Fushun's "covert operation" was very well planned.

He thought, in a few days, it will be six years since he came to Yangjiawan, and he pays attention to "watching the day" when he goes out, and the day when Shufenniang came to pick him up in six years should be a good day, not to mention that it has just been six years, and it will be six or six times! This can be regarded as a successful end to his several years of life in Yangjiawan!

As for when to go, he also has a careful plan, not during the day, it is easy to be found during the day, and when he first came to Yangjiawan, he was beaten every time he ran, which was not pleasant. Late at night, while they're all asleep.

In order to facilitate his movement at night, he also secretly went to the village commissary to buy a flashlight and a large canvas cross-body school bag. A pair of semi-rubber shoes bought for the New Year were almost not worn, and they were neatly placed under the bed.

There are two routes on his map: one is the waterway, which first goes to the Jialing River wharf, and then goes east along the Yangtze River to the mouth of the Yangtze River; The second is the dry road, to those southeast coastal special economic zones mentioned in the newspapers.

Starting from Yangjiawan, you must first go to the county seat, otherwise there will be no vehicles and ships to go to other places. You can't go to the county seat and can't take the stone bridge, the Yang family must come to the stone bridge to find him, what if you ask someone who has seen him? Walking from Chahe, there is a bus to the county seat in the morning from Chahe - this is what the lame father sometimes talks about. Take the path to the fork river, at the intersection of the three forks of the Xiejiaba River, walk along the big river, and you will be able to arrive!

As for the travel expenses, it must be enough, not enough to say, good feet and good hands will not starve to death. If you're lucky, you'll be able to find your eldest brother if you go out, but if you're unlucky, you'll never find him, if you don't look for it, you'll never find it.

The days are getting closer and closer, Fu Shun has not slept for several nights, and he even retreats a little. His vacillation was mainly due to two things, one was that the lame father was actually going to find him a carpenter master to learn the trade, and it was said that he was still the Liu carpenter in the mud ditch he liked; The other is that Shufen is going to go to the forest farm in Linmu Township to buy fruit trees and come back to plant, but Shufen has no money at all, and it seems that the lame father does not support him much.

This very tangled and very kind child actually put 300 yuan in a drawer, left a note, and left!

In the middle of summer, Yangjiawan had a hint of coolness in the middle of the night, and Yang Zegui and his wife had fallen asleep because of the fatigue of the day. After Fu Shun made sure that the Shufen sisters were also asleep through the wall, he opened the firewood of the hut with his hands and feet.

Fu Shun, who did not have a watch, estimated that he should be able to reach Chahe before dawn at this hour, although he had never been there, but it was said that it was only about ten kilometers away.

Yangjiawan, shrouded in darkness, outlined a clear outline in the hazy moonlight. The continuous Mao'er Mountain is like a big cat crawling forward; The majestic Yantai Mountain is like a Chinese painting splashed with ink dotted with green jade; The pearl between the two mountains, the stone river weir, is roaring; The stone road opposite, and the drips of sweat he swayed; The brisk mountain song, the familiar well paddy field, and the hard-working old scalper......

Farewell, Yangjiawan!

The moon sprinkled a blurry white light and was blocked by dark clouds for a while, this slippery dripping rock is not easy to walk, at this time, he should not be seen in the low house with the mountain rock on his back, Fu Shun turned on the flashlight, and his pace increased significantly.

Not far away is the eldest sister Shufang's home, this seventeen-year-old sister is already pregnant with the child of the Xie family, I hope she can spend her life happily! The crowing of a rooster could already be heard from the white-walled and blue-tiled courtyard.

Fushun heard the sound of gurgling water, it should be the Sancha River! Descending the stone staircase, several fishing boats were already working, and cormorants fluttered their wings on the bow; Some of the ferries at the pier have been lit with oil lamps, waiting for passers-by who need to cross the river to the other side; The sparse shadows were all walking towards a larger passenger boat, and they were villagers who were going to the fork river to catch the market and sell goods.

"I can't take a boat, what if I run into someone from Xie Jiaba?" Fu Shun thought to himself, "It's almost dawn, I have to hurry, otherwise the shuttle bus to the county seat won't be able to catch up!" ”

Along the river is a wide road, this weather, the river in the early morning is a little cooler, but the fast walking Fushun is already sweating. From time to time, someone was already leading the cow and horse from the opposite direction, watching the young man with a rucksack hurrying away.

When he arrived at Chahe, it was already dawn, Fushun touched the money in his trouser pocket, bought a pot helmet on the side of the road, asked the location of the car, and took three steps and two steps to the station of Chahe.

Fushun looked at the clock at the station, and at half past seven, the conductor told him that the shuttle bus departed at eight o'clock and arrived at about ten o'clock in the county seat. Fushun took out the half-rubber shoes and replaced them with the straw sandals on his feet - go to the city, what do these shabby straw sandals look like?

"Fushun ......" A familiar voice kicked from behind him, so frightened that he almost threw away the straw sandals in his hand. Fushun...... You're running too fast...... Where are you going? ”

Fu Shun looked at the ragged woman in horror, her trouser legs were half wet, her hair was scattered, she was barefoot, and she was holding a handful of straw paper in her hand - wasn't this Yang Guiying?

