The next day, Chen Gang came to the county early in the morning, saw Chen Gang, all the people retreated, Chen Gang ignored it, walked straight to a leader's office, told the leader what happened yesterday, showing that he was innocent and innocent, the leader said that because there was no other person in the house at that time to testify for him, and Bai Li bit Chen Gang and insulted himself, so he couldn't help, and he regretfully informed him, saying that from today on, there is no need to go to work in the county revolutionary committee, and he will go home and wait for the notice at any time. Chen Gang was dumbfounded for a while, although he was already prepared in his heart, he still couldn't help but feel lost, so he turned around and prepared to leave, when Bai Li rushed in.

"Stop, for this kind of hooligans, you can't send them home so easily, first go to the street to sweep the streets with your Yulan, and consciously accept the transformation." Bai Li said.

Chen Gang looked at Bai Li, and then at the leader, the leader nodded helplessly, waved at Chen Gang and said, "Go." Chen Gang glanced at Bai Li with contempt, turned around and walked out of the Revolutionary Committee.

Chen Gang came to the street to find Yulan, snatched the broom from her hand, helped her sit down to rest first, picked up the broom, rolled up her sleeves, and swept along the street. Yulan looked at Chen Gang's figure waving a broom with both hands, knowing the pain in his heart, feeling that he was dragging him down, deeply blaming himself in his heart, looking down at his erect belly, and stroking with both hands, this used to be the crystallization of love between himself and Chen Gang, but now it has become a burden, the family is worried about themselves, but they can't help anything, they have become a useless person.

After Chen Gang swept out a long way, he looked back, wiped the sweat beads on his face with his sleeve, picked up the broom and turned around and walked back to Yulan, at this time Hong Shun took Tilan to bring food to Yulan, saw Chen Gang and Yulan together, he was stunned, and then he understood, the three of them did not speak, Chen Gang helped Hong Shun take out the food from Tilan, and brought it to Yulan to eat, Yulan burst into tears for a while, choked and couldn't eat.

"For the sake of our children, everything we do is worth it." Chen Gang comforted Yulan Dao.

"As long as the family can be together, don't cry, don't let people see our weakness." Hong Shun said.

Yulan wiped away her tears with her hands, and after reluctantly eating a few bites of food, she put down the dishes and chopsticks, saying that she really couldn't eat them, Chen Gang took them, ate them three times and twice, swept away the food brought by Hong Shun, put away the dishes and chopsticks and put them back in Tilan, and said to Hong Shun that he would go home to get them in the future, and there was no need for Hong Shun and Lingzhi to run back and forth like this every day. Hong Shun nodded, picked up Tiran and turned to go home.

Chen Gang helped Yulan down the steps to the dock river to wash his hands, the two stood on the dock, Chen Gang gently stroked the hair on Yulan's forehead, Yulan couldn't help but lean on Chen Gang's chest and asked:

"Am I getting uglier?"

"In my eyes, you will always be the most beautiful." Chen Gang said.

"I think I'm the one who dragged you down." Magnolia muttered.

"We are husband and wife, what do you say is not a drag, isn't this kind of arrangement very good now? We can sweep the streets together every day, and we can also make Mom and Dad worry less. Chen Gang said.

"Of course it would be nice to be able to do this, but I don't know what will happen next?" Magnolia said worriedly.

"You are pregnant with a child now, don't think about it so much, the soldiers are coming, the water is flooding, let it be natural." Chen Gang said.

After a few days, Chen Gang and Yulan were safe, Yulan's anxious heart finally let go, every day under Chen Gang's care to the street, with a broom to sweep a few times, Chen Gang quickly swept out more than ten meters away, and then returned to pull Yulan forward, and then continued to sweep forward, the couple supported each other to sweep the street, and the pedestrians who came and went on the street saw the couple sweeping the street, and they also took the initiative to avoid. Bai Li passed by the street and saw this scene, and became jealous, so she came up with a trick to ruin the reputation of the husband and wife.

Bai Li asked a Red Guard to take out two bucket signs, write the names of Chen Gang and Hong Yulan respectively, and draw the heads with a red ink pen after the names, and asked the Red Guards to hang the two signs in front of the public toilet in front of the big theater, especially Chen Gang's hanging men's toilet and Hong Yulan's hanging women's toilet, so the Red Guards picked up the two signs and walked to the big theater.

Chen Gang and Yulan just finished cleaning the public toilet and walked out of it, and were loading garbage in front of the door, only to see two Red Guards coming over, Chen Gang and Yulan didn't know what they were going to do, Chen Gang instinctively protected Yulan with his body, but the two Red Guards ignored it, and walked to the toilet door, a Red Guard climbed the partition wall in front of the door, took out nails and hammers and beat them, Chen Gang and Yulan stopped what they were doing, turned their heads to look over, and saw another Red Guard hand over a sign in his hand, and after the two signs were hung up, The Red Guard jumped off the wall, stood at the door of the toilet and looked up, the two of them couldn't help but laugh dumbly, one Red Guard repeatedly said, "It's the other way around", and the other Red Guard said, "Don't be afraid, that's it." The two of them walked past Chen Gang and Yulan with a laugh, and looked at Chen Gang and Yulan with strange eyes from time to time. After they walked away, Chen Gang and Yulan turned around and walked to the door of the toilet to take a closer look, Yulan suddenly trembled with anger, and Chen Gang also clenched his fists through gritted teeth.

"They insulted us like this, and turned the men's and women's toilets upside down." Magnolia said angrily.

"A bunch of scumbags, wait for me to go up and take them down." Chen Gang was about to climb up as he spoke, but was stopped by Yulan.

"I can't take it, they're looking for our stubble, and I'm afraid that they will inexplicably add to our guilt." Magnolia said.

"This?" Chen Gang hesitated for a moment.

"The body is not afraid of crooked shadows, relying on these despicable means can only show that they are not visible." Magnolia said.

Chen Gang gritted his teeth, and after loading the garbage with Yulan, he dragged it to the garbage heap, at this time someone came over and wanted to go to the toilet, and when he looked up and saw the sign hanging in front of the door, he was stunned for a while, and he didn't know which side of the door to enter, and then a few men and women came, a group of people stood there and asked each other which side was the men's toilet and which side was the women's toilet. After Chen Gang cleaned up the garbage and walked back, he saw everyone standing in front of the toilet door and watching the hanging sign, so he angrily "puffed" and turned to help Yulan and walked towards the riverside wharf. Some of the people in that group couldn't hold back, so they went into the toilet to relieve themselves according to the previous regulations, and then came out and looked back at the hanging sign and said, "It's really strange, why did you hang up the sign all of a sudden." Some people thought it was novel, and they said it when they met people, which attracted many pedestrians on the street to stop and watch.

"This is a clear attempt to stink the reputation of the two of us, you are right, the body is not afraid of the shadow crooked, the more they are like this, the more we have to calm down, but we want to see what other tricks they can play." Chen Gang said to Yulan.

"Chen Gang, with you by my side, I am not afraid of them splashing sewage." Magnolia said.

"Okay, let's do things in a bright way and live an upright life." Chen Gang hugged Yulan tightly and said.

Unexpectedly, the next day, when Chen Gang was sweeping the street with Yulan, several Red Guards came and took Chen Gang away without saying anything, Yulan was frightened to chase after her, Chen Gang turned his face and shouted loudly to Yulan:

"Magnolia, don't come here, be careful to protect our children."

"Chen Gang, Chen Gang." Yulan watched Chen Gang being taken away by the group, and kept shouting.

After Chen Gang was taken away, he didn't go home for several days, Yulan couldn't take care of a lot, and went to Bai Li many times to ask for an understanding, but Bai Li refused to see her, Yulan didn't think about tea and dinner every day, and came to the county gate at dawn to stand and wait, and asked Chen Gang's news when he met people, and the people in and out of the county shook their heads or waved their hands or escaped, looking at Yulan's look full of longing, an older man couldn't bear it, and quietly told Yulan when no one was paying attention, saying that Chen Gang was taken to the rural commune to criticize and fight, and he might bring it back tomorrow, Let her go home and wait. Magnolia thanked her with tears in her eyes and walked back slowly.

