Chapter 325
Zhu Yuyan woke up after a nap, it was already dark.
She didn’t call anyone, sitting alone in the house, only turned on a lamp.
Now there is no Zhang Ma in this house, nor Ms. Zhu, it is full of strangers. If Mr. Su doesn’t come back, she doesn’t even want to go downstairs.
Mr. Su must not be back yet, if he is back, he will definitely be in the house to guard her.
Her mouth was dry. She barefoot out of bed to go to the warm water bottle poured a cup of water back to the bed, holding a cup of mouth to drink.
There was a little sound coming up from downstairs, probably the guards and the grannies chatting.
Her bed was not far from the window, she got out of bed and lifted the curtains, it was dark outside, only the road surface reflected the moonlight and starlight in the sky.
The streetlights on this road have not been repaired, probably can not be repaired, I do not know this time is the wire was blown off or the light bulb was smashed.
The people who smashed the streetlights and windows did not do it to vent their anger, but to steal something convenient.
This road used to be a lot of stores, renting a house is also a lot of people, and now the left and right neighbors in addition to the Zhu family building is still living in addition to both sides of the empty, the street she often go to the bookstore has long been closed, Zhang Ma often go to buy pork that pork store seems to be not open again.
Vegetable market side is still some sporadic stalls vendors doing business, but not all day and night in the do, all with guerrilla warfare like, see like hooligans on the run, see the ordinary people like to go to buy food on the people to stand and greet business.
Even the church is not open now.
However, it is said that the priest has not run away and continues to live in the church with a few subordinates. The believers knock on the door and he still opens the door, but he does not preach anymore and there is no more service.
She had heard that some poor people had gone to the church to borrow food and foodstuffs, and had taken their whole families to eat at the time of the Eucharist, and then the priest had stopped preaching. There were also people who dumped their children near the church so that they could become foreign monks so that they could have a meal.
Zhu Yuyan sat on the sofa in front of the window, the street outside the window was empty. It’s not even eight o’clock and the streets are empty, the stalls selling noodles used to be open until three or four o’clock, waiting for the night shift people to get off work before closing.
She sighed heavily.
It wasn’t until twelve thirty in the morning that Su Chunjun returned.
Zhu Yuyan heard the sound of a car coming from afar and stopped at the door before she looked like she was alive. She changed her clothes and went out to go downstairs, and was meeting Su Chunjun on the stairs.
When Su Chunjun heard that Zhu Yuyan had not come out, he thought that she was scared sick and rushed upstairs. Seeing that she was fine, he didn’t dare to believe her, and pulled her towards his forehead to explore: “Why did you sleep for so long? Why did you sleep for so long? I’ll ask the doctor to come to the house to take a look. I asked the doctor to come home to take a look at it.”
Zhu Yuyan: “I’m not sick. Did you work overtime again?”
Su Chunjun was relieved to see that she seemed to be really fine, and pulled her upstairs, “No, I went to see Mr. Zhang, and today I was able to see someone.”
Mr. Zhang is not particularly tall, his body is not particularly stout, and he is well-mannered. He is quite good at talking, has a little local accent, but does not hinder communication.
Su Chunjun: “That is to say for a while on the words of three or four yawns, did not sit for a quarter of an hour to go to smoke.”
Zhu Yuyan hangs up his jacket: “Is he so addicted to smoking?”
Su Chunjun: “I didn’t expect him to be so addicted to cigarettes. The gift I gave him today was also a good tobacco cream. I heard that he was addicted to smoking when he was a child, but at that time everyone smoked, the more the princes and nobles will smoke this, men and women smoke, called Fushou cream. As a result, his addiction is a little deeper than ordinary people, and it’s not easy to cure.”
Su Chunjun pulled her to sit down with him and said, “Mr. Zhang is quite good at talking. I think he just wanted to give me a show of authority. Once Essential Jiang is gone, it won’t be appropriate for him to lay his hands on me again, so that if Essential Jiang is still around, he will be able to make peace with him on my behalf, and one way or another, after Essential Jiang is gone, I won’t be considered a stranger to him anymore.”
Zhu Yuyan nodded: “I understand, no deal without a fight.”
Su Chunjun touched her face and said, “It’s just that I’ve wronged you.”
Zhu Yuyan leaned on him, “There is nothing wrong with it. Su Chunjun said, “It’s just that it’s not a problem for you.
Su Chunjun gave a soft hmmm.
Zhu Yuyan said softly, “I just want to tell you something. When Essential Jiang leaves, I want to return all the subordinates in this house. With them around, this house doesn’t even look like a home anymore.” Su Chunjun: “Good.”
On second thought, Yan Yan woke up today but did not go downstairs, presumably because she was uncomfortable with too many people in the house. She is a young girl, although she looks very old-fashioned in her behavior, as if nothing can be difficult for her, but she is still young.
