Zhang Yungui spent the fifteenth day of the first month at home, and returned to the commune the next day. On this day, it was a gathering in Yinquan Town, Zhang Yungui met Yin Yang Huisan on the street, and hurriedly stepped forward to hold his hand and said, "Master, I have been looking for you today, and I finally found it." Let's go, go to the cafeteria, I want to thank you. Hui San was confused and followed him into the private room in the backyard of the canteen, Qiao Guang hurriedly came in to serve, Zhang Yungui said: "Stir-fry a few good dishes, take a bottle of good wine." ”
As soon as Qiao Guang left, Zhang Yungui pushed Hui San to the main seat, Hui San was ignorant and didn't know what was going on. When Zhang Yungui closed the door and knelt on the ground three times in a row, saying: "Thank you to the master for saving his life", Hui San put up the fairy shelf. He said, "Get up, get up." It's good to wake up, it's better to wake up late, and it's better to wake up late than not to wake up. ”
Zhang Yungui got up and sat sideways on the edge of the kang railing, and said from the bottom of his heart-
After we broke up that night, the next day I rode to the county seat, over the Rutian Mountain, down the slope, the brake stick suddenly tripped, the car lost control, like a wild horse, I flew off the cliff in a daze. An elm tree grew diagonally on the cliff, and the car was cut in half by the elm tree and fell into a deep ditch from the right side of the tree, and I was caught by the branch on the left side of the elm tree, and then I knew nothing. When I woke up, I was already lying in the hospital, and I heard that it was only the next day that the local people found me and rescued me.
Think about it, even the injuries and fright, such a cold day, a whole night, I can still escape this life from the needle, not the blessing of the gods, what else can it be? I lie on the hospital bed and think, think...... Suddenly I remembered the spell you had cast in the commune meeting room that night. You draw two wheels on a matchbox, and that's not a bicycle? You bounce it off the table and catch it with your left hand...... Oh my God, isn't this just a reminder that I have this difficulty, and you want to come to the rescue? I suddenly woke up, if it weren't for you this time, don't say that I would have one life, even if I had three or five, would I still be alive if I fell into such a deep ditch?
Hui San said to himself reservedly: "Just to catch you, I have suffered a big crime, this left arm has been swollen for several days, and now it hurts so much that I can't lift it, I didn't want to come to the market today, but I pinched my fingers, you are looking for me, if I don't come, I will cause you to run to our village, count nine cold days, you have just been injured, think left and right, or I come." ”
Qiao Guang went in and out to serve food and wine, and also intermittently heard the story of Hui San casting spells to save Zhang Yungui. He poured a glass of wine, gave it to Hui San with both hands, and expressed his respect for the young yin and yang: "Everyone says 'old doctor and young divination', Master Hui is really iron-clad and clever in spells!" Zhang Yungui said Director Qiao, you are not an outsider, let's go to the kang and drink two glasses together. Qiao Guang stood on the ground and drank a glass and said, "That night, I saw you fiddling with that matchbox, and I felt that you must have some profound intentions, and sure enough, it came true the next day." ”
Hui San lowered his voice and said, "If I hadn't caught that matchbox that night, you Director Zhang wouldn't have been able to sit here today." ”
Qiao Guang said: "But I remember that you caught the matchbox twice that night, and the third time it fell and scattered it on the ground. What does this mean......" He looked at Zhang Yungui and said embarrassedly.
Zhang Yungui took over the conversation and said to Hui San reverently: "If it is true that I have two more calamities in my life, please also ask the master to guide me in the maze, and when the time comes, I will have to rescue and the master will help, don't dare to scatter me like that box of matches." ”
Hui San squeaked down a glass of wine and said, "There is still a dilemma, whether you can be rescued or not, this is not only my decision, it depends on your own creation." That's what you often say – it's up to you to behave in the future. ”
Zhang Yungui hurriedly said: "I must listen to the master, don't meddle in my affairs anymore, don't tell people behind my back, and don't dare to harm the people, learn to be good, and be a good person again." ”
When the wine was drunk, Qiao Guang asked again: "Master Hui, you said that Zhang Hongxuan is crazy like this now, is his illness curable?"
