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The warm breeze is urging in spring, and the drizzle moistens the landscape. The spring in the mountains is particularly bright, the young shoots break the ground, the new green covers the ground, and the next blooming mountain flowers will dye the landscape with new dots.

It was March 17, 1978, a sunny spring day, and at breakfast time, the crisp sound of firecrackers sounded in the courtyard of the Liangshui Division. Neighbors walked out of their homes and poured under the apricot trees at the entrance of the village.

Today is a good day for the couple to leave Xinghua Village and return to the provincial capital and return to work, and the neighbors have come to see them off happily.

I took a leave of absence and was back last night. Uncle Liang's house was very lively, his cousins and cousins came with their respective families to see each other, and Uncle Liang couldn't stop him. After eating breakfast early, his cousin in his fifties dragged him and Uncle Guan and his cousin together, and the four of them knelt in front of the god case in the hall without a god seat, saying goodbye to the ancestors and their father and grandmother.

"Brother, thirty years ago, you married your sister and left your hometown when you were only seventeen years old, although we were married at that time, after all, we were too young to understand anything, you secretly left, we didn't know, we didn't send you, and then you came out, became a cadre in a big city, won glory for your father and uncle, we were happy in our hearts, and then you came back, of course we won't say anything. More than ten years have passed, and now that you are back to work in the city, you have to kowtow to your father and uncle and aunt, so that their souls in the sky will also be happy and happy for you. What's more, my brother and daughter-in-law have been in our Zeng family for more than 20 years, and I am afraid that they have not kowtowed to their ancestors. ”

The cousin's words evoked the dusty past in Uncle Liang's heart, and for a moment, his eyes were moist, and the shadows of his father, grandmother and aunt filled his mind, and he couldn't help but kneel on his knees, and silently kowtowed to the shrine three times, Guan Boniang knelt beside him, and his cousin and cousin knelt behind him, and also kowtowed.

Everyone hugged Uncle Liang and Uncle Guan out of the courtyard gate, picking up a suitcase in one hand and following behind. I hurriedly lit the firecrackers that had already hung on the branches of the pear trees in the courtyard.

There were several firecrackers, and Uncle Liang's cousin, the drunkard, and I each bought one. I caught up with them and walked to the entrance of the village.

Under the old apricot tree at the entrance of the village, there was a jeep parked, which was Kuang Zongjin, who had been transferred to the Yangzhou City Public Security Bureau, specially drove to pick up Uncle Liang's car. At this time, the car was surrounded by villagers who came to see them off. Uncle Liang greeted everyone with a smile and said:

"What are you doing here? I'm just going to work, and I'll be back soon. Look at what you did, it was as if you were sending me to be a soldier. Since everyone is here, in addition to expressing my gratitude, by the way, please take care of him in the future, and help me watch him, don't let him tear down my yard. ”

"Don't worry, we'll all be watching him."

"Pick-up is now a member of our Xinghua Village, so there is no need to tell you about this."

"With us to eat, he will never be hungry ??"

A large group of people were talking nonsense, when they saw Secretary Liu Yingguo leading the cadres of the brigade and a large group of people from the brigade headquarters to the entrance of the village, and two militiamen held up a big red banner with the inscription: Warmly welcome Comrade Zeng Fanliang, a hero of the battle, to return to work in the provincial capital.

For a while, there was silence under the apricot tree, and Uncle Liang couldn't help but laugh and said to Liu Yingguo, who was approaching: "Lao Liu, which one are you singing?" ”

Liu Yingguo said: "Section Chief Zeng, no, it should be Director Zeng or Director Zeng immediately, you are a combat hero, many meritorious contributions, a meritorious hero of the people, you have been injured for glory and recuperated at home for many years, but you care about the people, serve the township, save the life and help the wounded, and rejuvenate your hands." Shouldn't we all send you farewell when you go back to the city and return to work today? Besides, when you went to the front line as a soldier, we didn't know, and we didn't send it off, so we will make up for it today. ”

He glanced at the militia standing neatly behind him, paused and said: "This is not my idea alone, it was put forward by their gang, you are the pride of our Xinghua Village, and you deserve it!" Isn't that right? ”

"Yes!"

The militia behind him replied in unison.

"Zeng Fanzhi, you hang up the firecrackers, Zeng Feng, a few of you beat the gongs and drums, bid farewell to Comrade Zeng Fanliang, and wish him new contributions to the people!"

