In January 1994, Lingxi Province. Maodong City, formerly known as Jiazhou, is an important town in Lingxi Province. It is more than 50 kilometers away from the provincial capital Lingxi City. It governs three districts and five counties, with a total population of about seven million people.Bashan County is one of the ordinary county towns, and Xinxiang Town is the northernmost remote town in Bashan County. In Niubeituo Village, Xinxiang Town, the village primary school teacher Hou Haiyang sat speechless amidst the sound of reading.Last night, Liu Qingde, the vice-principal of Xinxiang School, led Liu Laoqi, a gangster from Changzhen Township, and others to fight in the small village of Niubeituo Village.With one against five, he beat the black man Liu Qingde and others to their knees.Although he won a big victory, he was not excited at all and was full of confusion about the future.

At noon, teachers from Xinxiang School, including Zhao Liangyong, Wang Rongfu, Qiu Yun, and Li Suansuan, came to visit Hou Haiyang.After hearing what had happened, Zhao Liangyong and the others were furious and cursed, first at the school, then at the police station, and then at the town government. Qiuyun has a special relationship with Hou Haiyang, and she left Niubeituo Village Primary School after eight o'clock last night. She guessed that the matter must be complicated, but it was inconvenient to ask in front of everyone. During the meal, Zhao Hai, who was assigned to Bayang Primary School, also came to Niubeituo Primary School.Holding a bottle of wine, he sat down on the table, filled a large earthen bowl with wine, and said, "The barbarian is indeed a barbarian. He beat up the invaders and honored our Xinxiang teacher. Come and have a drink."

Zhao Liangyong persuaded: "Old Zhao, there is still class in the afternoon, so it's best not to drink." Hou Haiyang and Zhao Hai were kicked out of Xinxiang Central School because of "gathering people to watch pornographic videos".After coming to Bayang Village Elementary School, Zhao Hai drank his sorrows with alcohol every day, his cheeks became thinner, his hooked nose looked long and sharp, and he looked like a mountain eagle.He said indifferently: "It doesn't matter. I'm drunk and talk about books. Anyway, those students are stupid and don't understand at all." Since he drank half a bottle of wine, when the other teachers left, he passed out drunk on the back of the bull.

When leaving, Qiu Yun slowed down and was the last one to ask in a low voice, "What happened yesterday?" Hou Haiyang didn't hide anything from Qiuyun, and told the truth about what happened last night.What happened was basically consistent with Qiu Yun's guess. She gasped and said, "Liu Qingde is a scum, and he deserves to be taught a lesson. But they have a lot of people, and Liu Qingde is the school leader. You have to be careful of his retaliation." Yesterday's scuffle made Hou Haiyang vent his grievances since he arrived in Xinxiang, saying: "I guess Liu Qingde has already been convinced. If he is not convinced, he will fight again."

Qiuyun originally wanted to say: "It's meaningless to fight back and forth, we still have to find a way to get out of Xinxiang." When the words came to his lips, he held back and said: "You have to be careful of Liu Qingde's revenge, he hangs out with local ruffians, doesn't he? Good stubble." Hou Haiyang lifted his chin slightly and said proudly, "I'm not afraid." Zhao Liangyong and others walked out of the school gate. Li Suansu stood at the gate and said, "Teacher Qiu, we are leaving. You can talk slowly." Hou Haiyang looked into Qiuyun's clear eyes and said in a low voice, "I'll wait for you at night."

Qiu Yun nodded, quickened his pace, and caught up with the teachers. Several teachers left, and besides the noise of the students, Zhao Hai's snoring could be heard inside and outside the school.Even when it was time for class in the afternoon, the snoring continued and lasted for a long time. After school in the afternoon, Hou Haiyang estimated that Zhao Hai would have dinner, so he went to the town to buy peanuts, a bottle of white wine and a handful of dried noodles.When he got home, Zhao Hai was sitting on the bed with a dirty face, his eyes were swollen, and he looked downcast. "Ocean, are they gone?"

"Leaving at noon, there are classes in the afternoon." Zhao Hai touched his hooked nose habitually, and scolded: "I took a hammer class, if I have wine today, I will be drunk today, so I don't care about the frost tomorrow. I will buy a bottle of wine in the town, and drink it at night." "No, I bought a bottle of wine." Drinking with him is a trivial matter, but Zhao Hai stayed here, and it was inconvenient for Qiu Yun to come over. Thinking of the lingering relationship between the two of them, Hou Haiyang was burning with desire and itching unbearably.

After going to the toilet, Zhao Hai regained his energy and sat down at the table again. Like an old alcoholic for many years, he peeled a peanut and took a sip of wine. Soon, most of the bottle of wine was drunk, and his eyes began to blur.Hou Haiyang thought that Qiuyun would come for a date at night, so he didn't persuade him, saying: "I'll make noodles, you drink slowly." When he brought fish soup noodles to the table from the kitchen, Zhao Haiji was on the table, and the table Xia vomited in a mess, and he didn't have much food in his stomach, so he vomited white peanut paste all over the place.

