Jiyou to Gengxu is just an ordinary year change, but for this year it has a different meaning. The collapse of the Qing Dynasty, which had ruled China for 260 years, inevitably brought great variables to everyone's lives.

The big people of the new dynasty are busy with their own big things, and the little people have their own lives.

The area around Zhengjiazhuang in Mengyin County, Lunan is the old base of the Mengshan Army, and it has a different situation than other places. Because thousands of children joined the army and many became officers, large sums of money were sent back to their hometowns. Because a large number of young people went out to work in factories in Yizhou, Yanzhou and even Jinan, a large amount of salary was brought home. The first thing the villagers had to do when they had money was to build a house, so there were many new tiled houses in the local area over the years.

There are more new houses, roads have been repaired, and a flat road leading to the county seat has been paved with cement, which was donated by the Zhongxing Company, and the road is organized by the county, and the road builders are paid daily wages. The construction of this cement avenue has greatly facilitated travel and made the people in the old base area proud.

Because it is an old base area that has made great sacrifices and contributions to the Mengshan Army, the Yizhou government exempted more than a dozen villages in the Zhengjiazhuang area from agricultural taxes for three years, which brings joy to the base area. Before the first Spring Festival of the Mengshan army to seize the world, more than a dozen villages such as Zhengjiazhuang, Chenjiaya, Baiwei, and Zhangqian presented a rare kind of red fire, the red flags planted on the street doors, and the hanging lanterns added to the festive atmosphere, and the cleaned streets were full of dolls who had put on new clothes early and frolicked, and firecrackers continued to sound. The air was filled with the faint scent of gunpowder.

Cheng Daniu, who is now a celebrity in Lunan, is very deserted on Chinese New Year's Eve. Thinking of the second son who died in Texas, his wife threw down the work in her hand and cried, making Cheng Daniu scold a few words fiercely, thinking that today was Chinese New Year's Eve, Cheng Daniu restrained his feelings, "What are you crying about?!" The founding of the army was sacrificed, isn't it good to build the country? Looking at the meat on the table, "Can you eat the meat in the past?" Dream on. ”

The government has already paid the pensions of the officers and soldiers who died in the Mengshan Army, and it is the earliest province in the country to issue pensions. Soldier 100 silver dollars. 150 silver dollars for officers. A few years ago, Mengyin County also sent people to send condolences to them: a pound of pork, a live chicken, 20 pounds of white flour, and 10 pounds of rice.

The life of the Cheng family is not ten years ago. Cheng Daniu engaged in rural autonomy and received a large allowance. The boss Jianguo sends military pay every three months. Money is enough. A few years ago, Jianguo was promoted to brigade commander and stepped into the ranks of senior officers, and was transferred from Yunnan to Sichuan. It's closer to home, but it doesn't mean much, his mother still can't see the eldest son who has been away from home for more than three years, Nianguan naturally thinks of the second son who died in battle and the eldest son who is away on an expedition, and sadness is always inevitable.

Cheng Daniu saw his wife sobbing, and his heart was also sad, "Just our Zhengjiazhuang, how many good children have been sacrificed?" Where is just the army building one? Besides, how can there be immortals in the world? You want to open some. The army is a martyr, how good do you think the government is to us? In the spring of next year, we will build a monument to the martyrs in Zhengjiazhuang, this matter has been decided, and the name of the Jianjun will be engraved on it. The second son is good, and if he has a spirit, he doesn't want you to cry and cry......"

This sentence made the wife howl. Cheng Daniu didn't persuade anymore, he hid aside and quietly wiped his tears, but his wife howled a few times and calmed down, "You're right." If Commander Long hadn't saved you, our family would have been scattered a long time ago. You can't be a man without a conscience......"

"Yes, yes, it's good if you think so. If I really become a representative, I will take you to Beijing, so that you can also open your eyes and see the world! ”

The work of electing members of the first National Assembly of Shandong Province has already begun, and the method of applying for the first congress has been adopted step by step, and the final decision will be made by the Central Military Region Command. Mengyin County will be "famous" Cheng Daniu as a candidate reported, a few years ago Chen Chao inspected Lunan, took the time to go back to his hometown, met Cheng Daniu, Chen Chao thought that the old Cheng was very likely to be elected. This made Cheng Daniu very happy, he didn't know everything about what the position of a congressman was, but he was excited to be able to enter Beijing and meet Commander Long. He thinks that Chen Chao can make the decision on this matter, Chen Chao is now the governor of Shandong, and the commander of the Central Military Region is his son-in-law, so it's not a matter of one sentence.

