Master of Pretenders

?Ah Cheng arrived in Peiping, under the pseudonym Wang Yan, and began to participate in the literature and art front of the Peking underground party and the work of young students. To the outside world, he was still Mingcheng, a student of the Western Literature Department of Peking University.The party organization made a request to him, which made Ah Cheng dumbfounded. The request turned out to be that the test scores should not be too outstanding.Yes, as a son of a prominent family background and proud achievements, it is really eye-catching.But, at the end of the semester, how should I explain to my elder brother and elder sister?

As the situation changed, Ah Cheng's work became more and more busy, and he couldn't take care of these anymore.According to the requirements of the organization, he tried to keep a low profile while studying at school, only completing the daily exams and homework, not even answering one more question from the professor, and rarely interacting with other students.In order to facilitate his work, he rented a private house near Shichahai, and pretended to be husband and wife with a female classmate of Normal University named Lin Huiqiu.The two worked together to establish party branches or groups in most universities and middle schools in Peiping, and developed many academic party members and peripheral progressive students.Acheng served as the president of the "Bubble" magazine, a peripheral publication of the Left Federation, and Hui Qiu was the main editor of the magazine. They continued to attract revolutionary youth through progressive articles.

At the end of the semester, Ah Cheng's grades were indeed only ranked in the middle and upper reaches of the class, which did not attract anyone's attention.After returning to Shanghai, he explained to his eldest sister that "there are many exiled students from the Northeast in Beiping. The country was ruined and their families were ruined. They worked extraordinarily hard, so his grades were not outstanding. The eldest sister didn't ask much, just said, "I'm going to pass this pass, Your elder brother will teach you a lesson later, but I can't control it. "Acheng also said with a playful smile: "Eldest sister, if you can't control your eldest brother, no one can. "

Domestic anti-Japanese and national salvation activities are becoming more and more intense. This Spring Festival, people in Shanghai launched a vigorous "boycott of Japanese goods" activity.Mingtai got excited and asked Ah Xiang to dig out all the Japanese goods in the house and prepare to take them to the street and burn them.In the end, Ah Cheng grabbed the collar of his clothes and dragged him back home. "You boy, can you give me a place to settle down, it's so chaotic outside, you have nothing to do to join in the fun." Mingtai refused to let go, "Brother Ah Cheng, you are a backward person who only reads sage books. Now the whole country is fighting against Japan and saving the nation." Boycott Japanese products, you are the only one holding back." Ah Cheng laughed angrily at him, "If you don't hold back, tell me, besides taking out the things at home and burning them, what else do you have? You must sincerely fight against Japan, and you are not allowed to go to In Japanese restaurants, no sashimi is allowed." "If you don't eat it, you don't eat it, I don't care!" Ah Cheng was afraid that he would continue to go out and cause trouble, so he left a lot of homework for him, and threatened, "I'll come back to check at night, I don't care. Don't sleep after finishing." Mingtai gave him a glance, "The test scores are not as good as mine, so you have to take care of me!" Ah Cheng didn't know what to say, and after thinking for a long time, he said, "Do I have a big brother? Leave it to me!"

Just as he was talking, Ming Jing came back in a panic, "Oh, I wanted to go to the department store this afternoon to buy some thick clothes for you, but I didn't expect the students to make trouble there, talking about boycotting Japanese products. I saw that several of them were wearing Clothes made of Japanese foreign cloth, and other people’s department stores are sealed up, it’s better to be sealed up.” Ah Cheng said, “The elder sister is right. These students are just messing around. You see, our young master is also planning to sell all our Japanese goods. Take it to the street and burn it." As soon as the elder sister heard this, she ran upstairs, "Mingtai, Mingtai, you don't listen to me, what are you doing on the street!"

The phone rang, and it was Hui Qiu calling.Ah Cheng told her about the current boycott of Japanese goods in Shanghai, and he did not forget to tell her, "Our student activities in Beiping can't be so mere formalities, and should focus on exposing the fact of Japanese aggression. Of course, you are alone in Beiping." Pay attention to safety." Because they were afraid of being heard, the two whispered for a while.When he put down the phone, he found that the eldest sister had already rolled her eyes with a smile behind his back. "Our family, Ah Cheng, has a situation." Ah Cheng's face turned red. "Sister, what is a situation?" The eldest sister smiled and said, "What are you embarrassed about? Is it a female classmate? Because of the need to keep in touch with Huiqiu, Ah Cheng did not hide it from his eldest sister, "It is a female classmate of Normal University, and I met at a literature conference. Her father is a former Qing Dynasty expostulate. The eldest sister said, "Yo, or It's a scholarly family, I think it's good. "Ah Cheng said, "It's a concubine, her biological mother is gone, and the wife at home treats her a little coldly. "The elder sister sighed, "We don't want other people's dowry, this girl sounds self-reliant.You can bring him to our house during the holidays.

Ah Cheng and Hui Qiu worked together for half a year, busy every day, and often pretended to be a married couple.But Ah Cheng has always regarded him as a comrade in arms fighting side by side, and never thought about how courageous it is for a girl like Hui Qiu to break up with her family and devote all her enthusiasm to revolutionary work.The elder sister's words gave him a new understanding of this girl.When I am alone, I often think of this girl's busy back. ?