Chapter 5 Chapter Four

Pengcheng County is located on the coast of the East China Sea.From the map, it looks like a piece of clam skin that was rushed to the beach by the waves.This piece of clam skin can be roughly divided into two: the east and south are facing the sea, and the terrain is flat and wide. According to the local people, it can be regarded as a flat river; the west and north are just the opposite. mountains. Lilong Mountain stretches for dozens of kilometers from west to east.After encountering a reef, it turned suddenly and extended a distance south.Seen from the air or from a distance, there is indeed a situation where dragons and snakes are entrenched.There are many and thick peaks, but very few really high ones.The ground and sea level here are almost on the same contour line, and Li Longding, which is 500 meters above sea level, can be regarded as the "Mount Everest" of Moxing Qingyue.Most of the place names of the villages here are related to the word "Li Long".Such as Li Longtan, Li Long Temple, Li Long Tomb, Li Longtang, Li Longzhuang, or Big Li Long, Little Li Long, Upper Li Long, Lower Li Long, Li Long behind the mountain, Li Long in front of the mountain...etc.

There is a reason for this, of course.The reason is the ancient and magical legend about Li Longye. It is of course impossible to verify when it was.Here, a couple surnamed Li gave birth to a "child prodigy": as soon as he landed, he could call out his parents' names, and he could run and play all over the ground; within half a month, he could tell many truths about the world, The reef as big as a mopan can be moved to the top of the mountain to protect the father who cuts firewood for a living from the wind and cold. All the folks on one side regard him as the "proud son" bestowed by heaven on earth.

It's just that the child eats milk every five days, every time after his father leaves home.And when my father came home, my mother was always quietly wiping away tears, and no matter how much I asked, she never answered a word. It's breastfeeding day again.As usual, my father went up the mountain with a pole and a sharp ax in his mouth.After turning around on the mountain, I sneaked back home.Through the torn paper hole of the window couch, my father saw a horrifying scene: his wife was fainting on the kang, and an ugly little dragon was lying on his wife's chest, sucking greedily.

Xiaolong grew so big that his body covered three roof beams, and his tail was still hanging on the floor of the main house. "So it's such an evil thing! It's a disaster to keep it!" The father burst into anger amidst the horror.He knocked open the door, swung his sharp axe, without any explanation, aimed at the dragon's tail on the ground and slashed it down. With one click, Li Longye's tail was cut off.The green blood sprayed out like a fountain, staining the sky and the earth.From then on, Master Li Long became Lao Li with a bald tail. " The pain made the bald-tailed old Li forget everything.He stretched out his claws and grabbed and shook his father, and his father was thrown into the boundless sea.When he stopped the pain and picked up the sharp ax on the ground, he realized that it was his father who was thrown into the sea by him.He was so remorseful that he ran to the beach and stretched out his strange giant claws to salvage his father.

Once, the giant claw scooped up the sediment on the seabed; once, the giant claw scooped up the reefs on the bottom of the sea; Stacked on the shore, the shore will form a large, proud and independent mountain - Laoshan. Laoshan still stands on the southeast coast of Yimapingchuan.It's just that in order to avoid touching the pain in the heart of the bald-tailed old Li, later generations changed the word "Lao" to "Lao", and Laoshan became Laoshan. The bald-tailed old Li fished at sea for three days, but finally failed to fish out his father.After this fright, the mother also passed away soon.He was very sad and felt that he had killed his biological parents.He buried his mother and father on the banks of the Maya River with clear flowing water and luxuriant reed leaves—it was a fake grave without the dead, and then sailed across the ocean to the Kanto.

At that time, the whole of Kanto was a barren mountain and wild forest, and there were only a few pitiful natives who relied on stone knives and axes to open up wasteland and hunt, barely extending their lives.The bald-tailed old Li landed in the nest of an elderly native.The old man had no overnight food, so he advised him to find another way to make a living.The bald-tailed old Li just didn't listen.On the first day he picked wild fruits. Call pheasants and dogs.The next day he started reclamation.At the end of the day, the old man asked him how much he had reclaimed, and he turned his palm and said no less than one hundred acres.The old man laughed.At the end of another day, the old man asked him how much he had reclaimed. He turned his palm and said that it was no less than two hundred acres. The old man squinted happily.On the third day, the old man asked again, and the answer was no less than 300 mu.This time the old man stopped smiling and followed him from a distance when he went up the mountain.Where is the land reclamation!Flying dust obscures the sun, mountains shake and the ground shakes, ancient trees around are uprooted, wild brambles and thorns are wiped out, and the prehistoric land where wild deer and lions cannot walk becomes fertile soil where rice grows and golden waves surge in the blink of an eye. ! ... The bald-tailed old Li has been cultivating the Kanto region for several years, turning it into a rich and rich countryside.He cut wood into a boat, and picked up many folks who could not make a living from this side of the sea-this was the beginning of the "Xiaguandong" that lasted for thousands of years; and spent hundreds of years in Heilongjiang leisurely and lightly. Days, finally returned to the land of the hometown that I missed day and night.

