Sixty years with spring

Chapter 5

Not afraid of hardship

Che Hongxuan was already twelve years old when he read four years, everything was so beautiful and happy, his body was getting stronger and stronger, and he was a good helper in the family. Whether it's herding pigs or cleaning up vegetable patches, he's never lazy. His diligence and hard work have been widely praised by his neighbors. In addition, he has always seen people big and small, and he is polite, and the neighbors say that he will not be bad in the future.

Wang Xiu went to school with Che Hongxuan, and came back with Che Hongxuan after school, plus Gu Mingyuan, Li Siyu and Zhang Dahua often play together, and because of the good conditions at home, they naturally became the sweethearts of the class.

It was a beautiful evening in early May, with a bright sunset, green trees, misty cooking smoke, a gentle breeze, and peaceful roosters and dogs crowing from far and near.

Che Hongxuan was preparing to water the vegetable field, and the spinach, celery and leeks were all dry, and it had not rained for more than half a month.

Suddenly, Wang Xiu ran over from outside the gate in a panic and went straight to the Che family's mother who was feeding the chickens in front of the door.

Che's mother knew that something was wrong when she saw Wang Xiu's anxious appearance, and she heard that there was a situation in the comprehensive factory a few days ago.

"Don't worry, kid, what's wrong?" The Che family's mother pulled Wang Xiu, hugged her heartache in her arms, gently stroked her soft and smooth black hair, and asked kindly.

Wang Xiu snuggled in the arms of Che's mother, as if she had been greatly comforted, and the tears in her eyes fell like beads with broken threads.

Wang Xiu looked at Che's mother in a choked voice and said, "Mom and Dad haven't come back yet, Mom told me in the morning that if you can't come back when you get off work, hurry up and find Che's mother, you and your brother will have dinner at her house, and then bring it back to Grandma." If my grandmother asked, I would tell her that my father and I were on a business trip. ”

Che's mother said: "Don't be afraid, good boy, your parents are good people, and it will be fine." You old and young are inconvenient, go and pick up Xiaopang and Grandma, eat at my house, and stay at my house after eating. Your sister lives alone in my Westinghouse, so you can come and live there, and then move back when your parents come back. ”

Che Hongxuan threw down the well and walked over, pretending to be calm and said, "Xiuxiu, don't be afraid, there is me." Mom, I'll go with her. ”

"Let's go."

The two trotted all the way to pick up someone.

It didn't take long for Dad to come back, and Mom had already prepared a meal for Dad.

Mom frowned, and said to my father, who was drinking and eating with a good taste: "The situation is not good, something happened to the Wang family." I heard that my husband was the factory manager and my wife was the accountant, and the public factory was turned into a mom-and-pop shop. Well, after a while, you'll be gone, and you'll bring everything you can eat. ”

"I'll go over and move things when it's dark, don't make a big deal about this kind of thing."

"You have a point."

Dad would drink two cups every day when he came home from work, which had become a habit. He said that this would relieve fatigue and sleep soundly.

The work of the grain depot is very tiring, and it is generally not impossible for strong people to do it. In the autumn and spring drying, it is "six top six", that is, work at six in the morning and leave work at six in the evening. There is no light thing in work, either the anti-sack is picked up or the sack is carried on the shoulder, and the physique is not good at all.

Because the work of the grain depot is too tiring, and many of the children of workers go to the grain depot to work as temporary workers, my father often said to Che Hongxuan: "If you have other abilities, don't go to the grain depot to work, you have to study hard." ”

Every day when Dad came home, he would take off the anti-sack shoulder pads and buried clothes, and Mom would soak these clothes and wash them in the evening or tomorrow morning. Every morning, Dad would put on another shoulder and a clean set of clothes to go to work, every day.

Dad had at least three sets of clothes and a skull, because the scarf and clothes would be soaked with sweat many times a day and had to be washed and changed every day.

Mom will fry two dishes for Dad every day, today is scrambled eggs with leeks and fried potato chips with green peppers.

