Scarlet Romance

Chapter 10
When the educated youths learned that their rations had been privately withheld by the village party secretary Chang Gui, they were all furious. Everyone clamored to punish him. Qian Zhimin simply said, "Just beat this old girl up." Jiang Biyun advocated going to the county party committee to file a complaint and let the county party committee send a working group to investigate.Zhong Yuemin disagreed. He thought that although Chang Gui’s move was very annoying, the current situation of Shichuan Village is here. The villagers are all afraid of being poor. When people are poor, they will inevitably think of some crooked ways. .This was the case when he and Zheng Tong went to the neighboring village to steal chickens when they were starving last time.Although he didn't steal it, he had evil thoughts after all, and it would be too much to send Chang Gui in because of this.What's more, there are 6 children in Chang Gui's family. If Chang Gui enters, who will raise these 6 children?More importantly, if all the young and old in the village know that it was the educated youths who sent Chang Gui to the prison, the educated youths will become whistleblowers. How will they hang around in the village in the future?

Guo Jie said angrily: "Then it will be cheaper for him?"

Zhong Yuemin said: "Of course he has to be warned, it's fine to scare him, this matter will be handled by me and Zheng Tong."

Zhong Yuemin and Zheng Tong only went to find Chang Gui when they were having dinner. They sneaked out of Chang Gui's cave. The sound of snoring and drinking porridge, those who didn’t know it thought it was a pigsty.”

Zhong Yuemin made a gesture and shouted: "Secretary Chang..." Before Chang Gui could answer, Zhong Yuemin and Zheng Tong pushed the door open and broke in.

Chang Gui's family was eating around the kang table. There were a lot of cornmeal and pancakes piled up in the earthen pot on the kang table. Chang Gui and his family each held a large bowl filled with wild vegetables.

Chang Gui was caught off guard when Zhong Yuemin and Zheng Tong broke in, and it was too late to hide the food.

Chang Gui was a little panicked, he coped: "Yuemin, Zheng Tong, have you eaten yet?"

The two said in unison: "No."

Chang Guiyan said insincerely, "Let's eat together."

"Hey, thank you secretary." The two took off their shoes and went to the kang, picked up the pancakes and ate them.

Aunt Chang Gui gave Zhong Yuemin a bowl of wild vegetable paste, and Zhong Yuemin waved his hand: "We like to eat dry ones, not thin ones." Chang Gui blinked his small eyes distressedly, staring at the two wolfing down.

The two of them were in a turmoil, and the cornmeal and pancakes in the basin were eaten up in a blink of an eye.

Zheng Tong was so supportive that he loosened his belt, rubbed his stomach and said, "Secretary Chang, we have been here for so many days, and we only had a full meal today. Secretary, you are so kind to us educated youths, how can we repay you?" ?”

Chang Gui muttered: "Nothing, nothing."

Zhong Yuemin wiped his mouth, then picked up Changgui's cigarette bag containing tobacco leaves, lit it and took a puff before speaking: "Secretary, how many children do you have?"

"Six, I can't keep them alive."

Zhong Yuemin asked with concern: "If you are gone, will someone take care of your mother-in-law and baby?"

Chang Gui became nervous, fixed his two small eyes on Zhong Yuemin and asked, "What's going on?"

Zhong Yuemin puffed out a puff of smoke and said, "Pack up your things, do you have a quilt? Take the quilt, by the way, and your bare old sheepskin jacket, it's cold in there, so it won't hurt to bring more clothes."

Chang Gui said nervously, "Yuemin, what are you talking about?"

"Secretary, your case has been committed. The County Public Security Bureau is about to come to our village to arrest people. Secretary, have you never been in a car when you grow up? Well, you can show your face this time. When you sit in a car, your buttocks take off. Yan, all the old and young men in the village will see you off, who in our village has been so beautiful?"

Chang Gui was stunned.

Zheng Tong interjected: "Secretary, you haven't been in a police station, have you? I have been in Beijing before, ouch, I feel trembling when I think about it now. Once in, people don't say anything, just bundle a small rope, and make a fuss , put me on the beam of the hanging room, and I cried for my father and mother at that time. Bend over like noodles..."

Zhong Yuemin said with all his heart, "Secretary Chang, we guys usually do well. We don't care if this matter is left to other people. Have you heard? This time we go to the county to beg for food and make things big. The county Li is preparing to investigate and deal with the village cadres who used their powers to embezzle the rations of the educated youth. The county party secretary also named you, saying that Chang Laogui in Shichuan Village is the worst and embezzles the most. In addition to economic problems, there seems to be problems with life style , isn’t it, Zheng Tong?”

"That's right, Secretary Chang, some people reported that you often used your position to molest the village mother-in-law, and even had an affair with the widow Zhang, the head of the village. You are confused, Secretary Chang, it doesn't matter where you make mistakes these days, it's just that thing in your crotch You can’t make mistakes. The county will deal with you seriously this time, why did our two brothers risk their lives to inform you? Isn’t it because our men usually do well.”

Zhong Yuemin took over the words: "Secretary, before the people from the Public Security Bureau come, what do you have to say about your funeral? You have to hurry up and say, don't worry, your baby is our baby. Never let them drink water."

Zheng Tong echoed: "Yes, your mother-in-law is ours..."

"Zheng Tong, your fucking generations are messed up. The secretary's mother-in-law is my aunt. Let's raise her as my aunt. If it doesn't work, let's find another master for my aunt. Even if the children have someone else's surname, it's better Dead strong."

The countryman couldn't bear such threats, Chang Gui was so frightened that his nose and tears came out, he stammered and begged: "Yuemin, Zheng Tong, I... I deducted your rations, it's... It’s a bit harsh, but isn’t our village poor? The folks are frightened of starvation. I think you are all Chairman Mao’s children, so you can still starve you? The government can’t just ignore it..."

Zheng Tong seemed very sympathetic: "Secretary, you have caused a big disaster this time. You clearly know that we are Chairman Mao's children, but you dare to starve us. Isn't this a challenge to Chairman Mao and his old man? According to your crime, it is a blatant crime. Resisting Chairman Mao's call to go to the mountains and go to the countryside, if you don't shoot, you will be sentenced to life imprisonment. Don't talk about it, get ready and prepare, and you will live a good life in your next life."

Chang Gui wiped away his tears: "Nephew, uncle is wrong. You are all literate and have a lot of ideas. Help uncle find a way. I deducted the food, but... I didn't dislike the women in the village. Rules, it's unfair."

Zhong Yuemin snorted: "Okay, now he's our uncle again. Is there such an uncle in the world? Let the nephews beg for food if they are full themselves."

Zheng Tong asked: "You said that you didn't molested your mother-in-law. It's not clear. How do you think it's molesting? You have to put someone on the kang? Last time you pinched Erhei's mother-in-law's buttocks." Come on, this didn't wrong you, did it? This is called molesting."

