Chapter 18 where to go

Hou Haiyang got up at 6:30 in the morning. He originally wanted to eat a bowl of noodles outside and went to the bus station, but when he opened the door, he saw his mother sitting in the living room. "I'll serve you a bowl of fish noodle soup." Du Xiaohua was very diligent, and a gleam of light appeared in the sky, and she woke up. It was not yet six o'clock.She boldly went downstairs, walked around outside, and saw the vegetable market by accident.Compared with Lingxi Department Store, the vegetable market is the home she is familiar with. She walks in the vegetable market confidently, picking left and right, and buys dozens of native eggs and a dozen native crucian carp.

Crucian carp soup, which is a traditional pregnant woman's dish in Liuhe, is delicious and nutritious. Du Xiaohua was busy in front of the natural gas stove, and said: "I checked the refrigerator yesterday, and the eggs I bought before were all foreign eggs, which were not tasty. Look at the eggs I chose. They are real native eggs. They are different in size. Shells and chicken droppings." Hou Haiyang said: "There are also fake native eggs." Du Xiaohua said: "Fake liars can only deceive people who have never raised chickens, but I can recognize uncooked eggs."

While talking, the steaming crucian carp noodle soup was cooked. Hou Haiyang drank the thick and tangy noodle soup, and thought to himself: "If you have such a bowl of soup in the guard, you will not change it even if you are a shopkeeper in the cell." Thinking of the shop, he also thought of Bao Teng who devoted himself to teaching his son to read and write : "Bao Teng is really good to me, I don't know how many years he was sentenced in the end." Bao Teng is a liar pretending to be the leader of the central government, but this does not affect Hou Haiyang's goodwill towards him.In just over three months in the account, Hou Haiyang has learned a lot of deep and sophisticated life experience from senior liars. Life experience is like a kitchen knife, which can be used to kill people or cut vegetables. The key lies in the person's original heart .When Bao Teng left the detention center, it happened that Bao Teng went out to be interviewed by the TV station, and the two did not have time to say goodbye, which made Hou Haiyang quite regretful.

After breakfast, I said "come back in the evening" with my mother, and then flew towards the station.A mother is someone who can always be relied on, representing warmth and care, but young people will eventually leave their mothers to pursue their own happiness. Every generation of young people has a heart of a wanderer. When the wanderer finally gets tired, the mother will either grow old, or leave. The passenger car was traveling on the provincial highway, which made Hou Haiyang feel as slow as a snail, stopping and going, which was unbearable.The bus finally arrived at the outskirts of Maodong, and he was even more timid near the hometown. Although there was a great possibility of not seeing Qiuyun, he was still both excited and apprehensive.

The family building of the Maodong Public Security Bureau is submerged in a gray building, which is inconspicuous at all.Standing in front of the gray building, Hou Haiyang saw several uniformed policemen going in and out of the gate, and subconsciously felt nervous.Before entering the detention center, he had no special feelings for the police. Now that he has experienced the iron fist of the people's democratic dictatorship, more than half of his youthful frivolity has dissipated. "I didn't commit any crime, I'm afraid I'll piss." After cheering himself up, Hou Haiyang ignored the man in police uniform, went to the canteen, and called Qiu Yun's home.There was a beeping busy tone on the phone, and I called again, but it was still the same.

When using a public phone, there is a rule that if you can't make a call, you don't have to pay. The owner of the canteen saw another customer coming and waiting to make a call, and said: "Young man, if you can't get through, you can't get through. Don't keep blocking the line." Hou Haiyang put down the phone, hesitated for a while, and walked into the compound with big strides.There is a group of police officers living in the police compound, which seems to be relatively safe, but the guards are essentially useless. If a brave thief really wants to come in, there will be a lot of rewards in all likelihood.Standing in the yard, he looked up to find the small window that Qiu Yun had pointed out, calculated the floor and orientation, and resolutely stepped into the opening of the building.There are four households on each floor of the stairs, and a piece of paper is pasted at the door, with figures such as water and electricity bills, and the names of the households written on the paper.After seeing Qiu Zhongyong's name, Hou Haiyang took a deep breath, and when his finger was about to touch the wooden door, he retracted again, and then knocked on the wooden door again.

