The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

In mid-May, the situation changed suddenly.

Following the second Northern Expedition of the Wuhan Nationalist Government, the Nanjing side, which had been standing still, suddenly sent troops to the north, and the east and west attacked at the same time.

The reason why Principal Chang sent troops was because he had secretly reached a consensus with Wang Zhaoming to join forces to clean up the party. Not only that, after Wuhan and Feng Yuxiang joined forces in the Central Plains, Wang Zhaoming immediately went north to Zhengzhou to discuss the "Qing Communist Party" with Feng Yuxiang.

All units under Feng Yuxiang's command have members of our party as political commissars. On the surface, he agreed to clean up the Communist Party, but he didn't do anything wrong. Instead, he dismissed our party personnel from their positions, invited everyone to dinner, and then sent them out of the country.

Zhang Xueliang played well in Henan. Although he suffered some defeats, the loss was not great. It's a pity that his teammates are too scumbags. With the three-way army, two of them were defeated, leaving only Zhang Xueliang to support the situation in Henan.

At the end of May, Zhang Xueliang felt that the fight would not help, so he led his troops to withdraw from Henan, and the entire territory of Henan Province was occupied by the Wuhan Nationalist Government.

Zhang Zuolin was completely panicked. The Northern Expeditionary Army in the east drove straight in, the Northern Expeditionary Army in the west captured Henan, Feng Yuxiang in the northwest was still attacking Shanxi, and Yan Xishan was beaten until he called his father. If this momentum continues, the Northeast Army will be driven back to its hometown sooner or later.

Zhang Zuolin hurriedly recruited people to discuss strategies, and finally came up with one solution, that is—negotiate peace!

Zhang Xueliang put forward the idea of ​​changing the banner and banner, and made use of the conflict in the south to unite with President Chang and Yan Xishan to fight against the Wuhan Nationalist Government. Factional conflicts in the Fengjun were also revealed. The new faction supported surrendering to the Nanjing Nationalist Government, while the old faction firmly opposed it.

In the end, Zhang Xueliang persuaded his uncle Zhang Zuoxiang, Zhang Zuolin could afford to let go, agreed to the plan on the surface, and was willing to bow his head to the southern government.

Principal Chang intends to win over Zhang Zuolin, and also hopes to reconcile with the Feng family, but the two sides have conflicts on the issue of the Three People's Principles. President Chang wanted Zhang Zuolin to believe in the Three People's Principles, but Zhang Zuolin proposed to change the Three People's Principles, adding "Mode of the People" after the Three People's Principles to become the "Four People's Principles".

Isn't this fucking arguing?

Such a dramatic negotiation can only illustrate one problem: the two sides are not really negotiating a peace, but are using each other to delay time.

Not to mention the Civil War, the drought in Hebei and Shandong has become more serious, and the number of victims who have been stranded in Tianjin for a long time has exceeded 30,000. The charitable funds of the Jimin Association have finally bottomed out, and no matter how much they appeal for donations, it will be of no avail.

In this case, the "Popular" supplement began to serialize "The Wanderings of Sanmao".

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"Read the newspapers, read the Dazhong newspaper. Yang Guo and Xiaolongnv are poisoned, and their life and death are uncertain!"

"Children, quickly bring the newspaper."

On the streets of Tianjin, more than a dozen hooligans gathered together. Whenever the "Volkswagen" supplement was released, they temporarily stopped working, stopped doing bad things, and just sat down and listened to the story obediently.

The rascal Wei San, who could barely read a few words, was playing a guest role as a storyteller at this time. He held the newspaper and read: "This period of peace and tranquility will not last long. Not long after Guo Xiang fell asleep, there was the sound of walking on the snow far away from the east. The ups and downs are fast... so fast, anyway, very fast. Yang Guo stood up and looked out the east window. He saw two old men walking side by side in the snow. I know, anyway, it describes clothes..."

The gangsters expressed their dissatisfaction and shouted: "Wei San'er, can you fucking read?"

"That's right, he also said that he went to a civilian school and couldn't even read novels."

"Damn it, don't read the words you don't know, what a disappointment!"

"..."

Wei San's face was red and his ears were red: "You know what a fart! "The Legend of Condor Heroes" was written by Mr. Zhou. Mr. Zhou is a scholar. incredible."

"Don't put gold on your face. If you are good at reading, you still want to be a gangster with us?"

"Haha, Wei San'er is also a scholar."

"Drink ink and don't spoil your stomach."

"..."

"I don't want to read it anymore, I love so and so!" Wei San lost his temper.

Those gangsters were not afraid that he would pick him up, and immediately rushed to a person wearing glasses on the street, surrounded him and said, "Little Four Eyes, don't go!"

The man with glasses stepped back again and again, frightened: "You...don't mess around, my uncle is the principal of Sanyizhuang Elementary School!"