Hui San raised his wine glass and circled it in the air a few times, and then said slowly: "Although Zhang Hongxuan's soul is not possessed, it is not a big problem, I have taken his soul and stored it in the Bodhisattva Temple." He also has to complete a period of good karma, and after completing it, he will have his own blessings, if he can't complete it, then ...... Heavenly secrets must not be revealed. Yin Yang closed his eyes after speaking, as if he was asleep. Zhang Yungui shook the wine jug and said to Qiao Guang, "Director Qiao will bring us another bottle of wine." Hui San suddenly opened his eyes and put on his shoes and said: "You drink slowly, I have an urgent matter, and if I go late, it will be another life." After saying that, he was as anxious as a law, and went out like a whirlwind. Waiting for Zhang Yungui to put on his shoes when he got off the kang, Qiao Guangjin said, "Forget it, I've gone far." ”
Lei Shanyuan, director of the county revolutionary committee, returned from visiting relatives after the Lantern Festival, and first organized the standing committee to study and prepare for a meeting of cadres at the county, community, and village levels, and arranged this year's spring plowing and production tasks. Towards the end of the meeting, Chang Aiguo, member of the Standing Committee of the county revolutionary committee and head of the political work group, proposed a motion to remove Cao Ruibao from his post as secretary and director of the commune and replace him with Zhang Yungui. Lei Shanyuan said: "At present, it is the period of spring ploughing, and it is not in accordance with the norm to change the generals on the spot, is there any special reason?" Chang Aiguo handed over a document and said: "Some materials reflect that he has a serious problem with his class stand, and he is still vigorously engaged in feudal and superstitious activities, and the influence of the masses is extremely bad, and he can no longer be accommodated." Lei Shanyuan quickly looked through the materials, raised his head and said, "I don't see any substantive problems, it's all empty words and clichés, and there is no actual content under the big hat." Well, let's put this question aside for a moment and wait until we understand the problem clearly. ”
Chang Aiguo said: "Cao Ruibao is not highly educated, his work level is average, and the team has a lot of opinions about him, and strongly requests to remove him." I have already announced the suspension of his duties, and if the documents are not issued as soon as possible, I ...... It's very passive. ”
Lei Shanyuan said: "Comrade Chang Aiguo, Cao Ruibao is the number one leader of the commune, and he is at the same level as you, so how can you suspend him from his post without passing the meeting? ”
The three cadres meeting was held as scheduled, and Lei Shanyuan used his lunch break to summon Cao Ruibao. After Cao Ruibao introduced the situation and finished his defense, Lei Shanyuan said: "Why are several of your problems related to Tao Ruosong? I still know this Tao doctor well, although his background is not good, but the path he chose by himself is still very popular with the masses, the entire Zouma Shuichuan Road has a good reputation for him, he is dead, the masses are so sad, I don't think there is anything wrong with holding a memorial service, this is not a class position problem." As for inviting Yin and Yang, if it's you, the secretary of the commune, who invited it, then it's absolutely not, and it must be dealt with seriously, if it's invited by the common people, then forget it, after all, we still have to respect the customs and habits of the local people. Lao Cao, you don't have ideological baggage, Chang patriotic's verbal announcements don't count, how to work and how to work, we will make a conclusion after we investigate your problem. Before you saw the official documents, you were still the party secretary and director of the Revolutionary Committee of the Yinquan Town Commune. ”
Cao Ruibao was moved to tears, and by the way, he also talked about Zhang Hongxuan's undressing and binding by Chang Aiguo, which led to schizophrenia. He said: "A good production captain, call him a martial arts madman, now he is red and black, and he is basically a waste." ”
雷善源问：“就没法医治吗？”
Cao Ruibao said: "Dr. Sun said that he could only go to a special psychiatric hospital in the province to see him, and it was estimated that it would cost more than 1,000 yuan. I asked Zhang Yungui to ask Chang Aiguo to apply for money, and Chang Aiguo replied that whoever arranged for him to see a doctor would ask whoever paid for it himself. Secretary Lei, you see, my family of six, with a salary of thirty-eight yuan and five cents a month, is tense every month, where can I find a thousand yuan, isn't this embarrassing for me?"
Lei Shanyuan heard this and said angrily: "This person's rebel temper has not changed at all!"
As soon as the three cadres meeting dispersed, Lei Shanyuan took his secretary and four or five middle-level leading cadres to Yinquan Town. They visited various units and several key villages, and also asked me, Dean Gao, and Qiao Guang to learn about the funeral. It was the first time I had seen such a big official, and I didn't dare to say much, so I just handed over the minutes of the meeting. Lei Shanyuan read the record and said: "Ha, who said that Cao Ruibao is stupid and full of scheming." ”
I heard that at the commune cadre forum, Zhang Yungui said very sincerely: "I resolutely do not agree with the dismissal of Director Cao, who has a strong style and rich experience, and is a competent leader. Lei Shanyuan said in a Guanzhong accent: "Don't just pick good ones, this is not a memorial service." Didn't you reflect that he had serious political problems, tell me, what are the specific problems?"
