Qi Shufang, who was standing on the shoulders of the giant, did not underestimate anyone, and even beat him, and ended this back and forth work.

There are rivers and lakes, there are battles, and there are still trivial things in the mountains and villages, not to mention on the train, when she subdues all the staff under her hands, it has been two months.

Xue Feng left Gupeng City a month earlier, first went to Shanghai, and then returned to Beijing to contact Qi Shufang by letter.

After eliminating a few black sheep, Qi Shufang reformulated the rules on the train, rectified the atmosphere, rewarded those who worked hard, and criticized those who were slack in their work, and the atmosphere on the train was positive, even if it was not as good as the train in charge of Sister Wang, it was ten times stronger than when Xue Feng was in charge.

It is difficult for people's character and conduct to change within two months, on the surface, all conductors abide by the rules and abide by morality, but the conductors who are not right-minded have not changed in their bones.

Fortunately, this kind of person is only a very small part, most of them are very right-minded, Qi Shufang is strict, and he is very easy to manage.

She was busy managing all aspects of the train, busy with the children, busy with meetings, busy with studying...... She has not yet become a formal party member, she needs to learn the content specified by the party branch, and she also has to participate in some meetings held by the party branch, that is, she has no right to vote, the right to be elected and the right to vote, and she is purely a listener.

The result of being busy was that Qi Jin had just turned one year old, and Qi Shufang weaned him.

"Mom...... Mother ...... "I can only call my mother's seven catties crying loudly, walking on my fleshy calves, moving here, looking there, I can't find any trace of Qi Shufang inside and out, he sat on the ground with his butt and cried hoarsely.

He Jianguo easily picked him up and patted the dirt off his body.

"Seven pounds, your mother went to work, and today we are at home. Come, Dad made you a delicious egg custard. ”

Seven catties are smarter than other children, which is very obvious.

Children in the countryside are still ignorant and ignorant when they are seven or eight years old, and they are scattered everywhere in a chaotic manner, and everyone's living standards are not high, and most of the children in the cities are also very simple, even if there are smart children, it is completely impossible to be sensible at the age of one or two.

Qijin is only one year old, of course, he is not sensible, but since he was six or seven months old, Qi Shufang began to point to his facial features and things in life to teach him, "eyes, nose, ears, mouth, eyebrows, table, bench, chopsticks, bowl......" Speaking of these, he will immediately put his finger or eyes on the things mentioned, will manually say goodbye, and will throw kisses.

So when He Jianguo talked about egg custard, Qijin immediately looked at the table in tears, and there was a small blue and white porcelain bowl on it, and the bowl contained tender yellow eggs, which were steamed from pure egg yolks, without egg whites.

The seven-pound diet is very fine, what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten, Qi Shufang wrote a large book, and He Jianguo was amazed.

"Mom...... Yes...... Yes...... Ahh......hh Mom ......, "Mom is not here, even food can't comfort the injured little heart, seven catties kicked his legs in He Jianguo's arms, continued to cry, crying out of breath, He Jianguo sat on the chair, his hands wrapped around his son sitting on his lap, and the egg custard he picked up was almost knocked over by him.

He Jianguo reacted quickly, quickly put the egg custard on the table, and grabbed his son's two small hands.

"Seven catties, if you cry again, crying makes me upset, I beat you!"

As soon as he heard this, Qijin's crying suddenly stopped, his big round eyes blinked, his mouth opened, and he cried even louder.

He Jianguo didn't accommodate him, picked up the wooden soup spoon made by He's father, scooped a spoonful of egg custard and put it on his mouth, "He Qijin, let me tell you, your stomach will be full if you eat, if you don't eat, you will be hungry!"

Seeing that the food was right in front of him, Qijin habitually opened his mouth wide and swallowed it, sobbing and choking, and automatically stopped crying.

When seven pounds are ten months old, they begin to focus on food, supplemented by milk, compared with other children, weaning is quite easy. Standing on the ground with short legs after eating and drinking, Qi Jin quickly forgot about Qi Shufang, mainly due to the fact that when Qi Shufang was at home, He Jianguo took care of the children in the morning, evening and weekends.

