Chapter 18 eighteen

The coffin for Gousheng was the board cabinet in his house, four cabinet legs were sawed off, and some ashes and cypresses were placed inside, and it was buried in the soil.For three days, there was a northerly wind blowing on Qingfeng Street, the wind was not strong but swirling, stirring up the rotten grass and leaves from time to time in the streets and alleys, causing headaches to anyone who touched it.Zhongxing's father said that Gou Sheng died fiercely and turned into a ghost. Many people stopped going out after dark.I'm not afraid.I ran into Zhang Shun from the Supply and Marketing Cooperative in the alley. I asked Zhang Shun if he needed an alcohol inhalation catheter recently. up.I said, "Do you ask Gousheng for the pesticide money owed to you by his wife?" Zhang Shun said, "It's the money from the government, so you have to pay for it!" I said, "Obviously you contracted it, how dare you coax ghosts? Everyone else is dead, and you still need pesticide money?!" Zhang Shun said: "Does the country have to ask the family members to pay for the ammunition when they are shot!" The buttons were all undone, and the gown was taken off from the body and blown on the alley pan.I said: "You are about to tear up the IOU, and the dog will not find you!" Zhang Shun hurriedly unbuttoned the back pocket of his trousers, took out a note and tore it. Rotten grass leaves.Zhang Shun told the mayor about this matter, and the mayor went to Gousheng's house on the 7th day of Gousheng, and took 300 yuan in the name of the township government's visit to the poor and poor, and there has been no whirlwind since then.Xia Zhi kept his word. He and Zhao Hongsheng used lime water to paint a lot of slogans promoting "returning farmland to forests" on Qingfeng Street, and asked Zhao Hongsheng to write a thank-you letter for the leftover wife and paste it on the wall outside the township government. Everything passed without incident.The township head was promoted to the county seat very quickly according to the procedure, and another younger new township head arrived.Of course, the new mayor came to visit Xiazhi again. Xiazhi never mentioned anything wrong with the previous township government. He only suggested that the new mayor should pay attention to the inequality of wealth in Qingfeng Street. He counted twenty-three families with difficulties , Among them are those who are demented and stupid, some who go out to work and become disabled, some who have suffered a house fire, some who are seriously ill and cannot afford to lie on the kang, and some who have too many children... He also said that the relationship between the village cadres and the masses is now tense , In fact, the village cadres worked very hard, and they did not reap personal benefits. They offended people by urging food and money. First, the national policy required this. If the township government can tell the higher authorities to bear the salaries of private teachers and subsidies for cadres, the village department will definitely pay all the taxes and fees due to the higher authorities, and there will be no withdrawals, so there will be fewer people. Opinions, the work style of cadres can also be changed.We are poor now, and when people are poor, they are in a hurry, and cadres and the masses can do anything.Xia Zhi seemed to be giving lectures to students, with cadences and voices full of emotion; the township head sat obediently, and kept writing in his notebook.When Xia Yu was refilling their tea, she took a look at the notebook by the way. The handwriting was pretty delicate, but what was written was the content on the calligraphy banner hanging in the middle hall.Xia Yu called Dad in the yard, Xia Zhi came out, Xia Yu said: "I came to see you out of courtesy, why do you say so much?" Xia Zhi said: "For him not to make the mistakes of his predecessor!" Xia Yu said Said: "My mother wants me to ask you, is the mayor eating here? She has to make preparations." Xia Zhi said "Yes" and returned to the main room, seeing that the mayor was already admiring the calligraphy and paintings on the middle hall, Said: "Major, how old are you this year?" The mayor said: "Thirty." Xia Zhi said: "Are you the same age as Xia Feng?" The mayor said: "The same age is the same age, how old is Xia Feng?" I’m nothing.” Xia Zhi said, “It’s good to be the head of the township, work hard, and have a bright future! Are the calligraphy and paintings okay?” The head of the township said, “It’s really good! I heard that you also painted a large number of Qin Opera Facebook?" Xia Zhi said: "How do you know?" The township head said: "I heard from Xia Zhongxing." Xia Zhi said: "Zhong Xing is my nephew! To hold an exhibition. In fact, the paintings are average, we are a hobby, and we can paint casually." He moved into the bedroom and took out a wooden box, and took out eight horse spoons from the wooden box, and told which one it was in which play it was. The face of the character.As I was talking, I suddenly remembered the meal and said: "Mayor, don't leave today, just eat at my place. Your aunt can't cook big dishes, but some fried dishes are quite delicious." The mayor said: "No, no, we still have a dinner at noon." Xia Zhi also shouted to the fourth aunt in the courtyard: "The township chief doesn't eat anymore, so let's boil some water!"

