Scarlet Romance

Chapter 7
At the end of 1968, all high school and junior high school students who should have graduated in 1966, 1967, and 1968 graduated. This is the later famous "old three".

For the graduates at that time, the distribution after graduation was a problem that could not be considered, because the party had already considered it for you. Except for a few people who were drafted into the army, there were also very few people who were taken care of and left behind due to physical reasons or special difficulties in their families. The city assigned work, and the remaining 95% were sent to border military farms or remote mountainous areas as "educated youth" to jump in the queue.

The conscription began in 1968, and there were long queues in front of the conscription and physical examination offices in every school.In the history of conscription in the People's Republic of China, this year's situation is very special, because the previous year, that is, 1967, was the only year in the history of the People's Republic of China that there was no conscription.In 1968, due to the rapid changes in the international situation, Chinese leaders felt the threat of war and made a series of adjustments to national defense work, among which the expansion of the armed forces was an important measure.Therefore, at the end of 1968, the army recruited a large number of recruits. Since then, the total number of soldiers in the Chinese army has reached 500 million, and the total number of active servicemen is the largest in the world.

None of Zhong Yuemin, Yuan Jun, and Zheng Tong received a medical examination notice, because the political and industrial departments of their schools believed that they were all "children who could be educated well" and could not pass the political examination for military enlistment. No physical examination is required.

Zheng Tong, who was born in a family of high-level intellectuals, didn't care, and he didn't plan to do so.

Zheng Tong's father, Zheng Tianyu, studied in the United States in his early years. Americans lacked organizational discipline, and they had to come out to express their opinions when they had nothing to do with themselves, for fear that others would forget him.Zheng Tianyu was also affected by this kind of influence. He didn't know how to change after returning to China, so he was always disliked by the leaders. When he came to the movement, he was taken out to receive education. He had to write several inspections to pass the test.Fortunately, it is not difficult for intellectuals to write checks.However, the Anti-Rightist Movement in 1957 did not encounter Zheng Tianyu. This was not because Zheng Tianyu had a long memory, but God bless him. I would like to offer some advice, but who would have thought that he drank two or two ounces of wine that night, causing gastric perforation and was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment.Zheng Tianyu broke into a cold sweat from fright, quickly and secretly burned the speech, and has since become a man with his tail between his legs.

Zheng Tong often thinks that fortunately his father was burnt through his stomach by alcohol, otherwise Zheng Tong might be helping his father make adobe in a labor camp in the Great Northern Wilderness.Since God takes care of his family in this way, there should be no more unreasonable thoughts. The dream of being a soldier is not something that people from a family like him can do.He is used to this kind of political discrimination, let alone a regular army in military uniform, it is useless to be a militia.What he can think about is where to jump in the queue. Zheng Tong often gloats about the situation of Zhong Yuemin, Yuan Jun and others with a darker psychology. What else is there to be psychologically unbalanced?
Zhong Yuemin and Yuan Jun were very annoyed. They were not used to this kind of political discrimination, and they still believed that they were born as revolutionary cadres.They cursed and went to the school's political work team to ask for an explanation, why they weren't even given the chance to enlist in the medical examination?

A clerk explained: "You should know that the political review of military enlistment is very strict. As far as I know, your parents have some political problems, some are historical problems, some are current problems. In short, there is no formal organizational conclusion yet. , Take a step back, even if the school allows you to participate in the medical examination, you will not be able to pass the political examination."

Zhong Yuemin said: "Isn't the party's policy not based on constituency theory? Besides, we are all revolutionary cadres, and we are not the 'five black categories'."

The clerk sneered: "Revolutionary cadres, how many of the 'black gang capitalist roaders' that have been uncovered now were not revolutionary cadres before? Liu Shaoqi was also a revolutionary cadre before."

Yuan Jun was furious: "Damn it, my father joined the Eighth Route Army in 1938 and fought for half his life. I'm a fucking person with a bad background? Let me ask you, where was the director of your Revolutionary Committee in 1938?" "

Zhong Yuemin spoke rudely: "Probably he is wearing crotch pants."

"Wear open crotch pants? You flattered him too much. He was still cramping in his father's calf." Yuan Jun cursed recklessly.

The clerk stood up suddenly: "Yuan Jun, who are you scolding?"

Yuan Jun slapped the table: "Fuck you, scold you, I still want to beat you, you are a fucking dog, sitting here with five people pretending to be a real god."

Zhong Yuemin pulled Yuan Jun up and said: "Don't pay attention to him, he is an idiot, let's go, isn't it just a soldier, sir, I don't care about it."

The clerk was trembling with anger: "It's outrageous, hooligans, a group of hooligans..."

Zhong Yuemin, Yuan Jun, and Zheng Tong have signed up to join the queue in northern Shaanxi. Zhou Xiaobai and Luo Yun have been approved to enlist in the army and are about to leave. Everyone decided to go on an outing.

Zhong Yuemin went to Fangshan Yunshui Cave with a few classmates before. At that time, almost no one in Beijing knew about Yunshui Cave, and there was no direct bus route, so he could only go there by bicycle, and he had to bring camping cooking utensils and equipment, because There is a remote area, which does not have the conditions to receive tourists.What Zhong Yuemin said, everyone became interested. This is a bit like an expedition, which sounds very exciting, especially the mysterious Yunshui Cave. After Zhong Yuemin added oil and vinegar, Zhou Xiaobai was almost stupid.According to Zhong Yuemin, the other exit of this cave is on a certain cliff in Taihang Mountain, Shanxi. There are many underground rivers in the cave. Zhong Yuemin insisted that he once crossed a river in the cave. The Yangtze River, he almost drowned in it.Zheng Tong told the stunned Zhou Xiaobai and Luo Yun that it was Zhong Yuemin who crossed the big river in his dream, so he took it for real.Zheng Tong believes that there is a big difference between dreams and reality, and they should not be taken too seriously. For example, Zhong Yuemin dreamed that he was watering wheat to fight a drought. When he woke up, he might find that he was peeing on the kang.

