Chapter 35 Chapter Nine (3)

In the distance are undulating loess mounds, with thousands of ravines cut out by rainwater densely covering them. On the loess slope lacking vegetation, there are small pieces of cultivated land dotted with fish scales. The sky is gray, and the scenery of mountains and rivers seems to be covered with a layer of There is little gray fog. Zhong Yuemin was sitting on the ground, reading Zhou Xiaobai's letter, and Jiang Biyun was sitting beside him, beating the cow with a clod of dirt. Zhong Yuemin put away the letter and pondered, while Jiang Biyun watched him quietly. Chang Gui's voice came from a distance: "Go to work, go to work."

The two stood up, Jiang Biyun led the ox, and Zhong Yuemin supported an old wooden plow to create a deep furrow in the yellow earth. The old ox was walking slowly, and Zhong Yuemin used his body weight to hold it down. Wooden plow, the weather is very hot, the scorching sun is shining directly, and the person is like being roasted on the fire. Beads of sweat roll down his face, and his whole body is soaked, as if he just got out of the water the same. Jiang Biyun glanced at Zhong Yuemin, couldn't bear to take off the towel and handed it to him. Zhong Yuemin said politely, "Thank you, I have towels."

"Forget about your towels, they're rotten, you probably never wash them?" "I will wash it when I go back today." Jiang Biyun forced him with a towel and said, "You boys are really lazy. Yesterday Qian Zhimin walked by me, and the smell made me almost vomit. What's the matter? What's the cost of washing every day?" What? If you are so lazy, I will wash it for you when you get back." As soon as Zhong Yuemin heard it, he immediately went down the donkey: "I heard that women have a hobby of washing clothes, and they regard washing as a kind of entertainment. If this is true, I think I should help you."

"Zhong Yuemin, you are such a rascal, your mouth is so turbulent, your greatest skill is that you can turn your begging into someone else's begging, take advantage of it and do good deeds." "I really can't tell. Are you praising me? Or are you hurting me?" "Just take it as my compliment. Yuemin, did your girlfriend write to you?" Zhong Yuemin sighed and said: "That boy Zheng Tong must have told you. He spread the word to me all over the world. Do you know why?" "why." "He's telling others, I, Zhong Yuemin, have a girlfriend, so don't worry about the girls here, don't we have more wolves and less meat here? Kicking out one more wolf is one."

Jiang Biyun bent over with a smile and said, "Your mouth is really bad..." Zhong Yuemin smiled and said: "His plot will not succeed. He probably forgot that a wolf must eat meat. Can I, a wolf, be idle? No, grab it. Whoever grabs it will count." "Come on, don't eat what's in the bowl and look at what's in the pot." "The problem is, the one in the bowl can't be eaten for the time being, and there are only three pieces of meat in the pot, and it got into someone's mouth when I started too late. When I came back, the one in the bowl flew away again, and there was nothing wrong with me on both sides." gone."

Jiang Biyun reprimanded: "Look at you? You're a hooligan again. If your girlfriend knows you're talking nonsense, she'll die of rage." Zhong Yuemin laughed and said, "Have you never heard of such a story? When a wandering wanderer returns to his hometown, the first thing he sees is that his lover has become someone else's wife." "According to what you say, there is no true love in this world?" Zhong Yuemin pointed to the yellow land and said, "Can we grow roses on the sloping land under our feet? I don't think so. We can only grow sorghum and corn. The environment is too harsh. Beautiful flowers need the right temperature and moisture, and the same is true for feelings. If there is a good environment, if others do not forget their old feelings, it means that they have awakened, so we should not take it too seriously."

Jiang Biyun said in surprise: "Yuemin, you are terribly calm, your blood is also cold, right?" Zhong Yuemin was obviously unwilling to have this kind of conversation. He took off his ragged vest, stood shirtless on the hillside, and sang "Xintianyou" at the top of his voice. As long as you are right with your sister, I don't regret chopping my head with a guillotine ... Jiang Biyun said appreciatively: "Your folk songs in northern Shaanxi are really authentic, who did you learn from?" "Old man Du, this old man has no intestines in his stomach, it's all folk songs."

Zheng Tong climbed up from the bottom of the slope and shouted: "Yuemin, there is a group of people on the opposite mountain ridge, they look like educated youths, and they are waving to us, they are quite close." Zhong Yuemin glanced at the opposite mountain ridge, and he saw a group of young people dressed as educated youths. There was only a deep ditch between the mountain ridge they were standing on and here. In the past, at least dozens of miles had to be walked, but now the distance between the two groups of educated youths is less than 100 meters, and they belong to two communes geographically.

