After the liberation, the new government army took over the ancient city, the new government removed the previous sign in front of the gate, hung up the new sign named by the new government, Chief Liu led a group of officials in the government to clean up their respective offices in the house, handed over to the new government, and he left the ancient city and calmly returned to his hometown in Chongqing to live in seclusion, some of the officials under his command were disarmed and returned to the field, and some quit to do business, Hong Shun and several young officials still chose to continue to stay in the government to do things, and the new government leaders scattered them in various departments.

Under the leadership of the new government, the first to start to control the bad habits of pornography, gambling and drugs in the city, through the posting of notices, receiving reports, day and night inspections, etc., after the closure of a few houses, so that the rest of the people were afraid, the neighborhood applauded, and actively supported the new government, because of the support of the vendors, these vices soon disappeared in the ancient city, so the streets are still a thriving scene.

Due to the narrow land passage outside the ancient city, the main goods are transported by waterway, and the round-trip time is long, and the connection between the ancient city and the outside world tends to be basically interrupted in case of rising floods. So the new government formulated a land plan to open up the ancient city to the upper and lower reaches, and organized migrant workers to build new roads, which is undoubtedly a great thing for the ancient city, which is a county mainly for commerce and trade, and the traders are willing to contribute money and efforts, and actively support the new government to open up land routes.

After Boss Hong and Mrs. Hong passed away due to illness one after another, Lingzhi became the shopkeeper of Hong's cloth shop, Yufen who helped in the store also grew up, and was very familiar with the work in the store, Lingzhi in order to keep her, after discussing with Hong Shun, asked someone to give Yufen a kiss, Yufen was also very satisfied, so with the help of Lingzhi and Hong Shun, Yufen also became a family, and the husband and wife were working in the cloth shop, and the business of the cloth shop was becoming more and more prosperous.

Little Magnolia gradually grew up under the care of Lingzhi, and began to play in the cloth shop, often holding a wooden ruler in her small hand, and when she saw a customer walking into the store, she stepped forward and asked the customer, "Do you want to buy cloth?" There are a lot of flower cloths in my house, and my mother can make very beautiful clothes", looking at her serious appearance, the guests who came to patronize couldn't help but joke with her. When the guest decided to tear the cloth, the person was not yet high at the counter, she shouted for Yufen to carry her to the table, and measured the cloth for the guest with the wooden ruler in her hand, and then cut it with scissors, and tore the cloth like Yufen, but because the strength was too small, she had to be torn by Yufen to help her, until Lingzhi came over and carried her off the table.

One day there were a lot of guests in the store, Lingzhi and Yufen were busy beckoning guests to buy cloth, measure size, and make clothes, Xiao Yulan was playing alone at the garment table, and inadvertently turned out a copper plate from the sewing box of Lingzhi, and curiously took it on the garment table to roll and play, and accidentally rolled the copper plate from the garment table, Xiao Yulan followed to pick it up, but the copper plate rolled towards the door of the store, and was blocked by the door in front of the door, Xiao Yulan walked to the door and picked up the copper plate, at this time there was a vendor called buying cloves not far from the door, Holding the hammer in one hand, and nailing the hard sugar cube with a curved bow in the other, and then clanging and beating, a few children around the side watched intently, the vendor picked up the sugar cube on the side and handed it to them, a few children timidly reached out to take it and put it in their mouths, Xiao Yulan looked at them by the door frame, and couldn't help but swallow saliva in her mouth, and looked back at Lingzhi and Yufen who were still busy, so she slowly stretched out her feet and stepped out of the door, and walked to the vendor with a copper plate.

"Little girl, do you want to buy tints?" The vendor asked when he saw Magnolia coming over.

"You just gave them food, and I'll eat it too." Xiao Yulan said word by word.

"It's okay to give you a little taste, but it's okay to have more, you have to buy it with money." The vendor casually picked up a piece of crumbs of candy and handed it to Magnolia, who took it and put it in her mouth.

"What's going on? It's delicious, do you want to buy it? The vendor asked.

"I don't have any money." Magnolia smacked her lips and said.

"Aren't you holding it in your hand?" Said the vendor.

Xiao Yulan looked at the copper plate in her hand, and then looked at the hawker and the buty, hesitated for a while, and several children standing on the side also turned to look at her, Xiao Yulan looked at the copper plate in her hand, and looked at the expectant look in the eyes of several children, so she decided to buy it with the copper plate in her hand.

"You give me and a few of them a piece of candy, and I'll give you this copper plate." Magnolia said.

"That's not good, I'm losing a lot, just you have a piece of candy." Said the vendor.

"Then I won't buy it. Let's go, let's go play. Xiao Magnolia pulled the two children to turn around and walk away, but the vendor quickly changed his mind in a hurry.

"Hey, don't go, sell it to you, you little girl can really do it." As the hawker spoke, he clanked and banged, knocking a piece for Magnolia and the children, who held the candy cube in one hand and handed the copper plate to the vendor with the other, and the children ate happily.

After Lingzhi and Yufen sent the guests away, they found that there was no little Magnolia, and hurriedly went to the door to take a look, only to see Xiao Yulan and the children playing while eating buttocks, the corners of the mouth, teeth, and small hands were full of black syrup, Lingzhi went out and brought Xiao Yulan back, Yufen saw this, quickly brought a basin of water, squatted down to scrub Xiao Yulan, and scraped the bridge of her little nose and said that she was a little flower cat, a little gluttonous cat, Xiao Yulan opened her mouth to Yufen and scared her.

A few days later, on the weekend, the ancient city is in a hurry on the weekend, people in the vicinity of dozens of miles around the radius are up early, have poured into the ancient city, shoulder to carry the mountain delicacies from the deep mountains and wilderness, vine and carrot weaving, seasonal fruits and vegetables, etc., walk to the street, when someone shouts to buy, they stop and boast about their own things, showing off the people in the same city doing business, once the two sides negotiate the price, the people in the city pay to take the things home, and the people outside the city hold the cash tightly, happily wander around the street, look east, go west, and have been reluctant to spend, until the sun is west, hurriedly bought the items they wanted, and then returned with the sunset.

Whenever there is a rush, Lingzhi's cloth shop is also the busiest time, Hong Shun does not go to work and comes to help, and there are countless men, women, and a few men and women who pour into the cloth shop, this asks the cloth, that negotiates, some measure the size, and some take the clothes, so that the Lingzhi family is very busy, and basically can't take care of Xiao Yulan, at the beginning, let Xiao Yulan go around, and forget the existence of Xiao Yulan when he was busy. And Xiao Yulan first obediently played in the store, and after a while, she felt that it was convenient, so she walked to Lingzhi and said:

"Mom, I want to pee."

"Oh, I'm busy, you can go to the back toilet by yourself, be careful." Lingzhi said to Xiao Yulan while measuring the guests.

So Xiao Yulan walked towards the toilet at the back of the store, and when she came back from the toilet, she saw that the adults were busy, so she climbed on the threshold and watched the people coming and going, and suddenly saw a monkey trickster with a little monkey on his shoulder passing in front of the door, the monkey watched around while eating the fruit, and suddenly jumped down from the back of the monkey tricker, winked at Xiao Magnolia, and aroused Xiao Magnolia's interest for a while, and involuntarily stepped out of the store and followed the little monkey over, The monkey man didn't mind just leading the little monkey to go, the little magnolia followed, unconsciously walked a long way, the monkey man walked to the door of Kichijoji, bought a pillar of incense, and took the little monkey into the Kichijoji Temple, climbed the stone steps, burned incense and worshiped the Buddha in front of the main hall of the temple, because the smoke and fire in front of the main hall, the crowd was crowded, and after a while, the monkey man and the little monkey disappeared, the little magnolia looked around blankly, and then looked for it along the temple gate one by one, when he walked to the main hall gate, he saw an old monk sitting on the side and chanting words in his mouth, Knocking on the wooden fish in his hand, the waves of people in front of the door went in one by one to kowtow, and when he stood up after knocking, he didn't forget to throw money into the merit box, Xiao Yulan felt magical, and walked over very curiously, standing beside the old monk, raising his head and looking at the old monk motionlessly, the old monk first ignored it, and then kept seeing Xiao Yulan standing and not leaving, so he turned his face to look at Xiao Yulan when there were few people, and signaled her to leave with his eyes, but Xiao Yulan ignored it, and the old monk was worried that it would affect the people who came to kowtow, He had no choice but to let Xiao Yulan stand on the side, and when the people gradually became scarce and the old monk stopped, he was surprised to find that Xiao Yulan was asleep at his feet.

