Chapter 26 Chapter Twenty-Five

Lei Guan sat in the office for less than an hour, and the phone rang at least seven times.There were supposed to be several jobs to research.One is to make up for the difference between agriculture and labor.In the small mulberry garden, part of the ration field has already been allocated to each household, and the other part has been contracted by several voluntary production teams.Due to the rapid development of industry and sideline industries in recent years, in order to ensure the steady growth of food, the village spends a considerable amount of funds on agriculture every year.Such as free purchase of chemical fertilizers, fine varieties, free tillage and planting, watering and harvesting, etc.However, in terms of personal income, there is still a certain gap between the agricultural contracting team and those engaged in sideline industry.If this problem is not solved properly, it will inevitably affect the enthusiasm of agricultural contracting teams.The season of autumn harvest and autumn sowing has come, and it is necessary to come up with regulations as soon as possible to stabilize and inspire people.The other item is the inspection and evaluation of village regulations and civil agreements.It is not easy to develop a village's economy, but it is even more difficult to form a good village atmosphere.The village rules and regulations of the small mulberry garden are not just written on paper and posted on the wall, but also specially organized inspections and announced rewards and punishments every year.

Lei Guan attaches more importance to this matter than running a juice processing and canning factory. However, repeated phone calls disrupted the meeting.The calls came from all directions, but they always opened their mouths to find Yue Leiguan, and they always asked for 10,000 yuan and 100,000 firecrackers. Back to the village from the fireworks factory that day, Xiaoyu told the story of going to Yue Pengcheng.Lei Guan was neither surprised nor annoyed by Xiaoyu's actions.That person has forced him and "Er Long Xi Zhu" into a dead end, and now it's time for you to die, but Xiaoyu actually "begs" on your "enemy"—even if you don't mention the word "enemy", you can fight hard No matter if you don’t try hard, if you find yourself on the door of someone’s house, it’s a sign of a dead end, a sign of helplessness, a sign of a “bear” and a “chicken”!And these performances are not much different from surrender and begging for mercy.This is what Lei Guan is unwilling to accept now—especially now.He stared at Xiaoyu for a long time, and Xiaoyu drove him out of the door with tears in his eyes, threw himself on the bed and burst into tears.It wasn't until then, until standing in the moon field where the cool wind was swishing, and listening to Xiaoyu's wailing of grievance and resentment, that Lei Guan slowly understood Xiaoyu's thoughts and Yue Pengcheng's promise to repay the loan conditionally. Inner meaning: Tolerance in the double sense of being a winner and being a father.For the tolerance of the "winner", Leiguan only has contempt and self-confidence; as for the tolerance of his father, even though he is unwilling to claim it now, there is still a warm ripple deep in his heart.With great difficulty, he barked Xiaoyu's door open, apologized, coaxed and persuaded, swears and swore, especially barking like a bird and pretending to bite a dog, finally teasing Xiaoyu to dry her cheeks.

Knowing the details of the 100,000 firecrackers and the strategies of Leiguan and the others, Xiaoyu naturally had no choice but to support and admire them. The dissemination of the news of the 100,000 fireworks has already made it a remarkable event: not only is it known to everyone, everyone is shocked, but everyone is doing everything possible to confirm it, and it has attracted the attention of the superiors.Yesterday the town committee office called and asked to explain the situation and intentions.When the office asked for instructions on how to respond, Lei Guan just smiled: "I have to report when I buy and hang firecrackers and let them go off? If you ask again, just say that I am fond of firecrackers since I was a child, and my problems have not been corrected until now."

"Jingle bell! Jingle bell!" Lei Guan had no choice but to ask Wu Haijiang to notify the switchboard operator that all calls to him should be taken to the office, and he would never reply. But Wu Haijiang had just gone to inform, and the office called again: "The new deputy secretary Bai from the town committee said that he has something important to discuss with the official Lei." . "Secretary Bai, I'm an officer. What instructions do you have?" After a few pleasantries, it was about the 100,000 fireworks incident: "Comrade Lei Guan, your 100,000 fireworks, didn't you intend to blow Li Longshan into a hole?"

"How can it be, Secretary Bai. But it would be great if it could be done like that!" "Oh, my comrade! The higher ups are trying to catch the party style, how about you making such a noise all over the city? Mayor Cai lost his temper yesterday, and the opinion of the handsome secretary is to let you think about it, don't you stop being so flamboyant? what?" "Oh, Secretary Bai, I'll report the details later. I signed the 100,000 rings to the Fireworks Factory. If they sue it to the court, it's not..." "You don't have to worry about this, we can speak for you. The fireworks can't produce maggots!"

"No, don't disturb the town committee. Let's think about it again." "Well, we still have to take care of the impact!" The phone was put down, and everyone in the room stared wide-eyed.Lei Guan shook his head, and said humorously but dumbfoundingly: "How about it? If you don't have money to build a factory, the sky and the earth don't care about it. When you buy and hang firecrackers, the evil spirits come up and down. Thanks to our lack of gold ingots, If there is, I want to throw a ring into the Pacific Ocean, and I don’t know which god will be alarmed to descend to earth!”

