Phoenix City Fengming: Experienced the War

Phoenix City Fengming: Experienced the War Yun'er was born in the summer of 1941. It was a very hot and sultry day. Although she already has two brothers and two sisters,...

Phoenix City Fengming: Experienced the War Yun'er was born in the summer of 1941. It was a very hot and muggy day. Although she already had two brothers and two sisters, Yun'er's birth still brought a lot of joy to her parents, because her mother was a 45-year-old mother who also gave birth to a youngest daughter. Yun'er's parents run a traditional Chinese medicine store and employ two apprentices. The business is pretty good. Giving birth to a baby girl will not increase the financial burden much, and it also adds a lot of fun to the family. The family lives in harmony and is happy. When Yun'er was six years old, a relative came to the family. He liked her very much when he saw her running around in front of the adults. He asked Yun'er's parents, "What is your little daughter's name?" The parents replied, "My name is Yun'er." The relative thought for a while and said, "This name is not good. It is better to call her Feng'er, which means Phoenix comes from Qishan." After hearing this, the parents felt that it made sense, and they changed their name to Feng'er and it has not changed ever since. Under the care of his parents and brothers and sisters, he grew up carefree and happily. In 1948, Feng'er was already in elementary school. One day, Feng'er went to school with her schoolbag on her back. When she walked to the west entrance of the road, she suddenly saw many rickshaws hurriedly approaching, filled with wounded Kuomintang soldiers covered in blood. Seeing this situation, several children who were going to school ran back. Feng'er saw this and ran with the children. When she ran home panting and out of breath, she told her parents what they saw. Their parents also heard that many people on the street were running around in a hurry and spreading a terrible news - there was going to be a war. The parents immediately asked the apprentice to close the door and close the door. Then they bought a few sacks of grain from the "Grain Store" across the street, piled them on the Eight Immortals table, and spread quilts underneath for emergency use. In an emergency, two apprentices were given a vacation to return to their hometown to escape the war. My family decided that when my brothers and sisters were old enough to run away, they would be taken by relatives from my hometown, and they would flee back to their hometown like refugees to escape for their lives. Because Feng'er was too young, they were afraid that she wouldn't be able to run, so they left her alone. As soon as they heard the sound of gunfire, the three of them hurriedly hid under the Eight Immortals table. Feng'er, who didn't know the cruelty and horror of war, still thought it was fun. Whenever she had nothing to do, she would open the small door (used for selling medicine at night, only one foot square) and look out. The street was deserted. Her parents were worried about her when they saw her like this. If a stray bullet came, it would be over. One night, she heard the sound of gunfire outside. She and her parents hid under the Eight Immortals table. Suddenly they heard a huge shaking sound, and earth fell from the roof. The three of them hugged each other in fright, not knowing what was going on. After daybreak and the sound of gunfire stopped, she followed her parents to each room to check what was going on. When they walked to the room closest to the street and took a look, they were startled and surprised. They found a big hole in the roof exposing the sky, and a black cannonball stuck straight into the only piece of dirt. It turned out that the huge earthquake last night was caused by a stink bomb that did not explode. The stink bomb landed at the door of a house on the street near their home. There was only about three square feet of dirt there. It was so hanging! Fortunately, it was a stink bomb that didn't explode, otherwise their family would have been miserable. Thank God! At that time, God had chosen her (her) family. Feng'er's mother had believed in the Lord for many years and often took her brothers and sisters to church to worship God. It was God who had favored and blessed their family's lives and property. It is said that it was good luck for the people of Jinan. On the evening of September 16, 1948, 140,000 troops of the People's Liberation Army surrounded and attacked Jinan. 104,000 troops of the Kuomintang were heavily fortified and fortified. They relied on barriers and were impregnable. Because Wu Huawen, who was guarding the Western Front, led more than 20,000 troops to revolt before the war under the control of the Communist Party, and then suffered a devastating defeat. The Kuomintang army was defeated due to rebellion within and no reinforcements from outside. The battle ended early, saving the people in the city from the suffering of the war, and all the brothers and sisters who fled for their lives returned home safely. Since then, Jinan has been liberated. People have taken to the streets to beat gongs and drums, dance yangko and walk on stilts to celebrate the liberation of Jinan. Feng'er went to the streets with the children to watch the excitement. She didn't know that one year later, the country of China would change its name from "Republic of China" to "People's Republic of China". She never thought that the property that God had reserved for their family would have to change its family. That was a matter of public-private partnership in 1954. Their time-honored brand "Chunjitang" was changed into "Sixin Pharmacy". What a sad thing!