Chapter 6 the more you hope, the harder you fall

At night, when the mountain wind blew through Erdaoguai School, the plum forest outside the courtyard made rustling noises, and the red flag on the chess poles in the courtyard made a "pop" sound in the wind. All the lights in the house were turned off, and the small courtyard was completely plunged into darkness. middle. Hou Houde opened his eyes in the darkness, tossing and turning on the bed from time to time.He pushed Du Xiaohua and said, "Tell me, is this boyfriend bragging? One moment he said that he would donate money to the village to build roads, and the other moment he wanted to give me an indicator to transfer from civilian to public. How can there be such an easy thing in the world?" .”

Killing pigs is a tiring job. After a busy day, Du Xiaohua was so tired that she yawned and said, "His dad, don't think about it so much. I asked my sister about Zhang Huling's business in Guangdong. Big family, many friends, wide network of relationships, not bragging." "The business is big, how big is it? Rich, how much money? I think Zhang Huling is very high-spirited, and he agreed to sponsor the village casually. I always feel that it may not be a good thing." Du Xiaohua scoffed: "His father, what era is it now? The newspaper said it was the era of commodity economy. The old way won't work. I believe my sister. She said that if she wants to come to the quota of civilian transfer, she will definitely come. What I’m most worried about now is Erwa, how can he have the money to buy a motorcycle. Also, my sister wants to get Erwa to Guangdong as well.”

Hou Houde turned over and sat up: "No, Erwa is a public teacher. This is a serious job. How can I throw it away so easily? The eldest sister is a college student with a hard diploma. She is going to the south. Let her be. Erwa is just a middle school student." As a junior college student, you can’t lose your job no matter what.” In Bashan, it is not easy to have a formal job in the state. Occasionally, resignation and going to sea happen, which will be spread as news. As a teacher who has been looking forward to converting from civilian to public for 20 years, it is even more difficult for him to accept it psychologically.

Du Xiaohua said: "Tomorrow I will ask Erwa again, and listen to his opinion." Hou Houde sat shirtless for a while, was pulled into the quilt by Du Xiaohua, he sat up suddenly again, and said: "Motorcycles are a big deal, we can't let Erwa be sloppy, Erwa was still sensible when she was studying in the middle school, how can she participate in work instead?" Regressed." Du Xiaohua secretly said: "My second child is a three-good student in Maodong, and if he is assigned to Xinxiang, he will probably be discouraged." In order to save her husband's face, she did not say this, and said: "Sleep, get up early tomorrow."

Early the next morning, Hou Houde was awakened by a thumping sound. When he listened carefully, the tense expression on his face relaxed a little. It was the sound of his son playing basketball.He was depressed all his life, so he devoted a large part of his mind to his children. He educated Hou Haiyang according to the policy of "barbarism is his body, civilization is his spirit". Now it seems that his educational thoughts have taken root in his son root. Watching his son play ball secretly by the window, his son is wearing a worn-out sportswear with "Bashan Zhongshi" written on the back. He is like a nimble leopard under the basket, and the worn-out clothes can't conceal his youthful and strong body.After appreciating his son's basketball posture for a while, Hou Houde went out, and a gust of cold wind hit him, causing him to cough several times.

Hou Haiyang saw his father's serious face. Hou Houde said seriously: "Erba, where do you have the money to buy a motorcycle? Also, you haven't had a holiday yet, how come you have time to come back? Cough, cough." Hou Haiyang didn't care about Xinxiang School's opinion of him for a long time, and he knew that the good old man with a bald head would find a way to cover up for himself.He patted the basketball and said, "I often help Teacher Ma and the others to substitute for their classes. This time, when I come out, Teacher Ma will substitute for me." "How do you ask the old teacher to substitute for you?"

Hou Houde just stared at his son and stopped talking.Hou Haiyang felt his father's suspicion. Under his father's calm eyes, he felt uncomfortable for no reason, and said, "I'll go back to school after lunch." Hou Houde said sincerely: "Teach well, work hard, and use your hard work to change your life. There is no shortcut in life." Hou Haiyang has completely lost interest in his father's long-term preaching, and said: "I know. " Seeing his son's perfunctory attitude, Hou Houde became angry. Thinking that Zhang Huling was still at home, he stopped talking, sighed, and walked towards the office.

At ten o'clock, Duan San, the branch secretary, came over and entered the room and said, "Brother Zhang, have you woken up yet? Today my family is killing New Year's pigs. I invite Mr. Hou's family to have dinner." Zhang Huling was drinking red sweet potato porridge with Hou Zhengli in the main room, when he heard about this, he said, "We don't have much time here, so we should quickly finalize the matter, sponsor a road, and obtain the right to lease 30 mu of land, which is a good deal. "Hou Zhengli knew that Zhang Huling's wallet was solid, and this small amount of money was really nothing, so she said, "Then I will thank you on behalf of the people in my hometown."

