Xu Jinge walked out of prison in 1975, and he spent 25 years in prison since his arrest in 1950, when he was 55 years old.

He still remembers that on the day of his arrest, the whole city acted in unison, and the targets of arrest were military, police, constitutional, and special personnel of the old regime. In fact, when the "anti-rebellion" campaign had just begun, Xu Jinge knew that he was in a catastrophe, and the Communist Party would not spare him because of his status as a lieutenant colonel officer in the Secret Bureau, and the death of Luo Mengyun, an underground member of the Communist Party of China, was directly related to him. From the moment he was arrested, Xu Jinge accepted his fate. The profession of a special agent generally does not end well, what an excellent talent his assistant Ye Zhaoming was back then, handsome and dashing, courageous, received strict agent training, the business top of the special training class that year, proficient in the four Chinese, many upper-class women fell in love with him incorrigibly when they saw Ye Zhaoming. It's a pity that such an excellent agent lost his life after only two missions, he is this life, and Xu Jinge's life was not picked up? Being able to live to this day is already in vain, and Xu Jinge is content.

Thanks to Fang Jinglin, if he hadn't testified for Xu Jinge, Xu Jinge would not have survived the "rebellion". It should be admitted that Fang Jinglin still misses the old feelings very much, in order to save Xu Jinge from the death penalty, he did a lot of work, and finally the three reasons he put forward attracted the attention of the case-handling personnel: first, Xu Jingge did something beneficial to the country and the nation in the War of Resistance against Japan; Second, when the identity of Fang Jinglin, an underground member of the Communist Party of China, was exposed, Xu Jinge did not take action, in a sense, saved Fang Jinglin's life; Another point is that Xu Jinge took the initiative to contact the Beiping City Industry Department of the Communist Party of China when Beiping was not yet liberated, and according to the policy, he should be counted as an uprising person, and made a certain contribution to the peaceful liberation of Beiping.

The case-handling personnel admitted the first two reasons and rejected the third point, believing that Xu Jinge's uprising was forced, and that at that time, the People's Liberation Army troops were pressing the border, and the Kuomintang army was like a frightened bird, and if he Xu Jinge did not revolt, he would only have a dead end, which was not a contribution, but was suspected of speculative revolution.

Xu Jinge was finally sentenced to life imprisonment leniently, and his life was saved, in that situation, Fang Jinglin had done his best for Xu Jinge, and Xu Jinge appreciated this.

Xu Jinge spent a long twenty-five years in prison. In 1959, the state announced that some former Kuomintang war criminals would be amnesty, and the former Kuomintang military and political personnel in the prison were all overjoyed and rushed to tell each other, who knew that this amnesty did not include the middle and lower-level officials of the former Kuomintang, but only selected some of the former senior generals of the Kuomintang to admit guilt to carry out the amnesty. Everyone likes to have a show, and it is inevitable to complain.

"It stands to reason that the bigger the official, the greater the crime, how can the big official be put upside down, and the small official should sit through the prison?"

The prison correctional staff also did their work to everyone: "Don't worry, there will be a second and third batch in the future, isn't this just the beginning?" As long as you transform well, everyone has a chance. ”

The prisoners have finally settled down, continue to reform, and wait, one day it will be our turn. This waited for another seven years, and when "**" began in 1966, no one was looking forward to being released from prison. The matter is obvious, there has been a commotion outside, and people are being raided everywhere, not to mention the real "five types of elements", that is, high-ranking officials of the Communist Party, university professors, famous Peking Opera actors, and artists, most of whom have also been knocked to the ground. At this time, the prisoners wiped their cold sweat and rejoiced: "God, the Communist Party still feels sorry for us, if the brothers are 'pardoned' out in five or nine years, I am afraid that there will be no place to die at this time, or it is better to be in prison, it is simply a safe, and I will not go anywhere in this life, and I will not go out if I am killed, so I will retire in prison." ”

Xu Jinge's parents died young, he had no relatives outside, he had long been like an ancient well, he had no hope for his future, and he never dreamed of returning to society, and he had many opportunities to escape from prison during his long 25 years of prison life. He was still young at the time, and with his training, it didn't seem difficult to escape from this prison, but what if he gave up these opportunities and escaped? Where is the huge China that is not the world of the Communist Party? Even if you have great ability, what if you end up escaping to Taiwan? How will the Kuomintang treat this "defector"? Even Xu Jinge himself had long lost confidence in the Kuomintang regime, and he hated it.

In 1975, according to the ***** resolution, the state decided to release all the former Kuomintang county and regiment-level military and political personnel in custody.

When Xu Jinge was released from prison, the whole country was "criticizing Lin and Confucius", and some ancient texts always appeared in the newspapers, either Huan Kuan's "Treatise on Salt and Iron", or words such as "Shang Ying's Reform" and "Ximen Leopard", which made the common people with low education confused. In fact, this is a few literati-born bigwigs playing the trick of borrowing the past to talk about the present, wanting to overthrow political opponents but can't say it clearly, so they take the ancients to talk about things, first create public opinion, start from the periphery, from the surface to the inside, make a fuss in theory, and make the opponent have nightmares in the middle of the night, and panic all day, so that the fatal blow is issued, so that the political opponent is caught off guard and turned over and falls. This trick is a common method used by the big people in the "**", and it becomes a fixed mode when used too much, and even the peddlers and pawns know that once there is any ancient text in the newspaper, it must be someone who is going to be unlucky.

Xu Jinge was assigned work by the United Front Work Department, considering that he had read an old-style private school when he was a teenager and was naturally familiar with ancient Chinese, he was arranged to work as an ancient translator in the "Philosophy Group of Workers, Peasants and Soldiers" of the District Cultural Center, and his work was quite leisurely.

One day, Xu Jinge passed by the fresh fish mouth in the east of Qianmen Street, he remembered that there was a time-honored Xinghua pool bathhouse in the fresh fish mouth, he had taken a bath in this bathhouse in his early years, and it had been thirty years, Xu Jinge decided to go in to see if the old bathhouse in his memory was still there.

In the old city of Beijing, the fresh fish mouth is very famous. Originally, the canal used to flow here, and it was a transportation wharf and a place to sell fresh fish, so it was called Fresh Fish Mouth. Not far from here, there is a place called Sanli River and Shuidaozi, which proves this. Wherever there was water, it was once a thriving place, and the reputation of Xianyukou at that time was louder than that of the big fence opposite.

Xu Jinge remembers that the most lively place in Xianyukou was a small crossroads, and the north of the road was Tianxingju, Xinghuachi Bathhouse, Cheap Fang Roast Duck Shop, Tianchengzhai Shoe Store, and south of the road was Lianyou Photo Studio, Black Monkey Department Store and Ma Juyuan Hat Store. These are the places he used to go back then. The double-faced cloth shoes made by Tianchengzhai have a green cloth surface, a full-pack sole, and two leather faces in the front, which are good-looking and sturdy and not expensive. The Black Monkey Department Store sells needles and threads, and there is a black monkey made of Nanmu in front of the door holding a smiling face of gold ingots to welcome customers, and a little further on is the Huale Theater, Zhengming Zhai Dumpling Shop and Changchuntang Pharmacy.