He built a temple to worship his ancestors on the banks of the Maya River where his parents died - Liwang Temple.Then it turned into a mountain range, guarding this land day and night, and the descendants who lived and multiplied on this land... The big and small mulberry gardens are two of the dozen or so historic villages along the Maya River.Located in the lower reaches, one lives in Hexi and the other lives in East.With the river as the boundary, the big mulberry garden in Juxi belongs to the edge of Pingchuan on the seashore; the small mulberry garden in Judong belongs to Fengwei in Lilongshan District.It is said that on a certain day in the Shunyao period, a high-ranking scholar who wandered in the rivers and lakes passed by here.As soon as he stood by the Maya River, he immediately kept quiet and wanted to leave quietly.Under the repeated entreaties of the accompanying old people, Gao Shichang knelt down and kowtowed his head a few times before he whispered, saying that the Maya River is one of Li Longye's blood, and the big and small mulberry gardens are Li Longye's two eyes .Li Longye usually rests his eyes with his eyes closed. Once any changes occur on the banks of the Maya River or Li Longshan Mountain, he will open his eyes and use his spirit to create the world's heroes and make disasters disappear.Good fortune rises. "Treasure land! Treasure land! What a geomantic treasure land!"

Gao Tu's words were soon fulfilled. In the first year of Qin II, Chen Sheng, a peasant farmer in Yangcheng led 900 garrison soldiers to rise up in Daze Township, and most of ancient China was in turmoil.At that time, in Pengcheng under the rule of the 27th son of Yingzheng, Peng San, a carpenter who was born in the army, gathered in Li Longshan to rebel against the people in response. After the collapse of the "Zhang Chu" kingdom, Peng San built a fortress for the city, established the "Daxing Kingdom", and established himself as the emperor.History books contain. "Where King Peng is, the hungry people hope that the court soldiers will be invincible, and the fortified cities will fall one after another. It is because of the great reputation of the Daxing Kingdom that everyone in the country thinks that King Peng is helped by the god of Li Long." The third emperor Peng and his Daxing Kingdom , It only existed for two years in Lilong Mountain, but it existed for more than two thousand years among the people in Pengcheng (it is said that "Pengcheng" is named after "Pengwang City").Since Peng San, there are only records in the history books that can be tested. There are more than 20 colorful "emperors" and "kings" that appeared on the ground of Pengcheng, almost all over the past dynasties.As for the ministers, generals, and Hou Tingwei, there are innumerable ones.The (county annals) edited in the early years of the Republic of China said: "Pengcheng is a treasured place of geomantic omen, which is widely recommended by the world. Li Longhun, Peng Yugu, moistening and romantic... Maya River Temple Fair on the fifth day of May every year, traveling far and near, with more than ten thousand …Worship to Li Long, to King Peng, the dojo for three days, and the incense sticks for ten days. …”

"Master Li Long has appeared again!" In recent years, those old people who have gone through the world often say this on their lips. The Liwang Temple that was destroyed by the big storm in the mid-1960s was not the Liwang Temple built by the bald-tailed Lao Li to worship ancestors, but the Liwang Temple built by later generations to worship the bald-tailed Lao Li and his ancestors. The temple - as a provincial key cultural relic has been rebuilt.When the relevant units solicited funding for the construction, Yue Pengcheng opened his mouth and asked for 100,000 yuan.On the stele in the back hall of Liwang Temple, the names of Yue Pengcheng and Dasangyuan are impressively engraved.Although the sacrifices in Liwang Temple today are not as grand as those recorded in the history books, people who burn incense and offer offerings, ask for lottery and ask divination, and men and women, old and young, who thank and repay their kindness, are still frequent.Really, if Master Li Long doesn't open his eyes and doesn't show his holiness, how could the banks of the Maya River and Li Longshan Mountain suddenly become prosperous?The big and small mulberry gardens, those two villages with no nose and no eyes, how could they become places that people from thousands of miles away will envy overnight?

The county seat is eight miles away from the big mulberry garden.This is what was said many years ago.Due to the rapid expansion of the county seat in recent years, the east side has almost joined hands with Damulberry Garden.Naturally, the distance will not be shortened because of this closeness, eight miles is still eight miles.Counting from the town committee compound where the meeting was held, I am afraid that some extra fractions will be added. Fortunately, for Little Crown, it doesn't matter if it's eight miles or how much more it adds, it's just a matter of starting with one kick and braking with the other.

