A year later, Hong Shun and Lingzhi prepared all the dowries for Yulan were all in place, Chen Gang and Yulan came to talk about marriage, Chen Gang became the deputy director, the Commercial Bureau allocated him a two-room house, the kitchen is in the aisle like other homes, Yulan went to see it, although it felt that it was not as spacious as her own house, but when she thought of being able to be alone with Chen Gang day and night, and live a happy and sweet life with each other, the width of the house was not so important in her eyes. After returning home, he told his parents that Chen Gang's house in the unit was enough for the two of them to live after they got married, Lingzhi and Hong Shunxin thought it was true, thinking that Chen Gang was an only son, and his parents died early, I don't know if the furniture and furnishings have been added, if not, they will help do it, anyway, it is for Yulan. After Yulan told Chen Gang about the kindness of her parents, Chen Gang said that she would not let Lingzhi and Hong Shun do anything, Chen Gang handed over all the money he had saved since his work to Yulan, and let Yulan look at it, Yulan saw that there were beds, cabinets, tables and chairs in the room, and she didn't feel that she was missing anything, so she changed the curtains and added tablecloths, and the rest was still missing, thinking that she would bring it from home when she got married.

In discussing the marriage of the two, Lingzhi advocated marrying Yulan in a beautiful manner according to the old rules, because she and Hong Shun are such a baby daughter, all their love is pinned on Yulan's body, and they sincerely hope that Yulan will be happy for a lifetime, but Chen Gang did not expect Chen Gang to put forward the idea of a new marriage.

"Uncle and aunt, I understand your thoughts and feelings very well, in all fairness, marriage is a major event in life, only once in a lifetime, and every family in the ancient city marries a daughter in this way. But it's just that my marriage with Yulan has to be properly considered, as the deputy director of the Commercial Bureau, the marriage should not be too public, Yulan is also a female cadre trained by a department store, we got married, many people are watching, if we don't take the lead, it will not be good for our work in the future. Chen Gang said word by word.

"What does this marriage have to do with the two of you being cadres, this neighbor and the villagers still want to take the opportunity to be lively." Lingzhi said.

"But now it is a new society, and the new marriage is advocated by the state, and Yulan and I are both national cadres and party members, so of course we must take the lead in responding to the call of the country. Actually, I think it's enough to subtract those clichés, relatives, friends, classmates and colleagues, everyone gets together to eat some melon seeds and fruits, and witness our wedding, so that you two elders can be less tired. Chen Gang said with a smile.

"How's that going to work? Eating some melon seeds and fruits is considered marriage, wouldn't it be a joke for the neighbors and villagers. Lingzhi said.

Chen Gang saw that he couldn't understand Lingzhi, and it was not good to continue talking for a while, so he hurriedly turned his face to Hong Shun, hoping to get the support of his uncle, but Hong Shun looked at Lingzhi and then at Chen Gang, and didn't know which side to help for a while, so he smiled noncommittally, Hong Shun never thought that Chen Gang would put forward such an idea, which made it difficult for him and Lingzhi to accept, and saw that Lingzhi did not agree to Chen Gang's proposal, so he had to follow silently. Seeing this, Chen Gang had to turn to Yulan, Yulan didn't expect Chen Gang to have these thoughts, thinking that the house where Chen Gang lived was not good to tell the truth to his parents, and now if he was biased towards Chen Gang again, he was afraid that his parents would not be able to accept it for a while and be sad, so he had to play a round and say that the marriage would be discussed in two days, and he was not in a hurry for this meeting, so he pulled Chen Gang and walked out.

"Hey, tell me, what's going on with this Chen Gang, he usually talks to us so well, why can't he get along with us on the matter of marriage?" After Lingzhi saw Yulan and Chen Gang leaving, he said to Hong Shun.

"Chen Gang has his own ideas, in fact, I think that Chen Gang is a person with brains and will not follow the crowd." Hong Shun said.

"However, if you want to get married as simply as he said, this is not a loss to our Yulan." Lingzhi said.

"It's not the loss of this marriage, when we got married, those old-fashioned etiquette didn't just say that it would be reduced, and you didn't have much opinion, after so many years, we also came, isn't it okay." Hong Shun said.

"At that time, life was not peaceful, and I encountered those sad things, and my father and mother tried to keep me from feeling lonely. Alas, not to mention the past. Lingzhi said aside.

"Let's not be too serious about Yulan's marriage, after all, they are married, and they are going to live together for the rest of their lives. You see that both sides of Yulan don't know what to say today, she is not like this usually, and it can be seen that she is embarrassed. Hong Shun said.

Hearing Hong Shun say this, Lingzhi thought about it, then stopped making a sound, opened the wardrobe, took out the various quilts prepared for Yulan, counted them one by one, put them in after counting, and went to count the other dowries.

Yulan accompanied Chen Gang along the bluestone slab road by the river embankment and walked slowly, both of them were silent, only hearing the "click, click, click" sound made by the shoes stepping on the bluestone slab, Chen Gang stared at the boat floating on the river in the distance, floating in the waves, and the green mountains in the distance were gradually reflected in the sunset on the horizon. Yulan has been silently watching Chen Gang, the two have been dating for so long, Yulan has never seen Chen Gang so silent as today, I don't know if Chen Gang is angry with himself or his mother.

Yulan once thought about the scene when she married Chen Gang, but she didn't think that the marriage should be new, and she didn't associate the marriage with her and Chen Gang's cadre identity, today is the first time to hear Chen Gang say that marriage should respond to the call of the country can not be too public, at the beginning Yulan was also blindfolded for a while, and then slowly thought about it, and felt that what Chen Gang said made sense, as a national cadre, if the marriage was still done according to the old rules of the past, wouldn't it be laughed at by colleagues in the department store, especially with Chen Gang to study at the higher party school, After receiving the influence of new ideas and new things, and coming back to get married and making it so cheesy, how do the leaders of the department store think of themselves in the future, especially Chen Gang, as the deputy director of the Commercial Bureau, let him get married to exercise those old rules, what to wear a big red flower, cross the brazier, carry the bride, etc., how will he be the deputy director in the future?

"Chen Gang, it's not too early, let's go back." Magnolia said softly.

"Magnolia, look at that sunset, it's so brilliantly red, but tomorrow it will still be replaced by the rising sun. The old is always replaced by the new, and it is not an overnight thing to break the old traditions and concepts. Chen Gang said with deep feelings.

"Chen Gang, I figured it out, I will be on your side, and we will do the ideological work of my parents together. Trust me, my mom and dad will agree with us. Magnolia said affectionately.

"I believe that after getting along with my uncle and aunt for so long, I will never forget their feelings for me, and I have long regarded them as my reborn parents in my heart, and their thoughts are also normal and not wrong, but we must not forget that we are leading cadres and party members, and we must resolutely respond to the party's call and change customs. Magnolia, let's take the lead and set a good example for young people and society, are you willing? Chen Gang said.

"Chen Gang, I am willing, I believe you are right." Yulan said to Chen Gang.

"Give up those old rules, it's just a superficial phenomenon, it's for people to see, and what we want is real happiness, and we will never leave each other together." Chen Gang said seriously.

Yulan looked at the determined look in Chen Gang's gaze, like a raging flame, completely melting herself inside. A man like Chen Gang who has passion for work, enthusiasm for life, and love for himself is worthy of his life. Although she is a female cadre trained by a department store, she has also received the party's education and clarified the direction of her future efforts, but compared with Chen Gang, her consciousness is still not high enough, and her thinking about problems is not long-term, just like a happy little woman indulging in sweet love, everything is handed over to Chen Gang to deal with, and I believe that he will handle all problems in an orderly manner.

