"When I was young, my parents wouldn't tell me about this kind of thing - as long as it was between adults, most of them would talk about it behind my back."

"Later, I went to the army as a soldier. Before I joined the army, I was studying and rarely talked to the people in the village. ”

"After I came back from the army and became the commander of the militia battalion, I spent very little time in the village, so I never heard anyone talk about it." Battalion Commander Zang argued.

"That's right! Someone must know about this, but if they don't say it, how can anyone else know? ”

"You also know that Zangjiazhai is a big village, and the places where people live are relatively scattered."

"Almost every family has daughters, in addition to working in the fields all the year round, there are also sick at home, studying, and working in the city, if such a thing happens, if the family is bent on concealing it, others will not be able to know." Zang Nongsheng said that the head is the Tao.

"That's what Uncle said. Uncle, in our Zangjiazhai, who would know about this? Camp Commander Zang said.

"So be it...... I'm referring to a person, third brother, you and Camp Commander Zang should go to him, he may be able to know a little bit of the inside story. Zang Nongsheng said such a sentence very reluctantly.

"But I'm not sure he knows the truth." He hurriedly added.

"Uncle, say it quickly."

"Find your cousin Zang Mantang." Zang Nongsheng squinted his eyes and took another deep breath of the flue.

"Looking for my cousin?" Battalion Commander Zang was puzzled by this.

"That's right! Your cousin is the accountant of the production team, and there is nothing he doesn't know about the things in the village. Whether he is willing to say it or not depends on your ability as a militia battalion commander. You are the one, just count you again, your cousin usually likes you the most. ”

"You've been in the army, and now you're a cadre in the brigade, so it's time to show some skills." Zang Nongsheng suddenly laughed with relief, the burden of telling the truth has finally fallen on someone else's shoulder.

When Zang Nongsheng sent Zhao Zimeng and them out of the hospital, he specially reminded Camp Commander Zang: "This kind of thing must not be made public!" If you can't keep your mouth tight, your cousin won't tell the truth. ”

"If this kind of thing doesn't get right, it's up to you. If it weren't for the fact that it was too important, I wouldn't have told you this. It may be that seeing the slightly puzzled expression of Camp Chief Zang and the serious expressions of outsiders such as Zhao Zimeng, Zang Nongsheng didn't want to go, and half-bought and half-sent.

When everyone walked out of the mountain pass, Zang Nongsheng chased after them again.

Camp Commander Zang stopped: "Uncle, do you have anything to say?" ”

Zang Nongsheng walked up to Camp Commander Zang and Zhao Zimeng, leaned into Camp Commander Zang's ear and said, "Camp Commander Zang, you'd better invite your cousin to the team headquarters to talk, at this time, there is no one at the team headquarters." You big gang of people, it's too much to move. ”

"Uncle reminded me well, I understand, our big group of people went to Uncle Cousin's house, Uncle Cousin just wanted to say it, but he couldn't say it. This kind of thing is related to the face of the Zang family, so it is better to be cautious and do it quietly. ”

When they parted, Zang Nongsheng also took out a bottle of wine from his pocket and politely handed it to Camp Chief Zang.

"Uncle, what are you doing with wine, I should have given you wine!" Camp Chief Zang pushed away the wine bottle in Zang Nongsheng's hand.

"Your cousin is usually a good drinker, if you want to ask something out of his mouth, let him drink first, he is a person, his mouth is usually as tight as the footcloth of the princess - very tight, only when drinking, his mouth will loosen." Zang Nongsheng prevaricated just now, this time it was none of his business, but he was extremely enthusiastic and generous.

"Thanks to Uncle Tiao, wine, I'll go to the commissary of the brigade headquarters to sell it. I'll ask my daughter-in-law to bring some more dishes, and you can keep this bottle of wine for yourself! Catch up, I will honor your old two bottles of wine again. Camp Commander Zang laughed.

"Youde, are you stupid, at this time, the commissary has long been closed. There is no need for vegetables at all, it is not appropriate to deliberately prepare, and you don't know that your second uncle usually only uses peanuts for wine. Wherever he went, as long as he had wine and peanuts, he could drink them – he drank them as if they were water. ”

Zang Nongsheng said as he took out a bag of things from the pocket of his coat and put it in Zang Battalion Commander's hand.

"Peanuts, your aunt just fried them tonight, I'll keep a little, you bring these-your second uncle Zang Mantang will take this bite."

"Uncle, you've thought of everything." Camp Chief Zang is young in the end, and he has received Zang Nongsheng's perfunctory treatment, not only does he not complain at all, but he is not grateful.

"Third brother, you go home with Nongsheng, and we will wait for Captain Zhao and them while drinking." Zang Nongsheng looked at Teng Laosandao.

Zhao Zimeng observed carefully, although this Zang Nongsheng was a little wary of outsiders like them, he was also a careful person.

Listening to what he said meant was that if Teng Laosan was in front of him, Accountant Zang might have some scruples.

Zang Nongsheng's words also reminded Zhao Zimeng: "Uncle, there are so many of us in front of us, will Accountant Zang ......?"

"That's not true, as long as it's not our local, Accountant Zang won't care about anything. As long as you promise him not to tell anyone. However...... "Zang Nongsheng wanted to speak and stopped.