Sure enough, Chen Gang was brought back the next day, and when he got out of the car, he ran straight to the street to find Yulan, Yulan sat at the entrance of the city gate, and saw a person with messy hair, haggard face, beard, and ragged clothes walking towards him, Yulan hesitated, and only after the person approached did he see that it was Chen Gang, Yulan couldn't suppress the panic in her heart, and stood up immediately, but couldn't stand up for a while, Chen Gang approached Yulan, stretched out his hand full of dirt and wanted to pull Yulan up, but he felt that it was inappropriate, and he wanted to go to the river to clean it first, but was grabbed by Yulan, stood up vigorously, threw himself into Chen Gang's arms, and cried loudly.

"You're finally back, where have you been? Make me anxious to wait. Magnolia said while crying.

Chen Gang hugged Yulan tightly, wanting to cry without tears, the humiliation, indignation and concern for Yulan in the past few days were all intertwined, so that he couldn't talk about it for a while, listening to Yulan's cry, he felt powerless and self-blame, thinking that as long as he could return to Yulan's side, let her vent happily.

Chen Gang and Yulan returned home together, Hong Shun and Lingzhi looked at Chen Gang and also had mixed feelings, and hurriedly beckoned him to wash, Yulan insisted on sitting outside and guarding, for fear that Chen Gang would disappear again as soon as he came out, Hong Shun and Lingzhi brought the prepared meal to the table and waited for the two of them, and after a while, Chen Gang cleaned up and walked out, pulling Yulan to sit and eat together.

Lingzhi and Hong Shun looked at the traces on Chen Gang's arm, and when they looked up again, they saw that there were also a few bruises on his face, and the two looked at each other, silently shaking their heads and saying nothing. Chen Gang took care of adding food to the Yulan rice, but he ate very little, as if he was strongly suppressing something, Hong Shun saw this, so he asked softly:

"Chen Gang, what's wrong with you?"

"Nothing, Dad." Chen Gang replied softly.

"Say whatever you want, don't hold it back in your heart." Lingzhi said.

Chen Gang stopped chewing for a while, and slowly, two hot tears slipped into the bowl, Chen Gang slowly put down the dishes and chopsticks, lay on the table, his whole body spasmed and shook, trying his best to suppress the cry of grief and indignation, Yulan also put down the dishes and chopsticks, holding Chen Gang with both hands, tears also fell involuntarily, Hong Shun and Lingzhi saw them like this, looked at each other, and their hearts also welled up with all kinds of sadness.

"Chen Gang, this is in your own home, if you want to cry, you can cry, a man crying does not mean weakness, but venting, we can understand your current mood." Hong Shun said comfortingly.

"We just want to see you and Yulan live together peacefully, now the two of you have been made like this, every day we worry about the two of you, these days when you are away, Yulan tea and rice do not think, the soul is not guarded, always worried about you, every day to the county gate to wait, every time people inquire about your news, suffer a lot of eyes and dislike, looking forward to your return." Lingzhi said in a choked voice.

Chen Gang finally couldn't hold back and cried loudly, Yulan leaned her head on Chen Gang's back, and sobbed in a hurry, Hong Shun and Lingzhi also leaned down together to hide their faces and weep. Chen Gang cried for a while before slowly raising his head, Yulan got up and pulled a towel and handed it to Chen Gang, Chen Gang took the towel, buried his face deep in the towel, and then wiped it vigorously, Yulan took the towel from Chen Gang's hand and took it to the basin to scrub.

"Father, Mom, in the days I left, I could bear them beating me and scolding me, but I couldn't bear their humiliation of me! Some of my arresters have been criticized by me for making mistakes at work in the past, and now they are taking revenge on me and making me ugly in front of the public with some inferior methods. Chen Gang said with a sob.

"This is the villain's ambition, so what did they say when you came back today?" Hong Shun asked.

"Tell me to go home and be honest and reflect, they will come to me at any time." Chen Gang replied.

"I see that your hands and face are not lightly injured, and I will ask Yulan to put some medicine on you, which is really evil." Lingzhi shook his head and said.

"Chen Gang, tomorrow you will lie down at home and rest, don't go anywhere." Magnolia said.

"Then you can sweep the streets alone, can you?" Chen Gang asked.

"Don't worry, I'm pregnant now, they don't dare to do anything to me, no one cares if I sweep more or less, I sit and rest when I'm tired." Magnolia said.

"It's okay, we'll go to see her on the street then, so you can rest at home with peace of mind." Lingzhi said.

Hong Shun stood up and cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks on the table, Chen Gang helped Yulan and walked towards the inner room, Lingzhi went to his room to get the medicine and handed it to Yulan, Yulan opened the lid of the medicine, tore a small piece of cotton and dipped it in the potion, asked Chen Gang to roll up his sleeves, carefully wiped Chen Gang, and blew the scar with his mouth while wiping. Chen Gang was worried that Yulan was tired, so he took the cotton from Yulan's hand and crossed his hands to wipe all the scars. Yulan tore some cotton again, dipped it in medicine, asked Chen Gang not to move, and gently rubbed it on Chen Gang's face, until all the scars on Chen Gang's body were medicated, and Yulan did not stop.

Chen Gang took Yulan's hand, looked at Yulan with affection and said:

"I grew up so big, my parents died early, I have always lived alone, since I have you, I have parents and a home, I originally thought that life would get better and better, but I never thought that it would fall to such a point, and let you worry all day long, so that parents are also worried. Magnolia, these days outside, if it weren't for thinking of you and this home, I might have ......"

Chen Gang choked up for a while and couldn't continue, Yulan hurriedly blocked Chen Gang's mouth with her hand and said:

"You promised me that you would never leave me, and I will not allow you to leave, if you leave, then I don't want to live."

"Okay, for the sake of our unborn children, we all have to insist on living, I want to believe that there will always be a day when the clouds will clear." Chen Gang said.

"We've been living with my parents for a while, and we don't know what happened to our home?" Magnolia said.

"When I'm a little better, let's go back and have a look." Chen Gang said.

After Chen Gang rested at home for two days, he gradually recovered, and followed Yulan to the street to sweep the street as usual, but his arm hurt a little hard, Yulan saw this, so he didn't let him sweep, but Chen Gang said that it was okay, and he slowly got used to it after sweeping, turned around and took the broom and tried to sweep it up little by little.

In the afternoon, after Yulan and Chen Gang finished cleaning the street, it was still early to see the time, but they decided to go to the dormitory of the Commercial Bureau together to have a look, the two of them helped each other to the front of the dormitory building, and walked up the stairs, everyone in the aisle was busy making dinner, and when they saw Chen Gang and Yulan coming, they all stopped and looked at the two of them in surprise, some nodded slightly, some turned sideways to make way out of the aisle, and some also greeted the family, which attracted the family to poke their heads out curiously to watch, Chen Gang and Yulan just lowered their heads and walked carefully through the passage, When he arrived at the door of his house, Yulan took out the key to Chen Gang, Chen Gang opened the door, only to feel a musty smell coming to his nose, Chen Gang asked Yulan to stand outside the door and wait, he first walked in with one hand to cover his mouth and nose, opened all the windows, and when he came out again, he only felt uncomfortable as if something was hanging on his face, and kept wiping his face with his hands, Yulan asked Chen Gang to stand still, and carefully got the cobwebs on Chen Gang's hair and face little by little, Chen Gang walked in again and took out the broom from the corner of the house, Standing in the middle of the room for a while, swept down all the cobwebs hanging in the room, and trampled the spiders to death with her feet, Magnolia followed into the house, only to see that the table, chair, and cabinet were covered with dust, and the newspapers on the ceiling were also peeled off due to dampness, and some were curled, and the neatly folded quilt on the bed in the inner room was also a little stiff.