In Qingfeng Street, to boil water is to poach eggs.The fourth aunt began to add water to the fire, but found that there was no white sugar in the sugar bowl, so she asked Xia Yu to borrow it from Lei Qing's house. Xia Yu went to Lei Qing's house, only to find out that Lei Qing was going to celebrate his forty-ninth birthday. This requires me to let go and say Lei Qing.Xia Yujiao is Lei Qing's cousin, and Meihua didn't tell him Lei Qing's forty-ninth birthday, but invited me instead.Since the age of thirty-six, Lei Qing has celebrated his own birthday every year. Several tables are set up at home, and relatives and friends eat and drink all day and all night.Forty-nine years old is the threshold of a person's life. A few days ago, Mei Hua made a big fuss about Lei Qing.First I went to pull the silk, took it to the dyeing house and dyed it into bright red, made pants and a small belly, then went to Wu Lin's house to order a basket of tofu, bought a basket of vegetable oil in the oil shop, and paid the butcher to come home the next day Killed her pig.I asked Zhongxing's father about the troupe's touring performance, and Meihua came to borrow a big iron basin from Zhongxing's house, so she invited me.I helped her take the big iron basin back to her home. Chen Xing was chopping firewood with an ax in the yard. He chopped a lot of wood and refused to stop.I said to Chen Xing: "Do it well!" Xia Yu came to borrow sugar, knowing that he was going to celebrate Lei Qing's birthday, and asked how many guests will be here this year?Meihua said: "That's about ten seats." Xia Yu said: "I don't have money, but I have strength. You can say hello to what you need to do." Meihua said: "You have no money, but Xia Feng has money. He clearly knew that Brother Lei Qing was going to celebrate his birthday, but he left!" Xia Yu said, "It's no wonder he is a celebrity, he has a lot of things to do, and the work unit urged him before the wedding leave was over." Mei Hua said, "Celebrities give Xia What benefits does the family have? Anyway, I didn’t see it! He went to the provincial capital and came back from the provincial capital. He was not picked up by your brother Lei Qing. It must be seven or eight thousand yuan, but your brother Lei Qing has never eaten a bite of his food!" Xia Yu said: "Brother Lei Qing's benefits, how can my brother dare to forget, even my sister-in-law often says hello to you! How about this, my brother and sister-in-law are not here, this year I will do the bidding for them, you don’t have to buy firecrackers, I will buy them!” Meihua said: “Xia Yu said a big lie! You want to buy firecrackers, Si Niang is afraid that she will fall asleep because of the pain. Don't wake up, Si Niang, be careful!"

Poor Xia Yu, she bluffed once, but Mei Hua actually relied on him to buy firecrackers.I quietly asked Xia Yu: "She likes to show off, so she must set off a lot of firecrackers. Where do you have money?" Xia Yu said: "You listen to her words, so ugly, can I not buy it? You can lend me two hundred Yuan." Where do I have money, I give him advice, so we called Chen Xing out, under the locust tree outside the alley, we said: "Do you want to get along with Cuicui?" Chen Xing said We said: "It's okay to be a good friend, but how can you be immoral?" Chen Xing said, "I'm not immoral?" Xia Yu kicked him and said, "I'm not immoral? What did you do to seduce Cuicui? , you think we don’t know? Gou Ri is so bold, you come to chop firewood, do you think you are my brother Lei Qing’s son-in-law? Let me tell you, if you reveal what you did, you will not only get along with Cui Cui No, you have to be beaten out of Qingfeng Street with sticks!" Chen Xing turned pale, and said, "Are you threatening me?!" I said, "That's right, it's a threat, do you have a reason to threaten me!" If Chen Xing doesn't Compromise, Xia Yu and I have nothing to do, but Chen Xing is a toothless person, and he will soften when he is frightened.He said, "Then what do you think we should do?" I said, "Give us 300 yuan to seal our mouths!" Chen Xing obediently paid 300 yuan.I have never done anything bad in my life, but this time I did, Xia Yu said, "Aren't we too bad?" I said, "Is this what you call the wool coming out of the sheep?"

