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1. High swimming skills
There is a Huanxiang River in the north of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei border area, with many reeds growing in the river. There is a small village by the river. When the reeds are in bloom, looking from a distance, the yellow-green reeds seem to be covered with a thick layer of white snow. When the wind blows, goose-feather-like reed catkins fly up leisurely, covering dozens of small houses in the soft reed flowers. Therefore, this village is called Luhua Village. 12-year-old Yulai comes from this village.
Yulai likes the Huanxiang River the most, which is close to the village. Every summer, the rain comes, Tietou, Sanzuan'er, and many children, like a group of fish, burrowing up and down in the river, hiding cats, pawing dogs, floating upright, and floating on their backs. The ability to float on one's back is the best when the rain comes. He can lie face up in the water, not only without sinking to the bottom, but also with his belly exposed on the water.
Mom won’t let the rain play with water for fear of danger. One day, my mother came in from the outside when she saw Yu Lai. She was naked and her whole body was tanned and shiny by the sun. When his mother knew that he was playing in the water again, her face sank, she called him over, turned around and went to the kang to grab the broom. When Yulai saw that he was going to be beaten, he ran away.
My mother followed closely. Yu Lai looked back while running. Oops! Seeing that we are about to catch up, where are we running? Tietou was driving the cattle back from the riverside and shouted to Yulai from a distance: "Run to the riverside! Run to the riverside!" Yulai heard what he meant, turned around and ran towards the riverside. My mother still chased her desperately, and finally caught up with her, but Yu Lai was as naked as a little loach and couldn't catch it. Only a splash was heard, and the rain plunged into the river and disappeared. My mother stood on the edge of the river, staring blankly at the gradually expanding water circle.
Suddenly, a small head appeared on the water in the distance. Yulai shook the water on his head like a little duck, wiped his eyes and nose with his hands, blew in his mouth, and looked at his mother and smiled.
Two Going to night school
Autumn.
My father came back from selling reed mats at the market and discussed with my mother: "I saw the comrades working in the district and said that the children can't do it if they don't go to school and at least go to night school. Let's ask Yu to go to night school." Otherwise, I will be blinded in the future."
The night school is in the tofu room of San Zuan'er's house. The house is very dilapidated. The night class was taught by a female teacher from Dongzhuang School. She was chubby in a blue cloth trousers and had short hair. The female teacher walked to the blackboard. The buzzing in the room immediately stopped, and only the sound of flipping textbooks could be heard. Yulai took out the textbook from his pocket. It was printed on native paper and was soft and bulging. Yu Lai was afraid that it would be damaged by rubbing it, so he asked his mother for a piece of red cloth and wrapped it in a book cover, with the word "Yu Lai" crookedly written on it in pencil. Yulai put the book on her lap and opened it.
The female teacher leaned forward, pointed at the words on the blackboard with her finger, and read:
“We are Chinese,
We love our motherland "
Everyone followed the female teacher's fingers and chanted softly in unison:
"We - are - Chinese,
We - love - our own - motherland"
Three Covers for Uncle Li
One day, Yu Lai came home from night school, lay on the kang, and recited what he had learned that night. 's text. But he fell asleep less than halfway.
At some point, the door creaked. Yu Lai opened his eyes and saw a dark figure flashing in. Mom struck a match and lit the lamp. When she saw it, it turned out that dad had returned from selling out mats. He had a bullet bag draped over his shoulders, grenades in his waist, and a long rifle slung on his back. Why did dad suddenly dress up like this?
My father said to my mother: "The Japanese are 'sweeping' again. The militiamen have gathered in the district and will not be back for a month or two." Yulai asked his father: "Dad, are you far away?" He put his hand into the quilt, touched Yu Lai's bare back, and said, "How can I be sure about this? If it's far, it's far; if it's close, it's close." Dad turned to his mother again and said, "Tomorrow you go to Dongzhuang and he will Go to his grandma’s house and tell his uncle what the district leader said and ask him to quickly bring the village militia to gather in the district. “My mother asked, “Where is the district leader?” Dad packed a bag of cigarettes and started smoking. Then he said, "Ask them to inquire in the villages around Hebei."
