Chapter 17 Chapter Seventeen Going Home

In February 1950, the land of the Central Plains. The snow was still falling, and the Yellow River had already frozen. Ice ribs were squeezed up in the river channel, and the loess and dry snow foam blown up by the strong wind were mixed together, turning the originally clean snowfield into the color of loess.The things left by the wars over the years have not been cleaned up, there are broken car parts and wheels everywhere, and some people are still slowly looking for anything that can be used in the wind and snow.The bones of dead people and animals were still scattered on the plain, and a group of crows gathered together, persistently pecking at these bones, hoping to find some meat scraps.

Three fast horses galloped past in the wind and snow. The snow raised by the horses' hooves was scattered with the wind, and a long smoke was drawn behind them.On the first horse was a burly soldier, his thick military overcoat made him look even stronger, his yellow cotton hat and the front of his clothes had turned white, and his beard was covered with frost.He is the farmer in Banzi Village who has been away from home for thirteen years. He used to be an old Kuomintang soldier and is now a regiment-level demobilized cadre of the Southwest Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.After all the combat missions of the 11th Army in the Southwest Military Region were over, he submitted applications to the organization many times, declined the troops' retention, and was allowed to be demobilized and returned home.He took Yang Beiwan and a correspondent to Zhengzhou via the Longhai line, and took these horses from his comrades in the local army. The three of them only rested in Zhengzhou for one night, and then they galloped towards the northwest direction. go……

Two days later, at dusk, on a vast snowy field, Lao Dan suddenly stopped his horse, and the horse let out a long neigh, and two civilians who were driving on the snowy field raised their heads upon hearing the sound. "My fellow, in which direction is Banzi Village in Hexi? The heavy snow makes me lose my way!" Finally, he saw the big trees in front of Banzi Village and the earthen temple that was about to collapse from a distance.A messy dog ​​barking came from the village, and some lights could already be seen.There was no one at the entrance of the village. He jumped off his horse lightly, his heart beating wildly, and led the horse from the main road in the village to walk slowly.There were many revolutionary slogans painted on the walls of the courtyards of each house. He recognized the faces of several villagers and walked to his home along his memory.A figure came from the corner of the village, like a child, with an oil lamp in his hand, rushing to this side in a hurry.Seeing a few of them, the man was startled for a moment, and hurriedly greeted:

"Where are the comrades going? With such a heavy snowstorm, why don't you come to the village to settle down? Did you say hello to the village party secretary?" This was actually the voice of a young child. The old Jiefang opened his mouth and looked at it carefully for a long time, and said nonchalantly in his mouth: "Are you... a turtle monster? Do you still recognize me?" The man was also stunned. He stared at Lao Dan carefully for a long time, then shook his head again.The old Jiefang hurriedly took off his military cap, and then wiped the ice and snow off his face, the man's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Old Dan! Oh, Daner, how could it be you? What the hell...you became a general? Folks! Everyone come out to see... our old Dan who has been lost for more than ten years came back……" Lao Dan hugged the short figure of the turtle monster tightly, thinking that this guy's voice is still so good, and the whole village will know it.He saw the lights of every house come on.People seemed to emerge from the ground suddenly, and the narrow street was crowded in the blink of an eye.He recognized the hunchbacked second son's father, the grey-bearded head of the Xie family, and all his playmates who stayed with him in childhood.The originally thin second son has grown into a burly man, and seeing him is a proletarian hug, which almost crushes him.Seeing that the naive Lao Daner has turned into a majestic PLA officer, it seems that the officer is not young, and there are two horsemen behind his buttocks, and they are immediately in awe.Lao Dan's father was originally the head of the village, whether it was a fight or a wedding or a funeral, he was very appealing. His baby didn't seem to be a vegetarian, and he looked better than his father!Lao Dan was hot all over by the villagers, and he was sweating hotly. A big boy came out from the crowd, staring at the pistol on his waist with a pair of small eyes, and the turtle monster shouted loudly:

"You're a fool with roots, why don't you just read guns but don't know people, this is your father!" "Have roots?" Lao Dan hurriedly bent down, held the child's arms and looked carefully, the lips and nose that were like his own mold looked so kind.The child was startled by him, and desperately struggled to free his hands, and went out of the crowd. Lao Dan hurriedly stood up, watching the child run towards a village girl.In the firelight, the village girl with a dark face and bright eyes was exactly the woman he had kissed thousands of times in his dreams.The woman seemed unable to believe the facts in front of her. With her hair loose, she stared at the man who fell from the sky with small eyes, feeling at a loss for a moment.The two children beside her held her hands tightly and hid their bodies behind their mother, only showing those two pairs of shining eyes.

Resisting the excitement in his heart, Lao Dan walked over slowly, looked at his woman carefully, and found that the corners of her eyes were already wrinkled, her hair had become thin and dry, and the two deep-set eye sockets were emitting brown light. , The originally plump waist has become thin and rickety.Looking at his tears, they fell down and fell into fine pieces of ice on the ground.He hugged Tweet tightly in his arms, and he felt the woman's beating heart and the pair of still firm breasts.At this moment, Lao Dan let out a long breath and shouted loudly: "My Tweety, I made you suffer..."

The woman raised her head slowly, and began to caress the man's head with her tears. Her rough hands slid over every scar on the man's head, and every strange memory of her. Finally, her tears were like a waterfall. Usually hit the man.She swung her right hand and gave Lao Jiefang a loud slap across the face. Before everyone knew what was going on, Tweety slapped his face left and right. Lao Dan just let her slap her, the burning pain It was so kind, so warm, until after she let out a shrill cry, she threw herself into her arms, as if she was afraid that she would disappear, and hugged herself tightly.

At this situation, Yang Beiwan and the correspondent had mixed feelings, and they had already shed tears.The villagers were also moved, everyone choked up and sighed... Tweety pulled the two children to her side and said: "Two goddamn bastards, with roots and hopes, call your father! See clearly, this promising man is your father! You are no longer those fatherless children!" "Is there hope? I really have a son..." Lao Dan bent down and hugged the two children in his arms, inhaling deeply the smell of them.Thirteen years, finally came to an end, finally returned home, finally saw a safe and sound woman and child!God really has eyes, how many times of bloody turmoil, thirteen years of war and chaos, God can still let this family reunite!Lao Dan hugged his two sons tightly, silently praying and thanking God in his heart...

