CHAPTER XXXV

Hao Jianjun was full of ambition and his classmates went to the vast world to play a role, and when he left, Ma Yuping told him to write a letter back to the end, he was very unhappy, and his mother's concern was not the same thing.

The youngest daughter Hao Liqiu went to elementary school, she moved to her brother's lower bunk to sleep alone, and Jiang Qiumei was in the same class, and the two went to and from school together.

There is no Hao Jianjun at home, Ma Yuping is very unaccustomed, as if his heart has been hollowed out, he can't sleep well for a long time, looking forward to his letter, and he has to go to the mailroom at the door every day after work to ask.

Cai received several letters from his daughter: they were all in Heguang Commune, but not in one village, there were six villages in Heguang Commune, Hao Jianjun was in one village, Wu Qiyong was in No. 2 village, she was in No. 5 village, and Li Wanglan and Li Xianglan, who went first, were in No. 6 village.

Half a year later, it was almost the beginning of autumn, and Hao Jianjun wrote a letter, and the letter was very short, just to greet his parents' body, whether his sister had grown taller, and whether he was studying well. Finally, I said I'm fine, don't worry.

After Hao Lihua read the letter, Ma Yuping didn't believe it: "No, he didn't say a word about where he was and where he lived." ”

Hao Qinghong said disapprerovingly: "Do you still want him to report to you what he eats every day?"

Ma Yuping immediately decided: "I have to go and see him." ”

Ma Yuping secretly asked Wu and Cai to see the child, Wu was worried that Wu Shouliang might not want her to go, and when Wu Qiyong left, the two father and son quarreled.

Ma Yuping said: "Why? Qiyong looks very well-behaved. ”

Wu Shouliang was removed from his post and criticized, Wu Qiyong thought that his father had made a mistake, he couldn't hold his head up in front of his classmates, Wu Shouliang kept explaining to him that he was innocent, and he also said to his classmates that my father was wronged, but after the factory produced again, Wu Shouliang arranged to sweep the floor, and his classmates laughed at him, he went home and said that his father lied to him and no longer believed in his father. Wu Shouliang was angry, it wasn't Wu who stopped him and almost beat Wu Qiyong.

Cai also wanted to go to see her daughter Cai Yihua, who had just menstruated when her daughter left, and she was not very good at it.

The Wu family couldn't stand Ma Yuping's repeated agitation, and decided to hide from Wu Shouliang to see his son.

So on Sunday, the three women went out early in the morning and drove to Ha Quang Commune.

Ma Yuping and the three of them brought candy, made some pickles and stuffed a full bag, and Cai's also had an extra bag, which was full of straw paper used by women every month.

Heguang Commune is 50 kilometers away from Fuyang, the car goes out from Fuyang for half a distance and then turns into the rural machine farming road, bumps more than half an hour after arriving at Heguang Town, the street is not long, on both sides are all kinds of shops, and government offices, the street is backed by a hill and the front is next to the river.

The three of them got out of the car, didn't know which direction to go, and found the door of the Revolutionary Committee of Ha Quang Commune hanging on the door frame.

A middle-aged man in his thirties told them: After following the street for a while, turn into a dirt road on the left, go down to 123 villages, turn left to cross the bridge and then turn right to the dirt road, and then go ahead to 6 villages, 5 villages and 4 villages.

The three of them thanked each other, Ma Yuping and Wu were in one direction, Cai needed to cross the bridge, they agreed to wait in the town in the afternoon, remember the time, and come back before the last car back to Fuyang.

Ma Yuping and Wu sent Cai to the small river, the river is not wide, the water is not deep but very clear, and you can see the bottom.

Said that the bridge is actually put two rows of stone piers in the water for people to come and go, some people directly wade through the water, Cai carefully stepped on the stone piers to cross the river, turned back to Ma Yuping and beckoned.

Ma Yuping and Wu walked forward according to what the man in the Revolutionary Committee had just said, the sun was so big, and he forgot to bring his hat when he came.

After turning into the dirt road and walking for a while, I saw the people at the foot of the mountain, and then saw a dozen people harvesting rice in the middle of the field. Ma Yuping: "This should be a village, and the army should be here." ”

The two of them walked on the ridge, the noon sun was too strong, they were already sweating, their throats were smoking, and they were almost out of breath.

When I came to the edge of the field, I saw four women bending down to cut rice, a small pile was neatly placed, and the back was placed in the tripping bucket, six men picked up a handful of rice to trip the bucket up and down, until the rice fell into the bucket before the grass was piled together, and the people behind followed, some people were naked, the sun was shining brightly, Ma Yuping couldn't see clearly whether there was Hao Jianjun in those people, and the people working in the field noticed them, and only heard them say: "Which guest is coming?" ”

A woman who was bending down to cut rice glanced at her, put down the rice and sickle in her hand, wiped her sweat with her sleeve and walked over, Ma Yuping hurriedly asked, "Sister, are you a village?"

The woman looked at Ma Yuping: "Who are you looking for?"

Ma Yuping: "I'm looking for Hao Jianjun." ”

The woman happily: "It's Jianjun's mother." He turned around and shouted excitedly: "Hao Jianjun, your mother is here." ”

At this time, Ma Yuping also saw that the tall man in the white vest was his son, but Hao Jianjun did not run over as she expected, and grabbed the rice to trip after just one look, Ma Yuping suddenly felt like he was being splashed with cold water.

In fact, Hao Jianjun had already seen Ma Yuping, and the reason why he wrote a letter without telling him his detailed address at home was that he didn't want anyone to see him, but his mother still came.

The woman enthusiastically said: "Jianjun lives in my house, right there, you go and sit in my house." As he spoke, he pointed to the house on the side of the mountain.

Ma Yuping's eyes were so pierced by the sun's rays that he couldn't see which family the woman was referring to.

Wu: "Eldest sister, how far is the second village?"

Woman: "It's just ahead, not far away." ”

Wu said goodbye to Ma Yuping and was about to go to find his son, but the woman persuaded Ma Yuping not to leave, seeing that the row of rice she was responsible for cutting fell, they were closely cooperating, and if one could not be connected, they would stop and wait later, and hurriedly ran back to cut rice

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