Huo Zongxiong's mausoleum was built on a small hill with large rubble piled up, in addition to a tombstone and a stone platform underneath, a low wall was built with green bricks around it, half surrounding the entire tomb.

Perhaps it was untended all year round, the small hill was overgrown with weeds, and the whole mausoleum was covered with moss except for the platform and tombstones, which were relatively clean.

"Brother, here you go. Huo Yaocheng handed over a stack of yellow table paper.

Huo Yaowen took it, walked over, half-squatted down and looked at this stele, the stele is very large, about 1.2 meters, with the book "Army Colonel Huo Martyr (Zongxiong) Flying Bear Tomb", and the bottom is written "July 21, 33rd year of the Republic of China".

The yellowed and blackened photograph attached to the stele is a rather tough portrait of a middle-aged man, exactly the same as the one in Grandma's collection.

Seeing this scene, he sighed in his heart, and then put the yellow table paper on the black piece of the ground, took out the match he asked for at the third master's house, and after lighting the yellow table paper, he cherished kneeling on the ground and kowtowed a few times.

Long......

Huo Yaowen got up and found a branch next to him, flipped through the yellow table paper, and after it burned out, he looked at it again to make sure it was correct, and then turned back to Huo Yaocheng who was squatting on the ground and said, "Go back Yaocheng." ”

"Oh. Huo Yaocheng yawned and followed him home.

......

On the way back, I met many villagers who went out of the village to work, and they greeted Huo Yaowen warmly, to which Huo Yaowen responded with a smile.

After Huo Yaowen said hello to another villager he didn't know, he turned his head and asked, "Yaocheng, where is the ancestral hall?"

"The ancestral hall is in the east of the village, and it is locked on weekdays, if you want to see it, I will go home and ask my master for the door key. ”

"No, I'll see it in two days. ”

Huo Yaowen shook his head, anyway, he would be able to see the sacrifice in a few days, and he was not in a hurry. At the moment, he has been thinking about the camera, and he doesn't know if the state-run photo studio can invite the master.

Huo Yaocheng didn't care, but posted it and asked with a smile: "Cousin, are you telling me about Hong Kong Island, where is it easy to make money?"

"It's okay. Huo Yaowen glanced at his cousin and said with a smile: "Want to make money?"

"Mmmm!" Huo Yaocheng nodded desperately, in his eyes, making money at this time is not making money, it may be more that he just doesn't want to do farm work in his hometown for the rest of his life, and wants to go to a place outside this mountain village.

Huo Yaowen patted him on the shoulder, and couldn't help sighing: "Then study hard, in a few years, there will be opportunities to make money." ”

If Huo Yaowen hadn't been reborn, he might have been very envious of Huo Yaocheng, after all, the area of Zhongshan would be very developed in the future, and when Huo Yaocheng was in his twenties, he just caught up with the tide of the big era.

While chatting, the two arrived at the door of the house unconsciously.

At this time, the room was already full of people, Huo Yaoxin, Huo Xiuxiu, the children of the fifth uncle, all came back from the school in the county, and the eldest daughter of the third master, Huo Lili, her husband Li Ming, and son Li Zhi also rushed over.

"This is your cousin Yaowen, not called cousin yet. Wubo pulled the two children and walked forward.

Huo Yaoxin and Huo Xiuxiu are both in their twenties, similar in age to Huo Huiying, and they were a little shy when they first saw Huo Yaowen, and under the urging of their father, they shouted "cousin" in a low voice.

"Hehe, hello cousin, cousin, cousin is the first time I saw you, and I didn't bring any gifts, one red envelope per person. As he spoke, Huo Yaowen took out two more ten-yuan unity sheets from his pocket and skillfully handed them to the two.

The two were a little embarrassed to take it at first, but under the voice of the fifth uncle, they still accepted it.

"Yaowen, this is your aunt, this is your uncle, and this is your cousin Li Zhi. ”

The third uncle introduced his sister Hollyly's family on the side.

Hearing this, Huo Yaowen looked at the aunt he didn't know. I saw her standing behind a middle-aged man, next to a twenty-seven or eighteen young man, when she came over with a smile, she saw clearly that she was wearing a dark blue lady's tunic and had a short haircut, although her skin was a little dark, and she thought that she often worked in the field, but the temperament she revealed gave people the feeling that she had read a book.

This is a bit similar to Sanbo, who looks like an old farmer on the outside, but his way of speaking and demeanor must have been read when he was young.

"Yaowen is so old! He is much more handsome than Brother Chengcai, and it seems that he is still a native of Hong Kong Island. ”

Huo Lili seemed to know Huo Yaowen, looked east and west, and said with a smile: "Yaowen, do you remember aunt, when you went back to your hometown with your father when you were a child, your aunt helped you change your pants at night." ”

Sweat!

Why every elder likes to talk about the troubles of children.

Huo Yaowen smiled awkwardly and said, "Auntie, I was only old at that time, I must not be able to remember." ”

As he spoke, he changed the topic to Li Zhi: "Auntie, this is cousin Li Zhi." ”

"Yes, your cousin Li Zhi. With that, Huo Lili took Li Zhi's hand and walked over and shouted, "It's not called cousin yet." ”

"Cousin. Li Zhi wore a frame, and the thick negative, at a glance, he knew that the power was not low.

Huo Yaowen still took out Zhang Dajie and handed it to his little cousin, and then asked with a smile: "Ah Zhi, I heard the third master say last night that you want to take the college entrance examination next month?"

