Marriage of the Republic of China

Chapter 97

Time flies, cold and heat alternate, and before you know it, it has been eight years.

The tragedy of the war made it unbearable to look directly at. Fu Wenge finally failed to become a surgeon as he had hoped for before, but chose pediatrics instead.Admittedly, making such a choice is also for the sake of the child.

Bai Xihe gave birth prematurely, nearly [-] days before full term.The little guy like a milk cat was born on a ship that lacked medical care. If it wasn't for a pediatrician with him, he might not have survived.He was weak and sick since he was a child, like a medicine jar, and he often worried Fu Wenge and Sun Baoting.

Sun Baoting followed the teachings of the elders, saying that the child can only be supported by a godfather.Annoyed by being urged, Fu Wenge wrote to Zhou Yunfei in desperation, asking him if he would like to be this godfather.It took several months to reply to Zhou Yunfei's letter, and Xinxin accepted it.Not long after, Fu Wenge received another letter from the other party, telling him that he now has multiple godsons——Chen Xiaomo gave birth to a fat boy for Li Chunming, but the child's father has gone to the army, so it is said that he is doing well .

Despite being shocked, Fu Wenge was still happy for Chen Xiaomo. He took up a pen and wrote a letter full of blessings, and attached five hundred dollars to the letter.According to Bai Hanchen, the domestic war has caused chaos, and the currency has depreciated and prices have been unstable.It is not easy for Chen Xiaomo to take care of a child by himself, and the only thing he can help at this time is money.

There was no letter from Bai Hanchen for a while, so he asked people everywhere, and the news he got was that the other party seemed to have gotten into trouble and was locked up.During that time, he lived like a year, and it took about half a year before he received the telegram from Bai Hanchen.The telegram didn't go into detail about his detention, but just told him that everything was fine and that he could go to school with peace of mind and not worry.

Looking forward day and night, finally, the emperor's "crane sound" came from the radio, and Japan surrendered.

"Wen Ge, Han Chen hasn't told Xin'er when he will arrive?"

"He still has a lot of things to deal with, and he will leave when he is done."

Sun Baoting asked eight times a day, and Fu Wenge wanted to write down the words and paste them on the refrigerator so that she could see them when she entered the kitchen.

Now a lot of waste is waiting to be done, but Bai Hanchen is determined to give up the domestic business, all because he is about to fight his own people after fighting the Japanese.He didn't want to mediate with many forces, so he just sold what he needed to sell and went to Nanyang to reunite with his family.

Rong Youlin contacted Bai Hanyu a few years ago, and the two swords merged.Under their management, Nanyang Company is no longer purely in the transportation business, and its business scope involves resource transactions such as oil, rubber, and timber.Later, Bai Hanyu went to Chicago to conduct futures trading of bulk resource contracts on the futures exchange.

Fu Wenge heard Rong Youlin talk about it, saying that he made a lot of money, but he didn't ask how much, anyway, it was much richer than the Bai family back then, and it was said that it would be listed on the New York Stock Exchange soon.Fu Wenge didn't understand business matters, but he only knew that Bai Hanchen found some old acquaintances to subscribe for shares, as if he wanted to do some kind of group operation.

All in all, this battle did not defeat the Bai family, but the business grew bigger and bigger.The only thing that makes Bai Hanchen regret is that his younger brother Bai Hanxing does not want to participate in the family business anymore, but is dedicated to striving for the realization of socialism.Bai Hanchen didn't force it either.Everyone has their own ideals, and after fighting for eight years, Bai Hanxing is no longer the boy who had to listen to his brother in everything.Crawling and rolling in blood and mud, piled up meritorious deeds with numerous scars, tens of thousands of people under his hands, and the words he spoke were resounding.

"Everyone be well." Bai Hanchen wrote in his letter to Fu Wenge, "Han Xing is also a father, and his life should no longer be controlled by me, but I don't know this parting, when will the brothers and sisters meet again .”