Zhong Yuemin was blinded by the sunlight, he rubbed his eyes and asked slightly frivolously: "Let me see, is there a girl?" Zheng Tong said: "Yes, look, there are quite a few." Jiang Biyun criticized: "Why are you so rascals?" A few male and female educated youths on the opposite mountain ridge were waving to this side, Zhong Yuemin finally saw clearly, a handsome, slender girl was holding a hoe in her hand and was waving to this side. Zhong Yuemin was taken aback for a moment, his eyes fixed on the girl and did not move. Zheng Tong made a trumpet shape with his hands and shouted: "Hey, buddy, are you an educated youth from Beijing?"

A male educated youth replied: "That's right, buddy, we are from Baidian Village, Hongwei Commune. How many educated youths are there in your village?" Zheng Tong shouted: "Ten, seven men and three women, there are more wolves and less meat, how about you?" The male educated youth replied: "There are also ten, seven women and three men, more meat and less wolf." Zheng Tong rejoiced and said: "That's great, let's catch up tomorrow and our two villages will be evenly distributed to each other, so as to save the drought and the flood." Jiang Biyun scolded with a smile: "Zheng Tong, I haven't heard you talking all morning, why do you feel refreshed when you mention this?"

Zhong Yuemin suddenly remembered something, and also shouted: "Brother, Li Kuyong is from your village, right?" The other side replied: "That's right, it's from our village. He went to get fat today." Zhong Yuemin shouted: "My name is Zhong Yuemin. Say hello to him for me. I will go find him some other day." The other side replied: "No problem, I promise to bring it." Zhong Yuemin turned his head and said to Zheng Tong: "The little girl standing on the high place looks good and has a good temperament." "Why do your eyes look like radar? You can lock on the target with just a scan, why can't I see anything clearly?" Zhong Yuemin shouted to the opposite side: "Hey, that female student standing on the high place, I have seen you." The girl's light and crisp voice floated from afar: "But I'm sure I haven't seen you, male classmate, can you have something new? This is too vulgar." Zhong Yuemin shouted: "Yes, it's a bit vulgar, let's put it another way, do you go skating at Shichahai Ice Rink? I've heard of Zhong Yuemin No? " The girl replied: "I can't skate, who is Zhong Yuemin? Is he a hooligan?" Zhong Yuemin was at a loss for words, Zheng Tong and Jiang Biyun laughed. The girl shouted again: "Hey, why didn't you talk? Were you singing just now?" "It's me, how do you sing?" "Average, amateur level." Zhong Yuemin turned his head and whispered to Zheng Tong, "Hurry up and support my buddies." Zheng Tong immediately understood and shouted: "Hey! Female classmate, our buddy is an old man in the literary and art circles. He has acted in movies since he was two years old. He is a serious child star." The girl's contagious laughter came from the opposite side: "I've seen the movie you acted in, and it's really good." Zhong Yuemin whispered to Zheng Tong: "This girl probably has the wrong person, she really thinks of me as a child star?" Zheng Tong said with a smile: "Strike while the iron is hot, you can just blow it away." Zhong Yuemin shouted: "I have acted in several movies, which one do you see?" "Are you the ginseng doll in the cartoon who wears a butt curtain?" The educated youths on both sides roared with laughter. Zhong Yuemin gasped: "Oh, this girl's mouth is quite powerful." Jiang Biyun smiled and said, "Did you meet your opponent now?" Zhong Yuemin stood up: "Hey, Beijing fellow, when you arrive in northern Shaanxi, follow the northern Shaanxi rules. How about antiphonal songs?" A girl's voice came from the opposite side: "Okay, you come first." Zhong Yuemin sang provocatively: To eat sugar and turn it into water, To eat rock candy mouth to mouth. The educated youth laughed. The girl continued unpretentiously: A bowl of cold water and a piece of paper, Whoever has a bad conscience will die first. As soon as the girl sang, the educated youths in Shichuan Village were shocked. This voice is definitely professional. Zhong Yuemin refused to show weakness, and sang again: Thinking of my god-sister in the middle of the night, The wolf ate his brother and did not regret it. The girl's singing came over immediately: As many stars in the sky as the Big Dipper, You are the only one in my sister's heart. Zhong Yuemin sings: Twist the water in the well and pour it into the bucket, I know what my sister is thinking. The girl sang back: It's too low to run a horse on the wall, I still miss you when I stand face to face. Zhong Yuemin sings: Make friends with you in the world of Yang, In the underworld, we are married as husband and wife. Zheng Tong yelled: "Yuemin, are you going too fast? You will become husband and wife after a while?" The girl's voice suddenly rose an octave: One bowl of millet and two