"It's not early today, let's take time to clean it another day, it's too damp in the house, it's not good for you and the fetus." Chen Gang said.

"Then let's go back with some change of clothes." Magnolia said.

So Chen Gang walked over and opened the wardrobe, first took out a sheet and spread it on the bed, took out a few changes of clothes from Yulan and himself and put them on the sheets, then wrapped the sheets and clamped them in his hands, closed all the windows that had just been opened, walked out of the house with Yulan, locked the door, and helped Yulan to walk back as usual. The busy people in the aisle still gave way to the two of them, watching them go downstairs.

Bai Li was recommended by the county revolutionary committee as an activist to participate in the commendation meeting in the city, wearing a big red flower on her chest, walked on stage to receive the award, and stood on the stage with other award-winning personnel to take a picture, after returning to the seat, Bai Li opened the award certificate and looked at it for a long time, and couldn't suppress the joy in her heart, Bai Li remembered that when she was in elementary school, she also accompanied Yulan to win several awards, although she was behind Yulan, but since she went to middle school, every time she only sat under the stage to watch Yulan walk up to the stage to receive the award, and after work, she had no chance to win the award. Completely characterized as a backward and carefree element, it is in stark contrast to the dazzling magnolia. I didn't think that I was standing on the podium now, but what about Magnolia? But he is the object of criticism who sweeps the street with a broom on the street every day, he is really a hero made by current affairs, who said that he will not surpass Magnolia? It seems that as long as you grasp the situation and overthrow the two members of the Yulan family, you will become a standout in the ancient city.

Bai Li returned to her home in the ancient city with excitement on her face, but as soon as she entered the house and saw Wu Hao's appearance, she suddenly became angry. Since the old people in the family have passed away one after another, the words between Bai Li and Wu Hao are not speculative, often Wu Hao can't say a few words and is robbed by Bai Li, after a long time, Wu Hao began to be silent, so Bai Li spent less and less time at home, let alone taking care of Wu Hao's younger brothers and sisters. Sometimes Bai Li went back to her mother directly, and Bai Li's mother was caught by the students because of her strict and harsh teaching, and she also became the target of criticism, and later she was put home under Bai Li's maneuvering.

"Mom, what time is it now, you are still promoting the same set of teaching methods in the past, so where can you do it?" Bai Li said.

"No matter when you arrive, you have to learn cultural knowledge, if you don't study well, what can you do when you grow up?" Bai Li's mother said angrily.

"Now it's about opening the door to run schools, focusing on labor production, and you have to take students to do labor." Bai Li persuaded him.

"What kind of work does this primary school student do, and he is not as tall as a hoe, it's pure nonsense." Bai Li's mother said disdainfully.

"You can take students to peel peanuts, corn or something, and teach students arithmetic while peeling, why is it not good?" Bai Li enlightened her mother and said.

"Please be clear, this is an elementary school, not a kindergarten." Bai Li's mother said angrily.

"Mom, why are you always so serious? You need to keep up with the times. Bai Li said impatiently.

"What trend? It's pure nonsense. Bai Li's mother said.

After Bai Li was robbed by her mother for a while, she was so angry that she ran home and didn't go back for a few days. Suddenly, one day someone from school informed her, saying that her mother was sent to the county hospital for rescue due to myocardial infarction, Bai Li was arranging the Red Guards to engage in propaganda, and when she heard what people said, she couldn't take care of much, so she hurriedly ran towards the county hospital, and came to the door of the emergency room, only to see that the door was closed, Bai Li knocked on the door anxiously, and was persuaded by the nurse to come and persuade her to open, Bai Li had to walk back and forth in front of the empty door alone, looking at the door of the emergency room from time to time, rubbing her hands, hoping that her mother could survive, At this time, Bai Li felt that she was so alone, and there was no one around to help her to inform Wu Hao, even if Wu Hao couldn't help much, but at this time, if Wu Hao could stand by her side and accompany her, she would be satisfied.

Bai Li sat on the wooden stool in front of the door, clasped her hands in front of her chest, and suddenly remembered that when she was in middle school, she once was reckless and climbed onto the basketball hoop to play in one breath, but she accidentally didn't grasp the bracket and fell down, frightening the teachers and classmates on the spot, and the usually quiet Yulan didn't know where to get the strength, picked her up and walked towards the school doctor's office, and guarded her in the school doctor's office for an afternoon. Bai Li thought that if she and Yulan were still in the same relationship as before, Yulan would definitely be by her side at this time, but now it has long been different. Alas, Bai Li sighed, swept away her chaotic thoughts, and forced her composure again. At this time, the door to the emergency room opened, and the doctors and nurses walked out.

"Doctor, how is my mother?" Bai Li stood up and walked over in a panic, and asked the doctor in a hurry.

"Well, go in and see for yourself." The doctor lowered his head and walked away.

Bai Li was dumbfounded for a while, and hurriedly pushed open the door of the emergency room and walked in, only to see her mother lying on the formalities table, her eyes closed, her hands spread out, and her body covered with white sheets, Bai Li gently approached her mother's side, trying to pull her mother's hand, but she felt cold, and then called her mother softly, but she couldn't hear her mother agree, it turned out that her mother had died due to ineffective rescue, Bai Li felt like five thunders, and shouted loudly "Mom" and threw herself on her mother and cried bitterly, and Bai Li's lonely crying echoed in the empty emergency room.

Bai Li felt remorseful in her heart, after simply taking care of her mother's funeral, the rift between her and Wu Hao was getting bigger and bigger, Bai Li hated Wu Hao for being submissive all day long, and couldn't help herself at all, but for the sake of face, she didn't dare to file for divorce with Wu Hao, and she was even more worried that her image in the county revolutionary committee would be affected by marriage problems, so she used busy work as an excuse to rather delay more time in the unit than go home early, and when Bai Li returned home, Wu Hao had already called his younger brothers and sisters to eat and go to bed. Bai Li saw that there was still some leftover food on the table, and sometimes she would buy something on the street and eat while walking, and when she got home, she would go to bed and go to bed.

In the unit, Wu Hao is very passive because of engaging in sports, holding criticism meetings, posting big-character posters, etc., he doesn't know what to do at all, he is always pushed by others, often confused and sluggish, and his actions are always half a beat slow. At the same time, since the death of his parents, the two younger brothers and sisters in the family are all counting on him, and the school is suspending classes to make a revolution, so the younger brothers and sisters play everywhere at home and outside the home all day long, which makes Wu Hao can't settle down in the unit all day long, fortunately there is Bai Li in the way, everyone's focus is on Bai Li, and he has become a dispensable person in the unit, so he is also happy to have a free time. Wu Hao quietly sneaked home to find his playful younger siblings and beckoned them to eat and sleep. Although some people saw that Wu Hao was so inactive and had some opinions in private, because it was difficult for Bai Li to say it, he was afraid that he would tolerate Bai Li's right and wrong, so he let it go.

Bai Li knew that Wu Hao had always been timid and afraid, and he didn't have time to pay attention to him when he was busy outside, but as soon as Bai Li returned home, he always looked at Wu Hao left and right unpleasantly, and lost his temper at Wu Hao at every turn, saying that he didn't know how to give himself a long face at all, and when he encountered things, he would only shrink back and let himself work hard outside as a woman. But Wu Hao thought that he had never been able to help Bai Li, so he held the idea that as long as he didn't make trouble for her, it was the best idea, no matter how Bai Li found fault and lost her temper, she didn't say anything, and she was not vindictive, and she was also accustomed to Bai Li's accusations, and only put her mind on her younger brothers and sisters every day, which made Bai Li helpless, so he said that he was tired and scolded tired, so he had to eat and sleep as usual, and the life still had to go on as usual.

