The Pure Years (Novella) Zhang Baotong 2016.1.2

After Chen Jie went to the commune, Yuxiu's heart was like a kite with a broken string, drifting in the sky of emptiness and longing all day long. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 However, Chen Jie has been in the commune for almost a month, but he has not come back to see her. This made her heart beat a drum all day long, and she couldn't calm down.

In the evening, only the lights were on in the courtyard of the entire brigade headquarters, and the lights were on in her and Huang Gehui's room. But she rarely went to Huang Gehui's office. Even if I went, I didn't have much to say. Because they have been together since childhood, it is as if what needs to be said has been said. So, when it got dark, she closed the door of the house and listened to the song "Yingshan Hong" over and over again. Yuxiu liked this song very much, and as soon as she sang it, she felt that there was a beautiful longing floating in her heart, and a wonderful emotion occupied her heart.

Listening to it, she couldn't help but sing aloud. When she sang the sentence "If you want to look forward to the coming of the Red Army, the mountains will bloom all over the mountains", she couldn't help but think of Chen Jie and the good times she spent with Chen Jie. I can't help but look forward to it: If I can be with Chen Jie in this life and this life, how happy and happy it will be!

That night, she had a dream that Chen Jie's father's unit came to recruit workers and wanted to recruit him to build a railway in Yunnan. She didn't want Chen Jie to leave, but the recruiter wanted to take Chen Jie away, so she hugged Chen Jie and begged him not to leave, but Chen Jie said that he had to go, otherwise, he would have to work hard in the countryside for a lifetime. She cried and cried loudly, until she woke up from the dream, and she realized that it was a dream, but it made her break out in a cold sweat. This reminded her of the tragedy of Yan Meizi again. However, no matter what she does now, she can't cut off her thoughts about Chen Jie. She has regarded him as the nourishment and soil of the freshness and beauty of her life. She wants to love him openly, and even if her life will be stormed, she will let her bloom once.

On this day, she felt that she was tormented by longing and was about to lose her nerves, so she mustered up a lot of courage to call the commune radio station. Because she knew that the commune had two telephones, one in Secretary Xu's office and the other in Baiyu's radio station. However, the call went to the radio station and no one answered for a long time. So, she decided to take the time to go to the commune.

In order to meet Chen Jie, she went home and asked her mother to make some sweet potato chips. When the mother heard that it was for Chen Jie, she picked out the best sweet potatoes, cooked them, cut them into thin slices with a very thin wire, and put the sweet potato chips on the roof to dry them in order to prevent the children from eating them. It's a lot of work to do that. My mother was in a hurry for two or three days, steamed two large pots of sweet potatoes, and after they dried, there were only three or two catties left. No one was willing to eat a piece, so Yuxiu wrapped it in cloth and took it away.

That morning, she dressed herself carefully, put on the pale green short-sleeved shirt and a pair of dark blue pants that she had just bought, changed into white socks and black cloth shoes with white soles, carried a cloth bag, and went on the road happily as if she were leaving her mother's home.

It was the busy season of double robbery, and the weather was very hot, so she went straight to the commune from the mountain path behind the tea mountain. Coming to the commune, the compound was quiet, and there was not a single person in sight. Chen Jie and White Gyug were also not there. She pulled out her handkerchief and wiped her face as she blamed herself for not making a phone call beforehand.

At this time, a middle-aged man who seemed to be a cook came in on a bicycle, and when he saw Yuxiu standing in the courtyard looking for someone, he got off the car and said to Yuxiu, "Where did the girl come from, she is more beautiful than my mile white owl." ”

Yuxiu asked, "Where did Chen Jie and the white wedge go?"

