In the Spring Festival Gala in 1988, there were sketches performed by Zhao Lirong and Old Man You Benchang - "Emergency", as well as songs sung by Mao Amin, Yang Liping's peacock dance - "Spirit of the Sparrow" and so on.

Li Yan watched it with relish and felt eye-opening.

Outside the window, the cold wind howled and the sound of firecrackers bursted.

Wang Yuan and Li Yan, a pair of young couples, were snuggled up next to the quilt in the house and watched TV, Li Yan smiled:

"Is the singing being called Mao Amin? Her hair shape is very good-looking, why don't I cut it the same one after the New Year? ”

Wang Yuan took her in his arms and said with a smile: "Yes, I just don't know if the barber can cut it out."

There is a custom of keeping the New Year on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and after midnight, the sound of firecrackers outside suddenly intensified.

"Bang Bang Bang~"

"Whoosh~"

"Boom Boom Boom~"

The sound of all kinds of firecrackers came together, which not only scared a few dogs to run around, but also represented the farewell to the old and the new, eliminating disasters and solving problems, and ushering in the new year with a new look.

The two slept only 5 hours.

I got up before dawn, put on new clothes, and went to my mother's yard to eat dumplings.

The bright moon hung in the sky, the stars were dotted, and when the two of them stepped on the snow to come to the courtyard of their mother, they happened to see the little girl carrying a small lantern playing in the yard.

"Little girl, isn't it cold to play outside?"

"It's not cold, second brother, look at the lantern our dad made for me!"

The little girl came running happily in her new clothes, and the lantern she was carrying was made of pieces of paper on the lake with wooden sticks, and two small animals that did not know whether they were monkeys or pigs were drawn outside.

Candles burned inside the lantern, and the light of the candles lit up the snow on the ground through the cracks in the lanterns.

"It's pretty good, let's go into the house quickly."

"Oh, I'll play a little longer."

As soon as the little girl finished speaking, the happy old wolf dog rushed over and knocked the little girl to the ground.

Syllable~

After the lantern fell to the ground, it was stepped on by the old wolf dog a few times, and it was scrapped in an instant.

The little girl sat on the ground, watching her new lantern be destroyed like this, and instantly cried with a "wow", the one who cried loudly.

Compared with previous years, the little girl's physique is indeed a lot stronger, otherwise she wouldn't cry so loudly.

Wang Yuan and Li Yan couldn't persuade them, but in the end, their mother rushed out and slapped the little girl's ass a few times:

"Don't cry on the first day of the Lunar New Year! Hold it back! Thou art a new garment, look at thy buryed. ”

"Dog...... The dog trampled on my lantern. There were still tears on the little girl's fair face, and she was sobbing and sobbing, but she didn't dare to cry after all.

After all, my mother's slap really hurts.

The mother glanced at the old wolf dog next to her, cowering, lowering her eyebrows as if she was a child who had done something wrong, and then picked up the little girl and walked directly to the house.

"A broken lantern is broken and broken, your father is really idle to give you this thing, hurry up and give me back to the house, I have a cold and injections and medicine, that's not money."

The little girl didn't dare to refute it in her mother's hand, but her pursed mouth said that she obviously didn't recognize her mother's words.

After entering the house, Li Yan rolled up her sleeves to help cook.

The eldest brother Wang Wen came back yesterday morning, and at this time he was helping to light the fire, and his father was sitting in the back room watching TV, and the TV was still repeating last night's Spring Festival Gala program.

After cooking the dumplings, Dad went outside and put two firecrackers, bang ~ and then everyone started to eat.

The second uncle, the third uncle and grandma also began to set off firecrackers and eat one after another.

After eating, everyone went to some elders' homes to pay New Year's greetings, chatter, and each family sat down, and when they got home, it was nearly 8 o'clock, and the sky was completely bright.

Wang Yuan was about to go to the kang to sleep beautifully, but the big white cat had to lie on him, and finally suppressed the big white cat, but the voice of the eldest brother Wang Wen sounded outside.

"Is Yuanzi at home?"

"Yes!"

Wang Yuan knew that he couldn't sleep this time, so he opened the door of the house and went out, and the two didn't go back to the house and walked directly south along the village chief's road, chatting while walking.