bowls of rice, I still miss you when I sleep face to face. The male educated youth over there coaxed: "Okay, I'm all asleep..." Zhong Yuemin shouted: "Hey, female classmate, what's your name?" "Qinling." "Good name, your ancestral home is Shaanxi, right?" "Guanzhong people." Zhong Yuemin shouted: "Qin Ling, can I go to your village to find you?" Qin Ling joked: "Yes, but you have to bring your own dry food. Goodbye, ginseng doll." Her figure flashed and disappeared behind the mountain ridge. Zheng Tong said with endless aftertaste: "This girl is really a fucking little fairy." Zhong Yuemin stared at the disappearing ridge of the Qinling Mountains without moving. Jiang Biyun left without knowing when. A tank with the number "103" painted on the turret stood alone on the tank training ground. The turret of the tank was slowly turning. Yuan Jun was sitting on the gunner's seat, his eyes were close to the scope, and his hands were shaking the direction. The gun barrel of the machine and the tank is adjusting the angle from high to low. Yuan Jun murmured to himself: "Five hundred meters ahead, two T-62 tanks were found. Delayed fuze armor-piercing projectiles were loaded, and the shells were loaded. Yes, the shells were loaded. Aim directly at the target, yes, aim directly at the target." He locked the reticle in the scope on a small tree, and shouted: "Ready-release! Boom! Well, it's done." Wang Daming, who was in the same class, climbed onto the tank and poked his head into the cockpit opening and said, "Yuan Jun, there's nothing to play, right? I saw the turret turning from a long distance away, and I guessed that you were playing." Yuan Jun complained: "Why don't our tanks install a two-way stabilization system, it will be much easier to lock the target, the Soviet Union's "T62" has it, and the 100mm rifled gun should also be eliminated Yes, it should be equipped with a 125-caliber smoothbore gun..." Wang Daming said with a smile: "Yuan Jun, you haven't lived in the confinement room enough, have you? You started to complain again. Be careful the instructor heard that your mouth caused trouble. You were shot twice with live ammunition yesterday, and you shot well. Once you say something weird, it's over again, you don't even have a compliment, are you worth it?" Yuan Jun said: "Bullshit, to me praise and fart are the same thing, it doesn't matter. You think I want to be in the army for the rest of my life? Let me tell you, my buddy will leave immediately after three years of military service and go back to find a job." Work, marry a daughter-in-law and have a baby, and live a happy life. What can I compete with this broken tank? When you shoot in the tank, your ears will be buzzing, and I will shoot on the kang. It is very meaningful to give birth to children every now and then to add more soldiers to our army in the future, let's put it this way, when the time comes, whoever tells me to do it, I will be in a hurry." Wang Daming looked around and said: "Fuck, you are really crazy. People dream about getting a job, but you kid is thinking about going home and having a baby. I think you don't hurt your back when you stand up and talk. Why don't you Beijing soldiers think about it?" Like the uncle?" Yuan Jun got out of the tank and said: "First of all, I wish you a smooth promotion in the future. The army needs people like you so much that they are crying and unwilling to go back. It seems that there are successors to the revolutionary cause, so I feel relieved." Wang Daming ignored Yuan Jun's sarcasm and said: "By the way, I almost forgot. Yesterday I went to the hospital to see a doctor and met a female soldier. She asked me if I knew you. I said we were in the same platoon. She asked how you are doing recently." So, I said you have to ask our instructor, guess what she said?" "Certainly nothing good to say." "That's right, she said, don't tell me about that bastard instructor of yours, he's not as tall as three pieces of tofu, he's only fit to be a tank soldier." Yuan Jun asked in puzzlement, "Why are you only qualified to be a tank soldier?" "She meant that she was so small that it was convenient for her to get into the tank. This woman's mouth is really bad. She also asked me, saying that your tank regiment is such a semi-disabled person? I said that there are not many tall people, but they are not all as tall as the instructor. , most of them are of medium stature, she curled her lips and said, "Let me name your regiment, Wu Dalang Tank Regiment." Yuan Jun laughed: "Good name, who is this? Such a bad mouth?" Wang Daming said: "She said she was an old friend with you, but you don't know who it is?" "I have two friends in the hospital, did she say what her name is?" "I didn't say anything, I just told you to go, she has something to ask you, Yuan Jun, you can take it easy, two girlfriends? Are you busy?" Yuan Jun smiled and said, "What are two? I can handle ten." "Are you fully formed?"