Xu Jinge remembered that in the year of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he accompanied Qiao Jiacai stationmaster to watch the Peking Opera "Pick a Pulley" at the Huale Theater...... Everything in front of me has been dilapidated, the Chinese Music Theater is still there, but the name has been changed to "Popular Theater", fortunately, the Xinghua Pool Bathhouse has not been demolished, it is still open, Xu Jinge walked into the bathhouse and bought a bath ticket. It was a Monday afternoon, and there were few customers in the bathhouse, so he took a shower and lay down on the couch, where he fell asleep in a daze. He didn't know how long he slept, but he was woken up by a commotion. Xu Jinge raised his head and looked, and saw that there were several old people on the other side of the wardrobe talking and laughing loudly, these old people looked like they were all sixty or seventy years old, judging from their unscrupulous and loud behavior in public places, they should belong to the manual laborers at the bottom. Xu Jinge turned over, wanted to sleep for a while but couldn't sleep, these old people's voices were too loud, they seemed to be talking about something in "**".

"I said, how many years should the year of the Republic of China be counted as the year when the world was raided? As soon as I calculated this, I was dizzy, and I always thought about the Republic of China calendar in my head. ”

"I can see that your head is full of glutinous seeds, and it takes six or six years to raid your home, and according to the earlier Republic of China calendar, it should be the fifty-fifth year of the Republic of China."

"Yes, that's that year, how many brothers still remember, right? It was a lively year, I pedaled from the Hufang Bridge to the overpass, this way did not stop, everywhere was raiding the house, smashing things, so high, so thick a pickle jar was thrown down from the fourth floor, 'bang' smashed on the road teeth, pickle soup splashed several feet away. At the time, I wondered, who? Doesn't this have a convulsion? If you raid your house, you can raid your house, why can't you get along with the pickle jar? Okay, in the afternoon, I delivered the goods to the 'Quanjude', at a glance, the Red Guards were stunned to unload the 'Quanjude' signboard and threw it into the fire, dare to love that the word is made of tin, as soon as it melted into the fire, the manager of the 'Quanjude' is pouting his ass and making people fight so much that they can't find the north, the Red Guards are counting on the side, is the roast duck eaten by the working people? How do you serve the bourgeoisie? The cook in charge nodded and asked the Red Guards, the young general, the young general, you give instructions, what should we sell tomorrow? The Red Guards said, let's start selling Wotou, guess what, the next day, 'Quanjude' really sold Wotou, three cents apiece, Wotou steamed big and Xuan, in the end, it is a famous restaurant, Wotou is steamed more authentic than other places, when has 'Quanjude' been so popular? The long queue is all in the front door building......"

", this is also a queue? Let me tell you, in the summer of the 34th year of the Republic of China, my foreign car had a problem, and the car repair shop said that it would take three days to repair it. You can't tie your mouth with a rope, can you? We have to think about it, the next day I sold sour plum soup at the Liubukou branch stall, the two eldest sons had a spoonful, and the people on the street saw me hula and immediately surrounded me, I left a spoonful and a spoonful right, left and right, left and right...... Just bow my head and scoop the soup, and when the pot bottoms out, I look up and am startled, and guess what? This brigade platoon, from the sixth mouth platoon to the west fourth archway......"

Several old people laughed, and an old man who had no teeth and spoke with a leaky voice laughed and scolded: "You just blow it, why do you see the West Fourth Archway when you stand at the mouth of the sixth department?" When you get to the Xidan intersection, you have to turn north, and you can turn around with that look? ”

At this time, a fat old man came out of the steaming bath room with a towel around his body, and greeted several old people: "Ouch, a few old brothers, I haven't seen you for a few days, I have to have a good chat today." ”

"Isn't this an old axle? I see you've lost weight lately, what's going on? ”

The fat old man waved his hand with a smile and said, "Don't mention it, let my brother make a few jokes when you say it, it's ugly, don't mention it, don't mention it......"

"No, no, you have to tell me, my brother is not an outsider, is our old sister-in-law angry with you?"

"She didn't dare to do this, we were the head of the family at home, and when I got home, I didn't take the grass, and I lay down there, and the old woman rushed to beat my legs, delicious food and drink, and waited, to say that life is also comfortable, that is, there is one, as soon as I go to bed at night, I will be worried, say it and let my brother make a few jokes, my wife always pulls me to do that, I say I can't do it, how old am I? I have all my grandchildren, and it's a bit disrespectful to do that again, but the old woman doesn't do it, so she kneels down and begs me, ...... In a fit of rage, he kicked the old woman off the bed......"

"Wait a minute, wait a minute, I said old axle, how old is our old sister-in-law this year?"

"Hey, hey! I'm sorry, I'm a year younger than me, and I'm seventy-nine. ”

The old men laughed, Xu Jinge heard it, they were looking for fun, the fat old man walked tremblingly, his wife was probably in this situation, how could he still have the strength to do this? Xu Jinge half-closed his eyes and listened carefully to the ridicule of the old people, he felt for the first time the freshness of the pure Beijing dialect, and only the bottom society of Beijing can keep this dialect fresh and vivid.

The fat old man suddenly shouted in a fuss: "Yo ho, isn't this Master Wen?" You haven't been able to speak for a long time, what's wrong with you today? Every time we meet, I count you to talk a lot, and those who don't know think you're a 'talker'. ”

"Don't worry, I can see it, where are the old brothers coming to take a bath? I'm here to open my mouth, don't I want you to say that it's enough to be comfortable? If Master Wen and I open my mouth, will you still have the right to interject? ”

"Come on, Master Wen, you just have to talk about yours, today is time, by the way, last time you said that in 66 years, a Red Guard leader came to see you with wine, saying that he asked Master Wen to go out of the mountain, and he wanted to settle someone, is there such a thing? The last time I listened to that, I didn't hear anything about it, and this time you continue. ”

