Zhou Shanhu was seen through by Zhang Yang, and scratched the back of his head a little embarrassed and said, "Big brother, I just heard you say that you want to go to Xiaoshiwa?" ”

Zhang Yang nodded.

Zhou Shanhu took the initiative to ask: "Big brother, I'll help you guide the way, it's not easy to walk from here to the small stone valley, the road is very complicated, if you don't get it right, you have to get lost, and it's best to find someone to lead the way if you don't often take this sheep's intestines." ”

Zhang Yang said: "Okay! ”

Zhou Shanhu took the opportunity to make a request: "Big brother, what ...... Can you help me tow the tractor back to the village? ”

Zhang Yang laughed, he had already guessed what this kid was thinking.

Zhou Shanhu saw Zhang Yang laughing, and felt even more embarrassed, his face turned red, looking at his broken tractor was too bad, he didn't want to help himself when he entered the house, he said embarrassedly: "It's inconvenient, forget it......"

Zhang Yang said: "Okay, you tie the car well, but I haven't dragged this tractor." ”

Zhou Shanhu heard that he was willing, and said happily: "It's okay, just drive slowly, I'll be responsible for the palm in the back." ”

Zhang Yang didn't want to delay here too much, he nodded and said, "Cheng, let's go quickly, I still have important things to do." "Okay!"

After the tractor was tied, Zhang Yang let the other two young men get into the car, Zhou Shanhu was responsible for mastering the direction in the back, the pickup truck had a lot of traction, this tractor naturally did not become a problem, but after all, this is in the mountains, the mountain road has nine bends and eighteen bends, which is much more difficult than the flat trailer, Zhang Yang drove very slowly, Zhou Shanhu didn't lie to him, the more he drove in, the more dangerous the mountain road is, the narrow place can only allow one car to pass, and one side is the mountain, the other side is the abyss, which is much more dangerous than the eighteen pans of Montenegro, Zhang Yang not only has to drive carefully, but also take care of the tractor behind, for fear that one will accidentally throw the tractor down the mountain, and you must know that there is a big living in the tractor.

Jiang Liang sat in the passenger seat, looked out the window, and felt a little dizzy, he was a little afraid of heights, quickly closed his eyes, wrapped his coat tightly, and said in a low voice: "How far is it?" ”

The young man in blue behind him said: "There is a fifteen-mile road from the place where the accident happened just now to our village, but all of them are mountain roads, and it is very difficult to walk. ”

Zhang Yang stopped at the fork in the road in front of him, turned around and said, "Which of these two roads leads to Xiaoshiwa Village?" "The one on the left!"

Not long after Zhang Yang opened, the cement road was gone, all of them were potholes, rugged mountain roads, and the color was much darker, the clouds seemed to have been dropped on lead, and the pressure was getting lower and lower, Jiang Liang was a little worried: "It shouldn't snow!" As soon as he finished speaking, salt particles fell in the air, crackling and smashing on the windshield, the warm air in the car was very good, of course, there was no need to worry about the cold, but the dense salt particles obviously affected the vision, Zhang Yang opened more and more frightened, paralyzed, but it was snowing at this time.

After a while, the salt particles turned into goose feathers and heavy snow, Zhang Yang was dumbfounded, he didn't dare to open, the road conditions were not familiar, and he went to the bottom of the cliff if he didn't do it.

The young man in blue said, "Big brother, I'll go down and show you the way, I'll go in front, and you guys will drive behind!" He said to his companions on the side: "Bolt, there are still five or six miles of land, let's rotate, I can't stand the cold and you come down for me!" ”

The plug nodded.

Zhang Yang and Jiang Liang glanced at each other, the two brothers were helpless, they had already arrived at this place, they could only move forward and not retreat.

The two young men took turns to lead the way for them in front, and the pickup truck was moving at a rapid pace in the mountains, just walking and stopping, and the mountain road of five or six miles drove for more than two hours.

