As soon as Xing Tao said this, he left like this, and Secretary Li of the commune was so embarrassed, Zhang Hua looked at Xing Tao's back and said: "I really don't know what to do, how can I rely on the old and sell the old like this, I really think ...... myself."

Others didn't know, but Secretary Li still knew some of Xing Tao's situation, and interrupted Zhang Hua and said, "Forget it, let's go to Secretary Ye's house for a while and talk about some work matters." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Ye Xingbang took over the conversation and said: "Yes, let's go, it just so happens that a few of us are here, and we will report to Secretary Li on our arrangements for Xing Lao, and listen to Xing Lao's meaning, it seems that he is also interested in Xiao Huazi of Ye Xing's country." ”

"Oh." Secretary Li said thoughtfully: "That's still a little troublesome, when Liu Lao left, he repeatedly confessed, no one could rob him, and Secretary Feng and Director Zhang of the county party committee have made a guarantee that they will be responsible for blocking it, and what is even worse is that the two leaders of the county have put the task on our heads." ”

Several of them also chimed in: "Yes." ”

As he spoke, he entered Ye Xingbang's house.

Secretary Li's name is Li Changhe, a native of Jinshan, a real native of the workers and peasants, he did not read anything, but he participated in literacy classes in the army to learn some, and it was intermittent learning, basically that is, he could sign when reading documents, and when attending the meetings of his superiors, he made simple notes that only he understood, or specific instructions on the handling of certain affairs.

However, he is very thoughtful, energetic, good at discovering and solving problems, has the courage to take responsibility for the person, handles things in a timely and decisive manner, and is neat and tidy; he presides over meetings, makes speeches at meetings, and makes reports, and never makes speeches, that is, what he says, all of which are vernacular related to the work, production, and life of the grassroots masses, and everyone can explain and understand it.

Therefore, the cadres and masses of Huachong Commune liked to attend the meetings he convened and listened to him.

The character is bold and arrogant, and any unhappiness is fleeting in him, never overnight, but his temper is strong and irritable, like summer hay, a little bit.

Therefore, in Huachong Commune, there were almost no problems that he could not handle, so the cadres and the masses both admired him and were very afraid of him.

No, this Secretary Li Changhe slapped his thigh: "It's easy to do." ”

Ye Xingbang, Ye Hehua, Huang Yuxin and Zhang Hua all looked at Li Changhe and asked in unison, "What should I do?" ”

Li Changhe said: "I'll do it tonight, we will take Ye Guanghua's kid in the evening, and go to Wang Genwang's house to catch the wind for Xing Lao, no matter what attitude he has, what face he loses, we all pretend not to see, and we want to wash the dust for him, no matter how stubborn he is, no matter how angry he is, it will not be too much at his sister's house, at that time, let Xiaohuazi worship him as a teacher." There are only benefits to Xiao Huazi for him, and there is no harm, and he must be happy to let him be a teacher, so it is decided. ”

Several people made a sycophant sound that was not a sycophant in unison: "High!" ”

"Hahaha!" Li Changhe laughed happily, and Xing Tao's faceless accusation didn't seem to happen.

Xing Tao didn't care what Li Changhe thought of his style, and he didn't know that they were racking their brains to design a trap for him that was not a trap and let him get into it by himself.

At this moment, he and his sister Xing Guizhi are swaying tears of excitement to their heart's content, telling in detail their respective experiences after separation, as well as the process of worrying, missing, inquiring, and searching.

Again and again, again and again, they are in such an alternation of hope and disappointment, in the exchange of expectations and losses, in the entanglement of worry and longing, and in the torment of longing for news and fear of getting news, they have spent days and nights.

In the face of his sister's constant telling, Xing Tao can only echo and follow most of them, unable and unable to say too much, and more importantly, he is full of deep guilt, but he can't tell his true situation to the fullest, in order to ask or obtain his sister's understanding and forgiveness, especially in the face of his sister, when he asks about his living situation in the past few decades, he has to continue to deal with his sister with false words.

Originally, as Xing Tao is a person in his sixties, how many times he has experienced magnificent waves, and he has received countless weather, he should be the most serious and introverted person with a strong heart, and he should be the heart of the sea of stormy waves, and his demeanor is still calm and light.

But Xing Tao wanted to say to his sister several times: "Actually, I knew you were here in 1948. ”

But he couldn't say what he couldn't say, so he had to keep drinking water and drink it whenever he had an impulsive thought. At this moment, what Xing Tao hoped most was for someone to interrupt their conversation and let him get out of this embarrassing situation as soon as possible.

Finally, there were some chaotic footsteps and talking voices outside, interrupting her sister Xing Guizhi's babbling story.

"Why are there so many people out there? Who else is coming to our house at this time? It's already dark. Xing Guizhi raised his head and said to the door, and at the same time shouted to the outside: "Orchid, Lu Zi, who are the people outside?" ”

Ma Lanhua, who was cooking in the kitchen, also heard the sound of talking outside, so she poked her head out, glanced outside, and heard her mother-in-law Xing Guizhi's question, so she replied: "I can't see clearly, I hear the voice as if it is Secretary Ye and them." ”

While talking, Ye Xingbang, Ye Hehua, and Huang Yuxin took Ye Xiaoshuai, accompanied by Li Changhe, secretary of the commune, and Zhang Hua, minister of armed forces, and had already walked to the rice field of Wang Genwang's house, and continued to walk towards the door. ”

"Good, good! It's a distinguished guest, so I can't even invite you. Xing Guizhi answered in the room, and walked to the door to greet them, "Secretary Li, Minister Zhang, everyone sits inside, sits inside." Lu Zi came over to pour tea for the guests. Xing Guizhi beckoned.