After Lingzhi sent away a group of guests in the cloth shop, he breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the desk and picked up the cup to drink water, and suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen Xiao Magnolia for a while, and he was so anxious that he put down the cup and looked around, Hong Shun came downstairs with the fabric upstairs, and saw that Lingzhi was not guarding, and hurriedly asked:

"What's wrong with you? It's like dropping something. ”

"Have you seen Magnolia? Just now she said she was going to the toilet, but then she didn't see her. Lingzhi said hurriedly.

"Oh, magnolia, magnolia." Hong Shun hurriedly put down the fabric and shouted around.

Lingzhi ran desperately towards the toilet in the store, but soon walked back and said to Hong Shun:

"Magnolia isn't in the toilet, where is she? Why don't you help keep an eye on her? Lingzhi suddenly lost his mind and pulled Hong Shun and shouted.

"Don't worry, don't worry, look for it again, I'll look for it." Hong Shun also panicked for a while.

"Magnolia, magnolia." Yufen and his wife also shouted anxiously.

"Close the store, don't buy cloth, let's go to the street to find it." Lingzhi said hurriedly.

"Boss, we haven't pulled the cloth yet, why are we closing." A few guests said puzzled.

"I'm sorry, I didn't buy it today, you guys can come back next time." Lingzhi almost cried.

"We've come all the way here, so it's good for your business." A guest said.

"But my daughter is gone, and no matter how good the business is, it is not as important as my daughter. Come next time. Lingzhi declined without saying anything.

The guests listened to Lingzhi and said this, and it was not good to insist anymore, so Hong Shun and Yufen and his wife hurriedly put on the door panel, Lingzhi locked the door of the store, Hong Shun suggested that he and Yufen and his wife go to the east to find it, so Yufen and his wife went out to the east, and Hong Shun Lingzhi went out to the west while shouting and looking for it.

At this time, the flow of people on the street was gradually thinning, Lingzhi pulled Hong Shun to watch from the left and right, and his heart became more and more anxious, and when he passed by Kichijoji, he couldn't help but shout loudly "Magnolia, Magnolia". Since Hong Shun married Lingzhi, he had never seen Lingzhi angry with himself, and today he also felt that he was careless, and he blamed himself deeply, pulling Lingzhi past Kichijoji Temple, and when he found the shelter, he didn't see Yulan.

"What to do? Magnolia won't be taken away by traffickers, right? Lingzhi said in horror.

"No, our Magnolia is smart and well-behaved, no." Hong Shun comforted Lingzhi and said.

The two of them stood in front of the gate of the shelter and stopped to look, because they walked out of the city a short distance from the shelter, and at this time, the crowd that dispersed was sparsely packed and walked out of the city, Lingzhi looked at the background of the crowd gradually moving away, and was worried, eager to see Yulan immediately, Hong Shun hugged Lingzhi and slowly turned around and walked back, his heart was full of guilt.

The two of them came back and passed by Kichijoji, and saw that a seller of incense was packing up things, Lingzhi looked into Kichijoji, and suddenly had a whim, it was better to go in and burn incense so that the god Baozuo could find Magnolia, so he went forward to buy a pillar for the incense seller, who knew that the incense seller's words actually made Lingzhi like a treasure.

"Just now I heard you shouting all the way to Yulan running over, are you looking for your daughter, but I saw a little girl enter the temple." The incense seller said to Ganoderma lucidum Hongshun.

"Ahh Are you sure? Did you see her come out? Lingzhi said overjoyed.

"No, you can go in and look for it, maybe it's still inside." Said the incense seller.

"Thank you, thank you." Lingzhi Hong Shun took the incense and ran quickly into the Kichijo Temple, Hong Shun pulled the Lingzhi to climb the stone steps in a hurry, to the front of the main hall, first looked around, Lingzhi went straight to the incense burner and lit the incense, pulled Hong Shun respectfully kowtowed three heads, and then inserted the incense in the incense burner, and then went to find the door of the hall one by one.

The two walked to the main hall, saw the old monk absentmindedly beating the wooden fish, and turned his head to look at the feet from time to time, the two of them were very curious, and looked at the feet of the old monk, only to see Xiao Yulan snuggling up to the old monk's feet and sleeping soundly, and the old monk pulled the robe from time to time to cover Xiao Yulan's body.

"Magnolia." Lingzhi couldn't help but rush in and hugged Xiao Yulan, shaking her face against Xiao Yulan incessantly.

"Mom." Xiao Yulan opened her eyes and saw that it was Lingzhi and shouted softly.

"May I ask the abbot, how did she come here?" Hong Shun said to the old monk.

"Ask the heavens and the earth, and ask the earth and the earth. As a parent, it is a sin to take good care of your children. The old monk said.

"Then thank the abbot for your tolerance." Hong Shun said apologetically.

"Thank you, Abbot." Lingzhi hugged Xiao Yulan and walked over to the old monk and nodded his thanks.

"Kichijoji will always bring good luck to the people of the ancient city, and the child will be regained and cherished." The old monk clasped his hands together.

Hong Shun took out a few banknotes from his pocket, threw them into the merit box without thinking about it, and then nodded to the old monk again with Lingzhi to thank him, and then took the little magnolia from Lingzhi with peace of mind and walked out of Kichijoji with his arms.

Since then, Hong Shun Lingzhi no longer dares to be careless, and would rather make less money in the cloth shop, but also guard Xiao Yulan at all times, because they understand that God will not favor them forever, and the pain of losing a child still makes Hong Shun and Lingzhi deeply terrified.

Under the careful care of the two of them, Xiao Yulan gradually grew up, and in a blink of an eye, she reached school age. This morning, Lingzhi put on the newly made small flower clothes for Xiao Yulan, braided Xiao Yulan's hair into two pigtails, tied it with red wool, and then put the small schoolbag sewn by herself on her back, Xiao Yulan jumped to the door, Hong Shun was pumping the bicycle hard, Xiao Yulan walked to the front of the bicycle, stretched out her hand and dialed the bell, heard a silver bell ringing, Hong Shun smiled and pulled out the gas pump, tightened the valve core, and then said to Xiao Yulan:

"Go see if your mom has it done?"

"Mom, hurry up, it'll be too late if you don't leave." Magnolia leaned into the house as she leaned on the door frame.

"It's coming, it's coming." Lingzhi walked out while tugging at his clothes, turned around and locked the door.

Hong Shun took Xiao Yulan away and sat on the front bar of the bicycle, then pushed the car with both hands, padd it with one foot, flew on the bicycle with a key step, held the front of the bike with both hands and rode steadily, and Lingzhi followed closely behind and trotted all the way.

"Mom, come up quickly." Xiao Yulan turned her head to look at Lingzhi and shouted.

Lingzhi stretched out a hand to grab the back frame of the bicycle, then jumped sideways, sat firmly on the back of the bicycle, held Hong Shun's waist with both hands, the wind blew the smiling faces of a family of three, and the neighbors couldn't help but look at them and asked:

"The family is so happy, where is this going?"

"Take Magnolia to the elementary school to sign up." Hong Shun agreed with a smile.

"Oh, little Magnolia is going to school, study hard." The neighbor beckoned.

"I still have to be a Young Pioneer and wear a red scarf, just like my brothers and sisters." Magnolia tilted her head and said.

"There is a chance." The neighbor praised.

Lingzhi listened to Xiao Yulan's words, and his heart was happy, and he leaned his head on Hong Shun's back to tease Xiao Yulan and said:

"You can remember what your mother taught you last night, and when you get to school, the teacher will ask you questions."

"Remember, my name is Hong Yulan, my father's name is Hong Shun, my mother's name is Lingzhi, and I am seven years old this year." Magnolia said like a count.

"Our Magnolia is smart, the teacher's question is difficult, right?" Hong Shun said.