The big white cat still wanted to lie on Wang Yuan's chest, but he couldn't wait for him to come back, and finally simply coiled it in a circle on the pillow, and then snored and purred~ The beautiful sleep went to sleep.

……

The cold wind blew, the morning sun plated the house in the tunzi with a layer of golden light, the chickens and dogs barked, and the people who formed the card game came out with bursts of laughter, which was done again.

"Brother, I heard Xiaoqing say that you are going to be transferred to the county agricultural bureau?"

"Yes, I came to the township after graduation, and I have been here for a long time, and the college students who came with me have already gone to the county."

After arriving at the entrance of the village, the brothers stood on a hill and smoked cigarettes, and looked into the distance with patches of snow-covered trees.

The stretch is endless and the view is spectacular.

After being silent for a long time, Wang Wencai, who was standing on the right, took a puff of cigarette, spit out a smoke ring and said, "What will our country become in the future?"

After coming back for this day, Wang Wen learned a lot about Wang Yuan from his grandmother, parents and others.

Go to Yanjing, go to Jinshi, build restaurants, open chicken farms, and do many things very beautifully, and the whole thing is booming.

This made Wang Wen couldn't help but look at Wang Yuan with admiration, although his younger brother was not admitted to college, but that bit of intelligence didn't seem to be wasted.

Unlike the bitter life of most peasants, Wang Yuan's family lives a very nourishing life.

Therefore, Wang Wen is also willing to talk to Wang Yuan about some things.

Wang Yuan smiled confidently: "Overall, it will definitely get better and better."

"Really? Why do you say that? Wang Wen felt very novel.

Wang Yuan knew the general direction of the future, and it was much easier to reverse the scale according to the results, and the two stood on the hill and chatted for more than half an hour, and there were more and more cigarette butts on the ground.

Wang Wen's eyes are also getting brighter and brighter, he didn't expect that his younger brother has a very clear understanding of many policy things, and for all this, Wang Yuan owes it to his friends in Yanjing.

Wang Wen nodded and agreed with his statement.

Wang Yuan also wanted his eldest brother Wang Wen to go further, so he told him some things he knew, hoping to exert some influence on his thoughts.

As for what kind of heights the eldest brother can reach in the end, it's up to him.

When he was about to go home, the eldest brother Wang Wen suddenly said: "By the way, Xiaoyuan, many people in the county are saying that they will check the gun in the New Year, and your shotgun is hidden in advance so that it will not be searched by others."

"Huh? I knew about my grandfather and my uncle's guns, and I also asked them to hide them. ”

"Well, leave the others alone, and don't publicize it."

"I understand." Wang Yuan nodded.

I spent several days in visiting relatives and paying New Year's greetings, eating and drinking.

Finally on the eighth day of the new year, Wang Yuan, Sun Dagang, and Sun Dagang's mother "Aunt Sun" got on the train to HLBE together.

Woo~

The melodious sound of the train's whistle exudes a chill, and in the flying of goose feathers and heavy snow, the dilapidated green train slowly moves.

Wow~

Sun Dagang and Aunt Sun sat opposite Wang Yuan, and after the old lady pulled the curtain on the car window, she looked at the endless Lin Hai Snow Plain, her face was full of longing and excitement.

She married from HLBE to Lindu, and she can only go back to see her parents for a year.

Sun Dagang came back with a hot water from the enamel jar, he was a filial son, and pushed the enamel jar to his mother's side:

"Mom, drink water, we will be able to see grandpa and grandpa soon."

"Well, Mom is happy, I haven't seen them for a year, and I don't know if your grandfather's body is still hard."

The speed of the train slowly increased, and besides, ~ Wang Yuan wrapped his cotton coat tightly, and then nestled in his seat and began to sleep, the purpose of his trip to HLBE was also very simple.

The first is to find an opportunity to buy more ammunition, because wolves often haunt the grassland, which seriously threatens the safety of herdsmen, so the management of guns and ammunition must be much lax.

The second is to have a game and see if there is a chance to hunt a wild sheep, or a gray wolf or something.

It was very cold on the train, and Wang Yuan, who was wearing thick cotton pants, felt that his legs were a little numb, and after squinting for a while, he stood up and moved, stomped his feet, and then swept his eyes out, and his eyes widened instantly.

