Chapter 14 Chapter Eleven (2)

Li Kedong, President of Singapore Weitian Consortium, and Ge Yumei, Vice President of Hong Kong Ge Group, arrived in Beilong at the same time.The guests from Singapore also brought Mr. Sato, a marine expert from Yokohama Port, Japan, to help investigate the natural environment of Beilong Port.Guests gathered in Beilonggang, and Gao Huanzhang happened to be leaving Beilong. Zhao Zhentao accompanied the merchants to discuss investment projects in Beilonggang. He had to ask his secretary Zheng Jin to see Gao Huanzhang off on his behalf, and told Gao Huanzhang that before his operation, he would come The hospital in Beijing sees him.When Zheng Jin came back and described the scene of seeing him off in the hospital, he was particularly moved.According to Gao Huanzhang's instructions, the Municipal Party Committee Office quietly got into the car without disturbing others, but the news still leaked out.coal mine.Institutions, villages, and some relatives and friends crowded at the entrance of the hospital, wanting to see Gao Huanzhang for the last time.There must be more than two thousand people.Guo Laoshun, the branch secretary of Luotuo Village, followed Feng Heping from the construction site.Gao Huanzhang waved to them after getting into the car.Guo Laoshun desperately squeezed to the car window, clutching Gao Huanzhang's hand tightly and crying.Gao Huanzhang smiled and asked Guo Laoshun to sing him two little songs from the Ming Dynasty.Guo Laoshun choked his throat and sang a few lines in a hoarse voice, tears streaming down his face as he sang.Gao Huanzhang closed his eyes in relief after listening to the little song of Ming Dynasty, and asked the driver to start the car, because he didn't want people to see his tears as the official of Beilong's parents.

Sun Yanping also learned about this touching scene with Zhao Zhentao when she came back.Sun Yanping and her mother also went to the hospital to see Gao Huanzhang off.Sun Yanping and Mrs. Ge seized the opportunity to curry favor with Zhao Zhentao and encouraged Ge Yumei to increase investment in the Haigang Phoenix Development Zone. Ge Yumei is a very shrewd businessman, she is not as impulsive as old lady Ge.She investigated very carefully, even considering the rate of return on investment, Zhao Zhentao admired Ge Yumei's pragmatic style. Although the negotiations between them have not made substantive progress.But Zhao Zhentao did not show any impatience. He asked Sun Yanping and Mrs. Ge to accompany the guests to continue the investigation, and to discuss new ideas. Even if there is no cooperation project, make a friend. The door of Beilong is always open to the Ge Group .Ge Yumei admired Zhao Zhentao's work style very much. When she heard that Zhao Zhentao had a relationship with Sun Yanping, she felt sorry for Sun Yanping's loss of this excellent man.

After the negotiations between Zhao Zhentao and Ge Yumei came to an end, Zhao Zhentao concentrated on accompanying President Li Kedong in Singapore.President Li Kedong inspected Beilonggang when it was shut down. At that time, the country was facing the situation of reducing infrastructure and tightening money. President Li had to bid farewell to Laoxie Bay in good faith.But the great temptation of Old Crab Bay made him set foot on this magical land again.President Li was worried about the century-old storm surge in Laoxie Bay, so when the Beilong Municipal Government held a project investment promotion conference in Beijing, President Li Kedong attended again, and soon invited Mr. Sato, a Japanese storm surge expert.After listening to the storm surge control plan introduced by Xiong Dajin and Gao Tianhe, Zuo Teng went to the construction site and marveled at the miracle they had created.With the approval of Mr. Sato, President Li Kedong was completely relieved.In the next step, President Li will investigate and demonstrate the cross-sea bridge project, videophone production, seaport warehousing and wireless electronics projects one by one.Half a month later, President Li Kedong finally signed two contracts on the cross-sea bridge and harbor storage.The construction of the cross-sea bridge is a tripartite joint venture: Weitian Consortium, Beilonggang and Yanhua County Government, and a consensus has been reached on the specific project bidding and future toll distribution plan.

The new team of Yanhua is really motivated. They carried forward the spirit of Yugong Yishan, and led the staff and cadres in the county to quickly clean up the original ruins.Ground was broken on the redesigned cross-sea bridge in early winter. Soon, businessmen from Japan, South Korea and Taiwan also went to Beilong Fenghuang Development Zone to sign joint venture or wholly-owned development projects.Before signing the contract, these foreign businessmen required the Phoenix Development Zone to realize "three links and one leveling" and "short, flat, and fast" in terms of basic preparations, that is, roads, water, electricity, and site leveling; High and fast.

In order to achieve "three links and one leveling" in "short, flat and fast", Zhao Zhentao was very busy all day long.Just when Zhao Zhentao was most tired, Ge Yumei had good news.It was Sun Yanping who first told him that Ge Yumei had selected a piece of land in the Fenghuang Development Zone and planned to invest in the construction of a refined salt processing plant.They want to use local resources.Zhao Zhentao was deeply impressed by Ge Yumei's sophistication and wisdom.On the day of site selection, Zhao Zhentao called the relevant persons in charge of customs, industry and commerce, taxation and land to the development zone, and discussed with Wu Zhenshan, the director in charge of the development zone, to give special discounts on the land price.

