Chapter 31 9. Lai Yueming suddenly had a dream

1959 AD. One day, a middle-aged woman with a child on her back walked into a department store in Xianxiaxu, Yudu County. The old shopkeeper was scrubbing the counter, and when he saw her come in, he frowned and gave her a casual glance.The woman had been hesitating outside the door for a while, but these days, the old shopkeeper was seen a lot, almost every day some rural commune members wandered around the door of the store with no money in their pockets but wanted to buy something urgent. The middle-aged woman wore a patched cardigan with a pair of crumpled self-dyed homespun trousers underneath.Her hair hadn't been combed for a long time, it was fluffy and tied up in a bun, with a wire headband inserted in it, and a few strands of messy hair hanging from her forehead covered half of her face.

The cub on her back was bare buttocks, tied tightly by a hemp leather strap.The cub's triangular head was attached to his mother's shoulder, sucking his fingers and muttering indistinctly: "Mom...Mom...Tang...Tangtang..." "Comrade, I want to buy hard candies...that's the kind of green paper Wrapped..." The middle-aged woman timidly placed one hand on the counter, and slowly spread her palm, revealing a plate of sweat-stained nickels.She had a pair of big, round black eyes, and she looked at the old shopkeeper beggingly: "Sell me one... I'm just fine with polio, please do me a favor, give me one..." "Oh, what did you call me?" Okay? You know, big steel smelting..." The old shopkeeper stopped talking at this point, and glanced outside the door: "Oh, big sister, forget this trip. I will leave one for you later..."" Mom, Tang, Tangtangtangtangtang..." The boy started crying, kicking his calf desperately.

"My son, Bin Zai, be good, don't cry! Oh, oh, mommy is going back to fry Doudou for Bin Zai." The middle-aged woman coaxed the son, turned around in disappointment, with tears in her eyes. "Stop, alas, big sister." The old shopkeeper hurriedly said, bent down and inserted his hand into a porcelain jar with a thin neck, groping for a long time, pinching a little bit of rock sugar residue with two fingers. The middle-aged woman walked over in surprise, and the old shopkeeper stuffed sugar residue into the cub's mouth. The cub stopped crying and sucked greedily while laughing. His thin neck bulged and slobbered. .

The middle-aged woman took a step back and bowed to the shopkeeper. "Big sister, you can't do it, your life will be shortened." The old shopkeeper hurriedly stopped him, then found a yellowed old newspaper from under the counter, and asked while pasting the paper bag, "Big sister, which village are you from? Huh?" The middle-aged woman didn't answer, and suddenly stared at a newspaper that the old shopkeeper was pasting.She couldn't help shaking all over, and her eyes suddenly radiated a strange light. A set of typefaces was impressively printed on the brow of that newspaper; Vice Premier Chen Yi received foreign guests in Zhongnanhai...

Below the news is a photo of Vice Premier Chen Yi talking with foreign guests. "Chen Yi. God! You are still alive...you are the prime minister..." The middle-aged woman snatched the newspaper, looked at it before her eyes, and murmured with tears: "Brother Chen Yi, my lord...Chen Yi Ah, Chen Yi is really you, you are really alive..." The old shopkeeper was dumbfounded, watching the woman in front of him burst into tears, and ecstatically pasted a newspaper on his chest.He said in horror: "Big sister, you bumped into Shaluo, that is Marshal Chen Yi; you can't die if you say that... Hey, where did you come from?..." "Nonsense, you are talking nonsense; I am not Crazy woman, my surname is Lai, my name is Lai Yueming, Chen Yi is my husband, and I am his wife!" The middle-aged woman spat at the old shopkeeper angrily, ran out with a newspaper, and the cub on her back was knocked up and cried loudly, She ran and shouted: "Chen Yi! Chen Yi is alive! Chen Yi is alive..." The old shopkeeper's body softened; he leaned against the counter.He was confused, what's going on? ...

