At the end of 1968, all the high school and junior high school students who were supposed to graduate in 1966, 1967 and 1968 graduated, which became known as the "Old Three".

For the graduates at that time, the distribution after graduation was a problem that could not be considered, because the party had already thought about it for you, except for a small number of people who were conscripted into the army, there were also a very small number of people who were taken care of and stayed in the city for work due to physical reasons or special family difficulties, and the remaining more than 95 percent of the people were sent to military farms in the frontier areas or remote mountainous areas as "educated youths" to join the queue.

The conscription in 1968 began, and there were long queues in front of the conscription medical examination offices in various schools. In the history of conscription in the People's Republic of China, this year was very special, because the previous year, 1967, was the only year in the history of the People's Republic of China that there was no conscription. By 1968, due to the drastic changes in the international situation, the Chinese leaders felt the threat of war and made a series of adjustments to their national defense work, among which the expansion of the armed forces was an important measure. Therefore, at the end of 1968, the army was replenished with a large number of new recruits, and since then the total number of soldiers in the Chinese army has reached 5 million, and the total number of active military personnel is the largest in the world.

Zhong Yuemin, Yuan Jun and Zheng Tong did not receive the notice of physical examination, because the political work department of their school believed that they were all "children who can be educated well" and could not pass the political examination for enlistment.

Zheng Tong, who was born in a family of high-level intellectuals, didn't care, he didn't plan to do so.

Zheng Tong's father, Zheng Tianyu, studied in the United States in his early years, and Americans are very lacking in organization and discipline, and they have to jump out to express their opinions if they have nothing to do with themselves, for fear that others will forget him. Zheng Tianyu was also affected by this, and after returning to China, he didn't know how to change it, so he always didn't recruit leaders to see him, and as soon as he came to the movement, he took him out for education, and he had to write a few inspections to pass the test. Fortunately, intellectuals do not have a hard time writing checks. However, the anti-rightist movement in 1957 did not meet Zheng Tianyu, not because Zheng Tianyu had a long memory, but because God blessed him, and he had already carefully prepared a speech and planned to put forward some opinions to the party at the next day's meeting, but who knew that he drank two or two more drinks that night, causing a perforation of his stomach and was sent to the hospital for rescue, and by the time he was discharged from the hospital, the rightists had already committed suicide and were sent to the labor camp for labor reform. Zheng Tianyu was frightened into a cold sweat, and hurriedly and secretly burned the speech, and since then he has been a man with his tail between his legs.

Zheng Tong often thinks that fortunately his father was burned through his stomach by alcohol back then, otherwise Zheng Tong might be helping his father beat adobe on a labor camp in the Great Northern Wilderness. Since God takes care of his family so much, then there should be no more thoughts, the dream of being a soldier is not something that a person from a family like him can do. He is used to this kind of political discrimination, let alone a regular army in military uniform, even if he is a militiaman, it is no fun to be a militiaman. What he can ponder is the question of where to cut the queue, Zheng Tong often gloates about the situation of Zhong Yuemin, Yuan Jun and others with a relatively dark psychology, since these cadres and children can't become soldiers, then what psychological imbalance does he, a person from "stinky old nine", have?

Zhong Yuemin and Yuan Jun were greatly annoyed, they were not used to this kind of political discrimination, and they still considered themselves to be revolutionary cadres in their hearts. They scolded and went to the school's political work team to ask for an explanation, why they didn't even have the opportunity to enlist in the army for a physical examination?

One clerk explained: "You should know that the political process for enlistment is very strict. As far as I know, both of your parents had some problems politically, some of them were historical, some of them were current. In short, there is no formal conclusion on the organization yet, and even if the school agrees to you to participate in the physical examination, you will not be able to pass the political examination. ”

Zhong Yuemin said: "Isn't the party's policy not based on the theory of components? Besides, we are all revolutionary cadres, and we are not the 'Black Five Category'. ”

The clerk mocked: "Revolutionary cadres, how many of the 'gangsters' who are being found out now were not revolutionary cadres before? Liu Shaoqi was also a revolutionary cadre before. ”

Yuan Jun was furious: "Damn, my father joined the Eighth Route Army in 1938 and fought for half his life, and I have become a person with a bad background?" I ask you, where was he in 1938? ”

Zhong Yuemin said disrespectfully: "I'm probably wearing open crotch pants." ”

"Open crotch pants? You're exalting him too much, he's still spinning in his father's leg and stomach at that moment. Yuan Jun scolded unscrupulously.

The clerk stood up suddenly: "Yuan Jun, who are you scolding?" ”

Yuan Jun slapped the table: "Fuck you, scold you, I still want to whip you, you're just a fucking dog, five people sit here in five and six and pretend to be true gods." ”

Zhong Yuemin pulled Yuan Jun up and said: "Don't pay attention to him, this is a fool, let's go, isn't it just to be a soldier, uncle, I'm not rare." ”

The clerk was so angry that he trembled: "It's too unusual, hooligans, a bunch of hooligans......"

Zhong Yuemin, Yuan Jun and Zheng Tong have already signed up to go to northern Shaanxi to join the team, Zhou Xiaobai and Luo Yun have been approved to enlist in the army, and they are about to leave, so everyone decided to go on an outing.

At that time, almost no one in Beijing knew about Yunshui Cave, and there was no direct bus route, so he had to go by bicycle and bring camping utensils and equipment, because it was a poor and remote area and did not have the conditions to receive tourists. Zhong Yuemin said this, everyone was interested, this is a bit like an adventure activity, it sounds strange and exciting, especially the mysterious Yunshui Cave, after Zhong Yuemin added oil and vinegar, Zhou Xiaobai was almost stupid. According to Zhong Yuemin's meaning, the other exit of this cave is on a cliff in Taihang Mountain, Shanxi, there are many underground rivers in the cave, Zhong Yuemin insisted that he had crossed a river in the cave, this river is turbulent, the river is as wide as the Yangtze River, he almost drowned in it. Zheng Tong said to the stunned Zhou Xiaobai and Luo Yun that it was Zhong Yuemin who crossed the big river in a dream, so he took it as true. Zheng Tong believes that there is a big difference between dreams and reality, and cannot be taken too seriously, for example, Zhong Yuemin dreamed that he was watering wheat in the drought, and when he woke up, he might find that he was urinating on the kang.

