Chapter 3: Eccentric

Since returning from the Yangge Performance Competition of the Whole Wild Grass Commune, Liu Manzhu has not thought about tea, food is not fragrant, he is not guarding every day, he is not doing work, and he misses the red silk scarf girl day and night. Often a person says to himself, "Who is she...... , what's her name?......"

One night Liu Manzhu had a dream, dreaming that he was hoeing grass in the cornfield, the sun was hot, he was raising his head to wipe his sweat, and suddenly a girl came from a distance, with a red silk scarf tied around her neck, and when she got closer, she was her.

The girl in the red silk scarf came to him with a smile, her eyes so beautiful, watery, affectionate, and grinning at him.

She smiled so beautifully, laughed so that his heart "thumped", laughed so that he sweated, and laughed so that he felt sad.

He woke up with a heartache, and saw that there was nothing around, and the house was empty, and he was alone curled up on the earthen kang, his heart still aching, "Do I have lovesickness? Is this called lovesickness?" he thought.

The next day, his father asked him to go up the mountain to carry firewood, and he got lost. I went up the mountain in the morning, and I didn't come home until the sun set, and I was stuck with ghost needles, my clothes were torn, and blood was cut on my body and face.

His father asked him to go to the well to fetch water, he shook the well wheel with both hands, the well rope was wrapped around the well wheel and rotated, a bucket of water slowly hung up and saw that it was about to go out of the well, a distraction, did not grasp the well wheel, a bucket full of water went straight back, the well wheel driven by weight acceleration rotated rapidly, only to hear a loud "bang", the bucket fell to the bottom of the well. When the bucket was hoisted up again, it was flattened and the bottom of the bucket was gone. Go back and give his father a good scolding.

Liu Manzhu thought to himself, it will be fine after this period of time. So I tried not to think about it. But who knows, the more depressed it is, the more I think about it, and after a while, not only did I not forget it, but my longing was increasing day by day.

In the end, Liu Manzhu made a bold decision: find her!

The village where the girl in the red silk scarf lived was called Huangling Village, and the village was surrounded by barren hills and dirt slopes of seven heights and eight lows, and there were neither lush forest trees nor dense plants on the hills, and the whole village was located on a round bare mound. There are a few sour jujube trees growing on the mound, like an old man, with a round bare head and a few sparse beards. And the surrounding area is endless, uneven yellow earth. When the northwest wind blows, the sky is yellow and the ground is yellow, and the yellow dust is rolling, covering the sky and the sun. And the land is barren, drought and little rain, and nine out of ten crops are not harvested.

Although Shandi Village and Huangling Village are the same commune, they are far apart, separated by multiple high mountains, and the two villages are separated by nearly 50 miles.

One day, Liu Manzhu lied to his father that a friend in a neighboring village was going to send a congratulatory gift.

As soon as the sky was bright, Liu Manzhu got up, wiped the worn-out bicycle in the yard, and pushed it out of the gate.

As soon as I walked down the street, I looked up and saw a dazzling morning star hanging high above the canopy of heaven on the eastern horizon, casting a mysterious light of pale blue between the vast and deep canopy and the vast mountains. Under the dark and misty realm around heaven and earth, it was as if Heavenly Court had opened a hole in the east, and inside it was a mysterious Heavenly Court Immortal Realm, which seemed to be the immortal palace of Tai Bai Xing.

Daystar is also called Taibai Star. Because of its special brightness, it aroused the rich imagination of the ancient people who were full of fantasy. This strange scene unexpectedly aroused Liu Manzhu's infinite reverie. He thought: "This Tai Bai Xing is a Taoist immortal whose status is second only to Taishang Laojun, Yuan Shi Tianzun, and Lingbao Tianzun, and in "Journey to the West", he is often ordered by the Jade Emperor to inspect the good and evil in the mortal world.

He is a peacemaker, and he has mediated the conflict between the Monkey King and the Heavenly Court several times to avoid the sword and the soldiers. Thus he is a lucky star. I heard that the mother of the great poet Li Bai was born in the world because of the night dream of the platinum star falling into her arms. As a result, a generation of poets has been achieved.

