On New Year's Eve, the family gathered around the fire and were having the New Year's Eve dinner.

Due to the tight current situation and the military control measures implemented by the Japanese, the market is short of supply, even a family with status like Lu Xiyan.

This year is not a good time.

The dishes on the dining table are at least 30% less than last year, but compared to the New Year, there is no chance of even a little bit of meat on the dining table, which is more than a hundred times better.

It was cold outside, and there were no people on the streets. Apart from the patrol police, there were no people at all. Who would like to wander outside at this time?

The whole city is also dark, and the power supply is already seriously insufficient. If it weren't for New Year's Eve tonight, it would have to be shut down and limit the power at around 8 o'clock.

Dangdang...

"Sir, it seems someone is knocking on the door?"

"Old Ma, go and have a look?" Lu Xiyan ordered, and he also heard it. It was indeed someone knocking on the door, and the sound was quite loud.

"OK."

"Put on that coat, be careful."

"I know." Lao Ma agreed, put on his coat, opened the door and ran out.

"Sir, it's Mr. Luo who is here." After a while, Lao Ma came back and reported with a slight panting.

"Uncle Yaozu?" Lu Xiyan immediately put down his chopsticks, stood up, and ran out of the restaurant. Why did he come at this time?

"Uncle Yaozu, why are you here?" Lu Xiyan saw Luo Yaozu in the yard, holding his hands and stomping his feet. They hadn't seen each other for a long time, but they recognized the face at a glance.

"Why, today is New Year's Eve, I can't come to your house to ask for a glass of wine?" Luo Yaozu smiled.

"Yes, of course, you can, come in quickly." Lu Xiyan hurriedly pulled Luo Yaozu up the steps and walked into home.

"It's still warm at home." Luo Yaozu sighed after coming in.

"Meimei and the others are in the restaurant, let's go there."

"good."

"Old Ma, bring a chair, Xiao He, bring a pair of bowls and chopsticks, and uncle Yaozu is here." Lu Xiyan was very happy. The New Year is coming, and the family is home.

"Is this Fan'er?" As soon as Luo Yaozu came in, he walked towards Lu Fan who was holding Meng Fanxing's arms, his face full of love. Lu Fan was born and he sent someone to send a gift, but this was the first time he saw him.

"Well, Uncle Yaozu." Meng Fanxing looked glorious with maternal love.

"The little guy is so cute. You and Xiaohao have children. OK, my uncle is old too." Luo Yaozu sighed and wanted to hug him, but when he felt that he had just come in from outside, he was very cold and was afraid of hurting the child, he retreated back.

After reaching out and taking off his hat, Meng Fanxing and Lu Xiyan noticed that Luo Yaozu's hair had turned more than half of it. In fact, in terms of age, he was only over fifty years old.

"Uncle Yaozu, come and have a glass of wine to warm up your body." Lu Xiyan poured a glass of wine for Luo Yaozu.

Luo Yaozu reached out to take it and drank it in one gulp.

"How long will you two want Man Xiaohao?" Luo Yaozu raised his eyes and asked directly.

"Uncle Yaozu, we..."

"Don't talk, let your man talk." Luo Yaozu interrupted Meng Fanxing.

"Uncle Yaozu, there are some things that no one can guarantee what will happen until the last moment. Even if I tell Haozi and Pan now, he may not believe me. He can only wait for it to happen."

"Since a child, Xiaohao admires you very much. You are smart and have good academic performance. He has never liked to study since he was a child. He was naughty and liked to fight with others. At that time, he was just a little follower. If you caused trouble outside, you would settle it for him, otherwise you wouldn't know how many times he would be beaten when he got home..."

"I know, uncle Yaozu." Luo Yaozu talked about these past events, which made Lu Xiyan's eyes turn red.

"Xiao Hao is a straight person and cannot hide his mind. I know that you have to tell him the truth. Once he shows an abnormal attitude, it will make the Japanese doubt you. Therefore, if you don't say it, you never explain it, or even deliberately stimulate him and alienate him, just to create such an illusion of conflict between you, right?"

"Yes, I admit, I have such an idea." Lu Xiyan knew that some things could be hidden from Meng Hao, but they could not hide them from Luo Yaozu, who had a clear understanding of everything.

"At the same time, you are also using this method to protect him, right?" Luo Yaozu said, "The Japanese are actually very happy to see you and your brother-in-law become enemies, because this means that your cooperation with them is real, but on the one hand, you try your best to protect his comprehensiveness, and let the Japanese understand that even if Meng Hao becomes an enemy with you, you always treat him as a relative. If you touch Meng Hao, it is equivalent to touching your bottom line. Therefore, the Japanese dare not move this bottom line easily?"

"It's really impossible to hide anything from Uncle Yaozu's eyes." Lu Xiyan sighed.

"Poor Xiao Hao, he was blinded by appearances and didn't even see your good intentions." Luo Yaozu said with another glass of wine.

"Uncle Yaozu, let's not talk about this today. Finally, you can come and stay up with us for the New Year. Tonight, I'll have a drink with you?" Lu Xiyan said.

"good."

Luo Yaozu got drunk and pulled Lu Xiyan to tell the past between him and Meng Hao all night. Even the embarrassing story of Meng Hao's first adulthood told Lu Xiyan in a simplified manner.

The next morning, when Lu Xiyan woke up from a hangover, Lao Ma told him that Luo Yaozu had left early in the morning, but left him a letter.

