Hao Jiali's father was in a state of physical and mental exhaustion.

The next day it was dawn.

Chen Zhanjun and Hao Jiali's eldest cousin hid in the lumber mill last night, and the two of them found a place to hide and wait for Hao Jiali's father to appear.

The two cats were in an inconspicuous corner, unblinking as they watched the lumber mill's wagon with wood drive by.

Later, I watched the lumberjacks climb into the car one after another, carrying the logging tools on their backs.

The two of them looked at each other with their necks stretched out like giraffes.

Half an hour later, the lumberjacks got into the car, only to hear someone in the car tapped the iron sheet on the top of the car and shouted, "Let's go." ”

The car started, and the two still didn't see Hao Jiali's father get into the car, including seeing the driver sitting alone in the cab of the car loaded with timber, Chen Zhanjun speculated that Hao Jiali's father had been hiding at the logging site these days.

After Chen Zhanjun and the other lumberjacks walked away from the lumber mill's wood truck, they immediately returned to Hao Jiali's father's dormitory with Hao Jiali's eldest cousin.

When they arrived at the dormitory, Chen Feng saw that the two of them went back empty-handed, and hurriedly asked, "What?" Didn't see Lili's father? ”

"Aunt! I looked at the cab and the car body, but I didn't see the shadow of my uncle, who must be on the mountain. ”

Chen Zhanjun and Hao Jiali's eldest cousin had the same answer.

"Well, then we'll have to go up the mountain."

After Chen Feng finished speaking, he began to ponder.

Chen Zhanjun is also thinking about it.

Hao Jiali's eldest cousin was leaning on the railing of the corridor outside Hao Jiali's father's dormitory, smoking a paper-rolled dry cigarette and thinking of a way.

The three of them were all thinking about what method Chen Feng would use to get up the mountain.

In the end, Chen Feng spoke first: "That's it, since we have determined that Lili's father is on the mountain, let the two of you go up the mountain first, after you get to the mountain, although you say good things to Lili's father, you beg Lili's father to go down the mountain, if he refuses to go down the mountain, you will find a way to let me go up the mountain, you say okay?" ”

Chen Zhanjun agreed.

Hao Jiali's eldest cousin was not very optimistic about Chen Feng's method, he said without confidence: "Aunt! Uncle Chen and I will not go first, with my uncle's temper and the incompatible relationship with you over the years, Uncle Chen and I are just bleeding from the mouth, and I can't persuade my uncle to go down the mountain even if the saliva is dry, the two of us are absolutely 100% in vain, if you don't believe it, you can try. ”

"I know this, and I don't want you to work hard in vain, no, look at my leg, didn't you say earlier that I can't go up the mountain with this leg, if you two can solve this matter, you don't need me to climb up the mountain, which also saves you two unnecessary trouble."

"Hmmm! It's okay to take this step first, I'll go with Xiaoxin to feel the situation first. Chen Zhanjun didn't think of a better way just now, so he could only do what Chen Feng said.

So, another day passed.

It's still early in the morning,

Chen Zhanjun and Hao Jiali's eldest cousin begged the lumberjack's foreman at the gate of the timber mill for a long time, asking them to go to the logging site with the workers.

At first, the lumberjack refused, but then the foreman asked Lamei's cousin, who warned them not to make trouble after they went up the mountain, and the two assured that Lamei's cousin asked the foreman to let the two get into the lumber truck, and then the two followed the lumberjack all the way to the construction site where Hao Jiali's father was.

When they arrived at the construction site, the two got out of the car, and Chen Zhanjun and Hao Jiali's eldest cousin took the initiative to help the lumberjack carry this and that in order to curry favor with the lumberjack.

After carrying a short distance, the two of them threw back the lumberjack with what they carried on their shoulders and in their hands.

Because these two people can't even carry their own bodies up the mountain, how can they have the physical strength to help the lumberjacks carry things.

Chen Zhanjun and Hao Jiali's eldest cousin didn't fully realize that the road of the lumberjacks up the mountain to cut trees was steep and changeable.

