Living in Caoying, heart in Han

After Ye Liang calmed down, wiped away the tears from laughing, and tidied up his military appearance, he left the room.

When he returned to the common shop of the coolies, the man with the thin bamboo pole had already gone to work with the others.

Ye Liang hoped that the old man could still work, or he could get help from others, otherwise, once the supervisor found that he was unable to work, he would still not be able to escape the fate of being sent to the gas chamber.

When he came to the room, there were only a group of children playing and chatting. These little guys were well hidden by the elders in the same room.Ye Liang poked his head slightly, and hooked his fingers towards Joshua.

That boy was as smart and quick-witted as his father, he quickly got rid of the other children and ran towards Ye Liang quickly.Children are the most innocent and sensitive, they can naturally know who is kind to them and who is malicious.

"Joshua, right?" Ye Liang asked gently.

The boy nodded.

"What's your father's name?" Ye Liang asked again.

"Guido."

"Is your mother here too? What's her name?"

"Dora."

"Are you hungry? Didn't you have lunch?"

The boy nodded shyly, and Ye Liang took out the lunch fruit and a few biscuits from his pocket. The afternoon tea time hadn't arrived yet, so the agreed-upon cake might take a while.

"Will points be deducted if I eat it?" Joshua didn't go to get it.

Ye Liang thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Just don't let other people know, right?"

"Can't Dad know?" Joshua asked with his head tilted.

"You can tell him to leave a few slices of oranges for your uncle, he needs to eat more when he gets old." Ye Liang ordered.

Joshua nodded obediently.

Ye Liang couldn't help but reached out and touched the soft top of the boy's head, but out of the corner of his eyes, he saw a patrolling soldier approaching in the distance, and he said in a little haste: "You and your father are very good, you are the best of all the players I have ever seen Don't worry, you guys will win the tank. Do you eat candy? I'll bring you some next time, fruit candy, okay?"

"Yeah." Joshua cheered happily.

"Okay, go in quickly, don't let other people see, don't go out casually, understand? Otherwise, points will be deducted."

At this moment, the patrolling soldiers came over and saluted Ye Liang.

Ye Liang nodded with a stern face, turned around calmly and returned to the area where the officer was.Hans was chatting with one of their military doctors, Dr. Lee, an elderly, grizzled man who loved wealth and riddles.

"As soon as you mention it, it disappears." Dr. Li said to Hans: "This is a wonderful riddle that I thought of, and so far few people have guessed it right away. What do you think?"

Hans thought for a while, and tried to answer: "Is it a secret? It's not a secret when you mention it."

"No, if the secret is mentioned on the side, it is not directly revealed, but the secret will still be kept."

"Well, it is indeed a wonderful riddle." After thinking for a while, Hans decided to give up.

"Silence." Ye Liang who came over said so.

Hans looked at Ye Liang suspiciously, as if he was wondering why everyone was suddenly kept silent, but Dr. Li smiled and praised: "Yes, the answer is silence. I went to the banquet that time because there were a few people who were at odds with each other. Because of this, the atmosphere at the banquet was awkward and silent. At this time, the host’s wife came slowly and asked, "Why are you so silent?" Then everyone started talking again. When she mentioned the silence, the silence was broken .”

"Oh, that's really interesting." Hans nodded.

... Ah, the jokes and riddles of the Germans.

Ye Liang complained helplessly in his heart. He turned his head, took out his well-maintained matching gun, dipped it in gun oil with a cotton swab, and disassembled the gun in front of Hans and Dr. Li with gentle and focused movements. Oil and wipe the weapon.

Because he has done it countless times, his series of actions are like flowing water, and the gun looks brighter and cleaner in his hand, and because of its frequent use, it has added a vicissitudes of life.

"I heard that you lived temporarily in Italy before?" Hans asked Dr. Li.

"That was before the war. I was a doctor in Italy. Then I received a telegram to go to Berlin to join the army. I didn't expect to be assigned to Italy in the end, but I never had the opportunity to meet a few friends. They are all excellent Germans. .” Dr. Li talked to Hans about what Italy was like before the war.

When the afternoon tea was delivered, fresh fruit cakes were delivered according to the appointment. Each of them was the size of a palm, dotted with white fluffy cream, and the cherries and other fruits on the cream were piled up into a bright and beautiful with a cup of tea and half a cup of milk.

Of course, in the eyes of modern people, this kind of "white" pure animal fat cream cake is not imported at all.Ye Liang didn't like sweets at all, even if he had some cake occasionally, he would only eat cheesecake and mousse.

He still remembers that there is a dessert shop in front of the company. The sign inside is called "Hell Chocolate Molten", which sounds scary, but it is actually lava chocolate cake. The flowing chocolate pulp sticks to the mouth, the sweet combination of movement and stillness, the chocolate taste is rich and mellow, but not greasy.Although the girls in the company repeatedly shouted that "you must lose weight if you are so fat", they couldn't help but buy it together and eat it in the afternoon or during overtime.

When eating afternoon tea, you can see a person's background and cultivation, whether it is noble, rich or grassroots.Usually everyone wears the same German military uniform, holds the same standard weapons, and does the same unconscionable things. It is only in small details such as eating that you can see the self-cultivation of each family.

Like Hans, this is the most common way of eating, while Dr. Li next to him is much more sophisticated. As he himself said, when he was a doctor in Italy, he always ate at local high-end restaurants.

And Rhinesis's family belonged to the declining rich. Langlot's father, Mr. Old Rhinesis, once owned a large property, but it ended because of his sudden death.