As soon as Duan San left, the village director came over to invite Hou Houde's family to dinner. Before eating, Hou Haiyang was stubborn: "If I don't go, I will eat at home and go back to school after eating." Hou Zhengli pulled Hou Haiyang to her room and began to do ideological work: "Second baby, call me Go as you go, Uncle Duan is a student of Dad, and he is usually very kind to his family, so he has to show some face." Hou Haiyang said: "I really want to go, the school is not on holiday yet, I have classes tomorrow, so I have to go today." "Erba, give me a clear answer. What are your thoughts on the next step? Huling intends to let you go to Guangdong with him. If you don't want to, I will let him find a way to transfer you to the city, and use his relationship with you." It is a little difficult to transfer to Lingxi City, but there should be no problem in transferring to Maodong City."

"confident?" "There should still be some." On the contrary, Hou Haiyang was confused: "Sister, brother Zhang is in business, how can he have such great energy, he can actually transfer a village teacher like me to Maodong? Even in Bashan County, he was transferred from a township school to an urban school. The head is even more difficult. There is a teacher in our school named Ma Baldhead, why his hair fell out, because he was thinking about the matter of changing from civilian to public every day, and Brother Zhang got it done with a phone call, I don’t understand.”

"In Huling, the top people in the industry get together and the renminbi gets together. In Guangdong, there is a Lingxi gang. They have all kinds of industries, and the business is big. Huling is engaged in finance and real estate, and they have a lot of face in their circle. They do it in Lingxi. It’s easy to do something. The leaders of Lingxi Province want to go to the south, and they are often the ones who receive them, spend a lot of time and drink, and spend money like water.” Du Xiaohua came to the door and said: "Your father said, don't go there at noon, the second child, eat something simple, go to school early, don't let the old comrades substitute for the young comrades." Back home this time, Zhang Huling became the darling of the whole family and even the whole village. Hou Haiyang had a good impression of his brother-in-law, but at the same time felt that his self-esteem had been inexplicably scratched.He was injured at Xinxiang School, and he was wronged when he returned home not only did he not receive comfort, but was also taught a lesson. He went out with his sister and bid farewell to Zhang Huling. Zhang Huling drank a lot of wine yesterday, his face looked a little pale, and said: "Your sister told you what I think. With your intelligence, staying in school is too condescending. Stepping out of school, the sky is wide The world is too big, and the stage that Lingxi can provide is too small." Hou Haiyang said: "Brother Zhang, I'll go back to school to sort out my thoughts, and when I'm done thinking about it, I'll contact you again." Zhang Huling said: "There's nothing to think about. Bashan is too closed and not a place to stay for a long time. Come to Guangdong as soon as possible. I'm short of manpower here." After chatting for a while, the family went to Duan San's house for dinner. The family was gone, and Erdaoguai School was quiet. Hou Haiyang heated up the remaining sauerkraut rice noodle soup and ate it breathlessly. Suddenly, Lu Ming and Lu Hong were cooking and eating in the courtyard. scenario.He thought: "Maybe after the Spring Festival, Lu Ming will marry the person from the Finance Bureau. A woman's heart is really fickle. I must make achievements and let Lu Ming see who is the real one." Man, let her regret her choice." "Qiuyun should have finished the exam. She won't be notified until April, and she will have to report in June or July." Thinking of Qiuyun, Hou Haiyang's heart is warm, and he thinks about Niubeidu, who will soon return to Xinxiang. Putting on the scarf and hat specially found by his sister, Hou Haiyang took a look in the mirror, and he felt that he was similar in shape to a mountain sculpture.Although this shape is weird, but with new weapons, riding on a motorcycle feels much more comfortable, at least the ability to resist the cold wind is stronger, unlike a knife that cuts flesh directly. Facing the north wind all the way, Hou Haiyang rode his motorcycle to Bashan County.Although he had his sister's scarf, hat and gloves, he was still blown into a popsicle by the wind, his nose kept running down, and the skin on his face was aching.After entering the city, he drove his motorcycle to Dongfanghong School, ready to see the situation of Du Min's shop and when it needed to be replenished. When he arrived at the entrance of the shop, Hou Haiyang was taken aback. The shop seemed to have experienced a typhoon. The plastic signboard was torn off, the glass was all shattered, exposing sharp teeth, and the door was ajar, opening