When you go to the coal station outside the mouth of the alley, the yard is dusty, and there is a huge wicker basket in the corner, and there is a hole on each side of the basket, which is for easy handling; There were 200 catties of briquettes in each box, and after paying the money, I lifted two baskets and put them on the board cart, and borrowed a thick V-belt from the coal station to push the cart home.

Put the car away, take an old dress to cover your head, shoulders, and back, put the V-belt into the hole on one side of the wicker basket, squat down, the V-belt is tightened, and a basket of briquettes is on your body. It was a purely physical work, but it was difficult for Luli, who had doubled his strength from exercising in the countryside, and the weight of the briquette basket was all on his shoulders, which was easier than carrying corn sacks.

Enter the yard, pour the briquettes on the ground, put the whole briquettes one by one, pour them into the coal pool, leave the coal ash all over the ground - this is also not wasted, wait until the three trips are finished, the 1,200 catties of briquettes are put away, and the coal ash is taken with water and mud, and it is spread out in the small courtyard, and the horizontal and vertical stripes are drawn with fire chopsticks, and when it is dry, it can be shoveled down, and it is also burned as a briquette.

"Xiaoxiao, drink some water and rest for a while, right?"

Lu Li's body and face were already covered with coal black, especially on his hands, the black soot had seeped into the lines, and it was impossible to eliminate it in a day or two, "Hey." Uncle...... Mom, I still have to ...... Buy ...... for others What about coal. May not come back in the evening...... Eaten. ”

"Isn't it just our own home? How can there be anyone else? Looking at the sweat on the child's face and his face like a little ghost, Yu Fang panicked with so much pain in her heart, "Xiaoxiao, are you tired?" ”

"No...... Tired, gone. ”

"Don't drink too much at night and come back early."

Luli waved back and strode forward.

In a word, in one day, the Cao family, the Liang family, and the Xu family all bought briquettes, Lu Li didn't realize anything great physically, and the coal transportation relied on small board cars, and all he had to do was to transport it from the alley to a short distance in the courtyard, so he was not very tired, but he felt thirsty, took the teacup handed over by Xu's mother, and drank it in a big gulp, "Auntie......?" ”

"Beer, your uncle asked me to buy it for you, he has to go to work today, he can't work with you, he told me that you must stay at home and come back for a drink in the evening."

"No...... Okay, I'm ...... There's something else going on. ”

"I have to eat if there is anything, Xiaojian didn't come back, you are just like my son, let's not do anything good, you see? The beans I bought, stir-fry them in water for a while, and wrap them with dumplings filled with beans and meat. I'll get a few more cold dishes, and you two will have some drinks? ”

"Really...... No, Auntie, I can still drink with my uncle...... Did you deliberately dodge? It's really something. ”

"Then you go to do something, come back when you're done, and come back to eat dumplings." Mother Xu refused to let him go like this, took his hand and said, "Really, Xiaoxiao, if you don't come, your uncle should be angry with me." Obedient, huh? ”

"That ......"

"It's decided, come, wash your hands and face, and my aunt will pour you water."

After changing three basins of water, Lu Li even put his head and face on his body, so that he could wash out his true colors, put on clean clothes, and put on a straw hat, "Then, Auntie, I'll come at night." ”

"Don't be too late, your uncle will be off work in a while, wait for you to come back for a drink."

Lu Li left Xu's house and went straight to Li Xueqing's house, on a hot day, Li Xueqing was taking a nap, he had this habit, he didn't sleep at night, he couldn't afford to do it during the day, looking at Lu Lilai, Li's mother pushed her son awake, Li Xueqing was not awake yet, his face was full of marks lying on the mat, "Mom, what are you doing?" ”

"Don't sleep, little is here."

Li Xueqing got up helplessly, put on big pants and a small vest, rubbed his eyes and walked out, "Xiaoxiao, are you here?" ”

"What time is it, how are you ...... Still sleeping? At night...... Still sleeping...... Do you have it? ”

"I can't help it, I played a night card at the train station yesterday, and I was exhausted. Mom, where's my cigarette? Where did you put it? He took a deep breath and lit a cigarette, "Xiaoxiao, I admire you for this, not smoking, it's a good habit, like me, staying up late to smoke is the worst for the body!" ”

Lu Li smiled and was speechless, when they were together, Li Xueqing learned to smoke, but at that time, Li Xueqing, Li Tiehan and Xu Yunjian didn't dare to smoke in front of him, let alone any addiction to smoking, but now it's another matter, "Er...... Egg ...... How's it going? ”

"I'm cao, it's okay not to mention it, Xiaoxiao, you're just looking for a doctor for me! The second egg is now completely nervous! After you left, in a month, his injuries will be healed, and they will be worse than the last time! Last month, when he went home to steal money, his parents blocked the house, I heard that the old couple almost knelt down for him, but the grandson just didn't listen, and in the end he ran away......"