Qiu Yun walked into the yard, saw Zhao Hai lying on the table, frowned and said to Hou Haiyang: "Ms. Zhao is still here, drunk again." Hou Haiyang said helplessly: "He drank most of a bottle of wine. When I cooked noodles for him, I threw up all over the floor." The wine spit out from the stomach has a strong sour smell, which is the most disgusting.Qiuyun loves to be clean, covering her nose, standing far away.Hou Haiyang half helped and half dragged Zhao Hai to the bed in the side room, and covered him with the quilt he had used in the middle school.When he came out, he applied firewood ash on the vomit again, swept the mixture of ash and vomit into a dustpan with a broom, and poured it into a small pit outside the wall, and only then did the vomiting site be cleaned up.

Hou Haiyang was wearing the sportswear issued by Master Ba Shanzhong, and his height of 1.8 meters was particularly thin in the cold wind.Seeing the pain in his eyes, Qiu Yun said, "It's cold, you can drink moderately, but don't drink too much like him." Hou Haiyang said: "I won't be as depressed as Zhao Hai. A man who can't pass the failure is not a good man. Being kicked from the central school to the village primary school is like going from one garbage dump to another garbage dump. There is no need to be as sad as a concubine." Qiuyun said seriously: "I thought about it for a long time in the afternoon. It is my freedom not to go to Niubeituo Primary School. I will come here in the future. I don't care what other teachers say."

Hou Haiyang was immediately surrounded by sweetness. He stepped forward and hugged Qiuyun, kissed her fat and jade-like cheek, and said, "This is naturally my wish. Ma Shan is ridden by others, and Ren Shan is bullied by others." , Teachers in Xinxiang are generally cowardly, that's why a scumbag principal like Liu Qingde dares to be so rampant. After what happened yesterday, he should have learned his lesson." Qiu Yun rubbed Hou Haiyang's face with his cheek, and said: "There is no future for being a village primary school teacher. With your ability, you are wasting talents in the village primary school. You must find a way to enter the university and use knowledge to change your destiny." This is Qiu Yun. Cloud's truth.She lived in Maodong since she was a child. Maodong is not well-known in the whole country, but after all, it is a prefecture-level city in charge of three districts and five counties. Compared with Xinxiang, it is naturally a big city.She doesn't even look up to Maodong, let alone the new towns under Bashan County. She really hopes that Hou Haiyang can get out of Xinxiang. "No matter what, I have to take the college entrance examination this year. If I don't succeed, I will continue to work hard next year." Hou Haiyang has been studying high school textbooks hard recently. He is not too worried about politics, history, geography, Chinese and even English. The most difficult thing is mathematics.After he was admitted to the middle school, he didn't study mathematics anymore. Now he has the foundation of junior high school mathematics. He has to finish the high school mathematics textbooks by himself within half a year and accept the baptism of the college entrance examination. It is very difficult and seems impossible.He has a strong self-confidence, he also has a lot of energy, and he is ready to take the exam twice. But at this moment, Hou Haiyang is unwilling to talk about too heavy topics. The most urgent thing is to solve the hormonal problem accumulated in the body, followed by the future and destiny.He pointed to the big bucket on the second floor, and said: "Yesterday, this bucket made a lot of contributions. A few of them wanted to rush to the second floor, and they were drowned by the flood from the sky. The temperature was below zero and their clothes were wet. It should be uncomfortable." Qiuyun imagined Liu Qingde's distressed appearance, burst into laughter, and said: "You are so bold, you are such a bad boy." Thinking of the thrilling experience last night, she felt lingering fear, and took Hou Haiyang's arm: "It's too dangerous for you to do this, next time Don't be a hero, the real social elite will not be brave." The last sentence made Hou Haiyang slightly embarrassed.Qiuyun immediately realized that what he was facing was only a 19-year-old young man, not a well-informed old policeman like his father. The words just now were serious, so he said tactfully: "Young people will achieve nothing without blood and courage. Today, I wish you happy Birthday." "What do you use to wish me a happy birthday?" Hou Haiyang looked at Qiuyun. This urban woman from Maodong wore a short coat with fluff, like a flower. He had a strong desire to hold it in his arms. impulse. Qiu Yun understood the meaning in the eyes of the man in front of him, blushed slightly, and said, "It's fine if I have my heart." Hou Haiyang pointed to the large bucket upstairs and said, "I'll boil the water." Qiu Yun showed a mischievous and shy smile on his face, and said: "I'm not feeling well today, I don't want to take a bath. My hair is very messy, just wash it." With a sister at home, Hou Haiyang knew that it was inconvenient, which made him very regretful.He boiled hot water, mentioned the simple bathroom, and stood at the door and shouted: "Hurry up and wash, the water will be cold