Old shadow of the Republic of China 89

It’s not a matter of having more food for multiple children. And this child is now listed as an orphan. What should I do? Even if anyone raises him after he is taken to the family, Lin Yutong is busy without any day or night, and she doesn’t even care about Changsheng. Could it be that the Fourth Master is raised? Changsheng is his own child, which is a responsibility. But for other children? Let’s forget it. The Fourth Master himself has a serious business.

"Mudan, come here to have a meal." No matter what I planned, I have to feed the child first. The father's surname is Zhao, and her grandmother named the child Mudan. Later, her grandmother died of illness, and the child grew up with his father's relatives. Those relatives had no close relatives, and they were all a little farther away. Uncle and uncle, they also had children to raise, and the burden of raising such a child must be getting bigger and bigger. Xingzi went to find him, and they returned the child without saying a word. But now, the child has been sent back from afar. Who cares about him? Huaizi or Yangzi?

Peony lowered her head and rubbed against the table. A bowl of sauerkra noodles was solved in just a few seconds. After dinner, she couldn't wear clothes on her body. She took out Changsheng's smaller clothes and asked her to stay alive first. Maybe she was really tired and didn't care at all. She lay alone on the corner of the kang and fell asleep.

Changsheng lay in the quilt, looking at this and that, he was somewhat uneasy, like a little beast that was invaded by someone.

Lin Yutong patted him, “Go to bed quickly, your parents will deal with it. It has nothing to do with you.”

Changsheng turned over, not knowing whether he was really asleep or fake.

The Fourth Master whispered: "Two ways, one is to keep a foster care at the home of a fellow villager, and the other is to keep it in school."

Lin Yutong rolled her eyes. He knew that he would not choose to put the child at his fellow villager's house, so he still advocated putting it in school. Besides, the child is also at the right age.

"It's not that you can't raise more children. The problem is that you don't have time or energy." The Fourth Master put his hand on Lin Yutong's back. "Touch yourself, your ribs one by one. From this to the next few years, your life will be like this. No matter how many doctors you have added, you will never be idle. At the beginning, you always wanted to save your life. Now, if there are those who have to be amputated and don't want to be disabled, you are still trying to send them to you. Besides, the front line is getting longer and longer, and multiple battlefields are going to fight at the same time, which means a continuous stream of wounded soldiers. You will only be busier than now. As for me, I guess half of the year will be spent in the arsenal. How can I take Changsheng with me? "

"Can you still go to Baoyuyuan?" Lin Yutong frowned. In fact, Baoyuyuan is the best choice. In addition to the children they have, they are the orphans of high-level martyrs. For example, Mudan, without the Fourth Master and Lin Yutong, she will definitely not be able to go in. Many generals are fighting outside, and the children are in Baoyuyuan. After entering, they basically donate food, clothing, housing and transportation. The clothes are donated by some foreign funds, and the food is basically the best supplied by the border areas. Milk,

There is no other place, but Baoyu Hospital has it. Every day, there are meat and vegetables. The teacher is also serious and responsible. An An has been staying in the past. When he had to take care of such a young child, he had to take care of eating, drinking, defecation and urination, he grew up. He was already sensible, like Mudan, and he couldn't adapt. When she first saw this child, she had this idea in her mind. If she couldn't do it, she would send it to her for two years. Two years later, Yang Zi would probably take over, and at least she would fool the child.

Whether you can go in or not, you have to find a way to send it in. This is what you can think of now, and the best arrangement for this child.

The two of them made a decision, but this was not something they could say was sent away just by sending them away. They had to adapt to the family for two days, and they were so tired that they seemed to be in a hurry to knock her out of the door.

In fact, the child is also pitiful. He grew up with those relatives, and he may be beaten or scolded. The child still had some old injuries. The next day, Lin Yutong said that he wanted to ask Aunt Cui to make two new clothes for the child, and then he heard a noise outside. She lifted the curtain and went out, and saw Mudan walking here alone with firewood in her arms. The guard at the door signaled her to put her down and not have to work. She was so scared that she hugged the firewood and froze there. Lin Yutong quickly went out to pick up the firewood, "For my aunt, why don't you go to bed early? If you have uncles doing these work, you don't have to worry about these."