Although everyone expressed great doubts about Zhong Yuemin's words, they still decided to go once, but Zhou Xiaobai dismissed the plan to cross the big river with a swimsuit.

As soon as it was dawn, they set off on their bicycles. A few young people are like birds that have sprinkled joy, chasing, laughing, and noisy along the way, showing the passion of youth. The suburban roads are lined with tall poplars, and the sun shines through the gaps in the branches and leaves of the poplars, like their dazzling youth.

However, they were too young to be halfway there, and their physical strength was almost exhausted.

Yuan Jun leaned on the bicycle, riding hard, panting and asking, "Yuemin, how far is it?" ”

"It's early, where is this, let's pedal for another 100 miles."

Luo Yun exclaimed: "Xiaobai, Yuemin deceived us, what did he say that day?" He said that Yunshui Cave is not far from Beijing, and it takes an hour to ride a bicycle, and now we have been riding for an hour and a half, how can there be more than 100 miles? ”

Zhong Yuemin jumped on his waist and accelerated to the front: "I said I could arrive in an hour, but it was by car, who told you that I was riding?" ”

Luo Yun was so tired that she couldn't breathe, she had never run such a long distance, so she complained: "Zhong Yuemin, you liar, I won't believe you anymore, I'm so tired that my leg is about to break, I won't go." ”

Zhong Yuemin smiled evilly: "You can go back now, but I warn you, the peasant brothers in this area are relatively poor, and there are many people in their forties who can't marry a daughter-in-law, so you have to be careful." ”

Yuan Jun and Zheng Tong also echoed: "If you disappear, we will definitely look for you everywhere, but I am afraid that by the time we find you, you will already have raw rice and cooked rice." ”

"It's not easy to find it, it's not easy for the farmer brothers, it's like a person who has been hungry for several days, and finally got half of the nest, and just ate a bite and let us snatch it, we really can't bear it."

Luo Yun was angry, so she simply stopped the car and didn't leave: "Xiaobai, are you leaving?" If you don't leave, I'll go back alone, I won't go anyway. ”

Zhong Yuemin and the others stopped the car and persuaded with a smile: "Yo, in a hurry?" I really don't know how to be funny, Luo Yun, don't be like us. ”

Zhou Xiaobai smiled: "Luo Yun, you still don't know these guys? Think about it, what can grow out of a dog's mouth? ”

Zhong Yuemin said: "Let's go, Comrade Luo Yun, we all need you, and we will be very miserable without you, just like a navigator can't see a lighthouse, a sunflower can't find sunlight, and leave the Red Book for revolution." ”

Luo Yun was amused: "Zhong Yuemin, you are really reactionary." ”

Zheng Tong applauded: "Okay, okay, after a fierce ideological struggle, Private Comrade Luo Yun finally gave up his plan to desert and returned to the revolutionary ranks. Don't worry, Comrade Luo Yun, we will not discriminate against you, you must not carry any baggage. ”

Luo Yun got on the car and complained to Zhou Xiaobai hatefully: "Xiaobai, I can be regarded as getting on the thief ship with you, they bully me, you don't care, when did you wear a pair of pants with them?" ”

"Zhou Xiaobai didn't wear a pair of pants with us, she wore a pair of pants with Zhong Yuemin at most, which is a matter of principle." Zheng Tong corrected.

Zhou Xiaobai said with a smile: "You bastards can say whatever you like, I just want to wear a pair of pants with Zhong Yuemin, and I will wear them for the rest of my life, and I will be angry with you." ”

Zhong Yuemin put his arm on Zhou Xiaobai's shoulder: "Okay, I'm going to make a pair of pants that can hold two people, is it enough to leave 1.5 meters at the waistband?" ”

Luo Yun chirped: "The more you talk about it, the more shameless it becomes." Xiaobai, why do you always help Zhong Yuemin speak? ”

Zheng Tong rode to Luo Yun's side, and began to look for a bargain: "Luo Yun, if I also make a pair of pants with a waist of 1.5 meters, are you willing to wear them with me?" ”

"Get out of here, stay and ......"

Everyone burst into laughter, leaving their youthful laughter among the green hills and green valleys......

Fangshan Yunshui Cave is a typical limestone karst cave, which belongs to the karst landform and is relatively rare in the northern region. The cave is very quiet, you can hear the sound of dripping water from time to time, and a variety of strange stalactites and stalagmites form a variety of bizarre shapes, each of which can make people think about it. In fact, this kind of limestone karst cave is not a spectacle, as long as there is limestone in the area where there is such a cave, there are countless such caves in China alone. However, Zhong Yuemin, Zhou Xiaobai and others had never seen much of the world back then, and this cave was enough to amaze them.

The pillars of light of several flashlights swept back and forth on the roof of the cave, and everyone was amazed to see it.

Zhou Xiaobai grabbed Zhong Yuemin's hand tightly and snuggled up to him: "Yuemin, I'm a little scared, don't leave me." ”

Luo Yun touched a crystal clear stalagmite and asked, "Zhong Yuemin, where is your big river?" Show us the point. ”

Zhong Yuemin replied without blushing: "Probably the landslide blocked the passage, and you have to build another tunnel to see the river." ”

"You will be blinded."

Yuan Jun quickly climbed a boulder like a lotus seat, and Zheng Tong held up his camera, the flash flashing.