Fu Wenge can understand why the differences between the Bai Hanchen brothers arise. One is a national capitalist and the other is a defender of the proletariat. They have different ideas and pursue different things.He showed Sun Baoting the picture of the little girl from Hanxing's family that Bai Hanchen had sent along with the letter, which made her mother-in-law cry and laugh.

"Hey, this girl looks like me, look at those eyes, follow closely." Sun Baoting wiped her tears looking at the photo of her granddaughter, unable to put it down, "Hey, Wen Ge, who is Han Xing marrying? Have I seen her before?" ?”

Fu Wenge nodded: "You have met, it is his previous teacher, Yang Yuanliang."

"Scared? How old is our Han Xing?" Sun Baoting was stunned, "This child, he will decide the important things in his life without discussing with his mother."

"Four or five years old, not much difference." Fu Wenge said in his heart that the communication is not good, tens of thousands of miles away, how can he discuss it with you?

Sun Baoting lowered her head to calculate, and slightly raised her eyebrows: "Is this Teacher Yang a pig or a rat? Han Xing is a dragon. If he is a rat, he is not a good match."

"I really don't know, you can write a letter to Han Xing yourself later." Fu Wenge was in a hurry to go to school to pick up Xihe from get out of class, and didn't have time to accompany her to count the zodiac sign.

"Mom, I'm going to pick up Xihe first."

"Just let the driver go. Don't you have to go to the hospital to be on duty at night?"

"Bring him back and go to the hospital before we have time."

"Then drive slowly."

"know."

Sitting in the car, Fu Wenge smiled and shook his head.Is genus really that important?He is a tiger, white, Hanchen is a monkey, and the zodiac signs of this offense are no longer combined. How did the horoscopes match in the first place?

Seeing the family's car from a distance, Bai Xi and Fu Wenge waved and ran towards him.Climbing into the back seat, he asked, "Daddy! When will Daddy arrive?"

"It's next month." Fu Wenge glanced at him in the rearview mirror and saw that the child's hair was all wet, so he took out a handkerchief and handed it to the back seat, "Wipe your hair, the air conditioner is on at home, don't catch a cold .”

Bai Xihe muttered while wiping off his sweat, "I haven't been sick for several months."

"So great? Then I have to tell Miss Susie to send you a little red flower."

"Daddy, I'm not a kid anymore, please don't let the teacher dismiss me with little red flowers."

"Student Bai, may I ask how old you are this year?"

"Eight years old."

"Isn't eight years old a child?"

"No, children under the age of six are considered children."

"Where did you get this standard from?"

"Don't you go to elementary school at the age of six? Kindergarten are all children." Bai Xihe shrugged his shoulders, "I'm an older child."

Fu Wenge nodded with a smile: "Okay, you are an older child, so should I use the method of communicating with older children to discuss things with you? For example, about piano lessons."

Bai Xihe frowned: "Daddy... I don't want to go to piano lessons..."

"Why? Han Jie is here too, you can be my companions."

"It's because of him, Daddy, you know? He keeps asking me to call him uncle. He's only a few months older than me."

"He is indeed your uncle."

"Uncle will rob nephew's girlfriend?"

Stepping on the brakes to death, Fu Wenge turned around and stared at his son, surprised: "You have a girlfriend?"

Bai Xihe's little face that looked like Bai Hanchen was angry: "It's gone now, Nina said that she likes Han Jie because Han Jie is good-looking."

"Nina is your tablemate, right?" Fu Wenge raised his forehead—I don't know who gave his son the gene to pick up girls at such a young age, but it must not be him anyway, "Although I shouldn't speak ill of Nina, but you You know, superficial people only look at appearances."

"But Daddy, it's hypocritical to say that you only like a person's inside and not the outside." Bai Xihe vowed.

Fu Wenge was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "Who taught you this?"

"It looks in the book."

"Which one?"

"Forget, it's in your study anyway."

