Speaking of which, I'm afraid someone is going to ask again, why did this Chen Deyuan take risks to stand up for Hong Jiaqiang regardless of his good future?

It's too far to say this, and it has to go all the way to Chen Deyuan's father, Chen Laoshi. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In fact, before the "Lugou Bridge Incident", Chen Laoshi, who was employed by the coal shop, had been delivering coal and chopping firewood for Yanmei Building and Yanmei Zhai. It is precisely because he is as his name suggests, simple and kind, works hard and never argues with others, that the shopkeeper in charge of these two old shops has a good impression of him

However, the reason why the Chen family and Hong Lucheng have grievances is not because of this kind of ordinary employment relationship. Rather, it was caused by a calamity that came from heaven.

If you want to say that things in the world are indeed unfair, an honest man should not cause trouble, but things will come to provoke him.

One day in 1946, Chen Laoshi came to deliver coal to Yanmei Building as usual. But it happened that a company commander of the Three People's Party army drank too much wine and wanted to run to the back of Yanmei Building to urinate. As a result, because the road was blocked by the coal cart that had just been half unloaded, the company commander, whose face was flushed, was about to set fire to the coal cart in a fit of rage.

Chen Laoshi was almost stupid at that time, if this coal truck was real, he would have to pay for the coal in the car. So no matter how honest he is, no matter how introverted, no matter how cowardly, no matter how much he kicks a fart, he has to bite the bullet to stop it at this time.

But where is the company commander easy to talk to? When he saw that Chen Laoshi dared to come to block him, he didn't wait to speak, so he gave Chen Laoshi a big mouth, and then took out his puff and fired a gun. When the orderly heard the movement and ran out of the restaurant, the company commander burped again, and said that Chen Laoshi was a deserter, and then asked his subordinates to tie up Chen Laoshi and escort him to the street government.

Someone kindly reported the letter to the Chen family, but Chen's honest wife was anxious when she heard it. Catching a deserter is going to be shot, that's a terrible thing! Besides, her eldest son had just died of typhoid fever at the time, and he still owed a sum of money to send it to him. If Chen Laoshi can't come back and the family loses their livelihood, then she and her only young son will have to jump into the river.

In a hurry, Chen Laoshi's wife pulled up the eight-year-old Chen Deyuan and immediately went to the coal shop to find the shopkeeper to save people. But when the shopkeeper of the coal shop heard that he was a soldier, his liver trembled, and he became a turtle with a shrunken head. The mother and son had no choice, so they had to try to come to the shopkeeper of Tuoyan Meilou to save people.

The shopkeeper of Yanmei Building couldn't bear to stand by and watch, but he felt that he couldn't do it, so after thinking about it, he took the mother and son to ask Hong Lucheng, the owner who had just taken over the family business.

At this point, this is the last ray of hope for the mother and son. So as soon as they saw Hong Lucheng, they knelt down, crying again and again and begging for "the owner to save their lives", for fear that Hong Lucheng would also give up.

But he didn't expect that after Hong Lucheng heard the whole story, he remembered that Chen Laoshi had sold his strength for the Hong family for 20 years, and without saying a word, he took the car to dredge up. In the end, it cost 20 yuan and two more tickets (in order to facilitate the gifts or banquets of old customers, the famous Zhuang Restaurant specially printed and sold them of different values. Generally speaking, it is mostly a seat of four oceans, and this ticket needs to be purchased in cash, and any ticket holder can go to the store at any time without cash to enjoy the banquet shown on the ticket, just like the current meal coupon), and the person will be bailed out that night.

Chen Laoshi thanked him for his kindness as soon as he came out, saying that it was a trivial matter to suffer some sins inside. However, if he is not rescued today, then tomorrow he will have to be escorted to the northeast battlefield as a porter.

When the two ladies of the Chen family heard it, this was really a life of death. So in the excitement, he kowtowed to Hong Lucheng again and thanked him.

After this incident, as Hong Lucheng, it was just a trivial matter, and it was quickly forgotten.

But the Chen family remembered it in their hearts, and from then on, on the first day of the Lunar New Year every year, Chen Laoshi must dress neatly, take Chen Deyuan with him, and come to Hong's house early to pay New Year's greetings. And this pattern continued until the time of public-private partnerships.

After that, Yanmei Zhai and Yanmei Lou were closed, and the Hong family also moved out of the old house. But for the kindness of the Hong family, the Chen family still dare not forget, and they have not forgotten it at all.

In 1962, Ye Luo returned to his hometown in Dingxing, and Chen Laoshi and his wife, both suffered from liver disease due to severe malnutrition, but before they died, they still did not forget to repeatedly ask their son that if they had the opportunity, they must repay the Hong family's life-saving kindness for them.

Chen Deyuan is a filial son, so he naturally obeys his parents' last words, and still remembers the kindness of the Hong family in his heart. But in addition, in fact, there has always been another thing hidden in his heart, which also makes him feel deeply about Hong Lucheng.

Maybe this incident seems trivial to others, but for him when he was a child, it did have an extraordinary impact.

It was October 1948, and Chen Deyuan, who was already ten years old, could help the coal cart pull the small stumbling block. So, since then, he has often followed his father to deliver coal to Yanmei Building.

And that day, when Chen Laoshi entered the house to reconcile the monthly accounts with the shopkeeper, Chen Deyuan, who stayed in the alley to watch the car, was attracted by the persimmon tree sticking out of the courtyard wall of the Hong family's old house.

The persimmon tree in the old house of the Hong family grows thick and huge. It also coincides with the season when persimmons are ripe, and the yellow fruits can be stretched to the eaves, which is very gluttonous.