And today, as soon as I went out, I ran into this platinum star, and cast a blue light on the way I started.

Could it be that it indicates that there is joy today?"

Thinking of this, Liu Manzhu couldn't help but feel a burst of joy, and his spirit was doubly uplifted. So I picked up my speed and pedaled the bicycle pedals with my legs vigorously, and drove forward at a rapid speed with the "crackling" sound of the bicycle parts vibrating on the uneven road surface.

On the way to Huangling Village, you have to climb three mountains, which are high and steep, and there are few pedestrians. When climbing or descending a mountain, the bicycle can only be pushed and walked, or even carried on its shoulder, and then it is not a person riding a bicycle, but a bicycle riding a person.

Liu Manzhu pushed and carried the bicycle, crossed the mountains and mountains, and sweated profusely. And as he walked, he had to think about it.

There is a very big problem, and we must make a plan in advance, otherwise we will make a fool of ourselves if we don't get it right, and we will lose face if we can't do it. The big question is: what should I say when I see the girl in the red scarf?

He thought, "If he asks me what he is doing in her village, how will I answer? If she were to ask me, 'Who are your relatives?' I can't say. So what do I say?......

Yes, yes, I said, I came to her village supply and marketing cooperatives to buy things.

But does she still recognize me? if not?...... ,

Whatever, let's go and touch my head first. As the saying goes, "If you can touch it, don't let it be wrong!"

"Thinking, thinking, I didn't realize that I had crossed three mountains, and I saw the misty outline of Huangling Village from a distance on the top of the mountain.

He excitedly quickened his pace and walked down the mountain, and when he walked down the mountain, Huangling Village was already in full view. Liu Manzhu couldn't help but start his heart beat nervously.

Approaching the village step by step, Liu Manzhu pushed his bicycle and stopped at the edge of the village first, straightened his clothes, combed his hair with five fingers, and continued to walk forward. After walking for a while, I was not at ease, I put down my bicycle again, went to the creek at the entrance of the village, climbed by the stream and took a picture of my face, but I was still not at ease, so I simply washed my face in the creek, and was sure that there was no problem, so I pushed the bicycle and walked to the village like fifteen buckets of water.

After entering the village, Liu Manzhu didn't know the name of the girl with the red silk scarf, and he didn't know where her family lived, so he pushed the cart around the village. Looking at the place where there was a woman, a stream of blood surged up, stood still and calmed down a little, and then pretended to be casual, and slowly rubbed it over.

At first, I didn't dare to look at the women head-on, but later, when I secretly saw that many girls were not red silk scarf girls, my courage slowly enlarged, and when I met women, I observed them head-on.

However, after walking around the village, I didn't see the girl with a red silk scarf. So he squatted down at the entrance of the village, smoked a cigarette, calmed down, and then began to walk the second lap.

From the west to the east, and from the east to the west, I still didn't see the shadow of the red silk scarf girl, and I walked back to the entrance of the village, what should I do?

He thought to himself, "This time stay at the entrance of the village for a while, and the interval is a little longer, and you will meet her." ”

So he squatted down again at the entrance of the village, took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it and smoked it. After a while, he looked up at the sky, and it was already midday, and it was lunchtime in a blink of an eye. I thought to myself: "When it comes to lunch, she cooks, eats, washes pots and dishes at home, and I don't know when she comes out again." No! I'll have to look for it soon!"

So Liu Manzhu pushed the cart back to Huangling Village for the third time.

This time he had another trick, every time he passed by, he had to look around, and when he met someone whose fence was a little lower or the door was open, he leaned over and stood on tiptoe, stretched his neck and looked in, to see if he could see the girl in the red silk scarf.

Just looked at a few houses in a row, and suddenly two people grabbed him from behind and asked, "What are you doing?"

Liu Manzhu hesitated for a long time and didn't answer. The two men said, "Let's go, come with us to the brigade office." Liu Manzhu was taken to the brigade office.