Peony lowered his head and rubbed his clothes, his face turned red. Lin Yutong raised his hand and touched her head, "But we Peony is really sensible, let's go! Auntie will comb your hair."

He tied a braid and wore a thick cotton jacket, even if it was old, it was 80% new. The child had bright eyes and carefully touched his clothes from time to time. Changsheng freed up one of his schoolbags for her: "This is allocated to you, have you gone to school?"

Peony shook her head and looked very caring after taking her schoolbag.

"Then you go to school with me after dinner." Chang Sheng's eyes rolled and he pulled her to have a meal.

Lin Yutong doesn't care about them, and it's easier for children to get familiar with each other.

The school Changsheng attended was different from the boarding school. He studied with the Boy Scouts, went to school for half a day, and trained for half a day. And he only went there occasionally.

Lin Yutong had a meal in a few bites and was about to go to the hospital. Before she could go out, An An called Changsheng at the door. Changsheng took two steamed buns and stuffed them into his schoolbag, and then pulled Mudan, "Hurry up, I'll be late later."

Lin Yutong stood at the door, watching Changsheng winking at An An and wondering what the mystery was. She rushed forward with a few steps in peace and vaguely heard Changsheng say, "I'm so unlucky, I'll run to school every day, it would be great if I lived in school."

An An answered, "Living in school? Is Baoyuyuan a place where anyone can go? What you think is beautiful. I heard that there are milk and eggs there every morning. There are meat and noodles for every meal. Do you want to go, but I still want to go?"

Chang Sheng sighed, "The family can only give one, and I don't know if my mother will send me or my sister."

An An glanced at Changsheng sympathetically: "Who told you to be so unlucky? Your sister doesn't come early or late, but she just comes at this time."

Mudan was a little uneasy and looked at Changsheng carefully: "Then brother, I won't go to school."

Chang Sheng shook his head: "My mom... Forget it, my mom will definitely give you the best. Forget it, who told you to be a sister?"

Lin Yutong didn't hear anything else. But she was really stunned at this moment. This kid is so mean that he coaxed the silly child to live in school with gratitude. He had delicious food and new clothes every day, which was a fatal temptation for such a young child. Other children also wanted to be with their parents, but for Mudan, she basically had no experience of living with her parents. She could eat enough, wear warm clothes, and not be beaten and scolded, or give charity to others. This is probably a good life. In Baoyuyuan, although the Fourth Master and Lin Yutong were faced by her parents, her parents were indeed martyrs. The children of martyrs did not need anyone to raise them, and they had many special cares for them. The border government would raise her, and she did not have to rely on others at all. In fact, this was really beneficial to the growth of the children.

If I had no complaints in my heart, it would be better. Lin Yutong originally thought of sending her to her for a week to get used to, but if she couldn't, she would take her back and find another way. Unexpectedly, she asked Changsheng, the boy, to solve it.

When I came back from work that day, I saw that the two children were at home. Mudan and Changsheng were no longer so awkward. I just saw the two of them hanging on the kang, and they seemed to be so tired.

Lin Yutong whispered to the Fourth Master: "What are you doing?"

The Fourth Master glanced at Chang Sheng: "I went to military training with Peony. I didn't come back for lunch and trained for a long time."

Then this will make people tired at least. She was about to speak when Changsheng's voice came from it: "If you can't stand it, I will ask my mother to take you to Baoyuyuan. By the end of the month, I will ask Uncle Bai Yuan to pick you up."

"I'm going, what are you doing?" Mudan muttered in a low voice.

"I'll find a way to go first," Changsheng swears, "If you don't want to stay there, if you feel it's not good, you can come back."

"Can you really ask me?" Mudan sat up and asked, "Can your aunt agree?"

"My parents have long wanted girls, so I don't want you to go there yet. If you want to go, you will definitely ask you to go first." Chang Sheng said with a faint hint of his lips and stopped talking.

Lin Yutong frowned. It must be wrong for Changsheng to be so careful, but this child's temperament... she can't say whether it's good or bad.