and closing in the wind.The wooden door creaked when the door was pushed open to enter.The ground was oily and full of glass shards.A smell of cigarettes wafted from the kitchen. Du Min had several bruises on her face and her hair was loose. She was sitting on the chopping board with a cigarette dangling from her mouth. "What happened?" Hou Haiyang was taken aback. With an indifferent expression on Du Min's face, he took a deep puff of his cigarette and said, "A group of people came yesterday and smashed up the store and took everything they could take away." "Who is it, have you called the police?" Du Min shook his head, and said, "The people who smashed the store are scumbags in society. I know this group of people, and I can't afford to mess with them." Hou Haiyang's helping Du Min was a moment of chivalry, he did not expect so many troubles.Pacing back and forth in the room, seeing Du Min's miserable state, he made up his mind to help people to the end, and asked, "What should we do next?" Just as Du Min saw the hope of changing her life, the faint spark was smashed by a few vicious social gangsters. For a moment, she felt ashamed, and murmured: "What can I do? What else can I do? Why is it so difficult to work and eat?" Hou Haiyang looked around the dilapidated shop, and called Fu Hongbing: "Axe, a friend of mine opened a small fish restaurant next to Dongfanghong Middle School, and it was smashed down. Come and take a look." After a while , Fu Hongbing rode a three-wheeled motorcycle to Dongfanghong Middle School.When he saw Hou Haiyang, he immediately asked, "When did you meet a business friend?" He and Hou Haiyang knew each other well. He heard about a friend who opened a restaurant, but he couldn't remember who it was after thinking about it for a long time. "Axe, you can know Xiao Zhong beauty, why can't I know Boss Du. What's more, I'm in the fish business now." Fu Hongbing felt relieved when he thought of Hou Haiyang's second job.When we arrived at the small shop, we checked carefully and asked about the looks of the people who smashed the shop and how they called each other in detail. He told Du Min: "I don't have a clue about this matter yet. I will find a way to find out. Next time I meet When you see something like this, you should first call the police and go through regular channels." Since Du Min almost became a street girl in the past, he was a little afraid of the police officers, so he couldn't hear the official tone in Fu Hongbing's words, so he kept nodding. Hou Haiyang was the most familiar with Fu Hongbing. Seeing his way of speaking, he knew that he had reservations. When he sent him out, he said, "Axe, it's really terrible. You've learned to speak bureaucratically. Tell me the truth, what the hell is going on?" Just now, you repeatedly asked about the appearance of that group, do you have any clues?" Fu Hongbing said, "How did you find out?" Hou Haiyang said: "Ass is up, I know you are shitting and peeing. What do you see?" Fu Hongbing straddled the motorcycle, and said: "When I was teaching at school, I thought the police were very powerful, but now that I am a policeman, I know it's not like that at all, especially for small policemen like us, who just work. Let me tell you the truth, there are a few gangsters in Bashan City, they are very rampant, most of them mixed with the people above us, otherwise they would have been cleaned up. The boss just said that the person who smashed the store had his forehead to the left He has a blister on his ear, if I guessed correctly, he is Liu Qidao's sworn brother, this group of people has a very strong relationship with our internal people, and a little policeman like me can't control it." When Hou Haiyang was in Xinxiang, he had fought with social figures, but nothing happened. He didn't expect that in the county town, the little police would not dare to take care of social scum. "Is there such a thing? Although you are a new policeman, you are a policeman after all. If you say hello to those gangsters, they must show some face." "This group of rascals won't smash the store for no reason. Someone must have ordered it. The atmosphere is not right now, and the urban police station is very complicated. If you don't pay attention, you may be kicked to the township police station one day." Fu Hongbing turned to the small police station. She pouted in the direction of the store and said, "This store only buys your fish at most, and it doesn't have a deep relationship with you, so don't worry about it." Hou Haiyang pulled Fu Hongbing by the shoulder and said, "When I was participating in the county basketball team, Jiang Gang called Liu Qidao out. Liu Qidao was very respectful, and even brought a large group of us to Ye Laixiang Play, even I was assigned a miss." Fu Hongbing started his motorcycle, and amidst the roar, he said: "Jiang Gang is the chief of the security department, the chief of the real power faction, and he is in charge of ghosts and