Chapter 112 Life - Literary Plays (8)

daytime.The entrance of the county party committee cafeteria. The cadres took the bowls and chopsticks, some beat them, and walked into the cafeteria in twos and threes. Jialin walked down the stone steps with the bowl and chopsticks. Jing Ruohong shouted from behind: "Galin, wait a minute, I have something to tell you..." Jialin waited for Lao Jing to come up to him, and the two walked to the cafeteria together. Jing Ruohong: "...Get ready, you're going to the province tomorrow..." Jialin froze in surprise and asked, "Really? What are you doing?" Lao Jing: "The provincial newspaper is going to hold a journalism study class, and the ministry has decided to let you go. The time is not too long... You should prepare... You haven't been to the provincial capital yet, have you?"

Jialin: "No, so far, the biggest place I have traveled is our county..." Ye.Galen's office.Yaping is packing Jialin's bags. Galin wore a pair of leather shoes, and she tied his shoelaces. Jialin tried to walk back and forth in the room, awkwardly and vigorously. daytime.A train is speeding across a vast plain. Jialin looked greedily at the scenery of the wilderness from the window of the car. provincial capital. bustling street.Jialin walked through the street, looking at the colorful scenery on both sides of the street. Jialin looked up at the tall buildings lined up.

night.Galin was on the bus looking at the splendid city at night. The car drove into the distance, and the lights at the rear of the car became smaller and smaller... The shrunken taillights turned into a tiny kerosene lamp. night.Qiaozhen's cave dwelling.She leaned quietly against the bedroll. The light reflected her haggard face. daytime.She walked across the village path carrying water. She was cutting dry sorghum stalks on the hillside. She walks through the winter fields with a basket on her arm... During the day, Qiaozhen’s cave dwelling.Qiaozhen is lying on the kang.Liu Liben wiped out half of the cigarette on the side of the kang, and said: "...Qiaozhen, you want to open some..." He suddenly cursed emotionally: "Gao Yude's bad boy, God will repay him! You bastard! Scoundrel !Rogue! Damn, you will die in the future, five thunders will strike you! Burn him into a black stake!"

Qiaozhen got up panting, and said in pain, "Father, don't scold him! Don't scold him! Don't..." Li Ben sighed heavily, and said, "Qiaozhen, you forgot about him! Don't let yourself get overwhelmed and torture yourself, you're not alive yet..." Li Ben's eyes filled with tears. Qiaozhen also lay down on the quilt and cried aloud. Li Ben: "Dad used to look after you for your own good. From now on, Dad will not force you to do anything about you. However, you are not young anymore, so you should find someone for yourself. Don't be too worried. Gao, your father prevented you from studying, and now you are looking for a farmer who does his job... Alas, Ma Shuan ran to our house again these days, but I will not force you on this matter..."

night.Qiaozhen's cave dwelling.Qiaozhen sat on the chair blankly, looking at the wall. Ma Shuan sat awkwardly on the edge of the front kang. Ma Shuan murmured, "...Later, when I heard that you and Teacher Gao were married, my heart sank...I always heard that Teacher Gao fell in love with a girl from the city. I don't want you anymore. My heart moved again, so..." Qiaozhen: "I already have a bad reputation in the front and back of the village, don't you think..." Ma Shuan: "No! I blame Teacher Gao, I am now a state-owned cadre, and you are illiterate, so I can’t get along with you. As the saying goes in our village, golden flowers match silver flowers, and zucchini match pumpkins. We are illiterate, and we can fit together Miles! Qiaozhen, I will not make you suffer for the rest of my life! I have strength, and my heart is not dead. superior……"

Ma Shuan excitedly took out the match: "snapped" to wipe it, only to find that the cigarette hadn't been taken out yet.He threw the match away and fumbled for a cigarette. Liben's yard.Qiaozhen helps her mother feed the pigs.Qiaozhen's mother: "...do you want the two families to simply prepare to welcome and see you off?" Qiaozhen: "...Mom, you tell Ma Shuan that things are completely according to our local customs. You should also prepare at home. How you and my father got married back then, so I will live as I got married!" Qiaozhen Mom: "We were old fashioned..."