later." Qiuyun took off his fluffy coat and went to the bathroom.Under her instructions, Hou Haiyang was like Chow Yun-fat in the century-old conditioner, holding a big cup in his hand, ready to wash the hair of the woman he loves. Qiu Yun bent over, her hair loose.She put the shampoo in the small bag on her hair, and after a while, her hair was full of bubbles.She tilted her head and said, "It's time to flush." This situation made Hou Haiyang feel very warm. The vomit sound of "vomit, vomit" came from outside the house, clear and abrupt, ruining the sweet atmosphere.After Hou Haiyang washed Qiuyun's hair, he left the bathroom. Zhao Hai stood in front of the door and vomited all over the floor, with tears and snot running down his nose. After vomiting, he came to Hou Haiyang's room, and saw Hou Haiyang and the beautiful Qiuyun in his tearful eyes.He stroked his belly and said, "Manzi, help me get another bowl of noodles." Hou Haiyang could only smile wryly. He still used fish soup as the base material, ordered a bowl of noodles, put it on the table, and persuaded: "Old Zhao, drink less in the future." Zhao Hai rubbed his temples with his fingers, looked at the steaming and fragrant noodles, picked two into his mouth, took a sip of the soup, and said: "I won't drink it in the future, my head looks like it's exploded." Xinxiang Small Wine Factory The brewed sorghum wine has an alcohol content of around 60, and when drunk, the forehead often seems to be filled with explosives.While rubbing his temples, he looked at Hou Haiyang and Qiu Yun sitting beside him. Qiuyun is a woman with her own opinions. After making up her mind not to hide the relationship between the two, she appeared in front of everyone openly.Seeing a drop of noodle soup falling on Hou Haiyang's chest, she took a tissue and naturally reached out to wipe it off. When Qiuyun came to Xinxiang, it was like a stone falling into the backwater of a lake that had been quiet for many years, causing countless ripples. Many men's eyes lit up. Liu Qingde, Zhao Hai, and some men from the town government were secretly making up their minds.Unexpectedly, a flower was inserted on the youngest cow dung.Frustrated, Zhao Hai saw the intimacy of the two, and his chest felt as if he had been hit by a fist, feeling indescribably sad and depressed.After eating a few mouthfuls of noodles indiscriminately, he bid farewell to Hou Haiyang and Qiuyun.Walking on the path in the field, Zhao Hai sullenly scolded: "This pair of dogs and men!" The pair of dogs and men in Zhao Haikou locked the school gate and started to study. There was only a slap, and Qiu Yun gently knocked off the hand that was outstretched, and said: "Concentrate on reviewing, and do more math exercises, otherwise you will not understand." Her face still had a blush of affectionate embrace, At this time, he played the role of teacher and supervisor with a tiger face. At eight o'clock, Qiuyun still had to leave.The folk customs in Xinxiang are quite conservative. It is neither illegal nor against customs to come to Niubeituo Primary School to have a romantic relationship. If you stay in Niubeituo Primary School, it will be a big violation of the local conservative folk customs.Hou Haiyang did not force Qiuyun to stay, but the intimacy before leaving was even more intense. Walking out of the school gate, Hou Haiyang took two necessary tools, one is a long-handled flashlight and the other is a shovel.This is different from before. In the past, Hou Haiyang held a flashlight in one hand and Qiuyun in the other. Now Qiuyun holds a flashlight, Hou Haiyang holds Xiaoman's waist in one hand, and holds a shovel in the other. "You take the shovel, afraid of Liu Laoqi's revenge?" "You must not have the intention to harm others, but you must have the intention to guard against others." Hou Haiyang fought alone at Niubeishe Elementary School against the four local hooligans brought by the school leader Liu Qingde. He despised the enemy strategically, but paid great attention to it tactically. Carrying a shovel is to prevent retaliation.In order not to put pressure on Qiu Yun, he changed the subject and said: "After the winter vacation, Zhao Hai and several teachers will not go home, and stay at school for the Spring Festival. Are you staying at school?" Qiu Yun leaned on his strong shoulder and said, "I will definitely go home." With strong curiosity, Hou Haiyang asked a question that he had asked before but had no answer: "You graduated from Lingxi Normal University, so you shouldn't be assigned to Xinxiang!" When the two got into this kind of relationship, Qiu Yun didn't mind talking about family affairs, and said: "It's a long story, my father is an in-service prosecutor, he was framed, and he is still suspended for review. The Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Procuratorate successively Intervened, but there has been no conclusion, for nearly two years, making my father's life worse than death." She said firmly: "My father is an upright person. There will always be a day when the truth will come to light. Because of this, I don't want to go back to Maodong, especially I don't want to meet my former acquaintances. The more familiar I am, the more I don't want to meet them. These people They are all snobbish eyes. People who were very kind before suddenly rolled their eyes at