Chronicle of the Republic of China

The days of withdrawal are painful, long and life-like.Since the derailment of that relationship, Fang Wuyu has become more courageous, and often wants to make some intimate gestures with Meng Xisheng.

The end is often miserable, either being slapped or kicked, and the strike is merciless, making Fang Wuyu wonder whether this person has studied martial arts in Shaolin Temple.

Fang Wuyu is cunning and despicable, he repeats his old tricks, and finally manages to succeed once or twice when his addiction to smoking breaks out, and makes skin-to-skin contact with Meng Xisheng.This was not intentional, but when he was in pain, desire became the only way to extinguish the pain, and it was even more effective than tranquilizers and anesthetics.It's desire versus desire, the desire of love over the desire of smoking.Meng Xisheng trumps everything.

Fang Wuyu's addiction to smoking was finally quit when the year was approaching, and his arrest warrant was also removed from the list after being posted for several months, but Meng Xisheng still did not allow him to go out on the street, fearing that he would be recognized.

On New Year's Eve in 1937, Meng Xisheng personally cooked a table of dishes, and invited Fang Yunshen's family of three to have a New Year's Eve dinner.It wasn't until this day that Fang Yunshen found out that Fang Wuyu was here, not only quit smoking, but also gained three catties with the help of Meng Xisheng's meal list.

Fang Yunshen's eyes were red as he hugged his brother, Fang Wuyu said sorry in a low voice.

This day we ate until midnight, at twelve o'clock, Fang Yunshen set off fireworks and firecrackers with Grandpa Meng Xisheng outside, and Meng Xisheng cooked longevity noodles for Fang Wuyu in the kitchen, wishing him a happy 20th birthday.

At the age of 20, in the span of two decades, Fang Wuyu came back from the pain, broke free from the mud, and when he bowed his head to make a wish, he thought that those he loved, and those who loved others, would be safe for the rest of their lives, including himself.

In 1937, the situation was stormy.The students of Nanjing University criticized feudalism and held high the banner of the Three People's Principles.Zhang Xueliang launched the Xi'an Incident and forced Chiang to resist Japan.The National Party Congress was held, confirming the cessation of the civil war and the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.The air-raid siren of the strategic exercise often rang over Nanjing's head, startling a white dove, a symbol of peace, flapping its wings and flying towards the sky.

In the early spring of this year, Fang Wuyu's body fully recovered, because he had the title of a wanted criminal after all, and it was difficult for him to find a job, so he could only do nothing but squat at home.Meng Xisheng could afford to support him. When he was in Yuncheng, Fang Wuyu spent a lot of money to praise him. He made a lot of money just by going out of the church. Grandpa has traveled all over the world and has a lot of savings, so he can rent these two small houses across the courtyard, not to mention raising Fang Wuyu, as long as Fang Wuyu keeps himself safe and doesn't do what he used to do, it's no problem to raise him.

Fang Wuyu felt awkward, and he didn't want to be raised by Meng Xisheng, as if he was his little boy.But don't say that he is a wanted criminal now, even if he is not, with his temperament, it is difficult to work with others.Fang Wuyu wondered what he could do, bored, he made a fake beard, Qiao Zhuan dressed up as an old scholar, and went out to look for errands and try his luck.Meng Xisheng also stuffed him with pocket money, told him to eat and drink well, and not to make mistakes with the young master outside.Fang Wuyu was so angry that he gnawed on Meng Xisheng's mouth, and Meng Xisheng stared at him with wide eyes.The second young master Fang boasted, saying that he would earn three times the money back and give it to him.

Facts have proved that words cannot be said indiscriminately.

Fang Wuyu got nothing for three days, so he plucked his beard on the street in frustration.When he was about to bald, it was a coincidence that he was asked to wander into an antique street, and he has taken root in this place ever since.

Fang Wuyu almost forgot that he is a real dandy, and what he is best at is eating, drinking and having fun, and this antique is only in the category of playing, the so-called playing, the mystery of which is beyond the comprehension of experts.

Fang Wuyu's bright eyes are used to seeing all kinds of valuable things since he was a child. When he was in Yuncheng, he often lingered in antique shops, jade, ceramics, calligraphy and paintings, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Nothing, good or bad, could escape his piercing eyes. In the past, those friends of the second world lord like to poke eyes on Fang Wuyu with the treasures they got, and tell him to distinguish the real from the fake.