In the evening, when Lei Qing got out of the car and came back, Mei Hua said that Xia Yu would buy firecrackers for her birthday. Lei Qing said, "What should we ask people to buy for my birthday?" His brother, you picked him up and sent him around again, shouldn't he buy it? Birthdays are expensive, even if Xia Yu bought firecrackers, it would cost several thousand yuan." Lei Qing said: " So much money?!" Meihua said: "You are not in charge of the family, so you don't know that firewood and rice are expensive!" She counted: the pig is raised by our family, the meat is there, and the big oil is there, but you can use vegetable oil, vegetable oil Ten catties.One piece of tofu.Five catties of fungus.Ten catties of cauliflower.Bracken needs to heat sliver meat and make soup, which costs five catties.Ten chickens.Ten ducks.No matter how small the fish is, it will cost thirty catties.Now we are particular about seafood, so I asked Jiafu to bring ten catties of shrimp and six catties of squid from the city.If you wait for ten tables, you will get ten bastards.The fruit doesn't weigh fifty catties?There are also cigarettes. Paper cigarettes are a trap for spending money. If you control them tightly and slowly, you need ten rules.As for radishes, cabbage, leeks, celery, lotus vegetables, eggplants, pumpkins, onions, and potatoes, there must be a basket for each!The rice and noodles we eat are not counted, nor are the fermented glutinous rice for sweet rice, red dates, ginkgo fruits, and raisins. Only Dakui and Xiaokui Sichuan pepper pepper noodles and mustard cost 30 yuan.What about wine, what about wine, three boxes of wine? !Lei Qing waved his hands and said, "I don't listen to this, it hurts my brain!" Mei Hua said, "Are you a nobleman!" Immediately, she grabbed Lei Qing's coat and took money out of her pocket.When Lei Qing came to grab it, Mei Hua had already run to the yard, digging it out and saying, "What are you doing with so much money? Too much money is harmful, so I'll only give you two hundred and fifty yuan." Lei Qing said, "I'm Two hundred and five?!" Mei Hua said: "Then I'll give you another ten yuan!" Xia Li sat in the building and looked into the yard, couldn't stand it anymore, and said, "You strip him naked and let him It’s miserable to be away from home!” Mei Hua said: “Father, it’s a birthday, don’t worry about the money, once the birthday is over, you should drink wind and fart!” Xia Li said: “Who doesn’t sell birthday treats? You can earn money if you can’t spend it!” Mei Hua said: “Father knows this reason, I said at least ten seats, but you said two seats and three seats are enough? Besides, what is he doing with so much money on him? You let him Did you make a mistake? You just can’t give 300 yuan!” Lei Qing said, “You sound so instigated, he only knows a prostitute with 300 yuan, and he doesn’t know that a good man plays with a woman not only does not pay, but also makes money. Miles!" Xia Li let out a cry of resentment, and closed the door of the Xia house.Meihua said: "Well, as long as you can make money, save me." Lei Qing said: "You shameless wife, you only love money!" Meihua said: "I love money. Are you worried about my natal family? We are such a big family, you don’t care about anything, which one is not in my hands? Sister-in-law Shuzhen saw me and said that this family has lost me alone!" Lei Qing said: "Listen to her Tell me, what is she wearing, what are you wearing?" Mei Hua said, "Isn't this outfit for you, you said it looks good, did it remind you of that!" Lei Qing hurriedly pouted to build the house, afraid of her The words let parents and children listen.Meihua gave the clothes to Lei Qing, and asked how he had arranged it recently. Lei Qing said that he was on vacation and asked Zhao Jiafu to take his shift for ten days.Plum Blossom said: "We are spending money. What shift did you ask Jiafu to replace? Are you out of your mind? You told Jiafu that you don't need him to replace you. Last time I sold tickets for you on the bus. In the past few days I will follow you again, and I will celebrate your birthday after a few days of hard work!" Lei Qing said: "Your wife is going to exhaust the man to death!" Mei Hua said: "Then I will let you die once!" Pulled Lei Qing went to the main room.In the mansion, Xia Li went out to go to the bathroom, saw his son and daughter-in-law pulling, and went back to the house, coughing loudly on purpose.

On the morning of the next day, Lei Qing hung up the phone to Zhao Jiafu of the company, and asked him to drive the car directly to the gate of the township government after returning from the provincial capital, saying that he would not let him replace him.As soon as the car arrived at dusk, a few people came to Lei Qing's house to make an appointment to go to the provincial capital tomorrow, but before Xu Qing could say anything, Mei Hua said, "Then you have to buy a ticket, the company system is very strict now, no one is allowed to take guests! The visitor said: "Of course, I just want to book a seat in advance." Meihua said: "Then wait at the gate of the township government at six o'clock on time." Let me buy a ticket?" Mei Hua said: "Why don't you buy a ticket? It used to be a free ride, but now it's still a good thing? They all opened a store in Zhongjie, and they went to the provincial capital to buy goods. Let's go to their store to buy. He has to pay for every needle, so how can he not buy a ticket for a car traveling hundreds of miles away?!" Lei Qing said, "People don't dare to promise too much." Seven or eight people?"

In the first half of the night, Lei Qing and Zhao Jiafu drank a bottle of shochu. In the second half of the night, Lei Qing woke up after sleeping and drove, and Mei Hua followed him as a conductor.The five people who had been waiting at the gate of the township government all paid for the ticket, but Meihua didn't give it away.When the bus entered the county station to pick up passengers, the station master asked who the five people were. Lei Qing said, "They are my relatives." When they arrived at the provincial capital, they picked up scattered passengers along the way, but Meihua still collected the fare and did not sell tickets.From the provincial capital and back to the county, they still picked up scattered passengers along the way, and the fare collection fee was not a big deal, so Meihua earned 400 yuan.After running for four days in a row, I was exhausted.One more trip out of the car, it's time for birthday, Lei Qing is trying to persuade Meihua not to follow the car again, when Qin An's wife comes.Qin An's wife was unlucky, she didn't do anything well, she really shouldn't have come to Lei Qing, it made Mei Hua angry, and she was also angry, which eventually caused Qin An to have a big problem.

