In the autumn of 1970, when the entire courtyard and roof of Xiangyangtun were once again filled with golden ears of corn, Yangshugou Commune was ready to be electrified.

After school at noon, Zhao Xiaosan'er pointed to the telephone pole buried next to the road in front of the school and told Zhou Wanwan, "My dad bought two light bulbs!" I specially installed an electric light in our Westinghouse, and you can go to our house to do your homework in the future! I'll give you the electric light! ”

Guo Kejian saw Zhou Wanwan and Zhao Xiaosan'er coming over, waved goodbye to a group of young people who were distributing dry food and water and preparing for lunch, and followed them home.

Guo Kejian cut the queue in Xiaoyugou Tun, and he was one of the people who helped the commune set up wires this time, and he will be an electrician in Xiaoyugou in the future.

With his family background, everyone was surprised and admired to be able to win the fat shortage of electricians. It's no wonder that he wanted to give up the water conservancy commando to join the queue in the countryside, and after cutting the queue, he immediately got up smoothly.

First of all, I participated in the basketball team of the brigade, and I could play a ball game with other brigades when I had nothing to do, and I could also get to know many leaders of the brigade and commune.

Later, he played a role in the accident at the Gancha River water conservancy site, and this time he got the electrician's fat shortage so smoothly. Cutting in line is really more suitable for him.

Guo Kejian is nineteen years old this year, tall and thin, wearing a blue and white plaid striped shirt and blue cloth pants, no matter how bad the environment, he can make his clothes smooth and clean, and behave in a moderate manner, just like he sat in the bright living room of the county party committee compound and drank tea slowly, he is still the proud son of the sky who is sought after, and he is still the favorite grandson of General Guo.

Even if it's a long morning's work. Zhou Wanwan found that Guo Kejian's face was not sweaty and dusty, and even his clothes were neat.

The glasses rested on the bridge of his tall nose, and his teeth were white when he smiled. His eyes were bright, as were those of all nineteen-year-old sunny boys, as if none of the things that were pressing on him existed.

Since he saved Zhou Wanwan, the Zhou brothers have slowly regained contact with him. In the past two years, he has been in line in Xiaoyugou, only more than ten miles away from Xiangyangtun, and he will occasionally come to Zhou's house to borrow books or chat.

This time they buried telephone poles and laid wires near Xiangyangtun, and Zhou Yang saw it. So I invited him to my house for lunch. It's better than him drinking cold water and eating dry cakes in the field.

When they returned home, Zhou Yang had already returned first, and was cooking the lunch that had been prepared in the morning in the kitchen.

Guo Kejian is not polite. I fetched water to let Zhou Wanwan wash my hands, and then went to the garden to pick cucumbers and shallots, wash them, and prepare them for a while to dip in sauce and eat.

While eating, Guo Kejian took out an oiled paper bag from his pocket, and inside was a twisted flower. He was a little embarrassed to put it on the table. "It was sent by the construction team in the morning. I don't know if I can eat it. ”

Zhou Wanwan picked it up and sniffed it, her big eyes bent, "I'm going to sprinkle sugar on my second brother and eat it before he comes back!" Or he'll let me soak in milk again! It's soft and fishy, and it's not tasty at all. ”

Guo Kejian's eyes suddenly swelled with a warm smile that he didn't even notice, "Your second brother will come back the day after tomorrow, you can keep it and eat slowly." ”

Zhou Wanwan nodded, and the small hair curls in her ears swayed, well-behaved and sweet, which made people's hearts soften.

"I'm laying the lines in our house tonight. Connect the lamp first, and wait for the power on. It's ready to use right away! ”

Zhou Wanwan nodded happily. She drew a few lampshades by herself, made them with Zhou Yang, and put one in each brother's house, and when they came home, she wanted to surprise them.

Guo Kejian found out, so he volunteered to lay the line for them. Of course, having a ready-made electrician has to be used, and let him do something, he can eat here with some peace of mind.

Zhou Wanwan's table lamps were all installed before the weekend, waiting for Zhou Chen and Shen Guodong to come back to surprise them, but they didn't come back on the weekend.

Something happened to Grandpa Shen.

To be exact, it was Mr. Guo who had an accident.

Mr. Guo has accepted three apprentices in his life, and after one criticism and fight after another in the past few years, two have passed away one after another, leaving only his favorite little apprentice who was picked off and broken his tendons, and he can no longer practice medicine in this life.

This little apprentice was assigned to a squatting cowshed in a remote rural area, and only sporadic news could come over the years. A few days ago, Mr. Guo learned that his little apprentice had been dead for several months, and he had been suffocated to death by layers of wet cow dung on his face.

And the purpose of those people is to let his little apprentice serve as a witness to testify that he once treated the current number one "thief, traitor, and traitor" in the country and saved his life.

Mr. Guo grew dozens of years old in an instant.

He regarded him as a little apprentice like a young son, with a lively personality and a pure nature, and when he was in his thirties, he saw that the master had to beg for hawthorn pills to eat, and he was very good at coaxing Mr. Guo to be happy.

But in order to protect the master, this child refused to let go, and finally gave his life in such an unknown way, and was also charged with the crime of stealing collective property and absconding, and he was wanted by sticking it on the wall when he died.

Grandpa Shen was sad and vigilant at the same time. Although Mr. Guo is a master of traditional Chinese medicine, he has no interest in politics and has never been involved in anything related to power struggles.

Over the years, even if he has seen some important leaders, he has not had in-depth contact, which is not enough for people to deliberately frame him, and it is such a well-planned and cost-effective collection of evidence to kill him in one shot.

