There were already a few children frolicking in the water by the river, and when they saw Tong Yan coming around, they heard that Tong Yan was going to catch fish, and they all shouted to help. In fact, where are they helping, knowing that Tong Yan has delicious food in her pocket, she wants to catch a fish and exchange snacks with Tong Yan.

Tong Yan agreed with them to catch a fish in exchange for a piece of sesame candy. The children scattered and went to catch fish. A few children are still very smart, and everyone is scattered and shows their powers. Huddled together, the fish are going to be scared away.

Although the river is clear, there are not many fish, Tong Yan rolled up her trouser legs, stood in the water, and basked in the sun for more than half an hour, her face was red, and she still found nothing.

At this moment, the two children ran over from a distance, shouting something, too far away, Tong Yan didn't hear clearly. After a while, the two children got closer to Tong Yan, and they were shouting: "The red soldier is here, the red soldier is here, and he brought someone over." ”

Tong Yan was shocked, and the children all heard it, so they stopped what they were doing and gathered together. One of the children panted and said, "There are a lot of people here, and an old man has come with them." Tong Yan didn't care about catching fish, so she grabbed a child and asked him to report to the village chief, and she and a few other children went to the entrance of the village.

Not long after, the captain and the village accountant, as well as several squad leaders, rushed over. Tong Yan saw those people, all young people in their twenties, lined up in three columns, there were twenty people. There was an old man in the middle, dressed in tatters, with blood stains on his clothes, and he was escorted by them. The man lowered his head, his hair was messily covering his face, Tong Yan didn't see the person's appearance clearly, she just thought that the person should be not young.

Zhou Yonghai came forward to greet them, and the person at the head looked unruly, and Zhou Yonghai played an official tone, Zhou Yonghai accompanied the smiling face, nodded vigorously, and led those people to the village office. Tong Yan stood far away, and didn't hear anything said, only a few words vaguely reached Tong Yan's ears, "diehards", "transformation", and "ideological education". Tong Yan didn't like to watch such a scene, and felt that someone around her pulled her hand, Tong Yan was startled, and looked up to see that it was Lu Jinzhi.

Lu Jinzhi's tone was gloomy, and he asked Tong Yan: "Have you gone to play in the river?" Tong Yan followed Lu Jinzhi's line of sight, looked at her rolled up trouser legs, half of her smooth calves were exposed, and quickly squatted down and put down her trouser legs. Lu Jinzhi frowned slightly, and said to Zhou Yuanqi: "Go back with your sister Tong Yan, boil some hot water, and soak your feet." ”

Zhou Yuanqi sensitively sensed that Lu Jinzhi was unhappy, so he didn't dare to speak, and followed Tong Yan to go home. Tong Yan walked all the way back, thinking about what happened just now, Zhou Yuanqi looked at Tong Yan's face cautiously, Tong Yan found Zhou Yuanqi's gaze, looked at his face, understood a little, and comforted him: "It's okay, your brother Lu is not angry, but he is afraid that we will catch a cold." ”

The little boy's heart was relieved, a smile appeared on his face, with a little flattery, and said, "I'll go back and boil water, sister, you soak your feet well." ”

Tong Yan looked at him, reluctantly pulled the corners of his mouth, and after going back, the two boiled hot water, Tong Yan just put his feet in the footbath, and Lu Jinzhi came back. Zhou Yuanqi was still a little worried when he saw Lu Jinzhi, Lu Jinzhi's expression was faint, and he asked Zhou Yuanqi to go home first, Zhou Yuanqi glanced at Tong Yan and slipped away.

Tong Yan knew that he was in a bad mood as soon as she saw Lu Jinzhi's face, and asked him, but he didn't say anything, just squatted down to wash Tong Yan's feet. Tong Yan looked at his curved back, and a feeling of unease arose.

After washing his feet, Lu Jinzhi went to pour water, and came back after a while, with a little heaviness in his voice, and said, "Let's go, let's go to the grain field together." ”

Tong Yan was apprehensive, and followed Lu Jinzhi to the barn field, where many villagers gathered, and they were talking about it at the moment. Not long after, Zhou Yonghai came with a group of people with red armbands, the most conspicuous of which was the old man whose hands were cut behind his back and a sign was erected behind his back.

A simple wooden platform was set up on the barn field, and those people pressed the old man onto the wooden platform, and one of them told everyone about the old man's crimes one by one with his throat, and the villagers were silent, and the more Tong Yan listened, the more wrong he became. In the end, someone grabbed the old man's hair, the old man's head was raised, everyone saw his face clearly, Tong Yan was shocked, this person was Dr. Qi.

At this time, Doctor Qi was already a lot thinner than before, his originally ruddy face had become gray, his eyes were blank, he looked at the villagers below blankly, there was still a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth, and his beard was unshaven. Such a doctor Qi frightened Tong Yan, and at the same time, she also understood the reason for Lu Jinzhi's depressed mood.

Those people counted the "crimes" of Dr. Qi, and then asked the villagers to criticize them together, everyone picked up the small pebbles on the ground and threw them at Dr. Qi, the stones fell on Dr. Qi's body, Dr. Qi was held to death, and he couldn't even dodge, he bit his lip and didn't say a word. Tong Yan witnessed all this, her clenched hands were full of sweat, and her heart was cold.

Lu Jinzhi watched Dr. Qi being bullied, and looked at the villagers who threw stones at Dr. Qi with gloomy eyes, his body was tense, he gritted his teeth, and pressed his anger down, but he couldn't do anything. In the end, the people led the villagers to shout slogans a few times before the farce ended.