"Dad, what does the teacher look like? Is it fierce? Magnolia asked innocently.

"It's not fierce to obedient children, but it's fierce to disobedient children." Hong Shun said deliberately.

"Then if I'm obedient, will the teacher like me?" Magnolia continued to ask.

"Teachers like obedient children the most." Lingzhi said.

"The teacher will like me because I'm obedient." Magnolia shook her head and said to herself.

Hong Shun and Lingzhi said a few words to Xiao Yulan from time to time, and Hong Shun happily drove them one after the other towards the Gucheng Primary School.

Arrived at the playground in front of the school, the parents and children who came to sign up walked towards the stone steps one after another, Hong Shun slowly slowed down, Lingzhi let go of Hong Shun and jumped down from the back of the bicycle, and then Hong Shun raised his right foot and fell to the ground, stopped the car, stretched out a hand to hug Xiao Yulan, Xiao Yulan stood on the ground and looked at the wide playground, directly opposite is the wide stone steps, the trees on both sides are verdant, under the cover of the leaves, along the stone steps on both sides are classrooms, the higher and higher, each level has an open space for activities, The open space is made of cement bricks to make corresponding table tennis tables, and the teachers' offices are on the top floor. Xiao Yulan was very curious, Hong Shun parked the bicycle on the side of the playground and locked it, and Lingzhi pulled Xiao Yulan along the stone steps by the playground with one hand, Xiao Yulan raised her limbs from time to time, Hong Shun and Lingzhi had to stretch out their hands to support Xiao Yulan's arm, like carrying a chicken and taking her towards the office of the student registration place, and the parents who signed up for the registration couldn't help but look at them when they walked down with their children.

When the family of three came to the registration office, they saw people who came to sign up in line, Hong Shun and Lingzhi followed the line with Xiao Yulan, and slowly moved forward with the crowd. After waiting patiently, it was finally their turn.

"Little girl, what's your name?" The teacher who signed up asked kindly.

"My name is Hong Yulan and I am seven years old." Magnolia replied seriously.

"You are dressed so beautifully today, did you wear it yourself?" The teacher continued.

"I would dress myself, but my mom wouldn't let me dress myself." Magnolia said.

"Why?" The teacher asked curiously.

Hong Shun and Lingzhi were both confused by Xiao Yulan, and they saw Xiao Yulan put up her little toes and whispered into the teacher's ear:

"My mom said I always had crooked buttons."

The teacher couldn't help laughing when she heard Xiao Yulan say this, Hong Shun and Lingzhi didn't know what Xiao Yulan said to the teacher, Xiao Yulan just tilted her head and smiled, and the teacher said to Lingzhi and Hong Shun:

"I think your Hong Yulan is very smart, and I also have a daughter named Bai Li, so I arranged for Hong Yulan to be in the same class with her, and the two of you have to help each other."

"Ahh That's great. Lingzhi and Hong Shun said in unison.

"Can I see her now?" Magnolia said.

"Unfortunately, she went to grandma's house today and will be back when school starts next week." The teacher said to Magnolia while registering.

Hong Shun handed over the household registration book and the relevant certification materials issued by the street office to the teacher, and after paying the tuition and miscellaneous fees for the first semester of Xiao Yulan according to what the teacher said, he took the receipt of the receipt, and then thanked the teacher again with Lingzhi, and walked out with Xiao Yulan.

"Mom and Dad, can you take me to see the classroom? What does it look like? Xiao Yulan said while holding Hong Shun with one hand and Lingzhi with the other.

"Okay, I'll show you." Hong Shun said.

So a family of three walked to a nearby classroom, because the class has not started normally, so the door of the classroom is locked, Hong Shun picked up Xiao Yulan and Lingzhi and lay on the window outside the classroom to look in, only to see that the desks in the classroom are neatly placed, there is a table on the podium in front, and on the wall behind is a rectangular blackboard, on which is also written with white chalk holiday notice. Lingzhi didn't go to school since he was a child, so he couldn't help but be curious about all this, and blurted out:

"Ahh So this is the classroom. ”

"Yes, during class, the students sit down and the teacher stands on top to give a lecture and writes on the blackboard with chalk. It is said that if anyone does not listen well to the lecture below, the teacher will hit him with chalk. Hong Shun said.

"Dad, does it hurt to smash it with chalk?" Magnolia asked.

"I don't know, Dad wasn't smashed by a teacher when he was in school, Dad is a good student who listens to the teacher." Hong Shun said with a smile.

"Then I'm going to be a good student too." Magnolia said.

"Well, our little magnolia will definitely do it." Hong Shun encouraged Magnolia Road.

"The teacher asked you to be in the same class as her daughter Bai Li, you have to learn more from others." Lingzhi said.

"Hmm." Magnolia nodded.

The three of them came to the playground and walked to the parked bicycles, Hong Shun took out the car keys and unlocked the car, and then drove Lingzhi and Xiao Yulan home happily.

After the school officially opened, Xiao Yulan was not only in a class with Bai Li, but also arranged to sit at a table, Bai Li grew up in the school because of the long term, so she was very familiar with everything in the school, she told Xiao Yulan what kind of bell to ring before running into the classroom in time, if in case of being late, it was said that it was late to go to the toilet with a stomachache. During the recess, Bai Li took Xiao Yulan to climb the hill behind the school to pick wild vegetables, and then tied them up with a thread to make a key, and the two took turns to kick and play, but unexpectedly a naughty male classmate took advantage of the two of them to be unprepared, rushed over and snatched away the wild vegetable key, Xiao Yulan was stunned for a while, I don't know what to do, Bai Li ran to the male classmate, stretched out her hand and said:

"Give it back to me."

"No, I won't pay it back." The male classmate said as he threw the wild vegetable keys up and down.

"Okay, you wait." After Bai Li finished speaking, she turned around and walked to the teacher's office, and after a while, she pulled the dean over, Bai Li pointed to the male classmate and said to the dean:

"Teacher, that's him."

"How do you rob a female classmate? Follow me to the office. The dean took the wild vegetable key from the male classmate's hand and handed it to Bai Li, and then led the male classmate away. After Bai Li got the wild vegetable key, she smiled and pulled Xiao Yulan, and the two continued to play, Xiao Yulan asked puzzledly:

"What about that classmate, teacher?"

"Criticize education, who let him rob us of our things." Bai Li said while kicking the wild vegetable key.

At noon, because Bai Li's family lives in the school, there is no need to stand in line on the playground with her classmates, watching Xiao Yulan standing in the middle of the queue, Bai Li waved to Xiao Yulan, and then turned around and walked towards home. Xiao Yulan and her classmates lined up, waiting for the principal to give the order to "go", then turned around and walked out of the school in two teams one by one, each walking in two directions, and the principal and other teachers followed and sent them out together, until the students were almost scattered and went home, and then turned back. When school is out in the afternoon, there is no need to queue, the students are on duty, they clean up in the classroom, like to play, play basketball on the playground, or play table tennis on the stone table, or a few people are divided into two teams to dance like rubber bands, Xiao Yulan and Bai Li are often divided into one team, the two of them dance and sing, two pairs of little feet flexibly in the leather band, until Hong Shun comes to the school to pick up Xiao Yulan from work, and then reluctantly goes home, gradually, Xiao Yulan adapts to everything in the school, Tong Bai Li also became a good classmate who talked about everything.

Since Xiao Yulan entered school, every morning Lingzhi came together, he was busy dressing and grooming Yulan, while making breakfast, and then watched Hong Shun and Yulan finish breakfast, Hong Shun rode a bicycle with Yulan out together, and he began to eat indiscriminately, and after cleaning up, he went to the cloth shop to be busy, and did not forget to go to the vegetable market to buy fresh vegetables on the way.

Hong Shun has been sending Xiao Yulan to the school gate, watching her go to work after walking into the school gate, and after getting off work in the afternoon, he rode to the school gate to pick up Yulan home, Yulan sat in front of the bicycle, tilted her head from time to time and told Hong Shun interesting things in the school, Hong Shun smiled and lowered her body to listen patiently, and teased her lovely daughter from time to time, the father and daughter talked and laughed along the way, whenever they saw a small windmill on the side of the road, a little sugar man and other delicious and fun things, as long as Yulan wanted, Hong Shun would immediately stop and buy it for her, often makes other students envious.