When Bai Li was busy, she couldn't take care of his younger siblings at all, Bai Li used to buy things for her younger siblings, play with them, help guide them to review their homework, and let her younger siblings have attachment to her as a sister-in-law, and the relationship with Bai Li is very harmonious. But later, Bai Li couldn't take care of them, and she lost her temper in front of them from time to time in front of Wu Hao, and her younger brothers and sisters gradually realized that this sister-in-law was not as kind to them as before, and often accused her brother of being incompetent in front of them, so that her younger brothers and sisters stood on the side and looked at them blankly, and sometimes as soon as they saw Bai Li come back, they quietly walked away, which made Wu Hao can't help but feel sorry for Bai Li, and gradually displeased. Especially after seeing that Yulan and Chen Gang were defeated by Bai Li, I couldn't understand in my heart, in Wu Hao's eyes, Chen Gang and Yulan were regarded as models in the business system, and Yulan and Bai Li were still such good friends, how could they be criticized all of a sudden? Several times Wu Hao saw Yulan and Chen Gang from afar on the street that they had been reduced to street sweepers, and he really couldn't figure it out, but because of Bai Li's authority, it was difficult to walk over and approach Yulan and Chen Gang, he only felt that Bai Li was too ruthless, and he couldn't help much, so he only had Mingzhe to protect himself.

In the matter of Bai Li's mother's death, Wu Hao also realized that he could not accompany Bai Li in the hospital at that time, but rushed over the next day after knowing it, and helped Bai Li take care of the aftermath. Bai Li was feeling lonely and helpless at this time because of her mother's death, and urgently needed a warm place for her to relieve the loneliness in her heart.

Soon, a crackdown on the case was set off again, Bai Li suddenly regained her original momentum, on the list of critics of the ancient city, Bai Li unceremoniously added Chen Gang's name, so Chen Gang was arrested on the stage to criticize the fight, and the back injury that had not been fully healed was injured by someone, so that Chen Gang was in pain and wanted to cry without tears, after the criticism meeting, Chen Gang completely collapsed on the stage, and the people at the meeting actually said that he was pretending, and clearly told Chen Gang that pretending was useless, and he would be escorted to the rural commune to fight in two days. Then the group left directly, and Yulan asked people to go home and call Hong Shun, and they helped carry Chen Gang back home.

"Yulan, I may really not be able to do it this time, I really can't stand it." Chen Gang said to Yulan while lying on the bed.

"Don't say stupid things, you have a good rest, stick to the dressing, and you will definitely get better." Yulan said as she medicated Chen Gang.

"Yulan, if I really can't do it, for the sake of our unborn children, why do you say that you have to live strongly." Chen Gang took Yulan's hand and said.

"I don't allow you to say these unlucky things, if you really can't do it, then I'll go with you, and our family of three will live over there." Magnolia cried.

Seeing Yulan and Chen Gang snuggling up to each other and saying these words, Hong Shun and Lingzhi felt very uncomfortable, and the two of them sat in the courtyard thinking about how to help Yulan and Chen Gang escape this disaster.

"Otherwise, let them quietly leave the ancient city together." Lingzhi said to Hong Shun.

"Where do they go?" Hong Shun said with a sad brow.

"When I was a child, my uncle took me out of the ancient city to live in the mountains, and then I returned to the ancient city." Lingzhi said.

"But now that Chen Gang can't move, and Yulan is pregnant again, how can they leave like this?" Hong Shun shook his head and said.

"Alas, if you want me to see, even if you can't leave, you have to find a place to hide, Yulan is okay, she is pregnant, they don't dare to do it, but Chen Gang is a thorn in their side, or find a place to hide Chen Gang." Lingzhi said thoughtfully.

So the two of them stood up and walked into the house and said to Yulan and Chen Gang:

"It's not a matter for the two of you to stay like this, you have to think of a way, just now the two of us discussed it outside, to see if we can find a place for Chen Gang to hide first, and avoid this limelight first." Lingzhi said.

Yulan heard Lingzhi say this, her face flashed with surprise, and she hurriedly pulled Lingzhi and asked where to hide, Lingzhi said that she hadn't come up with a clue yet, Yulan said to hide in their room in the dormitory of the Commercial Bureau, Hong Shun shook his head and said that it is not good there, there are many people, and it will be discovered at any time, Yulan pondered for a while, and suddenly remembered that Chen Gang had lived in the single dormitory of the department store before, since Chen Gang moved to the Commercial Bureau, several young people next door have also moved away one after another, and now the rooms are empty, and no one usually goes there, Lingzhi felt that it was okay, Hong Shun thought about it for a while, and decided to quietly go over tomorrow to find out, and then make sure.

The next day, Hong Shun came to the department store, taking advantage of the noon department store crowds, quietly slipped out of the back door alone, found the narrow staircase to the attic, deliberately pretended to be looking for someone, grabbed the handrail along the stairs and climbed to the top floor, facing a bed of discarded white sheets, covered with dust, Hong Shun opened the sheets with his hands, only to see that the aisle was full of some abandoned sundries, Hong Shun walked over slowly, looked in from the window sill in front of the empty rooms, the rooms were empty, The things inside are piled up, Hong Shun came to the innermost room where Chen Gang lived before, it seems more secluded, the door is not locked, Hong Shun pushed the door open, there was a musty smell inside, Hong Shun opened the window, deliberately let the air in the house convection, look around, the bed, table, chair are still there, the electric light is pulled in the air and hang, Hong Shun tried the switch, the electric light can still be on, and quickly turned it off, thinking that Chen Gang must not turn on the light when he hides here, fortunately, the toilet is not far from the next door, which is also convenient, Hong Shun felt that this place was indeed proper, so he closed the door and walked out, and then thought about it and went back to leave the door open, and then stretched out his head to look around, and saw that there was no one, so he walked down the stairs lightly, came to the backyard and looked, and saw that there was a small mound by a low wall in the south, so he walked to the small mound there, jumped easily, and jumped from the inside to a small alley outside, and walked out along the alley, and arrived on the street.

After Hong Shun returned home, he told Lingzhi and Yulan and Chen Gang everything he saw, everyone was very happy for a while, Hong Shun said without further ado, it was best to go quietly that night, so Yulan was busy preparing the cover for Chen Gang, Hong Shun asked Lingzhi to make more steamed buns and pancakes for Chen Gang, so that there was no need to go over every day to send food to Chen Gang, so as not to let people see, Lingzhi nodded, turned around and went to the kitchen to prepare, Hong Shun found an old hot water bottle and tried it, and saw that it could still hold water, but there was no wooden stopper, Hong Shun took out an old newspaper and crumpled it up, cut a piece of gauze to tie up the old newspaper, filled it with some water, stuffed the homemade wooden cork into the mouth of the hot water bottle, turned the hot water bottle upside down, and did not see the water in it overflowing, so he felt that it was right.

In the evening, Yulan wrapped the quilt into a roll, Lingzhi put the steamed buns and pancakes in a cloth bag, Hong Shun filled the hot water bottle with water, took out a flashlight from the drawer on the table, Chen Gang changed his clothes, Yulan buttoned him, helped him stand up and put on his shoes, and was about to accompany him, but was stopped by Hong Shun.

"It's easy to attract attention when there are too many people, and it's not convenient for you to move now, so stay at home with your mother, I'll take Chen Gang over to settle down, live there with him tonight, and come back early tomorrow morning." Hong Shun said.

"Listen to Dad, you don't want to go over, don't worry." Chen Gang said weakly as he dragged his sick body.

"Can you move then?" Magnolia said uneasily.

"It's okay, I can walk, I can lie down and rest in peace when I get there, don't hang up." Chen Gang said.

"After the steamed buns and pancakes are finished, I will make them for you and bring them over. You put this hat on, so that you can avoid people's eyes at night. Lingzhi took out a worn-out straw hat and put it on Chen Gang's head and said.