Chen Gang looked at Magnolia's beautiful face, like the bright moon in the sky, and his pure eyes showed his yearning for a better life in the future. Yulan is not deeply involved in the world, and she thinks about the marriage of the two simply, so it is necessary for her to think more about her future and take her on the road of life.

Chen Gang hugged Yulan in his arms, stroked Yulan's hair with his hand, put his face on it, gently sniffed the feminine breath emanating from Yulan, and muttered in his mouth:

"Yulan, I love you, the two of us will never be separated for the rest of our lives."

Yulan leaned on Chen Gang's chest, as if she had walked into a warm harbor, no matter the wind and rain outside, she would not be hurt in the slightest, Chen Gang was her sky, her earth, and her protector in this life.

On this day, Yulan was sorting out the materials in the office, Aunt Peng came over with a teapot to ask for boiling water, Yulan hurriedly put down the materials, stood up and lifted the thermos to pour boiling water for Aunt Peng, Aunt Peng asked about Yulan's marriage by the way, Yulan smiled bitterly and shook her head, Aunt Peng was very strange, so she sat down and asked what happened between her and Chen Gang, Yulan comforted Aunt Peng and said that it was okay, and then told Aunt Peng about the marriage knot, Aunt Peng listened, thought for a while, and said that she and Chen Gang's idea was right, With the situation that she and Chen Gang are now in the unit, it is true that they can't do it according to the old rules, otherwise what will the unit leaders do when they go to participate, but it is a little difficult to get a new marriage in the ancient city, especially the older generation is not very acceptable, and they still have to do more work. Aunt Peng persuaded Yulan not to worry, and waited for her to take a time to see Lingzhi, help talk and make peace, and make sure that Lingzhi changed her mind. When Yulan heard this, she happily took Aunt Peng's hand and thanked her repeatedly.

After Aunt Peng persuaded Lingzhi, she finally dispelled her last concerns, and Aunt Peng told Lingzhi that the new marriage is now liked by young people, and everyone got together to be lively and lively, saving a lot of trouble. At that time, the leaders of the units will also come to their weddings and act as witnesses, which is a matter of glory to the faces of the young people. As for the relatives and friends at home, they can simply get together for a meal, the important thing is that Yulan and Chen Gang will love each other for the rest of their lives after marriage. Aunt Peng also said a lot of good things about Chen Gang in the unit, which made Lingzhi full of joy.

So Yulan and Chen Gang's wedding was selected on the "May Fourth Youth Day", the young people of the department store and the commercial bureau are full of energy, to have a good time at their new-style wedding, and some also came up with some ideas to make trouble with Chen Gang and Yulan at the wedding, the leaders of the two units are also vying to be the witness, and finally Aunt Peng came forward to coordinate, saying that Chen Gang went out from the department store, and the mother's family is the biggest, and the witness should of course be the department store. So both units agreed to adopt Aunt Peng's suggestion.

Under the leadership of Aunt Peng, the young people decorated the conference room of the department store, hung colorful silk ribbons on the ceiling, hung a portrait of Chairman Mao in the center, colorful balloons tied in the corners, tea, fruits, peanuts, melon seeds, cakes, etc. on the conference table, and the leaders and employees of the business system sat around the table, eating melons and fruits and talking and laughing, happy for Chen Gang and Yulan, the lovers, and everyone was looking forward to their newcomers.

Lingzhi originally prepared a big red cardigan bridal dress and long skirt for Yulan, but later because Yulan and Chen Gang were going to change to a new-style wedding, so the bridal outfit could not be worn, Lingzhi took the clothes in his hand the night before and weighed it repeatedly, and there was a sense of loss in his heart, Yulan came home and saw Lingzhi sitting in front of the bed with a melancholy expression, and felt a little unhappy, so he walked to Lingzhi and sat down, hugged Lingzhi's shoulders with both hands, leaned his head on Lingzhi's shoulders and muttered:

"Mom, I'm sorry, I know I let you down."

"Alas, the female university is not staying, I know that your heart has already flown to Chen Gang." Lingzhi said with a sigh.

"Mom, I know that you and Dad have felt sorry for me since I was a child, and I was always afraid that I would be wronged, but I told you, Chen Gang will definitely not let me be wronged, and I feel full of joy and happiness when I am with him. Chen Gang is more sensible than me, and he is worth learning from me both in work and in life. Rest assured, I didn't see the wrong person, nor did I marry the wrong person. Magnolia said softly.

"As long as you are happy and happy, neither your father nor I will stop you. It's just that this dress is so beautiful, I can't see you wearing it, I feel weird and pity, don't you know that I put a lot of thought into it? Lingzhi said.

"Then I'll put it on for you now, okay?" Yulan said and stood up, took the clothes and long skirt from Lingzhi's hand and said.

Lingzhi was stunned, then nodded, Yulan walked into the inner room to change clothes, at this time Hong Shun came over, so Lingzhi pulled Hong Shun to sit down, and the two waited for Yulan to come out.

Because Yulan rarely wears this old-fashioned cardigan, she struggled to button the disc buckle on the clothes, and it took a while to button all the buttons, and then she pulled her hair in the mirror, and she didn't know what it looked like to wear such clothes, whether it looked good or not, and thought that it was at home anyway, no outsiders saw it, so she walked out of the inner room, Lingzhi and Hong Shun looked up and saw Yulan, and couldn't help but let out a surprised admiration, especially Lingzhi couldn't help but cover her mouth with her hand, I saw that Magnolia's delicate body was wrapped in the bride's clothes and long skirt, like a delicate lotus blooming in the pond, warm and transparent, noble and delicate, looking at the movement of Magnolia, turning around gently, that smile, that bend and twist, it is really like the seven fairies in Huangmei Opera "Tianxian Pei", which is so beautiful that people are intoxicated.

Lingzhi stood up and walked over, coiled the two long braids of Magnolia on his head, took the hair clip from his head and clamped it for Magnolia, took a few steps back, looked left and right, nodded and said:

"It's like a real bride."

"In the past, brides would have worn it like this, but they had to wear headdresses, earrings, gold locks, bracelets, and so on." Hong Shun said.

"It's because they're not happy, otherwise, I'd really have to wear all the magnolias." Lingzhi said.

"I feel guilty of dressing like this now, and if I have to wear those, then I will be tired enough to get married, I will be tired enough, I will be tired of walking, I will be tired of saluting, and I will be tired of serving tea, my good mother, you still have pity on me." Magnolia pulled Lingzhi and said.

"Once in a lifetime, you can't stand this." Lingzhi said.

"Come on, I'd better go and change out of this outfit first, it makes me feel so uncomfortable. However, Mom, I know this is your masterpiece, and I will treasure it well, and although I don't wear it, I can take it out and look at it from time to time. Magnolia said as she walked towards the inner room.

"How's it going? Now it's satisfying. Hong Shun asked.

"This married woman is just spilled water, and it is difficult to take it back." Lingzhi said.

"That's not it, Chen Gang is alone, maybe their little couple will often come back to bother you." Hong Shun said.

Yulan changed her clothes, folded the bridal dress neatly, held her hands out, and asked where Lingzhi was placed, Lingzhi took it, put the bridal dress on the neatly folded quilt, and said that she would bring it over tomorrow. Magnolia unwrapped the clip from her hair and handed it back to Lingzhi, then went back to her room to rest.

With a burst of noisy laughter, surrounded by a group of young people, Yulan and Chen Gang walked in, Chen Gang was wearing a sky blue tunic and black pants, with a pair of liberation shoes tied on his feet, Yulan was wearing a light red floral bragi dress, wearing a pair of flat cloth shoes on his feet, two long braids on his head were rolled up to his shoulders, tied up with green silk, looking heroic, and his shy and handsome appearance made everyone sigh that the bride was too beautiful, and the two of them wore the bride and groom saffron on their chests, and walked to the middle of the conference room. The director of the commercial bureau personally served as the host, first let the two of them stand, salute the statue of Chairman Mao, and then bow to all the people on the scene, and then the two of them faced each other to salute as husband and wife, and after the salute, the leaders of the department store gave them a marriage ceremony.