The crops have not yet been harvested.In the corn field where the tassels have withered and the tassels look like pregnant women, beside the vegetable garden where autumn kidney beans and cucumbers are covered with trestles, on the farm where the cows are chewing cud, and the pigs are grunting and bumping against the sows’ teats, Many people are enjoying the wild wind and sunshine to their heart's content.Most of those people were recruited from mountainous areas tens of hundreds of miles away.In the village, except for a few people who can only deal with Tukela, no one is willing to accept this kind of enjoyment for a long time.These crops, vegetable gardens, and farms have long become "forgotten corners" in Yue Pengcheng's mind.He didn't have a lot of land originally, and the "oil and water" that the land could squeeze out accounted for a very small proportion in his "macro economy".If it weren't for the repeated emphasis on food production from above, he would rather turn this "forgotten corner" into an "abandoned burden". Of course, land is not among the abandoned.That's baby!Every penny is the cornerstone of his career! They are all the capital and weapons he seized from the battle! He got out of the car by the side of a dirt road not far from a bulldozed cornfield.Below the dirt road, a bulldozer was humming loudly, pushing a weir of gravel into a dry ditch.Behind it, two excavators are extending their strong arms and claws, digging a deep and wide factory building foundation on the flat land.Behind the small mound dug by the excavator, a group of women in flowered headscarves are picking unripe green corn into baskets and loading straw into the back of the tractor.The arrival of the little crown brought an abrupt end to all the talking, laughing and joking under the dirt road.A quiet movement, a light cough, and a knowing look make everyone work more seriously and work more efficiently. Yue Pengcheng walked into the site where the soil was being bulldozed, and the person in charge of the construction site with a thin frame immediately appeared in front of him. He ignored the greetings, walked around the site, and came to the side where the foundation had already been dug.He squinted his eyes for a moment, walked to the side with his hands behind his back, aimed at the horizontal line of the foundation, and measured step by step.After measuring, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "What is the width?" "Twelve meters." The person in charge of the construction site replied. "How much are you digging now?" "... Eleven meters." "Twelve meters? At least half a meter shorter!" "It was measured just this morning." The person in charge of the land explained carefully, and at the same time called out a person who looked like a technician.The two hurriedly pulled away the measuring tape and started measuring again. Yue Pengcheng didn't look at it, and asked when the two came back, "Is it short?" "Short, shorter by fifty-six centimeters..." The complexion of the person in charge of the construction site and the technician was red, and their vocal cords trembled. "I'll fuck your ancestors!" Yue Pengcheng jumped up like lightning, and raised his hand to make a few mouthfuls. "Call your factory managers and engineers!" "I went to... went to the head office for a... meeting." "Have a fucking shit meeting! Make me look like this grandma on the construction site, they go out and fart! Tell them to come back! Within five minutes. Run!" The trembling technician with finger marks on his face ran into the shed to make a phone call.Yue Pengcheng ordered a stoppage of work and called everyone on the construction site in front of him. "Do you know what you are doing? Did I tell you the meaning of building this factory?" Yue Pengcheng walked like a lion, waving his short but strong arms from time to time. "You earn my big money like this? The bulldozers are scattered, and a ditch as wide as a cricket has been built in half a day! The ground is uneven, with corn roots and stones everywhere! The diggers dug all the twists and turns for me! The rummy ruler is even more amazing, the foundation The foundation is more than half a meter narrower for me! Damn it!" He pointed to the person in charge of the construction site and the factory manager and engineer who came here with sweat on their faces: "If the factory building is built, the machines can't get in. I won't take your skin off. I, Yue Pengcheng, were polished by donkey dung!" As usual, as long as Yue Pengcheng jumps high, as long as Yue Pengcheng fucks his ancestors and scolds his mother, no matter what the occasion or reason, no matter who it is, he just bites his lip, lowers his head, and doesn't say a word until he finishes venting or leave, it's over. He is very angry today.After the workers dispersed, he left the cadres behind and scolded them for no less than 20 minutes.What "someone even dreamed of riding on my Yue Pengcheng's neck to suck shit" and "someone also made up his mind in my house"... The cadres were so enraged that they rolled their eyes.It wasn't until the head office called and asked him to go back to the office that he finally stopped the car. "Let me re-level the