Chen Gang took the cloth bag in Lingzhi's hand and clamped it tightly under his armpit, and then stood up with difficulty, while Hong Shun held the bedding and held a flashlight, and said to Chen Gang that he would go out of the door first, and probe in front of the interview, so that Chen Gang would wait for a while before going out, and the two would keep a certain distance, and he would wait for him at the entrance of the alley behind the department store building. Yulan reminded her father to pay attention to the telephone pole opposite the door, saying that the last time she came home, someone was hiding there to ventilate the news. Hong Shun nodded cautiously, saying that he would walk over the telephone pole first, and when he saw that there was no one, Chen Gang followed him out.

Lingzhi and Hong Shun walked to the gate door first, Lingzhi gently opened the door, poked his head out to look left and right, and then let go, Hong Shun walked out of the gate with something and arched his body, quickly flashed into the telephone pole opposite, and then walked under the eaves. Yulan helped Chen Gang to the door, Lingzhi signaled that Chen Gang could go, Chen Gang squeezed Yulan's hand tightly, gritted his teeth, and walked out on tiptoe, Yulan wanted to stick out her head to see, but was stopped by Lingzhi, Lingzhi gently closed the door, and helped Yulan turn around and walk back to the house.

"Mom, I'm so worried about him, he hurts so badly, can he go there?" Magnolia said as she walked and looked back.

"There's no way around it, you have to get through it, anyway, with your dad taking care of him tonight and accompanying him, it should be fine." Lingzhi said.

Yulan wanted to say something, but was persuaded by Lingzhi, helped her into the house and let her lie down to rest, telling her not to think about it, and to know the situation when Hong Shun came back tomorrow. Yulan didn't ask anymore after thinking about it, and after Lingzhi went out, she lay on the bed and tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, thinking about the ordeal that Chen Gang is suffering now, tears couldn't help but flow out, imagining that Chen Gang was going to hide alone in the small room upstairs of the department store, living a life of no people, no ghosts, Yulan's heart was full of bitterness, thinking about it, and fell asleep in a daze.

On the street in the middle of the night, there were a few dim lights sporadically, there was no one in the silence, Hong Shun kept turning his head and looking around while walking with the bedding cover, and saw Chen Gang wearing a straw hat from a distance and followed step by step, so he continued to walk forward, after walking for a while, he saw that Chen Gang had not yet followed, so he stopped and waited, although he was a little anxious, but it was not good to go back to help him, until he saw Chen Gang follow, he walked forward again, and the two of them walked forward one after the other along the way.

After Chen Gang walked out of the house, he didn't go far before he was out of breath, and the severe pain made him have to stop and gasp several times, and beads of sweat appeared on his face, but after stopping for a long time, he knew that Hong Shun was difficult to wait in front, so he gritted his teeth and continued to walk forward. Chen Gang knew in his heart that if he could stay away for a while and recuperate with peace of mind, he would be fine. But if you are arrested and criticized again, let alone get better, I am afraid that it will be difficult to save your life, and it is not a pity that you die alone, but you are sorry for Yulan and the child in her belly. And Yulan's parents treat themselves like this, so they have to struggle to survive no matter what, as long as the family can still be together, they have to endure no matter how difficult they are. Thinking of this, Chen Gang supported an idea in his heart, for the sake of Yulan and her parents, it is worth it to be a cow and a horse.

Chen Gang took a lot of effort, and finally walked to the mouth of the lane, Hong Shun stood in the mouth of the laneway and waited for him, after seeing Chen Gang approaching, the two of them slowly walked to the wall at the gap together, Hong Shun knew that Chen Gang was tired and painful, so he leaned against the wall with him to rest first, Chen Gang panted against the wall, reached out and wiped the sweat on his face, and then looked left and right, and quietly said to Hong Shun:

"Dad, it's not good to stay here for a long time, let's go in first."

"Can you flip it over? Or you step on my lap and climb into it first, there is a small earthen fort inside the wall, and you can land on the ground if you climb over it. Hong Shun said softly.

"Okay, I'll try." Chen Gang said.

So Hong Shun squatted down, first put the cover and hot water bottle on the ground, and then let Chen Gang's left foot step on his legs, and pushed Chen Gang hard with both hands, Chen Gang put the cloth bag on the wall, grabbed the wall with both hands, and finally put his right foot on the wall with all his strength, and with the strength of Hong Shun pushing him, he struggled to climb the wall, and then jumped in, Hong Shun picked up the bed cover and hot water bottle on the ground and handed it to Chen Gang, and then climbed the wall with his own strength, jumped down gently, picked up the bed cover and hot water bottle, and walked towards the staircase with Chen Gang. The two walked to the staircase, because it was so dark that they couldn't see anything clearly, Hong Shun took out a flashlight and turned it on, turned the light to the darkest, and pulled Chen Gang up slowly according to the dark and narrow stairs, turned a corner and came to the aisle, the bed sheet that hung on the aisle yesterday was still hanging at the aisle, Hong Shun picked up the sheet with a flashlight, illuminated the aisle, and then asked Chen Gang to step forward, he still restored the bed sheet to its original appearance, the two of them carefully walked through the aisle, and walked to the innermost door, Chen Gang pushed the door, Walking in with the light of Hong Shun's flashlight, Hong Shun locked the door after entering the house, handed the flashlight to Chen Gang, put the hot water bottle on the table, simply picked up the sundries on the bed, opened the cover and spread it on the bed, and told Chen Gang that the cloth bag in his hand must be placed close to his body, otherwise it will attract rats to eat. Then the two turned off the flashlight and leaned down on the bed, Chen Gang hung the straw hat on the side of the bed, and one of them lay on the side and spoke softly.

"I'll leave early tomorrow morning, or I'll get attention. You must stay in the house, go out less and try to go to the toilet again at night. I'll come back to see you in the evening in a few days. Hong Shun said.

"Okay, as long as I can lie down and rest like this, I'll be satisfied, don't worry, it'll be fine." Chen Gang said.

"I forgot to bring you a cup of water to drink when I came, you can look in the house tomorrow to see if there is any." Hong Shun said with concern.

"It's okay, I'll figure it out." Chen Gang agreed.

"Recuperate here in peace, don't think about anything else, I'll always find a way to come over when something happens. Magnolia is taken care of by me and your mother, don't worry. Hong Shun said.

"Dad, I can't do anything right now, and I have to let you and Mom worry about it for us." Chen Gang said guiltily.

"Don't say such things, who let us be a family, since we are a family, we must share blessings and difficulties." Hong Shun said.

The two of them fell asleep in a daze while talking, Hong Shun didn't dare to sleep too deeply, opened his eyes from time to time to look outside, estimated that the time was almost up, so he got up and sat up, listening to Chen Gang snoring evenly, Hong Shun couldn't bear to wake him up, got out of bed lightly and walked to the window, looked outside, only to see a thick fog floating outside, the sky was not yet bright, and there was silence all around, Hong Shun thought that it was safer to leave by the fog at this time, so he took off the straw hat that Chen Gang was hanging from the bedside, gently opened the door, turned around and closed the door, The humid air outside was wrapped in cold air, Hong Shun couldn't help but shiver, relying on the memory of coming, gently walked through the aisle, walked down the stairs, came to the gap wall, jumped over the wall through the small earthen fort and jumped in the lane, hugged his hands in the face of the spreading fog, and walked quickly towards home.

