Xi'an Coal Mine is about 15 kilometers away from the bank of the Dongliao River, because it is remote, there are few pedestrians on the road, and there is snow in winter, so the road is difficult to walk.

The horse riding was not affected, and they ran fast, but they suffered from Erlaizi, and the tricycle pedaled harder than usual, and they were left far behind.

He and Old Man Gao first went to the bank of the Dongliao River, settled their horses, and began to look for prey in the endless willow maodianzi.

Er Laizi pedaled the tricycle on the smooth road and downhill, and when he encountered uphill and difficult places, he pushed the tricycle with the fourth girl.

The four girls revisited the old place, and they were interested in everything, and from time to time they came to their minds when they were digging sand in the Dongliao River, they asked the yak to help her dispose of the grass crawlers, which was both excited and happy.

Er Laizi is different, this road Er Laizi is very familiar, at this time, in addition to wanting to fish, he also has an unspeakable thing in his mind.

Pan Tao lives on the bank of the Dongliao River, and Er Laizi hasn't come to see her for a long time.

The last time the two saw each other was in mid-May this year, when Pan Tao told Er Laizi that she was pregnant with his child.

Since then, Er Laizi has never come to see Pan Tao again.

Now that he has just entered the wax moon, according to calculations, Pan Tao should have given birth to a child, and this child is the seed of Erlaizi.

Erlaizi can't afford to lose this person, not only afraid of moral condemnation, but also afraid of being punished by law, and has no courage to take responsibility.

However, Er Laizi is still thinking about Pan Tao in his heart, and even more about the children he has never met, whether it is a man or a woman, after all, it is his flesh and blood.

Baiqiu because of dystocia, the mother and son were not saved, and now although the name is not right, the second son is a father after all.

Er Laizi was up and down in his heart, thinking about Pan Tao and the child, but he didn't dare to see him, he couldn't see him.

When he went to the Dongliao River to fish, Er Laizi was very interested, but he was most afraid of seeing Pan Tao and the people from the breeding farm.

Er Laizi was lucky, how could he meet an acquaintance by such a coincidence.

Finally came to the destination, in front of me, the Dongliao River was covered with snow, like a white Wolong bending and stretching out, and the vast fields and willow hairs on the bank looked desolate.

The two horses ridden by the yak and the old man Gao on the shore were particularly conspicuous, and the second Laizi and the fourth girl ran away on the horses.

As they were walking, suddenly, a gunshot rang out not far away, and the two followed the sound only to see a flying pheasant rushing into the grass from the air.

It seems that the Yakzi and the old man Gao have succeeded in hitting the prey.

The second Laizi and the fourth girl quickened their pace, and soon joined up with the old man Gao.

The pheasant just now was shot down by Old Man Gao, and the pheasant was already in his hand.

The four girls couldn't wait to come forward and snatch the pheasant, and they were very happy.

This is a male pheasant, still alive, with beautiful feathers and a long tail, and the four girls can't put it down.

Er Laizi was a little tired and panting, carrying ice digging tools and nets.

The four of them made an appointment with the meeting point and started to act separately, Yakzi and Old Man Gao went to search for prey, and Er Laizi and the fourth girl looked for the pond to dig ice and fish.

To make a long story short, at the end of the day, the four of them hunted and fished with a full harvest.

The old man and the yak hunted two hares, four pheasants, three wild pigeons, and two sand and half chickens.

The second Laizi and the fourth girl caught half a bag of fish, including catfish, crucian carp, loach miscellaneous fish and field chicken.

The old man Gao and the yak were well protected, their legs were tight, and they were not good, and the second Laizi was very embarrassed compared to the fourth girl, and the shoes, trouser legs, knees and placket were all wet with water, and they were frozen stiff, as if they were wearing armor.

With prey and fish, being guilty is a minor problem.

The four of them couldn't suppress their excitement and returned triumphantly, making an appointment to come back tomorrow.

Back at the Xi'an Coal Mine Gangue Mountain Campsite, the hungry young members saw their prey and fish and were eager to swallow them alive.

With the prey and fish, everyone finally tasted the delicious food in the evening.

The yak told everyone to have a long stream, although the soup is more meat and less, compared with the old folks of Xingfu Tun, it is already very luxurious.

In this way, for a few days, Yakzi and Old Man Gao continued to hunt, and Er Laizi and the fourth girl continued to fish, but in the next few days, it became more and more difficult to hunt and fish, and the prey and fish harvested became less and less.

Let's say that the frequent gunfire of the yak and the old man Gao in the past few days has alarmed the militia in the breeding farm on the shore.

On this day, gunshots were heard again, and the militia from the breeding farm came to inspect them.

Yakzi and Old Man Gao were hunting, and they went far away, and Er Laizi and the fourth girl were fishing on the bank of the river, and happened to be blocked by the militia of the breeding farm.

Er Laizi is not afraid of the militia, but he is afraid of meeting people in the breeding farm, especially those who know him and those he knows.

Now they can't hide if they want to, and the four militiamen, dressed in yellow coats, military hats, and rifles on their backs, have already approached the road.

"Hey, what are you guys doing?" One of the militiamen stepped forward and asked.

"Let's get some fish," Er Laizi didn't dare to look up, "It's a big drought, and I can't afford to live." ”

"Are you two in the same group as the one who fired the gun just now? Who are those two horses? The militia continued to interrogate.

"It's a gang, the horses are ours, it's the guns that hunt and put it, we have hunting licenses and gun licenses. The four girls patiently explained.

