At breakfast time, a grass-green jeep drove into Gaojia Village and stopped at the empty field in the middle of the village. Gao Yude's younger brother, who has been a soldier for decades, is back! The news spread throughout the village as soon as it came. The people in the village, whether adults or dolls, threw down the bowls they were eating and poured into the broken courtyard of Gao Yude's house.

Gaojia Village has not been so lively for many years. The wives and old men were on crutches, the daughters-in-law were holding nursing dolls, the croppers postponed the time to go out of the mountain, and the students were carrying schoolbags that got up from school, bustling, shouting, and running to see the "big cadres". The dogs in the village didn't know what was going on here, and they barked and ran after them. There is chaos in the village, which is more prosperous than who marries a daughter-in-law.

Gao Yude's kiln was already crowded with people. More people flocked to the courtyard and the earthen side, taking turns crowding to the door, curious to see the largest figure in their village outside the door.

Garin's mother was cooking in the kiln next to her. Many mothers-in-law and women are helping her. Some pull bellows, some chop vegetables, and some roll dough. When it comes to such a thing, all the neighbors are happy to help. Gogarin took out a lot of candy from his uncle's bag and was distributing it to the dolls in the crowd. He tried his best to maintain a reserved attitude, but the excitement that could not be concealed still made him radiant, and his movements seemed more fragmented than usual.

Brothers Gao Yude and Gao Yuzhi were surrounded by a group of elderly people at the feet of his house. Yuzhi had already changed into the clothes of a local cadre, and he looked not ten years younger than his brother, but twenty years younger. He was not tall, but he was fat, red, and had few wrinkles. The hair is still jet black, except for a few gray hairs interspersed with the sideburns. He was smiling and recognizing his childhood friends. These people, all over half a hundred years old, took the paper cigarettes he gave with both hands cordially and restrainedly. When the old man Deshun and some other elders came in, Yuzhi helped them to sit on the kang stone one by one, and asked how their bodies and teeth were. These old men slipped down from the kang barrier again, touched him, or patted him, and opened their toothless mouths and shouted: "Ah, good body......" "I heard that you have a lot of colors on your body?" ”

"For a while, you were not heard from, and it was rumored that you died!"

"Ha, I heard that you have become an official now!"

…… Gao Yuzhi answered their questions with a smile. The old man Yude stood next to him, pouting on the dry tobacco pot in his mouth, laughing and wiping his tears with his thin hands.

Comrade Ma Zhansheng, deputy director of the county labor bureau, who accompanied Gao Yuzhi back to the village, went out to relieve his hands, and he could no longer squeeze into the courtyard of Gao Yude's house.

Gogarin met him on the shore of the earthen and pulled him back. But Ma Zhansheng said: "Wait first. Your uncle came home for the first time in decades, and everyone in the village wanted to see him! If you're not busy, let's get in the jeep first! ”

Garin was very happy today, and said that he was all right now, and walked with the old horse to the jeep. The jeep was already crowded with a group of dolls, and Zhan Sheng wanted to drive them down, but Garin stopped him and said, "Forget it, forget it, the dolls have never seen this thing, so let's sit down, let's stand under this tree for a while." ”

Zhan Sheng put one arm around Garin's shoulder affectionately, and said to him, "I won't tie up with you for the rest of the matter; I'll just say one word to you first, and we'll take care of your work soon......" Gogarin's heart pounded. This sentence had too much impact on his nerves! Before he could react, Gao Minglou was already standing in front of them.

Minglou smiled and said, "Garin, why don't you go home and greet your second father?" Your father and mother are old, their hands and feet are not sharp, and there is no one in the family......" After he finished speaking, he turned around and shook hands with Ma Zhansheng enthusiastically.

Garin said: "The old horse can't squeeze into my house, so I'll stand here with him for a while."

Ming Lou said, "You go to yours." Tell Director Ma to come and sit at my house first. In addition, you tell your mother that your uncle's first meal will be eaten at your house, and the next meal will not be prepared, our family has already prepared it. Ah, how difficult! Yuzhi has been making revolutions for decades and doesn't go home, so he has to have a meal at my house if he says anything! He turned his head to Zhan Sheng and said, "Yuzhi is the biggest cadre outside our village, and it is the glory of the entire Gaojia Village!" "Comrade Gao Yuzhi is now the director of the labor bureau in our region, my direct superior." Ma Zhansheng said to Gao Minglou. "I already know!" Gao Minglou said while asking Garin to go home and be busy, so he took Ma Zhansheng to their house in the former village.

After eating, Garin followed his father and uncle to the grave of his grandfather and grandmother.

The ancestral grave is on a sunny hillside behind the village. The two graves were covered with dense thatch of artemisia wood - the two old men had been sleeping here for more than ten years.

