Chapter 37 "Electricity" Chapter 01

"Pearls, Pearls." A young student stood on the steps and tapped on the window panel, calling out his name in a low voice. "Is it Xian? Wait a minute." A crisp voice came from the room. "You haven't gotten up yet? They want you to go to Xiong's place." The student said with a slight smile. "What's the matter? It's so early, I haven't seen the sun yet." The girl said with a smile in the room. "You have to wait for the sun? The sun won't shine on your window until the afternoon." The student chuckled, and then urged, "Hurry up, hurry up."

The door slammed open, and a young woman came out.She walked up to the student, clapped her right hand on his shoulder, and reproached him with a smile, "You naughty boy, you woke him up so early. What's the matter?" The student turned his face to look at the girl's oval face, smiled, then changed his serious expression and whispered: "Someone is coming from S (S: refers to Shanghai). Xiong and the others want you to go ." At this time, a breeze blew, and many sparrows on the tree in the courtyard sang noisily.The students' words were drowned out by the cries of sparrows.But they sounded clearly in the girl's heart.

Someone came from S, and they wanted her to go so early, there must be something important... Thinking of this, Peizhu's face became solemn. "Okay, I'll go with you, wait for me," she whispered to the students, and walked into the room, and the students followed her into the room. The furnishings in the room are simple: a large canopy bed is placed across the middle, dividing the room into two parts.The curtain hangs down to cover part of the rear, but there is some room at the head of the bed for people to enter the back from here.Next to the window is a desk, a bookshelf, and a small square table, a few chairs, and stools.

This student named Xian is a frequent visitor.As soon as he entered the room, he began to look through the books, newspapers and documents on the table, as if he was at home.Peizhu didn't interfere with him, but let him do what he wanted to do.She took the washbasin and walked out of the room, and went inside through the patio. After a while, Peizhu came in again with the basin.She asked, "Xin, are you impatient to wait?" "I'm reading your father's letter, it's very interesting," replied the student happily, his eyes still on the letter paper. "My father is very qualified to be a preacher. He wrote to me in the same tone as he wrote to other students. Many people said that he was too moral. Are you happy to correspond with him?" Peizhu These words came from behind the bed.

"Okay, Peizhu, just introduce me... have you got Dehua's letter? When will she come back?" Xian folded the letter and put it in a book as before.He thought of another thing.He thought of De Hua.Dehua is a female student. She lives here in Peizhu, but she has gone back to the countryside. "I also received a letter from her yesterday. She will come back in about two days," Peizhu replied inside, and walked out soon after.She suddenly asked with a smile: "How is Ming?" "Don't you often see him? He is always busy, doesn't like to talk, and always has a sad face." Xian put the book away and turned to look at Peizhu. "Hui explained that she fell in love with Dehua, but I didn't believe it."

"You child, you still don't understand these things. Let's go." Peizhu Zaixian patted on the shoulder, pulled him out of the room, and locked the door. They were about to walk out of the gate when a voice came from behind: "Peizhu, you go out so early." An old woman came down to the courtyard to call them. "Have breakfast before leaving. Xian, you keep it too." She looked at the two young faces with a pair of smiling eyes. "I won't eat. Let's go to school." Peizhu stopped and smiled kindly at the old woman. "Lin She," Xian Ye called the old woman with a smile.

"You young people are busy all day, what are you busy with? You go after breakfast." The old woman said loudly and came towards them.She walked fast, despite her fat body and tiny bound feet.Her hair is already grey, but there is still some luster on her round face, and a smile often stays on her face.She loved these young men as if she loved her own children.They loved her too, and treated her like a mother. "Is Ying still sleeping?" Xian asked. Ying is Lin She's son, who just graduated from junior high school.But he was not Lin She's own, he was bought.There is a custom in this province that a family without a son can buy a child for money.

