Sixty years with spring

CHAPTER XXIII

The first step in the journey of life (2)

After dinner, Che Hongxuan and Wang Xiu wore the sunset and walked slowly along the soft sandy path covered by the lush castor beans on the edge of the cornfield to the south river.

Castor has a special strong fragrance, Che Hongxuan casually pulled down a wide leaf and fanned it in front of him to make the aroma more intense. He took a deep breath of fresh air, and it felt very refreshing.

No one, no wind, only the sunset that draped the thousands of miles of fertile fields with gold. Overhead there was a talking fish-scale cloud, and every tiny margin of the cloud was stained red by the sunset. Light singing and dancing, splendid and magnificent.

Wang Xiu was very happy, smiled and said, "Smell you, do you smell of dung?" ”

"I haven't gotten to work yet."

"The weather was so nice! It's hard to imagine how happy we would be if time stopped! ”

"The passage of time can bring you all the good, and you have no reason to wish it stopped."

"It feels so awkward to talk to you! Okay, I don't know as much as you do. Ask you, are you afraid of the future? ”

"Don't be afraid, as long as you are not greedy, you are not afraid of anything with a strong body."

"Pray for you. Let's get down to business, I finally have a chance to talk to you today. ”

"Is it that serious?"

"I think you have three characteristics."

"Listen up."

"First, your biggest flaw is that you have a complex social relationship, which determines that you will have obstacles in some aspects in the future."

"It's hard to say, on the whole, everything is on the right track, and there must be talents to achieve the four modernizations."

"It seems that you don't have an inferiority complex, except to face me."

"It's like a scale, it doesn't work if it's out of balance."

"You're self-inflicted!"

"Go on with your speech."

"Second, you're right, you're in good health, this is the capital. Like you said, you can support your family even if you are a farmer. ”

"Confidence in life."

"Third, you are very intelligent and have an excellent memory."

"No, no, this little cleverness is still so-so in our poor countryside, once you go to a big place, it is nothing, there is a sky outside the sky, and a mountain is higher than a mountain."

"That means that I only have a strong inferiority complex when I face me."

"Maybe."

"You shouldn't be like this."

"I'm also encouraging myself."

"Do you want to know what I mean by saying your three characteristics?"

"I'd like to hear about it."

"I want to go!"

"Then you have to take your time, maybe you can't come to a conclusion."

"If you're blocked in something, use your other two strengths to try your best in a different direction and try to make a breakthrough."

"It's a picture of bread to satisfy hunger, talk about masturbation. Think about it, just a few plays and a few books, where else do you need? At most, you can only write a few news reports, and it is better to be honest and practical, and the vast world has a lot to do. ”

"Drop stone wears."

"Life is short, and it is a hundred years in the blink of an eye."

Suddenly, there was the sound of a bicycle behind me.

Che Hongxuan looked back, it turned out that Wang Pang was rushing towards him, and he hurried away from Wang Xiu.

After graduation, Wang Pang has gone to work in the team, and he got his graduation certificate as he wished, so he waited to leave before the Spring Festival. It's the farming season, and the members are not working at home.

As soon as Che Hongxuan saw it, he immediately understood in his heart that this was the Wang family's parents who were not at ease and specially sent Wang Pang to "protect". He waited on the side of the road, and when Wang Pang stopped, he asked, "Why don't you come to the riverside to play for a while?" Don't you miss our good days fishing? ”

"yes, I really want to." Wang Pang stopped the car, put one leg on the bicycle and said, "Go to the river and see if you can fish." ”

Che Hongxuan smiled and said: "There are no fish in the river now, because the barrage net has been laid upstream, except for small fish and shrimp that can come over, there are almost few big fish." Of course, there are still fish in the net net of the thousand-layer net, and if it doesn't work, take a look at the hook for two days, and there may be fish that have slipped through the net. ”

"I'll go and see it first, and I'll wait for you by the river."

"Don't go, let's go over together."

"No, no, I'll go first."

Che Hongxuan watched Wang Fat's back leave, and then walked forward with Wang Xiu with a heavy heart.

The two walked for a long time on the green grass dam and talked a lot, and finally went to the river to find Wang Pang and go home.

It was already very late, and Che Hongxuan returned home.

As soon as he entered the house, his mother said to him: "I have already told Meng Da that I will not let you dig up the dung, what he said was angry." At the moment, even the members of the club are not working, so you can wait until the autumn harvest to work. ”

Che Hongxuan said happily: "It just so happens that I want to write something, and if it goes well, maybe I can earn some manuscript fees." ”

"Regardless of whether you can earn manuscript fees or not, this is the right way, even if you don't go to work in the team, you must write the article well."

"I can also do some small business, pour some vegetables and fish, and I can also earn some living expenses."