The snow is getting heavier and heavier, all the snow is flying, the mountains and trees are all dyed white, hazy and hazy, although it is only more than four o'clock in the afternoon, but it looks like twilight, the wind is blowing very tightly, Jiang Liang pushed the car door and walked down, a ball of snow was wrapped in the mountain wind and pounced on his face, hitting him unable to open his eyes, the mountain wind howled, like a roaring beast, rolling in the snow, whistling, rolling, covering the ground to the earth.

* Zhang Yang parked his car in the open space at the head of the village, and the roads in the village were so narrow that pickup trucks couldn't drive into it at all.

Zhou Shanhu jumped off the tractor, he was covered in snow, he looked like a snow, his hair, eyebrows, and eyelashes were covered with ice ballast, he grinned at Zhang Yang, and said loudly: "Thank you, big brother!" Although he tried his best to speak, his voice was torn apart by the wind and snow.

Zhou Shanhu handed the tractor to his two companions, pointed to the inside of the village, and said loudly: "Big brother! Let's go to our house and rest! ”

Zhang Yang and Jiang Liang had no other choice, and followed Zhou Shanhu to the village, Zhou Shanhu's home is located at the west end of Xiaoshiwa Village, the yard is made of stones, and the house is also made of stone, a total of three stone houses, and there is a room in the east.

As soon as he walked into the yard, a big black dog barked and rushed over, and Zhou Shanhu shouted: "Old Hei, let me go back to the house and stay!" ”

The black dog was very obedient, babbled and turned around and went back to the kennel.

Zhang Yang and they followed Zhou Shanhu into the hall, the house was not entered, and the door was not locked, Zhou Shanhu pushed open the door and said: "Two big brothers, please sit inside!" ”

Zhang Yang looked around the room, there was not much furniture in it, a table, a table of eight immortals, and two tattered chairs, because of the age and the dim light in the room, it was impossible to see the color of the furniture.

Zhou Shanhu picked up the rag on the table, dusted it on the chair, and said enthusiastically: "Please sit down, I'll go and make a fire for you." ”

Zhang Yang smiled: "Don't bother, brother, haven't you got through the village yet?" ”

Zhou Shanhu nodded and said, "Yes, not yet, I heard from the township that our village will be connected to electricity next year, and when the time comes, we will be able to watch TV." He walked out, and after a while he walked in with a stove, and put the stove in front of Zhang Yang and Jiang Liang, and a strong smell of gas quickly filled the air.

Jiang Liang put both hands in the sleeves of his cotton coat, he was proud at this moment, he really admired his foresight, and he was warm when he came out in a cotton coat. He looked at Zhang Yang on the side, and found that this guy was sitting there without anything, and he didn't seem to feel the slightest cold, Jiang Liang really admired his physique, and his heart was young and hot.

Zhou Shanhu got a dirty sheepskin jacket and put it on, he moved a horse and sat down by the stove, and said while roasting the fire: "Two big brothers, why did you come to our village in such a heavy snowstorm?" Isn't there something important? ”

Jiang Liang said: "Is your village party secretary here?" Can you take us to him? ”

Zhou Shanhu said with a smile: "You have found the right one, the branch secretary is my uncle, and he lives in front of my house." ##”

Zhang Yang and Jiang Liang were overjoyed, and they got up and said, "Let's go, take us to him." ”

Zhou Shanhu nodded, and took the two of them to the house of Zhou Youliang, the village party secretary, although Zhou Youliang's home is also a stone house, it is much more neat than Zhou Shanhu's house, the houses are made of square polished stones, and the yard is much bigger, when they walked into the yard, Zhou Youliang was building a stove in the yard, and when he saw Zhou Shanhu coming in, he rubbed his eyes and said: "Huzi, you came just in time, help me make the stove, my eyes are confused." ”

Zhou Shanhu said: "Uncle, there are two police comrades looking for you!" ”

Zhou Youliang squinted his eyes and looked at Zhang Yang and the two of them: "Police? I haven't seen you before! From the township police station? ”

Jiang Liang said with a smile: "Zhou Zhishu, we are from the Jiangcheng City Public Security Bureau, and we came here to learn something from you this time." "What's the matter?" I'm an honest person, I don't steal or rob, how can I help you? "Zhou Youliang is still quite vigilant.

