Literary Heroes of the Republic of China

After Mu Qiong made his decision, he thought about where he could receive the letter, and he really came up with a place.

On the way from his newly bought house to Ping An Middle School, he will pass a government office.

On the wall outside the office, there is a wooden frame specially used for storing mail and letters. Many letters are stuffed here all the year round, some are complaint letters sent from various places, and some are sent to nearby residents. together.

Another beauty of this place is that the surrounding houses are all low, and there is no hiding place around this wall, and others cannot hide in the dark to observe the people who come to get the letter.

In such a place, it is not easy to reveal his identity.

Of course, Huo Ying is a smart person, and I'm afraid he would never send anyone to watch here.

Given that he had already agreed to communicate with Huo Ying, there was no need for Huo Ying to do such things that would annoy him.

When Mu Qiong thought about it, he felt relieved.

He looked at the very old clock in the office and found that there was still time, so he took out "Wandering Notes" and started writing.

After Mu Qiong wrote [-] characters, Ping An Middle School ended, and after a while, Mu Changyu came with a schoolbag on his back: "Brother!"

When Mu Changyu was studying at Chongxin School, Mu Qiong picked him up every day, but later he had to take care of the orphanage, so Zhu Wanwan picked him up. These days, Mu Changyu just let him go. She came here by herself - she found a home in this direction, and walked with her female classmates who were not in the same grade.

"Changyu." Mu Qiong looked at her and smiled, "It's still early, you should read some books first and finish your homework."

Wei Ting has been busy with university affairs outside during the day recently, but he will come back for dinner at night, but usually when he comes over, he will be a little late, so they eat dinner a little later.

Of course, because the sun goes down late now, it is a little later, which is actually just right.

At that time, the school did not talk about the rate of admission to higher education, and most of the students took the initiative to learn, without the pressure of teachers and parents, so there was not much homework.

In fact, even if the teacher wanted to assign more homework, he couldn't do it... At this time, there are not many exercise books on the market.

Mu Changyu responded, and sat down at Wei Ting's desk to do his homework.

Mu Qiong continued to write "Wandering".

In less than half an hour, Mu Changyu finished his homework, and then took the Monthly Hope Report next to him to read.

She read it once, and then a second time, her face full of confusion, and when Mu Qiong put down the pen, she immediately said: "Brother, have you read the Hope Monthly? It's written here, a hundred years later, men and men , both women and women can marry!"

"En." Mu Qiong responded.

"You can get married as you like, or you can not get married, that's great!" Mu Changyu sighed, and then said: "Oh, I think it's really good for women to marry women, so you don't have to work hard to serve men. "

Hearing Mu Changyu's childish words, Mu Qiong laughed and said, "Actually, what kind of person you marry depends on whether you like it or not, and whether it's suitable for you."

Mu Changyu looked at Mu Qiong puzzled.

Mu Qiong said again: "Changyu, when you choose a partner in the future, you must find someone you like. Of course, life is so long, there is no one you like, so there will be another one after you like someone. , but also consider whether he is suitable for marriage."

"Qiong'er, why are you telling your sister these things?" Zhu Wanwan came in and just heard these words, she was extremely helpless.

"Mother, Changyu is not young, it's time to know something." Mu Qiong said.

These days, if a girl hears something related to her marriage, if she doesn't cover her face and run away, she might be considered immodest.

And Mu Qiong never wanted Mu Changyu to become such a woman.

Zhu Wanwan still felt that something was wrong: "This kind of thing..."

"Mother, you should think about it." Mu Qiong said: "If you care about this or that, the only one who will suffer in the end will be yourself. Let's say you, now that you don't have a husband, is your life better or worse than before?"

Of course Zhu Wanwan is doing better than before.

Mu Changyu thought for a while, and suddenly said: "Brother, I don't want to get married anymore. What's the good of marrying into someone else's family, raising children for others, and serving other people's families? I might as well find a job and support myself in the future. "

Zhu Wanwan said: "You silly child! You don't get married, you don't even have a child, what will you do when you get old?"

"I don't necessarily have children even if I get married. Mother, you read "Seeking a Doctor". If someone gave birth to a child and almost died, let alone the child is gone!" Mu Changyu said.

Zhu Wanwan: "..."

Mu Changyu said again: "Besides, elder brother will definitely have children in the future. I will save money and let elder brother's children take care of me in the future!"

Mu Qiong: "..." How did it come to him?

"However, if I meet someone like eldest brother, I will definitely be willing to marry." Mu Changyu said again.

As soon as she finished speaking, Zhu Wanwan slapped her on the top of the head and told her to eat.

When Wei Ting came, it was almost dark.