Qiaozhen cried out in pain: "Old is old!" Qiaozhen turned around at once, wiped her tears and went back to her kiln. Minglou Family Hakka Kiln.Ming Lou and Li Ben were talking.Minglou said in surprise: "Why? Qiaozhen has agreed to marry Ma Shuan?" He then added: "That's okay, Gao Jialin is in a high position now, and our baby can't climb up. Ma Shuan is in the farmer's house." That's decent..." Liben: "The main thing is that Qiaozhen is a little angry now, and we want to hold the wedding according to our old folk customs..." Minglou: "Don't be afraid! Just follow the doll's wishes! Now that the party's policies have been relaxed, this is not superstitious Activities! You just do what the baby says! If you are too busy these days, ask my wife and Qiaoying to help you..."

daytime.In the yard of Qiaozhen's house. The trombone stretched toward the blue sky and blew three times. The drums and music sounded together.The voices are boiling.Firecrackers crackle. The courtyard of Liben's house and the roof of the kiln were crowded with people watching the lively scene. Qiaozhen is getting married today.The blowers were wearing worn old sheepskin jackets, with cigarettes pinned to their ears, and they were playing vigorously around a fire in the corner of the courtyard. There are seats on the kangs in each kiln.Looking in through the open door, everyone in the kiln is eating with relish and sweating profusely.

Inside and outside the kiln, there was a lot of noise. The man carrying the tray yelled through the crowd. Liben, Liben's wife, Qiaoying, Minglou, Minglou's wife, Samsung, Aunt Qiaozhen and other family members and relatives are busy in different places. More and more people crowded in the courtyard and on the roof of the kiln. The drummers played tunes cheerfully, their cheeks swelled round, and many children around were watching. Qiaozhen's cave dwelling.She was wearing a red jacket and a pair of blue trousers, leaning on the bedding, staring blankly at the wall with a sad expression on her face.The sound of outside music and the noise of people came in from time to time.

Qiaoling gently opened the door and came in. She sat next to Qiaozhen, looked at her sympathetically, not knowing what to say. Qiaozhen grabbed Qiaoling's hand and said sadly: "...Qiaoling, good sister, don't forget the second sister... You must visit me often... The second sister has never studied, but she likes to be educated People..." Tears welled up in Qiaoling's eyes. Qiaoling: "Second Sister, I know you are feeling very bitter now..." Qiaozhen: "...No matter what, I still have to live..." Qiaoling: "Second sister, you must think about it. There are many things to love in a person's life. Don't be discouraged just because you are dissatisfied with one aspect..."