"..."

I can't take care of this kid anymore, Fu Wenge thought to himself, let his father take care of him in the future.

Returning to the hospital at seven o'clock to take over, Fu Wenge changed into his clothes and sat in the consultation room with his name tag on it to start seeing patients.Due to the continuation of the war, many institutions cannot work normally.After the end of his internship, he failed to apply for a doctor's license in time, and it took him two years to obtain the qualification to practice.

The high temperature persists, tropical diseases are rampant, and the pediatrics department is particularly busy.Just after treating a child with food poisoning, Fu Wenge was called to the emergency department again.

"High fever of 90 degrees, convulsions, blood pressure 60/131, heart rate [-]." The nurse reported the basic items to him.

After finishing the auscultation, Fu Wenge said: "Take an X-ray first, there are noises in the lungs, it should be pneumonia."

The nurse took the child to take an X-ray, but Fu Wenge went to the corridor to look for the person who sent the child to the hospital.The child was dirty, with thin arms and legs, ribs crossed, high fever, and severe malnutrition.Like a wandering war orphan, he should have been sent to the hospital when he was found dying of illness by kind people.

The corridor was crowded with people, and Fu Wenge heard from the nurse that the person who brought the child was wearing a straw hat, so he looked for the person wearing the straw hat in the crowd.From a distance, he saw a person standing with his back facing him at the end of the corridor, wearing a straw hat and a summer military uniform without epaulets.

He squeezed through the crowd, stood still behind the other person, and asked softly, "Sir, did you just send a child with a high fever to the hospital?"

The man's shoulder shook, and he turned his head suddenly, with surprise written on his tanned face: "Wen Ge?"

"...He...He Da?" Rao's appearance has changed after eight years, but Fu Wenge still recognized him at a glance, "You...you...are you still alive?"

"Yes... I'm still alive..." He Lang had a hideous scar on his face, stretching from the center of his brow to the side of his cheek, which made his face full of vicissitudes written by years and sufferings look faintly hostile.

Seeing the scar on his face, Fu Wenge knew that something must have happened to him, but he still complained: "Even if he is alive, why don't you contact Yunfei?"

The shock in his eyes faded, He Lang shook his head and sighed: "It's a long story, Wen Ge, let him think I'm dead."

Fu Wenge raised his hand and beat him on the shoulder, gritted his teeth and said, "When you are dead? How big! Yunfei has been waiting for you for eight years! He has been waiting for you to go back!"

"..."

He Lang's expression was slightly stagnant, and after a while he frowned and looked out the window, only to see endless remorse and helplessness reflected on the glass.

After Fu Wenge finished his work, the two sat down on the steps outside the building.He Lang lit a cigarette, took a few puffs and said, "The ship was robbed by pirates, the captain was killed on the spot, and the others were sold to work in an oil factory...I escaped, but..."

He stopped his voice, rubbed his eyebrows with the hand holding the cigarette, and said with a wry smile: "Too many things have happened, I can't return to Yunfei's side, so I just thought, just right, don't drag him down, he can live by forgetting me better."

"He hasn't forgotten you all day." Fu Wenge sighed, "He is a teaching assistant at the school, and he has stayed in Beiping, waiting for you to go back in that small courtyard. He Da, no matter what you have encountered, you shouldn't Live up to Yunfei's painstaking efforts."

"I—cough cough—" He Lang choked on the smoke and coughed up tears.He wiped his eyes hard, gritted his teeth and said, "I really can't do it—Wen Ge, you are studying medicine and saving people! But what about me? I have killed people, many people! Like me How could the executioner return to Yunfei's side?"

Fu Wenge felt his throat was blocked by something and couldn't speak a word.No wonder He Lang exuded hostility from head to toe, it was soaked in blood.

After struggling for a long time, he heard softly: "Why kill?"

"In the beginning, it was for survival, but later...forget it, it's better that you don't know about some things." He Lang threw down the cigarette butt, and said sadly: "One wrong step, one wrong step, further and further away, until you can't turn back."