Zhang Yungui cried bitterly and said: "I was wrong, I looked down on Director Cao in my heart, thinking that he was rustic and had never seen the world, so I made his black materials behind my back, I was wrong, I realized that I had made a serious mistake, and I was willing to accept any treatment given to me by the organization." ”
Lei Shanyuan also asked Cao Ruibao to take them to the Bodhisattva Temple to visit Zhang Hongxuan. When Zhang Hongxuan saw so many people coming, he thought that he was coming to arrest him, so he ran out of the temple gate in fright and went up the mountain with a smoke. When Lei Shanyuan saw Zhang Hongxuan's ragged clothes, skinny, dark face, and crazy demeanor, Lei Shanyuan felt sour, and said to the public security chief who followed him in a low voice: "Go back and immediately file a case and make people look like this, isn't this still a crime? Find out as soon as possible, deal with it as you should do it, and never tolerate it!"
At the beginning of the first month, the spring is ninety, the twenty-fourth rain, the spring is warm, and at the end of the month, the ice and snow will disappear on the Zouma Shui Chuan Road, and the spring will return to the earth.
That day, I brought a few nests to Zhang Hongxuan from home and sent them to the Bodhisattva Temple during the school lunch break, but found that Zhang Hongxuan was not in the temple. As soon as I left the temple gate, I saw that Tao Ruosong's tomb had been dug up a big hole. Looking over, Zhang Hongxuan was shoveling soil in the pit. The frozen cover has long since dissipated, and he no longer has to dig hard, he has already dug down more than two meters, and he can open the tombstone by digging another meter. I hurried to the hospital and told Dean Gao, who sent someone to report to the commune and dragged me to the cemetery. We yelled at Zhang Hongxuan to come up, but Zhang Hongxuan didn't listen at all.
Cao Ruibao brought Zhang Yungui, Da Liu and Xiao Pang over, and they also took a few shovels, obviously to fill in the grave pit dug by Zhang Hongxuan. Cao Ruibao stood on the edge of the pit and bowed his head and said to Zhang Hongxuan: "Zhang Hongxuan, come up quickly, don't dare to dig anymore!" Xiaopang frightened and said: "If you don't come up again, we will bury you alive!" Zhang Hongxuan sang: "If you want to be buried alive, bury yourself alive, I won't come out if you are buried!" Fa Zhi is dead, the doctor is dead, how can you live, I will also die. ”
Cao Ruibao whispered to us: "In this way, slowly slip the soil from all sides and 'float' him up." "This method is really smart, we slipped the soil from around the pit to the bottom of the pit, Zhang Hongxuan jumped in it to shovel out, and the soles of his feet quickly padded up. The faster he moved, the faster the earth cushion became, and after a while he really "floated" up, and when half of his body was exposed to the ground, Da Liu snatched the shovel from his hand and pulled him out of the pit. Zhang Hongxuan struggled in Da Liu's hand and shouted:
Typhoons, heavy snowfalls, and coffin sellers are making great sins.
Typhoons, heavy snowfalls, and coffin sellers are making great sins.
We re-buried the grave, Cao Ruibao said: "He lives here, digging the grave when he is empty, we can't keep watching him, I think it is better to send him back to Zhangqilao, wait for the county's medical funds to be allocated, and then take him to Xi'an for treatment." ”
So, in the afternoon of the same day, he sent Da Liu to take two young students and forcibly sent Zhang Hongxuan back to Zhang Qilao. Da Liu specially explained to the old secretary Zhang Deyi that he must be optimistic about Zhang Hongxuan, and dare not let him run around, if he runs away, the county's medical funds will be allocated in vain.
Silverspring Town has returned to its former calm, and the mournful cries of the "living souls" can no longer be heard at night.
