During the period of the Republic of China, the public security in Beiping was chaotic, and the gambling hall opened a lot of people, and everyone wanted to win a lot of money and be free in the troubled times, so even if the economy was in recession at that time, how many families could not open the pot, there were still people who used the money from the next meal to bet on the future and bet on the future.

A year ago, since his uncle was cut by his father, he was honest for a while, and after his injury was healed, he also helped to do farm work at home for a few months, and he no longer cared about his former card friends to play cards with him, after all, he once owed hundreds of oceans, forcing him to think of a way to make money and kill him, and he can be regarded as a person who has experienced despair.

But no matter how well the butcher is disguised, when he picks up the knife, he will involuntarily reveal his murderous nature.

Uncle belongs to the kind of person who does not change his nature even if he is killed, he has been addicted to gambling for many years, like a poison, terminally ill, eroding the bone marrow.

Whether it was the gangsters who demanded debts and cornered him, or his father almost hacked him to death, he could not let his uncle get rid of his gambling addiction.

Uncle has seen Lao Jiang a few times before, at that time Lao Jiang did not have an official and a half-job, but he was a notoriously ruthless person, Xiao Wu's grandfather also called Lao Jiang a brother when he was alive, although Lao Jiang did not have Xiao Wu's grandfather to fight, but he was not a person who was afraid of things, he used to treat the family of the police commissioner and never charged a penny, and it is precisely because of this that the police chief and Lao Jiang called him brothers, Lao Jiang had the opportunity to introduce his father to the police station and became familiar.

The uncle ran away when he saw Lao Jiang's legs, knowing that Lao Jiang was looking for an account, and Lao Jiang didn't chase him, and was informed in the evening that Zhang Laibao was caught by the police squatting near his house on the way home.

The aunt begged Lao Jiang to let his uncle go, but Lao Jiang ignored it and asked his aunt to take the money to the police station to ransom him.

My uncle secretly gambled in the past few months, but he didn't take out the family's money and lost everything, and in the end, my aunt only managed to come out with ten oceans.

Grandma cried so darkly that she didn't dare to cry in Sanlitun, Lao Jiang didn't do too much, and after getting more than ten oceans from her uncle, she let her uncle go and didn't embarrass anymore.

After Lao Jiang came back from the front line, because the war was still going on, the national army did not give him much money, and his life was barely enough.

When Lao Jiang Fu was at home, he often took Jiang Sheng around Sanlitun, sometimes catching pheasants and hares, sometimes teaching Jiang Sheng to climb trees and dig birds' nests, or teaching him how to talk about leaves and wicker blowing.

After passing the border of Beiping, there are many mountainous areas, and Lao Jiang has gone out to collect medicine several times and also brought Jiang Sheng there, teaching Jiang Sheng a lot of skills to recognize medicine and distinguish herbs.

Everyone can see that Lao Jiang is bent on having a grandson, although I was naughty when I was a child, but after all, I was a girl, and I couldn't play with Lao Jiang as a boy.

Lao Jiang loves Jiang Sheng like an old man, and I was jealous when I saw it in those days, but fortunately, after Lao Jiang gave Jiang Sheng something, Jiang Sheng would leave it to me.

Lao Jiang's house was built behind our house, and during the meal, my mother would ask me and Jiang Sheng to call Lao Jiang, and Lao Jiang would help my father to the kang after eating, help my father massage acupuncture points and acupuncture, or let my mother boil medicine to soak my father's feet.

After a few months, my father's legs and feet finally responded, and although he could not walk normally, he was at least able to use crutches to support himself and walk around Sanlitun as before.

At that time, due to inflation, almost every household became a 10,000 yuan household, and there was so much money that it was piled up under the bed.

Niu Aihua once said during a meal: "Didn't you owe Jiang Rong's family a thousand yuan last time, and you will pay it back later, I don't want to talk to Zhang Xiumei's slut." ”

Ma Aiguo said: "Can the 1,000 at that time be compared with now, if you want to pay it back, you have to use gold bars and the ocean to pay it back, you take the current money to repay the money is not the same as taking waste paper, and you are not afraid of attracting gossip." ”

"Money is money, how can it be waste paper?" Niu Aihua roared. "If you take out a thousand yuan, you can buy two handfuls of green onions, enough to eat for half a month, it's better than nothing, if you don't pay it back now, you will pay it back when the money is worth it." Is there a brain disease? ”

"You don't get involved in these things, this is my matter with Jiang Zhengyang, men's affairs and women don't intervene less, annoying people to death." Ma Aiguo said impatiently.

