Fu Shun went crazy and threw himself at the home in his heart. This familiar place, this place that haunts him, this time, is finally close, close at hand, close at hand!

He didn't care about greeting the chess uncle and the third uncle under the eaves, and he didn't care about waiting for Shufen, so he pushed the door open suddenly. "Big brother, rich family...... Big Brother ......" Fushun affectionately called out the name of his dearest person, "I am Fushun, I am back......"

However, the child was stunned by the strange qiē in front of him......

Sitting in the hall are strange families, still immersed in the joy of the Spring Festival, sharing a sumptuous lunch, a man and a boy of seven or eight years old are lowering their heads and digging dry rice in a bowl, and a woman is picking up vegetables and feeding a girl of two or three years old.

"Big ......" Is that big brother? It's not like that! Fu Shun tried his best to recall the appearance of his eldest brother, no, how could he forget the appearance of his beloved eldest brother, that man was clearly older than his eldest brother, how could that familiar silhouette be so unfamiliar? Did you go somewhere? No, I saw the uncle and the third uncle just now. Fu Shun retreated, and the uncle and the third uncle also stopped the chess game when they saw this uninvited guest, and walked over.

"Uncle, third uncle, I'm Fushun, Fushun!" When the young man saw his relatives, his tears couldn't stop flowing out, he pointed to his house, and was about to speak, but was interrupted by the uncle, "Come here, come here, Fushun!" Uncle is still so strict, there are no extra words, he doesn't want to go over, he will always remember the uncle's fierce eyes. But he still unconsciously moved his steps to the eaves outside the main hall.

"Third uncle, where is my eldest brother?" Fu Shun looked at this man who taught him to read, he also changed, his original rickety body became shorter, but his eyes were still so bright, "Who are those in my house?" ”

The third uncle paused, came over and took Fu Shun's hand, just like many years ago, Fu Shun and the third uncle went to the third uncle's hall together, "Sit, Fu Shun, you are finally back," the third uncle finished speaking, and took out an old envelope from a locked small box, "This is left by Fu Qiang, he left with your brother, and suddenly left, before leaving, he sold the house to Liu Guoyu of the production team next door, this is Liu Guoyu's written note, Liu Guohong is a notary, you are back, he should also return the money owed to you with principal and interest." ”

Fushun is already crying a lot, why is this so? How can there be such a big brother? The houses are all sold! Won't you ever see your dearest person again in this life? Big brother, where the hell are you? Fu Shun took the envelope, he was expecting a message from the eldest brother inside, but there was nothing but a note and an IOU for the sale. He collapsed to the ground, and the poor child was numb!

Yang Zegui walked towards the Yang family's old house with his wooden cane. Today is the day for the whole family to go back to the old house to pay New Year's greetings, this day every year is the most lively in the Yang family, the old wizard of the fourth generation of the same house sits on the rattan chair and tells the children about his rich experience, and the women are busy in the kitchen of the sister-in-law's house for lunch food. Wizard Yang's limelight this year seems to have been stolen by Yang Zejin, the youngest son who came back from the city.

Yang Zejin is the first golden phoenix to fly out of Mao'er Mountain's nest. The wizard's seven sons are actually all good at holding a pen, but unfortunately they didn't catch up with the good time, coupled with the wizard's ghosts and family conditions, the six elder brothers all went home to farm and earn labor when they reached high school. Lao Qi, who was born after the liberation, went to high school with the help of several elder brothers, and returned to his hometown to receive the "re-education of poor middle peasants" from several elder brothers, the young man suffered from snacks, plus a few brothers who could speak in the commune helped, and was recommended and admitted to the regional normal college, after several years of transformation and further study of "workers, peasants and soldiers", the special period after graduation has ended, and Yang Zejin, who was assigned to the work of the county party committee, is now the deputy chief of the secretary section.

Yang Zejin has not been home for the Spring Festival for several Spring Festivals, and this Spring Festival is no exception. Since the implementation of the "package production to households", he has been accompanying the leaders everywhere to investigate, this poor county in the depths of Daba Mountain, there are many problems, the situation is complicated, the above reports are one after another, and the reports are also reported one after another. Yang Zejin rushed back on the second day of the first lunar month, set off at four o'clock in the morning, pedaling a bicycle, nearly 80 kilometers from the county seat to Shiqiao, the bicycle with no gas on the wheels parked in the township government compound, and finally arrived home after crossing Mao'er Mountain, just in time for the whole family to pay New Year's greetings to the old man, and the gadgets brought back from the city were snatched up by juniors like Shufei.

Ze Gui, who had inconvenient legs and feet, arrived later than everyone else, greeted the old wizard for the New Year, and greeted the other brothers, and the lame man walked straight to Ze Jin, "Boss, what did the fourth brother ask you about?" ”

Yang Zejin touched Shufei's naughty little face, picked up a bench, and beckoned the fourth brother to sit down, "Fourth brother, I have received the letter you sent last time, and the person you asked me to inquire about is not yet missing, after all, Shanghai is so big, and there was no record when I left, it may be a little difficult to find, let's take a look again, I will send a letter when I have news, fourth brother." The old man replied very respectfully.