Chang Gui snotted and burst into tears: "Eldest nephew, please help uncle."

Zheng Tong continued to exert pressure: "Oh, party secretary, this is not a trivial matter, it is a crime of being shot, do you think it is a play house? If you don't play, you will not play. Although we are Chairman Mao's children, Chairman Mao he The old man has too many children, so he can't take care of everything."

Zhong Yuemin suddenly slapped his forehead: "Zheng Tong, don't you have a relative who works in the county?"

"Oh, that's a cousin of mine who works as a director of the county party committee or something. What's the matter?"

Zhong Yuemin murmured: "Let's talk to your cousin, let him do the work and wipe out the case of our party secretary, okay?"

Zheng Tong made it difficult for him: "This..."

Chang Gui seems to have grasped at straws: "Eldest nephew, elder nephew, you can't just ignore it."

Zheng Tong seemed to have made up his mind: "Okay, let's try it. Secretary, I'm afraid this matter will take a few days, our work points..."

"Record, record, and record full marks."

Zhong Yuemin asked: "Our rations..."

"Give it all, give it all."

Zhong Yuemin sighed, and said earnestly: "Secretary Chang, you must be a good person in the future..."

After Zhong Yuemin and Zheng Tong talked to Chang Gui, Chang Gui really became more enthusiastic about the educated youths.Director Ma from the County Educated Youth Office passed by Shichuan Village two days ago, and he came to visit Zhong Yuemin.Director Ma drove directly to the cave dwelling in the educated youth spot in an old Soviet-made GAZ 69 jeep, and brought Zhong Yuemin a lot of food.The news immediately spread throughout the village. When the peasants saw the cadres in the carts, they thought they were high officials. This was a great event in the village.When the panic-stricken Chang Gui arrived at the educated youth site, Director Ma had already left. Chang Gui was so frightened that he thought it was a cadre from the county who came to investigate him.Zhong Yuemin continued to scare him, saying that he had already greeted the county party committee, asking whether Chang Laogui's case could be suppressed first.But the county party committee said that this matter is not over yet. The current work of the county party committee is to catch one or two bad examples that undermine the policy of going to the countryside. The problem of Chang Laogui in Shichuan Village is very serious.However, Zheng Tong has been working with his cousin in the county for the past two days, and he has made a lot of progress. It is estimated that this matter can still be settled.

Seeing that all the cars entered the village, Chang Gui no longer doubted the authenticity of Zhong Yuemin's words, so he really felt that disaster was imminent.He was very grateful to Zhong Yuemin and Zheng Tong, bought wine and cut meat and invited them to eat at home. The two of them sat on the kang of Changgui's house and ate twice in a grand manner. Cao Gang and the others were so jealous.

One of Zheng Tong's cousins ​​jumped in the queue at Luochuan Commune, so he simply went to visit his cousin these days, but Chang Gui thought that Zheng Tong was working on his case in the county, and gave him full marks for his hard work every day. Zheng Tong was so used to it that he didn't want to go back to the village.

Zhong Yuemin also got a good job, and Chang Gui sent him to herd sheep with Old Man Du, an old shepherd in the village, which can be regarded as an easy job.Zhong Yuemin is very satisfied, because he is learning to sing the folk songs of northern Shaanxi with Du Laohan, which is equivalent to giving him an opportunity.

Zhong Yuemin and old man Du sat on the hillside outside Shichuan Village. Zhong Yuemin had a white sheep belly handkerchief tied on his head and a straw rope tied around his waist with a cigarette pouch stuck in it.

Old man Du's grandson, Hanwa, who was seven or eight years old, was dressed in ragged clothes and had his hair shaved into a pot lid shape.The old man Du’s son Shuan Shuan got a strange disease a few years ago. The symptoms were that he could eat but not work. , can only eat on the kang head.If a farmer in a poverty-stricken area gets seriously ill, his end is undoubtedly waiting to die.Shuan Shuan lay on the kang for two years, and finally he couldn't even hold the bowl, so he had to rely on others to feed him.Life at home was a mess, Shuan Shuan's daughter-in-law finally had enough, and she suddenly disappeared one night.Old man Du and his grandson Hanwa searched for dozens of miles around, but they couldn't find any trace of Shuan Shuan's wife.Someone told old man Du that Shuan Shuan's wife ran away with a small carpenter who went from village to lane.Only then did Old Man Du vaguely recall that there was a little carpenter in the village. He was good at crafting, besides making cabinets and kang tables, he could also draw pictures on boxes, such as a magpie climbing a plum tree.That boy is very strong, and he has a clever mouth, plus he has been around the world for many years and has seen a lot, so he is very popular with women. The big girls and daughter-in-laws in the village love to go to the broken kiln where he lives. run.As for what happened between the little carpenter and the mothers-in-law and aunts in the village, no one can tell. Anyway, Shuan Shuan's wife disappeared after he left.The strange thing is that within three days after Shuan Shuan's daughter-in-law disappeared, Shuan Shuan breathed her last breath, and in a blink of an eye there were only grandparents and grandchildren left in the family.

When old man Du was young, he couldn't afford a wife because of his poor family. One night when he was 48 years old, a woman who was fleeing from famine in a foreign country passed out from starvation in front of his cave dwelling.This 30-something-year-old woman of unknown origin was running into the muzzle of a bachelor, Old Man Du. Naturally, Old Man Du would not refuse anyone who came. He carried the woman into the cave, fed her a few bites of food, and then slid into the woman's vagina. Bed... As for whether Shuan Shuan is his species, he can't tell. Anyway, it was only 8 months from the first time he slept with that woman to giving birth to Shuan Shuan.Old man Du didn't care much about these things, he believed that this woman was sent to his door because of God's pity for him, and it would be shameful for him to pick and choose.This life passed by so quickly, old man Du felt like a dream, first he was a bachelor until he was almost 50 years old, almost 50 years left him with little memory, his mind was blank, there was no joy, He can't think of anything too painful. The only thing he can remember is that he was hungry during the disaster year. Anyway, he hasn't let go of his stomach and had a full meal since he can remember. He has been used to it for many years.He only remembered how a man with a normal physiology longed for a woman, and the fiery lust in his youth was like magma under the ground, surging and looking for an outlet.He used to toss and turn on the kang night and night, and sometimes suddenly jumped up from the kang and rushed to the well platform, pouring a bucket of cold well water over his head to extinguish the burning flame in his heart.At that time, his favorite thing was to go to the market. In fact, there was nothing he needed in the market. He just wanted to see women, which was his only requirement for life.In the market, he made no secret of his lust, staring at the woman with his eyes, like a wolf staring at a lamb.

Looking back now, old man Du felt that his life was not in vain. After all, he had a woman, a son, and now a grandson.Although the woman and son left early, he is very content. Some old people of his generation in the village are now in their 70s. Haven't they been single all their lives?I haven't even touched a woman in this life, it's really a waste of time.