Lingzhi often sews and weaves the remaining fabrics in the store into all kinds of small flower clothes, small schoolbags, small handkerchiefs, etc. for Xiao Yulan to wear, and dresses Xiao Yulan like a little princess, every day when she goes to school, she is a beautiful and beautiful appearance, Bai Li every time she sees Xiao Yulan wearing new clothes, she pulls her to see her mother, and begs her mother to do it for herself, Bai Li's mother has to take Bai Li to Hong's cloth shop on the weekend, and let Lingzhi make a piece for Bai Li according to Xiao Yulan's clothes. Lingzhi thought that it was all the leftover corner fabric in the store, so he was embarrassed to accept the teacher's money, so he readily agreed to help Bai Li also make one, and rushed for a few nights, the clothes were ready, and the next day let Xiao Yulan take it to school and hand it over to Bai Li, Bai Li got the new clothes, and was so happy that she immediately changed them, and then stood with Xiao Yulan, the two of them were like two small flowers beautiful and beautiful, so that Bai Li's mother and other teachers were amazed.

In the blink of an eye, it was the mid-term exam, because Xiao Yulan was serious and studious, she scored double hundred points in Chinese and arithmetic, and her grades ranked first in the class, Bai Li ranked fifth, the homeroom teacher saw that Xiao Yulan was smart and clever, so she arranged for her to be the small class leader, Bai Li became a health commissioner, and the two were responsible for collecting the students' homework books and arranging classmates to take turns to be on duty every day.

"Why did you come out so late? It's not like being criticized by the teacher. Hong Shun said.

"No, a male classmate's homework was not finished, I was waiting for him, he couldn't do a question, and the teacher asked me to tutor him." Xiao Yulan said innocently.

"Oh, you're able to tutor others, that's amazing!" Hong Shun teased Magnolia and said.

"Because I'm the class president, I have to help my classmates, that's what the teacher said." Magnolia said coquettishly.

"Oh, when we grow up in Magnolia, we will all help our classmates." Hong Shun smiled and sped up the car and drove Xiao Yulan to his home.

"Mom, I'm back." As soon as he arrived at the door, Hong Shun took Yulan off the bicycle, and Xiao Yulan ran into the house quickly and shouted.

"Hungry, go wash your hands and eat with Dad, Mom made your favorite scrambled eggs with tomatoes today." Lingzhi said with a smile.

A family of three sat down around the table, Lingzhi served rice to their father and daughter and handed it to them, Xiao Yulan took it, reached out and put a large piece of egg in her mouth, and kept saying that it was delicious, Hong Shun helped to put shredded meat on her and put it in her bowl, and the couple watched her eat lovingly, and their hearts were sincerely happy.

As soon as the final exam results came out, Xiao Yulan won the first place again, and Bai Li dropped to the seventh place, Bai Li's mother couldn't help but often criticize Bai Li for not being too playful and learning more from Xiao Yulan, but Bai Li didn't take it to heart, and when her mother walked away, she still went out to play by herself. After the long school vacation, Bai Li returned to her hometown with her mother. Xiao Yulan followed Lingzhi to carry a small schoolbag to the cloth shop every day, Lingzhi and Yufen were busy, Xiao Yulan sat at the desk and wrote her holiday homework seriously, and the customers who came to buy cloth to make clothes praised Xiao Yulan for being obedient and sensible.

Approaching the Chinese New Year, Lingzhi's cloth shop is getting busier and busier, men, women and children want to hurry up to make a new dress and put on it for the New Year, Lingzhi and Yufen are so busy that they can't take care of eating, Hong Shun often comes to the cloth shop to help after work, seeing that Lingzhi and the three of them are so busy, they take Xiao Yulan home to cook, and after eating, they pack Lingzhi and bring it to the store. When parents are hesitant to think about what kind of clothes to make for their children, once they see Magnolia, they will follow and carefully check the clothes that Magnolia is wearing, and then ask Lingzhi to change here, cut there, etc., Lingzhi agrees and writes it down one by one. After Xiao Yulan finished her homework every day, she also helped Lingzhi and Yufen sew some small objects, and her spirituality was not inferior to Lingzhi at all, and she often made Yufen tease that she was a cloth shop shopkeeper when she grew up.

"I'm not supposed to be the shopkeeper." Magnolia said as she sewed.

"And what are you going to do when you grow up?" Yufen asked curiously.

"I want to be a scientist, and the teacher said that students who study well will become scientists when they grow up." Magnolia said seriously.

"It's a pity that you're not the shopkeeper. Hey, what do scientists do? Yufen continued to ask.

"Scientists can do a lot of things." Magnolia replied.

Finally, a few days before the Chinese New Year, Lingzhi and Yufen and his wife drove out the clothes of the customers, and watched everyone happily pay to take away the new clothes, Lingzhi was relieved, and then asked Hong Shun to help write a notice of closure and hang it on the door panel, and settled the account for Yufen and his wife, and Yufen and his wife went home happily for the New Year with their salary.

Lingzhi began to be at home all day long with Xiao Yulan busy preparing things for the New Year, and the neighbors' aunts and aunts invited to steam glutinous rice and make glutinous rice together, make rice noodles, make sweet wine, etc., a family of neighbors came to help, especially steamed glutinous rice and glutinous rice, a large steamer was steamed glutinous rice several people carried out, poured into the door with a stone chiseled out of the trough, and then by two strong men each held a wooden rice bowl, the two of them hammered me hammered to the cooked glutinous rice in the trough, Because the cooked glutinous rice is too sticky, there are two women squatting on the side of the baba trough with their hands to help pull down the glutinous rice stuck to the baba tube, the four of them cooperate with the tacit understanding, after a long time of beating, the cooked glutinous rice has become a white rice ball in the ba, at this time Lingzhi and other women have already prepared the table and seals, the two women squatting from the baba trough to lift the glutinous rice dough out and put it on the desk, Lingzhi and other women twisted into a millet ball with their hands, neatly placed on the desk, Xiao Yulan stood on the side and covered it one by one with the seal, so there was a round red "Shou" word on the white millet group, due to the cold weather, soon the rice ball solidified, and it was hard in the hand, so everyone finished making one family's glutinous rice cake and then made another, and a street seemed very lively all day long.

On the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Xiao Yulan heard the sound of firecrackers one after another while still asleep, and when she opened her eyes, she smelled a burst of aroma, Xiao Yulan got up and got out of bed, stepped on slippers and walked out of the room, only to see her parents busy in front of the Eight Immortals table in the hall, chicken, duck, fish and fruit offerings were placed on the table, incense was burning in front of the niche, and incense paper was burning under the table. As soon as Lingzhi turned around and saw Xiao Yulan, he hurriedly put down the work in his hand and walked over and said:

"Go back and get dressed, it's cold, you can't get sick today."

"Mom, can I get new clothes today?" Magnolia asked.

"New clothes should be worn tomorrow, today we must set off guns, respect the ancestors, eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, don't get dirty, and tomorrow we will go to take pictures." Lingzhi said as he took Xiao Yulan back to the room to put on yesterday's cotton clothes and pants, and after Xiao Yulan finished grooming, she cooked a bowl of sweet wine and eggs for her to eat first.

Hong Shun moved a stool and put it at the door, pasted the couplet he had written on both sides of the door and on the beams, and took out two red lanterns to hang in front of the door, everything was arranged, Hong Shun was about to start setting off firecrackers, at this time Xiao Yulan had finished eating sweet wine and eggs and ran over and shouted:

"Dad, I'll put it away."

"Yulan, no, it's going to blow you up, so let Dad let it go." Lingzhi hurriedly said.

"No, just let me put it once." Xiao Yulan begged for Lingzhi Dao.

"Well, I'll take you and put it." Hong Shun handed the lit incense to Xiao Yulan to hold, and then protected Xiao Yulan with his body, hugged her with his left hand, held her little hand with his right hand, and took her to slowly stretch out the incense to light the firecracker fuse, a stream of green smoke ignited, Hong Shun immediately held Xiao Yulan to dodge, and then saw the firecrackers crackling and exploding everywhere, and the thick smoke dispersed.