Qiaozhen: "Lingling, you must come to see me often and tell me these things..." "Hmm..." Qiaoling couldn't help crying.afternoon.In Gaojiagou Village.The sound of drums was loud and the voices of people were boiling. The people who got married slid down the slope of Liben's house. Suona, gongs and drums, and firecrackers sounded together. band.welcoming.New daughter-in-law.Give it away.dowry animals.The women who greet and send off ride on donkeys.Their husbands lead the donkeys to their wives.The men were wearing new, ill-cut clothes. Qiaozhen in the middle is riding a horse.Red coat and blue trousers, a red gauze scarf "hijab" covering the face.The people who got married were marching bustlingly. The cave dwelling of the old man in Deshun.The furnishings in the kiln are shabby, and a row of empty beer bottles and countless empty matchboxes are neatly stacked on a long table, showing the unique scenery of the bachelor's room.There was a lively din outside. The old man knocked over a pile of empty wine bottles on the table to the ground. On the road in the village.The married people are moving slowly. In order to demonstrate their blowing art to the villagers, the drummers move every inch and sometimes even stop.The blower who pressed his eyes pulled out the trumpet and played on the bare pole, making the dolls shout and laugh. The tune is still there.This sad piece was played cheerfully by the blowers.On both sides of the road crowded with spectators. The dolls ran back and forth and screamed. Every house in the village is crowded with spectators. The wedding procession is moving slowly. Qiaozhen sees through the red scarf— The dilapidated courtyard of Jialin's house.Stacks of straw on a threshing floor.The pear tree that has lost all its leaves. Tears welled up from her red and swollen eyes and fell on the red gauze scarf by the wind. The red veil covered her face again. The people who are getting married are moving slowly, showing an atmosphere of infinite joy...Daytime.Kernan's living room. Kernan lay quietly on the sofa in a daze with his head resting on his arms. Kernan's mother came in and cast a sombre glance at her son. Keran's mother: "Nannan, get up!" Kernan didn't move.Keran's mother: "Get up! I have something to tell you! You are like your worthless father! You are in your twenties, what a waste!" Kernan still didn't speak.Keran's mother: "Let me tell you! I have investigated it a few days ago. That kid Gao Jialin joined the work through the back door! It was done by Ma Zhansheng, a sycophant!" Kernan: "The front door and the back door are the same anyway..." Kenan's mother: "You are a wimp! Let me tell you, I have written a letter of denunciation to the District Disciplinary Inspection Committee, and the district investigation team has come down! He, Gao Jialin, is finished!" Kenan sat up abruptly, Shouted: "Mom, how do you do such a thing? Then we will become villains!" Kernan's mother: "Fuck your mother's fart! You worthless thing! Your lover was poached away, and you still It’s such a worthless bastard to say! A country bumpkin bullied my wife, and she still spared him? Besides, he violated the law and discipline through the back door, and as a party member, I have the responsibility to maintain the party’s discipline!” Kernan: "Mom, in principle, you are right, but morally speaking, we will be ruined if we do this! Everyone will have their eyes on it, and they will never think that you are a party spirit, but a personal revenge!" Kernan's mother took a step forward and slapped Kernan. She fell down on the counter and began to cry sadly. While crying, she said, "My life is so miserable. I gave birth to such a useless thing..." Yaping dormitory of the radio station.Kenan is telling Yaping about his mother exposing Jialin. Kenan: "Things have become like this, and Jialin is not here now, let's see if this situation can be reversed..." Yaping: "Kenan, you are really... a good person." Gao Yuzhi's office.Yuzhi is on the phone: "Hello... yes, yes. I am Gao Yuzhi... My nephew Gao Jialin went to the back door to work, the circumstances are very serious, and I have seen the exposing materials... oh, please He must be cleared and returned according to the principle... oh oh..." The office of the county party secretary.The secretary was answering the phone: "...we will deal with it according to the principle." County committee meeting room.The Standing Committee is in session.Yaping's father was also present. Jing Ruohong and other attendees sat on the chairs behind the sofa. The secretary of the county party committee is speaking.Secretary of the County Party Committee: "... This matter is discussed here. According to the investigation team's opinion, Gao Jialin's work and urban household