Zhong Yuemin discovered an interesting phenomenon. In northern Shaanxi, many old men who have been single all their lives are actually masters of folk songs.Although Old Man Du was not a real bachelor, he spent almost all of his life in sexual repression. The auntie of unknown origin died of illness after only living with Old Man Du for more than a year.Calculated in this way, except for this year or so, Old Man Du is basically a bachelor in his life.Zhong Yuemin seems to understand a little bit, this is a human habit, you yearn for what you lack.The extreme lack of material life requires the support of spiritual strength. When human beings face the harsh natural environment and face their own pain, they often show a helpless mood of seeking flexibility. This is to make fun of suffering and dilute the suffering of reality .For old bachelors like Old Man Du, their concerns are very straightforward. What they want is a woman, or a woman's body, whether it is beautiful and gentle is not important.They don't have high requirements for life, they can eat enough to fill their stomachs, and having a mother-in-law on the kang is already a fairy's life.But even this little hope that they can't get it, so the sour song was born.

Zhong Yuemin was surprised to find that folk songs in northern Shaanxi are a bonanza. There are at least thousands of lyrics circulated among the people, most of which express the love between men and women. The influence of etiquette has disappeared, this is the real sour song.

Old Man Du sang at the top of his voice:
Sha Liang Liang beckons Sha Wan Wan to come,
The belt of the dead black door can't be untied,

Carts pushed by the roadside,
Lead friends in Shawan Bay.

On Liangliang, on Liushao Bay, on Chai Bay,
When we met Dada, we met Dada,

An arm around the slender waist,

Like an old goat that loves a lamb.

Lift your feet up and hold your breath,

Put the steamed buns in your arms to coax the dog.

The white-faced sparrow has wings,

Eating your mouth is more fragrant than meat.

The white shirt is open,

Bai Gesheng's grandma was revealed.

Ouch, I hold my grandma in both hands Oh, hey,
Red checkered lips, white checkered teeth,
Say something hurtful to yourself.

Old man Du's two front teeth fell out early, so his singing was a bit leaky, but he sang very emotionally and devotedly, with his eyes half-closed, he seemed to have seen the "red checkered lips and white checkered teeth".

Zhong Yuemin couldn't help laughing, "Grandpa Du, sing one more song, it's so interesting."

The old man Du sang excitedly, and changed another song:

A watch jingles,

Brother Lover stands on the door of the slave's house,
The mother asked the girl what the sound was,

The northeasterly wind rattled the latches.

Jingle in the second watch,
Lover brother entered the slave's embroidery room,
The mother asked the girl what the sound was,

Other people's dolls are fragrant in the morning.

Jingle in the midnight watch,
The lover went to the kang of the servant's house,
The mother asked the girl what the sound was,

Pile bone civet cat hit rice soup.

Jingle at the fourth watch,
The lover took off his slave's clothes,

The mother asked the girl what the sound was,

The handle of the foot makes the urine pot ring

…………

Zhong Yuemin said with a smile: "This is a song about cheating. It's so vivid. The girl is in love with her mother, and she speaks really fast. The lover is more practical. He just does his business and keeps silent. What's the matter, the woman will take care of it. Grandpa Du , why are there so many sour songs in Xintianyou?"

Old man Du lit a bag of cigarettes and muttered, "I'm suffering, I'm singing nonsense."

Zhong Yuemin asked: "Why do you feel bitter?"

"Life is boring, and singing makes me feel better."

Zhong Yuemin pulled Hanwa who was throwing stones at the sheep and said, "Hanwa, what are you herding the sheep for?"

Without even thinking about it, Han Wa blurted out, "Save money."

"Why save money?"

"Grow up and marry a daughter-in-law."

Zhong Yuemin smiled and said: "Hey, you are only so old, you are thinking about marrying a wife? I haven't married yet. Stupid boy, what is the purpose of marrying a wife?"

"Having a baby."

"After giving birth?"

"Save more money and marry your baby a daughter-in-law."

"The baby marries a daughter-in-law and has a baby, saves money, and has a baby, right?"

Hanwa nodded.

Zhong Yuemin sighed: "Then why the hell are you living? Save money, have a baby, and then save money to marry the baby, have another baby, and live forever. Grandpa Du, what do we farmers want in this life?"

Old man Du looked at him strangely, as if Zhong Yuemin had asked some nonsense, he asked back: "There is land to grow, enough food to eat, and a baby to continue the incense, what else do we need?"

Zhong Yuemin was also at a loss, yes, he couldn't tell what else he wanted.As a farmer, he doesn't seem to need anything anymore, but for himself, he doesn't seem to like this kind of life very much.He asked again: "Grandpa Du, what are you most looking forward to right now?"

Old man Du looked at Zhong Yuemin blankly.

"I mean, if you could choose, what would you want most?"

Old Man Du said affirmatively, "Eat white flour buns."

"that's it?"

"Then what else?"

Zhong Yuemin was silent.

Old man Du took out dry food from his arms: "Silly baby, eat."

Zhong Yuemin poked his head and took a closer look, and saw that old man Du was holding a few dark wild vegetable dumplings, and the grandfather and grandson were swallowing wild vegetable dumplings.Zhong Yuemin's eyes were red, and he turned his head away. Farmers in northern Shaanxi, suffering like this, felt a strong shock deep in his heart...

Hanwa finished eating the wild vegetable dumplings in the blink of an eye, and he looked at his grandfather eagerly: "Grandpa, I'm not full."

Old man Du helplessly patted Hanwa on the head and said, "Hanwa, grandpa isn't full yet, but that's all we have."

Zhong Yuemin quickly took out the cornbread he brought and said, "Silly baby, you eat."

Old man Du tried his best to block it with his hands: "Don't dare, your food is all good food, it's precious."

Zhong Yuemin finally couldn't hold back his tears, he stuffed the cornbread into Hanwa's hand, turned his face away to wipe away his tears.

Old man Du stuffed a pot full of tobacco leaves and handed it to Zhong Yuemin, asking, "Is your baby homesick?"

"Yeah." Zhong Yuemin choked up and couldn't speak.

"It's good to sing a sour song. The people in the village are suffering, and they all rely on singing a sour song to relieve their sorrow."

Zhong Yuemin wiped away his tears and said, "Grandpa Du, let's sing one more."

Old man Du's song Xintianyou roared into the clouds, and sang melodiously and sadly:
Riding on a donkey, dogs bite their legs,
You come here in the middle of the night, you hooker.

Hug your loved ones and give them a kiss,

The pimple in the stomach turned into water
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Zhou Xiaobai and Luo Yun each carried a bag full of food and walked 5 kilometers to the second company headquarters of the tank regiment.