"Dang, Dang, Dang" knocked three times, but there was no answer.Disappointment permeated her body little by little. Qiuyun was admitted to graduate school, moved, and neither called nor returned. All kinds of phenomena gathered together can only explain one problem: she decided to give up this relationship. "Who are you looking for?" An old lady came up from the stairs. "I'm looking for Teacher Qiuyun." Looking at the old lady's alarmed expression, Hou Haiyang politely explained, "Qiuyun and I were former colleagues, and the work unit has something to ask her for."

The vigilant look of the old lady disappeared, and she said: "Qiu Yun went to graduate school, and the Qiu brigade was transferred to the Lingxi Public Security Bureau, and there was no one in the room." Hou Haiyang asked again: "Excuse me, do you have the current phone number of Mr. Qiu's home?" The old lady saw that the young man was calm and polite, and her vigilance gradually disappeared. She said enthusiastically, "Are you the teacher of Bashan?" In the phone book, I'll write one for you." Seeing that the old lady didn't intend to invite him into the house, Hou Haiyang waited quietly at the door of Qiu Yun's house.After a while, the old lady went downstairs and handed Hou Haiyang a note with a string of numbers "Thank you." Hou Haiyang bowed slightly to express his gratitude.

"You're welcome." The old lady watched Hou Haiyang go downstairs, and said to herself, "This young man looks very energetic and clean. Could it be that he is the object of Xiaoyun? The young man is still good, but his career is not good enough. It's a small place in the countryside, it doesn't match well." After entering the house and closing the door, she came to her senses, "Young man doesn't have Qiu's phone number, so the Qiu family must not give it to him. My brain is not working, so why didn't I see it." The old lady hurriedly called Qiu's family.The person who answered the phone was Qiuyun's mother, Zhao Yi. When she heard that Hou Haiyang had found her home, she panicked and hurriedly called her husband.

"It's terrible, that murderer ran to the Maodong Public Security Compound to look for Xiaoyun." After Hou Haiyang was acquitted and released, Zhao Yi knew about it. At that time, she blamed her husband for withholding the information, and she was so angry that she shed tears. After calming down, she admitted that her husband handled it very well. Hearing his wife's panicked voice, Qiu Zhongyong said: "Don't make a fuss, Hou Haiyang is not a murderer, the real culprit has already been caught." Zhao Yi argued: "Even if he is not a murderer, he is still a young man who participated in fights. He has been in the detention center for more than 100 days, and he has already learned badly. He must not be allowed to find Xiaoyun. Besides, he used to be a primary school teacher. , I still have a job, but now I'm an unemployed youth, are you willing to find this kind of son-in-law?"

Qiu Zhongyong said: "I have investigated Hou Haiyang. He is actually a good man, and his family education is good." Zhao Yi said angrily: "Can family education be used as food? He is now a jobless vagrant, you as a father , Why is this indifferent attitude? Since Hou Haiyang dared to go to Maodong, he would definitely find it here. You have to make up your mind and don't be careless." Qiu Zhongyong and his wife will always be in the same trench when it comes to major events in his daughter's life. After a little thought, he arranged: "Change the phone number first, so that he can't call in. If he calls, I will talk to him." Zhao Yi asked another question: "What if he goes to Xiamen?" This is the most difficult thing, Qiu Zhongyong has no better way, said: "We can't hide our daughter in a vacuum, and we can't tie Hou Haiyang's feet, there is no way." "Then I will go to Xiamen today and explain the priorities to my daughter clearly." Qiu Zhongyong knew Qiu Yun better, and stopped him: "It's not that you don't know Xiaoyun's character. If you really explain it to her, maybe she will come back to find Hou Haiyang soon. You are self-defeating. What I mean is Cold treatment, young people are enthusiastic for three minutes, after a long time, they will naturally fade." After making some phone calls, Zhao Yi was still at a loss. He only hoped that Hou Haiyang would not go to Xiamen University to find his daughter, and hoped that the phone at home would not ring. In Maodong, Hou Haiyang walked alone on the street, still holding the note with the phone number in his hand.He walked aimlessly, passed the Maodong Tobacco Factory, passed countless houses, and finally came to the suburbs of Maodong.He squatted on a blue stone by the side of the road, smoking cigarettes, one