavily. Although Wei Ran was not surprised by this, he also squeezed the porcelain bowl in his hand. Compared with the historical records of later generations,
The record, the retelling that was actually heard, is undoubtedly more heartbreaking and painful.
"Take good care of yourself"
Mei Xiang said calmly, "No matter what you want to do, the first thing you have to do is to heal your injuries. The only good news at the moment is that the Japanese seem to have no intention of attacking the British, French and Italian concessions."
"Tao Canhua!"
Wei Ran reminded keenly, "Once the war is over, the Japanese Zeda will definitely ask Canhua to play the piano for him to find out about the situation in the Love Letter Apartment, and will also ask you if you have come back."
Hearing this, Mei Xiang immediately frowned.
"And I"
Wei Ran stood up as he spoke, "Zhitian has arranged for someone to buy information from me to verify the authenticity of the information obtained by Canhua. If I don't show up, I'm afraid it will also arouse the other party's vigilance."
"No," Mei Xiang frowned immediately, "You are also injured, let the mute uncle go and see Canhua off every day."
"Cousin, please don't make things difficult for Ueda."
Wei Ran suddenly smiled playfully and joked, "Uncle Mute's mouth is too strict. They have to work hard to get anything out of Uncle Mute's mouth."
"How long have you been making jokes about the mute uncle?" Mei Xiang rolled her eyes at Wei Ran angrily.
"So I'd better go"
Wei Ran pretended to be relaxed and said, "Except for the injury on the head, all other injuries can be covered with clothes. I just need to wear a hat. Anyway, I only go out once a day, so it won't have any impact."
Before Mei Xiang could speak, Wei Ran added extra seriously, "Cousin, only if everything is normal here can we not attract the attention of the Japanese. I'm sure they won't dare to easily send troops to occupy the Three Kingdoms before the overall war situation changes.
It’s in the concession, but if that Ueda treats our place as a breakthrough point, he will arrange for people to keep an eye on this place if the security is not intact.”
Hearing this, Mei Xiang frowned and walked back and forth for a few steps, and finally said, "Okay...it seems like this is the only way..."
"When does cousin plan to go home?" Wei Ran asked with a smile, changing the subject.
"No. 5," Mei Xiang replied, "If nothing else happens, Miss Gu's family will send a car over late at night on the 5th, and I will follow that car back."
"Cousin Andy, are you coming back with us?" Wei Ran said and looked at Andy in the bed next to him.
"How do I get back?"
Andy rolled his eyes and asked angrily, "Your cousin and I went to see a play in Peking, and then we came back with our legs broken? What became of me?"
"In this case, how about cousin Andy choosing to flee south when the situation is not good?" Wei Ran suggested.
"That's all we can do." Mei Xiang nodded.
"I asked you to borrow some money and flee to my grandma's house in southern Fujian for refuge."
Andy lit a cigarette and said, "It's far enough there. Even a trip back and forth is enough time for me to recover from my injuries."
"also"
Meixiang nodded, then looked at Guan Bingwen, "Xiaoguan, you will stay here to recuperate until the injury is healed."
"Sister Meixiang, can... can you help me ask how my family is doing, and how is Mr. Feng?" Guan Bingwen tried his best to raise his head and asked, "Also, there are my classmates over at school.
..”
"Do not worry"
Mei Xiang comforted her gently, "I will contact your family as soon as possible and find Mr. Feng as soon as possible."
"Cousin Wei Ran, come here."
While Mei Xiang was communicating with Guan Bingwen, Andy also called Wei Ran and sat beside her bed, "Take off your clothes and I'll change your dressing."
"Excuse me, Cousin Andy"
Wei Ran walked to the other party's bed, sat down obediently, and let her help him take off the shirt that was already on him. The latter also called Qiushi to help him get the medicine box.
"My cousin's grandma lives in southern Fujian?" Wei Ran asked curiously.
"You are very sweet-tongued, and this cousin is really skilled at calling."
Andy joked while changing Weiran's dressing, and then added, "My grandma's home is in Citong, have you been there?"
"Never been there." Wei Ran shook his head.
“I haven’t been there either”
Andy smiled and said as if he was telling someone else's story, "My mother told me when she was alive that my grandfather sold her to my father for 100 yuan in order to find a wife for my uncle.
of.