Instructor Wu Yunguo received them.Wu Yunguo has been in the army for more than ten years, and he has never dealt with female soldiers.In his impression, the female soldiers in the army are all like aunts, and none of them are easy to mess with.When he first became an instructor, he planned to find a nurse in the military hospital to be his wife. He thought that as a young officer, he was qualified to pursue them.Later he found out that this was not the case. The female soldiers in the hospital had eyes on top of their heads, and they didn't even bother to look at grassroots cadres like him.Usually in the company, Wu Yunguo still feels good. He is the political chief of a company after all, who dares not to take the instructor seriously.But one time when he went to the hospital to see a doctor, he spit casually in the corridor, and happened to be seen by a little female soldier. That girl was at most a hygienist, and she didn't even have the rank of a nurse, but she was really good at training people. Unambiguously, it was not enough to criticize Wu Yunguo head and face, but he even ordered him to wipe up the sputum, which made a group of soldiers who saw the doctor laugh.At that time, Wu Yunguo wished he could find a crack in the ground to get in. He knew he was wrong, so he had to bite the bullet and obey the order.Since then, Wu Yunguo has given up the idea of ​​marrying a nurse as his wife.

At this time, the instructor Wu Yunguo was examining the two female soldiers suspiciously and asked, "You want to see Yuan Jun? This is not allowed."

Luo Yun said kindly: "I heard that he made a mistake and was locked up. We want to persuade him and help him correct his mistakes as soon as possible."

Wu Yunguo asked, "What is your relationship with Yuan Jun?"

Luo Yun said: "We are friends in Beijing."

"Oh, that's the girlfriend."

Zhou Xiaobai couldn't help it: "Instructor, what do you mean by that?"

"I mean, if you are lesbians and you are friends with Yuan Jun, then you are girlfriends, but how can Yuan Jun have two girlfriends? Besides, you should know the discipline of the army. Soldiers are not allowed to have girlfriends during their service. .”

Zhou Xiaobai and Luo Yun blushed with anger when they heard this.

Zhou Xiaobai yelled: "Why are you so unqualified as an instructor? The discipline of the army is that soldiers are not allowed to fall in love during their service."

"It's the same thing, isn't having a girlfriend and falling in love the same thing?"

Luo Yun patiently explained: "We are just ordinary friends, not the kind of girlfriend you mentioned."

"What you mean is that there are many types of girlfriends, so which one do you and Yuan Jun belong to?"

Zhou Xiaobai lost his temper: "This instructor, you enlisted in the army from the countryside, did you go to school? I want to tell you that your education level is not suitable for a political worker, because you can't even distinguish the basic concepts. clear."

Wu Yunguo also became angry: "You lesbian, why do you talk like this? It looks like you are all the children of high-ranking cadres, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't be so rude. Our comrades who enlisted from the countryside are not as educated as your urban soldiers. Let me tell you, I only went to elementary school, my family has three generations of farm laborers, my family is poor, and I have no chance to go to school to receive education..."

Luo Yun immediately caught the loophole in his words and said: "Comrade instructor, at your age, you have grown up in the new society, right? Being a farm laborer is also a matter of the previous generation, so don't mess around. You peasants’ land, you have turned yourself over a long time ago, where are you going to work as a farm laborer? Do you mean that you are still working as a farm laborer for the landlord under the leadership of the New Socialist Communist Party? This is a serious political issue.”

"That was not what I meant……"

"That's what you mean, slandering the phenomenon of people exploiting people still exists in the new society. How can an instructor, party branch secretary, and Communist Party member say such things?"

Wu Yunguo calmed down: "If you are so messing around, I have no choice but to refuse to talk to you. It seems that you are here to complain about Yuan Jun and tell you that soldiers in confinement are not allowed to meet guests. This is a rule. Please go back. Go ahead. I will inform your unit of your performance just now, and your leaders will educate you."

Zhou Xiaobai said disdainfully: "Wherever you like to reflect, who are you going to frighten? An official as big as a sesame seed, if you give you a chicken feather, he will hold it up as an arrow."

Luo Yun also said sharply: "Xiaobai, don't pay attention to him, look at his stinking virtue, he is so dirty, he is not much taller than Wu Dalang, and he wears a No. [-] military uniform like a coat. Having a No. [-] uniform puts him in it like a face pocket."

Zhou Xiaobai stared at Wu Yunguo, and suddenly couldn't help laughing: "Luo Yun, your mouth is really bad, don't make fun of his physical defects..."

The two female soldiers walked away with a smile, Wu Yunguo was so angry that his lips trembled.

In the distance, there are undulating loess hills, with thousands of gullies cut by rainwater densely covering them. On the loess slope lacking vegetation, there are small pieces of cultivated land dotted with fish scales. The sky is gray, and the scenery of mountains and rivers seems to be covered. A faint gray mist.

Zhong Yuemin was sitting on the ground, reading Zhou Xiaobai's letter, and Jiang Biyun was sitting beside him, beating the cow with a clod of dirt.

Zhong Yuemin put away the letter and pondered, while Jiang Biyun watched him quietly.

Chang Gui's voice came from a distance: "Go to work, go to work."

The two stood up, Jiang Biyun led the ox, Zhong Yuemin supported an old wooden plow, and made a deep furrow in the yellow ground. The old ox was walking slowly, and Zhong Yuemin used his body weight to hold it down. wooden plow.The weather was very hot, and the scorching sun was shining directly down. It was like being roasted on a fire. Beads of sweat rolled down his face, and his whole body was drenched, as if he had just been fished out of the water.

Jiang Biyun glanced at Zhong Yuemin, couldn't bear to take off the towel and handed it to him.

Zhong Yuemin said politely, "Thank you, I have towels."

"Forget about your towels, they're all rotten, you probably never wash them?"

"I must wash it when I go back today."

Jiang Biyun forced him with a towel and said, "You boys are really lazy. Yesterday Qian Zhimin walked by me, and the smell made me almost vomit. As for this, how much does it cost to wash every day? What? If you are so lazy, I will wash it for you when you get back."

As soon as Zhong Yuemin heard it, he immediately went down the donkey: "I heard that women have a hobby of washing clothes, and they regard washing as a kind of entertainment. If this is the case, I think I should help you."

"Zhong Yuemin, you are such a scoundrel, your mouth is like a cloud and rain, and your greatest ability is to turn your begging into someone else's begging, taking advantage of it and doing a good deed."

"I really can't tell, are you praising me or hurting me?"

"Just take it as my compliment. Yuemin, did your girlfriend write to you?"

Zhong Yuemin sighed and said, "That boy Zheng Tong must have told you. He spread the word to me all over the world. Do you know why?"

"why?"

"He's telling others, I, Zhong Yuemin, have a girlfriend, so don't worry about our girls here, don't we have more wolves and less meat here, kicking out one more wolf is one."

Jiang Biyun smiled and bent over: "Your mouth is really bad..."

Zhong Yuemin said with a smile: "His plot will not succeed. He probably forgot that a wolf must eat meat. Can I, a wolf, be idle? No, grab it. Whoever grabs it will count."

"Come on, don't eat what's in the bowl and look at what's in the pot."

