Chapter 17 Chapter Seventeen

While waiting for Li Jintang, Ouyang Hongmei suddenly thought of Wei Shizong's diaries.For more than ten years, she occasionally thought about that Wei Shizong.After all, the relationship that was neither short nor long had blossomed the flower of love.Wei Shizong's sudden arrest back then, and those few diaries that suddenly appeared, could it be a conspiracy?This idea had flashed in Ouyang Hongmei's mind before, but she didn't make a reasonable inference, because as soon as she thought about it, she would think of the disgusting words written down by Wei Shizong. Now that Bai Jian was plotted against again, Ouyang Hongmei's thoughts slipped into a narrow track.Yes, it was all arranged by him in advance.Well, before I saw those diaries back then, he must have seen them first.Disgusting, really disgusting!Is this also considered jealousy?Bai Jian came to check the account, why are you panicking, Li Jintang?Since you are not afraid of checking, why did you send someone to throw black bricks at him?

When Li Jintang appeared with a panicked expression, Ouyang Hongmei was still stuck in the corner: Li Jintang was the main messenger of this incident, and she herself was responsible for Bai Jian's beating. Li Jintang looked at Ouyang Hongmei, and stretched out his hand to touch Ouyang's forehead, "It's lukewarm, why is that?" Ouyang Hongmei pushed Li Jintang away, and said disgustedly, "Stay away from me." Li Jintang accepted With a smile on her face, "What happened?" Ouyang Hongmei snorted: "You can't figure it out? The big reporter from the China News Agency was beaten on the ground in Longquan. Why didn't I hear you? Shouldn't it be Someone take revenge on this white reporter because of me? Yes, I am your private property. I want to ask you, is it because of me that you did this.” Li Jintang shook his head when he heard that, “Do you think Where did you go? Didn’t you explain everything about the wine shop clearly that day? I really didn’t know about this beforehand.” Ouyang Hongmei sneered and said, “No man who touches me will end well. In the name of Gui Yansheng He was promoted to be the deputy head of Silong Township, and he has not moved in ten years. He is a sensible person, knowing that he will not be able to return to the county seat in this life, so he simply made a family in Silong Mountain. Dong Tianzhu of Siwa Village Party secretary, you raped me back then, you know, invited him to dinner a few times, and frightened him mad after returning home, Zhao He took him away, but his body was never found. Wei Shizong is going to marry me, All of a sudden, he became a vandal and looter, and returned to Liucheng with a dishonorable appraisal. He couldn't hold his head up for more than ten years. Don't you know? There are 840,000 people in Longquan County, 839,999 Nineteen people didn't have the guts to beat the reporters of the China News Agency half to death and cover their heads with sacks. These unlucky men are all related to this woman, which is terrible. Anyway, I will credit this debt to I'm on my own head."

Li Jintang smiled wryly and said: "It's up to you to believe it or not. Shen Yubao led people to do this. I went to him yesterday morning. Bai Jian published an article on "Liucheng Daily" that ordered Wu Yufang's death. Yubao saw the matter, and led someone to fight Bai Jian. Alas——I know that there will always be such a day in the matter between you and me. I am afraid of this result, but I always think about it." Li Jintang paused , Seeing that the anger on Ouyang Hongmei’s face didn’t dissipate at all, she thought to herself: She wouldn’t believe it, so she gritted her teeth and said, “I’ve never hidden anything from you about what Jintang did. That bastard Dong Tianzhu can be said to scare me.” Yes, he left like this, it's a good idea, before the "Cultural Revolution", I would not let him die like this. If you say anything else, I will be wronged. As I said, one day you are unhappy, take a broom to sweep I just went out. As soon as I heard the phone call, I guessed that it might be because of Bai Jian. I brought you the newspaper, you can read it. Gui Yansheng didn’t want to come back. The organization department decided to transfer him twice He didn’t want to come back to be the director of the Forestry Bureau. You can make a phone call and ask Minister Wen of the Organization Department. I think you have guessed about Wei Shizong’s matter. You don’t know, tell me that you fell in love with I have married someone, and I want to marry him, and fly to Liucheng together with him, how uncomfortable I am. I wholeheartedly hope that you will be happy and you will become a great artist. Ever since I heard you sing the first song "Chen Chen" in Siwa "Three Twos", that's what I thought, and it hasn't changed for more than ten years. Only after two ups and downs, I know how precious you are to me. I have become ruthless, and the road is deep. Forced, it is all forced It came out! You don’t know what I was thinking about during the two years I was in the cadre school for the second time. I never wanted to tell you bluntly. I think, with your talent and experience, I will only do it for you wholeheartedly It is enough to see. I have done enough work in the cadre school when I was seventeen or eighteen years old. If I have not done enough, I will not go to your house with Mr. Kong to be a guy. What did I join the revolution for? It is to live to become the Master However, I have been working hard for more than ten years, and I will collapse if I say it. I am not willing. God opened my eyes and let me meet you in my life. In those years, I was thinking, take everything away, and leave me a Xiaomeimei. But when I have the strength to look for you again, you fell in love with Wei Shizong. When I came out of the towel factory, I was thinking and thinking in the car, but I couldn't think of a good way to snatch you from Wei Shizong. Come here. He's your man of choice, and I can only respect your choice. Back home, I've been away from work for a few days, just drinking alone. Yes, I've thought about violently taking you back. For years, I've Think of yourself as a tiger. I scolded this Wei Shizong, I scolded in my heart. I thought to myself: You are a little technician, you dare to touch my people! But, I can't say to him so confidently .I don't have this right. It's not that I didn't want to walk with you to complete the worldly union. It's just that I dare not take such a risk. I'm a person who seeks perfection. I won't talk about these. On that day, the hot spring and the new spring dragged me When I went out to drink, I got drunk and scolded Wei Shizong. At that time, Wenquan and Xinquan were transferred to clean up, vandalize and loot the office, and I happened to be in charge of this matter. A few days later, Wenquan brought me Wei Shizong's couple This diary reports Wei Shizong'sIn the early days of the 'Cultural Revolution', he participated in the activities of the 'Jinggangshan' Corps.I've only read one diary, and I don't think he's a man.I’ll persuade you directly, but I’m afraid I won’t be able to persuade you, so I’ll ask someone to send the diary back to his dormitory and put it away, waiting for you to read it yourself.I just don't think you should marry him.By doing so, at least two years of imprisonment would be spared. Does he still feel aggrieved by giving him a testimonial?Xiaomeimei, I will become a real person only in front of you. I have no secrets to hide from you.Bai Jian knew you before, you are my wife, what can I do to him?Lately you have changed a lot and changed. "After that, he moved his legs and walked towards the door.