This morning, the winter sun slowly rose, spreading out on the ground of Fenghuang Development Zone.The appearance of the port became clearer, the faint red light made Zhao Zhentao feel warm, and the thick frost on the ground began to change color. Zhao Zhentao and the secretary-general of the municipal government took Ge Yumei, Mrs. Ge, Sun Yanping and others to the Xiewan Village Cemetery, which was about to be completed. Ge Yumei was very concerned about this matter.She said that she came this time, in addition to participating in the modernization of her hometown, and at the same time entrusted by her younger brother, she wanted to go to the ancestral grave to worship the ancestors.Ge Yumei and her younger brother Ge Ruigao fled to Hong Kong in the early days of the liberation of Beilong. Her father was captured by Zhao Laogong and others at that time, and was shot by the government.Ge Yumei didn't show it like the old lady Ge, she admitted the crimes her father left behind in her hometown very politely.She can view history correctly and analyze the family objectively, which makes Zhao Zhentao have a good impression of her.Ge Yumei is very satisfied with the new cemetery.Mrs. Ge asked her eldest sister to stay in her hometown for a few more days to see Mrs. Ge's performance at the relocation ceremony of the ancestral grave with her own eyes, and she would make a big fuss.She wanted to hold a snow lantern festival for her ancestors, and invited people to make a lot of cemetery lamps to commemorate and appease the souls of her ancestors.Ge Yumei promised Ge's Group to invest 50,000 yuan.Zhao Zhentao didn't pay attention to the conversation of the Ge sisters, and his eyes were on the grave site chosen by Zhao Laogong.He heard that Zhao Laogong asked Mi Xiuxiu to find the best stonemason in Beishan from her hometown to carve a stele for Zhao Jiazu.It seems that the Ge family and the Zhao family will have a dispute over the matter of moving the grave, but unfortunately he cannot intervene.Zhao Laogong also understood his son very well, and did not discuss any activities with him.

They got on the car from the gate of the cemetery and went directly to the Phoenix Development Zone.The car had just arrived at the development zone when Sun Yanping's cell phone rang.The moment the phone rang, she glanced at Zhao Zhentao, and her face turned pale before she could say a few words.She said she was in a hurry, got in the car and left.Judging from her demeanor, Zhao Zhentao guessed that something happened to Li Guanghan. Yesterday, Lei Juan came to Yanhua to handle the case. Hearing that Zhao Zhentao was living on the construction site in Beilonggang, she came to him overnight and reported the progress of the case against Chai Defa and County Magistrate Bai.Chai Defa finally pulled Li Guanghan out again.Chai Defa told Li Guanghan that the sponsorship of the 6 million yuan cross-sea bridge from the saltworks was conditional, and he would contract part of the project.After Chai Defa received a bribe of 500,000 from Li Guanghan, he gave part of the project to Li Guanghan, and Li Guanghan subcontracted the project to Lu Guoying of Fuqiang Construction Company, and took 500,000 from it himself.This is equivalent to saying that Li Guanghan and Chaidefa embezzled one million yuan of construction funds from the saltworks.Lei Juan said that when cleaning up the ruins of the cross-sea bridge, we specially invited bridge experts in Beijing to study the construction with the blueprints of the original design, and found that the construction of the cross-sea bridge cut corners, and some places did not meet the design requirements at all.Even without that storm surge, the bridge wouldn't have lasted very long, experts say.Zhao Zhentao felt chills in his heart.Zhao Zhentao didn't understand why the salt farm, as an enterprise, used a huge sum of 6 million yuan to sponsor the cross-sea bridge?Lei Juan told him that according to Chai Defa's account, the main channel for transporting salt from the salt field to Beilonggang is the cross-sea bridge.Later, Lei Juan finally told Zhao Zhentao the truth, saying that the reason why Li Guanghan was released and Lu Guoying continued to be investigated was to draw out Chai Defa and others.Because Li Guanghan and Chai Defa still maintained close contacts after he was released.As Zhao Zhentao listened, he was thinking that the rebuilt cross-sea bridge today must never repeat the tragedy of that year.

When Zhao Zhentao was distracted, Ge Yumei smiled and said to Zhao Zhentao: "Mayor Zhao, how did the city think of building Beilong Port? Can you tell us about the entire development prospect of the Phoenix Development Zone and the port?" Zhao Zhentao's thinking was brought back to reality, he said: "From Mr. Sun Yat-sen's design of the port to the early stage of reform and opening up, I will not talk about the materials. The real start of the port was our old secretary Gao Huanzhang. I want to accompany you, but he went to Beijing for surgery. People are gradually getting to know the strategic position of the port. After the Beilong earthquake, most of the urban construction layout is concentrated in the old urban area, but the old urban area is in the process of economic development. , there is a problem of resource shortage, dense population, and serious pollution. Gao Huanzhang, who was the director of the Municipal Planning Commission at the time, proposed that Beilong’s economy must break out of the trough and go to the world, and it must advance to the southern coast. This is the start of Beilonggang The initial motivation. Beilong urban area is dominated by steel and coal, salt industry is dominated by salt industry and chemical industry, and Fenghuang Development Zone is dominated by high technology, which forms a new triangular layout with Beilong Port.”