"Hey, do you remember that? Then I'll give you a paragraph. That year, the Red Guards first raided the house and smashed things, and then they copied what they should copy, smashed what they should smash, and they didn't have to play, and they thought about beating up the little hooligans, and now they beat up a little trouble. There were a few boys on the Xidan side, so that the Red Guards were desperate, and they all ran to the second floor of the Xuanwumen Church, holding kitchen knives and sticks at the staircase, waiting for the Red Guards, coming up one by one to clean up one by one, looking at this posture is going to play with their lives. The Red Guards surrounded the church on three floors inside and three floors outside, but no one dared to go up. The leader of the Red Guards had no idea, and said to his men, go! Inquire about it, who has the final say in this part of Xicheng? Someone said at the time, do you still need to ask? Master Wen, this matter has to be moved to Master Wen, otherwise the police at the police station will not be able to play, that's it, the head of the Red Guards carried two bottles of 'Erguotou', two 'big front doors', and two snack boxes, and said that he begged me to go out of the mountain, we received other people's things, we can't mention it in black and white, besides, even Chairman Mao poked the Red Guards, Master Wen, I have to mean it, right? That day I wore a pair of bloomers for practice, a three-inch-wide belt tied around my waist, a pair of 'kicking dead cows' on my feet, and my upper body was bare-backed. As soon as he saw me, he immediately lost his temper, and the kid in the lead said, "Ouch, isn't this Master Wen?" Why did you get here? If there is anything you command, you will be asked to make a trip. I said, who told you to come to church? This is a place for people to recite scriptures, not a place to play with their arms, get the out of here, I told the Red Guards, and they promised not to beat you. The kid in the lead said, yes, Master Wen, we listen to you. Originally, this matter was over, but then something went wrong, there was a little rabbit cub who was not from Xicheng, and I hadn't heard of Master Wen's name, hey! Dare to argue with me, he glared at me and said, where did you jump out of this old coffin, why should we listen to you? At that time, I was angry, you little rabbit cub, you are tired of being crooked, dare to talk to your master Wen like this? I hit him in the nose with a 'cannon to the sky', followed by a 'black dog drilled into the crotch', and carried this kid up, and he spun around my head like a windmill a dozen times, and then I exerted my strength, hey! Stunned, this kid went down from the second floor......"

The old men burst out laughing.

"Lao Wen, you just blow it round, pay attention to blow the people from the tax bureau and let you pay taxes."

"Lao Wen, I remember that you have fallen to death and killed seven or eight people in your life, and the director of the public security bureau is your uncle, right? Why else would you sit here? ”

Even Xu Jinge was amused, there are many people who like to brag, but it is the first time he has met such a bragging person. But...... How is it a little familiar to listen to this person's speech, have you seen this person before? Twenty-five years have passed, and how many memories have faded with the passage of time, Xu Jinge struggled to search for fragmented memories in his mind...... The past events of 25 years ago are like mountains shrouded in fog, hazy and distant, a spark flashes suddenly, crossing from the depths of boundless history, and many past events that have been sealed by the dust of the long years are like being illuminated by a scorching light source in an instant, all of which are vividly presented in front of Xu Jinge's eyes like a movie picture...... Oh my God, this is Wen San'er, he's still alive? Xu Jinge found that the 25 years that had passed had not drowned out the memories, they were stored in the depths of Xu Jinge's memories, and every detail was preserved intact......

Xu Jinge walked up to Wen San'er and carefully identified it: "You are Wen San'er, do you still know me?" ”

Wen San'er's hair and eyebrows were white, her back was hunched, and her black face was covered with knife-like wrinkles, like an old tree stump, Wen San'er was stunned for a moment, and immediately recognized Xu Jinge: "You are...... Ouch, you are Xu Ye...... Are you still alive? ”

Wen San'er's tears flowed down suddenly: "Master Xu...... I thought you were shot...... It's been so many years...... Where are you...... I always dream of you, Master Xu, and the foreign car you gave me...... I thought I'd never see you again in my life...... Woo woo woo ......" Wen San'er cried.

Xu Jinge also had mixed feelings at this moment, how many years, he has no relatives or friends in this world, and for himself, this world is really very cold. Since Yang Qiuping's death, he felt that his heart and his feelings had already become as hard as iron with the death, but he didn't expect that he would be excited today, and there would be a joy to see the old man......

Xu Jinge held Wen San'er's hand and said: "Wen San'er, I'm still alive, I've been in prison for twenty-five years, even if I have a great sin, it's time to redeem it now, I'm so happy to see you, let's have a good chat, how have you been doing all these years?" ”

Wen San'er wiped her tears and snot with a bath towel: "Master Xu, it's hard to say, no matter how bad I am, I can't nag you, but you have suffered, let's put on clothes now, I have to invite you to dinner." ”

After the peaceful liberation of Beiping, the first unlucky person was Wen San'er, who couldn't complain about others, and if you wanted to complain, you could only complain about his stinky mouth. After the People's Liberation Army entered the city, Xin** posted a notice, demanding that all those who had worked in the Kuomintang military and police special departments should go to the registration stations in various districts to register their identities as soon as possible, and those who had weapons should be handed over. During that time, there were long queues in front of the registration stations in various urban districts, and Wen San'er often stopped to take a look at the excitement when he passed by. These masters in line are all sloppy, looking worried, Wen San'er is a little gloating, going back a few months, these grandsons are not what they are now, they glared first when they saw the stinky cart who didn't speak, and now it's mud. It seems that the way of the world has really changed, and the poor have really turned over and become masters! Thinking of this, Wen San'er will have a strong sense of superiority.

The only thing that made him unhappy was the big pants Na Lai Shun, since the People's Liberation Army entered the city, Na Lai Shun's attitude towards Wen San'er has changed fundamentally, seeing Wen San'er who loves to ignore it, several times, the guys in the car dealership chat, as long as Wen San'er speaks, then Lai Shun's words will come out horizontally, and every sentence can choke Wen San'er to the south wall. Wen San'er felt that he couldn't be angry with that, and it was better to have more than one thing. That Lai Shun is now a shell lang to change the season bird - one step to the sky, one of his distant nephews entered the city with the People's Liberation Army, and now he is a staff member of the district **, that Lai Shun immediately trembled, feeling that the "Tonghe" car dealership couldn't put him down, and even Sun Erye's car was not handed over, but it was Sun Erye, this old thing didn't even dare to put a fart.

Wen San'er was finally taken out of the bed by several armed soldiers one night, handcuffed and taken into the public security bureau. The 24-hour surprise interrogation made him dizzy, and the interrogators asked the simple question: "When did you join the military command?" Who is your superior? Why not register? ”

Wen San'er shouted that he was wronged, saying that he didn't know which way the door of the military command was opened, and he was a stinky cart puller, and people didn't want to see the dogs, so he didn't bother to take care of the military commanders even if he rushed forward.

The cadre in charge of the interrogation had just been transferred from the combat unit to the Public Security Bureau, and he was originally a rough man, as soon as he heard Wen San'er going around and around, and talking back and forth, he looked at him left and right, and his heart became angry, and he decided that Wen San'er was a veteran with anti-reconnaissance training, and he slapped the loaded shell gun on the table and shouted: "Wen San'er, I'll give you three minutes, and if you don't honestly confess, I'll shoot you!" ”

And Wen San'er peed his pants before he reached three minutes......

This matter quickly became clear, and the non-existent "military commander spy" was blown out by Wen San'er himself. Complaining about others, Wen San'er paid a certain price for his mouth, and squatted for a week in vain. His heart is like a mirror, so that there is no one else who is bad, except for the bastard who comes to Shun, there will be no second person.

Xiao Jianbiao and Sun Erye were both taken to prison in 1950 during the "rebellion", and Biao Ye was killed within a few days of entering.

As for Sun Erye's crimes, there were still some arguments among the case-handling personnel at that time, and some people thought that although Sun Erye was an old hooligan, he had no blood debts and should not die for his crimes. Some people think that social scum like Sun Erye kills one less person. Later, the case-handling personnel decided to let the masses comment on it, and the masses were the real heroes.