The person who wants to move him is likely to play a big game of chess, and the reason why they want to move him is definitely not as simple as it seems on the surface.

Grandpa Shen began to secretly investigate the matter.

When the result was placed on Grandpa Shen's desk, he let out a long sigh, and as he expected, in the end, he was the one who affected Mr. Guo.

He was sitting in this position, and he was mentally prepared for the target of many people, both openly and secretly. Even if he has qualifications and can be flexible, if he is not a person who can strategize and balance the forces of all parties, it is impossible for him to sit in this position for so long and so steadily.

I thought that with all my hard work and hard work, I could at least protect a few juniors under the knees of the small courtyard in front of me from the wind and rain outside, but in the end, I still affected my old friends.

If he doesn't do anything about it. In the near future, all the people and things related to him will be affected by him and fall into the abyss from which there will be no return.

Grandpa Shen stroked the teacup and slowly chattered to Shen Guodong, who was sitting opposite him. "It seems that grandpa's old knife has to be unsheathed again!"

Shen Guodong raised the corner of his mouth and smiled, "You just sit still!" It's not convenient for you to come forward this time, and you can't go out, the goal is too big. Leave it alone, just let me practice! ”

Shen Guodong immediately moved into a small building in the dry rest house, a few days later. He pulled Zhou Chen over. No one knew what several people were discussing under the light of Grandpa Shen's study, and no one noticed. With this lonely lamp, which is getting brighter and later, there are silent changes in some inconspicuous places.

On the surface, all of their lives seem to be going according to plan. Nothing has changed.

The staff in the small courtyard were on duty normally, and none of them were absent. Grandpa Shen and Mr. Guo still drink tea and play chess every day, and they almost don't even go out of the door of the dry rest house.

Even Xiao Zhang and Grandpa Shen's confidential secretaries still returned to the military region to report their work at the original time, filling out the form and signing the same as before.

It's just that Shen Guodong and Zhou Chen began to travel frequently, and for more than a month, let alone going home, there are not many days to return to Suilin County.

Zhou Wanwan could feel that things were unusual, but she couldn't help them at all.

Political turmoil. She almost didn't understand it at all, and she couldn't even think of the consequences of meddling at will. So. She can only try to live her normal life, and not causing trouble for her brothers is the only thing she can do now.

In the middle of October, in the middle of the night after a month of cold frost, Zhou Wanwan suddenly woke up. As if telepathically, she slowly raised her head, and her gaze accurately found the figure on the ground along the edge of the kang for an unknown amount of time.

"I just want to come back and have a look, and then I'll leave, or wake you up." Shen Guodong's voice was a little dry, and it sounded a little vicissitudes in the quiet night.

Zhou Wanwan stretched out her arm from the quilt and grabbed Shen Guodong's hand hanging by her side.

"My hands are cold, don't freeze you." Although he said this, Shen Guodong's hand didn't mean to dodge at all, so Zhou Wanwan grabbed it.

Zhou Wanwan's warm and soft little hand covered in the quilt grabbed Shen Guodong's big hand that had been frozen for several hours in the cold night, making him suddenly feel tingled by the warmth and stinging.

Like a tiny embroidery needle piercing the palm of the hand, I can't tell whether it's itchy or numbness or something else, but my heart shrinks, and I just want to clench the little hand in my hand.

"Brother Shen's hands are really cold!" Zhou Wanwan stretched out both arms as she spoke, and went to cover Shen Guodong's big hand.

Shen Guodong hurriedly stuffed her into the quilt, "Don't come out, it's freezing." ”

"Then you come up, my eldest brother has burned the fire wall in the past few days, but it is warm, and it will warm up after lying on the kang for a while." Zhou Wanwan obediently retracted the quilt, pointed to the cabinet on the kang, and asked Shen Guodong to take the quilt and spread it by himself.

Shen Guodong hesitated, but finally couldn't hold back, took off his coat and sat on the kang. But he didn't take the quilt, nor did he lie on the kang, he just sat on the kang and watched Zhou Wanwan.

"Brother Shen, do you want to leave in a while?" Zhou Wanwan lay down honestly and asked him gently.

In the quiet night, Zhou Wanwan's soft and slightly confused voice was soft and soft, and the small tail note with a bit of nasal sound made Shen Guodong's heart soften.

"Hmm." I don't know if the night is too quiet, or the mood is too complicated, Shen Guodong suddenly didn't know what to say.

"Then I'll stay with you for a while." Zhou Wanwan moved his head to Shen Guodong's lap and pillowed, and suddenly smiled mischievously, "When you leave, you have to say hello to your eldest brother and ask him to ask me for leave tomorrow, I didn't sleep well tonight and can't go to school." ”

Shen Guodong's whole portrait was blown cold by the cold wind and then soaked in warm water, almost greedily absorbing the sweet and warm temperature of Zhou Wanwan's body.

Shen Guodong's hand was raised and put down, and he didn't dare to touch the little head that was pillowed on his lap.

Zhou Wanwan reached out and grabbed Shen Guodong's hand as if she had eyes on the top of her head, her little hands were too small to take care of them at all, so she could only heat them one finger at a time.

"Brother Shen, I miss you and my second brother these days." Zhou Wanwan still muttered to Shen Guodong in a slightly nasal voice, "But you don't have to worry about coming back to see me, I just want you to know that I miss you." ”

Zhou Wanwan glanced up at Shen Guodong and giggled, "I just want to make you happy." Then he took his hand and shook it gently, "Aren't you glad you know?" (To be continued......)