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Chapter 9 A gorgeous ending, a new chapter of collapse (4)

On July 25, 1894, Fengshima Airlines broke out, Gaosheng ship sank, Guangyi ship was grounded and burned, Jiyuan ship was injured, Caojiang ship was captured, and the Beiyang fleet suffered severe damage.

The direction of the Far East war did not change anyway due to Wang Heidi's journey. The Qing Empire, which was at a loss, was striding forward on the road to self-destruction. News of the Beiyang Fleet's defeat came, and military commentators from major German newspapers who were optimistic about the Qing Dynasty, and the naval bricks were busy looking for fragments of glasses all over the floor.

The Qing Navy consisted of two Saxon-class ironclad ships and several excellent ironclad cruisers. The Chinese people had a large number of German ironclad ships and armored cruisers, many Knuber heavy artillery and German-designed military port forts, as well as sailors and gunners trained by Consultant Hannagan. This modern fleet had too many German elements, so that after the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Germany supported China one-sidedly. Compared with the Beiyang Fleet, the Japanese Joint Fleet had too many auras of John's bull and Gaul chicken, which made the Germans quite disgusted. The Germans were in a complicated mood about the failure of the Beiyang Fleet, and the mood of Wang Heidi, who was purely Chinese, was not to mention it.

On the one hand, Wang Heidi was worried about the motherland that had many disasters and difficulties, and was deeply resentful of the old Taoist priests who were not good at learning. In order to fail to turn the tide, support the building to collapse, save the nation from water and fire, and to be grateful that history has not changed, the ending of Fengshima Hang pavilion paved the best way for his amazing words at the Kiel Naval Academy admissions interview.

"Facts are better than words. Even if the interviewer named Stenzel doesn't like me, the Keel Naval Academy will not reject my letter of vote..."

"Do you still want newspapers? There is no paper cigarette..." Blunt pointed to the newspaper in Wang Heidi's hand and asked in a low voice.

Blunt picked up the letter about the Qing and Japanese war in the Far East, tore off the corner with the news of the Beiyang Fleet's defeat, rolled up a cigarette, looked left and right, and rushed into the towering pile of goods with his waist.

"Blunt, if you are lazy, be careful that I will open your balls and flowers."

Gorgeously dressed, Lehmann was patrolling the dock with a sharp eagle-like gaze. He soon noticed Heidi Silem, who was reading newspapers on the shelf.

Lehmann's lips moved, then moved his eyes away, and sprayed Blunt with anger. The old grinder used lazy tricks that the old man could not escape his krypton gold dog eyes. Blunt had just hid in the pile of goods and was about to take a good sip of cigarettes, but Lehmann's screams and scolded him and arrived.

"Damn Jewish Ghost!"

Lehmann is the porters' parents, and he has supreme authority on Keel's dock. Blunt cursed in a low voice, put away the cigarette that had just been lit, and then left the cargo box. Heidi was also panicked and threw down the newspaper and started working without fail.

"Wow..." The boring sailors and tired porters were whistling one after another. Wang Heidi raised her head and saw Anne jogging all the way from afar.

*"Anne?*" Wang Heidi's heart sank, she took off the heavy object and greeted him.

*"Silem, is she your little partner? Oh my God, she looks so white!Silem, you are so lucky!*" Blunt, an old man in his forties, came over and started a joke in kindness.

"Blunt, if you want women, go to the city and go to Holsten Street to find those street warblers. Don't bury Anne here!" Wang Heidi turned her head and shouted at Blunt.

Wang Heidi's anger made the indignant sailors and vulgar porters have fun. They laughed and blamed Blunt for a moment. For a moment, the slut was rippling in the dock. Even the "Jewish Ghost with Conscience" that Blunt often cursed unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth and stretched his neck to look here.

"You all say that Silem is a scholar and a good kid from Keel, but I always think Silem is with us. Haha, listen, Silem's trash words are so smooth..." Blunt was not angry, and raised his fist and said proudly.

Wang Heidi's coworkers and sailors on the merchant ship made her neighbor Annie blush with unscrupulous whistle and teasing. Her long skirt made of floral cloth trotted over, her forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, and her eyes were slightly red and swollen.

*"Xilim, Hanwei can't do it anymore, go home and have a look...*"

Hanwei can't do it anymore? Wang Heidi's body trembled slightly, and she asked in a low voice with a hint of luck:

"I'm still fine before going out, why can't I do it? Have you looked for a doctor? What do you say?"

*"Hanwei's disease broke out before you started working, but it didn't show it in front of you. She couldn't do it after you left, even the doctor said, and said...*" Looking at Wang Heidi, who looked pale, little Annie couldn't bear to tell the truth.

