Chapter 13 Thirteen

Good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles.Everyone in the mountain nest is talking about the turmoil in the Wang family.They draw different conclusions based on their consistent standpoints and viewpoints. Some are eastward and some are westward.Xiaoyue didn't go out for three days, and the Danjiang River ferry was no longer sailing. Passers-by, if there was an emergency, waded naked; if there was no emergency, they would detour and take the suspension bridge behind the bay. The river became quiet, and pigeons could fly over in the cave on the big cliff; the reflections of water, light and waves appeared, disappeared, and changed forever according to its law; On the tree roots on the west bank, rising with the tide in the morning and falling with the tide at night, piles of broken wood and weeds, and water dust and waves gather at the stern of the ship. The waterfowl with the red tail sat safely on the iron chain stretched over the river, motionless, like a knot tied on the iron chain.

Menmen doesn't know about this yet. On the construction site, they were worrying about using a batch of timber. However, because the project was jointly organized by three teams from three provinces, the counties in each province all excused themselves and refused to give quotas for the batch of timber under the pretext that it was not purely for the benefit of the province.The monkey on the construction site was in a hurry, trying to find a way around, so Lao Qin recommended himself, saying that the secretary of the Hanjiawan Commune in the upper reaches of the Danjiang River was his brother-in-law, and the father-in-law of the brother-in-law was the forestry bureau chief of Shangjun County. Timber is guaranteed.Everyone on the construction site liked it very much, but Lao Qin put forward conditions: first, gifts must be given, the cigarettes should be good cigarettes, five pieces of the famous brand "Golden Monkey" in Shaanxi Province, and the wine should be famous wines, five bottles of rose fruit wine from Danjiangkou City.The second is that he must cover all his board and lodging expenses, and a subsidy of one yuan and two per day.Everyone scolded him for being dark, but they had no choice but to grit their teeth and agree to him.When he was about to leave, Lao Qin called out to ask Xiaoyue if he could sell him those bezoars so that he could take them to the mountains to exchange for some things.The door hit him on the spot.Old Qin was bored, so he asked again:

"Menmen, you have a lot of news, are there many rats in that area?" "Sell those fake rat poison again? Are you going to buy wood, or do business?" "By the way! Is the money still too much?" "No wonder you cut off your children and grandchildren!" "Do you think I can't have a son? My third child should be a son, let's 'plan'! You don't even have a daughter-in-law!" After Lao Qin left, the door was ridiculed, and he thought of Xiaoyue in his heart.Planning to take a leave of absence to go back to the village, so that I can buy some beef for the stove on the construction site, and see Xiaoyue again.What happened in the yard that day, when he thinks about it, he can't stop feeling proud and happy. Every night, he has to do something that he doesn't want to wake up, but when he wakes up, he has to review it again and often falls into empty dreams. .How did she react to that? Did she get closer to him from now on, or did she find him frivolous?

However, the next day, rumors from the village spread to the construction site.At noon, I went to eat at the stove. When the cooks saw him, they all looked at him with white eyes. He said a few witty words, but none of them answered.A group of girls squatted in the creek behind the linoleum hut to wash their hands, chattering and shouting, "One-two—rogue!" "One-two-rogue!" When he looked up, the shouting stopped. As soon as he turned around, the shouting started again. After taking the meal back to the landlord's house, my bedding has been left outside the door, and the landlady's old lady is spreading plant ash in the wheat field in front of the door. When she saw him, her body would fall down, and her shrunken mouth trembled. , speechless.He was taken aback, put down the bowl, went to support the old man and asked what was the matter, took the basket to help spread the ashes, the ashes flew up, but fell on him, and his eyes were too dry to see.The old man said:

"Menmen, you immoral boy, rabbits don't even eat grass by the side of the nest, you have completely embarrassed us Henan people! You are still so bold until now, you are not afraid of Monk Wang and Hecai who came to overthrow you A jar of blood?" After asking about the situation in detail, the door was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth.His first thought was to feel sorry for Xiaoyue, he didn't expect such serious consequences, and everything happened so quickly and suddenly.just say: "It was I who harmed Xiaoyue, Xiaoyue was wronged! I want to explain what I said, I have to see Xiaoyue, and I will tell you when I go..."

