Everyone calls me Chen Erwa, but my real name is Chen Dongliang, yes, the name was taken by my grandfather, our family is a scholarly family, and he hopes that there will be a few more pillars of talent like my uncle in the family, but I am not like my uncle and my brother, and I can't compare to my father who was a former Qing Xiucai, I am really not a reading material, and I haven't studied again after a few years of private school.

In 1918, China and the world were undergoing earth-shaking changes. But for the people in our Wuling Mountains, I haven't felt much change, 18-year-old I am still carefree all day long, planting when it's time to farm, hunting when it's time to hunt, rowing dragon boats during the Dragon Boat Festival, grabbing ducks, killing pigs for the New Year, and playing glutinous rice cakes.

My father saw that I was really not a weapon, only to trust the relationship everywhere, and to give gifts to let me find a position in the county, and not to disgrace the reputation of this cultivator and heirloom, but in that era it was really the city head of the changing king flag, and the county officials changed faster than the marquee, so I entrusted someone to do things, and another group of people came to office in a few months.

This day happened to be me coming back from my sister's house, my sister married to a town on our side, my brother-in-law is a petty official with little power, I have a good relationship with my brother-in-law, nothing often go to their house to drink, at this time I was about to go home to take a nap, suddenly a person patted me on the shoulder, it turned out to be my childhood friend Zhou Quan, nicknamed Tuesday Mao.

This kid's family is a hunter, first he lived in the town with his mother, and then when he grew up, he went to Guizhou to hunt with his father in the primeval forest for a living, and slowly the contact was less, and then a group of sticks (bandits) came out of nowhere in their mountains, and drove them away from these hunters or something. On Tuesday, Mao's father had no choice but to return to his hometown with his family.

The two of us made an appointment to a tavern to drink some wine, I asked: "What are your plans for recently?", Tuesday Mao sighed and said: "You have no power and no money, your relatives are avoiding you, I am not like your family with money and land, I have no strength, and when I come back, I can not only hunt, collect some mountain goods for some copper plates or something." ”

I took a sip of wine, shook my head and said, "Alas, my father dislikes me like a dog, and life is not easy, so it's really not okay for the two of us to do a small business together." ”

The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional, and on Tuesday Mao became happy and said, "Yes, isn't it much better for us to do a small business by ourselves than to farm the land?" ”

I wanted to slap myself, and I prevaricated: "Business is not easy to do now, the war is in chaos, we have to find a more stable one." ”

Tuesday Mao took a sip of wine and said, "What's safe?" On this day, if the soldiers do not come, the bandits will come, and if the bandits do not come, the soldiers will come. Behold, wealth and danger are sought, and we have gone to sell the great tobacco. ”

I hurriedly stopped him and said, "Fuck your uncle, that JB is a harmful thing, don't touch it!" ”

Tuesday Mao said unwillingly: "The turtle chaser on the other side of the river, do you think he can afford to drive a few dead people on a dog day to repair that big mansion?" I've heard people say that he is carrying a big smoke on the body of the dead man, and no one dares to search for him, the turtle is fifty years old, and at the beginning of this year, he married a sixteen-year-old girl, and he looks very smart. Tuesday Mao swallowed his saliva and said indignantly.

When I was eighteen years old, I didn't know what business was stable, but I felt my conscience and said that I had never touched gambling or drugs in my life. So the two of them had their own thoughts, and after a drink, they dispersed.

Unexpectedly, a few days later, Mao came to me again on Tuesday. Anyway, there is nothing to do, the two of them sit in my backyard drinking tea and basking in the sun, this is sometimes such a coincidence, it just so happens that my family has a relative of the hometown Uncle Niu Wa came to our house with a large porcelain vase, saying that he wanted to sell it to the missionary James of the county gospel church, and he was afraid that it would be cheaper, so he ran to our house and asked my father to give me a palm and an appraisal.

My father is a talented person in the former Qing Dynasty, and he is a brother in Qingshui's robe, and he is a person with relatively high knowledge and a bit of status in our area.

My father took his magnifying glass and looked at it for a long time and said: "Niu Wa, your turtle bottle must be an old product, but there is no word and no money, it is estimated that it is the porcelain burned in Sanhechang for more than 100 years, which is not worth an ocean." ”

Niu Wa was a little disappointed and asked, "Cousin, this thing was dug from the grave behind the General's Mountain, so it's really worthless?" ”

My father was furious: "Niu Baby, when you carry your * mother!" You are so bold on a dog day, digging graves and digging graves, you don't know how to accumulate some yin virtue on a dog day! ”

Niu Wa said embarrassedly: "Cousin, you also know that my mother-in-law has been in poor health, we have not had a baby, I also want to sell a few dollars, make up for my mother-in-law's body, and next year will be the next cub, and pass on the ancestry." ”

My father shook his head and said, "You are a dog day baby, if you don't have money, your cousin will lend you it, dig another grave, and the master won't arrest you and report to the official!" ”

Uncle Niu Wa said: "Cousin, that is a deserted grave, and it has long been taken care of." ”

My father slapped Niu Wa on the shoulder and scolded: "Are you still reasonable!" ”

Uncle Niu Wa was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak anymore. I didn't dare to take the porcelain vase, so I hurriedly wanted to go out of the door, but my father hurriedly called Uncle Niu Wa and said, "Don't run first, wait at this point!" After speaking, he turned around and went into the house and took out three oceans and said, "Go back to your daughter-in-law first." ”

Uncle Niu Wa was so scared that he dared to take it.

