The sky is full of stars, there is no moon, the stars are very thick and dense, large and small, bright and dark, twinkling, like messed up sesame seeds, wheat, soybeans and corns, large and small particles are mixed together, reflecting and overlapping each other.

People say that there are as many stars in the sky as there are people on the earth. A person occupies a star, and a star registers a person in the sky. When a star fell, God erased a man from his great register, and the man on earth died. The fourth sister looked up at the sky, which star was hers, and no one could help her identify the star that belonged to her. However, when I was a child, I heard that when I was a child, the stars would be bigger and brighter, and when people were smaller, the stars would be smaller and darker. The big and bright stars in the sky are the symbols of the big people in the world today, and the chairman, the prime minister, the president, and the provincial governors all have one. Naturally, they can only possess those stars that are as thick as sesame seeds that lack light and lack of light, and it is impossible to determine which star the four sisters possess, and it doesn't matter, there is always such one! If it is not bright, it will not be bright! How can he expect to possess a big and bright star because he is not the president or the governor of the province? What makes people feel sad is that the old man and mother-in-law cursed her as a broom star behind their backs, and it was a nasty and creepy disaster star with bad luck!

The undulating curves of the North Ridge and the flat top of the South Plains are the same as the knife cuts, drawing the boundary between heaven and earth. The strange-shaped ridges and ditches between the ditches and slopes have become blurry and difficult to identify. It seems to be darker in the river, and it is impossible to distinguish between the cotton fields and the valley fields. The willow forest along the irrigation canals and river embankments stands majestically in the river like a majestic wall, and only the jagged outlines of the treetops can be discerned. Frogs were noisy in the water and grass on the riverbank, and the night seemed quieter. Occasionally, there was one or two unpleasant cries of foxes on the hillside, which drew echoes on the cliffs, and the echoes seemed soft.

The fourth sister carried a bamboo cage on her left arm, and shook her right hand, hurriedly striding on the dirt and stone road of the river. She had just sold a cage of eggs, grabbed a sum of money, and walked up with wind under her feet. She wanted to let go of her throat and shine her throat in the night wind and humid river, which was undoubtedly very pleasant, and it could give herself a strong courage. However, she finally did not speak, and if a gangster hiding in a certain darkness heard the sound and rushed to her, she would invite herself into trouble. She stepped out of her feet more vigorously, threw off her right arm more happily, and hurried away.

Thanks to the second aunt, she pointed out to her such a way out.

She got up when the day was uncertain, slipped out of the village of Lujiabao in the dark, and walked along the dirt and stone roads of the river that became thinner and thinner, and went all the way to the villages hidden in the ditches on the hillside to buy eggs, or to wade through the river, across the river road, and climb up the North Ridge, to the houses of the people in the depths of the Old Ridge to carry out such transactions. The more remote the mountain village, the cheaper the eggs, and you can buy more than ten for seven or eight dollars in the river. He bought a cage of eggs, hurried back to Lujiabao in the dead of night, slept well, got up, and slipped out of the village while it was dark, and hurried to the outskirts of the city, where there were several large factories with workers and their families, who needed fresh eggs. She fulfilled the old people and children who needed to nourish their bodies with fresh eggs, and she made money, buying in one day, selling in one day, and completing a money-making cycle in two days, except for the rainy days and the days when the production team had to work, six or seven such cycles could be completed in a month, and each cycle could earn about ten yuan, and it was really good to have such an income.

Running away, she doesn't care, she is hungry and thirsty, it's all right, the biggest danger is that after being caught, she confiscates the "stolen goods", and she will pay all the hard-earned money in January. There are vigilant eyes everywhere, and any unexpected omen can happen at any time. She now knows this well, and has successfully bought eggs again and again, and has made money again and again. She was proud.

She is already familiar with more than 100 villages, large and small, on Yuanpo and North Ridge, as well as the general economic status and interpersonal relationships of those villages. Which village is rich, which village is poor, which village cadres are tightly controlled, which village cadres have conflicts, and which villages have no one to take care of at all, and when the wheat is harvested, there is no one to support a captain. In this respect, the fourth sister may be more attentive and knowledgeable than the secretary of the county party committee or the head of the commune! Those villages where the cadres are strong and tightly controlled are forbidden areas, and perhaps an activist will be doomed as soon as he grabs her cage with a glare. Eggs are classified as a second-class material second only to grain, cotton, and oil, which are designated for unified purchase and sales! She carefully avoided those villages, and let go boldly into those villages where the cadres were not very advanced or had no cadres at all, and walked into the small courtyard where a certain mountain family lived like a relative, and took the time to drink a bowl of water to chat with the head or woman of that household about daily life, and if it was judged that there were no members of the Communist Party or the Communist Youth League in the family, she would propose to buy eggs. Generally speaking, these people are happy to pick out the precious eggs from their crockpots and put them in her cage, because she is more expensive than the official price of the public purchase, and there is a difference of two or three eggs per dollar. Unless forced to do so, the mountain people will not let go of the high price and the low price. Although it was advertised everywhere that the eggs were sold to the public honor, it was to support the revolution and support Asia, Africa and Latin America, until she "supported" these precious eggs to the stomachs of the people in the city, there was always a danger lurking. Personnel from the supply and marketing cooperatives are on duty at the station and at the Yongdao crossing where the river is crossed, and they are specially inspected by the second-lane dealers who secretly sell eggs. It is difficult to say that they are trying to support Asia, Africa and Latin America or that they are trying to get cheap, because they often divide the eggs they get on the spot and pay her at the public price. She was unlucky, two days of work and more than 200 miles of hardship were all in vain, and it was really "support" to those workers' big brothers or sisters who were more secure than her at no cost.

