Chapter 29 Chapter 26 False Alarm

Early the next morning, Li Hanzhang went back to the Flower House with Chen Momei's old silver bracelet in his pocket.He told Chen Yaomei that he wanted to go back to get some money, and then go to the ancient city to find a silversmith to put a longevity lock on his godson Kezhen.In fact, he went back and found the close-fitting jacket that Sufen sewed for him.After getting married, Li Hanzhang told Chen Momei that this little jacket was the only thing left by the family, so it should be put away instead of wearing it.Chen Memei really made a new padded jacket for Li Hanzhang, and asked Li Hanzhang to put the old jacket under the box like a treasure.

Li Hanzhang went home, closed the door, took out his jacket, opened a small slit in his collar, and took out a ring.There is still the last one in the pinch, Li Hanzhang thought to himself, even if the sky falls, he can't move, otherwise how will he have the face to see Sufen and Kezhen in the future?Carefully sewing up the neckline, Li Hanzhang put Chen Yaomei's silver bracelet in the sleeve cage of the jacket, folded the jacket and put it under the box, wrapped the ring with the handkerchief used to wrap the bracelet, and opened it. Cotton, put it in the pocket of the close-fitting clothes.

After pulling out the tobacco rod, Li Hanzhang sat at home, smoking bag after bag. After a while, the bedroom he and Momei shared was filled with fog.He was thinking about four people: his life and death brother Zhou Yungang, his first wife Wang Sufen, son Kezhen and his current wife Chen Yaomei. Today is Zhou Yungang's memorial day, but he, Li Hanzhang, has become a godfather, and he is going to put a long life lock on his godson; his wife and son have not heard from each other, and now he wants to take the jewelry left by his wife to give another The child who was not born by himself but wants to call himself a "father" has a long life lock.What makes all this push itself into an inextricable "knot" before another big year arrives?

Zhou Yungang paid his life for the "baby mother-in-law with three acres of land" that he lives now.On the day before his memorial day, another child who called himself "Daddy" was born.I used to only think about not having children, and I was afraid that I would be caught in the future, and my sister would be dragged down. Why did I never think that Zhou Yungang ranked "baby" first when he talked about the little days of "baby mother-in-law three acres of land" of?Why didn't I think that not having a baby would be unfair to my sister?She has the right to be a mother, and more importantly, if she is really arrested, she also has a child to accompany her, who will take care of her in the future!

How can we open this "dead knot"?Just give birth to a child, whether it's a boy or a girl, it's the best explanation for Zhou Yungang and my younger sister!After thinking through this, he found a piece of paper, went to the stove outside the house, picked up an unburned charcoal, and wrote a few words: "Yun Gang, good brother! Wait, we will have a son!" Then, slowly igniting it... After finishing all this, Li Hanzhang locked the door and walked to the ancient city. It is only a dozen miles from Qinglong Town to the ancient city. It is very convenient to walk, and it is more convenient to go by boat.Li Hanzhang has been here for almost two years. Not to mention buying goods, even passing by, he has already felt the streets of the ancient city clearly. What's more, he sent General Cheng's ashes back after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, and he has a little impression of the ancient city.

This is a small town that has not changed its name for thousands of years. Most of the streets and houses are from the Ming Dynasty, and a small part was repaired after being burned by the Qing army more than 300 years ago and Japanese aircraft more than 300 years later. .The north of the ancient city is surrounded by mountains, and the other three sides are water. Therefore, if you go from Guangyuan to Chongqing along the Jialing River, you can see the west, south and east sides of the ancient city.The ancient city is a square city. The streets and alleys in the city are all facing south, north, east and west. There are more than a hundred streets, all of which can be seen from the street to the end of the street. The car passed by, the alley was as narrow as water, and two thin hemp stalks passed opposite each other, and one of them had to turn sideways.

However, what surprised Li Hanzhang was not the strange structure of this ancient city, but the inclusiveness of this small city, which he had never thought of before coming here.The county government of the ancient city is in the Iron Pagoda Temple on Neidong Street. There are Jingsheng Nunnery, Mosque, Ningji Hall, Shoushan Temple, God of Wealth Building, and Huaguang Building to the south, and Gospel Hall, Dongyue Temple, Nanyue Temple, Zhiping Garden, and Seven Stars to the north. Taiwan, Baba Temple, Mawang Temple, Guangguo Temple, Wulang Temple, Taiping Temple, Tianshang Palace, Wenchang Palace, Shaanxi Guild Hall, Guanyin Temple in the east, Chenghuang Temple, Confucian Temple, Wu Temple in the west, and Huan Temple dedicated to Zhang Sanye Hou Temple... However, because the ferry is under the Huaguang Building, the most prosperous place in the ancient city is naturally near the Huaguang Building.

