The "Business Meeting" in Bailu Village is filled with a strong atmosphere of sadness. The third day of the seventh lunar month is the meeting day, and Mazihong's opera troupe beat the gongs and drums on the second night of the Lunar New Year. Bai Xiaowen went from front to back to preside over this extraordinary event.
It was an ordinary performance and he was so busy running around. Lu Zilin was sitting in the front corner of the stage, facing the audience sideways. The white mourning cloth tied around his head expressed his gratitude to the people who gathered from ten miles and eight villages under the stage.
Men and women showed both sadness and toughness. After the matinee play on the third grade of junior high school started, Bai Jiaxuan came to the stage and caused a commotion. Bai Jiaxuan refused to listen to the dissuasion of anyone in the family to come to the theater. Obviously, he was not addicted to drama.
Instead, he wanted to go to a gathering of villagers to show off. Xiaowen used a wheelbarrow to push his father into the theater with a grasshopper cart, with a futon made of wheat straw under his buttocks. Men and women chased the cart,
Wanting to see the respected patriarch who escaped from the robbery, people he knew and didn't know sent him the most sincere greetings: "How are you, Mr. Bai?" Bai Jiaxuan sat calmly on the futon, holding his hands on the front of the car.
On the wooden panel, his face was peaceful and kind, and his eyes showed a strong light. He did not answer the sincere greetings that chased him. He sat upright and was pushed to the bottom of the stage by Xiaowen, just to have a good time.
The very act of him sitting down to watch the show fully demonstrated his presence and temperament. There was no need for any pretense in his face or words. Bai Jiaxuan saw Tian Fuxian walking up to the theater and sitting next to Lu Zilin, and Lu Zilin
Lin said a few words, and the two of them walked to the stage and stretched out their hands to him, inviting him to take a seat on the theater floor. Bai Jiaxuan said: "It's best to sit under the stage when watching a play."
Bai Jiaxuan wore a thin braided straw hat and entered the plot. The matinee show usually consists of short excerpts, and the play is only opened in the evening show. Mazihong learned that Bai Jiaxuan was coming to see the show at noon, and she wanted to change her original arrangement to star in "Golden Beach"
, pushing the melancholy atmosphere in Bailu Village. Bai Jiaxuan especially liked the Yang family's drama, and the pain of his waist injury and bedsores was relieved. The corner of his eyes glanced at Lu Zilin's actions in the corner of the stage. Lu Zilin was asking Tian Fu
Xian introduced a soldier in uniform. The soldier smiled humbly and extended his right hand, and Tian Fuxian also extended his right hand. The farmers under the stage were attracted by the novel handshake and whispered about the rosy-faced soldier with extraordinary talents.
Bai Jiaxuan finally caught a familiar name from the noisy whispers: Lu Zhaohai. He couldn't help but feel shocked. Tian Fuxian walked to the stage during the scene where the actors entered the backstage: "Folks, this is Lu Xiangyu
Lu Zhaohai, my second son, just graduated from Baoding Army School and served as a platoon leader in the National Revolutionary Army. He is our first National Revolutionary soldier in Bailuyuan." After Lu Zhaohai stood at attention, he raised his hands in salute, then bent down and bowed again.
Three bows. This is a real soldier, the first soldier who left a new impression in the eyes and hearts of the people of Bailuyuan. The crow soldiers with white legs are no different from bandits, and the members of the Bailucang security team look more like a bunch of clumsy people.
Lu Zhaohai, a peasant farmer, is neatly dressed in military uniform, has a capable demeanor, has a ruddy face and white teeth, and is especially humble and courteous in his demeanor, clearly drawing a clear line between soldiers and bandits.
This soldier who stood on the theater floor and saluted and bowed to his fellow villagers, with his modest smile concealing the pain that was difficult to resolve, had an unexpected fission in his marriage and love with Bai Ling. Lu Zhaohai walked into the leather goods shop and smelled
There was a familiar and friendly smell of fur. His arrival surprised and stunned the cobbler and his wife. He smiled shyly and presented the Beijing and Tianjin cakes in his hand to Bai Ling's second aunt and uncle, and waited until it was time to close the door and go to bed.
Bai Ling just walked in. Zhaiba's shop and workshop could not provide a place where they could express their passionate thoughts, so the two said goodbye to the cobbler and his wife and went out. They had just turned the corner to avoid the view of the cobbler and his wife standing on the steps. Lu Zhao
Hai held Bai Ling's hand tightly and suddenly hugged her to his chest. Bai Ling lay in his arms and moaned involuntarily: "Brother Zhao Hai, I miss you so much that I want to die..."
Zhaohai and Bai Ling walked snuggled through the criss-crossing small streets and alleys, and stopped in an open field. Both of them couldn't help but fell silent and fell into memories. This was the place where they threw copper coins. Bai Ling held hands. Zhaohai's hand motioned for him to sit down on the brick flower bed, and he said close to his ear: "Brother Zhaohai, I am just like you." Zhaohai asked casually: "How are you the same as me?" Bai Ling whispered: "I have also joined the Communist Party, just like you." Zhaohai couldn't help but said "Ah" and froze, and suddenly grabbed Bai Ling's arms: "I have quit the Communist Party and joined the Kuomintang. ...How come you just want to make an issue with me?" Bai Ling was stunned and speechless after hearing this. The two lovers who had missed them for a long time soon woke up and fell into a dispute with a strong color of argument. , no one could convince the other for a while, they each lowered their heads and pressed their hands to look at the ground under their feet. A copper coin made a clang and spun around in a circle on the ground. The two of them laughed and squatted down to guess the riddle. Now recalling that hazy moment On a moonlit night, it was no longer relaxing, no longer joyful, but painful. "Is this okay? Think about it again. We will meet here again the day after tomorrow." Zhaohai said. This suggestion was echoed by Bai Ling: "Zhaohai Brother Hai, you should also think about it carefully. I hope that when I see you the night after tomorrow... I can get what I want..." Bai Ling was choking, and suddenly hugged Zhao Hai and said, "I'm waiting for your good news. Brother Zhaohai..."