registration will be revoked, and he will be sent back to his brigade soon..." Jing Ruohong interrupted: " ...Comrade Gao Jialin is very good at his job, and he is also very talented...Is it possible to continue to keep him in his job by hiring him?..." Secretary of the county party committee: "No, no, no! This matter has too much social impact, and the procedures will be cleared soon, so he can go back to the team..." The secretary of the county party committee continued to speak: "...Comrade Ma Zhansheng, deputy director of the County Labor Bureau, has repeatedly gone through the back door to engage in unhealthy trends, dismissed his leadership position, transferred out of the labor bureau, and waited for the personnel department to reassign work..." The typewriter was beeping. The typewriter typed out: "Notice on Gao Jialin going to work through the back door..." Ma Zhansheng was reading the notice with a dejected look. Keran's mother was reading the bulletin with a satisfied smile on her face. Yaping was reading the bulletin.After reading it, she threw herself on the bed and cried. daytime.Yaping's father's office.Yaping's father and Yaping are talking. Yaping's father: "...So, feelings belong to feelings, reality belongs to reality, you should still..." Yaping: "Do you want me to break ties with Jialin?" Yaping's father said that was what he meant. Yaping: "No, Dad, I like him! We have just started dating..." Yaping's father: "Pingping! This kind of thing can't be willful! If you can't live together, you will have to break up sooner or later. Better, less pain..." Yaping: "Never less! I will always be in pain..." Yaping's father sighed and said, "Originally, you and Kenan were on good terms. I contacted Kenan for all the work in Nanjing. I didn't expect Gao Jialin to come out all of a sudden! Doesn't that young man have a date in the countryside? Listen It's immoral to say that you abandoned that girl for the sake of being with you!... You have completely reversed things now. So, you should reverse the reverse now! You and Kenan..." Ya Ping shouted: "Don't mention Kenan's name now! Don't mention his name..." Yaping's father: "Pingping! You..." He sat in the armchair in pain. daytime.bus station.With his travel bag hanging, Jialin left the waiting room happily and came to the street. Samsung's tractor was coming, saw Jialin, and stopped beside him. He made Galin sit up.Samsung helped Jialin put the bag away. Galin sat in the cab.The tractor roared and drove towards the county committee. The gate of the county party committee.Galin jumped out of the cab. Samsung handed him the bag.Jialin: "Is there nothing wrong with our village and our family?" Samsung sat in the driver's seat and said, "No...just... Qiaozhen got married not long ago..." Jialin was stunned and asked, "With whom?" Sanxing: "Tie to the horse." Seeing that Jialin's expression was not right, Sanxing said, "You are..." Samsung drove away with a tractor. Jialin stood in a daze at the gate of the county committee. daytime.Gallin's office.Galin was looking at the pass.Jing Ruohong stood aside. Galin tossed the file aside and lowered his head in frustration. Jing Ruohong: "... I proposed at the meeting that I want to keep you in the form of employment to continue working, but... Jialin, you are a person with a strong character, you must think about it. I have experienced some ups and downs. Maybe this is not a bad thing... Oh, I heard that this matter was exposed by Kernan's mother, and Kernan objected to his mother's doing this, and the mother and son even had a fight..." Galin just sat there without saying a word. daytime.Galen's office. He walked around in circles on the ground.He took out his cigarette and threw it away. He took out the matchbox and threw the matchbox away. Matches were scattered all over the place.He squatted on the ground picking matches one by one... daytime.Galen's office. Galin talks to Kernan.Kernan: "You must hate me now..." Galin: "No, you should hate me." Kenan: "Now you underestimate me in your heart and think that I Zhang Kenan is a villain!" Galin: "No, I understand you... In fact, I can understand even if you wrote to expose me, because I was the first to expose you. Hurt you... Even if you take revenge on me, it is justified..." Keran: "You are a bloody person. Although our personalities are different, I have always respected you. I still respect you...in the past The matter is over. I don't know how to help you now...I know you are in pain now, and Yaping is also in pain...I don't want you to suffer..." Jialin: "You are in more pain! Let us end this unfortunate situation now! You and Yaping still recover everything. What I ask you now is to forgive me for the pain I have caused you..." Kenan: "No! Although I like