The old man tapped his finger on his forehead: "You have a good idea! A few people from Shaanxi came to you just now and laid out all the bedding for you. I heard that some people from Hubei and Henan are also clamoring to teach you a lesson. Do you still want to see Xiaoyue? This attitude Is there something good for you? Listen to me, go out and hide for a few days to avoid the limelight." Menmen stood there, tears streaming down silently, lost his mind, stayed there for ten minutes, gritted his teeth, and ran away from the hill behind the house. He was running aimlessly, his mind was very confused, he didn't know where he should go? The road on the mountain was so thin and so curved, it was at the top of the mountain for a while, at the bottom of the ditch for a while, and finally extended to the Danjiang River .There are more and more stones on the road, often standing obliquely like knives, and those spikes and scorpion grass grow densely on both sides, either slipping or tearing the trouser legs.For the first time in his life, he suffered failure, which made him five and ten times more embarrassed than ordinary people.He yelled loudly, but he couldn't tell what he was yelling, why he was yelling, his head hurt like it was exploding.

When it was dark, he ran to a village called Moon Bay.The village is located on the south bank of the river, where the water of the Danjiang River and the Liusha River coming down from the north meet, and a mountain mouth protrudes from the triangular land in the northwest of the meeting.There is a solitary medicine tree on the mountain mouth, and under the tree is a small temple with octagonal eaves, and passing through the ridge of the mountain mouth where the temple is connected, there is a stone platform protruding from the top, like an old-fashioned lamp holder; This is the well-known Queen Mother's grooming building on the Danjiang River.The village facing the washing building is built according to the mountain, whether it is high or low, or left or right, but there are connections in the scattered, just right.Each house is short and short, with extremely short front and rear walls, but very high gables, and the roof is almost vertically tapered. There is a clump of green bamboos behind the door, and the wooden sticks in front of the door are planted to form a fence.People in twos and threes who had just returned from the steep and untenable slap fields were eating the paste soup with porcelain bowls bigger than their heads.This is the most painful place, but it is the most beautiful place in the whole Danjiang River.Menmen sat down on a rock, and looked up at the Black Rock Cliff behind the village to see the Stone Moon—a hole was recessed in the Black Rock Cliff, showing an incredible white color, and the two corners of the white hole were curved upwards. , just like a first quarter moon embedded there.Ah, Moon Bay, this beautiful moon, did it accompany the door here to shine on his body and his heart, or was it suppressed and imprisoned by this hateful black rock cliff, turning it into a piece of Stone of the icy cold moon?

On the other side of the river, under the bamboo grove was a small boat, but it never got around.Who is playing the flute in the bamboo grove? The flute is blowing softly, with a quiet rhythm.Menmen unconsciously shed a few tears, thinking how did he end up in such a desperate situation? "Hey——! Ferry——!" he yelled.The sound of the flute stopped, and three or four people ran out of the bamboo grove and raised their hands to talk to him. The boat was dilapidated and torn, and as soon as I saw three or four boys struggling to paddle at the bow and stern, the door The door reminded Xiaoyue and Xiaoyue's wooden boat.He was not in the mood to chat with these people, he just sat there blankly with his head in his arms.

"Jingziguan?" a man asked him. "No," he said, "it's from the village opposite Jingzi Pass." "Is it the village where Xiaoyue lives?" "How do you know Xiaoyue?" Menmen was startled. "Why don't you know? Who in this Danjiang River doesn't know the talented girl Xiaoyue? Your village is a place where beauties come out." Menmen smiled wryly. "When there are beautiful people, there are also bad people." "Bad guy?" Menmenxin was startled again. "Do you know a rat poison seller surnamed Qin? His mother is not a thing. He is holding a brick face to fill the medicine. He opened his mouth and doubted that it was not made of meat. He said that water can light lamps! Scam money scam You are so dizzy that you dare to sabotage family planning!"