"The problem is, the one in the bowl can't be eaten for the time being, and there are only 3 pieces of meat in the pot, and it got into someone else's mouth when I started too late. When I think about it, the one in the bowl flew away again, and there is nothing wrong with me on both sides." gone."

Jiang Biyun reprimanded: "Look at you, the hooliganism is here again. If your girlfriend knows you are talking such nonsense, she will die of anger."

Zhong Yuemin smiled and said, "Haven't you heard of such a story? When a wanderer returns to his hometown, the first thing he sees is his lover turned into someone else's wife."

"According to what you say, there is no true love in this world?"

Zhong Yuemin pointed to the yellow land and said: "Can we grow roses on the slopes under our feet? I don't think so. We can only grow sorghum and corn. The environment is too harsh. Beautiful flowers need suitable temperature and moisture, and the same is true for feelings. We need a good environment. If others don’t forget their old feelings, it means they have awakened, so we shouldn’t take it too seriously.”

Jiang Biyun said in surprise: "Yuemin, you are terribly calm, your blood is also cold, right?"

Zhong Yuemin was obviously unwilling to have this kind of conversation. He took off his ragged vest, stood shirtless on the hillside, and sang Xintianyou at the top of his voice:
As long as you are right with your sister,

I don't regret chopping my head with a guillotine
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Jiang Biyun said appreciatively: "Your folk songs in northern Shaanxi are really authentic, who did you learn from?"

"Old man Du, this old man has no intestines in his stomach, it's all folk songs."

Zheng Tong climbed up from the slope and shouted: "Yuemin, there is a group of people on the opposite mountain ridge, who look like educated youths, and they are waving to us, they are quite close."

Zhong Yuemin glanced at the opposite mountain ridge, and he saw a group of young people dressed as educated youths. There was only a deep ditch between the mountain ridge they were standing on and here.This is a feature of the landform in northern Shaanxi. There is a ditch to chat with. If you want to go around, you have to walk at least dozens of miles.Now the distance between the two groups of educated youths is less than 100 meters, and they belong to two communes geographically.

Zhong Yuemin was so blinded by the sunlight that he rubbed his eyes and asked slightly frivolously, "Let me see, is there a girl?"

Zheng Tong said: "Yes, look, there are quite a few."

Jiang Biyun criticized: "Why are you so rascals?"

Several educated youths on the opposite mountain ridge were waving to this side, Zhong Yuemin finally saw clearly, a handsome, slender girl was holding a hoe in her hand and was waving to this side.

Zhong Yuemin was taken aback for a moment, his eyes fixed on the girl and did not move.

Zheng Tong made a trumpet shape with his hands and shouted: "Hey, buddy, are you an educated youth from Beijing?"

A male educated youth replied: "That's right, buddy, we are from Baidian Village, Hongwei Commune. How many educated youths are there in your village?"

Zheng Tong shouted: "10, 7 males and 3 females, there are more wolves and less meat, what about you?"

The male educated youth replied: "There are also 10, 7 females and 3 males, more meat and fewer wolves."

Zheng Tong rejoiced and said: "That's great, let's catch up tomorrow, and our two villages are evenly distributed, so as to save the drought and the flood."

Jiang Biyun scolded with a smile: "Zheng Tong, I haven't heard you talking all morning, why do you feel refreshed when you mention this?"

Zhong Yuemin suddenly remembered something, and shouted, "Brother, Li Kuyong is from your village, right?"

The other side replied: "That's right, it's from our village. He went to get fat today."

Zhong Yuemin shouted: "My name is Zhong Yuemin, please say hello to him for me, I will go find him some other day."

The other side replied: "No problem, I promise to bring it."

Zhong Yuemin turned his head and said to Zheng Tong: "The little girl standing on the high place looks good and has a good temperament."

"Why do your eyes look like radar? You can lock on the target with just a scan, why can't I see anything clearly?"

Zhong Yuemin shouted to the opposite side: "Hey, that female student standing on the high place, I have seen you."

The girl's crisp voice floated from afar: "But I'm sure I haven't seen you, male classmate, can you have something new? This is too vulgar."

Zhong Yuemin shouted: "Yes, it's a bit vulgar, so let's put it another way, have you ever gone skating at Shichahai Ice Rink? Have you heard of Zhong Yuemin?"

The girl replied: "I can't skate, who is Zhong Yuemin? Is he a hooligan?"

Zhong Yuemin was at a loss for words, Zheng Tong and Jiang Biyun laughed.

The girl shouted again: "Hey, why didn't you talk? Were you singing just now?"

"It's me, how did you sing?"

"General, amateur level."

Zhong Yuemin turned his head and whispered to Zheng Tong: "Hurry up and support my buddies."

Zheng Tong immediately understood and shouted: "Hey, female classmate, our buddy is an old man in the literary and art circles. He has acted in movies since he was two years old. He is a serious child actor."

The girl's contagious laughter came from the opposite side: "I have seen the movie you acted in, and the acting is really good."

Zhong Yuemin whispered to Zheng Tong: "This girl probably has the wrong person, she really thinks of me as a child star."

Zheng Tong said with a smile: "Strike while the iron is hot, you can blow it away."

Zhong Yuemin shouted: "I have acted in several movies, which one are you watching?"

"Are you playing that ginseng doll wearing a fart curtain in the cartoon?"

The educated youths on both sides roared with laughter.

Zhong Yuemin gasped: "Hey, this girl's mouth is quite powerful."

Jiang Biyun smiled and said, "Have you met your opponent now?"

Zhong Yuemin stood up: "Hey, Beijing fellow, when you arrive in northern Shaanxi, follow the northern Shaanxi rules. How about antiphonal songs?"

The girl's voice came from the opposite side: "Okay, you come first."

Zhong Yuemin sang provocatively:
To eat sugar and turn it into water,
To eat rock candy mouth to mouth.

The educated youth laughed.

The girl continued unpretentiously:
A bowl of cold water and a piece of paper,

Whoever has a bad conscience will die first.

As soon as the girl sang, the educated youths in Shichuan Village were shocked. This voice is definitely professional.

Zhong Yuemin refused to show weakness, and sang again:
Thinking of my god-sister in the middle of the night,

The wolf ate his brother and did not regret it.

The girl's singing came over immediately:
As many stars in the sky as the Big Dipper,

You are the only one in my sister's heart.

Zhong Yuemin sings:

Twist the water in the well and pour it into the bucket,
I know what my sister is thinking.

The girl sang back:

It's too low to run a horse on the wall,

I still miss you when I stand face to face.

Zhong Yuemin sings:

Make friends with you in the world of Yang,

In the underworld, we are married as husband and wife.

Zheng Tong shouted: "Yuemin, you are going too fast, you will become husband and wife in a while."

The girl's voice suddenly rose an octave:
One bowl of millet and two bowls of rice,

I still miss you when I sleep face to face.