Yulai wanted to say something else, but the door clanged and he heard his father's footsteps walking out. After a while, nothing was heard, only one or two dogs barking from the street. The next day, after breakfast, my mother went to Dongzhuang. Before leaving, she said she would not be back until evening. After noon, Yu Lai ate some leftovers. Because he was looking after the house and couldn't go outside, he lay on the kang and read his literacy textbook wrapped in red cloth.
Suddenly I heard someone running in the street, which shook the house and made the window paper rattle.
Yulai jumped off the kang, stuffed the book in his arms and ran out. Just as he was about to step over the threshold, a person came in. Yulai bumped into this person's arms. He looked up and saw that it was Uncle Li. Uncle Li is a traffic officer in the district and often stays at Yu Lai's house.
Then I heard the Japanese soldiers screaming. Uncle Li hurriedly moved the jar half filled with chaff in the corner. Yu Lai was stunned, "Hey! When was this hole dug?" Uncle Li jumped into the hole and said, "Move the tank back to its original place. Go to another courtyard quickly, who are you talking about?" You are not allowed to say anything."
Twelve-year-old Yu Lai tried his best to move the tank back to its original place.
When Yu Lai arrived at the main room, he saw a dozen sharp bayonets coming in from the front door. He ran towards the backyard. There was a click of a gun bolt behind him, and someone shouted: "Stop!" Yu Lai ignored him and kept running towards the backyard as if the wind was riding on his feet. All he heard was bullets whizzing towards his head. But there was no door to the backyard, so I broke out in a cold sweat when the rain came. There is a peach tree against the wall. When the rain comes, I will climb up. The Japs had already chased him to the bottom of the tree, reached out and grabbed Yu Lai's feet, and pulled Yu Lai down. Yu Lai fell to the ground. The Japanese twisted his arms behind his back, tied him up, and pushed him back into the house.
Four. Fighting against the Japs
The Japs plundered the front and back yards.
The house was devastated, and even the pillows were torn by bayonets. There was a Japanese officer sitting on the edge of the kang, his eyes were red, and he said to Wen Yu in Chinese: "Child, when I ask you, don't lie!" He suddenly looked at Yu Lai's chest, his mouth opened, and his eyes widened. Round.
Yulai looked down and saw that the literacy textbook had been exposed from his arms after struggling for a while. The devil grabbed it in his hand, turned it over and asked him, "Who gave it to you?" Yulai said, "I picked it up!"
The devil showed his gold teeth and made a face. He gently said to Yu: "Don't be afraid! Children, the imperial army will protect you!" After saying that, he asked someone to untie him.
Yulai put his hand down and felt his arm was numb and painful. The flat-nosed officer touched Yulai’s head with his hand and said, "It doesn’t matter who gave you this book. I won’t ask." "Tell me everything else! Did you see someone running in just now?" Yu Lai wiped his nose with the back of his hand and mumbled, "I didn't see anything."
< p>The flat-nosed officer threw the book on the ground and reached into his wallet. Yu Lai thought to himself: "What are you taking out? Looking for a knife? The Japanese are going to dig out the children's eyes when they are angry!" What he took out was a handful of snow-white candies.The flat-nosed officer stuffed the candy into Yu Lai's hand and said, "Eat! You eat! You have to tell me, where is he?" He stretched out the finger with the gold ring again, Said: "This, the golden one, is for you too!"
Yulai did not accept his candy, nor did he answer him.
A Japanese man next to him whipped out his knife, stared at Yulai and wanted to strike Yulai on the head. The flat-nosed officer shook his head. The two of them chattered for a while. The Japs rolled their eyes at Xiang Yulai and put the knife back into its sheath.
The flat-nosed officer suppressed the anger in his belly, gently patted Yu Lai's shoulder with his hand, and said: "I like children best. Have you seen that person? Tell me!"