"Sabotaging Planned Parenthood?" "No, he said he can cure people's diseases and cows' diseases, he is good at picking pigs and can castrate dogs, and he even took birth control rings for some worthless girls!" "Ah!" Menmen yelled, "This is against the law, what about others?" "I was detained by the brigade and sent to the commune. People from the county are still coming." Menmen cried bitterly: Old Uncle Qin, Uncle Qin, the construction site asked you to buy wood, but you did this! There is only a small road behind the mountain mouth to go up to the grooming building. The door turned around the mountain mouth. What surprised him was that there was a newly built house there, and the entrance of the road was completely surrounded by a large courtyard.The courtyard door was open, and the courtyard was full of things covered with canvas. Four or five people were sitting on a bamboo mat and talking.Standing in the yard, I could hear dogs barking in another village in Pingbazi behind Shanzui.He explained his purpose, and those people arranged for him to rest in the Westinghouse.

Menmen was lying on the bed, but he couldn't fall asleep. He remembered that at this time, the ferry at the entrance of the village should be a silvery white world, wild pigeons were flying, and boats were propping up... But now, Xiaoyue can still punt the boat Did Monk Wang and Cai beat Xiaoyue? He regretted so much: Why did I run away? How did the people on the construction site talk about this run? How did the people in the village talk? I ran away, but What kind of pressure will Xiaoyue be under? Can she still talk, laugh, and sing loudly without restraint? Why don’t I go back to comfort her? Incompetent, incompetent! ;Everyone hates everyone, but from now on I can no longer be with Xiaoyue, how painful it is to be wary when in contact with someone, and to be suspicious when I speak! Tossing and turning, the bed creaked, and he sat up and pushed I opened the window to let the wind blow in, but at the same time I smelled a sour smell, and heard the four or five people still sitting on the bamboo mat sighing: "Damn it, the head of the Light Industry Bureau of Shangjun County has been wronged, and he can't even run a winery. Is this the end of our five or six thousand yuan?" After inquiring from door to door, it turned out that the brigade couldn't pass the food, so they mobilized members to start a side business, built a delivery station here, and collected more than 30,000 catties of kiwifruit, which were ready to be sold to Shangjun County Winery.However, due to the huge losses and the poor quality of the winery, the winery was shut down and transferred out of business. As a result, the 30,000 catties of kiwifruit were nestled here, watching to rot. "Then find a way out!" Menmen said. "Where is there a way? The brigade has already let go. Whoever can sell the 30,000 catties can get a 5% commission. They can also give the more than 20 square meters of timber indicators to be built for the purchase station. Where can they go?" What about sales? Damn it, the dog didn't catch it, but the dog even took the iron rope away!" Menmen bowed their heads and fell silent, wondering if there was a shortage of wood on the construction site? Lao Qin was already at a loss, so could he still get it?... But, this kiwi fruit, which weighs more than 30,000 catties, where can we sell it? He suddenly remembered a Event: The last time I went to Danjiangkou City, the big Isn't the winery posting notices everywhere in the area to buy a large number of mountain peaches, wild apricots, grapes, pears, and kiwis? "Can outsiders go to sell?" Menmen asked tentatively. "Of course, you have a way?" "Try." After talking about his thoughts door to door, he felt a little regretful: What did I come here to do, but I did this again? But the four or five people immediately became enthusiastic and encouraged him with thousands of voices: "If you can do it, let's do it for our poor place~ a good thing, then every family in the whole brigade is grateful to you! We don't regret the commission, we can write a contract!" Everyone thought: Let’s do it! After this matter is done, and the wood is in hand, I can go back at every turn. Otherwise, where am I going?Hiding from the first day of junior high school can't hide from the fifteenth day! He patted his forehead and said: "Miss Xiaoyue, I did it for you too!" When the four or five people heard this, they couldn't figure it out. He knew that he had slipped his tongue, and hurriedly said: "I'll do it. I'm from the small street opposite Jingziguan. I'm called Menmen. Please believe that I'm a gentleman. You can send someone to untie fifteen wooden rafts and transport the kiwi fruit to Danjiangkou City with me. After the matter is completed, Pay me again, but the timber indicators must be handed over to me!" This night, the north and south shores of Moon Bay were busy, unpacking and loading overnight, and Menmen drank wine, which was given to him by the villagers. He drank heavily and fell asleep until dawn.