a)

Most people living in small towns always hope that something unusual will happen from time to time as an after-dinner conversation, so as to enrich the poor and boring spiritual life and adjust the dull years.

Yang Letian's suicide in fear of crime and his family came to beg for his life, like a scoop of cold water poured into a hot oil pot, "squeak-la-la" generated a wave of discussion with oil flowers, which instantly swept the streets and alleys of the brand, and derived various versions of gossip.

Because Yang Letian always had a face covered with snow all year round when he was alive, until some people suspected that he was born without a laughing nerve and was stingy with righteousness, so instead of showing the slightest sympathy for his death, people showed that one more and one less were quite happy to come.

Therefore, what triggered this heated discussion was not that Yang Zhi's "suicide in fear of crime" was logically suspicious, nor was it how much people sighed at his exit, but that the peach-colored rumors extended by this matter were more valuable for onlookers.

Of course, the short flow began with Yang's wife's scolding in the compound of the office building. Although people also know in their hearts that scolding words are not to be believed, because the person concerned is full of anger and wants to eat meat on the skin of the scolded, how can the words in his mouth be truthful and appropriate?

But people feel that there is no wind and no waves, and there is a certain rationality for flies not to bite seamless eggs, and most of them will unconsciously choose to believe that they have or not, because this is reasonable, conventional, and more in line with the public's secret psychology.

Besides, the scandalous heroine is beautiful and fragrant, and the male protagonist Yushu is in the wind, if such a romantic character doesn't make a romantic affair, wouldn't he live up to the time and geography, waste Shaoguang, and rebel against the will of heaven?

I remember that when Zhu Yuliang was first transferred to Paitou Supply and Marketing Cooperatives half a year ago, the employees of the club had all kinds of speculations about her husband and wife relationship with Director Wen, the nature of her relationship with Director Li, and her personal life style; But speculation is speculation after all, and there is no conclusive conclusion. At that time, no one dared to risk the defendant's secret and wear small shoes, and gave the "villain" a conclusive truth.

Later, everyone found that Li Zhu and the two of them openly went in and out of pairs, not only went back to the city together for a meal, but also advanced and retreated together like a pair of male and female swords, without any suspicion, and Wen Yuanfang also appeared on the card head from time to time, and the three of them were completely in a state of talking and laughing freely and getting together very happily, but they felt that the relationship between Li Fan and Zhu Yuliang might not be in line with the public's plot setting, so they slowly reduced their interest in discussing them.

However, Yang's wife's shrewd scolding street seems to have confirmed a trumped-up legend overnight, turning the rumor into a fact, as if a witness suddenly appeared in a long-pending unsolved case, and the suspect was identified as a criminal in court. Although the specific plot of this "fact" is varied, each version fully embodies the collective wisdom and creativity of the people.

(b)

All kinds of rumors shuttle through the corners of Paitou Old Street like ghosts, and people can gather everywhere they go, whispering to each other; Like a flu, these rumours spread not only among the salesmen of the supply and marketing cooperatives' stores, but also among the shoemakers, tinkerers, barbers, small traders and indigenous people on the streets......

Everyone showed pride and happiness in being favored by the flu on their faces, and spat or thick phlegm on the ground vigorously, thus proving that they were not only not a person isolated from the people and outcast by society, but also a person of high morals and detached from low tastes.

"They had a relationship as early as when they were in the Material Bureau, and it was for this reason that Li Fan was demoted and transferred to the Paitou Supply and Marketing Cooperative."

"Yes, I heard that as long as there are thundershowers at night, when Zhu Yuliang can't sleep, Li Fan will accompany her. Someone saw Li Fan take out the key and open the door and enter Zhu Yuliang's room! ”

"They are so bold, and now they are openly still together, what a shame! Didn't Wen Yuanfang know that his wife cuckolded him? ”

"How could you not know? Who is his wife, and what man would not know? Maybe this wife is so beautiful that she can't bear to leave! Or I just think that divorce is too ugly, and I hold on to my face! ”

"How did I hear that Zhu Yuliang and his husband have actually received a divorce certificate. Because this is still small, it has not yet been announced to the public; I have to wait until I grow up to announce the fact of divorce! ”

"And such things? Divorced and still together, I really haven't heard of it! ”

"As far as I know, when Zhu Yuliang was in the material company, in addition to Li Fan, there was also a deputy director surnamed Cai who also had a leg with her! Li Fan was actually brought down by the surname Cai, and the two of them fought incompatibly just to fight for Yuliang. Therefore, whether Zhu Yuliangsheng's surname is Cai, Li or Wen, only she knows it.

