In the autumn of 1944, the sky was exceptionally blue.

Jiang Sheng packed his luggage and left the pear orchard on the third day after the monkey's death, and on the day he left, all the brothers and sisters went out to see each other off, their eyes were red.

Xi'er pulled Jiang Sheng and didn't let him go, and the little shovel also said aggrievedly: "Brother Jiang Sheng, you stay." ”

"Yes, junior brother, isn't our pear orchard also quite lively?" Hu Xiaomeng said reluctantly.

Jiang Sheng waved his hand to everyone, got into the rickshaw, and left without looking back.

"Senior brother, come and see us often when you have time." Hu Xiaomeng shouted at Jiang Sheng's back.

When the three-month period came, Jiang Sheng did not stay in the pear orchard, and the reason that prompted him to leave was not only that the death of the leather monkey made him feel depressed, nor was it that he was afraid that Tanaka Yukawa of the gendarmerie would come to the pear orchard to find him and cause unnecessary trouble, but that when he saw Master Guan reading the newspaper that day, the front story on the cover was Wang Jingwei's death.

Wang Jingwei died of illness in Nagoya, Japan, in November, and Wang's puppet government had been dissolved three months earlier, which Jiang Sheng later learned.

Chen Gongbo was picked up by Wang Jingwei, although there was no movement in Shanghai, but Jiang Sheng was very worried in his heart, he faintly felt that something big might happen.

Jiang Sheng remembered what his mother told him when he first came to Sanlitun a year ago.

"Since your father asked people to send you to me, he must also know that a catastrophe is coming, the newspapers are full of news that Wang's puppet government is going to perish, and that Uncle Li also told me, Wang Jingwei is terminally ill and has no real power, and now he has become a traitor to the Japanese, your father follows him to do things, and now it is difficult to ride a tiger, and you go back to be buried."

When Jiang Sheng returned to Sanlitun, he did not go home as soon as possible, but went to Zhao Dahai's store, and the person who watched the store at that time was Shen Aniang, she had not seen Jiang Sheng for a long time, and she missed it very much, and when she saw Jiang Sheng getting off the rickshaw, she grabbed a handful of peanut candy and stuffed it to Jiang Sheng.

"Shen A-Niang, I want to make a call, can the phone still work?" Jiang Sheng asked.

"It works, but no one usually calls, and the phone bill is too expensive, do you want to call?" Shen A-Niang asked.

Jiang Sheng nodded, and was led to the telephone by Shen A-Niang, Jiang Sheng dialed the phone number in his memory, and the first sentence was: "Dad, I miss you, when will you pick me up?" ”

At that time, Xiao Wu and I were messing with the children in the tunzi, and when we saw Jiang Sheng coming back from a distance, we immediately ran over like crazy.

"Jiang Sheng, Jiang Sheng!" Xiao Wu laughed, and was very happy to see Jiang Sheng.

Jiang Sheng saw me and Xiao Wu coming, and his mouth kept humming, as if someone on the other end of the phone had been telling him something, Jiang Sheng wiped his tears and said, "Then don't lie to me." ”

There was a beeping hang-up sound on the other end of the phone, Jiang Sheng raised his head and asked Shen A-Niang, "A-Niang, how much?" ”

Shen A-Niang said with a smile: "What kind of money do you want, Xiao Wu and Jiang Rong are coming to you, go and play, I have to let the sea go to play with you." ”

"Thank you, Auntie." Jiang Sheng said.

"Haha, Jiang Sheng, you're back." Xiao Wu said with dancing hands. "Hey, why are you crying?"

"Not really." Jiang Sheng said.

"Then hurry up, I'll call everyone over, let's mess with the kidnapping in a while, and see how many you can pick after three months of practice."

Xiao Wu pulled Jiang Sheng and ran to the middle of the tunzi, shouting that Jiang Sheng was back as he ran, and I followed behind and chased after me.

After Jiang Sheng returned to Sanlitun, he didn't say anything about what happened in Liyuan, he didn't sing a single Peking opera song in front of us, he didn't pinch his orchid fingers, and he didn't raise his feet above his head in front of the children in Sanlitun.

Everything is as if it never happened, and he is still the Jiang Sheng who doesn't like to talk too much in everyone's hearts.

Jiang Sheng went to school with us the next day, and the day after he arrived at school, the school was in time for exams, and even if he didn't come to school for three months, after the results were announced, he was still the first place.