Ouyang Hongmei put down the newspaper, leaned forward subconsciously, and couldn't help shouting: "Jintang—" Seeing Li Jintang stop, he didn't know what to say.He wasn't hiding anything, nothing.It's not easy to do, but he does it well.Ouyang Hongmei even felt a whole body of comfort from these words.No matter what Li Jintang did to others, couldn't he express his love for her, Ouyang Hongmei? "Jintang—" she yelled again, "I may be a little nervous. However, I am so angry, it is not cheating. You have not fully opened up to me, and you still have a lot of secrets. I have never figured it out, you Why have you been protecting this Shen Yubao? What is your relationship with him? Tell me! Even if he is one of your illegitimate children, it doesn't matter."

Li Jintang smiled wryly, but did not answer immediately.What is the relationship between himself and Shen Yubao is really difficult to answer.Ouyang Hongmei pursed her lips and smiled, "Have you encountered a scar? You can't hide it from me! Li Jintang can trample on the principles of life for a new rich man who is suspected of killing his wife. There must be a big secret in it. Are you still afraid that I will report you No way?" Li Jintang only felt his head pounding, and then he saw everything that happened in the flood more than ten years ago. Shen Yubao held a door panel with one hand, and rowed desperately to the west with the other hand.The naked younger sister Yuling lay on the door panel.Cao Gaihuan tightly grasped his daughter's ankle with one hand, and tightly hugged the half wooden telephone pole under his naked body with the other.The water was still rising sharply, and the family of three decided to move to the high mound one mile away to the west.After swimming the five or six hundred meters, Shen Yubao was exhausted. He helped his mother up to the edge of the mound, and saw something darker and darker to the north, like a wall turned upside down. "Run up quickly—" He pushed his sister vigorously, but something in the water tripped him up.When he got up again, it was a step too late. A wave rushed him to the southeast, and the second wave buried him in a depth of three or four meters.Another reservoir has burst.Shen Yubao surfaced again, took a breath, looked back to the west, but the mound was no longer visible, so he had to follow the flood to the southeast.The rainy night seemed far-reaching and vast, and the whole world was completely controlled by the flood.He felt that the god of death was approaching him step by step, and the movement of the paddling arm was getting slower and slower, not like paddling, but more like crawling in mud.The body is getting heavier and heavier, and the lower half is no longer in control.Sink, struggle out, and sink again.Dying, dying, he thought.When he sank again, he came across a thin pillar and hurriedly climbed up. Just as his head came out, he was already grasping the top of a tree.When he was about to lose his hold, a black round object floated past him, and he jumped on it with all his might, only to realize that it was a stack of straw.After taking a few breaths, he felt a wriggling coldness under his buttocks. He stretched out his hand and scratched down. There was a black object two or three feet long twisting in his hand. He screamed: "Snake!" The snake was caught by him. It was thrown into the water.With the help of the twilight in the sky and water, he saw many living creatures on the top of the straw pile, including snakes, mice, and what seemed like a cat.The survival instinct allows these animals, which are natural enemies, to live in peace on the top of the straw pile temporarily.Shen Yubao saw that the straw stack was colliding with something that looked like a tree crown. He grabbed a branch and jumped onto the tree trunk.This is a relatively large pine tree. Shen Yubao climbed to the top of the tree, and quickly found a branch in the water that he could rely on.I don't know how long it took, the sky became brighter, and the raindrops were no longer so heavy and thick.At this time, he saw the scale of the tree crown clearly, and he breathed a deep sigh of relief, feeling that the fear of death was gradually receding.With such a big tree, there must be a village nearby, and if there is a village, there will be houses and food. He quickly made a judgment.After swimming most of the night, hunger and sleepiness quickly filled the space that fear had just vacated.Suddenly, he saw a person jumping head up on the water. "Help..." He heard a faint cry for help.Without the slightest hesitation, he jumped down from the treetop and swam towards that person with all his might. "Catch—" he called to the resurfaced head.The man really had no strength, stretched out his hand and sank again.Shen Yubao stroked quickly, grabbed the man from behind, and stroked forward along the water with one hand.A huge black protrusion and a large tree crown appeared in front of it, and when you took a closer look, the protrusion was a roof.He dragged the man up the slope of the house, but he couldn't hold on anymore, so he threw himself on the man and fell asleep.

After an unknown amount of time, Shen Yubao heard a low moan.Standing up and looking, he was so startled that he hurriedly climbed a few feet up the slope of the house.The nude body of a very mature woman was lying on the slope of the house, with a pair of pink panties hanging on one ankle.Shen Yubao saw that the girl's long hair had been soaked in water, and wanted to pull her up again.After hesitating for a while, he reached out and grabbed the girl's ankle and dragged it upwards.When she was about to reach the ridge, the girl woke up completely and saw that she was being pulled towards the roof by a man who was also almost naked. She screamed and kicked the other foot towards Shen Yubao's shoulder.Shen Yubao sat down on the ridge of the house, and the girls tumbled into the water.Shen Yubao hurriedly moved his body down to save others.The girl's head protruded from the water, and her hands were tightly grasping the roof tiles.Seeing the girl's vigilant eyes, Shen Yubao was furious and cursed, "Your mother, you are running for your life! If I didn't save you just now, you would have drowned already. If you want to live, give me your hand quickly. "The girl stretched out her hand obediently this time.The two climbed up to the ridge again, and the girl was really naked this time, and her pink trousers were hanging on the eaves.The girl clamped her legs tightly, her knees resting on her chest, and she still glanced at Shen Yubao from time to time with vigilant and fearful eyes.Shen Yubao set up an awning to look east, and gave the girl a blank look, "What are you looking at! You are afraid that I will take advantage of you, and I still think you are a burden!... You pinched my arm to bleed in the water, and you have to take advantage of it!" Turn your face and deny anyone when you come up. You can resign yourself to your fate here. I'll go." As he spoke, he walked down the slope of the house and jumped into the water.The girl stood up in shock, and called out: "Brother——" Shen Yubao took off the red underwear on the eaves and threw it at Fangpo, "It's too late to call Big Brother. Aren't I just born ugly? Damn, everyone I don’t like it. Listen, the water is still rising, if it’s dark and the water still can’t fall, you swim to that big tree, stay on the roof, and if the house collapses, you will die.” , Shen Yubao swam towards a large piece of naked blue-gray far away in the east.He judged that it might be a high ground.But once he got into the water, he couldn't help it.He didn't swim very far when he slipped into a torrent, rushed for several miles, and swam out of the torrent with all his might, the gray field was no longer visible.There were corpses floating everywhere on the surrounding water, Shen Yubao immediately regretted it, and cursed in his heart as he swam: "I'll drown you, you heartless bitch." Looking at the boundless flood again, he said in his heart: "Today's bad luck, it's not as good as hitting her just now. His mother has never touched a woman in this life. I'm going to kill your ancestor, you stinky bitch!" After swimming for a while, he saw a bald head in the distance. Moving freely on the surface of the water, I was amazed in my heart, "My water skills are good enough, this person can step on the water in the flood like walking on flat ground!" Stand up straight.It turned out that there was a mound under the surface of the water.The bearded, bald man was weaving a large wooden raft out of rope in the water.