"You say I'm annoying? Jiang Zhengyang, you brute, how did you kneel down and beg me to let me come back, you are willing to annoy you! Niu Aihua stood up and twisted Ma Aiguo's ears as she spoke.

"You're not done!" Ma Aiguo pushed Niu Aihua away, and the mood for eating was gone.

"Mom, don't fight." Xiao Wu persuaded while holding the rice in his mouth.

Niu Aihua roared hysterically, rushed towards Ma Aiguo and Ma Aiguo scuffled.

Now her mother is no longer as abusive as Niu Aihua was before, Niu Aihua scolded her for anything, she would scold her back, even if she did it, she would not suffer, so Niu Aihua rarely provoked her mother.

After Jiang Sheng and Lao Jiang became acquainted, they didn't often skip class and go to see Lao Jiang, and Jiang Sheng still went to and from school with us every day.

At that time, walking on the street, it was common to see people carrying bundles of banknotes, which was a novelty at first, but after a long time, it was no longer strange. Because of inflation, most of the snack bars outside are closed, and no one can afford to buy xiaolongbao, which everyone loves to eat, so everyone brings pancakes and steamed buns from home to school, and you can eat half full with a handful of salt beans or cabbage gnocchi.

But in any era, there is poverty and wealth, Qin Fei relied on the relationship with Uncle Qin's family, Uncle Qin naturally couldn't let his own sister suffer, and he didn't know how to give Qin Fei's family a few gold bars.

Qin Fei likes to eat big fish and meat when everyone eats pickles and nibbles on dried steamed buns, and he could have eaten them at home, but he prefers to bring them to school to show off.

At that time, Qin Fei would occasionally bring a few chicken feet to share with those who were willing to follow him, and it was a luxury to be able to eat a bite of meat at that time.

However, even the economic depression did not stop Wang Hu and Xiao Wu from getting fat, Wang Hu still brought snacks to class every day, and sometimes Xiao Wu didn't eat in the morning, waiting for Wang Hu's snacks.

When Xiao Wu passed by Jiang Sheng's seat after class, he would secretly open the snack bag and stuff the snack into Jiang Sheng's mouth.

At that time, it was already the spring of 1946, and the children of Sanlitun had been promoted to the third grade together, and I was nine years old with Xiao Wu, and Jiang Sheng was eleven years old.

After the gendarmerie evacuated Beiping, Liyuan set off firecrackers with great fanfare and set up a new stage.

With the attraction of the pear orchard, the storytelling teahouse in Liyuan Town is naturally prosperous, how many artists are all headed by the pear orchard, and Master Jinglong is the leader of the pear orchard, which is the meaning of the first person.

Master Long summoned his former apprentices to revive the reputation of Liyuan, but it was only maintained for just two months, and the impact of inflation made many rich families in Beiping City become commoners overnight, and the people were short of food and clothing, so naturally no one wanted to listen to the play.

Fortunately, when the pear orchard wants to reward money, it is generally silver money, and copper plates are also required, so after the currency depreciation, although the pear orchard has no land to plant, the gold and silver jewelry and copper plate ingots stored by Master Long are enough for his disciples to eat for a period of time.

But even then, it's only enough to eat for a while.

According to the normal process, the singing doll can not grow well until at least sixteen or seventeen years old, after the voice change period, the most afraid is that the horn becomes a female voice, and the horn can't pinch the throat.

The craftsmanship of the pear garden originated in the Tang Dynasty, created by Li Hongji, the Tang Ming Emperor, the Tang Ming Emperor is Tang Xuanzong, he is the ancestor of the pear garden, known as the god of drama, so when the pear garden worships the ancestor master, it is actually to worship the emperor, and the specifications are very grand. Tang Xuanzong also likes harlequins, so among the five corners of the ugly at the end of Shengdan, the status of the harlequin is the highest, and he is the most respected in the troupe, and everything must be the first to be the harlequin.

However, this is the rule before the Manchu Qing Dynasty, in the Republic of China, the troupe is still respected by the harlequin, but that is the rule only when learning art together, once they reach the age, Hua Dan and Wusheng are the real corners, they will be treated as guests wherever they go, and the reward in the theater will also be given to them, as for the other corners, they will be ignored. They all set their own rules and reward other corners of their subordinates with silver money.