Potato chips are used to dig out the potato teeth as seeds, and the remaining strange-shaped pulp is buried in the radish cellar. Because of the ice cubes buried in the cellar, the potato pots have been well preserved. It is conceivable that such potatoes are basically broken when cut into slices, so Dad can only eat them with a spoon. Although it is not the same, the vinegar and garlic flavors on the plate are still very attractive. Sometimes Dad asked Che Hongxuan and Che Laosan to eat the leftover dishes.

Although Che Hongxuan wanted to eat, he felt that he should still let his younger brother eat, because he was the boss and had to make an appearance.

Tonight, Dad poured a tin pot of wine as usual, squatted in the stove pit and picked out the hot ashes and buried the tin pot halfway, and only picked it up and drank it beautifully when the rich aroma came out of the wine jug.

Mom often told my dad that he couldn't drink cold wine, and drinking cold wine and spending dirty money would be a disease sooner or later. Dad didn't dare not listen, according to his temper, he would have drunk it a long time ago, and he would not be patient to go to hot wine.

Dad took a sip of wine and said: "It's okay to move luggage, but you have to think about moving food, if you have more or less, you can't tell when the time comes, no, let's maintain it at our house first, it's not bad." ”

Mom said, "That's not good, you're right to listen to me, even the pots and pans, chopsticks are brought over, and they will be moved back when they come back." I told Wang Xiu to bring all the valuables over and keep them for myself. ”

Dad took a sip of wine and nodded, "Okay, just do as you say." But will we get into trouble by doing so? ”

"What are you afraid of, you can still eat people? How can a blind old lady and two children live? Coming to our house is two more pairs of chopsticks, nothing. By the way, you bring a lock again, and lock the gate firmly with our chain, and climb over the wall if something happens. ”

"Okay, I'll go there in the middle of the night."

"Hmph, life and death are not afraid of cowardice, what are you afraid of if you do a favor?"

Although Dad was not convinced, he didn't dare to say anything, and bowed his head to drink.

It didn't take much effort, Che Hongxuan and Wang Pang helped their grandmother walk in, and Wang Xiu walked behind carrying things.

Mother helped Wang's grandmother to the West House Kang, because her sister lived in the West House, so her mother arranged for Grandma, Wang Xiu and her sister to live in the West House together, and Wang Pang and Che Hongxuan lived in the East House North Kang.

Arrange for them to stay, and my mother will take care of everyone's meals.

After the meal, Che Hongxuan was about to go out to play with Wang Xiu, and his mother called him and whispered: "Go to your old Gu family (Gu Mingyuan) or Lao Li family (Li Siyu's family) to inquire about the situation, we can know it in our hearts." ”

Che Hongxuan nodded nervously, ran out in response, and ran to Li Siyu's house in one go.

Li Siyu was listening to a group of members talking nonsense at the door of his house, and when he saw Che Hongxuan running in a panic, he knew that something might have happened, so he greeted him and whispered, "What's the matter?" ”

Che Hongxuan's eyes widened and he said breathlessly: "My mother asked me to ask you, did Wang Xiu's parents have an accident?" ”

Li Siyu frowned and asked, "How do I know this?" Doesn't Wang Xiu know? ”

"Wang Xiu is at my house, she didn't say. Can the two of us go to the commune and ask your father? ”

"Let's go."

The two walked quickly to the commune, like detectives, in order not to expose the target, Che Hongxuan waited outside the gate. Li Siyu pretended to be calm and walked in humming a little song.

Not long after, Li Siyu hurriedly walked out, waved his hand to Che Hongxuan mysteriously, and the two left the commune quickly.

When he got to no one, Li Siyu looked around, lowered his voice and said, "Something happened, it won't be over for a while." ”

"What's going on?"

"A few days ago, the vault of the comprehensive factory was stolen, and this gang of thieves actually carried the vault to the edge of the river, smashed it wildly, and smashed the vault into a mess, but it was not smashed. After the vault was stolen, when the superiors cleaned up the accounts, they found that there were 8,000 yuan that could not be matched. ”

"I see."