"Brother, you're so good at water!" The bald head glanced at Shen Yubao, "You are the first living person I saw. The flood came so fast." Shen Yubao saw some clothes on the wooden raft. There were a few white steamed buns poking their heads at the cracks in the big paper bag. He couldn't help but took two steps towards the wooden raft, swallowed a few times, and stretched out his small hands from his eyes to touch the white steamed buns.The bald head squinted at Shen Yubao, and he already understood that Shen Yubao was hungry, so he didn't talk to him, tied a knot in the rope, cut it off with a shining three-edged scraper, straightened his waist and said, "Eternal life and life-saving pills cost several thousand dollars a pill." Yuan." Shen Yubao tore his gaze from the white steamed bun, staring blankly at the bald head.The bald man grinned, showing his big canine teeth, "Oh, you don't understand the analogy. In good years, sweet potatoes are a coarse grain. In bad years, elm bark can be eaten as a elixir. One thousand yuan a piece, not expensive, right? This huge number startled Shen Yubao, and Shen Yubao took a step back, "It's enough for me to marry a wife, and I'll pay you a hundred catties of wheat after eating it for one day?" I met you today, and it took me 500 years to practice. Let’s not talk about this white steamed bun that looks like a woman’s breast. Let me tell you something. A few days ago, I thought of this great flood. The rain was so strange that it stopped and went down and went on and on, and I hadn’t rested for half a month. I slept two days ago and had a dream, which was even more strange. I thought, I should make this fortune. I left the city the afternoon before yesterday without bringing anything. I weighed six catties of steamed buns, bought two big ropes, and took this knife. When I repaired the reservoir, I was in the largest I worked as an accountant on the construction site, and others went to listen to the "highest instructions", so I worked hard on the account. I believed in money. Later, I worked in a quarry for three years, and there was a machine gun at the exit of the quarry. Well, I don't Wasted time beating around the bush with you. I've been through labor because I won't spit out the 20,000 bucks. I've done a good job in the quarry and want to come out early to enjoy the 20,000 bucks, 'old three' I can carry it backwards, reducing seven years to five years, and reducing five years to three years. I came out the year before last. Think about it, can this kind of reservoir withstand this kind of heavy rain? After I come out, I will take the guys up the mountain Go to dig money. It’s his grandma’s negligence for a day. He didn’t put the earthen jars like the old rich people did. It’s all fucking rotten! Otherwise, I still need to suffer this foreign crime today. I spent a day Time, I chose this mound. It’s so good here. It’s on the east bank of the Zhao River, and there’s a lumberyard above it. It’s just to the north, which happens to be the county seat. Half of the city wall in the north of the city was demolished after liberation, and the other half couldn’t hold back the flood. Yes. In this half of the city, there are banks, shops, and everything. Tell me, isn’t this money everywhere waiting for us to pick it up?” Shen Yubao understood more or less, and asked timidly: “Isn’t it saving people? The bald head smiled, "You haven't got a family yet, have you? To save someone? We have to save her. Let's save the big girl. Let's save the pretty little daughter-in-law. She's become a little widow today. Save her life, She has served you for the rest of your life, and you can call and ride. Now it’s time to talk about this bun. You want to do it with me. I just need a helper. Just eat the white bun, listen to me and do things, don’t think about the future If you sell me, you can get three or seven things, you three or seven." The corrupt criminal waved the three-edged scraper in front of Shen Yubao, "Don't do it, you follow your golden path, and I will drill into my locust tree forest." Said Stop taking out a steamed bun from the plastic bag inside the newspaper and chewing.The awl rain began to fall again, and the bald head simply tore up the newspaper and threw it away with a steamed bun in his mouth.

Shen Yubao wiped the rainwater from his face, swiped his eyes around the white flood, and thought in his heart: first fill his stomach, then wait until the time comes, and dive away, what can he do?He said a few very good words like a self-taught teacher: "Fate is picked, if you don't make a fortune at this time, when will you wait? It's 30-70, don't change your mind, I'll do it with you. I'll sell you ? Don’t you sell me too.” The bald head touched a steamed bun and threw it to Shen Yubao.Shen Yubao swallowed it in three or four mouthfuls, squatted down, and took another small mouthful to chew unceremoniously.The surface of the water was covered with a layer of mist like gauze.The embezzler squinted his eyes at the sky, and said in a commanding tone: "The corpse has been soaking in the middle of the night, it should be floating. Be alert, don't doze off, and sleep enough on the woman's golden tits when you have enough fish. Push in the deep water." Standing on the wooden raft, Shen Yubao looked at the vast water with a miserable smile on his face.He remembered a word he learned in junior high school: follow the crowd.