Recently, he was looking for teachers everywhere to buy textbooks. He was very tired, and he had been running a lot outside... His face even turned dark.

But even with a tan, he was still handsome.

After eating, Wei Ting went back to his room.The money Huo Ying gave was used to build the school, he would not use it for himself, but to make a living...he had to write manuscripts at night.

Wei Ting left, but Mu Qiong looked at Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu: "Mother, Changyu, I'm going to visit the orphanage, do you want to go together?"

He discussed it with Jin Huailai. From now on, he will let those children work during the day and teach them to read at night. Jin Huailai's own Chinese is not good, and some of them can't teach well. He hasn't found a suitable person to help, so let Mu Qiong go to see it in a few days point.

Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu had always known about Mu Qiong taking care of those orphans, but they had never seen those orphans because the orphanage was far away.

Now that Mu Qiong mentioned it, Zhu Wanwan immediately became interested, and so did Mu Changyu.

Mu Changyu objected to Mu Qiong's taking care of those orphans at the beginning, because she felt that her brother didn't need to contribute money and efforts for some irrelevant people. As for those children, she actually knew that they were very pitiful.

When the three of them arrived at the orphanage not far away, it was after six o'clock in the evening, and the children in the orphanage were washing clothes.

The treatment given to these children by the orphanage is quite good, and these children are not pitiful at all. They are smiling and helping each other, and they are all very happy.

Zhu Wanwan was very relieved to see this situation, and Mu Changyu even said, "It looks pretty good here."

As a result, at this moment, Jin Huailai ran out from a nearby room: "Mr. Mu, can you do me a favor?"

"What's wrong?" Mu Qiong strode over.

"There are a few new children here, and they are not in good condition. I'm going to see a doctor. Please ask Mr. Mu to watch them." Jin Huailai said.

Just as they were talking, Mu Qiong, Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu had already entered the room.

It is now past [-]:[-] p.m. or [-]:[-] p.m., and it is already dark. Although the kerosene lamp is lit in the room, it is still a bit dark.

And as soon as they entered, they smelled a foul smell.

There was no furniture in the room, and it looked very empty. At this moment, a wooden board was spread on the ground, and a child was lying on it, and several other children were sitting beside it.

Jin Huailai had already run away, but Wu Ma was still there. Mu Qiong walked over and asked Wu Ma, "Wu Ma, what happened to these children?"

"These children were sent by the police, and it is said that they were taken outside by some gangsters to beg for food. The money they begged went to the gangsters, and it was fine if they didn't have enough to eat all day, and they were beaten... What a crime!"

Wu Ma is not a very sympathetic person, after all, she herself had a hard life in the past.

How can a person who can't even eat enough to sympathize with another person who can't eat enough?

Therefore, when Mu Qiong heard that Mama Wu sympathized with those children both inwardly and outwardly, Mu Qiong felt a "thump" in his heart.

And when he got closer, I felt even more uncomfortable.

The child lying on the ground is only four or five years old, covered with wounds, and already dying. Where are the other children?Some children's legs are twisted, their hands are full of injuries, and some children's arms are twisted, and some have no ears or noses.

If these children were born like this, then forget it, but judging from their appearance, they should have been beaten like this, or their ears and noses had been cut off.

For a moment, Mu Qiong only felt cold all over.

As for Zhu Wanwan, her eyes soon turned red. As for Mu Changyu...Mu Changyu was completely stunned.

After being kicked out of Mu's house, Mu Changyu lived a hard life, and because she had lived through it herself, although she felt pitiful for Doudou after reading "Wandering", she didn't have much sympathy.

If her brother had disappeared at that time...she might also become Doudou.

But seeing these children in front of her now, she felt her hairs stand on end, her mind went blank, and she couldn't say anything for a while.

She never knew that these children would encounter such a thing.

Mu Changyu was a little frightened.

Mu Qiong is much calmer.Wu Ma said some miscellaneous things, and he quickly pieced together some things from Wu Ma's mouth.

Although there are poor people in Shanghai, there are also many, many rich people.

At the same time, there are many kind-hearted people... such as Li Zhenyao, she will definitely give some money when she sees poor children begging outside.

Some gangsters thought of a way of making money because of this-they caught some children, broke their hands and feet, and then let them go to the downtown area to beg. to some.

And if these children are disobedient, they will beat them up, even if they kill them.

After all, in this era, no one will take care of the life and death of some orphans.

The children sitting on the ground were numb all over their faces, and their condition was much worse than that of the street lamps. As for the child lying on the ground... Mu Qiong noticed that maggots even grew out of old and new wounds on his body.

