Entertaining Into Bitterness Drama

Chapter 36: Twelve Feet

The exchange party could not be held and was cancelled on the eve of the event.

Many newspapers in Pingcheng reported at length what happened in province A. Someone found a so-called last emperor and wanted to restore the imperial court. Many literati and “loyal ministers” who have experienced the last imperial court even plan to relocate to City A to be loyal to the new imperial court.

Many progressive and educated youths voiced their opposition to the restoration, feeling that since the feudal rule had already perished, it should perish.

The fire of war broke out for a while, and public opinion was swirling. But for ordinary people, these are all things to listen to after a meal, and what they really care about is the firewood, rice, oil, and salt in their lives.

Old Beijing, being invaded by war is almost a predictable result.

Because of the severe situation, many families moved their families to other places, and Pingcheng suddenly became less lively.

The friends Gao Jiale knew, some moved, some went abroad, and some participated in protests. They were like the epitome of a certain type of people in this chaotic era.

Even in Gao’s family, there are different views. Master Gao still thinks of the orthodox court, but he is not optimistic about this hastily built court.

The eldest young master doesn’t care about these matters at all. Every day, he still makes small bets and troubles. The second young master is in charge of the family’s shop, and he is worried that the war in province A will affect the trade routes, which will cause harm to the Gao family. blow. In fact, in the story of Lin Jinxiu’s life that Mercury knew about, the Gao family’s business was indeed affected, because the battle was devastated.

The third young master of the Gao family, Gao Jialiang, is the most active and radical person. He opposes the restoration of the imperial court, the invasion of the country by foreign forces, and the civil war. The half-dead newspapers he runs are almost all these remarks, He also took many students to the streets to protest and organized various publicity meetings.

Mercury occasionally sees crowds in the streets holding up signs and banners, shouting slogans, men and women agitated, and distributing leaflets everywhere for support.

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Like the third young master Gao Jialiang, in that story, he was a pure martyr, no matter how he handled the relationship between men and women, his yearning for the prosperity of the nation, freedom and country made him abandon everything , his family, lovers, parents and brothers, children and wives.

Did he make any final result? It is not clear that he is neither a leader nor a celebrity, but only one of the torrents, and he is not remembered by history.

Mercury is like a complete outsider, watching and witnessing it all.

Winter came, when Pingcheng was the coldest, there was news from A province that the last emperor was beaten to death, and the small court collapsed overnight, completely in chaos. Some foreign troops marched into Bei Province under the pretext of helping them. The Bei Province army had friction with them, and hundreds of people died at the border. Newspapers reported on this for half a month. South.

The winter of the Gao family has been cold this year, and there are few friends and relatives. On the night of the New Year’s Eve, the third young master Gao Jialiang, who has not been home for more than half a year, came back, although he was not alone When he came back, he also brought An Zhi back with him.

Looking at An Zhi’s bulging belly, Mr. Gao and Mrs. Gao couldn’t bear to turn her away. As a result, Mercury’s position was very embarrassing.

Everyone is embarrassed for her, only she herself seems to be unaware. During the New Year’s Eve dinner, the two temporarily added seats were opposite to Mercury, which suddenly seemed crowded. Gao Jiale pulled the stool closer to her, and regardless of the third brother on the opposite side, he directly reached out and took the bowl of Mercury to scoop soup for her.

He is usually very careful outside and never gets too close to mercury, especially in front of his parents, he is very restrained, for fear of causing trouble to the third sister-in-law. But today, seeing the third brother brought An Zhi back, the two of them sat together, smiling happily, Gao Jiale was very angry. The treasure in his heart was abandoned like a shoe, and he felt more uncomfortable than being abandoned and humiliated himself.

It’s already like this, why do they still want her to be a meaningless “third sister-in-law” here? Why can’t he marry her?

Gao Jiale suddenly felt unbearable.

The atmosphere at the dinner table became very strange, except for Gao Jiayun, who was alone, everyone else was a pair, but Gao Jialiang was with his lover, but his nominal wife interacted with his brother frequently.

Gao Jialiang felt that his brother was not quite right, so he kept looking over there, An Zhi couldn’t help pulling his sleeve under the table, and said with a smile: “Jialiang and Sister Jinxiu have a good relationship.”

When she said this sentence, the atmosphere suddenly became even more strange, because of the voice she called Sister Jinxiu, and also because of the meaning of her words. The eldest wife couldn’t bear to see that the younger son was too close to his third sister-in-law, and said, “Jia Le, you eat your own food. She doesn’t have no hands and can eat by herself.”

Gao Jiale didn’t listen, and scooped another half bowl of dumplings for Mercury.

The eldest lady felt a sense of crisis in her heart, put down her chopsticks, and Mr. Gao just said at this time: “Okay, shut up, what else do you say when you eat, are there any rules.”

After eating, sleeping became a difficult task again.

“My father and the second brother Jialiang and I will keep the year old and let Anzhi go to my yard to rest for a night, okay.” Gao Jialiang said this to Mercury. Although it was a question, he did not ask. I mean, just mean to let me know.

In his opinion, this is his home, that is his house, but it was given to Lin Jinxiu. Since he is back, it is no problem to stay for one night.

Mercury was just about to leave, and when he heard what he said, he immediately reflected on whether he was very good at speaking tonight. She turned her head, her voice was not too small or not, but it sounded quite gentle, “Of course not.”