When Father He came in, he saw the two of them playing in the yard, "Shufang went to work?"

"Yes, Shufang now goes to work in the morning and leaves early in the morning. "The train to Qingdao is around 9 o'clock in the morning, and the distance between it and Gupeng is much farther than Shanghai, so it naturally takes more time to go back and forth.

Father He snorted, threw the flatbed truck into the yard, and squatted down. leaned and opened his hands to Qijin, "Qijin, come, let Grandpa hug him, Grandpa hasn't seen Qijin for ten days." Look at the red circles in your eyes, are you crying? Or did your father beat you? Don't worry, grandpa is angry for you and beats your father. ”

Qijin slowly but firmly walked on his short legs, crooked, bumpy, and it took a short time to step in front of Father He, laughing and throwing himself into his arms.

Father He stood up with him in his arms and lifted him high.

He Jianguo unloaded the things on the flatbed truck, as usual, Chai He moved to the west side house, the food was taken to the hall, the grandfather and grandson were having fun, he looked at the chickens, ducks and goose eggs in the basket, "Dad, why did you bring chickens, ducks and goose eggs again? The second sister-in-law has no opinion? This quarter's egg supply has increased again, everyone can buy three catties of eggs every month, except for the time when we missed the opportunity to be bought out, the purchase is enough for us to eat, you keep it for yourself." ”

Father He disagreed: "On such a hot day, can the food bought from the grocery store be fresh? I see that the food sold in the city is all collected from the countryside, I don't know how long it has been in the cold storage, and the adults are fine to eat, what about seven catties? This is the egg that has only been laid in the last few days, and it is used for seven catties to eat, not for the two of you adults." ”

As for Wang Chunling and Zhang Cuihua's opinions, the two families have raised a lot of poultry in recent years, and their own family has enough to eat, and He Jianguo and Qi Shufang bring good food to their nephews every time they go home, and they have no dissatisfaction with the fact that they give seven catties of eggs.

Compared with eggs, the candy, biscuits, and pastries that He Jianguo and his wife brought to their nephews are much more expensive.

Father He made a rattle for his little grandson, and he grabbed it for seven catties and refused to let it go.

He Jianguo took a closer look, it was actually a drum body and handle made of rosewood, engraved with grasshoppers and grasshoppers, the drum body was covered with sheepskin on both sides, and the projectiles on both sides were common grass beads.

He Jianguo wanted to ask where the rosewood came from, and suddenly remembered that his father had been collecting old furniture, and last time he sent a few pieces of disassembled rosewood and huanghuali furniture to his home, so he swallowed the question, no need to ask, it must be made of old wood, just like a seven-pound cradle and a small bed, a new style made of old wood, in line with the present.

The arrival of Father He made He Jianguo's plan to eat simply at noon come to naught, but he fried a few dishes, distilled a few white flour rolls, and poured two taels of Moutai for Father He.

Qijin ate the minced porridge in his bowl and looked at the oily braised pork on the table.

Father He looked at him with a smile, and He Jianguo took a piece of braised pork and flashed it in front of his eyes, then put it in his mouth, and made a special chewing sound, "It's so fragrant, it's delicious, but it's a pity that I won't give it to you!"

Qijin was very unhappy, and reached out to grab the bowl on the dinner table.

Father He hurriedly moved the bowl on the table, there was such a little person in front of him, and the meal was very interesting.

After the meal, He's father hugged seven catties in the yard to eat, He Jianguo washed the dishes, and suddenly said: "Dad, you stay for a few days and then go back, Chen Ning said a few days ago that he wanted to bring something to Chen Sanchuan, and I will ask for it in a while, and Dad will take it away when he goes back." ”

"Chen Sanchuan, does he have any relatives, is it called Chen Ning?" said Father He suspiciously.