"Damn, hold on, hold on, poke the ground with a bamboo pole. With the way you do it, you'll actually be discharged at the Han River at night. See that tree, lean over it, and see if there's anything hanging on it." "One floated over, it was an old man—" "Stop." The embezzler took off the old man's watch, picked it up to look at it, listened to it, and danced, "The market is open, the market is open, and the time-honored Innag gold-cased horseshoe watch is sold at a cheap price of 800 yuan." He put Put the watch into a special canvas bag, look at the crooked corpse on the wooden raft, and kick it over, "Don't forget to save another one for me in your next life, so you can rest in peace." so easy.If he had a bald head and kept his promise, he would have earned two hundred and forty yuan in one minute!Shen Yubao's spirit was refreshed, his eyeballs flicked back and forth on the surface of the water.The embezzler captured Shen Yubao's changes, and praised him greatly: "Little brother, you are a fast learner! I can tell at a glance that you are an online person. Your eyes are smaller, but spotlight, what do you think, it can speak."

A huge floating object came swimming, and Shen Yubao bent down to catch it. There were some fabrics inside, and he really wanted to save it to make good clothes in the future.The bald head pushed the fabric away with a pole without hesitation. Seeing that Shen Yubao was still a little lingering, he said cunningly: "This thing is heavy and worthless. Remember, look for small and valuable items, such as watches, cash, and Jewelry at the bottom of the box. It was these things that weighed us down, and in the underworld, Lord Hades is not as thick as our waist.” It didn’t take long for the canvas bag to grow fatter as if it had taken hormones.Every time Shen Yubao glanced at the bag, his heart pounded for a while.They rowed the raft into a forest, and the embezzlers touched the clothes hanging on the treetops one by one, packed the cash and food stamps, and threw other things randomly on the raft.Shen Yubao was taken aback by something thrown out of a woman's dress: a folded envelope with several unopened condoms.Shen Yubao supported the pole with one hand, bent down to pick up the letter, and took it out curiously.Some handwriting is somewhat blurred, but it is generally legible.

"What do you see?" the bald head said, "Hurry up!" Shen Yubao threw the letter into the water and muttered, "Oh, it's not fair, I gave him wild food to sleep with a hot quilt!" The wood came out The woods drift toward what looks like a village.Only one roof is exposed above the water. "Brother—help me—" a woman's voice drifted over.Shen Yubao bent down and looked, and saw a topless woman swaying with the current in the crown of a poplar tree.The raft was blocked by two other trees and could not be crossed.The muscles at the corners of the bald man's mouth twitched, "Go down and bring her over." The girl climbed onto the raft and immediately curled up into a ball of meat, weeping.Shen Yubao picked up a bald dress on the raft and threw it to the girl.The bald head squatted down with his back to Shen Yubao.The girl begged, "Uncle, Uncle, don't...you save my life, and I will repay you. Big brother, big brother." The eyes looking over the shoulder of the bald head and looking directly at Shen Yubao for help.The released prisoner stood up as if nothing had happened, grabbed the three-edged spatula, touched the water beads on it with his hand, and said to himself: "I had a wife, but she divorced me later. Brother, everything comes first." Back. When the opportunity comes, it’s up to you whether you dare to catch it.” Shen Yubao felt terrified.This place is a low-lying area and the water flows very slowly.Without this girl, Shen Yubao would have jumped into the water immediately after hearing these words. There are trees and roofs one or two hundred meters to the southeast, and he can run away.However, the girl's gaze made him unable to move.The three of them were in such a stalemate for a while, the raft lost control and swayed on the water.The girl didn't wait for Shen Yubao to express her attitude, she chose to dive by herself.The embezzler caught the girl as soon as he jumped, and said to Shen Yubao with a smile: "Don't be stupid, you have everything, including this girl. You row towards the woods, I can't wait." Shen Yubao was stunned. , the bald head had thrown the girl onto the raft, and then there was a sharp scream.The