Fang Wuyu made a fake call to a layman that day, and in an antique shop exposed a bronze Guanyin of the Han Dynasty that the boss was about to sell.

He curled up his lips and smiled vigorously, saying that the rust color on the bronze ware was green and dull, dull, and dazzling. It was obviously fake rust, which was faked by secondary processing.After he had babbled a few words, the boss became furious and pointed at his nose to scold someone. Fang Wuyu waved him to block him, knocked his knuckles on the bench Avalokitesvara and said, most importantly, where did the bench come from in the Han Dynasty?

In the Han Dynasty, sitting on knees was a ritual, and stools and chairs began to be popularized in the late Sui and Tang Dynasties.The layman let out a long sigh, and after sighing, he quickly waved his hand and said no, and went out with his wallet tight.

Fang Wuyu's cutting off people's wealth is the most taboo in this line of work.The word play in antiques is very particular, there are rules for playing, insiders bully outsiders, veterans look down on insiders, this is the food chain.The so-called silver and goods are equal, once you leave this door, if it is true or false, you will never look back, even if it is false, you can only blame yourself for being blind.Fang Wuyu is a discerning person, his eyes are bright and his mouth is bright, breaking up a business is tantamount to killing someone, and he doesn't follow the rules.

Fang Wuyu understood this truth, and before the boss got mad, he gestured and said with a smile: "I want your Guanyin. It's a one-buy price, this amount."

In the end, the Han Dynasty bronze bench Guanyin was wrapped and placed in Fang Wuyu's hands. The boss asked, "What's the use of buying it?"

"Spoofer." Fang Wuyu said with a smile.

The boss snorted and gave him a thumbs up.

Fang Wuyu spent all the pocket money Meng Xisheng gave him, and returned home with the fake statue.The next day he turned to another antique market, which was much messier than the antique street, with endless stalls. Fang Wuyu showed off his tricks, found him a lamb to be slaughtered, and talked sweetly, Successfully sold for three times the price.

The antique market became a good place for Fang Wuyu to make money. Every time he messed around, he could make a lot of profit from it. Soon, he earned more than Meng Xisheng, and he earned himself some face and status in this family. .

That night, he slapped the money in front of Meng Xisheng. Meng Xisheng knew how he made money, and said with a sneer, "The money that was stolen is really absurd people doing absurd things."

Fang Wuyu didn't take it seriously, and after hearing the word "absurd", he held onto Meng Xisheng with a playful smile. Meng Xisheng said something wrong, and at some point, these two words became the trigger to ignite lust.Fang Wuyu kissed Meng Xisheng's lips with ease, and swallowed his next words.Meng Xisheng's fortress-like flesh and blood just dropped his helmet and armor at Fang Wuyu's place.

This is really absurd, and even Meng Xisheng himself can't explain why.At that time, I was going to Nanjing, and my grandfather asked why.When he wanted to help Fang Wuyu quit smoking, his grandfather asked why.

why why.Meng Xisheng couldn't answer. He gave himself a reason, touched the watch on his wrist, and wanted to get back his gold chain and return the watch to him. Thereafter, there would be no more debts.But the world is unreasonable, not only the debt has not been repaid, but also entangled each other deeper.

But is this an era when you can love someone well?

When Meng Xisheng thought this way, as if responding, the exercise alarm rang through the sky again.

"This old gentleman!"

A month later, Fang Wuyu was stopped by a young college student amidst the sound of the siren. He bent over and ran over, as if a real war was about to happen.Fang Wuyu laughed, not at the fact that the college student was serious, but at the name he called himself.He stroked the beard sticking to his lips, and the corner of his mouth twitched triumphantly, and the beard moved mischievously.

"This...sir," the college student saw that except for the beard, other parts of his face were extremely young, without wrinkles, and he didn't look old at all. He seemed younger than himself after shaved, and then reprimanded him for a moment. , "The air raid is coming, sir, why are you walking so slowly!"

Fang Wuyu smiled and said, "This is not true."

"How can you say that! We should take every drill seriously!" He frowned angrily.

Fang Wuyu looked towards the street, and saw that the college student didn't go to class, and went to the street to educate people, and those passers-by who were not serious about hiding and hiding were stopped by them.Fang Wuyu said a series of words, you are right, you are right.He pulled a newspaper from the college student's hand, covered his forehead in a very realistic way, and shouted: "The air force is coming! Dodge! Dodge! The roof is blown down! What are you doing there? run!"

