Wangzhuang Village is not big, only dozens of families, more than 300 people, all surnamed Wang, an ancestor. It is rumored that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the ancestors of the Wang family moved from Qingshi, 200 kilometers away. The ancestor of the Wang family attached great importance to culture and education, and established a family motto of cultivating and reading heirlooms. In the past, there was an ancestral hall in Wangzhuang Village, which was dedicated to the ancestors of the Wang family, which was later destroyed in that unprecedented movement. However, the ancestral hall couplet is engraved on the hearts of every person in Wangzhuang Village: "The book of the supremacy of the sages can be cultivated and read, and the virtue should be rewarded for the kindness of the ancestors." The studious style can also be glimpsed from the Wang family. Wang's line of words is: "high-end and long-end, good learning, auspicious and auspicious", fifteen generations of a cycle. After several generations of inheritance, in the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, the Wang family really produced a Hanlin, named Wang Changgeng, who is said to have been the teacher of Emperor Jiaqing, and was in the limelight for a while. The current Gaoyu Highway is said to be built by the government at that time to facilitate Wang Changgeng's return to his hometown. Now there is a big tomb in the southeast of the village, which is Wang Changgeng's. It is said that such a big man has produced such a big man in the village, and it should have prospered, but now it has to develop into a large village of 1,000 people, right? How can there only be such a small number of people and people? Wang Yongliang has heard from the old people in the village that Wangzhuang Village was indeed a big village in the past, and it was a single village with a radius of more than 10 miles. There are two historical reasons for the depopulation of the village. One is the descendants of Wang Changgeng, who stayed in the capital at that time to live and did not return to their hometowns, but only sent Wang Changgeng's remains back to their hometowns for burial; second, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, many young people in Wangzhuang Village joined the guerrillas led by the Communist Party and killed many RB people. RB retaliated by bloodbathing Wangzhuang Village, killing more than 50 young and strong people! This is the famous "Wangzhuang Massacre" in the history of Gaoping County. Since then, after one war after another, Wangzhuang Village has finally withered to the scale it is now.

Wang Yongliang's grandfather Wang Jishun has three brothers, Wang Jishun is the second, the eldest brother Wang Jifu, and the third brother Wang Ji'an. Wang Jifu is still alive, now 70 years old, when the Japanese army created the "Wangzhuang tragedy", he was slashed in the neck by the RB devil, the devil thought he was dead, and did not care about him anymore, so that he escaped with his life, but since then his neck has never straightened up, and the old people in the village call him "Wang Crooked Neck". Wang Jifu has three sons, the eldest son Wang Xiangxiu, the second son Wang Xiangqin, and the third son Wang Xiangqiu. Wang Ji'an became a soldier in the year of the "Great Joining the Army" in the fourth and seventh years, and it is said that he participated in the Huaihai Campaign, and his life and death are unknown. Anyway, since he left that year, there has been no news of him. Wang Ji'an was only 16 years old when he joined the army, did not have a family, and of course did not leave any descendants.

The only historical trace left in Wangzhuang Village is the walled moat, of course, the walled gate is gone. The so-called village is a defensive civil engineering project built around the village to resist foreign invasion. After many years of liberation, the village has also lost the value of its existence, leaving only a high-pitched earthen wall and a moat overgrown with reeds.

It was nearly noon, and Wang Yongliang was walking alone on the wall at the west end of the village.

After recovering from his illness, Wang Yongliang became reticent. The age of nine years old should be a lively and active time, in fact, Wang Yongliang was out of his active temperament before, climbed trees in the house, fished in the river, fought with his partners, and did everything, for which he was slapped by Qi Guangrong, and his grandmother called him "skin monkey" when he saw it. After he recovered from his illness, he rarely talked to others, and often showed a thoughtful appearance, and the family couldn't help but be a little worried when they were surprised by his changes. Qi Guangrong thought that he was "stupid", so he invited an old Chinese medicine doctor to check his pulse, and the old Chinese medicine doctor said: "Erliang has nothing to do, and the child is sick and grows back and forth, and it seems that he has grown up." Since the old Chinese medicine doctor said so, the family was relieved. However, Wang Xiangke was happy, he thought that men should not talk too much, he said: "noble people are idiots", and said that men should not be "mouthy donkeys".

Only Wang Yongliang knows that he is definitely not a nobleman, and he is entangled. How to go about the road in the future? Or do you want to go to school as you did in your previous life, wait for the state to assign you after graduation, and then become a civil servant? Obviously, this is not what Wang Yongliang wants. What he wants is a life that changes his fate and the fate of his family. So is it easy to get rich in business or politics? If you are in business, you should not be difficult to make a fortune by relying on your own foresight, and you will definitely be able to bring a happy life to your family. However, he knows very well that the management functions of government departments in this era are still very strong, and if there is no guarantee of official face, it is inevitable that they will be eaten up. Even if it is not so serious, difficulties and oppression cannot be avoided, and this is not something that Wang Yongliang, who is determined to live a nourishing life, can accept. Is his personality suitable? Although he has been reborn, he knows very well that his character cannot be changed, and the arrogance and self-esteem in his bones have not changed. Accustomed to seeing all kinds of filth in the officialdom in his previous life, some people did not hesitate to sell their personality and soul in order to be promoted, and some even sold their bodies! Wang Yongliang knew very well that he could not do this. Then, in order to maintain one's personality and self-esteem, it is difficult to make great achievements in politics. Otherwise, you risk becoming a freak in officialdom!

