Sixty years with spring

CHAPTER XIX

Spring Feast

In the middle of March 1973, it was still a time when the spring was cold. Strangely enough, it rained intermittently for days, and sometimes snowflakes fell at night, and the streets were muddy and cold.

Still, the thin branches of the willow shawl still reveal a hint of greenery from a distance. This is the budding of spring, the expectation of living beings, and the beginning of another year of hard work for farmers. The trees are going to be green, the grass is going to grow, the peach blossoms and apricot blossoms are going to bloom at the right time, and no one doubts that spring is really coming step by step.

Whether it is the Hunhe River in the north or the Taizi River in the south, there is news of rising water, and even the Xiaohun River in the south of the village is the same, the water is also rising, and the ice is washed up and roaring before it completely melts.

That night, it was still rainy.

In order to celebrate the beginning of the new semester, Gu Mingyuan generously made the east and invited Che Hongxuan, Li Siyu and Zhang Dahua to drink.

According to the scheduled time, Che Hongxuan came to the hotel on time at five o'clock, and Gu Mingyuan was already sitting here complacently.

"What about Siyu and Dahua?" Che Hongxuan sat next to Gu Mingyuan and asked casually.

Siyu went to his father to ask for a supply ticket to get some beer, Dahua has never been so unhurried, as if he has a nursing child. Let me ask you something, what is the situation between you and Wang Xiu? ”

"See the flowers in the fog."

"You have to think about this matter and find a way to hurry up and hurry up, without further ado."

Che Hongxuan was taken aback, looked at Gu Mingyuan and asked, "What's the situation?" ”

"Now the situation has changed, we must grasp the big things and promote production; Dig deep holes and accumulate grain. The spirit of the higher authorities has been conveyed, and the order of industrial and agricultural production has been rectified. ”

"I heard it on the radio, and it was a big change from the previous slogan."

"I got the exact news that the commune's comprehensive factory was going to be collected and produce agricultural machinery parts. In this way, the leadership of the complex plant is greater than the leadership of the commune. A few years ago, there was a movement there, and no one worked in the factory, and the wages could not be paid, and it was already yellow. It is impossible for everyone to survive by drinking the northwest wind, they have dispersed, and a good enterprise has been abandoned. Just yesterday, the commune issued a certificate to Wang Xiu's father, proving that Wang had neither financial problems nor other problems. ”

Speaking of this, Gu Mingyuan tilted his head to look at Che Hongxuan and asked in a deep voice, "Do you understand?" ”

Che Hongxuan's eyes widened, and he immediately became nervous, and his heart jumped.

Gu Mingyuan said like an old connoisseur: "If there is such an old man, he must have a bright future and soar." ”

Che Hongxuan was silent for a long time, and said with a red head and a swollen face: "Impossible, everything is impossible." ”

"You have to fight for it, what have you been doing for so long?"

"Didn't think about it that way."

"I estimate that Director Wang himself may not know about this matter now, you have to make a decision immediately and try to get things done in the next few days."

"It can't be done, it's impossible."

"I'm going to have to try it."

Che Hongxuan sighed and shook his head and said, "If the situation doesn't change much, maybe it will come naturally." If the situation changes so much, it's over. In fact, even if the situation does not change much, Wang Xiu may not be willing to live here, never, I know this very well. The sky is high and the birds can fly, the sea is wide and the fish can fly, and it is impossible to stay. ”

"I don't object to you having this idea, a manly man should indeed be able to afford to put it down. In this case, don't bother with that blind effort, ten steps to the grass, there are beautiful women everywhere. ”

"I don't want to think about it right now, I'll talk about it for a few years. I'll tell you the truth, I'm writing a novel right now, maybe I'll become famous in one fell swoop, and I'll think about personal issues when the time comes. ”

"This is nonsense, the left side door, there will be no result."

"I'm going to stick to it."

"What's that called? Yes, in Zhang Dahua's words, it is called the visually impaired lighting in vain! ”

"I don't regret failure, after all, I worked hard."

"! By the way, the student union will organize a general meeting in the past two days, and you have to prepare well, and the county education team will come to visit. ”

"It's not going to be wrong."

"I'm almost out of time, I'm going to order." Gu Mingyuan stood up and went to the service desk.

Che Hongxuan sat there quietly, feeling awkward.