"He slept well. He came back late last night," Linsher replied gently.She smiled again and asked, "Do you want him to get up?" "Don't bark, let him sleep well," Peizhu quickly stopped her. "Let's go." Two people came out, greeted Lin She, and asked Lin She to close the door. The street was quiet and there were no other pedestrians.Narrow roads paved with stone slabs.Grass grows in the crevices of the roadside flagstones.The sun dyed half of the wall yellow.Several longan trees stick out from the old yard.The air is filled with the aroma of morning.These two young men were walking towards the sun, bathing most of their bodies in the light.

Peizhu stopped in the street several times, raised her head and half-closed her eyes, and took a few deep breaths, as if she wanted to suck all the light into her stomach.Afterwards, she softly uttered the word "ammonia" with a moved expression. Hyun looked at her from the side, showing a curious smile. "Hurry up, hurry up, or they'll say I'm late again," Yin urged. "You are so powerful, kid." Peizhu patted him on the shoulder again. She was almost a head taller than him.He was over sixteen, but he looked like a kid of thirteen or fourteen. "How long have you been with our group?"

"Over a year," Hyun said triumphantly, striking a pose as if to make his age seem a little older. Peizhu smiled, it was a kind smile.She suddenly stopped laughing and asked, "How old do you think I am?" "Who knows? They only told me that you have only been here for more than two years," Xian replied bluntly.At this moment they crossed a busy road and entered another narrow alley paved with flagstones. "Then it's only been two years. Xian, let me ask you, do you also think the sun is cute?" Peizhu asked after changing the subject. "The sun makes one's hair dizzy. What's so cute about it? I like snow. I heard that snow falls every winter in your place. It's so white and clean, but we can never see it here," Xian said with a look of longing. Say.He tried to find the shape of snow in his imagination.He seemed to see a white glow covering everything: houses, trees, land, all white.No wind, no cold, no darkness.