"Tell me, I can withstand..." Wang Heidi had long anticipated this day. She thought she was not a relative or a bad person. As a time traveler, he could be calm and free, but she didn't expect that even the heartless heart born in the 1990s could not resist this tormenting panic.

*"The doctor asked to prepare for the funeral.*" Anne hesitated for a long time and finally spoke.

*"Preparing for funeral?*" Worries really became a fact. Whether it was a grievance and apology to lose a loved one or a secret joy to leave the burden. Since he occupied Heidi-Silem's body, he enjoyed the maternal love given by Handan for no reason, and promised Frasey to take good care of Handan, Wang Heidi could only throw his mixed feelings aside, force himself to calm down, turn his head and walk towards the foreman.

* "Mr. Lehman, I know the rules of the dock. The wages are paid every day, but my mother is seriously ill and I have to go home. Mr. Lehman, for God's sake, please advance me some wages, ten Finneys are fine.*"

Death is never a very simple thing, like the Celestial Empire in the 21st century, and the Germans in the 19th century were also like this. Customized sarcophagus, booked cemeteries, and according to Protestant customs, you also need to buy baptism candles, communion candles, and according to funeral customs in northern Germany, aged wine and wreaths of holy water are also essential, which cost a lot of money. Lehmann is known as a "Jewish vampire", but Wang Heidi, who was short of money, didn't care about these. The rich and handsome man who had never asked outsiders in his previous life once again abandoned his self-esteem and urged in a low voice.

*"Silem, you are a good child, God will bless your mother.*" A trace of tenderness flashed in the eyes of Lehman, a mean and poor Jew, who was once harsh and poor, he patted Heidi on the shoulder and took out five marks from his pocket.*"I will advance your salary for a month, go, good boy...*"

The floor-to-ceiling mirror at the door is covered with a thick layer of gray cloth. In German folklore, the mirror is regarded as a tool of the devil and a hidden place for the god of death. Therefore, before death, people must cover the mirror with a cloth so that the undead can peacefully escape the sins of the world. A bottle of old wine is placed on the dining table. This is a traditional custom in northern Germany, which has been passed down since the Middle Ages. It is said that this dying wine is holy wine, which can awaken the dead souls, dispel the soul-suming demons surrounding the bedside, and allow the dying people to obtain peace. The baptism candles, communion candles, and the holy light candles lined up in front of the bed. The big red candles I just bought have been lit. They will bless those who are about to die and illuminate the road to heaven for the undead. Everything is hinting that Handan Wei can't drag today.

The doctor gave Hanwei a sedative to the terminally ill Handi, and after a few words, he shook his head and left. The aging unformed Handiwei squinted her eyes and lay on the bed. She was dying. The reason why she dragged her breath was just to see her son for the last time. The priest of the Lower District Church, the kind-hearted Shrekt and his wife were gathering in front of the bed, whispering to comfort Hanwei.

*"Hanwei, Annie has gone to call Silame home, he will be back soon.*"

The sound of messy and rapid footsteps came from outside the door. Wang Heidi staggered into the house. He ran away and lost a shoe. His trousers were covered with mud and his spirits were also a little depressed.

*"Here, Silame...*" The elderly Mrs. Shrekt hugged Wang Heidi, gave him a kiss, and gently gestured a cross. *"God bless you and Hanwei. Okay, go and meet Hanwei for the last time...*"

Wang Heidi didn't say anything, he bowed to Mrs. Shrekt, then walked to the bed and sat down. Mrs. Rickett smiled with relief. She went out with the priest and gave the space to Wang Heidi and Handan.

*"Heidi, is it you?" Although Handan Wei couldn't see it, she could hear her son's breathing. She was familiar with her son's smell. The old woman opened her eyes, groped her son's hand in the air, and said excitedly.

Wang Heidi has never experienced death. His grandparents in his previous life were very good and delicious. His grandparents even made bold statements, asking them to help Wang Heidi and his girlfriend take care of their great-grandson Heidi a little at a loss. He had never experienced death and didn't know how to face the deceased. Especially this person is his nominal mother. Heidi put her face on Hanwei's hand, let Hanwei rub his face carefully, and comforted in a low voice: *"Handi, it's me, I'm here."

*"Heidi, my good boy, tell me, have you really not been admitted to the University of Berlin?*" Although he is already in his dying state, Handan Wei is still obsessed with Heidi's future.

"I'm sorry, I lied to you..." Wang Heidi sighed, took out the hidden deep admission letter from under the bed, and stuffed it into Handan Wei's hand.