Lao Dan is back home! The news spread throughout Banzi Village overnight.The villagers rushed to come, seeing that the simple and honest boy Lao Dan had suddenly become the head of the People's Liberation Army, they couldn't help admiring, and most of them hurriedly came to the door to say congratulations or recognize a familiar face.The newly appointed village head and branch secretary all came. Although Lao Dan was exhausted, she greeted everyone with a smile on her face.Tweety ignored these things, and just let her sons busy boiling water, went to the nest early to take out the hot eggs, and then took down the fattest hen with a single knife, smashed a few green onions, broke a few Head garlic, chop some ginger, I want to cook something delicious for men.While packing up the chicken nuggets, she kneaded a piece of noodles quickly and baked two pancakes with mixed noodles.When the last group of people took Yang Beiwan and the correspondent to rest, the food here was already on the table: a large plate of golden fried chicken nuggets, a plate of tender green onion eggs, two pieces of sliced ​​oily yellow flatbread , a bowl of pickles made from crystal black cucumber handles, and a large bowl of steaming millet porridge.The bottle of wine on the table was brought by the village chief, Guo Pingyuan, and some of it had been warmed with hot water.The table seemed to be newly made, the varnish glowed dark red under the oil lamp, and it was low on the Kang.The quilt and pillows were neatly folded inside, and the warm adobe exudes a sweet smell of adobe.The two children smiled and sat on the kang looking at themselves, waiting for themselves to eat on the kang, and their eyes glanced at the fragrant food from time to time.The woman brought Lao Dan a basin of hot water and told him to sit on the edge of the kang and wash his feet, but she didn't let him do it, and scolded the children:

"If you have roots, you have hope! You two greedy cats, don't just worry about your father's food, pour him wine... Don't do anything, I will wash it for you, you just eat and drink yours..." Tweety took off Lao Dan's wet shoes, rolled off his thick felt socks, carefully put his cold feet into the hot water, raised her head and asked: "Is it hot? If it's hot, I'll make it cold for you?" Lao Dan caressed the woman's head. Under the dimly flickering oil lamp, the white hair on the woman's head was clearly visible. She was a woman in her early thirties!Lao Dan looked at the woman with pity, and suddenly choked up.The woman just squatted there with her head buried, washing her feet, and when she wiped it dry with a towel, the woman raised her head, and Lao Dan saw that the woman was already in tears. "You have no conscience, you haven't even had a letter for thirteen years. I thought you were as dead as the young people who went out of the village. If I didn't remarry for you two children, who would want to?" To be a widow for thirteen years..." Lao Dan hurriedly wiped the woman's tears with his hands, but the woman took up the footwashing water and avoided it.Lao Dan watched the children pouring wine for himself in a hurry, and You Gener picked up two pieces of chicken with his fingers and stuffed them into You Pan'er's mouth, and then smiled silly at himself, Lao Dan also smiled at them and greeted them Go to both sides of the table, give each person a piece of cake and a piece of meat, and watch them gobble it up.Tweety came back and sat on the edge of the table, watching herself while wiping her hands, pouring herself glass after glass of wine.The smell of wine, vegetables, and the smell of women and children merged in the heat rising from the kang, and it was the first time for Lao Dan to smell such a strong smell of happiness... When the children fell asleep in the main room and the woman took off the man's clothes with trembling hands, she was so frightened by Lao Dan's ravines and dotted scars that she almost screamed.She stroked every scar on his body in horror and love, and couldn't finish touching it enough. Finally, she touched Lao Dan's still intact male root. After the injury, she cried again and threw herself into Lao Dan's arms.The hot tears of the two of them stuck them tightly to each other. Lao Dan turned the yearning and longing for thirteen years into an earth-shattering feat, and rushed like a machine gun.The fiery body of the woman greeted him with trembling waves.In a low moan, her body collapsed tightly, and she clasped her fingers firmly into his back. The moment Lao Dan hugged herself tightly, she felt that she was going to be bombarded by a shell and suddenly fell into a dizziness. , It was clearly in the dark night, but a white light appeared in front of her eyes, drums and thunder burst in her ears, she felt that her thirteen-year longing was completely burned in this bombardment, and the raging fire was burning in the air. The snow field quickly filled and melted this icy world... The two of them were entangled for such a long time.Suddenly, the woman opened her eyes suddenly, and bit his shoulder fiercely with her teeth, the force surprised him.The woman left two rows of blood-red tooth marks on her shoulders, and then fell asleep with a satisfied sigh.Lao Dan gently kneaded her breasts, kissing her again and again.The moonlight reflected by the white snow penetrated into the room through the cracks in the curtains, and shone on the dark face of the woman. There were still tears in the corners of her eyes, but she was clearly smiling, and the wrinkles on her face seemed to be stretched overnight. .The old Jiefang gently covered the woman with a quilt, and looked at her face quietly... "Going home..." Lao Dan said softly in his heart. After Lao Dan joined the army, Tweet did not flee to Shanxi and Hubei with many people. She could not bear the pain of leaving the homeland she had run for many years.Aren't devils human too?So she stayed with most people in Banzi Village.The devils and puppet soldiers soon entered the village, but unexpectedly, the devils did not kill people on a large scale after entering the village, but just changed the village head and gave them several lectures at the entrance of the village.The Northeast translator with a humble face said that what Taijun meant was: the imperial army is here to help you, and it is to drive away the government army to make your life better. Everyone must cooperate sincerely with the imperial army and help the imperial army share What kind of "big hole tooth arch cage" and so on.In short, the Taijun standing on the stage was as tall as a donkey but as fat as a sow, always had a mouse-like smile on his face, and the saber on his waist drooped to the ground from time to time.He spoke softly and gave the children some sweets they had never seen before.The Japanese soldiers lined up in front of the villagers with their heads held high, and there was no murderous look on their faces. They even distributed a lot of coarse grains and cloth to the villagers, and distributed them one by one under the leadership of the new village chief Xie Sanlu. When the villagers saw that the devils were not as ferocious as the government said, they seemed to be quite gentle, so they put their hearts into their stomachs, and naturally they did not dare to trouble the devils.It's just that the gang of puppet soldiers who came with the devils like to run amok the most. They never give money for Cengfan, and they always want to catch a living thing before leaving.Xie Baoli, a carpenter in the village, was so courageous that he gritted his teeth at the puppet soldiers who robbed him of wood, so he ran to the devils to file a complaint. There was a whip.Later, the