I saw that the train was passing through a large forest farm, and not far from the tracks was a mountain of pine trees, undulating, and people stood in front of those pines, the small ones were like ants, and the scene was too spectacular.

The other people in the carriage also saw the scene outside the window, and there was an instant of discussion.

"How many trees have you cut down?"

"There's so much wood, how nice it would be to give us a few, so much wood isn't as bad as those few."

"That's it, it's okay, you can cut it for a few years."

……

Riding the green train is really an ordeal, plus it doesn't sleep well and doesn't eat well, so many people are very irritable, and then a little contradiction is likely to cause a fight.

Along the way, Wang Yuan saw no less than four fights, of course, both sides of the fight were quickly taken away by the police, and others may be more depressed when they see the fight, and feel that the surrounding environment is poor.

But Wang Yuan is very optimistic, he feels that every fight is like a very real combat performance, he watched it with relish, and even occasionally shouted two sentences with others:

"Don't coward, him!

”

Wang Yuan's behavior amused Sun Dagang's mother and son laughed, and the depressed atmosphere on the train dissipated a lot.

After a long trek, it was already more than 9 o'clock in the night when the train arrived at HLBE.

The cold wind blowing from Siberia was unusually cold, and as soon as I got out of the station, a strong cold wind blew over my head and face, which instantly made people feel suffocated.

It's like being hit hard.

Aunt Sun looked at the stars in the sky, and her frozen teeth trembled: "Let's find a hotel to stay in for a night."

"Okay, when I came here last year, I stayed in a hotel in the north, which is not bad, let's go over there."

"Do you want to take a taxi?"

"Don't say goodbye, taxis are already expensive, and the taxis at night are even darker than Li Kui, and they are ruthless in slaughtering people."

Sun Dagang didn't want to recall the experience of being slaughtered, so he took Aunt Sun and Wang Yuan to the north, and the three people carrying a large number of items on their backs ran like three balls.

"Run, run and don't get cold."

The night was dark, the stars were falling like a light veil, and there were few pedestrians on the streets, except for the occasional bicycle or a butt taxi.

According to Sun Dagang, the railway station is significantly deserted because of the small number of people, and the Hailar Staff Club is lively and there are many people at night.

Soon came to the hotel - a two-story building, the owner is a Russian uncle, he still remembers Sun Dagang and Aunt Sun, directly arranged two rooms, and soon brought food.

Milk tea, roast lamb, roast leba and so on.

Sitting in a warm room felt comfortable, and beads of sweat broke out on my forehead all the way through.

Wang Yuan took a sip of a cup of fragrant milk tea, yo~ and pearls.

Under the explanation of the Russian uncle, he learned that fried rice was added to the milk tea.

Bang~

When another guest came downstairs, the owner left their room and closed the door as he left.

Brightly colored blankets were spread on the floor, and in the middle was a low wooden table, on which the three of them sat and munced on their meals.

The temperature in the room was very high, so Wang Yuan took off his padded jacket, revealing the light gray sweater that Li Yan had knitted for him.

Sun Dagang gulped down the roast mutton, felt a little choked, and took a sip of milk tea: "Xiaoyuan, you're still used to drinking this milk tea, right?" My grandfather's family drank milk tea every morning. ”

"It's okay, there's nothing else besides fried rice, tea and milk, right?"

"Yes, butter, milk skin, milk tofu can be put in, and you can also put some sugar and salt." Sun Dagang smiled and said:

"It's like cooking, you want to put something in it according to your taste."

Wang Yuan nodded, at this time, milk tea should not have technology and hard work.

The three of them were exhausted, so they went to bed after eating, Aunt Sun lived in one room alone, and Wang Yuan and Sun Dagang lived in one room.

"The First Evolution"

Early tomorrow morning, they will take a bus to Ena City, where Sun Dagang's grandfather's pasture is located.

……

The morning light outside the window is faint, there are still a few residual stars hanging in the sky, the cold wind that has blown all night has stopped, and the world seems to be quiet and peaceful.

Wang Yuan was lying on the bed and falling asleep beautifully, meeting Li Yan in a dream, and was very happy to play by the river under the warm spring sun, and the snoring of Sun Dagang woke him up directly.