snakes. Of course, Liu Qidao has to show face. The same police, there is a big gap. Good." ,I have to go." Hou Haiyang said: "If you tell the truth, can you help me?" "What kind of friendship is there between us? We will definitely not pretend to fight. If I go to find Liu Qidao, he will show some face on the surface, but he will not be able to tell clearly behind the scenes. The key is to look at the messenger." Hou Haiyang didn't make things difficult for the Red Soldier anymore, and said, "You play hard, and try to get an official position as soon as possible, so that we businessmen will be escorted in a serious manner." "Stop talking nonsense, what kind of businessman are you? I'm leaving." Fu Hongbing has not been a policeman for a long time, and his psychology has changed a lot. Hou Haiyang has also experienced complicated psychological changes since graduation, but in comparison, it seems that Fu Hongbing The Red Soldiers got bigger. "Boom!" There was a sound of a motorcycle, and Fu Hongbing drove back on the motorcycle. He said: "There's one more thing I didn't tell you, Sha Jun's fortune has come and gone, and he's been transferred to the organization department in the county." Hou Haiyang said: "It's a good thing, take the time to kill him." "The organization department has made progress every year, and Sha Jun is going to be a big star. During the Spring Festival, let's make an appointment to meet." Sha Jun was transferred to the organization department, which was a happy event, but Hou Haiyang felt very unhappy.When he graduated, he was a three-good student in Maodong City, and he was supposed to have a good assignment. Unexpectedly, the reality was like a drama. "Master Hou, what did Fu Gongan say?" Du's face was full of expectation. Hou Haiyang shook his head and said: "This matter is not easy to deal with. The people who smashed the store are all scumbags in society." In order to appease Du Min, he did not fully repeat Fu Hongbing's words. Du Min said eagerly: "Someone is here to make trouble, my restaurant can't operate normally." Falling from the cloud of hope to the cold concrete floor, her strength was broken immediately, covering her face, squatting in a corner, and crying. When Hou Haiyang turned back to the house, he once had the idea of ​​not intervening in Du Min's shop anymore, but seeing Du Min's tears streaming down his face, and thinking of the unfair treatment he had received since graduation, he felt a surge of loyalty, and he squatted down. Lower body, said: "Du Min, don't cry, the living will not be suffocated to death by urine, let's find a way together." Du Min said with tears: "That group of people forbids me to open a store here, saying that if I continue to open, they will come here every day to destroy the store. If they do this, who will come to my place?" This is a real problem. There are always gangs of hooligans making trouble in small restaurants, and it is difficult to maintain business. This is not a problem that can be solved by fighting.Hou Haiyang also felt embarrassed, and said, "How much did you invest in this store?" "This shop doesn't invest much, the house is owned by acquaintances, and the payment is made once a month. I borrowed money to buy some tables, chairs and kitchen utensils, and I still need your fish money."? "Forget about my fish money. This place probably won't work. I suggest you change places, such as setting up a popular farmhouse outside the city, or opening a small restaurant somewhere else." Du Min wiped his eyes with the back of his hand, raised his head, and said, "The last time I was forced to go to the roadside store. This is like trying to die once. If I didn't die, I would never leave again." That’s the way. I don’t want to open a store right away, I don’t have the capital, I don’t have the skills, it’s a joke to make money.” Seeing Du Min gritted his teeth and looked very stubborn, Hou Haiyang asked, "What are your plans?" "I'm going to close the small shop and work as a waiter in a big restaurant in Maodong or Lingxi. I will learn first and then become a boss." Du Min wiped the corners of his eyes and said, "The biggest problem is the family I'm really in a hurry to ask for money, I want to borrow a thousand dollars to get some medicine for my parents, this thousand dollars plus the fish money I owed before, I will write a receipt, and I will have to pay back the money after I sell it." With the dark river behind the school, Hou Haiyang has a bank that can be cashed out at any time. He grabbed a handful of money from his trousers bag and said, "I have seven or eight hundred yuan here, take it first." .I support you to work in the restaurant, and then open the restaurant after you learn the skills." Du Min took the money, sat down on the dining table, lit a cigarette, and began to count the money. After counting, she laughed at herself and said, "Master Hou, I owe 1,700 yuan. It's true that I don't have money now." up, but I will definitely pay it