ground! Re-dig the foundation! I will check tomorrow morning! Technician, find the accountant to settle the bill, go home and pick up the baby! You, you, you!" He pointed at the tired construction site manager and the factory The chief and the engineer said, "Everyone will be demerited once and fined 1,000!" Yue Pengcheng's reward and punishment system is basically a set of methods for mobilizing troops.Meritorious service is divided into major meritorious service, second-class meritorious service, and third-class meritorious service. Punishment is divided into expulsion from employment, major demerits, and serious warnings.The difference is that, except for one item of expulsion, behind each level of merit and demerit, there is a specific cash amount of reward or penalty.Usually, he only needs to announce the level of rewards and punishments, but today he deliberately brought out the amount of money. It was Qi Xiuliang, deputy secretary and deputy general manager of the general branch, who called Yue Pengcheng back to the head office.Yue Pengcheng has five deputy secretaries and five deputy general managers.There are army battalion and regiment cadres who have been transferred back to their hometowns, factory directors and section chiefs of state-owned enterprises who have "plucked their hair" and lost their "iron tickets", college students who were assigned to return to their hometowns before graduation, and there are also people who were born with Yue Pengcheng. The peasants who came to die.According to the division of labor, these people are all responsible for their share of responsibility at the bottom. Only Qi Xiuliang was left at the top and became an executive deputy general secretary and deputy general manager without the name of "executive". Said that his "executive work" is nothing more than always surrounding Yue Pengcheng to serve him. He reported to Yue Pengcheng and asked for instructions on two issues: First, when the tax bureau came to inspect the work in the morning, Deputy Director Lu proposed to build a small wing room with two tons of cement. Only when Yue Pengcheng nodded could he inform others to come and pull; second, the county party committee office notified that a United Nations rural economic investigation team was coming soon and was scheduled to spend two days in Damulberry Garden. After Yue Pengcheng nodded for the first thing, and instructed the company's reception to prepare for the second thing, Qi Xiuliang was about to implement it when he was stopped. "Is there anything else going on today?" Qi Xiuliang didn't understand what "other" meant, he just blinked his eyelids a few times. "I haven't been looking for me at home, have I?" Only then did Qi Xiuliang reply: "It seems that Shuzhen's brother and sister are ill, so I asked Dayong to go back and see them." Nothing else? " "Maybe not." "Okay, let's go." Yue Pengcheng gave him a very gentle wink. A burst of thunder at the rolling mill site made Yue Pengcheng at least eight points less angry from the meeting in the afternoon. He's a business man, and he doesn't put too much weight on what's in the meeting.He has always taken lightly the praise or criticism of old Xing, a leading cadre who is full of bookishness and has little practical value.There was only one person who angered him, and that was his own son—a son who dared to break with him, relied on his own struggle, and tried to fight him.But this is a continuation of the past, and in a way with "family disputes" means.Although he didn't dare to underestimate him, he was absolutely unwilling to let him disturb his plan and will.You only see muddy legs when you get out of the water!No matter how well you sing, it's just a trick in your voice!Is the ginger spicy when it is old or young? How about riding a donkey and reading a songbook! What occupies his mind now is the matter Hu Qiang said, the matter Qi Xiuliang said, and the matter why Shuzhen wanted to find Dayong. He closed the door of the office, asked the switchboard to notify Dayong to come to the office, and at the same time connected the flower company. From the phone call, he learned that their manager Xu, Shuzhen, did not go to work or ask for leave today. The reason and whereabouts are unknown.Yue Pengcheng immediately felt the seriousness of the problem: According to the company's articles of association, those who absent from work for more than one day without reason will be fired.Shuzhen never arrives late or leaves early, let alone a flagrant violation of the company's articles of association. Dayong is here.Without waiting for Yue Pengcheng to ask, he recounted everything that happened in the morning.He just insists that he has never heard any gossip, nor has he revealed any "information" to Shuzhen, even if it is not information at all. "Brother, don't take it seriously. My sister is good everywhere, but sometimes her ears are soft. My mother and I have persuaded her." Dayong said when he left. Yue Pengcheng ignored his brother-in-law's comfort and confession.He got the most important and reliable information: Shuzhen has discovered or perceived his relationship with Qiuling. "How did she find out? Was it rumored secretly, or did she really see