after another. "Qiu Zhongyong is the deputy director of the Dongcheng Sub-bureau. He knows that I have been imprisoned in the detention center. Does Qiuyun know? If she knows, then her behavior shows that she is not worthy of my nostalgia; if she doesn't know, then the attitude of Qiu's family is very clear. , They don't want me to be with Qiuyun. "It's no wonder that the detention center didn't allow me to communicate or take information out. I used to think that I was a felony, and most likely it was Qiu Zhongyong. "Regardless of breaking up or falling in love, Qiuyun should always reply to my paging. She is paging in Chinese and can receive my messages. Why doesn't she return the paging? Is this her attitude? "Qiu Zhongyong has always believed that I am not a murderer, and tried his best to help me get out of the case, which shows that he is a competent policeman. He objected to me being with Qiuyun. This should be a natural reaction to being a father. I have no official job now, no Money, both parents are from the countryside. Qiuyun is now from Lingxi, a graduate student, and his father is the director of the Public Security Bureau. There is such a big gap between us, can I really bring Qiuyun happiness?" After smoking half a pack of cigarettes, Hou Haiyang made up his mind: "A man should be self-respecting and self-improving. If he has the ability, he will never have to worry about having a wife. He must not be a sticky, annoying cowhide plaster." He burned his wrist with the last cigarette end, and there was a "squeak" sound from his skin, and the severe pain went straight to his heart and lungs. He roared in his heart: "I must stand out, I must succeed!" In the past, in order to have a date with Qiuyun, Hou Haiyang always booked a room in the relatively good Maodong Hotel. This night, without Qiuyun, there was no need to stay in the Maodong Hotel. He wandered aimlessly on the streets of Maodong, until he was too tired to walk, and then he found a small hotel to stay in. There is no toothbrush in the small hotel, and the water was stopped in the morning.Hou Haiyang didn't wash his face or brush his teeth, and went to a roadside shop to eat a bowl of tofu rice in an unkempt way.After eating, he realized that he didn't know where he was at all. Relying on his memory, he walked towards Maodong Station.As a result, my memory was wrong at night, and I couldn't find the station when I walked around.He didn't want to ask for directions, so he kept walking in Maodong. After walking for more than half an hour, he accidentally saw the big characters of Maodong Tobacco Factory.Using big characters as a guidepost, Hou Haiyang walked all the way to Maodong Bus Station. After crossing Bashan and arriving in Xinxiang, the moment Hou Haiyang jumped out of the bus and set foot on the land of Xinxiang again, he felt that time seemed to be frozen in Xinxiang, nothing had changed for several months, even the advertisement he wrote for the small store was there, but Wet by the wind and rain, the ink stains appear slightly blurred.He didn't say hello to the shopkeeper he knew, and went straight along the road to the trail of Niubeiduo. Walking on the small dirt road in the country, he couldn't help but think of the lingering time with Qiuyun. In the most difficult days, Qiuyun was like a fire, making him feel warm and no longer lonely. Walking to the gate of Niubeituo, Hou Haiyang took a few glances at the campus, the scenery inside was so familiar, it was as if he had just left yesterday.A young female teacher stood at the door and brushed her teeth. She probably didn't expect that someone would appear at the door on Sunday morning, with a ball of white foam sticking to her mouth, staring blankly at the handsome guy at the door. "It's another assignee!" Judging from the age of this young woman, she was only seventeen or eighteen years old, and she was probably a recent graduate of the middle school.Hou Haiyang secretly sighed, turned around the school gate, and came to the back mountain. There is a plastic bag covering the iron lock of the wooden door in the back mountain. The iron lock that has not been exposed to rain has no rust and can be easily opened with a key.The Zanthoxylum bungeanum is very strong, most of them are as thick as a thumb, and the greenness is really gratifying.The mountain hut has been drenched by the rain, and moss has grown in many places. Standing at the door of the hut, Hou Haiyang touched the cigarette subconsciously, only to realize that he had finished smoking last night, so he could only lick his lips to hold back the craving.While feeling sad, there was a barking sound from the foot of the mountain. A black dog rushed up with the momentum of defending