The reason was that Qin An fell ill, and her elder sister, who was married to the provincial capital, came to visit her brother-in-law. After staying for a day, she had to rush back to the provincial capital, so Qin An's wife came to find Lei Qingrang for a ride.Meihua took Qin An's wife's hand and asked about Qin An's illness, and said: "Yinsheng cured the wounded man, why is such a good person like Qin An still not recovered?" Come to see him?" Mei Hua said: "Lei Qing and I have been saying that we are going to have a look, but we are too busy. Your sister is leaving, can Lei Qing not see her off? How can I tell you? Qin An arrived earlier. Where to go, which time is not in Lei Qing's car, now the company is rectifying discipline, the driver is not allowed to take anyone who does not buy a ticket, if one is found, the driver's salary will be deducted, if two are found, the license will be revoked, you see this Things..." When Mei Hua said this, Qin An's wife's face darkened, and she said: "My sister is a worker, she doesn't have much money, and she bought some things when she came here, and the money was spent. When Qin An got sick, there were only those who got out but not in." Mei Hua said: "What should I do? If the car is a private car, it's fine if Lei Qing earns less than three hundred and four hundred, but the car belongs to the public. Director, Murakami has 100,000 to 80,000 yuan in money, and he doesn't dare to touch a single cent!" Qin An's wife said, "That's true." After being bored for a while, she took out a roll of money from her bosom, tied it with red The hair rope, when it blooms, is worth nothing.Meihua said, "Do you have any money with you?" Qin An's wife said, "It's only forty yuan, and I still owe twenty-six yuan." Lei Qing said, "Is that so, let her wait at the gate of the township government tomorrow morning, I paid twenty-six yuan for her." Mei Hua said: "You pay? You run for a day, and your salary is only twenty yuan!" Lei Qing said: "It's all because we visited Qin An once." Qin An's wife was busy. Thank you, Wanxie, and said nice things about Lei Qing for a while before leaving.As soon as the person left, Mei Hua said, "You shouldn't be exempting the twenty-six yuan, maybe she still has money in other pockets." Lei Qing ignored Mei Hua.

Qin An's wife saw off her sister early in the morning, and when she returned home, Qin An was already up. She said Lei Qing's friendly words for a while, and then boiled water for Qin An, made poached eggs, and took off her shoes in the yard by herself. corns.Qin An took the bowl and stirred it back and forth with the chopsticks, smashing all the poached eggs into pieces, but picked up a piece of egg white, dropped it, picked it up again and fed it to his nose.Qin An said: "Why can't I eat it?" Qin An's wife said: "Are you a baby, do you want someone to feed you?!" She picked out the corns on her feet and went back to the main room. His nose was white and egg yolk, so he became suspicious and said, "What's wrong with you?" Qin An said, "I can't handle my hands anymore."Someone from the neighbor came and hurried to find Zhao Hongsheng. Zhao Hongsheng saw it, and without saying a word, he was taken to the county hospital in a shelf truck.

At the county hospital, an examination revealed that something had grown in Qin An's brain.Accompanying Zhao Hongsheng didn't dare to tell Qin An the result, so he called Qin An's wife aside and told the truth, the wife burst into tears immediately.The two asked how much they would pay for hospital treatment, and the doctor said, "That might be the case. Someone died in the next ward yesterday, and it must have cost 120,000 yuan."Qin An's wife came out of the medical office and walked while leaning on the wall. Before reaching the end of the corridor, a pile of mud collapsed on the ground.The woman's family had no idea at the critical moment, and they all listened to Zhao Hongsheng.Zhao Hongsheng said: "It's dark! You just throw bundles of money in there. There is no cure in the world. You have to be mentally prepared. But if you can believe me, let's go back and I will give him money." With some plasters, God bless you, maybe there will be a miracle." Qin An's wife kowtowed to Zhao Hongsheng on the ground, and said, "You treat it, let's treat it as if it were a dead horse. If it is really cured, me and In the next life, Qin An will grow into a tree in front of your door, let you hang a donkey and tie a dog, and give you shade!" Qin An was pulled back to Qingfeng Street with a cart.