Li Hanzhang turned around and found an old silversmith's shop, and went in, clutching his pocket with the gold ring in it. After busying for a long time choosing and picking land, Li Hanzhang was finally satisfied with the exchange of something he liked, and came out excitedly, going to the pier to board a boat back to Qinglong Town. To go to the pier, you have to go downstairs from Huaguang.Huaguang Building is a cross-street building, riding on the street. "There is a Huaguang Building in the ancient city, half of which is poked into the cloud." In the nursery rhymes sung by the dolls, the half of the poked into the cloud is the second and third floors of Huaguang Building, and those who do not poke into the cloud are riding on the street. on the first floor.The stone doorway of Huaguang Building is higher than the houses on both sides. In summer, distant tourists disembark and come here to take a rest in the draft, and there can be 30 or 40 people crowded on one side.In winter, there is no room for people inside. If you stand for a while, you will be blown by the wind and have a runny nose and sneeze.

Li Hanzhang was walking on the north side of Huaguang Building, passing through the doorway of Huaguang Building, he saw a person walking up the stone steps of the pier.Li Hanzhang glanced at him, and felt that this person looked familiar, but since he came to the ancient city, he had traveled all over the countryside in all directions, and dealt with many people, so he didn't take it seriously.However, when they all walked into the doorway of Huaguang Building and got closer and closer, Li Hanzhang saw a long-lost and familiar coldness in each other's eyes. "Director Li, it's been a long time." The other party whispered in Li Hanzhang's ear as he walked past Li Hanzhang.

Li Hanzhang took a deep breath, raised his chest suddenly, stared into the opponent's eyes, and said, "It's you, Gou Peide!" Yes, this person is Gou Peide, the subordinate who has been with him for many years and was transferred to the second office after the Cangbaitang incident.After they met unexpectedly at the pickled mustard factory, they actually met here again.Li Hanzhang was not afraid, but instead asked: "Inspector Gou, came to inspect the ancient city again?" "What about you?" Goupide was not at all surprised that he called himself "Inspector Gou", but asked, "What are you doing here? I know you are still 'lurking', and you are lurking very thoroughly. surname, married a wife, and divided the property and land."

"How do you know?" Li Hanzhang asked pressingly, feeling a little uneasy in his heart. "Don't ask me about that. I still remember our gentlemen's agreement of 'living in peace'. The last time I was in the pickled vegetable factory, brother, I admire Director Li's unflappable demeanor in the face of chaos, but I hope Director Li can continue to take care of you. 'We'll be safe and sound' in mind." Gou Peide rolled his eyes like a shuttle, and after he finished speaking, he turned around and walked out of the entrance of Huaguang Building. Li Hanzhang watched Gou Peide's figure disappear at the intersection of Shanghua Street, and walked straight to the pier, and quickly boarded the boat.Along the way, he was thinking about what happened just now: Gou Peide is now holding the job of the Communist Party, and it is going to be smooth sailing. Otherwise, why is he so afraid that he will not abide by the agreement of "living in peace"?At the beginning, it was he who wanted to grab me with his teeth and claws, and was stuck by his neck, forcing him to agree to "each go his own way", but now it turned out that he was worried that I would break the contract.Based on his status, as long as he yelled "Catch the spy", someone would run out on the street with a stick and beat him half to death, and then turned him to the police station to claim credit.Why didn't he do it?Sitting on the side of the boat, Li Hanzhang looked at the crystal-clear water of the Jialing River. On the surface, it was as calm as a mirror, but beneath it was an invisible whirlpool. When the boat arrived at Qinglong Town, he was walking on the dirt road along the river bank, and he could already see Chen Momei drying diapers outside the Lijia guest house in the distance. Li Hanzhang suddenly remembered that Laibao said that Hu Feng was with him again a few days ago. Suddenly figured it out: Gou Peide didn't call for someone to arrest him immediately, he must be worried that those bad things between him and Hu Feng would be exposed.In that case, all the painstaking efforts he had made in the communist government for so many years would be wiped out. After figuring this out, Li Hanzhang knew that he was still safe for the time being, so he was not so nervous. Chen Yaomei saw Li Hanzhang standing in the aisle of Li's Inn, but she was too far away to call out his name, so she just waved to him.Li Hanzhang also smiled and waved to the woman first, then patted his pocket. Now, Li Hanzhang no longer