Chapter 18: After the Storm
After the college entrance examination, all the students were freed from the tense war, Tie Dan and Shanzi felt that life was boring, without each other's company, they both felt that the holiday was like purgatory.
Shanzi has always been obsessed with what he did to Tiedan, who is bent on finding out the truth and proving his innocence.
About a month after the holiday, Tie Dan went to Shanzi's house, he saw Shanzi sitting under the eaves fiddling with herbs, looking not very interested, Shanzi's eyes lit up the moment he saw him.
"Shanzi, I'm here today to help you find it again, and I have to prove my innocence. Tie Dan's tone was calm.
"Okay!Tie Dan, I was wrong, don't take it to heart!" said Shanzi with a red face, he really didn't believe that he still had a chance to talk to Tie Dan face to face.
Tie Dan ignored him, picked up a hoe in the courtyard and walked straight into the stove room. Shanzi followed behind him lonely.
The iron egg pried open the adobe around the hearth, and carried it out with his hands, and when the earth was cleaned, a hole was exposed, the size of a man's fist. Tie Dan said, "It's like a hole made by a mouse." ”
He knelt on the ground and looked inside, and saw that the hole was very deep, and there was a slope in it, and he estimated that something might have fallen into it. At this time, Shanzi also leaned his head and observed the entrance of the cave, and said, "This mouse is not big, but it is really capable!"
Tie Dan ignored him, and cautiously began to destroy the roof of the cave little by little, and then held a handful of clear dirt, until he was about to see the bottom, Tie Dan touched a small package, he picked it up, patted the dust on it, handed it to Shanzi, and left without saying a word.
Shanzi held something as if he was holding a pot of fire, burning his palms painfully, and there was no surprise that he had lost and regained. His tears rolled down and dripped onto the package, condensing the dust on it into small beads of dirt. He was annoyed, it was his own frivolity that destroyed this precious friendship.
Tie Dan stepped out of the gate of Shanzi's house, tears burst out of his eyes, he didn't want to see Shanzi blame himself, he proved his innocence, Shanzi will definitely bear the repentance after realizing his mistake. At this moment, he just wants to quietly chew the taste of joy and sorrow after the grievances are cleared, and he also wants to leave Shanzi space and time to heal the wounds. They are no longer children, and if nothing else, they will soon embark on a journey together and move forward side by side on the road of life in the future. Tie Dan didn't change his original intention, and the volunteer he filled in was agreed upon by him and Shanzi a long time ago, and he didn't know if Shanzi's original intention hadn't changed after experiencing a friendship rebellion.
Iron Egg wandered aimlessly in the field, and he vaguely heard Shanzi shouting behind him, "Iron Egg...... You wait for me...... Wait for me......"
Could it be that the vigorous Shanzi who had always been chasing after him was back? Tie Dan turned his head to look, and he saw that Shanzi was rushing towards him. He stopped, waited in place, and when he got closer, Shanzi threw himself at him with open arms, and he also opened his arms, and the two of them hugged each other, crying silently for the rebirth of friendship after the storm.
Tell each other about the volunteers, the two of them look at each other and smile, and wait for a new start in life with confidence.
The furniture of Zhiguo is finally finished, and looking at the new life, the family is happy.
Zhiguo sent He Yuanshan back to the county seat, and along the way, he intentionally or unintentionally inquired about the news of his family. After getting along for a few days, the two have become friends who talk about everything, and He Yuanshan does not hide it from him. He told Zhiguo that Bai Ling had been rescued by him in Song'er Ridge more than three years ago, and that she had no relatives in her house, so he took her in, and later became his mother-in-law.
Zhiguo was even more sure that Bailing was Juan'er.
Zhiguo was anxious, he wanted to see his long-lost sister soon, and he didn't know if Ma Xuan'er had bothered her.
He Yuanshan is like an arrow, he has been out for so long, he has been thinking about Bailing's mother and son all the time. He was also worried that the man who said in Bailing's mouth was asking for directions would take advantage of the situation and take away his happiness. At this moment, He Yuanshan made up his mind, and when he went back, he would take his wife and children to Jindu, and it would be easier to live in a big city than in a small county.
When he arrived at He Yuanshan's house, Zhiguo said, "I want to visit my younger brothers and sisters and take a look at the pillars, what's going on?"