"Don't say what I told you."

"How is that possible?"

Che Hongxuan went home and told his mother about the situation.

From this day on, Wang's grandmother, Wang Xiu and Xiaopang lived in Che's house with fear.

A few days later, a group of drunks came to Wang's house noisily and knocked on the door.

Mom and Che Hongxuan passed.

Mom asked, "Where are you and who are you looking for?" ”

Someone sneered and asked, "This is what you should ask?" Is their family in your house? ”

Mom smiled calmly and said, "Oh, you can't spew blood, and we don't dare to borrow a gut." ”

"You are his neighbor, is there anything you have to report to us in time, do you understand?"

"Understood."

"We must draw a line, beat these people to the ground, and step on 10,000 feet so that they will never be able to turn over!"

Che Hongxuan felt that this person was quite hateful, and deliberately asked: "Can a person step on 10,000 feet?" 10,000 feet need 5,000 people, and these 5,000 people can't lack arms and legs, so how far will it go? ”

"Kids go aside!"

The man no longer paid attention to the two of them, and turned back to the gang of fierce and vicious people and shouted: "Look at his gatehouse, it is all feudal superstition, we will break the old and build the new, and smash all the things on the gatehouse!" ”

Everyone raised their shovels and pickaxes and smashed the gate into a mess.

After the door was smashed open, Che Hongxuan followed these people into the house to watch the excitement, and these people began to rummage through the cabinets and loot the valuable things without asking.

It took a while for them to leave.

Che Hongxuan returned home, went to the vegetable field behind the house to find Wang Pang and Wang Xiu who were hiding, and told the two mysteriously: "The enemy has withdrawn, take a lot of your things." I'll clean up and lock the door later, and don't go back, lest they'll kill you." ”

The two were so frightened that they dared to go home?

The grandmother of the Wang family has been crying silently, sometimes her teeth are clucking.

One Sunday morning, Che Hongxuan, his mother, Wang Fat, and Wang Xiu were planting eggplants, and suddenly there was a sound of gongs and drums in the street.

Che Hongxuan was overjoyed, thinking that the art team of the brigade was coming to step on stilts, so he jumped as high as he could to see the excitement.

Mom said, "Work, don't go!" ”

Che Hongxuan didn't dare to make a sound, and after his mother went to pull the eggplant seedlings for a while, Che Hongxuan scratched his head and ran away from his mother's sight.

Xiaopang shouted: "You come back, my aunt won't let you go." ”

Che Hongxuan said without looking back: "It's okay, you plant it, I'll be back in a while." ”

Che Hongxuan didn't care about the world, he ran over the wall. It turned out that Gu Mingyuan, Li Siyu and a group of classmates were all watching the excitement.

A few days after that, Che Hongxuan heard that the comprehensive factory was going to hold a conference, and he knew that this was a good opportunity, so he immediately ran home and told Wang Xiu: "The comprehensive factory is going to hold a conference, let's go and have a look, maybe we will meet your parents." ”

Wang Xiu blinked and asked, "Can it work?" ”

Che Hongxuan said: "Gu Mingyuan is gathering people, and we will protect you." ”

Wang Pang was also by his side, and he said with bloodshot eyes: "I'm not afraid, I'll go too!" ”

Che Hongxuan said: "Everything must be done in secret, it must not be exposed, and it is under my command." ”

Wang Pang said, "Okay, listen to you." ”

"Let's go!" Che Hongxuan waved his hand and ordered. Like a big hero, he hurried into the street with his brother and sister majestically.

At this moment, Wang Xiu felt that Che Hongxuan was indeed amazing, not like a little classmate, like an adult.

By the time Che Hongxuan and the others arrived, Gu Mingyuan and Li Siyu had already gathered more than 20 classmates, gathered around the innermost part of the crowd.

When the steward saw that the children were too close, he shouted, "Look at the lively children, stay away, don't get in the way." ”

No one paid any attention to this, and they were still messing around.