its homeland, with a low whine from its throat.At the top of the mountain, the black dog smelled the once familiar smell. It stopped threatening, stretched out its nose and sniffed at Hou Haiyang's feet, then raised its legs and rushed over. When the ox was carrying the mound, the black dog often went to the school yard to beg for food, and he had a short mouth when he ate people. He maintained a good impression of Hou Haiyang, and he was very close every time he met.Now, it doesn't know that the current Hou Haiyang is a down-and-out man who just came out of the detention center without a job or a lover. "Manzi, have you been back for a long time?" Following the black dog was Manzi Ma, who stood at the bottom of the slope, looked at Hou Haiyang who was on top, and shouted excitedly. Hou Haiyang waved at Ma Manzi, signaling him to go up the mountain.With his experience in the detention center, Hou Haiyang has seen too many dark characters in society, and Ma Manzi seems very innocent in his eyes. Ma Manzi has been helping Hou Haiyang to guard the pepper field. The couple's biggest worry is that they won't get paid. At this time, Hou Haiyang finally showed up, and he felt at ease.Climbing up the hillside, Ma Manzi panted heavily, and said, "The pepper seedlings need to grow well. I guess they will be able to pick pepper in the next year." Hou Haiyang interrupted him and said, "Do you have any cigarettes? Here's one." Ma Manzi hurriedly took out a crumpled cigarette from his bag, handed one over, and asked, "I didn't get addicted to cigarettes before, but now I'm sick. Let it dry out." Hou Haiyang took a greedy puff, the sparks of the cigarette trembled, and burned a large section quickly, and then said: "I messed around, I didn't make a name for myself, I just came from Lingxi." There was a bang sound not far away, and the ground seemed to tremble.Hou Haiyang pointed to the direction of the explosion and asked, "Is that Liu Qingde's mine?" Ma Manzi said angrily, "Damn, that old asshole of Liu Qingde asked Liu Laoqi for help. He ran amok and fought with the villagers several times. He The mine is often fired, and the hens in the family are so shaken that they can’t lay eggs.” In the distance, the hill was dug full of holes, the green vegetation was completely destroyed, revealing the ugly loess, the yellow is not pure, and there are some red, just like a certain immortal deliberately pulled shit on the green mountains and green waters In the middle, it is so ugly that people can never forget it.A new road with a width of more than five meters was built beside the small river. Several large trucks loaded with heavy ore pressed the road into a deep ditch. After the trucks passed, black smoke and dust rose from the road. Judging from the size of the mine, Liu Qingde should have made a fortune. Hou Haiyang asked, "Is Liu Qingde still in school?" Ma Manzi said, "He's still in school. He doesn't usually go to the mine, and he raised Liu Laoqi as a watchdog." Speaking of the watchdog, Ma Manzi was very angry, and kicked the black dogs around him far away.The black dog ate the pain and got into the grass, only showing a pair of puzzled eyes to look at the moody master. Hou Haiyang had several conflicts with Liu Qingde in Xinxiang. From the point of view of fighting, he beat Liu Qingde hard and was regarded as the winner.But from a realistic point of view, Liu Qingde became the vice principal, made a lot of money from mining, and took up all the good things, but he had nothing and his future was bleak. It is clear at a glance who is the winner. Looking at the mighty truck, Hou Haiyang felt a little bored for no reason, stretched out his hand to the barbarian, and said, "One more." He lit the cigarette and took a deep breath. At this time, he had nothing to do with Liu Qingde, but he remembered Liu Qingde once After bullying Qiuyun, I couldn't help being angry. Ma Manzi scolded: "Liu Qingde, that asshole, he dug hard on the mountain, causing many wells on our side to run out of water. For this matter, we even fought with Liu Laoqi, and Liu Laoqi's people were imprisoned." He went to the police station and was released after a few days." Hou Haiyang explained: "This is a karst landform. Mining upstream has destroyed the geological structure and disturbed the groundwater. The wells are not producing water. It is most likely caused by Liu Qingde." Ma Manzi said in admiration: "You should read more books. Manzi explained the truth immediately. Jiang Dabing helped Liu Qingde speak, insisting that the water shortage in the well has nothing to do with Liu Qingde's mining." Hou Haiyang said: "They are officials protecting each other. It has been like this in all dynasties." These words resonated