Jiang Sheng returned to school and became the focus of attention again, at that time, the girls did not dare to write love letters, including the senior students, but some little girls would stand at the classroom window and watch Jiang Sheng for a while.

Jiang Sheng was tall, so when he sat at the back of the classroom, the girls in other classes would lie in the back and quietly poke their heads out to peek at Jiang Sheng.

Sometimes Jiang Sheng lay on the table and inadvertently showed a little buttocks, and the girl who peeked would immediately cover her face and say, "Shame to death." ”

At that time, Jiang Sheng was so likable, in that era, he was like a pearl in a group of grizzled children, and he could always be forgotten at a glance.

I don't know how many people like Jiang Sheng, but he has never been smiling, and he seems so far away that he can't be blasphemed.

Soon after Jiang Sheng returned to school, Qin Changqing came to ask Mr. Zhang to go to the entrance of the hall to mention the words for the newly established branch hall, and when he learned from Mr. Zhang that Jiang Sheng went to the pear garden to study art for three months, he was extremely excited, he came to the door of the classroom to call Jiang Sheng out, and said: "Jiang Sheng, long time no see." ”

Jiang Sheng snorted and said, "Long time no see." ”

"I just heard Mr. Zhang say that you have been studying art in Liyuan for three months, why don't you tell me?" Qin Changqing complained a little.

Jiang Sheng said: "It's just to have fun, but there's nothing to talk about." ”

Qin Changqing said: "How can you go to learn opera as simple as just having fun, the people in the opera team will definitely train you as a little flower, and you will definitely be a master of Peking opera in the future." ”

Jiang Sheng said: "I don't like Hua Dan, I learned some Xiaosheng's tune, I don't know how to sing, I went to know that there are people outside the world, and there is a person named Xi'er who sings much better than me." ”

"It turns out that you also know Xi'er, I was not there when he performed at Guanghe Restaurant, and I wanted to meet you when you said this." Qin Changqing said.

Jiang Sheng nodded and said, "If I see him saying hello on my behalf, there is also Senior Brother Xiaomeng." ”

"Since you have commanded it, I will surely bring the word." Qin Changqing said. "By the way, I'll pick up the second uncle to Xinli Tangkou in a while, why don't you go with me, today's banquet has lobsters shipped from overseas, which are strangely big and may taste good."

"No, my sister is still waiting for me." Jiang Sheng said, looking at me at the door of the classroom, who had been standing with my schoolbag on my back for a long time.

"Why don't you take your sister with you?" Qin Changqing said.

Jiang Sheng said: "We are always outsiders, and we are children, we don't know etiquette, and we will inevitably not be able to get on the stage, I will go back first, and I will go to play with you in a few days." ”

Jiang Sheng said and went back to the classroom to pack up the textbooks, I stood at the door, and seeing that Qin Changqing was slightly lost, Qin Changqing smiled at me and left.

Jiang Sheng put his schoolbag on his back, looked at Wang Wei who was lying on the table and said, "Wang Wei, don't forget to take a bath when you go back at night." ”

Wang Wei is used to being sloppy, no one cares about him when Jiang Sheng is away, not to mention that no one wants to talk to him when he is sitting in the corner, and now Jiang Sheng has come back and ignored him all day, at this time, Wang Wei is naturally happy and hurriedly agreed.

Jiang Sheng, Xiao Wu, and Zhao Dahai and I went back to the days when we went to school together and got out of school together.

Xiao Wu, Jiang Sheng and Zhao Dahai chase and fight on the way to and from school every day, and Jiang Sheng seems to be like a nine-year-old child when he is with them.

But this day didn't last long before it was broken.

When I got home from school that day, the door was locked, and my mother was not home.

I took out the key from the bottom of the bluestone slab at the door and opened the door, and Jiang Sheng put the schoolbag at home and went out to play with Xiao Wu, it was late autumn at that time, and Sanlitun was full of fallen leaves. When Niu Aihua saw me and Jiang Sheng going home, her face was as ugly as eating a fly.

"Jiang Rong, where is Zhang Xiumei?" Niu Aihua asked.

"I'm not at home, you ask me what I'm doing, I'm not Zhang Xiumei!" I pouted.

Niu Aihua and Ma Aiguo have been separated for a few months, and Niu Aihua finally returned to Sanlitun from her parents' house under Ma Aiguo's repeated begging, but when Niu Aihua knew that Ma Aiguo's 1,000 yuan was borrowed from her father, she was so angry that she scolded her father at our door for several days.