"Yes, who doesn't have a few relatives? Chen Ning is Chen Sanchuan's nephew, his grandparents and father are here, and his mother is divorced and remarried, which is slightly better than Chen Sanchuan's situation. In the first two years, the family situation was not good, and then Chen Ning found a job, and only recently relieved. ”

"Well, well, I'm not at home, and your brother takes care of my poultry. ”

He Jianguo went to find Chen Ning, and when Chen Ning heard this, he hurriedly took the package prepared by his grandparents to He Jianguo, there was nothing unusual, just an old cotton coat and twenty or thirty catties of grain, and ten yuan.

He Jianguo went home with his things, but saw Lao Zhou wandering at the door of his house, faltering and showing his old age.

Although he didn't buy Lao Zhou's house at the beginning, Lao Zhou's house was still sold, but because Qi Shufang accompanied Zheng Lao to the memorial tower to pay respects, she got to know Lao Zhou who worked there again, and he turned out to be a veteran under Mu Lao, and he knew Xue's father, and gradually had some contacts, and also knew the young Zhou Lingyun he adopted.

Originally, Lao Zhou wanted Zhou Lingyun to inherit his job, but when the army came to recruit, Zhou Lingyun gave up his studies to sign up, and was actually admitted, so Lao Zhou stopped thinking.

"Uncle Zhou, are you here, why don't you go in?" He Jianguo hurriedly went over to support him.

When Lao Zhou saw him, he was stunned, "You're not at home?"

"How?"

"I saw that your door was unlocked, and I thought you were at home, so I was too embarrassed to knock on the door. I want to beg you, but I don't know how to speak, but I hesitate, and you came back from outside. Lao Zhou grinned, his teeth had all fallen out, and his mouth was deflated.

"What's the matter with you?" He Jianguo helped him into the hall and asked.

Father He saw the stranger come in and smiled at him.

Lao Zhou was a little cramped, rubbed his two hands on the placket of his clothes, and calmed down after being appeased by He Jianguo, "Comrade Jianguo, I want to ask you for a favor." I've been thinking about it for a long time, among the people I know, you and your daughter-in-law have the ability, and the character of the person who is valued by Elder Zheng and has dealings with Brother Xue's family must not be bad!"

You say. ”

Lao Zhou took out a long tin box from his baggage and put it on the table, "I have had an old injury recently, my spirit is not very good, I don't want to eat, I can only drink two sips of water, I don't know which day I will run out of gas." My baby is a soldier in the army and receives training, and there are not many letters sent back, so the training must be very strict and busy. I don't know when he'll be back, and I don't want to write to him for fear of delaying his future. Now, I'm afraid that I'll have an accident, I want to put things in the hands of you and Comrade Shufang, if I'm okay, of course, if something happens to me, you give the box to my baby, okay?"

He Jianguo hurriedly said: "You feel that you are not in good spirits, I will send you to the hospital for examination." He has great respect for veterans, even if he spends his own money, he hopes that Lao Zhou is safe and sound, not to mention that they know each other, even if they don't know each other, He Jianguo can't stand idly by.

"I have a job, I don't need money to see a doctor, I'll go to the hospital in a while, you listen to me first. ”

"Okay, you say. "What Lao Zhou explained must be very important, otherwise he wouldn't have sent things first and then went to the hospital.

A trace of sadness appeared on Lao Zhou's face, "My family is poor and I don't have much money, but my uncle's family is rich, not a pro-uncle, it is better than a pro-uncle." I can go to school or study or my uncle's money, and the clothes I wear are all made by my aunt, which can be said to be as kind to me. My uncle's family only gave birth to one child, and I have to call my cousin, called Zhou Shishao. Not long after my cousin got married, he took all his family property to support the anti-Japanese war, and he also participated, which is particularly admirable. Since then, however, he has not returned, nor has he been heard from. My uncle and aunt died depressed in thoughts and worries, and it was my sister-in-law and my nephew who died in their old age. ”

All the family property was taken away, just leave a yard and the little private money in their hands, the Zhou family's life is getting worse, the old couple don't know whether their son is safe or not until they die, and it is good news to say that there is no news for a while, and it means that he is not there, otherwise they will not contact the family, they will not think that their son has already become famous.