The staff of the District Public Security Bureau and the District ** escorted Sun Erye to the "Tonghe" car dealership, and convened the drivers to hold a complaint meeting to encourage everyone to boldly expose Sun Erye's crimes. The coachmen spoke enthusiastically, and he jumped up to look at the old face of Second Master Sun is a few mouths, and he gritted his teeth and scolded: "Old bastard, you also have today's ......"

The cadre who presided over the meeting immediately praised Na Laishun: "This worker brother still has a high consciousness and a very resolute attitude towards the enemy, and we must learn from Comrade Na Laishun!" ”

Na Lai Shun couldn't hold back his excitement when he was praised, and he asked: "** comrade, you don't care, give us this old thing, I promise to beat him out of the." ”

Of course, the comrades of the Public Security Bureau resolutely put a stop to Na Laishun's impulse.

Wen San'er also spoke as a victim at the meeting, and when it came to Sun Erye's forcing him to get up early every day to walk the birds, Wen San'er also shed a few tears. As for the matter of Sun Erye exempting him from the car for walking the birds, Wen San'er kept silent. When the staff of the district ** solicited everyone's opinions on the conviction of Second Master Sun, everyone said in unison: It's over!

As a result, Second Master Sun was really shot, accused of being a hooligan bully.

Not long after, Na Laishun was transferred to a factory as a backbone of workers to fight against the capitalists because of his resolute struggle against the enemy.

Wen San'er also saw Bai Lianqi and Dezi on a construction site, these two masters are working as small workers for others in disgrace, Wen San'er pondered, that's right, the new society doesn't raise idlers, what's wrong with the children of Eight Banners? You can make do with sifting sand.

Wen San'er's next days were very uneventful, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the "Three Antis and Five Antis" movement, and the socialist transformation movement...... These movements don't seem to have much to do with a coachman, there is only one thing that makes Wen San'er haunt him. In 1956, in the public-private partnership, Wen Saner joined the freight association, an enterprise under the sub-district office, and became an employee of a collective-owned enterprise, with a monthly salary of 42 yuan. This is a good thing, drought and flood to ensure the harvest, do more and do less is forty-two yuan, compared to the founding of New China before the hunger and a full meal is much stronger, the only thing that makes him sad is that Xu Jinge sent his foreign car into a public property, Wen San'er was distressed for several nights, fortunately the next year the Associated Press eliminated the rickshaw and replaced it with a pedal flatbed tricycle, Wen San'er's heart was restored.

When the "*****" movement broke out in 1966, Wen San'er was sixty-five years old, and he could retire five years before his age, but Wen San'er considered that his income would decrease after retirement, and his health was good, so he did not go through the retirement procedures.

The understanding of "*****", Wen San'er is no different from those fanatical young students, but he feels that life is too dull and he can't lift his spirits.

Wen San'er felt very excited, once he passed by the velvet alley, and saw the Red Guards fighting a fat man, it is said that this person is a capitalist, Wen San'er stopped the tricycle and rushed into the crowd, and kicked the fat man's buttocks, the fat man fell and gnawed on the mud, Wen San'er couldn't hold his feet for a while because of too much force, and he also fell down with his head, broke his lips, and stood up with the help of two Red Guard generals.

Wen San'er's actions attracted a burst of applause from the crowd of onlookers, and a female Red Guard also praised him, this old man is really conscious, and he must be a bitter and hateful person in the old society. Wen San'er rode away triumphantly in the praise of everyone, and his heart was very useful. These criticisms will make Wen San'er have a certain understanding, fortunately he is a poor man, there are too many benefits of being a poor person these days, at least no one cares about you, calculate you, a poor person is like an inconspicuous grain of sand, once it falls into the sand, others can't find it, Wen San'er feels that he understands it.

The only thing that Wen San'er is not used to is that the United Transport Club has also added a new rule of "reading every day", and he has to study collectively for an hour before leaving the car every day, mainly to learn the "old three articles". The superiors require everyone to reach the level of reciting like a stream, and after two weeks, the leader will come to the assessment in person, and everyone must pass the test, which is difficult for Wen San'er and others. There are 41 employees in the association, and the youngest is in his 50s, and most of them are illiterate or semi-literate, let alone memorizing articles, and even few can write names. Since it is a task assigned by the superiors, everyone has to memorize by rote, otherwise they will not be able to pay the account.

The conscience of heaven and earth, Wen San'er didn't even dare to drink wine in the past two weeks, he really worked hard, and even when he pedaled the tricycle, he still nagged in his mouth: Our Communist Party and the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army led by the Communist Party ...... But Wen San'er's mind seemed to be filled with glutinous rice, the more it was stirred, the thicker it became, and finally it was chaos, he completely gave up this political task, according to Wen San'er's own words, called "Damn dick up, love what you want."

Two weeks later, Wen San'er was attacked head-on by the iron fist of the dictatorship of the proletariat.

On that day, as usual, it was "reading every day", and Liang Baocai, who was known as the most literate in the Associated Press, stammered and read a passage of "People's Daily", and everyone was very dissatisfied with Liang Baocai's reading level, and everyone said, what the fuck are you a bullshit showman? I'm almost confused when I read my brothers. In fact, this is not to blame Liang Baocai, he has only been in elementary school for a year, and it is already very good to be able to stammer the article. Everyone was making noise, and I saw Wen San'er jumping up like a burning buttocks, hurriedly unbuttoning his belt and taking off his pants. It turned out that Wen San'er had taken a nap just now, and he accidentally dropped the cigarette in his hand on the crotch of his pants, and he didn't wake up until the burning cigarette butt burned through his pants and burned his flesh. The guys all laughed gloatingly, Liang Baocai suddenly found that Wen San'er's underwear was a little special, and after a closer look, it turned out that Wen San'er's underwear was spliced with several Red Guard armbands, and what was even more coa-like was that these armbands belonged to different rebel organizations, the front was the "Maoist Red Guard", and the left and right butts were the "Jinggangshan Rebel Group" and the "Qianjun Stick Combat Team", this strange pants made everyone laugh.