"I don't want to go to Jingshi, but I want to go to Sichuan to see the boss, who knows when he will be able to go home." Thinking of her eldest son and husband who are now out of business, the woman's mood is much better.

"To Sichuan? How dare you think about it! It's too far, I don't worry about you, let's go to Beijing with me, I have a lot to say to the commander. Come on, let's eat, tomorrow, I have to take a walk to the martyrs' homes in our village, this is what I should do......" Cheng Daniu is the village head, and he feels the responsibility to visit the families of the martyrs who sacrificed for the Mengshan Army to fight the world.

"Hey, are you going to see Deputy Commander Zhou?"

"What is Deputy Commander Zhou? Don't talk nonsense! Zhou Yi shouldn't have married Zheng Laocai's daughter, what good people are in his family? It must have been instigated by the Zheng family...... "There are many versions of the Xinning incident circulating, as Long Qian's diehard loyalist, Cheng Daniu is confused and regretful behind his hatred of Zhou Feng's rebellion. He once asked about the Xinning incident in a letter to his eldest son, and Cheng Jianguo, who was in the second division, was naturally silent. The reply sternly warned the father not to talk about it.

"Xiaochan is quite pitiful...... The ghost door was closed and walked around, if it weren't for Commander Ye's care, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to pass this pass, the villagers would look uncomfortable. ”

Cheng Daniu's bitter hatred for Zheng Jing has long been indifferent with time and circumstances, the Zheng family is completely finished, Zheng Jing has died for many years, Zheng Du also died in Guangxi, it is said that the eldest prince Zheng Chengdong hid in Tibet for many years, and finally fell into the hands of the Mengshan army. He didn't want his wife to visit Zheng Chan because he was influenced by his son, and when he thought about it, everyone was in trouble to this point, as a villager, what could he do if he took a look? "Whatever you want. If you want to go, bring something, and don't be empty-handed for the holidays. ”

Zhou Yi's escort back to Zhengjiazhuang is still top secret, but Cheng Daniu knows that he even shoulders part of the responsibility for Zhou Yi's safety - Zhou Yi's family's food is the responsibility of the village, and the army pays for it, and it is settled every three months.

Zhou Yi was secretly escorted back to Zhengjiazhuang from Guangzhou before the New Year's Eve because Zheng Chan was ill. Hu Zongyu, commander of the Southern Military Region, asked Long Qian to send Zhou Yi back to Shandong and handed him over to the Central Military Region to continue house arrest.

Zheng Chan, who was seriously ill, was finally reunited with her husband.

Last autumn, Zheng Chan, who was seriously ill, sent a letter to Wang Yuecian in desperation, hoping to meet before she died. Of course, she would have preferred to see her husband, who was said to be alive, but no one knew where he was, and she naturally could not visit him. The big people she knew had left Shandong to take up high positions in Beijing, she didn't know who to ask for, she wanted to ask her former friend Chen Shu for help, but in the end she didn't dare to send a letter to Chen Shu. I could only write a letter to my former aunt, who had been confirmed to be on an errand in the intelligence system of the Mengshan Army. I haven't received a reply from Wang Yuechan yet. Zheng Chan was immediately taken to Jinan, admitted to a military hospital, and cured of Yan Zhan's pneumonia. A few years ago, she returned to her hometown despite the hospital's dissuasion, because Sun Juan, who was transferred back to the General Hospital of the Central Military Region from the Southern Military Region, went to see her. It is certain that Zhou Yi will be sent back to his hometown in Shandong.

This news boosted Zheng Chan's confidence in living.

But she was still surprised to see her husband. Compared to him who was in high spirits three years ago. The old man of appearance is still secondary, and the key is that the spirit is completely broken!

It's still the same courtyard. He married the beautiful and gentle Zheng Chan here, and he called the shots here...... The familiar environment made Zhou Yi tremble and couldn't speak.