When Lao Zhou mentioned this, he couldn't help but scold.

Sell your property to fight the war?

He Jianguo felt that this story was very familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere, but after thinking about it, he couldn't remember it for a while, so he could only put it down for a while and asked, "What is your purpose in mentioning these past events?"

"You listen to me first, I have to explain it to you, and tell me about it in the future. After the death of my aunt and uncle, or during the Anti-Japanese War, my cousin found a new mother-in-law outside more than 30 years ago, and only wrote a letter to divorce my sister-in-law several years later, when my aunt and uncle had passed away. He said that he abandoned the feudal burden, said that my sister-in-law and he were feudal arranged marriages, and that his mother-in-law was a revolutionary partner. My sister-in-law was angry, their sons were in their teens at the time, but fortunately, I had a son to talk to for comfort, so I didn't care about my cousin. However, my cousin never came back, and the two never went through the divorce procedures. ”

Father He couldn't help but say: "There is no conscience! Brother Zhou, your cousin has no conscience! If you are unfilial to your parents, unjust to your old wife, unkind to your children and grandchildren, and unfilial and unrighteous and unkind, you are loyal to the country, what kind of person is it?"

Lao Zhou smiled bitterly and said: "I also said so, alas! But what's the use? I didn't see that this incident affected him as an official." ”

"What about your sister-in-law and nephew?" asked Father He.

"Dead, all dead!"

Father He and He Jianguo were surprised: "Dead?"

"Didn't a big battle break out before the founding of the People's Republic of China?" Seeing Father He and He Jianguo nodding, he continued: "I participated at that time, and I was a small soldier at that time. I heard that there was a very high-ranking name named Zhou Shishao, and I secretly hid in the corner and saw him, it was my cousin! Although it has been more than ten years, I recognized it at a glance. I want to find him, I want to ask him if he is sorry for my uncle and sister-in-law, how did he come to his hometown, and he didn't go to worship his father and mother, and he didn't visit his wife and children. But I couldn't get to him and was stopped, and I signed up, and there were even more people who stopped me from seeing him. I didn't know it at the time, thinking that my cousin didn't want to see me, but later I learned that it was the little woman he was looking for who ordered his men to stop me. ”

Lao Zhou continued indignantly: "That little woman also asked someone to beat me, saying that I disturbed the morale of the army and arrested me! That little woman is also in the army." It was Brother Xue who followed Mu Lao at that time, and the head of my cousin was Mu Lao's son, and Brother Xue interceded before letting me go, but until the end of the battle, until I was discharged from the army, I didn't see my cousin. ”

Father He shook his head, he didn't know what to say about people like Zhou Shishao.

Lao Zhou said: "I also look down on my cousin." My sister-in-law died at that time, some people say that my sister-in-law died of depression, but in fact it is not, my sister-in-law no longer cares about my cousin, just married my nephew to a daughter-in-law, and wanted to tease his grandson, but accidentally stepped on the rusty iron nail, and did not take it to heart at the time, and ended up dying of tetanus. ”

Lao Zhou looked pity and resented God's injustice.

Speaking of which, after a long while, Lao Zhou sighed, "After my sister-in-law died, the country was founded soon after, the big courtyard was confiscated, and my nephew and niece moved away. After seven or eight years, my nephew fell ill and died, my nephew and daughter-in-law remarried, and sent the baby who was just two or three years old to me. ”

"You mean that Zhou Lingyun is your cousin's grandson?"

"Yes, my grandson. ”

He Jianguo thought for a while, "Zhou Lingyun doesn't know about this story?" Old Zhou said before the beginning that he would let him tell Zhou Lingyun, so it means that Zhou Lingyun doesn't know his life experience.