"..."

Fang Wuyu walked through a crowd of people, and when the siren stopped, he finished the show and dusted his clothes with a newspaper, as if he had been blown to dust. Then he found out that the newspaper was the latest issue of "Cosmic Wind". The sales volume is extremely high, because it is serializing a new novel written by Mr. Lao She, Xiangzi Camel.Fang Wuyu turned to the page of the novel, and while he was reading, he touched his beard like a baby to see if he had fallen off.

This fake beard was newly made by him, and the previous one was worn out. He couldn't find the material for a while, so he cut off the copper coin head that Meng Xisheng used in singing, so the hair was shiny and smooth, and it looked very fake at first glance.Fang Wuyu stroked his fake beard and finished reading the latest Luotuo Xiangzi. With a ticket for Hong Fu Nu tonight, he went to see Meng Xisheng in disguise.

Tonight there is a performance by Meng Xisheng in the big theater, singing about the girl in red that he has been thinking about for a long time.

Unexpectedly, at the entrance of the theater, I realized that the performance was forced to be suspended. Tonight, the Nanjing garrison will conduct a night strategic exercise. Several streets have been cleared, and all entertainment activities will be suspended.The staff of the Grand Theater are arranging refunds. Fang Wuyu's boss is bored, and he can't help but want to smile bitterly. It seems that he has no destiny in his life to be a red girl, and every time he wants to hear it, he is blocked by various reasons.

Fang Wuyu refunded his ticket and went to the backstage of the theater to look for Meng Xisheng. Meng Xisheng had already removed his make-up, picked up his robe with one hand, and stepped out of the threshold. Fang Wuyu was looking for him in a blink of an eye.When his eyes met, Fang Wuyu smiled lightly, the face with the beard glued on was quite funny.

Meng Xisheng pulled his fake beard, he was still laughing, but when he heard that it was made by cutting off his coin head, he raised his hand and wanted to hit him.

Can this costume of eating and singing be ruined casually?

Fang Wuyu hurriedly moved "Cosmic Wind" forward, but Meng Xisheng stopped his hand.Recently, Boss Meng has become obsessed with Luotuo Xiangzi. He must buy every issue of "Cosmic Wind" and read it with gusto.Fang Wuyu craned his neck and saw the chaos on the street from the window. There were those who refunded their tickets, those who complained about the alarms being too frequent, and those who annoyed college students who kept preaching. Make a loud noise to cover up all the noise.

Fang Wuyu suddenly felt uneasy for no reason, and for some reason, suddenly grabbed Meng Xisheng's hand.

Meng Xisheng was reading a newspaper, and raised his clear eyes to look at him.

Fang Wuyu smiled, and said, "I don't hear you every time, so sad."

Meng Xi raised her eyebrows: "You want to hear it?"

Fang Wuyu nodded.Meng Xi smiled.

When the two returned home that night, Meng Xisheng hugged the borrowed Hongfu female costume and said that you want to hear it, and I will sing it for you.

Fang Wuyu was stunned, followed him into the room, gathered around him, and saw him carefully drawing his eyebrows and eyes, pasting his hair, and painting with oil paint.The desk lamp in the room was dim, and it was already dark outside, with some moonlight leaking in.Fang Wuyu smelled the strong smell of rouge on Meng Xisheng's face, and slightly thinned those too cold eyes.Looking at this thick ink-glazed face in the dark, those colors are more intense, and it is even more exciting than watching it on the stage.

Fang Wuyu picked up an eyebrow pencil and said, "I'll help you draw your eyebrows."

Meng Xi laughed and said, "Can you?"

"Have you forgotten who I am?" Fang Wuyu also smiled, "The young master who lived among thousands of flowers, a romantic and happy dude. How could it be possible that he doesn't know how to thrush?"

Meng Xisheng was taken aback, and said sarcastically, "I forgot about this."

Fang Wuyu lifted his chin: "Are you jealous?"

Meng Xisheng turned his face away, Fang Wuyu leaned forward and said, "Except for you, I have painted for my mother. Why are you jealous of my mother?"

...this bastard thing.