"But your heart is still kind." Fu Wenge looked at him sideways, "You sent that child to the hospital and paid for his medical expenses...At least in my opinion, you are still the same as before, Yunfei The He Da I love... Listen to me, go back to see him, speak clearly in person, give him a chance to choose, and give yourself an explanation."

He Lang remained silent and did not express his opinion.At this time the nurse came to call Fu Wenge again, he got up and patted He Lang on the shoulder, telling him to wait for him for a while.But when he came out after he finished his work, He Lang disappeared.

There are only cigarette butts all over the place, and traces of tears on the stone bricks.

The day Bai Hanchen arrived happened to be the anniversary of Fu Junkai's death. Early in the morning, Fu Wenge took Bai Xihe to pay homage to his grandfather in front of the enshrined tablet in the temple.He only received the news a year after his father's death. Although he was mentally prepared for not receiving a letter from the other party for a long time, when the facts were before him, it was still like a bolt from the blue——

The independent regiment led by Fu Junkai was surrounded at the mouth of the river, the supply line was cut off, and the radio station was also broken.[-] officers and soldiers fought bloody battles with [-] enemy troops for several days, and finally ran out of ammunition and food.Except for Jiang Jinhan who led his troops to break out to ask for help, all the officers and soldiers in the encirclement died for their country.

The battlefield was burnt to a piece of scorched earth, and there were no remains, only Fu Junkai's old military uniform was buried in the end.Even the Clothes Tomb was trampled by iron hoofs and could not be buried in his hometown. Qiao Ansheng could only set up a tombstone for his deceased husband in the cemetery in Chongqing.Fu Wenyang was young, and Qiao Ansheng helped erect Mu Wangqiu's tombstone, and an old dress was also buried underneath.

A longevity tablet was enshrined for his father in the temple, and Fu Wenge took his children to worship every Qingming and death day.The war has left too many wounds, and the hall where the memorial tablets are enshrined is full of relatives' remembrance of the dead.

Being held by Fu Wenge and walking down the stone steps, Bai Xihe suddenly said, "Daddy, I want to be a soldier like grandpa in the future."

Fu Wenge was slightly taken aback, and looked sideways at his son: "Why?"

"Protect Daddy and Grandma." Bai Xihe looked up at the blue sky, "But I don't want to fight anymore, people will die...Daddy, do you know that there is a classmate who didn't come to school this year?" Reported, Miss Suzie said that they and their family members died, I am sad, although I don't know him well."

"It's really sad." Kneeling down, Fu Wenge held his hand and looked at him softly, "No matter what you want to do in the future, Daddy will support you, just remember, Xihe, your name It was your father who took it from the meaning of 'peace', don't let him down the expectations he placed on you."

"clear."

The little guy opened his hands and hugged Fu Wenge tightly.

Entrusted by Rong Yulin, Sun Baoting took Bai Hanjie to the port and asked him to welcome the second brother who had only met at birth.

As the cruise ship docked, people on board crowded the side of the ship and waved to relatives and friends.Reunited after a long absence, tears mixed with laughter, as soon as Sun Baoting saw Bai Hanchen, she rushed towards him, hugging his shoulder tightly and crying bitterly.It has been eight years, and only letters, telegrams and a few photos are left to express my thoughts.Even after experiencing countless winds and rains, his heart has long been as firm as iron, and Bai Hanchen is also choked up when he sees his relatives.

Seeing Bai Hanchen's silver sideburns in his thirties, Fu Wenge felt very sad.Presumably it must be when she was in prison, Qingsi turned white hair under heavy pressure.Wiping away his tears, he pulled Bai Xihe who had been hiding behind him since he saw Bai Hanchen, and encouraged him, "Xihe, call me Dad."