My father smiled and said, "I'm still waiting to be my cousin!" ”

Uncle Niu Wa smiled when he saw my father, and this time he was embarrassed to take the three oceans and went with a thousand thanks.

Seeing that Uncle Niu Wa was gone, I turned around and walked away, the old man has been a little unpleasant to me recently, and Uncle Niu Wa came to scold me again after scolding him. As soon as I turned my back, my father stopped me and said coldly, "What are you running?" ”

I had to say, "I'm going to see if the pigs are fed." ”

My father glared and scolded, "Which taught you to feed the pigs at noon?" Dog, go and take this can to the opposite hill and throw it! ”

I reluctantly replied, "Oh." "Hurriedly took the porcelain vase, and went to shake the porcelain vase with Tuesday Mao.

On Tuesday, Mao said as he walked: "Erwa, it's better to dump it, it's a few dollars to sell it for a few dollars." I think it's still a good thing. ”

At noon, I didn't bother to leave, so I hurriedly said: "Then what do you see, I'll give it to you anyway, it's your business whether to shake it off or not!" ”

On Tuesday, Mao happily took the porcelain vase, and disappeared as soon as the smoke slipped, and I watched a few old men fishing on the willow tree by the river, and then went home to report to my father, saying that the porcelain vase was smashed and thrown into the mountains. My dad was lying on the recliner reading an old book, and then he ignored me with a sound.

A few days later, on Tuesday, Mao came to me happily and said, "Erwa, I sold my things to the foreigner in the gospel church, and the dog gave me sixty copper plates." ”

I said, "Don't you read this in my house, my father knows and won't break my foot, and your baby won't be able to run away then." ”

Tuesday Mao lowered his voice and said: "This dog day is a good business, I asked that foreign devil, as long as it is an old product, he will accept everything, this money can be earned!" ”

I said, "Then you have to have it." ”

On Tuesday, Mao said: "Let's go get some laisa!" ”

I said, "Are you also going to learn from my Uncle Niu Wa to dig graves?" ”

On Tuesday, Mao said: "What is there, don't you know, Lao Tzu has learned, that dog and foreign devil has a lot of things in the ground, and he has everything at home." ”

I said, "I'm going to do it, I'm not involved in this kind of thing." ”

On Tuesday, Mao said: "How can I do it alone." Besides, didn't you say that you wanted to go to that country to study in a military academy that day, quietly save some money, and play a foreign mother-in-law in the past, so comfortable! "On Tuesday, a burst of sugar-coated shells came over.

I do want to go to Japan to study in a military school, since my brother went to the United States to study, I have been at home can not look up, and then since we have a brother a few years older than me on the street after entering the preparatory department of the Japanese non-commissioned officer school Zhenwu School, his father is a tofu seller, when I used to see my father, I nodded my head, and now I walk with a straight back, and the waist is not bent, that brother came back to the county magistrate to receive, although it is not as good as my brother's aura, but the Zhongshan suit is worn, the person looks like a dog, the left sentence is still quite bluffing.

Seeing that I didn't speak, Ermao knew that I was listening, and continued: "Do you want to Ha Ma Erwa, you said that your father named you Dongliang, that is also to make your baby get ahead in the future, you are grunting (staying) in this mountain, you can make a hammer, although you can't be with your brother and your Burbie, your baby at least can't let the baby who sells tofu on the street go down to Sa." When the time comes, your baby will come out, and the high-headed horse will hang the pole box gun, followed by a few soldiers, and the dog will only eat the skin (majestic)! ”

This can be regarded as saying that I am in my heart, and my heart is horizontal, "I'm afraid of a JB, make some money once, and Lao Tzu will go to Japan to study at a military school." In this troubled world, maybe it will be developed. ”

I thought for a while and said, "You let me think about it, our place is estimated to be nothing good, and it is not the ancient capitals of Beiping and Xi'an." It's all worthless goods, and you can earn some money in the Year of the Monkey! ”

On Tuesday, Mao's originally excited heart suddenly calmed down again, and said: "Alas, it's also strange that the reincarnation was not done well, and it was born to these mountains." In ancient times, there weren't even two decent people in this place, so it seems that this bowl of rice is not delicious! ”

I thought for a while and said: "Actually, it's not, you see that there is a legend of paradise in the county next to us in ancient times, Qin Shi Huang admires the Ba widow Qing so much, and the mercury in the mausoleum is transported by us." There are some things that have been old and old ago, and Uncle Hammer has made it clear! ”

On Tuesday, Mao immediately became interested again and asked, "Then you mean that there is still something to do here?" ”

I suddenly had a brain like electricity, I may not be able to describe it, but it was such a flash of inspiration, and suddenly it jumped. I remembered my uncle's exploration notebook.