Chapter 111 Chapter 110

When it was almost ten o'clock, the phone rang, maybe because the room was too quiet, the ringing sounded particularly harsh, Jing'er was startled awake, and cried loudly.Shi Yan hurriedly opened the front of her shirt, stuffed her nipple into her son's mouth, grabbed the phone with one hand, and asked timidly, "Yao, are you okay?" Yao Xiaoping’s voice was filled with the joy of narrow escape: “I’m going to attend the memorial service.” Then she lowered her voice and said, “Today was really thrilling! Someone came to our building in the afternoon and told everyone to go to the playground tonight Black gauze and white flowers were distributed at the memorial service. I didn’t want to go, it’s inconvenient to drag the children, how did I know they would come again at night, calling people from door to door to hold a memorial service, seeing the situation, if you don’t attend, you will definitely be beaten. I heard that there was a man in the boy building who said, "If you're dead, what's the use of holding a memorial service", but the person in his dormitory beat you up under the quilt, and even burned his quilt and so on. -"

This "death is dead" pierced her heart like a sharp knife, as if it was specifically aimed at Huang Hai. She felt that the students of the teacher's college were helping her beat that guy, and she should be beaten! But she realized what the guy said It's a big truth, and it's because it's a big truth that she hates him so much, because for the dead, holding a memorial service is indeed useless, no matter how other people mourn, the dead can never be mourned back . Yao Xiaoping's voice seemed to be far away, but it floated into her ears incessantly: "—— pickets were sent along the road—immediately report—when everyone evacuates—so as not to cause unnecessary sacrifices— —The host of the conference—ask everyone not to panic—those who have taken protective measures—if the military and police come to suppress—the pickets will use their bodies to form a human wall—to prevent—the military and police from entering the playground— —like those in Beijing—students and citizens—I saw excellence—in white shirts—red armbands—heroes—”

She grasped the word "human wall" at once, and now she knew why Huang Hai had no news.A figure appeared in front of her, resembling Huang Hai and Zhuo Zhuo, wearing a white shirt and red armbands, standing in front of a tall horse, holding the rein tightly with both hands.The military policeman on horseback hit him with a big stick, blood poured from his head immediately, spilled on the white shirt, like bright red flowers blooming.But he still held the rein tightly, not letting the horse move forward, because behind him were unarmed people—— Yao Xiaoping said in a low voice: "——It's really touching. I really believe that he will protect us with his life and blood. He also said that he can go and talk to the gatekeeper for me, and let me go back with the child—I didn't Promise—I am afraid that those students will retaliate against me in the future—Besides, I also sympathize with those who died—No matter who died—There should always be a memorial service—Go to them all—Leave halfway—Both sides Not thankful. Seeing that I refused to leave, he asked me to stand on the side of his duty, saying that if he encountered military and police suppression—he would protect our mother and child to retreat—he also begged me—that if something happened to him If so—please let me take care of your mother and child—as—before—"

She knew that Yao Xiaoping was talking about excellence, but her thoughts kept flashing back to Huang Hai, and she thought with heartache that maybe when Huang Hai encountered an accident, she also thought about asking someone to take care of her, but there was no one around him who could trust her, and The "accident" came too suddenly, and he just fell down like that, the tank rolled over him, he turned into a bloody mud, soaked into the ground under him, and she would never find him. Yao Xiaoping heard her cry, stopped the narration, and said, "Why don't you ask Zhuoyue about Huang Hai's whereabouts? He has contact with Beijing, and the news must be better than ours—"

A hope suddenly rose in her heart, hoping that Huang Hai was actually helping Zhuoyue mobilize the steel factory workers in City D these days, so he escaped that catastrophe.Although she knew it was unlikely, she couldn't help thinking about it.She asked Mother Yao to talk to her daughter, then hurriedly ended the call with Yao Xiaoping, and called Zhuoyou instead. But the concierge went upstairs and came down to tell her that Teacher Zhuo was not at home.She waited there deadly, and made a phone call after a while, which annoyed the concierge: "I just told you that Teacher Zhuo hasn't come back yet, why don't you believe it?"

She accompanied Xinxin and said: "I'm sorry, I'm afraid you don't know when he's back - can you go up and have a look?" "I sit at this door, and I can see people coming in and out. How come I don't know when he comes back? Even if I don't sit at the door, I won't miss it. I haven't heard the sound of his motorcycle well? During this time I come back in the middle of the night every night, and wake me up every night to open the door—— If you want to wait, then you can leave a number, and I will ask him to call you when he comes back. " She quickly gave the number here to the concierge, and then sat there waiting for Joyot's call.It was almost twelve o'clock when Zhuozhuo called, with a cordial and passionate voice: "Yan'er, thank you for your concern! I'm fine, are you all okay?"