Although everyone expressed great doubts about Zhong Yuemin's words, they still decided to go once, but Zhou Xiaobai gave up his plan to bring a swimsuit to cross the big river.

Just after dawn, they set off on their bicycles.A few young people are like happy birds, chasing, talking and laughing, making noise along the way, swaying their youthful passion to their heart's content.There are tall Zhutian poplars lined up on both sides of the suburban road, and the sunlight shines through the gaps in the branches and leaves of the poplars, just like their dazzling youth.

However, they are too young after all, they have just walked halfway, and their physical strength is almost exhausted.

Yuan Jun leaned on the bicycle, rode it with difficulty, and asked out of breath, "Yuemin, how far is it?"

"It's early, where are you going, let's pedal for 100 miles."

Luo Yun exclaimed, "Xiaobai, Yuemin deceived us all. What did he say that day? He said that Yunshui Cave is not far from Beijing, and it takes only an hour to ride there. Now we have already ridden for an hour and a half." How come there are still more than 100 miles?"

Zhong Yuemin stretched his waist, and accelerated to the front: "I said I could get there in an hour, but that was by car, who told you that you were riding a bicycle?"

Luo Yun was so tired that she couldn't breathe, she had never run such a long distance before, so she complained: "Zhong Yuemin, you liar, I will never trust you again, I am so tired that my legs will break, I not going."

But Zhong Yuemin had a smirk on his face: "You are welcome, you can go back now, but I warn you, the peasant brothers in this area are relatively poor, and there are many people in their forties who cannot marry a wife, so you have to be careful. "

Yuan Jun and Zheng Tong also echoed: "If you disappear, we will definitely look for you everywhere. I'm afraid that by the time we find you, the rice has already been cooked."

"It's hard to find it. Farmer brothers, it's not easy. It's like a person who has been hungry for several days. It's hard to get half of a cornbread. We snatch it away after taking a bite. We really can't bear it." .”

Luo Yun got angry, and simply stopped the car and refused to leave: "Xiaobai, are you going? If you don't want to go, I will go back alone, anyway, I won't go."

Zhong Yuemin and the others all stopped the car, and tried to persuade them with a lost smile: "Oh, hurry up? I really don't know how to joke, Luo Yun, don't be as knowledgeable as us."

Zhou Xiaobai smiled and said, "Luo Yun, you don't know these guys yet? Think about it, what can grow out of a dog's mouth?"

Zhong Yuemin said: "Let's go, Comrade Luo Yun, we all need you, without you we will all be in great pain, just like a navigator cannot see a lighthouse, a sunflower cannot find sunshine, and a revolution leaves the Red Book."

Luo Yun was amused: "Zhong Yuemin, you are really reactionary."

Zheng Tong applauded and said: "Okay, okay, Comrade Luo Yun, a private soldier, after a fierce ideological struggle, finally gave up his plan to desert and returned to the revolutionary ranks. Don't worry, Comrade Luo Yun, we will not discriminate against you , you must not carry any burden."

Luo Yun got on the bike and complained bitterly to Zhou Xiaobai: "Xiaobai, I'm on a bandit boat with you. You don't care if they bully me. When did you wear the same pants with them?"

"Zhou Xiaobai didn't share a pair of pants with us, at most she wore a pair of pants with Zhong Yuemin, this is a matter of principle." Zheng Tong corrected.

Zhou Xiaobai said with a smile: "You bastards can say whatever you like, I just want to wear a pair of pants with Zhong Yuemin, and I will wear them for the rest of my life. I will piss you off."

Zhong Yuemin put his arms on Zhou Xiaobai's shoulders: "Okay, I'm going to make a pair of pants that can hold two people. Is it enough to leave 1.5 meters at the waist?"

Luo Yun spat: "The more you talk, the more shameless you become. Xiaobai, why do you always speak for Zhong Yuemin?"

Zheng Tong rode to Luo Yun's side, and began to look for bargains: "Luo Yun, if I also make a pair of pants with a waist of 1.5 meters, would you like to wear them with me?"

"Go away, stay aside..."

Everyone laughed, leaving their youthful laughter among the green mountains and green valleys...

Fangshan Yunshui Cave is a typical limestone cave, which belongs to karst landform and is relatively rare in the northern region.The cave is very quiet, and the sound of dripping water can be heard from time to time. The strange stalactites and stalagmites form various strange shapes, and each shape can make people imagine.In fact, this kind of limestone caves is not a spectacle, as long as there are limestone areas, such caves will appear, and there are countless such caves in China alone.However, Zhong Yuemin, Zhou Xiaobai and others had never seen anything in the world back then, and this cave was enough to arouse their amazement.

The light beams of several flashlights swept back and forth on the roof of the cave, and everyone was amazed.

Zhou Xiaobai held Zhong Yuemin's hand tightly, leaning against his body: "Yuemin, I'm a little scared, please don't leave me."

Luo Yun touched a crystal clear stalagmite and asked, "Zhong Yuemin, where is your big river? Show us."

Zhong Yuemin replied blushingly: "Probably the landslide has blocked the passage. If you want to see the river, you have to build another tunnel."

"You are fooled."

Yuan Jun nimbly climbed up a boulder like a lotus seat, Zheng Tong raised his camera, and the flash was flashing.

Zhou Xiaobai asked: "These stalactites and stalagmites probably took tens of thousands of years to form?"