This road is uneven for a while, a cliff for a while, a sheep's intestine path for a while, and a thorny road for a while, but no section of the road is flat and spacious.

This is the same road that lumberjacks tread with their feet every day.

In addition, in order to make the cut wood slide from the mountain to the foot of the mountain and then load the truck, the lumberjacks first cut down the large enough trees at the foot of the mountain and halfway up the mountain to cut down the top of the mountain, so that the mud surface of the halfway up the mountain and the foot of the mountain is all rubbed by the lumberjacks when they slide down the mountain.

And if you go up the mountain and pass through this section of the road, when you encounter a steep road surface, you can't stand on your feet and want to grab a branch and a half on both sides of the road or on the road, but you can't catch it, if you want to move forward, you can only stick your fingertips into the dirt to feel the force, or use an iron cone to cut into the mud and grasp forward, otherwise you can only roll down the hill.

After all, Chen Zhanjun is 50 years old, no more than when he was young on the Korean battlefield, when his vigorous body shuttles through the rain of bullets, his feet climb wherever he goes, his body rolls wherever he goes, and his head shakes on his neck, and he never frowns.

But now that Chen Zhanjun is old, when he climbed halfway up the mountain, Chen Zhanjun couldn't climb anymore, and then he beckoned to Hao Jiali's eldest cousin, who was far away from him, and shouted: "Xiaoxin!" Take a break and then walk, I really can't walk. ”

"Uncle Chen! You are a Red Army, a revolutionary soldier, you are tired of suffering from this little hardship, how did you get that medal? Hao Jiali's eldest cousin deliberately teased Chen Zhanjun.

"The heroes don't mention the courage of the year, I'm old, I'm fifty years old, do you think I'm still young, or the age of charging into battle." Chen Zhanjun smiled bitterly twice and said.

"Also, once a person gets older, his body bones are also hardened, just like my dad, he is only a year older than you and is sick, and he can't even walk on weekdays, let alone climb mountains." Hao Jiali's eldest cousin said anxiously when he remembered his father's illness.

"I only learned that your dad had a heart attack when I fought with Chen Zhijie last time, by the way, Xiaoxin! Has your dad's illness gotten a little better during this time? Chen Zhanjun asked with concern.

"If it's good, it's not getting worse and worse, and it's Amitabha."

"Oh! Then you brothers have to worry a lot, your father has not been easy these years, and his illness is caused by the work of the production team. ”

"That's not it, in the end, I haven't won the favor of the people in the production team, I don't know what my dad is doing this official?" Hao Jiali's eldest cousin was indignant and dissatisfied.

"If you don't do anything, you do something valuable and meaningful for people to live in the world, so that your life will not come to the world in vain."

Chen Zhanjun said implicitly, and after saying it, he felt that Hao Jiali's eldest cousin was too young to understand, so he had to express the meaning of his words a little more plainly:

"Your dad thinks he's happy to work hard for the production team, he's willing, you won't understand, you brothers just need to take care of his body."

"I know that our brothers will do it, please rest assured Uncle Chen of this." Hao Jiali's eldest cousin promised Chen Zhanjun.

Then, the two sat on the ground where Chen Zhanjun told him to stop and rest.

After Hao Jiali's eldest cousin finished teasing Chen Zhanjun, he turned the topic of the two to Hao Jiali's parents: "Uncle Chen! You said that if we didn't reconcile my aunt and my uncle when we went to the city this time, and we would go up the mountain to persuade my uncle that if there was no result, what should the two of them do about this? Can't you just hang this thing here like this? ”

"I don't know what to do, feel the stones and cross the river and take a step at a time, your aunt's hard life has survived for so many years, your uncle will not care about her family in the future, it is not so necessary for your uncle, Lili from the fish pond, from the paddy field, every month to make snails and loaches can be sold for ten yuan and eight yuan, the family is starving to death, don't force your uncle to force it too hard, it will be counterproductive if it is too tight."

"Oh, alas! That's really bitter Lili, she's still so young. Hao Jiali's eldest cousin felt sorry for his cousin and said.