The male educated youth over there coaxed: "Okay, I'm all asleep..."

Zhong Yuemin shouted: "Hey, female classmate, what's your name?"

"Qinling."

"Good name, your ancestral home is Shaanxi, right?"

"Guanzhong people."

Zhong Yuemin shouted: "Qin Ling, can I go to your village to find you?"

Qin Ling joked: "Yes, but you have to bring your own dry food. Goodbye, ginseng doll." Her figure flashed and disappeared behind the mountain ridge.

Zheng Tong said with endless aftertaste: "This girl is really a fucking little fairy."

Zhong Yuemin stared at the disappearing ridge of the Qinling Mountains without moving.

Jiang Biyun left without knowing when.

A tank with the number 103 painted on the turret stood alone on the tank training ground. The turret of the tank was slowly turning. Yuan Jun was sitting on the gunner's seat, his eyes were close to the scope, and his hands were shaking the steering gear. The barrel of the tank is adjusted from high to low.

Yuan Jun shouted to himself: "500 meters ahead, we found two T-62 tanks, fired the armor-piercing projectiles with delayed fuzes, loaded the shells, yes, loaded the shells, aimed directly at the target, yes, aimed directly at the target."

He locked the reticle in the scope on a small tree, and shouted: "Ready—let it go! Boom! Well, it's done."

Wang Daming, who was in the same class, climbed onto the tank and poked his head into the cockpit opening and said, "Yuan Jun, there's nothing to play, right? I saw the turret turning from a long distance, and I guessed that you were playing."

Yuan Jun complained: "Why don't our tanks be equipped with a two-way stabilization system, so that it is much easier to lock the target. They have it on the Soviet T-62. Also, the 100mm rifled gun should also be eliminated. , should be fitted with a 125mm smoothbore gun..."

Wang Daming said with a smile: "Yuan Jun, you haven't lived in the confinement room enough, have you? You started to complain again. Be careful the instructor heard that your mouth caused trouble. You were shot twice with live ammunition yesterday, and you shot well. Once you say something weird, it's over again, you don't even have a compliment, are you worth it?"

Yuan Jun said: "Nonsense, in my opinion, praise and fart are the same thing, it doesn't matter. Do you think I want to be in the army for the rest of my life? Let me tell you, my buddy will leave as soon as he has served in the military for three years and go back to the army." Find a job, marry a wife and have a baby, and you will live a happy life. What am I going to do with this broken tank? When you shoot in the tank, your ears will be buzzing, and I will be on the kang. It’s so meaningful to go up and shoot, to have children every now and then, to increase the source of our army in the future, let’s put it this way, when the time comes, whoever asks me to do it, I’ll be in a hurry.”

Wang Daming looked around and said, "Fuck, you are really crazy. People in their dreams are thinking about getting a job, but you are thinking about going home and having a baby. I think you don't hurt your back when you stand up and talk. Why don't you Beijing soldiers think about it?" Like the uncle?"

Yuan Jun got out of the tank and said: "First of all, I wish you a smooth promotion in the future. The army needs people like you so much that they are crying and unwilling to go back. It seems that there are successors to the revolutionary cause, so I am relieved. "

Wang Daming ignored Yuan Jun's sarcasm and said, "By the way, I almost forgot. Yesterday I went to the hospital to see a doctor and met a female soldier. She asked me if I knew you. I said we were in the same platoon. She asked how you have behaved recently. How about it, I said you have to ask our instructor, guess what she said?"

"There must be nothing good to say."

"That's right, she said, don't mention to me your bastard instructor, who is no taller than three pieces of tofu, and only fit to be a tank soldier."

Yuan Jun asked puzzledly, "Why are you only qualified to be a tank soldier?"

"She meant that she was so small that it was convenient for her to get into tanks. This woman's mouth is really bad, and she asked me, "Are all of your tank regiments such semi-disabled people?" I said that there are not many tall people, but they don't all look like instructors. They are so tall, most of them are of medium stature. She curled her lips and said, 'Let me name your regiment, Wu Dalang Tank Regiment'."

Yuan Jun laughed: "Good name, who is this, with such a bad mouth?"

Wang Daming said: "She said she was an old friend with you, but you don't know who it is?"

"I have two friends in the hospital, did she say what her name is?"

"I didn't say anything, I just told you to go. She has something to look for you. Yuan Jun, you can take it easy, two girlfriends, are you busy?"

Yuan Jun smiled and said, "Two are nothing, I can handle 10."

"Are you in good shape?"

Yuan Jun asked the company for leave on Sunday afternoon. The company he was in was 5 kilometers away from the hospital, and the road was closed to traffic, so Yuan Jun had to walk 5 kilometers to the hospital.

Zhou Xiaobai was on duty in the internal medicine ward that day. She just took off the hanging bottle for a patient and came out of the ward when she saw Yuan Jun waiting for her in the corridor.

Zhou Xiaobai asked strangely: "Hey, Yuan Jun, why are you here? Why don't you go in and find me?"

Yuan Jun was taken aback: "Didn't you look for me?"

"What am I looking for you for? Am I so free?"

Yuan Jun said: "One of our comrades-in-arms said that there was a woman in the hospital who wanted to ask me for something. I thought who else could there be besides you?"

Zhou Xiaobai asked doubtfully, "Could it be Luo Yun looking for you?" She seemed to understand something suddenly, "Oh, it must be her, you go, she is on duty in the pharmacy."

Yuan Jun asked: "What could happen to her, she was so surprised?"

Zhou Xiaobai smiled and said, "You asked me? How would I know? You'll know if you go."

Luo Yun was busy in front of the medicine cabinet in the pharmacy wearing white work clothes. Yuan Jun even forgot to knock on the door and rushed in rashly: "Luo Yun, are you looking for me?"

Luo Yun smiled and asked back: "What do I want you for?"

Yuan Jun cursed as soon as he heard it: "It's weird, isn't this a ghost? I don't know anyone in the hospital except you and Zhou Xiaobai. Who the hell is sneaking me like this?"

Luo Yun calmly persuaded: "Come on, come on, maybe someone made a mistake, since you're here, let's sit down and chat for a while."

Yuan Jun said angrily: "5% of the time we even played with Wang Daming on me, causing me to walk [-] kilometers in vain. When I go back, I will smoke this grandson."

Luo Yun's face sank: "What do you mean by walking 5 kilometers in vain? That is, if we don't call you, you can't come to see us? Yuan Jun, you are so heartless. Last time you were in confinement, didn't Xiaobai and I also run away?" I traveled 5 kilometers to see you, and later I was criticized at the meeting of the whole hospital, shouldn't you come to see us?"

"Yes, yes, what happened last time made you suffer. I'm really sorry. In the future, if there is any matter of leading a horse and falling into the stirrups, you just order it, and Yuan will never hesitate to die."

"Come on, don't talk too much, just buy us something to eat next time."

"It's a trivial matter. I'm not afraid of other people's gossip. Do you know what some people in our company say?"