Now that the money and goods have been cleared, there is no need to move around anymore. I don’t even know if anyone in my grandma’s family is still alive.”
Hearing this, Wei Ran grinned and wisely did not continue to ask.
After Andy helped Wei Ran change the medicine for various wounds, Wei Ran, who could only use one hand, also directed Qiushi to help, and changed the medicine for the wounds of Andy, Guan Bingwen and Chen Xiuyu.
After everything was done, Wei Ran put on a white shirt with Qiushi's help to cover the wounds all over his body. He also put on a newsboy hat that Qiushi found from the closet, and even used it to hang
The strips of cloth and rope hanging from his right arm were all removed.
After trying to move the five fingers of his right hand, Wei Ran said, "Cousin, I'm going up right now. If anything happens..."
"Let Jasmine teach you how to use the telephone."
Mei Xiang didn't wait for Wei Ran to finish and said, "In addition, you should pay attention to the situation outside. When it is safe, let Cao Duba take you to find Mr. Feng. Also, go to Xiaoguan's house to see the situation."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! As she spoke, Mei Xiang motioned to Wei Ran to go out, and she followed and left the room.
When the two of them reached the end of the passage, Mei Xiang motioned to Wei Ran to bend down slightly. She also stood on tiptoes, put her mouth to Wei Ran's ear and whispered, "Xiao Guan's mother passed away several years ago.
Yes, his father is half a traitor, so you must not have any contact with him, let alone let him know that Xiaoguan is here with us.
You just need to focus on seeing how Xiaoguan's sister is doing. Uncle Mute knows how to find her. If the situation is not good, he will secretly bring her here."
"Understood" Wei Ran nodded and responded.
Mei Xiang took one last look at Wei Ran, then reached out and flipped an old-fashioned switch on the wall.
At the same time, in Jasmine's room on the second floor, the radio that had been playing suddenly stopped working.
At this time, Jasmine, who was cleaning the living room on the second floor, immediately stopped what she was doing, trotted into the room and flipped the switch on the wall beside the bed. When the radio started working again, she immediately trotted down again.
Floor, first made a gesture to Cao Yuba, who immediately ran to the door of the small courtyard, inspected the iron fence door that was sewn tightly with wooden boards and the two door bars that were as thick as calves, and then did not forget to step on them.
He took the ladder set up on the flower wall, climbed to the top of the wall and took a look outside, then came down and gestured to Jasmine who was standing at the door of the small building.
After getting the signal, Jasmine immediately ran into the kitchen and turned on the lights in the kitchen. At the same time that the power was turned on, two small yellow lights also lit up in the basement passage where Wei Ran and Mei Xiang were.
"Come up," Mei Xiang said, reaching out to try to support Wei Ran, who could only use one hand.
"It's okay, I'll do it myself."
Wei Ran smiled and declined the other party's help. He climbed up the ladder little by little, leaning on the wall with his back.
Opening the wooden door which was not that big, Wei Ran took out a flashlight and observed it, then reached out and pulled out the wooden wedge stuck on the slide rail, and then pulled the linkage rod fixed on the wall until he heard
With a click, the huge mirror was immediately moved slowly to make way for the entrance.
After helping to close the door and return the mirror to its original position, Wei Ran fumbled and used wooden wedges to tighten the slide rail. Then he quickly walked to the stairwell and returned the corner of the stair handrail to its original angle, blocking the mirror frame perfectly.
.
He had just finished his work here, and Jasmine had already gone downstairs and wiped the handrail with a greasy rag.
"Why did you come up here?" Jasmine asked in surprise.
"I wasn't hurt that badly, so I came up." Wei Ran replied with a smile, "How is the situation outside?"
"not too good"
Jasmine shook her head, and walked up with Wei Ran while saying, "In the morning, I followed Uncle Mute to the edge of the concession to take a look at it from a distance. I heard people who escaped said that the little Japs were killing people all the way."
It's especially serious over there.
In addition, although our large forces have withdrawn from the city to the south, there are still sporadic exchanges of fire in the city."
Hearing this, Wei Ran nodded, changed the subject and said, "My cousin asked you to teach me how to use the telephone."
