Youth in the Flames of War 战火中的青春 Episode 18

Pei Yuanzhi asked everyone to think about a question, what can they do for the people of Mengzi. Wen Jie helped Wen Yiduo pack food and gave him a jar of hot sauce. Wen Yiduo was very happy. Mengzi's food is relatively bland, but with this bottle of hot sauce, the food will be much more delicious. Zheng Tianting came back from his outing and gave Wen Yiduo a bouquet of flowers. When he learned that there was still hot sauce, he asked Wen Jie to take him to get the hot sauce. On April 29, 1938, the Japanese air force launched an air attack on Hankou, and the remaining Chinese aviation forces and some foreign troops fought hard to resist. The students had a heated discussion about this and asked Wen Yiduo for his views and opinions. Wen Yiduo told the students that he firmly believed that the War of Resistance would one day be victorious, and his beard would follow until the day of victory.

After Bi Yunxiao received Lei Zheng's letter, he wrote a letter to Cheng Jiashu in Mengzi, briefly describing Lei Zheng's study and life in Yan'an. Because of Lei Zheng's description of Yan'an, Bi Yunxiao developed a longing for Yan'an. After Cheng Jiashu read the letter, he wrote him a reply. Ye Runqing was very surprised to see Cheng Jiashu reading Bi Yunxiao's physics notes. She couldn't finish her daily homework, and she didn't expect Cheng Jiashu to have time to study physics. A classmate invited Cheng Jiashu to join the newly established Nanhu Poetry Club. The members of the poetry club include Mu Dan, Ye Runming's brother and sister, and Lin Huajun. Cheng Jiashu took out the flower cake, which he said Bi Yunxiao told him to give to her.

Cheng Jiashu joked that Bi Yunxiao fell in love with Ye Runqing, and she was immediately unhappy because the person she liked was Cheng Jiashu, but Cheng Jiashu in front of her didn't understand her mind at all. Students from Nanhu Poetry Club wrote and read poems, and shared their views and opinions with each other. Pei Yuanzhi appeared and talked about his analysis of the war. Ye Runming felt that what he said was very reasonable, and after communicating with Pei Yuanzhi, he learned that this analysis of the war came from MZD's speech on protracted warfare. Ye Runming will graduate soon, and the choice he faces is to stay in school or go to teach in a school in Yunnan. Pei Yuanzhi said that Xu Teli from Yan'an is interested in him and sincerely invites him to Yan'an to show his talents. Ye Runming yearns for Yan'an, and also looks forward to going there to shine.

Pei Yuanzhi could tell that Ye Runming was upset recently, maybe it was because of Lin Huajun. Ye Runming did not deny that Lin Huajun wanted to work in education and he wanted to go to Yan'an, so the two would be separated, so he was upset about it. Ye Runming always accompanied Lin Huajun during this time, and she didn't even participate in the social survey. Lin Huajun understood the truth, and she didn't want to affect Ye Runming's future choices because of herself. At Pei Yuanzhi's suggestion, Ye Runming organized the Federation of Students to open a night school, and Wen Jie, who usually doesn't hear anything outside the window, also took the initiative to join in and became a history teacher in the night school. In the absence of a math teacher, Ye Runqing suggested that Cheng Jiashu be in charge. Cheng Jiashu did not refuse, but he said what if no one came to the class.

Ami walks in and says she wants to study and will bring her sisters to class. The night school was opened, and Amei and others became the first batch of students in the night school. Ye Runming gave a lecture to everyone, telling everyone about the current difficulties in China, and he also showed everyone a video. The tragic images of the bombing made everyone present burst into tears. Today's class was very effective, but the next day there was not even a single person who came to class. Shama Awang brought the people over, and Cheng Jiashu showed them the video. Only then did the people realize that the war was closely related to them, and they couldn't help worrying about the arrival of air strikes. Cheng Jiashu took advantage of the opportunity to explain that there will be class tomorrow and teach everyone how to avoid air raids, and Sharma Awang promised to explain that everyone will come to class tomorrow.

Zheng Tianting was very moved from the fact that the night school had gone from few students to now full of seats. He chatted with Pei Yuanzhi and said that people like Ye Runming and Cheng Jiashu had made the night school flourish, and their achievements were really remarkable.