Zhou Xiaobai asked: "These stalactites and stalagmites will probably take tens of thousands of years to form, right?" ”

"It's going to be hundreds of thousands of years." Zhong Yuemin replied.

Zhou Xiaobai muttered: "In the face of time, life is so fragile. Yuemin, we have to hurry up. ”

"What for?"

"Enjoy every day you and I get along, or we'll get old soon."

Zheng Tong held the camera and shouted: "Yuemin, Xiaobai, you stand up, I'll take a picture of you." ”

Zhong Yuemin and Zhou Xiaobai raised their heads.

"Don't be so serious, Yuemin, don't pretend to be a decent gentleman and smile a little. Xiaobai, to Yuemin's relatives, they are all wearing a pair of pants, what else is there to be embarrassed about? Zheng Tong was picky.

"Zheng Tong, shut your stinky mouth." Zhou Xiaobai shouted.

Zhong Yuemin whispered: "He's jealous of us." Zheng Tong, don't speak so badly, we didn't recruit you, aren't you just worried about Luo Yun, it's okay, let Zhou Xiaobai tell you about the matchmaker. ”

Zhou Xiaobai deliberately shouted: "Luo Yun, Zheng Tong seems to have taken a fancy to you, do you want him?" ”

Luo Yun snorted: "Don't, I don't want to wear glasses." ”

"Then I don't wear glasses, what do you think?" Yuan Jun leaned over and said.

"You? I'm not your kindergartner. ”

Luo Yun shouted to Zhou Xiaobai: "Xiaobai, do you know who I have a crush on?" Tell you, I fell in love with Zhong Yuemin, and you gave him to me. ”

"That's not going to work, you might as well kill me."

Zhong Yuemin was overjoyed and said: "I think you are both good, if you are both good with me, I don't have any opinion." ”

Zhou Xiaobai stomped his feet in pain: "Okay, Zhong Yuemin, you finally said what was in your heart, I fought with you." ”

Luo Yun laughed: "Zhong Yuemin, you divorced her, and I will marry you." ”

"Yuemin, you are too black-hearted, one occupies two. Things in this world are too unfair, Yuan Jun and I are dying of drought, and your kid is flooded. Zheng Tong said dissatisfiedly.

Zhou Xiaobai was tired: "Okay, okay, don't make trouble." Zheng Tong, you haven't taken a picture of us yet. ”

Zhou Xiaobai put his hands around Zhong Yuemin's neck, put his face on his shoulder, and the flash flashed, and the images of the two remained on a negative.

This is the best years of their lives, they have so much energy that they have nowhere to vent, noisy, noisy, poor, tossing endlessly, and they don't feel tired until the evening.

When night fell, they lit a bonfire at the entrance of the cave to cook, the bonfire was burning, they sat around the bonfire and continued to talk and laugh, a northwest wind hit, Zhou Xiaobai shivered: "It's cold, Yuemin, hold me." ”

Zhong Yuemin hugged Zhou Xiaobai and said with a hippie smile to Luo Yun: "Luo Yun, are you cold?" Or you come over too. ”

Luo Yun took a sip: "you, think beautiful." ”

Zhou Xiaobai laughed: "Did you touch the nail?" Deserve. ”

Zheng Tong said: "Really stimulated, Yuan Jun, what about you?" ”

"I'm fine, I treat the beauties of the world like dung."

"You're the dung, sour grapes." Zhou Xiaobai said.

Luo Yun wrapped her coat tightly and said, "It's cold, sing a song, right?" ”

Zhong Yuemin asked, "What song to sing?" ”

"How about Hawthorn Tree?" Zheng Tong proposed.

Yuan Jun said: "How romantic is "Little Road", follow my lover to the battlefield......"

Zhou Xiaobai pouted: "It's boring, it's vulgar, sing a parting song." ”

Zhong Yuemin stood up and asked, "Who has seen the Soviet film "Youth"? The interlude in that is good. ”

Zhou Xiaobai said excitedly: "I've seen it, that song is so good, it is said that the actor who played the leading role improvised when he was making a movie, and he became famous in one fell swoop." Yuemin, you sing. ”

Zhong Yuemin pretended to take a deep breath: "Don't be busy, I have to brew my feelings, and sing this kind of song with a sense of meaning." ”

Zheng Tong echoed: "That's right, 'Where are you going to wake up tonight?'" The willow bank, the wind and the waning moon', is this kind of artistic conception. ”

Everyone was silent.

Silent valley, the north wind howling. The cold moonlight sprinkled on the rolling hills, giving people a feeling that was both hazy and distant. They all suddenly became a little sad, perhaps because they were about to part, and they were reluctant to give up this rare friendship. The roaring bonfire reflected everyone's face, and Zhong Yuemin's song echoed in the valley......

My mother,

I didn't close my eyes all night,

Accompany me all over my hometown,

Say goodbye to your father and neighbor,

It was dawn,

She sent me on a long journey,

gave me a hand towel,

She wished me a good wind

…………

Zhou Xiaobai snuggled up to Zhong Yuemin tightly and hummed with him. Zhou Xiaobai sang and sang, suddenly felt that her nose was sour, she tried to control her emotions, but she didn't succeed, she burst into tears in an instant.

Luo Yun's eyes were full of tears......

Zheng Tong also took off his glasses and gently wiped his eyes.

Yuan Jun turned his head and stared at the valley sprinkled with clear light, two lines of tears dripping down his cheeks......

Zhong Yuemin has been very busy lately, and he has to arrange all the things that should be done before going to the countryside. Zhou Xiaobai and Luo Yun are leaving next week, and Zhou Xiaobai hopes that he can spend more time with him. Zhong Yuemin remembered that he still had two friends living in the hospital, and he had to go to the hospital to say goodbye to them before leaving.