In the evening, the family of three sat around to eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, looking at a table of sumptuous meals, but Lingzhi did not eat much, just for Xiao Yulan and Hong Shun to pick vegetables.

"Mom, why don't you eat it?" Magnolia asked.

"Mom was happy when she saw you eat." Lingzhi said with a smile.

"I think you're tired, you've been busy early in the morning, and now you've lost your appetite." Hong Shun said lovingly.

"Alas, since the death of Yulan's grandparents, this is the fourth year of our family of three, and these were all handled by her grandmother before, I only care about the affairs of the store, and now I know her grandmother's hard work." Lingzhi said.

"You weren't easy when her grandmother was here, and she was still worried about you when she was pregnant with Magnolia, but her grandmother was still worried about you." Hong Shun said with a smile.

"Mom, when I grow up, you rest, I'll do these things." Magnolia said as she ate.

"Okay, my little magnolia is sensible, and my mother is happy." Lingzhi touched Magnolia's head with his hand and said.

"In the future, Mom and Dad will be old and can't do anything, so they will rely on our little magnolia." Hong Shun said with a smile.

"When you are old, I will grow up, you just sit, I will make you new clothes, make good food, and give you New Year's money." Magnolia said.

"Hahaha." Lingzhi and Hong Shun couldn't help but laugh.

The next day was the first day of the first lunar month, Xiao Yulan woke up and saw a small red envelope next to the pillow, Xiao Yulan knew that it was the New Year's money given to her by her parents when she was not awake, Xiao Yulan put away the little red envelope and put it in the school bag, and then put on the new clothes made by Lingzhi, and looked left and right in front of the mirror.

Lingzhi and Hong Shun often take Magnolia to Qinglong Cave and Zhusheng Bridge in the first two days of the New Year, and the people in the city will rush to burn incense and worship the Buddha, there are pictures on the bridge, balloons are sold, firecrackers are sold, etc., people come and go, bustling, acquaintances meet each other, and say good New Year to each other. Hong Shun bought a red balloon for Xiao Yulan, Xiao Yulan took it and jumped up, looking happy, acquaintances couldn't help but praise Xiao Yulan for being smart and beautiful, and the couple were happy.

"Little girl, dressed so beautifully, come and take a picture." The camera shouted to Magnolia.

Xiao Yulan was stunned, stared at the camera for a while, turned to look at Lingzhi and Hong Shun, and then said:

"My portraits were all taken in the photo studio."

"The photos in the photo studio are all fake, how can it be beautiful here, you see, there are mountains, water, and bridges, how beautiful." Said in a photo.

"You have a point, then let's take a family photo here this year." Hong Shun walked over and said.

"Okay, look at me taking a beautiful picture of your family, and I promise you will come to me for a photo next year." The cameraman fiddles with the camera as he speaks.

Hong Shun and Lingzhi were back to the bridge, Xiao Yulan stood in front of them with a balloon, the three of them looked at the camera together, smiled according to the requirements of the camera, and only relaxed after hearing the "click" of the camera, Hong Shun walked over to pay, took the ticket issued by the photo, and made an appointment to take the photo a week later.

The three of them played in the Qinglong Cave and the Zhusheng Bridge for a while, and then walked to the shelter, which has now been renamed "Peace Village", after the Japanese prisoners of war left in batches, Wang and other personnel have been withdrawn, everything in the courtyard has been preserved, and after a slight reconstruction, it has become the site of the ancient city to visit the anti-Japanese war memorial. Lingzhi and Hong Shun took Xiao Yulan on a tour, Hong Shun explained the situation to Xiao Yulan while walking, and Xiao Yulan seemed to understand. Looking at everything in the shelter and the courtyard, Lingzhi and Hong Shun couldn't help but think of the scene when they first came to the shelter, especially the acquaintance with Yoshino Taro, and also inquired about Fengying's whereabouts from Yoshino Taro, which was really dramatic, although he had not met Fengying, but he was already very satisfied, and now the little magnolia delivered by Yoshino Taro himself is in elementary school, and time has passed so much that people sigh that things are wrong.

On the third day of the first lunar month, Lingzhi family of three took worship items together as usual to Longtou Mountain, ready to burn incense to Fang Min, Shengchang and osmanthus and Hong Shun's father and mother, Hong Shun walked in front with a blue seed full of things, Lingzhi pulled Xiao Yulan to follow behind, the three of them walked along the mountain trail towards the mountain, after the cold winter, the trees of Longtou Mountain have not yet recovered, the branches and leaves are depressed, the ground is full of dead leaves, stepping on it and making a loud noise, the road from time to time encounters people who come to the tomb of Longtou Mountain, everyone greets each other politely, Then humble each other and let the other go first. Lingzhi wanted to stop and carry Xiao Yulan several times, but Xiao Yulan insisted on walking by herself, not wanting her mother to be tired, Hong Shun walked in front and encouraged Xiao Yulan and said:

"Good daughter, let's go to the tea tree in front and rest."

"Dad, I can do it. The teacher said that perseverance is victory. Magnolia said loudly as she walked.

"Okay, let's stick to it together. Grandparents are watching from the sky, and they will bless you when they see their granddaughter Magnolia so strong. Hong Shun said.

"And grandpa, uncle and aunt, all bless our Yulan with a safe life." Lingzhi said.

With the encouragement of Hong Shun and Lingzhi, Xiao Yulan walked more and more, and the three of them finally arrived under the tea tree, Hong Shun put down Lanzi and sat on the grass, watching Xiao Yulan panting and running over, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to hold her, Xiao Yulan sat in front of Hong Shun, and then shouted loudly:

"Mom, come quickly."

Lingzhi walked hard, stopping from time to time to rest, she rarely came out to climb the mountain, heard Xiao Yulan call herself, and couldn't help beckoning to Hong Shun and Xiao Yulan, thinking that she was unconsciously entering middle age. Looking back on his past, despite suffering a lot, now he is finally bitter, with Hong Shun, a husband who cherishes himself, Xiao Yulan, a well-behaved and sensible daughter, and this cloth shop left by his father, the days are getting smoother and smoother, all of which have to be grateful to the relatives under Jiuquan, without their help, how can there be their own happy life!

When Lingzhi walked to him, Hong Shun asked her to sit down and rest for a while, took the kettle and handed her water, Lingzhi took a sip of water, wiped the corners of his mouth with his hand, and the joy of satisfying happiness was overflowing.

"Mom and Dad, you see that river is flowing crookedly, why isn't it straight?" Magnolia said with a gesture with her hand.

"Because it is reluctant to flow away, it goes around the city like this." Lingzhi said with a smile.

"It's not just going around casually, but it's a gossip map of the ancient city, and it's not impartial." Hong Shun said according to Lingzhi's words.

"Mom and Dad, what are you talking about? The river is not a man. Magnolia stood up and asked.

"You'll know when you're older." Lingzhi said affectionately to Xiao Yulan.

"Alright, let's move on." Hong Shun stood up, stretched out his hand to pull up Lingzhi and said.

"Okay, I'll go ahead and show you the way." Xiao Yulan ran towards the front as she spoke, Lingzhi and Hong Shun hurriedly followed, and soon, the three of them walked to the cemetery.

In the past, this land was only buried with Fang Min, Shengchang and osmanthus flowers, and it did not appear to be big, and then Hong Shun's father and mother passed away one after another, Hong Shun followed the instructions of his father before his death, and chiseled the surrounding area flattened, and built a double tomb of his father and mother, so that when he came to the grave every year, he gathered together to burn incense and worship, and Lingzhi and Hong Shun were deeply impressed by his father's long-term plan.

Hong Shun put down the blue seed, took out the sickle from the blue seed, walked to the grave, and cut all the weeds growing on the five graves.

"Mom, these two are grandpa and grandma, who are those?" Magnolia asked curiously.

"This is your grandfather, when my mother was as old as you, it was my grandfather who took me to protect me, and without my grandfather, I would not have a mother." Lingzhi said.

"Oh, who are these two?" Magnolia asked, gesturing to the other two tombstones.

"These two are your uncle and aunt, and they are also good friends of your father and mother, if they hadn't stepped forward, my mother might not have died." Lingzhi said with deep feelings.