Wen San'er explained calmly: "What kind of rebel group is the second boy of our neighborhood, this kind of 'red hoop' is there, that day this kid carried a sack home, I said, second child, give me a few of your red hoops, the second child grabbed a handful into the sack and gave it to me, I counted more than 20, how sorry is it to hang a good cloth on my arm?" We have to come in handy, I begged the daughter-in-law at the head of the door to make a few pairs of pants, don't you say, in addition to the color flowers, it is quite comfortable to wear. ”

Liang Baocai said: "This is called keeping up with the situation, now pay attention to the 'red ocean', you look at the street, the courtyard wall, the telephone poles are written with red paint slogans, I still think about it, we have to wear red coats to catch up with Ming'er, this is not, or Wen San'er has a high consciousness, and even the pants have become 'red ocean'." ”

Wen San'er asked proudly while putting on his pants: "How many brothers, do you know what 'four reds' are?" Tell you, call the temple door, burn the clouds, slaughter the pig's knife, and quote Pi'er. ”

Zheng Zhenting, the leader of the study group, said: "Yo ho, we are knowledgeable, and we still know the 'four reds'?" If you want to talk about 'four', you Wen San'er can be poor in the market, I have to teach you, do you know the 'four greens'? It is a green grassland, watermelon skin, and a post and telecommunications office. What do you think? There are also 'four whites', white noodles, snowflake candy, and Niu'er's ass big white sheep. ”

Wen San'er said with a smile: "If you want to say that you want to memorize the 'old three articles', I admit that I can't do it, I want to talk about a piece of soup, Wen Ye I am the champion, I will teach you, first say the 'four hard', the latch of the top door, the brick of the city wall, the ** of the single, and the official in service." It's hard enough, right? Let's talk about the 'four soft', the newly turned ground, the newly added grave, and the girl's belly and basin. There are also 'four joys', the fish in the river, riding with the wind, and the girl of eighteen or nineteen shouts at the donkey......"

Wen San'er was talking energetically, but he didn't expect Lao Yu, the cadre in charge of the Associated Press in the sub-district office, to push the door in, he had been listening outside the door for a while, and he was very angry, these messy old guys actually opened "Reading Every Day" like this, it was simply reactionary, and Lao Yu held back his anger.

As soon as he saw Lao Yu come in, the room was silent, Wen San'er was even more dumbfounded, he sat down in a daze, took out a cigarette and handed it to Lao Yu flatteringly.

Lao Yuyi waved his hand and rejected Wen San'er's cigarette, and asked straight to the point: "Old Wen, how do you memorize the 'old three articles'?" ”

"Also...... It's okay. Wen San'er replied very unconfidently.

"Then tell me, who is Bethune?"

"Charcoal-burner...... Right? Wen San'er wasn't quite sure.

"Who's that Side?"

"Foreigners, come to China thousands of miles away...... Digging mountains every day is more than ......"

Lao Yu said sarcastically: "You learned well, Wen San'er, you are really tired." ”

"Ouch, you're polite, the leader is ...... hard" Wen San'er sincerely thought that Lao Yu was praising himself, so he hurriedly said a few words of modesty.

"Wen San'er, you were also a poor person in the old society, right? Then you can talk about the difference between the old and new society, and then talk about your own understanding of Chairman Mao of the Communist Party. Lao Yu asked with a pleasant face.

Wen San'er scratched his scalp and said hesitantly: "I want to say it...... If there is any difference, it is ...... In the old society, I pulled the cart and ran on two legs, and in the new society...... I've pedaled three wheels, so I don't have to run, but then again, don't I have to pedal on two legs? The tricycle can't go on its own, right? The one that can walk on its own is a motorcycle...... In the old society, we couldn't make money by pulling a car, sometimes we could earn several dollars a day, and sometimes we had to carry it if we couldn't earn money. What about the new society...... Everyone eats a big pot of rice, all of them are forty-two yuan, and they can't hold on and starve, so they have to calculate their lives, otherwise they won't be able to ...... at the end of the month."

Lao Yu interrupted Wen San'er's nagging: "Let me ask you about Chairman Mao and the Communist Party, you can tell me." ”

"Chairman Mao? Chairman Mao is good, that is a big savior, if it weren't for his old man...... I can't get the forty-two dollars, but I have one ...... Don't know whether to say it or not? ”

"You say, you know everything, and those who say it are not guilty, this is what Chairman Mao said." Lao Yu encouraged enthusiastically.

"My foreign car...... But I bought it for 195 yuan at the Hufang Bridge 'Xifuxing' car dealership, but I can ...... Why did the public-private partnership become public in a daze? Okay, that car was originally surnamed Wen, and after only a night, it was fucking changed its surname, not Wen, but Mao......"

Lao Yu suddenly turned his face, and he said in a fierce voice: "Wen San'er, don't say any more, let's do it, hand over your car keys, from today onwards, you will be suspended for reflection and wait for the organization to deal with it." ”

Wen San'er didn't understand the meaning of "suspension for reflection" for a while, he just thought that Lao Yu had assigned him a new task, and he didn't have to work, he was concerned about another question: "Comrade Yu, what do you mean...... I don't have to get out of the car? Will my salary be deducted from my expenses? ”

Lao Yu was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, turned around and left, Wen San'er looked around again, and the guys had already slipped away.

Wen San'er didn't have time to deeply "reflect", and was dragged to participate in the criticism meeting the next day. He has participated in this kind of criticism meeting many times, but this time it is different, Wen San'er was ordered to stand on the stage, bend over and bow his head, his body must be bent to ninety degrees or less than ninety degrees, and there were three other people on the stage at the same time, all of whom maintained this strange posture. Wen San'er swept both sides with his peripheral vision, and suddenly his eyes widened in surprise, and he found that the person standing on the left was actually Yang Yichen, a famous Peking Opera actor. Boss Yang is old, his hair and beard are all white, and he is wearing a crumpled gray cloth tunic, which is similar to the famous actor who was wearing a bright costume and leaning against his back. At this time, the audience began to shout slogans, and the people who were criticized were "knocked down" according to their names, and Wen San'er heard clearly that his crime was "an active counterrevolutionary". The attitude of the revolutionary masses towards him was: "If the current counter-revolutionary Wen San'er does not surrender, he will be destroyed!" ”

Wen San'er said in his heart, then if I surrender, will this matter be over?

According to the procedure, after the slogan, representatives from all walks of life came to the stage to speak, and the content was nothing more than exposing and criticizing the people on the stage, and as for Wen San'er's specific crimes, he did not bother to listen to them, but pricked up his ears and listened carefully to Yang Yichen's "crimes", which were roughly "spreading feudal funds to repair the flow of poison, planting big poisonous weeds everywhere, and extremely hateful to the socialist system." Wen San'er felt very excited, and he even felt that it was completely his own creation to be able to stand on the same stage as Boss Yang. Who is Boss Yang? Famous actors! When Boss Yang came out with "Pick a Pulley", countless fans in Pingjin and Tianjin fell in love with it, and the famous restaurants in Pingjin all have a special seat for Boss Yang, Boss Yang is not there, the seat is always empty, others want to sit, and there is no door, no matter how high your identity is, now Wen Saner can stand side by side with Boss Yang on the stage, it is really high.

At this time, the slogans in the audience were like volcanic eruptions, one after another, with the potential of mountains and tsunamis, but Wen San'er turned a deaf ear, just as a fart, he closely observed Boss Yang's every move, Yang Yichen lowered his head, his eyes were half-closed, as if the old monk was in a trance.