needs to go through the front door to go to Li's Inn from the riverside. Like the people in Li's family, he can directly go up the small wooden stairs at the back.Chen Memei was drying the diapers slowly, and when Li Hanzhang approached, she asked eagerly, "What kind of one is it? Does it look good?" Li Hanzhang nodded and said softly, "Very good." Chen Yaomei followed Li Hanzhang into the house, closed the door behind her back, walked up to Li Hanzhang, stretched out her hand and said, "Let me see!" Li Hanzhang looked at Chen Yaomei, smiled, opened the padded coat, took out Chen Yaomei's handkerchief from the pocket of his underwear, and slowly opened the handkerchief in front of her... Chen Yaomei saw the things in the handkerchief, picked up one in each hand, and asked eagerly, "How can I get these things?" In her left hand is a brand-new Eight Treasures Longevity Lock. Inside the palm-sized rice sieve are books, gossip, abacus, scissors and a bronze mirror. The chain is thicker than the twine on the sole. What she held in her right hand was an old-looking hairpin: it was an old silver hairpin, an old silver hairpin with two phoenixes facing the sun! "How is it possible? How can my bracelet be exchanged for these two things? Zhang Ziqiang, how much money did you put into it?" Chen Momei looked at Li Hanzhang with wide eyes and asked, "This old silver hairpin is worth more than a longevity lock, right? " "Yaomei, don't worry, listen to me slowly." Li Hanzhang pulled Chen Yaomei to sit by the bed and asked her, "Did your mother give you that bracelet?" "yes." "So, that's not ordinary silver, it's an antique! You know what? I went to a knowledgeable acquaintance to act as an intermediary, and I exchanged these two things: the hairpin is old silver, like your bracelet; this eight-treasure longevity lock It's new silver, it's just right for the doll." Li Hanzhang had thought up these words on the way back to the flower house to get the gold ring in the morning. "Old Zhang, you are so amazing! I think I will be thankful that someone can exchange the longevity lock for me." Li Hanzhang saw that Chen Momei's hand holding the jewelry was still shaking.He looked at this woman, looked at her, and held her tightly in his arms again... Because of meeting Gou Peide in the ancient city, Li Hanzhang had a very unhappy time during the Spring Festival in 1952.Fortunately, Chen Momei's thoughts were all devoted to taking care of her godson, and she didn't see any difference in him from usual.Finally after the Lantern Festival, Li Hanzhang discussed with Chen Momei, saying that he wanted to take a boat trip on the Yangtze River with others, see if he could earn some money back, buy a house on the street of Qinglong Town and open a shop, or not Wait a few years, when you get older, you can't run anymore, you don't have the energy to go for a walk, and you don't have the energy to grow crops. How can two people live? "In this way, you have to get it." Chen Yaomei thought for a while and asked, "It's just that you plan to leave for a long time?" Li Hanzhang said: "Have Kezhen's full moon wine before leaving." Chen Yaomei thinks this is also good. Li Hanzhang went out at the end of the first lunar month, and returned after more than a month when the weather got warmer. It stands to reason that the life on the Yangtze River these past few months is much more comfortable than the life on the border between Sichuan and Guizhou, there are no bandits, and there is no need to worry about food and clothing, but he can't stay, and he always thinks about Chen Sister, remember Kezhen.When he was sitting on the bow of the boat with nothing to do, he also thought about taking this opportunity to run away: Since he might be arrested if he went back, what would he do if he went back?But he can't run around like he did more than a year ago. Firstly, he is forty years old, and he is used to the stable life in Qinglong Town; secondly, now that everyone is free, where can he run?Moreover, with the ability of the Communist Party, even if he ran to the ends of the earth, he would be caught. "Man's fate is determined by the sky. The dead ball should be up, not the dead ball down." Li Hanzhang's heart swayed, and he came back. At dusk, Li Hanzhang arrived in Qinglong Town, and first went to Li's house to pick up Chen Momei.Daddy Li and Aunt Li kept the young couple in, saying that when Li Laibao came back from the town government, the family would have a reunion dinner. A group of people were eating and setting up a dragon gate formation. Laibao suddenly put down his chopsticks and said to Li Hanzhang: "By the way, my old classmate, your old acquaintance in Fuling, do you remember? It was Li Dayong who was transferred to the ancient city. I'm here. I'm the section chief of the Public Security Bureau of Gucheng County, in charge of internal affairs. I went to Gucheng a few days ago, sat in his office, chatted for a while, and mentioned you." "Oh?" Li Hanzhang was burying his head