Bai Xihe pursed his lips, hesitating to open his mouth under Bai Hanchen's expectant gaze.His impression of "father" is limited to photos. Although he was looking forward to it before, he felt a little shy when he saw him with his own eyes because of the strange sense of alienation.

After waiting for a while before his son made a sound, Bai Hanchen couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, but he still said softly: "Don't be in a hurry, we just met, it's still a good time."

"Second brother, hello, I'm Hanjie." Bai Hanjie held out his right hand to Bai Hanchen indifferently.

Bai Hanchen was not surprised that Rong Yulin could teach such a child, he held the other's little hand and shook: "The last time I saw you, you were just born."

"Second brother, it's too hot outside, it's not a place for nostalgia." Bai Hanjie talked to him in an adult tone, "Daddy said that today he will be the host to clean up the dust for you. Let's go to the hotel first."

"Okay, I'll follow your arrangement." Bai Hanchen readily agreed, then turned his gaze to Fu Wenge, and asked him "what's the matter with my son?".

It's what your mother is used to, Fu Wenge muttered in his heart.

After eating, he went home to wash away the dust all the way, and as soon as he entered the bedroom, Bai Hanchen hugged Fu Wenge tightly from behind who was bending over to pack his suitcase.Burying his head on the side of the other party's neck, the thoughts and desires accumulated over the years instantly turned into hot breath.

"Don't worry about this, let me take a good look first." Pressing Fu Wenge down on the bed, Bai Hanchen restrained his impulse, and carefully stroked every detail of the other's face with his fingertips.Perhaps because of the abundant sunshine, Fu Wenge's skin color is darker than before, and all the greenness has faded from the lines, like a sun-kissed sweet orange that is too ripe to be picked on the branch.

Raising his hand to clasp the side of Bai Hanchen's face, Fu Wenge closed his eyes, tilted his head and kissed him.Just now I was embarrassed to express my heart in front of other people, but now it's just the two of them, it's time to have a good time.The long separation made the two of them a little impatient, and they pressed together hard before their clothes were taken off, heavy panting and suppressed groans/groans were sticky entangled in the air cooled by the air conditioner.

Only 5 minutes later, Bai Hanchen, who was on top of him, snorted self-deprecatingly, beat the bed and said with an annoyed smile, "Damn it, if you hold it in for too long, hurry up, come back after a while!"

"Let's talk about it at night. In broad daylight, Mom and Xihe are downstairs." Fu Wenge blushed and pushed him.

"Then you don't want to sleep tonight." After kissing him hard again, Bai Hanchen stood up, pulled the trousers that had been thrown aside, and took out the cigarette case from his pocket.Originally he was not addicted to cigarettes, but these years there were too many worries, sometimes he smoked a pack of cigarettes, and gradually couldn't stop.

Fu Wenge got up to straighten his clothes, looked at the silver cigarette case in his hand, frowned and persuaded: "Stop smoking, just now I heard that you are coughing, it seems that your trachea is not very good."

After pinching out the cigarette he just took a puff of, Bai Hanchen nodded: "Yes, listen to the doctor's advice and start quitting today."

"You, it's just that no one has taken care of you for a long time." Fu Wenge leaned on his shoulder, drew out a white hair with his fingers, and said melancholy: "How did you live these years? With so many white hairs .”

"Don't worry, hey, it's all over, don't mention it." Bai Hanchen turned his head and kissed his hand, "I went to see Dad before I came here, he's fine, so you don't have to worry. Oh yes , your younger brother is going to study in the United States, and my father asked me to send a telegram to my elder brother, asking him to find someone to help with the guarantee."

"Huh?" Fu Wenge was very surprised, "Wen Yang can be admitted to an American university?"

Bai Hanchen smiled lightly: "Hey, who knows, he can go if he wants to. Anyway, Luo Jiaxuan and Jiang Jinhan are there to take care of him, so he won't starve to death."

Fu Wenge thought for a while, then asked again: "By the way, sister Guilan is really going to marry Luo Jiaxuan?"

