On December 16th, Lu Li, Xu Yunjian and Zhao Xiaodong boarded the train to the north, it was the middle of winter, the doors and windows of the train were closed, covering the carriage with a smell of human flesh, the three of them found a place and sat down, "Brother Zhao...... Well, this name is not good, I call you Brother Zhao, do you think it's okay? ”

"Why not?" A smile exploded on Zhao Xiaodong's clear face, "Hey, Xiao Lu, the last time, I was embarrassed to say it in front of Xiao Zou, really, you are so interesting!" ”

"I have such ability, and you are my friend, so you can help if you can. Don't talk about it all the time, besides, I lent you this money and have to pay it back. He said: "Moreover, this time you left your work and took us to the northeast, and I owe you a great favor because of the wind and cold." ”

Zhao Xiaodong laughed, "No wonder Jiahua said that you can speak, when I saw you today, it was really the same!" When you get to the place, you can mention it to them if you have anything, but you didn't say it! ”

"Well, Brother Zhao, you said, can you just rely on the branch secretary in the brigade to speak? Do you have to walk around the town and county? ”

"If you want less, I don't think it's a big problem, if it's more, you'll have to think about it."

"This, then let's do this, this time, please lead Brother Zhao, let's take a walk in the town and county, just as we know each other, don't mention the business first, wait until the first time we succeed, let's have a good relationship in the future - if it doesn't work, just meet a few new friends, what do you think?"

"So, what do you mean, do you have to give a gift?"

"You have to give it, but you don't have to give a gift, it's two hundred dollars for a family. People buy what they like, which is more affordable. It's more convenient, right? ”

Xu Yunjian listened on the side, and did not interject, and was greatly impressed in his heart: How did he figure it out? This brain is spinning, it's really fast!

Talking and laughing all the way, 48 hours later. The train stopped at Tongliao Station, and as soon as I went out, I smelled a strange fragrance, "What kind of smell is this?" Xu Yunjian asked.

"There is a nationally famous monosodium glutamate factory, the city is not big, but this monosodium glutamate factory is very large, so the taste is very strong."

"How do you know?"

"I was here once, and you forgot?"

"Oh, isn't it?" Xu Yunjian also remembered that Lu Li was still in junior high school at that time. Before the New Year of a certain year, I went to the Northeast with Yu Fang to visit the second sister who went to the countryside here!

But although they have been here, it has been many years ago, and the two of them felt the cold of the climate in the three eastern provinces as soon as they got off the train, and they shivered from the cold, "Don't say so much, Brother Zhao." Where are we going? ”

"Let's go to the county today, Kailu (county). Then stay overnight and go to the commune tomorrow. ”

"Don't go to the commune tomorrow, I want to take a look in the county, well, Brother Zhao, can you take me to the leaders at all levels in the county?"

"Of course you can. But I think that Shuida can't cross the bridge, so let's go to the commune first, and then let the branch secretary take you to visit one by one. You tell me? ”

Lu Liluo thought for a moment and immediately nodded, "It's okay, I'll listen to you." By the way, where are we staying at night? ”

"No problem, I know people in the county - I'll tell you the truth, when I first went to the countryside, I often came here."

There was nothing to say all the way, the three of them took the red and white bus to Kailu (county), found a bathhouse in the county, took a comfortable hot bath, and then went to the only restaurant in the county to ask for a few stir-fried dishes, and the three of them had a full meal, "Next, let's go to the county police station, go through the relevant procedures, and then, Brother Zhao, let's find a place to sleep." ”

Zhao Xiaodong was surprised, "Are you even ready for this?" ”

"Yes, thanks to my second sister, isn't she at the police station, and opened a certificate - don't underestimate this piece of paper, it is stamped with an official seal! Go to all parts of the country, it's easy to make! ”

Xu Yunjian punched him hard, "You grandson!" I now kind of understand why you have been a leader since you were a child, your brain is indeed more thoughtful than the average person, thoughtful, and more importantly, thinking far! ”

Lu Li smiled and wiped his mouth, "Then, Brother Zhao, let's go?" ”

As Luli said, in this era, with a piece of paper stamped with an official seal in his hand, he is simply not afraid to travel all over the country! When they went to the local police station to show their certificates, the other party was very enthusiastic, not only immediately issued the corresponding documents, but also sent a young police officer as a guide to lead them to a small hotel in the county to stay, until they settled down, then left with confidence.

