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"The rain is back"

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he met a generous and sallow face. It was a matchmaker from the village. She had come here several times. Song Shiyu avoided her and walked to the back room in a muffled voice.

"This child..." Mr. Chen couldn't hold back, he laughed at her and said, "My Yu'er is still young, so don't worry."

"It's not too young, it's going to be eighteen next year." Mrs. Zhang felt a little unhappy, if the Niu'er family hadn't begged her to be a matchmaker over and over again, she wouldn't have come.

"Then...then I'll go back and ask her."

"The elders have always been the masters of this marriage. What does a girl know?" Aunt Zhang said so, but she had no choice but to go back in a hurry.

Old Chen sent her out of the hospital, and then slowly returned to the room. Seeing Song Shiyu sitting at the table, pouted as if still angry, he walked up to her and asked, "Still angry."

Song Shiyu was frightened, turned his head away, "I don't like her!"

"Then you want to get married?" Mr. Chen said casually, took the pipe off the wall, and sat on the threshold, rolling a cigarette.

"I don't want to marry." Song Shiyu said softly, "I will be with you forever."

Old Chen laughed out loud as if hearing a joke, looked at her and said, "Master was too young, you said you just messed around with yourself these days when you have nothing to do, and smirked all the time, did you fall in love with some guy?"

"Master!" Song Shiyu's face turned red up to the ears in an instant, and he was speechless.

Mr. Chen suddenly became energetic, his eyes lit up, and his whole body was full of energy. "Don't tell me, let Master guess, it's... the second child of the Li family?"

Song Shiyu pursed his mouth.

"It's the one from the Yang family!" Old Chen suddenly realized.

"That's not it." Song Shiyu looked at his old and unscrupulous appearance, feeling ashamed and angry.

Don't you think so?Mr. Chen sucked on his cigarette and thought for a while. These three young people are the only ones in this village. Could it be that they are looking for a married man?

The room became quiet for a long time, Song Shiyu carefully looked at his braids coiled on top of his head and said, "Master, I have doubts in my heart."

"Ah..." Mr. Chen came back to his senses, "You tell me."

"What's it like outside now?"

Old Chen was startled, and his face sank immediately, "Why are you asking this?"

"I..." Song Shiyu didn't expect him to react so strongly, he was a little dazed, and whispered, "I just remembered it suddenly."

Mr. Chen glared at her, but didn't answer. After a break, he said, "Let's cook."

Song Shiyu hurriedly responded, and hurried to light a fire to cook, but within two quarters of an hour, the meal was ready.Old Chen looked at her from a distance, seeing her secretly taking out a food box to add food to it, his heart sank, he didn't say anything, he just waited for her to finish eating and put down the chopsticks, "Master, I'm going up the mountain. "

"Don't go today," Old Chen said, "Turn out all the bedding at home and wash them."

There was an irresistible majesty in his tone, Song Shiyu didn't know why he was like this, and he didn't dare to argue, so he responded softly.

That afternoon, Mr. Chen didn't go anywhere, just sat in the courtyard and looked at her. Song Shiyu had a premonition that Master was not only avoiding the outside world, but also something deeper that could not be explained clearly.

She didn't notice the faint daze and fear, and was only thinking about how to go up the mountain, but the master didn't give her a chance.It was getting late, and she kept comforting herself. The two steamed buns she brought in the morning were so big that she could barely eat them for a day.The whole night, even in her dreams, she thought about how to apologize, explain, and repeatedly, tossing her heart and soul to the point of exhaustion.

And in the last dream, she finally saw the figure of that sister.She was standing on the big rock on the mountainside, like daytime, she called her name and ran towards the wind.

"Sister Aman"

In the next second, she fell into a soft, indistinct embrace, and raised her face, which was so red that it was hot.

"You're here." The latter caressed her cheek gently, his eyes and tone as gentle as water.

……

"Ah..." She woke up from the dream almost screaming, her heart was still bumping like a deer in a dream, she buried her face deeply in the pillow, she was extremely ashamed, why did she have such a dream.

It was almost dawn, and she quietly went out, walking on the mountain road at dawn.In the early morning of late autumn, dew has grown, refreshing and quiet. The vegetation on the roadside seems to have been painted with oil paint by a painter, red, yellow, blue...

She has walked this road too many times, but she has never noticed that the scenery along the way is so beautiful and moving. She was so excited that she couldn't help running against the wind.

She really wanted to see her sooner.

Arrived... Arrived...

She couldn't hold back the excitement in her heart, and called out "Sister Aman"

No one answered.