"Then, I'll take you to our place," Peizhu said, suppressing a laugh. "No, I can't go, I have something to do here. People shouldn't run around as they please. Work is more important," Xian said with a serious expression. Peizhu smiled again: "You talk like my father. You will also be a preacher in the future... The sun, that's so cute. When I bathe in the sun, I really want to melt my whole body in the golden light... It ignited the fire in my heart, and it burned my blood. I felt that there was something in my body, as if it was about to vent." When she said this, she raised her head to look at the blue sky again, deeply Taking a few deep breaths, he walked forward more briskly. Xian walked away, looking at her with a smile.He also felt very light, as if his whole body was about to fly into the air.Everything before his eyes was clear and clean.So is his heart.He is such a young man: he has no sorrow, he has no hatred, a warm hand often caresses him and sweeps away everything for him.This hand does not belong to one person, but to many.The past two years had left no painful memories for him. "Peizhu, do you have a younger brother?" He suddenly thought of this sentence, and asked, two black eyes kept rolling on Peizhu's face. "You child, haven't I told you several times?" Peizhu patted his head lightly with her hand again, reproachfully. "Your memory is so bad." "I hope to have a sister like you," Xian turned a pair of black pupils, and put on a solemn expression.He closed his mouth again, covering his slightly protruding teeth. Peizhu couldn't help but chuckled: "Don't act like this. Your small mouth is so funny, and you always talk sweetly. No wonder everyone likes you. Don't you have many older sisters? So is Bi, so is Hui, so is Ying, so is Dehua, and there are many more. What is special about me?" "But I like you very much," Xian said with a satisfied smile, his white teeth fully exposed again. "Everyone says hello." He pulled her by one arm, entangled like a naughty child. Peizhu smiled, stroking his round head covered by messy hair, and said, "You are a child pampered by everyone. We should teach you a severe lesson in the future. . . . Let's go now." .It's almost there." She broke free from his hand, walked away, and straightened her clothes.She was dressed in the attire of an ordinary schoolgirl: a plaid blouse with a blue skirt, her thick hair hanging down her head.Yin also stopped laughing.He saw the courtyard, a longan tree protruding from it, which just blocked the sunlight in front of the door, and opposite was a broken wall with agaves and fairy whips growing on the wall.Most of the stone slabs in the middle of the street were broken, the road looked very uneven, and grass grew out of the gaps.It is a desolate alley, and it is an old yard that has been built for many years. "It's here," a voice seemed to call out in his heart.He was very happy, so he quickened his pace, left Peizhu behind, and walked quickly to the door. Xian went up the stone steps and beat a small hand on the yellow door with peeling paint. At this time, Peizhu had already caught up, and only heard someone inside asking in local dialect: "Who is it?" "Xiong, it's me," Xian could tell whose voice it was, and he also answered in local dialect. The door opened, revealing a gap, a tall young man in a navy blue suit greeted the two people outside, and made room for them to walk in.So the door was closed again, closing everything inside, quietly, without a sound. Peizhu and Xian entered Xiong's study, where there were already several people.They were huddled around a square table, looking down at something, when they heard that Peizhu was coming, they stood up to greet her.Xian went out at this time. "I'm late," Peizhu said apologetically, sweeping her eyes over everyone's faces.A seemingly unfamiliar but familiar face caught her gaze.A slightly tall man stood in front of her, stretched out a fat hand to her, and said in a friendly voice: "Peizhu, how are you?" A smile appeared on the slightly old round face. "Renmin, it's you. Xian, a naughty child, didn't tell me earlier." She happily stretched out her hand to let the fat hand hold tightly. Zhu Renmin smiled slightly, and slowly let go of Peizhu's hand.A middle-aged man with a square face and a wide mouth next to him interjected, "He has shaved off his beard, we hardly know him anymore." He patted Renmin on the shoulder intimately. "Come here, we're getting more lively. Are you going to stay here for a long time?" Peizhu's big clear eyes shone with joy. She looked gently at Renmin's face, waiting for his answer. Renmin put his hands in the pockets of his suit trousers.His suit jacket was open, revealing a strong chest concealed by a beige shirt.The expression of joy remained on his face, and he moved his head quickly, looking at Peizhu, at Zhiyuan (Zhiyuan is the name of a man with a square face and wide mouth), and then at other people.He said with satisfaction: "You are all well, you are all fine." He replied to Peizhu: "I won't stay here for long. I'm leaving." His eyes still stayed on Zuo Peizhu's face, He smiled again, and said softly, "You're a bit fatter than you used to