"Comrades: Today we are very happy to see Chen Gang and Hong Yulan tie the knot, and the union of their lovers is a great joy for our ancient city business system. Chen Gang, hard work, positive and enterprising, became a young and promising deputy director of the Commercial Bureau, Hong Yulan, serious and responsible, actively strive for progress, and became the deputy director of the department store office. They are really a pair of talented women, good couples, today I want to give them a marriage certificate, I hope that the two of you will work with one heart and one mind, share weal and woe, never give up, and carry the old with the old. ”

"I want to give birth to a noble son early." Aunt Peng shouted with a smile below.

"Yes, yes, yes, I want to give birth to a noble son early." The department store leader added with a smile, and then walked down and sat down with the director of the commercial bureau.

Several young people couldn't bear it anymore, and they were noisily asking them to tell everyone about their relationship, Yulan blushed and smiled and lowered her head silently, the young people turned to Chen Gang and asked Chen Gang to say first, Chen Gang smiled and said:

"The two of us have to thank Bai Li for getting to know each other, if we hadn't been bumped into by Bai Li that day, we might have missed it in this life."

Before a word, everyone turned their eyes to Bai Li, Bai Li was sitting and knocking melon seeds, I didn't expect Chen Gang to say this, several young female comrades dragged Bai Li forward stiffly, I had to tell Bai Li how Chen Gang and Yulan met, Bai Li didn't expect such a show, squinted at Wu Hao who was sitting in the corner of the table, Wu Hao didn't know what to do, only sat stunned, Bai Li had to say at the right time:

"Well, I just became a little cannon fodder, maybe it was God's arrangement, let me knock down the information in his hand, so that he stopped and met Yulan when he picked up the information. Where can I be a matchmaker, this man must be matched with a woman's appearance, this is also fate. ”

"Then please help me be a little cannon fodder another day, so that I can find a partner sooner." A young man said with a smile.

"Look for your size, think beautifully." Bai Li deliberately sneered.

At this time, a young man squeezed an apple with a thread and squeezed it in, shouting to let the newcomer bite together, Yulan and Chen were just about to bite, the young man lifted his hand, and the two kissed together, making everyone laugh, Bai Li looked at them eating melon seeds, and only felt sour in his heart.

"Chen Gang, you have to tell everyone how you treat Yulan in the future." Aunt Peng proposed.

"Yes, let Chen Gang talk about it." The director of the Commerce Bureau continued.

Chen Gang touched his head embarrassedly, looked down at Yulan, turned his face to everyone and said with a smile:

"Care for her, love her, support her, help her."

"To be specific, who does the work at home?" Aunt Peng continued to ask.

"The two of them worked together, but now men and women are equal." Chen Gang said.

"Equality between men and women? Then you have a baby. A female employee said.

"This? I don't. Chen Gang said.

"When Magnolia gives birth, you have to do more things." Aunt Peng said.

"Yulan, if Chen Gang bullies you in the future, what will you do?" A female employee asked.

"Will you bully me?" Yulan looked at Chen Gang and asked affectionately.

"Yes, when you don't wear clothes when it's cold, when you don't take medicine when you're sick, when you're picky eaters, I'll bully you." Chen Gang said with a smile.

"Wow, that's so impressive." The young people sighed for a while.

"You all have to learn from Chen Gang before you can find a beautiful and virtuous daughter-in-law in the future." The head of the department store said.

"Chen Gang said so movingly, then let Chen Gang kiss Yulan, okay?" A male employee coaxed.

"Okay, kiss one, kiss one." So the young people followed suit.

Chen Gang looked at everyone, and then at Yulan, and became embarrassed for a while, Yulan blushed even more shyly, turned around slightly, but asked a group of female employees to pull her around, Yulan looked at Chen Gang, I don't know if Chen Gang would really kiss her in front of so many people. Chen Gang hesitated again and again, his body was pushed by the male employees to come over in front of Yulan, the two were next to each other face to face, Chen Gang looked at Yulan lovingly, gently stretched his head over, Yulan closed her eyes embarrassedly, just when Chen was about to kiss Yulan, his body was pushed by the young people, and Yulan collided with him, Chen Gang was worried that Yulan would fall, and quickly hugged Yulan with both hands, this move was seen by everyone, and they couldn't help laughing.

"Okay, okay, let's have enough trouble with them today, let them go back to rest." Aunt Peng cleared the siege.

"Aunt Peng, it's still early, we still have to make trouble in the cave room." A male employee said loudly.

"It's your young people's business to make a hole in the hole, we old people don't mess around with you, and the leaders have to go back early to rest." Aunt Peng said.

So everyone got up and prepared to go home, several young employees were not addicted, they had to let Chen Gang carry Yulan back to the new house, Chen Gang couldn't resist them, so he had to squat down in front of Yulan, Yulan hesitated, was pulled by the young people, had to support Chen Gang's back, so Chen Gang gently lifted Yulan to his back, stood up and walked towards the new house, and the young people followed behind and coaxed "Zhu Bajie carried his daughter-in-law home" and walked together.

When they arrived at the dormitory of the Commercial Bureau, Chen Gang put down Yulan, took out the key to open the door, and let Yulan in first, several young people still wanted to go in, but Chen Gang stopped them, and said with a smile that they had enough trouble today, and it was time for him and Yulan to rest, but the young people did not agree, saying that if they were not allowed to go in, they would stay in front of the window and eavesdrop on the corner, anyway, they would not let him and Yulan be quiet, Chen Gang had no choice but to take out a few yuan from his pocket and hand them to let them go for supper, and finally sent a few young people away.

Yulan plucked the bridal flowers from her clothes and put them on the table, Chen Gang closed the door, approached Yulan and asked her if she was tired, Yulan shook her head, and then gently took off the groom flowers for Chen Gang and put them down, Chen Gang hugged Yulan, a pair of hot eyes looked directly at Yulan, making Yulan embarrassed, blushing and lowering her head, Chen Gang gently raised Yulan's lower forehead, looked at Yulan's eyes affectionately, kissed her lips on the corner of Yulan's mouth, Yulan closed her eyes happily, and her hands involuntarily wrapped around Chen Gang's neck, This moment is the beginning of their happy life, and no one can separate them again.

"Magnolia, from today onwards, you are mine." Chen Gang muttered while kissing.

"Chen Gang, I love you, you are not allowed to leave me." Yulan whispered in Chen Gang's ear.

"Magnolia, I love you, I will love you as my own life, we will never be separated." Chen Gang stroked Yulan's hair and said softly.

"I'm yours, you're mine, and we're stuck together forever." Magnolia muttered.

"Yulan, you don't know how beautiful you are, you are so beautiful that I can't stop it, I can't live without you anymore." Chen Gang kept kissing Yulan's cheeks, lips, sideburns, and neck, and then picked up Yulan with both hands, Yulan was lying in Chen Gang's arms, as delicate as a bright flower, Chen Gang kissed Yulan while holding her to bed.

After getting married, Yulan and Chen Gang, like other employees, came home with vegetables from work, and stood in the corridor aisle to cook together, Chen Gang knew that Yulan was not very good at cooking when she was at home, so she always asked Yulan to help with her hands, wash the vegetables, pick the green onions, and when she was afraid that the oil star would splash on Yulan, she let her go into the house to avoid it. Yulan felt Chen Gang's care for herself, and her heart was happy, and she took the initiative to help hand Chen Gang a bowl and spoon, and saw that Chen Gang's apron was not fastened, so she quietly stood behind Chen Gang and gently helped tie it, and waited for Chen Gang to prepare a meal, and was busy setting up the table and chopsticks in the house, Chen Gang entered the house with an antimony pot and fried dishes on a plate with both hands, and the two sat down to eat affectionately, Yulan only felt that such a day was sweeter than honey.