"Huhu~~"

A burst of sounds came from the inside of his neck, and Wang Yuan's scalp was numb, and the last note was long, Wang Yuan doubted that he would suffocate himself to death.

"Da Gang, wake up, wake up ......"

Sun Dagang woke up reluctantly and blurted out: "What's wrong?" I didn't snore. ”

Wang Yuan was stunned for an instant, wasn't it him who was snoring just now, was it himself?

Sun Dagang continued to sleep, but Wang Yuan lost his sleepiness, dressed and left the room, and went downstairs to settle the expenses.

In the morning, after breakfast, the three of them continued to set off, first took a bus to En Na City, and then hired an ox cart and slowly came to Sun Dagang's grandmother's house.

To the west, there is an endless grassland covered with snow and a dazzling golden light in the 3 p.m. sun.

Looking to the northeast, there is the remnant vein of the Great Xing'an Mountains, where a patch of trees stands tall in the wind and snow, and the deer running inside can be faintly seen.

The ox cart was driving on the snowfield, and from a distance, I saw five people coming out of the yurt, namely Sun Dagang's grandfather, grandmother - Lao Suhe, and Wu Rina. Uncle and aunt - Xiao Suhe, Tuya. and brother-in-law Rakshin.

Old Suhe and Little Suhe are both as strong as a cow, only "Lakshen" is thin and small, and his thighs are probably not as thick as his brother's arms.

For his daughter's return, Lao Suhe and his family were very happy, and they directly made roast whole sheep at night.

A group of people sat in the yurt and ate roasted whole sheep and drank milk wine, which was indeed very happy.

Wang Yuan didn't understand the words of the old Su He and his family, but fortunately, Xiao Su He and Lakshen could both speak some Mandarin Chinese, and they could barely communicate if they spoke slowly.

After eating, Wang Yuan opened the luggage he carried, and in addition to his own clothes, there were sugar, canned food, high-grade tea, dried blueberries, two bottles of 60-degree liquor in the Great Northern Wilderness and 5 sharp iron knives.

In the end, Wang Yuan also took out his own shotgun from inside.

Sun Dagang was stunned: "Xiaoyuan, how did you bring these things on the train?" Why hasn't it been found out? ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Anyway, it hasn't been found out, didn't you say that there is a shortage of sharp iron, tea, sugar and the like here before you came?"

These things are all given to your grandfather's family, and they are regarded as deducting the cost of my food and accommodation here, and they can't understand what I speak, so you can help me translate and translate. ”

"Well, without these things, my grandfather would definitely be in charge of wine and meat, they are very hospitable...... How heavy are these things to carry all the way? There's really no need to bring it. ”

Sun Dagang was to blame on the surface, but in fact, he was still happy in his heart, the things brought by Wang Yuan were indeed quite scarce on this side of the grassland.

Wang Yuan wanted to go hunting, and Xiao Suhe was very happy and decided to take him to hunt wild sheep the next day.

A good night's sleep.

Early the next morning, after drinking milk tea made from cow dung, and eating some fried rice, Wang Yuan, Xiao Suhe, and Sun Dagang carried shotguns on their backs and walked west with three hunting dogs.

Xiao Suhe is only nineteen years old this year, he has a strong physique, thick hair, a big nose, his eyelids are down, and his eyes are slightly constricted, and from time to time he shoots a fine light, he is simply a natural good hunter.

"Go ahead, it's a place where wild sheep often hang out, believe me and we'll definitely have a harvest!" Xiao Suhe was wearing a sheepskin coat and looked like a fluffy wild sheep.

"How are the wild sheep over here?"

"Many! Very much! More in the summer. Xiao Suhe waved his arms: "At that time, there will be flocks of wild sheep going to the Ergun River to drink."

The three of them walked on the grassland with shotguns on their backs, followed by three tall hounds, and soon spotted a fox in the distance.

The fox's fur is also white, that is, Wang Yuan's eyes are good, otherwise he really can't find it.

"Fox!"

"It's a little too far." Xiao Suhe raised the gun and aimed, his eyes were cold, and the sunlight fell on the gun and reflected a bright light.

Suddenly.

Xiao Suhe pulled the trigger, and a bullet shot out instantly, bang~