prisoners released from the labor camp jumped up.Shen Yubao saw that the three-edged spatula had been pierced between the girl's firm breasts, and the girl was holding the handle tightly with both hands.Shen Yubao didn't dare to hesitate any longer, picked up the steamed buns, jumped into the water, and swam to the rooftops in the distance.The bald head reacted, "Brother, don't go." Knowing that it won't help, he pulled out the scraper and danced, "Fuck you, son of a bitch, I can't spare you! There are your fingerprints on the watch, it's your mother's life Big." Shen Yubao rode on the roof, hugged the bag of steamed buns tightly, looked at the wooden raft and bald head that blended into the sky and water, and burst into tears.After eating two steamed buns and drinking a few sips of rainwater with his head raised, Shen Yubao heard the call of death again.The rain has not stopped, and the flood has not shown any sign of subsiding. On the top of Funiu Mountain, 800 miles to the north, black and yellow rain clouds are still rolling violently.A sound came, and Shen Yubao raised his ears to hear the sound of a motor. He suddenly stood up from the roof, waving his steamed bun clothes with tears in his eyes.A speedboat approached from a distance on the water. Shen Yubao climbed into the speedboat and didn't have the strength to stand up anymore.A tall and burly middle-aged man came over, followed by a young man holding an umbrella for him.The middle-aged man asked solemnly and sadly, "Which commune are you from?" Shen Yubao hurriedly sat up and replied, "From Stone Buddha Temple", "How many people escaped from your village?" Shen Yubao shook his head, two lines of tears rolled down, Muttering, "Before the flood came, someone went to Xigang. My mother and my sister and I left Shenjiaying, and about a hundred more people went to the house. I didn't know later." The middle-aged man stared There was a light like a loving father in his eyes, and he stretched out his hand to gently press the top of Shen Yubao's head, and said with nostalgia and guilt: "Shenjiaying is a depression, and it is next to the river. I don't know how many old acquaintances I have known in this flood. The party and the government are ashamed of you for not notifying you to evacuate in advance. This account will be settled sooner or later. Endless meetings and quarrels, ignoring the quality of those reservoirs built in the past few years, and mentioning that these reservoirs may have problems Shanggang went online, saying that I had ulterior motives, viciously attacked the "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution", and threatened to send me back to the cowshed. I was delayed for two days, and how many lives were lost! Without these reservoirs, where would Longquan be today? Great catastrophe! This account must be settled. Eternal sinners, these eternal sinners. I, Li Jintang, am ashamed of Longquan, and I am ashamed of you!" Shen Yubao has been looking at a machine gun on the deck of the speedboat. He was terrified to see the several feet long yellow bullets. Another middle-aged man stepped onto the deck, "Deputy Director Li, I have arranged for speedboats and personnel to patrol near the bank in the morning, and there will be no major problems there." Li Jintang nodded silently, "You can inform the affected communes again, Ask them to arrange manpower to protect the credit unions of the communes, government confidential offices, and archives. I heard that the prison released all the detainees last night? Don’t be held accountable for this matter. Prisoners are human beings. You try to notify the disaster victims. , and issued a notice to let the detainees report to the disaster victims. Strictly order all the disaster relief teams, whoever encounters a looting person, regardless of the severity of the behavior, will be punished on the spot. In an extraordinary period, if you tolerate it, it will definitely affect the hearts of the people and the disaster relief work The overall situation." Shen Yubao broke out in a cold sweat.At this moment, he saw the wooden raft on the water in the distance, and his breathing became short of breath.Li Jintang turned his face and asked, "Young man, what's wrong with you?" Shen Yubao pointed to the wooden raft, "He, he wiped his watch, killed... people..." Li Jintang sullenly said, "This is the fifth incident. Xiao Zhang, shoot." The young man handed the umbrella to Li Jintang and climbed onto