"Come with me." Jasmine didn't seem surprised by this, and left the storage room with Wei Ran and walked to the second floor.
When passing by the kitchen, Wei Ran also saw Yang's mother, who was cooking on a briquette stove, and Tao Canhua, who was busy boiling medicine on a small red mud charcoal stove in the small open space behind the kitchen.
Without saying hello to the two people who were busy, Wei Ran followed Jasmine to the second floor. The latter skillfully removed the phone cord, then removed the carved baffle of the radiator, pulled out a set of telephones and demonstrated it to Wei Ran.
Fan, by the way, also got the instructions from Mei Xiang that she had just given to Wei Ran through the phone.
After hanging up the phone and restoring everything to the original state, Wei Ran asked curiously, "Did you do this yourself?"
"You mean this phone line?"
Seeing Wei Ran nod, Jasmine clapped her hands and explained, "The previous landlord was a British missionary. Except for the ginkgo tree, which was planted by the lady herself when she bought this place, the rest of the decorations were left by the British missionary.
At that time, the missionary had a servant named Asan who was responsible for guarding the house. He told us all these institutions."
"Where is that servant?" Wei Ran asked with a frown.
"died"
Jasmine glanced at Wei Ran and said very bluntly, "Uncle Mute bought him a ticket to Shanghai, and after the ferry set sail, he sank into the Haihe River, otherwise there would be no way to keep the secret here."
"Haihe is really tolerant of all things," Wei Ran muttered, and then asked, "Does Little Su's mother know about the hidden basement?"
Jasmine shook her head and said helplessly, "When the young lady discovered the hidden basement, she originally planned to use it to hide from Little Su's mother. At that time, Little Su's mother brought guests here almost every day.
When the young lady is tired, she will hide there and be alone."
"So you don't know?" Wei Ran asked rather inquisitively.
"I don't know, I definitely don't know."
Jasmine gave an extremely positive answer, and then took the initiative to change the topic, "Miss just asked me to tell you that if you remember to water the flowers frequently when you have time, you will also take care of the flowers on the third floor terrace."
"I will also take care of the third floor?" Wei Ran raised his eyebrows.
"By the way, let's take a look at the situation outside. There is a telescope up there." Jasmine pointed to the upstairs and said, "Miss, I'm afraid that I won't see as much as you."
"Okay, leave it to me."
Wei Ran nodded indifferently and walked downstairs to say hello to Yang's mother who had been thinking about him. Then he went to Tao Canhua to help him rub his back and take a shower. Then he put on clean clothes and sat down.
The iron frame bed that belongs to his room.
He lit a cigarette again, and after some hesitation, he locked the door and took out the medical kit.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! What makes him particularly distressed is that at this time, the medical box was not only bumpy and bumpy, but also there were not many instruments, medicines and other items left in it.
There were only a few packs of sulfonamides and two rolls of bandages. Especially when she was in Teng County, the white coat that Nurse Chen gave her was burned to ashes by Mother Yang, but the letter she left behind and the one she had thrown in before were also burned to ashes.
The crowbar is still there.
Picking up the crowbar, Wei Ran pried off a few wooden boards that sealed the floor-to-ceiling windows with some effort, then used a knife to cut open the quilt inside, and pulled open the thick curtains, barely making a window that could be seen at a glance.
See the observation hole at the courtyard gate.
He casually threw the crowbar under the bed, and Wei Ran put away the medical kit, which was of little use. Then he found the small jar of ginseng slices he bought before, pinched out one and threw it into his mouth.
, it can also be regarded as replenishing Qi and blood.
Before he could taste the ginseng slices, Yang Ma also prepared the food and filled two extra food boxes for Tao Canhua to deliver to Mei Xiang and others.
"Help me ask Chen Xiuyu to buy two packs of cigarettes."
Wei Ran said, and handed a big coin to Tao Canhua, "I want a bag of Qianmen and a bag of camels. I don't need him to change. In this way, you can just buy them directly from Qiushi."
"Okay, I'll remember it." Tao Canhua, who was in charge of running errands, accepted the gift from Wei Ran.
"Bring me two packs, too, of Fairy brand." Jasmine said, pushing a big ocean over as well, and said extraordinarily boldly, "There's no need to look for it."