Li Siyu walked in with a few bottles of beer and a smile on his face, and when he saw Che Hongxuan in a daze, he smiled and asked, "What's the matter, didn't you wake up?" ”

Che Hongxuan suddenly raised his head and smiled reluctantly and said, "It's okay, it's okay, I was tired from reading last night." ”

"Like frosted grass!"

Che Hongxuan smiled bitterly.

Gu Mingyuan came back with a bottle of liquor, sat down and said smugly: "If it was in the past, we would have to graduate this year." There are no graduates this year, and there will be no high school in the future, and the 10-year compulsory education system requires us to continue to study in school for one year, which is equivalent to three years of high school, which is by no means a bad thing. ”

Che Hongxuan said strongly: "In this way, Siyu can also return to his hometown as an activist." ”

Gu Mingyuan nodded and said: "If you go to the countryside in this capacity, you can at least do something in the youth organization of the brigade, and you will have priority conditions when recommending college and enlisting in the army." ”

"Do you need to talk about that?" Che Hongxuan said lonely.

Li Siyu didn't notice Che Hongxuan's feelings, and still smiled and said to Gu Mingyuan: "You are counting every day, and you are counting yourself as someone else, do you say you are tired?" As the old saying goes, where you cross the river and take off your shoes, where you hit the ploughshare, why bother? I think we are very worry-free after graduation, just one aspect: the vast world has a lot to do, and we can accept the re-education of poor and middle peasants. ”

Gu Mingyuan said: "You put aside that nonsense to eat, you are not serious!" ”

Li Siyu continued with a hippie smile: "What is the result of intellectual youth going to the countryside to receive re-education? Potatoes the size of egg yolks, sweet potatoes the size of eggs, all of them were taken away. I also said that if it's late, it's not good, and if it's late, it's gone. The melons were brushed when they grew to the size of duck eggs, and the sauce jars in the youth store were full of small melons, all of which were pickled and pickled. ”

The waiters laughed when they heard this.

Li Siyu said: "It's not that we are re-educated, but that we are re-educated. Now there is a stubble called a goose head in the youth point of our village, there is a scar on his face, he carries a war knife all day long, takes the youth, leads a wolf dog, does not do personnel, and specializes in drinking and fighting. Once the cadres of the brigade provoked him, he ran to the cadre's house with people who were drunk, and with a finger of his hand, the dog jumped on the luggage stack of the kang cabinet, stretched out his big tongue and panted. You say that's it, who dares to mess with it? ”

Gu Mingyuan felt that he was grinning, looked at him with contempt, and snorted in his nose.

Che Hongxuan sat there as if he was scared, not paying attention to it at all.

Li Siyu asked angrily: "What's the matter with all of you, as if I owe you eight hundred hangings?" ”

At this time, Zhang Dahua walked in unhurriedly.

Li Siyu saw that Zhang Dahua was slowly angry, and said unceremoniously: "You see it's just like this, a meal is not invited, not a penny is spent, as if there is a big battle, and it will not be enough if it is not enough!" ”

Zhang Dahua sat down next to him and asked, "What bad things did you say about me again?" ”

Li Siyu said solemnly: "How dare you, I told the two of them that we will all stand up when Dahua arrives in the future, then salute, and finally shout in unison: 'Welcome, welcome, warm welcome!'" ’”

Zhang Dahua nodded with a stiff face and said, "It should be, it should be, I'm not welcome." ”

Gu Mingyuan looked at his watch, rolled his eyes and shouted: "You really don't know what's wrong, you're more than ten minutes late, and you're still so arrogant!" Two drinks of fine wine, one glass for five minutes. In the future, this is the rule, and whoever is late will be punished! ”

Zhang Dahua stared at the big eyes and said unhappily: "It's really not easy to drink some wine from you, and I will get Wang Ba's ass back - regulations (turtle belly)!" I really can't do it, so I'm gone, and I won't drink anymore. ”

Gu Mingyuan was not used to his buns, and said unceremoniously: "Then it can only be like this, let's go." ”

Zhang Dahua was not polite, stood up and left.

"Don't!" Che Hongxuan went to pull Zhang Dahua.