He Yuanshan looked embarrassed, and said: "Bailing doesn't like to see people, I'll go back and say hello to her, tomorrow, tomorrow night, I'll let him prepare well, so I can greet you!"
"It's okay, you see I'm empty-handed, so I have to buy some food for my nephew. Zhiguo couldn't wait, he comforted himself: I'm going to see it soon, so why wait all night!
In the evening of the next day, Zhiguo drove to He Yuanshan's house as promised, the door was closed, and no one answered. ”
Zhiguo was hit on the head, and his head suddenly buzzed, he couldn't have imagined that He Yuanshan was such an honest person, and he could make up nonsense to bluff people, and he suddenly felt that Juan'er was no longer so reliable with him.
Just when Zhiguo was indignant and remorseful, Ma Xuan'er came, and the two were surprised to meet, Ma Xuan'er asked, "Brother, you are also here to find Juan'er, right?"
Zhiguo suddenly understood why He Yuanshan's family left overnight, and he said angrily: "What are you looking for, everyone is gone!"
"What's the matter?" Ma Xuan'er didn't believe it, and there was another hurried knock on the door, and the neighbor came out again, and said impatiently to Zhiguo: "I told you that people are gone, what are you knocking on!"
Ma Shu'er stopped banging on the door, and put his hands on the door panel, and the anger of disappointment could not be subsided for a long time.
"The man of this family, He Yuanshan, helped me make furniture, I sent him back yesterday, he said to ask his mother-in-law Bailing to prepare, invite me to eat today, who knows how to eat a big iron lock!" Zhiguo said.
"What kind of Bailing, Bailing is Juan'er, I said brother, do you really don't know, or pretend not to know!"
"Is what you said true?is Bailing really Juan'er?" asked Zhiguo.
"It's true, I've seen her, she doesn't admit it, but I probably won't recognize her!"
Zhiguo couldn't regret it, he forced Juan'er's family away by himself, and he was Ma Xuan'er's accomplice.
"These turtle sons don't know who to watch, they don't even know if they run away, look at how Lao Tzu will clean them up when he goes back!" Ma Xuan'er looked angry, kicked the stones on the ground and flew high.
"I'll go first, you have to go home to see your father and mother, it's not easy for them to blame!" Zhiguo looked sad and sad, and when he saw Ma Xuan'er's appearance, he couldn't bear to blame him anymore.
"Hey, I know!" Seeing Zhiguo walk away, Ma Xuan'er returned to his residence angrily, indiscriminately, and gave each of them two ears.
More than a dozen people were beaten inexplicably, confused, and they all looked at the horse bolt and didn't dare to make a sound. Ma Xuan'er said sharply: "A group of waste, show Lao Tzu a person and see it run away...... From now on, whoever finds your sister-in-law will be rewarded, if you can't find it, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
The horse's vicious eyes looked around each of them, and they trembled in horror. One word came out of his mouth: "Get out!"
A group of people scrambled to get out of the door, afraid that if they were one step too late, they would be.
Time. The stations and docks in the small county town are all Ma Xuan'er's subordinates, and Erhu also sent people to join the ranks of looking for his sister-in-law when he heard the news.
Ma Bolt sang every night and got drunk with wine. Those women who can be recruited with money are not bullshit in his eyes. When he was happy, he would pinch their faces, and if he was unhappy, he would give them a few slaps. He never slept with them, if he wanted a woman, a lot of yellow flower girls willingly drilled into his arms, he knew what they needed, they wanted money, status, and a sense of superiority held high in heaven. He doesn't want any of them, he just wants Juan'er, his first love, his first kiss, his first ...... Too many first words, even if it's just unrequited love......
Zhiguo got married, the wedding was very beautiful, lively, and the Yanque Village was unprecedented. Juan'er's father showed movies for three days and three nights for free, so that those who were reluctant to spend money on entertainment were full of addiction.
The following month, Wu Guihua became pregnant, and the family was immersed in the joyful anticipation of the imminent import of Tianding. Zhiguo was still busy inside and outside the house, turning his business upside down, and money flowed into their house like running water.
Shanzi and Tie Dan were both admitted to Jindu University and became the first batch of college students in Yanque Village......