Because the people who can become Hua Dan are all good-looking boys since childhood, once Hua Dan reaches the youth and young adulthood, Hua Dan's smile is enough to be called charming and sultry. Some people don't understand why Hua Dan doesn't find a woman to act, in fact, after a little thought, you can understand that since ancient times, there are many good people in Longyang, and there are even more people who don't like Longyang fetish when they see a charming man who wants to taste the forbidden fruit.

If it is replaced by a woman, there are many powerful and high-ranking officials among the spectators, and they will buy it back to the house if they fall in love with Hua Dan, and the master of the pear orchard will offend the powerful if he does not sell it, and if he sells it, the pear orchard will be depressed from then on. It takes a lot of effort for a master to be trained, but it is different for a man, even if there is a Longyang person who takes a fancy to Hua Dan and wants to spend a lot of money to have a night of leisure, it will not affect Hua Dan to continue to stay in the pear orchard.

Therefore, the tragedy of the pear orchard is often here, it is said that it can be on the stage, but in fact it can't be on the stage, no matter how noble it is than ordinary people, it is played for more noble people after all.

Jiang Sheng has been in the pear orchard for two years since he left the pear orchard, and in the past two years, Hu Xiaomeng, the eldest disciple of the pear orchard, will bring Xi'er to visit Jiang Sheng every year around the Spring Festival, and Jiang Sheng will also return to the pear orchard with Hu Xiaomeng for a meal.

But Master Long never appeared when Jiang Sheng went back, Jiang Sheng was a forbearant person, Master Long didn't want to see him, he naturally didn't want to see Master Long, and he didn't even mention it.

The disciples of Liyuan missed Jiang Sheng and didn't want Jiang Sheng to come and leave for a meal, so they let Jiang Sheng stay, so Jiang Sheng would stay in the disciple's room for one night, and Xi'er and Little Shovel would crowd next to Jiang Sheng.

Jiang Sheng still remembers the skin monkey, he would get up in the dead of night and sit in the courtyard of the pear orchard to look at the moon.

He remembered that the first time he saw the leather monkey was when the leather monkey splashed him with cold water, and then the leather monkey targeted him many times, but when he was ready to waste a hand for the timid and afraid Xi'er, it was the leather monkey who stood in front of him.

"The best thing in the world is meat buns."

"When I was a child, I listened to others tell the story of Monkey King, he has a purple and gold crown on his head, his feet are colorful and douyun, he is wearing gold clothes and gold armor, and people call him a great sage grandfather everywhere, which is really majestic!"

Jiang Sheng was thinking about it when he suddenly burst into tears, remembering that the leather monkey didn't wake him up before he died, and he walked so decisively.

Last year, when Lao Jiang took Jiang Sheng to his uncle to ask for accounts, he gave Jiang Sheng two Yuan heads, and at dawn, Jiang Sheng quietly walked out of the pear orchard and went to the pear garden street to buy a basket of steamed buns for each senior brother.

Jiang Sheng woke up the little shovel when he left, and the little shovel looked at the pile of meat buns on the table, his eyes were straight, except for the wild vegetable soup in the pear orchard all day long, there was a corn bun that could break through the sky, how could there be meat buns to eat? He followed Jiang Sheng to the door, Jiang Sheng turned around and said, "Little shovel, I'm leaving." ”

The little shovel didn't expect Jiang Sheng to call him out to say goodbye, so he hurriedly said, "Brother Jiang Sheng, don't go, I'll wake up Xi'er and them." ”

Jiang Sheng grabbed the small shovel and said, "If you don't call Xi'er, you just want to go quietly like this, you go back in a while to wake everyone up and eat steamed buns, otherwise it will be cold, oh yes, you have to brush your teeth first." ”

After Jiang Sheng finished speaking, he left the pear orchard without looking back, and then went to Liyuan Street to buy another basket of steamed buns, ate them while walking, crossed the overpass and came to the mound where the monkeys were buried, and put the rest of the buns on the mound.

Jiang Sheng always remembered the child named Yukawa Tanaka, and it was his willful and reckless behavior that indirectly led to the death of the leather monkey, so Jiang Sheng also hated the gendarmerie.

Later, when the gendarmerie was escorted back to China, Tanaka Yukawa also deliberately asked Tanaka Taketo to find Jiang Sheng, wanting to see Jiang Sheng before leaving.

Jiang Sheng naturally wouldn't go to see it.

No one knew that after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Jiang Sheng read newspapers and listened to the radio every day, and waited for any news about Shanghai every day.

But he waited for a long time and didn't wait for news about Shanghai, until one day he received a letter, signed by Yukawa Tanaka.