puppet army found an opportunity to take revenge on Xie Baoli.Xie Baoli's son went to join the army with Lao Dan, but after only half a year, he ran back with a few young people from Banzi Village. After hiding at home for a long time, they were captured by the puppet army in the middle of the night.After being imprisoned in the devil's gun tower for half a month, Xie Baoli and others came to identify the body.Xie Baoli lay dizzy in front of his bloody son. He had a heart attack and couldn't survive the winter. But generally speaking, Banzi Village has gotten along well with the devils in the past few years. Anyway, it pays grain taxes on a yearly basis, which is similar to the national government. As long as they don't harm others, who would dare to make trouble?The army of devils often passes by the entrance of the village. The children in the village like to watch the mighty devils crossing the street. The posture is much better than that of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. If you are lucky, you can pick up some bullets and other things on the way they pass.The adults were organized by Xie Sanlu, holding banners to welcome or send off the devils passing by at the entrance of the village, holding various small flags, and shouting a few words in Japanese that they could not understand. Two years later, the devils suddenly became stricter.Blockhouses were built at the four corners of the village, and a pass was required to enter and exit Banzi Village.The attitude of the devils began to become bad, and things like swearing, beating, kicking and touching of village girls often happened.Some people who came back from the west said that the devils fought there unsatisfactorily, and the Communist guerrillas began to appear nearby, tossing the little devils into trouble.I heard that the whole village of Yi Village in the south was massacred by the devils, not a single one was left. The village was burned to the ground, and not even a dog escaped.Just because some kind of martial arts team killed a few devils over there, and the devils wanted people, but the villagers didn't know where these people came from or where they were hiding, and there was really no one to hand them over.The devil turned his face in anger, first killed half of the old men in the village, and the villagers handed over a few idiots in the village to protect themselves, but the devil was not stupid, so he killed the whole village. The news spread quickly in Banzi Village like a plague, and every household was terrified.Several meetings were held in the village. Xie Sanlu warned everyone not to provoke those people with guns and knives of unknown origin. Don't let the devils catch the talk and kill people with knives.Once, several work teams sent by the Eighth Route Army came to Banzi Village to investigate the situation and lived in the original village chief's house. Xie Sanlu knew about it, and immediately led the security team to arrest him and hand him over to the devil.The devil rewarded Xie Sanlu a lot for this, and gave him a Korean woman.But before Xie Sanlu had a taste of this foreign woman, his body was hung high on the archway at the entrance of the village, with a white cloth hanging on his body, and it was written: The end of the traitor! Now the folks are even more scared, isn't this something that no one can afford to provoke?Although this Xie Sanlu likes to flatter the devils, and occasionally takes advantage of other people's women, but in general he still maintains the villagers, and he handed over the Eighth Road because he is afraid that Banzi Village will suffer the fate of Yi Village.These eight-way ghosts and ghosts will kill if they don't say so, who will dare to maintain the relationship with the devils for the villagers in the future?So the new village head was elected for several rounds, but no one dared to be elected. In the end, Xie Dalu, the eldest brother of Xie Sanlu, was appointed to replace him. Since the man left, I have not received any news from him for many years. The news that comes is that the devils have captured a lot of territory, and the national army has retreated hundreds of miles.Some of the descendants in the village who were arrested and sent to serve as soldiers ran back, and the second son was one, saying that Lao Dan's army had already died by the Yellow River.Tweety burst into tears, put white clothes on him, and then took the two children back to her mother's house.But there are dozens of devils and artillery towers in the middle, and the eight roads are also haunted, so they dare not wander around.My natal family tried to send a message, saying that Shangbangzi Village is not living well, the devils are sweeping up, and there is a team wandering in the village on the Eighth Road, so let's stay where they are. In this way, Tweety took the two children with her, and lived quietly in Banzi Village.When she needs to go out of the village to sell things, she puts some pot black on her ugly face, so it will be safe for seven or eight years.There are a few bachelors in the village who come to tease her from time to time, and Tweety is also a stick to beat them out.Cui'er took care of the one-acre-odd land by herself, and then tied some straw bags and sold them to freight runners outside the village. The money she got in exchange could feed a family of three.The children's heights are climbing upwards. The eldest child, You Gen'er, is as naive and stubborn as his father, and can already help her with some farm work. bad water.This kid always fights with other kids, most of the time he beats them until his nose is bruised and his face is swollen. Adults and children often come to complain.This kid is still bold, and often goes to the village entrance to cheat the little devil's candy with a few nice words, and Taijun Taijun calls him very kindly.The two children have different ambitions but are very close. Yougener never beats or scolds his younger brother. He always wants to give him something delicious. One brother, two children are the treasures in Tweety's heart and all her hopes.Cui'er also rejected many matchmakers' offers because of her child, so she survived alone until the devil surrendered. In those days, people in the village were very puzzled, why did the devil suddenly surrender inexplicably today when he swore at people at the entrance of the village yesterday?I saw devils lined up at the entrance of the village, crying loudly.I heard that many devils picked their own stomachs with sabers and died on the spot.The people in the village who went to collect the corpses said that the devil, no matter how small he is, has more intestines than us Chinese.Tweety, like the villagers, did not understand why the devils surrendered.The national army is thousands of miles away from them, and it seems that the Eighth Route Army does not dare to jump out and challenge the devils one-on-one. Why did the devils hand in their guns?The villagers were very uncomfortable with this situation, thinking that this was a new trick of the devils trying to get them, because many devils were still holding guns to maintain order, but the devils cried bitterly and cut their stomachs with knives, which did not seem to be pretending to be garlic.Many people saw the devil standing guard with a crying face at the entrance of the village, but they still nodded and bowed to ask the prince, and the children still asked them for sugar.A few days later, an Eighth Route troop covered in patches entered the village, but the devils didn't care much about it and wanted to give them their guns. They didn't cry until the Eighth Routers set up small cannons to bombard them.Eighth Road locked