"They saved Mom, right?" Magnolia said.

"Yes, they are my mother's saviors, and my mother can't forget them for the rest of her life, and it would be nice if they were still alive!" Lingzhi sighed.

"Then I'll kowtow to them too. Uncle and aunt, in the future, my mother will not be able to walk, and I will come to burn incense and worship you on behalf of my mother. Magnolia said while kowtowing.

When Hong Shun was about to set off the firecrackers, Lingzhi held Xiao Yulan in his arms, but Xiao Yulan stretched out her head curiously, and when the firecrackers exploded, she broke free and ran over, trampling on the firecracker crumbs with her feet, until Hong Shun walked over and pulled her, and the family packed up their things and happily went down the mountain to go home.

After the Chinese New Year, Lingzhi's cloth shop reopened, and after Xiao Yulan finished her holiday homework, she looked forward to the start of school, especially after not seeing Bai Li for a long time, so she missed the life of the school campus very much. On the first day of school, Xiao Yulan went to the school alone to sign up, and saw Bai Li as soon as she walked out of the academic affairs office.

"Bai Li, you're back." Magnolia shouted happily.

"I've seen you since you entered the school, I've been following you, and you haven't even noticed me." Bai Li said mischievously.

"You're so bad, why don't you call me." Magnolia muttered.

"Come here, I'll take you somewhere." Bai Li whispered mysteriously.

Xiao Yulan didn't know where Bai Li was going to take her, so she followed her, Bai Li looked around and walked towards the back of the second-grade classroom, behind which was a slope, overgrown with thorns, and there was a small ditch below, Xiao Yulan hesitated, only to see Bai Li grab the vine with both hands and quickly slide down.

"Come down." Bai Li shouted below.

Xiao Yulan tentatively grabbed the tree vine, slipped under her feet, and was a little worried in her heart, and she didn't dare to go down.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here to protect you." Bai Li said.

Xiao Yulan plucked up her courage, slid down boldly, and bumped into Bai Li head-on, Bai Li shook a little, and finally stood firm, and then pulled her to point behind her, Xiao Yulan looked back, only to see a cluster of red and bright betel nuts hanging on the branches, Xiao Yulan's eyes lit up in amazement, and Bai Li walked over and reached out to pick it to eat.

"What's going on? It's delicious, I just found out yesterday. Bai Li said proudly.

"Well, it's just that this place is a little hanging, and I'm afraid that the teacher will be criticized when he sees it." Magnolia said.

"Later, let's go down this small ditch, and we will arrive at the playground, and the teacher will not see it." Bai Li said confidently.

The two of them ate for a while, and picked some and put them in their pockets, and then walked down the small ditch one after the other, jumping over and over from time to time, and the shoes were a little wet, after the two of them walked for a long time, there was a gravel slope, Bai Li remembered that the top of the gravel slope was the playground, so he took the lead to climb up along the edge of the gravel slope, and the gravel rolled down at the foot, Xiao Yulan stood below and watched Bai Li climb up, until Bai Li reached the top, and then tried to climb up according to Bai Li's appearance, Finally arrived at the playground, the two looked at each other, grimaced, and then said goodbye to each other and went home separately.

After the start of school, the students in each class will line up outside the classroom as usual to make up seats, generally a pair of female classmates, a pair of male classmates, Bai Li will generally tilt her head and quietly count the number of people, if it happens to be lined up with Xiao Yulan at a table, if not, pull Xiao Yulan to move back, after the row of seats, the head teacher will announce the list of class cadres to the whole class, basically all of them are used last semester, and then explain some relevant matters, and after the head teacher leaves, Bai Li began to organize the students to clean, Xiao Yulan naturally wanted to help Bai Li clean the classroom together, and then check whether the windows were closed one by one, and finally after the students left, Bai Li and Xiao Yulan locked the classroom door and went home separately.

"June 1st" Children's Day, the school held a Young Pioneers joining ceremony, Xiao Yulan and Bai Li both joined the Young Pioneers at the same time, according to the prescribed procedures, first by the senior students to help them put on the red scarf, and then by Xiao Yulan on behalf of the new Young Pioneers oath, Xiao Yulan stood under the team flag, solemnly raised her right hand, word by word to read the oath of joining the team, the teachers standing on the side could not help but applaud Xiao Yulan. After Xiao Yulan returned home, she was reluctant to take off the bright red scarf until she went to bed at night, Lingzhi helped her take it off and put it flat on the table.

After Xiao Yulan and Bai Li entered the second grade, they joined the school's waist drum team, but whenever there is a festival or a major event in the ancient city, the school will organize the waist drum team, the bunting team, the trumpet team and other teams to march around the city, the trumpet team blows the trumpet and walks in front of the road, and the crowd of people coming and going on the street will take the initiative to get out of the way after hearing it, and then the colorful flag team holding high the colored flags walks neatly, the breeze blows the colorful flags and flutters in the wind, with a neat sound of gongs and drums, the female students of the waist drum team hold their heads high, heroic posture, Proudly walked over with both hands beating the waist drum, changing the formation from time to time following the teacher's command, and jumping freely with his feet, making the crowd of onlookers admire. Xiao Yulan and Bai Li crossed and changed heartily, and the two cooperated tacitly, and completed the various formation changes arranged by the teacher with other female classmates, until the teacher shouted to stop, they put away the small drum sticks and walked forward in line. When the team passed through the mouth of the "Sifang Well" laneway, Xiao Yulan saw the person who walked out of the lane to carry water, and couldn't help but arouse curiosity, Xiao Yulan once wanted her parents to take her to the "Sifang Well" laneway to see what the "Sifang Well" looked like, but was sternly rejected by Lingzhi, Xiao Yulan never understood why her mother didn't let her go, but when she saw her mother's face with a non-negotiable look, it was diametrically opposed to the usual look of caring for herself, and the sensible Xiao Yulan didn't want to make her mother angry, so she had to give up, but her heart was rightThe "Sifangjing" roadway is full of curiosities. But Hong Shun understood Lingzhi's intentions in his heart, and knew that Lingzhi didn't want the past to leave a shadow in Xiao Yulan's heart, and Lingzhi always hoped that Xiao Yulan would grow up healthy and happy. When Hong Shun was working in the government, he also collected the relevant materials of the old house and sealed them in the archives, hoping that the old house would not suffer other accidents. Today's old mansion is in the hands of the government, because there have been terrifying rumors of "haunting" around the lanes of the "Sifang Well", so the government has been nailing the gate of the old mansion with a large wooden plank, and no one dares to care about it again.

With her father's meticulous love, Xiao Yulan looks like a flower, because of her good academic performance, she is deeply liked by the teachers, and has been the squad leader and the captain of the Young Pioneers, and her official activities at school are increasing day by day, when Hong Shun goes to school to pick her up, she often waits until late, Xiao Yulan repeatedly insists that she has grown up, and no longer lets her father go to school to pick her up, Hong Shun can't resist her, so she has to agree.

The school set up a "school literature and art propaganda team", Xiao Yulan and Bai Li were drawn to participate, every day after school, the teacher asked the propaganda team members to stay and rehearse the program, the propaganda team members first moved the tables and chairs in the classroom to make room for open space, and then followed the teacher to learn to sing new songs, and only after learning the new songs, did they begin to assign people to rehearse.

Xiao Yulan was entrusted with the important task by the teacher, as the protagonist of the song and dance of "Sing a Mountain Song to the Party", Bai Li and three other female classmates played a supporting role, under the guidance of the teacher, Xiao Yulan seriously repeated the opening performance again and again, until the teacher was satisfied, Bai Li and the three female classmates choreographed the supporting role movements under the guidance of another teacher, and rehearsed until nearly six o'clock every afternoon before going home.

As soon as Xiao Yulan got home, she felt a sore back, Lingzhi rubbed her arms and legs lovingly, and Hong Shun brought her food to persuade her to eat.

"I'm really tired, so I'll tell the teacher not to join the propaganda team." Hong Shun said.

"How can I do that, the teacher still asked me to be the starring role, and as soon as I quit, my classmates will look down on me." Magnolia said.

"There are so many activities you participate in at school, and your mother is worried about it, for fear that it will affect your learning." Lingzhi said.

