Yi Zhonghai raised his eyes to look at the deaf old lady, put away his chin and lowered his eyes, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took out one and lit it.

"What else did Zhou Wenzhong say? How old was He Daqing when he left? He couldn't even remember eating shit when he was a child! Just make your words clear. I'm almost confused by you going around and around.

Already."

"He came to me at dinner. He asked me to arrange a job for him, and asked you to come forward by name. If you say you didn't offend him, I don't believe it at all. This kid is much worse than Xu Damao. Xu Damao is a loser. He

He is cruel and poisonous. The little Yan family also said that Zhou Deming limped out this morning. I think this matter has something to do with Zhou Wenzhong."

"Can't you?"

"Don't forget what he looked like during the previous hospital meetings. Why didn't he wash off the blood on his face first? Who made a noise in the meeting? Who broke up the meeting in a daze? I can figure it out even when I'm sitting at home.

You couldn't tell this truth at the scene. Xiao Yi, it seems that you have focused all your attention on that boy Dongxu in the past two years.

Let me ask you one last time, where did you offend him? He must have known about He Daqing for a long time. Why did he wait until this time today before he couldn't help but jump out? There is definitely a reason for this. "

"Huh... I joined forces with Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui to crucify his going to the countryside in front of the street office."

After hearing this, the deaf old lady closed her eyes and thought for a while.

"Now that the matter has been decided, we must actively cooperate with the street office. If he can't come back, don't let him come back."

Yi Zhonghai's hand holding the cigarette trembled.

"Old lady, I'm not sure about this. I'm thinking this guy has some connections in the street office. If that doesn't work, try blocking his mouth."

"If you dare to give him 1 yuan today, he will be thinking about asking you for 100 yuan tomorrow. If you give him a job, his mind will fly to the sky. People cannot be fed enough, and everything they feed will be

It’s ambition, but it’s all dissatisfaction.”

"Haha~ Old lady, you are throwing a difficult problem to me again. I will try to coax him tomorrow."

"No matter what you do, there can't be any mistakes in the pillars. Don't forget that when you first divided the divisions, you also helped He Daqing prove it."

"Old lady, look at what you said. Didn't you ask me to testify in the first place? Now you are putting the blame on me. I am not a bully like you."

"Have I failed you? That time in 1958, the factory dispatched senior workers to support construction. How did you do it? You were busy working everywhere in the factory, and you always wanted to leave as soon as possible. You thought you were running away, He Daqing

You can leave the ingredients on my head. Who is not particular about what they do?"

"No, I didn't do that. Old lady, please don't talk nonsense."

"Whether you have done these things, you know best in your heart, isn't it just because all the officials on the street were taken away? You can't recognize your position and want to get rid of me quickly and go to the third line yourself. Xiao Yi, please remember

, He Daqing's archives are still sealed in the capital. No one can escape if anything happens. It doesn't matter to me, it's worth living to this age. You are different, you have to continue to make progress."

"Old lady...don't forget, once this thing gets serious, the first person to be grabbed will be the pillar."

"Haha~ Then it depends on how you choose. I still say that my life is worth it. Anyway, I just have this old bone, so do whatever you like. Okay, I am tired today. You go back early

have a rest."

Yi Zhonghai stood up and looked at the steamed buns on the cabinet again. As soon as he walked to the door, he heard the old lady speaking again.

"Xiao Yi, I still said what I said 8 years ago. The person most suitable to take care of you is Zhu Zhu. No matter what Dongxu says, he has a biological mother! It is impossible to do what Zhu Zhu did."

"Old lady, I still said what I said before. Dongxu alone can take care of us for the rest of our lives. I have devoted myself to training Dongxu these years, and I don't have the energy to raise another one.

One, I have watched Dongxu grow up, so I naturally know his temperament."

"Oh...you go back."

"You should also go to bed early."

Yi Zhonghai walked out of the deaf old lady's house, turned around and closed the door gently, raised his head and looked at the sky, and walked back to his home with his hands behind his back.

It's the twenty-seventh day of the lunar calendar, and the weather is pretty good today. There are quite a lot of clouds in the sky, and the sun probably won't shine.

The weather in the past month has been like this almost every day. If Aunt Zheng hadn't been making a noise at her home in the early morning, wanting to continue discussing yesterday's topic with her 57-year-old best friend, Zhou Wenzhong would not have dared to carry her away from home.

come out.

I carried Aunt Zheng to the middle courtyard early. Four elderly women had already set up the stall and were sitting on the bench waiting impatiently. They wanted to play long tiles, a kind of card similar to mahjong.

Zhou Wenzhong watched the card game with a slumped face for five minutes. Before he could understand how to play, he was driven away by them. He was not allowed to listen to some topics. He straightened his clothes and walked out of the courtyard.

"Wen Zhong goes to work?"

A greeting came. Zhou Wenzhong stood in the alley and turned around. He saw Yi Zhonghai behind him at a glance, walking from the door of the courtyard with a smile.