these devils in the mule and horse compound, and the villagers finally believed that the devils were really defeated. After the devil surrendered, Tweety was so happy that she couldn't sleep for a few days, thinking that if the man was alive, he would definitely come back soon, and even if he died, there would be a message back, but there was no news after waiting for a year.Except for those who escaped and those who were also arrested and served as soldiers, most of the news came back was death. After a few years, almost all of them died, only Lao Dan and other two or three people were unknown. Even if he handed over all his family property, even his concubine, the former village head Xie Dalu was still accused of being a big traitor, dragged to the entrance of the village and killed.Guo Pingyuan, Guangzong Yaozu, who was arrested by Balu and pushed the cart to cook, has returned. Eight years of small carts have brought out eight years of revolutionary experience. After two years of conscription captain in the district team, he finally gathered his confidence and returned to the village to become the village head and secretary. . At that time, Guo Pingyuan and others who beat gongs and drums all day long wanted to conscript again, and they were fighting against the national army that men joined in the past.Tweety was frightened, and the door of the hospital was closed all day long, and the chickens and ducks returned to the pens. The children wished to tie them up in the house with ropes, for fear of being said to be reactionary children of the Kuomintang.Secretary Guo took the initiative to come to her door to do her ideological work, saying that your man was arrested before, and he went to beat devils just like me, nothing.It will be different after he can. If there is any news about him, he must report to the village committee, and strive to make him wake up as soon as possible and completely break with the Kuomintang reactionaries.If he had died on the battlefield—of course he was beating devils, the village committee would treat him like a family member of an anti-Japanese martyr, so she could rest assured.The land that deserves to be distributed will be distributed to you, and various organizations can also participate. You must support the party's land policy and the spirit of the rural movement, and speak out at the village meeting. The history of vicious exploitation and oppression of your man's family is also considered a credit for participating in the revolution. That is to say, but the progressive people in the village are still rolling their eyes at themselves and their children.When people go to be the folks of Xinba Road, they put red stickers on the door and hang happiness on the windows. They are happier than marrying a daughter-in-law.Tweety recalled how enthusiastically she sent Lao Dan to the battlefield back then, but she never heard from her after sending her off, and she felt uncomfortable.The devils were imprisoned, the original district and county governments collapsed, and the county officials hid in the mountains with Lao Jiang.The men said that the national army could not blame others and could only blame themselves. Who told you, Lao Jiang, to go to the mountains by himself?People in Balu have this kind of scum, no food, no drink, no guns, no guns, sometimes their buttocks are exposed, but they dare to stay on the devil's head and beat them.The devils surrendered. After holding back for so many years, they finally got their heads out, and of course they had to come out to take up space.Why did the Eighth Route Army and the national army fight so quickly? The devils hadn't gone clean yet, and the two sides were in a hurry to fight. Tweety was naturally puzzled. Is there no peace in the world this night? Ba Lu went into the village and indeed did a lot of good deeds, and even allocated another three mu of land to Cui'er's family.They set up a school in the village committee and moved out Mr. Yuan Bai, who hadn't worn a robe for eight years, and the children could read big characters without spending money.But the eight-way conscription is also unambiguous. Joining the army is a farmer's nightmare, and it is useless to persuade the eight-way army.Although they didn’t set up machine guns, they locked the youngsters in the yard and talked about the revolutionary principles for three days and three nights. Those who couldn’t stand the hunger would raise their hands. .If you don't give in like this, just stretch out your right hand, pick one of the thumb and index finger and chop off, lest you become a national army.As a result, the young people who were arrested became eight-way.They left with a sad face, and came back with a happy face. They persuaded their comrades in the village to join the Eighth Route, saying that the Eighth Route was not the same as the Kuomintang troops. The power of role models is infinite, and there are many post-generations who have become Balu.Cui'er was worried about the man, if he came back with the national army, wouldn't he start a real fight with the younger generations in his village?How good is that?Who should I help? The man came back, and he even became the People's Liberation Army. Tweety had never slept so soundly like today.She doesn't know how old the head of the regiment is, but he must be bigger than the village head, Guo Pingyuan, right?After learning that the man had been renamed Lao Jiefang by the revolutionary team, Tweety was overjoyed.The man's thirteen years of experience made her curious, and she asked a story when she touched a scar.Lao Dan took the trouble to come together one by one. His wife was scared and the children cheered.After a few days, in front of this strange father covered with scars, the children no longer have any distinction and restraint.There is no doubt that Dad is a hero!They fiddled with the dozen or so cold military medals over and over again, holding his arm every day and asking where they came from.Lao Dan hugged the children to fight every day, and even took the messenger's gun and taught them how to use it.Wearing their father's medals, the two brothers swaggered in Banzi Village and greeted the envious eyes of their companions. Lao Dan calmly waited for the recovery work arrangement of the military region.Before returning, the political department of the division helped him contact the county government here, and the county government agreed to accept the old Jiefang comrades as administrative positions in Wuyuan District.Lao Dan didn't want to accept this arrangement. He remembered that Yang Tiejun had warned him not to be an official, but the world was peaceful, and his family didn't know what was going on. Wuyuan District happened to be in charge of Banzi Village. Being a township official first might not be a destination. The government The treatment seems to be better than that of the army, so I agreed.Unexpectedly, after the notification, he was appointed as the deputy head of the district, and Lao Dan was in a bit of trouble.Leading troops to fight wars by oneself is good stuff, but he doesn't know how to be a deputy district chief. This official can manage quite a few villages, and he can't read a single word. mayor? The leaders in charge of resettlement of demobilized soldiers came to Banzi Village and brought Chu Jian, the county magistrate, who came here by sitting.The county magistrate saw the materials forwarded by the Southwest Military Region, and learned that the old comrade Jiefang was a fighting hero, and it was a political achievement to properly arrange the transfer of soldiers.Except for the devil officer, this is almost the biggest official ever to come to Banzi