As he spoke, he pouted at Wu Haijiang and said, "Give the fat man a call and don't let him yell at the top. Also ask him if he's done. When it's done, you can take a few people to pull him back." Wu Haijiang got up knowingly and wanted to retreat, but the official said again: "Also, you tell the fat man to let him go around the county and town with me tomorrow afternoon, so as not to really commit a crime." "Okay." Wu Haijiang smiled secretly and disappeared. "Uncle Zhengshan, it seems that our meeting will not be able to be held. We might as well wait for the wind to pass, and then sit down and study it carefully."

Although Lei Guan has already assumed the responsibility of leading the branch, he still has to seek Wu Zhengshan's consent first. "I think so too." Wu Zhengshan responded, "We might as well go to the hospital." "okay!" Two employees in the village were admitted to the hospital due to an accident, and they had planned to go to see it, and now they could avoid the limelight.The two immediately called the driver and left the village in a hurry. The wind and rain caused by 100,000 fireworks did not dissipate because of Lei Guan and Wu Zhengshan's avoidance.The wind and rain disturbed one person—Yue Rui, Leiguan's grandfather and revolutionary hero of Pengcheng.

After Yue Rui had an affair with Yue Pengcheng that day, he did not return to the city.On the way back from the county party committee, he had made up his mind to leave as soon as possible.Yue Pengcheng's words of "totally a jerk" changed his mind.He proudly crossed the Maya River Bridge with his clothes in hand.He wants that bastard son to see if the only thing that counts as "reform" is to do something wrong, and if he, as a father, is only worthy of going to the cadres' rest center to open a chat room for leisure meals! Wu Zhengshan was overjoyed by Yue Rui's arrival.Yue Pengcheng's father came to the small mulberry garden, and this father was the famous "Commander Yue" and a senior cadre of the former prefectural committee.Only this one, the big mulberry garden is greatly reduced, and the small mulberry garden of him and Leiguan is enriched a hundred times.Because Lei Guan was not at home that day, Wu Zhengshan arranged for Yue Rui to live in an empty recruiting building adjacent to Su Liqun.Then someone brought food and invited Su Liqun over.Yue Rui had heard of this Kong Xiangxi's celebrity for a long time, and had a sense of mystery about Su Liqun.Su Liqun had also heard about the name of the former red-bearded commander and minister of the prefectural committee, and he also felt unpredictable about Yue Rui. When they met, they looked at each other: it's just an old man!Mystery and unfathomable depth disappeared at the same time.In addition, Wu Zhengshan suggested topics from it, one talked about fighting bandits and the mountainous customs of western Fujian, and the other talked about dealing with foreign devils, fighting wits and Kong Xiangxi's anecdotes; after drinking a few glasses of beer, the two became good friends.

"You don't look like the big boss of the Kong family!" Yue Rui said very dissatisfied. "You don't look like a red-bearded commander who murdered and set fire!" Su Liqun also responded with great dissatisfaction. The three laughed heartily.After laughing, both sides of the "KMT and the Communist Party" swear by wine: resolutely assist Lei Guan to complete the great cause of revitalizing the small mulberry garden and Lilongshan District, and let his bastard Laozi see his prestige and color! Lei Guan was naturally happy with Yue Rui's arrival.But when he heard Yue Rui's solemn proposal to come to Xiaosangyuan as a consultant, he fell silent again.He admires his grandfather's feats and honors, his integrity and strength, but he has deeper considerations of his own.

"Why, I'm not welcome?" "No, sir. I mean, there are still aunts and uncles in the city. Besides, you are getting old, and your body is also afraid..." "No matter what! Grandpa is a few years younger than Mr. Su, and his body is no worse than him. Besides, grandpa just wants to try his skills!" "Why don't you, sir." Lei Guan thought for a while and said, "You can stay here, it can be considered as a consultant, it can be considered as an inspection, as long as you want to stay, I will take you away when you want to leave, what? I will pick you up when you want to come back. Come and go freely, do you think it’s okay?" Although the taste was not as good as originally imagined, Yue Rui thought it was reasonable, so he agreed. His first job was to investigate.From the two-row one-style two-story building where I live.The garden-like courtyard starts with the recruitment building, auditorium club, education center, sports center, kindergarten, staff dormitory, mass family, and then factories, shops, orchards, crop fields... As a son of the countryside and a leading cadre who has been working in the countryside for many years, Yue Rui saw the development