"Oh," Zegui looked at the few dilapidated houses on the other side of the mountain, how simple they were compared to the homes of the other brothers!

"By the way, fourth brother, I met Township Chief Luo yesterday, I greeted him, in the future, you ask Shufen to go to the township government mailroom to get some old newspapers, I will bring back some of the last few days today, I will give it to you later." The old man has not forgotten another thing that the fourth brother asked him to do, this former accountant, who is poor, does not even have a radio, and he has not even ordered a newspaper, so he has figured out a way to take his children to understand this ever-changing China!

Yang Zejin didn't ask much, he knew the personality of the fourth brother, this most calm and saddest brother was also the most capable brother in his eyes, the fourth brother was unwilling to tell him why he wanted to inquire about such a person, he must be able to have his reason, this fourth brother who had just passed the age of not being confused was already full of gray hair!

"Well," Yang Zegui thought for a moment, he looked at his broken leg, sighed, and then looked at the stone road leading to the stone bridge behind the old house, he thought, at this time, the two children should go to the mud ditch, right?

Muddy ditch, a place with whom he has a deep "revolutionary friendship"-

Just after the three-year difficult period, the leaders of the commune found the "Yang abacus" who was less than 20 years old, and the leader said that the bad debts of the muddy ditch brigade still have to be cleared by your "iron abacus". "Yang Abacus" went from Yangjiawan to the mud ditch and lived in the Liu carpenter's house in the courtyard of the Liu family on the mountainside. Because of this foreign accounting, the muddy ditch brigade has undergone great changes, the steelmaking boilers have been completely overturned, and the various production teams have gradually resumed agricultural production.

Of course, "Yang Abacus" was willing to go to the mud ditch, not because the commune leaders promised to give him processing points, but because there were two old acquaintances he wanted to be good to. When he was in high school in the district, there were only two people in the same grade as him, one was Brother Liu, who was four years older than him, and the other was Li Yanhong, who was the same age as him. The three of them went to school and home in the district on the same road every week, about ten kilometers away, coming and going for two years, and they were very affectionate. When he arrived at the muddy ditch, Lao Liu worked in the carpenter shop of the commune, eating "supply grain", but married a sick mother-in-law, and the dolls he gave birth to were almost three years old; A bright red and lively beauty ruffian who has not yet started a family, works as a private teacher in the primary school hall of the brigade.

I haven't been thinking about the accountant yet, and I'm satisfied when I look at this bright red every day. Who knew that this Yanhong didn't take a fancy to this little accountant at all, and after two years of fruitless pursuit, the accountant simply went back to Yangjiawan to find a girl to get married. Later, the county arranged for an intellectual, saying that he wanted to respond to the call of the central government and go to the mountains and countryside to receive re-education for poor and middle peasants. The intellectuals were well-dressed and spoke elegantly, not only speaking Mandarin in a subdued tone on the radio, but also occasionally giving Yanhong some perfume and handkerchiefs. Yanhong was fascinated by this young man, and secretly started an underground romance, and not long after, Yanhong's belly grew bigger, who knew that the one who had been cut a thousand knives ran away.

The accountant knew that this matter was furious, and he had been taking care of this "little white face" who was afraid of the heavy, and sometimes he wanted to wait for this guy to do something in the vast world of mud ditch and then bring Yanhong to the city! Yanhong cried and found Carpenter Liu and the accountant to tell her about it—she had nowhere to talk about it except these two old classmates. The reckless Carpenter Liu picked up an axe and was about to go out to cut down the kid, but was stopped by the accountant and Yanhong. Yanhong cried vigorously, and the two big men pondered under the kerosene lamp for most of the night.

The brigade reported the disappearance in accordance with normal procedures. The next night, the carpenter and the accountant pondered the matter again, and Yanhong cried and begged not to let people know that she was pregnant, and that he had to give birth to the child, but not to let people know that the outsider had done it, otherwise she would die. This can be difficult for two powerful people, the accountant said: "Forget it, I will wear the green hat, and I will carry the black pot, so I will say that I did it!" ”

"Or, you're poking and poking, now there are fights everywhere, many people are jealous of you, besides, you are a young man who has just been married every two years to do this kind of thing, not to mention that you have been so hard that you can't turn over for the rest of your life, it is estimated that Yanhong will be tortured to death." The carpenter knows the severity, and the "cadre" in front of him, who already has a doll and is an excellent foreign "cadre" with a good future, does this kind of thing, and the gang gives an order, and the commune can't stop it if they want to!

The accountant was so anxious that she cried even more, and the carpenter patted the table lightly and motioned her to be quieter, although it was his own brother next door, at that time, the brother might not be reliable. "I'll carry the black cauldron, anyway, it's been a few years since the baby and her mother died, and it's not a big deal for me to do this kind of thing. Yanhong, big brother marries you, are you willing or not"

Yanhong stopped crying, looked at the kind-hearted Brother Liu, touched the slightly bulging belly, and didn't know what to do, so she nodded involuntarily.

"It's time to eat, fourth brother ......" Yang Zejin put the plate in his hand on the big table, walked over and handed the cane to Yang Zegui, and helped the fourth brother into the hall of the old house.