The cook said, "Chen Jie went out of the team, and the white eagle may have gone out temporarily, and he will be back in a while." With that, he took Yuxiu to the cafeteria and asked her, "Are you Chen Jie's girlfriend?" ”

Yuxiu sat on a small stool and replied, "We're just friends." ”

The cook said, "Chen Jie is so talented and a good person, I am afraid that he will be able to become the secretary of the commune in the future, and maybe he will be transferred to the county as a leader." ”

Yuxiu listened and said happily, "It's good if that's really the case." ”

The cook said to her earnestly, "Sister, don't look at me because I don't have a high level of culture, people can still see it quite clearly." Listen to me, don't let go of Chen Jie. He's a big cadre. ”

When Yuxiu heard this, she was surprised and delighted, and said, "Chen Jie is really a big cadre, his eyes will be so high, and he will not look down on us as farmers." ”

The cook smiled and said, "The hero is sad to pass the beauty level, you are so beautiful, no matter how high his eyes are, he can't pass your level." ”

The two chatted for a while, the cook was going to cook, and he had to leave Yuxiu to eat. But Yuxiu wanted to rush back to the brigade headquarters to broadcast the broadcast, so he asked the cooks to hand over the cloth bag to Chen Jie, and repeatedly told the cooks not to tell others about it, for fear that it would have a bad impact on Chen Jie.

Because he ran to the commune and didn't see Chen Jie, Yuxiu was in a bad mood all afternoon: in the past, he had to come to her house every night, stay with her for a while, and talk to her a few words, otherwise, they would not sleep well at night. However, it has been more than a month now, why didn't he even come to see her once?

In the evening, Yuxiu had just come out of the cafeteria when she heard the phone ringing incessantly. She ran into the house and picked up the phone, and when she heard that it was a white eagle calling, she couldn't help but feel excited.

The white eagle said, "Chen Jie is going to see you soon, you don't want to go out." ”

Yuxiu was so happy that she said, "I'll wait for him." ”

"You have to dress up nicely." ”

Yuxiu smiled and said, "Yes." ”

Yuxiu put down the phone, hurriedly picked up the hot water bottle and went to the cafeteria to get hot water, began to wash her hair and face, changed into her favorite clothes, and then combed her hair in the mirror while carefully examining herself. Looking at it, she couldn't help but laugh herself: Don't make yourself like a new daughter-in-law!

Because Chen Jie's bicycle burst a tire on the road, it was already dark when he came to the team headquarters. Yuxiu saw that he was sweating profusely and poured warm water into the basin to let him wash his face. He washed his face, she asked him to sit on the edge of the bed and drink tea, and went to pour the water herself.

She had just washed her hair, and her hair was drenched over her shoulders, and her pale green shirt was wet. This makes her look more and more charming and delicate. He walked up to her and ran his hand over her wet hair. Her hair was thick and black, shiny and shiny, which made him like it the more he looked at it. He fiddled with her hair for a while, then put it in front of his nose and sniffed it, and said, "Yo, it smells so good!" ”

She covered her mouth with her hand and smiled, and said, "You've come all the way to see my hair?" ”

He took her face in his hands, looked at it carefully, and said, "Let me take a good look, I haven't seen you for a long time, you seem to be beautiful again." ”

He touched her so boldly that it made her heart pound. She snorted and said, "I thought there was a white girl by your side, and you forgot about it." ”

Chen Jie said, "How is it possible? Sister Bai, how can you be beautiful. ”

Yuxiu said, "Then why haven't you come to see me for so long?" As he spoke, he placed a cup of tea in front of him.

Chen Jie said, "I'm so busy. Did you know that I wrote a lot of articles this month? Thirty-six articles, eight of which have been published, and one was published in Yuezhou Daily, Secretary Xu is so happy to read it. ”

Yuxiu looked up at him and said, "You have only been in the commune for a few days, and you have made such great progress, otherwise, the people in the commune will say that you are so promising, but I am afraid that you will be transferred to the county as a big cadre in the future." ”

Chen Jie took a sip of water and said, "I'm going to the county to be a big cadre, and I'm going to take you with me." ”

Yuxiu smiled and asked, "Why did you take me?" ”

Chen Jie said, "I want to see you every day." ”

Yuxiu said, "At that time, you were a state cadre, and I was still a peasant, so I was not worthy of you." ”

Chen Jie said, "If I want to like you, it doesn't matter if you are a farmer or a worker." ”