Village.When the folks learned that the county magistrate came down to invite Lao Dan to be an official, their eyes almost fell into their mouths.Lao Dan loses face, the county leaders have all come down, and he is not good at refusing others' face, so he only proposes to give himself a three-month rest to spend time with women and children.Lao Dan had a reason for not returning home in the past thirteen years, and the county magistrate Chu Jian was also from the army, and he had served in the eighth team of the county brigade in eastern Henan for many years, so he naturally understood.So they made an appointment, and three months later, Lao Dan would report to the county government. Lao Dan is going to be an official! For Banzi Village, this is another thunderbolt!That stupid old lady who was bullied by everyone back then has suddenly become a county cadre and a district leader, making many of her peers envious.Aside from envy, many people are angry that they don't see it well. If they knew it, it would be better to join Guo Pingyuan and join the Eighth Route. Even if you feed the Eighth Route to pigs, it won't be faster than being captured and reformed in the middle of your old Dan? Xie Laogui, secretary of the Communist Youth League, and Xie Guoya, deputy village head, became regular visitors to Lao Dan's house, and they brought some food and drink every time.Every time Xie Guoya would mention the donkey paws he helped Lao Dan beat fifteen years ago, while Xie Laogui never forgot to mention the two catties of white flour he brought to Cui Er ten years ago.They were so hot that Lao Dan was almost scalded, and Lao Dan knew what was going on in his heart, so he carried on and did not reveal it.These two guys thought that they had figured out Lao Dan's temperament, and it was true to flatter Lao Dan, but in fact they were worried that Lao Dan would not want to be a county and district official, rather than wanting to be a place where there are too many donkeys and few slots in Banzi Village. Village official!Lao Dan has become the village secretary, how can he succeed in the Year of the Monkey? Yang Beiwan, the heroic company commander of Huaiyin, Jiangsu Province, lives comfortably in Banzi Village.The villagers are very rare for this young man, and each family is scrambling to let him and the correspondent live and eat at their own home.The little soldier who peed his pants when he heard the cannon fire, has become a majestic and majestic soldier after dozens of vicious battles. Although he has a lame disability, he still cannot hide his heroic spirit.In addition, Yang Beiwan has a handsome figure and delicate features, and has really earned the admiration of all the girls in Banzi Village.The old people couldn't stay idle, and carefully inquired about Yang Beiwanlai's way from the old Jiefang, hoping to stuff their own daughter into the young man's bed.Lao Dan laughed every time, saying that Company Commander Yang was sending me home and that he would have to leave in a few days, so let everyone die!The two boys Yougener and Youpaner have new role models. Every day, they pull a group of children to grind Yang Beiwan and tell stories about the battlefield. The little girl's hot hands.Yang Beiwan was moved by the courtesy received by the villagers, so he helped the villagers solve their problems, and also assisted the village committee in the education of party members. There was no rush to go home.He had already known that everything was fine in his hometown. Three of the five brothers had gone back, and the other one was in an army stationed in Henan, only two days away from Banzi Village. Yang Beiwan and the correspondent installed a loudspeaker at the entrance of the village. When the sound was just played, the people in Banzi Village couldn't fall asleep. Everyone couldn't understand why there was a sound in the iron monster, which was brighter than the old raven. Isn't this haunted?Every day, hundreds of people stared at the iron bird with straight eyes, until a woman's sweet voice came out, and everyone laughed with relief, and then began to pay attention to its content—it turned out that it called out It's human! Something happened in the east, and there seems to be a problem in North Korea!Lao Dan was flustered, so he hurriedly asked Yuan Bai, his teacher. Mr. Yuan Bai knew everything. He said that it was Koryo Bangzi a hundred years ago, and that the boundary connected to the northeast. imperialism.But now the Americans seem to be dishonest, and they are helping Comrade Kim Il Sung, who is fighting socialism in South Korea.On the Korean Peninsula, a single horse can run all over the place, and the war will be concluded within a few days.Lao Dan thought, the Americans are not a good thing, and they must have no good intentions for socialist North Korea. But why is the central government so concerned about the civil war in another country?Mr. Yuan Bai kept this question secret, leaving Lao Dan suspicious.The loudspeaker blares every day, saying that the Americans have sent hundreds of thousands of troops to join the war, and that socialist North Korea has retreated, and he feels that the situation is serious.Yang Beiwan was also paying attention to the east, worried that the troops would notify him at any time, so he did not leave Lao Jiefang for a long time. Three months later, at the same time that Lao Dan received the appointment order from the county, he also received a recruitment order from a certain unit of the 38th Army stationed in Henan: introduced and recommended by a certain unit of the Southwest Military Region, the political department of a certain unit of the 38th Army Review, Comrade Lao Dan, please hand over the local work immediately, and report to the army station within ten days from now. If Comrade Yang Beiwan has not returned to his hometown, he will go with him. There must be no mistake! Military orders are like mountains.Lao Dan couldn't sleep at night again.After the women and children fell asleep, he put on his padded jacket and slipped out of the room quietly.In the cold yard, the moonlight was cold, and he smoked a pipe in silence.The chickens and ducks were already sleeping together, the chili skewers at the door rattled in the cold wind, the woman had only broken half of the corn cobs she was busy with today, covered the roller with a piece of felt cloth, and pressed the four corners with bricks.He lifted the felt cloth, touched the dry and hard corn kernels, picked a few large ones, chewed them carefully, a cold and sweet taste filled his mouth, and went straight to his heart and lungs.He slowly covered the felt cloth again, sat firmly on the side of the mill, lit a pot of solid porcelain cigarettes, and looked up at the sky. The moon is bright and the stars are sparse again, and the moon circles a sharp circle, looking at the earth like a huge sky eye.How similar is this to that night in Yueyang City!I remember drinking too much that night, he fell down on the cold stone road, the stars in the sky smashed into his eyes, pressed his heart, and made him fall asleep holding the wine bottle.This is my own yard, surrounded by food for the second half of the year, and the faint snoring of a woman in my ears, so I can look up at the quiet sky comfortably.But he frowned again, thinking tensely for a long time, like a statue carved in stone, the looming red light on the smoke pot, the wisps of light smoke blown away by the cold wind let everything know that this is a thinking man.Finally, he smoked the remaining cigarette vigorously, then buckled it on the sole of his shoe, shook his stiff body, walked firmly into the house, lit the oil lamp, and woke the woman up