Zhang Haiyang lives in the railway hospital, his injuries have improved a lot, but he is very depressed. He felt that this time he was planted in the hands of the little muddy, it was a mess, he had fought countless times before, and he had not even hurt a single hair, but this time he was stabbed by the little muddy, it was really embarrassing.

Zhong Yuemin comforted him: "I don't blame you, it's because you don't want to kill him, so you show mercy to your subordinates, but the little bastard doesn't have this kind of scruples, this matter changes me, and I still have to suffer." ”

Zhang Haiyang said hatefully: "The key is that you lost too much, not to mention losing your job, you even missed this conscription, you have a knife on your stomach, and you can't pass the physical examination." ”

Zhong Yuemin tucked the quilt for him: "It's okay, there is next year, your father is the chief of staff, and it is not a matter of a sentence for you to be a soldier." Ocean, what's next for you? ”

"It's impossible to be a soldier this year, so let's go cut in line first. Our school is going to Yunnan, and I was thinking, if the border is not too strict, I want to sneak across the border to Vietnam to find our troops to help Vietnam. There was a lot of fighting there, and one of my father's old subordinates was the commander of an anti-aircraft artillery division there, and I heard that their division had already shot down 3 'ghost types', so I had to go and see what I said. You think, if I get a double-barreled three-seven cannon and sweep it wildly according to the American plane, it will definitely be quite enjoyable, which is much more exciting than hitting birds with a slingshot. ”

Zhong Yuemin was also fascinated when he heard this: "It's okay to go to Burma, I heard that the troops of the Communist Party of Burma like Chinese educated youth, and if you mix it for three or five years, you can mix it with a division commander and brigade commander." There is a buddy in our school who went around when he was in tandem, and this buddy actually went to play, which shows the leadership of the Burmese Communist Army, and he insists that he is joining the People's Army. People really believe it, and on the same day, they will be issued with military uniforms and guns, I fuck, a recruit will be issued with two large pieces: five or six *** and *****, bullets can be hit casually, it's really fucking enjoyable. This guy has been playing there for a month, and after enough of the gun addiction, he deserted and came back. ”

The two laughed, Zhong Yuemin joked: "I don't have this opportunity to sneak across the border, our school is going to northern Shaanxi to cut the queue, that place is poor and bad, it doesn't border anywhere, and there is nowhere to run, I can be regarded as resigned to my fate, and I will marry a firewood girl with rice fat in the future to live." ”

Zhang Haiyang said with a smile: "It's good that you can marry a girl with Mizhi, 'Aunt Mizhi, Han of Suide', I heard that the girls of Mizhi are very beautiful." ”

Zhong Yuemin said: "It's better to be in Yunnan, the whole nation is united, catch up with the Songkran Festival, you carry a bucket, see which girl is beautiful, the head of the pocket is a bucket of water poured over, pour her comfortably, and leave with you if it is not good." Unlike us in northern Shaanxi, this hand hasn't touched it yet, and I want a bride price when I open my mouth. ”

Zhang Haiyang laughed so hard that the knife hurt: "Your mouth is really golden, in the future, if you can't marry your mother-in-law in northern Shaanxi, you will come to Yunnan to find me, and I will send you a Dai girl......"

"When you come back from visiting relatives, bring me a golden monkey, I'm going to train it to steal wallets, be a 'Buddha', buddy will live by 'eating Buddha' in the future, even if it steals wallets and is caught, it won't enter the police station, who can be as knowledgeable as monkeys? At best, I'm not strict with discipline. Zhong Yuemin opened the river in the letter.

"Yuemin, did you come here to see me or harm me? I'm about to open the knife, don't make me happy, okay? Zhang Haiyang pressed the wound and smiled.

Zhong Yuemin sighed: "Poor and happy, otherwise you won't be worried about death?" You go to Yunnan for a walk, and next year the conscription will come back, and your father is on stage, and you can toss with joy. Unlike me, my dad is still locked up, and it's hard to say whether he can be liberated, and I'm afraid I have no hope of being a soldier in my life. ”

This is Zhang Haiyang's turn to comfort Zhong Yuemin: "Yuemin, don't say frustrating words, life may take a turn for the better at any time." To tell you the good news, don't talk nonsense. Listen to my dad say that the central government is preparing to liberate a large number of old cadres recently, I heard that this is what Mao ** meant, I think your dad has hope this time. ”

"Oh, that's a good thing, I don't know if my dad can be liberated."

"There's definitely a play, just wait."

Zhong Yuemin asked with some doubts: "Is this news reliable?" Isn't it time to clean up the ranks of the class? If we can't finish arresting people, how can we liberate old cadres? ”

Zhang Haiyang seemed very confident: "You don't understand this, cleaning up the class ranks is to eliminate the class dissidents who have mixed into the party, and your father is not a dissident, the current situation is that all levels of *** should set up a leadership group that combines the old, middle and young, what is old?" It's the old cadres, but there are very few old cadres on the stage now, and many of them are locked up, what should I do? I don't think there's any other way but to release them. ”

Zhong Yuemin stood up excitedly: "I have to apply to meet my father and tell him the good news." ”

Zhang Haiyang instructed: "Dude, keep it secret." ”

Zhong Yuemin walked to the door of the ward, and Zhang Haiyang suddenly whispered: "Yuemin ......"

Zhong Yuemin looked back.

Zhang Haiyang reluctantly said: "Dude, it's a blessing to know you in this life, let's communicate often, if you have any changes, you must tell me, take care of ......"

Zhong Yuemin, Yuan Jun and Zheng Tong went to buy items for the countryside, and they met Du Weidong when they rode past the Xidan intersection, he was dressed as a standard stubborn master, wearing a general's tweed coat, a cashmere hat on his head, and a pair of white Huili brand sneakers on his feet.