it last night?..." Yue Pengcheng thought hard.For him, this matter was by no means a trivial matter that could be ignored.No matter how you look at it, Shuzhen cannot be said to be a good wife.She loves him sincerely, loves him, and even protects him with her life.It is she who maintains this family with virtuousness and hard work, so that when he is scarred and exhausted from fighting for life and career, he always has a "rear base" that can give him caress and courage.In the past few years, although he had special emotional entanglements with Qiu Ling, he never thought that he could abandon Shuzhen, or let Shuzhen leave him.Especially now, after the conversation with Qiu Ling last night, any rifts in the relationship with Shuzhen must be taken seriously and he must mend them with all his strength. He picked up the phone again and told the hotel manager that the guests from Shanxi who were scheduled to be accompanied by him at the banquet should be informed to be accompanied by Qi Xiuliang and the deputy general manager in charge of energy transportation; Pigeon", he has a meeting tonight and can't go back to enjoy the spa treatment and "Simmons dance". After doing all this, he walked downstairs steadily, sat in the little crown with confidence, and said to Xiao Xie: "Go home." Yue Pengcheng's home is next to the Qingshui bridge in the middle of the village.The one-story house consists of four main rooms, a kitchen, two side rooms and a rather large yard.There are two rows of stone benches in the yard, and there are dozens of pots of camellia, hibiscus, clivia, rhododendron and various bonsai that are exquisite and beautiful.Between the two rows of stone benches, near the sunny place outside the main house door, there is an underground flower cellar.The mouth of the cellar is sealed with transparent glass fiber reinforced plastic, which can keep the flowers and trees lush in winter, and can be used for fish farming in spring, summer and autumn.The house is built high and wide.Apart from the central hall and corridors, each house can be divided into two interior rooms, sunny and shady.The interior furnishings are not too luxurious, but they are comfortable and pleasing to the eye.The home appliances should be imported famous brands, but the furniture is all mahogany inlaid with silver and antique. It is one of the ancient handicraft products that Weifang has restored in recent years and is famous at home and abroad.Three years ago, when this new house was born, it caused a sensation.It is now sad.Several branch secretaries and wealthy households in Chengguan built small western-style buildings that only senior cadres could live in in big cities, and people's attention and curiosity were attracted there. This is yet another challenge and snub.But Yue Pengcheng already has other big plans, and he is already quietly moving.In Denghai Town and Pengcheng County, it is unimaginable that someone would cover Yue Pengcheng's hat for no reason, and let him remain indifferent. All in all, there are four and a half members in Yue Pengcheng's family.Him, Shuzhen, son, daughter and Caesar.Caesar is a dog presented by the leader of the Northeast Forest Region, with the bravery and handsomeness of a lion.The real name "Casey" is said to have originated from an American western film.Yue Pengcheng felt that there was no salt and no taste, so he gave it the tuba of the famous commander of the ancient Roman army.Caesar has become accustomed to his status as a family member. Apart from guarding the house for his master, he adds a kind of majesty and grace, which is to please the master; A mouse, a stone; or make a vicious look and compete with the master for fish and chocolate bonbons. My father was away most of the time, my elder brother had settled down in the small mulberry garden, and my mother's house was locked firmly; when Yinping came back, there was only one Caesar left at home.A few students went crazy at the beach for a long time, and it seemed that twenty yuan was thrown into the sea, and they were hungry and tired when they returned home.The pot was empty, and there had been no fireworks in the kitchen at noon. Caesar seemed to be in the same situation as her. He pestered her around and threw a few crabs and small fish at her before he settled down. A watering pot leaning against the base of the wall caused Yinping infinite annoyance. With a sound of "clang", he was kicked under the stone bench where the flower bonsai was placed. Where there is only hunger, there are more worries! School will start in a few days.After the start of the semester, students will be divided into different classes according to their wishes and test scores.Vocational class, learning accounting, mechanical repair, gardening technology; college entrance examination class, still studying mathematics, physics and chemistry, climbing the ladder leading to the pyramid. Parents were asked for their opinions before the holiday, and my mother wanted to listen to her own aspirations, but my father stopped me with one sentence: "Did you pass the university entrance exam! University professors are still scrambling to run to me! "Although she was not very happy, she still enrolled in the