strongly with Ma Manzi, and he said, "It's fine if you're still on the back of the bull. I'll follow you to deal with Liu Qingde. I don't dare to be asshole." The two turned around on the mountain and went down another road. The black dog forgot the grievance and ran happily in front of it. It returned to Ma Manzi's small courtyard first, and then turned around to greet the two masters. The fence of Niubeituo Elementary School collapsed again, and the roosters and hens of Ma Manzi's family stood on the broken fence, looking around with their heads up, arrogant.Hou Haiyang saw Baldy Ma standing in the courtyard, so he walked to the wall and said hello. "Ms. Hou, it's really you." Baldy Ma looked very excited when he saw Hou Haiyang. "Come here, have a drink at noon." Hou Haiyang and Ma Guangtou once taught under the same roof, and they have a strong relationship. Ma Guangtou stepped on the broken wall, walked to the other side, held Hou Haiyang's hand vigorously, and said, "Mr. Hou, you have been away for half a year, and I really miss you. With you at school, I will fuck less." Heart. Young people nowadays are not as good as your little finger, they can’t do anything.” Hou Haiyang said, "Have you become a regular?" Baldy Ma's pain point was the conversion to a regular position. He sighed and said, "These corrupt officials have had their conscience eaten away by dogs. Now they just have to wait. I don't know if they will be able to become regular in this life." Ma Guangtou and Ma Manzi are related, but the relationship is not very good. There are small frictions from time to time. It is not too accurate to say that there is friction. To be precise, it should be that Ma Manzi keeps invading the territory of the elementary school.Ma Manzi couldn't get Liu Qingde down, so he could only swear at others, but he became a bully in front of Bald Ma, and often made trouble for no reason. Hou Haiyang was able to restrain Ma Manzi when he was in school.When he left the school, Ma Manzi's old ways sprouted. Not to mention Ma Guangtou and other village primary school teachers, even the school authorities couldn't get in. Ma Manzi had no choice. Seeing Hou Haiyang, Ma Manzi's wife cut the bacon on the stove, and touched four eggs from the granary. The three men were drinking tea in the courtyard, and a tempting aroma came from the kitchen.When the scent hit, Hou Haiyang's stomach groaned regardless of the occasion. During the period in the detention center, food was seriously scarce. After he walked out of the square wall, he always maintained awe and strong demand for food. Farmhouse bacon has been hung on the stove for a long time and is smoked by firewood every day. Compared with the instant bacon on the market, it has a special flavor.It looks rough and black on the outside, but when cut open, the crystal stems are as clear as jade, and the fragrance soaks into the heart and spleen. The spirits were drunk, and the atmosphere became lively.Ma Baldhead was full of complaints, and under the influence of alcohol, he began to complain. He competed with Ma Manzi for drinks, but left the real guests aside.After drinking two bottles of original wine from the small winery, Baldy Ma and Manzi Ma became very drunk.When Ma Baldou climbed over the collapsed wall, he fell straight on the ground, and then lay on the ground and kept vomiting, vomiting upside down, and finally even vomited bile. When the new female teacher heard the sound of vomiting, she was unmoved at first, but finally came out. Seeing Bald Ma gasping for air on the ground, she couldn't bear it, so she helped him up.Fortunately, the bald horse is thin and not heavy, and the little girl can drag it up. Bald Ma's wife just walked into the gate of Bullback Snake Primary School. She seldom goes to school. Ever since she assigned a young female teacher to the primary school, she has been extremely worried about Baldy Ma, for fear that something will happen to them.She walked into the courtyard and saw the female teacher entangled with her husband, and cursed angrily: "Let go, you female witch!" The female teacher didn't realize what the woman who came in from outside was yelling, she glanced at her in surprise, and continued to drag the horse's bald head towards the teacher's office.Bald Ma's wife was even more angry. She ran over in a few steps and slapped the female teacher left and right. The female teacher was assigned to Niubeituo Primary School. She was full of grievances and had no good looks towards anyone.It was rare for him to do a good deed today, but he was slapped by Bald Ma's wife.She threw the horse's bald head to the ground, swung her arms and slapped it back. The two women were tearing apart in the yard.Bald Ma's wife has