As soon as Du Weidong saw Zhong Yuemin, he shouted excitedly: "Yuemin, I haven't seen you for a long time, what have you been doing lately?" ”

Zhong Yuemin stopped his bicycle and greeted Du Weidong, he suddenly found that there was a blonde and blue-eyed girl next to Du Weidong, so he asked strangely: "Weidong, where did a foreign girl pop up, you brought it?" ”

Du Weidong turned his head and muttered a few words to the foreign girl in English, and the foreign girl generously stretched out her hand to Zhong Yuemin and said very stiffly in Chinese: "Hello." I'm Emma. ”

Zhong Yuemin shook hands with Yang Niuer and turned back to Du Weidong and said, "She can still speak Chinese?" ”

Du Weidong smiled: "I will tell her this sentence." Emma is from Paris, her aunt is also an expert hired by the Foreign Languages Translation Bureau, and my dad is a colleague, and we met at a party. She spoke French to me, and I was so confused that I didn't know what this girl was going to do. I said I can speak a few words of English, let's talk in English, she said her English is not very good, I said it's okay, let's even talk about the painting, just know the general meaning, that's it, we made friends. ”

Yuan Jun asked suspiciously: "Weidong, who are you going to be?" This girl is an Albanian girl, and she is still a peasant on the outskirts of Tirana. ”

Du Weidong didn't like to listen to it: "Dude, who are you squeezing against?" Emma is an authentic Aryan, if you look closely at her eyes, they are blue for a while, and green for a while, can the eyes of an Albanian girl change color? ”

Zheng Tong interjected: ", no country girl's eyes will not change color, and the eyes will change color are Persian cats." ”

Zhong Yuemin and the others laughed.

As everyone spoke, Emma stood to the side looking at this and then at that, and it seemed that she wanted to understand what these Chinese were talking about.

Du Weidong said to Zhong Yuemin: "Have you heard? There was also a commotion in Paris, the students built barricades, and when the police came, they slapped them with big bricks, and the French police didn't have any temper at all, just like us, when they heard that the police were coming, they slipped faster than rabbits. The students of Paris are romantic, and a red flag is planted on the barricade, guess what is written on the flag? 'Don't fight. 'It's a mess in the barricades, whether it's a man or a woman, everyone is a fighter, absolutely equal, whoever pleases the eye can sleep with whomever he wants, rolling and sleeping, it's really hard, this is the revolution. Yuemin, your father is an old revolutionary, was he so romantic when he participated in the revolution? ”

"No, I'm afraid I'm going to be very good at that time."

"That's it, I originally wanted to learn from Guevara and go to the jungle to revolutionize, but then I heard Emma say that there is such a revolution, buddy immediately changed the play, since it is all revolution, why don't I pick and choose, choose a revolution that suits me?"

Zhong Yuemin asked: "Why did this foreign girl come to China?" ”

"When the Paris side was finished, the students had gone back to school, the barricades had been demolished, and Emma was saddened by the defeat of the revolution, and she hadn't had enough of it. Later, I heard that the heart of the world revolution has moved to China, and Chinese students don't have to go to school at all, they don't have to do their homework, they are doing revolution every day, and even the police don't dare to come to find trouble. Emma didn't want to be envious, it just so happened that her aunt was working in China, and just like that, Emma finally came to China. As soon as she got off the plane, she saw red flags waving on the airport, the loudspeakers were full of revolutionary songs, and the huge portrait of Mao ** was several stories high. Do you remember Wu Qinghua in "Red Detachment of Women"? This girl finally came to the base after a lot of hardships, and saw the red flag at first glance, Wu Qinghua immediately put her face on the red flag, and burst into tears, Emma was like this at that time. I understand her mood very well at that time, but when she is home, she has seen her relatives, this is the heart of the world revolution, and it is the place where the red sun rises. Emma remembered her comrades who had fought side by side in the barricades, who were still suffering in the darkness of capitalist society, and she was crying so hard that snot and tears were rolling down her nose. Who knew that the police at the airport saw that something was wrong with her, and said in their hearts, what is wrong with this foreign girl's illness, she was so shocked when she just got off the plane? It seems that it has to be examined carefully, yes, this trial has been tried for more than a month, the more the more suspicions are raised, how do you look like an international spy, and then if it weren't for her aunt's guarantee, the French embassy would have negotiated, and Emma would still be in the number. ”

Zhong Yuemin and the others gloated.

Zheng Tong said: "This is called a hot face sticking to a cold buttocks, and it looks like the girl is not revolutionary." ”

Zhong Yuemin smiled: "Emma didn't teach you how to revolutionize? ”

"I'm sorry, but she's really my teacher, and the first time we met, she asked me, 'Can I live in your house?' It just so happened that my dad returned to China a few days ago, and I was alone at home. I thought to myself, how did this Frenchman hit me on the muzzle of her own gun? Since they have spoken, it is inappropriate for me to refuse. Yuemin, the conscience of heaven and earth, don't mention how gentlemanly that night buddy, I arranged her in my mother's bedroom, and I slept in my own bedroom. I said in my heart, you can't act rashly on the first day, and you can only get it done slowly, this kind of thing can't be rushed, and you can't do it quickly. Who knew that I slept until midnight, Emma rushed into my bedroom, didn't say a word, and lifted my quilt first, my buddy was sleeping in a daze, wearing only a pair of pants, I was more shy, and quickly sat up and grabbed my clothes to cover the shame, and said in my mouth, 'Emma, don't do this, can you go out first?' When I got dressed, 'ouch, it's useless, people don't talk at all, a hungry tiger pounced on me and threw me on my back to the sky, I struggled a few times before I found that the only pants on my body were gone, I closed my eyes at that time, stopped struggling, and my heart said, love is what to do, buddy resigned himself to his fate......"