When Fang Wuyu was a child, he grabbed an eyebrow pencil and gave it to his mother. His mother was so angry that he kicked the brat aside. Fang Wuyu saw that his mother wouldn't draw for him, so he scribbled on the wall. He also drew a big bastard in his father's house, and in the end the painting was bald and crazy, and he never touched this thing again.

Now hold on to it and paint Meng Xisheng's eyebrows.

Fang Wuyu's hands are steady, although he can't draw, they don't tremble, like that.Meng Xisheng thought, this is like Fang Wuyu's behavior, he does not know the heights of the sky and the earth, he acts without scruples, and he dares to do anything.

As the distance got infinitely closer, Meng Xisheng looked at the desk lamp refracted in his pupils, and was also impressed by the good looks of this poor young master.

Fang Wuyu is really a good-looking person. Others are handsome, but he is not as handsome as he is so flamboyant. He always has a domineering look, which has become the most distinctive feature of him.

After finishing the painting, Meng Xisheng took a picture in the mirror, added a few strokes, and completed the makeup.

When the two went to the courtyard, Grandpa was in charge of playing the instrument, and Fang Wuyu moved a small bench to watch him perform a one-man show.Meng Xisheng didn't care too much about it, anyway, he picked up famous passages to sing, no beginning and no end, no one would play with him, but he sang seriously, for the only audience in front of him.

The role of Hong Fu Nu is very suitable for Meng Xisheng, with both rigidity and softness, her black hair looks like water under the light, and the light from the bottom of her eyes is rustling.

The red-haired girl glanced at her, and looked at them not far or near, her eyes were like autumn water, and Fang Wuyu's heart was beating fast.

Meng Xisheng's audience was cold and bitter, like autumn wind and frost.But Meng Xi's voice on stage softened a lot, even a little... charming.Especially Adagio, his voice pierced into the flesh, Fang Wuyu was hanging under Se's bone-scraping steel knife, and he was a little bit half-dead.

Sometimes Fang Wuyu felt it was strange that Meng Xisheng was clearly a person as clear as water, and he rushed over to the scorching fire, but instead it burned more and more intensely on his side.

After many years of this red blowing, Fang Wuyu can still remember the details, including the angle when Meng Xisheng shook his sleeves, that smile with lowered eyebrows, and his determination to run that night without hesitation.

Unfortunately, the play still couldn't be finished, and was interrupted by sharp sirens.At night, the army and the air are conducting exercises, and the alarm may sound until midnight.

The three of them fell silent for a while, and Meng Xi said, "Sing it later." He entered the room and took off his costume, and was still taking off his makeup. Fang Wuyu closed the door, and suddenly grabbed his wrist and pulled him into himself. mind.

Fang Wuyu used too much force, and Meng Xisheng was led by him to stumble in this room, swallowing Wuyu's fiery breath below.His face was still blue and white, and the mottled colors were entangled with the rising desire, which made Fang Wuyu crazy.

The siren whistled for a long time and kept ringing, and half of the night outside was lit up by searchlights.

When he was kissed so breathlessly, Meng Xisheng did not push Fang Wuyu away, but bit Fang Wuyu's lips relentlessly, Fang Wuyu groaned, and both of them tasted a trace of rust in the frenzy. of blood.This didn't make them stop, but the desire deepened.

After absurdly knocking over many things, Meng Xisheng was pressed against the wall, and softly said half a sentence: "Fang Wuyu, I..."

Fang Wuyu kissed the side of his neck, waiting for him to finish his sentence.

"Fang Wuyu, I'm afraid."

Fang Wuyu raised his head, the corners of his broken lips showed brown bloodstains in the pitch black.The moment he stopped, Meng Xisheng took the initiative to kiss him, as if once he lost his breath, he would be even more afraid.

Fang Wuyu accepted his kiss, and across the courtyard, there was the sound of troops stepping outside, the momentum of pulling mountains and filling seas, and the siren above the head was still ringing.

"I'm afraid too." Fang Wuyu finally said.

Meng Xisheng was startled, trembling slightly because of his words, and hugged Fang Wuyu even tighter.Fang Wuyu didn't tell him not to be afraid, but told him that he was also afraid.Delivering fear moved Meng Xisheng more than delivering weak comfort, which instead gave Meng Xisheng a sense of support, as if no matter how afraid he was, at least one person would accompany him to walk in this troubled world.

Accompany him too, kissing amidst the din of sirens.