However, this big noodles should have been born by a man surnamed Cai, because when Zhu Yuliang gave birth, a man surnamed Cai was serving from beginning to end; Wen Yuanfang was so angry that he hid outside, and he refused to show up for several months! Also, they have always been raised in their grandmother's house in Jiangsu, and they were only taken back to Jiyang this summer when they reached the age of studying. If you think about it, you will know the answer! ”

"Wow! No wonder Wen Yuanfang was willing to put such a beautiful wife in the town of Paitou, it turned out to be to break up the relationship between his wife and the man surnamed Cai! Isn't he good for Li Fan again? ”

"Isn't it? I heard that the surname Cai is a person from the 'Huang faction', and he became the director of the material bureau after he got Li Fan down, and Li Fan and Wen Yuanfang both belong to the 'red faction'. So, it's better to give it to your brother than to your enemy, isn't that reasonable? Ha ha! However, I heard that Wen Yuanfang himself also has a woman, anyway, half a catty is against eight taels, just right now, and no one owes anyone. It's such a confused account, let's just look at the excitement! ”

"In this way, Zhu Yuliang looks like a virgin and a martyr, it turns out to be a national food stamp! No wonder people say that she eats all the ages! Old Niu, you don't want to sleep with her too, do you? Hee-hee! ”

"Haha! If this kind of woman can give me a sleep, I will be willing to die! Lao Zhao, do you say it? ”

"You men are so shameless! Alas - why are these men and women so shameless? He still pretends to be a serious person! ”

"People have the right to do whatever they want, so what about being shameless? Of course, in front of the superior leader, it must be pretended; If you don't pretend, how can you climb up? ”

……

Since then, in addition to the reputation of "Zhu Xi Shi" and "Zhu Abacus", Zhu Yuliang has also gained the name of "National Food Stamps".

As a result, the shop cabinet leaders who had to go to the finance department to pay after half past three in the afternoon had a qualitative change in their eyes when they saw Zhu Yuliang: the women's eyes were no longer envious, jealous and flattering, but more gloating and disdainful; The man's eyes were less mountain-looking and deterred, and more obscene and dirty, and eager to try......

Fortunately, Zhu Yuliang is buried in work most of the time, even if he goes to the canteen to eat, he can't walk a few steps, except for shopping, he hardly needs to walk through the long old streets; Otherwise, in the face of such dense, hot and vulgar eyes, I don't know how many ugly scars will be burned on her white and tender skin!

(c)

On that day, Li Fan brought a bag of mochi and handed it to Zhu Yuliang, saying that it was sent by relatives in the countryside, and Zhu Yuliang realized that the winter solstice was coming, because the people of Jiyang have the custom of eating mochi on the winter solstice.

The relatively simple method of mochi is to squeeze the steamed glutinous rice into a sticky paste, roll a layer of fried wheat flour and cut it into pieces, which can be dipped in sugar and eaten; The more exquisite mochi is a kind of pie, that is, the glutinous rice paste dough is coated with peanut flour or fried wheat flour, and the bean paste filling or sesame filling is made into a small cake shape, which tastes glutinous and soft and sweet to the heart.

Heating and cooling mochi is a technical job, which needs to be slowly roasted in an iron pot and constantly turned over to be soft and not sticky, otherwise it is easy to burn or turn into an uncontrollable lump of sticky lumps.

But whether it is simple or elegant, Zhu Yuliang does not like to eat it, because as a native of Runzhou, who grew up at the junction of north and south of China, she prefers to eat dumplings, noodles and other noodles like northerners since she was a child; And Wen Yuanfang and Wen Jing are both addicted to glutinous rice desserts, and sticky foods such as mochi, zongzi, rice cakes, and glutinous rice balls have naturally become the favorite of the father and daughter.

"It is estimated that Sister Yuanqing, Sister Yuancao, Cuiying, and Wuwei are going to send mochi, rice cakes, zongzi and other New Year's goods again, and I will start buying New Year's goods again! There is an advantage of being transferred to a supply and marketing cooperative, that is, it is more convenient to buy things. Hehe! If Sister-in-law Gui Zhi invites me to dinner again this time, what should I buy for her? Zhu Yuliang thought to himself.

This "Gui Zhi sister-in-law" surnamed Wang is the distant relative of the Wen family who lives on Paitou Street. She was originally a distant cousin-in-law in Wen Yuanfang, and after her husband died when she was young, she returned to Paitou's mother's house from Tang Feng's mother-in-law's house; Later, her mother's family recruited her a little bachelor from northern Jiangsu.

This door-to-door son-in-law is named "Shen Daoyin", he is wooden and upright, and he still stutters a little when he speaks, but the young man is strong, and he is a good match when he stands with Wang Guizhi, and he also has the unique skill of repairing shoes.

So, after the Wang family recruited a son-in-law, they set up a shoe repair stall in front of their house; In the blink of an eye, this comprehensive stall that includes shoe repair, umbrella repair, bag repair, sewing, key frustration and other services has been on display for more than 20 years. Perhaps the daily life of the people in the town is indeed inseparable from this stall, so it has not only not been cut off as the "tail of capitalism", but has become an indispensable part of Paitou Old Street.

Although Wang Guizhi is fifty years old, her figure is a little fat, but her face is still clear, and she can see that she was also a handsome little daughter-in-law when she was young. Compared with her husband's three kicks, she is a sharp-toothed, enthusiastic and refreshing character like "Aqing's sister-in-law".