There was half a trench of water in the trench, and a frog in the reeds puffed out his eyes and looked at Wang Yongliang, Wang Yongliang spit out the grass root (reed root) chewed in his mouth, raised his foot and kicked a piece of soil at his feet to the frog, so frightened that the frog fell into the water. Wang Yongliang said in his heart: "Grandma is a bear! Since my personality is not suitable for politics, I will do business, and since God has given me the opportunity to be reborn, I will fight again! I don't believe that with my more than 40 years of knowledge, I can't break out of a world of my own!"

After setting the goal of struggle, Wang Yongliang felt relaxed for a while! He walked home with brisk steps.

When he got home, Qi Guangrong had already cooked a meal, and when he saw Wang Yongliang coming back, he hurriedly greeted: "Erliang, are you back?"

"Brother, Ping'er, it's time to eat!"

"Hey, it's coming!"

With Wang Yongliang shouting, Wang Yongping walked out of the east room, and Wang Yongdong walked out of the west room. Wang Yongdong is shirtless, wears big pants, and his hair has been unkempt for many years, and his grandmother says his hair is "like a chicken nest." Ping'er is different, don't look at the only five years old, wearing a floral gown and green cloth pants, always clean and neat, with two heads to the sky, two eyes shining, a smile and two wine vortexes, indescribably cute.

The meal was simple, freshly steamed corn tortillas, four or five white bread buns, and a pot of steamed eggplant.

Speaking of steamed eggplant, this is a delicacy that Wang Yongliang never forgot in his previous life - in the countryside, when people steam food, they often cut the eggplant into small pieces and put it in a basin, put the green onion and soy sauce in a small bowl, put the pot and bowl together in the pot to steam, after the pot, pour the green onion in the bowl, soy sauce, salt, etc. into the steamed eggplant and mix, not to mention how fragrant. I also tried to steam it on a natural gas stove, but it didn't taste as authentic as the big pot of clay stoves in the countryside!

Cakes were the staple food of farmers in this era, and steamed buns were the "hospitality meal" when relatives came to the family or the "sick meal" when there was a sick person at home, which could not be eaten in ordinary times.

As soon as she saw that there was a steamed bun, Ping'er screamed, went up and grabbed it with her hand, Qi Guangrong slapped her hand: "You know how to eat, go, send food to your grandma first!"

"Alas, you know that you instruct me!" Ping'er looked aggrieved, picked up the bowl with steamed buns and eggplants and walked towards the east courtyard.

Qi Guangrong said: "Boss, you are not allowed to eat, let your brother eat, he just got sick." ”

"It seems that there is a lot of merit if you are sick!" Wang Yongdong muttered, and obediently picked up a cake and ate it.

When he saw Ping'er coming back, Wang Yongliang said, "I won't eat, I'm already well, let Ping'er eat." ”

"Hehe, the second brother is the best!" Ping'er unceremoniously picked up a bun and ate it, and sighed in her mouth: "When don't you eat cakes, just eat buns."

Qi Guangrong said: "Be content, you are content, during the great flood in 60 years, how could there be food to eat, the bark was eaten up, and how many people starved to death in the village." Now I have bread to eat, and I have blessed you!"

Eating dry corn flour tortillas and watching the family be harmonious, Wang Yongliang enjoyed this atmosphere of family harmony. I said in my heart: "Mother, sister, brother, don't worry, I will definitely let you live a happy life that you can't imagine!"

At this time, Qi Guangrong said: "Erliang, your illness is also cured, you will go to school in the afternoon, you have missed so many classes, and I don't know if you can keep up." ”

Wang Yongliang said in his heart, what is there that he can't keep up with in this second-grade course? Thinking in his heart, he promised in his mouth: "Okay." ”

Qi Guangrong said: "You all have to study hard, and it is always good to read more." ”

Of course, the college entrance examination has not yet been resumed, and college students are still "red and professional proletarian youths" recommended by organizations at all levels, and the resumption of the college entrance examination will be next year's matter. It is impossible for Qi Guangrong to say the words of going to university. Wang Yongliang said: "My mother is right, not only my brother and me, Ping'er will go to school in two years, and she will study hard in the future, and she will definitely have to take exams when she goes to university in the future, and it is very important to lay a good foundation." ”

Wang Yongdong said: "Now it is recommended. ”

Wang Yongliang said: "Soon, this method will not last long, and it will definitely be tested in the future." ”

Qi Guangrong said: "That's good. You all study hard, if you are admitted to university, the sale of the house will also be provided for you. ”