back.” Zhang Huling, who spends a lot of money, is in stark contrast to Du Min, who is struggling for survival. Hou Haiyang is riding a motorcycle, with a hat and scarf tightly covering his head and neck, leaving only a pair of angry eyes. When returning to the bull's back, Hou Haiyang became a popsicle again, and he got off the motorcycle with a stiff posture.There were a few primary school students in the yard who hadn't left, chasing and playing.They gathered together and stood two or three meters away from the motorcycle, looking enviously at the motorcycle that looked like a flying fairy in their eyes. Ma Bald stood guard in the office, ready to wait another ten minutes before driving the children away, locking the door, and he could leave the school.When he heard the sound of the motorcycle, he stood at the door, "You're back, riding a motorcycle in winter doesn't feel good." Hou Haiyang rubbed his face stiff from the cold, and said, "Teacher Ma, have you been fine for the past two days?" Bald Ma smiled honestly: "What's the matter in our place where the birds don't shit." "Political study, did Liu Qingde bother me?" Hou Haiyang held a piece of meat in his hand, handed it to Baldy Ma, and said, "Go back and kill the New Year pig. My father asked me to bring it to you." Bald Ma arched his hands and said, "It's hard for Mr. Hou to remember me. How good it is, how good it is." He took the pork and said, "After the Spring Festival, the number of people to transfer from public to public will be determined. Get ready, and then do some work." There was a limit on the number of transfers from private to public, and private teachers also competed with each other. Baldy Ma is quite a simple person, holding pork and warming his heart, reminding Hou Haiyang again. "Mr. Ma, I haven't participated in political studies twice, and I haven't come to work for two days. No one came to make trouble?" Ma Guangtou said: "You didn't come, Liu Qingde didn't even fart. Tomorrow at 5:30 in the afternoon, the school will have a meeting. I guess it's about the holiday." People ride, Hou Haiyang has horns on his head and thorns on his body, he is late and absent from work, and even Liu Qingde doesn't dare to take care of him, he usually hates people who lack political education." Hou Haiyang has a different feeling in his heart. Now he is completely empty in Xinxiang. You are not much more than you, and you are not much less. This kind of situation made Hou Haiyang, who was surrounded by flowers and applause since he was a child, feel inexplicably depressed.He closed the courtyard door, took out the high school English textbook, stared at the textbook, unable to read a single word, the figures of Zhang Huling, Du Min, Lu Ming, Sha Jun and others turned around in his mind, creating a scene noise. "Qiuyun's exam should be over. I don't know what her grades are, so she should be back." Hou Haiyang took out a pair of gloves he bought for Qiuyun and tried them on himself. The gloves were so small that his fingers couldn't get in.Thinking of Qiu Yun in his heart, his body reacted accordingly, as if a fire was burning in his abdomen, his whole body was restless. There was no sound in the yard except the sound of the wind, especially no human voice.Hou Haiyang was walking around in the yard, and couldn't help but roared a few times. Vicious dog barking came from Mamanzi's yard next door. Afterwards, the dog barking came and went in the darkness, spreading farther and farther. The sound of "dong dong" knocking on the iron door awakened Hou Haiyang from his sleep. It was still dark outside the window. He picked up a shovel and stood at the door, asking, "Who?" Ma Manzi raised his voice and yelled: "I'll kill the Nian pig later, come and help me." He is a straight-hearted person with a straight gut, and he thinks Hou Haiyang is good, so he doesn't regard him as an outsider at all. Hou Haiyang rushed to wash up and came to Ma Manzi's house. A few black shadows were standing in the dam smoking, and Ma Manzi's family brought several women to make preparations. A thin man said: "The time has come." The calf-like fat pig was driven out of the pigsty, grunting, hunching its buttocks, and refused to walk in the yard. Ma Manzi didn't invite a pig butcher, he did the knife himself and directed a few men.The men put two thick long wooden sticks on the pig's front and back legs and passed it close to the lower body. They shouted "get up" at the same time, lifted the pig up, and put it on the stone bench. Ma Manzi leaned on it skillfully Pulling, aiming, sending the knife and exerting force, a pig's head blood came out. The fat pig lost his temper, and everyone talked and laughed and smoked.A man said to Hou Haiyang: "Are you really an elementary school teacher? You still have a lot of strength." Ma Manzi said: "You don't know, Mr. Hou is a big barbarian. He beat Liu Laoqi and four of them by himself, and chased them all the way. Running in the street." Liu Laoqi is