Zhang Dahua flicked his arm and left, not going out, but going to the bathroom. It didn't take long for him to walk back slowly, sit down and look at Gu Mingyuan cheekily and said, "I'm here to eat, I can't get along with wine and food." ”

Gu Mingyuan said: "Drink two cups first!" ”

"No problem, drink it as soon as the food comes up. But you're going to have to let me live a few more days, I can't drink enough, it's just a comparison. ”

Seeing Zhang Dahua's admit, Gu Mingyuan smiled and was satisfied. Because Gu Mingyuan is a student cadre after all, he always pays attention to his image everywhere.

"What's wrong with you?" Zhang Dahua asked Che Hongxuan.

"It's okay, it's okay." Che Hongxuan was stunned for a moment, and a smile barely appeared on his dull face.

"I have a fever," Gu Mingyuan said, "You don't have to care about him, we will study the next topic, about finding a partner." ”

Zhang Dahua said: "Girls are all eighteen or nineteen years old, and it is at this age that they are relatively anxious; We boys still have time, wait another two years to see, once the situation improves, it will be more beneficial. ”

"It looks like you're self-improving!" Li Siyu said teasingly, and then asked Gu Mingyuan: "You are here to do it, do you choose Meng Yingzi or Chen Juan, or simply both, and be the emperor." ”

Gu Mingyuan shook his head and said, "Don't do it." There's one in my heart, none of you can guess, and I can't say it, so you don't have to worry about me! ”

Zhang Dahua said: "I don't know if it's unfathomable or mysterious. Of course, you are the only one who fast-forwards to such a big school, and my father is a well-known cadre. We can't do it, which one doesn't have one, who will marry a good girl? So, people have to die more than people, and goods have to be thrown away! ”

"People have to live more than people, and goods have to be kept!" Li Siyu immediately took over the conversation, "The old society in your family was bitter and bitter, and now it is sad and bitter, which is also a good thing, whether it was in the past or now, it can be regarded as pure, and the naked baby is clean and neat!" If you study more seriously and look smoother, maybe it will be out of stock! ”

Zhang Dahua said unconvinced: "Hmph, if my father is the leader, I will be satisfied, and a fart will be fragrant!" ”

Che Hongxuan nodded and said, "It's not unreasonable. ”

Zhang Dahua said proudly: "Then it doesn't need to be said, the emperor's daughter doesn't have to worry about getting married!" ”

Li Siyu looked at Che Hongxuan and asked, "How are you?" ”

Che Hongxuan shook his head and said, "I don't want to think about this aspect yet." ”

Li Siyu asked Gu Mingyuan: "Did you give too much?" I have heard you praise Wang Xiu. ”

"Nonsense!" Gu Mingyuan slapped the table and said, "I'd rather wear a friend's clothes than take a friend's wife!" ”

Zhang Dahua can be regarded as having a chance, and said with a smile: "I don't think it's necessarily, a family of women asks for hundreds of families, and this is not a friend's clothes." Hongxuan, you have to guard against it, people's hearts are full of water, and if it is bad, it will be bad for a while! ”

Gu Mingyuan said: "Although Wang Xiu and Hongxuan have not yet made their relationship clear, I must not take away people's love and hurt my buddy's heart." Besides, I've always thought we should look for someone who is younger, at least five years younger, so that we can fit in. Okay, okay, listen to me, I have research in this area, and we need to use mathematical methods to verify it, which is simply to use the weighted average to calculate. ”

Zhang Dahua smiled and said: "You can really look foreign, but don't tire yourself out." ”

Li Siyu looked at Gu Mingyuan with a smile and asked, "How to determine the known conditions and unknown conditions?" ”

Gu Mingyuan pretended to be angry, took a sip of wine and said: "When we look for a girlfriend, we need to conduct a quantitative analysis of the following factors, and implement a veto to obtain a weighted average, and only after eighty points can the project be established for research." The first is looks, I give thirty points. Among them, age, size, body shape, eyebrows, eyes, and skin each account for six points, and a person who gets zero in one item must be vetoed. For example, one year older gets zero, and one year younger adds two points. For example, if the size is shorter than 1.6 meters, zero points will be given, higher than 1.6 meters will be added to one point, a full score of 1.65 meters will be added, and more than 1.65 meters will be deducted, and when the deduction reaches zero, the person will play. The second is the political outlook, giving 30 points, the rich and anti-bad right families Paz, the leading families of the lower Pas, the families of cadres get five points, and the families of cadres above the commune level get full points. Let's put it this way, find a squad leader family, you can do smart work in the squad, like looking at the ground; Find a team leader, you have the opportunity to be a soldier, have the opportunity to go to college, and at the very least, you can also be an accountant in the squad; If you find a commune level or above, you won't have to worry about anything in this life, and all good things will be yours. Okay, let's talk about the third ------"

"You're too crazy, pick it, don't find a dead star if you pick it!" Zhang Dahua looked at Gu Mingyuan with contempt and said.