"It's good to be back. Lin'er, call dad ......" Zheng Chan's eyes were full of tears, trying not to let it flow out, and lowered her head and pulled her son Zhou Yulin, whose tuba was still taken by the person who imprisoned her husband......

"You've lost a lot of weight," Zhou Yi looked at his skinny and out of shape wife, "I hurt you, I'm sorry for you......"

The two had enough time to recount what they wanted to know.

"Feng Lun hurt you!"

"I can't blame others, or I can't control it...... However, I didn't expect him to be so ruthless, Feng Lun is also an old man who fought with him in the north and south, and he will kill him when he says he will kill him. ”

"You still say that! If you were you, could you spare the people who were going to kill you?! You have long admitted that your skills are not as good as others, why are you dizzy? ”

"Feng Lun didn't have to kill anyone, but he just had some resentment in his heart! Watching the past peers and even subordinates surpass him one by one, can you feel comfortable? It's me, appointing three deputy commanders-in-chief in one go, Lu Shan and Ning Shijun are just one side, why is Wang Mingyuan? Don't talk about qualifications, just say that the position should be mine? He is in charge of Guangdong, and I am in charge of Guangxi alone......"

"Don't talk about these useless things!" She interrupted her husband in a rare slam voice, "I heard that the people of the Kuomintang and even the imperial court have been reused, after all, you are the elder of the Mengshan Army, you can admit your mistake to him and ask him for forgiveness!" Not for anything else, but for me and the child! If it hadn't been for the rescue of the third aunt, I would have died a long time ago! What about the child? It doesn't matter if you and I sit in this courtyard and watch the sky for the rest of our lives, you let your son be the living dead?! ”

Freedom is naturally not there, Zhou Yi has been used to it for a few months, in his opinion, the conditions for returning to Zhengjiazhuang are much better, reuniting with his wife and children is one thing, at least this spacious courtyard can walk freely, and the attitude of the guards is much gentler.

It was not the army that escorted Zhou Yi back to Zhengjiazhuang, but people from the National Security Bureau, all wearing civilian clothes. They left a group to stay at the Zheng family's mansion, and the rest withdrew. After the establishment of the Central Military Region, Zhengjiazhuang was stationed in an engineer battalion, and the officers escorted by the State Security Bureau to Zhou Yi to get in touch with the garrison, and the garrison sent a guard at the gate of the Zheng family's mansion. They can't go out of the courtyard gate or go to other courtyards of the Zheng family's mansion, and outsiders can't enter, but in the courtyard where Zheng Chan lives, they are free, and the few plainclothes guards who live next door don't show up except for coming to see him in the morning and evening.

Life is also quite good, the guards open their own stoves and do not disturb Zhou Yi's family. The food expenses of the "prisoners" are standard, not low, according to the monthly subsidy of 3 silver dollars per person, the whole family is 12 yuan. Considering that there are two children and the local price level, Zhou Yi's family can eat well.

Zhou Yi is used to a life of losing his freedom, but Zheng Chan is not used to it.

"Why didn't I look for him? I wrote him three letters, and I didn't reply to any of them. ”

"Why is he so nostalgic?" She muttered, "He's not like that." In her impression, the man was well-read and amiable.

"I've figured it out, he can't go along with this, he won't release me, let alone do things. One can forgive one's enemies, but not one's own for the betrayal. Other than that. The founding emperors were very powerful...... When he treats me like this, it may not be a killer. ”

She stayed for a long time, pondering her husband's words, "The third aunt wrote that she wanted to come to see me, and I heard that she had made great contributions and awarded some medals. When we met, I told her to ask her to figure out a way. In addition, Ye Yanbing is also good, I went to Jinan for treatment. He arranged it. He wasn't in Shandong at that time, maybe it would be useful to beg him? How have you had a relationship in the past? ”

"No need, I've figured it out, he's not going to kill me. Won't let me go. Even if you let me go. Won't use me either! The Xinning incident is so big. I have killed hundreds of people by cannibalism, and I always have to give an explanation to the troops, who will bear the blame if I don't blame? Other than that. Don't ask for anyone, ask for him, not for others. can't hurt Wang Yuecian. Don't look at Ye Yanbing and he are close relatives, Ye will never speak in this matter...... Instead of begging Ye Yanbing, it is better to beg Chen Chao. ”

"Will the Chen family help us?" Zheng Chanyan zhòng doubted. In fact, it was none other than Chen Chao, who returned to Shandong from Beijing to take charge of the government, who ordered her to be sent to the hospital for treatment.