"About 10 years." Zhong Yuemin replied.

Zhou Xiaobai murmured: "In the face of time, life is so fragile. Yuemin, we must hurry up."

"What?"

"Enjoy every day you and I get along, or we will grow old soon."

Zheng Tong held the camera and shouted: "Yuemin, Xiaobai, stand still, I'll take a picture for you."

Zhong Yuemin and Zhou Xiaobai looked up.

"Don't be so serious, Yuemin, don't pretend to be a gentleman, and show a little smile. Xiaobai, you are so friendly to Yuemin, you are already wearing a pair of pants, what's there to be embarrassed about?" Zheng Tong was picky with.

"Zheng Tong, shut your mouth." Zhou Xiaobai shouted.

Zhong Yuemin whispered: "He is jealous of us. Zheng Tong, don't speak so harshly. We didn't recruit you. You just miss Luo Yun. It doesn't matter. Hurry up and ask Zhou Xiaobai to tell you about the matchmaker."

Zhou Xiaobai yelled deliberately: "Luo Yun, Zheng Tong seems to have taken a fancy to you, do you want him?"

Luo Yun snorted: "No, I don't want to wear glasses."

"Then I don't wear glasses, what do you think?" Yuan Jun leaned over and said.

"You? I'm not your kindergarten friend."

Luo Yun shouted to Zhou Xiaobai: "Xiaobai, do you know who I have my eye on? Let me tell you, I have my eye on Zhong Yuemin, you can give him to me."

"That's not okay, you might as well kill me."

Zhong Yuemin rejoiced and said: "I think you are both good, if you both like me, I have no objection."

Zhou Xiaobai stomped his feet in pain: "Okay, Zhong Yuemin, you finally spoke your mind, and I will fight with you."

Luo Yun laughed loudly: "Zhong Yuemin, if you divorce her, I will marry you."

"Yuemin, you are too black-hearted, one occupies two. Things in this world are too unfair. Yuan Jun and I are about to die of drought, and your boy is flooded." Zheng Tong said dissatisfied.

Zhou Xiaobai was tired of making trouble: "Okay, okay, stop making trouble. Zheng Tong, you haven't taken a picture of us yet."

Zhou Xiaobai wrapped his arms around Zhong Yuemin's neck, and put his face on his shoulders. The flash flashed, and the images of the two were left on a negative.

This is the best time of their lives, so much energy that they have nowhere to vent, quarreling, quarreling, talking sarcasm, tossing and tossing endlessly, and they don't feel tired until night.

As night fell, they lit a bonfire to cook at the entrance of the cave. The bonfire was burning fiercely. They sat around the bonfire and continued talking and laughing. When a gust of northwest wind came, Zhou Xiaobai shivered: "It's really cold, Yuemin, hold me. "

Zhong Yuemin hugged Zhou Xiaobai and said to Luo Yun with a playful smile, "Luo Yun, are you cold? How about you come here too."

Luo Yun spat: "Fuck you, you think well."

Zhou Xiaobai laughed loudly: "Have you hit a wall? You deserve it."

Zheng Tong said: "It's really exciting, Yuan Jun, how about you?"

"I'm fine, I treat all the beauties in the world like dung."

"You're the dung, sour grapes," Zhou Xiaobai said.

Luo Yun wrapped her coat tightly and said, "It's freezing, why don't you sing a song?"

Zhong Yuemin asked, "What song are you singing?"

"How about "The Hawthorn Tree"?" Zheng Tong suggested.

Yuan Jun said: ""Little Road" is so romantic, follow my lover to the battlefield..."

Zhou Xiaobai curled his lips: "It's boring, it's vulgar, let's sing a farewell song."

Zhong Yuemin stood up and asked: "Who has seen the Soviet movie "Youth"? The episodes in it are very good."

Zhou Xiaobai said excitedly: "I've seen it. That song is really good. It is said that the actor who played the leading role improvised it when he was filming a movie, and he became famous in one fell swoop. Yuemin, you sing it."

Zhong Yuemin pretended to take a deep breath: "Don't be busy, I have to brew some feelings, singing this kind of song has an artistic conception."

Zheng Tong echoed: "That's right, 'Where is the drunkenness tonight? Willow bank, dawn wind and moon', that's the artistic conception."

Everyone was silent.

In the silent valley, the north wind is howling.The cold moonlight sprinkled on the continuous mountains, giving people a feeling of hazy and distant.They all suddenly became a little sad, maybe parting was imminent, and they were reluctant to part with this rare friendship.The blazing bonfire made everyone's faces red, and Zhong Yuemin's singing echoed in the valley...

Back then my mother,

I didn't close my eyes all night,
Walk with me all over my hometown,

Farewell to elders and neighbors,
It was just dawn,
She sent me on a long journey,
Gave me a hand towel,
she wishes me good luck

…………

Zhou Xiaobai leaned close to Zhong Yuemin and started humming along with him.As Zhou Xiaobai sang, she suddenly felt her nose sour. She tried hard to control her emotions, but failed. She burst into tears in an instant.

Luo Yun's eyes filled with tears...

Zheng Tong also took off his glasses and wiped his eyes gently.

Yuan Jun turned his head and stared at the valley full of brilliance, two lines of tears dripped down his cheeks...

Zhong Yuemin has been very busy recently, and he needs to arrange all the things that should be done before going to the countryside.Zhou Xiaobai and Luo Yun are leaving next week, Zhou Xiaobai hopes that he can spend more time with him.Zhong Yuemin remembered that he still had two friends living in the hospital, so he had to go to the hospital to say goodbye to them anyway before leaving.