When Wang Guizhi was a little daughter-in-law in Tangfeng Village, she was bullied by the villagers because her husband was weak and sick, but "Aunt Xiangfu" always liked to fight for her. Therefore, after learning that Zhu Yuliang was transferred to the head of the card, she walked around with this "cousin wife" very diligently, and had the intention of returning the favor to the Wen family.

Of course, Wang Guizhi also understands that if she climbs a noble relative like the distant couple, her family will naturally not suffer. Besides, Zhu Yuliang is a celebrity in the supply and marketing cooperative, at least open the back door to buy some in-demand materials, isn't it much more convenient than getting up early in the morning to queue up and not necessarily be able to buy them?

So, since Zhu Yuliang arrived at the head of the brand, he not only ate the hot summer solstice pine flower wheat cakes, July and a half sesame rolling gold dumplings and other folk snacks, but also the Wang family would invite her to be a guest every time they killed chickens and geese. In addition, Wen Yuanfang sometimes comes to the brand head at night, and he rarely comes to his sister-in-law's house to rub a bowl of rice cakes or noodles.

(iv)

On the eve of the winter solstice, Wang Guizhi prepared to send the mochi to Zhu Yuliang, and when he left, he instructed his man: "I called Yuliang and his wife to come to the house for dinner tomorrow, and you can close the stall early to help me!" ”

Shen Daoyin was stunned for a moment, and said for a while: "The rumors about her on the street...... There's a lot of wind talking, so let's stay away from her! Save the neighborhood ...... The neighbors don't think we're ...... Serious people. ”

When Wang Guizhi heard this, he was furious, jumped to his feet and scolded: "You pig brain!" Can you listen to the rumors? Can you believe insults? There are more people who can't eat grapes and say that grapes are sour, and those who chew the root of their tongue are not good people themselves! When the old lady was widowed in Tangfeng Village, what garbage people hadn't seen? The way of this world is that women are beautiful and people are not popular, women are ugly, and there are few people with good hearts.

You see that Yuan Fang also often comes to visit his wife and Nan, Yuliang runs to the city as soon as he rests, and the family is hot together, like a bad relationship? Does it look like a divorce? That Jing Nan's gesture with chopsticks and the demeanor with which she spoke were exactly the same as Yuan Fang's, and those filthy people could figure it out......"

Shen Daoyin was so speechless that he was robbed by his wife, but after a moment of silence, he stammered and said, "Then Yuliang and Li ...... The director played ...... It's hot, and those who don't know think they're two...... Mother-in-law, that's true, right? ”

"Are the two of them two mothers-in-law about strangers? Those who know know that the two of them are good neighbors and good partners! When Yuliang had a difficult birth, it was Director Li's wife who stayed by Yuliang's side for a day and a night without closing her eyes, and took the risk of the boss to deliver Jingnan, don't you know?

Yuan Fang transferred Yuliang to Paitou Supply and Marketing Cooperative, just to help Director Li. Isn't it normal for them to eat together and go in and out together? Does this have anything to do with anyone else? Look at the men and women on the street who are really looking at each other, which pair doesn't pretend to be passers-by when they meet? So, use your pig brain, and you won't be carried away by rumors! ”

Shen Daoyin was so angry that he was scolded by a woman for a "pig brain", so he rolled his eyes and replied: "If you don't tell me these reasons, how can I know...... Get? ”

Wang Guizhi laughed and said, "What am I telling you about this for no reason?" Well, tomorrow her mother and son will come to the house, and you will pretend that you don't know anything and hear nothing; If you reveal something, be careful with your ......."

"Okay, okay! Let's go! ”

……

Early in the morning on the day of the winter solstice, Zhu Yuliang came to the cloth shop at the west end of the street from the east end of the street, wanting to buy some wool for Wang Guizhi and let the couple each make a sweater to wear. Although almost a month has passed since the Yang Letian incident, and although Yang's death is completely self-inflicted, when Zhu Yuliang stepped into the cloth shop, he still felt a chill down his spine.

When a salesperson sent her away from the cloth shop with a strange look and a flattering smile, she inadvertently turned her head to find that the salesman and the salesperson had bitten their ears.

This feeling of being stared at with complicated eyes and being pointed at behind people's backs was experienced by Zhu Yuliang as early as ten years ago when he first arrived at the Huansha Business Department of the material company. It's just that when her colleague at this time saw her, she had a smiling face more than her colleague at that time, which made her feel particularly disgusting.

"Could it really be that Yang Letian is taking revenge on me? Anyway, people are not afraid of shadows, whether it is a person or a ghost, I am not afraid after all!

Sister Meijuan said that if there are too many mosquitoes and flies in a place to fight, then it is brave and wise to raise your legs and leave that dirty place. I just want to make less boundaries with the people on the street, so as not to give them more material for rumors. ”

As soon as she thought of this, she held her head high and smiled, as if there was no other sound except for the "cluck" and "cluck" of her low-heeled shoes hitting the cobblestone pavement.

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