from her sleep. "What? Going to war again? No! Just no! You still let people live? You have been away for more than ten years, and you only came back for a few days. You agreed to be a district official. Going to war? Are you addicted to war? Do you think you have nine lives?" The woman heard a ghost enter the door, and it exploded like a mine.Lao Dan hurriedly covered her body with his clothes, and coaxed her while fastening the buttons: "Tweety, I can't go if I don't go. After all, I'm an officer in the army. The demobilization order of the army is true, and I didn't deceive us. Chairman Mao and the Communist Party want us to live a stable life, but who would have thought that, The U.S. imperialists don’t want to see us live a good life and blow up our border in the northeast! You have also listened to the broadcast these days. Chairman Mao of the Party Central Committee is talking about it every day. Why do you want to get involved in America across the water? Even if you get involved, why are you bombing our Chinese territory? If you don’t fight sooner or later, why are you here at this time? Actually, it’s for our new China! I’m here In the last few years of the national army, the American emperor wished to bring all his family’s arms over to help. Now I understand that the old Jiang and the American emperor are two dogs who pissed under the same tree! They just can’t tolerate us poor people living good day..." "No! They are just a few dogs, none of your business!" "Tweety...we built a new China. As soon as we were born, they insisted on torturing you. You said why the two of us have been divided for thirteen years. Isn't it because the Japanese devils came? If the American devils Here we go again, let’s split it up for another thirteen years, so how can we live? Besides, I’m from the 11th Army of the Southwest Military Region. Without being promoted by the heads of the 11th Army, I can go home and become the head of this district? The second time was that the Political Department of the 11th Army recommended me to the 38th Army. The 38th Army is the most arrogant army in the PLA. Tianjin Wei was liberated by them. In terms of military merits, it is better than our 11th Army! I can’t give it to the 11th Army. The chiefs of the army should take this face off? Tweety, we must not forget our roots. We have the land we have today, where we can eat, drink, and grow land. I can still be a deputy district chief. It’s good to read the People’s Liberation Army. They recommended me to go because I can give the army commander a face! The 38th Army is the main force of the chief of Siyelin, and those who are not useful can’t get in at all!” "You said it would be impossible to break the sky! Without you as an old lady, this new China would not fight devils? Chairman Mao is counting on you, a semi-cripple, to fend off devils? Our family has only been reunited for so many days, and you are going to the battlefield again Killing, you god damn, you left our mother Saner for thirteen years... Thirteen years of cold kang, you only came back and warmed up for a few days... and then you have to go back... Those who went out of this village came back alive It's just you and Guo Pingyuan... I only heard that smoking opium and being a whore can become addicted, but I never heard that fighting can also be addictive!" The woman was already weeping, and the children were awake and chirping.Seeing this, Lao Dan coaxed and said: "Tweety, please keep your voice down, the children are arguing... What's wrong with you, don't you know what's going on? I'm a demobilized cadre, and I have a national recovery policy. I'm not a party member. Why should the country give us this policy? We have I live a good life, so I don’t care about the difficulties of this new China? I am a soldier, and I only made some military achievements in wars. It only took half a year to break in, do you still remember? But the American devils forced the Japanese devils to surrender, even worse than the Japanese devils! If you don’t block them now, maybe they will come over without them for half a year. Do you have the heart to watch our house being burned by them? Do you have the heart to watch our two children suffer with us? Chairman Mao ordered us to keep the devils out before they came in, so that they would rush in and fight again. ? Do you understand? If they cannot get in, this new China will be peaceful!" The woman's crying took a lot of effort, her voice gradually became lower, and she sobbed and asked: "Then the emperor of the United States was transformed from a weasel? Why don't they want us to live a good life? We are so poor in China, why should they care about it?" Lao Dan scratched his head, he really couldn't answer this question, and Mr. Yuan Bai didn't tell himself, didn't the US emperor help China to fight Japan back then?Why did you turn your face in just a few years?After much deliberation, he can only think of two reasons. One is that they have benefited from Lao Jiang who fled to Taiwan!The second is that the US imperialists can't see the poor in China being in charge of their own affairs! "It is estimated that Lao Jiang was not honest in Taiwan. He encouraged the American emperor to grab the territory of New China. He probably spent a lot of money. Didn't he say it on the radio? When Lao Jiang ran away, he searched for half of China's territory." Gold and silver treasures! Why else is Banzi Village so poor?" The woman finally stopped crying, and the man went to war again, which was worse than the sky falling!But when I heard that the man was just going to defend the border of China and keep the American devils out, I was not so scared.Chairman Mao is so wise and great, he was able to bring down the world and stop the American devils. It seems to be more reasonable. The People's Liberation Army will let a man come back to be an official, and he will definitely not let this hero die for no reason. He is also Now that you are an official, you won't fight the American devils face to face... "Then what should you do as the district chief?" Tweety was still reluctant. Lao Dan hurriedly took out two letters from his padded jacket, and spread them out under the oil lamp with shaking hands. "I received two letters today. This is a letter from the county. This is a mobilization order. It is from the 38th Army stationed in the east. The leaders of the 38th Army are much larger than this county official. They will naturally greet the county, and I will also write a letter to the county to explain the situation. After the task is completed, I will make a contribution, maybe I will not have to go to the district to be an official, and I will directly promote a county magistrate. Don't allow that!" "Contributing? Do you want a ball? I don't care if you have great merit. You don't come back without arms and legs. You are giving us the greatest merit! Don't go to the battlefield for money. Don't worry about it, you're already glorious enough to be a deputy district chief. Your family has dozens of generations of ancestors. How can you have such a big official? You're a ball. If you can’t even write a letter, I’ll just give you a county magistrate for nothing, can you be worthy?” "Scared? Don't you underestimate me? Do you know how many people I am in charge of when I am the commander of the 11th Army? It is more than the whole village combined! In terms of official rank, I can be a county magistrate now!" The woman didn't shout anymore, she just grabbed the man's hand and rubbed it silently.The door creaked, and Lao Dan shouted loudly: "Come in! Listen to your father and mother's corner, are you two bastards tired of living?" The children