Zhang Haiyang lives in the railway hospital. His injuries are much better, but he is very depressed.He felt that he was completely useless in the hands of the little bastard this time. He had fought countless times in the past without even hurting a single hair, but this time he was stabbed by the little bastard. It was really a shame.

Zhong Yuemin comforted him: "I don't blame you, it's because you didn't want to kill him, so you showed mercy, but the little bastard didn't have such scruples, and if I were in this matter, I would still suffer."

Zhang Haiyang said bitterly: "The key is that he was too useless to lose. Not to mention losing his share, he even missed this conscription, with a knife wound on his stomach, and failed the physical examination."

Zhong Yuemin tucked the quilt for him: "It's okay, there is still next year, your father is the chief of staff, and it is not a matter of you becoming a soldier. Haiyang, what are your plans for the next step?"

"It's impossible to be a soldier this year. Let's jump in the queue first. Our school is going to Yunnan. I was thinking, if the border control is not too strict, I want to sneak across the border to Vietnam to find our troops to aid Vietnam. Fight there. It was very lively. One of my dad's old subordinates was the commander of the anti-aircraft artillery division. I heard that their division had already shot down 3 "ghosts". The double-barreled three-seven cannons, sweeping the American planes wildly, must be very enjoyable, which is much more exciting than shooting birds with a slingshot."

Zhong Yuemin was fascinated when he heard it: "Going to Burma is fine too. I heard that the Burmese Communist Party's troops are very fond of Chinese educated youths. After three or five years, they can become division commanders and brigade commanders. There is a buddy in our school who is very connected. The time passed and turned around, this buddy actually went out for fun. It can be seen that the leader of the Burmese Communist Party insisted that he joined the People's Army. He really believed it. He issued military uniforms and guns on the same day. Fuck, a recruit I sent out two big pieces, one long and one short: Type [-] submachine gun and Type [-] pistol. You can shoot whatever you want. It’s really fucking enjoyable. This buddy played there for a month, and after getting enough of the gun addiction, he deserted and ran back. .”

The two laughed, and Zhong Yuemin joked: "I don't have this opportunity to sneak across the border. Our school went to northern Shaanxi to jump in the team. The place is poor and has no borders with anywhere. There is no place to run. I resigned to my fate." , marry a firewood girl from Mizhi in the future and forget about it.”

Zhang Haiyang said with a smile: "It would be great if you fucking marry Mizhi's girl, 'Mizhi's aunt, Suide's Han', I heard that Mizhi's girl is very beautiful."

Zhong Yuemin said: "Yunnan is better. The whole nation is united. When it comes to the Songkran Festival, you can carry a bucket and see which girl is beautiful. Just pour a bucket of water over your head to make her feel comfortable. You're gone. It's not like ours in northern Shaanxi, where you haven't even touched your hand yet, you just open your mouth and ask for a bride price."

Zhang Haiyang laughed so hard that his knife hurt: "Your mouth is really worth money. In the future, if you can't marry a mother-in-law in northern Shaanxi, come to Yunnan to find me. I'll send you a Dai girl..."

"When you come back from visiting relatives, bring me a golden monkey. I'm going to train it to steal wallets and become a 'Buddha'. My buddy will make a living by 'eating Buddha' in the future. Can't enter the police station, who can be as knowledgeable as a monkey? At most, I will be lax in discipline." Zhong Yuemin rambled.

"Yuemin, did you come here to see me or to hurt me? My mother's knife is about to be opened, can you stop making me laugh?" Zhang Haiyang pressed the wound and held back a smile.

Zhong Yuemin sighed: "Be poor and happy, or you won't worry about death? You go to Yunnan for a while, and the conscription will come back next year. Your father is on the stage, and you can toss around happily. Unlike me, My dad is still locked up, it's hard to say whether he will be released, I'm afraid there is no hope for me to be a soldier in my life."

Now it's Zhang Haiyang's turn to comfort Zhong Yuemin: "Yuemin, don't talk about being discouraged, there may be a turning point in life at any time. Let me tell you some good news. Don't talk nonsense. Listen to my dad. Prepare to liberate a large number of veteran cadres, I heard that this is Chairman Mao's intention, I think your father has hope this time."

"Oh, that's a good thing. I don't know if it's possible for my dad to be liberated."

"There is definitely a show, just wait."

Zhong Yuemin asked with some doubts: "Is this news reliable? Isn't the ranks of the ranks being cleaned up now? There are still many arrests. How can the veteran cadres be liberated?"

Zhang Haiyang seemed to be very confident: "You don't understand this. The purpose of cleaning up the class ranks is to eliminate class dissidents who have mixed into the party. Your father is not a dissident. The current situation is that the revolutionary committees at all levels want to set up old, middle-aged and young people. In conjunction with the leadership team, what is old? Veteran cadres, but there are very few veteran cadres on the stage, and many of them are locked up. What should I do? I see no other way but to release them.”

Zhong Yuemin stood up excitedly: "I have to apply to see my dad and tell him the good news."

Zhang Haiyang instructed: "Brother, keep it secret."

When Zhong Yuemin walked to the door of the ward, Zhang Haiyang suddenly called out in a low voice: "Yuemin..."

Zhong Yuemin turned around.

Zhang Haiyang said reluctantly: "Dude, it's a blessing to know you in this life. Let's communicate frequently. If you have any changes, please let me know. Take care..."

Zhong Yuemin, Yuan Jun, and Zheng Tong went to buy things for going to the countryside together. They met Du Weidong when they passed by the intersection of Xidan by bicycle. He wore a leather cap and a pair of white pull-back sneakers on his feet.

When Du Weidong saw Zhong Yuemin, he shouted excitedly: "Yuemin, long time no see, what have you been doing lately?"