It turned out that Lai Yueming did not die.It was said that she committed suicide by jumping into a well. It was a ecstasy array intentionally set up by her father who was a false security chief. At that time, she was desperate and begging everywhere.Just before Chen Yi was going down to Youshan to negotiate with the Kuomintang, Lai Yueming was caught by his father's leader and forced to marry a cobbler. Her fate stretched deformedly in the torment... The next year, she gave birth to a girl, and soon the cobbler died as a businessman. A few years later, she got married for the third time, and what made her sad was that the place where she got married this time was actually near the Xianxia Temple where she had worked in the Xingsheng County Party Committee.Lai Yueming "hid his name" this time.She never talks about herself.What comforted her was that the husband she married was a disabled soldier whose surname was Fang Liangsong, a member of the Red Army who was wounded and disabled in a battle, and returned to the countryside to farm. She gave birth to a daughter and two sons.

That day, she ran home frantically, then rummaged through the boxes and boxes, and rolled some clothes into a burden. "What are you going to do? Are you insane?" asked her husband Fang Liangsong. "Go to Beijing and find Chen Yi, he is alive, he is my husband!" Lai Yueming said desperately. "What are you talking about? Chen Yi is your former man? You, why bother to hide it from me?" Fang Liangsong was taken aback, waking up like a dream, and rushed to hug Lai Yueming: "Have you thought about it? It's thousands of miles away, where is it? Can you get into Zhongnanhai?..." "Mom, you can't go, we won't let you go..." The eldest daughter Fang Jiuxiu surrounded her mother, fearing that she would fly away in the blink of an eye, while the youngest son Fang Bin sat on the ground and cried loudly : "I want my mother to hug, I want my mother, my mother..." "Oh my God, God is blind, why do you treat me everywhere?!..." Day and night I look forward to it, and I want to go shred it.Lai Yueming couldn't help crying, she beat her chest desperately, then fell to the ground and rolled, screaming...

Facing the cruel fate, she once again tasted the bitter wine of life. Then, Lai Yueming's spirit fell into a state of obsession. For a long time, he was thinking, crying and restless. The flowers bloom and fall, year after year, her heart is cold, and her hair turns white one by one. When she completely lost confidence, the higher-ups unexpectedly sent someone to look for her. Two strangers, walking like soldiers and accompanied by local cadres, found Lai Yueming. It was one day in August 1969. The two seriously asked Chen Yi about some things, and then told her tactfully that Chen Yi and the party organization had looked for her back then, and they both believed the rumors and thought she was not alive.Later, Chen Yi and Zhang Qian formed a new family.

In the dark, as if all this was destined by fate, Lai Yueming's anxious heart calmed down.She was at a loss.In the end, she put forward the only request: I hope Chen Yi can meet her, or reply a letter in person. The two guests expressed vaguely that they would try their best to report to Chen Yi. Unexpectedly, soon, Chen Yi suffered injustice because of the so-called "February countercurrent". During this period, Lai Yueming's longing for her ex-husband entered the climax of her life. Perhaps, there really is some kind of mysterious telepathy in life.Moreover, this induction can transcend the time and space of the universe.

This year, Lai Yueming had a dream. In the dream, Chen Yi came riding a tall white horse.He was wearing a gray military uniform, a bamboo hat, and a red star on his octagonal hat. "Yueming—Lai Yueming—Yueming—" he shouted loudly, and his voice echoed among the mountains and rivers. "Chen Yi—Brother Chen Yi——Chen Yi—" I echoed the voice, stumbling away. A very big and wide river mercilessly runs between the two of us. "Yueming, come here! I'm going across the state to see you, come here..." Chen Yi called from the other side. "Chen Yi, come here on horseback. I've been waiting for you for ten years and hundreds of years. My heart belongs to you. Come here..." I echoed heartbreakingly.

Finally, the sun is gone.A heavy fog swept over the sky and covered the sky. There was no sound, and the world suddenly returned to silence. The fog was thick, and everything was covered by the thick fog. When I woke up, I cried like a child. Later, when I met acquaintances, I opened my hand and said dazedly, "Give me a few cents, if you make up too much, I will go to Beijing to see Chen Yi, his life is not long...