a social miscellaneous person in Xinxiang, and the villagers all know him, and they all know that Ma Manzi doesn't tell lies, so he keeps tsk-tsk. After eating four steamed buns and two bowls of porridge, Hou Haiyang returned to primary school with a full belch.The morning time passed in a blink of an eye.At noon, Hou Haiyang sat around with Ma Manzi and others, drinking spirits from Xinxiang Winery.An elementary school student with a schoolbag on his back ran over and said, "Ms. Hou, someone is looking for her at school. She is a female teacher. I don't know her." Hou Haiyang had been counting the time when Qiuyun would return to school. He picked up a large piece of half-fat and half-thin twice-cooked pork from the table, and said, "Open your mouth." The elementary school student with a dark face opened his mouth, chewed twice-cooked pork, and ran back to school. Ma Manzi's wife was much smarter than Ma Manzi, she guessed it was Qiuyun, and said, "Mr. Hou, my wife is here, I'll go and call her." Hou Haiyang said: "Forget it, I'll call her over." He quickly walked back to the primary school, only to see Qiuyun walking back and forth at the door.Since there were still some elementary school students on the school campus, Hou Haiyang stopped and walked over pretending to be steady. "How did you do in the exam?" "I can't tell. I won't get the results until March." After entering the house, Hou Haiyang hugged Qiuyun as soon as he was able to lock the door with his back.As soon as he kissed Qiuyun's lips, Qiuyun blocked his mouth with his hands and said, "It smells so strong." Hou Haiyang didn't kiss again, and pressed his face tightly against Qiuyun's. "Relax, I can't breathe." Seeing Hou Haiyang so excited, Qiu Yun was also happy. After some intimacy, Hou Haiyang said, "Ma Manzi killed the Nian pig and asked you to go there together." Qiu Yun shook his head and said, "Forget it, I brought you something, and I'll go back to town for dinner instead of going to Ma Manzi's house." When Qiuyun was taking beef jerky, canned salmon and other food from her bag, Hou Haiyang hugged her waist from behind, stroking her soft and fragrant body.Qiu Yun raised his head and said, "I'll come over for dinner tonight and I have to take a bath, so you can heat up the bathhouse for me." "The bathhouse is ready" is an implicit statement, which of course means that the two of them had the joy of fish and water, sending Qiu Yun away, and Hou Haiyang was so happy that he was about to jump up. Old Chen, the village party secretary, is the person with the highest political status at the table, and sits at the table with the host, Ma Manzi.He joked: "Teacher Hou will definitely keep his ears open in the future, and everyone's mother-in-law will not be able to greet you." In Hou Haiyang's eyes, the village party secretary is a person who is not an official or a private person, but his speech still has an official flavor.He was a little rebellious, and deliberately said in a masculine tone: "The wine table is a man's business, don't let those girls get involved." Ma Manzi's wife was unhappy, and came over with a drink: "Mr. Hou said that well, there is no woman, who will give birth to your baby, drink quickly." Hou Haiyang laughed and drank the wine.Ma Manzi's wives refused to obey, and mobilized several wives to toast together.The rural women in Bashan have a bit of wildness in their simplicity, joking in the fields, and things like men’s trousers often happen. At this time, Hou Haiyang was besieged, and Hou Haiyang’s dirty, rough and straight words quickly made Hou Haiyang overwhelmed. Seven or eight bowls of Xinxiang spirits. After drinking these glasses of wine, Hou Haiyang's mind began to drift. He took the initiative to toast to the village party secretary and said, "Secretary Chen, I toast you." After the toast was over, the bull-backed President Ma gave Lao Chen a wink, stood up, and looked at the young and energetic Hou Haiyang with the eyes of an eagle looking at a rabbit. Hou Haiyang didn't push the glass, and took turns drinking with the village officials. Nearly drunk, Hou Haiyang grabbed President Ma and said, "President Ma, there is a dry slope behind the primary school. It's useless to use it from the club, so just rent it to me." President Ma looked suspiciously at Hou Haiyang, who was drunk and blindfolded, and said, "What are you renting Ganpo for?" Holding the wine glass, Hou Haiyang said, "President Ma, make another glass." After drinking the glass, he burped suddenly, almost spit it out, wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, and said, "Give me a good time." Say, do you want to do it?" Niubei Tuoshe is close to the side of the mountain. There are many dry slopes without water sources, which are basically useless.However, useless hillsides would become quite precious if someone were to use them.President Ma said solemnly: "If you want to rent Qianpo, it's not impossible. What are you renting for?" "Growing peppercorns. You