On weekends and holidays, Yulan and Chen Gang made an appointment to go back to Yulan's house to see Hong Shun and Lingzhi, Lingzhi always had to make a few more dishes that Yulan loved to eat, and waited, after Chen Gang helped with the housework, he sat down with Hong Shun and chatted, Lingzhi pulled Yulan and asked her about her married life with Chen Gang, Yulan always smiled and said that Chen Gang was good to her, Lingzhi looked at Yulan's happy face, and relaxed her heart.

Soon, Bai Li and Wu Hao also got married, Yulan and Chen Gang were very happy for them, and specially prepared a pair of beautiful pillows for Bai Li to give her, soon after Bai Li got married, Master Wu died of illness, and later, Wu Hao's grandmother and mother also died one after another, leaving only the younger brother and sister to follow Wu Hao and Bai Li, Bai Li's mother sighed that Bai Li was tired after marriage, and went to visit from time to time.

On this weekend, after Lingzhi cooked a meal at home, he never saw Yulan and Chen Gang come back, so he put the food into a small lunch box one by one, and took Hong Shun to the dormitory of the Commercial Bureau to see what was going on with Yulan and Chen Gang. After the two of them arrived at the Commercial Bureau, they inquired all the way, and finally found the dormitory of the Commercial Bureau, the two of them walked carefully along the corridor, turned the corner and went upstairs to a narrow aisle, only to see that the aisle was lively and lively, the aisle was full of kitchen utensils, every family was busy in the aisle, your house stir-fried, his family cooked, this lack of salt to that house to get a little, that family of young onions to this house to smoke one, the smoke and vapor are all mixed together, the whole aisle is stuffed with the taste of frying cooking, Lingzhi asked the family about the residence of Yulan and Chen Gang, so he kept walking straight inside, and not far away, he saw Chen Gang standing in the aisle with an apron and cutting vegetables, Lingzhi and Hong Shun walked over to stop him, Chen Gang turned around and saw that it was Yulan's parents coming, so he hurriedly put down his work and let them into the house.

"Mom and Dad, why are you here?" Chen Gang asked with a smile.

"I made a dish for you, and I thought you would go back, but I didn't see it, so I had to send it to you, and you didn't go back, what are you busy with?" Lingzhi said.

"Oh, it's Yulan who is sick, and she has a headache, so I will accompany her to rest at home." Chen Gang said.

"Magnolia is sick? Let me see. Lingzhi walked straight to the back room in surprise, only to see Lingzhi lying on the bed, his hair scattered, sleepy eyes, and a tired face.

"Magnolia, what's wrong with you?" Lingzhi asked loudly.

"Mom, Dad, why are you here? It can't be what Chen Gang told you. Magnolia opened her eyes and asked in surprise.

"Usually you go home on the weekend, but you didn't come today, and I'm worried about what happened to you." Hong Shun said.

Chen Gang brought two cups of tea and handed them to Lingzhi and Hong Shun, and pulled over a stool for Lingzhi and Hong Shun to sit down, telling them that they encountered heavy rain when they got off work yesterday, and because they were in a meeting at the Commercial Bureau, they couldn't pick up Yulan, Yulan didn't bring an umbrella, but she ran home against the heavy rain, and as a result, she caught a cold in the rain, and woke up this morning and shouted that she had a bad headache. Lingzhi hurriedly asked if she had taken the medicine, Chen Gang said that he had prescribed medicine for her and came back for her to take it, Lingzhi couldn't help but say that people as big as Yulan don't know how to take care of their own body. Yulan smiled helplessly and said that it was okay, and it would be fine after a day off. Hong Shun asked Chen Gang to take out the food they had brought, and the general was hot to eat, and Chen Gang happily ran out to do so. Lingzhi turned around and looked at the room where they lived, next to the head of the bed was a crimson three-open cabinet, there was a mirror inlaid in the middle of the cabinet, on the top of the cabinet were two suitcases that Lingzhi and Hong Shun bought for them, there was a desk on the windowsill opposite the bed, the table was full of books, paper and pens, etc., some books were standing, some books were opened, a small table lamp stood in the right corner of the table, and there were small dining tables, small stools, small cupboards and some toiletries in the outer room, Lingzhi couldn't help but feel a little sour, Originally, I only heard Yulan say that everything was good at home, and I believed her, but I didn't expect it to be like this, and I didn't even have a decent kitchen. Alas, it's useless to say anything now, who made Yulan love Chen Gang so affectionately, even if she would rather suffer hardships and suffer in this life, she will follow him, the woman will not stay! Now I just hope that the two of them can live in love with each other.

"Yulan, where is it convenient to live here, I think you two should move back home." Lingzhi said to Magnolia.

"Mom, Chen Gang and I are used to living here, don't dislike it, you see that the neighbors next door don't all live like this." Magnolia said.

"Mom and Dad, we know your kindness, but when we grow up, we can't always rely on you, and we also have to learn to live independently. The current difficulties are temporary, and we will slowly improve them later. Chen Gang stood aside and said.

"Mom, don't worry about me all day long, Chen Gang and I live well, even if we suffer a little, it's nothing, as long as the two of us are happy." Magnolia said.

"Well, forget it, let's not force them too much. But when you have any need, come to your house and say. Hong Shun said.

Seeing that they were so determined, Lingzhi couldn't say anything, so he had to let them go. After Lingzhi and Hong Shun sat for a while, they put away their lunch boxes and got up to say goodbye, and kept telling Yulan to drink more boiling water and take medicine on time, Yulan nodded frequently and agreed.

A year later, the Cultural Revolution began, all units in the ancient city were mobilized, and the county conference was held in front of the big theater, all units gathered all the workers, followed the red flag hand into the venue, and stood in line at the designated place, each participant held a small red quotation book, and a statue medal was pinned to the chest, and the red conference banner was hung on the stage, and a table was placed in front of the stage, and a microphone was placed on the table, and several tables were spliced into a row and equipped with long chairs. Several leaders of the county party committee and government were sitting precariously with two big red flags pasted behind them, and four loudspeakers were placed in each of the four corners of the stage, loudly playing the song "The sea sails by the helmsman." The whole venue looked full of people and was unprecedentedly lively.

A leader signaled the announcer to turn off the record player, walked to the front desk to speak, first to the microphone "hey, hey, hey" after trying the sound a few times, and then announced the start of the conference, first of all, all the staff stood up, sang the "Dongfang Hong" song together, the announcer immediately played "Dongfang Hong", all the staff sang loudly together, and the loud singing resounded throughout the venue. After singing "Dongfang Hong", everyone applauded and welcomed, only to see a man in his 40s, thin and wearing a blue cloth with a quotation book in his hand, walking up to the speaker's seat, waving his arms into the microphone and shouting "Long live Chairman Mao!" The people on and off the stage also waved their arms and shouted, and then made a mobilization speech with an impassioned speech, and at the end of the day, they led everyone to shout slogans again. Then the county magistrate also stepped up to the speaker's seat, arranged various tasks and requirements, and expressed on behalf of the people of the county that he would carry out this unprecedented cultural revolution in the ancient city to the end, and finally took the lead in shouting slogans, and all the staff also shouted.

After the mobilization meeting, the work of various units in the ancient city fell into a passion in full swing, and all units set up a cultural revolution propaganda team, which wrote big-character posters by hand in the units every day, and then carried paste, rolled up with ink and posters all over the streets.

Yulan and Chen Gang both participated in the "Chairman Mao's Red Guard" propaganda team of the commercial system, and the team members all wore green clothes and pants, tied belts around their waists, carried small green bags, and wore red sleeves on their left arms, with the words "Red Guards" written on the sleeves.

