Sunday, March 23, 1977, at half past five in the morning. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It was a cold and fresh morning in the capital.

The sky was only slightly bright, the sun was just reddening, a layer of white sugar-like frost fell on the eaves and branches, and there were no pedestrians in the alley.

However, although the revolutionaries were still asleep for the revolution, the "ghosts, snakes, and gods" had already gotten up early.

In Faureau, you can now see people who walk with their heads bowed and their faces showing humility and caution sweeping the streets with big brooms, and they are all the objects of control on the streets.

This is a special scene in a special period and a special year, and volunteers like this, who cannot even get a comment of "learning from Lei Feng", are a major force in the past ten years, rain or shine, to firmly maintain the clean environment of the capital's large and small streets.

These people are quite conscientious, and there is almost no need for supervision, because everyone has their own demarcation scope, for fear of accountability, no one dares to fool around, and everyone wants to sweep the floor spotlessly, cleaner than their own home.

It should be said that the sanitation workers in the capital should be most grateful to them, because it is because of these people that their workload has been greatly reduced, but by now, their good days are numbered.

Among these people who sweep the streets, Hong Yanwu is naturally included.

Because Hong Yanzheng and his family have children to take care of, and the places where they go to work are not close, the cleaning scope of the Hong family has always been Wang Yunlin's task. So in the past two days, Hong Yanwu has to get up early in the morning every day to sweep the streets for Wang Yunlin, not only so that his mother can sleep more, but also to prevent her from being so tired that she can't turn over with back pain every night.

In the east courtyard of Guanyin Temple, in addition to the Hong family, the Su family also belongs to the category of voluntary laborers.

The head of the Su family is called Su Shenzhen, his wife has passed away, and he pulls his son Su Jin and daughter Su Xiu to live, he is a tailor who repairs the actor's "helmet" by the Beijing Kunqu Opera Troupe. But in fact, this job is a bit condescending to Tailor Su, and the reason why Lao Su came to sweep the street is also a little unjust.

Why?

Because the ancestral home of the Su family was originally Jiangnan Su (Zhou), the first-hand needlework is also ancestral. Just because his ancestors made a few new clothes for the emperor when Qianlong went down to the south of the Yangtze River, this craft was favored by the emperor. Qianlong ordered his ancestors to be selected into the palace and brought back to the capital, and since then the Su family has been forced to become the tailor of the Guangchu Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and has to move to the capital to settle down.

Southerners are careful, and their tactfulness and delicacy are not comparable to northern craftsmen, so the needlework of the Su family is also counted in the palace, and it has always been very popular. Even during the Cixi period, when clothing was at its most prosperous, there were as many as two or three hundred clothing craftsmen, and the craftsmanship of the Su family was just as outstanding, and it was the favorite of this Lafayette. Later, it was not until the Republic of China period that the Su family went from the palace to the people.

But although the Su family has no official errands, the craftsmanship is still there, and Lao Su's father even married an embroidery girl who also came out of the palace. The husband and wife will "palace embroidery" and "Suzhou embroidery" wonderful combination into one, with others can not compare with the craftsmanship, still in the mansion between the door to create a new world, also by the large family of wives, ladies sought after and favored.

The people who asked the Su family to make clothes were all rich and noble families with big families, and the picture was that he was exquisite and famous. In this way, Su Shenzhen learned from his parents when he was a child, and he practiced a good skill in making cheongsam, and the finished product he made by himself in his heyday shocked his father with its texture, color, and workmanship.

Speaking of Hong Yanwu's mother, Wang Yunlin, was also Su Shenzhen's patron back then, and after she married into the Hong family, she made the most expensive cheongsam in the capital. All from the hands of Lao Su.

But it's a pity that after liberation, Su Shenzhen will be useless.

Because the new life is scrapped and the new is established, advocating frugality, the cheongsam has gradually faded out of people's lives. Rao is a tailor of Su has a pair of ingenious hands that can make a white cloth into flowers, but there is no longer a chance to use this method. So in desperation, in order to have something to eat for the whole family, Lao Su had no choice but to end his career as a freelancer and seek a job from the government.

In fact, it stands to reason that with the craftsmanship of the Su family, if it is placed in the "helmet" line, it is not a waste to make costumes for Peking Opera. But there is only one old business in the capital that is engaged in this industry, "Sanyiyong Costume Shop", which has already been fully staffed.

As a result, it couldn't be coordinated, and the government had to aggrieve the old Su to join the Kunqu Opera Troupe as a tinker, but there was still some embroidery there, and Su Tailor was not completely a waste, so in order to live, he pinched his nose and admitted it.

But the most unfortunate thing is that within a few years, the "movement" came again.

In this way, Su Shenzhen, a big man who uses needlework and thread to repair costumes every day, has become the first target of the "Broken Four Olds". After that, no matter what kind of conference and small meeting related to feudal consciousness, he would also be implicated. Therefore, he has become the only object of control in the East Courtyard except for the Hong family.