This is just one of the countless secret conversations between the husband and wife, and the biggest advantage now is that there is time, Zhou Yi continued to think, Ye Yanbing has been his subordinate, and the relationship is not good, nor is it bad. After the relationship between Ye Yanbing and Chen Xian was confirmed, the identity of this person was different...... Zhou Yi thought about the past, and suddenly felt sad in his heart, if it wasn't for his uncle's desperate cultivation of that person, how could he lead the eighth team? How can they get the support of Lu Shan, Wang Mingyuan, Feng Guozhu, Ning Shijun and others? Speaking of which, he may not be unkind to him, when he led the three teams back to the mountain, if he gritted his teeth, he might not have fought for himself, after all, his identity was much heavier than him in the eyes of those minions...... However, can you lead the Mengshan Army to fight this world? Will you take the initiative to recruit An to King Qin? Will a large number of backbones be sent to Kanto? The answer is cold, no. In fact, if he was in power, he would not even have the Mengshan army, and it would still be the Mengshan cottage! I was on the right path, my wife was thinking about it, but it was not worth mentioning at all, if there was no Xinning incident, my status would definitely not be lower than Ye Yanbing! Why did the Xinning incident happen? Is it accidental or inevitable? Why didn't he listen to Lan Xinzhi at that time? Blame Zheng Du? It's better to blame yourself.

Thinking of Zheng Du, Zhou Yi suddenly shuddered. The suspicion of such a heavy dà has been ignored! Zheng Du is in the division headquarters, he can't not know! Why do you keep forbearing? Because you didn't turn your face with the court at that time? Inexcusable. Could it be that the Xinning incident was a trap set up to deliberately let Feng Lun drill with him? To eradicate dissidents? It is an undeniable fact that since the Xinning incident, the Mengshan Army has really become a monolith...... No, actually not, I don't believe that Lushan's Northern Army will be so loyal, I don't believe it! Dissent cannot be eradicated, and whoever wants to eradicate dissent will become more and more dissident......

Cheng Daniu's wife carried gifts into the Zheng family's mansion and took a lot of twists and turns, although the soldiers of the guard knew the famous Cheng Daniu's daughter-in-law, but they didn't let her in. It wasn't until the guards of the National Security Bureau stationed in the courtyard came out and asked for the identity of the person who came that they agreed, but they had to be accompanied by someone and could not meet alone.

Zheng Chan didn't expect Cheng Daniu's wife to come to see them with a gift, and she was very excited. Zhou Yi didn't want to see the villagers, so he borrowed a thatched house and escaped.

"I said Xiaochan, Commander Zhou made a mistake, you should persuade him well, admit your mistake to Commander Long, it's over! are all old brothers who fight the world together, you still don't know Commander Long's humanity? What a kind person. Persuade Commander Zhou, huh? ”

Poor and lovely aunt, I didn't understand it before, but now I finally understand, as long as people are involved in politics and officialdom, where is there any kindness?! In fact, I can't blame others, if Feng Lun's bastard is done, will he spare Long Qian? I'm afraid that even Zhou Yi will be slaughtered in the same way.

"Thank you, Aunt Cheng, you are an elder, but you came to see me......"

"Isn't this a special case? When Commander Zhou's matter passes, at least shouldn't he be a mansion? When the time comes, don't you know me, this poor old woman......"

"There dare." Zheng Chan thought to herself, don't say that you still have a son who is an officer, even if Cheng Daniu is a reckless man, no one dares to underestimate your family," Aunt Cheng said with a smile. Zheng Chan wanted to ask if everyone in the Zhuangzi knew that Zhou Yi was back, because the plainclothes guards were pacing not far away, so they stopped.

"Xiaochan, if you lack anything, just tell your aunt, ah, don't be polite."

"Thank you, auntie, I don't lack anything here." Zheng Chan thought, in addition to freedom.

"It seems that Commander Zhou doesn't want to see me, no matter what, they are all capable people. You should persuade him well, think about the past days, how difficult it is. Cheng Daniu's wife looked up at the peeling paintings on the wooden board on the upper part of the window, and was full of emotion. (To be continued......)