After a period of time, the ancient city set off a climax of criticizing the forest and the hole and breaking the four olds, the Red Guard propaganda team members have become rebels, the archways, pavilions and pavilions, carved beams and paintings set up along the streets of the ancient city have become the four olds in the eyes of the rebels, the rebels picked up the hammer, smashed it when they saw it, some of the traders on the street were facing the Buddhist shrine enshrined in the house on the street after being seen by the rebels, they rushed into the house and smashed it, the traders wanted to reason with the rebels, and the rebels twisted their arms and reprimanded, and the older ones cried and scolded for not being filial, The rebels threw down the phrase "If you mess around any more and you will be arrested", they walked away. As a result, some vendors saw that business was not doing well, so they closed their doors one after another, and only looked out from the small windows every day.

The two county leaders of the ancient city felt distressed because they saw the antique cultural relics along the street being smashed, so they asked the Red Guard rebels to show mercy, but they unexpectedly caused trouble, and both of them were accused of "royalists" by the Red Guard rebels. From then on, no one dared to stop the reckless behavior of the Red Guard rebels in the ancient city.

Chen Gang helps write manuscripts and big-character posters in the office of the Commercial Bureau every day, and the paper manuscripts in front of him are piled up, because his writing is outstanding, and the calligraphy is also good, so the materials of the commercial system have fallen into his hands, and he writes darkly every day, often sitting for several hours, sometimes he can't hold back and wants to go to the toilet, but the Red Guard rebels who came to get the big-character posters are in a hurry, Chen Gang is not good at offending them, so he has to send them away next to each other, and then run to the toilet to take a little rest.

Yulan participated in the county's literary and artistic propaganda team, and was busy rehearsing the revolutionary model plays "The White-Haired Girl" and "The Red Lantern" every day, serving as the protagonists of the white-haired girl and Li Tiemei, because Yulan had played "The White-Haired Girl" before, so it was easy to remember the lines of "The White-Haired Girl", but in "The Red Lantern", except for remembering a song "There is a red heart", the other lines were not very familiar, and the two model plays were cross-rehearsed and rushed to report the performance, so Yulan had to rehearse many times during the rehearsal.

Every day, Chen Gang and Yulan were busy until late before going home, and when they got home, they were both exhausted, and they didn't even want to eat, they just wanted to lie in bed and rest.

"When I used to rehearse the show, I wanted to perform the show well, but now I am in a hurry, catching up with the schedule, and I have to memorize so many lines at once, which really makes me dizzy." Magnolia said lying down.

"Try your best, my hands are sore when I write every day, and it's hard to say take a break, and those Red Guards are urging me every day." Chen Gang said.

"Hey, I can't figure it out, now it seems that I don't have to do any work except for meetings and posting big-character posters every day." Yulan turned over and said to Chen Gang.

"yes, there's a lot of stuff going on in our business bureau right now. Since the leaders of the two counties were overthrown, the leaders did not dare to be careless, as long as it was said by the Red Guards, they hurriedly followed it, and did not care about whether it was thoughtful or not. Chen Gang said as he gently stroked Yulan's hair.

"Don't say it, the last time I participated in the meeting of criticizing the secretary of the county party committee and the county magistrate, I felt a little wronged for them, what a pity it was that those cultural relics on the streets of our ancient city were smashed." Magnolia said softly.

"Shhhh Chen Gang hurriedly covered Yulan's mouth and said.

"I haven't been home for a long time, I wonder what happened to my parents?" Magnolia changed her position, lay flat on her back, and said as she looked at the ceiling.

"Let's find some time to go back and have a look over the weekend. Hey, are you hungry? Why don't I cook some noodles for the two of us. Chen Gang sat up and asked.

"I'm a little hungry, let's go cook together." Magnolia also got up and sat up and said.

So the two got out of bed, walked out of the room to the aisle, at this time the aisle on the aisle after eating and cleaned up and returned to the house, for a while it seemed cold and deserted, in the dim light, Chen Gang made a fire, Yulan took the antimony pot filled with water and put it on the stove, opened the cupboard and took out the dry noodles, Chen Gang squatted down to pick the onion and garlic, stood up and cut it with a knife, after the water boiled, Chen Gang took the noodles from Yulan's hand and put them into the pot, prepared the bowls and chopsticks and seasonings while cooking, and when the noodles were cooked, Chen Gang was putting them in the bowl, and a family opened the door and came out, Seeing that Chen Gang and Yulan were cooking something to eat, he couldn't help but greet them in surprise, asking if he was cooking something to eat so late, Chen Gang and Yulan smiled slightly with him, the man turned around and walked towards the toilet, Chen Gang and Yulan quickly made noodles and brought them into the house, closed the door, and sat together and ate quietly.

As soon as Chen arrived at the unit the next morning, he heard several colleagues in the unit talk about it, saying that Bai Li from the department store took a group of Red Guards to smash the ancient buildings of Qinglong Cave, saying that it was a dilapidated four. Chen Gang chuckled in his heart, thinking to himself, the ancient buildings of Qinglong Cave are the key cultural relics of the ancient city, with a long history, how can they be smashed casually? This Bai Li is also too out of line.

Yulan was rehearsing the program with the members of the propaganda team, and during a break, a female team member quietly pulled her to a corner and whispered to her that her mother's Lingzhi's cloth shop had been attacked by the Red Guards, saying that she was criticized for digging a corner of socialism for capitalists. Magnolia was shocked, how is this possible? The female team member hurriedly signaled her to whisper so that no one could hear, Yulan looked left and right, anxious, and wanted to run home immediately, but she was the protagonist, and if she left, she would not be able to rehearse the board play. Besides, it's not good to ask the team leader for leave for this kind of thing, so as not to arouse suspicion. So Yulan had to patiently endure the rehearsal with everyone, and she was not able to get out until the lunch break, and she couldn't take care of eating, so she immediately walked to Hong's cloth shop.

When I came to the door of the cloth shop, I saw that the door of the store was closed, and the door panel was pasted with large-character posters in various fonts, some of them were printed wet because the paste was not dry, and some of them made a swishing sound when the wind blew, and there were stones and debris thrown down on the ground in front of the door. Yulan looked at all this, and felt panicked in her heart, how many years has her own cloth shop been open, from her grandparents to her parents, how much effort has she put into this cloth shop, she also grew up playing here when she was a child, and each door panel has traces of being scratched by her ruler, and she doesn't know how many times she has touched the texture of each door panel, and she remembers clearly which door panel is where it is placed. In Yulan's impression, the cloth shop has always been full of people coming and going, but today it is so deserted and closed, and without her mother and Yufen, Yulan can't help but worry in her heart.

Yulan looked around at the people passing by, and slowly turned around and walked towards the house, thinking that her mother had never experienced this kind of formation in her life, and she didn't know what was going on now.

Yulan walked to the door of the house, saw that the door was hidden, so she pushed the door in, walked through the courtyard, walked into the living room, only to see her father and mother sitting at the table of the eight immortals silently, seeing Yulan come in, Lingzhi sighed, Hong Shun hurriedly asked Yulan if she had eaten, Yulan shook her head, Hong got up and went to the kitchen to get food for Yulan, Yulan walked to Lingzhi's side, helped Lingzhi shoulder and rubbed it gently, Lingzhi took Yulan's hand, looked at it from head to toe and said:

"The cloth shop at home was left by your grandfather, who has been open for so many years, but he is said to be a capitalist. What exactly is a capitalist? I've never heard of it in my life. ”

"Mom, did those people hit you?" Magnolia asked softly.

"No, I reasoned with them, but it didn't make sense at all, thanks to the help of Yufen and his wife, they couldn't do business and had to go to the door panel, but they smashed it for a while, what kind of world is this? There is no royal law at all. Lingzhi said angrily.