jumped in with smiling faces, one left and one right in front of their father, and Gen stared and asked loudly: "Father, are you going to fight the American devils? I want to go with you and Uncle Yang! I want to do the same service as you." Lao Dan looked at him in amazement, his straight body was really strong, and his small chest was bulging, which seemed to contain infinite power. This teenage boy was already a big man!He patted his shoulder lovingly, like patting his own body. "Your father is not old yet, so it's not your turn! Just a few years after growing up on the kang, you want to compete with your father? Take good care of your mother at home, and when you grow up, use all your strength On building our new China!" Unconvinced, You Gener pouted and asked: "I'm 15 years old, and the 15-year-old youngsters in the village are my tallest and strongest. I heard from my mother that you were only 20 years old when you went to fight devils? Company Commander Yang Beiwan was also the same age as me when he joined the army! Since it is a new China, we should rely on our young people to defend it, and you heroes should leave the task and credit of defending the country to us!" "Huh? You bastard! Where did you learn these words? How dare you teach your father a lesson! Do you think that American devil is as easy to beat as Guo Pingyuan's watchdog? There are as many planes, cannons and tanks as there are." The white devils are even more powerful than the Japanese devils. A veteran who has fought for more than ten years like your father, I'm afraid he has to weigh his weight! Yesterday your mother asked you to kill chickens, look at how sloppy you two are! You can't even kill chickens, and you still want to go to the battlefield to kill devils? You should grow up a few more years! When you are 20 years old, I will never stop you!" The woman quit after hearing this, and interjected: "Don't talk nonsense to the children, why don't you stop me at the age of 20? In this life, the two of them will never want to be like you, farming the land for me honestly and marrying a wife. I still count on them to die for us. There are many scars on their bodies. I can't spare them!" "Mom, you are wrong. Secretary Guo said that the revolution should be done as early as possible. Many senior officials of the People's Liberation Army joined the Red Army at the same age as me. They are all generals now. I joined the People's Liberation Army earlier to defend the country, etc. When father is this age, he might become a general too!" Lao Dan's face darkened, this child is so young, and the revolution has started in his head? "Listen, you two, there is time for you to contribute to the country, but it's not the time yet. Go and learn the culture for me first, learn more, don't be like your parents who can't recognize a few big characters! We The revolutionary soldiers helped to bring down New China, and then defended it so that other devils would not bully it, so that you bastards could eat, drink, study, and have a good life! In the future, I won’t be able to fight Move, if there are devils coming to fight, don’t worry, if you dare not go out, I will put a gun on you and go to the battlefield! If you are loose on the battlefield, I will not even let you in the house!" The more a woman listens, the more uncomfortable she becomes. What do you mean?Fighting and killing, what do children know about football?Is it worthwhile for your old man to say these things? "Father, I don't want to study, I want to join the People's Liberation Army!" You Gen'er said tremblingly in fear of his father's majesty. "I also want to join the army..." You Pan'er also rolled her eyes and agreed. "Bastards! Go read all the words first, and then tell me about joining the army!" Lao Dan was furious. "Father, you didn't know a single word when you joined the army, and even now you don't know all the words. Didn't you keep asking around when you saw the letter? But didn't you also become the commander of the People's Liberation Army?" "You..." This stubborn son!Lao Dan was choked by him, and stretched out his hand to take off the cloth shoes on his feet, and was about to hit him, but the woman hurriedly stopped him. "What are you doing? Are you going to beat the child if you say something against you? Are you going to be domineering before you become the district chief? You two, go back to sleep quickly. What's so good about being a soldier? Like you How many fathers can come back like this, and when they come back, they will be covered with scars, do you think that thing is fun? Besides, I won’t give you food when it comes to joining the army!” The two children went away in despair.You Gen'er pouted, strode out the door without looking back.You Pan'er had a grin on her face, she took a step and looked back three times, just as she closed the door, she stretched her head back and said: "Mom, don't feed daddy, he won't be able to go either?" "Little bastard..." Lao Dan took off the other shoe board and threw it over, making a loud noise on the door. Military emergency!Lao Dan went to Guo Pingyuan early in the morning and asked him to write a letter to the county. Guo Pingyuan knew very well the origin of Lao Dan.Both his father and Lao Dan's father were killed in the battle for water. The two families originally formed a deadly enmity, but the successive arrival of the devil and the eight roads made this grievance disappear.When the national army arrested soldiers, there had been rumors about his family, and the family went to the west to visit relatives for a month.As the saying goes, "You can hide from the first day of the junior high school, but you can't hide from the fifteenth day." Two years later, Eighth Road took Guo Pingyuan to work as a cook and chef. He worked for eight years. He was also arrested, but he was considered a revolutionary.When entering the Liberation War, Guo Pingyuan's status became prominent, and he often led the work team from the district to recruit soldiers.At the beginning of the first year of junior high school, he took some extraordinary measures in order to complete the tasks of the district committee.Later, when joining the People's Liberation Army became a trend, he raised the threshold again and put on airs. The other cadres of the village committee are from Xie's family, so they don't like him.Xie Guoya, director of the Propaganda Department of Yuan Village, was originally a sensible person. In order to show his loyalty, he sent his baby there early, but Guo Pingyuan only arranged for his baby to be sent to the armed food delivery team. He never let go of a single shot until the national liberation He never took a single shot, and went home to farm as soon as the battle was over.Xie Guoya hated this guy very much for this, and from time to time he gave him a small shoe to wear when working in the village.Xie Laogui, secretary of the village league branch, was his own duel, with his elbows naturally facing him.They are both members of the village committee's party branch. For several months, they have been discussing how to use reasonable means of organizational struggle to dismantle the platform of the Xie family. Less than his flaws. The scene of welcoming the hero made Guo Pingyuan quite at a loss. Before he had time to react, the leader of the hero had already been confessed by that group.Although I have just arrived, I am the secretary of the village branch and the head of a village after all. Seeing the deputy village head Xie Guoya and all the minions from the village committee crowding around the door of Lao Dan's house, they didn't even say hello. Hitting it by himself, Guo Pingyuan felt like a vinegar