Chen Gang woke up, it was already dawn, turned over and didn't see Hong Shun, knew that he had left, got up and got out of bed, first went to the window to look outside, then opened the door, turned sideways and hurriedly went to the toilet and then returned to the house to close the door, only to feel thirsty, picked up the hot water bottle on the table and looked for a cup under the four sides, and finally saw a tea jar that was discarded by himself under the bed, so he put down the hot water bottle and bent down to get under the bed and took out the tea jar, the tea jar was covered with dust inside and out, Chen Gang wanted to go outside to clean, But when I thought of Hong Shun's advice, I didn't dare to go out, I first tore up a newspaper pasted on the wall and wiped the inside and outside of the tea jar, and then scalded it with boiling water in a hot water bottle, and then poured out the boiling water to cool in the tea jar, turned around and sat on the edge of the bed, and looked around carefully at the room where I had lived in the past, and couldn't help but recall the situation when I had just come to the ancient city from my hometown in the countryside to work. The beds, tables, and chairs in the house are 10,000 times better than the thatched huts I lived in in the countryside, so I put all my enthusiasm into my work. Later, I got acquainted with Yulan, and I was transferred to the Commercial Bureau, which can be regarded as both a family and a business, and I imagine that my future life will be so smooth sailing. Who knew that now that he was back here, and he was still so embarrassed, so sneaky and unsightly, and Yulan was in the same city, but he wanted to be separated like this, Chen Gang really couldn't imagine that his life would walk out of such a trajectory, as if he had fallen from the peak to the valley all of a sudden, from the blazing heat of summer to the severe cold of winter, he didn't have time to think about and adapt, everything was changing in an instant.

Chen Gang took out the steamed buns in the cloth bag and ate them slowly with boiling water, he didn't know how long he would stay here, and he didn't know when the pain on his body would be gone, he just hoped that it wouldn't be discovered by others. Chen Gang walked to another window next to the bed, at a glance, the mountains in the distance, the gradually dissipating fog or thick or thin lingering, the houses on the other side of the river seem to have been cleaned by the fog, in the early morning sun, it is even more clear and dazzling, the tiles on the roof, the corners on the eaves are arranged layer upon layer, the perspective of the ancient city of the ancient style, the river flowing through the city quietly, a few small boats on the river leisurely shuttle, a good picture of the early morning picture of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, Chen Gang thought that he had been deeply intoxicated by such a morning scenery, so he put on his clothes and shouldered his satchel and hurried downstairs to blend in with the flow of people on the street. Chen Gang didn't dare to stick out his head to look down anymore, he could imagine the scene on the street now, so he walked back to the bed and sat down, thought about it, fell on the bed again, looked at the old newspaper pasted on the ceiling and looked at it attentively, and slowly fell asleep again.

Chen Gang slept until the afternoon, and was woken up by the sound of the horn in the street parade, every time Chen Gang heard this sound, he couldn't help but tremble all over, recalling the last time he was escorted to the countryside to criticize the fight, in a noisy shout, he was completely stunned, he was pushed up and down in a trance, his hands were tied back, and his shoulders, waist, legs and other parts were beaten and kicked from time to time. No matter where he was thrown for the night, he wanted nothing more than to close his eyes in the endless darkness and never wake up again.

At this time, Chen Gang felt that his stomach began to be hungry again, so he took out the pancakes and ate them, after eating the salty pancakes, he drank some water, and the feeling of fullness in his body suddenly poured into the whole body, after eating, Chen Gang lay back on the bed, picked up the flashlight left by Hong Shun and played with it, opened the lower cover of the flashlight, took out the two batteries, twisted the cover on the head of the flashlight, disassembled all the parts and put them on the bed, and then installed them one by one to restore, after all the installations, put the flashlight on the top of the head, Seeing the daylight outside the window gradually dimming, the day passed like this, and Chen Gang slowly fell asleep again.

After Hong Shun returned home, he told Lingzhi and Yulan about the situation, in order to avoid people's eyes, Yulan still went to the street to sweep the streets with her stomach up, and saw the parade vehicles passing through the street with loudspeakers all the way, Yulan hid in the city gate hole, and saw that there were new people who were arrested and criticized in the car, Yulan only hoped that Chen Gang would not be arrested and criticized again, although Chen Gang could not stay together every day, but as long as Chen Gang was safe, Yulan felt willing to do anything.

After three days in a row, no one came to the door, Hong Shun Lingzhi and Yulan's hanging hearts gradually let go, Lingzhi thought that the food brought by Chen Gang might be almost finished, so he made some flower rolls, steamed a few sweet potatoes, and wrapped them in gauze, Hong Shun thought that Chen Gang's water might have run out, took out a military kettle from behind the door, filled it with water, tightened the lid, Yulan found two Chen Gang's changing clothes, asked Hong Shun to bring them over at night to change for Chen Gang, and then brought Chen Gang's changed clothes back to wash. After dinner, the three of them sat in the house and chatted, waiting for the night to come.

"Mom and Dad, there are people on the street again today, and the whole street is in a commotion." Magnolia said.

"Then you have to be more careful on the street so that no one touches you." Lingzhi said.

"It's best to stay away from crowded places, don't let people notice, and I hope those people forget about Chen Gang." Hong Shun said.

"As long as that Bai Li no longer cares about our family, as long as she appears, our family will suffer." Lingzhi said angrily.

"It's hard to say, she won't let go of it when she thinks about it one day, so we all have to be wary of her." Hong Shun said.

After the three of them talked for a while, Hong Shun felt that the time was almost up, so he got up and picked up the kettle, put all the food and clothes into a satchel and carried it on his body, saying that it was more convenient to go over the wall like this, Lingzhi and Yulan Qian reminded Hong Shun to be careful, Hong Shun took the straw hat from Lingzhi's hand, put it on his head, and said to Lingzhi and Yulan:

"I will still go over like last time, if there is nothing wrong with Chen Gang there, I will come back soon after handing over the things to him, I am afraid that I will oversleep after spending the night there, and it will be inconvenient to come back tomorrow, you will sleep later, Lingzhi is waiting to guard the door for me."

"Okay, I'll always wait for you to come back, I really can't walk too much this night, I'm always not at ease." Lingzhi said.

"Dad, you give me a message to him, so that he must stick to it no matter what." Magnolia said.

"Well, I'll tell him." After Hong Shun finished speaking, he gently opened the door, looked outside, and quickly walked out, and Lingzhi quickly closed the door.

Hong Shun this time because he was walking alone, so he walked very fast along the way, and it didn't take long to reach the entrance of the laneway, Hong Shun found the gap in the wall, looked around to see that there was no one, and then turned up with both hands on the wall, when Hong Shun was jumping down, a gust of wind blew, blowing down the straw hat he was wearing on his head, and fell into the laneway, Hong Shun was worried that going out to pick up the straw hat would delay time, so he simply waited for a while to pick it up when he came out, so he walked straight to the staircase, went upstairs in the dark, passed through the aisle, and came to Chen Gang's door, With a few gentle taps with his hand, he lowered his voice and shouted:

"Chen Gang, Chen Gang, it's me, open the door quickly."

In the house, Chen Gang was lying on the bed and heard Hong Shun's scream, took the flashlight and turned it on, got out of bed and opened the door, Hong Shun flashed into the house, quickly closed the door, and then put down all the things he was carrying, and handed the food to Chen Gang, Chen Gang took it, opened the cloth bag, picked up the flower roll and ate it, Hong Shun opened the kettle, poured all the water into the hot water bottle, and said to Chen Gang:

"Yulan asked me to bring you clothes, you can change what you are wearing, and I will bring them back later."

"I don't have that much attention here, it doesn't matter if my clothes are dirty." Chen Gang said.

"Since you've brought them all here, you'd better change them, no one has come over these days, right?" Hong Shun asked.

"No, I hear noise outside during the day, and it's quiet at night." Chen Gang said.

Hong Shun turned off the flashlight, sat down next to Chen Gang on the edge of the bed, and asked him if he still had pain in his body, and if the things he brought over were enough to eat, Chen Gang replied that he was much better, and he might fully recover in a few days, and then asked about Yulan's situation, Hong Shun relayed what Yulan said to Chen Gang, and asked him if he had anything to tell him to bring, Chen Gang shook his head, Hong Shun sat for a while and then got up and left, and carefully closed the door as usual.