Mom got angry and scolded: "It's not good to do business, it's worth being looked down upon, it's better to go to the team to dig up dung!" ”

Since then, Che Hongxuan took a small notebook every day, visited many old people, learned about the deeds of the martyrs in the martyrs' tomb, worked hard to write a novel, and submitted several manuscripts without exception.

When Che Hongxuan was still writing hard, Gu Mingyuan, who had just graduated, was promoted to the deputy captain of the team because of his hard work, hard work, and important positions.

This is a real official title, you can follow it to work, or you can find a reason to slip away.

In September 1974, Gu Mingyuan was promoted to the commander of the militia platoon of the brigade, and he made steady progress and achieved complete production.

Because the old leader is old and sick, he will definitely have to retire within two or three years, and Gu Mingyuan will become the only successor, which can be understood.

Before Gu Mingyuan could sit down, he encountered a tricky matter.

The "goose head" who was standing on the stick in the youth was returning to the city for a while, soaking in the brigade all day long, no one dared to provoke it, and the disturbing brigade was no longer able to work normally.

On this day, the "goose head" actually ran to Gu Mingyuan's office, didn't say a word, and sat on the desk as if no one was around.

Gu Mingyuan slapped the table and shouted angrily: "Get out, get out of here!" ”

"Hehe, you're pretty good, aren't you?"

"Goose Head" didn't take him seriously at all, he crossed Erlang's legs, put a cigarette to his mouth, and waved his hand to let the big wolf dog come up to the desk.

The "goose head" touched "Hachi, Hachi" opened its big mouth, the big wolf dog with its tongue drooped, and tilted its mouth to let the entourage light the cigarette.

Gu Mingyuan saw that there was no other way to fight. If you are bullied by these people and don't do your job, the people will look down on you. In other words, the significance of pouting this stick is very large, and it can have the effect of killing chickens and showing monkeys.

Gu Mingyuan had made up his mind, stood up, picked up the wooden chair, and smashed it on the head of the "goose head".

"Goosehead" was no stranger to this kind of scene, and jumped off his desk to dodge the blow.

The wooden chair smashed the back of the "goose head", discounting the back of the chair.

The big wolf dog "Wang" barked, staring at Gu Mingyuan with blood-red eyes, but he didn't dare to pounce.

Gu Mingyuan picked up the rest of the wooden chair and aimed it at the dog's head and smashed it down

The dog hit the ground from the desk, and the big wolf dog "howled" desperately and was knocked to the ground.

Gu Mingyuan had prepared a red tassel gun behind his back, which he had brought back during military training. He was quick with his hands and eyes, picked up the red tassel gun and aimed it at the head of the "goose head" and hit it.

The "goose head" saw that it was not good, and ran out with an arrow, and the big wolf dog also ran out after him, and the two minions fled for their lives together.

Gu Mingyuan had already sharpened the red tassel spear to a bright and bright light, which was prepared for the "goose head".

Gu Mingyuan chased out with a cold and shining red tassel gun, and hit him in the back, the "goose head" ran away, and the two entourages ran faster than the "goose head" like the big wolf dog, shouting as they ran: "Help, kill someone!" ”

Gu Mingyuan chased him all the way to the street, causing everyone to watch.

Running away from the "goose head", Gu Mingyuan knew that the matter was not over, and immediately rode a bicycle to Che Hongxuan's house.

Che Hongxuan was still writing hard, and he didn't know that Gu Mingyuan had been promoted, so he asked, "Why are you idle today?" ”

Gu Mingyuan said: "I have been transferred to the brigade as a militia platoon commander, and I have encountered trouble as soon as I took office. 'Goose Head' was beaten by me, this kid will definitely not finish, so he came to you for this. ”

Che Hongxuan's heart lit up, his eyes showed a resolute gaze, he seemed to see the future, and said firmly: "Hit him!" I'm not leaving you these days. If you can't stop these people, you can't do it as a leader! ”

"That's what it means, if I can't even manage a few educated youths, who can still obey me? Go, follow me to the brigade. ”

The two came to the brigade and did not wait for the "goose head".

In the evening, Gu Mingyuan called Li Siyu and Zhang Dahua to arm everyone and drink in the restaurant.

"Goose Head" really tangled a group of people to come to the door.

Gu Ming saw this group of people coming in, and without saying a word, he picked up the red tassel gun and greeted him with murderous spirit.

Che Hongxuan immediately picked up the pickaxe and rushed up.

Li Siyu and Zhang Dahua also followed with sticks.