Ge Yumei nodded, staring at Zhao Zhentao intently.Her white hair was blown loose by the sea breeze. While tidying her sister's hair, Mrs. Ge said, "I am optimistic about the Phoenix Development Zone in Beilonggang. Sister, if you open here, my company will also move here!" Ge Yumei smiled: "Of course, of course, your brother said on the phone that you and Yanping will manage the factory after it is built! Hey, Mayor Zhao, you continue to say, I am very interested in your speech what--" Zhao Zhentao continued: "In this way, the development of raw materials and a single mineral resource will be combined with regional comprehensive development, and the development of the Beigang Railway and Beigang Expressway together with the northern mountainous area will become a ring with Beilong City as the core. Shaped network system to build Beilonggang into a comprehensive, multi-functional, distinctive and modern international trade port integrating loading and unloading, warehousing, processing, trade, transit and other services. Therefore, the project of Beilonggang is a Our top priority, top priority!"

Mrs. Ge said: "No, Zhentao has moved all his offices to the port!" Ge Yumei said: "That's great. The three Asian tigers all put the coastal zone and ocean development at an important position. Their rapid rise mainly depends on the development of import and export trade. It is said that the next century will be the century of the ocean! Treasure!" The more Zhao Zhentao talked, the more excited he became: "I heard from Mr. Sato, a Japanese marine expert, that our Laoxie Bay has a large amount of oil reserves. I have already greeted the relevant parties, and quickly carried out oil exploration and development, as well as the development of fisheries and offshore aquaculture. There is so much potential!"

Mrs. Ge said: "Zhentao's younger sister, Miss Siju, set up a hatchery, and nearby farmers all went to her to buy shrimp seedlings. The red tide this time has hit the farmers hard, but Miss Siju has a good heart. My son, the high-tech technicians at the United Seaport have managed to cure the shrimp disease caused by the red tide. Zhentao, I think your old Zhao family, or you and Siju look like—" Zhao Zhentao darkened his face and looked at Mrs. Ge indifferently. Ge Yumei saw the way, and stabbed the old lady Ge: "Look at you, why are you talking to Mayor Zhao?" Zhao Zhentao smiled and said: "It's okay, I don't see Aunt Ge, I even had Aunt Ge's milk when I was young!" Ge Yumei laughed with everyone. Walking to a new building, Zhao Zhentao told Ge Yumei that this block of houses is Beilonggang Customs, Supervision Station, Import and Export Commodity Inspection Bureau and Border Inspection Station. Ge Yumei exclaimed, "This is the speed of Beilong!" Mrs. Ge joked, "Zhentao, I will discuss with you, I will contract the customs, and I will pay a big price!" Zhao Zhentao smiled: "Zhentao has the heart but not the courage. Your front feet are covered, and I have to wear handcuffs on my back feet!" Ge Yumei covered her mouth with a smile. At lunchtime at the Yanhua Hotel, Zhao Zhentao asked the secretary-general of the government to call Director Tong of the Yanhua Saltworks.He asked the salt farm to treat him, because Ge Yumei's Refined Salt Processing Co., Ltd. was about to break ground in the Phoenix Development Zone, so that the salt farm would have a convenient sales outlet.Director Tong was naturally very happy to see Ge Yumei from Hong Kong, because the raw salt in the salt field was piled up like a mountain.When toasting at the dinner table, Zhao Zhentao smiled at Mr. Tong and said, "Ms. Ge Yumei of the Ge Group, I will introduce you to you. You should cooperate sincerely in the future!" Ge Yumei said humbly, "Please take care of me." Mrs. Ge stared at Director Tong with her small eyes and said, "You old man Tong, the director doesn't know me now? Let me tell you, President Ge is my own sister! This time we are a family again! Come on!" , Auntie respects you, the big boss!" Director Tong was tired of Mrs. Ge, but in front of Zhao Zhentao, he was embarrassed and stiff, raised his glass and said, "Well, Aunt Ge, you are all good relatives! I wish you good luck and prosperity. !” Said and drank the wine. Mrs. Ge said: "I wish my aunt a fortune, okay, you take my transport truck—" Director Tong immediately darkened his face: "Drink, eat, don't talk about anything else!" Zhao Zhentao saw that something was wrong, so he toasted openly. Before he could speak, Sun Yanping walked in with a pale face.She first called Mrs. Ge out of the restaurant, and after muttering for a while, she came back and asked Zhao Zhentao to go out.There were strings of drops of water on Sun Yanping's forehead, as if she had been soaked in water, and strands of black hair were sticking to her face. Zhao Zhentao said flatly: "Don't tell me, I know what happened." Sun Yanping said eagerly: "Li Guanghan was arrested by