been doing physical labor in the countryside for a long time. She is aggressive and quickly gained the upper hand. She pressed the female teacher under her body, grabbed her hair, and slapped her face.The female teacher could only hold her head and kept crying.The bald-headed Ma understood the drunkenness, struggled to get up, staggered to the back of his mother-in-law, and tore her away forcefully.Bald Ma's wife saw that her husband was still helping other women, and she felt guilty out of sheer courage. She stretched out five fingers and scratched her husband's face continuously, and soon there were bloody cuts on Bald Ma's face. When Hou Haiyang and Ma Manzi's wife heard the movement, they ran over and pulled the two away, Ma's bald head turned into a big painted face. Seeing Ma's bald-headed wife looking like a mad woman and the young female teacher sitting on the ground crying, Hou Haiyang understood what had happened, and said, "Teacher Ma drank too much with us, and didn't do anything else." Bald Ma's wife saw Hou Haiyang and smelled the strong smell of alcohol on Bald Ma's body. Knowing that she might have made a mistake, she insisted, "What's the matter? I saw them hugging each other with my own eyes." Hou Haiyang yelled impatiently: "You silly woman, why are you making trouble, take the man home, don't embarrass yourself here." Bald Ma's wife was taken aback. Seeing Hou Haiyang's fierce look, she felt fear for no reason, mumbling her mouth, she carried Bald Ma on her back as she said, and walked out the door shaking. Hou Haiyang glanced at the little girl standing next to him, and subconsciously shook his head. He couldn't care less about himself now, and he was not in the mood to persuade the new teacher who was a bully, so he climbed over the wall and returned to the wine table.Ma Manzi likes to drink, but he doesn't hold a lot of alcohol, and he still falls asleep on the table.Hou Haiyang asked Mrs. Ma Manzi to add a bowl of rice, buried the remaining pieces of bacon in the rice, and poured all the scrambled eggs into the bowl, and began to eat with gusto. Mrs. Ma Manzi grabbed another half bowl of kimchi from the rural old altar, put it on the table, and said: "Mr. Hou, Manzi and I have been helping to take care of the pepper field this year. We paid for the fertilizer and pesticide by ourselves. You can pay for this money." When will it be paid to me? If you don’t take care of the pepper forest, Manzi and I will go to work to find cash.” There are sharp-headed fish in the dark river, and you can get cash when you catch them.Hou Haiyang said calmly, "Don't worry, I will stay for two more days, and I will settle accounts with you when I leave, and I won't let you suffer." After getting the promise, Ma Manzi felt at ease, and went to the kitchen to scramble two more eggs. After drinking and eating, Hou Haiyang went up the mountain alone.He deliberately locked the mountain gate.After carefully checking the surroundings and confirming that there were no outsiders, I went to the mountain hut to get a barrel and a shovel, and walked along the hidden path to the entrance of the cave. The cave entrance is located behind the classroom and was blocked by Hou Haiyang with stones and soil.In a few months, weeds grew in the sealed hole. If you are not familiar with the situation, you can hardly see the hole.Hou Haiyang removed the rocks, shoveled away the soil, and bent down into the cave.Since the cave has a hidden exit, the ventilation is good, and the air in the cave is normal.Hou Haiyang walked through several fork roads with ease, and he could see light shining on people, and the air became very fresh at this time. Seeing the light falling from the sky, Hou Haiyang felt happy.But when he approached the pool, he was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear. The formerly two-meter-deep pool was only 40 to 50 centimeters, and the area had shrunk to only one-third of its original size. In the pool, there were many black pointed-headed fish swimming. I was happy, but because the water surface shrunk so much, the space for the sharp-headed fish was greatly reduced compared to before, and I felt depressed. After inspecting the details of the water pool, Hou Haiyang exclaimed inwardly that he was lucky, the water in the pool was already as thin as a wrist, and if he came a few days later, it might be cut off from entering the water. In the past, the water level at the outlet was high enough for the sharp-headed fish to swim out of the pool. Now that the water level has dropped, the water outlet has become shallower, and the sharp-headed fish can no longer swim out of the dark river from the thin silk stream, and are all trapped in the pool. If the pool disappears