Jiang Liangle was happy: "Zhou Zhishu, I'm inquiring about the past." ”

Zhou Youliang pulled a padded jacket and said, "Sit in the house!" ”

A few entered the house, and there was not much difference between the hall of Zhou Youliang's house and Zhou Shanhu's house in terms of layout, but there were many portraits of Wei Jin on the walls of Zhou Youliang's house, which is very common in local small mountain villages.

Jiang Liang speculated from his face that Zhou Youliang's age was about forty or fifty years old, and he should have an understanding of the matter of the educated youth going to the countryside to join the queue, so he said: "Zhou Zhishu, that's the case, we want to investigate some things, before and after the Cultural Revolution, there were a lot of educated youths in the countryside in Xiaoshiwa Village, I don't know if you still have an impression?" ”

Zhou Youliang said: "I am not familiar with them, when I worked in the Xishan Quarry, I rarely come to the house, the longest time only comes back once in half a year, I know that there are many educated youths in the city, and some of them live in our house." Speaking of this, he paused, took out a box of cigarettes, and prepared to put them on to the guests, Jiang Liang said, "Smoke mine!" He took out a box of Hongtashan from his pocket, took out one and handed it to Zhou Youliang, and put the rest on the table.

Zhou Youliang looked at the box of cigarettes and said, "Good smoke, Hongta Mountain!" ”

Zhang Yang said: "Zhou Zhishu, I'll give you one when I go back, and I'll bring it to you later." ”

Zhou Youliang said pretendly: "How can I accept your things, isn't that a bribe?" ”

Zhang Yang laughed secretly, fart bribery, you village party secretary doesn't have such a chance to take bribes even if you want to.

Zhou Youliang took a puff of cigarette, spit out a cloud of smoke, and said slowly: "My father was the party secretary of Xiaoshiwa Village at that time, and my father was responsible for receiving these educated youths, and he knew these things best. ”

Zhang Yang was overjoyed and said, "Zhou Zhishu, may I ask where he is now when he enters the family?" ”

Zhou Youliang sighed and said, "I left the year before last!" ”

Jiang Liang and Zhang Yang glanced at each other, and they couldn't hide the disappointment in their hearts.

Jiang Liang said: "There should be someone in the village who is familiar with these things, right?" ”

Zhou Youliang said: "At that time, most of the thousands of people in charge of this matter in the village were gone, otherwise, you should go to the old accountant and ask to see if he could help." ”

Zhou Shanhu took the initiative to say: "I'll take you there!" ”

When Zhou Youliang sent them out, he said again: "I don't want that cigarette!" He didn't want to, he simply reminded Zhang Yang not to forget to give him the cigarette.

Zhang Yang smiled, he first went to the pickup truck at the entrance of the village to get three cigarettes, and handed two of them to Zhou Shanhu: "Huzi, these two cigarettes, one for your uncle, and the other for yourself." ”

Zhou Shanhu shook his head and said: "I don't want to, if you didn't help me tow the truck just now, my tractor will definitely be left halfway through, thank you for being too late, can I ask for your things?" ”

Zhang Yang said: "Then take this cigarette and turn it back to your uncle." ”

Zhou Shanhu said: "He said no, don't give it to him!" From the tone of his voice, it can be heard that he doesn't like this uncle very much.

Jiang Liang said: "Where does the old accountant live?" ”

Zhou Shanhu said: "The stone room in front is!" ”

Jiang Liang looked up, and there were all stone houses in front of him, and he couldn't tell which one it was.