Handan Wei smiled. Under Heidi's surprised gaze, she sat up on the bed frame, held the notice tightly, and said almost word by word:

* "Heidi Sileme, go to Berlin, go to college, and fulfill your ideals. Don't let that old bastard Frasey fool you; serving in the military is the obligation of a German man. As a former naval wife, I will never love the Shanghai army; the Shrekt family is good people, although Anne is not beautiful and doesn't read much, she is a good girl. Forget Katherine and marry Anne. Also, take good care of your father Frasey, this stubborn old Prussian navy never admits defeat, but he is old, lame, has rheumatism, and is full of injuries.*"

"I agree, I agree..." Wang Heidi cried and nodded desperately.

"Heidi, my son, I haven't heard you call me mother since you were hurt in the head. Heidi, maybe you are hating me not letting you join the navy, maybe you are blaming me for destroying your relationship with Catherine, maybe there are other reasons... But Heidi, I'm dying, no matter what I did, can you call me mom for the sake of God and Frasey..."

Wang Heidi moved his lips, but he couldn't shout it out. From Wang Heidi realised that he could not go back, he left a small eye: Wang Heidi is not a ruthless person. He is determined to respect Heidi Sileme's parents, protect his first love, and fulfill his ideals. But Wang Heidi will never call Frasey and Hanwei's father and mother, and Wang Heidi will never fall in love with Catherine Heidi simply thinks that his parents and girlfriend are all his own, the only thing he can grasp after traveling through time, and the only connection he can with his previous life. However, Hanwei is a dying person, and her request made Wang Heidi hesitate.

Handi didn't give Wang Heidi time to weigh the pros and cons, her pupils suddenly magnified and her face began to become ferocious. She beat her chest hard and cried desperately: * "God, are you going to take me away? I hate, I hate that I can't hear my child calling me mother, I hate that I can't see my child getting married and having children, I hate that I can't accompany Frasey to the end, I hate that...*"

Within a few breaths, Wang Heidi finally abandoned his last persistence as a time traveler in another world, desperately holding back the tears that were spinning in his eyes, and his voice screamed hoarsely:

"Don't do this, mom..."

Handi Wei's cracked lips slightly raised, her smile solidified, her body became cold, and her deep sunken eyes lost focus □Heidi then realized that it was just a return to Handi Wei. Handi, Wang Heidi's mother in this life, really left.

"Those from the dust will be born into dust. May the Lord's love be with you forever, in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen." The priest in black held a book of the Bible and slowly finished reading the eulogy, and gestured a cross to the black sarcophagus.

"Rest in peace, Amen..." Not many people attended the funeral, and Uncle Schneider stood among the funeral crowd, neither happy nor sad. After listening to the priest's prayer, relatives and friends in black clothes and holding white flowers bowed their heads and obeyed in silence, and quietly walked around the cemetery.

The funeral ceremony was not complete, at least there was no church band singing hymns and hymns, playing sorrow music, but no one could blame Heidi Sileme for too much. After the ceremony, several great men carried the sarcophagus and carefully put it into the cemetery. The iron pickaxe flew up and down in the hands of the great men. Soon, the sarcophagus disappeared, and a stone tablet stood in front of the grave.

The German cemeteries always have red pines and cypresses and small daisies all over the mountains, lush and colorful. One day it rains, the sky is gray, and the drizzle is flying in the air. It's so annoying. Heidi grabbed a big black umbrella and looked at everything in front of her coldly until Mrs. Shrekt came over.

"Silem, go home..."

"Mrs. Shrekter, you guys go first, I want to be alone."

Little Annie is worried and wants to stay with Heidi. "Mrs. Rector shook her head and pulled her away. Friends stepped forward and farewell to Wang Heidi. In an instant, the cemetery returned to tranquility.

Wang Heidi dropped her umbrella and sat on the soft and damp grass. She reached out to caress the stone tablet. Several dry syllables popped up from her dry throat from time to time.

"Hanwei, my mother, I am not your son, I am a thief who stole your son..." The little raindrops slid into Wang Heidi's collar, with a hint of coolness. Wang Heidi couldn't help but wrap her old clothes tightly and continued: "I often read time travel novels in my previous life. The protagonists who call the wind and rain in another world can always accept reality freely and freely, break free from the bonds of the previous life, and start a new chapter. After six months and twenty days, I only now understand that family affection is far from being forgotten by a few cold words. I can't help but face your death in my life. What kind of pain should my biological parents give me a black haired man in the previous life? In this life, Frasey and I will take filial care. Who should care for my biological parents in the previous life?"

This is an unsolvable proposition, just like the famous proposition "There is a chicken or an egg first" □ Heidi sat blankly on the grass, feeling lost.

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