On Tuesday the next day, the director of our department bought a few more pig bones from the locality, and I carried two of them back to the breeding class, looked around at no one on the left and right, clicked a knife, directly chopped half of them and put them in a feed bag, and the remaining one was half chopped and thrown into the pot to light the fire. He picked up a bag of fodder and ran to the wall and threw it outside into the woods.

When I came back, I pulled the blower and added firewood to the bottom of the pot ruthlessly, and it was estimated that it was almost over, so I told the squad leader and said that I would go to the service club. I changed my shirt and went around the wall, carrying pig bones and running to the power grid, this time I didn't rush out, I walked along the wall for a distance, and threw some of the thicker tree trunks that we usually cut off for the power grid.

Since the nearby mountains were all fenced off by us, firewood was a good thing for the people in the villages outside, and our troops often had local people smash holes in the walls to cut firewood.

I jumped out of the grid with my old trick, carrying a bag and dragging the trunk of a tree with a packing rope into the village. To be honest, there was no money at that time, and our allowance for the second year was only 35 yuan, so we had no choice but to get something for others, otherwise how embarrassing.

When I knocked on the old man's door sweaty, to the old man's startle, I said to bring some firewood for you to light the fire, the old man and the old lady thanked me a thousand times, and I took out the bones in the bag.

The old man froze and asked me what I meant.

"It's not interesting, this is for you, you eat the ribs, the big bones are stewed and fed to the dogs!" I raised my sleeve to wipe my sweat.

"Hey dogs?" the old man looked at me in surprise.

"Well, feed the dogs, so that you can get milk. I took out a cigarette and handed it to the old man, and I took one in my own and went to the kennel to see my puppy.

I took the pellet feed out of my trouser pocket and threw it to the, and the little pug wagged his tail and got up to eat. I was relieved to see that little thing lying on its back in the nest with a bulging belly.

The two old men strongly invited me into the house, the room was very small, and the light bulb was not expected to exceed 15 watts, so I sat on the side of the kang and chatted with the two old people.

"Young man, you're a soldier, aren't you?" the old man's first words startled me.

"Oh, what do you say?" I didn't want to admit it.

"Hehe, I'm over eighty years old, and I can tell at a glance when I walk and talk in the soldiers. The old man said with a smile.

"You're so accurate," I smiled wryly and patted my ass.

After the greetings, the words are not salty or light, what "are you old and long-lived?" and "is it bitter to be a soldier?". Just when I wanted to lift my ass and leave, the old man suddenly said, "Young man, be a soldier here, and try to go as little as possible to Dongpo." ”

"Why?" I was interested, did this old man know something, remembering his thrilling encounter a few days ago, and now that he didn't make it clear, he wouldn't leave with a stick.

The old man didn't open his mouth, he lowered his head and began to roll a cigarette, and I quickly took out one and handed it over to help him light it.

The old man smoked a cigarette and spoke unhurriedly: "Do you know what the name of this mountain is? What is the name of our Zhuangzi? What is the name of the river in front of the village?"

"The mountain is called Qinglong Mountain, I don't know the next two," I shook my head and replied.

"Yes, the mountain is called Qinglong Mountain, my village is called Qinglongzhuang, and the river in front of Zhuangzi is called Qinglong Bay."

"Why do you bring a green dragon, old man, do you think there really is a dragon?" I tried to ask.

"Yes, I've seen you!" the old man replied in the affirmative.

"What kind of thing?" I was even more interested, and I didn't even see a shadow last time, so I fled in fright.

"It's a long story, I was still a half-grown kid at that time, old woman, what year did we get married?"

"Twenty-nine years, you were 13 years old that year, I was 12 years old, your birthday was small, my birthday was big, in fact, I was only three months younger than you" The old lady responded with a bowl in the outhouse, and the old man talked a lot.

"Yes, that year, before the wall was built, and that's just the time, I remember I was wearing a little coat. At that time, the family had a few sheep. Don't underestimate these sheep, at that time, there were a few grass-fed sheep in the village, and it was not sad to have that day. When I got married to the old woman that year. I insisted that his father asked for two, oops, my father was distressed, and he hadn't fallen asleep for several days

"What's the matter, do you regret it?" the old lady wiped her hands and took half a dustpan of fried peanuts to the kang, and grabbed a handful for me.

"What do you regret, at that time I secretly ran to your Zhuangzi to see you, you and your sister were washing clothes by the river, I couldn't figure out which one was you, so I took a closer look, they were all really handsome

Damn, how can this dead old man be more off-topic than me, talking about how the dragon is talking about the sheep, look at the momentum and the signs of the romance of his youth. I hurriedly pulled out my cigarette and handed it another one.

The old man probably also felt that he was far away, and hurriedly continued, "My sheep, we are all waiting to see you as treasures."

My mother, why do you still talk about your sheep, I can't smile bitterly, but fortunately the old man didn't go far from this topic.

"Every morning, I rush to the mountains to graze and come back in the afternoon to drink. Don't dare to leave, if someone is going to be driven away, it's over, I have to watch. That morning I drove my sheep up the hill again, and a few came, and I thought about it, there were originally six, and his father had to go for two, and then there was another one."

Oh my God, I'm going to be old, but don't do that.

I quickly interrupted him, "What happened to you, old man?"

"I drove the sheep to graze on the southern slope, and I met the pillar that cut firewood, old woman, do you remember the pillar?"

"Why don't you remember, isn't it the lame man who was lying under our bed when we were in a round room?"