Gao Jialiang held An Zhi’s waist, blinked when she heard this, and lowered her face slightly, “You don’t need to be so troublesome, I don’t want to quarrel with you during the new year, but you shouldn’t be too much. ”

Gao Jialiang stopped in front of Mercury and said in a deep voice, “Third brother, don’t go too far. If you come back with a woman outside, are you going to drive her third sister-in-law away?”

An Zhi’s eyes were red, and she held Gao Jialiang’s hand, “Jialiang, forget it, I’ll go back alone first, you stay at home and talk to your relatives.”

“No.” Gao Jialiang immediately hugged her distressedly, “It’s so cold, it’s starting to snow again, the road is far, you’re still pregnant with a child, let you go back alone in case of any accident How to do.”

“Lin Jinxiu, there are two rooms in my yard. I’ll let An Zhi live in a partial room. You have nothing to say.”

Feelings, you wanted me to make room for her before, Mercury is funny, I think the third young master probably has a bad memory and forgot what she said at the beginning. Since she was standing here, that yard was her territory.

Gao Jiale still wanted to speak, but was pulled behind by Mercury, “I demolished the partial house and made a greenhouse to put my flowers.”

As she spoke, she squinted her eyes, showing a malicious smile that was full of villains, “Besides, you put Anzhi with me at ease, so you’re not afraid that I will do something to her? ”

Gao Jialiang instantly became vigilant, “You! Do you dare to come here in my house?!”

Mercury smiled: “Do you think I dare or not?”

Gao Jialiang: “…” He swallowed his voice and took An Zhi to Gao Jiayun’s side.

“Jiayun, can you let Sister Anzhi sleep with you for a night?”

Gao Jiayun agreed quickly and took An Zhi to her room.

Seeing that the matter was resolved, Mercury closed her cloak and went out. Gao Jiale followed her out the door. When the two were about to walk back to the yard, they were stopped by Gao Jialiang, who was catching up behind.

“Jia Le, come here, I have something to ask you.”

“Exactly, I also have something to say to my third brother.”

The two brothers left, and the mercury was still going to his house. The wind lamp swayed slightly at the door, and the fine snowflakes spread a thin layer of white on the ground. Baoying brought her hot water, and Mercury sat on the shelf to soak her feet. She still uses medicine to soak her feet, which can relieve fatigue and help clear the meridians.

The standing light next to the shelf bed was still bright, so she was reading a foreign book under the light, one of which Gao Jiale asked her to help translate.

It is about the origin of the universe, a lot of nonsense content, compared with the conclusions drawn by later studies, there are many fallacies, but this does not prevent her from reading, after all, the entire human civilization is built on imagination and mistakes Yes, its development is to explore the correct direction of a certain kind of consciousness.

She felt soothing and quiet, as if in the original world, she often sat under the lamp after get off work at night, reading a book that did not know what to say, or doing a little Something boring. When people need to devote most of their time to survival, they know how precious this kind of private time is.

Several people slept poorly that night, and when Mercury woke up in the morning, she found that they all had dark circles on their faces.

Gao Jialiang left with An Zhi early to avoid the next embarrassment. Mercury found the young brother Gao Jialiang with a pair of dark circles. The shining eyes stung her from time to time.

Mercury: “…” The young man is easy to understand, he can almost guess what he said to his brother last night.

Although she can tolerantly treat the hopeless crush of young people, if he wants to replace it with a passionate pursuit, she may still refuse.

After the New Year, the taciturn second young master of the Gao family went out to deal with the shop. They had a batch of goods coming in from the south, but the road was put on hold due to heavy snow, so the second young master wanted to bring someone over there. Pick up.

After a few days, the bad news came that the second-year high school master had died, and they encountered a group of deserters fleeing from A province. Pretty much the same. In addition to the second-year high school master, a shopkeeper and two guys were also killed. Only the other two guys escaped, and the goods were gone.

The Gao family sank into the cloud. The eldest young master does nothing, the third young master fights for his ideals, and does not care about the family affairs. When the second young master who was in charge of the past died, the fourth young master Gao Jiale, who has just turned 20 now, has to carry the burden of the family.

He took someone to retrieve the body of the second brother, and the whole person seemed to grow up overnight. He was learning to deal with the funeral of the second-year high school master and the affairs in the Gao family’s shop, and he had to comfort his grieving relatives.

However, before the shadow of the accidental death of the second-year high school master was over, something worse happened. The war spread to Pingcheng, and when Mercury stayed at Gao’s house, he heard gunshots from far away.

This is different from the plot given to her by the system. According to the plot given by the system, the Pingcheng Chaos should be about three years later, not now.

Mercury was acutely aware that something was wrong.

It was the former royalists who fled to Pingcheng. They wanted to support a nephew of the last emperor, who is now hiding in Pingcheng. These royalists acted rampantly in Pingcheng, killing several students who were marching in the streets. Gao Jialiang, who ran a newspaper and once openly opposed their restoration, became one of the people they had to deal with.

Even if Master Gao was angry with Gao Jialiang, the third son, but after the death of his second son, he couldn’t stand another son’s accident.

“Jia Le, you go there in person, no matter what method you use, you must bring your third brother back. It’s not safe for him to live outside now.”

Gao Jiale was wearing a coat and was about to go out, when he saw mercury outside the door unexpectedly.

“Sister-in-law three, why are you standing here, it’s windy outside, go back inside.”

Mercury also wore a coat and buried half of her face in a scarf, “I’ll go with you, let’s go.”