"I don't know, I think he is young, I am afraid that he will impulsively go to my cousin, I later heard that after the founding of the People's Republic of China, my cousin became a big official, and now he is doing bigger, he should also retire, in Shanghai. So, I didn't tell the baby, I originally wanted to wait, and then sue him when he was twenty years old, who knew that my body was not angry, and I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to stay up for much time. ”

He Jianguo's father and son sighed.

Lao Zhou pushed the box forward, "I remitted all my savings to my baby, I can't send this thing, I'm afraid I will lose it on the road, so I entrust you and your daughter-in-law to help me collect it." ”

"If it's valuable, I think it's better to have a few more witnesses. ”

Lao Zhou shook his head: "No need, some things are unsightly, easy to get into trouble, if someone sees it and moves his heart, it's not worth it." After he said this, he slowly opened the box.

He Jianguo thought that there would be a burst of jewelry, because the gold, silver and jewelry were unsightly, but the result was not.

It is a scroll of six characters and paintings, as well as an inkstone, two pieces of ancient ink and a piece of Tianhuangshi.

"This is a family heirloom left by my uncle when my cousin sold his property. In troubled times, antiques were not valuable, but gold was valuable, so they stayed, and my nephew did not use them to support national construction. Six calligraphy and paintings, two of which are from Song Huizong and Qianlong, are genuine, and the remaining four paintings are all handwritten by ancient masters, which are much more important than any gold jewelry. ”

After Lao Zhou finished speaking, he unfolded them one by one to show He Jianguo.

He Jianguo was already proficient in this way, and soon confirmed that what Lao Zhou said was the truth, all of them were priceless treasures, and the inkstone was the end inkstone of the Song Dynasty, which belonged to the top grade of the top grade, and Tian Huangshi was also a good product.

Listening to his appraisal, Lao Zhou was a little surprised, and said: "Comrade Jianguo, it turns out that you understand this? I don't know much myself, when my niece and daughter-in-law handed me calligraphy, paintings and things, I also made a special visit to a gentleman who is no longer alive to make sure. Although my niece and daughter-in-law left the baby to remarry, it is not bad to leave all the family heirlooms to the baby. "He doesn't hate his niece and daughter-in-law, she is less than thirty years old, and it is too difficult for her to stay a widow for the rest of her life.

"I know a little bit about fur. "Even if I knew a little about fur at the beginning, now I am a very proficient master, because I have a wife who likes jewelry and antiques, and I buy these things every day, and I have handled more and has a wider range of knowledge.

Lao Zhou praised a few words in a row.

He tied up the calligraphy and painting scrolls, put them back in the tin box, and solemnly handed them to He Jianguo, "Comrade Jianguo, my old Zhou has been mediocre all his life, guarding the memorial tower and doing some chores, I have one or two friends, but because of his complicated family, I dare not entrust it, I can only entrust it to you and Comrade Shufang, I believe in the vision of the old generals." ”

He didn't make a desperate bet, before coming, when he sent money, he sent a letter to Zhou Lingyun, explaining the things left for him one by one. is old, but his brain is not bad at all, and he is also prepared for the possibility of things being embezzled.

I didn't mention Zhou Lingyun's life experience in my heart, because I was afraid that Zhou Lingyun would affect my training after I knew about it.

He Jianguo said: "Don't worry, I will tell Zhou Lingyun truthfully, and I will definitely transfer the things to him." When I put away my things, I'll send you to the hospital for a check-up first. ”

After explaining his thoughts, Lao Zhou relaxed in one breath, and the whole person collapsed on the chair, and most of his spirit was scattered.

He Jianguo and He Father are very worried, this situation is indeed like the end is coming!

locked the tin box into the account box, He Jianguo immediately took the money and sent Lao Zhou to the hospital.

Father He stayed at home with seven catties in his arms, "Go, go, check carefully, if there is anything you need help, don't help." Without the veterans of the beginning, how could we have the peace we have now!"

"Hmm!"

Lao Zhou's examination results are not optimistic, both Chinese medicine and Western medicine have seen it, it is the recurrence of old injuries, occasional coughing up blood, Chinese medicine said that the oil is exhausted, and now it is a day to survive. The Western doctor said that there was still shrapnel in his body, which had been transferred, and it was in the lungs, and Lao Zhou was hospitalized on the same day.