Luo Yun asked with great interest, "What did you say?"

"Not very nice."

"Don't keep it up, just say it."

Yuan Jun said: "They said that I went to the hospital to see a doctor and seduced two girls. Do you think I was wronged?"

Luo Yun said with a smile, "Why are you wronged?"

"Not wronged? Xiaobai is Yuemin's girlfriend, and I have nothing to do with him. Yuemin is my buddy. I will give him a name and suffer some grievances, so I will admit it, but who do we provoke?" Who is it? How innocent, even if I have a wicked heart, I have no guts."

Luo Yun stared at him and said, "Why are you pretending to be serious? It's not that I haven't seen you guys perform on the ice rink. When you see a girl, your eyes shine. Have you forgotten how we met? "

"Hey, I was confused for a while and went astray with Zhong Yuemin and became a hooligan, but now I have changed my ways and become a soldier of the People's Liberation Army. Don't mention the past."

Luo Yun sarcastically said: "Don't put gold on your face, do you guys have the qualifications to be hooligans? I think it's because I envy hooligans and worship hooligans. After fighting for a long time, I still haven't become hooligans, and I feel very disappointed." ,is not it?"

"Yes, yes, you still understand us. Well, I have to go. I have to walk 5 kilometers against the sun and return to the team before dinner." Yuan Jun stood up.

Luo Yun sat without moving. She glared at Yuan Jun and said, "Sit down for me, who told you to leave, why don't you have any manners at all? Come and leave whenever you want?"

Yuan Jun had no choice but to sit down again: "Luo Yun, what's the matter with you today? You were chatting and laughing just now, but after a while, it turned over again."

Luo Yun whispered: "It's nothing, I'm upset these few days, don't go, can you stay with me?"

"Okay, let's go all out, and the worst thing is to stay in confinement again."

Luo Yun smiled: "Don't be so tragic, it's not that serious, I'll let you go in a while."

Yuan Jun suddenly realized: "I understand, it must be you that my comrade-in-arms met, don't deny it, and slander our regiment as Wu Dalang's tank regiment, there is no one else but you, Zhou Xiaobai's mouth is not so bad."

Luo Yun smiled: "So what if it's me? Look at your regiment, from the regiment leader to your instructors, is there anyone taller than 1.75 meters?"

Yuan Jun argued: "I'm only 1.75 meters, what's the matter?"

Luo Yun gave him a sideways glance and said, "You're still a little taller, you just took off your semi-disabled hat, and the others... Hmph, it seems like a group of little mice are driving a tank, the cockpit must look quite spacious. "

"It's too vicious. On behalf of the tank regiment, I make a serious protest to you."

Luo Yun said seriously: "Okay, stop bickering. Yuan Jun, I have wanted to ask you a long time ago, and you have to answer truthfully, okay?"

"Row."

Luo Yun asked, "Am I your friend?"

"Of course, even our company commander knows that I have two girlfriends, so of course you count as one."

Luo Yun asked: "Really, do you really think so?"

"Of course, let alone two, I don't think 10 is too many."

Luo Yun became serious: "Don't be poor, you can only have one, and that is me."

Yuan Jun finally understood a little bit: "The girlfriend you mentioned is...the kind of professional?"

Luo Yun said angrily: "Nonsense, you think I'm an amateur, who do you take me for?"

"Then...are you allowed to have a few amateurs?"

"Yuan Jun, are you still serious? They are telling you what's on their minds."

Yuan Jun became serious, and watched Luo Yun silently. A ray of sunlight shone on Luo Yun's face, her eyes flashed, and she showed a bright smile...

Zhou Xiaobai walked through the long corridor of the hospital and came to the window of the pharmacy room. She poked her head into the window and was about to speak when she suddenly froze. Tenderness, she understands everything.

Zhou Xiaobai covered his mouth and left quietly.

Zhong Yuemin and Zheng Tong are playing chess in the courtyard of the Educated Youth Spot.Educated youths are very popular in gambling recently, and there are many forms of gambling. Chess and poker are common gambling tools. There are also simpler gambling methods, such as tossing coins, guessing matches, etc. The gambling money is always food. Educated youths are not interested in other things.

Zheng Tong stared at the chessboard with a dejected face and said nothing; Zhong Yuemin's face was beaming, and it seemed that he had already gained the upper hand.

Zhong Yuemin knocked on the chessboard and said, "You're out of the game, no matter how you look at it, you've lost. Let's re-set."

Zheng Tong didn't even raise his head, and said, "Don't worry, what if I see a trick?"

"Look through the chess records. This is called 'Er Che Ping Shi'. If you break your two shi, if you make a mistake with both rooks, you will be finished."

Zheng Tong lifted the chessboard: "I can't play anymore, today I let you take advantage of the back of my hand."

Zhong Yuemin had the attitude of a brother to settle the score: "Then let's settle the score, how much money did you lose to me?"

"Isn't it just three, I'll pay them back in the future."

Zhong Yuemin jumped up as soon as he heard it: "I will pay it back in the future, can I fucking live in the future? Cash it out immediately, don't talk nonsense."

Zheng Tong said shamelessly: "When we made the bet, we didn't say that we would cash it out on the spot. I admitted that I owed you 3 buns, but I didn't say when to pay it back."

"Hey, you kid want to renege on your debt, don't you?"

"Even if you beat me to death, I won't be able to pay back the three cornbreads today. Let's put it this way, I am determined to defend these three cornbreads with blood and life. It's okay to kill me, but I want cornbreads? No way!"

Zhong Yuemin said: "I really didn't realize that you are a master who risked his life and money. All right, these three corn buns can be avoided, but you have to accompany me to Baidian Village tomorrow."

Zheng Tong had a smirk on his face: "Understood, the movements are quick enough, do you think it's funny?"

"You kid has a bad mind, and you only think in the wrong way. That girl's singing is definitely professional enough. I'm going to learn from it. It's nothing else."

"Don't explain, it doesn't matter what you mean. I understand this. We haven't known each other for a year or two. I know you. You always have an excuse to start something."

"What do you know? Art needs communication, and we are also colleagues at any rate."

"I know, even if you meet a woman beggar, you can also get a companion. If I want to go with you, I won't train with you. It takes half a day to walk to Baidian Village. Do you want to exhaust me?" Zheng Tong flatly refused. up.

Zhong Yuemin continued to work: "We are buddies, why do you have the heart to let me run such a long distance alone? In the wild mountains and wild mountains, if we encounter robbers, we will have someone to take care of us."

"Forget it, it's fine if you don't rob others, who will rob you, are you rich or lustful?"

"Dude, I'm doing this for your own good. You didn't hear them say that the educated youths in Baidian Village have seven women and three men, more meat than wolves? If you accompany me, it's like helping me eat meat."

"No, I don't care about eating meat. I'm used to being a monk anyway. I'd better be vegetarian."