Zhong Yuemin stopped his bicycle and greeted Du Weidong. He suddenly found a blond foreign girl beside Du Weidong, so he asked strangely: "Weidong, where did you bring this foreign girl?"

Du Weidong turned his head and muttered a few words to the foreign girl in English, and the foreign girl generously extended her hand to Zhong Yuemin, and said stiffly in Chinese: "Hello. I'm Emma."

Zhong Yuemin shook hands with Yang Niuer and turned to Du Weidong and said, "She can speak Chinese?"

Du Weidong smiled and said: "I know this sentence. I taught her. Emma is from Paris. Her aunt is also an expert hired by the Foreign Languages ​​Translation Bureau. She and my father are colleagues. We met at a party. She Speaking French to me, I was confused and didn't know what this girl was going to do. I said I could speak a few words in English, can we talk in English, she said her English is not very good, I said it's okay, we even It’s enough to take a picture and get a general idea, and that’s it, we made friends.”

Yuan Jun asked suspiciously: "Weidong, who are you fooling around with? This girl is just an Albanian girl if she dies, and she might be a farmer in the suburbs of Tirana."

Du Weidong didn't like to hear it anymore: "Brother, who are you squeezing against? Emma is an authentic Aryan race, take a closer look at her eyes, they are blue for a while, and then turn green for a while, Albanian girl Can your eyes change color?"

Zheng Tong interjected: "Nonsense, no girl from any country has eyes that don't change color, but a Persian cat that does."

Zhong Yuemin and the others laughed.

While they were talking, Emma stood looking from one to the other, as if she were eager to understand what the Chinese were talking about.

Du Weidong said to Zhong Yuemin: "Have you heard? Paris is also rioting. The students built barricades. When the police came, they beat them with big bricks. The French police have no temper at all. They are not like us. As soon as they heard that the police were coming, they ran faster than rabbits. The students in Paris are romantic. There is a red flag on the barricade. Guess what is written on the flag? "Make love, don't fight." The barricade is in chaos, No matter male or female, everyone is a fighter, absolutely equal, sleep with whoever is pleasing to the eye, and roll around to sleep, it's so fucking exciting, this is the revolution. Yuemin, your father is an old revolutionary, he Is it so romantic to participate in the revolution?"

"No, I'm afraid it was very plain at that time."

"That's right. Originally, I wanted to learn from Guevara and go to the jungle to make a revolution. Later, I heard Emma said that there are still such revolutionaries. My buddy changed the play immediately. Since they are all revolutions, why don't I pick and choose? , choose a revolution that suits me?"

Zhong Yuemin asked: "Why did this foreign girl come to China?"

"It's over in Paris. The students have gone back to school and the barricades have been dismantled. Emma is heartbroken by the failure of the revolution. She hasn't played enough. Later I heard that the heart of the world revolution has moved to China." Well, Chinese students don’t have to go to school, don’t have to do their homework, they are engaged in revolution every day, and even the police dare not come to make trouble. With Chairman Mao prodding them, who would dare to commit crimes? Emma is envious, as her aunt is here After working in China, Emma finally came to China. As soon as she got off the plane, she saw red flags waving at the airport, revolutionary songs blaring on the speakers, and a huge portrait of Chairman Mao that was several stories high. What do you think? Remember Wu Qinghua in "The Red Detachment of Women"? This girl finally came to the base area after going through untold hardships, and she saw the red flag at the first sight. Wu Qinghua put her face on the red flag immediately, tears filled her eyes, Emma was That's it. I understand her feelings very well at that time. She is home and seeing her relatives. This is the heart of the world revolution and the place where the red sun rises. Emma thinks of her comrades who fought side by side in the barricades. Suffering in the dark capitalist society, she was crying in the dark, with snot and tears rolling down her nose. Unexpectedly, the police at the airport saw that something was wrong with her, and thought to herself, what is wrong with this foreign girl? Such a sudden surprise? It seems that it needs to be carefully examined. Well, the trial lasted for more than a month, and the more doubts became more and more, how do you think it looks like an international spy? Later, if her aunt hadn’t been the guarantee, the French embassy negotiated Emma is still in the cell now."

Zhong Yuemin and the others laughed happily.

Zheng Tong said: "This is called putting a hot face on a cold ass, and see if you are still revolutionary or not."

Zhong Yuemin laughed and said, "Emma didn't teach you how to revolutionize?"

"I'm sorry, she is really my teacher. When we first met, she asked me, 'Can I live in your house?' It happened that my dad returned to China a few days ago, and I was the only one at home. I said to myself, this French Why did Niuer shoot at me by herself? Now that someone has asked, it’s inappropriate for me to refuse. Yuemin, my conscience, don’t mention being a gentleman that night, I put her in my mother’s bedroom. Sleeping in my own bedroom. I thought to myself, I can’t act rashly on the first day, and things will come to fruition slowly. This kind of thing can’t be rushed, and haste makes waste. Who knows that I slept until midnight, and Emma rushed into my bed. In the bedroom, without saying a word, I lifted the quilt first with a whoosh. My buddy was sleeping in a daze, wearing only a pair of underpants. He also said, "Emma, ​​don't do this, can you go out first? Wait for me to get dressed." Oh, it's useless, they didn't talk to me at all, a hungry tiger threw me on my back, and I struggled a few times before realizing that I was lying on my body. The only underpants were missing, I closed my eyes at that time, stopped struggling, and said to myself, let me do whatever I want, buddy, accept your fate..."

Zhong Yuemin and his group burst into laughter, and Yuan Jun said with a smile: "Weidong, we all sympathize with you. You just let someone spoil you. You must think about it."

Zheng Tong said: "Starving to death is a small matter, but injustice is a serious matter. I can't swallow my anger. Sue me, sue me for raping you. The party and the people will decide for you."