Hong Shun jumped over the wall to the mouth of the lane, and looked around for the straw hat, because it was too dark, and the mouth of the laneway was blocked by the houses and walls on both sides, Hong Shun couldn't find it, so he thought about it, and hurriedly walked home.

At noon the next day, Hong Shun went out to deliver food to Yulan as usual, and Lingzhi was cleaning up at home alone, when suddenly, several Red Guard rebels broke in and shouted loudly at Lingzhi:

"Call Chen Gang out and follow us immediately."

"What are you doing here? Broke into my house without permission, and he didn't talk about the king's law. Lingzhi accused angrily.

"Don't be verbose, let's not reason with you as a capitalist today, we will only look for Chen Gang." A Red Guard rebel said.

"I became a capitalist by selling cloth, so why do you wear clothes? Aren't you capitalists when you wear clothes made of cloth? If you have the ability, don't wear it. Lingzhi said.

"This?" The Red Guard rebel was speechless for a moment.

"You are a capitalist quibbling, don't tell you, hurry up and call Chen Gang out." Another Red Guard rebel said.

"Chen Gang is not here, you can look elsewhere." Lingzhi replied impatiently.

"Nonsense, I saw you bring him back that day, if you don't tell the truth, we will go in and search." A Red Guard rebel said.

"You dare? If you come into my house, I will beat you like a robber. Lingzhi casually picked up a flat pole in his hand and said loudly.

At this time, Hong Shun walked in with Tilan, seeing this situation, put down Tilan and quickly ran to Lingzhi's side to protect Lingzhi, Lingzhi saw Hong Shun coming back, and he was even more angry with the Red Guard rebels, and raised the flat shoulder high, and the Red Guard rebels saw Lingzhi like this, and they didn't dare to step forward, one of them had to put a smile on his face and stepped forward and said to Hong Shun:

"Don't do this, we are also acting on orders, as long as we call Chen Gang out."

"Chen Gang is not here, you can look elsewhere." Hong Shun said angrily.

"Then let's go ask Hong Yulan." A Red Guard rebel said.

Lingzhi and Hong Shun were taken aback, worried that Yulan would be spoiled by them, so the two followed them up to the street to find Yulan, Yulan was sitting in the city gate cave to rest at this time, and when they saw a group of Red Guards walking towards them, they instinctively stood up, Hong Shun and Lingzhi quickly ran over and stood beside Yulan.

"Hong Yulan, where is Chen Gang? Say it. The Red Guards shouted at Magnolia.

Yulan was wondering about all this in front of her, and when she saw that her parents had rushed over, she knew that she was here to protect herself, so she said to them coldly:

"I don't know."

"You're his daughter-in-law, how could you not know?" A Red Guard rebel said.

"You have taken people away, but I want to ask you for people." Magnolia said.

"Hey, you're a rake, if you hide him and don't say anything, when we find it, you will look good." The Red Guard rebel said.

Then several Red Guard rebels saw that they couldn't ask anything, so they turned around and went back, Lingzhi helped Yulan to sit down again, and quietly told her what happened, and at the same time told her that if anyone came to ask about Chen Gang again, she replied vigorously that she didn't know, see what they could do, Yulan nodded frequently. Hong Shun was worried that someone would come to trouble Yulan, so he stayed with Yulan and asked Lingzhi to go home first.

After Bai Li heard that Chen Gang was gone, she felt strange in her heart, Chen Gang was alone since he was a child, except for the Yulan family, he had no relatives, so it was impossible to run anywhere, he must be hiding at home, Lingzhi was not allowed to search, which showed that there was a problem, but he didn't catch any handles, and it was not easy to make a rash move, so he sent the Red Guard last time to pay attention to the movements of Lingzhi's house. A few days have passed, but Chen Gang still has not been seen.

Just when Bai Li felt puzzled, someone from the department store reported that when two children were playing in the wall behind the department store, they found that someone was hiding in the room upstairs of the department store. Bai Li never believed in these evils, so she took a few Red Guard rebels and walked towards the department store.

Seeing Bai Li, the people in the department store quickly explained to her, saying that two children were playing at the entrance of the alley behind the department store, picked up an old straw hat, looked along the wall, and saw a gap, so they climbed up curiously, when the two were sitting and playing in the gap, they accidentally saw a figure on the top floor swaying, thinking it was a ghost, they were so frightened that they quickly jumped off the wall, and one of the children's feet was also broken, and after the child's family came to ask, they told the people in the department store.

"There is such a thing in broad daylight, let's go, go and see." Bai Li stood up, a group of people followed closely to the staircase of the backyard of the department store, several gay men went upstairs first, Bai Li followed behind, and the others followed curiously, the narrow stairs was crowded with people, everyone went upstairs to the aisle, a gay man pulled the sheets hanging in the aisle aside, and the dust sprinkled on the sheets made everyone quickly cover their mouths and noses, and then walked into the aisle with their heads down, kicked open the doors one by one, and then came to the door at the top.

Chen Gang was lying in bed for a nap, suddenly woken up by the sound of kicking the door next door, got out of bed and listened to the window, only to know that someone was searching, Chen Gang didn't have time to think about the reason, and hurriedly thought about how to hide, but heard the footsteps had been forced in, knowing that there was no way to escape, the only way was to jump out of the window, but there was no hiding place below, this jump was from the window dozens of meters high to the street, either dead or injured, Chen Gang stood in front of the window and hesitated, at this time the people outside had already walked to the door, Chen Gang thought about it, Just sit back on the edge of the bed and wait for the door to be kicked open.

There was a "bang" sound, the door was kicked open, the door bounced on the wall and then reversed and closed, just at the moment when the door was kicked open, the person who kicked the door gasped in fright when he saw Chen Gang sitting inside and staring directly at him.

"Someone, someone." The man who kicked the door screamed.

So immediately a few people came over and kicked the door open again, only to see Chen Gang with his hands on his chest and glaring angrily, Bai Li squeezed over and saw Chen Gang, she was taken aback at first, and then calmed down, and said coldly:

"I thought who's pretending to be a ghost here? It turned out to be you, I really didn't expect it, Chen Gang, you would run here to hide, this is too unexpected for me, no wonder I can't find you when I go to Yulan's house, I want to ask, how did you come here? Did you come alone? Or did someone help you over? ”

When Chen Gang saw Bai Li, he turned his face to the side, neither ignoring Bai Li nor answering. Bai Li walked a few steps into the house, looked around and said:

"This house doesn't look like a place for people to live, it's dirty and gray, I'm surprised that you can hide here to escape us, it seems that you are still quite strong-willed. You are still standing and sending something, grab it, and take it away. ”

So several Red Guard rebels couldn't help but come forward and twist Chen Gang up, Bai Li walked out of the house forward, and the people standing in the aisle outside got out of the way, watching Chen Gang being escorted out, they all showed surprised eyes, and quietly pointed and discussed. Bai Li took Chen Gang to the office of the department store first, pointed at Chen Gang and said:

"Look, this is your legendary ghost, such a big living person has been hiding upstairs for so long, you don't know, where has your class consciousness gone?"

The people in the department store were also stunned when they saw Chen Gang, and they had nothing to say when they heard Bai Li reproach him like this, and after Bai Li continued to count down, he asked someone to take Chen Gang and walk towards Yulan's house.

Yulan just returned home after sweeping the street, washed her hands, wiped them with a towel, went into the house and poured a glass of water to drink, Lingzhi came out of the kitchen with beans in one hand and an antimony basin for washing vegetables in the other, and Hong Shun found a newspaper of "Reference News" and sat on the side and watched.

"Mom, Chen Gang eats pasta every day there, can you bring him some food?" Magnolia said to Lingzhi.

"The food is easy to deliver, but the food is not easy to bring, your father has to climb over the wall, it is very difficult, and he lost the straw hat last time." Lingzhi said.

"Wait and see, I saw him much better when I went that day." Hong Shun said as he removed the newspaper.