Yuxiu said, "Don't talk too much, by then, you may have scared away." ”

Hearing this, Chen Jie did not answer, but laughed. Yuxiu was inexplicable, so she asked, "Are you smiling?" ”

Chen Jie said, "I laughed at the two of us as if we were in love." ”

Yuxiu blamed him and said, "It's all you who made me confused, and I don't know what love is and what is not." ”

At this time, Chen Jie wanted to listen to the song "Yingshan Hong", so Yuxiu took out the record and turned on the record player. Then, a soulful and melodious singing voice sounded:

In the middle of the night, I look forward to the dawn

In the cold winter, the moon is looking forward to the spring breeze

If you want to hope that the Red Army is coming

The ridge is full of red mountains

If you want to hope that the Red Army is coming

The ridge is full of red mountains

At the end of the song, Chen Jie turned off the machine, but the lingering sound echoed in the room for a long time, making people haunt their hearts and minds for a long time. He sighed and said, "Every time I listen to this song, I feel so good." ”

Yuxiu felt that Chen Jie's words made her feel better than this song, because it was the song she sang for him when she first met him.

After listening to the song, Yuxiu asked Chen Jie to tell some interesting stories about the commune, and Chen Jie told her about an incident related to the white gytail.

He said, "That afternoon, I was writing when I heard someone in the radio room next door scolding my mother, and it was so loud. I wondered who would dare to come to the commune to scold my mother, and no one would care. The man scolded people to death, anyway, it was all the kind of ugly words such as adultery and raising men, messing around with broken shoes, etc. I knew that this was scolding Sister Bai, because when I was in the tea field, I had heard about Sister Bai's improper relationship with some commune leaders. Thinking that Sister Bai was very good to me and helped me, she is in trouble now, I should help her. I went into the radio room and saw a woman in her forties pointing at Sister Bai and scolding her presumptuously. Sister Bai's face turned pale with anger, but she didn't dare to respond.

"As soon as I heard it, I knew that this woman was a guest of Deputy Secretary Pan, but I didn't want Sister Bai to be bullied, so I angrily asked her where she was a mountain shrew and dared to come to the commune to make trouble. As he spoke, he grabbed her by the arm, dragged her to the gate of the compound, pointed at her and said that if you dare to mess around again, I will beat you all over the ground looking for teeth. When the woman saw that I was so powerful, she asked me what kind of person I was, and I said that I was the younger brother of the white wagtail. When the woman heard this, she didn't say anything more, patted the dust on her body and left. ”

After hearing this, Yuxiu looked at him with burning eyes and said, "You are so brave, like a hero." ”

Chen Jie said, "What is this, Sister Bai has helped me, she is in trouble, I should help." ”

Yuxiu glanced at Chen Jie and said coquettishly, "No wonder Sister Bai cares so much about you." So, she admonished, "Sister Bai is quite beautiful, but you can only look at it, don't be close." ”

Chen Jie said, "She has a lover, why should I be close to her?" ”

Yuxiu said, "You are so handsome and young, in your prime, and you stand up for her, how can she not like you?" ”

Chen Jie immediately explained, "Don't make a mistake about Sister Bai, she is actually quite decent, but there are some things that make her feel uncomfortable." She can't be blamed for her sleepiness with Deputy Secretary Pan and Deputy Director Lin. It's not easy for you to think that she, a country girl, can work as a broadcaster at the commune radio station. However, after Secretary Xu was transferred, he wanted to transfer his favorite Qiu Meizi to be a broadcaster, if it weren't for Deputy Secretary Pan's resolute opposition and a big quarrel with Secretary Xu, Sister Bai would have returned to the production team early. And that Deputy Director Lin also helped her a lot, and asked her to reciprocate, what do you think she can do? Sister Bai has not been in the field for nearly ten years since she graduated from junior high school, and now she is asked to work in the field, how can she stand it. ”

But Yuxiu didn't listen to Chen Jie's explanation, and said domineeringly, "Anyway, you can't get too close to her." ”

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