"Mom, you dissipate your anger, I was worried for a while after I got the news. What happened to Yufen and them? Magnolia asked.

"After your father came back and learned about this, he discussed with Yufen and the others, thinking that they would not be able to do any business for the time being, so they asked them to go back to their hometown to rest first, and then come back after a while." Lingzhi said.

"That's fine." Magnolia said.

Hong Shun took out two bowls of noodles from the kitchen and put them on the table, let Lingzhi and Yulan eat, Lingzhi moved the chopsticks, but couldn't eat, Yulan sat on the other side and moved the bowl in front of him, picked up the noodles with chopsticks and ate them slowly, Hong Shun took the opportunity to ask Yulan and Chen Gang about the situation during this time, Yulan answered while eating, Lingzhi was ready to dial some noodles in the bowl to Yulan, but Yulan blocked it, saying that it couldn't be eaten, Lingzhi asked Hong Shun to go to the kitchen and take out a set of chopsticks, and pulled out most of the noodles in the bowl, so that Hong Shun helped eat, I drank some soup on the noodles.

After eating the noodles, Yulan looked up at the old-fashioned wall clock on the wall, and told Hong Shun and Lingzhi that she was going back to rehearse the show, and advised them to relax and close the door for a few days first, and then come back with Chen Gang on the weekend. Hong Shun cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks on the table, and Lingzhi told Yulan not to be too tired, just to catch a cold, and pay more attention to her body. Magnolia said yes as she walked out of the house.

After Yulan rehearsed the show in the afternoon, on the way home, she met Bai Li, Bai Li saw Yulan's listless appearance, and guessed that it must be for the family cloth shop, Bai Li had heard it in the morning. Because Yulan participated in the rehearsal program of the county propaganda team, she was rarely in the unit, so she rarely saw Bai Li. Bai Li participated in the Red Guard armed forces in the department store, and every day she posted big-character posters on the street with the Red Guard rebels. In order to be able to make some achievements, one day after work when passing through the Qinglong Cave, I saw the pattern on the door of the ancient buildings in the Qinglong Cave, stared at it for a while, but I couldn't figure out what it meant, so I was so angry that I raised my foot and kicked it, stepped on the pattern, turned around and left, didn't take a few steps and suddenly retreated back, and suddenly thought that it would be better to bring the Red Guard rebels to smash the Qinglong Cave tomorrow, so that it will definitely attract the attention of the county revolutionary committee, and maybe it will also cause a sensation in the county. Then she Baili will be famous in the county. So the next day, as soon as Bai Li arrived at the unit, he and several Red Guard rebels said where the four old ancient cities were the oldest, and everyone couldn't answer for a while, Bai Li proudly said that the Qinglong Cave was the oldest four old cities in the ancient city, and the oldest four old ones were not broken, but they went to break those small fights, which did not play a role. Everyone listened to her reasonable, so Bai Li continued to agitate, everyone couldn't help but say, invited to carry the hammer, pick up the iron drill and walk towards the Qinglong Cave, Bai Li took the lead in the front, to the Qinglong Cave door, Bai Li was the first to roll up the sleeves, the hammer was smashed towards the door, the others rushed up, smashed, the matter spread to the county Revolutionary Committee, two members of the Revolutionary Committee hurriedly ran, saying that smashing the Qinglong Cave needs to ask the superiors for instructions, to stop for a while. Later, after this matter was reported layer by layer, it attracted the attention of the central government, and the instructions said that it could not be smashed, Bai Li and the others stopped, and Bai Li also got the favor of the county revolutionary committee, thinking that she dared to think and dare to do, and drew her from the department store to the revolutionary committee.

In the morning, Bai Li heard several Red Guards in the Revolutionary Committee reporting on the affairs of Yulan's Hong's cloth shop, and somehow, a wave of inexplicable joy poured out in her heart, thinking that Yulan, who has always been smooth sailing, will also encounter this kind of thing, her family's cloth shop has been open for many years, and she has also been given new clothes by Yulan's mother to wear when she was a child, but since she was a child, she has always deigned to the back of Yulan, and she didn't think about it so much when she was a child, as long as she had fun, she was happy. But after joining the work, Yulan always rose smoothly, but she was transferred to guard the warehouse for many years. Yulan and Chen Gang are talented and beautiful when they get married, not only did they not get the support of their mother when they married Wu Hao, but they were also so plain in the unit, no matter how hard they tried in their lives, they couldn't catch up with Yulan. But time has passed, and now Yulan's cloth shop is targeted by the Red Guards, so I really want to see what Yulan's reaction will be when she learns about it.

"Why are you so unmotivated? Is it tired of rehearsing the show? Bai Li asked.

"Alas, my parents are angry because of the impact on the cloth store, and I feel sad." Magnolia said.

"If that's the case, let's close the door." Bai Li said with pretended concern.

"I thought the same thing, but my mom didn't agree, and I didn't know how to persuade her. When I get home, I want to ask Chen Gang what to do. Magnolia said worriedly.

"I really envy you, you can talk to someone about something, unlike me, I solve things by myself. Last time I went to smash the Qinglong Cave with the Red Guards, you don't know that after Wu Hao knew, he was so scared, I said that I was alone when something happened, what was the result, and I was transferred to the county revolutionary committee. Bai Li said freely.

"What? Are you going to smash the Green Dragon Cave? Magnolia asked in surprise.

"Look at you, what's the fuss about, just smashed some, someone came to stop it, I thought it was a mistake, it turned out that the superiors had a request." Bai Li said.

"You, since you were a child, you have not been afraid of heaven and earth. I haven't seen you for a while, but I didn't expect you to be transferred to the county revolutionary committee. Magnolia said sincerely.

"If you have time, you should go home and persuade your mother not to go against the Red Guards, otherwise, it will not be good for you and Chen Gang." Bai Li said tentatively.

"Well, I think the same way, I'm going to go home with Chen Gang to talk to my mother on the weekend." Magnolia said.

"Okay, then you can go back quickly." Bai Li said.

"Okay, goodbye." After Yulan finished speaking, she turned around and walked home.

Bai Li stood and watched the back of Yulan gradually moving away, thinking that she had been transferred to the county revolutionary committee to work was finally a head higher than Yulan, in this situation, there are a few people who can casually enter the county revolutionary committee, the county revolutionary committee is now the highest level and the most powerful unit in the ancient city, and the leaders of any other unit are under the jurisdiction of the county revolutionary committee, and often have to come over to ask for instructions and report work, this alone makes Bai Li feel indescribably proud, so the next step is to find a way to fight for the official transfer, Who said that I, Bai Li, was only worthy of guarding the warehouse, so that Yulan, Chen Gang and the people in the department store were all impressed by my Bai Li, and I didn't expect that none of them would have imagined that my Bai Li would also get ahead one day.

When Yulan returned home, Chen Gang had already cooked the meal, and the two of them brought the food into the house, sat at the small table and ate, Yulan asked Chen Gang why he came back on time today, Chen Gang said that it was not early to report to the county revolutionary committee in the afternoon, so he bought some food and came back to cook.

"By the way, Bai Li has been transferred to the county revolutionary committee, I saw her there today, and I haven't had time to say hello to her yet." Chen Gang said.

"I ran into her on the road just now, and she told me." Magnolia said.

"She went to smash the Qinglong Cave, but she was not criticized, and she was drawn to the county revolutionary committee, I really can't figure it out." Chen Gang said.

"I just can't figure it out, my cloth shop has been open for so many years, and today it was also attacked by the Red Guards, saying that the capitalists dug the corner of socialism, and my father and mother were angry, so I went back at noon to comfort them." Magnolia said.