"Forget it, I'm still unlucky. I know there will be such a day sooner or later. I hide and hide, but I still don't hide. Thinking about it, I'm so fucking heartbroken. I have a pretty innocent body..."

Zhong Yuemin saw that it was getting late, so he said to Du Weidong: "Okay, don't talk about it, it doesn't matter even if you lose your body, take your time and find a chance to be a good man. Weidong, we are going to northern Shaanxi to jump in the queue soon. What do you have?" Intend?"

Du Weidong said: "I'm going back to China soon, and I'm leaving next month. My dad contacted me with a preparatory class in Tokyo. I want to prepare for the university entrance exam in two years."

Zhong Yuemin sighed: "It's a foreigner after all, enough trouble, just pat your ass and leave, and you can still go to university. Comparing people should be damned, and goods should be thrown away. We can only repair the earth. Goodbye, Weidong , we will meet later."

Du Weidong held Zhong Yuemin's hand and said: "Take care, I will come back sooner or later. China is my second motherland. I really don't want to leave here. Goodbye, Yuemin. Goodbye, Yuan Jun and Zheng Tong."

Zhou Xiaobai was about to leave, and as the day of parting approached, Zhou Xiaobai wished he could spend all his time with Zhong Yuemin.The day before parting, Zhong Yuemin proposed a farewell party for her, and Zhou Xiaobai was so moved that her eye circles turned red. Every little bit of Zhong Yuemin's care for her moved her, and she was even flattered.She often wonders, when did she become so worthless?I can't even take care of my self-esteem.

The living room of Zhong Yuemin's house was quiet, and Tchaikovsky's "Melancholy Serenade" came from the gramophone speakers, and there was a faint sadness flowing in the hearts of both of them.

Zhong Yuemin and Zhou Xiaobai each held a glass of red wine in their hands, and they looked at each other silently.

Zhong Yuemin raised his glass and said, "Xiaobai, you are leaving tomorrow, so I will drink this toast for you."

Zhou Xiaobai's eyes were blurred: "Don't do it, just have a drink, okay?"

"why?"

"The wine in the glass is gone, the banquet is coming to an end, but I don't want it to end."

The two took a sip each.

Zhong Yuemin sighed and said: "There is no feast that never ends."

Zhou Xiaobai retorted stubbornly: "If there is, there will be a banquet that will never end, and my banquet will never end."

"Xiaobai, let it be."

Zhou Xiaobai burst into tears: "Why do you have to follow fate? Things in the world must be achieved through hard work, not by resignation."

"I want to be a soldier, can I do it with hard work?" Zhong Yuemin asked softly.

"Sure, once your father's problem is solved, I will beg my father to send you into the army."

"What if my dad's problem can't be solved?"

Zhou Xiaobai was silent.

Zhong Yuemin smiled lightly: "Should we let nature take its course?"

Zhou Xiaobai raised his head and stared at Zhong Yuemin, without speaking for a long time.

On the day Zhou Xiaobai and Luo Yun left, Zhong Yuemin did not go to send them off, because these recruits would probably be assigned to a large unit, and they would get to know each other sooner or later. Female soldiers are more sensitive to such things, especially those like Zhou Xiaobai. A beautiful female soldier who was born in the general family, her every move always attracts people's attention.Zhong Yuemin was afraid that his appearance would affect Zhou Xiaobai's future. The army has discipline, and soldiers are not allowed to fall in love.

Zhong Yuemin, Yuan Jun, and Zheng Tong went to the school to register at the registration office for jumping into the queue and settling down in northern Shaanxi. Is there a problem with approval? Our brothers are not from good backgrounds. If the organization does not approve us to go to northern Shaanxi, we will never carry the burden of thinking and promise not to cause trouble to the organization. We will be in the city fend for himself."

These few are well-known thorns in the school, and the people at the registration office don't bother to pay attention to them. They wish to keep them far away, and it is best not to come back for the rest of their lives.

Zhong Yuemin remembered that it was time to visit Li Kuiyong. He and Li Kuiyong were not from the same school, nor even from the same district. According to the situation of Li Kuyong's family, he had absolutely no possibility of staying in the city. Where do the graduates go to jump in line.

Li Kuiyong's injury was much better, and he was able to walk on the ground. Zhong Yuemin helped him to walk in the convalescent area of ​​the inpatient department of the hospital.They kept silent about the conflicts that happened in the past, they just talked about their childhood and the future.Li Kuiyong's greatest wish is to become a skilled worker in a heavy industrial enterprise in the future, to support his family, provide for his mother's retirement, and bring up his younger siblings smoothly.He asked Zhong Yuemin what he planned to do in the future, and Zhong Yuemin said that he had no clear plans, and that he was a little bit ideal when he was a child. For a while, his father beat him up all the time, so he thought that the profession of "father" was quite authoritative, and he could arrest his son at any time if he didn't like it I came over for a pounding, so I decided that I must be a "father" when I grow up in the future.Later, when he grew up, he found that "father" is not a profession. It seems that anyone can be a father, and no professional skills are required, so he gave up this ideal and envied the pirate captain instead.For some reason, he was fascinated by the images of pirates in comic books. Those pirates wore huge earrings, thick chest hair on their chests, daggers in their waists, and they were always accompanied by beauties. Very happy, Zhong Yuemin fantasizes that he can become one of them when he grows up in the future.Later, Zhong Yuemin simply lost his ideals.

Li Kuiyong was puzzled, how could he have no ideals?When I was young, I wanted to be a pirate, which was a bit ambitious, but how come the bigger you get, the less promising you become?It's like raising bastards in a jar-the more you raise, the more you will smoke.