As his words fell, the gongs and drums were noisy for a moment, and I was in a stirring mood, and I found that Uncle Liang was also a little excited. He froze for a moment, like a soldier in a movie, his tall body stood up, raised his hands and eyebrows, and gave a solemn military salute to the villagers!

After saluting, Uncle Liang didn't speak, turned around and walked to the jeep, pulled the door and got into the car, picked up the two suitcases and handed them over. I followed, Uncle Liang asked me to get into the car, closed the car door and said to me: "Xianghong, I told you everything I should say, study hard, practice kung fu diligently, restrain your edge, don't pay attention to other things, and don't force yourself to come out." Now that there is Master Yang and the drunkard in the village, you must not participate in any kind of thing, you must remember this! Do you see what I mean? ”

I order ? Head. He continued: "I will definitely be very busy when I go back to work in the city this time, but I will always find time to come back a few times a year, usually rely on your mother and you to take care of me, you have to go home as much as possible on Sundays every week, now he is no longer wandering in the Three Arches Bridge, I am not at home, his closest person is you." He is not only your partner, but also your nominal brother, but in fact he is more like your master. Your growth and progress in martial arts are inseparable from him. When you can easily defeat him one day, your kung fu will be considered a small success, understand? ”

I nodded again, at this time Kuang Zong got into the car and started the car, the red-eyed Uncle Guan was hugged by his mother and cousins and cousins, I opened the car door and jumped out of the car, Uncle Guan patted me on the shoulder and said: "Red lady, you must study hard, don't run around, let your mother worry, remember to pick up Lai, and Kitty Hawk, I will come back to pick you up and go to the provincial capital to play during the summer vacation." ”

In the cheerful sound of gongs and drums, the jeep started slowly, and Zeng Fanchao lit the firecrackers. Green smoke rose and blew up the apricot blossoms on the ground.

The car went uphill and turned over the rocky cliff and disappeared. The neighbors dispersed one after another. Mother accompanied Uncle Liang's cousins back to the yard, and Uncle Liang had something for them that they had to take back.

Uncle Liang and Uncle Guan returned to the city, except for a suitcase of clothes, they didn't bring anything else. This home is still there, and the contents of the home are intact. Uncle Liang left this home not so much to pick up as to me. When I was young, I was only in junior high school, and he handed over all the keys to the house to his mother, and at the same time handed over the responsibility of taking care of the family and the family.

I heard my mother complain about it. Mother is not afraid of trouble and hard work, she just can't listen to gossip.

My surname is Meng, and Uncle Liang's surname is Zeng. Uncle Liang has no son, like this situation, according to ancient etiquette and laws, generally speaking, Uncle Liang should inherit an adopted son from the close branch of the family, or recruit a son-in-law like Master Yang, continue the incense, and inherit the family business and house.

Zeng's surname is our big surname here, and Uncle Liang has not been out of the five households of the family and there are several households, they have been looking at Uncle Liang's ancestral maternity house for a long time, and they have thought about their stepson and nephew to be Uncle Liang's adopted son, and even the cousin and cousin who married in the neighboring township have ideas, Uncle Liang and Uncle Guan said that they have daughters, and now is a new era of society, and their daughters are also successors, and they resolutely disagree.

It's just that everyone understands that it is impossible for Uncle Liang's daughter to return to Xinghua Village to recruit a son-in-law, and if this house is not sold, Uncle Liang will return to others sooner or later after a hundred years. Now I am just a registered disciple of Uncle Liang, but he has handed over this family to me, a person with a foreign surname, and gossip is inevitable.

Uncle Liang's prestige in the village and among his relatives is very high, and everyone doesn't dare to say anything to him, some guys who are full of food and have nothing to do arrange our family's no, saying that our family is premeditated, ambitious, greedy or something, and my mother is very aggrieved and angry. Uncle Liang also heard some rumors, so that his mother didn't have to pay attention to them, the rumors stopped at the wise, and no one paid attention to them, and naturally disappeared.

Uncle Liang is gone, and my heart is a little empty. I didn't know what to do, and I happily returned to the yard, and released the rock eagle, to pull me to the mountains to catch pheasants, and I shouted:

"If you dare to go to the mountains again, I will take Xiaoying and my sister away, and let you die alone on the mountain, and you will never see your master and sister again, nor your brother, nor your sister and Xiaoying."

I saw him tremble clearly, his body stiffened, I ruthlessly threw off his big hand, glimpsed him sitting down on the stone at the courtyard gate, looking up at the eaglet circling up, disappearing into the depths of the back mountain, muttering in a low voice: "Isn't it okay to be obedient??" ”