prospect of the small mulberry garden and its immeasurable significance at a glance.His joy and excitement were unbearable.grandson!This is his grandson Yue Rui!This is the career of his grandson Yue Rui!He was very proud of himself leaving the small mulberry garden, Shuzhen wanted to move him back several times, but he refused. Yue Rui heard about the 100,000 fireworks incident yesterday from the person who accompanied him on the inspection.He laughed it off.The construction of a cement factory is a major event in Lilongshan District. He could think of a foundation laying ceremony and firecrackers during the ceremony, and he agreed to support it.But for such a ceremony and excitement, Lei Guan would not hesitate to spend tens of thousands of dollars to buy back a hundred thousand firecrackers (the fireworks would be more than two miles long), he felt that it was not much different from the myth.He had heard of the fund-raising with the blood and sweat of the common people—throwing it into the Maya River!That's obviously a trick that even Yue Pengcheng, who is doing something wrong, can't do it!And who is the official?He is the young man Xiao Yunsao loves and values, and he is a good young man in the same blood as Yue Rui! When I got up early this morning, Su Liqun's wife brought up this matter again.He took it seriously, complaining that the official Lei was young and rough in handling things, and at some point he told a joke that was taken seriously and spread out of shape.For young people to be leaders, nothing is more taboo than talking and doing things casually.He has to ask Lei Guan to remind him: this is also his unofficially appointed "consultant" Where is the responsibility! It was still early in the afternoon when he came back from the inspection, so Yue Rui strolled outside the courtyard to look at the small vegetable gardens planted by each household.A group of people came back from the entrance of the village suddenly chattering, and Su Liqun's wife also followed behind with twisted feet.Yue Rui asked casually: "Old sister-in-law, what are you watching?" "Where are you going, Brother Yue? The one hundred thousand rings are back! Three cars are lined up, with more than a dozen people driving them. They are all dressed in red and colorful. They look like a dragon. It's so beautiful!" "Old sister-in-law, do you mean that the one hundred thousand firecrackers are real?" "Oh, how can this be fake? After leaving the Fireworks Factory, I went around a few villages for a long time. Your grandson is watching there now! This one is a good sight! Even my old man , It’s also the first time I’ve heard of it!” Su Liqun's wife went home full of joy.Yue Rui seemed to have fallen into a dark and dry mouth all of a sudden.An indescribable flame of being deceived and insulted once again ignited every nerve in him.It's just out of order!It's just out of order!The spirit of the ancestors is in the sky, what sins did I, Yue Rui, commit in my previous life to raise such two lawless, unfaithful and unfilial sons and grandchildren!Where do you tell me to put this old face! ... "Not a single good thing! Not a single good thing!" Yue Rui seemed to have really become an octogenarian, and staggered back to the house. "Master!" Lei Guan's voice sounded from outside the courtyard.Followed by a series of footsteps opening the door and entering the room. Yue Rui immediately got on the bed and pulled off the quilt to cover him completely.This time he made up his mind: don't say anything, don't ask anything, pack up and go back to the city, and then say that Li Longye is still alive, send a special plane to pick him up, and never step on the ground of the big and small mulberry gardens again ! The time was set in the evening, and the members of the board of directors gathered in the small mulberry garden club in the morning, with one task: cosmetic surgery.Wool suits, leather shoes, and ties are must-haves for everyone.It was issued three days ago along with the notice of the groundbreaking ceremony.This article in the notice states: If these items cannot be brought, it will be regarded as voluntary resignation from the board of directors and refusal to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony. The order is strict, and it is not good not to follow it.The clothes were brought as required, and they were all unstained, and they were carried in the baggage.Lei Guan didn't blame him, and asked everyone to take a shower and get a haircut first.The barber was a master specially invited from the county, and after a while of displaying it, it was as if the humble little clerks had changed into another person.The next step is to wear western eyewear, tie, practice walking, and practice standing and sitting.The little secretaries were sweating profusely, but they stood in front of the mirror, aha!Where is the crooked locust tree in Lilong Mountain? It is clearly the beautiful and romantic coconut forest in Hainan Island! "Damn