"What's moving?" Mu Changyu pointed to a wound infested with maggots, his hands trembling and his voice trembling.

"Maggots." Mu Qiong said.

Mu Changyu's tears fell down "patter-patter".

"Mr. Mu." At this time, the street lamp also came in, and he asked Mu Qiong: "Mr. Mu, we have washed all the clothes and cleaned the room. Are we going to study?"

"Why are you still thinking about learning things, they...they..." Mu Changyu pointed to the child on the ground and said.

"I was almost beaten to death at the beginning." Lu Deng said: "At that time, I was so hungry that I ate the maggots growing on my legs. But later, I don't know what happened, but my wounds healed."

Mu Changyu was speechless for a moment.

Mu Qiong said: "Mother, Changyu, it's enough to have me here, you go teach those children to read first."

"We..." Zhu Wanwan hesitated.

"You can't help here, you might as well teach those children to read." Mu Qiong said.

Seeing Mu Changyu in a daze, Zhu Wanwan was afraid that she would be frightened, so she dragged her out.

Mu Qiong said to Wu Ma: "Wu Ma, go get a pair of chopsticks."

Wu Ma nodded, and quickly brought the chopsticks. Mu Qiong used the chopsticks to clean up the child's wound, picking up the maggots on it.

It was at this time that he noticed that the child had developed a high fever, and he was afraid that something would happen if it continued like this.

As for the other children... Most of their disabilities will stay with them for the rest of their lives.But they are not in danger of their lives anyway, so they don't have to worry about dying.

Mu Qiong felt very uncomfortable.

Finding a doctor at this time was not an easy task. Mu Qiong waited for more than half an hour before Jin Huailai brought the doctor.

For half an hour, there was no sound in the room except for the occasional sob of the sitting child. The atmosphere was extremely oppressive, and Mu Qiong's heart was heavy.

"The doctor is here!" Jin Huailai's voice sounded, and soon he came in with a doctor wearing gold-rimmed glasses: "These children are traumatized, so I found a western doctor."

"We should seek western medicine." Mu Qiong said.

The western doctor was not very old. As soon as he came, he squatted down, checked the lying child's body, cleaned the wound, and said: "His injury is very serious, his breathing and heartbeat are not good, and he may die."

As he spoke, he used alcohol to disinfect the child's wound where he had scraped off the carrion.

The alcohol was poured on the child, and the child trembled slightly and let out a low cry, but after that, there was no movement.

His breathing seemed weaker.

The treatment lasted for a long time, and the doctor treated all the wounds for him, and said: "He may not survive like this... I have a new drug here, and the effect of the drug is not yet sure, but based on the situation we conducted the experiment Let’s see, it’s harmless to the human body, it’s up to you whether you want to use it or not.”

"What new medicine?" Jin Huailai asked curiously.

The doctor said: "This drug has no name yet, it was just developed in the laboratory."

As he spoke, he took out a liquid medicine in a small glass bottle: "This child is dying of infection, and this medicine should be useful."

Jin Huailai hesitated, Mu Qiong looked at the potion, but thought of penicillin.

Could it be... Second Young Master Huo had someone extract penicillin?

Jin Huailai belongs to Second Young Master Huo. Judging by his appearance, he probably has known this doctor for a long time, that is to say, this doctor is also Young Master Huo's. In this case, the medicine in his hand is likely to be penicillin.

The child is covered with injuries, and in order to avoid infection, he must be given antibiotics...

Mu Qiong said: "Try it."

Jin Huailai was a little worried, after all, this is a new drug: "Mr. Mu..."

"The child's condition is very bad." Mu Qiong said again.

The child's condition was indeed very bad, and he might die at any moment... Jin Huailai thought about it, but he didn't refuse.

The doctor took out a syringe, injected the medicine into the child's body, and left some antipyretics.

"There's only so much I can do. As for other children... those with crooked hands and feet, after breaking their hands and feet, they should be able to grow their hands and feet again, but there will be some sequelae, but these I One person can’t do it.” The doctor said: “It’s best to take them to the hospital.”

The doctor left after treating the children's trauma. Mu Qiong and Jin Huai came to let the children eat something and let them rest.

As for the rest, they couldn't do it even if they wanted to.

It was already past nine o'clock in the evening, Mu Qiong came to another room, and saw Zhu Wanwan teaching Lu Deng and others to read.

Zhu Wanwan is usually very gentle, with a thin voice, but now she has raised her volume, probably because she is facing a group of children, she still looks very confident, and she teaches well.

Looking at this scene, Mu Qiong finally felt a lot less uncomfortable in his heart, and at the same time thought of one thing.

"Dean Jin, I have something to talk to you about." Mu Qiong said to Jin Huailai.

