The jailer came to a women's prison, knocked on the iron bars and said, "Yu Peichen, you can leave. Someone will bail you out."
Yu Peichen exhaled slowly and said to the female prisoner in the same cell: "Comrade, take care!"
"Take care!" the female prisoner nodded.
The jailer urged impatiently: "Hurry up, hurry up, don't leave if you don't leave!"
Yu Peichen then quickened her pace and followed the jailer to collect her belongings. The pens and several pieces of money that were confiscated from her had disappeared. They might have been taken away by a jailer, leaving only the clothes she had when she first entered the prison.
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Quickly changing into her own clothes, the female prisoner turned into a female student again. Yu Peichen walked out of the prison door in a daze. She had been expelled from Beijing Normal University and did not know where to go from now on.
There were two middle-aged men standing at the door of the prison. One of them asked with concern: "You Yu, they didn't make things difficult for you, did they?"
"Fortunately, thank you Uncle Zhang," Yu Peichen nodded and smiled, then turned to look at another middle-aged man and shouted, "Dad."
Father Yu said with a gloomy face: "I asked you to study honestly, but you have to hang out with the gangsters all day long. Now you know what's going on! If your father hadn't been a bit mean-spirited, you would still be locked up in there and unable to get out.
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The middle-aged man surnamed Zhang advised: "Okay, Brother Yu, as long as nothing serious happens, just say less."
Yu Peichen lowered her head and said nothing. She looked down on her father and could not listen to his advice.
Yu Peichen's grandfather was named Yu Shimei. He ranked second in the imperial examination during the Tongzhi period. His first official position was Guangdong Xuetai, which was equivalent to the director of the Guangdong Education Department. He advocated the abolition of the imperial examination and the establishment of schools. He belonged to the Westernization faction of the late Qing Dynasty.
He worked as an aide to Li Hongzhang for more than ten years, and finally became the Minister of Civil Service.
Yu Peichen's grandfather was also a celebrity, named Cen Chunxuan. When the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China, Empress Dowager Cixi fled in panic. Cen Chunxuan was the only one who came to rescue her with 2,000 people. He successively served as governor of Shaanxi, governor of Shanxi, governor of Sichuan, and governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.
, at that time, he and Yuan Shikai were called "Nan Cen and Bei Yuan".
Such a prominent family background has been completely ruined by Yu Peichen's father.
Until now, Yu Peichen's father has no legitimate job and spends all his time thinking about how to sell off his property.
Just a few years ago, the Yu family's real estate, antiques, calligraphy and paintings were sold off, and they were unable to even raise the tuition fees for Yu Peichen's four sisters. Yu Peichen had no choice but to set up a stall in the factory opposite Beijing Normal University to sell food for people.
He wrote letters and couplets to support himself and his three younger sisters.
In the past two years, life at home has become increasingly difficult. Yu Peichen's mother was forced to move with her younger brothers and sisters to her maternal grandfather's house in Shanghai, while Yu Peichen himself lived in the student dormitory of Beijing Normal University.
How could Yu Peichen listen to such an obscure father?
No, Yu's father didn't say a few words before he prepared to leave coolly: "Since you're fine, I'll leave first. My friend is taking me to play mahjong."
Yu Peichen rolled his eyes and was too lazy to speak.
After his father left, the middle-aged man surnamed Zhang took out more than ten yuan and said: "Lesui, take this money and find a place to live first. It doesn't matter if you are expelled from Beijing Normal University. You can re-enter a good university next year."
"Uncle Zhang, I don't want to study anymore, I want to work." Yu Peichen said with firm eyes. She had already studied in college for three years and really didn't want to start over again.
The middle-aged man thought for a moment and said, "I have some friendship with Hu Zhengzhi from Ta Kung Pao. Why don't you go work in Tianjin?"
Yu Peichen nodded and said: "Thank you, Uncle Zhang. I'll leave it to you for my father's side."
The middle-aged man smiled bitterly and said: "Sir, you are kind to me. Even if you don't tell me, I will help you. I can't watch your father starve to death."
That afternoon, Yu Peichen bought a train ticket to Tianjin and prepared to go to "Ta Kung Pao" to work as an editor. Although she has not graduated from college, her abilities are very good and she was even selected as a student representative to attend the Pacific Academic Conference.
On the train, Yu Peichen sat down in a daze and only listened to a few passengers around him.
"Mr. Zhou's novel is truly amazing, another stunning masterpiece!"
"Isn't that right? It has only been serialized for more than 20,000 words, and it has already outlined various aspects of the troubled times."
"When "Titanic" was published last time, some people said that Mr. Zhou was exhausted and could only write some romance novels. Now they should shut up."
"Not only the novels, but the magazine "Fei Gong" is well edited. If I hadn't read this magazine, I wouldn't have known there were so many unknown anti-Japanese heroes in the Northeast."