it! I used to always think about our natural sweet potato seedlings, so I'm going to be a millionaire too?" Wu Zhengshan grinned at the mirror. Leiguan's suit is a new one that Xiaoyu picked up when he went to the city.Xiaoyu went to the hotel that day to meet two associate professors from Shandong University.After asking for advice, unexpectedly, the two associate professors proposed to strongly recommend Xiaoyu to the school, trying to let Xiaoyu study in the Management Department of Shanda University, and return to Xiaosangyuan after graduation.The condition is that the two parties will establish a fixed relationship in the future and jointly contribute to the discussion and promotion of modern management science.Xiaoyu was so unhappy, Lei Guan also went "crazy" for a while.Now Xiaoyu just waits for the notice.Xiaoyu was very excited to be able to realize the wish of herself and her grandma for many years.However, when she thought about leaving Leiguan and Xiaosangyuan, she felt empty from time to time.Because of this layer, Xiaoyu's feelings for Lei Guan are a bit deeper than before. When the van carrying the directors came to the foundation laying site of Longshan Cement Plant, the site was already crowded with many people. The unheard-of strange events in the Lilong Mountain area alarmed and attracted the people in the mountain area.Ten thousand yuan, one hundred thousand fireworks!At first there was novelty and shock, followed by doubt.Although the incident has been confirmed from multiple channels and aspects, people still doubt it.Is this a nightmare?Isn't this some gang of boys who made up nonsense and made fun of our common people's poverty?If this is true, will the cadres and the masses in Xiaosangyuan have to rebel? ... Seeing three cars beating gongs and drums to pull the hundred thousand rings back to the small mulberry garden, and listening to the time and place determined for the foundation laying ceremony, it should be said that the evidence is conclusive and indisputable, right?No, still doubtful.Will the car pull willow branches and dirt wrapped in red paper?Did the three cars really light up at the ceremony?It may take a day for the 100,000 lights to shine, and if Li Longshan collapses, no one will ask? …Now when I come to the scene, I can see the huge crowds, the high platform built on the hillside and the colorful gate across the high platform, and the giant grid of "two dragons playing with pearls" set up with fireworks and on the grid and on the ground. There are so many unexplainable new tricks on it, and 70% to 80% of the people have to throw all kinds of doubts in the past few days to Java.However, other people's suspicions intensified; what on earth does this kid, Lei Guan, want to do?Can the county and the town watch him act like this?Will an order be passed down in a flash, or a strong wind will blow up and knock down the platform and the colorful door.Will the grid be dismantled or scraped away? ……Suspect!Suspect!This is the real reason why the 100,000 fireworks incident caused such a turmoil! Who would miss this once-in-a-lifetime scene?Children, old people, mothers who are breastfeeding babies, those who assert that the official is a lunatic, and those who call the official a prodigal, those who have worn out their mouths and refused to spend a penny in their pockets, so that the secretaries of their respective branches cried and suffered. Which one of the critics would miss this opportunity? Zhang Deafzi came, and Zhang Deafzi's guys who raised chickens, bees, scorpions, and made tofu came.What are you here for?Let's watch the fun!Who has the ability to pick out the eyeballs? At a quarter past seven, the van appeared first.More than a dozen young men—Wu Zhengshan, who no longer looked like an old man, lined up in a line, strutted up to the rostrum.The hair is shiny, the tie is lightly fluttering, and the feet "crack" crisply.People thought that overseas Chinese or foreign guests were coming, and they stretched their necks and stared at them. It took a while to recognize them intermittently, but they were actually those little clerks who made people look down upon. "Oh! Isn't that my brother Shengli? Look, aunt!" "Victory? Why can't I recognize it?" "The third one from the north, one, two, three!" "Then why is he? Can he be so promising?" "Brother Red Nose! Look, it's shining! It's brighter than a light bulb!" "Red-nosed brother! Where is your blue-nosed brother!" "Uncle Deaf, look at that kid Zhang Ren!" "Which Zhang Ren?" "Which one else, the one that made us cry!" "Poor Shaobao! Poor Shaobao!" "Hey, don't talk about it! You can only be coddled if you have hair. These boys probably rely on hard backing!" ……… No matter what the audience looked at, shouted, or discussed, the dozen or so directors sat in a row, looking very solemn and confident, as if each of them had really become a wealthy tycoon. Followed by Zu Yuan and the secretary of the town committee.Cai Heizi and