Wen San'er couldn't help but sigh with emotion, a famous character is a famous character, that face was born to be admired by thousands of people, Boss Yang doesn't care how many people are in the audience, how loud his voice is, people have long been used to it. Back then, Boss Yang played the judge in "Six or Five Flower Caves", and he said in the play: "Receive the decree!" The audience suddenly exploded, and the cheers shook the audience for a long time...... Although the audience is quite lively today, it is far worse than it was back then. Wen San'er is very proud of Boss Yang, he is even glad that he is talking nonsense when he "reads every day", and then thanks the street cadre Lao Yu, if it weren't for his help, I am afraid that I would not have the opportunity to stand on the same stage with Boss Yang in my life, one day, Boss Yang will recall today, who accompanied him when he was in trouble? Wen San'er. Thinking of this, Wen San'er couldn't help but get excited, he raised his head and looked at the crowd with a smile, feeling that he had also become a famous actor and was performing on stage......

With a "snap", Wen San'er was slapped heavily on the back of the head, and someone scolded: "Be honest, bow your head!" The audience sounded an earth-shattering slogan again: "Wen San'er will let him perish if he doesn't bow his head!" Wen San'er shuddered for a moment and lowered his head......

During that time, Wen San'er showed his face, participated in several fights, and became a full-time employee, no different from the treatment of full-time cadres, probably due to the negligence of the labor department of the sub-district office, his salary payment was not affected. It stands to reason that all "cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods" should only be paid twelve yuan for living expenses, for which Wen Saner always steals fun, and feels that he has taken a big advantage, he doesn't feel that there is any shame in the fight, it doesn't matter, anyway, he usually has no "face", so there is nothing to "lose", this time he became a "full-time person", and he didn't have to work and get his salary for nothing, this kind of good thing is not common.

However, the street cadre Lao Yu first understood, and he found that Wen San'er always took the initiative to ask for instructions: "Where to go to accept criticism today?" Seeing that he didn't mean to fight, but to participate in a tour, there was no frustrated expression on his face, but he was very excited, which made Lao Yu feel particularly twisted. The leader said: "When the masses of the people are happy, it is when the counter-revolutionaries are uncomfortable." "Wen San'er, this dog thing not only doesn't look a little uncomfortable, but why is it like eating bee feces, more excited than the New Year? Lao Yu pondered for a long time before he realized a little famous, this kid originally belonged to the lowest little people, according to Beijing dialect, people don't want to see dogs. He has nothing, and therefore cannot lose anything, what did Marx say in that sentence? "What is lost is the chains, what is gained is the whole world." Lao Yu finally understood, according to this, after this dog thing viciously attacked the party and the leader, he actually lost nothing, and still fucking "what he gets will be the whole world"? It's just a beautiful thing to do.

After Lao Yu figured it out, Wen San'er pedaled on the tricycle again, and the days of "off-duty personnel" were gone.

Xu Jinge and Wen San'er resumed contact after a twenty-five break in their relationship. Compared with twenty-five years ago, Wen San'er has not changed much, except for the aging of his face, his personal life and habits are still the same, the only difference is that Wen San'er has a house of his own. In 1950, after Sun Erye was suppressed, the real estate of the "Tonghe" car dealership was confiscated, Wen Saner and several other drivers who lived in the car dealership all the year round were allocated housing, at that time the housing resources were not tight, Wen Saner did not think that it was great to have a house, but in the seventies, the problem of housing shortage was revealed, Wen San'er's house was simply a fragrant bait, the neighbors were staring at this room, and the neighbors thought that Wen San'er was simply too luxurious, and he actually lived in a room alone, why did he?

Wen San'er's home Xu Jinge went to it once, it was a dilapidated bungalow of only nine square meters, the sleeping plank was made of four stacks of old bricks, there was a dilapidated wardrobe in the corner of the house, there was a door missing from it, Wen San'er's clothes for the four seasons were placed in it, and there was a table and a long bench, looking at the dilapidation, where might it have been picked up.

Xu Jinge asked Wen San'er why he didn't marry a daughter-in-law.

Wen San'er replied: "I can't even raise myself, where can I afford to raise a girl?" Forget it, it's better to be alone, one person is full, and the whole family is not hungry. ”

One day in 1978, Xu Jinge received a notice that he had been elected as a member of the District Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He is very strange, he is a person who has been released from prison and is a "pariah" in politics, how can he suddenly become a member of the district CPPCC? If you want to say that you were "chosen", who will know you except for Wen San'er? Since you don't know anyone, how can you be "chosen"? Who picked?

Since Xu Jinge became a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, he has more time for meetings, and his work is much busier than before, and he has not seen Wen San'er for a long time. One day, Xu Jinge passed by Guozi Lane, and suddenly heard someone calling Xu Ye, and he found Wen San'er sitting in a window seat in a tavern, waving to him.

Xu Jinge walked into the tavern, because he hadn't seen him for a long time, he wanted to talk to Wen San'er.

Wen San'er surprised Xu Jinge by the way he drank, he asked for inferior liquor for nine cents and a tael, and there was no appetizer, he poured the soy sauce and vinegar provided free on the table into the bowl, and then took out a paper bag from his arms and opened it, revealing a smooth and round pebble inside...... Xu Jinge looked at Wen San'er dumbfounded, not knowing what kind of fame he was doing. I saw Wen San'er put the pebbles into the soy sauce and soaked them, then took them out with chopsticks and put them in his mouth to taste salty, drank the wine in one gulp, and soaked the pebbles into the bowl again.

Xu Jinge asked: "Wen San'er, why did you get involved with a stone, is this a new way to drink, or do you have no money in your pocket and can't afford to buy snacks?" ”

"Isn't it the end of the month? I don't have any money, and I'm still a few days away from the branch, so let's make do with it first. Wen San'er said and smacked the pebbles again.

Xu Jinge asked for a bottle of "Jian Nanchun" and a few cold dishes, and said to Wen San'er: "Don't smack your stone, I'll invite you." ”

Wen San'er didn't move his chopsticks, he said with a gloomy expression: "Master Xu, I don't have the face to eat you, you gave me a foreign car back then, what a big deal, one hundred and ninety-five oceans, I can buy a motorcycle now, but I didn't keep the car, it was confiscated, I can't say it yet, I will start a criticism meeting when I say it...... Master Xu, I can't help you, you came back from twenty-five years in prison, it stands to reason that I should help you, but I'm incompetent, I can't mess up myself, who the can I help......" Wen San'er said and his eyes were red.

Xu Jinge comforted: "Don't say that, I, Xu Jinge, have no relatives now, only you are such an old friend, you saved my life twice, I owe you a favor, but I don't have the ability to repay you now, I'm really ashamed, come, don't say anything, let's drink." ”

Wen San'er drank a cup of "Jian Nanchun", her mood seemed to improve, and she talked more: "Master Xu, do you still remember Master Fang?" I met him the other day. ”

"Fang Jinglin, is he still alive?"

"It's alive, but it's not very good, and it's been in prison for ten years, and it's just been released at the beginning of this year."

