After entering Dingzhou County, I didn't walk far away, I saw two newspaper sellers carrying cloth bags on the street, filled with brand new newspapers. The slightly tender little hand held a newspaper high, and shouted with a little voice: "Sell newspapers! Sell newspapers! Tens of thousands of Japanese troops attacked Xifengkou, and the 29th Army fought bloody battles! Sell newspapers and newspapers!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xinghan strode up and said, "Give me a newspaper!" He then touched his body awkwardly, but he was penniless.

Du Qianxue, who was quick-witted, quickly took out a few copper plates from her bag. The newspaper boy took the copper plate and handed the newspaper in his hand to Zhang Xinghan. He took the copper plate, took out another newspaper from the bag, and continued to go elsewhere to shout and sell newspapers.

Zhang Xinghan opened the newspaper and hurriedly read it. Sure enough, the progress of the war situation at this time still happened according to the original historical trajectory. It was obvious that killing a Japanese major general himself did not change history, but he felt relieved when he thought about it. If history changes so easily, then is it still history?

"What's wrong?" Du Qianxue looked at Zhang Xinghan with frowns and couldn't help but ask.

"The Japanese army launched a large-scale attack on all the Great Wall. Although our troops fought bloody battles temporarily blocked the Japanese attack, all units had suffered heavy casualties, and they might be lost along the Great Wall!" Zhang Xinghan said in a heavy tone.

"Ah! What should I do?" Du Qianxue said with a look of worry and surprise. Although she didn't understand the marching and war, she also had the idea of ​​worrying about the country and the people. Otherwise, she, a daughter of a daughter, would not have volunteered to sign up for the communications major.

"There is no way! The fall of the Great Wall cannot be changed by us! However, the National Government should soon sign a ceasefire agreement with the Japanese army!" Zhang Xinghan shook his head with a heavy face.

"Armistice agreement?" Du Qianxue looked at Zhang Xinghan with confusion.

"Yes! It's the armistice agreement!" Zhang Xinghan nodded and then said, "Let's go! These are not what we should care about, nor are we able to change! I must hurry to Nanjing and complete my studies this morning!" Zhang Xinghan didn't want to tell Du Qianxue that this armistice agreement was a Tanggu agreement that lost the country and insulted power, because at this stage, I knew that these did not benefit her, and she was even more powerless to change anything.

"Oh!" Du Qianxue nodded obediently when she heard this.

Zhang Xinghan raised his right arm slightly and snorted twice at Du Qianxue. Du Qianxue looked at Zhang Xinghan with confusion, then Zhang Xinghan smiled and said, "Would you take your husband's hand?"

When Du Qianxue heard this, two red clouds suddenly rose on her cheeks. She let out a coquettish voice, then gently grabbed Zhang Xinghan's right arm, and the two walked forward together.

"How could we be in Nanjing?" Du Qianxue asked while walking tilted her head.

"Take a boat!" Zhang Xinghan replied without looking sideways.

"Take a boat? Are you saying that you take a boat to go south from the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal?" Du Qianxue said with beautiful eyes.

"Yeah!" Zhang Xinghan nodded and then said, "Let's go, find a place to stay and have a good rest for a night. Tomorrow we are trying to find a way to Hengshui and take a boat south from Hengshui!"

"Oh!" Du Qianxue pursed her lips and nodded slightly.

After walking around the county town, the two found a very neat little hotel. This hotel is also a tavern. The first floor is a tavern, and the backyard and the second floor are rooms.

The two stopped at the entrance of the hotel and looked at a striking sign hanging at the entrance of the hotel. Although it was traditional Chinese, it was not difficult for Zhang Xinghan, who was a professional and had a higher education.

"Fengxiang Tavern" Zhang Xinghan said softly.

"In fact, there is also a Fengxiang Tavern in Nanjing, which is much bigger than this one! When I arrive in Nanjing, I will invite you to eat wherever the chefs make dishes are first-class!" Du Qianxue looked at the signature of the tavern.

"Yeah?"

"Um!"

The two of them walked into the tavern together while talking and laughing. Seeing this, the waiter at the door hurriedly greeted the people with a smile: "Two, are you staying at? Or is it a tavern? (Daughter, in Pingjin, means having a meal in the middle of the road)"

"Accommodation!" Zhang Xinghan said calmly.

"May I ask, do you want two rooms or one room?" the waiter asked with a smile on his face.

"What do you think?" Zhang Xinghan said with his arms tightly held by Du Qianxue.