When he thought about it, Su Chunjun’s heart ached. After Yan Yan married him, half of the blessings did not enjoy to begin to do “official wife”, for him to enlist subordinates, around between the Japanese, but also by the Zhang Gongzi’s family members were shocked.
Su Chunjun: “When Ms. Zhao invites you to go again, you don’t have to pay attention to her as long as she doesn’t invite you to come.”
Zhu Yuyan looked up, “Really? Isn’t she very popular with Mr. Zhang?”
Su Chunjun: “Then she is not Mrs. Zhang either. This time it is you who have suffered at her hands. I’ve met Mr. Zhang today, and I don’t think it was Mr. Zhang’s idea to have Lieutenant Li invite people. It was Ms. Zhao’s idea to take this job. She has no way to talk to you as an equal, so she borrowed Lieutenant Li’s authority to intimidate people.”
He said, “When I came back, Mr. Zhang had someone bring you a gift on behalf of his wife. His wife lives with his eldest son in the old country. Mr. Zhang brought Miss Zhao with him when he was passing through Tientsin.”
In that case, Miss Zhao didn’t have an official name at all. Mr. Zhang had an original wife, and Miss Zhao was not a concubine, but only a concubine, or what is now called a “girlfriend”.
Su Chunjun: “Mr. Zhang is here to contact all parties, not for nothing. There are still a lot of Japanese in his hometown who are still eyeing the Zhang family’s territory.”
Zhu Yuyan immediately sat up straight, immediately understanding what Miss Zhao’s words today meant.
“Mr. Zhang is here to find someone to join him in the fight against the Japanese?” She whispered.
Su Chunjun nodded, “He is inclined to resist the Japanese. He hopes to contact all parties and unite more people together to fight against the Japanese.”
Zhu Yuyan looked downstairs and leaned over to Su Chunjun’s ear, “But I don’t think …… the KMT is very serious about resisting the Japanese ah……”
Su Chunjun knew that Yanyan must be able to see it, he put his arm around her and also whispered, “Also anti-Japanese, but they prefer to save their strength and have reservations.”
It seems like they are all misers, this side is concerned about the strength of the troops, that side is considering their own lives, and again, they want to save the wealth of the city, and all refuse to seriously fight the Japanese.
Resist the Japanese? Resist.
Fight? Let’s wait and see.
But the city is here, no one can move the city on their backs. The Japanese are in this city, and they just have to come in. What is the final outcome of withdrawing all troops and soldiers, leaving not a penny behind, leaving this empty city to the Japanese and to the defenseless people?
Zhu Yuyan: “There must be more of them who value themselves than the people.”
What is more valuable, oneself or the people?
Of course it is oneself.
Why are there more corrupt people in the government? Why is everyone corrupt?
Of course it’s because a thousand miles of government is only for wealth.
In such a chaotic world, those who come to be officials do not come for money, do they come to save the people?
It’s not that there aren’t people who come to save the country, but these people are too few and too small compared to the others. The general environment is such that those who do not harmonize with the light and dust cannot be an official, nor can they do it.
Su Chunjun’s nature is pure and good, and he has not seen him sleeping with gold in his arms every day even after receiving so many gifts. But he does not accept gifts, do not give gifts to his superiors, do not flatter, how can he do a good job as an official?
Zhu Yuyan leaned against Mr. Su leaned for a while as if he had been charged.
She said, “Tomorrow I’ll invite Hirata Yoshiko to come, the charity sale must go on.”
She couldn’t do much, nor could she do great things, she could only try to help the people live better and easier.
The only people who could bring food from outside now were the Japanese. As long as she could convince Hirata Yoshiko and Suzuki Saburo, in addition to the grain that Suzuki Saburo had promised to Su Chunjun, both the Japanese charity bazaar and a Japanese street would become a long-term food supply location.
She said, “I’ll leave it to you to deal with Mr. Zhang. I’d better coax the Japanese side to get more grain in first.”
Su Chunjun felt sorry for her and said, “Why don’t you rest for two more days?”
Zhu Yuyan shook her head, “What rest? There’s nothing to rest for, I don’t have the energy to lie down.” Su Chunjun put his arm around her and said, “I don’t know.
Su Chunjun puts his arms around her and says, “Then tonight, how about I serve your wife and relax her with a massage?”
Zhu Yuyan instantly popped up from his arms and pushed him out, “You haven’t eaten yet, have you? Quickly go downstairs to eat.”
Su Chunjun was pushed out of the bedroom, struggling against the door, “Wait for me to come back to give you a massage, don’t go to bed too early, I’ll come up after dinner!”
Zhu Yuyan slammed the door shut with force.