be. I think you must be doing well here." Peizhu threw her head back, and the few strands of black hair that were about to hang over her eyebrows were thrown back.But as soon as she lowered her head, the strands of hair slowly fell down again. "You ask them, how am I doing? They treat me so well. It's all from them," she said with a smile. "Jianhong must be very happy to hear this news. His spirit is very good, the same as before. It's just that I'm a little older, and I feel it myself." Renmin said, still with a smile on his face, although he slightly He frowned slightly, but he was not sentimental.The Jianhong he mentioned is Peizhu's father, who still lives in S. "You are different from before," Zhiyuan interjected. "You're better than ever. Do you remember the time when you were in a tragicomedy of love surrounded by two women?" Zhiyuan has always spoken frankly, he will say what he thinks, he is not afraid that his words will embarrass others.As usual, he opened his mouth wide and sprayed white foam on the faces of obedient people. Renmin frowned again, but immediately covered it up with a smile.He argued lightly: "Why do you still mention those things? I feel much stronger than before. I am gradually able to endure." When he mentioned endurance, he sank down, as if to test whether he had the strength to hold Stand on your heels. "Do you know all the friends here?... When did you arrive? Why didn't you send us a letter first?" Peizhu continued to ask, her eyes turned around the faces of several people in the room again, she I saw Xiong who was yellow and thin, Chen Qing with a triangular face, Yun with a snub nose, Ke with a pair of big glasses on his small face, Ying with delicate eyebrows, Hui with a plump face, Min with a round face and bright eyes, and Min with small eyes and high cheekbones. Bi.Each answered her gaze with kindness.She felt surrounded by friendship and was so lighthearted that a word she said seemed to be sending a signal of happiness. "I arrived last night and slept at Zhiyuan's place. I only met these few friends," Renmin replied, turning his eyes around the faces of those men and women.Like Peizhu, he received the same friendly reply. "I've never been very fond of writing letters. It's not convenient to talk in letters." "My father still had a letter two days ago, and he never mentioned your coming," Peizhu said, and walked to the side of the square table. "What are you talking about? Renmin, what good news do you have for us?" Renmin also walked to the side of the square table. He changed his serious tone and said: "My friends in S asked me to bring these letters to discuss with you. The situation is more difficult on our side." He leaned over to read the letters on the table. The documents were handed to Peizhu one by one. Xiong and Bi went out to move stools in, and Hui and Ying also went out to move them.The stools are all brought in, and everyone has a seat.Everyone sat around the square table and carefully took turns looking through the documents on the table.The room was quiet, and no one in the courtyard would have thought that there would be so many people in the room.Then Renmin's low voice sounded.This is a long report.Afterwards, several people spoke one after another.Bi and Zhiyuan talked the most; Peizhu, Xiong and Hui also talked a lot.Their voices are all low. At a certain point, a small dispute arose, with Hui and Zhiyuan on opposite sides, both of them refused to give in at first, and argued repeatedly for a while.Zhiyuan's unclear accent gradually failed to match Hui's bright articulation, he became anxious and almost blushed.During this period, Peizhu came out to catch the arguments of the two people and tried to bring them closer.Later, Zhiyuan made a small concession and asked everyone to modify Hui's proposal and pass it.Everyone smiled to discuss new issues.No one was surprised.This is how things often go in their meetings. These days Yin has been walking up and down in the courtyard outside.He was silent, but he didn't feel lonely.From time to time a smile appeared on his face, for something else appeared in his eyes. The situation meeting at twelve o'clock is over.Ke and Chen Qing came out first, opened the door and left.Yin closed the door again.The yard suddenly became lively. "Bi, let's go cook," Xiong dragged his lover Bi into the kitchen at the back of the hall. "You all come to help. Hui, Ying, Peizhu... all come." Bi turned her head and smiled and called the girls.Shadow immediately followed.Hui responded, but still stayed in the courtyard.Peizhu had already walked into the hall, but was stopped by Zhiyuan.Zhiyuan said: "Peizhu, don't go, let's talk with Renmin." Xian followed Peizhu, and Peizhu turned around and said to Xian, "Xian, you go in." She walked back to the courtyard and stood against a longan tree. Renmin was walking in the courtyard, talking with Zhiyuan.When he saw Peizhu, he stopped, looked at her carefully, and said with a smile, "Peizhu is taller than before. In the past, she had two braids hanging down her head, like a little girl." Zhiyuan was the first to laugh rough, and then everyone else laughed.Peizhu herself couldn't help