plum city

Chapter 24

The little grandfather was very interested. When he talked about the past events of Meicheng, it was as if he was recalling his own glorious history.Fang Yan felt that when the young grandfather was young, he must have been an inquisitor, and he was a well-known guy in the local area.

The Mandarin spoken by the young grandfather has a strong Meicheng accent, but it doesn't matter. Meicheng dialect is not difficult to understand, and even dialects can be understood.

Although this place belongs to the Hangcheng area, the pronunciation and intonation of Meicheng dialect are completely different from Hangcheng dialect. It is very close to Shanghai dialect. The dialect was felt when he first came to Meicheng, but he did not delve into it. .

The door to the box opened, and the landlady came in with wine and asked, "Would you like to pour some wine for you?"

The young grandfather was talking enthusiastically when he glared at the landlady and said, "If you mind your own business, you will eat farts. If you put it here, will we drink it ourselves?"

The landlady curled her lips, walked out, and then brought in a plate of dishes. This time she simply put the dishes down without saying a word and left.

The little grandpa ignored her and had no intention of starting to eat. He still drew on the paper with a pen and continued the previous topic:

"The ones I just told you are from Hangzhou, units that are not under the control of the county, as well as from the county, the Second Light Industry Bureau and the Industrial Bureau. Look, here near Wulongling, there is a pesticide factory on one side and a pesticide factory on the other. It's an organic chemical factory. Next to Longshan Brigade, it's the Xin'anjiang Electronic Tube Factory. Here on Fuqian Street is the printing factory. Here on the edge of Songjia Lake is the Meicheng Brewery.

"Coming over to Dongmen Street, there is the Xin'anjiang Electric Meter Factory where I used to work. Here on Main Street is the Yellow Tobacco Factory, which was later changed into a spring factory, making bicycle and sofa springs. Here on Houli Road is the Second Agricultural Machinery Factory and the Forging Parts Factory. , later renamed Zilingba Factory, which made bicycle cranks and chainrings. We crossed the river, which is not on the map, and arrived at Nanfeng. This was the bicycle spoke factory.

"All of these are enterprises in the county, including Meicheng Knitting Factory. Their factory directors are appointed by the county and are basically sent from Xinanjiang. Even the workers in the factory are recruited from the whole county. These factories , now either it has become private, or it has been destroyed, and all the people inside are gone, where are you going to find it?

"There are only these. Look, this one here is the Xinanjiang Analytical Instrument Factory, also called the Xinghuo Instrument Factory. Opposite here is the Instrument Parts Factory, and over here is the Meicheng Craft Factory, which makes jade carvings. Here in Dongguan, This is the Xinfen No. [-] Factory. Here, after the district testing team moved away, is the Meicheng Low-Voltage Electrical Appliance Factory. These factories are all town-run enterprises.

"The people in the town-run enterprises, whether they are factory directors or workers, are all locals from Meicheng. The factory has collapsed, and their families are still in Meicheng. If you want to find these people from the town-run enterprises, then I will go out and look around. You I will help you bring whoever you want to find. Meicheng Knitting Factory belongs to Erqing. It will be difficult for you to find people there.

"Don't say you can't find it here in Meicheng. Even if you go to Xinanjiang, you can't find it. Why, it's been almost 20 years since Erqing Company didn't exist. How can you still find it?"

The little grandpa talked about the situation in Meicheng, and he really knew everything about it. Listening to Fang Yan, he also understood how difficult it would be for him to find the two migrant workers who were working in this town at that time.However, Fang Yan still felt that he had gained a lot. He at least knew where the Meicheng Knitting Factory was and where his biological parents originally worked in Meicheng.

What Fang Yan is most interested in is what his grandfather said about the outsider who was looking at the warehouse at Meicheng Knitting Factory. That very beautiful woman. For some reason, Fang Yan has a strong feeling that that person will be his biological mother. .

Looking at his face, Fang Yan also felt that his biological mother would not be ugly, she should be very beautiful.

Thinking that his biological mother was very beautiful, the word mother seemed to start to become clear from a lot of confusion, as if it was still waving to him, making him want to find his biological parents even more.It turned out that he was interested in his biological father, but now he seems to be more interested in his biological mother.

The little grandpa asked: "Who are you looking for? Does it matter?" Fang Yan didn't hide anything from him and told him: "I was actually born in Meicheng. My biological parents were working in Meicheng Knitting Factory at that time. , they came from Jiangxi, and more than two months after I was born, I was taken to Hangzhou. I am back now just to look for my biological parents to see if I can find them."

"It's important, it's important, this relationship is important." The little grandpa kept nodding, "In this way, I will help you inquire again. Your biological parents should not be in Meicheng now. I'll ask if they were there at that time. People who worked with them at the Meicheng Knitting Factory and knew about this incident might be able to find out where your parents went afterward."

"Thank you, thank you, little grandpa." Fang Yan clasped his hands and bowed to the little grandpa.

The little grandpa said: "Why are you so polite? It's just a matter of talking. By the way, in what year were you taken away?"

"In May of [-], I should have been born in February or March of [-]." Fang Yan said.

The date of birth on Fang Yan’s ID card was April [-], [-], but that time was incorrect. Xu Ailian went to register for Fang Yan’s household registration. She didn’t know when Fang Yan was born. Xu Ailian’s own birthday was April [-], [-]. On the eleventh day of the month, she announced the same day to Fang Yan. She was thinking that it would be convenient for her and her son to celebrate birthdays together in the future.

The landlady came in with two more plates of food, and Fang Yan quickly said to the little grandpa, "Come on, little grandpa, let's drink and talk while we eat."

Fang Yan and his little grandpa finished lunch and left the Fatty Hotel. He rode a shared bicycle. He had several places to go in the afternoon and could no longer walk.

The first place he went to was Damjiao. The old grandfather mentioned the original location of the Meicheng Knitting Factory. That place was not far from the printing shop where he printed the map in the morning, between Dongmen Street and Chengnan East Road. , on the side of East Road in the south of the city, it used to be Meicheng Dam, but now it is a city wall.

Fang Yan rode to the place where the grandfather had drawn a circle and found that it was a community with seven or eight six-story houses. The houses looked old and the shape of the houses was very similar to those old and shabby small communities in Hangzhou. The distance between houses is also very small.

Fang Yan stopped his bicycle at the door. The large iron gate of the community was closed, and a small door on the side was open. He walked in and saw an old man in the reception room, sitting on a wicker chair and taking a nap, paying no attention to everything outside. .

The community is not big, and there are only a few houses. He finished speaking the dialect quickly. At the foot of the innermost house, he saw a bluestone slab embedded in the wall. The engraved words on the slab were peeled off, but the paint was still there. The content could be seen. He saw that the completion date of these buildings was March [-].

Calculated based on time and the construction period of this house, the little grandpa was right. Meicheng Knitting Factory should have moved away in [-].

Fang Yan has no doubts about the memory of the little grandpa, and even more believes what he told him before. It seems that the landlady is right, the little grandpa is indeed the land protector of Meicheng.

After leaving the community, Dongmen Street turned a corner at the entrance of the community. One end was the road he came from, leading to Citizen Road.There is another end. After the turn, the East Lake is divided into East Lake and Waidong Lake. From here, you can still go to Zongfu Street. At the head of Zongfu Street, it used to be Yongcheng Second Hospital, and now it is Hangcheng First Hospital Mei City branch.

Fang Yan was born in this hospital.

(End of this chapter)