the party and government leaders of the villages in Denghai Town followed behind. Only Yue Pengcheng was an exception.The invitation to Yue Pengcheng was specially sent, which meant that it was outside the invitation. A few car horns sounded, Lei Guan and Wu Haijiang accompanied him to the rostrum.The man was dressed in a brown suit, so tall and handsome.Zu Yuan and the secretary of the town committee greeted him, warmly took the man's hand, shook and smiled, to express their welcome.Lei Guan made an introduction to the people on the rostrum, and there was a round of applause on the rostrum. "Who is that?" The crowd in the audience was startled.In Pengcheng, it seems that he has never seen anyone who is eligible to enjoy this kind of courtesy. "Eighty percent are high officials from above!" "That goes without saying! How about..." A voice broke the guess: "What a big official! Isn't that the general manager of the "Transportation" that year!" "Oh! It's not who he is! It's the one named Ann?" "Yo ho! That's the head of a big consortium! Shouldn't he be..." "That's needless to say! He and Lei Guan are brothers!" The person who came was indeed An Tiansheng, the general manager of the Canal Trading Company.He came up only after receiving a call from Lei Guan. "Two Dragons Playing with Pearls" is Lei Guan's proud work, so he naturally has no reason not to help.It's just that Lei Guan invited him because he had bigger and longer-term considerations. An Tiansheng took his seat, and the meeting started.The first is the speech, Lei Guan, the secretary of the town committee.Zu Yuan walked in turn. The speech was very short, and not many people were listening carefully. It meant that the Longshan Cement Plant was about to start construction, and Lilongshan District was about to take off, and so on. After 15 minutes of speaking, the sky was already gray, and Xingyue had already set off in the thick clouds.As soon as the lights on the rostrum were turned off, Li Longshan District, which was hundreds of miles away, fell into a night of silence.The time for the fireworks to set off has finally arrived. The invitation card signed with Lei Guan's name was sent to Yue Pengcheng by the little white pigeon the night before yesterday.The invitation card is simple and unpretentious, with a few lines of solemn and solemn words, printed on the paper with modernist style patterns: Dear Comrade Yue Pengcheng: With your strong support and care, the preparatory work of Longshan Cement Plant has successfully concluded.The foundation stone laying ceremony is scheduled to be held at 7:30 pm on the 10th of this month. Please come and guide us.After the ceremony, a fireworks show will be held to show our gratitude. Specially waiting for Yue Leiguan, the chairman of Longshan Cement Factory.After the little white pigeon went out, Yue Pengcheng carefully studied it, tore it into pieces without hesitation, threw it into the wastebasket in the corner, and then emptied it into the toilet in the bathroom.But that didn't take away the jeers and challenges the invitations posed.In bed, the challenge kept him up for most of the night.This is a situation that has never happened in many years, and it was absolutely unexpected when he first decided to cut off the blood.That day Xiaoyu came to look for him. Relying on Xiaoyu's face and father-son friendship, he promised that as long as the official came to look for him--the search itself naturally included what he asked for--he would release the loan.I thought it would be a great gift to the officials.But I never thought that this kid not only didn't come, but also made a godlike 100,000 fireworks!And unexpectedly... the invitation was mimeographed, and there was nothing special about it. Yue Pengcheng looked at the somewhat scribbled inscription at the end, but clearly saw the mocking and contemptuous expression of Lei Guan.And it's not just Lei Guan alone, many people including Shuzhen, Qiu Ling, Cai Heizi and others regard him as the object of ridicule and contempt!I don't know whether it was due to the sudden coldness of the weather or some other reason. After tossing around overnight, Yue Pengcheng was dizzy and weak, and the mercury column on the thermometer rose to the position of 39 degrees.After receiving "secondary care" for a day and a night, Yue Pengcheng felt better, so he quietly moved a wicker chair to the balcony at the east end of the second floor. The verandah is very large, where the recuperating cadres jump into the sea and enjoy the cool.The sea breeze is wrapped in a refreshing coolness, blowing from the bay.The sky is like a purified lake, extremely blue and extremely high.Occasionally, a few clouds floated by, running like a bunny, and disappeared out of the unreachable frame of the sea and sky in the blink of an eye.Laoshan showed a majestic momentum.Songtao is like countless witches in green dresses, dancing and singing softly.Although the beach in golden autumn is not as noisy