know that the village primary school teachers only have a few pennies in salary, and they are often deducted by the town government's elders. If we don't want to find a way to be self-reliant, we can only drink the northwest wind." This reason is very reasonable. Lao Chen looked at him suspiciously and asked, "Do you know how to grow pepper?" Outside the wall at Erdaoguai, there is a large circle of woods, three quarters of which are plum trees and one quarter are pepper trees.Hou Haiyang often played under the plum tree when he was a child. The pepper tree has thorns and densely packed branches. He only dared to go in cautiously when picking peppers. "I'm a rural person, and my hometown planted a lot of prickly ash trees." Hou Haiyang didn't explain too much, and said, "I estimated that this dry slope has about 20 acres. I want to rent it. How much is it?" Lao Chen and President Ma looked at each other, Lao Chen nodded slightly, and President Ma said: "There are forty acres of dry slopes in the community, and some are barbarians' private hills. I can't say the price. It's high." I'm sorry, Mr. Hou, I said too low, and the members are not satisfied." Hou Haiyang Jiuzui understood that he usually stayed at school and was not familiar with the village cadres, but this time he ate pig-shaved soup at Ma Manzi's place and met the secretary and the president, so he decided to talk things over while drinking.He purposely amplified his voice and said, "President Ma, please ask me a price." President Ma said: "Two thousand yuan a year, three years' worth of money together." Hou Haiyang said bluntly: "That is to say, you have to pay 6,000 for the first time. President Ma, it is too expensive. I know the price of a bull's back mound. This kind of dry slope is basically useless. The agency can charge some money. Why is it so expensive?" Since the implementation of the household contract responsibility system in rural areas, each rural family has become a business household. While farming, they have to directly contact the market. With market education, many rural areas have understood the way of management. Many of them have grown into township entrepreneurs. President Ma did not bargain with Hou Haiyang, he turned his face away, concentrated on eating, and ignored stepping on Hou Haiyang. Hou Haiyang was really worried that President Ma would not agree to rent the land, so he thought about it for a while, and said, "President Ma, one thousand and five thousand a year, once every three years, is that okay?" This kind of dry soil slope that lacks water can be found everywhere in cattle-backed mounds, and the price is already relatively high, meeting the expectations of President Ma.He still pretended not to agree, and said, "Brother Hou, if it's my private mountain, I'll just give it to you and don't charge you a penny. This is collective land, the price is low, and my buttocks can't sit still. " Hou Haiyang said: "One thousand and sixteen, no matter how high it is, I won't have a problem renting it." President Ma shook his head: "One thousand and nine, I can't make the decision if it is lower." The two were at a stalemate. Secretary Chen was very good at watching the heat, so he stood up and said, "Ma Manzi, fill up the wine for everyone. Let me make a price and see if everyone agrees, one thousand Eight or three years." President Ma had a troubled look on his face, finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "Forget it, I'll be the master, one thousand and eight is one thousand and eight." After Hou Haiyang rented the land, he heaved a long sigh of relief, and the feeling of drinking suddenly surged up. He couldn't suppress it, and without taking a few steps, he spit all the wine into the vegetable field in the courtyard. In the afternoon, Hou Haiyang slept all afternoon and did not participate in political studies at school. During the meeting, Li Suanlian and Qiuyun sat together. The relationship between the two women was repaired on the surface, but deep down they didn't think so.Li Suansuan held wool in his hand, shuttled quickly, and said in a low voice: "I heard from Qiu Dafa that Hou Haiyang didn't come to the political study twice, and he didn't come to this meeting. Liu Qingde scolded him several times in the office He threatened to punish him." Qiu Yun didn't expect Hou Haiyang to become so negative. She felt that something was wrong in her heart, but she didn't express it verbally, saying: "Hou Haiyang has already arrived at the small village of Niubeishe Village. He doesn't make big mistakes, but keeps making small mistakes. , how else can I clean it up?" Li Suanlian agreed with this statement, and turned to defend Hou Haiyang, saying: "Among the new teachers, Mr. Xiaohou is the most serious in class, has the highest level, and plays the best basketball. Why should he go to the village primary school?" Go, this is the biggest waste of talent." Seeing that Qiu Yun didn't speak, she said: "There are five