"Mom, no, I'm the class leader, and I can't fall behind in my studies. And I am the captain of the Young Pioneers, so I have to take the lead in participating in these school activities, and Bai Li is the same. Magnolia said.

"Is Bai Li good at studying?" Hong Shun asked.

"She's worse than me, she's a bit playful, and her mother often educates her and asks her to learn from me." Magnolia said with an embarrassed smile.

"Then you have to help her more. Bai Li, this little girl is very smart, but she doesn't put her mind into studying, I have seen her a few times, and she really plays like a boy. Hong Shun said.

"Then you can't learn from her to be so wild, girls have to be like girls." Lingzhi admonished.

After a period of rehearsal, "Sing a Mountain Song to the Party" this program was finally completed, under the organization of the Propaganda Department of the ancient city, the ancient city held a huge celebration of the "July 1st" party building activities, in the morning is the unit organization personnel parade to the square in front of the renovated theater building, the students are all white shirts, the neck is tied with a red scarf, female students with blue skirts, male students wear blue pants, according to the queue arrangement to stand in front, the staff of each unit follow the team flag bearer, female workers in front, male workers in the back, the detachment stands in a column, The leaders of the party committee and government of the ancient city came to the front one by one to make enthusiastic speeches, and the people in the audience burst into applause from time to time.

The students standing in front of them listened carefully at first, but then as the weather became hotter and hotter, they couldn't stand up, and slipped out of the line one by one, or went to the toilet, or went to buy snacks to eat, and the teachers also turned a blind eye, and some teachers couldn't stand the direct sunlight, so they took the time to sneak to the shade to hide. Bai Li quietly pulled Xiao Yulan and motioned for her to sneak out to the toilet together, Xiao Yulan also wanted to go, so she walked out of the team with Bai Li and walked towards the toilet.

After the two came out of the toilet, Bai Li said that she was thirsty and wanted to buy cold sugar water to drink, Xiao Yulan walked with her to the stall selling sugar water, only to see a row of small glasses on the small table, which contained cold sugar water, and the mouth was covered with a square glass, Bai Li asked the price, and the seller said that it was two cents a cup, Bai Li took out the money from her pocket and asked for two cups, she first opened a glass lid, picked up the cup and drank it, and drank it in one go, Xiao Yulan looked at her hesitantly.

"You drink it, it's so sweet, it's so comfortable." Bai Li said.

"I'll just taste a little." Xiao Yulan opened another glass lid, picked up the cup and poured more than half of the cold sugar water into Bai Li's empty cup, leaving a small half to drink, feeling that the sugar water was too sweet, and took a few sips to drink it. Bai Li unceremoniously drank it all again, and the two of them returned to the team in the square.

After the celebration was dispersed, people left the square one after another and walked to their homes, and the teachers anxiously found Xiao Yulan and a few classmates who were performing the show, and told them to hurry home and eat after eating, and immediately go back to school to put on makeup and prepare for the official performance in the afternoon. As soon as Xiao Yulan got home, she was busy looking for food, Lingzhi thought she was hungry when she saw this, and after listening to Xiao Yulan's explanation, she didn't wait for Hong Shun anymore, and rushed to serve rice to Xiao Yulan first, uncovered the dishes that were upside down in the bowl, and helped Xiao Yulan to put vegetables in her bowl.

"Yo, what's good to eat? Carry me. Hong Shun walked in and said with a smile while putting down his bag.

"Why are you back so late? Aren't you not going to work today? Lingzhi asked.

"I had a celebration meeting today, and after the meeting, the leader asked me to do something, so I came back late." Hong Shun sat down and said.

"Yulan is going to perform on stage in the afternoon, no, I have to go to school to make up after eating." Lingzhi said.

"What's the show?" Hong Shun asked.

"Singing and dancing "Sing a Mountain Song to the Party". Magnolia said while eating.

"Oh, then I'm going to have a good look at our Magnolia dancing. We also have shows, choruses, and adults don't have to wear makeup. Hey, you can check it out in the afternoon. Hong Shun said.

"Can I go?" Lingzhi said hesitantly.

"It's okay, follow me, and you can help us look at the clothes or something." Hong Shun said.

"Okay, I'll explain to Yufen later." Lingzhi said excitedly.

In the afternoon in the theater, the people of the ancient city came in early to find a seat to sit down, patiently waiting for the performance to start, Lingzhi followed Hong Shun and the people in their unit into the theater together, walked to the seat and sat down, Lingzhi looked around, saw that the theater was no longer the same as when he played with Osmanthus and Hong Shun in the past, removed some partitions, the stage in front was much more spacious, the stage lights were also installed on the stage, the seats under the stage were fan-shaped, and the audience that could be accommodated was also more than before. Lingzhi looked towards the entrance passage, and never saw Xiao Yulan and them come in, Hong Shun comforted her not to worry, Xiao Yulan and they had a teacher with them, and there would be no mistake. Lingzhi Fang sat down with peace of mind, Hong Shun and the chorus organized by their government were the first to appear, Hong Shun handed over the clothes and bags in his hand to Lingzhi, and the other colleagues put their things on their seats, and asked Lingzhi to take care of them, and then the group lined up behind the red curtain on the stage.

With the rapid sound of gongs and drums, everyone's eyes were focused on the stage, the gongs and drums stopped abruptly, and a female comrade lifted the red curtain and walked out.

"The celebration of the founding of the party is now starting with the first program, the first program, the chorus "Singing the Motherland", the performance unit, the county party committee and county government." After the female comrades finished reporting the curtain in Mandarin, they turned around and walked into the red curtain, and after a while, the red curtain slowly opened from both sides, and the chorus members stood in four rows, with female comrades in front and gay men in the back, a conductor walked to the center of the stage, saluted the audience, and then turned around, raised his hands, and suddenly, the sound of the band suddenly sounded, and the chorus members sang together with the conductor's rhythm, and the majestic and bright singing resounded throughout the theater.

Lingzhi listened while looking for Hong Shun with his heart, but he couldn't find out where Hong Shun was standing, and complained that he had forgotten to ask him just now, and after the chorus was over, Lingzhi applauded them with the audience, and in a round of applause, Hong Shun and his colleagues returned to their seats.

After a few performances, Lingzhi and Hong Shun looked forward to watching Xiao Yulan's performance, when the announcer reported "the next program, dance "Sing a Mountain Song to the Party", Lingzhi excitedly pulled Hong Shun, Hong Shun turned his head and smiled with Lingzhi, the two stared at the stage, only to see the red curtain opened, with the sound of "Sing a song to the party, I compare the party to my mother" The beautiful and tactful singing, a little girl wearing red clothes and blue pants and combing a long single braid spread her arms and jumped into the center of the stage, Under the illumination of the stage spotlight, he completed a movement of spreading his wings in the wind, which won a round of applause from the audience. Lingzhi and Hong Shun took a closer look, this little girl was Xiao Yulan, and they were suddenly ecstatic, only to see Xiao Yulan sometimes sideways, sometimes lower waist, sometimes raise legs, beautiful movements, natural expressions, and the foil of female classmates such as Bai Li also followed the rhythm, dance and song were integrated, mobilizing the audience's emotions, sometimes sad, sometimes high-pitched, sometimes tactful, when the last sentence of the song "The glory of the party shines on my heart" sang, Xiao Yulan and Bai Li several female classmates gathered together to complete the last "red heart to the party" action, The audience burst into thunderous applause, and Lingzhi was so excited that he couldn't speak, so he just took Hong Shun's hand and kept shaking.

After this performance, Xiao Yulan was quite famous in the ancient city, and Xiao Yulan was handsome, but whenever the county held any performance, she would be called to participate, and sometimes she had to ask for leave to cooperate with the rehearsal performance, which lasted until she was in high school.

In high school, the school's curriculum is often more labor than knowledge, and the content of labor is also to open up wasteland and farm, go to the countryside to harvest millet with farmers, go up the mountain to pick hemp chestnuts, etc., this kind of throwing away the schoolbag, leaving the classroom, going out all day to study and work is very called Bai Li's heart, which can play freely outside, and does not need to be controlled by teachers and parents, so with the growth of age, Bai Li's playfulness is even more full.