Zhong Yuemin also couldn't figure out why he didn't have ideals, would signing up to join the army count?Growing up to be a glorious soldier of the People's Liberation Army is the dream of many boys, but Zhong Yuemin never had such an idea when he was a child. He wanted to be a soldier a few days ago, but it was out of a very realistic purpose. It is better to be a soldier than to jump in the queue, which is not in line with ideals.

Zhong Yuemin told Li Kuiyong that although he didn't know what he was going to do in the future, he definitely knew what he wasn't going to do in the future.For example, watching his wife and children live a stable life of working at sunrise and resting at sunset, he finds it quite boring. Instead of doing this, he might as well be a pirate.

A few years later, Zhong Yuemin read American Kerouac's novel "On the Road", and his mind suddenly opened up. It turned out that what he liked was the feeling of "on the road".It's a pity that Zhong Yuemin was already a battalion-level officer in the army at that time, and he couldn't be "on the road" anyway.

Zhong Yuemin left to Li Kuyong the 100 yuan that Zhou Xiaobai had left for him before he left. He knew Li Kuyong's family background, and the hospitalization for this injury would make the family worse.Li Kuiyong didn't refuse, but just thanked him lightly. It's a shame to be grateful from a man.

Li Kuiyong heard that some students from his middle school went to Shanxi and Yunnan to join the queue, but not many went to northern Shaanxi.But when he recovers from his injury, he also wants to sign up to go to northern Shaanxi, because Zhong Yuemin has gone, so he should go too.Zhong Yuemin said that northern Shaanxi is too big, and he may not be able to meet it when he goes there.Li Kuiyong said that it doesn't matter if they don't meet, since they are all in the same province anyway.

When they were about to break up, Li Kuiyong was a little excited. He held Zhong Yuemin's hand tightly and said, "Yuemin, take care, you must take care of yourself. After you go to the countryside, don't make troubles anymore. Be an honest and safe person."

Zhong Yuemin joked half-truthfully: "I don't do fighting anymore, and I can't change the problem of patting my mother-in-law for a while. I have made up my mind to marry a wife and have children in northern Shaanxi. Otherwise, how can I build a new socialist countryside."

The days of waiting for departure were long and boring. Zhong Yuemin and Zheng Tong felt uncomfortable. They really looked forward to going to the countryside as soon as possible, and they were a little tired of staying in Beijing.On the contrary, Yuan Jun hadn't shown up for a long time because his father was reinstated.

Zhong Yuemin and Zheng Tong came downstairs to Yuan Jun's house. Zheng Tong picked up a stone and was about to inform him, but Zhong Yuemin stopped him: "Don't throw it, his father will be in trouble if he is at home. This old man has been imprisoned for more than a year for no reason. The fire is burning right now, so vent your anger on us again."

Zheng Tong shouted: "Yuan Jun."

Yuan Jun's voice came from upstairs: "Who is it?"

Zheng Tong: "The police station has something to do with you."

Yuan Jun's head was sticking out of the window: "Fuck, it's you, I said why do the police officers in this police station look like hooligans? You wait."

After a while, Yuan Jun walked out of the corridor in high spirits wearing a brand new grass-green military uniform.

Zheng Tong pushed his glasses: "Oh, where did you get such a national defense green suit, or a soldier's uniform with two pockets?"

Yuan Jun said triumphantly: "Send it, buddy is now a soldier."

Zhong Yuemin nodded: "It doesn't look like the clothes were picked up, this kid is really a soldier."

Zheng Tong had a look of displeasure: "Fuck, your father just returned to his post, and you became a soldier. This is too fast. A few days ago, you were still an 'educable child', just in the blink of an eye. , you will become 'a child who cannot be educated well'."

Yuan Jun was a little embarrassed: "Originally this year's conscription is over, hey, time has come, my father was released from the cell, and after inquiring, these soldiers are going to the A army, which is my father's old den. Dad has been in this army since 1938. He is an old acquaintance from the army commander to the division commander. Isn’t that the opposite? My dad didn’t say a word, and he called to find him Commander, the matter is over. The commander has spoken and asked me to go a few days later and spend more time with the old man at home. Anyway, the recruit company has been training for 3 months, so why not report a few days later.”

Zheng Tong put his hands behind his back: "If there is such a good thing, don't notify my brothers. This is a mistake that seriously violates the organizational principles. After discussion, we think that we should give you a chance to correct the mistake. You can handle the following things. Bar."

Yuan Jun knew that he was sorry for his brother, so he hurriedly said: "I'll treat you, I'll treat you, and I will apologize to my brothers. Tell me, where are you going?"

"Of course it's Lao Mo, we'll go home and sharpen our knives right away, and we'll kill you as you die."

"Yuemin, it's not that I don't want to inform my brothers. I'm afraid that my brothers will be stimulated. I signed up and went to northern Shaanxi with you to jump in the queue. No matter how hard life is, my brothers will stay together anyway, and we can still interact with each other." Take care, but I suddenly changed my mind, which is a bit dishonest."

Zhong Yuemin said with a smile: "Yuan Jun, this is a good thing. It's good for one of our buddies to get out. If you become a teacher and brigade commander in the future, don't forget the brothers."

"In the future, we two brothers will have no food to eat, and you will come to beg for food, you won't bombard us, will you?"

Yuan Jun's eye circles were a little red, and he held Zhong Yuemin and Zheng Tong's hands tightly: "I'm sorry... I blame me for this matter, I am not righteous."

Zhong Yuemin pushed Yuan Jun: "What are you talking about? Who doesn't want to be a soldier? If you have the opportunity, of course you will go. My brothers are happy for you. Why are you wiping away your tears? You really don't look like a man."