in the water, the pointed fish will be trapped to death here. Hou Haiyang believed that his judgment should be correct. The sudden cut off of water in the small pool must be due to Liu Qingde mining upstream and changing the direction of the underground river, resulting in less and less water entering the cave.The final outcome will be that the dark river will stop flowing, and the pointed fish will no longer appear in the cave. There are sharp-headed fish in the cave, so Hou Haiyang has the last retreat. At worst, he can be a wealthy small businessman, watching the scenery in the pepper garden and observing the swimming fish in the cave. Life is not pleasant.At this moment, the last escape route was destroyed by Liu Qingde's explosives and trucks, which made him feel a burst of emptiness. After sitting by the cave for a long time, Hou Haiyang suddenly stood up and said, "I can walk out of the detention center, God has taken care of me very well, the living will not be suffocated to death by urine, I am afraid of a hammer!" After getting out of the hole, Hou Haiyang bypassed Niubeituo Primary School and followed the field path that he once walked with Qiuyun. He ignored the melancholy, thinking about how to sell the last pointed fish, and soon came to Xinxiangchang Town . Wei Guan's mother saw Hou Haiyang from afar, waved at the counter, and shouted: "Mr. Hou, Mr. Hou." Hou Haiyang originally didn't want to make phone calls and buy big barrels in the acquaintance's shop, but Wei Guan's mother found out, so he had no choice but to go to his small shop. "Mr. Hou, after you left, no one was in charge of our official Wei. He got into a fight at school and was punished once. I had to transfer him to another school, study in the city, and live in his second uncle's house. Such a young child My son left his hometown." Wei Guan's mother was a talker, and she didn't notice that Hou Haiyang was in a bad mood, so she talked a lot. Hou Haiyang responded with a few words, asked for a public phone, and called Xiao Zhou, the president of Maodong Tobacco Factory: "Sister Ci, I am Hou Haiyang, and I have stockpiled some goods in the past few months. If you want, I will drive a truck today." Come here, and be careful to bring oxygen equipment. When you arrive in Xinxiang, call me, and I will come to pick you up." When Xiao Zhou received a call from Hou Haiyang, she was both surprised and pleasantly surprised, and said, "Just wait, we will arrange a vehicle to come over right away, we will charge you as much as you want, and the price will remain the same." The head fish is the biggest selling point, and the business is very good.It's just that the production of pointed fish is low. Although she has searched for several suppliers, she can't guarantee the daily supply. What's more important is that no matter where the pointed fish is, the quality is not as good as that in Xinxiang. After hanging up the phone, Hou Haiyang bought a pack of cigarettes and a big rubber bucket in the store.When settling accounts, Wei Guan's mother said generously: "The phone call is not counted as money. Mr. Hou is the best to our family Wei Guan. After you left, Wei Guan has been thinking of you." She finally used "you", just Subconsciously, Qiu Yun and Hou Haiyang were linked together. Wei Guan's mother asked curiously again: "How is Teacher Qiu now? Her family is in Maodong, so she shouldn't be assigned to Xinxiang. I heard that Teacher Qiu's family is still in the Municipal Public Security Bureau." Hou Haiyang said perfunctorily, "She's gone to graduate school." This caused Wei Guan's mother to be amazed for a while. When Hou Haiyang walked out of the store with a bucket, she thought of something again. She chased to the store door and said, "I heard that you made a fortune in Guangzhou. After Wei Guan graduates, I will let him join you." In a valley like Xinxiang, the secondary and tertiary industries have not developed, and there are no better employment opportunities. Working in the south has become the most important way to solve employment. If there are local people to take care of it, it is naturally the best thing. Wei Guan graduated from junior high school, that was a few years later, Hou Haiyang firmly believed that he would be successful at that time, so he was happy to be a favor, saying: "You have my paging number, after Wei Guan graduates, come to me. " When walking across the road, I heard the radio broadcast from Xinxiang School. This voice was so familiar, but now it is very far away. From a distance, I saw two people standing on the bluestone ladder at the school gate, vaguely like Zhao Liangyong, Liu Qingde, and Hou Haiyang. Unwilling to meet them, he quickly walked down the trail from the road