Fushun stuffed the ticket in his hand into his bag along with straw sandals. "That, Sister Gui Ying...... I...... You...... Where are you going? ”

"I got up in the middle of the night to, and when I saw someone coming out of your house, I thought it was a thief, so I followed to see, but I didn't expect it to be you!" The bold Gui Ying looked at Fu Shun and smiled vigorously. "Why don't you sleep in the middle of the night? I don't even wear shoes, you run so hard, I'm tired! ”

Fu Shun stared at the girl who was spitting out a lot of cannons with big eyes, "I'll go see my seventh uncle......"

"What about you?!" Gui Ying didn't believe it at all, "What are you looking at in the middle of the night, Uncle Seven, that's Yang Shufen's Seventh Uncle, not your Seventh Uncle!" ”

"I'm really going to see Uncle Seven," Fu Shun looked at the bulging canvas bag, "I'll send something to Uncle Seven!" ”

"What are you going to give?" Gui Ying said that she was going to pull Fushun's bag.

"Nothing!" Fushun was a little impatient, and Gui Ying, who had a good impression, suddenly made him a little impatient, "The car is going to drive, I'm leaving!" Saying that, Fushun was about to go to the car.

"Then I'll go too!" Unexpectedly, Yang Guiying followed and got on the bus, and the conductor looked at this beggar-like woman and stopped her.

"Didn't get a ticket? Begging! The female conductor with the cheeks of the monkey yelled. "Please kouzi" is a dialect of northeastern Sichuan called "Hanako".

"Which one do you say is a mouthful? You're a pointy-mouthed. My brother and I went to the county, and our seventh uncle is the secretary of the county party committee! Yang Guiying yelled at the conductor while going to Lichong.

"Haha, secretary of the county party committee, I'm still the county magistrate! It doesn't matter which of your ancestors, buy a ticket! "Sharp Mouth" pulled Gui Ying's arm and dragged it under the car.

Unexpectedly, Gui Ying, who was used to farm work, threw the "sharp mouth" under the car with a hard force. Frightened, Fu Shun hurriedly got up, grabbed Gui Ying, and went to help the "sharp mouth" up.

Where can the woman be counted, she didn't get up at all, and she had to shout: "The relatives of the county party secretary have beaten people, and there is no Wang Fa!" ”

There were more and more people around, and Gui Ying, who was at a loss, was so frightened that tears were about to flow out of her eyes when she saw this scene, and she looked at Fu Shun who was dragged by the woman.

"That, eldest sister, I'm sorry, my sister didn't mean to, where did you fall?" Fushun was also helpless and motioned for Gui Ying to come over and apologize.

The conductor didn't accept the apology at all, until the driver of the car came and she cried even louder.

"That turtle son came to the station to make trouble?" It seems that the driver is her man, "I didn't report the crime!" ”

When the two children heard that they were going to report the crime, they immediately panicked. Fu Shun hurriedly went to the man, nodded and said, "Big brother, it's wrong, no one is making trouble, it's us who accidentally mixed the eldest sister out, it's all our fault!" ”

The man didn't look at Fu Shun at all, pointed to the woman who fell to the ground, and rushed into the car and shouted: "The car won't drive today, you all get down, my mother-in-law was beaten!" ”

Fu Shun was also so anxious that he shed tears, this Yang Guiying is really a mourning star. "Big brother, either or not, we admit our fault, eldest sister shouldn't have to fall anywhere, do you think you want to get it like this, we lose money!"

The woman suddenly stopped crying and scooped up her trouser leg for the man to see her bruises—scars that were almost healed. "Losing a lot of money?"

Fu Shun took out ten yuan from his pocket and handed it to the driver. "I only have so much money!" You must know that the fare from Chahe to the county seat is only one eight!

The man took the money, "If it's less, take ten more yuan!" "The cunning driver had already seen that the kid still had money in his pocket.

Helplessly, Fushun took out another ten yuan. The driver and the conductor gave up. "Get in the car, get in the car!" The passengers who got off the bus were shouted up again, like a herd of cattle and sheep to be raised.

Fu Shun gritted his teeth and looked at Gui Ying with tears streaming down his face - this woman was so bad that he was thrown out of the car, and the fully loaded driver had already roared away, leaving behind a group of people watching the excitement and two tearful children!

Shufen and his parents are also in tears. Because Yang Zegui, who hadn't seen Fushun get up for a long time, pushed open the door and saw a note full of typos left by Fushun on the table-

Dad, Mother, Shufen:

I'm gone, and I don't know where I'm going. I miss my brother, I had a dream in the first month, my brother and brother were waiting for me in a big city. Thank you for raising me for so many years, I also regard you as my relatives, and I am willing to be your son and brother. It's just that I want to go to them and find the best, and I'm dead if I can't find them.

But no matter what, I will come back, you are still my relatives, and I will support you when you are old. It may take me many years to go out, and I will earn a lot of money to come back to you to spend. Do not come to me, for you will not find me.

I lost 300 yuan in the drawer, and the second sister wants to buy saplings and seedlings, I believe in your vision. I'll write to you when I'm settled.

Liu Fushun

July 20, 1982