Hometown beacon smoke old time shadow

Lianzhou is indeed not in Beiping, but it is not far away. He has already become the supplement editor of Tianjin "Ta Kung Pao" under the pseudonym Zhao Jiaming.Of course, the identity Xiaopeng arranged for him was also intentional. The editor of the literary supplement was more convenient to contact the left-wing literary and art circles in Tianjin and Beiping, so he could continue to carry out rescue work.Moreover, such an identity is also very convenient to contact Xiaopeng, after all, Literary Supplement receives a large bag of letters or contributions from readers every day.

Xiaopeng turned himself into a literary youth with the pseudonym "Yun Zheyue", and constantly contributed to the column in charge of Lianzhou, either poetry or prose. A word is drawn out every few words, and it is another letter containing secret information.Such an ancient encryption method is very interesting and practical.

Editor Zhao Jiaming received a short poem in spring:
Wisdom is natural,
Autumn heart is resistant to frost and cold.

reflected in the bronze mirror,
Meet under the lamp a few times.

Lianzhou smiled on the face, and wrote the word "Impossible" on the poem manuscript with a red pen, but his heart was beating wildly.

Hui Qiu, his Hui Qiu is back.

Judging from the meaning of the letter, Huiqiu should have gone to Chideng Alley, where the second uncle knew, probably the second uncle told her about it.And Xiaopeng is probably relatively relieved that Lianzhou will go there, after all, Mr. Leng will always try his best to protect him.Lianzhou couldn't call her father, but still called him Mr. Leng in her heart.

Fortunately, Beijing and Tianjin are very close, and Lianzhou often goes back and forth.After he got the news, he immediately took a few days off and returned to Mr. Leng's home in Chideng Hutong.The small courtyard in Chideng Hutong is much smaller than Baofang Hutong, and it is probably separated from the nearby yard. Except for the three north rooms, there are two east wing rooms, and the west side is the courtyard wall. There is no inverted seat, and there is a small room on each side of the gate.Mr. Leng once said that this courtyard probably used to be a small temple, and the small room next to the gate was probably the former gate of the mountain gate.The neighbors in the East Wing have already moved out, and Mr. Leng has rented out the entire small courtyard, and there is a signboard "Leng's bone setting" in front of the door.Lianzhou knew that Mr. Leng opened the clinic probably because Zhaoshi sent the money.

After receiving the money from Shanghai, Mr. Leng naturally understood that it was the Shen family who knew his whereabouts. However, after the winter vacation was over, he did not wait for Lianzhou to come back.He went to Peking University to inquire, and said that Lianzhou dropped out of school and went to study in Hong Kong.He felt uncomfortable, and felt that it would be good to be with his son rather than be poor; but he also knew in his heart that Jing Xian refused to forgive him, and did not want to leave her son to him. Now that she knew of his existence, she would not Let the son come back again.He didn't dare to complain about Jing Xian, thinking of this name, his confidence was completely emptied.

The father and son finally met in the yard.The spring in Beiping was very windy, and the blowing lotus boat had to hold the hat on his head with his hands, squinting his eyes and looking at his father in embarrassment. He moved his lips, but he still couldn't cry out. A gust of wind blew over , Mr. Leng almost staggered, just said: "You are back?" Feng choked the second half of the sentence back into his mouth.He knew that Lianzhou was looking for Huiqiu, pointed to the north room, and said almost without opening his mouth: "It's in the room." Lianzhou nodded, pushed the door open and entered.The living room was converted into a consulting room, and a small bed was placed under the east wall for patients with bad legs and feet.To the west is a desk, Huiqiu is writing something with her head down.

"Hui Qiu"

The girl with the big eyes and square face looked up. She was thinner.

The two of you looked at me and I looked at you. They didn't speak for a long time, and finally Lianzhou passed by, wanting to hug the girl he had been thinking about day and night.Huiqiu avoided it as if she had been struck by electricity.Lianzhou was taken aback for a moment, and then felt that he might be a little too excited, and put his hands that were frozen in mid-air on his head in embarrassment, only to realize that he hadn't taken off his hat when he entered the door.He took off the courtesy and put it on the table, and straightened the fluffy auto-roll again: "Hey, the wind in Beiping is really strong, almost blowing the hat away on the way."

Huiqiu didn't speak, but kept looking at him, even reluctant to blink, as if the person in front of her disappeared once she blinked.Lian Zhou just looked at Hui Qiu and smiled, didn't know what to say for a long time, and suddenly remembered, "Oh, you don't know, I'm in Tianjin, and I came from Tianjin today. Well, it was the second uncle who asked you to come to see Mr. Leng ?” Hui Qiu nodded.Lianzhou thought for a while, since it was Xiaopeng who informed him about Huiqiu, it meant that Xiaopeng arranged for two people to work together, so he asked Huiqiu, "Has Second Uncle brought you back to Shanghai?" The first big family member knew that Lianzhou hadn't contacted his family for a long time, so he said: "I lived in your house for two months, and I just lived in your room. Your mother, uncle, and aunt are all good, and Yifang is also very happy." Very good, my aunt often lives at home and helps out." Lianzhou asked: "Have you met brother Xiaopeng? He is my uncle's son." Huiqiu nodded again, "Yes, I came to pay New Year's greetings on the second day of junior high school. Your mother likes him very much. look." Lian Zhou put her face close to Hui Qiu, Hui Qiu hid back again, Lian Zhou smiled: "What are you afraid of? I want to tell you, brother Xiaopeng is our comrade, no, he is a leader, a leader. Where is the big leader?" Huiqiu's eyes widened: "Really?" Then she returned to her previous simple and straightforward look: "Why didn't I see it at all? He is so young, so he is the big leader?" This time it was Lian's turn. Zhou nodded: "It's bigger than the leader of our Beiping Municipal Party Committee. He has been doing underground work for the party, so he has rich experience, so we can't see it." Huiqiu stared at Xiaopeng's every move and carefully recalled Xiaopeng's every move, "Well, he He seems to be a very obedient and careful person. He kowtows to your mother when he enters the door, and almost always stands when he talks to your mother, aunt and uncle. Even if he is asked to sit down, he is careful to only sit on half of the chair. At that time, I still thought, probably your uncle is a very powerful person, and he was scared like that."