Yaping, Yaping actually likes you..." Galin: "But I actually really like someone else... I have already decided, I will take the initiative Those who severed ties with Yaping..." night.Inside Yaping's house.Jialin and Yaping are talking.Jialin: "...That's it, we should end our relationship now. You should live with Keran, he loves you very much..." Yaping: "No, I want to be with you!" Jialin: "This is already impossible. I have become a farmer again, and we can no longer live together... Besides, you will soon be transferred to Nanjing to work..." Yaping: "I don't work anymore! I don't go to Nanjing either! I resign! I'll be a farmer with you! I can't live without you..." Jialin smiled bitterly and said, "Yaping, I am not worthy of your sacrifice. I know that your feelings for me are sincere. For this, I am very grateful to you. I also like you. However, now I Only then did I deeply feel that emotionally speaking, I actually love Qiaozhen more, even though she is illiterate..." Yaping was shocked all of a sudden.She looked at Jialin in despair, tears streaming down her face. She came over, choked up and said, "If it's... like this, then... I wish you... happiness..." She held out her hand to him.Jialin held her hand and said, "Qiaozhen is married to someone else, now let me wish you and Keran happiness..." Jialin took his hand out of Yaping's hand, turned around quickly and left. Yaping grabbed him from behind and said sadly, "You...kiss me one more time..." Galin turned around and kissed her teary face, then hurried away. Yaping's cry came from behind. The brightly lit county town is peaceful... The lights of the county town turned into dots of lights in Gaojiagou... night.Liu Li's family.The lights flickered.Qiaoling reads a book under the lamp.Qiaoying and her mother do needlework. Qiaoying: "...Gao Jialin was crazy for a few days, and then he was fired by the government!" Qiaoying's mother: "God opened his eyes, this is retribution!" Qiaoying: "This kid bullied our Qiaozhen to such an extent that we are not human, ghosts are not ghosts!...I heard that he will come back tomorrow morning! I insist on blocking him at the entrance of the village and punishing him in front of everyone... ..." Qiaoying's mother: "Yes, let everyone take a look! His boy's reputation will be ruined, so he can do it again!" Qiaoling: "Mom, big sister, you must not do this! If you do this, People don't laugh at Jialin, but you are the ones who are ashamed!" Qiaoying: "You know what a fart!" Qiaoying's mother: "Don't talk too much!" Qiaoling was so angry that she threw the book aside and went out of the kiln. In the morning, in the river bend at the entrance of the village.Qiaoying carried a basket and pretended to pick up firewood, looking at the simple road from time to time. There was a sound of frantic footsteps behind her. Qiaoying looked back, and it turned out to be Qiaozhen! Qiaozhen was wearing a plain cotton coat, and her hair was cut like a rural woman's. She walked up to Qiaoying, grabbed her cuff, and said, "Sister, go back quickly! You must not do this, it's a joke!" Qiaoying pretended not to understand: "What are you kidding me about?" Qiaozhen: "Qiaoling came to my place last night and told me everything. I was so anxious that I didn't fall asleep last night..." Qiaoying bit her lips with hatred, and said, "You are such a sufferer!" She paused, "Gao Jialin not only humiliated you, but also beat our whole family with pig urine, full of shame! You can bear this tone, you can bear it! We can't bear it! I must make him look bad today!" Tears swirled in Qiaozhen's eyes. Qiaozhen: "...good sister, he is pitiful enough now, if the wall falls and everyone pushes him, how will he survive in the future..." Qiaoying twisted her head stubbornly and said, "Don't worry about it! This is my business!" Qiaoying threw the basket to the ground, sat down on a rock, hugged her knees with both hands, as rough as a man. Qiaozhen knelt down in front of Qiaoying, put her head in her arms, choked up and said, "I kneel down for you, sister! I beg you! Don't treat Jialin like this! Anyway, I feel sorry for him! You If Jialin is punished like this, it will be like stabbing my heart with a knife..." Qiaoying's heart softened suddenly, and tears welled up in her eyes, she hugged Qiaozhen and cried together.morning.Desolate land.Cold river. Jialin was carrying the bedroll, walking on the simple road, walking... He came to the river bend in front of the village and stopped at the place where Qiaozhen saw him off. We heard Qiaozhen's sweet singing again: Up in the river (that) duck, down in the river, goose, A pair of (that) hairy eyes looked at my brother. Galin walked towards the village. 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