people watching the video, Hou Haiyang didn't take care of the key, and he is the youngest, why should he be sent to the village primary school? It doesn't make sense .” Qiu Yun didn't want to hear these things the most, and said, "I heard that primary and secondary schools are going to be separated." Li Suanlian curled his lips habitually: "This is a matter of being an official, and it has nothing to do with us. It has nothing to do with us whether we kill the cow or the cow kills the horse." The meeting was to arrange specific work, which was more interesting than political study. Qiu Yun helped Hou Haiyang to write down the things that were said at the meeting. After the meeting, she sat in the dormitory for a while, and then carried the small bag to the cow to carry the weight.In the past, she was still looking for the right time to go to Niubeiduo. After the relationship between the two was made public, she went to Niubeiduo with confidence. Hou Haiyang was still sleeping on the bed, breathing out the smell of alcohol. Qiu Yun frowned by the bed and helped Hou Haiyang take off his leather shoes.Both of Hou Haiyang's socks were torn, exposing two big toes respectively.She felt funny at first, then sour. When Hou Haiyang woke up, he found that he was covered with a quilt and his coat was taken off, so he knew that Qiuyun was coming.He lay on the bed with his eyes closed for a while, then got up from the bed, staggered to the kitchen. Qiuyun sat in front of the kitchen stove, the flickering red fire reflected on his face, and his expression was extraordinarily peaceful.Hou Haiyang likes to look at Qiuyun's expression the most. He thinks Qiuyun's posture sitting in front of the stove is very beautiful, full of the gentle and virtuous charm of traditional women. "Wake up, why did you drink so much?" "I met Secretary Jiang and President Ma and had a few more drinks." Qiu Yun got up and scooped up a bowl of sour soup, and said, "Drink a bowl of pickled vegetable soup to relieve the hangover." The hot and sour soup quickly dissipates into the body, and the warmth spreads throughout the body, which is very comfortable.Hou Haiyang told about Zhang Huling, the prospective brother-in-law, and Qiu Yun said, "This is a good thing. Since the prospective brother-in-law has this intention, you can follow." "I think it's not good for the whole family to rely on Brother Zhang." "As the saying goes, the master leads the door, and the cultivation depends on oneself. The worst thing in the society now is the master who leads the door. If you have this kind of opportunity, you don't have to give up the great opportunity for the sake of self-esteem or face." "I still want to go to college." Qiuyun laughed: "According to your current situation, there is no way to get into college. The ultimate goal of college entrance examination is to start a business and live a good life. With a ready-made path, why take a detour? With your background, It takes at least one year to study for the college entrance examination, and it takes three or five years to study in college for two or four years. Follow my brother-in-law to Guangdong, and maybe I can become the general manager in five years. Maybe I will be hired by your company after graduating from graduate school .” "I have to think about this." Hou Haiyang gradually recovered from his drunkenness, he bent down and hugged Qiuyun. Sitting in front of the stove, Qiu Yun's body was extraordinarily warm, and under Hou Haiyang's touch, he became more and more enthusiastic.When Hou Haiyang's hands entered from the collar and began to caress her body, she trembled involuntarily, and her legs leaned together.At this time, she suddenly thought of the two big holes in the socks on Hou Haiyang's feet.She held Hou Haiyang's hand and said, "Go take a shower, your socks have two big holes, why are you still wearing them?" 侯海洋将秋云用力地抱在怀里，亲吻了头发以及细长优雅的脖子，道：“我们男人就是这个样子，以前寝室里绝大多数袜子都露出大脚趾的。” 将鱼汤、小菜端上桌子，在依旧昏暗的灯光下，侯海洋盯着秋云不转眼。秋云被看得毛了，摸了摸脸，道：“你看什么？没有弄脏吧？” 侯海洋道：“你真漂亮，比以前更美。”他是说真心话，秋云皮肤格外滋润，脸上带着健康的红晕，漂亮中带着妩媚，与原来的冷美女形象大不一样。 得到了侯海洋称赞，秋云心里挺高兴，微嗔道：“几天不见，学得油嘴滑舌。” 吃罢晚饭，侯海洋精神大振，等到秋云洗完碗，他主动将铁锅刷得没有半滴油星，飞一般提了井水倒进铁锅里，然后用扇子一阵狂扇，氧气随风涌入灶孔，火焰顿时嚣张起来，在铁锅底端呼呼乱窜。很快，铁锅开始冒气。 秋云将饭碗放好以后，又坐在灶前最温暖的位置，让红红的火光映照在脸上，看着高个子男友在铁锅前忙来忙去。侯海洋主动烧水，是为了给秋云做淋浴，而淋浴以后的节目自然就是上床。看着他猴急的样子，秋云觉得既好笑又甜蜜。 灌满了水瓶以及二楼的水桶，秋云拿着毛巾进了浴室，浴室里放着一个红旺旺的蜂窝炉子，温度比外面要高好几度。侯海洋在秋云考试时，又对浴室进行了改造，他做了一根铁管将烟气接到窗外，室内空气并不闷。扭开简易的淋浴笼头，热水冲在身上，很快就将寒意驱走。 洗了一会儿，秋云听到外面楼梯传来咚咚的脚步声，随后，水龙头出来的热水量明显增加。 侯海洋在门外道：“你慢慢洗，又烧开了一锅。”秋云心道：“侯海洋表面上是大大咧咧的男子，实际上考虑事情很细致，是个好男人。” 洗澡出来，在门口见到侯海洋暧昧的笑容，她道：“你今天总是傻乎乎地看着我做什么？”侯海洋手里也拿着毛巾，他道：“你到里面去等我，一会儿就来。” 在房间里，棉被换了一床被单，被单是秋云去考研之前洗的，虽然旧，却格外干净，散发着淡淡的肥皂香味。在今天洗澡前，被单还是那床旧被单，想必是自己洗澡时才换的新被单。看着被单外的细密针脚，想着侯海洋用针如飞的样子，秋云居然有自愧不如的感觉。 坐在床边用干毛巾擦着头发，恍然间，秋云真的有了家的感觉。 “砰”的一声，房门被推开了。侯海洋光着身子，如一股旋风冲进屋，他毛手毛脚地找了一条毛巾，擦了身子，如炮弹一般跳进了被单。他从被单里伸出头，那一双眼睛还在滴溜溜乱转，一只手伸出来做招手状。 秋云被逗得笑了起来，她把灯关掉。侯海洋道：“别关灯，来点光线，我看不见你。”秋云没有开灯，她在黑暗中将外套脱下，刚到床边，就被侯海洋一把拉进被窝里。被窝还没有完全暖和，可是被窝里的男人朝外面喷着热量。秋云被裸身的强健男人抱在怀里，突起的肌肉散发着男性特有的力量，她在瞬间便迷醉在温暖的怀抱里。