Lei Juan! Zhao Zhentao, you can't watch the fun this time! You have to tell Lei Juan to choose Li Guanghan! Anyway, he was the one who was arrested once. !" Zhao Zhentao said seriously: "Yanping, do you know how serious Li Guanghan's crimes are?" Sun Yanping said shamelessly: "No matter how heavy he is, I'm relying on you anyway, you have to help, otherwise I will never end with you!" Zhao Zhentao said: "If this is your problem, I'll go back to eat!" Sun Yanping grabbed Zhao Zhentao's arm, her eyes were red: "Zhao Zhentao, do you still have a conscience? What can I, Sun Yanping, do to you? You came to Beilong, what did I ask you for? Isn't it about the baby's father?" Zhao Zhentao said anxiously: "Don't cry, this is not a matter of a day or two!" Sun Yanping said stubbornly: "Either you let Lei Juan kill the surnamed Li immediately, and I can't see and don't worry, or you just let him go! If you don't agree, I will ask my aunt to withdraw the capital from the development zone! I What else are you doing for you? A whole wolf that can't be kissed!" Zhao Zhentao was so angry that his hands trembled, he held back his anger and said, "You, well...this came from your mouth, Sun Yanping. I, Zhao Zhentao, do not blame you, because this does not represent Ge Yumei's opinion!" Sun Yanping's heart is like iron once it hardens.Her head was hurting, as if she was strangling a rope, and the rope was about to burst.She grabbed Zhao Zhentao's hand, rushed to the dining table in a hurry, and said viciously: "Mother, have you told Auntie?" Mrs. Ge nodded, her old face was extremely cold. Everyone in the room stared blankly at Sun Yanping. Sun Yanping turned her head and said to Zhao Zhentao: "Zhao Zhentao, let me save face for you. In front of my aunt, express your opinion freely. If you say you will handle my affairs. If you do, I won't say anything! " Ge Yumei's face was full of panic: "Yanping, you are—" Zhao Zhentao was unusually calm, and said slowly: "Ms. Ge, let me declare first that it is very difficult for Yanping to ask me. She said that if I don't agree, you won't invest! Is that so?" Ge Yumei's wrinkled old face was trembling. She looked at Mrs. Ge and then at Sun Yanping, and beads of sweat fell from her forehead.Old Mrs. Ge gritted her teeth and said, "You say, you say—" Sun Yanping walked over and shook Ge Yumei's shoulders, crying, "You are the only one who can save Guanghan right now, and to save Guanghan is to save me—" Ge Yumei wanted to open her mouth, but swallowed it back. The air in the room was frozen, and there was no sound. Ge Yumei finally said: "Mayor Zhao, there is an old saying in Laoxiewan, that if you receive a favor from someone with a drop of water, you will surely repay it! I heard that my sister and Yanping have done you a favor in the past, why didn't you repay it? There is an old saying in mainland China, you have the right not to invalidate the expiration date!" Zhao Zhentao listened attentively: "You haven't answered my question directly!" Ge Yumei said: "If you don't promise Yanping, I will withdraw the capital!" Zhao Zhentao's eyes were red and his lips were trembling. It was more difficult for Zhao Zhentao to control his anger than to get angry.Provocative method?His dignity was greatly injured.After so many years, the painful situation he was most worried about still came, and the Ge family came to collect debts from him.In just a short moment, the past scenes and scenes flashed like a movie.Debts must be repaid, but this is not the way to repay them.Bargaining principles to repay one's love debt, even though one didn't get money, isn't this the same corruption as Chaidefa?Thinking of Gao Huanzhang's awe-inspiring righteousness, Zhao Zhentao's blood rushed to his head.His eyes went dark, he waved his arms, and turned the dining table up: "Get out, get out! Without your Geshi's funds, we developed Beilonggang like this! How many of you have bad money, do you want to buy law and dignity? Do it not!" The food rattled and fell to the ground. Zhao Zhentao swayed and almost fell down. Zhao Zhentao's actions were beyond Sun Yanping's expectations, she was speechless, and with a panicked face, she helped Mrs. Ge and Ge Yumei away in a huff.Zhao Zhentao didn't even look at them, and leaned weakly against the wall dripping with dry red wine.This kind of spiritual impact and tremor from the bottom of his heart made it difficult for him to calm down. Director Tong held Zhao Zhentao's hand tightly and said, "Mayor Zhao, please be happy! You can't be soft-hearted when you treat Mrs. Ge like this!" Zhao Zhentao's eyes shone with a particularly compelling light, and he was also surprised by his passion just now.Man is made up of water and fire, passion is fire, reason is water, when the secular sewage makes trouble, we have to turn to passion.Such a poor passion!He silently asked himself: Are you Zhao Zhentao?You still have blood! Director Tong said bitterly: "Mayor Zhao, I know you are working for our saltworks, but they smeared their noses, and Mrs. Ge told me to force me to hire their transport truck!" Zhao Zhentao still didn't speak. 