Zhong Yuemin and his gang laughed, and Yuan Jun smiled: "Weidong, we all sympathize with you, you just let your family be ruined, you must think about it." ”

Zheng Tong said: "Death by starvation is a small matter, but a loss of festival is a big matter, you can't swallow your anger, sue you, sue Ya raped you, the party and the people will make the decision for you." ”

"Forget it, I'd better admit bad luck, I know there will be such a day sooner or later, dodge slowly or not, think about it, it's blocked, it's quite innocent......"

Zhong Yuemin saw that the time was not early, so he said to Du Weidong: "Okay, don't talk about it, it doesn't matter if you lose your body, let's find another opportunity to be good slowly." Weidong, we are about to go to northern Shaanxi to cut the queue, what are your plans? ”

Du Weidong said: "I am also about to return to China, I will leave next month, my father contacted me in Tokyo for the preparatory class, I want to prepare for the university entrance examination in two years." ”

Zhong Yuemin sighed: "In the end, it's a foreigner, it's enough to toss, pat your ass and leave, there is still a university to go to." People are more damned than people, goods should be thrown away, we can only repair the earth, goodbye, Weidong, we will have a period later. ”

Du Weidong held Zhong Yuemin's hand and said: "Take care, sooner or later I will come back, China is my second motherland, I am really reluctant to leave here, goodbye, Yuemin." Goodbye, Yuan Jun, Zheng Tong. ”

Zhou Xiaobai is leaving, and as the day of parting approaches day by day, Zhou Xiaobai can't wait to seize all the time to stay with Zhong Yuemin. The day before parting, Zhong Yuemin proposed to eat for her, Zhou Xiaobai was so moved that her eyes were red, and Zhong Yuemin's little care for her could make her moved, and even a little flattered. She often wondered when she had become so unproductive. I can't even take care of the minimum of self-esteem.

The living room of Zhong Yuemin's house was quiet, and Tchaikovsky's "Melancholy Serenade" came from the phonograph speaker, and there was a faint sadness flowing in the hearts of both of them.

Zhong Yuemin and Zhou Xiaobai each held a glass of red wine in their hands, and they looked at each other silently.

Zhong Yuemin raised his glass and said, "Xiaobai, you are leaving tomorrow, I will make this cup for you." ”

Zhou Xiaobai's eyes were confused: "Don't do it, take a sip, okay?" ”

"Why?"

"The wine in the glass is gone, and the banquet is about to end, but I don't want it to end."

The two of them each took a sip.

Zhong Yuemin sighed and said, "There is no feast in the world that will not be dispersed. ”

Zhou Xiaobai stubbornly retorted: "Yes, there will be a feast that will not be dispersed, and my feast will never be dispersed." ”

"Xiaobai, let it be."

Zhou Xiaobai shed tears: "Why do you want to follow fate? The things of the world are earned by hard work, not by chance. ”

"I want to be a soldier, do I have to work hard?" Zhong Yuemin asked softly.

"Definitely, once your dad's problem is solved, I will beg my dad to send you to the army."

"What if my dad's problem can't be solved?"

Zhou Xiaobai was silent.

Zhong Yuemin smiled lightly: "It's better to go with the flow, right?" ”

Zhou Xiaobai raised his head and stared at Zhong Yuemin, but did not speak for a long time.

On the day Zhou Xiaobai and Luo Yun left, Zhong Yuemin didn't send it, because this batch of recruits is likely to be divided into a large unit, and sooner or later they will be familiar with each other, and female soldiers are more sensitive to this kind of thing, especially a female soldier like Zhou Xiaobai, who was born a general and is beautiful, her every move is always concerned. Zhong Yuemin was afraid that his appearance would affect Zhou Xiaobai's future, the army was disciplined, and soldiers were not allowed to fall in love.

Zhong Yuemin, Yuan Jun and Zheng Tong went to the school to go to northern Shaanxi to join the queue and settle down at the registration office, which was quite smooth, and there was no need for political trial, Yuan Jun also said cheap words to the people at the registration office: "Teacher, is there a problem of approval for such a glorious thing as going to northern Shaanxi to cut the queue?" If the organization does not approve us to go to northern Shaanxi, we will never carry ideological baggage and promise not to cause trouble to the organization, and we will fend for ourselves in the city. ”

These are all well-known thorns in the school, and the people at the registration office don't bother to pay attention to them, wishing to keep them away, and it's best not to come back for the rest of their lives.

Zhong Yuemin remembered that it was time to go to see Li Kuiyong, he and Li Kuiyong are not from the same school, not even from the same district, according to the situation of Li Kuiyong's family, he has no possibility of staying in the city, going to the countryside to cut the queue is the only way for him, and I don't know where the graduates of their school go to join the queue.

Li Kuiyong's injuries had healed a lot, and he was able to walk on the ground, and Zhong Yuemin helped him to walk in the recuperation area of the hospital's inpatient department. They don't talk about the conflicts that happened in the past, they just talk about childhood and the future. Li Kuiyong's greatest wish is to be a skilled worker in a heavy industry enterprise in the future, to be able to support his family, to provide for his mother's old age, and to smoothly bring up his younger siblings. He asked Zhong Yuemin what he planned to do in the future, Zhong Yuemin said that he had no clear plans, he still had some ideals when he was a child, and his father always beat him for a while, so he thought that the profession of "father" was quite authoritative, and he could pick it up at any time if his son was not pleasing to the eye, so he decided to be a "father" when he grew up in the future. Later, when he grew up, he found that "dad" was not a profession, it seemed that anyone could be it, and he did not need any professional skills, so he gave up this ideal and envied the pirate captain instead. For some reason, he was fascinated by the images of pirates in the villain's book, those pirates wore huge earrings on their ears, thick chest hair on their chests, short knives stuck in their waists, and they were always accompanied by beautiful women. Later, Zhong Yuemin simply had no ideals.

