"What do I know about an old lady, but what if? What if the Eight-Nation Coalition is really coming in? If you're not afraid of 10,000, you're afraid of what if. Daddy, we can have money, houses, but people can't do without. Lu Ping's shoulders trembled, painfully recalling the suffering of Beijing during the Gengzi years.

That year, the Boxers first made trouble and killed tens of thousands of people in Beijing, and they had to kill any foreign gadgets at home, and then the Eight-Nation Coalition Army came and killed Beijingers. She is an old Beijinger, and twenty-three years ago, when she was fourteen years old, she witnessed the suffering of Gengzi's national disaster. In particular, after the armies of the eight powers entered Beijing, they were rampant, and even foreigners killed people on the streets in Beijing, wantonly raped Chinese women, and some palace maids were killed, and more than 100,000 people died in Beijing before and after, and nearly half of the residences were damaged. Those who have recently settled in Beijing don't feel anything, but for them, it's an extremely painful memory.

Ma San was only 16 years old that year, and his father was going to take advantage of the panic to pick up something on the street and go home, which was also a small advantage. Chinese people have this mentality, if they don't take advantage, they will suffer losses, and no one should laugh at anyone when it comes to it. But Ma San's father, who saw two stools, was seen by a group of German soldiers, who thought the two Chinese stools were very interesting, so they snatched the stools and arrested people, and after they were caught, they were killed by the Boxers, and their heads were hung on the gates of Beijing. It was only after the withdrawal of the Eight-Nation Alliance that Ma San dared to climb the city wall to take off his father's head, but the body could not be found for a long time, so he could only cut a wood and bury it with his father's head and bury it outside Beijing. If you want to say that he hates foreigners, Ma San hates more than anyone else, but he is old and has the courage to smile, and he only hopes that his family can be safe, so he named his eldest son Ma Ping'an.

"I think the generalissimo can fight......" Ma San said hesitantly in his heart, as if to comfort himself, and it seemed very unconvincing.

Lu Ping's eyes showed helplessness, and he bit his lip and said, "I don't know if I can beat it." But once the fight starts, people will die. You don't know the boss of our family, every day he shouts to join the army and join the army, what kind of territory is to open up the territory and tear up the land to protect the family and defend the country, I am afraid that he will definitely join the army if there is a real fight. If the eldest joins the army, the second and third will learn from their brother in the future, don't you know our children? After you took the inscription of the generalissimo of the martial arts. They treated themselves like the guards of the generalissimo of the martial arts. Foreigners enter Beijing, General Shangwu must order the war, what is the problem of our sons? ”

"Alas......" Ma San sighed, yes, what about his three sons, I used to think it was good to have sons. But now that I look at it, my son is also worried when he is older.

At this time, the door was pushed open with a bang, and a young and sturdy figure walked in, Ma San and his wife were startled at first, and looked up to see that it was their eldest son Ma Ping'an who had returned. Lu Ping shouted, "Ping'an, where have you been?" Why did you leave early in the morning and didn't watch your family busy? ”

"Daddy. Mother, what are you two doing? Ma Ping'an patted the snow off his body, took off his student hat and cotton ear bag and asked, "Isn't this a parade these days?" To celebrate Russia's submission to our country, I went to a parade to celebrate. Our classmates from our school all went, there were crowds of colorful flags fluttering, and many people were giving speeches. You don't know, the parade is a fun celebration. There are also lion and dragon dancers, don't you hear my voice being hoarse? He couldn't help but have a tired but excited smile on his face, but when he glanced sideways, he noticed that the luggage at home was ready, and said strangely: "Shall we move or run away?" What the hell, Dad, mother? ”

"Let's go to Sichuan." Ma San said.

"What are you doing in Sichuan?" Ma Ping'an said excitedly, "Sichuan is a good place, Li Bai has a poem and said: Wow! The stakes are high! The difficulty of Shu Road. It's hard to get to the sky. Silkworms and fish, how dazed is the founding of the country! He is 48,000 years old, and he is not populated with Qinsai. There is a bird road in Xidang Taibai, which can cross the top of Emei. The earth collapsed and the mountains destroyed the strong man and died. Then the ladder stone stacks are hooked together. There is a high standard of six dragons returning to the sun, and there is a return to the river with a wave and a reversal. The flight of the yellow crane is not yet passable, and the ape wants to spend his sorrow and climb. What a plate of green mud! Hundreds of steps and nine folds linger on the rocks. He sat on his back and sighed with his hands. ”

"Big brother, don't be sour, okay? Knowing the good of your country, hurry up and help move. Ma Jixiang, the second son of the Ma family, who was cleaning up in the house, shouted.

"Moving......" Ma Ping'an paused, "Mother, are we really moving?" ”

Ma San nodded and said, "Why are you lying to you, hurry up, and leave tomorrow or the day after tomorrow." ”

Ma Ping'an immediately shouted: "Why do you go to Sichuan, Dad, are you borrowing from a loan shark?" He said eagerly.