Che Hongxuan took Wang Pang and Wang Xiu to squeeze into the group of classmates and came directly to the Wang family's parents.

Someone shouted at the children: "You little children, stay away from me, don't interfere with our work!" ”

Gu Mingyuan blinked his little eyes to meet him, pointed at the man and shouted, "What are you shouting?" What's wrong with being beaten? ”

Li Siyu also came up to help: "You are bold, you dare to scold us, is it not that the shell lang went to Maolou - looking for death ()?!" ”

Others also made a commotion, and the scene was chaotic.

The man shouted, "Get out of here, or I'll take you all!" ”

Gu Mingyuan jumped high and raised his hand to slap him, causing five finger prints to immediately appear on his mouth.

In a hurry, the man flew up with a kick, and Gu Mingyuan was kicked on the heel, covering his chest and lying on the ground with his back facing the sky.

Li Siyu shouted "Hit me" and threw a punch and slammed it into the man's face.

The other daring classmates swarmed up and surrounded the man in the middle.

The man also knew that these children couldn't fight deeply, and once they beat up, they couldn't eat and walk around, so they just parried.

A few people with red armbands rushed over and were about to start, when suddenly someone recognized Gu Mingyuan and Li Siyu, and immediately shouted "stop", and the chaos at the scene came to an abrupt end.

When there was chaos, Che Hongxuan pulled Wang Xiu to her mother and whispered to Wang's mother: "Auntie, don't worry, grandma and they both eat and live in my house." ”

The aunt burst into tears and told him with her eyes that he understood.

Wang Xiu cried when she saw that her parents were unkempt and had lost a lot of weight.

Wang Pang looked at his father, and then at his mother, and cried.

Che Hongxuan was afraid of being discovered, so he hurriedly asked Wang Xiu and his brother to go back and stay here to participate in the battle.

It didn't take much effort, and the children shouted and screamed and ran away.

Che Hongxuan led everyone to the front of the store, where there was a seller of oil and noodles, and a lame old lady who sold stove candy. He took out five yuan and bought a piece of oil, noodles and two pieces of stove candy for each of his classmates to comfort everyone.

Everyone happily eats, and from time to time someone shouts: "Happy, big victory!" ”

At that time, it was not easy to eat these things, and everyone was very fragrant.

Since he started school, his mother has always given him a few dollars in order to make friends with Che Hongxuan.

In a few days, the school is on vacation, and there is no need to go to school, which can be said to be a horse to put Nanshan guns and knives into storage.

Mom was afraid that Che Hongxuan would abandon his studies, so she found a few books and asked him to study every day.

Che Hongxuan was not interested in learning, but he had to deal with his mother, which made him accumulate a lot of knowledge in that chaotic time, which played a decisive role in his life.

Che Hongxuan still gets up at the same time as his parents every day to herd pigs, and by the way, he will cut some artemisia grass for cooking. Sometimes I linger in the green field, recite a few ancient poems, maybe sing a few songs, and I am not beautiful.

In June, there was also something wrong with the car.

The first thing was that my sister went out with her classmates, and my mother didn't know where she had gone, so she was in a hurry. Although my mother was reluctant to tell others about her distress, she was obviously emaciated, and her eyes were always a little bloodshot when she woke up in the morning.

The second thing was that my father was suddenly transferred to a grain depot in another commune, hundreds of kilometers away from home, and it took half a day to ride a bicycle. Obviously, this is punitive.

It turned out that my father was the captain of the workers, and after being transferred, he just became a general worker.

Although the leader of the workers is not a cadre, he is not even the head of a unit. But it is not easy to do this in the grain depot, this errand of the head of the soldier is the same as the head of the production team, and it must have very good physical fitness and overwhelming technology.