Li Kuiyong was puzzled, how could there be no ideals? When I was a child, I wanted to be a pirate, and I was a bit ambitious, but the bigger I was, the more unproductive I became? It's like raising a king in a jar - the more you raise, the more you smoke.

Zhong Yuemin couldn't figure it out, how could he not be ideal, does signing up for the army count? Growing up to be a glorious soldier of the People's Liberation Army, this is the dream of many boys, but Zhong Yuemin never had this idea when he was a child, he wanted to be a soldier a few days ago, but it was for a very realistic purpose, being a soldier is better than cutting in line, and it can't match the ideal.

Zhong Yuemin told Li Kuiyong that although he didn't know what he was going to do in the future, he definitely knew what he didn't plan to do in the future. For example, guarding his wife and children to live a stable life of sunrise and sunset, he feels quite bored, rather than this, it is really better to be a pirate.

A few years later, Zhong Yuemin read Kerouac's novel "On the Road" by the United States, and his brain suddenly opened, it turned out that he liked this feeling of "on the road". It's a pity that Zhong Yuemin was already a battalion-level officer in the army at that time, and he couldn't be "on the road" anyway.

Zhong Yuemin left the 100 yuan that Zhou Xiaobai left him when he left to Li Kuiyong, he knew Li Kuiyong's family background, and this injury and hospitalization were tantamount to making matters worse for the family. Li Kuiyong didn't refuse, but just thanked him lightly, and it was a shame to be grateful from a man.

Li Kuiyong heard that his middle school went to Shanxi and Yunnan to cut the queue, and it seems that there are not many who go to northern Shaanxi. But when he recovers from his injury, he also wants to sign up to go to northern Shaanxi, because Zhong Yuemin has gone, and he should also go. Zhong Yuemin said that the place in northern Shaanxi is too big, and he may not be able to meet him when he goes. Li Kuiyong said that it doesn't matter if you can't touch it, it's all in the same province anyway.

When they were about to break up, Li Kuiyong was a little excited, he held Zhong Yuemin's hand tightly and said: "Yuemin, take care, you must take care, don't toss and cause trouble after going to the countryside, be an honest person who keeps to himself." ”

Zhong Yuemin joked half-truthfully: "I don't do anything about fighting, I can't change the problem of patting my mother-in-law for a while, I have made up my mind to marry a wife and have children in northern Shaanxi, otherwise how to build a new socialist countryside." ”

The days of waiting for departure were long and boring, Zhong Yuemin and Zheng Tong were uncomfortable, and they were really looking forward to going to the countryside as soon as possible, and they were a little tired of staying in Beijing. However, Yuan Jun has not shown up for a long time because of his father's official reinstatement.

Zhong Yuemin and Zheng Tong came downstairs to Yuan Jun's house, Zheng Tong picked up a stone and was about to inform him, but was stopped by Zhong Yuemin: "Don't throw it, if his father is at home, it will be troublesome, this old man has been locked up for more than a year for no reason, and the fire is getting bigger, so let's be angry again." ”

Zheng Tong shouted loudly: "Yuan Jun." ”

Yuan Jun's voice came from upstairs: "Who?" ”

Zheng Tong: "The police station, I have something to do with you." ”

Yuan Jun's head showed out of the window: "Fuck, it's you, why do I say that the police in this police station look like hooligans?" You wait. ”

After a while, Yuan Jun wore a brand-new grass-green military uniform and walked out of the corridor in high spirits.

Zheng Tong pushed his glasses: "Ouch, where did you pick up such a national defense green, or a two-pocket military uniform?" ”

Yuan Jun said proudly: "Fa, buddy is a soldier." ”

Zhong Yuemin nodded: "It's not like the clothes that were picked up, this kid is really a soldier." ”

Zheng Tong looked angry: "Fuck, your father has just been reinstated, and you will become a soldier, this is too fast, a few days ago you were still a 'child who can be educated', just in the blink of an eye, you have become a 'child who cannot be educated'." ”

Yuan Jun was a little embarrassed: "Originally, this year's conscription was over, hey, when the time comes, my dad was released from the number, and when I inquired, this batch of soldiers went to Army A, this army is my father's old nest, my dad has been in this army since 1938, from the army commander to the division commander are all old acquaintances, this is okay?" Army A dares not to recruit his son, isn't it the opposite? My dad didn't say a word, and a phone call went to the military commander, and the matter was done. The army commander spoke, let me go a few days later, and accompany the old man more at home, anyway, the recruits have been training for 3 months, so what are you afraid of when you report a few days late. ”

Zheng Tong put his hand behind his back: "If there is such a good thing, I won't notify my brothers, this is a mistake that seriously violates the principles of the organization, we feel that we should give you a chance to correct your mistakes after discussion, and you can watch and do the following things." ”

Yuan Jun knew that he was sorry for his buddy, so he hurriedly said: "I'm in for a treat, I'm in for a treat, and I'm sorry for my brothers, you say, where are you going?" ”

"Of course it's Lao Mola, let's go home and sharpen our knives immediately, and kill you according to death."

"Yuemin, it's not that I don't want to inform my brothers, I'm afraid that the brothers will be stimulated, I originally signed up and went to northern Shaanxi with you to cut the queue.

Zhong Yuemin smiled and said: "Yuan Jun, this is a good thing, we buddies, it's good to have one of them, if you mix up with the division commander and brigade commander in the future, don't forget the brothers." ”

"In the future, our brothers and sons will have no food to eat, so we will come to the door to ask for food, you won't bomb us, right?"