Lu Zhaohai came to the empty garden in the street where they were throwing copper coins at the agreed time. He didn't wait for Bai Ling but waited to see his brother Zhaopeng. The Communist Party criminal who offered a reward was dressed as a businessman, with silk clothes and trousers shaking all over his body. , swinging a folding fan leisurely, walked up to his brother, raised his eyebrows and pursed his lips, making a hint not to be surprised, and left with his arm on his brother's shoulders affectionately: "Let's go, don't wait. She couldn't come, so she asked me to come." Zhaohai said displeasedly: "She said she would come, so why didn't she come? As soon as she joined the Communist Party, she had bad faith." Zhaopeng said, "You just took your Kuomintang ID card. She became arrogant and told you that she was worried that you wouldn't change, so she didn't come. She said what would happen if neither of them changed when she came. She cherished her relationship with you and that's why she didn't come. She wanted me to persuade you, hope It will be a happy ending when I see you again. Good brother, if you have anything to say, tell me." Zhaohai sighed painfully: "It's over. That's it." Zhaopeng said, "Brother, it's not over. It's with me. Look, everything has not started yet, why is it over? You are too pessimistic." Zhaohai said: "I can't change anymore. I expect her to make changes. The fact that she entrusted you to come proves that she won't change. If she can change, you don't have to. She came to me, you must be her leader." Zhaopeng said: "Both of you hope that the other party will change. You can sit down and have a good talk, talk calmly, and don't force the other party to change their beliefs as soon as they meet. For now. It doesn't matter if we can't talk about it. It's not a bad idea to wait for three or two years. In three or two years, everyone has seen more, and their ability to judge and understand right and wrong has also improved, and maybe changes will happen." Zhaohai said: " Well, tell her, I want to go back to the countryside to see my parents the day after tomorrow, but I can only stay for one day. The troops will be leaving when I get back." Zhaopeng said, "Bai Ling must see you and let me make an appointment with you. Since you have to go back to your hometown the day after tomorrow, let’s meet tomorrow night. You can tell me where it’s more convenient.” Zhaohai said, “Forget it, it’s gone. Since no one can change anyone, there won’t be any good results if we meet. It's uncomfortable. You tell her, I'll wait for her words."
Zhaohai returned to the city from his original visit, changed his plan to never see Bai Ling again, and found the cobbler's shop again that night. Bai Ling thought Zhaohai had a turn for the better and was delighted, so he and Zhaohai immediately walked out of the second aunt's shop.
shop, and the two of them went to the garden where they were throwing copper coins. Bai Ling said emotionally: "I thought I would never see you again. Brother Li Zhaohai, you are too stubborn. You can't even talk about it once and don't even see each other twice."
It’s really a bit of the KMT’s common habit of turning their backs and not recognizing people.” Zhaohai became angry: “Forget it, Bai Ling, I won’t talk about things far away, you can go back to our original place and take a look at what the Communist Party has done in the original place.”
You go and see the revolution of Zhaopeng. Ask about who Zhaopeng will use next. Lu Heiwa, Boss He, Bai Xinger, Tian Xiaoe and others are all a bunch of dead cats and lazy dogs. Only these people can complete the national revolution. They understand revolution.
Do you mean anything? They are taking advantage of the revolutionary trend to create chaos. At best, it is just the blind action of the hungry people in the famine years to "eat the rich"..." Bai Ling's ray of warmth suddenly became cold, and suddenly there was a burst of anger.
, her strong temperament quickly recovered, and she responded quickly: "Brother Zhaohai, I haven't seen you for more than a year. You have grown up, gained knowledge, and also gained a lot of aristocratic tone." Zhaohai said: "You use Lenin
It is not too much to judge me as an aristocrat based on his theory. Lenin incited the poor to overthrow the rich and eliminate the rich. The result was that the rich were eliminated and the poor remained poor. Zhaopeng imitated the Soviet Union and incited the poor to overthrow the rich in Bailuyuan. What was the result?
Lu Heiwa, the dignified director of the Farmers' Association, degenerated into a bandit and led the bandits to steal silver coins. He slashed my grandfather with a knife and broke Uncle Jiaxuan's waist... He failed to achieve his goal as the director of the Farmers' Association, but he became a bandit easily.
We have achieved it. Do you still believe me and can I join the Communist Party again? If the black boys can’t make the revolution of the Communist Party, they can become bandits, but I can’t.” Bai Ling said, “Have you heard how Boss He died?”
Have you ever seen the torture of knocking people down from a high altitude? The Communist Party is going to mobilize the oppressed to overthrow the oppressors and build a world of freedom and equality without exploitation or oppression." Zhaohai said: "Let's wait and see who it is.
The doctrine can really save China." The two broke up on bad terms. The sharp ideological opposition reduced his emotional attachment to her, and the breakup was far less heavy than the first time.
Lu Zhaohai walked a few steps and then stopped. He turned around and saw Bai Ling standing there too. He walked over and said to her, "I'm leaving tomorrow..." She couldn't help but leave.
She shed tears: "Brother Zhaohai... I'm still waiting for you to come back..."