Shi Dazhuang failed to connect the young man in front of him who was as strong as a cow and had a short stubble beard on his lips and Yusang back then. At that time, Yusang worked as a child laborer in the drug production workshop of the drug trafficking group, working for 14 hours a day and eating only one meal, and when he was rescued by Shi Dazhuang, he was as thin as a monkey. Even when I met him in Yuziba three years ago, he was still a young man from a mountain village with immaturity.

Yusang also saw the beauty, and his eyes widened in disbelief and said, "Ah, the beauties have grown so tall, they have really become a big beauty!" ”

"It's really Yusang?!" Shi Dazhuang put down the rattan basket in his hand and grabbed Yusang's broad shoulders, "Good boy, grow into a man!" ”

The woman next to her walked over and smiled enthusiastically, "It's Daddy Shi, right?" I often hear Yusang mention you, and today I can see a real person! ”

"Who is this......?" Shi Dazhuang looked at Yusang.

Yusang smiled embarrassedly and said, "My mother-in-law." ”

"Yikes! We're all married! Shi Dazhuang was even more surprised.

The woman was very generous, while taking rattan chairs for Shi Dazhuang and Yu Meiren, and going to make tea, she said: "We got married last year, and Yusang also said that he wanted to invite Shi Da Dad to come to eat and drink, I said why come so far!" If you come here today, I'll buy a few good dishes, and invite my dad and beauty to eat at home, so I can make up for the joy of wine! ”

Shi Dazhuang was very happy, so he agreed to come down and said to Yusang: "Your mother-in-law is a Lacha!" ”

Yusang smirked. The woman smiled: "Look at his simple and rough appearance, I won't rub some lines!" ”

When the woman went to buy vegetables, Shi Dazhuang sat in the store and chatted with Yusang, chatting about the changes in the past three years, and Yusang came to the heart:

"Daddy, you don't know yet, the road to the dam has been built, and the car can drive all the way to the edge of the big bluestone at the mouth of the dam. In the past, when we came to Mangdian, we had to walk for several hours on the mountain road, but now we can get there by motorcycle, and there is a village bus every day from the three-way intersection outside the dam, which can go directly to the mouth of the Ruihe River. It's not the same in the dam, every family has built a new house, which is much more beautiful than before. ”

Shi Dazhuang was also happy and sighed: "That's really good! ”

Yusang said: "That's not to thank Daddy, and Daddy Yugang, if it weren't for you, Yuziba would still be growing poppies, and I would still be doing black work in the noodle factory!" ”

When Yu Meiren heard Yusang talk about her father, she was proud and sad at the same time, and her eyes were red, so she secretly turned her face away, pretending to admire a rattan flower basket, so as not to let them see her crying.

Shi Dazhuang said: "I have to thank the government, you were born in a good era!" Then he pointed to the rattan weaving all over the ground and asked, "When did you learn to do this, and how is the business?" ”

Yusang said: "This is also thanks to Enkun Gongli! After you left, he took the whole group up the mountain to collect medicine and pick old vines. He said that the mountains are full of treasures, why can only poppies make money! My rattan weaving skills are taught by Enkun Gong. Enkun Gong also presided over the cooperatives in the dam, each of which was owned by head, this shop is not my alone, it is a cooperative, the year before last everyone got together to rent the store, and the business was not bad. Not only do we sell it in retail, but we also supply to the channels in Ruihekou and Proton, and we also open an online store! My mother-in-law is responsible for taking orders, and the production and packaging are all in Yuziba, and they are pulled to the courier company by tractor every night. Now everyone is very motivated! ”

Speaking of old Enkun, Shi Dazhuang always felt that he owed a debt and asked, "How is Enkun Gong's health?" ”

Yusang's expression suddenly darkened, and he lowered his head and said softly, "Enkun Gong has already left!" ”

Shi Dazhuang was stunned at that time, Yu Meiren had a bad premonition in her heart, but she was not sure, she opened her mouth to ask, but her voice seemed to be blocked by something, and she couldn't make a sound at all.

After a long time, Shi Dazhuang asked, "When did it happen?" ”

Yusang said: "Just a month ago, I went back on the first seventh, and the days have not passed seven. ”

The air in the shop suddenly froze.

The poppy finally confirmed the last thing she wanted to hear. Something burst open in the body, gushing out of the heart, stomach and gallbladder, pouring into the blood and bronchi like a flood, rampage through the body, rushing away the foreign body blocked in the throat, something buried in the bottom of the heart for a long time rushed out with a sad and loud cry, shattering the frozen air, and also shattering the fragile heart of man.

She's a strong girl. I didn't cry when my father died, I didn't cry when my mother died, I didn't cry when I was misunderstood and bullied, and I didn't cry when I was far away from my homeland and wandered in a foreign land. Only when the tragic music sounded after her father was rehabilitated and his ashes were moved to the martyrs' cemetery, her tears poured out like a spring, but she held back her voice and still didn't cry.

However, at this moment, when she knew that the old man she had been thinking about for three years was no longer alive, and it was no longer possible to hear her call Enkun Ah Gong, she finally couldn't help it, and the years of grievances, loneliness and hesitation were like a flood that burst the embankment, and she could no longer bear it.

When the Yusang lady returned, the little girl was still sobbing and choking, and the cold and sad atmosphere in the shop could condense the winter frost in the summer air.

The woman shuddered and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Yusang pulled his mother-in-law aside and whispered what had happened. The woman complained that her man didn't know how to turn the corner, how could such a sad thing be told to a guest from afar so bluntly. She took a deep breath, adjusted to the frosty atmosphere of the shop, and said in a soft tone as if she were a child when her grandmother told her stories with the soles of her shoes:

"Enkun Gong is our benefactor, and he is the benefactor of the entire Yuziba. When everyone lived on poppies, it was he who took a sickle and cut the poppy seedlings in his yard and in the mountains; When everyone had nothing to do and didn't know what to do tomorrow, it was he who walked up to the oldest mountain on crutches, brought down medicinal herbs and old vines from the mountain, and taught the young people how to make a living from the things in the mountain; When the things in the mountains could not be transported, he walked to Mangdian on crutches, to the mouth of the Ruihe River, from the town government to the county government, and finally brought the construction team of the road back to Bazikou.

Enkungong walked peacefully. In his last days, he sat on the big bluestone at the mouth of the dam every evening and watched the sun go down and the stars rise. He said that he had atoned for his sins, for the sins of Lemao, and for the sins of Yuziba. He was going to a place where there were no poppies, where poppies bloomed everywhere.

Enkungong didn't die, he just went and went where he wanted to go. He will always live in the hearts of me and Yusang, and in the hearts of everyone in Yuziba. We are also going to find the place that is as clear as the starry sky, and Enkungong is just going to take the first step and show us the way. ”

The poppy stopped crying, raised her bright teary eyes and asked, "Will he become a star?" ”