"Now I can't explain a lot of things, I can't figure it out, and I have to be careful all the time. There are many shops on the street that can't afford to do business and close their doors, let's also persuade my parents to close the door of the store, if one day they rush in, a burst of smashing and knocking, the loss of the store is small, and the second old man is sick and big. Chen Gang said.

Hearing Chen Gang say this, Yulan also felt that it made sense, so she hoped that Chen Gang would go home with her on the weekend to persuade her parents, but Chen Gang said that he would participate in a criticism meeting on the weekend, because the director was not away, so he couldn't get out, and now in this situation, it's not good not to participate, Yulan thinks about it, or go back by herself.

On the weekend, Hong Shun and Lingzhi came back from buying vegetables, dragged a small bench and sat in the yard to pick vegetables together, both of them were stuffy and did not speak, the home seemed unusually quiet, Hong Shun saw that the vegetables were picked, he took it to the side to wash, Lingzhi took a broom to clean the garbage on the ground, took out the dirty clothes from the house and threw them into the laundry basin, took out the washboard and put it in the laundry basin, dragged the stool and sat down to scrub the clothes, Hong Shun looked back and saw that Lingzhi did not take the soap, so he put down the vegetables he was washing, took the soap for Lingzhi and put it on the washboard, Lingzhi lowered his head, didn't say anything, and went straight to wash his clothes, only to hear the sound of his clothes swishing on the washboard.

Yulan walked into the house, Hong Shun saw Yulan, smiled slightly, and then looked at Lingzhi Nunu, Yulan turned her head and saw Lingzhi washing clothes, so she walked over, squatted down, and moved the washboard from Lingzhi's hand, Lingzhi saw that it was Yulan, sighed helplessly and shook his head, Hong Shun quickly brought a small bench for Yulan to sit down, still went back to do his own thing, and intended to let their mother and daughter talk together.

"You came back alone, what about Chen Gang?" Lingzhi asked.

"He went to a criticism meeting and couldn't leave." Magnolia replied.

"There are criticism and fighting meetings all day long, fighting this and fighting that, and watching good people are all caught fighting and doing evil." Lingzhi said.

"Mom, even if you say this at home, you can't go outside to talk about it, it's not good for people to hear." Yulan persuaded Lingzhi to say.

"Now I can't do business well, and I can't even talk casually, and I feel aggrieved and uncomfortable." Lingzhi said.

"Mom, don't be like this, if you can't do business, just close the door, our family's life can go on, but you can't hold back your illness." Magnolia said.

"Why are you closing? This store is an old brand left over from your grandparents for many years, and it can't be broken in my hands. Lingzhi said.

"Now there are not many people who come to tear cloth to make clothes, except for the green military uniform cloth that is easy to sell in our department store, the others are piled up." Magnolia said.

"Those cloths in your state-run industry, to be honest, I really don't like it, it's not gray, and selling cloth is to have a variety of colors." Lingzhi said.

"But who dares to wear those glamorous clothes now, so you don't have to work against the state." Magnolia said.

"You are state-run business, and I am my own business, and they have nothing to do with each other." Ganoderma lucidum was angry for a while.

"Mom, if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about me and Chen Gang, think about it, Chen Gang is the deputy director, and I am also a small cadre, if you don't take the lead in closing the store, how can Chen Gang and I take the lead in the unit." Magnolia begged.

"You don't do a good job in the unit, and you run around the streets all day long, and it's not good to make a scene." Lingzhi said angrily.

"Mom, if you let others hear this, something will happen." Magnolia stomped her foot and said.

Hong Shun listened to her mother and daughter talking and did not speculate, so she hurriedly came over to play a round and asked one of them to say a word, Lingzhi stood up and walked towards the house, Hong Shun pulled Yulan, signaling her not to fight with Lingzhi.

"Dad, what's wrong with my mom? Tell her well, she just won't listen. Magnolia angrily sat down and continued to rub her clothes.

"Your mother is uncomfortable and won't let her open a cloth shop, so what will she do? It's been open for so many years, and it must be impossible to figure it out if you shout to close the door all of a sudden. Hong Shun persuaded Yulan Dao.

"Dad, if you don't listen to the greetings, you will be arrested and criticized at that time, how can I bear to see you being criticized at such an age. Besides, Chen Gang and I are both doing things cautiously now, if you are criticized, then Chen Gang and I will also be implicated. Yulan begged Hong Shun and said.

"Not really, it's illegal to open the door to sell cloth, don't think about things so terrifyingly, I'll persuade your mother later." I went to cook first, and today I thought that you and Chen Gang would come back, and your mother and I bought some more vegetables. Hong Shun said.

"Dad, don't do it, I don't want to eat, Chen Gang is still in a meeting, I'll go back first, in short, you guys think about it again." Magnolia walked out of the house after speaking.

Two days later, an aunt from the countryside inquired all the way to the neighbors on the street, and found Lingzhi's house, saying that the family was going to marry a daughter, and wanted to tear a few quilts in the cloth shop, because the Hong's cloth store had been closed, the aunt had to go to the department store to see it first, and the color of the fabric in the department store was not festive, so the aunt turned back, hoping to buy what she liked in the Hong's cloth store. Lingzhi heard what the aunt said, so he took her to the cloth shop to open the door, and personally helped to select a few colorful horses, and the aunt paid the money with satisfaction, and happily took the fabric home. Lingzhi then cleaned up the cloth shop inside and out alone, and then sat down and started to do business, at this time several Red Guards followed Bai Li to pass by the cloth shop and saw Lingzhi open the door to do business, and couldn't help but instigate Bai Li, wanting to enter the cloth shop to smash, Bai Li thought about it, and blocked a few Red Guards, saying that she would let go of the cloth shop today, and she had her own way to solve it, so she returned to the county revolutionary committee with a few Red Guards.

Hong Shun saw that Lingzhi went to open a cloth shop for a few days and did not encounter anything, so he gradually dispelled his worries, and he still went to work at the county government on time every day. In the county government, except for the people who participated in the Red Guards writing big-character posters and holding criticism and fighting meetings, the rest of the people just came to the unit to hang out and simply do some daily affairs, and waited for them to go home from work.

In the afternoon, Hong Shun was copying the information on the case, and suddenly the door was pushed open, and several Red Guards broke in, Hong Shun was stunned for a while, and then saw Bai Li striding in with rolled up materials in his hand, Hong Shun was about to ask Bai Li what he was doing, but Bai Li couldn't help but point to Hong Shun and said loudly to the Red Guards:

"This is the one who used to work in the Kuomintang organs, and now he is still working in the government, who knows if he is a Kuomintang spy lurking here and spying on our important information."

"It's worth it, hurry up and grab it." One of the Red Guards shouted.

So several Red Guards stepped forward and twisted Hong Shun up without saying a word, and Hong Shun instinctively said to Bai Li while resisting:

"Bai Li, how can you be so open-mouthed? I watched you grow up. ”

"Yes, you have been lurking in our county government for so many years, and no one knows, let alone how much information you stole from the government." Bai Li said sneeringly.

"Bai Li, you are a bloody squirt." Hong Shun bent over and turned his head to Bai Li and said.

"No matter how cunning the enemy is, he can't escape the bright eyes of the proletarian Red Guards." Another Red Guard said.