"Oh! One room! Guest, please wait! I'll make arrangements!" the waiter said shrillly.

"Oh..." Du Qianxue reached out to stop her.

He was interrupted by Zhang Xinghan and said in her ear: "Sir Du, have you seen a few couples staying in hotels and having to separate rooms? This is done to avoid causing necessary trouble." Zhang Xinghan said with a wicked smile: "But don't worry, I will never mess around in the middle of the night!"

"Hmph!" Du Qianxue's cheeks turned red when she heard this, and she stepped on Zhang Xinghan's right foot with anger, causing Zhang Xinghan to grin.

Just at this moment, the waiter walked over with a pot of hot water and a key to the door, with a smirk on his face, and said respectfully to Zhang Xinghan: "Two, please come with me!"

Under the leadership of the waiter, the two of them arrived at a guest room in the backyard. The waiter placed the hot water on the table in the room, said a few words, and then left.

Zhang Xinghan looked around the room. There was nothing special about 20 square meters. There was a bed, several stools and a small eight-immortal table.

On the side of the window is a wooden washbasin shelf with a small ceramic washbasin on it. A typical small hotel room from the 1930s.

Soon, the waiter brought a few plates of hot dishes and a portion of hot soup, and a few white flour buns quickly walked in. After putting the food on the table, he respectfully said to Zhang Xinghan: "Customer, please use it slowly."

"Yes!" Zhang Xinghan nodded and waved his hand.

The waiter retreated with a respectful expression. Before leaving, he closed the door.

Zhang Xinghan picked up a pair of chopsticks, grabbed a white flour bun and chewed it in big mouthfuls, and said to Du Qianxue while gnawing: "Eat!"

Du Qianxue walked to the table and sat down, but only picked up a pair of chopsticks to pick up food, not eating steamed buns.

Seeing this, Zhang Xinghan asked in confusion: "What's wrong? Why don't you eat steamed buns? How can you do it without eating steamed buns?"

"I have never eaten it before!" Du Qianxue said embarrassedly.

"Ah?" Zhang Xinghan was shocked when he heard this and immediately asked, "Where are you from?"

"Shanghai native, I grew up eating rice since I was a child." Du Qianxue said timidly.

"That's it!" Zhang Xinghan felt relieved when he thought about it. Judging from Du Qianxue's words and behavior and her temperament, he must not be an ordinary girl. She has been respectful and generous from a small place, and naturally she can't eat steamed buns.

I immediately picked up a steamed bun and said, "It's a first time. Try it. This steamed bun is fragrant and soft and delicious!"

"Yes!" Du Qianxue took a steamed bun, but did not eat it like a hungry wolf like Zhang Xinghan. Instead, she tore off a small piece with her hands, then filled it into her mouth, and slowly started chewing it.

Maybe it was the first time I ate steamed buns, and it was mostly fresh. Du Qianxue unknowingly ate all the white flour steamed buns bigger than her fist.

However, it was far from Zhang Xinghan. The waiter brought a total of four white flour steamed buns. Except for Liu Ruyan, he ate one, and the remaining three were all swallowed by Zhang Xinghan.

After dinner, the waiter came again and collected all the tableware and leftover food.

Zhang Xinghan took the four stools around the table together, lined up in two rows, turned to Du Qianxue and said, "You sleep in bed tonight, I'll sleep here!"

"Oh!" Du Qianxue nodded with her cheeks flushed when she heard this. Although she knew that Zhang Xinghan would feel uncomfortable on the bench, she definitely couldn't let him come to bed and sleep with her because of the girl's conservative thinking.

Silent all night, when he woke up at dawn, Zhang Xinghan had an extra quilt on his body. This was naturally what Du Qianxue did. It was time in the second half of the night. Maybe because he was afraid that Zhang Xinghan would catch a cold, Du Qianxue covered Zhang Xinghan with the quilt. Zhang Xinghan knew that, in order to avoid embarrassment, he did not wake up and pretended to be asleep.

After a simple wash, after Du Qianxue settled the bill, the two hired a carriage to travel day and night, and finally arrived in Hengshui. After buying two tickets in Hengshui, the two boarded a passenger ship heading to Hangzhou. Nowadays, there are countless passenger ships running water on the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, and you can find ships that go north and south at will.

After spending about half a month on the passenger ship, the passenger ship finally arrived in Yangzhou, not far from Nanjing. After getting off the boat in Yangzhou, the two of them crossed the river and headed south to Nanjing.
Chapter completed!