you. This feeling is too sad. So when I graduated, I chose the most remote place where no one knew me, and devoted myself to studying for the postgraduate entrance examination. I thought I would find it far away from the city After entering the Peach Blossom Spring, it seems too simple now, there is no pure land in this world, as long as there are people, there will be darkness, there will be rivers and lakes, and there will be struggles." Only then did Hou Haiyang suddenly realize: "So that's the case. I've always wondered how you ended up in this ghostly place, Xinxiang!" Qiu Yun interrupted Hou Haiyang's words, and said: "You are a good student in Maodong City. Why did you get assigned to Xinxiang? You didn't explain it comprehensively before. Please explain it in detail and I will analyze it for you." Hou Haiyang could only smile wryly, and said, "It's a coincidence, it's fate." After listening to Hou Haiyang's assignment experience, Qiu Yun said: "I agree with your own judgment. The turning point of the assignment is Peng Jiazhen, the director of the education bureau. Otherwise, you have no reason to be assigned to Xinxiang. He is in power in the Bashan Education Bureau. All your efforts If you want to develop, you must either transfer from the education system, or go to university, and leave this place completely.” Hou Haiyang said with a bitter face, "Peng Jiazhen has become Director Peng. He is narrow-minded. My father offended him many years ago, and he still remembers the grudge. With him in Bashan, my life is not easy." .” Qiu Yun said with a firm attitude: "Then you have to go to university. If you leave this place, you should firmly believe in this. In this era, if you don't go to university, you will have something missing in your life." Accompanied by a beautiful woman, according to the principle of relativity, the road from Niubei Tuo to Xinxiang School became very short. The two walked while chatting, and Hou Haiyang felt that the journey of more than half an hour ended within a few minutes.Soon they came to the bluestone ladder of Xinxiang School, and the two parted reluctantly. Ever since he made substantial progress with Qiuyun, Hou Haiyang's life in Niubeituo has become colorful and life is no longer sad.In a blink of an eye, it was Saturday, and he caught 30 pointed fish from the dark river behind the classroom. This time, the plastic bucket, fish and water weighed more than 100 catties.He took the goods into the county seat first by bus, and then took a tricycle to Badao Yuzhuang. Hou Haiyang was exhausted after all the tossing. The sharp-headed fish is a special product of Bahe. It has a slender body, a graceful swimming posture, and a cold nature, so it is very rare.After Hou Haiyang was assigned to a village primary school for "gathering people to watch pornographic videos", he accidentally found a dark river in a labyrinth-like cave behind the school, in which a large number of pointed fish surged.The water quality of the underground river is good, and the sharp-headed fish in the river is light blue in color, and it is the highest-quality pointed-headed fish in Bashan. The light blue pointed fish was brought to the kitchen. The head chef, Fu, couldn't put it down, and poured the pointed fish directly into the newly made water tank. There were five big characters "Xinxiang pointed fish" written on the outside of the water tank.Hou Haiyang lit a cigarette to the old man, and said: "Mr. Fu, in order to collect these fish, I ran up to the instep of my feet and went to the buying points along the river. What do you think of my fish?" The old man answered After passing the smoke, put it on the tip of his nose and smell it, lit the fire, took a good breath, and said: "You still have the ability to receive pointed fish in the winter. Nowadays, the most high-end customers order to eat Xinxiang pointed fish." Fish, your baby is going to get rich." Hou Haiyang flattered him: "Fish is good, but master craftsman is better." Holding the note from the old Fu, Hou Haiyang went to the counter to exchange money. Sitting behind the counter was Du Qiang's sister-in-law. She took the note blankly and counted 938 yuan. After graduating from the middle school, Hou Haiyang was assigned to work in a school in Xinxiang. His monthly salary was just over 100. Xinxiang was in financial difficulties. The salaries of the town cadres and teachers were owed for several months. He only got 400 yuan after working for half a year money.Holding the heavy ticket in his hand, Hou Haiyang felt very at ease, so he didn't care about the other party's attitude, and smiled and said: "Sister Li, I will give it away again, and the school will be on winter vacation. After the New Year, I will start to continue Send the fish." After finishing speaking, he left the counter in a cool manner. Sister Li was stunned for a long time before she understood what Hou Haiyang meant.She ran into the kitchen and said, "Old Fu, that Hou...is the quality of the fish sent by Mr. Hou from Xinxiang okay?" Old Fu never liked the receptionist, so he rolled his eyes and said, "Director Gao only eats Xinxiang pointed fish now, do you think the quality is good?" Sister Li said: "Just now that Hou—" Old Fu said: "Hou Haiyang." Sister Li said: "That's right, it's Hou Haiyang. He told me to send it again next week, and the school