The three of them asked for two rooms, Zhao Xiaodong lived alone, and Xu Yunjian and Lu Li lived in the same room, "Xiaoxiao, you and your aunt were like this back then?" ”

"No, when we came, it was my second sister who picked up the car, she is a local educated youth, she is led by her, why do you use so much?" Lu Li brushed his teeth and rinsed his mouth, turned down the flames of the stove in the house, and got into the quilt naked. ”

Xu Yunjian looked funny, and couldn't help but make fun of his old friend, "Xiaoxiao, how old are you, why don't you sleep with clothes on?" ”

"I've been used to it since I was a child, and now let me sleep with my clothes on, and I can't sleep well night after night." He said, "I've tried the panties we sell several times, but they just don't work." ”

Xu Yunjian smiled, took a cigarette from the cabinet and lit it, slowly spewing out a puff of green smoke, "Xiaoxiao, we brothers have been fifteen years." Seriously, how did you grow so big? ”

Luli scolded him with a smile, "Do you know how to speak human words?" ”

Xu Yunjian laughed, "No, I didn't mean that, I just felt curious, you said that when you went to school and later went to the countryside, we didn't mention it, but now?" Why did you go down this path with all your heart? It was a bit difficult, but overall, it worked. What do you think? ”

"Are you bothered? Why do you want to be a philosopher? ”

"Who? I'm the worst at studying, and you don't know what's the house?! That's it, Cao Xun and Zhang Qing and I sometimes talk together, and the topic is always about you, and you say that you are not much older than us. is even younger than Zhang Qing, why do you think so much and so deeply? ”

Lu Li moved his body in the quilt, and after this moment of folding, he had already covered up a little space, "If you want to think too much, it is also that you people are unwilling to use your brains." Everything is pointed at me, and it's become a habit for so many years, right? ”

"That's right, for so many years, it's all about what you say, and what your brothers do, think about it. Hey, Xiaoxiao, did you listen to what Brother Zhao said on the train just now? ”

Luli was a little sleepy, his eyes slightly closed. Accosting him, "What did you say?" ”

"That means that our Tian (Tianjin) educated youth are not things?"

Luli immediately refreshed, "What? ”

"Didn't you listen to Zhao Xiaodong? Tian (Tianjin) educated youth are the most angry in the local area, not only by the local people, but also by other educated youth. It's not because of incompetence, it's just because of not holding together! A hundred people are a hundred hearts, and none of them can bring them together, how do you say that? ”

"A plate of loose sand."

"Yes. It's this sentence, it's all a plate of loose sand. Let's be honest. It can be seen from Wu Yingwei and a few people. Good guy, what a man with a heart. Now think about it, our brothers are fortunate to have you, otherwise, they would have to be bullied to death by the local old farmers in the merchant forest. Isn't it? ”

"I'm sleepy, let's sleep."

"Don't, talk to me again."

“…………”

When I woke up, the fire had already been extinguished, and the morning in the northeast was bitterly cold. Even getting dressed and getting up became a hard job, Lu Li hissed and chirped, got dressed and went to the ground, lit the stove first, and then went to Zhao Xiaodong's room to light the stove, and waited until the temperature in the room rose, and the other two got out of the bed. "Oops, it's cold! Tiny, aren't you cold? ”

Lu Li was really angry with him, "Hurry up, you have to hurry today." ”

"Know, know, I'll brush my teeth and wash my face first, and then we'll go."

Zhao Xiaodong was a little embarrassed, and paced in with a smile, "Xiao Lu, I'm sorry, take a look?" And let you make me a stove, this ...... What does this say? ”

"It's okay, Brother Zhao, I'm used to doing it at home."

After the three of them washed up, had breakfast in the cafeteria of the small hotel, took a twisted car in the direction of the commune, and went straight to the Three Trees Brigade. "Actually, let's talk about it, Xiao Lu is not an outsider, your second sister was also here back then, and they all know each other."

"Yes, the last time I was here, I met a lot of people." Lu Li looked over from the seat, there were very few people in the car, all wearing heavy winter clothes, and the cat shrunk its body on the seat, as if it was cold, "These people, Brother Zhao, are all local?" ”

"Some are, some don't. Now there are not many people, and when they enter Layue, there will be more people entering the county. ”

"Are you buying New Year's goods?"

"Yes. But you can't buy a lot -- the peasants are poor, and if we are in the city, no matter how much we have a month, we can always get a little salary, and the peasants are all dependent on the weather for food, and if we really work for that year, the family can't get a penny. ”

"What about the Chinese New Year?"