In the following days, Lin Yutong and the Fourth Master seemed to have forgotten to send Mudan away, but no one mentioned it. Aunt Cui also made Mudan's new clothes and schoolbags, and Lin Yutong made her a bunch of various head flowers with red silk.

After five days, Lin Yutong came back to the evening before breakfast, just as she was cooking dinner. Mudan helped watch the fire in front of the stove, and secretly looked at Lin Yutong from time to time, "Auntie, when will I go to school?"

"Is your cousin's school not good?" Lin Yutong teased.

"My cousin said I can go to Baoyuyuan." Mudan raised her head and looked at Lin Yutong carefully, "Can I go? Aunt."

Lin Yutong smiled and continued to work hard, "Baoyuyuan is a bit far from our current home. If you don't care about it, you may not have time to pick you up in a month. Can you get used to it alone?"

"Yes! I can definitely." Mudan stood up immediately, "I will definitely get used to it. When will my aunt pick me up when she has time, I will definitely be obedient."

"Then I'll send you there tomorrow." Lin Yutong smiled, "If you don't have time to pick you up in the future, don't worry. I will ask someone to bring you things to you regularly. If you have anything you want, you can also write to your aunt. If you can't write, you can ask the teacher to write for you."

I remembered what I told her, and finally asked Bai Yuan to send her there. I also called the hospital's phone number to the teacher at Baoyu Hospital. If the child was not used to it, I would pick it up again.

Chang Sheng finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Oh! I finally sent the girl movie away." Then he pulled Lin Yutong's neck of clothes and whispered: "If she didn't go to Baoyuyuan and asked me to go, maybe I would really be reluctant to send her away."

Just a child, it is instinct to like good things. This doesn’t mean anything. But Changsheng’s temperament is really a bit thief. Lin Yutong taught him a lesson: “Don’t always think about testing others. If you lose your sincerity first, you can’t blame others.”

Chang Sheng then stopped talking with a drooping face, and after a long time, he said, "I don't like my aunt, who knows if Mudan will be the same as my aunt."

So you were on guard from the beginning?

That night, the Fourth Master called Changsheng to the study room. From the corner of the naughty child's drooping mouth, he still didn't fall into it. The Fourth Master was the type of person who watched him jump around and wait until he jumped around and then we would clean up slowly after he finished jumping.

After living a busy life, Bai Yuan specially picked up Mudan twice, but he didn't take it back. The child was very active and helped the teacher take care of the younger children at school, so he refused to come back. He was a child with very progressive thoughts. Lin Yutong was worried and even called him. As a result, the teacher only praised him, saying that he helped to make food, wash dishes and clean the dishes every time he was eating, and took the initiative to live in the dormitory of the younger children and helped take care of him. Now he has become the team leader. What can Lin Yutong say in this situation? After a few words of politeness, he can only do this. Judging from the current situation, as long as the child takes up the ideological progress and is an orphan of a martyr, he will definitely not suffer any losses in the future. For a long time, the progress of his thoughts is an important criterion for judging a person.

The year passed in this busy atmosphere. Just after the Chinese New Year, the Fourth Master was frequently called to meet. Lin Yutong thought it was another military matter, but when she had time to talk to the Fourth Master, she realized that it was all about economic problems. The prices in the Kuomintang-controlled area increased by two to three times in a month. "... Many officers participated in gold speculation, borrowed from banks and then traded, and the gold price soared to 8.5 million. The price went up like crazy."

Everyone is doing this for me, and as long as there are profitable things, they are all rushing up. Lin Yutong calculated the calculations himself. If he borrowed one million yuan from the bank and bought all gold, and then sold one-eighth of the gold price, this part would be enough to match the bank's loan. Almost seven-eighth of the remaining ones were made in vain. This is what the wolf said. And what he earned was not a banknote, but real gold. It is said that the central bank's vault was empty. The public and the private ones were worthy of money. In addition, those who had the means found ways to ask their families to immigrate to the United States. A large amount of gold was taken out like this.