in his meal. After hearing this, the passionate young man wearing glasses appeared in front of his eyes and asked, "What are you talking about me?" "I didn't say anything. He heard that you have settled down in the ancient city, married a wife, and divided the land and house. He asked me to bring a message to congratulate you!" After saying this, Laibao said to himself He said to himself, "This guy, why has he been fighting guerrillas for more than two years, moving around? Just like him, can he manage a department well? However, this time I met him, I found that he really got along with me. It's different when I was in school, I'm much older..." "Don't worry, you've done a good job. Who in Xihe won't praise you? You will soon become a high-ranking official." Li Hanzhang comforted Noble when he saw that Noble was a little bit disappointed. "By the way, Brother Zhang, you often go out to catch up with the scene, and you should pay attention to those who behave suspiciously. The Jiang bandit gang is not dead, and those American Jiang agents who have not had time to escape and have lurked, while the people of the whole country are going all out to resist the U.S. and aid Korea, are ready to move , spreading rumors and destroying. Chongqing and Chengdu are cities that the Kuomintang has painstakingly managed since the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War. I don’t know how many escaped from Chongqing and Chengdu and hid without being discovered. I saw a copy of "Sichuan City" in Li Dayong's office. "Bandit Investigation", which is full of high-ranking KMT officials whose hands are stained with the blood of the people. Therefore, if you find anyone suspicious, report it to the government immediately!" Noble's words made Li Hanzhang feel that he was pointing his nose and scolding himself. "Sichuan Bandit Investigation"!I was the one who got into this pamphlet, and I was what Noble called "the secret agents of the United States and Chiang Kai-shek who hadn't escaped in time"!Li Hanzhang reminded himself once again in his heart. After dinner at Li's house, the couple went back to Hua's house together.After entering the house, Li Hanzhang gave all the money to Chen Yaomei and said, "I'm sorry, that's all I got." "How long have you been out? It's good to be able to earn this much. At home, I only earn so much in half a year." Yaomei put away the money and asked while locking the cabinet, "Didn't you say that you will run for a year or so? What? Are you back so early?" "Didn't you think that Kezhen would be 100 days old?" Li Hanzhang stared at the woman's back after saying this, and said, "I...I miss you too." He concealed it.In fact, his mind is now full of the "Sichuan Bandit Investigation". "It's worthless. For more than a month, half of my time has been taking care of Kezhen, and half of my time is here to clean up the corners of the fields, grow some small vegetables to eat by myself, and sell the unfinished food. It's just a pity that we can't live every day. Here, we can’t feed chickens and ducks. Lao Zhang, when Kezhen grows older, I won’t go to Li’s house. We will feed dozens of chickens and ducks. It’s convenient to eat meat and eggs, and the chicks and ducklings can be sold after hatching Money. We are not far from the town, so we don’t have to buy a house there.” Chen Momei locked the door and came to sit beside Li Hanzhang. Li Hanzhang understood the meaning of Chen Momei's words, and he didn't want him to use the money to buy a house on the market to go far away.The country woman is aggressive in her work, but she expresses her feelings very tactfully. Although she has been married for almost a year, it is the first time she has been separated from a man for such a long time. She blushes and looks timid. Li Hanzhang understands women's feelings: If he couldn't bear to miss her, he wouldn't come back so soon... However, even though he couldn't restrain his miss for her and came back, he still didn't forget why he went out, so, Asking obliquely: "After I leave, how is your family doing?" "Nothing major happened, except that Kezhen was ill once, and the whole family was in a hurry." Chen Momei was leaning on Li Hanzhang's shoulder, but at this point, she seemed to suddenly remember something, sat up straight and said, " What's more, it's very strange that there have been strangers at home several times." "What are they talking about?" Li Hanzhang took the woman over and let her continue to lean on his shoulder. "I'm rambling, I don't know what to say. They said they were doing construction surveys, asked me about the origin of the flower house, and asked who is in my family." "Oh, it's just the old and the new society. Before liberation, your brother's family lived here and died so miserable. Now we live in it, the people's government cares a lot." Li Hanzhang comforted Chen Yaomei. After tidying up, the next day, Li Hanzhang asked Lao Liang and his friends to drink tea at the teahouse below Li's Inn, and told them what