the deck skillfully.After a series of explosions, the bald head no longer existed.The speedboat approached the raft and found no evidence of any crime.Li Jintang stared at him coldly.Shen Yubao was so startled that his soul went out of his body. He said, "He has a bag," and jumped into the water. After about a minute or two, Shen Yubao came out of the water and raised the canvas bag with both hands.Li Jintang bent down and touched the pocket, and found that the pocket was tied to the raft with a thin rope.After cutting the rope, dozens of watches and a pile of banknotes and food stamps were poured out of his pocket.Li Jintang picked up the machine gun, aimed at the bald corpse lying on the wooden raft, and pulled the trigger until the bullets ran out.Shen Yubao was startled and frightened, and passed out. Li Jintang squatted down, stretched out his hand to pinch Shen Yubao's Renzhong acupoint, saw Shen Yubao's eyelids move, and asked sharply, "What's your name?" Shen Yubao could only open his eyes, with a look of fear on his face, and replied tremblingly, "Shen Yubao." "What's your father's name?" "Shen Baoshuan." "Your mother's name is Cao Gaihuan?" "yes." Li Jintang said softly, "Do you have any brothers?" "Only one sister." "You were born in 51?" "yes." Li Jintang's tense face gradually relaxed, and the murderous intent gathered between his brows dissipated, and he said with a dark face: "I know your parents. You have lost them too much! Fortunately, I know that you are the only one of them." A son, or else... young man, be a good man." Li Jintang looked carefully at Shen Yubao again, and felt that this young man looked familiar to him, but he couldn't tell where he was familiar.At this time, Li Jintang didn't know that his only son had died to save the three prisoners. Shen Yubao saw Li Jintang again on a warm and sunny morning eight years later.Li Jintang no longer recognizes Shen Yubao. He can't distinguish between the black and thin rural youth with cowardly and humble eyes in the great flood and the oily face in suit and leather shoes in front of him, and the obvious greed and lust in his eyes. A man who is sly, who can express a smile that has been practiced countless times and has become a physiological reaction, who has obviously developed a little, and who feels a little arrogant in his self-confidence.Shen Yubao talked endlessly about the kindness of Li Jintang, who had been bathed by the Shen family, that his father and mother had told him countless times.This unmistakable and unsophisticated lie did not arouse Li Jintang's disgust, but instead aroused his interest in inquiry.Li Jintang looked at Shen Yubao carefully, with loving eyes.He felt that he had grown fond of the young man.It was the first time that he fell in love with a young man so quickly.How strange.Times make heroes!It has only been three to five years since the reform and opening up, and such an inconspicuous little thing has turned out to be the body of a person. The truth of the saying "Schools should be admired for three days" seems to be true.Li Jintang took the tea made by Chunying, handed it to Shen Yubao with his own hands, and said affectionately: "Yubao, speak slowly, speak slowly, don't worry, don't rush. The things between me and your parents are over. Let’s talk about your own business.” When Shen Yubao entered the door empty-handed, he took out a large cowhide envelope from his suit pocket, handed it to Li Jintang respectfully with both hands, and said, “Secretary Li, Uncle Li. Months ago, I learned from the deputy director of the Foreign Trade Bureau that my second sister, Xianghong, was going to marry the eldest son of the district bureau chief Qian. Please accept the gift of two thousand yuan. I know it’s a bit late. But according to According to Longquan's custom, we can add more boxes." Li Jintang took it with a smile.Chunying was deeply surprised by this.The eldest daughter, Xiangyan, is married to the second son of Secretary-General Zhong of the Provincial Committee of the provincial capital. The second daughter is married to the eldest son of Director Qian of the Liucheng District Personnel Bureau. Li Jintang only accepts gifts from his immediate relatives, and all gifts from others have already been returned. , why charge two thousand yuan from this young man who came home for the first time?In this period, Li Jintang's authority in Longquan is facing unprecedented challenges.The challenger was Ren Huaiqiu, who