Zhou Shanhu said: "There is a sycamore tree planted at the door!" ”

The old accountant Zhou Youjin is over 70 years old, and when he heard that Jiang Cheng had come in, he asked about the matter of the educated youth joining the queue, he looked a little confused, looked at the fire and thought for a while before saying: "It's been more than 20 years, and I can't remember it clearly." ”

Jiang Liang reminded him: "Uncle Zhou, think about it carefully, among the educated youths who came to the countryside in your Xiaoshiwa Village at that time, was there one named Xu Changde?" ”

Zhou Youjin pondered for a while: "Xu Changde? It sounds familiar, but I can't remember it......"

Zhang Yang took out the photo and handed it to Zhou Youjin and said, "Uncle Zhou, can you see if there is anything on this photo that you know?" ”

Zhou Youjin looked at it a few times, and finally shook his head and said, "I don't recognize it, I don't recognize any of it...... It looks familiar, but I can't remember it. ”

Zhou Youjin's wife said on the side: "Don't ask him, he has not been able to do anything in the past two years, not to mention the past, it is what he has just done, and he forgot it as soon as he turned around, so many years have passed since the educated youth went to the countryside, who still remembers, at that time, those young people came from the city, and the people who were responsible for receiving them were thousands of people in the village, but now most of them have passed away, and our family's mind is not flexible." ”

Zhang Yang said: "Auntie, you have to remember, it was impossible to close it when the educated youth cut the queue, and it was impossible not to contact the villagers." ”

The old lady said: "You should go to school, Principal Chen was relatively close to them at that time, they were all young intellectuals, presumably he should know something." ”

Zhang Yang looked at Zhou Youjin again, the old accountant was already dozing off in his chair, and the years were not spared, and he couldn't get any clues from this old man.

Leaving the old accountant's house, the snow outside did not stop, but became heavier and heavier, Zhou Shanhu said: "The school is still a mile away from our village, shall we go back to the past?" ”

Jiang Liang looked up at Yao, then at his watch, and sighed: "I was expecting to be able to rush back today, it's almost five o'clock." ”

Zhou Shanhu said: "With such a heavy snowfall, I can't go back, it's too dangerous, I'll move in alone, and I have a place at home." If you are not too simple, stay in my house for the night, and I will send you out of the mountain early in the morning. ”

Zhang Yang nodded, although he arrived in Xiaoshiwa Village, the matter had not yet been clarified, and of course he didn't want to give up. Zhang Yang said: "Huzi, I'm going to work hard for you today." ”

Zhou Shanhu said with a smile: "What's the hard work, it's not like you haven't helped me, but if you want to go to school, we have to hurry, no matter how heavy the snow is, the mountain road is not easy to walk." ”

This mountain road is not a problem for Zhang Yang, but Jiang Liang is different, he didn't go far, he fell behind, panting and said: "Today, I can understand the difficulty of the Red Army plowing the snowy mountains and crossing the grassland, and a happy life comes from not easy!" ”

Zhang Yang laughed and said: "It's just climbing the snow mountain, it's not as exaggerated as you say." ”

Jiang Liang said: "If I knew this, I should have asked Du Yufeng to accompany you...... He also came out of the mountains...... Climbing the mountain is a good hand......"

Zhou Shanhu said with a smile: "Big brother, it's not far, it's cold, it's warm to walk around more." They climbed the snow slope, and Zhou Shanhu pointed to the red flag waving in the wind not far away and said, "There it is!" ”

Zhang Yang said: "With such a heavy snowfall, are there still students in class?" ”

Zhou Shanhu said: "No, this is the end of the week!" ”

Jiang Liang said: "Doesn't Principal Zhou Yao take a break?" ”

Zhou Shanhu said: "Principal Chen has never been married, and his home is the school. ”

Zhang Yang said: "How old is he?" ”

Zhou Shanhu said: "I'm in my fifties, I don't know!" Anyway, I've been taking classes with him since I was a kid, and now he's substitute at school. ”

Zhang Yang said: "This kind of income is rare, and I have donated my whole life to education." ”

Zhou Shanhu said: "Principal Chen's temper is a little weird, when you see him later, you'd better be mentally prepared, we haven't seen his smiling face in the village basically." ”

Zhang Yang smiled: "It's okay, let's try to let him be." ”