After that, Dr. Qi was left behind and later remodeled here. Zhou Yonghai sent those people away like a plague god, his heart was not stable at all, Zhou Yonghai looked at Doctor Qi who was paralyzed on the ground, he felt that he had received a hot potato.

Lu Jinzhi and Tong Yan were extremely depressed at the moment, they both lowered their heads and walked home silently. When he arrived at the door of the house, Lu Jinzhi patted Tong Yan on the shoulder, and said in a low voice, "You go in first, I'll go out for a walk." ”

Tong Yan grabbed Lu Jinzhi: "Don't be impulsive, now we can't act rashly, if we ......" Lu Jinzhi raised his hand and touched Tong Yan's face, stopping Tong Yan from continuing to speak, and reluctantly squeezed a smile: "You go back first, I won't mess around, I just want to be quiet for a while now." ”

There was a faint glimmer of light in the dim daylight, and the ridges in the distance were blurred. Tong Yan looked at Lu Jinzhi's bleak back, and her heart was also heavy. Tong Yan was a little grateful to Doctor Qi, but if she wanted to save him and let Lu Jinzhi take the risk, she was unwilling. Yes, she is also selfish, at least, she doesn't want to watch Lu Jinzhi have an accident.

During Lu Jinzhi's absence, Tong Yan was always worried and looked at the door several times. When the cold moon hung on the branches, she saw Lu Jinzhi's return, and her heart fell into her stomach. Lu Jinzhi's face was still gloomy, when Lao Qian came to eat, he also found Lu Jinzhi's strange appearance, and couldn't help sighing, the three of them finished eating silently, and the atmosphere on the table was rare and dull.

Lao Qian didn't hold back in the end, and said to Lu Jinzhi: "Don't be impulsive, think twice." Lu Jinzhi nodded at Lao Qian and didn't say anything. Old Qian sighed again and turned to leave.

The night was deep, the kerosene lamp was lit in the house, and the yellowish candle flame was gently flickering, adding a bit of indescribable stuffiness to the hut, Tong Yan and Lu Jinzhi were speechless. Suddenly, someone knocked on the door of the house, both of them were shocked, Lu Jinzhi stood up, and asked loudly, "Who?"

"It's me, Zhou Yonghai. ”

Tong Yan looked at Lu Jinzhi, Lu Jinzhi also glanced at Tong Yan, turned around and went to open the door. Zhou Yonghai looked anxious, saw Lu Jinzhi, pulled his sleeve and dragged it out: "Xiao Lu, hurry up and take a look with me, the person who sent it doesn't seem to be good." ”

When Lu Jinzhi heard this, he didn't bother to say hello to Tong Yan, and followed Zhou Yonghai to the village office in a hurry. On a bench in the office, Dr. Qi leaned back in the chair, the scars on his face were clearly visible, his lips were white, and his cheeks were flushed, looking a little weird.

Seeing this situation, Lu Jinyi's heart sank for a moment, and asked, "What's the matter?" Zhou Yonghai didn't hear the coldness in his tone, and Zhou Yonghai was already confused at this moment: "I don't know, as soon as he came back, he collapsed on the ground and had no strength." I asked him to take a break in the office, and when I came back from dinner, it would be like this. I didn't respond to his call, I touched his head as if he had a fever. ”

Lu Jin stepped forward and touched Doctor Qi's forehead, and it was really hot. After screaming a few times, I could hear him make a muffled "hmm" sound. Lu Jinzhi turned his head and asked Zhou Yonghai: "Can you get him some medicine first?"

Zhou Yonghai's heart trembled, and he pulled Lu Jinzhi aside and asked, "Is this beneficial?" Lu Jinzhi suppressed the anger in his heart, and asked with a shallow smile on his face: "If the person is really dead, how are you going to explain to the boss?" The boss means that he will be reformed here, and before he is transformed, the person will be gone, and you don't need to take some responsibility?"

Zhou Yonghai was choked, he was really in a dilemma, he scratched his head hard, gritted his teeth, and stomped his feet: "Okay, I'll go get some medicine, but you have to keep it secret!"

After getting Lu Jinzhi's assurance, Zhou Yonghai hurriedly went out, and after a while, he came back with a small paper bag. When I opened it, I saw two pills. Lu Jinzhi scolded in his heart: Just order medicine like this, it's useless. He endured it, took a deep breath, pressed his anger down, and fed the medicine to Doctor Qi to eat. Zhou Yonghai felt that the air around him was a little colder, stood to the side, and muttered in a low voice: "This is what I brought from home, I didn't dare to touch the medicine in the health center." ”

The health center in Shiwan Village is a barefoot doctor, and his medical skills are half-baked, and he can see small problems such as colds and coughs, and the others have to go to the town health center to see.

Zhou Yonghai looked at Dr. Qi's half-dead appearance, scolded his mother in his heart, and had no idea for a while, so he discussed with Lu Jinzhi: "Those people asked him to work in the village to reform, like this, how to work? Now I don't know how to arrange him." ”

Lu Jinzhi looked at Zhou Yonghai and asked him: "Is there no place to live in the village?" "The only place that can live in the village is the temporary residence, which is the place where the educated youth live now, and the other ......" Zhou Yonghai touched his chin and thought for a while: "There is another place, which is the wooden house by the pigsty." ”