There are only a few things to do in the granary, but you have to be able to pick them up and put them down. Anti-sack, sit the sharp corners of the sack in the shoulder socket, and walk up the sack can not be close to the ear. On the springboard, a section of the springboard to take a few steps must be a step is not bad, each step can catch up with the springboard to bounce up when the start, the use of the springboard elastic force to achieve the upward force, so as to last for a long time. Otherwise, you won't be able to use any more strength, and you'll be covered in sweat and panting after a few rounds, and you won't be able to do it any more. To make a granary, if you are not an expert, the granary will expand at a certain height, so you must tear it down and start over. At that time, the granaries were all fenced with reed-woven worms, and it was difficult to do this job without a few years of practical experience. Sew the sack mouth, that should be fast, but also the stitch distance is equal. As for these few crafts, they must be practiced through hard work, and there are no shortcuts.

Dad's unique skills can be said to be known to everyone in the county's system, and no one knows it.

Normally, Dad would come back every Saturday night, but now two weeks have passed and Dad hasn't come back yet.

My mother was a little panicked, and went to the grain depot to find a leader with a better relationship to understand the situation, and they told her that it was no big deal, and asked her to wait.

Mom knew very well that this was not a good sign. From then on, Mom became cautious.

That morning, some people suddenly came to the house, pushed the door angrily and entered, and asked if the Wang family lived here.

Mom replied in the affirmative.

Those people found Wang Fat, asked about the situation, and left.

Mom felt that the situation was not good, and said to Che Hongxuan: "As the saying goes, blessing and misfortune do not go alone, which may be to make matters worse." ”

"What can we do?" Che Hongxuan asked nervously with wide eyes.

"Hurry up and eat, and then go to your classmates to ask about the situation, we can be prepared."

"Okay mom." Che Hongxuan hurriedly ate two flatbreads, drank a bowl of cabbage soup, and then went to find Li Siyu.

Li Siyu and Che Hongxuan ran to the commune.

Che Hongxuan was still waiting outside the gate of the commune, and Li Siyu went in to find his father.

Soon, Li Siyu ran out and asked breathlessly, "Is Wang Xiu still living in your house?" ”

"yes, what's wrong?" Che Hongxuan looked dazed.

"You go back quickly, it's best to let the eldest lady avoid it."

"What exactly is the problem?"

"Director Wang is not an economic problem as everyone says."

In desperation, Che Hongxuan said goodbye to Li Siyu and returned to tell his mother about the situation.

After hearing this, my mother thought for a while and said, "Isn't avoiding just hiding?" No, what should I do if I hide from this big family? Besides, the old sow has already picked up grass today, and she will give birth in two or three days. I have prepared the outhouse for the old sow to lay (calves) in the house, so as not to take care of it on rainy days. We've been working hard for half a year, and it's hard to wait until this time, how can we be willing to throw it away? For the sake of the Wang family and your father, you have to go to the ancient city to visit the door. ”

Although Che Hongxuan had never been out of the door so far, he still mustered up the courage to say: "Mom, I'm already twelve, I can do it." ”

"You should go out and break in. Mom prepares some eggs for you to bring over. ”

Che Hongxuan nodded nervously.

"I'll give you some more money, and the poor will be rich. You remember, don't panic when you encounter problems, have a sweet mouth, be able to speak, be polite when you meet people, laugh first and then speak, and act like a student. Your grandfather often said that a good man grows on his mouth, and Lai Han grows on his legs. ”

"I understand all of this, Mom. But how do I get there? ”

"I haven't heard of a big bus entering the city in the past two days, and even if there is, we can't wait any longer."

"I want to go to Li Siyu to borrow a bicycle."

"Can you have this face? Without further ado, go ahead and give it a try. ”

"If he can't do it, I'll go to Gu Mingyuan again. If it doesn't work, I'll go on foot, and I'll be there tomorrow morning. ”

"It's not good to walk, my mother is not at ease after such a long journey. If you can't borrow a bicycle, your mother will find a way to take care of a big car, and she will leave in the middle of the night today and arrive tomorrow morning. ”

"Okay mom, I'll go find Li Siyu right away." Che Hongxuan hurriedly went to find Li Siyu.

The mother reluctantly watched the child leave.