vat turned over.But I can neither say this kind of thing clearly nor hide it aside, so I patronize Lao Dan's house many times.Lao Dan was in awe of the party organization. He naturally didn't dare to neglect the village branch secretary in front of him, who had a head like a stove and hair that was only balls. Topics that can be discussed together.When Guo Pingyuan learned that Lao Dan was going to be an official in the district, he stepped on the threshold even more frequently, so the relationship between the two of them was not bad after a few months. Today, Guo Pingyuan couldn't be more than happy to see the soon-to-be deputy district chief come to ask for help.He didn't go to Xie Guoya, the deputy village chief who was full of revolutionary theory, and Xie Laogui, the secretary of the village youth league who had eaten ink in the city, for such a dignified matter, but asked himself to write it as a ghostwriter, which naturally showed his status in his mind.When he learned that Lao Dan didn't look for those two people at all, Guo Pingyuan blushed even more happily, and hurriedly yelled at his daughter to buy chicken and duck cooked food and two catties of good wine, and then told his wife to steam the hidden winter squash. The last two were going to hangover, saying that they would do their best as a village party branch secretary to see the hero off.Since this letter was written on behalf of others, it can naturally be written by Guo Pingyuan, the party secretary of other villages. It is a good thing to hand it over to the county leaders for a look. The head of the regiment has changed to the brigade commander or teacher, that is a Buddha that the county can't support, and this letter can be regarded as a proof of the help that year! Is writing a letter a trivial matter?Guo Pingyuan moved his pen like flying, and immediately helped Lao Dan solve the problem crookedly. Seeing the sun coming up, he pulled him to drink.Lao Dan said thank you, and at the same time talked about the family affairs, which was regarded as entrustment.It was less than half a catty, and there was a knock on the door outside. Guo Pingyuan's wife opened the door and saw that it was the deputy village head and the secretary of the Youth League. "We thought Lao Dan was in hiding! We searched all over Banzi Village and couldn't find anyone. How dare you be surrounded by your branch secretary to drink at home? It's so embarrassing to drink good wine and not call us two!" The deputy village chief Xie Guoya strode into the main room while laughing, and a gust of cold wind came in from behind his buttocks. Before Guo Pingyuan could reply, he had already taken off his shoes and got on the kang, his movements were extremely nimble, like a rabbit being chased in the field.Xie Laogui carried two bottles of wine in his hand, as if he had arrived at his own house, but he never saw anyone else. He yelled at Guo Pingyuan's ugly woman, threw the wine at him like throwing money, and told her to warm it up before pouring it back. Of course, he also jumped onto the kang. .Guo Pingyuan was so hot that he was going to take off his shirt, but these two people with malicious intentions disturbed him for a while, and he shivered on the hot kang.How did these two dead ghosts hear the wind?How could they break in together?Such a pity, such a big table with good food and wine!But things have come to this point, face must always pass.Guo Pingyuan laughed, generously gave up his hot kang head, let Xie Guoya sit down, moved to Lao Dan's side, and told his wife to cook again.Seeing that all the leaders of the village had arrived, Lao Dan felt a little embarrassed, and shouted at You Pan'er, who was playing with the dog in the yard: "Hurry up to the house and tell your mother, bring the stewed meat from yesterday, we want to drink, go!" "Scared? Boy, wait! Old Comrade Liberation, are you shabby I Pingyuan? Can I still eat your meat on the top of my kang? Although I Guo Pingyuan came from the working people, I have not eaten it for eight years. I’ve had delicacies from mountains and seas, but now it’s not a problem to spare two catties of pork, are you going to talk nonsense before drinking?” Guo Pingyuan relied on his own kang, so of course he spoke in a tough manner, such a warm tone made Lao Dan feel a little tight.His face was flushed, and he could only drink a glass of hey.Seeing Lao Dan blushing, the other two thought he was really embarrassed, thinking that Guo Pingyuan still had a few tricks, and he got close to the hero Lao Dan so quickly.Xie Guoya stepped forward despite the difficulties and had already picked up the wine glass. "What old comrade Liberation! I watched him Lao Dan grow up from half a child. No matter how nice your name is, I still call you Lao Dan. This is the name of our Banzi Village! You are the future General, I, Xie San'er, will still call you Lao Dan! Call you General Lao Dan!" Xie Guoya's words caught his ears, and Guo Pingyuan felt tight. No matter how hard he thought, Xie San'er and Lao Dan were of the same clan after all, so they were closer than himself and Lao Dan.Guo Pingyuan looked at the grinning Xie Guoya, wishing that all the wine he drank would turn into poison that would seal his throat with blood, and immediately sealed that stinky mouth.Unable to think of a response for a while, Guo Pingyuan gulped down the wine in one gulp.Xie Laogui, who was grabbing the kang next to him, spoke again: "You old lady is real! Secretary Guo said that you are shabby, he is not lying at all! No matter how poor our Banzi village is, as long as Secretary Guo stands at the entrance of the village and shouts, all the pigs, pigs, pigs, pigs and sows in the village will have to catch up. Jump out of the ring and obediently donate a few catties of meat... If it doesn’t work out, the pigs in the neighboring village will have to rush over in the middle of the night if they hear about it, and they will donate half a catty of it with tears!” Xie Laogui was able to spit out such harsh words with a playful smile, almost knocking Guo Pingyuan down with anger, and wanted to pick up the steaming kettle on the kang and pour it over his head, scalding his bubbling pig. !Xie Laogui is obviously cursing people. When Guo Pingyuan conscripted for the Eighth Route Army County Brigade, he stood on the donkey pile at the entrance of the village and yelled loudly. Donating food and cotton to the revolutionary team, the young people in the village also have long ears, and some of them really ran over to join the army in the middle of the night.Guo Pingyuan's face, which was flushed from drinking, turned pale with anger for a moment, forcing a wry smile on his face, his eyes were already sharp, and he could only keep toasting to Lao Dan.Although it is on the head of his own kang, but now the situation is not only one against two, but these two guys are still scorpions and centipedes - a one-on-one fight with poison on top of poison!Thinking of Lao Balu fighting devils, he has always used his strengths to avoid weaknesses, regardless of the gains and losses of a city or a place. Today, Lao Dan is the key person, so he can only swallow this breath anyway! Lao Dan didn't know the quarrel between these few people, and he couldn't understand the taste of mutual discord in their words. He only knew that the cadres in a few villages were very face-saving, good wine and good meat, and people from Banzi Village kissed each other!It's a pity that I'm going to go to the battlefield again so soon, so I can't chatter about the village affairs with them. When Xie Guoya saw Guo Pingyuan's bag, he happily filled it up for everyone and rubbed a stinky foot excitedly.