At this time, other people who worked in the county government rushed over when they heard the news, and when they saw Hong Shun being escorted by the Red Guards, their eyes widened, and they all pointed and discussed, only to see Bai Li get up from the chair, support her waist with one hand, and wave her hand to everyone and say:

"Since everyone has taken the initiative to come over, let's hold a live criticism meeting here today. Chairman Mao taught us: All the rich and anti-bad rightists, if you don't fight, they won't fall! This Hongshun worked in the Kuomintang government before liberation, and after liberation, he lurked in the ancient city for many years, don't look at him honestly working in the county government every day, in fact, everyone doesn't know what the hell is going on in his heart. Chairman Mao taught us that the Red Guards should keep our eyes open, and we must not allow such people to mix in the ranks of the proletariat and in the county government to steal information. Down with Hong Shun! Down with the spies! ”

Several Red Guards followed Bai Li and shouted slogans, and the crowd of onlookers involuntarily raised their hands and shouted, Hong Shun braided Bai vigorously and said that he was not an enemy, let alone a spy, but was beaten by several Red Guards, his hair and clothes were grabbed by the Red Guards, and a Red Guard also walked over and slapped Hong Shun fiercely, Hong Shun was immediately beaten to the point that his eyes were full of stars, blood flowed from the corners of his mouth, and his face was hot and painful, Hong Shun gritted his teeth angrily and glared fiercely at the Red Guards who beat people.

"Revolutionary comrades, this is the end of today's criticism meeting, and all of you must be vigilant and take strict precautions against spies like Hong Shun, and you must never allow the enemy's conspiracy to succeed." Bai Li said loudly.

Then Bai Li beckoned a few Red Guards to throw down Hong Shun and leave, and the crowd of onlookers gradually dispersed, some people wanted to go over to help Hong Shun, but left and right to see that everyone was leaving silently in their own places, so they were also afraid of getting into trouble, looked at Hong Shun sympathetically, shook their heads and left helplessly.

Hong Shun picked up the ground for a long time, and waited for the crowd to disperse, then slowly got up, his hands caressed his face, the blood stains on the corners of his mouth were stained on the palms, sticky, and gently pulled off his clothes, two buttons were torn off, and the pocket on one side was also torn, Hong Shun looked on the ground on both sides, and found a button under the corner of the table, so he walked over and picked it up and pinched it in his hand, and continued to look for another one, but he couldn't find it, so he had to give up.

In the evening, Hong Shun returned home, as soon as he entered the door and saw Lingzhi, Lingzhi was startled, Lingzhi saw Hong Shun's clothes were torn, his hair was messy, and his face was red and purple, and he was taken aback, and hurriedly came over to help him and asked him what was wrong, Hong Shun didn't say a word, silently walked into the inner room and sat down, Lingzhi hurriedly went to get a towel, helped him wipe the blood on the corner of his mouth, was blocked by Hong Shun, Hong Shun stood up, walked straight to the bathroom, closed the door, opened the water valve, and after a while, there was a sound of crying from inside, Lingzhi helped bring clothes and heard it outside the door, and was terrified and couldn't help but be stunned.

Lingzhi and Hong Shun have known each other for so many years, and have never seen Hong Shun cry so heartbroken, Lingzhi knows that Hong Shun has always been obedient, timid, and does not cause trouble, but today's posture is like a fight with others, what happened to make Hong Shun do it? Lingzhi was puzzled, so he hung his clothes on the doorknob and turned to go into the kitchen to get food.

Hong Shun took a shower, completely calmed down his mood, changed into clean clothes, and walked out slowly, Lingzhi prepared the meal and served it to the table, put the rice in front of him for Hong Shun, handed him the chopsticks, and then sat down by himself, watching Hong Shun silently eating with a bowl, Lingzhi gave him some vegetables and put them in his bowl, Hong Shun did not postpone it, and chewed slowly.

"Does your face still hurt? I'll give you a pill to rub it. Lingzhi said softly.

Hong Shun shook his head, continued to eat, stretched out his hand to put vegetables in Lingzhi's bowl, and motioned for her to eat too, Lingzhi ate silently, but his eyes kept staring at Hong Shun, Hong Shun put down the dishes and chopsticks after eating, looked up and saw Lingzhi's inquiring gaze, and then slowly told her about it. Lingzhi listened and listened, first frightened, then angry, and finally angrily put down the dishes and chopsticks and said:

"It's really unreasonable, tomorrow I'll go to Bai Li's theory, why is this Bai Li like this? It's a shame that she and Yulan are good friends who grew up since childhood. That day, I saw her standing in front of the cloth shop with a few Red Guards, and I thought they were going to enter the store to find fault, but they left, and I thought it was Bai Li who was protecting our family. ”

"Forget it, forget it, now it's justified and there is nowhere to argue, and it can't be clear at all to reason with them, maybe you will still be angry." Hong Shun said.

"It's unreasonable, and you can't beat people casually like this, there's no royal law." Lingzhi said.

"I've also thought about it a lot, Yulan and Chen Gang don't know about this today, let's not tell them, lest they worry about it." Hong Shun said.

Lingzhi sighed and nodded, thinking that although his cloth shop was hit by the Red Guards, he would not be physically harmed, and Hong Shun had always been an honest and conscientious person.

Lingzhi stood up and cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, Hong Shun was about to clean up by himself, but was stopped by Lingzhi, saying that he would sit and show him how he was injured later, and then picked up the dishes and chopsticks and walked into the kitchen. Before going to bed at night, Lingzhi looked at Hong Shun after taking off his clothes, the marks on his arms and body were pulled out, and he felt sad for a while, especially when he touched Hong Shun's arm slightly, Hong Shun couldn't help but spasm, Lingzhi took the medicine and gently applied it to Hong Shun, and then helped Hong Shun to lie down slowly, put the medicine away, and then went to bed to rest with Hong Shun.

The next day, Lingzhi asked Hong Shun not to go to work and take a rest at home, Hong Shun said that if he didn't go to work, he would be mistaken for being an enemy spy, and since he had a clear conscience, he would go to work frankly and let those people see his innocence. Lingzhi couldn't persuade him, so he had to let him go, and he also walked towards the cloth shop.

When Hong Shun went to the office, it aroused everyone's curiosity, some people were puzzled, and some also expressed sympathy, nodded slightly to him as a greeting, and then quickly walked away, Hong Shun didn't mind, went straight into the office, put the table and chair in place, wiped it with a rag, opened the door wide, and then sat in the office as usual, the people who came and went passed by the door, and saw that Hong Shun was still sitting and sorting out the information, and didn't say anything, and then everyone went to do their own things.

Lingzhi dismantled the door panel of the cloth shop piece by piece, cleaned it up, and then began to sell cloth, several Red Guards passed by the cloth shop and saw that Lingzhi started to do business again, they were very angry, and discussed going to the county revolutionary committee to find Bai Li together.

Bai Li just heard a few Red Guards talk about the Lingzhi cloth shop, and then a few Red Guards ran to say that Hong Shun still went to work in the county government, thinking that this Yulan's parents really ate the scales and didn't listen to the greetings, since this is the case, then don't blame me Bai Li for being ruthless.

So Bai Li reported the matter of Yulan's parents to the leaders of the Revolutionary Committee, revealing that Hong Shun was a Kuomintang spy and Lingzhi was a capitalist, and they must be proletarian ****, but their daughter Hong Yulan was still performing a model play in the county propaganda team. And Chen Gang, the deputy director of the Commerce Bureau, should also have a clear attitude on this matter and draw a clear line with Yulan and his family.

The leaders of the county revolutionary committee heard Bai Li's words, thought about it for a while, and unanimously agreed to call Yulan to talk first, from the perspective of caring for Yulan, hoping that she would make her parents confess their guilt and stop going against the Red Guards. After the Commercial Bureau was criticized, the leaders of the County Revolutionary Committee were considering transferring Chen Gang from the Commercial Bureau to the County Revolutionary Committee, so there is no need to worry about Chen Gang's attitude.

During this period, Chen Gang was busy holding meetings, arranging Red Guard parades, writing big-character posters, etc., and was often busy until he could go home late, and he didn't even know about Yulan's pregnancy. Yulan wanted to wake him up for a while, but looking at his sleeping appearance, she knew that after being criticized from the county commercial bureau, Chen Gang had been committed to renovating the commercial bureau, so she was tired enough from her work to think about it and had to give up.