"Jiang Zhengyang, do you have a lot of money or a lack of brains, is our patriotic association short of money, do you lend him money, do you know that you are aiding and abusing, the old lady asked you if you don't have to pay back the money?"

"Zhang Xiumei, you are a dumb and deaf person, you will not tell me if you are patriotic and come to your house to borrow money? Don't think I don't know the careful thoughts you think about all day long, and I don't have any door to make my mother owe you! I won't pay back this money, you just wait until you die, hum. ”

Ma Aiguo had a headache when he heard Niu Aihua scolding the shrew in front of our house, and he couldn't pull it, Niu Aihua would only scold more and more.

Sometimes Jiang Sheng would run to call Xiao Wu and ask Xiao Wu to drag Niu Aihua away, which also didn't work, once Xiao Wu was kicked to the ground by Niu Aihua, Niu Aihua said: "You white-eyed wolf, I'm not here for your good, your dad is brainless, he has income at home, and now if all the money earned is used to pay back, let's drink the northwest wind every day?" You look at Jiang Sheng and Jiang Rong look like that, what kind of messy people do you have to give birth to such a dead child, these people don't know how to grow their brains if they don't scold! ”

Ma Aiguo's younger brother Ma Aimin got married two months ago, and the young couple also came to Sanlitun to send candy and visited Ma Aiguo, who was alone at home once. Two or three days ago, Ma Ai Dang also got married, and the banquet was set up in the town.

Ma Aidang was so angry that he wanted to beat Niu Aihua, Niu Aihua snorted and shouted: "Look at this white-eyed wolf, even the sister-in-law who raised him has to be beaten, and even the marriage is taken from our family's money, everyone didn't find out that he didn't even have parents and elders when he got married, this kind of white-eyed wolf just popped out of the cracks in the stone!" ”

The people on the side persuaded Niu Aihua to dissipate her anger, Niu Aihua pointed to Ma Aidang and said: "How did you take a thousand yuan from my house and send it back to me, don't expect yourself to live in peace, if you borrow money and don't pay it back, you will be a turtle grandson for the rest of your life, wait and see Ma Aidang, this matter will not be over for the old lady, get married, anyway, I will be fine all day, I will go to your house for three days and two ends to make trouble, I see how many dares you have to beat the old lady." ”

At present, Niu Aihua is waiting for my mother to come back at our door, she found half a plate of sunflower seeds somewhere, swallowed the melon seed shells all over the ground, and then simply went home and carried a dustpan of peanuts to my door to peel them.

"What do you mean by cow love flowers?" I crossed my waist and yelled at Niu Aihua.

Niu Aihua snorted and said, "What else can I mean, I'm here waiting for your parents to come back." ”

Niu Aihua looked quite unreasonable, so angry that my teeth itched and helpless, Jiang Sheng pulled me to the wheat field to play, and when I came back, it was already dark.

At that time, Xiao Wu had been called home by Niu Aihua for dinner, but his mother still did not come back, until eight o'clock in the evening, it was supposed to be the time for his father to come home from work at the construction site, but their family also did not come back.

After Zhao Dahai went home, he told Shen A-Niang that Jiang Sheng and I were still waiting at the door, so he called us to his house for dinner, and we played at Zhao Dahai's house for a while until we heard movement from the village.

Jiang Sheng and I ran out, chasing after my father and mother, Niu Aihua also ran out when she heard the movement, pointed at her father and mother and scolded: "Zhang Xiumei, Jiang Zhengyang, you still dare to come back, I thought you were going to prepare a coffin!" You ......"

A slap came out of the moonlit night, and Niu Aihua's voice stopped abruptly, looking at his father's fierce eyes in a daze.

Mother was slapped into the door, Niu Aihua had never seen the honest Jiang Zhengyang beat people, and she was a little stunned for a while, so she pulled Xiao Wu and walked to her house.

"Let's go, I'm relieved when the two of them fight."

The father lifted her mother's hair and yelled, "Why don't you listen to what I say?!" ”

"Don't hit Mom!" Jiang Sheng saw his mother being beaten, and hurriedly went up to push his father away.

Father threw his mother to the ground, he looked at Jiang Sheng and asked, "Do you know what your mother did, he took out all your money and gave it to others, five hundred oceans, enough to buy a hundred cows, even Zhao Fugui's family doesn't have so much money!" ”