"Well, I invited my elder brother to the wedding." Bai Hanchen lowered his lips, "If you want me to say, that boy Luo Jiaxuan was able to marry my sister-in-law only because of the good deeds of the ancestors of the Luo family."

"It's still called sister-in-law. She's already a daughter-in-law."

"It's called Shunzui, I can't change it."

"Hey, how is sixth master? I haven't seen you mention him in your letters."

Bai Hanchen's flying expression suddenly stopped, and after a moment of silence, he knocked out a cigarette, lit it in his mouth and exhaled heavily: "I was arrested for transporting supplies for the Anti-Union Alliance. If you get it out, you will still be killed when you arrive... all your property will be confiscated, but luckily Mr. Meng left two years earlier, otherwise he would have to be forced to death."

"..." Fu Wenge was stunned for a while, his eye circles gradually turned red, and he spoke in a nasal voice: "Then... where's the fish?"

Bai Hanchen raised his hand and wiped the corners of his eyes with the palm of his hand, and sighed: "Liu'er died and he hanged himself. Xiaotangshan and I found a piece of land and buried them together."

"Where are the six children?"

"I originally wanted to adopt, but the child's mother was reluctant, and remarried a few days ago. I gave her a sum of money, enough to support her until she grows up."

"..."

Hugging Bai Hanchen's shoulder, Fu Wenge's tears gradually wet the other's shoulder through the cloth.Afraid of being watched, Bai Hanchen did not mention anything in the letter about what he did during the war, but he knew that whatever Meng Liu did was definitely related to Bai Hanchen.Probably in order to keep Bai Hanchen, Meng Liuyi took all the charges and ended up with his family ruined.

After the surrender of the Japanese army, many prisoners of the Anti-Japanese War were treated in the hospital. He saw with his own eyes how the inhumane atrocities destroyed the strong soldiers until they were inhuman.Meng Liu was always fooling around, but he didn't expect to be able to withstand the torture. He was really a strong man.

He sighed: "Go back and set up a longevity tablet for them in the temple, and put it next to my dad."

Closing his eyes, Bai Hanchen nodded his head heavily, then opened his eyes again, and said sadly, "Let's also help senior Leng set up a longevity tablet."

Fu Wenge's chest stagnates: "He also—"

"Well, I was martyred in the defense of Nanjing." Bai Hanchen turned his head to look at the black box in the corner of the room, "His husband also died in the bombing of the airport, and I brought the ashes of senior Leng here... Earlier He told me that there is a brother who runs a ship in Nanyang, and that is his only relative."

The joy of reunion was completely washed away by the sadness. Fu Wenge stared at Bai Hanchen's slightly vicissitudes of face, and murmured a farewell elegy for the heroic soul: "If the country lives and dies for the benefit of the country, why not avoid it because of misfortunes and blessings... Hanchen , we should tell their stories to the children, and the children's children, so that someone will always remember them."

After pondering for a moment, Bai Hanchen said: "Why don't I find someone to write it down, along with many people's deeds, and publish it in a book in the library, so that more people will remember it."

Fu Wenge nodded, the dead are gone, not forgetting them is the highest respect for them.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and at the same time, Bai Xihe asked cautiously: "Daddy, Dad, can I come in?"

"Wait a minute!" Bai Hanchen said to Wen Ge triumphantly while putting on his pants in a hurry, "Did you hear that, he called me daddy, hey, or else, whoever's son is his son—hehe!"

— Virtue!

With tears in his smile, Fu Wenge stretched out his hand and squeezed Bai Hanchen's waist hard.

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Whoa, it's finally over!I want to say too much and I don’t know where to start. Forget it, don’t be timid as an illiterate, you all sum it up better than me.

After the red envelopes are over, there are probably two or three extra episodes in the future. Qiao's father, Yun Fei, Xiaomo, brother and sister-in-law will all have an explanation, and it will be completely over before next Thursday.

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