"Principal? The principal is good. If you know how to read, read this novel quickly!" The gangsters stuffed the newspaper into the glasses man's hand with a playful smile.

The man with glasses breathed a sigh of relief, wiped his sweat and said, "Reading the newspaper, it's a trivial matter. Cough, listen..."

In less than a moment, the content of today's serialized novel has been read, and the gangsters are discussing the plot with great interest, and they don't even want the newspaper.

Seeing this, the man with glasses ran away quickly, and was finally relieved when he got on the tram. He was still interested in continuing to read the newspaper, but when he turned to the last page, he found that it was full of pictures, and he couldn't help being surprised: "Hey, the supplement of "Popular" has also serialized comics?"

The man with glasses, whose real name is Niu Dunru, is also a passionate young man. Last year, he was arrested by the police station for a few days because of the anti-British parade.

There are only eight four-frame cartoons serialized in the whole page. Niu Dunru didn't take it seriously at first, but when he watched it, his expression was solemn and his mood was hard to calm down.

Sanmao is a vagrant with no father or mother. He was finally adopted by an old fisherman and taught him to fish for a living. Seeing that a few days of happy days had passed, he met soldiers crossing the river, and the soldiers killed the old fisherman when they disagreed with each other.

This is a typical orphan of the Republic of China. Due to malnutrition, he is thin and small, but has a big head. Everything he encountered was also the personal experience of the people of the Republic of China, which made people feel empathy.

Niu Dunru read the comics and remained silent. He didn't know what was going on in this country, with wolves in power and endless wars, when would there be peace?

Comics are more intuitive than novels, and ordinary people can understand their meaning. Once "The Wanderings of San Mao" was serialized, it was immediately sought after by readers. Some people cursed while reading the comics, cursing those warlords to die early.

Not only adults love it, but even kids love it too.

Many children in Tianjin and Beiping waited for adults to finish reading the newspaper every day. They watched "San Mao" happily. This cartoon will become a childhood memory of a generation.

The famous critic Li Xianchun commented: "Although "The Wanderings of Sanmao" is a cartoon with straightforward and superficial content, it is really a rare work. The authors, Ms. Guo and Mr. Zhou, observe society from the perspective of a vagrant. It reflects the various injustices of the moment. These injustices happen to Sanmao, and they also happen to you and me... What is rare is that although Sanmao was bullied and experienced all kinds of poverty and suffering, he was always positive and optimistic, and never gave in. The comic author Send us a positive spirit."

Ordinary readers don't care what the spirit is, anyway, they just like to read it. As for what to explore, the only thing left is the identity of the author. Who are Ms. Guo and Mr. Zhou?

Many people guessed that Mr. Zhou is Zhou Hexuan, but what about Ms. Guo? I have never heard of a female painter named Guo.

With the end of "The Legend of Condor Heroes" and the popularity of "The Wanderings of Sanmao", the sales of the supplement of "Popular" continued to grow, and the daily sales volume exceeded 15,000 copies in early June.

Wanrong has been very proud recently, and even her emotional troubles have been diluted. Her comics signed "Miss Guo" were popular in Pingjin and Tianjin. One day when she was shopping, she heard someone talking about her, saying that she wanted to know the cartoonist "Miss Guo".

For a long time, Wanrong couldn't find her own survival value, and she was always bound by the identity of queen. But now that her comics are affirmed by others, it feels like she has gained a new life. She feels full of energy and spends all day in the studio working hard to create.

Zhou Hexuan returned home with a bag of letters, and when Wanrong came to the door, he threw it to her and said, "It's all yours."

"Another letter from a reader?" Wan Rong asked excitedly.

"There are too many, the newspaper office collects several letters every day." Zhou Hexuan laughed.

Wanrong opened the letter and read it: "Miss Guo, Mr. Zhou, hello! I am a middle school student, and I really like watching "The Wanderings of San Mao"..."

After reading all the letters, Wanrong took up a pen and wrote back one by one. She was absorbed and serious, as if she were writing a letter to a close relative or friend.

Zhou Hexuan left the study with a smile on his face, just as Meng Xiaodong came over with a plate of vegetables. As soon as he hugged Meng Xiaodong, he grabbed her small mouth and kissed again and again, only when he heard Liu Wushi's footsteps did he let go.

"Necrosis," Meng Xiaodong stared at him with shame and joy, and asked, "Where's Sister Wanrong?"

Zhou Hexuan was speechless: "I'm replying to readers again. She has many friends now, and the money spent sending letters every month is several oceans."

"Haha, as long as she has something to do." Meng Xiaodong smiled.

Meng Xiaodong is happy and graceful, but Zhang Leyi, who is far away in Jiangxi, is in distress.

Zhang Leyi wanted to go to Tianjin a while ago, but was grounded by her father. In the past half a month, even the letters sent by Zhou Hexuan were brutally seized by his father and directly burned by the servants.

She is going to run away from home!