"Yeah, read this article! On February 8, three heroes, Chen Dongshan, Zhang Yuting and Liu Wankui, led more than 2,100 nominal brave troops to conquer the Mishan County and Pingyang Towns occupied by the Japanese invaders one after another, and defeated them many times.
The attack of the Japanese and puppet troops. On March 1, the hero Gao Yushan led 3,000 National Salvation Army troops to conquer Hulin County. On May 25, Gao Yushan led his troops to capture Raohe County and captured Hulin, Raohe, and Fu
Three distant counties are connected together. I heard that Hulin County is now occupied by the hero Gao Yushan, who repelled more than ten attacks by the Japanese and puppet troops in four months, and the Japanese are mobilizing the main force of the Kwantung Army."
"Gao Yushan is such a good man! It was so difficult to lead the rebel army to retake and hold on to Hulin County for more than four months. Now that the main force of the Kwantung Army has been transferred to attack him, I'm afraid it won't last long."
"As long as everyone stands up and resists, the Japanese will definitely be driven out of China!"
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Yu Peichen was attracted by the content of their conversation and couldn't help but ask: "What magazine are you talking about?"
"Fei Gong, the anti-Japanese magazine founded by Mr. Zhou himself!" said a passenger, picking up the "Fei Gong" in his hand.
Yu Peichen asked: "Can I borrow it for a look?"
The passenger smiled and said: "Take it and read it. I've already finished reading it, but remember to give it back to me before getting off the bus."
"Thank you." Yu Peichen quickly took it.
The cover of this magazine is dark red, so red that it turns black, like blood that is gradually solidifying. In the upper right corner of the cover are the words "Fei Gong" in two small seal fonts, and next to it are two lines of small words: "Peace cannot be obtained by charity, peace
We should take the initiative to fight for it.”
Yu Peichen opened the title page, and after she read the preface written by Zhou Hexuan himself, she finally fully understood the purpose of this magazine.
The first part of the text is international current affairs, describing in detail the fascist regime in Germany, the anti-Nazi demonstration of 100,000 people in Berlin at the beginning of the year, and the arson attack on the German Reichstag that shocked the world. Then Zhou Hexuan personally wrote a commentary to predict Hitler's domestic and international affairs.
policy, and pointed out Hitler's fascist expansion ambitions.
The second part is an introduction to Japan's national conditions, which are provided by students studying in Japan. It describes in detail that Japan has been severely affected by the economic crisis, with a large number of "girlless villages" appearing, and the entire Japanese society is clamoring for invasion of China.
The third part is about the situation in the Northeast. It not only describes the tragic situation of the Northeast people, but also reports the heroic deeds of the Northeast’s anti-Japanese armed forces. It also exposes the cruel rule of the Kwantung Army and the puppet Manchukuo government. For example, after the 29th Army’s Broadsword Team caused huge casualties to the Japanese army,
The Japanese army immediately caused a massacre near Xifengkou, killing people in surrounding villages and towns wantonly.
The fourth part is a theoretical commentary. Zhou Hexuan introduced the terms fascism, Nazism and militarism in detail, analyzed their similarities and differences, and pointed out the threat of fascism to the world.
The last section is the literature section. In addition to Zhou Hexuan's "Black Soil", there are also three short stories, all of which describe the tragic reality of the people in Northeast China.
Before Yu Peichen had time to finish reading the magazine, the train had already arrived in Tianjin. The first thing she did after getting off the bus was to buy "Fei Gong" and squat on the roadside to read the entire magazine carefully.
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"This magazine is great!" Yu Peichen thought excitedly.
She originally knew nothing about the situation in Europe and Japan, but after reading the magazine, her understanding of the world situation suddenly became clear. Especially in the Northeast, there have always been countless folk anti-Japanese heroes, and they have never given up.
resistance.
There is also Japan, the so-called Far Eastern power, but the lives of its people are in such dire straits. In order to solve the economic crisis, they can’t wait to invade China and want to suck the blood of the Chinese people to get out of the predicament.
This is a magazine that allows Chinese people to open their eyes to the world!
Yu Peichen carefully put away the magazine, took it out and opened it again while walking, and re-read "Black Soil" while walking. She particularly liked this novel, and its depiction of reality and human nature made her shudder.
But at the same time, he was extremely angry.
With her uncle's handwritten letter, Yu Peichen came to the newspaper headquarters of "Ta Kung Pao". She walked into the newspaper building and suddenly saw two door numbers. One door number said "Popular Supplement Editorial Department", and the other door number said
Author of "Fei Gong Magazine Editorial Department".
Yu Peichen, who originally wanted to apply for the editor position of "Ta Kung Pao", suddenly turned around and walked into the editorial office of "Fei Gong" magazine and asked: "Do you still need an editor here?"