"What, he's in jail too? No, he's an old revolutionary. ”

Wen San'er put a piece of pig ear in his mouth: "I haven't seen him much since the founding of New China, but also, when someone becomes a big official, who cares about me pulling a stinky cart?" Fang Ye was the director of the Public Security Bureau, and in the year of "**", Fang Ye was already the deputy director of the Municipal Bureau, it stands to reason that it is not easy for Fang Ye to get mixed up in this job, but I don't know what's going on, at the end of six or seven years, Fang Ye was taken to prison, and one pass is ten years, I heard that Fang Ye is a traitor and a Japanese spy, a Kuomintang spy, and the crime is too big. ”

"Wen San'er, you choose the most important thing to say, how is he now? How did you see him? ”

"The first day I helped the coal station pull honeycomb coal, isn't it going to winter, every family has to save some coal to make a fire to keep warm, the people at the coal station are too busy, the office asked us to help send coal, I am responsible for the area of the godson alley, after Fang Ye was released, it said that his business is not over, and he can't assign work, so he lives there temporarily, it's a coincidence, the courtyard where Fang Ye lives is only separated by a wall from the courtyard where Miss Luo died, whether it was assigned above or Fang Ye's own request I don't know. That day, I was about to leave as soon as I unloaded the coal at the gate of the courtyard, and I yelled at the courtyard, who wants the coal? But I'm optimistic about myself, and I'm not responsible for losing it when I turn around. At this time, Fang Ye came with a wooden plank to carry coal, he stacked the honeycomb coal on the wooden board one by one, and then brought it from the courtyard gate to the hut where he lived, making himself look like a coal black. I looked at him familiarly, and pondered, oh my mother, isn't this Master Fang, why does he live here? I said Fang Ye, do you still recognize me? Fang Ye looked up and recognized me at a glance, you are Wen San'er, right? You see, you have a good memory, or how to say that you are a police officer. Unlike me, who is a mouse, I don't remember to eat or fight, and I forget everything when I pick up my claws. I said Fang Ye, do you still remember Xu Jinge Xu Ye? He's out too, would you like to meet him? Fang Ye said, oh, let's talk about it later......"

Xu Jinge immediately interrupted Wen San'er's words: "Wen San'er, don't mention my matter when you see Fang Jinglin in the future, although people have also suffered, but it is all an internal matter of the Communist Party, and the nature of people like me is different, the old party also has its own difficulties, we should be considerate." ”

When the two walked out of the tavern, Wen San'er said that he wanted to send Xu Jinge, he spread a clean blanket on the flat plate of the tricycle, asked Xu Jinge to sit on, and then pedaled the tricycle: "Master Xu, you may not know, the person who does our business now has a new name, called Ban'er Ye, I like this title, it's a master, it's much better than the original one who called us a stinky cart." ”

Wen San'er skillfully turned around in the traffic on the street, like a fish entering the sea. He seems to be in a good mood today, and he is also good at drinking, he drank half a catty of "Jian Nanchun" and was not drunk, except for some excited words, he did not see a gaffe, it seems that Wen San'er has now taken off the title of "wine putty", and he is humming a small tune with great interest:

The peach leaves are sharp and pointed, and the willow leaves cover the sky.

Listen to me, who are in his place, and listen carefully to what I have to say.

This matter is in the Jingxi Blue Indigo Factory,

The firearms battalion of the Blue Indigo Factory has a pine old three.

mentioned Song Laosan, the two of them sold big cigarettes,

I have no children in my life, and I gave birth to a daughter, Chanjuan.

The chick is sixteen years older, and she has a milk name,

The lotus swastika is called the big lotus......

Xu Jinge knew that this song called "Exploring the Qingshui River" was a love tragedy similar to Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai that happened in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China. There was love between the battalion soldier Xiao Liuge and the girl next door, Song Dalian, due to the persecution of feudal etiquette, and finally both jumped into the Qingshui River to be martyred. Later, this tragedy was made into a small song by the singers, and it was sung with the tune of "Wuxi Jing" Jiangsu folk song. At first, the popular song was quite decent, but later this song was added by good deeds and adapted into a kiln tune and spread all over the country.

Xu Jinge really didn't know before that Wen San'er hummed this kind of song tactfully and lingeringly, and the words were correct and round, as if telling a sad story, although it was slippery but very regional.

The sun goes down, and the autumn insects are noisy.

The sixth brother who thinks about it day and night, come to my side.

I agreed to meet today's three watches, Dalian, I was ashamed to bow my head and say nothing.

The three drums are noisy, and the moon hangs in the sky.

The sixth brother came to the girl's door,

I hurriedly opened the door twice,

The first hand pulled in my heart......

Xu Jinge laughed when he heard this: "Wen San'er, do you still have this hand?" If you sing in an oily tone, you are not afraid that others will say that you sing a yellow minor? ”

The fifth watch is bright, and my father and mother know the affection,

Shameless girl, ruined my court.

I must do the family law today,

The leather whip dipped in water will not be tolerated.

Da Lian had nothing to say, and was forced to jump into the river.

alarmed the sixth brother and came to explore the Qingshui River.

Relatives, you died for me......

A bus was about to enter the station and slowly leaned towards the side of the road, when a young female conductor poked her head out of the window and shouted, "The bus has entered the station, please give way to ......"

Wen San'er seemed to be unaware, and continued to hum a little song and pedal slowly, the bus was pinned by Wen San'er and couldn't enter the station, and the female conductor slapped the door and shouted: "Hey! Say you, don't you become a heart? ”

Wen San'er pointed at the female conductor with a wicked smile and continued to sing loudly:

Sister Dalian, you go slowly,

Wait for my sixth brother......

Xu Jinge's heart is broken, Wen San'er, this bastard, deliberately pretends to be frivolous, obviously flirting with women, why is this guy like this? Anyway, he is also in his sixties, and he is simply disrespectful to the old.

Wen San'er really caused trouble, the bus stopped, and the spicy female conductor rushed off the bus and grabbed Wen San'er and shouted: "You old guy, what kind of hooligan are you playing?" ”

The male driver grabbed Wen San'er's collar and yelled: "Old rascal, if you don't make it clear today, I'll fucking beat you!" ”

The crowd waiting for the bus at the bus station suddenly surrounded, and the people of Beijing seemed to have this tradition, and they had an unusual interest in watching the excitement. Xu Jinge felt very embarrassed, he was caught in the crowd and didn't know what to do, and secretly complained in his heart......

At this time, Wen San'er spoke, he and when he teased women just now, he slapped him twice in the face and scolded: "Beat you old thing, let you drink some horse urine and talk nonsense, beat your stinky mouth......" Wen San'er bowed deeply to the female conductor, and reviewed bitterly: "Auntie, auntie, I can't compensate you, don't go to your heart, your nephew and I drank too much today, you should beat, you should scold, just don't be angry, it's not worth it to be angry because I'm angry, auntie......"

The crowd of onlookers erupted in laughter, people didn't seem to have seen such a funny scene, an old man with gray hair and a wrinkled face kept calling a young girl "aunt", and kept claiming that he was "your nephew", the female conductor was called red by Wen San'er's series of "aunts", I don't know what to do, and the male driver also let go of Wen San'er stupidly.

Wen San'er kept bowing to the male driver: "Uncle, uncle, isn't your nephew compensating you, if you don't fight, you're sorry for your nephew, and I'll ......beat my nephew myself when I turn around."