Now let me tell you about Lei Qing's birthday.On that day, Xia Yu bought three sets of firecrackers with the Swastika head, and they rang from the gate of the courtyard to the entrance of the alley.The third aunt was deaf, and after the firecrackers were set off this time, she couldn't hear anything.Originally, ten tables were prepared, but fifteen tables came. The courtyard was full of seats, Lei Qing's main room and Xia Li's mansion were also filled with seats, but they still couldn't sit down, so they set up a few more tables in the alley outside the courtyard. table.If in the past, the kitchen was the busiest, quarreling about carrying water and washing vegetables, this year Lei Qing's in-laws came, and everything seemed easy.Lei Qing's eldest daughter, Yingying, was engaged to a family surnamed Wang on West Street. The Wang family was poor, and the couple were honest and honest, but their son was white and clean. He had been working as a laborer for Li Yingmin's construction team.Lei Qing and Mei Hua did not agree to this marriage at first, but they were full of enthusiasm. In addition, the Wang family was the abductee of the third aunt's natal family.After the engagement, the Wang family couple came here every three days, never empty-handed, either to bring some eggs, or to carry some potatoes and sweet potatoes, and when they came, they helped pick up manure in the pigsty, and rolled the mill in the mill, working hard without complaint.The third aunt couldn't see it, and said to Mei Hua: "You also pick up your in-laws in your eyes, and treat them as long-term workers!" Mei Hua said: "I didn't dominate them. I can’t even rest.” The in-laws came to help butcher the pig the first day, and stripped eight catties of suet and three catties of flower oil, and the third aunt proposed to give three catties of flower oil to the Wang family, but the Wang family would not accept it.They took their youngest son with them, and the youngest son wet the bed, and they were only willing to let the butcher rub the pig's tail on his mouth a few times, saying that after rubbing the pig's tail oil, he would no longer wet the bed; After the pigs passed, the women of the Wang family filled a basin of hot pig water for Xia Li and another basin for the third aunt. The hot water for pigs can cure dry and cracked feet, and the women of the Wang family also filled a basin for herself.The third aunt still had little feet, she squeezed the lice on the socks while washing, looked at the feet of the Wang family woman, and said: "The crack on your foot is like a baby's mouth, don't you hurt?!" The Wang family woman said: "Why doesn't it hurt? What!" The third aunt said, "If you burn your feet, go back and rest, and come back tomorrow when you are seated at the banquet." The next day, the Wang family and his wife came in Tian Luming, washed a basket of radishes, and went to fetch water.The third aunt scolded her grandson and granddaughter. The grandson carried water once, but Cui Cui disappeared without a trace.

After the meeting at noon, someone told what Qin An had said when he came back from the county hospital. Everyone soon found out that Qin An had a brain tumor, and they chattered and sighed for a while.Xia Yi, who was sitting on the table in the main room, heard about it, put down his chopsticks, and chewed a mouthful of vegetables, chewing back and forth, boom, his teeth were chipped, and he took out a hard object from his mouth, which turned out to be half a button.Zhao Jiafu said, "Who does the washing?" Qing Tang next to him took half a button and wanted to go to the kitchen, but Xia Yi waved his hand and ordered Qing Tang to invite Zhao Hongsheng, saying that he should have invited Zhao Hongsheng, since he came back I'm going to invite him over for dinner soon, and ask Qin An how his illness is.Qingtang sent the mute to Daqingtang. Zhao Hongsheng helped to bring Qin An back. He wanted to pass by the market, but Qin An was unwilling and did not say clearly, insisting on entering Qingfeng Street from another small road on National Highway 312.The small road was bumpy and bumpy, and Qin An slipped down from the shelf car a few times, and then heard the sound of firecrackers in the distance.Qin An asked: "Who's the trouble?" Zhao Hongsheng said: "It's Lei Qing's birthday." Qin An said: "Oh." No further words.When it was delivered home, Zhao Hongsheng wanted to leave, but Qin An's wife rushed up and said, "Are you going to Lei Qing's house for dinner?" Didn't I go too, or offer some gifts?" Zhao Hongsheng said: "Forget it, I'll bring you the message." Zhao Hongsheng went back to the Daqing Hall to change clothes, and led Bai'e to the door three times, three times Said: "Hongsheng, Qin An has a brain tumor?" Zhao Hongsheng said: "The news is so fast?" Sanju said: "Then he won't be able to eat the new rice in autumn!" Zhao Hongsheng was so annoyed that he ignored him.Bai'e wore a pair of new leather shoes, the shoes scuffed the