Luli frowned deeply, "That'...... Afterward...... Come? ”

"I haven't seen him for a long time, and I heard that at the Bayi Cinema, Cheng Tian and a group of people poured rich tickets."

In 1975, some films that were originally not allowed to be screened began to enter the market, breaking the shackles of eight 'model plays' that propped up the literary sky, such as "Green Pine Ridge", "The Age of Fire", "Sunny Day", "War Flood Map", "Scout" and "Shining Red Star", etc., and of course, many others, all of which have become rare works for city residents. The emergence of this situation has made the cinema a hot spot, and the first Bayi cinema in Tian (Tianjin) is located near the department store, as well as cinemas such as Huaihai (in the Nanshi area) and Guangming (in the Quanyechang area), which are very lively at dusk.

As a result, a group of people collectively known as 'inverted wealth tickets' came into being, these people are all small gangsters scattered in society, buy some tickets from the inside, and then sell them to earn the difference. Unexpectedly, Li Tiehan also became one of them? "Xiaoxiao, leave him alone, this grandson is a complete dog food. Think about it, it doesn't work even if his parents beg him so much, why do you care about him? (Note 1)

Lu Li thought for a moment and made up his mind, "Fourth, I'll ...... first Let's go. ”

"Don't? You woke me up, slapped my ass and left? A bar at night? Introduce a few buddies to you. ”

"Nope." Lu Li smiled at Li Xueqing, "Fourth...... Other...... I've been playing cards all day,...... You don't go to school either, so find a job, right? ”

"What are you doing? My dad found me a job, and the factory director gave me small shoes to wear all day long, and I slapped me and turned around and quit! ”

Lu Li smiled helplessly, his buddies are all old and have their own opinions, all he can do is to do his best, whether he listens or not, it's all up to others. "Let's go...... Finish. ”

"Hey, Xiaoxiao, have a chance to sit down, we brothers have been drinking together for so many years, and we haven't drunk together. I heard Xu Yunjian say, you drink a lot of alcohol now, don't you? Let's go back and bump into each other? ”

"You're ...... now. Can you drink ...... How much? ”

"No problem with a pound! A pound and a half will do. ”

"Just touch me at this point? Fourth, wait for you to have three...... Three-three...... Let's talk about the amount of three catties, right? ”

"I'm cao, you can drink so much now? Ay? Are you really fake? ”

**********************************************************

After a meal with Uncle Xu, Lu Li tried his best to control the amount of alcohol because he had something on his mind, and Father Xu saw it, "Xiaoxiao, what's wrong with you today?" Didn't you drink much? ”

"Ah, I'm still ...... at night Something, besides, my aunt ...... Having said that, let me drink less. ”

"Hey, it's boring, it's boring." Father Xu was very dissatisfied, "Don't listen to your aunt, when you come to your uncle, you will drink more, and sleep here when you are drunk." ”

Mother Xu came in with hot dumplings and put them on the table, "You drank too much again, right?" Still sleeping here? Are you lacking in eyes? ”

"What's wrong with me?"

"You didn't listen to the novel, and you still have something to do at night?"

"What's the matter? He came back to buy coal for his aunt, and now he has bought it, what else is the matter? ”

"You should be like you, your popularity is so bad that you don't even have a friend, you know how to drink at home and go out to play cards? People have friends! Finally come back and can't get together with the little buddies? ”

Lu Li ate hot dumplings, watching the male and female quarrelling, his heart was overjoyed!

After dinner, and the second elder of the Xu family said goodbye, Lu Li went straight to the Bayi Cinema, the days are long and the nights are short in summer, at seven o'clock, the sky is still bright, as soon as the road crossing, I have seen someone standing in the middle of the narrow road, "Do you want a rich ticket?" Do you want a wealthy ticket? Three cents a piece, the show starts at half past seven in the evening. ”

"Isn't it a dime?"