How many boys are not greedy? In addition, Chen Deyuan is naughty again, so this kid stepped on the coal cart, grabbed the courtyard wall, and jumped up like a monkey with both hands.

The courtyard houses in the capital are almost all rooms and houses, and the courtyard walls are connected to the courtyard walls, and Chen Deyuan stepped to the roof from the courtyard wall very smoothly.

He looked at the big persimmon hanging on the tree in front of him, and he was so happy. Reaching out to pick one, he didn't care about anything, he tore the skin and stuffed it into his mouth.

Ho, that's really honey, and the little tongues in the thin skin go straight into the mouth one by one.

Chen Deyuan just ate one and couldn't put it down. After a while, he made up a face full of flowers, as lively as a cat eating rice dumplings.

But just as he was eating heartily, Hong Lucheng also walked from the backyard to the side courtyard with a pot of tea and a book in his hand.

This was Hong Lucheng's habit back then, when the weather was good, he always had to be alone on the recliner quietly reading a book and basking in the sun. But this time, what Hong Lucheng didn't expect was that he had just walked into the courtyard when he heard movement in the room.

At this time, the little naughty child who was eating on the house also spotted Hong Lucheng at a glance. The kid immediately threw the persimmon skin in his hand, lowered his head and lay on the room, not daring to move.

Needless to say, Chen Deyuan is afraid of something, Hong Lucheng is the employer of the Chen family, don't look at it, just pick a few persimmons, but this is stealing.

Besides, he also knows very well in his heart that going to the house to make tiles has always been the most taboo for people in the capital. Because one accidentally stepped on a broken tile, the house would leak rain, wouldn't that add to the blockage?

So for the children who go to the house, no one is welcome at all. Even encountered mourning (mourning - speaking discordantly, cards are not good. Once discovered, not only will you scold the street, but you will dare to throw bricks on the roof and slap you, and you deserve it.

But what Chen Deyuan didn't expect was that Hong Lucheng did not continue to walk towards him, but stayed in the courtyard for a while, and then quietly turned around and left the hospital.

And as soon as he saw that the danger was lifted, he didn't dare to pick persimmons anymore, so he immediately retreated. It wasn't until he got out of the room and stepped on the coal cart again that he let out a sigh of relief, which was a false alarm.

A few days after this incident, Chen Deyuan came to Yanmei Building with his father again. But just as he was waiting for his father on the unloaded coal cart, the porter of the Hong family's house, Wang, unexpectedly went around the alley to greet him.

At this time, Chen Deyuan suddenly remembered the events of the first two days, wiped his head and wanted to run, but he was grabbed by the arm of the quick-eyed old Wang, and took him to the side courtyard where persimmon trees were planted to see Hong Lucheng.

Chen Deyuan is weak-hearted, and when he entered the hospital, he didn't dare to look at people or persimmon trees.

Who knew that Hong Lucheng, who was reading a book, didn't reproach him, but put down the book, and asked Lao Wang to bring a ladder from the corner of the courtyard and put it on the wall, and then he asked Chen Deyuan to help pick persimmons.

Chen Deyuan and the porter Wang didn't know what was going on, and they were confused when they heard it. But since the owner had spoken, they couldn't help but listen.

So Chen Deyuan came to kick high, Lao Wang held the ladder and held the basin, and the two of them began to pick the big one, and soon they were full of a large pot, and there were dozens of small ones.

Hong Lucheng looked at it almost, so he asked Chen Deyuan to stop and get down from the tree. When the porter Wang brought over the full persimmon basin again, Hong Lucheng picked up a persimmon and stuffed it to Chen Deyuan first.

"Is this persimmon sweet?"

"Hmm. ”

"Do you like to eat?"

"Hmm. Chen Deyuan nodded vigorously.

Hong Lucheng smiled and patted Chen Deyuan on the shoulder.

"If you like to eat, take this pot of persimmons home and eat it." However, persimmons are cold, and eating too much hurts the stomach, so you can eat two or three at a time. ”

Chen Deyuan was stupid, he never expected Hong Lucheng to have such a scene.

"Boss, you ......" he didn't know what to say.

Hong Lucheng looked at Chen Deyuan's stunned expression, knowing that he still didn't understand, so he smiled and said the reason.

"A few days ago, you were the one who climbed my house to pick persimmons, right? Do you think I didn't see you? I was afraid that you would fall from the house, so I would alarm you. For a few persimmons, pedal ladder high, what a risk! Don't do that in the future. The persimmon tree in my yard, you don't need to sneak around if you want to eat it, you can come and pick it at any time, do you hear?"

Chen Deyuan, who was originally frightened, a poor child from a family who shook briquettes, was stunned and cried when he heard this.

Since here, Chen Deyuan has been thinking about Hong Lucheng with all his heart, and this idea has not changed at any time. Even in the "movement", when he heard that the Hong family had been criticized, he was also pulling his head. "There must be something wrong, the Hong family is a good person. ”

Later, when Chen Deyuan moved to Furuli with his wife and children, met with Hong Lucheng, and brought up this past again. He was still full of emotion, saying that he had never seen such a good owner as Hong Lucheng, who not only saved his family's life, but also lit a warm lamp in his heart.

At the same time, he also patted his chest and promised Hong Lu, saying that since this is the way of the world, then the affairs of the Hong family will be all on him in the future.

At this time, Hong Lucheng, who was depressed and in distress, saw Chen Deyuan, who was already full of beard, and felt that he had mixed tastes and was indescribable.

He recalled the little coal blackspot who stepped on the coal car to house persimmons many years ago, and then looked at the director of the coal plant in front of him, who was nearly 30 years old, and inevitably sighed from the bottom of his heart.

In the cycle of cause and effect, there will be good rewards for accumulating good virtues!