heels, so she went in and bought a "Band-Aid".Sanlu helped take off the shoes and put on a "Band-Aid".Zhao Hongsheng said: "You can also buy bigger shoes for others!" San Po said: "I bought these shoes early, and whoever can wear them will have them. I don't see big feet!" Bai'e walked out of the drugstore , Three legs lay on the counter and said: "Women can really change. She was dumb when she first came. She is so smart now. As long as one opening is opened, all the openings will be opened!" Zhao Hongsheng watched him go, pondering in his mind. : Evil is rewarded with evil, and good is rewarded with good, but why do good people always live short and bad people live vigorously?Suddenly I figured it out: bad people have no shame, and they don’t feel condemned by their conscience when they do bad things; good people have many rules, and they love to think about things.He picked up a pen and wrote a couplet on the paper: "I have been upright all my life, loving the village, loving the people, pretending to be sad, willing to help others, being honest and humble, making the poor villagers who died young cry their chests and feet; Shout out to the sky and share the sorrow." After writing, I was taken aback, and said, "What's wrong with me, Qin An is not dead, so I wrote the elegiac couplet?" As soon as he rubbed it, he saw the mute and Laiyun arrive in front of the shop.The mute screamed and gesticulated for a long time. Zhao Hong confessed, took fifty yuan from the drawer, put it in his arms, and left. The two of them walked through the middle street, Shuzheng's wife also came out of the restaurant, and asked what she was doing, and the answer was to go to Lei Qing's house for a banquet. Zhao Hongsheng said, "You should also clean yourself up!" He stomped his feet, the shoes on his feet were still covered with dust, and said: "What's wrong with me, plum blossoms won't let me in? The book is about to be served, and he is too busy to go. I'm going to eat my own!" "The dog walked faster than people, and Laiyun had already come to the front, but turned around and lay down in front of a window wagging his tail.The mute recognized that it was Chen Xing's residence, and when he approached and looked in through the crack of the window, he saw a pair of thighs raised up inside, and he couldn't figure it out. Looking again, Cuicui was lying on the kang, and Chen Xing was standing on the bottom of the kang. Star, both of them are naked.With a flick of his foot, the mute jumped away, and lifted Laiyun's ears and pulled them back.Zhao Hongsheng said, "What's the matter?" The mute spat.Zhao Hongsheng said: "See what, you spit?" The mute stopped him, stretched out his little finger, and poohed again on the little finger. Zhao Hongsheng confirmed Qin An's condition at Lei Qing's house that day, so that everyone stopped drinking, and only drank one of the three boxes of shochu.After the meal, Xia Yi and Junting went to visit Qin An, and Mei Hua put the leftovers in a small round cage for Qin An to bring.Xia Yi and Jun Ting didn't stay at Qin An's house for a long time. On the way back, Xia Yi said to Jun Ting: "You have to go and see him in three or four days. When people have reached this point, don't have any conflicts and barriers." Forget it." Jun Ting said: "There is no conflict between Qin An and me!" Xia Yi said: "It's fine if there is no more." Then he said: "A living person, if you say you can't do it, you can't do it! Qin An's family is not good. , After treating the disease for so long, the money box is already turned upside down, and this encephalopathy is added, this..." Jun Ting said: "If Hongsheng makes plaster, I will tell him so that it will be free." Xia Yi said "Even if plasters don't cost money, you can't just stick plasters." Jun Ting said: "The village should be subsidized, but now that the market is built, the account has been vacated. Shall we mobilize people from the three village groups to give Qin An Donate?" Xia Yi thought for a while, and said, "Donations are fine, but Qin An must not let Qin An know about it, and he won't accept it if he knows. Besides, in the name of the two committees, some donate, some don't." Donate for sure. There are many people in the village who have natural disasters and man-made disasters. They donated to Qin An. If those people don’t donate, it will have a bad influence. I think that if Lei Qing celebrates his birthday today, then Qin An also has a birthday. Let’s celebrate it for him. If it’s a birthday, take the opportunity to ask the villagers to send favors, and maybe you can receive a considerable amount of gift money.” Jun Ting said: “That’s good, that’s good!” After turning around, Xia Yi went to Qin An’s house again, and Qin An had already fallen asleep. Now, Qin An's wife said: "Second Uncle, you want to see Qin An more often." Xia Yi said: "I will." Qin An's wife said: "If you want to come again, don't call Shangjunting." Xia Yi said: "I still want to criticize