Langlot's mother, who was born in a famous family, had a dowry from her own family and inherited part of her deceased husband's inheritance. She was still rich and worry-free while raising Langlot alone.

Langlot's maternal ancestral family is aristocratic, even if it is not a big aristocrat, it still has some heritage left behind.Langlot's mother, Mrs. Carali, is elegant and wise. She is a great woman with the most insight and moral principles Ye Liang has ever seen.

In the early days of Hitler's coming to power, she hated and hated the Nazis extremely. She once told Langlot that Hitler was just like countless clowns that had appeared in the history of politics, except that he was even crazier and uglier.

However, Mrs. Carrari could not prevent the Nazis from coming to power. She could not even prevent her only precious son, encouraged by his classmates and friends, to regard the Nazis as the savior of Germany, Hitler as his idol, and his participation in the war of aggression as a testament to his courage. prove.

Despite the objections of his sensible mother, who even claimed to sever ties with Mrs. Carallyle, Langlot joined the army, only to lose his life for a vile war that was not worth it, for a despicable liar.

During the years that Langlot served the Nazis, he never wrote a letter or left a message to his mother.

Ye Liang didn't know how to evaluate such a young man. Fortunately, Langlot had been fighting in the regular army before. Even though it was an unjust war, Langlot killed at least the enemy's soldiers who also held weapons instead of innocent civilians.

There is nothing more ridiculous in this world than massacring unarmed civilians to prove one's courage and glory.

Ye Liang didn't touch the piece of fruit cake, but drank a cup of milk tea with the tea-tasting etiquette of Rhine Sis's family in his memory. He asked the cook for a small box, put the cake in it, and said he would take it back to the dormitory Wait until you have an appetite.

For some officers, today they have to supervise and check the results of the coolies’ work today; for other officers, they have to prepare for the “bathing” of the elderly and children tomorrow; for Hans and Ye Liang, the day’s work is considered as an end Yes, the rest of the time is their own.

According to his agreement, Ye Liang took Hans to practice marksmanship for several hours until the sun went down and he could no longer see anything.When the last steady and dull sound came with the sound of the target jar breaking, Ye Liang finally put away the gun in his hand, and he turned his head to look at Hans standing in the last afterglow of the setting sun, who was carrying a A kind of tranquility looking at the edge of the sunset in the sky.

The sky was getting dark, and the rose-colored sunset also fell below the horizon with the setting sun, leaving only the curly corners, with the beauty of infinite reverie and memories, as if time stopped for a moment at that second.

"When we win or I leave the army, I have to reopen our family's butcher shop. My sister may follow my mother to learn all her skills of baking biscuits and cakes, and then open a pastry shop." Hans looked Ye Liang said that when he walked over, and when he said that, he rarely showed a trace of disappointment.

"We will win, and the empire will win the final victory." Hans added, not knowing who he was trying to convince, or just emphasizing his conviction.

No...you are bound to lose.

"When our family shop reopens, you will get the best price for your purchases. My father used to give sausages and bacon to friends and relatives. He was not like those cheapskate jews. He was never so generous. .”

"Okay." Ye Liang took a deep look at Hans and said in a deep voice.

Maybe it was just this day, or just this moment, Ye Liang felt that the young man in front of him who was talking about the future with eager anticipation was not the executioner whose hands were stained with countless innocent blood, but the most ordinary young man longing for happiness.

So when Ye Liang said yes, he was not perfunctory, but to give the promise to the person standing in front of him at that moment.

The night was completely dark. With the help of the darkness and the military uniform, Ye Liang's road to the laborer's accommodation was smooth sailing. Even if he was illuminated by the spotlight, because his military rank moved away quickly, he might not even be able to see clearly. his face.

After Guido coaxed Joshua to sleep, he wanted to check the weather tomorrow at the door, but was taken aback by the smiling officer standing at the door.When he took a closer look, he realized that it was the German who frightened him at noon but did not betray him.

"Do you understand Italian? Of course, you must." Guido was a little embarrassed.

"I only understand a little. I didn't understand the few words you spoke too fast. I can only guess." Ye Liang replied seriously.

"Oh, what words?" Guido acted a little silly.

Ye Liang still asked the question calmly, and Guido just stood at the door and explained it to him, and taught him a lot of new Italian words and a tense usage, as if they were really in Italy Same as language class.

"Joshua didn't eat dinner, the one I gave him in the afternoon is not enough to eat." Ye Liang said warmly.

"He's fine. I left some bread for him, the ones you gave us for dinner." Guido replied. Surprisingly, he didn't try to avoid Ye Liang by being perfunctory or tricky, but answered a question sincerely. German Nazis as in the usual words.To a certain extent, this is a kind of trust. Guido trusts Ye Liang and even regards him as a friend who can be associated with him.

Ye Liang handed over a small box, and Guido opened it and saw a beautiful fruit cream cake.

"I don't keep many cookies in my room, but I'll keep an eye out."

Guido opened his mouth, looking more like a fool, and finally he couldn't help asking: "Why? Why didn't you betray me or punish me at noon today? Why did you bring food for Joshua?"

"Then what do you think?" Ye Liang asked with a smile.

"I've heard that some Germans are very fond of children. They... and others took some girls away, and they never came back. It is said that someone used them to make lampshades and book covers." Guido said of these When, the voice was suppressed.

Ye Liang's expression also slowly condensed, of course he has heard of these things.

"You think I have bad intentions for Joshua?" Ye Liang asked calmly.