vocational class. Today, when some classmates discussed it, they all felt sorry for her: "Little Pepper, your homework is so good, what a pity! " "If you only have money and farts, you won't be an old farmer when you get there!" "We only have crab nests and clam shells here, are you willing to live in this nest for the rest of your life?" "Oh! If I can go to Beijing, Shanghai, Paris, Zurich, and the United States for a while, I will be happy to die!" Yin Ping's originally active heart turned upside down, she couldn't attend vocational classes, and she was going to take the college entrance examination!But it is said that the classes have already been divided, and it is extremely difficult to adjust.Especially the college entrance examination class, because the enrollment rate reached 87% last year, and the smart children from the cities and counties, those who passed and those who failed were desperately crowded in. A class has reached more than 70 students.The principal was so angry that he slapped the table, saying that he would not accept the golden beans from the Lord, and that he would not be responsible for crowding people to death in class.This is tantamount to bad news for the silver screen.She wants to talk to her mother and make trouble with her father.This is a matter of her life! Aunt Xu Xiazi sent Dayong to ask her to come over for dinner, but she refused to answer, so she wrapped up the operator and looked around for her father and mother. So annoying!Didn't see it!Didn't see it here, didn't see it there!Did they all get into the crab shells? ...Suddenly, Caesar's muffled cheers came from the courtyard.Immediately, Yinping dropped the phone and ran out the door. Yue Pengcheng appeared in the courtyard. "dad!" "You're the only one at home? Is your grandfather coming back?" Yue Pengcheng asked and looked at the courtyard, feeling that his father hadn't come back.The old man just came from the city the day before yesterday, and was picked up early this morning to visit and give a report.He didn't come back, which made Yue Pengcheng feel a burst of relief: if his father knew about the matter with Shuzhen, it would be more troublesome and embarrassing. "Where is your mother?" asked again. "How do I know! I said I was sick in the morning, but I can't find her when I come back!" Yin Ping finally found a chance to vent his anger. Yue Pengcheng put the purse on the window sill outside the kitchen and went inside. "Dad!" Yinping stopped, "I'm still hungry." "Ping, Dad is also very hungry. Can you help me?" Yue Pengcheng looked at his daughter pleadingly.Giving orders to your daughter in such a matter is asking for trouble.More importantly, he had to dismiss her.He must have a good talk with Shuzhen now.Judging from the current development of the matter, as long as the talk is good, the doubts and resentment in Shuzhen's heart should not be difficult to eliminate. "Okay, I'll cook for you." Yinping said, "But Dad, you have to help me too!" "Dad is busy now." "No matter what. Yinping grabbed Yue Pengcheng and told him about the request to change classes.Yue Pengcheng was extremely disapproving, and in order to get rid of it, he still responded: "Isn't it such a small matter? Tell your principal about it?" Yinping recalled the rumor that the principal had slapped the table, and quickly said, "That's not acceptable! That 'presbyopic' is stubborn!" "Should I go to the director of education or the county magistrate?" Yue Pengcheng pushed the silver screen to the kitchen door with great patience: "Okay, my eldest lady, you can wait until you go to your university! But you will regret it later, but I can't find your father." "Hmph!" Yinping poked the tip of his nose almost into Yue Pengcheng's face, then turned around and lazily entered the kitchen door. Chin Chen Nainai's popular tune came from the kitchen. Yue Pengcheng entered the house, looked at each room, and finally came to his and Shuzhen's bedroom door.The door was locked. He took out the key and still couldn't open it. It was locked with a dowel inside. He had no choice but to knock on the door: "Shuzhen, Shuzhen, open the door!" There was no movement in the room at first, and then there was a crisp "pop", as if a cup had fallen to the ground. "Xiaozhen!" Yue Pengcheng called out as cordially as possible, "Xiaozhen, I have something to tell you. Open the door! There was a rustling sound, Yue Pengcheng thought that Shuzhen was coming to open the door.But before he could cheer up, there were sobs in the room first, and with the sobs, several hard cups and plates smashed on the door and the ground in front of him one after another. "Shuzhen! What's the matter with you? You let me in, and I'll explain the matter to you!..." Yue Pengcheng had a puff of smoke in his stomach, but there was nowhere to breathe out, so he knocked on the door more frequently. After Shuzhen went to find Dayong in the morning, she cried and grieved and became cruel. She wanted to bring Yue Pengcheng back at night, and made a mess.In front of Yinping's grandpa and grandma, let's get to the bottom of the matter, divorce and file a lawsuit, and no one will interfere with anyone's business in the future.But she couldn't