The envelope is not sealed.

Lu Xiyan took out a piece of letter from it, with only one line of words on it.

This line of words was read for three minutes before he finally put them away solemnly and put them in his pocket of his close-fitting shirt.

...

"Selling newspapers, selling newspapers, the famous singer Miss Bai Hong sang on stage at Lanxin Grand Theater. It's hard to get a ticket, so I'll buy it as soon as possible!"

"The Battle of Iwo Jima, the Great Japanese Empire will win!"

"The whole of Asia unites and fights against the European and American powers..."

...

Such empty propaganda is still being staged all day long, but people are no longer indifferent, and no one will believe these nonsense again.

I've been like this, and I'm still struggling to deceive people's hearts. Is it useful?

...

"Are you sure it's a plague bacteria?"

"Confirm, Dr. Lu, we detected plague bacteria from empty rice husks, and the infection is very good. We compared them with the plague bacteria that we have learned in the past and found that they should belong to the same batch." Huo Xiaoyu said solemnly.

"This matter is top secret, and all the personnel involved in the testing are not allowed to disclose a word to the public. General Manager Huo, do you understand?" Lu Xiyan ordered seriously.

"I understand." Huo Xiaoyu knew the severity of the matter. She worked at the Meng'an Institute over the years, so how could she not know some inside information? She is also a participant in many things.

"In addition to plague bacteria, we also found that cholera bacteria and paratyphoid bacteria are both highly contagious bacteria, but at present, due to the cold climate, their activity is not high and does not have the conditions for large-scale infection." Huo Xiaoyu said again.

"I understand. I have ordered the rice husks to be destroyed in a concentrated manner to ensure safety." Lu Xiyan nodded.

...

"Destroy rats, what's going on?" Fujimoto Shizuka received a report from her subordinates and was very surprised and called Aoki to his office to ask.

"I have sent someone to inquire. A nearby grain shop found that its warehouse was in a rat disaster and ate a lot of rice. In order to eliminate these food-eating rats, they bought arsenic poison and poisoned the rats in the warehouse. Then the nearby residents followed suit." Aoki explained.

“Does it have any impact on our production plans?”

"No, the mice we used for trial were transported from other places, all of them were kept in cages and could not be out at all." Aoki explained.

"That's good. Send someone to closely monitor the surrounding situation. If any abnormalities are found, you must report it as soon as possible." Fujimoto Shizuka breathed a sigh of relief. She was a little embarrassed. "In addition, our factory will do this rat-killing factory."

"Hayi!"

...

"Destroying Rat" was actually a trick made by Lu Xiyan to throw stones and ask for directions. Seeing how Shizuka Fujimoto reacted, she didn't expect her reaction to be so fast, and she also loved "Jiangwan Factory" and started to destroy Rat.

This is interesting.

First of all, Shizuka Fujimoto was very sensitive to the surrounding environment and she was paying attention to every move. Otherwise, she would not have done so quickly to destroy rats in the "Jiangwan Factory".

Of course, pharmaceutical factories must be clean and hygienic, and there are higher requirements, but when the factory was built, they had already done similar disinfection work.

This actually has a little bit of a superfluous meaning.

At least it proves that Shizuka Fujimoto is very sensitive to the "rat-killing".

In early March, US air force bombed Tokyo and dropped a large number of incendiary bombs, causing 100,000 casualties and wailing.

By the end of March, news came from the Battle of Iwo Jima that the US and Japanese troops fought fiercely for more than a month, and the Japanese army was cut off all foreign aid. In the end, the US military occupied Iwo Jima at the cost of huge casualties and won the battle.

Because Iwo Jima and Ogasawara Islands are the last line of defense for Japan to defend against US air strikes on the mainland, for Japan, which has lost its air and sea control rights, the fall of Iwo Jima means that the Japanese mainland has been directly attacked by the US Navy's aviation forces.

When the news came, not only the Japanese mainland, but also the Japanese army in China were also feeling lost, and the end of the world was coming.

Of course, the Japanese side is still trying hard to cover up the news of their defeat, but no matter how they cover up, they cannot cover up the iron-like facts.

China launched a battle to recover lost territory in many areas. In addition to the Japanese army's slight resistance, the puppet army collapsed when touched. Some simply surrendered directly and turned the guns to attack the Japanese army.

...

Qingming Festival is here, Lu Xiyan and Meng Fanxing visit the graves of their deceased parents. This year, they also brought their infant son.

Lu Xiyan knelt in front of his parents' grave and told them in the spring that the Lu family had finally had a backbone.

In addition to their own parents, there are also Meng Fanxing's parents. When they came, sacrifices had already been placed in front of the grave. It must have been Meng Hao and Xi Mengyao who had arrived in advance.

Meng Hao still doesn't want to see him.

After sighing, Lu Xiyan and Meng Fanxing placed the sacrifices they brought on and kowtowed to worship.

There is also a grave next to it, lonely. Lu Xiyan also comes to bow every year. That is Shu Yun, a talented and bright future young man, was assassinated by others. Until now, he has not been able to find the murderer for him, and he feels guilty.

Looking at the faded photos on Shu Yun’s tombstone.

Shu Yun, Xiao Yuan?

Lu Xiyan suddenly had a flash of fire in his mind, and he found the reason why he was familiar with that Yuanzi.
Chapter completed!