Chunxing did not return to Zhangqilao after the Spring Festival, and it was not until March that Da Liu, an armed officer, gave her the enlistment notice sent by the Chengdu Military Region, and then went to the village to retrieve her luggage. She told Cao Ruibao that she had gone to see Zhang Hongxuan, and that her condition was even more serious, and now she was tied up at home all day long, and she kept shouting that she wanted to dig Tao Ruosong's grave, saying that only by inviting Dr. Tao out could she take care of his illness. Chun Xing said that as soon as she left, Zhang Hongxuan shouted: "Chun Xing, let me go, I want to invite the doctor out!" His daughter-in-law said that he saw everyone with these two sentences. On two occasions, he broke free from the rope and ran towards the town with a shovel, and asked the old secretary to send someone to chase him back. Now my voice is completely hoarse, and I don't eat much. The people in the village said that if they went on like this, they would not live long. His daughter-in-law said that instead of seeing him suffer like this every day, it would be better to let him go and ask him to dig up Dr. Tao's grave once, as the saying goes, 'If you don't see the coffin, you won't die', and if you tell him to see the coffin once, he should die, right? Maybe the illness will be cured. The old secretary said: "Who dares to call the shots in this matter? Digging people's graves is a big taboo in our place, and even if there is a deep hatred, we don't want to do it." ”
In the past few days, JETC has released news about Chunxing's marriage: in March, Qin Aimin will send Chunxing's military uniform back and let Chunxing wear the military uniform to Xi'an, and then the army will send a car to pick up Chunxing to Chengdu to marry her nephew.
I feel as sad as a cat scratch, I really want to see Chunxing, but I don't dare. In these days, military marriages are as untouchable as landmines. Whoever dares to "sabotage the military marriage" will be arrested and sentenced.
I can't eat, I can't sleep, I'm bored, and I have nowhere to talk. After lunch, I had just walked out of the gate when I saw Ms. Hye-jin, a teacher from our school, lingering in front of the post and telecommunications office, as if waiting for someone. When she saw me coming out, she called me enthusiastically, "Teacher Jia, aren't you going to school yet?" I looked at the sky and said, "It's still early." As she spoke, she had already stepped in front of me, as if she had something to say. I asked her tentatively, "Huizhen, have you seen Chunxing in the past two days?" Huizhen said a little unhappily: "Dongping, why are you so realistic? She is about to wear a military uniform, and you are still thinking about her?" I said embarrassedly: "It's not that I'm worried, I'm just asking casually." Huizhen said: "If you don't say it, I understand, look at what has made you anxious in the past few days? I feel very sad about you like this, I came here today to tell you, there are many good women in the world, why do you have to let Chunxing torture you like this? You can't ......."
I roughly understood what she meant, so in order to avoid embarrassment, I quickly blocked the topic and said, "Huizhen, you go back to school first, I still have some things to do at home, let's talk about it when we get to school." Seeing that I was so determined, Hye-jin pulled down her face and turned around and left. I can't deceive myself, although Hye-jin is also a good girl, it is impossible to ask her to take the place of Chun-aung in my heart. At least until Chunxing gets married, I will never allow others to break into my heart.
Who should pour the bitter water on my stomach? I was dizzy and came to Tao Ruosong's tomb with my erhu. If Brother Tao were alive, how would he persuade me and comfort me? I sat on the earthen mound next to the tomb and pulled up the "Liang Zhu", and as soon as the bow was pulled, tears flowed with the trembling kneading strings. At that time, the eldest brother renamed "Liang Zhu" as "Separation of Flesh and Bone". Now, the eldest brother is dead, Chunxing is leaving, it's really a parting between life and death. Brother Tao, you are gone, do you know the pain in my heart? I thought like this, pulling, tears flowed continuously. Tao Ruosong's voice and smile are vivid...... Suddenly, I remembered what he told me to study hard, practice the piano hard, and look for opportunities to continue my studies. A flash of thought in my head, and an idea in my heart. Closing the bow, clenching his fists, bowing to Brother Tao's grave, lifting the erhu and returning to school.
I searched for a full set of junior high school textbooks, and my plan was to complete all the courses from the first to the third year of junior high school in one year, and then study high school courses on my own, so that I would have the opportunity to go to further study in the event that the state opened a university. With this goal, my heart suddenly calmed down, and I felt much stronger and more fulfilled.
On the afternoon of March 4th, when school ended, I was crossing the street with a group of elementary school students in a neat row, when JETCO stopped me and said, "Quick, go to my house, you see who's coming." "When I left the children's team, I saw a handful of turquoise pine branches in front of the JETCO house, tied together like a bouquet of flowers. This type of pine branch is not like ordinary pine branches in the shape of a fan, it is a long branch one by one, and the pine needles are neatly and densely arranged on both sides. I was wondering when I was pushed out of my house by JETCO. On the old wooden bench at the foot of her house sat a young woman in a gray-white trench coat, although her face was haggard, but it could not hide her handsome appearance and elegant temperament. The woman stood up, grabbed my arm with both hands and shouted, "Teacher Dongping!" and fell on my shoulder and cried loudly.