The people laughed and the male driver and the female conductor cursed: "Neurotic ......" turned back to the car, and the car drove away amid laughter.

Xu Jinge was also amused, he saw that Wen San'er was still bowing in the direction of the car's departure, and was still muttering: "Uncle, auntie, you are leaving, you are leaving......" Wen San'er straightened his waist and showed a wicked smile on his face, "Let's go?" Hey! You can play...... Master Xu, sit down, let's go. ”

Xu Jinge complained: "I said Wen San'er, you are this age, why are you not in shape?" Fortunately, people don't care about you, if you are sent to the police station, what will I do with you? ”

Wen San'er smiled: "Master Xu, I can see it, you haven't been in a good mood lately, I'm idle and idle, isn't this amusing you, people, don't be bored in your heart if you have anything, you have to have fun by yourself, no matter how difficult it is, Yile is comfortable in my heart, do you say this reason?" ”

Xu Jinge was a little moved in his heart, he only patted Wen San'er on the shoulder and didn't say anything.

Two months later, one evening, Xu Jinge returned to his dormitory after work.

After he was released, he was assigned a single-bedroom unit, and the neighbors in the building were almost the same as Xu Jinge, either the former Kuomintang county magistrate or the former national army officer, everyone came out of prison, and it was already very satisfying to have such a house.

Xu Jinge found Wen San'er sitting on the steps in front of the building, he put his hands in the sleeves of his torn cotton jacket, curled up and shivering in the cold wind......

Xu Jinge hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "Yo, isn't this Wen San'er?" Why are you here? ”

Wen San'er stood up and said, "Master Xu, I've been waiting for you here for a long time." ”

Xu Jinge asked strangely, "How do you know I live here?" ”

"Hey, your building is famous, who doesn't know that this is called the 'War Criminals Building'?" Wen San'er is still the same, as soon as he opens his mouth, he offends people, and he says something that people don't want to see.

Xu Jinge smiled bitterly: "If it was really a war criminal, I'm afraid it would have been pardoned a long time ago, and there would be no need to live here." Wen San'er, go in and sit down. ”

"If you don't go in, I can't stay, I just want to tell you a letter, it's about Master Fang."

"Fang Jinglin? What happened to him? "Xu Jinge is very strange.

"Hey, Fang Ye recently moved a new house, it is a separate courtyard, yesterday I passed by the gate of his courtyard, and met the janitor Lao Zhang, the elder Zhang was originally in the Associated Press, and then he was older, took care of him on the street, and found him a job to watch the gate, which is Fang Ye's house."

Xu Jinge urged: "Can you speak briefly, pick the main one." ”

"Don't worry, that's the case, Elder Zhang said, Wen San'er, I haven't seen you for a long time, let's find a place to drink two or two, I said okay, it's time for you kid to have a treat, let's go to the snack bar at the south exit of Tiemen Hutong to drink......"

Xu Jinge interrupted him: "Alas, you have to kill people urgently, and I don't know what you want to say after talking for a long time, what happened to Fang Jinglin?" ”

"Ouch, I'm sorry for you, I can't stop saying this, let's get to the point. Elder Zhang said that Deputy Director Fang would go to Wan'an Cemetery in the western suburbs tomorrow morning, saying that he was going to sweep the grave of a former comrade-in-arms, and that he would send a driver to buy flowers. I pondered, by the way, Fang Ye must have gone to see Miss Luo. I forgot to tell you that after the founding of New China, Fang Ye made a grave for Miss Luo in Wan'an Cemetery, in fact, Miss Luo didn't leave anything, she was already crushed, you know, but Fang Ye was too axis, he found a few clothes worn by Miss Luo and buried them in the grave, and every year Miss Luo went to sweep the grave on the sacrifice day, no, it should be gone tomorrow. Xu Ye, don't you know, Fang Ye is now reinstated, it's not easy to find him, I think, you two brothers should also meet, as soon as he becomes the deputy director, as long as he says a word, if you don't make a good trouble, you will arrange an official and a half-post, you Xu Ye is not an ordinary person, he was the principal of the middle school before the founding of New China, he can't be like me, the loess is buried in his throat, maybe one day he will listen to the crickets call him......"

Xu Jinge finally understood, it was really embarrassing for Wen San'er, he thought that people like Xu Jinge should be officials, as for which official he was, it didn't matter, whether it was the Kuomintang or the Communist Party, as long as Xu Jinge bowed his head to Fang Jinglin and said a few soft words, Fang Ye Xing would help with this.

After Wen San'er left, Xu Jinge thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to go to Wan'an Cemetery tomorrow to have a look, if nothing else, he wanted to go to see Luo Mengyun's tomb. He envied Fang Jinglin, Luo Mengyun still left a few clothes, and he could make a well-dressed mound, but what about his lover Yang Qiuping? Xu Jinge didn't know where she was buried, and he didn't even find the clothes she was wearing, and whenever he thought of this, Xu Jinge still felt sad and couldn't get out of his depression for a long time......

Wan'an Cemetery is located at the foot of Xiangshan Mountain, was founded in 1930, the cemetery is well-planned, Chinese and Western, it is said to be the precedent of the modern cemetery in Beiping. The environment here is light and elegant, with the seclusion of pine and bamboo, and the elegance of Lanhe. There are many cultural celebrities in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China buried among the pines and cypresses, and the ink and stele of celebrities are all over the place, and it is a very elegant cemetery.

Xu Jinge found the location of Luo Mengyun's tomb at the cemetery management office, and he searched all the way along the forest path to a tombstone. He finally saw that Luo Mengyun's tombstone was a small piece of white marble, with a few lines of inscriptions engraved on it:

Fountain of love, fountain of eternal life!

I have two roses for you.

I love your incessant whispering,

And poetic tears......

Xu Jinge found two roses tied together with red ribbons in front of the tombstone, one yellow and the other red.

It seems that Fang Jinglin has already come, and these two roses were brought by him.

Xu Jinge touched the scene, and couldn't help but feel sad...... He understands Fang Jinglin's heart-wrenching emotion, the warmth of the lover still exists between his lips and teeth, but in this life, he is separated by yin and yang, and he will never be able to see each other, how can it not be unforgettable?

In a trance, he saw Luo Mengyun and Yang Qiuping walking towards him...... The voices of two young girls came from the darkness, like a heavenly voice: "Sir, don't be angry, my classmate is an impatient, I don't mean to offend you, I apologize to you for her, as for this watch...... It's too precious, you better stay, we get it. ”

"Sir, you are so generous, this is the biggest donation I have received since I participated in the fundraiser, thank you very much! Your patriotic fervor will be rewarded. ”

Xu Jinge hurriedly took out a handkerchief and stuffed it into his mouth, he bit the handkerchief hard and couldn't help whimpering, tears dripping uncontrollably on the grass......

That evening, the cemetery's caretaker made his usual rounds before closing the cemetery gates, and he found an old man with gray hair sitting motionless in front of a tombstone, like a stone sculpture......