Lu Ping said: "Peace, there is going to be a war, let's escape from the famine." ”

Ma Ping'an immediately shouted: "Dad, mother, are you crazy? What kind of war to fight, how can there be a war. ”

"You kid don't know, what do you know?" Ma San sighed, "In the past few decades, my father and mother have seen a lot, my father is forty years old this year, how many wars have he experienced in Beijing?" The Boxers killed tens of thousands of people in Beijing, the Eight-Nation Coalition Army killed more than 100,000 people, the Beijing Mutiny killed tens of thousands of people in the early years of the Republic of China, Zhang Xun's whip army entered Beijing and killed thousands of people, and the old and young died again after the pacification and restoration. We Beijingers don't like to fight or toss, but every time something happens, it is always the people of Beijing who suffer. Peace, let's go to Sichuan to hide for a while, and then come back in a few years if it's really fine. ”

Hearing that he was moving, and that his family was in trouble in Beijing but his family fled, the young and impulsive Ma Ping'an suddenly felt that this was an insult to his patriotic sentiments, and even this insult was greater than his family affection. Ma Ping'an immediately jumped up and shouted, "Don't go, definitely don't go." Dad, mother, I tell you, don't say that the Eight-Nation Alliance didn't come, even if they really came, I won't leave. I stay, I stay to defend Beijing, I am a Beijinger by life, and I am a Beijing ghost by death. ”

"You know a!" Ma San gave him a slap on the head and said angrily: "The little rabbit cub is what I say!" ”

Ma Ping'an was at the age of rebellion, and when he heard his father scolding him like this, he immediately replied: "Even if I am a fart, I will stay in Beijing and smoke the Eight-Nation Alliance." ”

"Smack!" Ma San was so angry with his son that he gave a mouthful, "If you don't leave today, you will get out of the Ma family, you will not be my Ma San'er's son." ”

"Humph!" Ma Ping'an covered his face and ran out angrily, Lu Ping hurriedly chased over and shouted: "Ping'an, Ping'an......" Seeing that Ma Ping'an had already walked away, Lu Ping turned around and said angrily: "Son and father, look at you, what kind of father and son, you have such a temper, you still don't understand your son's temper?" You, you, what are you doing? ”

Ma San's other three children stuck their heads out of the house and looked at the conflict between the eldest brother and their father in amazement, and Ma San angrily said to them: "Look at what, go back - auspicious, Ma auspicious." The second son Ma Jixiang hurriedly ran out, and Ma San said: "You go after your eldest brother, this rabbit cub is dying in the cold, don't freeze to death outside." ”

"Okay." Ma Jixiang, the second son of the Ma family, immediately ran out to find his eldest brother.

Lu Ping complained: "Look at you, why are you beating the child, he is now at the age of stubbornness, he doesn't know where to run when you beat him, this child has been wild since he was careful." ”

"It's only right for Lao Tzu to beat his son." Ma San shouted, "What? If I don't beat him, I'll give him up? ”

After running to the street safely, I was a little hungry, I don't know where to go, the New Year is a family reunion, and I went home to eat in the afternoon after the parade in the morning, where did I go alone? Go home? No, I can't go home now, and my anger hasn't subsided. Thinking that his classmate Wu Chuyu in middle school seemed to be an orphan, and the relationship between the two was very good, he walked to Wu Chuyu's house.

When he arrived at Wu Chuyu's house and looked at the dilapidated courtyard, he felt a little desolate and unpopular, Ma Ping'an knocked on the door, Wu Chuyu squinted and came out and shouted, "Who?" ”

"I, Ma Ping'an."

As soon as he pushed the door and saw Wu Chuyu's eyes red, Ma Ping'an immediately said, "What's wrong with you?" Crying? What are you crying about? ”

"You're crying, come in quickly, it's cold outside." Wu Chuyu smiled, closed the door after bringing him in, the room was a little cold, he pulled Ma Ping'an into the bedroom of the inner room, in the middle of the bedroom there was a small coal furnace made by Anshan Iron and Steel Group, burning through the heat, and the lid of the furnace was boiling hot water, steaming, adding a lot of warmth to the bedroom.

Ma Ping'an hurried over to warm his hands, Wu Chuyu also moved a stool and sat on the side and said mysteriously: "Ma Ping'an, don't you know yet?" I heard that the Eight-Nation Coalition is coming to Beijing again. ”

"You know that, too?" Ma Ping'an said.

"It turns out that everyone knows about it. , I'm still a secret" Wu Chuyu pouted and said depressedly, "Yesterday, a few of our classmates came to my house to tell me, I lost it, guess what we discussed?" You guess what, you can't think of it. Obviously, this Wu Chuyu is not a person who can keep secrets, and he is still a chatter, his eyes are looking at Ma Ping'an triumphantly and waiting to ask him.

"What are you discussing?" Ma Ping'an was very curious.

Seeing that Ma Ping'an was attracted to himself, Wu Chuyu picked it up, cleared his throat, and hummed a little tune, Ma Ping'an was so angry that he came up and pinched his neck, Wu Chuyu said: "Our classmates are going to jointly organize a Beijing student hot-blooded defense group to defend Greater Beijing and fight to the end with the Eight-Nation Alliance." He jumped up excitedly, holding a rifle in both hands.

"Bang!" He imitated the sound of gunshots in his mouth and said to himself, "Kill a hairy devil!" You've made a meritorious service! ”

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