as in summer, it also shows a unique style.Yue Pengcheng bathed in the setting sun and sea breeze for a while, then he felt his forehead loosened, and a layer of sour and hard skin came off his body. He has been in a bad mood during this period.First there was Qiuling's "rebellion" and Shuzhen's "rebellion". He didn't want to lose Shuzhen or Qiuling, but now both of them are far away from him.He is confident that he is not the kind of villain who bullies men and women.Yes, in terms of orthodox concepts and morals, he is ashamed of both Shuzhen and Qiuling.But he cannot live on the basis of concepts and morals.In his view, life creates morality, and morality should change as life changes.well!Why do people only cheer for changes in the external objective world, while ignoring and denying the rationality that people's subjective world must change accordingly?What follows is the death of Aunt Xiao Yun and the break with her father.He once felt guilty and regretful for his mishandling of Aunt Xiao Yun, but the funeral was far beyond what he could accept.The old man's walk was as he expected, but it was unexpected for him to walk across the Maya River and get together with Lei Guan.This put him in an embarrassing situation-it was tantamount to showing his own failure and his son's victory to outsiders.This is true of family affairs, as well as business affairs. Hu Qiang and Yue Jianzhong's understanding of the instructions in those two sentences was well executed.A copy of the contracted orchard return agreement with Shi Hengbao's autograph was submitted to the province level by level; The old business of "suing professional households" is over. Shi Hengbao's son named Shi Bo Gong'er has disappeared, which cannot be regarded as a worry.The only thing that made him feel relieved and complacent was that the preparations for the development of Crescent Island were progressing smoothly, the first batch of workers had been recruited, and the cleaning work on the site was also in progress.He originally planned to have a grand congratulations, but he never thought that there would be an earth-shattering 100,000 fireworks! Mid-autumn has passed, the sea and sky are wide and lonely, only one or two lone geese and one or two lone boats are wandering.The sea breeze blew, causing Yue Pengcheng to shiver.He felt that he had become a wild goose in the sky, a boat on the sea, a lonely figure in the vastness!And in the past, no matter when and where, it seems that he can put the earth in his pocket as long as he opens his hand. "Secretary Yue, Secretary Yue!" The little white pigeon almost leaned into his ear calling, waking Yue Pengcheng up from his reverie.He saw a person: Cheng Yue. Cheng Yue came to bid farewell to Yue Pengcheng.She has a lot to talk to Yue Pengcheng about.During this period in Pengcheng, she saw and heard a lot, and also thought a lot.As the first person to support and promote (or perhaps protect) Yue Pengcheng, as a friend of Yue Pengcheng, she felt that she had the responsibility to have a frank talk with Yue Pengcheng and remind him to pay attention to her image in society. The conversation must be casual and discussion-style, and it must make Yue Pengcheng easy to accept and willing to accept.For this reason, she thought over and over again, and came to the nursing home as a farewell and a visit. Greetings about the illness, reported the situation of this period of activities, and then cut to the point. "That day, we also went to interview your son. He still respects you as a father. He said that you have suffered a lot since you were young, and you suffered a lot when you started your business. He said that he has learned a lot from you since childhood." This is indeed true. What Lei Guan said was only refined and summarized by Cheng Yue, who deleted the complicated and simplified. Yue Pengcheng was very surprised, his eyes slowly rolled around a few times, his thick lips moved a few times, and he said, "Did he scold my ancestor?" "How can it be. You are his father. I think his evaluation of you is quite fair." "Oh?" "He said that you are a hero, a contemporary peasant hero. If you want to change the backwardness of Dasangyuan, you will change the backwardness and walk ahead of others. He also said that he never wants to deny this, and he does not believe in others. Who can deny that." Yue Pengcheng stared at Cheng Yue in surprise, suspecting that there was something wrong with his hearing, or that Cheng Yue was fabricating kind lies in order to ease the relationship between father and son. "But he also said that your hero is tragic." "Tragedy...color?..." "Yeah, I didn't understand at first, so I asked him what the tragic color was referring to." Cheng Yue handed Yue Pengcheng an orange, and ate a piece himself, intentionally appearing very relaxed and casual. "He said, in order to change your backward appearance, you have adopted some backward methods and actions. Sometimes you use backwardness