stand Aunt Xu Xiazi's earnest persuasion, thinking of the family's disintegration, thinking of Yinping losing her father at a young age, and thinking of her future face, she had no choice but to give up the idea. But she will never forgive Yue Pengcheng!Yue Pengcheng will never be allowed to live a comfortable life in the future!At least in this family, he doesn't want to get a smiling face and warmth!Xu Shuzhen is not a golden branch and a jade leaf, but she is definitely not a low-brow who can be trampled on at will! "Your conscience has been eaten by a dog, let's see if you don't become a dog, dare to step into this house again!" Shuzhen turned her sorrow into hatred, a hatred that gnashed her teeth.At this time, Yue Pengcheng was struck by lightning and his body was dissected, and she would never feel any heartache. What he didn't expect at all was that this heartless Yue Pengcheng would not find himself, and his whole body was emitting a sour smell.She thought at first that he felt that no one knew about his scandal, so he went home to please him as usual. Hearing the sound of his door calling, he guessed that he had heard the wind and came back specially to pour ecstasy soup on her.This utterly devoid of conscience is still trying to lie to me!Shuzhen felt more and more humiliated and angry, and threw the cups, plates and utensils on the table.At the same time, the tears left a wet spot on the wet skirt and handkerchief. The knocking on the door and calling became more tactful and urgent, and Shuzhen's humiliation and anger became more and more surging.The cups, plates and utensils on the table were all thrown away. She was cruel, picked up the round fish tank in front of the window, and slammed it to the door.There was a loud bang like an explosion, and the bedroom became a world of water.The world of fish; a group of pitiful and cute little goldfish has become a group of ants whose heads have been pinched off and are desperately jumping. With the explosion of the fish tank, Shuzhen's chest also exploded: "You shameless! You still have the face to come back! Get out of here! Get out..." Then came crying, mournful, passionate crying. Yue Pengcheng couldn't imagine that Shuzhen would become so crazy.At this moment, any words are useless, and everything can only be said after Shuzhen calms down. Yinping seemed to hear something unusual, and poked his head out of the kitchen to look into the room.Yue Pengcheng quickly pretended to be nonchalant and left the house. "Dad, are you messing with my tape recorder again?" Yinping threw a handful of kidney beans, handed out a small stool, and ordered, "Here, choose vegetables." But Yue Pengcheng went into the kitchen, found a piece of cold steamed bun left over from last night, opened the refrigerator, took out a plate of cut beef, put it on the window sill, and swallowed it. Yinping rolled his eyes and said, "Dad, is that reserved for you? It belongs to Caesar!" Yue Pengcheng was taken aback for a moment and stopped. "I'm fucking worse than a dog!" He muttered, picked up the plate of beef and put it back in the refrigerator. Caesar is his "sweetheart"! He put down the steamed buns and made up his mind to go to the gardening field to eat wild food.There is hardly a night without a feast of wine and raisins. At the gate of the courtyard, he let out a few unfriendly barks. Yue Pengcheng looked through the kitchen window, and his heart sank: it was the old man who came back from the door. Name: Yue Rui Gender: Male Age: Sixty-eight Ethnicity: Han Place of Origin: Dasangyuan Village, Pengcheng County Former main positions: guerrilla leader, secretary of the county party committee, deputy director of the rural work department of the prefectural party committee Retirement time: 1982 Current address in June: Building No. 5 of the No. 2 Cadre Rest Center... Half a month ago, at that home in the city, Yue Rui registered such a form in accordance with the unified requirements of the Cadre Rest Center.Just after registering the form, he boarded the train, and after a day and night of trekking, he returned to his home by the Qingshui Bridge after an absence of seventeen or eight years. In the revolutionary history of Pengcheng, Yue Rui should be regarded as a figure.At the age of seventeen, in order to deal with the plethora of Kuomintang bandits, he launched the "Pengwangmiao Uprising" in Li Longshan, and became the commander of the twelve "Red Beards".After the Japanese devils occupied Pengcheng, he became the leader of the first anti-Japanese guerrillas under the leadership of the Communist Party.But at that time people still called him "Commander Yue".Commander Yue's prestige and reputation shook one side, making the devils and the second devil frightened, and making the suffering people feel proud.In 1943, when the guerrillas were upgraded, he left Pengcheng as a young commander of the main force.After liberation, he first worked as a county party secretary in the mountainous area of ​​western Fujian for several years, and then returned to the north and has been engaged in rural work.He is an eagle flying from the miserable land of the countryside. In order to make the rural land fly like an eagle, he