The three of them were talking, and suddenly heard a rapid knock on the door, Hong Shun hurriedly put down the newspaper, glanced at Lingzhi and Yulan, and then cautiously walked over to open the door, Lingzhi stopped the dish he was picking, stood up next to Yulan, the two looked towards the door together, after Hong Shun opened the door, he saw Bai Li walking in with his head held high, followed by a group of people escorting Chen Gang into the yard, Hong Shun saw Chen Gang couldn't help but open his mouth wide, Lingzhi and Yulan walked out of the house quickly, Bai Li turned around and signaled to the people behind him to let go of Chen Gang, Yulan desperately walked over to help Chen Gang up.

"Last time I asked them to bring Chen Gang, you all said that Chen Gang was not at home, okay, I believe you once, no, I personally helped you find Chen Gang back, and personally sent him home, what's the matter? Magnolia, I'm worthy of you. It's just that I still haven't figured out one thing, why didn't Chen Gang tell you, he actually ran to the attic of the department store to hide, so what does he eat every day? It's been a few days, and no one has brought him something to eat, so he must have starved to death there. Well, today I sent Chen Gang home in front of all of you, and if I say that Chen Gang is not at home another day, then I won't believe you anymore. Bai Li said proudly as she paced.

Yulan didn't look at Bai Li, just pulled Chen Gang, her eyes were full of concern, Hong Shun walked to Lingzhi's side, and the two of them looked at Bai Li blankly, thinking about what Bai Li wanted to do. After Bai Li finished speaking, she looked at the courtyard casually, then waved her hand and walked out with a group of people. Hong Shun hurriedly went over and closed the door, Yulan hurriedly helped Chen Gang into the house, and Lingzhi followed in.

"What did they do to you? Did it hit you? Magnolia asked anxiously.

Chen Gang sat on the chair and shook his head.

"How did they find you?" Hong Shun asked.

"I don't know, I was sleeping and I heard them kick the door, and it was too late to run." Chen Gang said in a low voice.

"We've been so cautious, or have they found it, well, how is that good?" Lingzhi said with a sigh.

"Don't worry about it so much, you go wash it up." Yulan said to Chen Gang.

Chen Gang stood up and walked towards the bathroom, Yulan went into the back room to help him change his clothes, and Hong Shun went into the kitchen with Lingzhi to cook. Yulan took out her clothes, still sitting in front of the bathroom door and waiting, no matter what, as long as Chen Gang can return home, Yulan will rest assured, thinking about the sins that Chen Gang has suffered alone in the attic these days, Yulan's heart hurts, although Bai Li's words just now deliberately spied, Yulan ignored it, just didn't hear it, thinking in her heart that as long as Chen Gang can return to her side safely.

When the four of them sat down to eat together, Yulan thought that Chen Gang hadn't eaten rice these days, so she kept putting vegetables in Chen Gang's bowl, and Chen Gang also persuaded Yulan to eat more, and then said to Hong Shun and Lingzhi:

"Mom and Dad, I've thought about it too, it's useless to hide, just leave it to fate."

"How can you just resign yourself to fate, it's okay if they don't beat you, but if they scarred you again, your body can't stand it." Lingzhi said distressedly.

"You stay at home for the past two days, Yulan don't go out to sweep the street, accompany Chen Gang at home, and I'll sweep it for you." Hong Shun said.

At night, Lingzhi and Hong Shun were thinking about Chen Gang in the room, the two of them were worried that Bai Li didn't know what kind of fame they were going to make, what Bai Li said today made them see Bai Li's face clearly again, and felt that this was no longer the Bai Li they knew before, and she spoke in a weird manner, and she was aggressive, judging from her momentum, she didn't know how many sins she would suffer now, so Lingzhi still advocated hiding Chen Gang, Hong Shun asked her where to hide, and Lingzhi couldn't say for a while.

Chen Gang and Yulan were lying on the bed, and Yulan kept asking Chen Gang how he had come these days, imagining the narrow, small, black and dirty attic, where Chen Gang could neither come out nor make a sound, and ate cold and hard steamed buns and other foods every day, which was no different from being in prison. Chen Gang told Yulan that there was more to it than that, as soon as he heard the sound of rats climbing up and down at night, he sometimes wanted to go to the toilet during the day for fear of being discovered, and he didn't dare to turn on the flashlight in the dark room at night, the only thing that was slightly better was that every morning, he could stand in front of the window and look at the scenery on the other side of the river, thinking about things many years ago, which supported his courage to persevere.

"But after being found today, I thought that I would inevitably suffer a punch and kick, but I didn't expect to let Bai Li send her home." Chen Gang said puzzled.

"She's a chicken giving a weasel New Year's greeting, and she doesn't have a good heart." Magnolia said disdainfully.

"Alas, people are swordsmen, and I am fish and meat, let's be next to each other first." Chen Gang said.

"I don't believe that this world will continue like this, and sooner or later it will change." Magnolia said.

"I wish we could all wait for that day. Go to sleep. Chen Gang pulled the quilt for Yulan and covered it, then turned off the light and rested.

The next day, after Lingzhi and Hong Shun got up, they made breakfast and left one for Yulan and Chen Gang, and the two walked out of the door together after eating, Lingzhi accompanied Hong Shun to the public toilet in front of the big theater on the street, Hong Shun took out a broom from the toilet and began to sweep the street, and Lingzhi went to the vegetable market with Lanzi to buy vegetables.

Yulan and Chen Gang got up and finished breakfast, and the two of them were walking in the yard and basking in the sun, when suddenly the door was pushed open, and two Red Guards walked in and said to Chen Gang:

"Chen Gang, follow us to the county revolutionary committee, and Deputy Director Bai will ask you to confess your crime of hiding upstairs in the department store."

"Didn't you go and bring him back yesterday? What other crimes do you have to confess? Yulan grabbed Chen Gang and turned to the two Red Guards and said.

"Hong Yulan, for the sake of your pregnancy, we won't move you, but Chen Gang must go with us, and he will naturally let him come back after he finishes explaining." A Red Guard said.

"You stay at home in peace, I'll go with them and come back." Chen Gang gently put Yulan's hand down and said.

"I'm afraid you won't come back if you go." Yulan pulled Chen Gang tightly and said without letting go.

"Why are you so grinding, let's go quickly." One of the Red Guards said impatiently.

"It's okay, I'll be back." Chen Gang persuaded Yulan to let go of his hand, and then walked out with the two Red Guards, Yulan chased to the door, Lingzhi was coming back from shopping for vegetables, saw Chen Gang being taken away, and wanted to go forward to ask what was going on, and saw that Yulan was going to chase him out, worried that something would happen to Yulan, so he hurriedly came over to support Yulan.

"Mom, Chen Gang was taken away by them again." Magnolia cried.

"I know, but you can't just chase it out, you wait at home, I'll go find your dad." Lingzhi helped Magnolia home, put down the cabbage and said.

When Lingzhi walked out of the gate again, Chen Gang was gone, Lingzhi hurriedly ran to the street to find Hong Shun, told him what happened, Hong Shun asked Lingzhi to go home first to comfort Yulan, and he walked towards the county revolutionary committee while sweeping.

Chen Gang was taken to an office and sat down, and a Red Guard brought paper and a pen and asked him to write down the story of hiding in the upper floor of the department store. Writing truthfully is naturally indispensable to be criticized, and it will also affect the Yulan family, and if you are perfunctory, you will also be criticized, since you can't escape what you do, you can simply perfunctory, so Chen Gang wrote that he hid upstairs in the department store this time as he went up quietly, and even the people at home didn't know.

Chen Gang was writing indiscriminately, Bai Li walked in, watching Chen Gang support himself on the table to write a review, a trace of pride passed in his heart, thinking that he had caught Chen Gang yesterday, and then sent him home, in front of Yulan, he was a good person and a bad person, Bai Li enjoyed this feeling of wanting to be captured and indulged very much at the moment.