to oppose backwardness, and mistakes to oppose mistakes; you hate and oppose feudalism and despotism, but you often consciously or unconsciously engage in those things. One set, and it is determined to be the most correct and advanced..." Cheng Yue stopped in time and started to eat the orange again.These words really came from the mouth of the official, and they were forced to speak in a legal and interrogative interview.Several members of the writer interview team, including Cheng Yue, appreciated these words. Yue Pengcheng understood the true meaning of Lei Guan's words, and also understood Cheng Yue's painstaking efforts to convey these words.hero!My Yue Pengcheng hero still needs someone to verify?And such a son!And what a "tragic color"! He wants to swear.But what was revealed was a burst of tolerance and disapproval. "He has only eaten a few bowls of dry rice! He thinks he is a comedy hero when he is proud now? If you look at the social reality, where is there no such tragic color as he said? If it is as simple as he thinks, China will not be what it is today. Looks good!" He just waved his hand: "It doesn't matter if he doesn't listen to what he said! Hey, Director Cheng, this time you went back to see Secretary Liu..." Cheng Yue felt a distant and deep sadness.Not for Yue Pengcheng alone, but for the "social reality" that Yue Pengcheng talked about—that is indeed a social reality!She felt that there was a long river flowing through her heart slowly and heavily since the dawn of chaos and the transformation of apes into humans. Who can tell clearly how many years the long river has been flowing and how much sediment has been deposited?Who can explain clearly, how many years will the long river continue to flow, and how much sediment will be deposited? Ah, the long river!The sediment deposited by the long river! ...The sadness oppressed Cheng Yue, until he came out to say goodbye and heard the fresh smell of the sea again, and his mood was gradually relieved. There were not many traces left in Yue Pengcheng's heart. He had listened to this kind of advice a lot, and it had always flowed in one ear and out the other. It was only after sending Cheng Yue away that he wanted to find Xiaobaige and his patients to join in the fun, but when he learned that Xiaobaige and his patients had all gone to cheer for the hundred thousand fireworks, he felt an unspeakable feeling in his heart. Bitterness and chagrin. The setting off of 100,000 fireworks starts with two strings of 200 rings.When people anxiously pricked up their ears with inexplicable doubts, waiting for that moment to come, the two hundred sounds were like the first cry of a newborn baby, causing joyful screams among the crowds all over the fields and hillsides.Before the screams subsided, two fireworks rose from the open space on both sides of the colored gate at the same time.The fireworks are like two magical magicians, in the continuous and crisp sound of explosions, they set up two beautiful and dazzling circles in the night sky.The circle expanded, and suddenly two long, neon-like banners floated out: "Congratulations to the foundation stone laying of Longshan Cement Factory!" Countless colorful bubbles hung on the colorful door were lit up together, and a huge pattern of "two dragons playing with pearls" was displayed in front of people. With cheers and fireworks, the two dragon tails were simultaneously lit. Countless firecrackers let go of their singing voices with a full and vigorous momentum.At the beginning of the sound, it was like a group of galloping horses galloping. It was fast and crisp, and could be discerned in detail; after only a short moment, the galloping horses were submerged by a flood. As a result, there is only deafening thunder and whistling that shake the world and shake ghosts and gods. All doubts, all worries were washed away by Hong Tao, shattered by thunder, and swept away by Cyclonus! People are shocked by novelty, excited by shock, calmed by excitement.With the emergence of various new categories and new tricks, the tranquility has turned into a carnival. "Uncle Deaf! So you said it was nonsense (by the mouth)! Believe it?" Zhang Deaf's companions, who were full of small abacus, yelled loudly in each other's ears. "You! I said earlier that a poor official spit on a nail! You don't believe it!" "Who would have thought that kid surnamed An would come?..." "Then where are we? Let him dump it?" "He dares! He agreed to buy shares and pay dividends! It would be strange if he didn't sue him in court!..." The following words were overwhelmed by the cheers aroused by another new trick. The one played by "Two Dragons".In the middle of the "Pearl", a huge halo swirled; the halo rose into the air with a bang, and turned into a ribbon; the color of the ribbon changed, and seven gorgeous characters appeared: "Long live the people of Li Longshan! " "Oh!—" "Long live!