4 There is a custom in Laoxie Bay that every year when the tomb is moved, tomb lanterns are made, and the tomb lanterns are for requiem.After autumn, the Crab Bay Cemetery was built, and it was built very boldly.Zhao Laogong thought in his dream that his ancestor's soul was disturbed.Mrs. Ge not only wants to make open space lanterns, but also holds a snow lantern show for the whole village to honor ancestors, and also shows off to her sister Ge Yumei. This news was told by Zhao Xiaole to his father.Zhao Xiaole woke up from a late sleep and went to the main room to see his father's expression and lights. He said that people want to be rich, snakes and rabbits. Look at the tomb lanterns, peach lanterns, and zodiac lanterns made by Mrs. Ge's house. They are so hot!I'm afraid people will look down on your lamp!Zhao Laogong sat up straight in amazement, stared at Zhao Xiaole's face and asked, my lamp was made for the ancestors, and I don't care about Mrs. Ge's business?Zhao Xiaole told the truth, the Snow Lantern Festival was made by someone else, and she bought the lanterns from anyone she liked, and hung them on the street!Zhao Laogong's face twitched, he didn't speak, he didn't look at his son or the lamp, and looked at the pale sky, as if he saw something that others couldn't see from the mist.Old Mrs. Ge is simply crazy!The old man withdrew his gaze and widened his numb eyes.He swallowed the wine, burning hot to the bottom of his heart, and roared, is this okay?Reverse it!The rich and the evil are making waves again!Who is her Ge family?She is a descendant of Haiba, the enemy of our family!When Zhao Laogong spoke, two weasel ears trembled.Zhao Xiaole said unconvinced, what you said is all right, but you are ridiculously stupid!Now Mrs. Ge is a farmer entrepreneur!Why are rich people not good?Her sister is a big boss in Hong Kong, and she is here to invest and build a factory in the port development zone!Zhao Laogong saw snowflakes coming in through the crack of the door, and a gust of cold air hit the Tianling cover, scolding his son for forgetting his origin.Zhao Xiaole said that if you forget your roots, you forget your roots. What is there to miss about this poor one?If I forget to make money, you will always have to go outside to eat snow dumplings.Damn!Zhao Laogong scolded again.Zhao Xiaole laughed and said seriously, don't be angry, I won't talk to you anymore!As he spoke, he put his hands into the sleeves of his jacket, and walked out the door humming.Just you want to make money?Isn't your father's shipyard crushed by hers?Despondently staring at his son's back as it melted into the snow, his eyes were disappointed. Looking at the snow outside the window in the dark, it is black, like countless bats circling in the night sky.Zhao Laogong drank a few sips of wine by himself, his whole body warmed up, and he walked out of the house with the lamp of blessings.Winter nights by the sea are inherently cold, and when it snows, the temperature becomes chilly, making the bewildered old man tremble as he walks. The dim light of the Eight Blessings Lantern illuminated a large area of ​​the beach at the head of the village, painting Zhao Laogong's figure on the snow for a long time.Bai Xue flew all over the sky, hitting him so hard that he couldn't open his eyes.The cold wind that blows through blows the important scenery in the wilderness.The days when the sea is covered with snow make the fisherman no different from the farmer on the great plains.The frozen sea and the land blend together, just like the blending of winter and spring, and the connection between yesterday and tomorrow.On the beach where Zhao Laogong walked, he threw down a series of deep foot sockets, and wiped them away bit by bit, dotted with snowy fields. Old Gongtou, is the Wufu Lantern made again?A man said.Zhao Laogong made two oohs and looked at the people in the snow.He said: "Accumulate virtue and accumulate goodness. God can see it in the snow lantern festival. Maybe it will turn around and make a fortune at any time!" "Would you like to join Mrs. Ge's Snow Lantern Festival?" the fisherman asked. "Fuck her! I'm going to find the village party secretary!" Zhao Laogong lost his head when he got angry, and when he spoke, the ears of the two weasels screamed. "Don't be angry, I'm an immortal right now, it's too late to flatter me!" "Are you afraid of that bitch with flies and shit all over her face? What kind of fairy is she?" "God of Wealth, that girl is rich." "We don't care about her flirty money!" "Master Gong still has the backbone." The heavy snow covered the ground, and it was all white and soft.The heavy snow made the wooden bridge at Laohekou gradually turn white and become empty. On both ends of the wooden bridge lay snowmen