will be on winter vacation." The old man raised his voice and said: "If you want to get shit, the most profitable during the Spring Festival is Xinxiang pointed fish. You should quickly call Boss Du and find a way. Either send someone to Xinxiang to collect it in person, or give Hou Haiyang more money. .” Du Qiang, Director of the Office of the Public Security Bureau of Bashan County, immediately discussed with his wife Li Xiaobo after receiving the call from his sister-in-law: "Last week, I went to Xinxiang to collect fish quietly from a fishmonger, and only received two pointed fish. Understand the channels for harvesting fish in the ocean.” Li Xiaobo was a cadre of a supply and marketing cooperative who had been an educated youth. He traveled all over the world and was much smarter than his younger sister who was currently on stage. He said, "This is Hou Haiyang's unique skill. If everyone understands the trick, he won't be able to make any money. I think you can consider increasing the money during the Spring Festival, but the increase should not be too large, in name it is a Spring Festival subsidy.” She suddenly had an idea, and said: “Your bureau collects a lot of motorcycles every year, you give Hou Haiyang Get a motorcycle, you can buy people's hearts, and you can justify the name without raising the price." For the office director of the Public Security Bureau, it is not difficult to get an unowned motorcycle. Du Qiang said: "My wife is smart. Tomorrow I will drive to Xinxiang. I will go to the well to fetch water, and I will go to the field for inspection." After the couple discussed it, Du Qiang called Hou Haiyang. After selling the fish, Hou Haiyang stayed with Fu Hongbing, a classmate of Bashan Middle School as usual.After graduating from middle school, Fu Hongbing was assigned to the suburban primary school. Last year, the county public security bureau recruited Gancao from the society. He was admitted to the public security department and is currently working in the suburban police station. The two came to the lighted stadium of the newly completed Workers' Stadium.Those who dared to play basketball at the illuminated stadium were all recognized masters in the county, and most of them knew each other. A dozen or so individuals were divided into three teams and played half court.There are twelve balls in each game, the losing team goes to rest, and the winning team stays on the court.Fu Hongbing, the other two police officers and Hou Haiyang formed a team. Their team was characterized by their brilliance, complete control of the rebounds, and absolute air superiority in half the game.He won eight games in a row, and only lost one game after being physically exhausted. During the break, Hou Haiyang heard the beeping. At night, I deliberately left a message at Ba Dao Yu Zhuang just for Director Du's paging. At this time, the paging came as expected, and the pager showed that Ba Dao Yu Zhuang made three consecutive paging calls. "Director Du, hello." Hou Haiyang immediately went to the public phone booth outside to call back. "Xiao Hou, are you still in Bashan? Tomorrow I will go fishing in Xinxiang. I usually go fishing in Wenshan, and I finally found a Sunday where I can make arrangements freely. Would you come and accompany me?" Du Qiang did not mention the price increase on the phone, which made Hou Haiyang slightly disappointed. He immediately realized that Du Qiang came to Xinxiang to check the reality of the pointed fish.His pointed fish came from an underground river, and the underground river was like a maze, so it was naturally difficult for Director Du to find out the source.He said confidently: "Welcome Director Du to Xinxiang. I'm still in the county seat. When will I leave tomorrow?" Du Qiang said: "Tomorrow at nine o'clock in the morning, I drove a police pickup truck at the gate of the guest house." Hou Haiyang said in a calm voice, "Okay, I'll wait for you at the gate of the county guest house." Du Qiang was not too enthusiastic when he heard Hou Haiyang's voice, and tentatively said, "I want a hundred catties of fish for the Spring Festival, is there any problem?" Hou Haiyang answered very vaguely: "One hundred catties of fish is a bit difficult, I can only say as much as possible." The current price of one hundred catties of fish is more than 1,000 yuan, which is a huge sum of money for most working-class people.If the price is increased appropriately, it will be even more impressive.After hanging up the phone, Hou Haiyang said to himself, "Xinxiang pointed-headed fish is now a representative of high-end wild fish. It is reasonable to increase the price appropriately. Du Qiang is the director of the office, so he should be able to think of this." After playing basketball, Hou Haiyang specially invited Fu Hongbing to eat at the food stall.The relationship between the two is the strongest, whoever has money will treat them, and everyone is not polite. During the meal, Fu Hongbing carefully avoided the people and affairs of the normal school in order not to expose Hou Haiyang's scars.But after a few glasses of white wine, he still couldn't help talking about the past: "You and Lu Ming are too good for each other, but it's ruined by the graduation assignment. The graduation assignment of the middle school is too inhuman." It has only been half a year since