—" Amidst the cheers, Deaf Zhang and his fellows remembered to be buried under the wall of their own house.The banknotes in the kang and outside the pigsty quietly left-at this moment, they would never miss the opportunity to buy shares again. On a high ground behind the crowd, Yue Rui fell into excited thoughts.That day he insisted on going back to the city, but was forcibly stopped by Shuzhen and Xiaoyu.When he was forced to speak out the anger caused by the hundred thousand fireworks, Xiaoyu threw himself on him and burst into a ball of laughter. "Grandpa Yue, you've been fooled! That's a trick by Lei Guan and the others!" "A plan?" Yue Rui was taken aback, "What plan? Is the 10,000 yuan or 100,000 rings true or false?" "It's true, but there's something else in it." "Other meanings? What other meanings?" Yue Rui asked suspiciously. "Of course!" Xiaoyu said, "Grandpa Yue, let's put it this way. When you fought in the past, you first relied on the unity of the people and the morale. If the people are not in harmony and the morale is not enough, you have to find a way to cheer up, right? Right now our Li Long The mountainous area is so poor, and the commodity economy is so backward, but the masses still keep themselves locked in the ravines as in the past. Also, the cement plant can obviously make a lot of money and drive many villages, but it is difficult to raise funds. People It’s just that they don’t believe in Lei Guan! What Lei Guan and the others mean is that they have to do something to shock Li Longshan and let the masses see if what they say counts! Shang Yang's reform, erecting a pole at the gate of the city and offering a reward for carrying it is a reason." "One reason, is ten thousand yuan?" "Lei Guan said that 10,000 yuan is heartbreaking, but if you can't bear it, you won't have 100,000, one million, or several million in the future." "Then, even if your 100,000 rings are released, the masses will be willing to raise funds to set up a factory?" After hearing Xiaoyu's explanation, Yue Rui asked again. "If you don't see a rabbit, don't scatter an eagle", he is very clear about the psychology of the people in mountainous areas. "Grandpa Yue, Lei Guan and the others have other options!" Xiaoyu said. After Lei Guan came out of the fireworks factory that day, he reported his thoughts to the board of directors.Everyone agrees that the 100,000 fireworks is a good idea, but there is no doubt about whether it will have an immediate effect.Su Liqun, who was present at the meeting, put forward the words "seeking truth with fiction, filling deficiency with truth" which inspired Leiguan, and he immediately sent a telegram to "Yunmao" to ask for support.第二天一早安天生便回电表示，愿意全力以赴，为创建龙山水泥厂和进一步开发李龙山区效力。 弄清了事情的原委，岳锐的怒气算是消了。但他怎么寻思，总觉得羸官这套做法别别扭扭，不像是共产党的传统作风。他是带着满腹疑虑被淑贞和银屏搀扶到现场来的。场上群众情绪的变化，他一丝不漏瞧在眼里。无形中，自己的心也变得滚烫起来了。他从人群中寻找孙子的身影，同时不知不觉想起了自己。他十七岁时领着几个天不怕地不怕的毛头小伙子上山当红胡子时，他的父亲和当时还在世的爷爷简直把他视若寇仇。有一次他被两位老人缠住，差一点打断了腿。直到他当了游击队长，父亲还对他耿耿于怀，把他看作岳家的“孽子”和“克星”。整整五十年过去了，羸官这些孩子正处在自己当年那种血气方队雄心勃勃的年龄。自己这个当爷爷的人，是不是还要重蹈自己的父亲和爷爷当年的旧辙呢？一种悲凉、苦涩而又混合着某种甜蜜的情绪从心底泛起，岳锐觉得眼前有些迷蒙了。 在岳锐、淑贞稍后的一个土包上，秋玲也被面前的场景震撼了。本来，有了向云婶葬礼上与羸官的一面，她决然不会也来赶十万响花炮的热闹。她是来告别的。 向李龙山，向李龙山区认识的和不认识的父老兄妹，也向羸官——这个使他欲爱不能、欲恨无由的刚毅决绝的小伙子告别的。 决定了要离去，要远走高飞，秋玲的心境大不同往日了。站在李龙山的土包上，望着面前的盛景盛情和众多乡亲，她不觉热泪盈眶，涕泅横流。 淑贞今天是和小玉一起陪同岳锐来的，但她此时已经无心顾及岳锐了。只是把急切渴求的目光，一次次投向人群前方的空地那边。作为母亲，这要算是她最为幸福的时刻了。儿子的事业、儿子的成功，这其中包含着她的多少心血和寄托啊！水泥厂奠基，十万花炮齐鸣，淑贞的命运原本就是与此相联的呀！ 然而，随着花炮燃放临近结束，随着场上气氛由热烈而凝重，淑贞的心不知怎么变得有些空虚起来。是的，儿子是成功了，李龙山是有了希望了，可自己呢？那孤寂、悲哀和怨恨交织的生活，什么时候才是结束呢？ 一切仿佛都已经形成定局。羸官、小玉忙于他们自己的事业。银屏早起晚归，面儿也难得见上，见上了张口就是：“妈，你怎么这么迂磨！”“妈，我急着考试哩！”唯一可以说说话的老爷子，也搬走了。诺大的屋院里空空洞洞，只剩下她和那个并不讨人喜欢的恺撒。也许恺撒与她遭受着同样的孤寂和折磨，晚间一缕风吹，一丝草响，两声蛐蛐叫，一个黄鼠狼子或一只蝙蝠一闪即逝的身影，都会引起它的一阵持续狂吠。那声音，远不如往昔或歌唱、或呐喊、或示威的嘹亮圆润，简直便是嚎叫，便是乞怜，便是哭泣。每到这时，淑贞便从迷迷蒙蒙和恶梦中醒来，平静地，一次次地重复起悲哀、怨恨和怨恨、悲哀。 Yue Pengcheng!这个让人怨恨、让人爱怜的负心郎啊！ ……岳鹏程病倒的消息，淑贞是上午刚刚知道的。上午上班只一会儿，淑贞正带着人为越冬花木做清盆整枝，大勇来了。他不言语，不靠前，站在花棚外面，拿一双眼睛朝淑贞骨骨碌碌瞅。淑贞被瞅得犯疑，走过去问：“上班时间，你不在办公室，到这儿逛游么个？” “我昨晚去一○一，俺大哥病了。” “病了？他怎么不死？” “病两天了，躺着。妈叫我来告诉你。” “告诉我干么个？他住的么个高级地方，妈不知道你也不知道？” “妈说……冲着那台洗衣机，就看出俺大哥心里对你还是……” “我才不稀罕他那个破烂玩艺儿！你告诉妈，说我正找人给他往大街上当破烂扔呢！”淑贞似乎毫无来由地发泄着。本来那天回家见到洗衣机，她心里着实高兴了一阵子，也觉出了一些宽慰。听大勇把徐夏子婶的话一学，倒觉得那洗衣机是岳鹏程存心买回来气她似的。 “反正我告诉你了。”大勇见她变了脸色，转身便走。走着，又递过一句：“俺大哥这次可是真病了。镇委帅书记昨天也去看过了。” 眼望大勇离去，回到花棚里淑贞犯起了寻思。岳鹏程的体质没有谁比她更清楚的。虽说以前落下几种毛病，但没有一种是能够影响他欢蹦乱跳工作的。别的病，不论大小，一年三百六十五天难得沾上一点，更不要说被撂到床上一躺两天了。她恨他，恨他背着自己跟别的女人干丢人现眼的事儿。但她平心静气时肚里也明亮，岳鹏程跟那种为了另寻新欢，不惜把老婆孩子朝茅厕坑里丢期死里逼的男人——那种男人有多少，天王老子说得清？——还有不同，算是良心和夫妻情义没有丧尽。 不凭这一条儿，那天她也不会起心去找曲工演那么出戏来。昨天听到秋玲与贺子磊准备马上结婚的消息，她又暗自庆幸了一番。如今她对岳鹏程还是恨，但已经不是那么撕心裂肺，更多的是凄楚、幽怨。至于对徐夏子婶和大勇原先的怨恨，早就被感激的心情取代了；虽然表面上，她还是很少把好脸子给他们看。 ……躺了两天……这次是真的病了……镇委书记去看过……大勇和徐夏子站的用意，淑贞不须猜测。但要按他们的用意去行事，淑贞却大费踌躇。既然是躺倒两天，病情肯定不轻；镇委书记也被惊动了，去看望的人一定不少；按理她是该去的。 可他并没有要她去，并没有让人告诉她。她去了，他会怎么想？别人又会怎么想？ 可如果不去，假如他得的不是好病（肿瘤、癌症！），假如他出了三长两短……一上午，淑贞几次要去医院，却又几次动摇了。中午思前想后总算下了决心，下午却被一连串的事情缠住手脚。此时，龙山水泥厂奠基结束，十万花炮惊天动地，数千群众欢呼雀跃，淑贞再也无法收拢胸腔中的那双翅膀了。 他这会儿怎么样了？病情会不会突然加重？……犹豫什么呢？岳鹏程纵然有天大错，毕竟是与自己共同生活了二十几年的夫妻啊！自己心里，毕竟也是在盼望着他能回到自己身边的啊！ go!立马就去！这里高疗养院近着呢！ 淑贞顾不上抹一把鬓发，甚至忘记了该向岳锐和银屏打个招呼，便把匆匆的身影撒到通往崂山的小路上了。 在她身后，又是一片耀眼的通明，一片震耳欲聋的轰鸣和欢腾。 1986年6月—1989年5月五稿于济南—博山一北京