It turned out that when Liu Manzhu was wandering around the village, he looked around, and was targeted by the villagers, and when he turned around for the third time, he sneakily looked into the courtyards of each house, and the villagers thought he was a thief, so they went to the brigade office to report to the brigade party secretary, and the brigade party secretary sent two people to bring Liu Manzhu to the brigade.

As soon as they entered the office of the brigade, the two pushed Liu Manzhu into the room hard, pushing Liu Manzhu so hard that he stumbled and almost crawled on the ground.

At this time, the secretary of the brigade was sitting at his desk, and when he saw the person coming, he recognized it at a glance.

He immediately stood up and stretched out his hand to hold Liu Manzhu, and then asked, "Aren't you the Liu Manzhu who 'held an umbrella' in Shandi Village?" asked the brigade secretary. Liu Manzhu hurriedly replied, "Yes, I am Liu Manzhu." The secretary of the brigade slapped his thigh: "Oh, misunderstanding! Misunderstanding! Quickly, please take a seat." I'm sorry!"

After speaking, the secretary of the brigade pulled Liu Manzhu to sit down and poured a glass of water. He smiled and said, "That's the case, our village just lost two old sows a few days ago, and they treat you as a pig thief, haha...... , there are the wandering merchants and vendors, who go from house to house, pretending to be doing business, and once they see that there is no one in the yard, they start stealing. I'm so sorry!"

"It's okay, it's okay!" Liu Manzhu hurriedly replied. The village party secretary said: "On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month this year, there was a Lantern Festival, and I took people from my village to the commune to participate in the competition. You're so good at 'putting on an umbrella'! Where did you learn that smooth talk, it's so wonderful! You can make it up so well with casual words. ”

Liu Manzhu said: "It's not good, it's not good, it's all made up temporarily."

The secretary of the brigade said: "How good it would be if our village had a talent like you, we can also win the first place, haha......"

Subsequently, the party secretary of the brigade wanted to leave Liu Manzhu for lunch, and Liu Manzhu thanked him for his resignation and hurried out.

He thought to himself: "What kind of lunch are you going to eat, don't dare to let the girl with the red silk scarf know about this, otherwise it will be over!" So, Liu Manzhu didn't dare to look around the village anymore, and thought to himself: "This time it's a mess! Hua Tuo shook his head - it's hopeless! Just go back." So he pushed the cart towards the entrance of the village in a proper and desperate manner.

A gust of wind blew, rolling up the dust and garbage from the street and slamming it on Liu Manzhu's body and face. The bicycle was also beaten so loudly that it "bells" rang out.

"It's broken, it's windy, hurry up!" Liu Manzhu thought to himself, while walking quickly to the entrance of the village. As soon as he got out of the village, Liu Manzhu stepped on the pedal and was about to fly into the car, when suddenly, a huge whirlwind rose from the ground and soared into the sky.

Because there are no mountains and rivers around this loess slope, under the action of strong air convection, black and yellow cloud pillars are instantly formed. The cloud pillar was mixed with loess, sand, branches, and weeds, and spun rapidly.

Suddenly, the yellow dust was billowing and the sky was dark. Liu Manzhu's eyes were black, and he suddenly felt that he was about to fly into the sky with people and cars.

Suddenly, he felt something hit him hard, and he was knocked on his back and fell on the road, leaving his bike on the side.

After the whirlwind, he sat up and rubbed his eyes, and when he looked at it, there was another person lying down, also rubbing his eyes and sitting up, with a bicycle lying upside down.

Now Liu Manzhu understood what was going on. Look at it again, it's a woman, both of them are covered with dirt, three points like a human, seven points like a ghost, and they both point at each other and laugh!

Laughing...... Laughing...... Suddenly, both of them were stunned! "Hey...... It's you!" said the woman. Liu Manzhu opened his mouth wide in surprise, and couldn't close it for most of the day, and stammered for a long time: "It turns out ...... It's you!red silk ...... Girl Towel!".