Zhong Yuemin finally showed his fierce face: "Then you fucking pay me back the corn bread you owe me, and give it today."

"No, if you want corn bread, if you want it, if you want it, there is one."

Zhong Yuemin grabbed Zheng Tong's arm and twisted it, threatening: "Are you fucking going? If you don't, I'll fuck you..."

"Oh, take it easy, oh, okay, okay, I can't go, let go..."

The two were arguing, seeing Old Man Du's grandson, Hanwa, poking his head at the gate of the courtyard, as if hesitating whether to come in.Zhong Yuemin said: "Silly baby, what are you doing?"

Hanwa whispered, "Brother Yuemin..."

Zhong Yuemin pretended to be angry and said: "Silly boy, you little bastard, why did you mess up your seniority, called Uncle, do you hear me?"

Hanwa said: "My grandpa said that we are of the same generation, why don't you call him grandpa?"

Zhong Yuemin smiled: "Silly boy, what do you do?"

Han Wa nodded, and Zhong Yuemin walked out of the yard with him.

Hanwa mysteriously took Zhong Yuemin to a secluded place and said, "Brother Yuemin, I'm bringing you food." He took out a black object from his pocket and handed it over.Zhong Yuemin took a closer look and almost vomited it out. It turned out to be a cooked mouse.

Hanwa happily said: "I dug a vole hole and caught two voles. I cooked it and it was delicious. This is just for you."

Zhong Yuemin seemed to be struck by lightning for a moment, he froze there, his eye circles were red, and there was an unspeakable sadness in his heart.This fatherless child was too thoughtful, he kept in mind that he had eaten Zhong Yuemin's cornbread, and he used this method to repay him.

Zhong Yuemin didn't want to hurt the child. He suppressed his nausea and ate a mouthful of rat meat. He patted the boy's head and said, "Good brother, I always think about my brother when I have good things. This meat is really delicious..."

Jiang Biyun was stuffing firewood into the stove hole in the kitchen of the educated youth, and a puff of thick smoke poured in. She coughed and wiped her tears from being choked.

Zhong Yuemin walked in and said, "Biyun, can you prepare some dry food for me?"

Jiang Biyun didn't even lift her eyelids: "It doesn't seem to be my business, does it?"

Zhong Yuemin smiled apologetically and said, "Didn't I ask you for help, who told us that we are buddies."

"in spite of."

Zhong Yuemin was surprised and said: "I don't seem to have offended you, what's the matter? It's really boring to turn your face when you say it."

"Zhong Yuemin, I'm like this, you can find whoever is good for you."

Zhong Yuemin was furious: "I don't know why, why are you sick?"

"You are the only one who is sick, greedy for sickness, and you are not afraid to hold on if you are greedy too much!"

"What am I greedy for? Tell me clearly."

Jiang Biyun said angrily: "Who sent you the letter that day, was it your girlfriend? If you don't want someone, you should make it clear, don't hang on to one and chase the other. Humph, look at your virtue today, come on It's been almost a year here, and I haven't seen you so refreshed before."

Zhong Yuemin fell silent.

"Is it wrong? Seeing one and loving the other, this is your man. Your girlfriend is a soldier in the army, and she didn't dislike you, and sent you letters one after another. Fortunately, you just got a few songs right. Here comes an idea, think about it carefully.”

Zhong Yuemin thought for a while: "Huh? No, how did you know that I was going to Baidian Village? Oh, I see, it must be Zheng Tong's grandson who told you, right? Why is this grandson turning his elbow outward? He sold me out in a short while, this traitor, and I will settle accounts with him later."

Jiang Biyun's tone softened: "Yuemin, stop messing around, okay?"

"Jiang Biyun, what does this have to do with you? We don't seem to have established a party branch yet at the educated youth spot, right? Why are you so concerned about this matter?"

Jiang Biyun fell silent.

Zheng Tong carried a bucket and hummed a little tune to fetch water from the well platform. At a glance, he found that the Gouwa in the village was also carrying a bucket and waiting to fetch water.As soon as Zheng Tong rolled his eyes, he cheered up with Gouwa.

"Goofy, you bastard, did your mother-in-law give birth to a baby recently?"

Gouwa smiled embarrassedly: "No, no."

Zheng Tongyu said earnestly: "No more births are allowed. Your kang is almost out of place. Don't just worry about having fun at night. Is that a joke? You are having a good time, and our village has another import, and there is not enough food. eat."

Gouwa muttered, "What can I do?"

"Why can't you do anything? Don't think about anything when you go to bed at night, just treat your mother-in-law as a piece of wood, ignore her, see what she can do? The key is yourself, you have to carry it, you hear?"

Zhong Yuemin hurried over and scolded angrily: "Zheng Tong, get the fuck out of here for me."

Zheng Tong walked down the well platform: "What's the matter?"

"What's the matter?" He kicked Zheng Tong's ass.

"Fuck, why are you kicking me?"

"Your stinky mouth is so twitchy, tell me, what did you say when you went to Jiang Biyun?"

Zheng Tong was happy when he heard it: "That's it, what's the matter? To be honest, I said we're going to Baidian Village to find that girl who can sing to learn art."

"Then where did she get so angry? She even brought Zhou Xiaobai out, what the hell does it have to do with her? It's all your stinky mouth, you're just letting me go around all day long!"

"Yuemin, you're wrong. It's not a secret. You didn't say you wanted to keep it a secret. Why are you afraid that people will know that you have a girlfriend? Do you want to eat more and occupy more?"

Zhong Yuemin said angrily: "Fuck you, you don't talk nonsense about my affairs in the future, and this Jiang Biyun also scolded me just now, just like I dug someone's ancestral grave, can she control it?" ?”

Zheng Tong was stunned.

"Yuemin, this is not normal. Where did she get so angry? Is she also thinking about you?"

Zhong Yuemin was slightly surprised and said: "Is this possible? I think she doesn't like anyone."

"This girl is extremely noble. Her father is a professor. She was born in a good family. In 1966, her home was confiscated. Just like us, she is an 'educable child'."

Zhong Yuemin glanced at him and said, "Why do you look like a spy? You know everything."

Zheng Tong said with all his heart: "Dude, I'm not as ambitious as you. Your mind is not here, and sooner or later you have to fly. My family's situation is different. I'm afraid my father won't be able to get up. I have to honestly work here. Our village Don’t educated youths have more wolves and less meat? I have to start early and start from the front, and I won’t even be able to drink soup when I start too late.”

Zhong Yuemin laughed and said, "Who are you targeting?"

"To tell you the truth, Jiang Biyun is my first choice, but the situation is very serious now, and she has started to pay attention to you. I understand that as long as you are here, I have nothing to do. To tell you the truth, my buddy is murdering you now." I have my heart."

Zhong Yuemin smiled: "Don't, don't, it's not worth it, I'll let you, don't do this."

The two faced each other and laughed badly.

(End of this chapter)