you and Qin An. How many conflicts have caused no one to see each other? Being a cadre is a bucket of evil, and Qin An's disease is all due to his small-mindedness. Now you can't say this, you have to Persuading Qin An is the one, remember?" Qin An's wife said: "Remember." Xia Yi asked when Qin An's birthday is, and Qin An's wife said: "His birthday is young, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth lunar month." Xia Yi asked He told him and Junting's opinion, and asked Qin An's birthday to be brought forward, and it was currently set to be three days later. Everyone in Qingfeng Street knew about Qin An's incurable disease, but Qin An thought it was due to insufficient blood supply to the brain. When his wife said that celebrating her birthday early might cure her illness, Qin An reluctantly agreed.Three days later, Qin An's family set up a banquet. There were five banquets in total, Xia Yi presided over it, and people from Qingfeng Street rushed over.Qin An originally didn't want to see people, but this time he saw that almost all the villagers had come, so he bravely came out to greet everyone, and then got back on the kang to rest.The visitors did not bring cigarettes, wine or steamed buns with dried noodles. They were all in cash. Junting collected the money at the side, and Shangshan settled the accounts one by one, and then handed over 13,420 yuan to Qin An.Qin An said: "Shangshan, did you make a mistake, how can you charge so much money?" Shangshan said: "You have been a village cadre for many years, who have you never cared about? You are sick, and they are also trying to make up for it. , What’s the matter, a few days ago Lei Qing also received a gift of tens of thousands of yuan for his birthday.” Qin An said: “I can’t compare with Lei Qing, I’m uneasy about receiving so much money!” Xia Yi said: “What’s the matter? Uneasy? If you are uneasy, you should take good care of your illness and do more things for the villagers when you are well.” Qin An, with tears all over his face, got down from the kang again, bowed his fists one by one in return, saying that there was nothing to entertain and that the food was full.But the people who came were all the heads of the family who sat down to eat and drink, and the others left with excuses. Qin An's wife sent the people who were going to leave to the alley one by one. I paid a gift of 20 yuan, but Qingman said that my gift was too little, not too much, and if I wanted to, I would not give the 20 yuan.I looked through the gift list and found that there were more than a dozen people who didn't come at all. Of course, these were all shopkeepers who went out to work and were not at home, and some of them had a grudge with Qin An.Qin An has always treated me badly, and I even offered a gift of 20 yuan, but Qin An cared about Zhongxing, and Zhongxing's father didn't come, which made me wonder.I'm going to find out why Zhongxing's father didn't come. Ding Bacao scolded me for being a good thing.When we arrived at Zhongxing's father's house, Uncle Rong was much thinner. He was sitting at a stone table boiling Chinese medicine. Opposite the stone table was Cui Cui, with a sad face.I said, "Uncle Rong, why didn't you go to Qin An's birthday?" Zhongxing's father said, "I'm not healthy, so I went to Hutouya temple to ask for magic medicine." I said, "You eat Hongsheng's medicine." What kind of magic medicine do you need? If you want magic medicine, why do you still boil Chinese herbal medicine?" Zhongxing's father said: "Each has its own effect, you don't understand!" Cui Cui said: "Don't interfere, I will let Master Rong Tell me a fortune teller!" I said, "What do you mean? When will you get married!" Cui Cui said, "Get lost!" Zhong Xing's father said, "You still don't understand the divination from your diary, go to It’s okay, it’s okay if you don’t go.” Cui Cui said: “What is this talking about! Should I go or not?” I said: “Where are you going?” Cui Cui said: “Do you know, Junde’s My daughter came back and took a few people to the provincial capital. Xiaoqin wants to go, and I want to go too.” I said, “Xiaoqin can go, but you can’t.” Cuicui said, “Why?” I said: "Chen Xing won't let you go." Cui Cui got angry and said, "You are spreading rumors for me! He Chen Xing is Chen Xing, and I, Cui Cui, am Cui Cui. Do you understand? I threatened to blackmail Chen Xing earlier. , Now you say this again, what do you mean?" She lost her temper, and I didn't bother to talk to her, and said, "Then you forget it." I picked up Zhongxing's father's paper book and flipped through it. There are more than ten pages in the paper book than when I read it before, and one of the pages reads "The thirty-nine-page "occupation of audience and begging" big verification case: this hexagram was occupied on the morning of the 15th. If you want to know 16 I went to the county cultural center one day. Due to the worsening of my illness, I already spent 400 yuan on medicines. I should