"Get some sorghum noodles, put cabbage in the pot, add a little pork from the production team, and wrap some dumplings with sauerkraut filling, and it's the New Year. To tell you the truth, I don't even have vinegar for dumplings, and sometimes I can only deal with soy sauce! Hey, looking back now, even I don't know how all these years have passed, good fellow, thirteen years! ”

"I haven't been in Shanglin for so long, four or five years, and to be honest, it's not as hard as it is in the Northeast. But I think that this period of educated youth has the same meaning for all of us, after such a difficult tempering, we may encounter any difficulties in our future life, and we can face them with a smile - can it be more bitter than the ten years in the countryside? ”

That's true! You just say me, now I work in the factory to do sales, often run from north to south, sometimes on the train, can't sit, can't sleep, I also feel very tired, but think about the years in the countryside, this bit of bitterness is still counted? Zhao Xiaodong patted him on the shoulder with emotion, "As you said, this kind of suffering is a kind of grinding!" Oh, by the way, how are they doing with you, old Wu? ”

"It's okay." Luli was reluctant to say more, vaguely perfunctory.

"They don't have to take a break from work now, the last time I saw them was when Zheng Kai got married, I chatted with them for a few words, and I heard them say, you are doing well now?"

"It's not very good, self-employed...... It's very restrictive, so I said that there is no business at all in this season, so I'm now trying to find a way to open up other ...... Way. ”

"Hey, I didn't ask you along the way, what are you buying sheep for? Can't you buy lamb in the city? ”

"I want a lot of it, the meat ticket is a hurdle that can't be bypassed, and one day, if the meat ticket is canceled, it may be better."

Zhao Xiaodong laughed loudly! "Xiao Lu, can you really have fun and cancel the meat ticket? What a day? ”

Lu Li smiled helplessly, this is just his personal idea, it is completely unconvincing, it is more accurate to say that it is unrealistic.

The car was bumpy on the dirt road in the countryside, and Zhao Xiaodong pointed with his hand, "Hey, we're about to arrive." ”

Lu Li looked out through the foggy car window, as usual, it was the yellow earth, not even any reference, but in the distance, as if there was smoke rising, he and his aunt were accompanied by the second sister to walk through, but too much time has passed, long since the memory is gone, "This ...... Can you tell? ”

"So, I've lived here for thirteen years! Don't you know that in winter, if it snows and the wind blows, every family doesn't go out -- if no one goes out of the village with them, they may really get lost, and if they don't do it, they will freeze to death in the fields of the northeast. Let's go, we got off. ”

The three of them walked down, a puff of blue smoke came out of the butt of the car, and they drove away suddenly, Zhao Xiaodong looked at his watch, it was already more than half past eleven o'clock at noon, "Let's go, let's go to the village first, and then I'll take you to the branch secretary's house." You haven't seen our Tong branch secretary, what can I say? Hehe, you'll know when you see it later. ”

Walking into the village, there are adobe houses piled up everywhere, and in front of the houses is a fence made of sticks and shrub branches, and a small yard is carved out, in which are stacks of corn stacks, "Hey, Xiaoxiao, this is almost like going back to the merchant forest, ah?" ”

Luley laughed, and settled cautiously - the snow that had fallen in the previous days, the snow that had not been sorted out at all was stuck on the road, hard, slippery with one foot, "Be careful." ”

"When I arrived, the house in front of me was where I lived when I went to the countryside, and the landlord's surname was slippery. Slippery lady? Is Lady Slip at home? ”

As soon as the door opened, a small posterior probe came out, with a dark face, a lean figure, in such a cold weather, wearing only a thin pair of pants, bare upper body and feet, "Xiaogou? Is your grandma at home? ”

The child snorted and shrank back, and after a while, the door opened again, and a woman came out, "Who?" ”

"Third sister-in-law, I'm Zhao Xiaodong." After saying a word, Zhao Xiaodong's voice choked, "Three...... Sister-in-law, is the eldest mother at home? ”

"Yes, yes, Mom! Do you see who's coming? Xiao Zhao, hurry up and come in, come in! ”

Lu Li and Xu Yunjian followed Zhao Xiaodong into the house, the shape of the house in the countryside is always the same, the door is a big stove, the flue leads to the fire kang inside, and when it turns in, it is a big kang, and a woman is moving her legs, as if she is going to go to the ground, "Xiao Zhao (Auntie)?" ”

"Auntie, sit still." Zhao Xiaodong pressed the woman's hand and sat on the edge of the kang with her, "Auntie, are you very good?" ”

"Good, it's all good, it's all good. Xiaodong, how are you ...... Back again? Are they all back, or are you back? It's okay, we're bitter, but I still haven't said anything about raising you more! Just stay here with peace of mind, nothing to say! ”

Zhao Xiaodong was very moved! Not only him, but Lu Li also felt that his heart was hot, no wonder people said that the Northeast people were bold and enthusiastic, just from this woman, it can be seen! "Auntie, when I came back this time, did I have something to do to find a secretary, um, or Lao Tong?"

"Isn't that this the shriveled calf?" Aunt Slippery giggled, "Oh, you also brought 'cut'?" (To be continued......)