The old man took out some buns and oil cakes from the bamboo basket he carried and placed them on the stone offering table; took out a handful of yellow mounted paper and lit it; Then he pulled Yuzhi and Garin to kneel down and snort. Yuzhi hesitated for a moment, but saw that his brother's face was as ugly as black frost, so he knelt down. On such occasions, the director of labor had no choice but to follow the customs of the locals. The three of them kowtowed three times in a row. Garin and his uncle stood up. The old man Yude threw himself on the yellow earth, and cried open, which made him both very embarrassed. Hearing his brother's sad cry, Yuzhi also took out a handkerchief to wipe the tears that kept pouring out. He left his parents as a child, and he never saw them again until they were buried in the ground. He remembered the suffering of the old people when he was a child, and thought that he had not been by their side ever since, and he could not help but cry bitterly. Garin frowned as he watched them cry. After the two brothers wept for a while, Yuzhi helped his brother up. The old man of Yude choked up and said, "Our old man...... When you live...... I have suffered my sins......"

Gao Yuzhi said very guiltily: "I've been outside, I haven't taken good care of the elderly, and I feel sad when I think about it." There is no way to make up for it. Now that I have returned to my hometown to work, I will try my best to help you in the future...... If there is any difficulty, you can live and say, brother! I want to make up for the affection I owe to our old man to you and my sister-in-law......"

Gao Yude was stunned for a while, and said, "Our old couple are also people who are about to enter the ground, so there is nothing to worry you." Now that the rural policy is alive, the family has food and clothing, and there is no big suffering. If you want to say that before the big boil, it's your nephew! , he looked at Garin, "After graduating from high school, I worked in the village. Everyone has legs, and they all go to the back door to work, and he ......" "Aren't you teaching in the village?" Yuzhi turned his head and asked Garin.

Without waiting for Garin to answer, the old man Yude hurriedly said, "Now that there are fewer students, I don't need so many teachers, so I'll come back." He was afraid that Garin would sue Gao Minglou in front of his brother. He didn't want Yuzhi to know that Ming had downstairs to pay attention to Garin's teacher. In any case, Ming Lou is the leader of their village, and he can't be messed with! Yuzhi slapped his ass and left, but they want to live in the same village with Minglou for the rest of their lives!

Gao Yuzhi was silent for a while, and then said to his brother: "Good brother, according to you, whatever you ask, I will respect you!" But don't embarrass me about this! After I took office, the leaders of the prefectural party committee and the special administration talked to me and said that the former director of the regional labor bureau had been replaced because he had recruited too many workers through the back door and the people were very angry. The leader said that I had just come down from the army and had been doing political work, so he asked me to take up this position. It's trust me! How can I live up to the trust of the organization and do these illegal things and other things just after taking office? I can do anything, but I can't do it! Brother, you have to understand my feelings......"

When the old man Gao Yude heard his brother say this, he thought about it for a long time and said, "Since this is the case, I can't embarrass you." Alas......" The old man sighed, patted the soil on his knees, and called Yuzhi and Garin back to the village; He said that when he left, Minglou repeatedly instructed that their family's meal was ready, and they were waiting for Yu Zhili......

Gao Minglou was talking to Ma Zhansheng in his "reception room" at the moment.

Ming Lou was now very panicked, for fear that Gao Jialin would sue his uncle, saying that he had made his son a teacher through the back door, and had brought him back to the team to participate in the labor. At that time, he and Zhan Sheng jointly planned this matter, so the two parties are now talking about this matter first. "What if Director Gao knows about this?" Ming Lou asked Ma Zhansheng, who was drinking tea. Zhan Sheng grinned: "There is a better job for him to do than a teacher, can he still tell us one long and two short?" "Better job?" Ming Lou looked at it, "At present, the country is not recruiting workers in rural areas, how can there be a better job than a private teacher?" ”

"It just so happens that the region has recently approved several indicators for the small coal kilns in our county. Of course, these indicators were originally not as good as those of Chengguan Commune, because there were too many people who left Chengguan before. Ma Zhansheng took the paper cigarette handed by Ming Lou and lit it and took a puff.

"Garin probably doesn't want to dig for charcoal!"

"Who told him to dig for charcoal? Now the county party committee's communications team is lacking a communications officer, and Garin can write and work instead of work, so let him do this job, and ensure that he is satisfied! ”

"I'm afraid it's going to take a lot of time!"