laughing, she didn't blush, but said, "You sound like you are my father. You are really old now." "You say I'm old? I don't believe it. We people won't grow old." Renmin didn't want others to say he was old. He would argue when he heard it. His attitude was half-serious and half-joking. "Well said." Zhiyuan applauded beside him.Renmin turned to look at him and said with a smile, "You are still the same as before." "Do you still remember the past?" Zhiyuan laughed. "And that woman...what's her name, I just remember her surname is Xiong...you were in love with her at that time. She married that bureaucrat...you scolded me for her." Renmin glanced at Zhiyuan reproachfully, as if blaming him for saying these words.He frowned slightly, and said in a low voice: "She is already dead. She died alone in the hospital less than a year after marrying that bureaucrat. I don't know where her grave is. When a person dies, there is no need to use it." I don't need to mention it anymore." His voice was a bit bitter, and he didn't say any more, and buried his head. Everyone knows the relationship between Renmin and the woman surnamed Xiong, Zhiyuan and Peizhu know better, because they were both in S at that time; especially Peizhu, she thought of the sick woman who sacrificed everything for love, My heart is also very sad.Zhiyuan regretted mentioning that woman, but couldn't find words to express his apology. He was a little embarrassed, he thought Renmin was swallowing tears secretly. Renmin raised his head.His eyes are dry.He let out a breath and asked everyone in surprise, "Why don't you speak?" Zhiyuan patted Renmin's shoulder lightly again, and was speechless for a while.But Peizhu said loudly: "I only remember her words: career comfort is real comfort." Renmin glanced at Peizhu movedly, and then said in a calm voice, "Do you think I still miss her? My heart is already very peaceful. Peizhu, you can see it." He grabbed Zhizhi again. Yuan's arm said, "I won't cry about those things anymore. Don't worry about me. I'm much stronger than before, and I don't need comfort." He raised his eyes to the sky.The sky was blue and very clear with no clouds.The blinding sun shaded his eyes.He lowered his head, his eyes were full of golden light, and he didn't have that sad face. Zhiyuan was about to speak when he lowered his head suddenly and sneezed loudly.It was loud, like "ouch," like someone was whipping him on the back.He raised his head, his mouth was full of snot and saliva, he slowly took out his handkerchief and wiped it off. "Zhiyuan, are you crying?" Hui sneered from the side. She was talking to Min, so she turned to look at Zhiyuan. "Hui, when did you see me cry?" Zhiyuan argued anxiously, opening his big mouth again to reveal the row of yellow teeth. "You women are the ones who love to cry." "I don't admit it," Peizhu interjected. "When did you see us cry again?" At this time, Bi poked her head out from behind the hall door and called out loudly: "Peizhu, Peizhu." "What's the matter?" Peizhu turned her head to look at Bi, and everyone turned their eyes there. "Come here," Bea said commandingly. "Dinner soon," Min asked Bi, pretending to be anxious. Bi stretched her head back without answering, and Peizhu half-run and half-walked to the back. Hui answered Min jokingly, "Those who don't work don't have food to eat." Xian brought out a bowl of vegetables from the inside, and shouted: "The dishes are here, please clear the table quickly." Everyone rushed into the room to make arrangements.Only Renmin and Zhiyuan remained in the courtyard. "Hui is not allowed to eat." Zhiyuan said loudly, but no one paid any attention to him, Hui had already run into the kitchen behind the hall. "Eat inside, okay?" Min came out of the room and asked Renmin. "Let's eat in the patio, it won't rain today," Zhiyuan hurriedly said, and followed Min into the room to move the table out. The table is set up on the patio.Hui and Ying came out with dishes from behind.Xiong alone carried the cooking pot.Bi held out the bowls and chopsticks.In no time they arranged everything. "Let's eat," Zhiyuan said, picking up his chopsticks. "Everyone knows I'm the most impatient." He reached out to pick up the vegetables. "Where's Peizhu? Wait for her," Renmin said. "There's no need to wait, you can eat first," Bi said and went into the kitchen. "Renmin, guess how I feel now?" Zhiyuan suddenly looked at Renmin and said with a smile. "You're thinking about the weather watch," Renmin replied with a smile, he thought Zhiyuan was joking with him.When Zhiyuan was young, he didn't know how to take care of his body, and he got a disease: when the weather changed, his belly would hurt, and he needed to take Bagua pills to relieve the pain. Therefore, his friends called him a "living weather watch". "No, my belly pain has been gone for a long time, and I haven't sent it once in a long time," Zhiyuan said proudly with his mouth open, and the foam splashed out, almost falling into the vegetable bowl. "Be careful, Ji-won," Hui interjected with a smile. "We don't want to eat your saliva." "Hui, you are such a talkative woman," Zhiyuan retaliated against her with this sarcasm, making