continue to spend. I wanted to go to the county cultural center to find the painter Gao Shiqian and Zhang Ma to sell money to see a doctor. Only then did I have 39 pages of hexagrams. Great experience Strange experience! Special experience! I once asked Gao Shiqian for a painting, and I was successful once, but twice. Gao’s wife looked down on me, and went to his house to sneer and sneer, and would not let me sit or drink tea. Sweeping the floor with a broom as a sign of driving me away. Gao Shiqian treats me well. I have told him before. Now that Zhongxing is the head of the regiment, his wife shouldn’t ignore him. Even if he ignores him, Gao Shiqian will draw me a picture Yes. Gao Shiqian usually doesn’t go to work and is mostly at home. On the 16th, he didn’t intend to go to the cultural center. He had just entered, but the guard hadn’t seen him yet. I asked people inside, and one person said he wasn’t coming at all. I asked inside again, and another person said that he seemed to be here. When I went to the Erdaoyuan, the two met. I was overjoyed, and God helped me. Later, I explained that I wanted to ask Hua Zhangma to sell him to see a doctor in a place where there was no one. Unexpectedly, I agreed generously, and said that Hua Sanma four Chi Xuan. I I was very happy. The two agreed that I would go to his house to pick up the paintings on the afternoon of the 17th, and I would stay at Yuan Laoqing’s house. I had breakfast at Yuan’s house on the 17th, and when I walked to the gate of the County Forestry Bureau, I met Han Zhaolin in Xishanwan. Please predict, I went to the bottom of the wall to measure it and gave me three yuan. The money was small, but it was raining heavily. Han gave me an umbrella and went to the alley to eat soup noodles. In the afternoon, I went to Gao Shiqian’s house. The heavy rain continued. When it first rained I was very worried. If Gao Zhi’s wife didn’t go out because of the rain, what should I do?! I went to Gao’s house with a very sad heart, but Gao Zhi’s wife was not at home, thank God. Gao Shiqian had painted a four-foot Xuansan horse and pasted it on On the wall. I am so happy, Gao Shiqian, who is a confidant! Gao Shiqian also said: You have cultivated the talent of Zhongxing, and God will increase your life span. He also said that if you have a noble person (referring to him) to protect you, you will definitely be cured , Comforting me in every possible way. Gao Shiqian can be regarded as a literati hero with great loyalty, and Xia Rong will make up for it! The sky is getting brighter, maybe my illness will be cured?!" I looked at the diary, and didn't pay attention to what Zhongxing's father said to Cui Cui. Anyway, Cui Cui had a gloomy face all the time, and then left.Zhongxing's father said: "This kid is not persuaded by others!" He took the paper back.I said: "She doesn't give you a penny, so what's the point of giving her!" Zhongxing's father asked me, "How many people went to Qin An's birthday?" I said, "They all went." Zhongxing's father asked me again Asked: "Did you go to Junting?" I said: "Go." Zhongxing's father also asked: "How much did you charge?" I said the amount, and he said: "So much! How do you spend it? !” I said, “The quotations are exchanged, and you never give others quotations, and no one will come when you celebrate your birthday.” He said, “I haven’t visited Zhuang Ji in any house?!” Xing's father became unhappy, bowed his head to boil his traditional Chinese medicine, and ignored me.I said, "Did you go to the county seat the day before yesterday?" He still ignored me.I said, "Have you seen my brother Zhong Xing? I wonder if the play in the troupe has been rehearsed?" He looked up at me and said, "If you get sick, you have to spend money. Can you get well if you get sick? He Qin An gave to the village. I have done a few good deeds, and I have done a great service to our county by nurturing you, Brother Zhongxing!" I hurriedly said, "That's right!" He was happy, and said, "The show is almost finished, and there is a picture of you看不？”领我进了堂屋。堂屋中堂上放着一张照片，照片小，是剧团彩排留影，我看见了照片中有白雪。我一看见白雪就笑。中星他爹说：“你瞧中星在前排中间坐着，他那件西服是五百元买的，一件衣服么，咋那么贵！”白雪在所有的演员中最漂亮。我给她笑，她也在笑，她的左腮上应该笑起来有一个酒窝，但看不出来。 中星的爹闻见了什么，急跑了出去，在院子里骂我，说药熬干了。我趁机把照片揣在了怀里。我就是那样偷走了照片的。这张照片现在还放在我家炕头前。我每每看着照片，都盼望白雪能从照片上走下来。但是，她总是在那一堆演员中活活地动，却始终没有走下来。我上中学的时候读过一篇课文，说一个人买了一张仙女画，他每次出了门，仙女就从画中走下来给他洗衣服，扫地做饭。所以，我一回到家，便直奔厨房，但厨房里冰锅冷灶。这不怪白雪，白雪演戏，是艺术家，白雪怎么能干洗衣做饭这一档子事呢？我焦急地等待着夏中星通知去巡回演出的事，过了一天又是一天，通知还不见来，而我什么都准备好了，还找着上善学会了一段戏。上善是乐于助人的，可他并不会几段唱词，就教我《背娃进府》中的一段说词。 这一段说词太适合我了，我把它背诵得滚瓜烂熟，不信我给你说说：哎，人家娃叫，人家娃大头小头的个叫，背的格头往包谷地里跑哩——你寻牛哩，还是撞杆哩？红萝卜缨子换炸弹——着了一个满天飞；屎巴牛掉在尿壶里——生装你的醋泡酸梅子；屎巴牛落在秤杆上——受罪哩，你当高鹞子观星哩；屎巴牛钻竹竿——受罪哩，你当过节哩；长虫把头割了——死淋虫一个；长虫缠在辘辘把上——把不缠你，你还缠把哩；哈巴狗立在供桌上——你和爷爷斗起嘴来了；庙后边的南瓜——你还想给爷爷结蛋蛋哩；你是装下的不像，磨下的不亮，升子丢在地里——八棱子没相；锅刷子写字——笔画太壮；耙刺睡觉——屁股朝上；打你两个五分——你碔×嘴胡犟；朝屁股上蹬上一脚——稀屎拉了一炕；吃的冷馍，睡的冷炕，点的琉璃灯，你还嫌不亮；你是羊皮一张搭在板凳上，生装的四腿没毛，死狗一条，爬下不跑，尾巴也不摇——你是个啥玩意；你真是鬼头肉，毛盖儿长在后头，见了你爹，你叫舅舅；花盆里栽娃，坟地没人看——你还当你务人哩；你是吃的石灰，唱的靛花——放你娘的月兰屁；把你爹死了——放你娘的寡妇屁；屎巴牛落在粪堆上了——生装你的夯货。