"Where are the documents, let's check."

"It's not in our hands, we don't fish and don't hunt, we have to find them if you want to check."

"Who are they? Where are you from? ”

"Our Lushan People's Commune is happy, working in the mine, and came here by the way."

These words were answered by the fourth girl, and Er Laizi deliberately buried his head in fiddling with the tricycle and fishing tools, for fear of being recognized by the militia.

Er Laizi's dodge alerted the militia, and a militiaman came to his side: "Comrade, what is your surname?" ”

"Huh? You ask me? What is my last name? Check the account, we have a letter of introduction. ”

Er Laizi didn't answer directly, he didn't know if any of the four militiamen had seen him.

Every time Er Laizi went to the breeding farm to see Pan Tao before, he was Pan Tao's younger brother, and in the impression of the people in the breeding farm, his natural surname was Pan, and his name was Pan Hu, but his real name was Qiao Hu.

"Then please show us the letter of introduction." The militia insisted on wanting to know the details of Erlaizi.

"The letter of introduction is not with me, you ask her." Er Laizi kicked the ball to the fourth girl.

The fourth girl was dissatisfied with Er Laizi: "Really, if you ask what your surname is, you will say what your surname is, and people didn't say that they had to see our letter of introduction, I didn't bring a letter of introduction, and the letter of introduction was from Brother Yanzi." ”

"My name is Erlai, Erlaizi."

"Comrade, you won't be surnamed two, will you? I haven't heard of this last name. "The militia deliberately ridiculed.

"What do you say? I said my name is Erlai, but I didn't say that my surname is Er, is it interesting for you to get to the bottom of it? ”

Er Laizi didn't have anything to fiddle with, so he had to raise his head.

"We don't mean anything else, we just don't worry about strangers, come and take a look, please cooperate."

It didn't matter if Er Laizi raised his head, the four militiamen all focused their eyes on him.

Coincidentally, some of these four militiamen really knew Er Laizi.

One of the militiamen recognized him: "Hey, aren't you Pan Tao's younger brother?" ”

"That's right, he is Sister Pan's younger brother Pan Hu."

Another militiaman recognized Erlaizi.

At this time, it is impossible for Er Laizi to hide his identity anymore.

The four girls were suddenly confused, staring at Er Laizi with both eyes, puzzled.

At this time, Er Laizi was a little at a loss, but the tension was fleeting, and he thought about love.

"Ah, this ...... I'm Pan Hu, what's wrong? You...... Have you seen me? ”

"You used to be a frequent visitor to Sister Pan's house, of course we met you," one of the militiamen said, "but why didn't you come later?" Sister Pan is gone, do you know? ”

"Pan Tao, my sister, she's gone? Where did it go? Er Laizi asked.

"You really don't know?" One of the militiamen sighed, "Oh...... Where else can I go, go there, it's been almost half a year. ”

"You mean ......"

The militiaman's pun made it difficult for Er Laizi to judge accurately, but he could see from the militiaman's expression that there was an ominous premonition.

"Sister Pan committed suicide by jumping into the river and went to reunite with her husband and children."

"What do you say?" The militia of the breeding farm said such news, which was no less than a slap in the face to Er Laizi, which shocked him extremely and he couldn't believe it.

"You mean my sister Pan Tao is dead? This can't be, it can't be, I was fine last time I came, how could she kill herself? ”

Er Laizi thought to himself, just for the sake of the child in his belly, Pan Tao shouldn't kill himself, but the bad news is here, why can't he think about it?

At this point, Er Laizi felt uncomfortable, he couldn't take care of it so much, he was anxious to know the inside story.

"Tell me, why can't she think about it? How did you kill yourself? When did it happen? ”

At this time, Er Laizi's eyes were already unconsciously shedding sad tears.

"We don't know exactly why. I remember leaving at the end of June. ”

"Isn't that the same as saying it in vain, there has to be a reason, right? You can't just go to death for no reason, right? ”

Er Laizi was extremely sad and kept asking.

"If you want to say the reason, we are also hearsay," a militia member revealed, "Before Sister Pan died, she made a big fuss with our old field chief, accusing the old field chief of killing her child, and the next morning, someone saw her dressed neatly and went to the river, no one thought that she would jump into the river, for this matter, our old field director was also dismissed." ”

One of the militiamen reminded: "We can't talk nonsense about this, Sister Pan has no husband, where is the child." ”

"It's no secret that you didn't see her belly bulging," said the militiaman who had just revealed the news, "otherwise, why was our old field chief suddenly dismissed after decades of work, and now he is hiding at home, and he doesn't dare to come out to meet anyone." ”

"My ancestor must have done his sin, why didn't God thunder and kill him."

Er Laizi understood, in fact, only he knew best why Pan Tao committed suicide.

Pan Tao is pregnant with Erlaizi's child, and her heart is full of sustenance, although Erlaizi does not come to see her, she is full of longing for her future life.

It must be that the elder of the breeding farm knows that Pan Tao is pregnant, and he is worried that the child is his species, once he is born, he can't afford to lose people, so he doesn't know what kind of tricks he used, which led to Pan Tao's abortion.

The hard-working Pan Tao has lost her husband and children, and she was stillborn, and she had a short time of joy with Er Laizi, and now Er Laizi will not come to see her again, she has nothing to love, so she chose to go to a dead end.

Pan Tao, an ordinary young woman, turned out to be so ill-fated, her life should be like a fire, but her life was like a red candle with tears, which was extinguished before it could be burned out.

Pray that this hard-working woman will go all the way.