returned to Longquan as the first secretary of the county party committee.Ren Huaiqiu, as an underground party member of Longquan, surfaced when Longquan County was first liberated, and sat on the rostrum where a certain unit of Chen Xie's army held a ceremony for entering the city.After the county fell again, Ren Huaiqiu was imprisoned for eight months, and was almost beheaded by the Returning Home Mission.With these capitals, Ren Huaiqiu became the first deputy secretary of the Longquan County Party Committee in the third year of liberation, and has been Li Jintang's superior for several years. On the eve of the "Four Cleanups", Ren Huaiqiu was promoted to the head of the Organization Department of the prefectural committee.After the Cultural Revolution ended, Ren Huaiqiu was seriously ill and did not come out to work for three or four years.After he recovered from his illness, he chose to work in Longquan.After more than two years of fighting openly and secretly, Li Jintang did not gain the upper hand.Relying on his profound experience, Ren Huaiqiu even directly pointed out the relationship between Li Jintang and Ouyang Hongmei, and asked Li Jintang to keep the revolutionary party.In the past two years, Li Jintang finally discovered Ren Huaiqiu's only weakness: conservative.After Li Jintang saw the general trend of the society, relying on Qin Jiang's influence, he forcibly carried out all-round reforms in Longquan.At this time, he needs to present multiple models.Can Shen Yubao take on this role?Li Jintang decided to give it a try.After all, Shen Yubao is the son of an old friend, so he naturally has three-point relatives.What's more, I have inexplicably fallen in love with this young man.The woman named Cao Gaihuan is the young man's mother, so I should help them even more, even if it is to pay off a bad debt.Li Jintang didn't even say thank you, he threw the envelope on the coffee table casually, leaned forward slightly, "Yubao, it seems that you are doing well now. Did Lianchengsuo call you here? What's the matter?" You can tell me anything, as long as Uncle Li can help, I will definitely help." Shen Yubao was overjoyed, owed his buttocks, and sat upright, "That's right, I opened a camel hair and down processing factory. Now this money, It’s not that I’m bragging, earning money is like sweeping leaves. A few years ago, it was miserable. My father-in-law gave me 500 yuan as the capital, bought ten glass rings, and lost them all. Later, I also got it Some glass rings were sold as emerald rings, and they earned some money. Later, they were repatriated after a big fight in Xi'an. After beating a lot, they realized some truth. Doing business now is just a good idea. Time. If it’s all true, you can’t make a lot of money. If it’s all fake, it might cause accidents. Making big money is between the real and the fake. This way, it’s real. You can talk about Moutai and Wuliangye. A bottle of one or two hundred, and those who fake it will surely make a fortune. Knowing the truth and the fake is easy to deal with. Buy a bottle of Moutai and put ten yuan a bottle of Dongjiu in it; buy a bottle of Wuliangye, put four yuan多一瓶的尖庄装进去，除非是品酒师和酒仙酒鬼能品出来，常人谁能识破？茅台和董酒香型一样，都用一条赤水河的水；五粮液和尖庄香型一样，干脆是一个厂出的。所以，这生意就能做长了。利润呢？百分之千，百分之几千。我这么说，不是说我在做假酒，我要干了这种事，打死我也不敢来见你。我只是打个比方。吃的东西，马虎不得，弄不好就出了人命，人命关天。这种风险，我不会冒的。用的东西就不一样了。去年我到广州，十五块钱买块布料，说是不怕火烧，用打火机烤了，果真没事，回来做成了裤子，洗了一水，粘个火星就是一个洞。啥原因？布上涂了东西不怕火，水把东西洗掉了，又和普通的布一样了。全国有多少人抽烟？抽烟人都怕烧裤子，有了不怕火的布，抽烟的人都想弄成一条裤子穿。知道这布不耐火，不过笑一笑，骂一声了事。上当的人总不会断种，行话说，老的骗怕了，小的又长大了，这种事咱也不干。为啥？说得太实，怕不怕火，一烧就知道了。我细琢磨一下，在虚的上面做点文章好。譬如说暖和不暖和，说暖和就暖和，说不暖和就不暖和。这样，我就选了做驼毛和羽绒。这生意一做，真行。如今是货物供不应求。上个月有个外国人买了一批货，前两天又来电报要。我想把规模扩大一些。流动资金又不够了。”李金堂听出来点眉目了，申玉豹这是吃人们一个感觉，沉默了一会儿问道：“你一块钱，回本要多少时间，利有多大？”申玉豹说：“李叔是个行家。照现在的订货单子，这么说吧，一块钱一年能净赚十块钱。”李金堂听得连连点头。挤走任怀秋，需要各个领域的硬件。任怀秋上任后，几次对包产到户提出非议，对个体经济更是冷眼相待。如果能尽快扶植一个能在全地区叫响的农民企业家，就能给任怀秋致命一击。要是龙泉铁板一块，李金堂树这个典型要便当得多，只用全力保证一两个个体户的低息或是无息贷款就足够了。如今打的是内战，这种办法就行不通了。申玉豹的经营方针，让李金堂看到了速成一个百万富翁的希望。他兴奋地说：“年轻时，我家里也苦，在欧阳家的一家绸缎庄里当过三年相公，对经营这一行，略知一二。如今这几年，物质财富确实增长很快，也有很多人很快富了起来。你有想法，人又年轻，前途不可限量。只要你不做违法乱纪的事，李叔都支持你。你不但要挣钱，眼界要再放开阔一些，将来准备成就成一方人物，光宗耀祖。当年我给你爹也说过类似的话，可惜他死早了。他是个外粗内秀的人。你说这钱这么好挣，我有点不大信。记得马克思说过，有百分之三十的利润，资本家敢把身家性命都投进去。你说一块钱一年可净赚十块钱，一个月就是百分之百的利润。你可别算错了账，一年一块钱赚不回十块钱可怎么办？”申玉豹急了，“李叔，多的我不敢说，你给一万，一年后我要挣不回五万，我把申字倒着写了。”李金堂道：“你要多少钱？”申玉豹说：“能给我贷来十万就中。”李金堂站起来说：“我给你贷五十万，明年要是你连本都赔进去了，你可知道有什么果子给你吃。” 第二年春天，申玉豹果真用这五十万赚回了整整三百万，成了龙泉个体经济的龙头人物。申玉豹的成功，又成为任怀秋和李金堂间政治斗争的转折点。李金堂利用地区小报宣传申玉豹的机会，把龙泉县领导班子已达白热化的矛盾公之于众，任怀秋自然扮着改革道路上绊脚石的角色。那年秋天，任怀秋气得三次大吐血，不得不退回柳城休养。