made by children during the day.The trees on the embankment are hung with bright white trees, and when the strong wind blows, they make bright and crumbling sounds.In Zhao Xiaole's eyes, the original scenery artistically transformed by Xue Ye is worthless, but he can stand beside the old Hekou wooden bridge with great interest, all because of listening to Xiuxiu's heartbeat.Seeing Zhao Xiaole standing in the snow in a daze, Xiuxiu asked him, what's wrong with you?Zhao Xiaole said, I am counting money.Xiuxiu clutched the scarf blown up by the wind, surprised, how much money?Where is the money?Zhao Xiaole said very seriously, snow flakes are money, did you think I was green without seeing it?Mi Xiuxiu smiled, very genuinely.Zhao Xiaole smiled loudly at the snow, his smile was forceful, but the snow hanging from the tree branches around him was shaken and powdered. The old river mouth in winter night is cold and far-reaching. At the entrance of the village, several houses hang out their own lanterns, which are dotted with stars.The snow is colorfully reflected by the lights, and it is not bad to go to the wild beach.Zhao Xiaole and Xiuxiu hugged each other like mandarin duck lanterns touching each other in the distance.Zhao Xiaole couldn't see Xiuxiu's appearance in the snowy night, but could only feel the fragrance from her nose wings.Zhao Xiaole hugged her tightly.Zhao Xiaole turned around and saw a cemetery lamp dangling on the wooden bridge, creaking.They came from the cemetery. "It's been in operation for more than ten days. The cemetery lamp is made of such a character that it intends to make you angry!" The woman said. "Second Aunt, we are exhausted!" said the young man carrying the lamp and walking beside the woman, brushing the snow off the woman's shoulders. "I like Zhao Jiadeng!" the woman said. Zhao Xiaole knew that it was Mrs. Ge who had come, and the young man carrying the lamp was the third son in her company.He hid in the dark, and when he heard about Zhao Jiadeng, his heart flickered for a while. The young man said: "It is Zhao Laogong who refuses to make lamps for us, especially tomb lamps." Mrs. Ge said: "Just ask Xiaole to do it! Don't look at that kid's foolishness, his skills are no worse than his father's!" "Middle, I'll find Xiaole tomorrow." Zhao Xiaole in the dark was overjoyed. Xiuxiu secretly pinched him, but it didn't look good! Mrs. Ge and the young man got off the bridge while talking.Zhao Xiaole lost her composure, and wanted to jump out to take on the job, but was held back by Xiuxiu.Zhao Xiaole said to earn money to hold art exhibitions for you. "Bah!" Zhao Xiaole spit thick phlegm into the snow.I don't know whether it is to learn from Mrs. Ge, or to vent in happy moments.Xiuxiu straightened the crooked scarf and said, let's go to the street to look at the lights. The wind seemed to be blowing weakly, and the snowy night became warmer.Zhao Xiaole stomped the snow on her feet, making an exceptionally loud croaking sound.Xiuxiu took Zhao Xiaole's hand and ran towards the entrance of the village. On the old tree at the entrance of the village hangs a flat orange stove lamp. After Zhao Xiaole and Xiuxiu ran for a while, they swallowed snow powder and gasped for breath, warming the sky with their in vain breath.Xiuxiu tilted her head, pointed to the stove lamp and said, don't run away, it's quite far away.Zhao Xiaole said, not far away, just soak in the urine and get sick.Xiuxiu provoked him, you run first, I will follow.Zhao Xiaole deliberately scared her, you are really a stove lamp, look carefully, isn't that the head of a reward?Maybe it's the head of Lord Stove Lord!My father said that Haiba often hangs bloody human heads on the mast.Xiuxiu deliberately covered her ears and said, don't listen!She was trembling with apprehension as she spoke.Zhao Xiaole took Xiuxiu's hand and ran again.While running, they feel a kind of pleasure of running. If Zhao Xiaole happened to meet Mrs. Ge on the wooden bridge, he would probably cross the bridge with Xiuxiu and meet Zhao Laogong.It was nine o'clock in the night when Zhao Laogong walked across the old white wooden bridge full of thoughts, and the snow was falling heavily. of.It seemed that his body was very weak, and his mouth exhaled in vain, like the exhaust of an old car.Zhao Laogong stopped talking to others when he was walking, and he only wanted to see what the village party secretary Zuozi said about Mrs. Ge's arrogance, and jointly plan a trick to deal with that bitch.Although Zhao Laogong walked silently, the villagers could recognize the lamp in his hand from a distance.Come on, Zhao Jiadeng is great!That must be Zhao Laogong coming.Zhao Laogong eats a lot of food, and a month before the Lantern Festival, he was dragged away by his boss and west.Zhao Laogong was very proud, and often explained the simple method of making lamps as miraculously as shipbuilding, as if his lamps could turn the world