"Don't sneer at it first, I'm talking about the philosophy of life, don't be a joke!" Gu Mingyuan rebuked unhappily.

Zhang Dahua smiled disappre一门ly, picked his ears, saw a plate of dishes, drank wine, sandwiched the food, and said: "Good wine, the food is also good, thank you boss for your kindness!" I suggest that there will be more times in the future, preferably once a week, to change the cravings. As for finding a partner, it's easy to say, I just have one condition, she must be a woman. ”

Everyone laughed.

Gu Mingyuan couldn't stand this kind of cynicism, reached out and took Zhang Dahua's wine cup, put it in front of his eyes and said, "Listen to me carefully, otherwise you are not allowed to drink and eat!" ”

Li Siyu found a good word and hurriedly cooperated: "Yes, even if you feed the dog, you can still wag your tail!" ”

"Hey," Che Hongxuan said in a daze, "You can't joke like this between friends." ”

Li Siyu didn't care about this, he was still shaking his mouth and laughing.

Zhang Dahua rolled his big eyes, took back the wine cup and took a sip and said: "You say yours, I eat mine, eat with your mouth and listen to the lecture, and do your own work." Besides, if you don't eat this dish or drink it, it will be cold. It's all wrong to drink cold hops and spend dirty money, so hurry up and eat and drink. Regarding the matter of finding a partner, the ancestor said this, and you all listened to it: it was said that the female college was crying, the snake and mouse were like a knife file, and the chicken and monkey were exchanging tears; If you have money, you don't buy riverside land, and if you have ambitions, you don't marry a living man's wife; It is inevitable that the husband will not have a virtuous wife and a son who is not filial. This stuff talks a lot, and it works better than your formula. There is a way that the new official does not change the old family style, accept your set, don't get carried away! It's like saying ghosts and gods, if you believe it, you don't believe it, you don't believe it, how about it, long knowledge, right? ”

"Go!" Gu Mingyuan unceremoniously brought Zhang Dahua's wine cup over again, and continued, "If you don't listen to you, it's all superstition!" You don't know if you don't know how to do farm work! I went on to say, let's talk about this character: the first is faithful and reliable, the second is steady, and the third is clean and neat, which is the same as the first two, there are specific rules to score. The fourth is family conditions, which include several items, which must be scored separately: first, whether the parents are both there, half of the points for the lack of one, and two passes for the lack of two; 2. Paz whose parents are divorced; 3. Full marks for more children, halved for one child; Fourth, agricultural households are halved, non-agricultural households are halved, and double workers are fully scored. Only those results obtained by the above comprehensive estimation and weighted average can be used as a reference if the result is higher than 80%. If you are interested, I will give you the exact calculation formula in the next two days for your reference. ”

Zhang Dahua said impatiently: "You can give these to children who need families, they are useful, we don't need them." It's okay this time, it's over, hurry up and return the wine cup to me. ”

Gu Mingyuan glared at his little eyes and glanced at Zhang Dahua viciously and scolded: "You are really a pig, you know how to eat, and you don't remember to eat!" ”

Zhang Dahua ignored him, took back the wine cup and pretended to drink a little, picked up chopsticks to eat vegetables, and then muttered: "The official's temper is rising, it's really domineering!" ”

Gu Mingyuan smiled and said: "In this way, if you are too domineering, one day you will ask, you can say anything, I will listen to you." ”

Zhang Dahua smiled and said, "No money, it's true." But I can give you a few respectful articles, and publish your calculation formula for finding objects, so that you can taste it. ”

Gu Mingyuan was laughed at angrily, took the wine glass and dried it up.

Che Hongxuan and Li Siyu also picked up the cup and drank it.

Several people still drank while bickering, and they had a good time.