Ye Xiaoshuai also shouted happily: "Grandma." ”

Xing Guizhi touched Ye Xiaoshuai's head: "Okay, good grandson, why didn't your father come along?" ”

Ye Xiaoshuai tilted his head and spit out his red tongue: "So many ......"

Xing Guizhi smiled and didn't say anything.

Huang Yuxin did not sit down immediately, but helped pour tea and serve tea with Lu Zi.

After pouring the tea, Lu Zi went to the kitchen to help his mother with dinner, muttering: "What are so many people doing to eat?" Where to eat, and what if it doesn't shine? ”

Ma Lanhua listened and smiled bitterly: "If you eat well, you can get anything, but there is no way to do it." ”

The two of them were talking, Ye Xiaoshuai ran over and heard what they said, and said, "That's just like my home with a cluster of lights." ”

At that time, materials were very scarce, and the lighting in rural areas in mountainous areas was mainly made of clear oil and kerosene, and it was also very scarce.

The so-called cong light is the part of the pine tree trunk with heavy oil, and the main fuel for cooking and boiling water in mountainous villages is a mixture of dry and rotten trees and felled branches, and pine trees are the most important so-called hard firewood, which is good for burning flammable firepower.

When people chop firewood, they pick out the oily part of the pine firewood and keep it for lighting, but that thing, the oil smoke is very large and heavy, and the black smoke rises after it is lit, and the walls, beams, pillars, rafters and soil tiles of the whole house are black, and the nostrils of people are black, and now it is really not a good thing, and it is very harmful to the human body.

I remember when I was a child, there was a clay stove on the clay pot table in my house, sometimes an iron stove, and in the stove there were a few dark black and red clusters of light that looked like dry and lean meat. A red flame with a hula lala lit up the whole room, and in that bright light, the adults talked and did things, and we, the children, read and write.

When Ma Lanhua heard this, she said, "Well, that's the only way, Lu Zi, you go and prepare." ”

With the help of Huang Yuxin, Lu Zi fixed nails on the four corner walls of the hall first, hung the stove and put the light on the cong light, the whole hall was really bright, put on the big eight immortal tables that can only be used for festivals and red and white ceremonies, put the dishes and chopsticks, and serve several large coarse porcelain bowls of dishes, which are nothing more than the dried radishes, dried cured pork, tofu residue and pig blood mixed with the blood cake, sausages, pickled leeks, pickled cowpeas, dried fried soybeans, and a little seasonal vegetables and so on, there are seven or eight large bowls of dishes in general, Although it is not a big dish, it should be red red, green green, fragrant, spicy and spicy, and it is also full of color and flavor.

Xing Tao and Xing Guizhi sat on the top, Li Changhe and Zhang Hua sat on the east side, Ye Xingbang and Ye Hehua sat on the west seat, Huang Yuxin took Ye Xiaoshuai and Wang Xiaohua to do the bottom, Ma Lanhua and Lu Zi did not go to the table, and they were still busy in the kitchen.

First, because the rice was not enough, she had to make some more rice preparations, and second, Ma Lanhua knew that it was better to prepare a little soup.

Huang Yuxin took the homemade glutinous rice wine brought by Ye Xingbang, first filled it with Xing Tao, and then poured it on Li Changhe, Zhang Hua, Ye Xingbang, Ye Hehua, and was about to pour a little for Xing Guizhi, Xing Guizhi said: "You drink, I can't drink alcohol, so I will accompany everyone with tea, offended and offended!" ”

But when I was about to pour it for myself, it was gone, just a few drops, it seemed that Ye Xingbang's family did not store wine, and when he came, he brought the leftover wine from the house, as the so-called no wine is not a banquet, so many people came to accompany Xing Tao, and it didn't seem to be a real thing without wine.

Everyone asked him to give him more evenly, but Huang Yuxin disagreed and said: "This is peace wine, you can't mess around." ”

At that time, people didn't have any wine, that is, the meaning of the New Year's Festival, buy a little or make a little at home. can have wine to set off, and Xing Tao's reception can be called a reception banquet.

Ye Xingbang first picked up the wine cup, stood up and said to Xing Tao: "Elder Xing, our brigade will borrow flowers and offer Buddha at Sister-in-law Xing's house, and welcome your arrival,"

He turned to the direction of Li Changhe: "At the same time, we welcome Secretary Li and Minister Zhang to come and guide the work. Come, Hehua, Yuxin, let's salute the wine of Xing Lao and the leaders of the commune. ”

Everyone was getting up and preparing to stand up, Xing Tao said: "Everyone sit down, I was going to just talk to my sister, everyone will have time to talk together in the future, since everyone is here today, let's have a meal together, and then we will disperse." ”

Everyone, look at me, I'll look at you, I couldn't answer for a while, Huang Yuxin thought secretly: "This opening is so cold, how can you sing the following scenes?" ”

Zhang Hua also thought to himself: "What's the matter with this old man? ”

Xing Guizhi was also stunned for a moment and didn't know what was going on, and looked at his younger brother with wide eyes.

It was Secretary Li who broke the momentary embarrassment: "Hehe, okay, let's listen to Xing Lao and eat." ”

However, he looked at Ye Xiaoshuai and said, "Xiaohuazi, do you want Daddy Liu and Daddy Wang?" ”

Ye Xiaoshuai glanced at Xing Tao with his eyes: "Yes!" I don't know when Daddy Wang will come back and when Daddy Liu will come back. ”

Xing Tao seemed to be angry again when he heard this, and said, "Xiao Huazi, come to me and grandma, okay?" Both daddies don't care about you, what do you want them to do, right? ”

Li Changhe immediately said: "Xiao Huazi, do you want to learn martial arts from Xing Lao?" Xing Lao's martial arts are quite powerful, hey, Xing Lao, it is said that you fought more than 40 Japanese by yourself back then, is it true? ”

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