"Ah..." Her heart seemed to have fallen into an abyss, she stared blankly at the empty cave, and suddenly felt empty.Sister Aman, she must be hungry and went out to find food, no, no, no, she must have seen that she has not come for so long, so she must have gone to find herself, or...she couldn't wait for herself, so she had already left .

Already gone... These four words were frozen in her heart, leaving her at a loss.How could she be so naive to think that she would live in this cave for the rest of her life, she didn't even ask her full name, where did she live, and where to find her...

However, the more than ten days of being together made her feel so uncomfortable. She had never experienced it before. It seemed that something was stuck in her heart, her nose was sore, but she couldn't cry or laugh.

The cloth jacket delivered yesterday was stacked neatly on the stone.

"I like it very much, thank you Shiyu."

Sure enough, she still didn't like it... She walked over slowly, picked up the cloth jacket, and saw the little pistol lying underneath.After waking up, it turned out that she had planned to leave a long time ago. She taught herself how to learn guns, but it was just as a gift for others...

My heart hurts, and my vision is blurred.

There were footsteps behind her, and at that moment, she turned her head almost in surprise, but saw an unusually familiar and old face.

"Who are you waiting for?"

She hugged the cloth jacket, looked at him, tears finally broke down, "Master, she's gone...she's gone..."

Mr. Chen didn't ask the words again. He watched the innocent child holding him with one hand, crying until he couldn't make a sound or even howled. After a long time, he patted her shoulder and said with emotion, "My Yu'er has finally grown up!" .”

Autumn goes to spring and time flies by.

That fate gradually faded with time.She still thinks of her from time to time, but she is no longer so attached to her. She is full of longing for the future life. She feels that she is lucky to meet such a wonderful woman and let her have such good feelings and memories.

But that day still came.

It was a mid-spring afternoon, the sun was shining brightly, and the whole village was peaceful and peaceful.Mrs. Zhang came to matchmaker again, but Mr. Chen sent her away.

Song Shiyu curled his lips and said, "Can't Master tell her not to come again?"

"That can't be done," Old Chen said, "If you don't pay attention, you will miss your wishful husband."

Song Shiyu was a little shy, and said softly, "There are only a few people in the village, so where is the gentleman?"

Mr. Chen laughed at her, just as he was smiling, he heard a "bang" outside, especially loud in this quiet village, Mr. Chen's smile froze immediately.

Song Shiyu anxiously speculated, "Master...Master, is it gunfire?"

Old Chen's face was extremely ugly. He didn't speak, but three more shots were fired.There seemed to be a commotion outside, shouting, footsteps, and crying.

"Official bandits... Official bandits are here, official bandits are here."

Aunt Zhang's horrified voice came from outside the courtyard, and Song Shiyu was stunned, with deep fear in his pupils.The officials and bandits are coming, the war is coming, and the village cannot be kept...

Time stood still, and Song Shiyu fell into panic, his whole body seemed to be frozen.Until, until the courtyard door was roughly knocked, ding ding dong dong, a strange man shouted in a rough voice, "Quickly open the door, come out!" Then he broke the ice suddenly, and looked at Old Chen with trembling pale lips.

"Don't be afraid, Yu'er, we are all good citizens." Old Chen seemed to have something in his heart, and his eyes dodged to comfort her.Immediately, he went to open the door, and when the latch was pulled, there was a sudden push from the outside.

A middle-aged man dressed in a gray cloth single military uniform and straw sandals stood at the door viciously, glanced at Song Shiyu, and then squinted at Song Shiyu, "Oh, this girl is not bad."

Hearing what he said, Song Shiyu trembled in fright, and hurriedly hid behind Mr. Chen.

Seeing this, the soldier smiled obscenely, and then said, "Gather under the locust tree at the entrance of the village, hurry up."

The villagers were all driven there. Men, women and children squatted in front of the locust tree, surrounded by a group of soldiers with guns on their backs. Fear spread.Song Shiyu was like them, squatting down in the crowd with his head in his arms, while a soldier counted the number of people in the crowd.

Three officers in gray-blue military uniforms, leather belts, and riding boots are discussing something. One has his back to her, and the other is facing sideways. It's a handsome...big-breasted woman with short hair?Facing him was a slightly fat male officer, who was shorter than both of them, with a black sarcoma on his left cheek as thick as a little finger, and he was gesticulating and talking.Song Shiyu's gaze took a long time, and when someone pulled his hand suddenly, he was scared out of his wits.

"Don't move around," Old Chen reminded in a low voice.

Only then did Song Shiyu's soul return to its place, and he dared not move again.