"Goose Head" saw that the situation was not good, because the people who came with him were all standing and cheering, and few dared to do it when they really started, so they quickly waved their hands and said: "Don't be, don't misunderstand!" ”

Gu Mingyuan stuck the red tassel gun on the ground and said, "If you want to go back to the city, it's easy to do it, the first dog is for me, and I want to drink with it; Second, give me a good job in the field, honestly! You have done these two things well, and I will arrange them for you when I have the opportunity; You can't do these two things, you just wait for the old man to die here! ”

The "goose head" was really unbearable, he had never met someone who dared to talk to him like this when he was so big, he was fierce, raised his bayonet and scolded: "You fucking fart, I will abolish you!" ”

"Clean him up!" Several intellectuals raised their sticks and shouted.

Che Hongxuan's hands were quick, and a stick hit the arm of the "goose head" holding the knife, and the bayonet was knocked away with a "clang".

Gu Mingyuan picked up the red tassel gun and hit it.

Those young intellectuals are all like goods, where have they seen this formation, they were beaten with sticks and made people run and howl.

Several people took advantage of the victory to pursue, drove them all the way to the youth point, blocked the "goose head" in the house and stewed meat with a stick, and beat the "goose head" like a pig.

The dog was also shot in the mouth by Gu Mingyuan, and he whimpered.

It was not until the "goose head" began to beg for mercy that Gu Mingyuan told everyone to stop. Gu Mingyuan pointed to the "goose head" lying on the ground and shouted: "You remember for me,

If you are not afraid of death, I am not afraid, I can accompany you to the end. I don't know how many brothers you have, but I have four brothers in my family, and I have three brothers when I die, which is enough to honor my parents. I will accompany you whenever you want to fight, even if you run back to your hometown, I dare to hit your nest, if you don't believe it, you can try! ”

This time, Gu Mingyuan's prestige was shocked, not only the troublesome intellectual young people were served, but even the common people knew how powerful Gu Mingyuan was.

The next day, Gu Mingyuan took Che Hongxuan to the youth point to hold a meeting for everyone.

Gu Mingyuan made it clear that all those who participated in the fight must write a review and would not consider returning to the city for a year.

These young people are stupid, because going back to the city is their only hope of getting out of their current predicament.

Since then, the "goose head" has become regular, and the chaotic management of the youth point has been improved.

In order to return to the city as soon as possible, "Goose Head" also knew the truth that people had to bow their heads under the low eaves, and after thinking about it, they actually found Che Hongxuan, told the family about the predicament, and asked Che Hongxuan to help talk to Gu Mingyuan and make arrangements as soon as possible.

Che Hongxuan readily agreed, and immediately found Gu Mingyuan.

Gu Mingyuan knew that this was not a bad thing, so he promised to consider it first next year.

Che Hongxuan mentioned that he returned to the team to work.

Gu Mingyuan said: "Meng Da is stunned, I don't know him very well, why don't I let the old leader talk first, and then the two of us will find another time to invite him back and establish a relationship, this kind of thing is not difficult." ”

Che Hongxuan said: "This matter should be done as soon as possible, no matter what, in addition to the educated youth, I am a high school graduate and a member of the league in our team, so I have to be given some treatment in politics." ”

"You go to work in the squad first, and we'll take our time with the rest. Recently, there have been instructions from above that during the Spring Festival, it is necessary to enliven rural cultural life and occupy rural cultural positions, and the brigade must set up a literary and artistic team. The old leader means that we are such a big village, we can't always learn from others, we play what others play, there is no novelty at all. Now there are so many intellectual young people in the village, find someone to write something by themselves and perform some local programs. I don't think anyone other than you can write a show, so I want you to go to the art team to create first, I don't know if you want to? ”

"Willing, willing, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, I will definitely write good works!"

"After the autumn harvest, you have to hold a poetry competition, you prepare well, come up with something to win people, if everyone agrees that you will come to the team to create before the Spring Festival, this is an excellent opportunity."

Che Hongxuan was so happy, his eyes showed joy and said: "Do my best, but the team still has to say something, after all, I haven't reported yet, and it is not right to represent the team in the poetry competition!" ”

"No problem, the team can't stop this. In this way, I will start immediately, and the two of us will invite this Meng Da stunned man to a meal. These squad leaders are easy to talk to, if you have milk, you are a mother, you don't have to worry about wine, you don't have to take it to heart. ”

"I'm waiting for good news for you."

"By the way, where is the matter between you and Wang Xiu?"

"Impossible, no more effort."

"It's a little harder, it's a pity. I think that, if it doesn't work, I really have to leave it down, don't make Liu Erye pound garlic - two delays. ”

"That's for sure. How are you, are you sure with Meng Yingzi? ”

"Not yet."

After this conversation, Che Hongxuan put down writing for the time being and prepared for the poetry competition. He knew that he had to show his hand and that he had to fight for this opportunity.