graduation. Hou Haiyang always feels that the Bashan Middle School campus is distant and vague. When he mentioned his first love girlfriend, Lu Ming, he still felt pain, but after having Qiuyun, the pain was torn apart by fire The cracked heart turned into a faint pinprick. After drinking a bottle of white wine, under the influence of alcohol, Fu Hongbing sighed and talked about his family affairs: "My middle school days were boring. I had three years of unrequited love, and I never even held a woman's hand. Lu Hong should What's interesting to me is that it's indifferent, sometimes it's very good, sometimes it's like a stranger. A woman's heart is a needle in the sea." In half a year, Hou Haiyang experienced two love affairs like riding a roller coaster, one ended just at the beginning, and the other was as bright as flowers.He felt that Fu Hongbing's unrequited love was very childish. He held up his wine glass and pretended to be sophisticated: "Axe, there is a popular saying that we don't understand love when we first fall in love. I think love is a luxury for us now, and it has a future." There will be bread, and there will be love.” He spoke in a chic way, suddenly feeling uneasy, and secretly said: “Will there be a result between me and Qiuyun? She will take the postgraduate exam soon. If she is admitted, we will Still in Xinxiang, will love still exist?" The silver-toothed hexagonal snowflakes fluttered down from the sky and fell on the treetops on the roof, leaving a faint white color, while the ground swallowed all the beautiful snowflakes like a monster with its mouth open, and spared no expense at all.At six o'clock in the morning, the sky was as dark as paint. Hou Haiyang and Fu Hongbing chatted in the single dormitory of the County Public Security Bureau until two o'clock in the morning, when they fell asleep with their heads covered.There was a "dong dong" kick at the wooden door, and a roar came from outside the door: "Fu Hongbing, hurry up and gather downstairs, act urgently." Fu Hongbing jumped up from the bed like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and said to the sleepy Hou Haiyang, "We have an urgent mission. I don't know when we will come back. I won't accompany you." He participated in many training sessions , the movement is quite neat, when the door is opened, the belt has been fastened.Both he and Hou Haiyang are 1.8 meters tall, young and handsome age, with the belt buckled up, the waist is thin and the shoulders are broad, which is quite refreshing. Hou Haiyang stuck his head out from under the quilt, and said, "I'll leave later. I'm going to deliver fish to Ba Dao Yuzhuang during the winter vacation, and I'll treat you to a drink then." "I don't have winter vacation anymore. The police station is arranged to be on duty in the first, second, and third grades of junior high school. We are all newcomers who are on the front line. When we become the boss next year, there will be newer recruits to take care of us. location." Fu Hongbing had already stepped out of the door when he spoke, he took another step back and said back to the door: "Selling fish is only temporary, don't take it as a career." Hou Haiyang didn't answer, just stretched out his hand from under the quilt, and waved in the air.Hearing the sound of "dongdong" footsteps in the aisle, he squinted on the bed for a few more minutes before turning over and getting up.Picking up the teacup, I poured some warm water from the water bottle, and after a few sips, I felt a warm feeling in my chest and abdomen. Opening the door, the cold wind outside made him shiver several times, causing him to jump out of sleep immediately.Downstairs in the cement dam stood dozens of policemen in police uniforms and training uniforms. They hadn't assembled yet, but gathered in twos and threes to chat, with clouds of white mist rising from their mouths.A police Santana drove in from outside, its tires rubbing against the ground and making screeching brakes.A burly man ran to the side of the car, asked the occupants for some instructions, trotted back, and issued a password in a loud voice. When the police stood scattered in the courtyard, they were no different from ordinary people.With a unified password and assembled together, they quickly became a disciplined force.Fu Hongbing was tall, standing at the front of the line, with his belly in his chest and chest out, he was very energetic.The burly man stood in front of the team and explained the task, and the team got on the bus parked outside in an orderly manner.With the sound of several horns, the police compound returned to calm. Hou Haiyang is full of blood, and has the plot of an iron-blooded hero deep in his heart. Seeing such a scene, his blood is burning all over his body. He is full of desire and yearning for this team, and he is quite envious of Fu Hongjun who can become a member of it. He had two chances to be a part of this team, and he missed out on this team by accident.The first time was Bashan County’s public recruitment of police officers. After Fu Hongbing learned the information, he immediately wrote to Hou Haiyang, who was far away in Xinxiang Elementary School, to report this important information. The key letter was not found in Xinxiang until now. .By the time Hou Haiyang learned of this information, he had already missed the