around. The locust sticks softened into noodles in the old man's big palm with bulging veins, bent and twisted, drilled around, and in the blink of an eye, they took shape, lotus lanterns, carp lanterns, flat peach lanterns, cross lanterns, and longevity lanterns.Put a sea bowl on the lamp base, insert a piece of wax, paste a layer of colored paper, and it will work.The children were in a hurry, so they lit the lamp when they lit the fire, Zhao Laogong patted the child's Tianling Gai with a big palm, he laughed and said, son of a bitch, don't worry, it's not dark, it's on, and you won't grow up!The child nodded in agreement, and the parents held the child's gourd head and kowtowed to Zhao Laogong. For a lunch box, Zhao Laogong bypassed Jinglouzi and took a shortcut to the village party secretary Lao Zuozi's house.When going uphill, the old man first put the lamp on a high place, and climbed up clumsily by himself. When he came to the back door of the village party secretary's house, Zhao Laogong stood still, calmed down, coughed a few times, and his throat was grunting. .When it was cold, the old man's panting was not so smooth.Zhao Laogong didn't knock on the door, he took out a tree branch from the pile of firewood covered with thick snow, picked up the lamp of blessings, raised it high over the wall, and shook it a few times.The old seat went downstairs to ask, and the old man said it was about the Snow Lantern Festival.The old seat said that this year's Snow Lantern Festival will introduce a market economy, and whoever gets the money has the final say.Zhao Laogong severely criticized him a few words.The old seat was afraid that the old man would poke up, so he led him in. Zhao Laogong said: "My shit can't get on the table!" The old seat said: "How can you say that, you are always a master of the ship." Zhao Laogong sighed, the ship master is in charge?Why don't you let Mrs. Ge do the trick?The old seat was visibly agitated, and said that the village is full of evil spirits these days.Zhao Laogong kept up with the words, big brother, you are the village parent official, you have to take care of it, I am seventy and eighty and I don’t have much to chant!Seeing Zhao Laogong's pitiful appearance, Lao Zuozi felt sour in his heart.Only at this time, the old seat in the wine and meat felt that he was once a poor man.He said in the village meetings and small meetings that everyone is working hard to make a career together, and I will wholeheartedly lead the villagers to become rich and well-off together.A few years have passed, take a closer look, who are the people in the village who have really become rich?Those who are thieves, those who have been released from prison, the descendants of Haiba, and some officials.What exactly went wrong?Zhao Laogong didn't dare to think about it anymore. "I heard that Mrs. Ge made a lot of cemetery lamps?" the old seat asked. Zhao Laogong said: "No! How angry I am! Mrs. Ge's father was a Haiba, and her father was a blue lantern bandit who ran rampant in Laoxie Bay, killing people like hell! This time his eldest daughter Ge Yumei is back! Put a few blue burial lamps on the cemetery for someone to see! Could it be that you want to turn the world upside down?" The old seat said: "Brother, whose ancestors do you think should pay homage?" "Of course it's my ancestor, my father is a hero in the village." Zhao Laogong's heart became clear, and he said: "Make a tomb lamp for my ancestor." "Let's pull the fox with a lantern—explain! Your son is the mayor, and Mrs. Ge is so crazy, show her some color!" said the old seat.Obviously he was pleasantly surprised. Zhao Laogong went out the door with the lamp of blessings, and his Adam's apple slid up and down while laughing.Feeling better, like soaking in strong wine, humming the lantern ballad of the old life.It was late at night, and the snow was not falling very much. Look at the sky, it was still dark and not slippery, but the floating snow on the ground seemed hard, and when you stepped on the snow skin, it made a crisp sound.Zhao Laogong was walking on the snow, and saw some lights on Qiaoxi Street far away, jumping one by one.He was looking into the distance, and accidentally collided with a snowman erected in the middle of the street tube, and the eight blessings were squeezed out of shape.Zhao Laogong jumped and fell down.At this moment, giggling laughter came from the woodpile in the dark.Xiuxiu, this snowman is you, someone is kissing you!Zhao Laogong's ears are good, and he immediately recognized his son Zhao Xiaole's voice, and he became angry, wanting to scold, but also wanting to treat Xiuxiu badly, so a birdman nestled down.He got up, flapped the snow on his body, didn't get angry, and walked away, cursing in his heart, this bastard, I will settle accounts with you when I see a woman, I can't take it back when I see a woman!As soon as the creaking sound was heard, Zhao Xiaole took off Xiuxiu's