he had seen and heard on the Chuanjiang River in the past few months.After talking about it, I also asked them: "I've been away for so long, and you haven't encountered any good things? Let me show you." Lao Cao said: "Not long after you left, two unfamiliar grocery customers came. The goods were not in the right direction, and they yelled at the price. They drove us a few times, and asked us if there was anyone with us in normal times. We do business together." "People who just entered the business are like this. You should be more considerate. Are you talking nonsense and offending others?" Li Hanzhang said lightly on the replay. "Where, let's say, let's go for a walk. A few more people are on the same road, talking and laughing. The road is lively. Business people, don't they just go wherever they can earn money? They're not a couple. , why are you together every day?" After hearing this, Li Hanzhang was a little puzzled: If Gou Peide had reported him, someone would arrest him, it would be impossible to beat around the bush like this; if Gou Peide had not reported him, how could these strangers suddenly appear?After much deliberation, I was caught in the net of the people's government anyway, and there was no possibility of escape, so I might as well make up my mind and live a small life for a few days.So, as before, he continued to take a weekly walk with a few old brothers. After more than two months, it's summer.This day, Li Hanzhang went to Dongxing Township. When he came back, he had to pass by the flower house first, so he got off the main road and went home.After cooking dinner, I waited and waited for Chen Yaomei to come back. Li Hanzhang was a little anxious: Usually, when we go in the direction of Dongxing, both of us will agree to go home early in the evening. What happened today?Li Hanzhang turned off the fire in the stove, put the porridge into a sea bowl, and put it on the table to cool; he picked up another bowl of kimchi leaves, chopped them, and put them on the table.After packing these up, the woman who was about to go out to pick him up, Chen Yaomei came back. "What's the matter with Kezhen? Why did you come back so late?" Li Hanzhang asked while sitting at the dinner table, smoking a cigarette. Chen Yaomei drank water and said, "There are guests from Chongqing, and I will help Aunt Li in the kitchen." When Li Hanzhang heard the words "Chongqing has a guest", his heart sank, he smoked a cigarette, and asked, "Who is it?" Chen Yaomei smiled and sat on the edge of the table, stretched her neck and said to Li Hanzhang, "Guess." "I can't guess." Seeing Chen Momei's appearance, Li Hanzhang knew it was not a bad thing. He felt relieved, pretended to be angry and said, "I walked so far a day, and I still have to cook for you when I come back; Well, I still have to wait for you to come back to eat. Fortunately, you didn't say a word of kindness when you entered the room. " "Oh, it's my fault, it's my fault!" Chen Momei hurriedly put the chopsticks in Li Hanzhang's hand, touched his hand and said, "You don't know, that female classmate from Noble is here, and she's so pretty. A girl, everyone in the Li family should be as happy as they are." Li Hanzhang put down his chopsticks and asked, "I haven't heard about Noibao before, why did you come here?" "Has your memory been taken away by a dog? Noble said it several times in front of you, but you didn't take it to heart." Chen Yaomei said, touching the bowl with the back of her hand, feeling that it was still hot, she quickly withdrew her hand , and did not urge Li Hanzhang to eat, so he set up a battle with him, "He is a learned person, and he came to be a cadre, and he was even bigger than Noble's official. At first, Aunt Li didn't believe that she really wanted to marry Noble. It is said that people have transferred their household registration to the ancient city.” "Is it bigger than Noble's official? What is that for?" "The ancient city is going to build a health station for women and dolls, and that girl will be the head of the station." "Oh, it's a doctor." Li Hanzhang breathed a sigh of relief, "I'm hungry, let's eat." Li Hanzhang picked up his chopsticks and asked, "Did you not eat when you've been busy at Li's house?" Chen Yaomei kicked the man under the table and scolded softly: "You have no heart, I will help them cook, and as soon as the food is on the table, I run home with an empty stomach, thirsty and hungry, what are you doing?" Show me the face." Li Hanzhang put some kimchi in the woman's bowl, looked her in the eyes and said, "Eat more, it will make your stomach swell." When Chen Yaomei heard this, she sighed, put down her chopsticks and said, "Kezhen is almost half a year old, and I have been married for more than a year, why don't you feel happy?" Li Hanzhang knew that he had said something wrong, so he hurriedly comforted the woman: "Kezhen's mother was married for several years before she was happy, how long have you been married? Why worry?" "Why can't I be