everyone laugh. Peizhu came out with a bowl of vegetables from behind, and Bi also brought a bowl.Xiankong started to follow behind.Seeing that everyone stopped their chopsticks and laughed, Bi asked, "Why don't you eat? What are you laughing at?" "We're waiting for you," Hui said eagerly. "Sit down quickly." She took a bowl to serve the rice. "There are so many dishes. Today is Xiong and Bi's treat," said the snub-nosed Yun, who hadn't spoken for a long time and was always looking at others with a smile on his face, and only now said these two sentences. Nine people sat down around a square table.Xian squeezed between Peizhu and Hui.Zhiyuan was the first to move his chopsticks and eat with his mouth wide open.Everyone eats and talks at the same time.Everyone had a smile on their face. "It's a pity that there is no wine. We should have wine today," Zhi Yuan said suddenly, putting down his chopsticks. "Your mouth is hungry again. Now no one is allowed to drink alcohol." Bi glanced at him, and she understood what he meant. "I said to eat the wedding wine of you and Xiong. The two of you have been living together for almost a month." Zhiyuan said proudly. "What kind of wedding wine are you eating? Your mind is full of feudal thoughts." Hui interjected mockingly. "Hui, you're always against me. Didn't we quarrel enough before? I've already given in, and you still want to scold me," Zhiyuan said with a smile. Hui was swallowing a mouthful of rice, when she heard this, she laughed and spit out all the rice.She hurriedly turned her head around, but it was too late, many rice grains fell on the table, and a few grains also fell in the vegetable bowl. "No. Hui made the dishes dirty, and we want her to pay for it." Xian was the first to yell. Hui just smiled and wiped his mouth with a handkerchief. "Today is like a holiday, everyone is so happy," Ying said alone, holding back a smile, looking at the crowd. "Indeed, I am very happy. Today is a holiday. We welcome Renmin. I am so happy to see him." Zhiyuan said. "Okay, today is the holiday," Xian yelled, pushing Hui's shoulder and asking forcefully, "Hui, what about the bowl of vegetables?" Hui has laughed enough.She looked at the vegetable bowl, from which Peizhu had just carried the vegetables away, and then Min put the chopsticks in again.She happily pinched Xian's arm lightly and said, "You naughty child, if you don't eat, they will." Everyone laughed again.Laughter danced in the air and circled around everyone.The street was still quiet.The sun in the yard shone through the leaves and cast several bright spots on their heads and bodies. "I didn't expect you to live so happily here." Renmin said with emotion. "Didn't I tell you in a letter? You see, I have changed since I came here," Zhiyuan said, and he was also very moved. "We need happiness in our life," Hui said.She put down the bowl, stood up and sang in a low voice, "I know I don't have much time to live, and I should live it to the fullest." "Mr. Hui likes to say such nonsense," Ying frowned and complained. "Then do you want to live to be seventy or eighty years old?" Hui walked behind Ying, put a hand on her shoulder, and asked gently. "Maybe," Shadow replied briefly, turning his head and smiling. "I'm not going to live until that time, I just hope to have a chance to give my life one day sooner," Min put down the bowl, and said in a cold tone. "Death is not a difficult thing. I've seen it several times. I remember it very well." The last thing he could forget was the time when he was in a dangerous situation and a friend named Dod came to his rescue. Sacrifice his life for him to escape.He still can't fully understand that person's mood, but death is irreversible.He saw the body lying in a pool of blood.He felt that the distance between life and death could be crossed in an instant.As he thought so, his eyes blurred.He slowly turned his pupils upwards, and he saw Hui's gaze shot from behind Shangying on the seat diagonally opposite.Whether it was accusation, doubt, or exploration, he couldn't tell, but Hui knew what Min was thinking. "Min, don't mention those things. Remember today is a holiday, and we all have to be happy. You alone don't interrupt everyone's interest. "Zhiyuan felt disappointed when he heard Min's words, so he spoke to stop him. But a melancholy wind had already blown on the table. At this moment, many people put down their bowls. "I never thought of death. At most, death is just a rest. I would never think of rest." Peizhu didn't change her face, and the friendly smile remained on her face all the time. "Don't talk, there's a knock on the door," Bea whispered gravely with a sudden gesture.Everyone fell silent. "I'll open the door," Xian rushed to go.But Bee had gone first. After a while Bi came back with a child in school uniform and said to Yun, "Ke wants you to go, here is a note." She handed the note to Yun. Yun spread out the note to read, it read: "Yun-ming has been arrested. We just got the news. You'll be here soon. Ke" was indeed Ke's scrawled handwriting.Cloud read them out in a low voice. "Ai" Zhiyuan cried out in surprise. Min stood up and said in a heavy voice, "I'm going too."