Lin Yutong originally thought that the economy was so chaotic that Jiang had to be busy for a while. Unexpectedly, three days later, the Fourth Master learned the news from the stammer, and Jiang personally went to the West to supervise the war and deployed Hu Zongnan to attack Yan'an.

"Is this messy gold case just thrown over?" Lin Yutong, who has always regarded the economy more seriously, cannot understand this approach.

The Fourth Master waved his hand: "It's already like this. Are there any economics still there to save it? If you want to save it, you have to use a knife from the root. Are they stupid? Not stupid at all. At most, this matter is called the resignation of the Executive Yuan President Song Ziwen. What else can you do? If you can't save it, you will be on the side first. As long as you win in military affairs, it will be the same for the next step. It can't be considered wrong. They are not unaware of the current situation..." So, all those who can retreat, and all those who are willing to surrender have surrendered. The war progressed so quickly. "Pack up the things, we should move." He turned his head to look at the cave, "I'm afraid that I won't come back after leaving." He felt a little sad.

Lin Yutong then remembered that the next strategy had been transferred. As a hospital in the rear, it would definitely be transferred with the headquarters. As an expert, the Fourth Master was inevitable to transfer with the headquarters for safety.

Before the order came out, Lin Yutong asked Zhong Shan and others to slaughter all the pigs and chickens raised at home, and the most stable thing was to eat them in their stomachs.

"Isn't this going to pass?" Fang Yun took the half basin of meat handed over by Lin Yutong, "What's the happy event?"

What kind of happy event?

Lin Yutong couldn't say anything before the order came down. She smiled and thought about how to answer this, and then stuttered in the door, "Eat if you have something to eat... don't ask..."

I think he guessed it.

I have lived in the cave for ten years, but there are not many things that are really useful. Apart from the bedding, winery pots and pans, these things are called the guard squad. Besides the clothes, the old clothes are really old, and the old ones can no longer be worn. Ninety percent of Changsheng's old clothes have been given away. Only after cleaning up, I found that there was nothing worth cleaning up in this family. Only the draft of the Fourth Master, Lin Yutong took the important one and quietly put them away, and the remaining fire was burned.

What Lin Yutong is worried about is the relocation of the pharmaceutical factory. Where should this new factory be placed? This is a big problem.

Before Lin Yutong could come up with her, on the evening of March 18th, the order came down and she could pack up her things and transfer it!

I packed up my own things, but the hospital and the pharmaceutical factory didn't pack that quickly. In addition, it would take several days for students. Lin Yutong was about to go to the hospital, but Fang Yun came over, "The order is for you to leave first, please execute the order."

How can this work?

Fang Yun stopped Lin Yutong from exposing the matter, "As long as you are there, the hospital and the pharmaceutical factory are there. So, you are the core and most precious wealth of our hospital and the pharmaceutical factory. The rest of the matter is me and Dean An, and there is no mistake."

"Where is An An?" Lin Yutong stopped stubborn and asked the child about his arrangements first.

"Follow his dad." Fang Yun said stuttering, "The child follows him, I have to follow the hospital and watch these students."

When I was taking the child to the road, Lin Yutong felt a headache when I thought about it. Just as I was thinking about what to do with Mudan, Bai Yuan got news that there was a special person to protect Anbao County and Baoyu Hospital was very safe. Lin Yutong was relieved and woke up Changsheng, who was sleeping in a confused manner. Because there were a lot of luggage, the horses were no longer suitable. There were a few mules at the door. Changsheng did not dare to ride a horse, but he was not afraid of the mules. He picked up the tall ones and hurried to lean over.

Lin Yutong was so scared. This mule is different from a mule. The mule born from a male donkey and a mare is called a ma mule. This mule is tall and powerful, but it is not docile either. Only the donkey and mule born from a stallion and a female donkey are the most gentle. It just doesn't look tall. This mule still has advantages as a means of transportation. Of course, the child does not know the rules here and thinks that all mules can be easily ridden on his back.

The Fourth Master called Changsheng aside and spread these knowledge to him, pointing to the horse and mule: "...You read the Red Mansion, and in the Red Mansion, Xue Pan came out and said that he was riding a big, timbered mule. He was talking about horse and mule..."