registration time.The second time was after participating in a basketball game in Maodong City, Gao Zhiyong, the director of the County Public Security Bureau who likes to play basketball, took a fancy to him and intended to second him to work in the county bureau. office. He missed the opportunity twice, so he could only watch the actions of the police upstairs. He was not jealous of Fu Hongbing, but felt that fate was unfair to him. When he left the dormitory of the Public Security Bureau, his heart was full of bitterness. Hou Haiyang and Du Qiang, director of the office of the County Public Security Bureau, agreed to meet at the gate of the County Committee Guest House at 9:00 am. It was too early, and he walked along Bashan Avenue to the County Committee Guest House.Like a lonely wild wolf walking on the streets of the county town, the cold wind blows on the face, cutting the skin on the face sore.He encouraged himself: "A living person cannot be suffocated to death by urine, I must find a way to get out of the predicament." Every step he took in the cold wind, the strong desire to change his destiny increased by one point. Bashan County is located in Datang County, with a long history and a large number of celebrities.But from a practical point of view, the construction of the county is really not very good. People in the county jokingly say that they live in "seventy-one streets", and "seventy-one streets" is a homonym for "actually one street". In 1991, the first 16-storey building in the county was erected on the site of the old movie theater, and the four gleaming characters of "Bashan Building" became the highest point of the county.Around the building, there are gray brick buildings connected to each other, and these match gray buildings further set off the majesty of the building. After the "Bashan Building" was repaired, the leaders of Maodong City specially came to cut the ribbon, and they spoke highly of it. This building has the reputation of the first building of Maodong County-level city. Some comprehensive departments are gathered on the first and second floors of the Bashan Building, and residences are located above the third floor.This building was originally only qualified for department-level cadres, but an unexpected thing happened. Bashan County had never had an elevator building before. The safety of the elevator and the maintenance costs that may be incurred in the future have made the heads of the county think. The family members are unwilling to settle in, but it is cheaper for some young cadres.They are more daring and have fewer restrictions in their minds, and they are qualified to buy and build houses with funds raised.The young man lived in the elevator room, and the heads of the various bureaus felt that they had suffered a disadvantage, and there were many strange words, which made the then deputy county magistrate in charge slap the table angrily. About 300 meters to the left of the Bashan Building, there is a well-greened land, which is the seat of the county party committee and the county government.Go on for about 50 meters and you will find the County Party Committee Guest House. The county party committee guest house was originally surrounded by a blue-gray wall, within which were two Soviet-style buildings and dozens of luxuriant camphor trees.Driven by the theory of ideological emancipation, the county party committee office tore down the gray wall and built a circle of facade houses.Having a facade means having rental income, and it used to be tight.The county party committee office in the county suddenly became richer, and the bonuses that ordinary cadres received during festivals and year-ends were much richer than in previous years. Hou Haiyang's work time is too short, and he doesn't know the interesting story that happened near the county party committee guest house.He found a bean curd restaurant in front of the county party committee guest house, and ordered a bowl of bean curd and braised pork intestines. He was about to move his chopsticks when he was surprised to see Lu Ming walking in. Hou Haiyang and Lu Ming are classmates in Bashan Normal University, and they have a little fun with each other during their studies.After graduation, the two were assigned to the most remote rural primary schools in the south and the north.They are both fallen in the world, so the glass window blocking the relationship between them was accidentally pushed open. In Erdaoguai Village, Liuhe Town, two confused young people officially confirmed their relationship.Half a year passed, and the pressure of reality forced the glass window to close silently, and a love affair ended prematurely before it started vigorously. It was Lu Ming who closed the window with her own hands. Love is beautiful, but reality is cruel. As the first eldest daughter of her family to escape from the farm, it is her bounden duty to share the family's worries and take good care of her younger brother and younger sister.There are two difficulties between her and Hou Haiyang?the chasm crossed.One is distance.She was assigned to Tieping Primary School, while Hou Haiyang was in Xinxiang Primary School. The distance between the two places was nearly six hours by car, and it took a day to go there, which was very troublesome.Both of their families are the most ordinary villagers. They