紧接着，李金堂“重建龙泉手工业”的计划也得到实现，全县新添绸机十万张，大小玉雕厂五十余个。这场旷日持久的龙虎之斗，李金堂大获全胜，成了柳城地区赫赫有名的改革家。 任怀秋病重住院期间，李金堂以龙泉县委第一副书记兼县长的身份，主持龙泉全面工作。地委组织部提出方案让李金堂出任龙泉县委书记，征求李金堂意见时，李金堂却说：“任书记在龙泉虽无大功，却也无过，这样安排，恐怕让群众误会任书记犯了什么错误。”这件事一搁就是三年，任怀秋病愈后，自己主动提出离开龙泉，组织上安排他当了柳城主管农业的副专员。地委组织部再次提出给李金堂扶正时，李金堂又说：“中央正提出干部年轻化，提我上来不合适。我在龙泉几十年，各方面都熟，愿意把这么多年摸索出的经验贡献给更年轻的同志，让他们尽快成熟。”和任怀秋的几年较量，李金堂真正成熟起来了。回想二十多年的政治生涯，所有和他年龄相仿的县委第一书记，都和他产生过不可调和的矛盾，比较而言，他更希望和比他年轻很多的第一把手共事。又隔近一年，李金堂等来了小他十二岁的刘清松。 申玉豹像他的父亲申宝栓一样，成为李金堂走向政治生涯黄金时期的大功臣。 李金堂和申玉豹的这层关系，欧阳洪梅十分谙熟。这么解释他对申玉豹的无原则的爱护，等于说谎。欧阳洪梅早就说过：“申玉豹只是你棋盘上的一只棋子，遇到难局，你会毫不犹豫弃掉他。他能成为龙泉首富，不过是因为你分给了他这样一个角色。这个角色却是任何一个平庸的演员都能胜任的。” 李金堂犹豫着，不知道该不该告诉欧阳洪梅自己和申玉豹的金钱交易。 李金堂转身回到大沙发上坐下，试着解释说：“阿拉伯世界，流传着这样一则寓言。说有个国王，后宫紧挨着属于他的金库。国王白天里清醒，知道金库里的黄金属于他。到了晚上，国王就糊涂，常把金库当成别人的。每当夜深人静，国王就溜出寝宫，到金库取一些金砖放在枕头下才能入睡。第二天起来，他一开金口准是说：把昨天夜里真主赐下的金砖放到金库去。这个国王怎么样？”欧阳洪梅笑道：“不怎么样。这个故事和申玉豹有关吗？”李金堂说：“从前我也要笑话这个国王，认为他不明白国王的含义，不知道遍地黄金都属于他这个事实。后来，经的事多了，我才领悟这国王其实是个悲剧人物，实际上，他是怕，怕他变得一贫如洗。'文革'以前，我自认为比这个国王高明，一心一意为龙泉做事。我以为这么做就是为自己。第一次进干校，我就能理解这个国王了。是的，金库的黄金是属于国王，而且永远属于国王。可是，真主也无法保证这些黄金会永远属于这一个国王。如果这个国王从龙座上下来，金库钥匙也会被迫交出去。你知道，我曾经想成为像你祖父那样的富人。多年来，社会没给我提供任何暴富的机会。玉豹致富的速度，让我感到心惊肉跳。这种魔术，看起来很刺激。所以……” 欧阳洪梅取来紫砂茶壶，沏着茶水笑道：“所以你就想经常玩玩这种魔术。不，是想经常看看这种魔术。你呀，有时候的心理，匪夷所思，叫我无法琢磨透。申玉豹能替你圆了一个富翁梦？鬼才相信！”李金堂一看欧阳洪梅这样作了解释，暂时咽下了和申玉豹交易的真相。他接过茶壶，吸吮一小口，“我太求全了，这不好。玉豹这种整法，会走向死路的。他再出啥事，我就不管了。” 真的不管他了吗？话一出口，李金堂又犹豫起来。存在他名下的一百零八万，该怎么处理？把一百零八万交给申玉豹，实在是个错误。 申玉豹在一年内把五十万变成三百万，给李金堂带来很大震动。一个心思活动起来：我要不做这个官，会不会在商场上干一番超过当年欧阳恭良的事业呢？任怀秋第一次吐血后，李金堂召见了申玉豹。李金堂道：“玉豹，这一年，你干得不错。李叔都看眼红了。”申玉豹误以为李金堂在索要好处费，忙道：“李叔，玉豹没忘记你的大恩，我给你备了几万，怕你不收，没敢对你说。”李金堂变脸道：“这是啥话！把你扶起来，是我的职责。快不要提这件事。”申玉豹不知道李金堂葫芦里卖什么药，不敢再说什么。任怀秋第二次吐血，李金堂又叫来了申玉豹。这次，他说了具体的事。“玉豹，”李金堂问道，“李叔在你的公司里入一股，你看好不好？如今是商品经济了，干部又实行离退休制度，再过十数八年，不找点事做怕要闹出毛病的。”申玉豹一听，心中暗喜：这回就和他绑一起了，嘴里忙道：“中，中，中！不管李叔给个啥数，一年下来，本不动，给你跟本一样多的息，你看咋样？”李金堂笑了，“这样做，我一点风险都没有，不合适，不合适。”申玉豹执意要这么办，李金堂也没再争执。申玉豹提出把钱拿去，李金堂又犹豫起来：“不急，不急。我也没多少钱，你也不用怕负担太重。就是一点多年的积蓄，还有一点变卖古玩的钱。数量嘛，不会超过十万。”任怀秋第三次吐血后，李金堂下决心通过申玉豹圆圆当年当小伙计时的梦了。 那一个秋日，李金堂又叫来了申玉豹。这时，在感情上，李金堂已经把申玉豹当成亲人了。可惜申玉豹的长相与自己相关不大，否则真会去申家营问问那个人老珠黄的女人：玉豹是不是我的儿子？可是，问个水落石出就好吗？还是难得糊涂吧。李金堂指着床下的一个箱子和麻袋道：“记得是在这两个东西里放着。这些年我也用不着它们，你帮我数数吧。”这些钱远远超出了十万。申玉豹数了大半天，报出一个数目，“李叔，不多不少，恰好是八十八万。”李金堂惊得跳了起来：“啥？八十八万？你不会数错吧？”申玉豹拿起一沓十元钱道：“错不了，一捆一千元，总共八百八十捆。”站起来捶捶腰，“这钱可放有十几年了吧，一股子霉气。李叔，你咋不把这钱存到银行哩。我要十年前有这笔钱，做生意干毬，利息就够我吃喝了。” 李金堂被这个巨数吓呆了。如果早知是这个数目，绝对不该让第二个人知道。这第二个人是自己的亲爹都不行！可是，眼下申玉豹已经看见了这些钱，再改变主意他会怎么想？要是再问他要该分的利润，他又会怎么想？权衡半天，李金堂终于想到一个自认可行的万全之计。他清清嗓子道：“玉豹，辛苦你了。我爷爷当年收藏了不少古董，'文革'前，我怕这些东西散失了，就交给省里一个朋友保管。'文革'结束后，我去拎回了这只皮箱，没想到他已经把它们变卖了。”说着说着，发现这么解释无法自圆其说，干脆道：“这么大个数，入股分红对你的压力太大。不如这样吧，先拿去存在你名下，平时留着让它生息，你要做大宗生意，用上这笔钱，这才算我入股吧。上次谈的分红法，你太亏了，能比银行利息高一点，也行了。”申玉豹一看这笔钱数目巨大，不敢再充英雄，接着提个方案说：“李叔，眼下我正好要做一笔生意，这钱我拿去先用，生意做成后，我给你连本带利存起来。”李金堂只好说：“折子还是存你名下，这样方便。” 两个月后，申玉豹交给李金堂一张一百零八万元的存折。申玉豹想，用二十万买李金堂这棵大树乘凉，不亏。 时隔五六年后，申玉豹竟不听使唤了，这让李金堂料之不及。申玉豹是这一百零八万的知情者，又是一百零八万的名义上的所有者，李金堂感到头疼了。 这八十八万，来历非凡呀！ 大洪水过后，李金堂第一次以副职的身份主持龙泉全县的抗洪救灾工作。县革委会主任因对龙泉境内七座水库的修建负有责任，已被停职。县银行在大洪水中毁坏了，源源不断的救灾款拨到龙泉，就放在古堡二层李金堂办公室的保险柜里。李金堂拥有使用这些钱的最终决定权。大洪水冲垮了十个公社的办公室，那里的救灾款发放，全由李金堂率工作组前去办理。不久，李金堂就发现了普遍存在的冒领救济款问题。再后来，在钱的问题上，李金堂就事必躬亲了。 李金堂贪污第一笔钱纯属偶然。那一天，他率工作组去孔明公社，发现该公社又虚报了灾民人数。他把报表拿起来仔细看了一遍，把三千九百用笔划去，“上个月是三千六百户，这三百户从哪里冒出的？是不是孔明又单独遭了灾？”扣发这三百户的救济款，李金堂顺手放进了自己的公文包里。当天晚上，李金堂把这一万八千元带回了自己的家。 当天晚上，女儿香艳发高烧住进了医院，李金堂因要开电话会，就拿出一千元交给春英，让她去医院付医疗费。第二天上班，李金堂把剩下的一万七千元留在家里，准备在凑够一万八千元后再还。谁知一忙碌，竟把这件事给忘了。一个星期过去了，并没有人提起这笔钱。 大洪水带走了欧阳洪梅的全部财产，到了初秋，欧阳洪梅过冬的衣服还没着落。欧阳洪梅在一次见面时，吞吞吐吐提出一个请求：“能不能帮我找几件旧衣服过冬？发给我的一套棉衣是男式的，还没有外套。最好能找一件红颜色的，我喜欢。”李金堂感到心里作痛，借到柳城开会的机会，给欧阳洪梅带回了一千元的衣服，其中有四件是红的。欧阳洪梅接过新衣服，有点疑惑。李金堂解释说：“这一批衣服是上海捐赠的，那里的人收入高。” 这两件事给李金堂很大触动。参加革命到底是为了什么？到底什么才叫廉洁？舍掉自己的亲骨肉去救别人家的孩子才叫取义吗？难道真应该为了原则，让自己心爱的女人衣衫破旧地抛头露面吗？龙泉不可能是我李金堂的龙泉呀！他内心里曾经固若金汤的观念开始崩溃了。之后，再扣下现金，李金堂开始有意识地朝自己公文包里装了。 冬月里，李金堂又一次住进了医院，这已是他这个秋冬第四次住院了。躺在医院的病床上，他第一次有了生命将尽的感觉。就这么死在岗位上值吗？这一回，县医院张院长要他到地区医院作一全面检查，他没有拒绝。 秦江到医院看望他，两个患难与共二十余年的老朋友尽发悲音。秦江说：“你这么干，我也这么干，到底值不值呀？”李金堂摇摇头，苦笑了一下。秦江又说：“这次我们这批老人复出，上面阻力很大呀。我总觉着劫难未尽。好久没见全娃和香红香艳了，方便时，让他们多来看看我。”李金堂长吁一声：“全儿不在了，不在了。他救了三个囚犯，其中一个已经被判了死刑。你见不着他了。”秦江面挂老泪，自言自语说：“全娃死得值吗？你说说，你说说。我真后悔没留个后代。省里段书记当年不是病死的，你知道吗？”李金堂摇摇头。秦江道：“这次出来工作，才知道段书记是自杀的，还留了一份长长的遗书，里面尽写的实话。他不明白为什么还要自己革自己的命。最近风声不妙，冬天看来没完呀。你要好自为之，身体这种样子，再去一趟干校，就彻底垮了。” 病好回龙泉后，李金堂再也不过问虚报受灾人口的事情了。他预感到了一种悄然而来的不祥，本性迷失了。在不到一个月的时间里，他用白条子从自己手里取了六回钱。在那个寒冷的冬天，他只能体味再次坠落的滋味，根本无法想象日后仍有出头的机会。取这些钱，他只是为了将来不去讨饭，决不自杀。 日子就那么过去了，这笔钱在李金堂不同的历史时期，像万花筒一样变换着自己的形象。第二次去干校，这些钱是一种支撑，支撑他熬了三年。第二次复出，这笔钱成了像鼻烟壶一样的玩物，帮他收获回忆往事时的会心一笑。看到申玉豹暴富后，这笔钱又成了一条接通他少年富贵之梦的甬道。 现在，欧阳洪梅审问他和申玉豹的关系时，这笔钱很可能已经变成了随时可以把他送上西天的炸药包。不能把真相告诉她，眼下还不行。 需要认真对付的，是这个申玉豹。当年把申玉豹看成一台自动取币机，怕是一个无法弥补的错误。当时要他把这一百零八万存在自己名下，还有今天这个怕吗？多想了一层，竟然带来这么大的后遗症，太不可思议了。儿子牺牲后，移情申玉豹，也是个天大的错误。