"Mr. Mu, just say it." Jin Huailai said.

"Before, Dean Jin, you asked me to be the deputy director of this orphanage, but I didn't have time...can I recommend someone to come?" Mu Qiong said.Many things in this orphanage were discussed by him and Jin Huailai. When it was built, Jin Huailai became the director of the orphanage, and then wanted him to be the vice director of the orphanage. , I have never agreed before.

"Of course! Mr. Mu, who do you want to recommend?" Jin Huailai asked.

"I want to recommend my mother." Mu Qiong said.

Zhu Wanwan has learned more and more things, but she still has not grown enough.

Moo-joon wishes she could have her own business.

It is definitely inappropriate to go outside to work, but taking care of these orphans and being a teacher for these orphans is just right for Zhu Wanwan.

Jin Huailai also saw Zhu Wanwan teaching the children.

Zhu Wanwan is a very gentle woman. She has raised children. When she is in her thirties, it is easy to think of "mother" when seeing her.

When those children looked at her, their eyes were full of admiration.

Jin Huailai said: "I think it would be a good idea to let Ms. Zhu be the vice president."

"Thank you!" Mu Qiong said gratefully, and at the same time, he was thinking, it is best to find some helpers for Zhu Wanwan, to help her cook for the people in Ping'an Middle School, and help her take care of the children in the orphanage: "By the way, have you recruited someone today?" The right worker?"

"No." Jin Huailai shook his head: "We want to recruit female workers, which is not easy, and many women are unwilling to come out to work."

It is difficult to say that it is difficult to recruit female workers, but it is not easy to say that it is simple.

People like Wu Ma are relatively easy to recruit, but they hope to recruit higher-quality female workers.

"May I ask someone to ask?" Mu Qiong said.Although the recruitment notice is posted, others may not be able to see it, and even if others see it, they may not believe it. To recruit a job these days, it is best to ask acquaintances.

"Okay. In fact, I have already asked someone to ask, but it is always right to ask more." Jin Huailai said: "I found the owner of the western restaurant that I sat with me when I went to Mr. Mu's house for dinner last time." .I asked him to keep an eye out for me to see if there are any suitable female workers."

Jin Huailai didn't know anyone in Shanghai, but when he went to Mu Qiong's house for dinner, he became friends with Boss Chen, so he asked Boss Chen to help him find workers.

After chatting, Mu Qiong called Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu and asked them to go home with him.

When they got home that night, it was about ten o'clock, which was very late for them, but they met many people on the way.

As the weather warms up, Shanghai's nightlife becomes richer.

On the way, Mu Qiong told Zhu Wanwan about letting Zhu Wanwan go to the orphanage as the vice president.

Subconsciously, Zhu Wanwan felt that she couldn't do it.

Mu Qiong said: "Mother, just take it as a favor for me, I'm too busy now, I really can't take care of those children..."

Hearing what Mu Qiong said, Zhu Wanwan immediately agreed: "I will definitely take care of those children for you!"

"Thank you, mother." Mu Qiong said with a smile.

"Brother, I can help out after school...I can teach them how to read." Mu Changyu said.

"Changyu, thank you." Mu Qiong said: "But while you are teaching them, you must take care of yourself first, brother is still waiting to see you enter the university!"

Mu Changyu nodded seriously.

The three of them talked, opened the door and went back home.

Their house is very nice, but it's a pity that they are too busy, they leave early and return late every day, so they don't have time to stay here.

Both Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu went to bed, Mu Qiong returned to the room, but first took out the letter paper and began to write a letter to Huo Ershao.

He left his address "name" in the letter, asked about the situation of penicillin, then sealed the letter, put a stamp on it, and wrote Huo Ershao's address on it.

In the letter, the name he left for Second Young Master Huo was "Shen Yan".

After all, if the letter sent to him by Huo Ershao said "Tian Xing" received, it would be too conspicuous.

In fact, except for the first time when he sent a letter to Huo Ershao, he never wrote the word "Tian Xing" on the envelope, but only wrote the word "Lucky".

As for why it is called "Careful Words"... He is also reminding himself not to say too much.

Mu Qiong has developed a biological clock. Although he went to bed a little late that day, he still woke up early the next morning.

And when he went downstairs, he didn't see Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu.

Mu Qiong went to call them, and they got up, and then said in unison: "I didn't sleep well last night..."

They should have been a little stimulated by seeing the miserable conditions of those children, so they couldn't fall asleep... Mu Qiong said: "Go and wash your face, we are going out, let's buy breakfast today."

Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu nodded, quickly took care of themselves, and the three of them went out.

It was sunny outside and the weather was just right.