And the opposite of the Su tailor who took the luck, it was the neighbor Lao Ding - Ding Guiru.

Because it stands to reason that "Broken Beans" was also a shop back then, even if it finally fell into a small stall, it should be determined that the ingredients should be small owners.

Before he "cleaned up the class ranks", he didn't know where to buy an old cotton robe full of holes, and he started to make a report on "remembering the bittersweet and sweet" all over the world.

Lao Ding told everywhere the bitterness of his begging for food in Beijing, and said that his father-in-law was a "capitalist" who exploited and oppressed him.

As a result, he became the bitter and bitter "working class" before liberation. Later, he also changed the composition of small business owners to "urban poor".

This is called the same flower producing two kinds of fruit. In terms of human encounters, the gap is so big because of the different ways of operating.

At this time, the atmosphere of the political atmosphere is undoubtedly much more relaxed, Hong Yanwu finished sweeping the scope of his house, and immediately went to help Su Shenzhen sweep his house, and the two of them swept the street like in the past, they could only work with their heads and did not dare to communicate a little, so they naturally chatted.

"Uncle Su, in the future, you will simply sweep away, I will finish the work with you every day......

Hong Yanwu was the first to speak, he was sincere, this little work was really nothing to him, when he used to learn art with Yu Ye, every day he even took the courtyard outside, and swept more than the two combined.

"Thank you, but the 'Ethnic Affairs Committee' won't agree. Forget it, if you're used to sweeping every day, it's all about exercising. ”

I don't know if it's really polite or if there are any political concerns, Su Shenzhen only smiled and declined, and then asked. "Boy, do your clothes still fit? You have to be careful when you take off your clothes, and don't show the '' inside. ”

Tailor Su refers to the new jacket on Hong Yanwu's body, which Wang Yunlin felt that his son was too thin, and begged him to change it overnight with Hong Lucheng's dress.

Don't look at the outside of the surface is an ordinary cloth is very simple, but the inside is blue silk inside, and there is a brass hollow dragon buckle nailed on it. Lao Su was worried that someone would find out, and it was a big deal.

"Fit. Rest assured, I'll take notice. I haven't thanked you personally, I'm tired of you. ”

"Where, they are all neighbors for so many years, and what kind of 'thanks' do you talk about. If you want to say that, do I have to go to your house to thank you for the sausage? Your mother's personality is really unspeakable......

Dare to love these years because I am too poor, no one can live without the help of others on weekdays. It has become a norm for neighbors to give each other gifts, and whoever wants something good has no solitary children. As long as you can divide it, a handful of melon seeds is not too little, and you always have to send a little to the neighbor's house, and the emphasis is on friendship.

Wang Yunlin is everyone's best girl, not a visionless person, and she will not be stingy. In addition, over the years, because of Hong Yanwu's incident, Wang Yunlin always felt sorry for several old neighbors, so this time from the things Xu Manli brought back, each of the three neighbors in the East Courtyard sent a whole large meat sausage and a canned luncheon meat.

This was no less than a heavy gift in the era of lack of food and clothing. Not only were the Bian family and the Su family extremely happy to receive something, but even Lao Ding was no longer worried that Hong Yanwu would pursue his second daughter-in-law's disrespectful remarks.

Naturally, several neighbors looked at Hong Yanwu's return again, and they were really much more tolerant in their hearts.

The current Hong Yanwu can accurately understand his mother's hard work.

Since yesterday, his mother has been smiling from her heart to her face, and she has almost not sung a little song.

However, my mother has never been so busy, whether she gets up early or after work, she has become a volunteer attendant in the miscellaneous courtyard. When he saw whoever got up, he hurried to greet him.

"Old sister, I'll raise your fire, you can make porridge!"

"Lao Su, the water on my stove is boiling, if you want to make tea, use mine first. ”

"Lao Ding, you have a letter at home, and I met a postman at the door, so I won't bring it in for you. Hey, what do you want to say thank you? If you want to say thank you, this neighbor can't thank you. ”

As soon as Zhang Luo was opened, the people who filled the yard were all hot in their hearts. But everyone understands that Wang Yunlin is not only happy because of his son's return, but also because he is hanging on his heart, for fear that he will cause trouble in the future, and he is doubly careful to welcome everyone.

There are already people walking around the streets, and sweeping the streets has reached the end stage.

It was precisely because of these thoughts that Hong Yanwu was speechless, and he showed a hesitation to say or rest.

Seeing this, Su Shenzhen probably saw Hong Yanwu's thoughts, and said in a low voice, "It's good that you can understand your mother's difficulty, just be filial to her in the future." But I have to remind you that you really have to be nice to your father, don't always think that he won't come forward if he doesn't want to see you. Now, you can do something for your father, don't keep fighting him, you understand?"

Hong Yanwu didn't know where he was, he looked at Su Shenzhen and nodded, his expression was also solemn.

I couldn't help but think in my heart: Today is the time to talk to my mother about my father's illness. (To be continued.) )