Before Tao Canhua could speak, Cao Mute also pushed over a big ocean and made a scissors gesture.
"Bring two packs of camels for Uncle Mute, right? Uncle Mute?" Wei Ran said and looked at Cao Mute, who immediately nodded.
"I'll be back soon. You guys eat first."
As Tao Canhua spoke, he had already picked up two food boxes. Cao Mute immediately walked to the door, leaned against the door frame, lit a cigarette, and looked in the direction of the courtyard door.
When Cao Yuba finished smoking a cigarette, Tao Canhua also ran out of the storage room carrying two food boxes. However, before he could send the two food boxes into the kitchen, a black four-door car parked in the kitchen.
He walked to the entrance of the small courtyard, and immediately after, the iron fence door that was sealed with wooden boards was also banged by someone.
Almost in no particular order, Wei Ran and Cao Mute each pulled out their own sidearms. The former pulled out a small PPK pistol from his waist, while what Cao Mute pulled out was a short and powerful three-armor pistol.
Gun the box.
While Cao Yuba pressed down the nose of the machine, Wei Ran, who could only use his left hand, skillfully used the sleeve against the edge of the chair and pressed down to complete the one-handed loading.
Looking at Wei Ran with a slightly surprised look, Cao Mute immediately looked away and looked at Yang Ma. The latter nodded when he saw this, quickly opened the door, stood at the door and asked loudly, "Who is it?"
"It's me! Open the door quickly!" Xiao Su's mother's characteristic mean voice came from outside the courtyard door.
After looking at each other, Wei Ran immediately turned his head and whispered, "Canhua, hurry up! Hide the food box!"
While he reminded Tao Canhua, Jasmine also locked the door of the storage room as quickly as possible. After Tao Canhua reacted, he quickly put the two food boxes in his hands into the kitchen cabinet.
At the same time, Yang’s mother responded at Wei Ran’s signal, “Here we come!”
After looking at each other with Cao Muba, Wei Ran and the other party put away their pistols in no particular order and followed Yang Ma out.
When Ma Yang moved the door bar and opened the courtyard door with the help of Cao Duba and the harsh urging of Xiao Su Ma, she was sitting on the rocking chair at the door, deliberately holding a cigarette with her splinted right hand.
I noticed that not only did Xiao Su's mother come this time, but behind her, there was also the skinny monkey-like Japanese lover Mr. Furukawa.
"Where's your cousin?"
Just as Wei Ran put out his cigarette, Xiao Su's mother ignored Yang's mother and Cao Muba and asked Wei Ran in a slightly impatient tone.
"She's not back yet"
Wei Ran replied, "The fighting outside is so lively. We heard from the box that there was even fighting in Peiping. I guess my cousin might have found a place to hide when she got scared, or she might have been trapped somewhere."
Just now we were discussing whether we should wait until things calm down outside and drive to Peking to find my cousin."
"She's really not at home?" Xiao Su's mother immediately became worried after hearing what Wei Ran said.
"Why did I lie to you about this?"
Wei Ran first nodded and bowed to say hello to Guizi Furukawa, then gestured a thumbs up behind him, "How about you look for me upstairs and downstairs?"
"What are you looking for!"
Xiao Su's mother rolled her eyes at Wei Ran, took out two cards from her bag and slapped them on Wei Ran's chest. She said with a bit of showoff and greed, "I helped your cousin accept Mr. Ueda's appointment on August 6th."
Mr. Ueda offered one thousand six hundred and sixty-six silver dollars for the dance held in the Seventh Heaven! You bastard, even if you are tied up in the past two days, you still have to tie up that money-losing thing back to me!"
"Auntie, there's a war going on outside."
Wei Ran said reluctantly, "Look at our small building. We haven't dared to go anywhere in the past two days. Even the windows are blocked. We are afraid that if there is a fight here, this...
Where can we find my cousin?"
"Hey! You didn't just say that you were still discussing..."
"The discussion is just a discussion, I don't really plan to go..."
Wei Ran muttered, "My cousin only gave me three hundred dollars a month. I came back from studying abroad. How could I risk my life for three hundred dollars?"
"You're a freeloader and you're talking nonsense to me!"