arm, and only then poked his head. Seeing the Eight Fortune Lamps, he shivered in fright, squatted down shyly, and bit his lip hard.A flock of crows who hid in the firewood stacks to avoid the snow flew up restlessly, drawing a few chaotic lines in the gray snowy sky.The cry of the crow is monotonous and bleak. Zhao Laogong and Xiao Le got up very early the next day.The ethereal mist rippling softly in the snow, Zhao Xiaole knew that it was the warm auspicious air exhaled by Lao Tan through the thick snow.Almost no one moves around in the village, and they are sleeping late at this hour.In the woods in the wild, the little hoofs of hares tapped the frozen snow lightly, making a very pleasant sound.He walked into the locust tree forest, untied the hemp rope around his waist, and took an ax to chop off locust trees.Once a bundle is cut, the sky will light up and the village will be bustling with activity.Zhao Xiaole sat in the woods and smoked a cigarette, and when he heard the mysterious and long yelling from the small bridge at the head of the village, he knew something new had happened.He packed the bundle tightly, put the locust strip on his back, and walked into the village, his feet hissing.As he walked, he saw that the cooking smoke floating over the village was getting thicker and thicker, and the alluring smell of rice whetted his appetite.When he was about to approach the wooden bridge, he found a group of people around the bridge head who seemed to be watching something. A tall and strong big yellow dog was crawling around among the crowd.He recognized that it was Mrs. Ge's dog.The yellow dog stepped deeply into the snow with its four hooves, stuck out its long tongue ferociously, and swept the snow with its tail.Grandma's, the dog fights the power of others!Zhao Xiaole cursed.He grumbled and squeezed to the front of the crowd, and saw a recruitment list posted on the old mud wall.A brand new big red paper caught Zhao Xiaole's eyelids, it said that Ge's family hosted the Snow Lantern Festival, recruited talents, and exclusively produced a large number of lanterns.The lamps of each family will be counted separately.In particular, master lampsmiths are welcome to join in to help out, and the wages are generous.Zhao Xiaole's heart is like a mirror, and the recruitment list is obviously aimed at him.This woman is poisonous enough, she won't rush to beg him.She wanted to hook him with a notice.He looked left and right but didn't find anyone from the Ge family, only the big yellow dog dangling around.Damn it, Mrs. Ge didn't treat the villagers as human beings.Zhao Xiaole, who was getting angry, thought about the shabby days, and calmed down because she couldn't understand her feelings. Anyway, Nundong was idle, earning some money for Xiuxiu, and she was willing to give up. Woolen cloth.He wrapped the loose coat tightly again to suppress his disturbed mind. Zhao Xiaole went to the small building of Mrs. Ge's house. When he reached the wall of Mrs. Ge's house, his stomach was distended. Seeing that no one was there, he took out a line of urine and slapped her on the back wall. black hole.赵小乐嘟囔着，你拿狗招贤，俺也给你个见面礼！说着就狐狐鬼鬼地乐了。他正系裤子，忽听院里传来葛老太太骂人的声音，你这拱墙的猪，跳墙的狗，跳槽的驴，喂不亲！赵小乐浑身打了个哆嗦，以为是骂他的，听着听着，听出勾当来了，是老太太大动肝火骂老三。赵小乐大大咧咧地转到正门口，见门大敞四开，就大模大样地进去了，故意拿高腔喊，二婶子在屋么？葛老太太在楼下的客厅里打电话，显然是隔着电话骂大街。赵小乐不等人让，一屁股坐在软皮沙发上，从茶几上抽出一棵石林烟就吸。葛老太太又在重嘴烂舌地骂人，荤的素的都上，骂得赵小乐耳热心跳了，赵小乐心里骂这娘们又骑人脖子上拉屎拉尿了。葛老太太放下电话脸子气得寡白，半晌，才眯眯一斜眼，看赵小乐竟是一脸妩媚，说，小乐，今儿咋有空看婶子来啦？葛老太太笑了，小乐也学乖了，这世道就是练人呢。她笑的时候，眼角和嘴角的皱纹特别显眼了。葛老太太的头发梳得油光，脑后的圆著拿金丝银线网罩住了，再配上裁制可体的时装，透出老来俏的味道。她的眼睛不大，但眼神气韵逼人。村人从她的眼神上就可看出她的心劲儿来。葛老太太又说，小乐，公司里出了点麻烦，一会儿俺去处理，说实话，你到婶子这来串门儿，还是有事？赵小乐在路上胆子挺壮，果真见了葛老太太，他却两腿打颤没了章程。这娘们心里藏奸逼他出口，够厉害的。葛老太太见赵小乐闷着头，心里便骂，这小子骑葫芦过河充大蛋呢。她故意往正题上引，说，小乐，你来的路上遇见俺家大黄狗了么？赵小乐到底是修炼不够，顺口说，看见啦，在桥头上呢！葛老太太笑起来，这么说，你是俺家大黄招聘来的，报名做灯是不？赵小乐不住地展眼。葛老太太的话直问到他脸上，他就实说了，俺来打听打听，是啥价码？葛老太太渐渐气色平和了，说，关于做灯的价码，是这么定的。大号五福灯、鲤鱼灯、属相灯、蟠桃灯包料包工一百块，空地灯他们做了二十多盏，俺瞧不上眼，毁啦，重来！雪灯会日期不变，还有十来天，你看能拿下来么？赵小乐不敢轻易答应，心里掐算着，他知道这老太太难伺候，脸酸心硬一时恼了六亲不认，况且她与赵家有仇怨。过了一会儿，赵小乐说，俺能拿下来！葛老太太笑了。想想要赚钱了，赵小乐心里就喜，狗刨似的蹘了，土布棉鞋刨着地上的雪，甩出一片雪雾。他边跑边用冻木了的手揪下冻出来的鼻涕，甩到葛老太太家泛着亮光的雪墙上。 这几天赵老巩躲在破旧的厢房里做灯。照祖传的规矩，他先用石灰水涂了厢房满地，一股清涩辛辣的石灰水气味弥散开来。八福灯挂着照亮儿。四菊换了几根洋蜡了。几盏大号的鲤鱼灯、幡桃灯和祥瑞灯的灯骨都做出来了，彩纸裱糊上去就有模有样了。几条狗在厢房门口闲适地游逛。溜房檐儿的麻雀瞅瞅叫着。老人做了五盏大号灯，算自家上灯会的，加上八福灯共六盏。祥瑞灯做得十分精致，边边角角还打了木线，它是去灾祸的，仿佛如此一来，纵使家族有祸也将无祸了，没福也有了福了。造船时，赵老巩是好走动的人，做起灯来，老人再也不想动弹了。有时老人对着灯笑笑，灌上一口酒，落落寡合，一天到晚孤零零的却像是走了很远很远的路。那天早上又落雪了，雪花将老人和灯的影子弄得虚虚幻幻。老人开始做空地灯了，是为家族做的。连打带踢也忙活不开，老人就叫醒赵小乐当帮手。赵小乐睡得死，他几天不着家了，回到家里吃口饭就走，啥也不说冷眼窃笑。老人发现儿子蔫哩吧唧的一副睡不醒的样子，他怀疑儿子去给别人做灯或是跟秀秀一起胡整。他觉得小乐啥事都不上心，恐怕啥球事也干不成的。赵小乐见爹生气，就说：瞧葛老太太的茔地灯，多气派！赵老巩愣了一下，忽地想起啥，一把掀起赵小乐的耳朵，问，你个兔崽子，原来你在偷偷做灯，要么俺闻你满身石灰水味呢！说，给谁家做灯？赵小乐彻底灵醒了，摇头说，俺没做灯！赵老巩说，没跑儿，你给葛家做灯。刚才你说的茔地灯，除了葛老太太，没人做！赵小乐责怨自己说漏了嘴，没法子只好认了。赵者现的火气窜到天灵盖了，抄起门后的闩门杠，就朝小乐打来，小乐穿着花裤衩子满炕躲闪，连连告饶，爹，爹！闩门杠一扫就有一声肉质的暗响，赵小乐的肩膀红肿了，他急手抓住闩门杠，就将赵老巩拽倒了，然后爷俩就抱打成一团，在铺着苇席的火炕上骨碌滚动。不一会儿，赵老巩手脚就不听使唤了，像中风的病人，老脸也怪怪异异地扭歪了，嘴里直淌哈喇子。四菊扌周巴着老人坐起来靠在被垛上，拿手揉着赵老巩的胸口，问，有啥事爷俩过不去？赵老巩直杵杵地傻挺了一会儿，倔倔地骂，这杂种给葛家做茔地灯呢！气死俺啦！四菊顿时也塌了身架，愣了很久，很沉地对着雪景叹了口气。