APlay:

　　BuyingMedicine

　　ByLiuQinglin

　　Characters:X------XiaoFei

　　S-------Shopkeeper

　　D-----DoctorLi

　　O------Others(O1,O2O3-----)

　　Ws------Woundedsoldiers(W1,W2,W3-----)

　　H-----Hezhenwu,aJapanesespy

　　W-----Woman

　　J------Japanese

　　Scene1

　　(Atanoldtempleliesomewoundedsoldiers.Disexaminingtheirwounds.)

　　D:Goodevening,everyone.

　　Ws:(Together)Goodevening,DrLi.

　　D:Hello,letmeexamineyou.

　　W1:I鈥檓allright.There鈥檚noneedtodoso.(W1isabouttofalldown.)

　　D:(Helpshimup)Yourlegdisclosesyou!Letmehavealook.Ah,it鈥檚goingworse.Letmeputsome

　　medicineonyou.

　　W1:No,itisn鈥檛necessary.Thereislittlemedicineleft.Gotolookafterthatyoungman.Hehasahigh

　　fever.Heseemsfainted.

　　D:(TakesW2鈥檚temperature.)Sohehas!Heneedsaninjectionbutwehavenone.Feedhimtheselastthreepillswithwarmwater.WhatelsecanIdo?There鈥檚nomedicineleft.

　　W3:Don鈥檛worry,Doctor.Iamyoungandstrong.Iamalltightnow.I鈥檒lgoandbuysomemedicine.

　　D:No,youarenotallright.Yourlegwillbleedwhenyoumove.Liedownandhaveagoodrest.

　　W4:Soyoucanletmego.Icanrunveryfast.Theenemycannotcatchme.

　　(Justthen,XiaoFeicomesin.)

　　X:Bequieteverybody.Youmusthaveagoodrest.Thisisorder,youknow.

　　W1:Butthere鈥檚nomedicineleft.

　　X:That鈥檚whyI鈥檓here.I鈥檝ecometofetchthelist.I鈥檒lgototowntobuymedicine.

　　D:Haveyougotanymoney?

　　X:No.

　　D:(Takesoffhergoldring.)Takethiswithyou.Perhapsyoucanchangeitformedicine.

　　X:No,Ican鈥檛takeit,becauseitisgiventoyoubyyourfuturehusbandwhogaveuphislifetotherevolutionafewdaysago.Itmustn鈥檛gotootherpeople鈥檚hands.

　　D:Buthowcanyougetthemedicinewithoutmoney?

　　X:Don鈥檛worry.I鈥檒lmanage.Goodbye.

　　DandWs:Becareful!

　　Scene2

　　(Music)(Xiaoiswalkingonthewaylikeabusinessman.Hesingsashegoes.

　　WhenhePassesacornfield,heseesHeZhenwutheJapanesespyrobbingawoman)

　　W:Help!Help!

　　H:Youneedn鈥檛cry.There鈥檚nobodyelsehere.Letmemarryyouandmakeyourselfnoble.

　　W:YouJapanesespy!Noonewillmarryyou.

　　H:OtherwiseI鈥檒lkillyou!(Heraiseshisgunandthewomancatchesholdofhiswrist.Theystartafight.Finally,HknocksWdown.JustthenXarrives)

　　X:Stop!Don鈥檛bullyChinesewoman!

　　H:It鈥檚noneofyourbusiness!Goaway.

　　X:Iwouldratherstopyou.(HraiseshisguntowardsX.Xkicksitaway.Theybeginafight.WputsonhisclothesWandbeginstopullH鈥檚leg.XknocksHdown)

　　X:(ToW)Quick!Helpmetiehimup.

　　W:Youarebleeding.Letmedofirstaid.

　　X:Itdoesn鈥檛matter.Pullhimintothecornfields.

　　H:Pleasesparemylife.Iwon鈥檛dothatagain

　　(Wtakesupthegunandisabouttoshoot.)

　　X:Don鈥檛dothat.IftheJapaneseheartheshot,they鈥檒lcome.

　　H:Thankyou,sir.Butpleaseletmego.

　　X:Letyougo?You鈥檒lcontinuetokillandbullyChinese!(XputshissocksintoH鈥檚mouth.)Waithere.Andlendmeyourpassandbike.Don鈥檛trytorunaway.(Theygodown.)

　　Scene3

　　(Music)(Xi