She was caught once by the managers of the commune's supply and marketing cooperative, and since then she has only taken the small road and avoided the main road. She had been stopped twice in the factory family quarters, and she had become more cautious about never removing the blue cloth scarf from the bamboo strip cage to the unscrupulous ones. Again and again, she successfully broke through the layers of blockades, and the more sophisticated she became, the less she made mistakes. Because he has earned an encouraging amount of tickets, even if he encounters an accident, he will not be overly sad, not at all as sad as when he first started with his eggs confiscated. Quan Dang didn't have this sale, Quan Dang worked in the production team in the past two days, Quan Dang was cut off by a thief, what is the big deal if he ran away and was affected? Quan Dang didn't run!

As for the Lujiabao Brigade's criticism of her speculation, she didn't care! What does it matter if she criticizes her? What is the reason for standing in the theater? After the criticism is over, she still goes home and picks up a big bowl to eat, breaks open the steamed bun, dips it in oil, and pours spicy seeds, and eats it deliciously. She had money in her pocket! The critics of her, in spite of their fanciful talk, could not afford her a ticket to buy a bundle of toilet paper! Her father-in-law was so angry that he couldn't eat, but he still wouldn't give her a penny of pocket money. The two sisters-in-law cooed, frowned and grinned at her, but they would never give one percent of their private money to this poor girl from the mountains of northern Shaanxi. She doesn't count on them, and she doesn't want to whisper in front of them, she wants to earn her own money. As long as you don't get into prison, what kind of big deal is it to criticize it! What is cheekiness? If you are caught in the prison of the new society, you have to take care of three meals a day!

The fourth sister found that not only her parents-in-law, brothers-in-law, and sisters-in-law were timid and cautious (the composition of the upper middle peasants was pressed on the head, which was excusable), but the men and women in Lujiabao seemed to be very timid, and they all followed the rules and kept to themselves, and rarely dared to do anything offensive to the cadres. In his hometown in northern Shaanxi, no one went to work in Xuedazhai, and the cadres no longer had to criticize this mild and civilized form, but had already moved ropes and sticks, and the head of the commune and the head of the county personally went down to the village to direct the village cadres to tie up and beat people and force them to go to the water conservancy construction site. Although the four sisters have not been subjected, they have seen a lot. The villagers of Lujiabao, who are located in Guanzhong, were all frightened when they heard that they were going to push someone to the theater to criticize, and they all felt uncomfortable. It seems that the people here are very face-loving and well-behaved.

The fourth sister is grateful to the second aunt in her heart. She and her second aunt found this good way to make money. The second aunt quietly plotted with her and said, you are too stupid! You are different from your aunt, your brother-in-law is a brother-in-law, and the mess is all my and your crippled brother-in-law's belongings. You have three brothers in your family. As the saying goes, when the waters of the world flow eastward, the brethren are sad to the end. After all, they have to be separated. The eldest and second of the family have income, and they are not afraid to divide the family. You and Jianfeng are the youngest, they don't have a private room, and if you say that you are separated, you can't even afford a pair of chopsticks, and then you can see how worried the two sisters-in-law look at you! That father-in-law of yours is called "ingredient" and timid, and he puts on a stinky shelf, you can't make a fight with him, lest people laugh at it, but you can't fool down with your empty hands. You have to save money for yourself in case you leave the house, and you don't have to worry about it, and you don't panic.

The plan that the second aunt gave her was the most practical, more long-term than she could have imagined, she was just angry because she couldn't afford a bundle of paper, a handkerchief, and two peaches and dates. She now does not rely on the second aunt's "passing on the help" at all, and acts independently, going into the mountains and mountains to buy, and going into the family area of the factory to sell eggs, without following the second aunt, the two of them have too big a goal and are inconvenient to move.

The captain of the brigade in Lujiabao organized a criticism meeting for the members of the club, but his wife secretly came to borrow 10 yuan from her, saying that her second daughter was in confinement and that she wanted to buy four gifts to visit. A female league member who read a speech impassionedly criticizing her, and her mother also came to borrow ten yuan from the fourth sister, saying that the youngest son was getting thinner and yellow-skinned, and that he would go to a major hospital for examination. In general, she does not lend money to anyone, so as not to give the impression that she has a lot of money. However, when the two women came to borrow it, she happily lent it to them. Secretly harboring a vicious mentality of revenge, she shoved the money into the other party's hands. Let your captain and his daughter who can write critical drafts think about it! The four sisters' disgraceful money-making behavior has helped you! The next time you criticize me, use a few more powerful words!

The four sisters walked, shaking their arms, because the sun was not seen at both ends, and they went back and forth for more than 100 miles, all of them were running away from the main road and looking for the path, she was tired, and she saw one or two windows with lights that had not been extinguished in Lujiabao Village from a distance, and her legs felt heavier and heavier. When she saw a man walking on the opposite side, she couldn't help but stop, should she dodge? Did the captain send militia to intercept him?

The fourth sister was suspicious, but she heard the man calling her name from afar, it was Jianfeng. What did he come to do? Did he come to pick her up? Did he never do anything before? Did the village arrest her again? Anyway, she couldn't walk, and sat down on the grass by the roadside.

Jianfeng walked over, stood in front of her, and said uncomfortably: "Divide ...... Separated!"

The fourth sister was stunned for a moment, and stood up suddenly: "When is it?"

"Ima-Kuro. Jianfeng said, "As soon as the division is finished, I will come out of the village to find you." Look, let's ...... What should I do?"

The fourth sister stared at Jian Feng disdainfully, very dissatisfied with his sad expression, and said loudly to the dark wilderness: "It's good! It's good! I'm looking forward to this day!"