"I bought it inside, and now it's gone, do you want it?" Don't get out of here! ”

Luli pushed his bicycle and squeezed forward with the crowd, in addition to those who sold tickets, there were also those who bought tickets. Watching movies was a kind of welfare at that time, and the trade unions of enterprises often used it as a welfare to distribute to employees, and those who were willing to watch it could go to watch it, and those who did not want to go could give it to their children, and a very small number of people wasted their tickets like this, and some people sold them to these ticket sellers at a low price. Earn a little pocket money.

"Hey, buddy, do you want a ticket? It's almost time to start the show, count you two cents. ”

Luli put the bike on the side of the road and locked it, "I'm ...... Look for...... Individual. ”

"Why are you asking someone what I'm doing? I don't know. ”

"Huh? He's with you, too...... The same, called Li Tiehan, nicknamed ...... Two eggs. ”

The guy immediately stopped, "Erdan? What do you have to do with him? ”

"We ...... It's an old ...... Learn. ”

"Then, you wait a while, I'll look for it for you. Hey, come with me, right? ”

"Okay."

The two of them took a turn on the road, and through the conversation, they knew that this person's name was Zhang Yifan, much older than them, "What's your name?" I haven't heard him say you, he has a buddy named Li Xueqing, nicknamed the fourth, I've seen you, but I've never seen you. ”

"I'm from the fourth house in the afternoon...... Come back, he ...... Not yet...... Wake up. ”

"Yes, yes, yes! The old four are very good, but they are always sleepy, this kid, the more energetic he gets at night, and he is a night owl. Zhang Yifan smiled, squeezed through the crowd, and went up the steps in the courtyard all the way, "Hey, two eggs? What about the second egg? ”

"It's going to the bathroom." The staff in charge of the ticket inspection in the cinema replied like this, and from their words, it could be heard that Li Tiehan and his ilk were already very familiar with these people.

After waiting for a while, Li Tiehan appeared in front of the door, "Erdanzi, there is your buddy!" Come here. ”

Luli looked at his childhood playmate who walked out of the bright hall, and felt a little apprehensive in his heart, he went home for the holiday last year and beat him twice, he wouldn't still be angry with himself, right? Who knew that Li Tiehan looked surprised and shouted, "I'm cao!" Xiaoxiao, why are you here? ”

"Erdanzi, is this your buddy?"

"Isn't it? This is Xiaoxiao, Brother Zhang, I told you last time? Our elementary school classmates, Xiaoxiao, why are you here? Let's go, I'll invite you inside to watch a movie! This place, buddy, a word, didn't say. It's just water on the surface of your feet - flat. ”

Zhang Yifan put his mind at ease and patted Li Tiehan, "You talk, Lao Chen and I are still playing cards at the intersection, you will come over later." ”

"Okay." Li Tiehan watched the other party walk away with a smile, and grabbed Lu Li's shoulder, "Xiaoxiao, let's go, let's go in." ”

Luli noticed that something was wrong with the situation, "Egg, do you remember ......"

"Remember?"

"At the time of the Chinese New Year...... We fight? ”

"Got into a fight? Who fights? Me and you? Don't have fun! How can this be? ”

Lu Li was dumbfounded, Li Tiehan, what's wrong? Seeing that his face was sincere, it didn't seem to be fake, and it made him even more confused, "Danzi, I heard Xu Yunjian say, you ...... Go home and get the money, block the house for your parents, and the old man almost gave it to you... On your knees...? ”

"Where is that? Xiaoxiao, you lack heart? Am I the one who is the second egg? Isn't that dog food? Besides, now that I can make money, why should I go home and ask my parents for money? ”

Lu Li was greatly stunned, Li Tiehan, what's wrong? "Erdanzi, you...... Remember...... Your brother? ”

"My brother? Isn't he dead? Ask him why? ”

"Erdanzi, you know you're ...... now Previous grade...... Is it? ”

"Going to school, Xiaoxiao, are you confused? At the beginning of the special period, the school was long gone! Xiaoxiao, what's wrong with you today, how do you talk about the clouds? ”

Lu Li somewhat understood that something must have happened to Li Tiehan that he didn't know, and there was a blank period in the middle, which he had no memory of, but how long this period was, and what it was about, is unknown. Looks like he'll have to ask his parents to find out.

Note 1: Dog food, in the Tian (Tianjin) dialect, dog food refers to the kind of incorrigible, bastard hooligans to the end. Refer to the detailed mention in the text, you can know one or two.

For mobile phone users, please read it on m.qidian.com.