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Chapter 29 hand story.5

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Zhang couldn't bear to run into his room and shouted: "Yunxian, I really have to think of something to do!" "But I just want to go back." Yun Xian did not lift her head, busy copying. "Go back? Is there something to do when I go back? Didn't I receive a letter from Lao Gang the day before yesterday, saying that he has no place to teach in the past six months; let alone you and me?" "But it's boring to live here idle!" "Yunxian!" Zhang couldn't bear to call out, then paused, walked a few steps, he seemed to discuss with himself and said: "Life is cheaper here. Moreover, from the perspective of feudal relations, they regard us as having status." People, can always come up with something to do?"

"They! The people here are really annoying, and I hate their eyes that can't escape the feudal relationship! They are always guessing about my natal family. One moment they say I am the daughter of a warlord, and the other moment they say that I am born lowly!" Yun Xian tossed the pen and subconsciously looked at his hands. "These, what are you doing with them?" Zhang couldn't bear to approach the desk. "Oh, you copied another copy, where are you going to put it? But, these days, the air here is a bit different, and I'm getting nervous, Yunxian, we really have to think of something to do."

Yunxian looked up at the sky, smiling lonely, not believing that the environment that would create rumors about her could be nervous. Boring!From the street came the sound of a gong, and two more gongs.And it was faintly mixed with human voices. Yunxian turned his face to the unbearable eyebrows and shrugged.It seems to say: Is this the "nervousness" coming? "This is a tall card. There must be an urgent notice." Can't bear to say it and walked out. Gaojiao slowly walked towards the Central Primary School.Boring!attracted people.The adults stood by the side of the road watching, and the children followed,—a tail that gradually grew bigger.

Zhang couldn't bear to chase him to the gate of Central Primary School, and the high-footed cards were also resting under a tree. The man who handled the cards covered the cards on the ground, but he straightened his neck and shouted, "It's time to urge old grain! Twenty-two years, twenty-three years In the twenty-fourth year, it’s time to urge old grains! The levy will start the day after tomorrow, for a week; it’s time to urge old grains!” Zhang couldn't bear to feel empty, and at the same time, the impressions he got when he went to the countryside in the past few days were flashing on the covered card back.Suddenly he heard the man laughing by himself, and changed his tone of singing a minor tune:

"Also, this year, you are not allowed to pick leaves from trees: cypress, mulberry, elm, plane tree, cypress tree, tortoise bastard tree, no leaves are allowed at all! If you pick it, it's fine, just spanking and sue!" The children who followed clapped their hands and laughed and shouted: "The turtle bastard is a tree!" ① -------- ①This is a homonym - the notice of the turtle bastard. ——Author's original note. This kind of homophonic humor is uniquely created by children.Zhang couldn't bear to listen and couldn't help laughing, but he still felt empty.He wandered into Central Primary School.

The principal and several teachers stood in front of a snow-white fence, pointing and talking.The face of the headmaster at this time was very different from that day in the teahouse, as if a huge difficulty suddenly fell on him. The principal grabbed Zhang couldn't bear it, and cried out: "Mr. Zhang, you said, it was just white, less than a month ago, look, the surrounding walls, and all the walls, tell me, how many feet are there?" , just pink and white, less than a month, because the head of the department is coming to see - he finally didn't come, but, you think, all of a sudden it's going to be black again, a month hasn't arrived yet, you see."

Zhang couldn't bear to look around, and it was indeed snow-white, with no winding roads; but apart from this "snow-white", he didn't understand the principal's words at all.The headmaster seemed to suddenly think of a big event, and he couldn't bear to turn around and leave without Zhang, but he met someone on the way and stopped him again; Zhang couldn't bear to look from afar, knowing that the headmaster was there crying again.He stared blankly, feeling even more oppressed by emptiness. One of the teachers, Zhao Junjue, who was comparable to Zhang Renren, said to Zhang Renren with a bit of annoyance:

"Today's secret order, all walls in the county must be painted black! The principal is so angry that he almost wants to commit suicide, hum!" "Smash black? A secret order? Why?" Zhang couldn't bear to recall the principal's words clearly. "It is said to be preparing for air defense, which has the same effect as prohibiting leaf picking," replied Zhu Jimin, another teacher. "The principal said that last time it was painted white, it was still out of his pocket, and this time it will be painted black again. He plans to share it with all the teachers in the school. The exploitation has come to us."

"Last time he took out the ghost's pocket! Common share? How come his usual extra money is not shared equally! He thought it was a coincidence!" Another teacher said, pouted and walked away. Zhang couldn't bear to look at the snow-white fence, then at the blue sky, the sun was hanging on the green treetops in the distance, he mused and said: "The air in wartime is thicker, thicker." "He smiled, turned to Zhao Junjue and Zhu Jimin and said, "I also heard that there is a secret order to prepare a place for the soldiers of the division, is it true?" "Oh, there are still many secret orders!" Zhu Jimin replied, " It's called collecting grain, it's called digging pits, it's called finding out how many half-graves there are in the whole county, and it's called saving ten catties of straw for each family,—

Hey, in the past two days, secret orders have been flying all over the sky! " "Well, half a grave, what do you mean?" Zhang couldn't bear to frown and looked at Zhu Jimin's face. "Left and right are just one thing." Zhao Junjue interjected. "Do you want to receive a secret order? Just pack a big basket. As for a division of soldiers, who knows what they will do. Why don't they drive to the frontier? However, it may not come. I heard that the traffic is inconvenient. We have to drive outside the city first. What about the car road!" "I heard that too. The place to live is already being prepared. But what about the half-moon grave? What is a half-moon grave?"

"It's the dilapidated old grave, with holes exposed." Zhao Junjue replied. "I don't quite understand what it's used for," Li Jimin hurriedly said, "but the captain of the security team told people that this kind of half-grave can be used as a position for machine guns." "Oh, that's probably the intention." "I can't bear it, the secret orders have been issued for a while in the past two days, and the county is full of streets, it seems that a big war is coming." Zhao Junjue said, with a cold and contemptuous look on his face. "People are afraid, aren't they?" "No! I'm very excited!" Zhu Jimin said confidently. Zhao Junjue glanced at Zhu Jimin, and his lips parted, "Yes, I'm really excited; that's why I think they are so pitiful. The common people are so kind, but they are so simple and stupid!" For the time being, the three of them did not speak.Zhang couldn't bear to draw slowly on the dirt with his toes, as if he had written a word, and then wiped it off with the sole of his shoe. Suddenly, he reached out and grabbed Zhao Junjue and Zhu Jimin one by one, frowned, looked at Zhao Junjue intently, and moved over Looking at Zhu Jimin, he said with a calm accent: "Junjue's opinion, I also think most of it is correct; but the common people are not afraid and excited, this is more valuable than anything else! We really have to think of something to do, we Something must be done!" The three looked at each other, and at the end, Zhao Junjue and Zhu Jimin said in unison: "With Misipan, there are four people. . . . " Zhang couldn't bear to interrupt them immediately: "However, we must do something! The first four people will add more later!" So they walked side by side, talking slowly; they walked along the wall to the end and came back, still talking endlessly. The three walked into the faculty lounge with hearty laughter.Suddenly, I met the principal again. "The price of kiln coal has increased, doubled, just increased, damn it, damn it!" The principal stopped the three of them and said in a panic.The headmaster had nothing more to worry about on his mind.
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