are new teachers who have nothing to do with each other, and there is no possibility of transfer in a short time.The second is the economy.Tieping and Xinxiang are both remote towns. In order to protect the wages of cadres and teachers, the towns continue to increase the collection of agricultural taxes, coordination of withdrawal and retention, and other taxes and fees.Although the town has used many methods, but the economic conditions are poor, the total amount of taxes and fees is small, and the town government is not strong.In the past six months, the town has owed a lot of wages to cadres and teachers. The six-hour distance and half a year's wage arrears, these two real problems weighed heavily on Lu Ming's heart, which greatly faded the sweet taste of love.When she was hesitating, Zhu Bingyong, who had been transferred to the County Finance Bureau, stepped in. Lu Ming couldn't refuse her superior real conditions. This love affair that ended just at the beginning left Hou Haiyang with a few more injuries from cigarette burns on his arms.The temperature of the cigarette butt is very high, and it will immediately leave a scar on the skin.Young men and women who fall in love often like to use cigarette butts to create scars on their arms to express their grief.After Hou Haiyang learned that Lu Ming had given up on himself, he burned his arm with a cigarette end without hesitation, firstly because he was truly sad, and secondly to express his sadness. Hou Haiyang, who was concentrating on enjoying the delicious fat sausage, did not expect to meet Lu Ming here. He swallowed a piece of fat sausage in his mouth whole, and asked a non-nutritive question: "Do you have breakfast?" Lu Ming was even more surprised , caught off guard, blurted out and asked: "Why are you here?" The ex-lover appeared in front of his eyes, which made Hou Haiyang have mixed feelings, but he still showed a man's heart and said, "I just came out of Fu Hongbing's place, what do you want to eat?" Lu Ming didn't have the mood to eat at this time, he lowered his head and didn't speak.Last night, Zhu Bingyong tried every means to persuade Lu Ming to live in the newly renovated home, and of course Lu Ming knew what this meant; she chose to fall in love with Zhu Bingyong, and it was inevitable that she would go to bed.But she was very resistant to this matter, and tried her best to delay the time to go to bed, and even avoided kisses whenever she could.She tactfully but resolutely rejected Zhu Bingyong's suggestion to stay overnight, but let him hug and kiss, and still stayed in the guest house of the County Finance Bureau. Waking up in the morning, Zhu Bingyong had something to do, so he hurriedly followed a deputy director to the township.Lu Ming didn't want to have breakfast at the County Finance Guest House, so he went out, searched all the way, and entered an unremarkable bean curd restaurant outside the County Party Committee Guest House.Seeing Hou Haiyang suddenly at this moment, she trembled suddenly as if she had been stabbed in the heart, unable to speak. It was only about ten days since the last encounter at the natural gas company. In the past ten days, Lu Ming's tea and food were not good, and he didn't get enough sleep. As a result, his cheeks were thin, his skin was dry, and he looked haggard.After struggling for a while, she still sat opposite Hou Haiyang. Hou Haiyang looked at the emaciated Lu Ming, his heart ached, and he said, "A bowl of bean curd, and a soybean pork rib soup." Lu Ming still lowered his head and remained silent. “我昨晚住在斧头在公安局的单身宿舍里，公安局早上有紧急行动，我就自己出来吃早饭。”侯海洋见两人坐在一起实在尴尬，无话找话。 吕明轻轻嗯了一声，仍然将头低垂着，突然，大颗大颗的眼泪奔涌而出，如珍珠一般落在地上，摔成无数碎片。 在接到吕明的分手信以后，侯海洋有痛苦也有愤怒，多次想当面质问吕明为什么这么快就变心。此时与吕明偶遇，看着她伤心忧郁的表情，瘦得变形的脸颊，愤怒不知不觉被瓦解，涌起来的是无奈、忧伤和不服。 吕明深受琼瑶小说聚响，将爱情看得格外圣洁和美好。她心里藏着五彩斑斓的爱情梦幻，眼看着就要实现，谁知毕业后才知道现实压力之巨大，她被迫放弃了自己的爱情。她自认为自己是背叛者，一直不敢当面向侯海洋解释分手的原因，更不敢奢求侯海洋的谅解。 两人面对面坐着，吕明没有动筷子。 侯海洋不停地吃着，鲜美的肥肠和豆花变得寡淡无味，没有了往日生动活泼的滋味。他越吃越难受，终于将疾子放在桌上，干脆将话题捅开：“你作出这样的选择，肯定是遇到了难题。我现在虽然只是普通穷教师，但是凭着我的能力和努力，肯定能改变我们的命运，你为什么不给我奋斗的机会？” 吕明用手背擦着眼泪，道：“我父母都在农村，家里还有弟弟妹妹，作为长女，我得对家庭负责任。小弟小妹都要到铁坪中学来读书，他们最多就是拿点米来，其他费用都由我来出，你说我应该怎么办。” 侯海洋只觉得一股不可抑制的怒气从腹中升起，道：“有天大的困难都可以两人承担，你怎么会作出这种选择，是对自己的感情不负责任！现在我在教书的同时，还开始学着做生意，每月赚个一两千块不成问题，完全能够照顾你的弟弟妹妹，你怎么不跟我商量一下，就擅自作出决定，心真狠！”说到这里，他想着完全可以解决的问题居然弄成这样，猛地拍了桌子，桌子发出了轰的一声响。 餐馆老板闻声走了过来，他见到两人模样便猜到是小情侣闹别扭，不高兴地道：“要发气到外面去，别在我这里拍桌子。” 话音未落，侯海洋站了起来，瞪着眼道：“你，话多。” 侯海洋人高马大，拳头紧握，目露凶光。餐馆老板阅人无数，马上明白眼前年轻人不好惹，退到一边，沉着脸不说话。 吕明也站了起来，仰着头，道：“我对你狠心，对自己更狠心，这辈子，我欠你，好不好！”她夺门而出，泪流满面。 侯海洋呆呆地看着门外，吕明的背影瘦弱纤细，透着一些凄凉，渐渐地消失在人流之中。 闷坐一会儿，侯海洋离开小餐馆。县委招待所不远处就是县财政局办公楼，进进出出的人都身穿淡墨色制服，肩膀上是硬硬的肩章，一个个脚步轻快，充满着自信。侯海洋十分痛恨眼前这些穿制服的财政局干部，他咬着牙，在心里发誓：“我一定要混出人样，要出人头地，要让吕明明白她的选择是多大错误。” 距离约定时间尚早，侯海洋沿着“七十一条街”疾行。在吕明离开以后，秋云无意中闯进他的生活，或多或少地减轻了失恋的伤痛。他在“七十一条街”来回走了两遍以后，强行将思路转到如何应对杜强到新乡钓鱼之事，迫使自己恢复平静。 县公安局办公室杜强主任是霸道鱼庄的实际老板，若不是新乡镇出产的尖头鱼品质远远高于巴河其他支流所产的尖头鱼，他绝对不会为了一个村小教师专程来到新乡镇。 侯海洋对此有清醒的认识，他将乡村教师的角色转变为鱼贩子时，他充满信心。凭着隐秘暗河里的淡青色尖头鱼，新乡镇牛背蛇村小教师有资格与霸道鱼庄老板平等地讨价还价。 传统的说法是人和人都是平等的，在实际生活中，人和人的不平等随处可见，有先天的身体和智力上的不平等，更多是后天家庭环境、出生地点造成的不平等。可以这样说，大部分人从起跑线开始就要经历不平等。 “既然新乡尖头鱼独树一帜，价钱就应该高一些，而且我在春节还保证供应。”侯海洋在心里盘算道，“我整个春节可以提供500斤尖头鱼，每斤涨到30元，就是一万五。”算到了一万五这个数字，他被吓了一跳。随即想起选择县财政局干部而放弃自己的女友吕明，心里顿时烦躁起来，暗道：“若是给吕明及时讲清楚我一个春节就能赚一万元，她还会选择那个离过婚的男人吗？”随即他摇头否定了自己的想法：“爱情是神圣的，若是依靠金钱来换取，那我成了什么人，她又成了什么人。” 两个初出社会、心地善良的年轻人都将爱情看得无比圣洁，容不得半点玷污，因此，爱情很容易就随风而去。 内心正在纠结时，一辆警用皮卡车出现在视线。皮卡车车速很快，发出“嘎”的一声刺耳刹车声，停在了侯海洋身边。杜强戴着一副墨镜，拍了拍车窗，道：“小侯老师，上车。”