with a bucket in his hand. The people standing in the distance were Zhao Liangyong and Liu Qingde. When Zhao Liangyong was talking with Liu Qingde, he also saw a bucket-carrying man. He only thought his face was familiar, and he never thought that Hou Haiyang would come back. "Principal Liu, Niubeituo Village has come to report several times, saying that the big trucks are passing by, making the students unable to attend class, and I have blocked them back several times." In order to open the mine, Liu Qingde not only invested all his family property in it, but also borrowed money from the bank, and his eldest brother and second brother also invested a lot of money.With such a huge investment, it is absolutely impossible to close the mine just because it affects students' attendance at classes.He said impatiently: "These people are really troublemakers. In order to reduce the impact on the school, the mine has specially built a road. What else do they want?" Zhao Liangyong was well aware of Liu Qingde's attitude, and he came up with an idea, saying: "After so many years of family planning, there are fewer school-age children in every village than before, and there are not many students with bulls on their backs. It is better to merge the school into the front room. The village is small, cut down the tree to prevent the crows from singing." Liu Qingde slapped his thigh and said, "Director Zhao, you have a brilliant mind. This is a good idea. It's just that I'm mining in Niubeiduo. Everyone knows it, so it's not good to mention it." Zhao Liangyong said: "I raised it seriously at the office meeting that merging primary schools is not only in line with the policy, but also in line with the facts. There should be no problem." Liu Qingde was very happy to solve a problem that plagued the development of the company, and said, "Call Lao Zhu up at noon, and we brothers will have a drink." After the incident in the video room last year, teachers at Xinxiang School were divided.Hou Haiyang and Zhao Hai were kicked to the village primary school, and then Zhao Hai was sentenced for rape, Hou Haiyang resigned angrily.Zhao Liangyong learned from a painful experience. He was unwilling to be an angry youth at the bottom of the school, so he threw Qinggao into the toilet and took the initiative to build a good relationship with Liu Qingde. Facts have proved that Zhao Liangyong's strategy of smearing his face was correct. He soon became the school's teaching director and entered the school's leadership.He followed Liu Qingde to the county town for a few drinks, and now he is the most powerful candidate for the vice principal. At this time, Ma Manzi was too drunk to go up the mountain, and Ma Manzi's wife would not come to the back mountain to feed the pigs and cook.Hou Haiyang began to transfer the pointed fish.He returned to the mountain behind the school, first put two large plastic barrels on the mountainside, and then carried the wooden barrels into the cave.After a while, he brought out a bucket of pointed fish and transferred it to a large plastic bucket halfway up the mountain.After running several times, I was so tired that I was sweating profusely.The number of sharp-headed fish in the dark river is much less than half a year ago. After running seven or eight times, all of them were transferred out. There were bursts of water splashes. Hou Haiyang climbed back to the top of the mountain again, blowing the earth-scented mountain wind, lit a cigarette, and waited sadly for Xiao Zhou's arrival. Liuhe belongs to shallow hills. Standing on a slightly higher hillside, you can see the continuous ups and downs of the hillside. The green plants are above the mountainside, and the farmland is below the mountainside.During the large-scale steel smelting, the big trees on the hillside were basically cut down, and it became a large barren mountain.The green trees that can be seen today are all planted in the past 20 years, and the thickness of the trees is mostly about 20 centimeters. Hou Haiyang's eyes turned into an eagle soaring in the sky, patrolling the mountains and rivers of Xinxiang.Although he only worked here for one year, what happened in this year was enough for him to recall ten, even twenty, thirty years.Looking at the vat that still exists on the roof of the elementary school, he thought of the warmth of being with Qiuyun in the cold winter, not only giving each other warmth physically, but also comforting the soul. People in the world say that they are full of passion when they are young, but they often forget the sadness, hesitation and helplessness behind the passion.As the years go by, the passion fades away, and the sorrow gradually leaves, and people become numb and mediocre.