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Chapter 93 The Little Match Girl

The snowy weather was always gloomy. After completing the speech, the German official obviously had no interest in continuing to waste time in the snow. He hurriedly took his subordinates away.$().(w)(x).() At his French home, his newly married wife had prepared hot mashed potatoes, soup, and long roasted bread.

As a German official, he still has some rights to obtain certain resources for himself in this Paris controlled by Germany.

The night was getting darker, and the French police who used to patrol outside at this moment were probably afraid of the snowflakes falling, and hid in the house with their necks shrank and refused to come out. In such cold weather, I believe that only those who were extremely stupid would sway outside. Coupled with the Germans' air defense firepower and a comprehensive blockade, they believed that the Allies would not fight here so quickly.

I heard that more than two months ago, a British bomber flew to Paris and was shot down by the German anti-aircraft machine gun. Several British people on the plane parachuted and escaped. The Germans arrested them everywhere, but in the end they had nothing, which made the Germans suffer a heavy loss.

In fact, these French police knew very well that those pilots must have been secretly covered by French civilians and sent out of Paris, otherwise how could they escape from the German blockade?

Whenever I saw the Germans being defeated, although these French policemen didn't say anything on their faces, they were still happy to see it. Of course, most of their attention at this moment was still at the burning fireplace next to them. The warm flames made everyone feel the wonderful taste of living.

"Ah, it's a wonderful day to be able to roast the fire in such a ghost weather."

The night became darker and darker, and finally it became completely darker, but under the reflection of the electric lights and snow on the ground, the whole of Paris was a little brighter than usual. In a cinema in Paris that was not blocked by the Germans, Vivien Leigh's "Broken Blue Bridge" was playing.

Don't wonder why the movie "Broken Soul" can be played in Paris, which is controlled by the Germans. Once the romantic factors hidden in the bones of the French explode, even the stereotyped Germans have to consider avoiding their front. With the numerous calls from Paris, if the Germans do not want to kill all the French in Paris, they can only choose to compromise.

After the Germans came to Paris, many cinemas were seized because they had more or less played anti-Nazi movies. Under the voice of the crowd, the Germans finally opened a cinema, allowing some movies to be played under restrictions. Vivien Leigh, the most dazzling female star at the moment, is undoubtedly extremely popular. Whether she starred in the Soul Broken Blue Bridge or Gone with the Wind, she was sought after by people.

At this moment, Audrey Hepburn was still wandering around, avoiding the shadow of war, and Marilyn Monroe was not yet famous. After they became famous a few years later, they may be more beautiful and famous than Vivien Leigh, but at this moment, Vivien Leigh is still the most dazzling star.

Today, the movie was her soul-breaking blue bridge. Many young men and women bought movie tickets early and waited for the time to watch it at night. However, because of the German arrangements, the movie was deleted and it was relatively late, but it still could not stop the enthusiasm of the French.

At 9:30 pm, the movie started on time, and young men and women almost filled the place. There were two German soldiers at the exit of the cinema, guarding against some accidents.

"It's really cold today. If you were still outside in the middle of the night, you would definitely be frozen to death." A German soldier stomped his feet. Under the order, the two of them were unlucky to be assigned to work night shifts, but they could watch a movie at least, but they had to guard the entrances and exits to prevent people from making trouble, so they had no seats.

"I think so, it seems to be the biggest snow this month."

The two were muttering something, but they were soon attracted by the movie. Although some of the clips about the Germans were deleted, it made people feel a little puzzled, but it did not affect their appreciation of the beauty of the heroine.

Time passed by little by little, and even the best movie ended. Soon people walked out of the cinema in groups of three or three and went home. A young couple walked and recalled the plot of the movie while looking forward to the characters in the movie, and suddenly they were grabbed by someone.

They turned around and saw a very young girl wearing a shabby skirt with a scarf that she picked up from somewhere around her head. Her little face was red from cold and she was looking at them with anticipation.

"Sir, ma'am, do you need to buy matches?"

"matches?"

The young couple looked at each other in shock, and then they found that the little girl's hands were holding a box of matches, and the little girl's knuckles were a little white.

"Sorry, we don't need matches."

The young woman shook her head. Now every household uses electric lights. Even if the fireplace and other things still require matches, there is still a lot of stock at home. The most important thing is that what they need most is food, not a box of matches.

The family's money was planned, buying potatoes, salt, sugar, and maybe some meat. This movie ticket was already the money that the two of them had secretly praised for a long time, so they said they could do nothing to the little girl.

"Ms., look at my match. It is the best one. You can use it with just one wipe. You will never waste a second one."

The little girl eagerly demonstrated her match to the other party. No one noticed that he was wearing a pair of thin cloth shoes he picked up from somewhere, and there were holes. In fact, this was dug up in the garbage dump before someone else, otherwise she would have to walk barefoot on the street at this moment.

"Please wait, I can light one for you to see..."

"I'm sorry, I really don't need it. Maybe you can try it there, there are a lot of people coming out of the cinema."

The woman kindly pointed to the direction of the cinema, then her boyfriend pulled her arm, showed a sorry smile and left. Occasionally, the man could hear the low voice, such as liars, pretending to be pitiful, etc.

Maybe in their opinion, the little girl looks like a pretender, who would come out to sell matches in the middle of the night? Don’t joke, you can see that the other party is coming out to deceive people. Maybe there are other vicious guys hiding around, ready to blackmail their money.

The departure of the two made the little girl a little discouraged, and a cold wind blew her trembled, and her empty belly was as cold as a lump of ice. The little girl then carefully stuffed the match into her arms to prevent being wet by the wind and snow all over the sky, and then slowly, with difficulty towards the direction of the cinema.

Halfway through the way, she stopped under a window on the second floor and raised her head. She saw a warm candlelight and the sound of people talking happily, which seemed to be a party.

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When I was writing this chapter, my heart was very heavy. When I wrote about the snowy plot, I naturally wrote about the little match girl. The heavy gear of fate was still rotating. There were in the past, there were now, and there will be in the future.

I liked Chinese classes the most. I was actually very impressed when I saw the story of the little girl. And so many years later, the little match girl is still one of the stories that touched me the most, and I will not forget it.

When I first saw Gorky, Iron, Fairy Tales, UFO, Jin Yong, Chen Congwen, Lao She and Camel Xiangzi, Bells and Drum Tower, Journey to the West, Water Margin, This and That, I saw Guo Xiaosi from the new concept composition, first saw fantasy, online games, and the first time I came into contact with computers. It is not divided into Chinese and Western, no high-pressure vulgarity, no unofficial historical text, like hunger, thirst, laughter, anger, and scolding, all are life.

When I was young, I felt that life was full of feelings and all kinds of bad things. Now when I think about it, I don’t know the taste of sorrow, and I force myself to say sorrow in order to write new lyrics. When I was a child, I envied others and hoped to grow up. But now when I grew up, when I returned to the primary school campus for the first time after many years, I suddenly felt that I was old, and what I envied the most was when I was a child.

Time will not turn back, and life will not come back. I hope you will cherish the present, or be alive, while you still have the strength to do the time you want to do, don’t wait until you get old before regretting it. (To be continued...)
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