Xiao Su's mother put her hands on her hips and cursed loudly, "If we don't get your cousin back, we won't have the three hundred oceans in the future. Then you can go drink the northwest wind in the graveyard!"
"Little Su's mother, let's go look for her. We will definitely find the young lady." Jasmine came out to smooth things over.
"You ugly bitch, don't talk to me!"
Xiao Su's mother waved her handkerchief with a look of disgust, "I've given you the pass. Before the 6th, bring Mei Xiang back to me. If you can't find Mei Xiang, you can also bring me the little vixen Qiushi to pick up the guests.
If you can’t even find it back! Hum hum!”
After saying that, Xiao Su's mother winked at the thin, monkey-like devil behind her, who immediately handed the wooden suitcase he was carrying to Wei Ran.
"What is this? Why is it so heavy?" Wei Ran endured the pain and couldn't help asking while taking the portable incense with both hands.
"What? Silver dollars!"
Xiao Su's mother became more and more proud, "I don't care about anything else. Since you collected the deposit for your cousin, if she doesn't go to the banquet, Mr. Ueda will take your skin off!"
With that said, Xiao Su's mother pushed Wei Ran away and said while walking into the small building, "Get out of the way, I want to see if the girl who wants to pay is hiding at home."
"Didn't you come here last time..." Wei Ran muttered in a moderate voice, and then focused on the wooden suitcase he was carrying, thinking about opening it and taking a look.
"Young Master Cousin, what you are doing is against the rules."
Jasmine ignored the Japanese Mr. Furukawa who was following him into the small building, and stopped Wei Ran with a serious face. Even Cao Mute took a step forward and glared at Wei Ran.
"I'm just going to take a look. What's there? Can I still steal my cousin's things?"
Wei Ran rolled his eyes impatiently and tried to tug at the small iron lock on the suitcase. Finally, under Cao Mute's vigilant gaze, he reluctantly handed it to Jasmine.
While they were acting at the door, Little Su's mother also took her devil to make love to Mr. Furukawa. Tao Canhua and Cao Yuba opened the door, and with Yang's mother following step by step, they looked at every room on the first floor.
Once again, he asked Jasmine to open the door of the storage room, go to the basement for a walk, and then go upstairs to check every room on the second and third floors.
It wasn't until she was sure that Mei Xiang was not there that Xiao Su's mother went downstairs and left, cursing, and got into the black car parked at the door with Mr. Furukawa, the Japanese guy who had never said a word.
When Cao Muba and Yang Ma worked together to close the iron fence door and push the door bar shut, Wei Ran used his left hand to hold his fractured and splinted right hand and asked Jasmine in a low voice, "Did you just see it?"
"Saw it"
Under Tao Canhua's confused gaze, Jasmine also replied in a low voice, "Mr. Ueda is sitting in that car."
"As usual, take the suitcase upstairs to where the money is kept."
Wei Ran almost whispered, "Don't let my cousin come out yet, and don't open the door of the storage room. I guess I might have to fight back later."
Hearing this, Jasmine nodded silently, carried her suitcase and went up to the third floor alone.
Sure enough, before Jasmine came down from the third floor, Xiao Su's mother also left and returned. With the excuse that she forgot her small bag on the third floor, she broke open the iron gate of the small courtyard and ran upstairs in a hurry. And that
The Japanese named Furukawa also walked around the door of the storage room seemingly unintentionally.
It wasn't until Xiao Su's mother left with her Japanese lover again that Wei Ran looked at the pass that the other party had photographed for him before, and then handed it to Cao Yuba.
He clearly knew that Xiao Su's mother's two visits just now were not only a test of the love letter apartment by the Japanese named Zhida, but also a glimmer of life for Xiao Su's mother to fight for Mei Xiang.
Not to mention anything else, at least with the two passes that the other party just gave them, they can use it as an excuse to pick up Mei Xiang and do something.
Compared with these, Wei Ran was more curious about who Xiao Su's mother got these two passes from. If it was the devil named Ueda who was hiding in the car just now and didn't get out, who did he have?
What other identity.
Amidst the growing doubts and uneasiness, the people who stayed on the first floor managed to finish the dinner that was about to get cold. They didn't even have time to clear away the dishes when the iron gate of the small courtyard was knocked from the outside again.