"Very good. I want to ask you—last time you said you wanted to ask Huang Hai to come to City D to help you, but later—did you invite me?" "No, it's useless to ask for it. Those guys in the steel mill are very numb. They don't cry when they see the coffin. But it's different now. When we talk about the tragic situation in Beijing, many workers are willing to join the strike—" She asked in panic: "Are you—are—doing—?" "Of course, can we give up at this critical moment? Damn it! I didn't expect the government to actually do it - what a fucking inhuman - and dared to order the shooting! The person who ordered it couldn't get away with it, They will definitely be tied to the pillar of shame in history——but it’s not a bad thing for them to do this. Now the 38th Army and the 27th Army have great conflicts, and there are also many contradictions within the party. It is likely to become a warlord separatist regime—— That's a hundred times better than a sit-in hunger strike—"

She didn't know what he was talking about at all, but she never knew what he was talking about. She had always listened to his ideals and plans as a man.She turned the topic to something she cared about: "You didn't invite Huang Hai to City D? Then he - those few days - wasn't in City D?" "Not here." He asked alertly, "What's the matter?" She said anxiously: "He - I can't reach him - he can't get through the phone - and he - didn't - call - his - home - or before that - called - I didn’t call again after that—he is such a careful person—such a big incident happened—how could—why wouldn’t he call—me—his home? Do you think he—— and also--"

He said sadly: "I'm afraid it's more ominous—" She started to cry: "Yao Xiaoping said that you have contact with Beijing, can you ask someone to help you find out? I—thank you on behalf of his parents—" "Who said I have contact with Beijing? We are organized and disciplined. I only have contact with E city, and E city has contact with Beijing, but they are very busy now-who do you ask to inquire? Dead people There are tens of thousands, if they are all asked to inquire, where do they start?" As soon as she heard "Thousands of Thousands", she knew that Huang Hai was really in danger, so she asked in tears, "Can you—for the sake of our husband and wife—find your acquaintance from K University ——Help—Go to University A and inquire about it? Let me—please!”

"The university over there is afraid that the students will make trouble, so they are on vacation. The school has long been emptied. Where can I find someone to inquire about? What about his family? Don't they care about their son? Why do you want to take care of it?" She asked blankly: "His family—how—how?" "Go to Beijing to look for it! Why doesn't his family go to Beijing to look for it? I heard that every hospital is full of corpses. Xun Tian. If no one goes to pick up the corpse, the hospital will dispose of the corpse—. As long as there are people in Beijing who haven’t returned in those two days, the family will go to each hospital to find—”