has devoted great enthusiasm and effort.However, things went wrong in the world. From the end of the 1950s, for reasons that he couldn't explain, he became a representative of opportunism, drifting in the ups and downs of his career.Official career stagnates, and so does family life.His wife left him and three children early, and went to enjoy peace in the dark.Yue Pengcheng was sent back to his hometown to be with his grandfather when he was young.His daughter and youngest son were brought up by him shit and pee.The follow-up wife is a person who knows the cold and the hot, but the addition of her and a child brought by her makes Yue Rui separate from his biological children.After retirement, this kind of birth caused him to suffer a lot.The youngest son is in his late thirties and still has no children.A granddaughter is just at the age that is like a flower and a jade, and the old man regards her as the fountain of life.However, it is often difficult to get home, but within two days, the daughter and the younger couple snatched it back, as if they were afraid of catching the plague.alone.Loneliness follows him all the time, he can only climb mountains, grow flowers, and pass the sunrise and sunset in boredom.In addition, the air in that city is very bad, and life is very inconvenient; he hasn't been back to his hometown for many years, and he has long wanted to go back and have a look.As soon as Yue Rui thought of driving, he volleyed and landed on the land of his hometown with a "huh". The changes in the big mulberry field made him dumbfounded.He is not a person who has not seen the world, it is not that he has not had the courage to imagine various things about his hometown, but he was still shocked: the village has lost its original appearance!This is already a rather impressive small town!It is much better than the original county town and the county towns in many underdeveloped areas now!Standing on the land of his strange hometown, facing the factory buildings that seemed to fly from the sky, Yue Rui could not express his melancholy and emotion.In the city and in the cadres' rest center, like many veteran cadres who have left their jobs and are unemployed, he is often indignant at certain unhealthy trends and worries about the future and destiny of the party and the country.But here, facing this rural new city, all his indignation and worries disappeared in an instant, and turned into pride and pride in an instant: for his son and for himself—the new life he had fought so hard for back then, It finally came true in the hands of my son! Before he could have a detailed conversation with his son, he was caught in a wave of fire.先是老部下、老乡邻闻讯探望；从昨天开始，几个学校和工厂抢着邀请他去做报告。报告已经做过两场了。每场结束，“再一次衷心感谢！”“再一次热烈鼓掌！”“再一次为老前辈健康干杯！”之类，总是少不了的。 奇怪的是，老爷子今天回来得早，而且似乎也没有了那种生气勃勃的神气劲儿。 “爸，回来啦。”岳鹏程迎出去打着招呼。 “嗯。”老爷子散散淡淡，坐到院中的一个石凳上。 “你没吃饭吧？我这就做。你先到屋里……歇歇……”岳鹏程带着几分迟疑。 “你做你的，我就在这儿坐一会儿。” 岳锐不像儿子，四十几岁就摆出副发福的样子。他腰板挺直，面色清润；个头略高，不胖，但决不显瘦弱；鬓发黑且亮，只有间或几缕灰苍，倒像是为了显示年龄的骄做，而故意撒上的一层银粉；头发剪得很短、很齐，一件白衬衣随意地扎在腰间。一切都没有矫饰，没有故弄玄虚，一种难以言喻的气度和风范却情不自禁地流露出来，使人一眼便能看出他那不平凡经历所赋予的内在气质。 银屏送来几片切好的西瓜，红透的瓜瓤里溢出饱满的脆甜和清爽。 “小屏，来。你说说，像你们这些青年人现在心里都想些什么？”岳锐向宝贝孙女，提出了回家来的第一个问题。 银屏的名字是他起的，就像鹏程、羸官的名字是他起的一样。他是岳氏子孙，曾经熟读过（宋史）、（金陀粹编）、（续金陀粹编）等有关岳飞的几乎所有的文献资料和文艺作品。鹏程，自然是从岳飞的字“鹏举”中化来的。羸官，是从岳云被将士们称为“羸官人”的典故中摘取的。而银屏，则是鲜为人知的岳飞的女儿的名字。岳飞风波亭殉难，银屏击鼓上朝为父辩冤，最后愤而投井，成为千秋烈女。 现在，他面对着的就是与名标史册的那位英雄女子同一姓名的、十五岁的宝贝孙女。他等待着她的回答。 银屏似乎有些为难：“爷，你这个问题太笼统了。一个人有一个人的想法，你让人家一下子说得过来呀？” 她顿一顿，好像等待岳锐缩小问题的范围。可未等岳锐开口，又说了下去：“比方我，以前最关心的是玩，现在最关心的是上高考班，得考上大学。考不上大学，这一辈子就成'家里蹲'啦！比方人家巧梅——就是昨天还上咱家来的那个闺女。人家的舅舅在哈尔滨当市长，早就说好了，一毕业就到哈尔滨去，工作随着挑。她最关心的就是不会游泳，夏天下不了松花江，还有冬天零下四十多度，害怕手粘到墙上拿不下来。再比方有的小子不要脸，整天关心的就是给这个女生递条子，跟那个女生逛崂山。有的明知考不上大学的、山沟里边的学生，整天关心的是有没有哪个好地方招工，打听着了就偷偷去考，考上了书包一背，人就不见影啦！ “那有没有人关心一点政治。比方说，听个报告，讲讲革命传统什么的？”岳锐又问。 “当然有啦。比方要考试，不但得去听，还得记了回来背。可烦人啦！” “要是不考试呢？” “不考试谁还去听那些老得没味的磨牙呀！” “要是非去听呢？” “那还不好办！拿本小说，或者拿本作业，在那儿低着头，老师和台上的还以为认真得了不得，在做笔记呢。什么时候说'热烈鼓掌，就赶快收起来跟着拍打几下呗！ 银屏说得得意，见爷爷脸上泛起红光，以为听得高兴，越发来了兴致：“爷，你不知道，现在不光我们，老师和校长也都老耍鬼，糊弄那些须做报告的！ “好了，爷爷累了，你先去吧。” 银屏兴犹未尽地进了厨房。岳锐起身在院里默默地打了几个回旋，目光呆滞地、久久地停在一个准备用来做盆景的奇形怪状的老树根子上。那是个杨木老根，或许曾经撑起过一棵参天大树？ “爸，吃饭吧！”岳鹏程招呼着。他警觉地朝屋里张望了一下。淑贞没有露面，里屋好像有打扫玻璃碎片的叮铃当啷的声音。 老爷子没有察觉，坐到餐桌旁时，才望着银屏问：“哎，你妈哪？” “她不大舒服，已经躺下了。”岳鹏程代为回答。 “羸官怎么没有回来？”岳锐拿起筷子，眼睛同时在儿子脸上瞟过：“跟羸官还闹着别扭？”回家两天，他这是第一次在没有外人的情况下，跟儿子坐在一张饭桌上。 岳鹏程只顾埋头吃着饭：“你总说我犟，你那孙子比我还犟！” 为他与羸官的关系，岳锐写过不下六七封信。岳鹏程对那些信中的大道理，向来缺少兴趣和热情。 “你也得说说你的责任。你一个当父亲的，跟儿子闹得你死我活，脸上还光彩吗？先前哪，我离得远，想管也管不了你们那档子事儿。如今我回来了，”岳锐吃着饭，盯住岳鹏程：“我说明白啊，这次我回来的任务之一就是给你们合好，你没有个高姿态可不行。” “你还是先找你孙子说去吧。”岳鹏程随口应着。老爷子回来，与羸官的关系被提上议题，这是他先已料到的。 “这可是你说的。”岳锐却似乎抓住了什么，目视银屏道：“小屏，你作证。” 银屏噗嗤一声，几乎没把一口饭喷到桌上：“爷，你不知道，那天我看见两只牛顶角，就跟俺爸和俺哥一模一样：两只眼瞪着，四个蹄子蹬着，谁也不让谁。……” “胡说八道！”岳鹏程凶凶地瞪过一眼，银屏强忍住笑，把身子扭到一边去了。 饭吃得没滋没味，岳锐似乎只动了几下筷子，就搁下了。 “鹏程，那年你写信说你云婶不在了，后来又说得了重病，到底怎么回事？” 儿子脸上不知为什么，忽然仿佛抹上了一层胭脂。“爷，你说的是肖奶奶吧？” 银屏又搭上腔。 “大人说话你总打岔！还不赶快吃了找巧梅玩去！”岳鹏程有些忿忿然了。 “哼！”银屏好像也动了气，扒了几口饭，筷子一丢出门去了。 岳鹏程端着一碗没有喝完的稀饭，踅身进了厨房：“那先是误传，后来又救过来了。” “那你云婶现今……” “在医院躺了几年了。”儿子的回答，似乎带着几分迟疑。 “我总写信问你，你总也不给我回话！”岳锐埋怨着，又道：“这次我回来了，说什么也得去看看她。她住哪个医院？” “爸，你刚回来，先好好休息几天吧。”儿子劝说道。 父亲并不领情：“你不懂我们这些上了岁数人的心。……” 门响，恺撒咬，一个结实得肉团子似的中年人出现在院子里。岳鹏程迎出，与那人说了句什么，朝岳锐打个招呼，便要出门。 “鹏程，那医院……”岳锐盯紧一步。 岳鹏程只得站住了：“爸，告诉你，你自己也去不了。这样吧，隔天我抽个时间陪你去一趟。” 大门“吱扭'一声响过。岳锐轻轻叹息着，一步一步回自己屋里去了。 小院成了一片墓地，一点生命的气息也没有了。 好一会儿，淑贞出了门。她看着院里干旱的花草，吠叫着要食的恺撒，厨房里满地的菜叶和一片狼藉的碗、筷、馒头、剩菜，心里一阵凄然，这哪儿还像一个家呀！