"I've already done it up and down. Fill out a form then, you can stamp the brigade seal here, and there will be me in the commune and county. Anyway, the formalities are in accordance with the law, and the troublemakers have to make trouble! Ma Zhansheng's incomprehensible joke not only made Gao Minglou laugh, but he also laughed at himself. The two of them laughed a lot, and Ming Lou asked, "Did Director Gao mention finding a job for Garin?" "Ahh You're a shrewd person in Gaojia Village! Ma Zhansheng glanced at Gao Minglou sarcastically, "And now doing this kind of thing, which stupid leader says it?" It depends on whether the hearts and eyes of his subordinates are alive or not! We took the initiative to do this kind of thing for the leader, and the leader criticized you on the surface, but in my heart I can't wait to promote you immediately! ”

Gao Minglou was so shocked that he opened his mouth and couldn't close it for a long time. He thought to himself: No wonder Zhan Sheng is not very old, he is just in his early thirties, and he is the deputy director of the general cadre commission of the commune! This person is amazing, and the future is great!

Just as he was talking, Samsung had already led Gao Yuzhi into the courtyard.

Ming Lou and Zhan Sheng hurriedly greeted them.

Gao Minglou took the two directors of the district and the county into the "reception room", his wife served tea, and his eldest daughter-in-law lit a fire.

Gao Yuzhi didn't want to come here, but his brother wouldn't let him; He must go for this meal! Explain that Lou is the leader of the village and can't hurt his face. Besides, the old ancestors all have the surname Gao! He had no choice but to come.

Gao Minglou asked Zhan Sheng to accompany Director Gao to drink tea and smoke first, and he came over to the kitchen to tell his wife and daughter-in-law not to be busy serving food first.

He went out of the courtyard, called Samsung who was smoking in the corner of the courtyard, and asked in a low voice, "Why don't you call your Uncle Gao and Garin too?" ”

"Didn't you tell me to call him two!" His son looked at his father's annoyed face in confusion. "Loose brains! A real paste brain pine! You're fucking reading books to the ass! Call me again! At the moment before the meal, Gao Yude was finally pulled by Samsung's arm.

Ming Lou hurriedly went out, affectionately held his other arm, and asked, "Why didn't Garin come?" The old man Yude said: "That's a stiff tendon, forget it if you don't come!" ”

Gao Yude was immediately surrounded by Minglou's father and son into the kiln and supported on the upper seat; Gao Yuzhi and Ma Zhansheng sat on both sides. Ming Lou sat down on the lower seat.

Meals came up quickly. The huge red-painted Eight Immortals table is packed with plates, basins, large bowls, small bowls, mountain delicacies and seafood, which is much more sumptuous than the guest meals in the county guest house. This guy got so many rare things out of nowhere!

Minglou got up and sprinkled. The first cup was full, and his hands were raised with his eyebrows raised, and he saluted in front of Gao Yude. Gao Yude's two thin hands trembled and took the wine glass. After a glass of wine, the old man's internal organs were stirred up! He looked at Gao Minglou's stammering smile, and then looked at the younger brother beside him, the infinite emotion in the old man's heart, is it still used to show it here? Half a month later, Gao Yude's only son, Gao Jialin, became a regular national worker; And only go to the county coal mine to report, and then he will be a cadre in the county party committee compound. How did he get to this point? What are the procedures? Even he didn't know that. He only filled out a job form. Ma Zhansheng took care of the rest.

Life took a huge turn in an instant!

The people of the village were numb to this kind of thing, so no one made a fuss. Teacher Gao Jialin became a farmer, and everyone is not surprised, because Gao Minglou's son graduated from high school. It is not surprising that Gogarin suddenly went to work again in the county, since his uncle is now the head of the regional labor bureau. They sometimes scold some unhealthy trends in society in the mountains, but their kindness limits them to scolding. What else? When Gogarin left the village, his father was sick. His mother wanted to wait on his father, but she did not come to see him off. Only Liu Qiaozhen, who had always been in love, accompanied him out of the village and sent him to the junction in the river bay. The covers and boxes had been taken away the other day, and he had only one bag with him. Qiaozhen was like a girl in the city, and generously pulled a handbag with him. They stood behind each other at the junction of the bend, silently facing each other. Here, he had kissed her. But it was daylight and he couldn't kiss her.

"Brother Galingo, you often think about me......" Qiao Zhen bit her lip with her teeth, tears streaming down her face. Garin nodded at her. "You're just fine with me......" Qiaozhen lifted her tearful face and looked at his face. Garin nodded at her again, gave her a startled look, and slowly turned around. He got on the highway and looked back to see Qiaozhen still standing in the river bend looking at him. Tears blurred Gogarin's eyes at once.

He stood for a long time, looking at the lovely figure of the poplar tree; Looking at the jagged cottages of Gaojia Village: looking at the green Dama River Road; A feeling of attachmentlessness surged in my heart all of a sudden. Although he longs to leave here and live in a wider world, he feels that he still has a deep love for this hometown and field that gave birth to him and raised him!

He wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his fingers, turned around resolutely, and walked towards the county seat.

Ahead, on the road of life, how will he go down?