"Nongsheng, if you have something to say, Captain Zhao and they are all good people. You also know that since Captain Zhao gave Ergui a wheelchair, Ergui has become a different person, and he has now gone to work in the weaving team. Teng Laosan praised Zhao Zimeng again.

"This- I already know. Then I'll be blunt, the fewer people who talk to Zang Mantang, the more likely he is to tell the truth. Perhaps, the person you want to know is the person closest to Zang Mantang - this is also related to his face, virtuous, you know what I mean! Zang Nongsheng squeezed his eyes at Camp Commander Zang.

"Youde knows what the uncle means." Battalion Commander Zang quickly understood what he meant.

"It's still the uncle's thoughtfulness, Ling Huyun and I flew to the team headquarters, and the others went back to the Cold Moon Temple." Zhao Zimeng said.

"Captain Zhao, they can come to my house for tea first, third brother, you send Captain Zhao and them to the team headquarters, you are virtuous, you go and invite your cousin Zang Mantang." The others come home with me. "Zang Nongsheng's enthusiasm is getting warmer and warmer.

The place where everyone speaks is a three-way street.

With that, Camp Commander Zang walked eastward towards a mountain col, where Zang Mantang's family lived.

Teng Laosan led Zhao Zimeng and Ling Hu Yunfei towards the bottom of the mountain.

The others followed Zang Nongsheng home.

When they parted, Camp Commander Zang handed the wine, a bag of peanuts and a key given by Zang Nongsheng to Teng Laosan.

The brigade headquarters is at the northern foot of Huishan, the northern foot of Huishan.

There are three villages nearby: Xiejia Village, Xiaozhangzhuang and Niushouzhai, and the brigade headquarters is located in Niushouzhai.

Niushou Village is three miles away from Zangjia Village.

Ten minutes later, Teng Laosan led Zhao Zimeng and Ling Huyunfei to a row of houses.

There are seven rooms in the house, the two rooms near the intersection are a commissary, which will be the door of the iron general, and the middle three rooms are the offices of the brigade headquarters.

These three rooms are also locked.

On the right side of the gate of a house in the middle hangs a wooden sign with a few large characters written on it: "Beishan Brigade Brigade Headquarters." ”

In the open space in front of the brigade headquarters were two walk-behind tractors, as well as a pile of timber and a few neatly stacked bricks.

Next to the pile of bricks is a long bamboo pole with a tweeter tied to its head.

The two easternmost houses are grain processing plants.

Teng Laosan took out the key from his pocket and asked Hu Yunfei to illuminate him, he immediately opened the door of the brigade headquarters, hung the lock, along with the key, on the nose of the door, and then walked into the house, touched the electric light wire, and pulled on the electric light.

Zhao Zimeng and the others observed that of the three houses, the east one was separated by a wall, and the other two had no partition walls.

The east one is an office with four desks, one of which has a telephone. There is also a microphone and a megaphone next to the phone.

The two rooms outside are conference rooms, with two large tables side by side and several long benches around them.

There are pennants and awards hanging on the walls all around.

There are also colorful buntings tied together in the corners.

There are also several wheelbarrows and an old wooden waterwheel.

Teng Laosan put the wine bottle and a bag of peanuts on the table: "Captain Zhao, I'll wait for you at Zang Nongsheng's house." ”

"Uncle Teng, thank you for your hard work, tonight, you should have been drinking at Deng's house."

"Drinking is a trivial matter, but the case is a major matter, and it cannot be delayed."

Zhao Zimeng and Ling Hu Yunfei sent Teng Laosan out of the office and watched his back disappear into the night.

Although the brigade headquarters is in Niushou Village, there is still a little distance between it and the village, and it should be more appropriate for Zang Nongsheng to put the place of conversation here.

Judging from Zang Nongsheng's tone of voice and strange eyes, he was sure that Zang Mantang, the cousin of the battalion commander, knew the inside story.

Maybe Zang Nongsheng also knows the inside story, but it's just inconvenient to say, who wants to be involved in this kind of thing, Zhao Zimeng feels that it is also understandable.

Zhao Zimeng looked at his watch, the time was 7:55 p.m., and it was dark outside.

Everyone can only sit on the bench and wait patiently.

A few minutes later, Camp Commander Zang led an old man into the brigade headquarters.

The old man wore a light blue hat on his head, a gray cadre uniform with four pockets on his upper body, a pair of dark blue bobs underneath, and a pair of gangster cloth shoes on his feet.

A cigarette is tucked between the index and middle fingers of his right hand.

The corners of the old man's eyes were full of wrinkles, and his dark face was shiny.

The old man's eyes were red, as if he had just drunk alcohol.

Zhao Zimeng and Ling Hu Yunfei stood up.

Zhao Zimeng stepped forward.

"Second uncle, this is Captain Zhao; Captain Zhao, this is my second uncle, the accountant of Zang Jiazhai, my second uncle has been an accountant in Zang Jiazhai for nearly 40 years, and has a high prestige in Zang Jiazhai and the Beishan Brigade. ”

"Accountant Zang, hello." Zhao Zimeng shook Accountant Zang's hand.

"Youde, how can you let Captain Zhao wait for me here? Is there anything you can say directly to my house? This is not the hospitality of our Zang family! You see here, there's nothing to ask for. ”