Yulai shook his head and said, "I was in the room and saw nothing."
The flat-nosed officer's eyes immediately became fierce and terrifying. He bowed forward and stretched out his hand. Two big hands. ah! Those hands were like eagle's talons, twisting Yu Lai's ears and pulling them to both sides. Yulai grinned in pain. The Japanese took out another hand and slapped Yu Lai twice on the face, then picked up a piece of flesh on his face and twisted it with his teeth. Yu Lai's face immediately turned white, green and purple. The Japanese punched him in the chest again. Yu Lai staggered and took a few steps back. The back of his head hit the counter board, but he was immediately grabbed again and his belly hit the edge of the kang.
It took me a long time to catch my breath after the rain started, and my head felt like a swarm of bees buzzing. His eyes were shining brightly, and his nose was bleeding. Drop by drop of blood dripped down and splashed on the few lines of the textbook:
"We are Chinese,
We love our motherland."
The Japanese were tired from beating him, but Yu Lai still gritted his teeth and said, "I didn't see it!"
The flat-nosed officer jumped up with anger and yelled: "Shoot, shoot! Pull out, pull out!" ”
The five ambitions are not high at the age
The sun has set. The floating clouds in the blue sky are like pieces of red silk, reflecting on the river of returning home, like a large cockscomb flower blooming. The reed flowers in the reed pond were blown up by the wind and fluttered leisurely on it.
People in Luhua Village heard several shots fired along the river. The old people said with tears in their eyes:
"Yulai was a good boy! It's a pity to die!"
"You are not as young as you are when you have ambitions."
Luhua Village The children, including Yulai's good friends Tietou and Sanzuan'er, all cried when they heard the gunfire.
Six Yu Lai is not dead
Uncle Li, the traffic officer, did not see Yu Lai coming to move the vat in the cave. Fortunately, there was an exit in the courtyard. He tried to push open the stone slab at the entrance and peeled away the reed leaves. The courtyard was empty, there was no one, and there was no movement anywhere. Suddenly he heard someone shouting on the street: "Tofu!" This was the secret code of Luhua Village. Uncle Li knew that the enemy had gone far away.
But why hasn’t the rain come yet? He ran to the street and saw many people running towards the river. After asking about it, he found out that Yu Lai had been beaten to death by the Japanese in the river.
Uncle Li’s head was banged, and tears flowed down his face. He followed the people and ran towards the river.
When we arrived at the riverside, we didn’t see even a drop of blood, not to mention the corpse.
Everyone stood on the riverside blankly. The Huanxiang River is quiet, and the water flows downward in whirlpools. Insects are chirping in the grass nest. Someone said, "Maybe the Japanese threw Yulai into the river and washed it away!" Everyone went down the river bank to look for it.
Suddenly Tietou shouted: "Ah! The rain is coming! The rain is coming!"
In the reeds, a small head emerged from the water. Even after the rain came, he shook the water off his head like a little duck, wiped his eyes and nose with his hands, picked up the reeds, and asked the people on the shore: "The Japanese are gone?"
"Ah!" Everyone shouted with joy, "Yulai is not dead! Yulai is not dead!"
It turns out that before the gunfire, Yulai took advantage of the Japanese unpreparedness and jumped into the river. The Japanese hurriedly shot into the water, but our little hero Yu Lai had already swam far away from the bottom of the water.
The article written by writer Guan Hua (Bao Huapu) is to commemorate thousands of revolutionary little heroes like Yu Lai, the protagonist in the article. As early as 50 years ago, it was selected into Chinese textbooks for primary and secondary schools across the country, and has infected and educated more than one generation.
Yulai is a microcosm of the children in eastern Hebei during the Anti-Japanese War. In the north of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei border area, there is a river that returns home. The young hero Yulai uses the familiar water town environment to connect with the people at that time. The Japanese invaders battled wits and courage, and finally defeated the Japanese. Today, the Little Hero Yulai Memorial Park has become a revolutionary traditional education base and a place frequently visited by adults and children.