in a hurry? Although I call her sister-in-law, in fact, Laiyu and I were born in the same year, more than three years older than her. It seems that Laibao is about to get married..." At this point, Chen Momei leaned forward and grabbed Li Hanzhang's hand and said, "When the health center for women and dolls opens, I'll go check it out." The things in the world are really indescribably strange. Li Hanzhang was very afraid of Chen Momei going to the health station for an examination. He was worried that during the examination, if the doctor asked them when they had intercourse, they would be in great trouble: ordinary people would not know how to use it. If you ask about contraception during ovulation, he won't say it's a coincidence every time, right?But he didn't expect that in autumn, the Maternal and Child Health Center in Gucheng was listed, and Chen Yaomei rushed to check it out excitedly. The doctor told her that the reason why she couldn't conceive a baby might be due to malnutrition. Pay more attention to food and take care of her That's all right, and he comforted her by saying, "We've only been married for less than two years, it's normal not to be pregnant, don't worry." "To put it lightly, light a lamp grass. How can I not be in a hurry for such a big matter?" Yaomei complained lazily on the bed when she returned home. Li Hanzhang heaved a sigh of relief after hearing her about the results of the hospital's examination. He sat down, took her hand and said, "Silly woman, let's see if you will save money in the future? Let me tell you, if you don't eat well, you won't be If you are nutritious, you really can’t give birth. Eat a lot of good food, and with nutrition, you might be able to conceive two at a time. Get a good sleep, and I’ll call you when I’m done cooking.” "Then why has it been almost two years, and I haven't had a baby yet? What if the doctor... I mean, what if I made a mistake? What if I really can't have a baby? ?" Chen Momei lay on the bed, crying and asking. "You silly woman, if you can't have a child, we will adopt it! Take ten thousand steps back and say, you can't have a child, we have Kezhen, and when Laiyu gives birth to a second child, we will bring Kezhen back." Li Hanzhang looked at the woman, He spoke hard words, but tears couldn't help rolling down his cheeks.What he shed was not tears of sadness, but tears of shame.He couldn't understand for a while, how could he deprive such a good woman of her right to be a mother by such means?How could she be so unlucky to marry someone like herself who could be caught and shot at any time?I don't understand why I am so lucky to meet such a good woman as her... Harmful.I hurt people.My stupid plan harmed the woman in front of me. Even if you beat people with whips and sticks, even if you use a machine gun to smash the opponent into a sieve, even if you push the opponent under the bridge head-on, even if you write a document that will kill hundreds of people... Even if he did something more vicious, Li Hanzhang never felt "harmful".At that time, he was confident and arrogant.But at this moment, he felt ashamed, ashamed after "harming someone"! If it was blown up together with the car, if he surrendered himself in Chengdu and was arrested by the Communist Party, if he was beaten to death on the way to escape, he would not harm the woman in front of him! As long as she doesn't meet herself, this woman may never marry for the rest of her life because of her brother, or she may end up marrying a widowed middle-aged man. Like all the women in Qinglong Town, she will live a stable life even though she is not rich. As long as it is safe, it is enough. Li Hanzhang hugged his woman like a driftwood in the ups and downs.He knows that in a woman's heart at this moment, he is her sky; he knows even more that in his own life, she is his land. The sky is out of reach.The land, however, is real and solid. Li Hanzhang hugged his woman, and decided to start from today, from tonight, not to count the days related to the "ovulation period".He wants to be sincere to this woman, to be this woman's man, and when he has children, he believes that this woman will make their children look like every child along the Jialing River, and grow as strong as their Ba people's ancestors.He believed that he would be able to make the woman in front of him raise a child for him and for Zhou Yungang! Li Hanzhang decided to "resign himself to fate". Li Hanzhang, who "resigned to fate", continued to go for a walk, sometimes walking with others, sometimes alone.When a person passes by the Guanyin Temple, he will sit on the hill in front of General Cheng's tomb, looking at the tomb submerged in the weeds from afar, talking to himself and General Cheng.When he got home, Yaomei asked him why he came back so late.He said, go find an old friend, and set up a long-term battle for a while. However, although Li Hanzhang made all the psychological preparations, the child did not come, nor did his captors. Day by