Zheng Tong didn't forget to squeeze his old enemy at this time: "Why are you acting like a woman? It's so boring, it hurts to invite us to dinner?"

Yuan Jun immediately scolded back: "You're a bitch, you're looking for smokes, aren't you..."

Zhong Yuemin felt that almost all the things that should be done were done, and the last thing should be to visit his father. Zhang Haiyang's news was indeed accurate, and indeed a group of veteran cadres had been released, but Zhong Shanyue was not among them.It is said that his problem is very complicated, and he still can't figure it out for a while.

Zhong Yuemin hadn't been here for a long time, and this segregated review class seemed to be more formal than before, becoming more and more like a prison.Zhong Yuemin sat opposite his father, with a table between them, and two guards in plain clothes stood aside to monitor the conversation.

Zhong Yuemin told his father that he was going to jump in the queue in northern Shaanxi, and asked his father what he wanted to explain.

Zhong Shanyue was very happy to hear that, he had stayed in northern Shaanxi and had a lot of affection for it.He smoked a cigarette brought by his son and said, "Oh, go to northern Shaanxi. It's a good place. Although it's poor, the people there are nice, kind, and simple. You can spare no effort to make friends. In 1942, when our army rested, I am stationed in northern Shaanxi, and I know the people there."

Zhong Yuemin didn't care much about this. What he cared about was his father's case. He asked tentatively: "Dad, Yuan Jun's father has been liberated, and the official has returned to his post."

Zhong Shanyue replied: "I know that. He was fine. The cadres in 1938 have never left the army since they joined the army. Even if they wanted to rebel, they would have no chance. Calling him a traitor is pure nonsense."

"But why are your questions always unclear?"

"My situation is different. Back then in the Hexi Corridor, the troops were scattered. Most of the comrades died in battle, and some were captured. I was one of the few who succeeded in breaking through. I was injured in a fellow villager's home for half a year, and then returned to the In Yan’an, I was censored during the Yan’an rectification movement in 1942, and I was censored again after the founding of New China, this is the third time.”

Zhong Yuemin asked: "Why don't you find that fellow villager to testify, won't it be clear once you ask?"

"The organization is not as stupid as you. They don't know how to investigate? But that fellow villager has long since been found. During the Anti-Japanese War, that village was burned to the ground, and the people may have disappeared long ago."

Zhong Yuemin said loudly: "If you don't understand the problem, it's too unreasonable to lock people up for no reason!"

Zhong Shanyue slapped the table and stopped him: "Yuemin, you are not allowed to speak like this. The organization has an organizational consideration. How can you talk about the organization in such a tone? Trust the people and the party, and my problem will be cleared up."

Zhong Yuemin yelled: "Dad, don't be stupid, they are trying to trick people on purpose. If there is no such thing, they will come up with other ways."

Zhong Shanyue was furious: "Shut up! Get lost..."

"dad……"

"Don't call me dad, get out..."

The guards pushed Zhong Yuemin out of the meeting room.

Zhong Yuemin cried sadly: "Dad, I'm leaving tomorrow, I want to see you again, don't tell me to leave, Dad..."

Zhong Shanyue closed the door firmly, his face was full of anger.

This meeting took less than 10 minutes in total.

The day of departure finally arrived, and the Yongdingmen Railway Station was crowded with people, with drums and gongs blaring.A red banner hangs above the platform, which reads "Warmly welcome Beijing educated youth to go to northern Shaanxi to jump in and settle down".A song written in "Quotations from Chairman Mao" came from the loudspeaker, and the singing was passionate.The educated youths who jumped into the queue all wore big red flowers on their chests, and a group of organized elementary and middle school students, led by the workers' propaganda team members, chanted slogans:

Resolutely respond to Chairman Mao's great call!

Warmly send off educated young people to go to the countryside

…………

The parents who saw off crowded in front of the window of the train to bid farewell to their children with tears.

Zhong Yuemin and Zheng Tong sat at the window, and Yuan Jun, wearing a new military uniform, stood on the platform to see them off.He held the hands of the two of them tightly with both hands: "Yuemin, Zheng Tong, you have to take care, and you must write to me if you need anything."

Zheng Tong said: "Nonsense, what can you do with your 6 yuan allowance? If we two brothers have nothing to eat, can you send us biscuits? You can brag."

Yuan Jun argued: "My mother can't always have a 6 yuan subsidy, right? If my buddy raises it, 52 yuan will be enough to buy biscuits, right?"

Zhong Yuemin patted Yuan Jun on the shoulder. He knew that this guy was the most impulsive, and also the least reassuring: "Go back, Yuan Jun. From now on, we will communicate frequently. You can't cause trouble in the army."

The bell rang on the platform, and the train was about to leave, and the crowd who saw them off suddenly burst into earth-shattering cries.The educated youths on the train cried and stretched out their hands from the window to bid farewell to their relatives. The grief of parting instantly enveloped the entire platform.

Yuan Jun and Zheng Tong shook hands and said goodbye tearfully.

Zhong Yuemin smiled and stared at the weeping crowd. He lit a cigarette and took out a double-bang firecracker from his satchel.

The train slid forward slowly.

The cries in the crowd became louder, and many send-off people were running with the sliding train.

boom!Snapped!The double-bang firecrackers were lit by Zhong Yuemin.

The crowd was stunned, and the crying stopped abruptly.

Zhong Yuemin looked up to the sky with a long smile: "Small, it's not about going to the execution ground, why are you crying? It's just a little interesting for a man to run rampant in the world, and the fun hasn't started yet..."

Yuan Jun clasped his fists in the crowd and shouted: "Good job, Yuemin, you are a man..." His words fell silent, and tears welled up in his eyes...

(End of this chapter)