"Well, can you do it without going to work? Take advantage of these few days to do more work so that you can save some money for yourself. When I get to the country, I have to rely on myself. As you know, our family is not rich. Grandpa

Do you have anything to do with me?"

"If I have nothing to do, why don't I go with you for a walk? I just happened to be on my way to the factory, so I can walk with you for a while."

"Okay."

"Since the last time someone from the street office came to the courtyard to do mobilization work, I saw your date of birth. Alas... time flies so fast. You were only so big at that time, like a little monkey. In the blink of an eye, you were like a monkey.

I’m going to the countryside.”

"Haha~"

"You were just born at that time, and you didn't know how lively it was that day. Your father and all his colleagues from the work unit came, and people in the courtyard gathered around to look at you. As soon as I hugged you, you peed all over me.

Haha... Thinking about it now, it’s like it happened yesterday.”

"Haha~ I was born in 1945. You may have misremembered some things, or it may be that I am too young to remember. It seems that my father is also very powerful. He had colleagues in 1945. I thought he was a shop owner.

Where’s the guy here?”

When Yi Zhonghai saw that Zhou Wenzhong didn't answer the question at all, he handed over the net bag in his hand. After opening the aluminum lunch box, it contained a lot of scrambled eggs with green onions and two cornmeal pancakes.

"You haven't had time to eat in the morning, right? Speaking of which, you are only 15 years old, which is the time when you are growing up. The harvest across the country this year is not very good. I am also looking for people to go to the countryside to look around. I always want to send people to the countryside this year.

The young people in the courtyard arranged a meal to practice it. Everyone had a good time together.

But after searching and searching for so many eggs, you can only make this one box.

It must also be said that we are destined to see you as soon as I go out early in the morning. Take it to eat, but I don’t dare to tell others."

"Hey, thank you, Mr. Xiaosi! Just stand there for me!"

"Woo..."

A child named Xiao Si stood there and did not dare to move after hearing Zhou Wenzhong's cry. He tightly grasped the iron whistle on his chest and burst into tears.

Zhou Wenzhong quickly ran up to Xiao Si, raised his hand and slapped his butt twice.

"How dare you run around with a whistle! How dare you play with the whistle!"

"Ugh... I'll give you the whistle, okay? I don't want it anymore, right?"

"What are you talking about? Are you, Uncle Zhou, like me? Come on, I made you a box of scrambled eggs. Why don't you thank you immediately?"

"Ah? Scrambled eggs? Where are they?"

Xiao Si immediately put back her tears, rubbed her right hand under her nose, wiped the mucus along her thigh, held the aluminum lunch box in both hands and poured it into her mouth.

"Thank you, Grandpa Yi."

"Well, it's just fun, you can't run so fast."

"oh."

He opened his mouth wide and swallowed half of the scrambled eggs in a few mouthfuls. Xiaosi's lips were shiny with oil, he was smiling, and he kept pushing his fingers into his mouth.

Zhou Wenzhong took the aluminum lunch box over, sandwiched the remaining scrambled eggs between two large pancakes, scraped off the oily spots in the lunch box, and quickly stuffed it into Xiaosi's hand.

"Take it home and eat it with your family."

"Okay, then I'll go home first, see you Uncle Zhou."

"Let's go, let's go. Thank you again, grandpa."

"Thank you, Grandpa Yi."

"Well, you are so obedient."

Zhou Wenzhong watched with a smile as Xiaosi threw off his short legs and ran towards the courtyard. He took out a box of Daodao cigarettes from his arms, took out one and lit it for Yi Zhonghai.

"Master, look at what's going on this year. I'm also worried. Let's talk about the children in our courtyard. How old are they this year? Look at how they look. They don't grow taller at all. I remember little

Four, when these children turned 100, there were eight bowls placed in the yard. Look at it now, how many months have it been? They can’t even eat a scrambled egg in their mouths. It’s really hard to explain.

.”

Seeing that Yi Zhonghai was just about to speak.

"Not to mention, I just thought that after I get this month's salary, I will buy them some noodles and steam a big pot of steamed buns. Let these children shake their cheeks and eat in one go.

Eat until you’re full!

It's a pity that I don't have a formal job. I only get 15 kilograms of food stamps every month, which is exactly the same as my aunt. I can only take care of myself first and don't cause trouble to others. I'll count myself as a good deed.

Doing good deeds.

You can't compare with the second uncle. He has a canteen in the factory and is a heavy manual laborer at home. When food stamps are issued every month, the thick stack makes people happy from the bottom of their hearts."

"Wen Zhong, you can't say that. Now the factory only provides one meal a day. People in the workshop who are busy with production tasks and working overtime can only exchange for a restaurant subsidy coupon. No one's life is easy."

"Ah! Is that what happened? I thought that the second uncle was living quite comfortably in the factory, but it seems that I have overthought it. If only I had done odd jobs for a few months in advance, maybe I could have saved some money.
To be continued...