Zhu Yanqiu had never cared about Zhu Suniang, but he asked that Zhu Suniang obeyed him wholeheartedly, cared about him, and worked hard without complaint.
F*ck off!
Ning Shu had the rickshaw puller hurry and go. Zhu Yanqiu ran for a long time behind the rickshaw until he became too tired to keep up.
Ning Shu glanced back at Zhu Yanqiu, who was bent over with his hands on his knees, panting for breath. Ning Shu really looked down on men like this. He wasn’t worthy of the title of being a son, husband or father.
Zhu Yanqiu had been spoiled rotten, so whenever he encountered a setback, he would end up in a very wretched state.
Ning Shu wondered how such a person managed to obtain success in the end. Was it just because he had a big halo?
“Mom, why did Dad tell me to call him uncle?” asked Zhu Siyuan in confusion.
Ning Shu replied casually, “Because your dad doesn’t want people to know that you’re his son?”
“Why?”
“Because he feels like it’s shameful.”
“Why would he feel like it’s shameful?”
“Because your mom hasn’t received the new education.”
“I don’t get it. How are these things related?”
“It’s related. Your dad likes girls that has received the new education.”
“I don’t get it?”
“…”
Ning Shu received orders from the higher ups that she had to get ready to leave with the army. When she got the order, her heart became heavy. She glanced at Zhu Siyuan. He was the one she was the most worried about.
After the September 18th Incident, the fall of the three northeastern provinces allowed Japan to taste the sweetness of launching an invasion. They could use war to resolve the unrest inside their nation that had been growing due to their lack of resources, small domestic market, and overcrowded population. Finally, on July 7, 1937, the war of aggression against China that lasted for eight years started.
As of now, the nation was enveloped in the flames of war. Even more troops had been sent out.
Ning Shu didn’t have much time. She only had three days to deal with everything at home. Three days later, she would be leaving with the army.
During this time, there were a lot of people that signed up to join the army to fight against the invaders and save their nation.
“Mom, please send me to boarding school,” said Zhu Siyuan. “I know you’re about to leave.”
Zhu Siyuan was growing very fast and his head now almost reached Ning Shu’s shoulder. “Mom, the teacher said that the Japanese are invading our land and terrorizing our comrades. We have to drive the Japanese invaders out of our land.”
Ning Shu: →_→
Every time she heard Zhu Siyuan shouting these high-sounding and passionate slogans, she’d get such a weird feeling. Zhu Siyuan had definitely been brainwashed by that angry youth teacher of his.
Ning Shu sent Zhu Siyuan to a boarding school and told the teacher that she was a military doctor and had gotten the order to leave with the army, so she hoped that he would take good care of her child.
When the teacher heard this, he told Ning Shu not to worry and that he’d take good care of Zhu Siyuan. When the nation was in danger, everyone hoped for the land under their feet to be safe. Although not everyone dared to head to the battlefield, they were still willing to do something for the country.
Ning Shu squatted down and hugged Zhu Siyuan, saying, “Siyuan, be good and wait for Mom to come back.”
Zhu Siyuan wiped his tears on Ning Shu’s shirt. He sobbed as he said, “Siyuan will wait for you, Mom.”
Ning Shu wiped his face, then turned and left. When she glanced back, she saw that the teacher was holding Zhu Siyuan’s hand and that Zhu Siyuan was still waving goodbye to her with his other hand.
Zhu Siyuan was really like a little upright man now; he was even more upright than Zhu Yanqiu.
After she dropped Zhu Siyuan off at the boarding school, she went to find the person who had interviewed her and asked him to look after her son a little.
Three days passed quickly. Ning Shu took only two close-fitting outfits, and then headed to the barracks with a large medical box strapped to her back. The box was filled with medicinal powders that she had made. There were ones for hemostasis, ones for preventing heatstroke and diarrhea, and also some western anti-inflammatory medicine.
This box contained about 25 catties of powder. Fortunately, since Ning Shu had practiced the Unsurpassable Martial Arts and had been doing physical training all this time, it wasn’t too hard for her to carry this box on her back.
The three male military doctors that had trained with Ning Shu had also been displaced, but she didn’t know where they had been assigned.
Ning Shu received slightly better treatment than that of ordinary soldiers, but it wasn’t that much better.
After a round of ceremonial gunshots and oaths, they immediately headed to the battlefield to block the footsteps of the aggressors and drive the aggressors out of their land.