day, the adults seem to have no changes, but Kezhen has grown up.After having a younger brother in the second year, Kezhen spent all day with Chen Momei. He called Laiyu and his wife his parents, and Li Hanzhang and his wife as his parents.No one knew when he called it that way, but when everyone noticed it, the little guy got used to it, and everyone thought it was good. In such peaceful days, more than three years have passed in the blink of an eye. Kezhen can walk now, and the little baby is very sensible, so she can run to the town and take her second uncle home for dinner.After Laibao got married, he settled his family in the ancient city. He came to work in the morning, went back at night, and had dinner at his parents' house at noon. On weekends, the young couple went back to Qinglong Town for a day.So everyone got into the habit of having lunch together on weekends no matter how busy they were during the week.Laiyu was at home every day, and the ones who went back on weekends were naturally Laibao and Liu Lan, Li Hanzhang and Chen Momei.This weekend, Li Hanzhang did not go out to do business as usual, and went to Li's house to play with Chen Momei for a day.As a result, at noon that day, Noble came back alone.Seeing that the second daughter-in-law was not here, Uncle Li looked a little unhappy.Noble said helplessly: "Now that someone is staring at her and making trouble for her, she can't wait to move her family to work." Li Hanzhang asked: "What happened?" "Her position as the head of the health care station is likely to be squeezed out. It's ridiculous that a deputy head of the station was transferred inexplicably, and she was publicized everywhere that she was someone with background and formed a gang in the station. Health care The station has just been built, Liu Lan's job is really difficult! I'm in a hurry, I can't help her..." Noble still wanted to complain, but Uncle Li interrupted him and said: "Whoever wants to do what, of course there are government arrangements, so don't worry about it. Eat!" A few days later, Li Hanzhang came back from the scene, and saw that there was a cold stove at home, and Momei was lying on the bed.He thought that Chen Momei was ill, so he hurriedly threw the back strap to see her.At first, Chen Momei didn't say a word, she just cried.Later, Li Hanzhang stopped asking and planned to cook by himself, but Chen Momei grabbed him by the skirt of his clothes and refused to let him go.Li Hanzhang asked: "What happened? Tell me." "Zhang Ziqiang," Chen Yaomei cried "Wow", and shouted, "Zhang Ziqiang, let's get a divorce." When Li Hanzhang heard this, he was terrified, and asked her: "Okay, why do you want a divorce?" "I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry for the ancestors of the Zhang family." Chen Momei said with a teary voice, "They pointed at me and said I'm a useless person. It's been several years. I'm a hen who can't even lay soft eggs. I'm a useless person, Zhang Ziqiang, I can't give you a baby, let's divorce, you go find another woman and give birth to a baby." As soon as Li Hanzhang heard this, he knew that Momei was hurt by the words of those bad-mouthed mothers-in-law, and knocked her off. Chen Yaomei took his hand, pulled Momei from the bed, stared at her eyes and said: "Whether you can have a baby or not has anything to do with divorce? Don't we have Kezhen?" Yaomei was frightened, knowing that she made the man angry by saying "divorce", so she lowered her head and just cried without making a sound. "Don't cry, my sister, tomorrow, I won't go to the market, I will accompany you to the ancient city, find the hospital that treats wives and babies, and have a doctor's examination." Li Hanzhang said, taking the woman into his arms. "Let's go to Liu Lan. She is the station manager and can help us find a good doctor." Yaomei said with her face up. "Don't trouble her. Didn't Noble say that that weekend? She's probably very busy now." Li Hanzhang comforted Momei and said, "The western doctor you saw last time is over this time. Let's see Chinese medicine." The next day, when Li Hanzhang followed Momei into the Maternal and Child Health Station in Gucheng, it was already past nine o'clock in the morning.The health care station is located in an old courtyard house opposite the county government. The newly painted walls are covered with slogans: "Follow the instructions of the Central Committee and resolutely eliminate all hidden counter-revolutionaries!" "Carry out an all-round anti-revolutionary campaign, focusing on the investigation of hidden enemy agents!" ... Yaomei registered in the side room of the courtyard, and went into the east wing to check. Li Hanzhang leaned against a tree outside the house, smoking a pipe, and while waiting for Yaomei, he looked at the slogan on the wall. At this time, a woman in Lenin's suit walked in from outside the gate, her hair was long and loose on her shoulders, and her face was a little pale.Li Hanzhang looked familiar, but couldn't remember