Lianzhou laughed and fell down, "You misread the person. Brother Xiaopeng is handsome outside, he is the secretary of the chairman of the Commercial Savings Bank. Do you know who the chairman is? Well, yes, it is my aunt. And, he In fact, he is very courageous and has obtained a lot of important information. Also, my uncle is not very good at all, he is afraid of my aunt, hehe. In our family, my mother is the most powerful, and they are all afraid of my mother." Huiqiu pouted She pursed her mouth: "I've heard you say it a long time ago, but your mother doesn't seem to be very good. She is not as good at disciplining children as you said, and spoils Yifang lawlessly."

Speaking of Yifang, Lianzhou counted with her fingers, "Oh, she is almost three years old. My mother dotes on her because of my sister. Come on, tell me again, who have you met at my house?" , What are you doing? You start from the beginning, starting with what you saw when you entered my house, let me listen and see if the house has changed."

Huiqiu and Lianzhou sat down, and the two of them recalled every detail of the family bit by bit, talking for hours.Lianzhou suddenly remembered: "Where is Mr. Leng? It's been so long, where has he been?" The two searched out together, but saw Mr. Leng sitting alone in a small house in the south, drinking a cup of white wine .Seeing the two of them, Mr. Leng asked with a smile, "Did you finish talking so soon? I thought you two should chat for a while."

Lianzhou said: "It's getting late, let's go out and eat something. I've asked for leave, so I won't be leaving today." When the three came back from eating outside, it was getting dark.Mr. Leng said: "Why don't you two stay in my room and chat slowly, and sleep in the East Wing if I don't disturb you." Lianzhou felt that it was really inconvenient for Mr. Leng to know some things, and it would be better for him to avoid them.But Huiqiu suddenly felt embarrassed, Lianzhou pulled her hand: "You have seen my mother, why are you nervous now?" Huiqiu pulled out her hand and rubbed against the lapel.Lianzhou frowned: "What's wrong with you, I just think it's more convenient for us to talk in this room, and there's no other meaning."

Mr. Leng said: "Hui Qiu, go and bring the quilt over here. I have nothing else here, except that there are too many beds, and there are no patients now, so live here as you like." Hui Qiu went out, and Mr. Leng said to Lianzhou: " Go back and ask her slowly. Since the child came back, no one will touch it. The girl is fine. If the boy is a little closer, she will hide. She used to be a nurse. She didn’t see anything, so she didn’t dare Let the man come closer. I'm afraid I will suffer some crime in the prison." With Lianzhou's life experience, how could he understand the meaning of Mr. Leng's words, and stared at him with confused eyes.Mr. Leng had no choice but to speak more clearly, "I'm worried that this girl will be spoiled in prison." Lianzhou was shocked, and even though he exhausted all his imagination, he would never have expected that someone would come here.When I was surprised, I heard a door knock outside.

"Too bad," Mr. Leng said, "I heard this girl, you should take a quick look. Don't worry, coax slowly."

Lian Zhou ran to the east wing, where Hui Qiu was burying her face in the quilt and crying.Just as Lian Zhou walked in, she immediately shrank into a corner: "You, you, don't come here."

After hearing this, Lianzhou had to stop, "Huiqiu, it's me, I'm Lianzhou. Don't be afraid, I won't touch you, I'll just stand here. It's cold, don't squat on the ground, just watch Cool." Huiqiu stood up slowly, sat back on the bed, holding the quilt in her arms.Lianzhou nodded: "Well, you can hug the quilt, it's so warm. I'll just stand here and chat with you. We just said that I haven't finished talking about my family. You said you made dumplings for my mother during the Chinese New Year. Does she like to eat? When are you going to make dumplings for me? I'm so hungry." Huiqiu calmed down slowly, and pointed in the direction of the chair: "Don't stand, just sit down and talk."

Lianzhou clenched his fists, he really wanted to ask Huiqiu what happened in prison, but now is not the time.I have to say something else. "Since your accident, I have stopped working in the Propaganda Department. I have been responsible for the transfer of left-wing cultural figures in Beiping and Tianjin, transferring them to the concession in Shanghai, and then from Shanghai to Hong Kong, Southeast Asia and even Europe and the United States. I It's lonely and nervous to work here alone. It's great to have you back. However, I think you'll stay in Beiping for the time being. Everyone in the Tianjin newspaper office knows that I'm a bachelor. It's easy to bring a woman back suddenly. People doubt it. You are relatively safe here with Mr. Leng in Peking. There are some people in Tianjin, I will transfer them here first, and then we will find a way to let them go from Peking to Shanghai."