Seeing that his son was busy, He's father did not propose to leave, but stayed to take care of his little grandson.

Qi Shufang returned home from work and got the news of Lao Zhou's death.

Old Zhou took He Jianguo's hand before he died, and asked him to transfer the things to Zhou Lingyun, and He Jianguo promised again and again, and at the same time promised not to report to Zhou Lingyun, so he died with a calm smile on his face.

Ma Tianlong passed away a few months ago, and now Lao Zhou is gone again.

The years are the most ruthless.

Zhou Lingyun still didn't know about his grandfather's death in the army, Lao Zhou didn't seem to have any relatives, and a few friends were powerless to help even if they had the heart, and in the end, it was He Jianguo and Qi Shufang who took care of Lao Zhou's funeral. The husband and wife wanted to send a letter to Zhou Lingyun, but thinking of the words that Lao Zhou had said countless times before he died, he hesitated and stopped writing the letter.

Although Lao Zhou is not Zhou Lingyun's biological grandfather, there are few people in the world who can compare to Zhou Lingyun's compassion, and he was still thinking about Zhou Lingyun's future before he died.

After finishing the affairs of Lao Zhou, He Jianguo told Qi Shufang about Zhou Lingyun's life experience.

Qi Shufang's mind flashed with inspiration, Miao Hui!

She remembered.

When Driver Zhao and Li Yang talked about Miao Hui, didn't they mention an old Zhou? What they said was almost the same as what Lao Zhou said, could Miao Hui's husband be Zhou Shishao?

When He Jianguo heard it, "I said that I seemed to have heard a similar story, and I really remembered correctly." ”

He asked about the specific situation of Miao Hui's family, especially about Zhou Shishao, this person is just as Father He said, in addition to being loyal to the country, in fact, he is not filial piety, unrighteous and unkind, and is not worthy of admiration.

Qi Shufang didn't know that it was difficult for her to go to Shanghai now, so she wrote to ask Mu Xuexun, not telling the story of Lao Zhou in detail, only asking Miao Hui's husband's name. Mu Xuexun quickly replied to her and confirmed her guess. Miao Hui's husband is called Zhou Shishao, who is over 70 years old this year, much older than Mu Xuexun's parents, has long since retired, and has two daughters with Miao Hui, both of whom are married.

Mu Xuexun told her one more thing, that is, Zhou Shishao suddenly remembered his son who could inherit the family lineage recently, and wanted to go back to Gupeng City to find his son to inherit the family business, but was stopped by Miao Hui, and the two quarreled and are currently separated.

Because Miao Hui gave birth to two daughters, she remembered her son under a feudal arranged marriage?

Qi Shufang sneered and continued to look down.

Mu Xuexun said in the letter that her uncle was going to get married, the time was set in Layue, and she finally kept the clouds open to see the moon, and she may return to Beijing in the near future, and the mailing address in the future will be the address where the telegram was sent before.

Seeing this, Qi Shufang didn't know how to think of Xue Feng, Mrs. Zheng mentioned it, saying that Mu Qingyun was waiting for Xue Feng, thinking that Xue Feng would return to Beijing this year, and now there is news of Mu Qingyun's marriage, could it be that the two of them are getting married? I didn't hear Xue Feng say it, Xue Feng didn't mention Mu Qingyun at all, but she went to Shanghai before returning to Beijing, and she didn't mention the reason.

How old is Mu Qingyun? When we met two years ago, they were all middle-aged, and Xue Fengduo was young, not yet thirty years old.

Qi Shufang pouted and wrote back to Mu Xuexun to ask for the name of her future aunt.

didn't wait for Mu Xue to find the letter, but she received a letter from Xue Feng, saying that she was going to get married, and the date was set in Layue, and she was asked to bring seven catties to participate, saying that she was the only relative like her.

Well, it is basically certain that Mu Qingyun is married to Xue Feng.