Yuan Jun's eyes turned a little red, and he grabbed Zhong Yuemin and Zheng Tong's hands tightly: "I'm sorry...... I blame me for this, because I am not righteous. ”

Zhong Yuemin pushed Yuan Jun: "What are these words, who doesn't want to be a soldier?" Of course you have the opportunity to go, my brothers are happy for you, how can you wipe away your tears? This really doesn't look like a man. ”

Zheng Tong didn't forget to squeeze his old opponent at this time: "Why are you like a girl?" It's really boring, it's distressing to invite us to dinner, right? ”

Yuan Jun immediately scolded back: "You are a girl, are you looking for a smoke......

Zhong Yuemin felt that almost everything that should be done had been done, and the last thing should be to see his father, Zhang Haiyang's news was really accurate, it was true that a group of old cadres had been released, but Zhong Shanyue was not among them. It is said that his question is very complicated and it is not clear for a while.

Zhong Yuemin hasn't been here for a long time, and this quarantine review study class seems to be much more formal than before, becoming more and more like a prison. Zhong Yuemin and his father sat opposite each other, with a table between the father and son, and two guards in civilian clothes standing to monitor the conversation.

Zhong Yuemin told his father that he was going to northern Shaanxi to join the queue, and asked his father what he had to explain.

Zhong Shanyue was very happy when he heard it, he had been in northern Shaanxi and had a lot of affection for it. He smoked the cigarette brought by his son and said: "Oh, go to northern Shaanxi, it is a good place, although it is poor, but the people there are good, kind, simple, and you can make friends and bring out your heart." In 1942, when our troops were resting and recuperating, we were stationed in northern Shaanxi, and I knew the common people there. ”

Zhong Yuemin didn't care much about this, he was concerned about his father's case, he asked tentatively: "Dad, Yuan Jun, his father was liberated, and the official was reinstated." ”

Zhong Shanyue replied: "I know this, he didn't have anything to do, the cadre in 1938 has never left the team since he joined the army, even if he wants to rebel, he has no chance, calling him a traitor is pure nonsense." ”

"But why are you always confused?"

"My situation is different, in the Hexi Corridor that year, the troops were scattered, most of my comrades-in-arms were killed, some were captured, and I was one of the few people who successfully broke through. I was injured in a villager's house for half a year, and then returned to Yan'an, in 1942 I was censored for the Yan'an rectification, and after the founding of New China, I was censored again, and this is the third time. ”

Zhong Yuemin asked: "Why don't you find that fellow to testify, isn't it clear when you ask?" ”

"The organization is not stupid than you, and people still don't know how to investigate? But that fellow can't be found for a long time, and during the Anti-Japanese War, the village was burned down, and I'm afraid the people are long gone. ”

Zhong Yuemin said loudly: "The problem is not clear, and it is too unreasonable to lock people up so unclearly!" ”

Zhong Shanyue slapped the table and stopped: "Yuemin, you are not allowed to talk like this, the organization is organized, how can you talk about the organization in such a tone?" I have to believe in the people and the party, and my problems will be clarified. ”

Zhong Yuemin shouted: "Dad, don't be stupid, they are deliberately fixing people, without this, they will come up with other ways." ”

Zhong Shanyue was furious: "Shut up! You get out of my ......"

"Dad......"

"Don't call me Dad, get out of ......"

The guards pushed Zhong Yuemin out of the interview room.

Zhong Yuemin shouted sadly: "Dad, I'll leave tomorrow, I want to see you again, don't bombard me and leave, Dad......"

Zhong Shanyue slammed the door slammed shut, his face full of anger.

The meeting lasted less than 10 minutes.

The day of departure has finally arrived, and Yongdingmen Railway Station is crowded with people and gongs and drums. A red banner hung above the platform, which read, "Warmly send off Beijing's intellectual youth to northern Shaanxi to settle in the queue." A song composed with "Mao's ** Quotations" came from the speaker, and the singing was passionate. The educated youths who cut into the queue wore big red flowers on their chests, and a group of organized primary and secondary school students chanted slogans under the leadership of the members of the workers' propaganda team:

Resolutely respond to Mao's great call!

Warmly send young intellectuals to the mountains and countryside

…………

Parents crowding in front of the train window to tearfully bid farewell to their children.

Zhong Yuemin and Zheng Tong sat at the window, and Yuan Jun, dressed in a new military uniform, stood on the platform to see them off. He grabbed the hands of the two of them tightly with both hands: "Yuemin, Zheng Tong, you have to take care, if you need anything, you must write to me." ”

Zheng Tong said: ", what can you do with your 6 yuan allowance?" If we don't have anything to eat, can you send us cookies? You can blow it. ”

Yuan Jun argued: "I can't always be a 6 yuan allowance, right?" In case the buddy mentions it, the salary of 52 yuan is enough to buy cookies, right? ”

Zhong Yuemin patted Yuan Jun on the shoulder, he knew that this guy was the best impulsive, and he was the least reassuring: "Go back, Yuan Jun, I will communicate often in the future, and I can't cause trouble in the army." ”

The bell rang on the platform, the train was about to depart, and the crowd of people seeing them off suddenly erupted in earth-shattering cries. The educated youths on the train cried and stretched out their hands from the windows to say goodbye to their relatives, and the grief of parting instantly enveloped the entire platform.

Yuan Jun and Zheng Tong shook hands and said goodbye with tears in their eyes.

Zhong Yuemin smiled and stared at the weeping crowd, lighting a cigarette and pulling out a double-ring firecracker from his satchel.

The train slowly slid forward.

The cries in the crowd were louder, and many of the people who saw them off were running along with the sliding train.

Bang! Syllable! The double firecracker was lit by Zhong Yuemin.

The crowd was stunned, and the crying stopped abruptly.

Zhong Yuemin looked up to the sky and smiled: "The little family is angry, and it's not the execution ground, why are you crying?" The big husband is rampant all over the world, and this is just a little interesting, and the fun hasn't started yet......"

Yuan Jun in the crowd clasped his hands into fists and shouted: "Good job, Yuemin, you are a man......" His words did not fall, and tears welled up in his eyes......