where he saw him. When the woman approached, Li Hanzhang realized that she was Hu Feng, Gou Peide's concubine. Why is she here? At the moment when Li Hanzhang was stunned, Hu Feng walked in front of him.Hu Feng originally had her chest up and her head held high, but when she saw Li Hanzhang, she opened her mouth—obviously, she also recognized Li Hanzhang! "Oh, Boss Zhou... oh, Director Li... oh, that's not right, brother Li! Why did you come to our place where women are treated? Walk around and sit in my office." Hu Feng was very excited He quickly returned to normal, and pulled Li Hanzhang's sleeve with great enthusiasm. Li Hanzhang understood that Hu Feng already knew his details.He could not help following Hu Feng into the westernmost room of the courtyard.Hu Feng sat behind the desk, pointed to a chair in front of the desk, and said, "Brother Li, please sit down." After Li Hanzhang sat down, Hu Feng stood up, closed the door, lowered his head, and sat down on the seat While walking, he asked Li Hanzhang coldly: "Director Li, look at your outfit. After Mao Liping said goodbye, you, a majestic major general in the Central Command, are doing well." "Hey, I, Gou Peide, and you, Hu Feng, all those who came here at that time, have their own destiny. I don't want to be rich and powerful, I am content to live a good life." Li Hanzhang saw Hu Feng although Putting on a Lenin costume, he still couldn't hide his coquettish and frivolous virtue, so he said it simply. "Everyone's destiny? Director Li, I'm a person who doesn't accept my fate. Otherwise, I wouldn't risk my life these years. His surname Gou is the vice president of the bank in Guocheng. Why can't I To be employed by the Communist Party? I escaped desperately from Maoliping and went to join him, but he actually wanted to dismiss me like trash, and live a comfortable life with his stinky bitch, it’s not that easy!" From Hu Feng’s words, Li Hanzhang’s words Only then did I know that Gou Peide was already the vice president of the People's Bank of Guocheng City, which governs Gucheng County. "Hu Feng, to tell you the truth, I met you at the 'Xiangrui Yinlou' in Luxian County! Moreover, I also know that when you were in Maoliping, you were always with Li Zhuanyun, the waiter of Longquanyi Inn. When Gou Peide was still in Chengdu, You made a way out of him, selling opium everywhere, even Xikang and Yunnan have your business! Also, I don’t think Comrade Hu Feng wants others to know about the bad things about you, Master Chun and Yazi Wang? "Based on Li Hanzhang's understanding of Hu Feng, he knows that this woman can do anything. Once she knows her details, she will pose a greater and more direct threat to him than Gou Peide. It popped out. Hearing Li Hanzhang mention the "Xiangrui Yinlou" incident, Hu Feng became angry with embarrassment: "Hey, you are indeed a major general's spy in the Central Command. You know everything I have done these years. But, you don't know it yet, do you?的这些年，全靠揭发出卖以前的同僚好友获得了共产党的信任，一路把官做得顺风顺水。现在，你就不怕他把你也卖了？” “他要卖我，早就卖了，咋可能给我机会站在这里和你说话？”李涵章不明白胡凤叫他来办公室的用意，敷衍着说。 “既然这样，我们明人不说暗话。你刚才不是说'各安天命'吗？只要你帮我一个忙，让苟培德动动脑子，和他那个黄脸婆离了婚，再让我当上这个保健站的站长，我们就真的'各安天命'，行不行？有没有兴趣做这笔生意？”胡凤说完，顺手从抽屉里拿出一叠信笺，“啪”地摔到桌面上。李涵章扫了一眼，居然是一份《关于中统潜伏特务混入人民政府的揭发材料》！ “咋帮你？”李涵章心里窝着火，但仍不动声色地问。 “只要你把苟培德那些事儿写出来，交给我；或者，干脆你也在我写好的材料上签个字，我们联起手来逼他就范，休了那婆娘，让我当上这个保健站站长，我就罢手。他屁股上的烂事儿比我们多多了，谅他也不敢把我们俩怎么着。你看怎么样啊，李哥哥，我的大英雄？”胡凤说着，话音发嗲，眼神像蛇信子一样撩拨着李涵章，而且还伸出了手。 李涵章“噌”地站了起来，躲过胡凤伸过来的手，说：“对不起，我刚才说了，我们'各安天命'！”然后，他扭头走出了胡凤的办公室。 “不识好歹！你以为你还是那个手使双枪、独来独往的大英雄啊？”身后，胡凤气急败坏的声音砸在了他的脚后跟上。 李涵章从胡凤的办公室摔门而去之后，径直去找幺妹。 幺妹果然听了李涵章的话，检查完了以后，进了中医诊室。一位老中医给幺妹把了脉，对她说：“从你的脉象和舌苔来看，你是因为久坐湿地而损伤肾气，致使冲任不足、真阳不足，不能行气行水，寒湿乘其经血，注于胞宫，结于胞宫，以致不能受孕。你以后做家务、下田要注意了，不能再沾湿寒。平时还要注意，不要吃生冷瓜果，凉饭凉茶。另外，我再给你开个方子，补虚温寒，活血调经，服上二十剂药，你就没有大问题了。” 李涵章学过医，自然明白老中医的话有道理。这些年，么妹前些年被人收养，没人疼她，这些年整天忙忙活活，落下虚寒之症，是情理之中的。 不过，这只是一闪而过的想法，他的心思始终还在胡凤“要当保健站站长”那件事情上。 这事儿让李涵章想起了前几天来宝说的那番话。当时他只以为刘英周末没回家吃饭，来宝怕父亲不高兴在帮她开脱，现在才明白，来宝没有说错：刘英遇到的这个对手，真有那么厉害！ 还没出古城的时候，幺妹丝毫没有注意到李涵章的脸色变化，只顾了自己欢喜。她的小背篼里装着从保健站拿的二十包中药，也装着她后半辈子的希望。但坐在船上，她终于发现自己男人的脸色不好。下了船，走到没人处，她拉着李涵章的手问：“咋个了嘛？哪个欠了你的钱？脸吊得像张三爷一样黑。” “没啥事，真没啥事。”李涵章的心思说不出口，只得赶紧掩饰，“我是看着这一大堆药，替你发愁。煎这么多药喝，多苦啊，要喝到啥时候啊。为了给我生娃娃，又要让你受罪了。” “只要能生个娃娃，莫说二十包药，二百包药我也喝！”么妹一听李涵章心疼自己，一下子觉得幸福得很，看看四下没人，背着背篼，往李涵章身边靠了靠。李涵章伸手取下小背篼，放在自己背上。 幺妹吃药期间，李涵章继续赶遛遛场做生意。正是三伏天，他和几个老兄弟也不走远路，一早出门就去了古城北边的沙溪。沙溪和青龙镇就像古城挑的一副担子，正好同距离分布在古城的两边。乡下的集市都是过午便散，因为离家近，几个人在沙溪场上的茶馆里坐了一会儿，等日头偏西才往回走。快到古城的时候，他们远远地听到城里传来喧天的锣鼓声。“出了啥事儿呀？”几个人你看看我我看看你，加快脚步进了城。 最先进人李涵章视线的，是一条大幅标语：“坚决镇压、严厉打击罪大恶极的匪首、惯匪、特务、反动会道门头子等一切反革命分子！”“深入开展肃反运动，严厉打击敌特分子！”一群学生喊着口号走过去，接着又有一队工人敲锣打鼓跟上来，其中一个是老梁的表亲，见老梁站在路边，和他点头打招呼。老梁赶紧拉住那人问：“这么高兴，台湾解放了？” 那人边往前走边回头说：“解放台湾是迟早的事情。不过今天我们欢庆的是大特务潘一德被抓到了。” “潘一德是啥人？”老曹、老梁他们都没有听说过这个名字，想不明白，为什么这个人被抓古城的人会这么高兴。 李涵章心知肚明，可他不能说，只能跟着老曹他们装迷瞪。 几个人继续往前走，要穿过古城，去华光楼下的码头乘船。到了东门口，遇到一群学生在路口演讲：“大特务潘一德，解放前是中美合作所白公馆看守所的看守长，是杀害革命先烈罗世文、车耀先、杨虎城、宋绮云的刽子手。在我英雄的人民解放军即将解放重庆前夕逃到成都，在成都解放前夕又化名潘进才潜伏在果城县青居乡种田，今年6月17日，在果城被逮捕……” 李涵章跟在老梁他们后面往船上走，听到老宋说：“这个特务硬是厉害哦！在果城藏了五年。要是在古城，保准他一个月就要遭抓出来。” 大家于是附和：“那是那是，古城人民的觉悟最高了！” 李涵章回头看了一眼那群群情激奋的学生，恍然觉得，他们喊的不是“大特务潘一德”，而是“大特务李涵章”……