Because Yulan was often taken to participate in various performance activities, she had very little time to attend labor classes, and most of the time was spent rehearsing with the members of the propaganda team in rehearsing programs such as "The White-Haired Girl", "The Story of the Red Lantern", and "Heroes' Children", and played the roles of Xi'er, Tiemei, Wang Fang, etc.

Once Yulan and the propaganda team went to a garrison unit at night, the officers and soldiers of the unit specially vacated a dormitory for the propaganda team members to live, Yulan's backpack was not taken off when it was dark when the truck got off, and after the truck drove away, Yulan found that her backpack was not there, so she hurriedly told the team leader, the team leader discussed with the platoon commander of the garrison unit, and the platoon commander immediately asked two PLA soldiers to bring a military quilt to Yulan to spread, but the quilt was too thin, the cold wind invaded at night, and Yulan caught a cold the next day. coughed vigorously, which made the leader of the publicity team anxious, worried that the performance would be affected. After the platoon commander of the garrison found out, he asked the doctor of the infirmary of the army to rush over with the medicine box on his back, and the doctor checked Yulan's symptoms, took out the medicine and needle from the medicine box, and looked at the doctor holding the bright needle in his hand, Yulan was suddenly nervous, she grew so big, except for the injection when she planted water beans when she was a child, she had never been injected because of illness.

"Don't be nervous, you'll be fine with the injection." The team leader comforted Magnolia Road.

"Little girl, relax, the more nervous you are, the more the needle won't get in. You're playing the heroine for us, so you have to be as brave as the heroes. The army doctor said to Magnolia.

Yulan nodded ashamedly, according to the request of the army doctor, with the help of the team leader, gritted her teeth and finished the injection, the leader let her lie on the bed to rest, and then walked out with the army doctor. Yulan lay on the bed, looking at herself alone in the army dormitory of Nuoda, for the first time she felt homesick, especially when she thought of her parents' care and care for her, tears couldn't help but flow out, and she couldn't wait to go home immediately at this moment.

However, when she thought of the afternoon performance, Yulan began to regret that she had carelessly lost her backpack to cause illness, delaying the rehearsal before the performance, she was the protagonist of the whole performance, and she couldn't embarrass the propaganda team.

After waking up at noon, Yulan felt much better, her head no longer hurt, she only felt thirsty and wanted to drink water, so she was about to get up, when the dormitory door was pushed open, and several propaganda team members walked in.

"You're awake, we're afraid of disturbing you." A male team member said.

"Magnolia, look, this is a few of the flowers we picked near the barracks, and we gave them to you." A female team member said as she handed a bouquet of flowers to Magnolia in her hand.

"Now it's okay, our team leader doesn't have to worry about the afternoon performance anymore." Another female team member said.

Magnolia took the flower, put it in front of her, smelled it, and said to everyone with a smile:

"It's so fragrant, if I wasn't sick, I would have wanted to hang out with you."

"Next time, let's hurry up to dinner and prepare for the afternoon performance. When I passed by the kitchen of the army just now, I smelled the smell of fragrant food, and I drooled. A male player said.

Because the unit's chopsticks were limited, the platoon commander decided to let the members of the propaganda team eat first, and he himself led the officers and soldiers to clean up the playground and prepare the performance venue for the afternoon. The members of the propaganda team squatted or stood in twos and threes with dishes and chopsticks, watching the soldiers busy on the playground while eating, and their hearts were full of respect. When the team leader saw Yulan coming, he stepped forward to inquire, and asked her to perform the show well with everyone in the afternoon, and Yulan nodded vigorously.

At about two o'clock in the afternoon, the officers and men of the unit gathered early to sit on the neatly arranged stools on the playground, and the villagers in the vicinity also rushed over when they heard the news, and stood around the playground.

"Dear army leaders and comrades-in-arms, the condolence performance of the ****** Ideological Propaganda Team starts now, please watch "The White-Haired Girl"."

Then the gramophone played the song "The North Wind Blows, the Snow Drifts", Yulan is dressed in red clothes and blue pants, tied a thick braid, slowly enters the center of the venue with ballet steps, and dances to the music, and after a while, a male team member dressed as Yang Bailao also played, and the father and daughter danced happily around the red head rope in their hands, and suddenly brought everyone's emotions into the plot, as the plot deepened, Huang Shiren and other bullies and landlords persecuted Xi'er's father and daughter, Xi'er fled into the mountains for refuge, and her hair turned white, In the end, the communist troops came, eliminated the bully landlord, Xi'er returned to her hometown and so on, everyone burst into tears, and the villagers pointed to the actors who played Huang Shiren and other bully landlords angrily, and some even threw small stones, and the resident platoon commander hurriedly stood up and dissuaded:

"Comrades-in-arms and fellow villagers: After watching the performance of the propaganda team, we must not forget the hard days of the past, **************, we must cherish today's happy life, listen to the words of the party, listen to Chairman Mao's words, and be a good soldier of Chairman Mao. The comrades of the propaganda team are putting on a show for us, but they are not bad people, so don't throw stones at them. ”

"On behalf of the propaganda team, I would like to thank everyone for watching, we still have some things that are not performing well, please give more opinions." The leader of the propaganda team also stood up and said.

Magnolia walked to the middle of the playground with all the actors and saluted everyone again, a few villagers couldn't help but walk over and pull Xiao Magnolia's white hair to take a closer look, Magnolia took the opportunity to take off the wig so that everyone could see enough.

After returning home, Yulan told Hong Shun and Lingzhi about going out to perform this time, and Lingzhi was anxious and sad for a while, but Yulan came over to comfort her that she was okay.

One day Yulan and her classmates took a labor class again, everyone carried a hoe to the mountain to reclaim the wasteland, returned home in advance, because the weather was too hot, Bai Li invited Yulan to buy ice noodles to eat, the two of them walked to the side of the stall selling ice noodles together, just when the cold noodles were sold out, the small vendor said that if you really want to eat, you will go to the "Sifang Well" with her to make it. Yulan had always been curious about how the cold powder was made, so she followed the small vendor into the "Sifangjing" alley with Bai Li, forgetting her mother's teachings for a while. After walking into the roadway about 200 meters away, I came to the side of the "square well" platform, at this time, the side of the well platform was full of people carrying water, washing clothes, washing vegetables, the small vendor found a small piece of empty land and put down the basin and iron bucket in his hand, wrapped the cold powder seeds with gauze, and then walked to the side of the well platform, threw the iron bucket down, poured the cold well water from the well into a basin, took a wooden stick in the basin horizontally, rubbed the cold powder seed bag back and forth on the wooden stick, and after a while, I saw that the well water slowly began to solidify, Bai Li kept staring at it with wide eyes, saliva in her mouth, Yulan looked at it for a while, turned her face and looked at the surroundings of the "Square Well" alley, because her father and mother had not let her come here, so she felt even more curious, stood up and walked slowly towards the lane, Bai Li looked back and saw Yulan, and called her while running, and the two tried to walk not far, and saw the old mansion that was nailed and sealed with wooden boards.

"Magnolia, listen to my father and mother say that this place has been haunted all the time." Bai Li said to Magnolia.

"How can there be ghosts in this broad daylight, the book says it's all superstition." Magnolia said.

"But I'm still a little scared, let's go." Bai Li said as she looked around.

"Don't be afraid, I'll just lean on the side of the door and see what's inside." Magnolia looked in along the crack in the door, and saw that it was a ruin with rotten wood carved beams, cobwebs, and overgrown weeds. At this time, the little vendor shouted to them by the well platform to eat cold noodles, and the two turned around and walked back.

"You two are so bold that this place is shaky." The vendor handed them two bowls of freshly made noodles.

"Why? Isn't it just an empty house? Magnolia said as she ate.

"Empty house? Did you know that there were many deaths in there? A laundry aunt said in horror.

"Huh?" Bai Li was so frightened that she trembled, Yulan was also obviously taken aback, the two looked at each other, and quickly ran out of the "Sifangjing" laneway after eating the cold powder and paying the money.

After Yulan got home, she didn't dare to mention it to her parents, so she hurriedly finished eating, took a shower, only said that she was very tired, and then went back to the house to lie down and rest.