When it came to the college entrance examination, my little cousin Li Zhi nodded and said, "Yes, cousin, in September, the state issued a policy of resuming the college entrance examination, and several of my junior high school classmates and I signed up for this college entrance examination." ”

"Yes, yes, isn't this what I was saying some time ago that the college entrance examination was resumed? Although your cousin only studied in middle school, he later studied on his own at home for a few years, and your eldest uncle is a teacher, so I thought about letting him try, and if it didn't work, I would go back to school and continue the exam for another year. ”

Aunt Huo Lili studied in a girls' middle school in the early years, and although she dropped out of school after only the second year of junior high school, she still understands the importance of the college entrance examination.

"Well, auntie, you're doing the right thing. ”

Huo Yaowen glanced at the aunt, and then at the eldest uncle who had not spoken, thinking that these two people's education for their sons was still relatively good, "The college entrance examination again after a ten-year absence is not only to choose college students, but also to give you a chance to change your life." ”

As he spoke, he looked at Li Zhi and said, "Ah Zhi has to work hard, do you know? People may only have one or two chances in this life." ”

The first college entrance examination after the resumption at the end of 77, I dare not say how the college students who graduated are, but in Huo Yaowen's cognition, no matter how bad the mix is, they are also middle and low-level cadres in the system.

"I know cousin. ”

Li Zhi obviously hasn't figured out the key to this, but his eldest uncle, who has been bored and silent, patted his son on the shoulder and said: "Ah Zhi, what your cousin said is right, if you don't want to live in a small county town for the rest of your life, you must take the college entrance examination well, as long as you pass the exam, you can go to Kyoto and go to those big cities." ”

Seeing his father's solemn expression, Li Zhi was in a trance for a few seconds, then nodded and said seriously: "Dad, I will take the test well." ”

"Yes, take the test!"

"Take the test well, let's have another college student in our family!"

The third grandfather smiled happily.

At the end, Huo Yaocheng suddenly asked, "Cousin, are you also a college student on Hong Kong Island?"

"Hmm. Huo Yaowen said with a smile: "I graduated from college in 68, and then worked as a philosophy teacher in the school for two years. ”

"University teacher, cousin, you were also a college teacher!"

Not only Huo Yaocheng exclaimed, but all the relatives around him also looked at Huo Yaowen with horror on their faces, he took office after graduating in 68, ten years ago, how old was he at that time?

"At that time, I was not a regular teacher. ”

Seeing their surprised looks, Huo Yaowen didn't continue to say that he got the title of associate professor of philosophy at the University of Hong Kong a few years ago, although this title is more honorary.

After the family got to know each other, the women were busy going to the kitchen to prepare lunch, and a few younger ones took handfuls of white rabbit toffee given by Huo Yaowen, and happily ran out to find their friends to show off and share.

Huo Yaocheng, Huo Yaoguang, and Li Zhi were tinkering with the TV set at the top of the house, and there was only one electric wire in the village, and it was still the village committee that had been relocated.

And Huo Huiying, Huo Xiuxiu and the other two cousins and cousins who are not very old are in the yard, trying to ride the 28 bars, I have to say that this old-fashioned bicycle has a bar, and it is too inconvenient for a girl who is not tall to ride.

Huo Xiuxiu couldn't touch the ground with her feet because of this, she fell down several times, looked at the body and drew a few bars, the distressed tears, and the sound of crying relatives attracted Huo Yaowen to the past, and when she heard the reason for crying, she was also amused in her heart, and said a few words of comfort, saying that it would be good to wipe some ink, which stopped the girl's tears.

Seeing her cousin like this, the two younger sisters didn't dare to try, but Huo Huiying rode a bicycle around the small yard very leisurely, so skillful, I think I learned to ride a bicycle in a textile factory.

"Yaowen. The third uncle suddenly walked in from outside the house.

"What's the matter, Uncle San?" Huo Yaowen said to the two little sisters as he spoke: "Shuyi, Shufen, you two are supporting your cousin." ”

"Got it, cousin. ”

The two little sisters hurriedly helped grab the back seat of the car to prevent their cousin Huo Xiuxiu from accidentally falling again.

"What's wrong with the third uncle?" Huo Yaowen asked as he approached.

"This ......" the third uncle hesitated for a few seconds and said: "I just went to ask the captain about repairing the ancestral tomb, and he supports it, but recently in the autumn, the big guys are busy going to the ground to earn work......

Now if you don't go to the ground, you won't have a job, and if you don't work, you won't have anything to eat.

"Hmm......" Huo Yaowen pondered for a few seconds and said: "That's it, Uncle San, if you talk to the captain, you will say that I will personally fund and invite someone to repair the ancestral tomb." ”

The third uncle thought about it, nodded and said, "It's okay, it's about ...... if you break a day's work now."

When the third uncle was calculating how much money his work could deduct, Huo Yaowen waved his hand and said: "Two yuan a day for one person, and by the way, the ancestral hall will also be renovated." ”

"That's too much!" the third uncle hurriedly said, "Now everyone can't earn a dollar a day." ”

"It's okay, give more, and they will do more, so that the ancestral tomb and ancestral hall can be repaired earlier. "Huo Yaowen doesn't care about this money, and he is not afraid that someone will grind foreign workers, now is not the future generation, give a huge salary of two yuan, isn't that a desperate job?

"That'...... Alright then, I'll go on another run. ”

The third uncle knew that Huo Yaowen was very rich, not to mention the rare goods such as TVs and bicycles, and the candy, biscuits, peanuts, melon seeds and other foods he bought before were almost hundreds of yuan.

Now a family in the village may not be able to earn so much for a year!

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