Lin Yutong: "..." cited the classics. I am really not good at it. Who can remember these details?

In March, the temperature at night was seven or eight degrees. At the coldest time, it was still a little cold when it could reach five degrees. The Fourth Master rode on a mule, put Changsheng in front of him, tied the child to him with a bed sheet, and then wrapped Changsheng in his arms. Then he turned his head to look at Lin Yutong who was checking his luggage, "It's almost done, let's go." He had already started to clean up, and even if he had fallen, there was nothing important.

Lin Yutong stood at the door and looked in again, "That land is so panicked this year." What a pity, all the fields have been turned over and all the seeds have been sown.

No matter how reluctant I am, I still have to leave when it is time to leave. I met many fellow travelers along the way, but it was dark and no one could see who was who was. In addition, I tried to not disturb the people at night, so I was quiet along the way.

Lin Yutong rode on the mule, but she didn't walk fast. The road was narrow, so she couldn't walk side by side with the Fourth Master. Zhongshan Baiyun and the others were walking and following closely behind. The Fourth Master had to look back from time to time to make sure Lin Yutong was fine, so she turned around again. She couldn't see the road clearly at night, and was afraid of falling into a ditch. Of course, it was already special to take care of them to get four mules. Lin Yutong and the Fourth Master were one by one, and the remaining two were so much better than others. The number of horses was limited, let alone pick up the car. It was said that there were only two jeeps, one by one, one by one, and they had left calmly.

After crossing one ridge after another, the sky turned a little white. At this time, the person walked into the grotto ditch between the two ridges, and the team stopped to repair. The Fourth Master sat on the mule and waved his hand at Lin Yutong, and pointed to Changsheng in his arms. This was to say that the child was sleeping soundly.

But no matter how much you sleep, you can't just stay still. At least you have to go to the bathroom.

Lin Yutong untied her coat, moved Changsheng to her arms, and sat on the mound of soil on the side of the road, "You go and move..." Her legs must have been stiff and her feet were about to numb.

Along the road, there were people sitting back to back. In a short while, snoring sounds rang out in the camp one after another. Lin Yutong didn't bother to be dirty, and fell asleep on the ground, holding Changsheng in his arms. The Fourth Master walked around and saw that the mother and daughter were like this, so there was no reason not to feel sorry for him. He had to pick up firewood and rose up on the side, for fear that he would freeze when he fell asleep like this.

It was dawn, and the temporary repair was over. I had to bury the pot and cook again. At this time, Changsheng really woke up. The uncomfortable sleep seemed to have not affected his energy and was curious about everything. He followed Bai Yuan to pick up firewood and followed Zhong Shan to learn to make fires in the wild to cook.

Occasionally, cooking in the wild is a picnic. But during the march, this is not a pleasure. When the rice is half-cooked in the pot, the sound of a preparatory whistle came. Each person picked up a bowl of half-cooked rice and ate it. The wind blows and the soil blows into the bowl, and no one really cares. Lin Yutong touched an egg that had been prepared for a long time and gave it to Changsheng. The Fourth Master drank the rice soup, and of course, the remaining half-cooked Mi Lin Yutong did not dare to ask the Fourth Master to eat. He handed over this bowl and took the remaining Fourth Master's bowl. The remaining millet that had not yet blossomed in the bowl was quietly poured into the space. Outside, no matter how many ripe food it was, it could not be wasted.

Changsheng can't eat enough eggs at all. The pancakes prepared earlier can only be eaten when riding on a mule. Eating pancakes is easy to choke and thirst, but the water on the road is very precious. The place where we camped just now has a water source, and no one just puts a kettle of water. This water needs to be saved. It's not that I can't stand it, and I can't bear it. I can't bear to take a sip. Especially for this kind of transfer, I don't know where the route will be or where the destination will be. No one knows whether we will encounter a water source on the road.

However, this time the transfer was much gentler than Lin Yutong thought. At least the place where he camped at night was a small village. Lin Yutong and the Fourth Master were placed in an abandoned cave in a fellow villager's house.
To be continued...