"...85, 86, 87."

The counting soldier put his feet together, turned around, and ran in front of the three men, "Report to the captain, everything is ready."

"Return to the team."

This voice... Song Shiyu shuddered, forgetting his fear, and looked up.The person turned around and glanced at the villagers. It was her...it was her... Song Shiyu was stunned, as if a icy rain fell on her heart, and the person she wanted to see again in her dreams appeared in such a real way. In front of her eyes, she couldn't tell whether it was more surprise or more panic.

Sister Aman...

She murmured in her heart, but she didn't dare to speak out, they used to get along day and night and were intimate, but now they didn't even dare to call out.She could only hope that she would recognize her, but she didn't seem to. Her indifferent eyes swept over everyone equally, and then said to the male officer, "Staff Yu, tell me."

"Okay." The male officer clapped his hands, squeezed forward, and stood sideways. "Let me briefly introduce that we are all members of the 60th Division of the No. 28 Fourth Army of the National Army. The action team, my name is Yu Hui, is the operational staff officer for this operation, this is captain Qin Manqin, and deputy captain Tang Xiaotang."

These words eased the atmosphere a lot.Someone in the crowd began to mutter softly, and as more and more people muttered, their voices became louder.

"You all be quiet, be quiet!"

There was a "bang" gunshot, and there was a lot of panic, followed by a dead silence all around, and everyone looked at him in horror.

Yu Hui proudly blew on the hot muzzle of the gun, thrust it into his waist, and said coldly, "Anshan Road NO.70, Heping District"

This inexplicable sentence made everyone hold their breath for no reason.

"Someone must know," Yu Hui said, "the last emperor, Pu Yi, lives there now. Not long after he moved in, someone secretly visited him. Some people even dream of restoring the Qing court, and in your village, there is one. An important contact with the codename Sixtieth!"

There was panic in the eyes of the villagers, and what else, it was quiet.

Ordinary people would definitely suspect each other when they heard such words, but these people didn't say a word, Tang Xiao stood up, "Fathers and folks, I see that you still wear long braids and long gowns, and now you are in the Republic of China, so don't like that kind of thing." Come on, let's cut the braid first."

As he said that, he winked, and a soldier took a pair of large scissors and cut them one by one. The villagers were still quiet and cooperative, and the atmosphere was a bit weird.Tang Xiao frowned and thought deeply. When he reached a big man, he suddenly pushed and shoved him, cursing angrily, "If you want to keep my braids, keep them. I'll do your shit!"

It was the sound of thunder on the ground that broke the originally seemingly harmonious scene. Twenty or so shots were aimed at his head, and Mr. Chen anxiously asked him in a low voice, "Xiao Wu, what are you doing?! "

The big man seemed to be going all out, and he had a bit of a sense of righteousness. "The braids are here. I, Xu Wusheng, are from the Qing Dynasty. My death is a dead man of the Qing Dynasty. If you want to cut my braids, just shoot me!"

"Okay, okay." Yu Hui's eyes showed a hint of excitement, and the black tumor on his face trembled. This is the rhythm he wanted. "Ten years ago, Zhang Xun's restoration failed. Flee, I think you are probably those deserters."

"I'll go to your mother's braided army." Xu Wu spat at him as he said.

The murderous intent flashed across Yu Hui's eyes, and he reached out to touch the gun at his waist.

A whoosh bullet passed behind him, and with the screams of the crowd, the big man fell to the ground, clutching his legs.

The atmosphere was extremely tense, several middle-aged men stood up, and fired several rounds, knocking them to the ground.

The scene was chaotic, but no one dared to resist anymore. Qin Man put down the gun in her hand and said coldly, "Cut it." After saying that, she turned and left.

Yu Hui looked at her unwillingly, and said to Tang Xiao, "Captain Qin's voice is muffled, but his hands are quite quick."

Tang Xiao snorted lightly, but did not speak.

Yu Hui was upset, "I'll give you two days at most, and if you still can't find the contact person, I won't let any of these 87 people go."

The three officers all left one after another, and the crowd was crying and cursing, yelling and yelling, but Song Shiyu stared blankly at the direction Qin Man was going away, weeping silently.The gentle and taciturn sister Aman in her heart, the sister Aman who would patiently teach her how to learn a gun, and the person who would encourage and affirm her were all broken into pieces, pieced together to form the hard and indifferent Captain Qin in front of her in military uniform.

She suddenly began to hate, hate this war, hate these officers and soldiers. It was the harsh military regulations that made her sister Aman so cold-blooded and inhuman.