Her hands and feet were so weak that she couldn't even hold the child: "You—you—who told that? I—I don't believe—" "You have to ask again, and you don't believe me when I tell you, so why are you asking me? If you don't believe me, just go back and listen to foreign news reports. Foreign journalists are all about facts. This kind of thing is all rushing to the front, digging around to inquire. A few days ago, it was reported that thousands of people died and tens of thousands were injured. You are closed, and you may not know anything. But don't worry, the martyrs Blood will not be shed in vain. During this period of time, revolutionary fervor across the country is at an all-time high—even higher than in previous months—so—the blood of the Yellow Sea—is not shed in vain—in the eyes of the people All polished with blood—a drop of blood is worth a hundred thousand slogans—” She was so frightened by his "blood" and "blood" all the way, she couldn't say a word, she just knew how to cry.He warned: "Don't go to Beijing by yourself. You are a woman, and you can't protect yourself. If you go there to find someone, it might as well be to find death. You don't want to order me, but you don't." Killed the child—" After hearing what he said, she realized that she had exposed everything in a hurry.She didn't dare to say much, said a series of "thank you" in a hurry, and hung up the phone. She was going to report to Huang Hai's house overnight so that his parents could go to Beijing to find him.Her mother couldn't stop her, so she just told her to leave the child at home, and asked her younger brother to ride there with him.The two rushed desperately, and it was already midnight when they arrived at Huang Hai's house.Huang Hai's parents obviously also knew some bad news. When they got there, the old couple were still awake and the lights were on in the house.As soon as they knocked on the door, the door opened inside. Huang Hai's mother must have cried, her eyes were red and swollen, and she didn't ask her name when she saw her, so she asked directly, "Is it Haier——" She hurriedly explained: "No, no, I haven't contacted him yet, and you haven't contacted him either, have you? I- just contacted a classmate of mine, who--is more familiar with the situation in Beijing- —he said—it’s best to ask the family to go to Beijing—to find—” Huang Hai's mother began to cry again, and his father asked anxiously, "Have you got any news? Has Haier disappeared? Or has he died?" "No, no, none of them, it's just because I couldn't get in touch—my classmate said——everyone who couldn't get in touch in the past two days—their family members went to various hospitals—to find someone—— It’s inconvenient for me to take the baby—I’ll leave it to you—” Huang Hai's parents were very surprised when they heard about "the child", but they didn't ask any questions. They only said that they would leave for Beijing early the next morning. They were forced to stop, so they decided to pay someone to drive them to Beijing. Shi Yan gave them the phone number of her parents' unit, and begged them to notify her as soon as they had any news, and asked them to tell Huang Hai that she and the child were fine, so he should not worry about it. But as soon as Huang Hai's parents left, there was no news, and the situation suddenly became clear. Deng Xiaoping received the anti-riot troops, and the arrest warrant listed the first batch of 21 fugitives. They were killed and burned to death by mobs, and some were disemboweled and hung under a certain bridge for public display.All of a sudden, "Dongdongguai" was full of enthusiasm, and when they talked about this matter, they were all filled with righteous indignation.Killing the People's Liberation Army and destroying the Great Wall is really against them! We are a military factory, and we used to be a military establishment. Opposing the PLA is opposing us! Look at that posture, if they see a wanted person, they may not send it to the police at all. Just beat him to death. Shi Yan was too frightened to mention Huang Hai's name, and her heart sank to the bottom, wondering if she had fallen for Zhuo Liang's trick and sent Huang Hai's parents into the fire pit.Maybe the government has set up a net there long ago, waiting for those who go to Beijing to find someone to throw themselves into the net. Otherwise, why did Deng Xiaoping wait until now to receive the anti-riot troops with great fanfare?Could it be that he was waiting to catch Huang Hai's parents?She was still happy that Huang Hai was not on the wanted list, but now she realized her ignorance.Since he wanted to implicate the nine clans, how could he foolishly put Huang Hai's name in the arrest warrant?Didn't the Nine Clans run away long ago?Maybe those 21 died a long time ago, so they put their names there to kill chickens and scare monkeys. The real list of people to be arrested was passed on through internal channels. She couldn't sleep at night, and found that her milk was getting less and less, and finally reached the point where she couldn't feed her son.Her parents and Yao's mother inquired everywhere about folk remedies to promote lactation, and she herself forced herself to be cheerful, pouring a large bowl of various lactogenic soups, but none of them worked, so she had to use milk powder instead. When she found out that Jing'er could live without her milk, she became even more desperate.Yao's mother said that she has become a "fairy", and can carry the child around like an iron man all day long without eating or drinking.Now she is like her parents' follower, always hanging around her parents' unit, either sitting in the office waiting for a call, or wandering around, and then ran to her parents' office to check if anyone called her.Everyone just said that she was on maternity leave, she had nothing to do, and she was separated from her husband, so it's not surprising that she was talking.But a well-meaning person reminded her mother, whether Yan'er is too tired to take care of the child, why is she so thin?Your son-in-law doesn't come back to see, what are you busy with?Shouldn't you be in trouble?She was so scared that her parents repeatedly denied it. Just when she was about to collapse, Huang Hai's parents came to her house. The two of them were dusty and tired. They were two middle-aged people when they left, and they became two elderly people when they came back. There is a feeling of "only a few days in the cave, but a hundred years in Beijing".She didn't dare to ask about Huang Hai, she just suppressed her pounding heart, waiting for them to talk about it themselves. But the "two old men" didn't say anything, just thanked her, then handed her a small bag, and said that the hired car was still waiting outside, and they had to go back.She struggled to send the "two old men" to the door, and seeing their car left, she tremblingly returned to the bedroom, first leaned on the bed, and then opened the small bag. The first thing she saw was the stone that was exactly the same as hers but with a different color, and she burst into tears, because it was a stone that Huang Hai brought with her. He bought it at a tourist attraction, and there were two pieces in total. The shape and size are the same, and the characters written on them are also the same, but the colors are different. The stone seller said that this is a rare "mandarin duck stone" in the world, which is naturally formed and divided into male and female, one "mandarin duck" and one "duck". Slowly move closer in the same direction until they converge, and once they converge, they will no longer separate.However, there are very few such "mandarin duck stones" that can finally meet, and most of them are stuck in the mud at the bottom of the river or are picked up by others.If you pick up a single "mandarin duck" or "duck" from the river, you will harm them. They know that there is no hope of reuniting in this life, and they will self-destruct and turn magic into decay, so you see it in the river. It is a very beautiful stone, but when you pick it up from the water and put it in your hand, it becomes an inconspicuous ordinary stone. Therefore, the "Mandarin Duck Stone" is a priceless treasure. rare. Huang Hai said that he liked the legend and the words on it, so he bought this pair of stones at a high price, and was ridiculed vigorously by his colleagues, even the stone seller couldn't stop laughing from ear to ear.