I suddenly realized that she said, "You're Sister Qiuyue, right?" and she cried even harder. Holding me tightly, her head resting on my shoulder, her body trembling violently to convey to me the extreme sadness in her heart. After crying for a while, I heard JETC say: "Foolish, I don't dare to cry, I have been walking for a few days and nights, and I have more to drink and eat." Only then did I remember the folk custom that I couldn't cry my relatives in other people's homes, so I hurriedly said: "Sister, don't cry yet, you take a rest, I'll take you to the tomb of Brother Tao to have a look." Hua Qiuyue finally slowly stopped crying, and while sobbing, she took out a handkerchief and wiped her tears. JETC brought a bowl of steaming boiled tofu and said, "Sister, don't cry, this is tofu made with our Yinquan water in Yinquan Town, you should eat it while it's hot." Our family sells tofu, how about you taste it? ”
Hua Qiuyue was obviously hungry, she said "Thank you, auntie" and took the bowl. I asked, "Aunt Yintong, when did she arrive?" and Aunt Yintong said, "I just arrived, and I came up on a donkey cart pulling coal." As soon as I got out of the car, I asked where Mr. Jia Dongping's house was? I said that Jia Dongping would still be in school before he got out of school, who are you and what are you looking for him? She said that she was Dr. Tao's daughter-in-law. As soon as I heard this, I quickly left her at home. She asked me to take her to the school to find you, and I said I didn't need to go, I would be out of school immediately, and Teacher Jia would pass by in front of our door. That's just waiting for you. ”
Hua Qiuyue put down the bowl after eating, took out a dollar from a military satchel she was carrying and said, "Auntie, I'll pay you something." Aunt Yintong pretended to be annoyed: "Silly people, aren't you scolding your aunt? When you come to Yinquan Town, no matter who you are, let alone eat one or two meals of common food, no one dares to take your money even if you eat ten days and a half of delicacies from the mountains and seas." Doctor Tao is in our town, who doesn't lift up, who doesn't respect it. After Aunt Yin finished speaking, her eyes turned red. She blew her nose and wiped it on the upper of her shoes and said, "I remember that Dr. Tao said that you have a son who is more than a year old, why didn't you bring it?" Hua Qiuyue said: "Oh, the road is too far, and the traffic is not convenient, I thought I would take him with me to suffer, so I sent him to my mother to settle down." "I went out and bought some burning paper, biscuits, bread and the like for sacrifices, and asked Hua Qiuyue to follow me to the cemetery. Hua Qiuyue came out and hugged the bundle of pine branches, and Aunt Yin closed the door and followed.
The sun has set, and the distant mountain top still hangs a touch of sunset red. Aunt Yin Tong was noisy on the street, and many daughters-in-law and women also followed, including Chunxing and Huizhen. On the slope of the temple, I pointed to the new tomb, Hua Qiuyue ran over, she knelt in front of the grave with the bundle of pine branches, and shouted: "Ruosong, I see you are coming!" and then let out a cry of sorrow. I laid the offerings on the dining bed and lit the fire in the ash bowl, but she didn't know it, but cried one after another, "Brother Wakamatsu, I'm late!" Behind her stood Aunt Eun and her daughter-in-law, as well as six or seven women from Chunxing and Hye-jin, who shed tears with her. I stood up and said, "I'll go to the hospital and arrange a place for her to live, you guys will watch here, cry for a while and pull her up, in the cold wind, after a long time, she will be sick." ”
I went to the hospital and told Dean Gao: "Dr. Tao's daughter-in-law is here, and now she is crying on the grave, so let's stay in Dr. Tao's dormitory at night." ”
Dean Gao said nervously, "What's the matter, that Northeast aunt is back again?"
I said, "No, it's Xinjiang, Tao Ruosong's real mother-in-law." ”
Dean Gao said: "Oh, that's good, I'll ask the cook to cook for her immediately, and I'll live in Tao Ruosong's dormitory at night, the stove will last for a lifetime, and the kiln will be warm in a few minutes." ”
After he made the arrangement, he was going to go to the cemetery with me. As soon as I got out of the gate, I saw Aunt Yin Tong and Chun Xing coming back with Hua Qiuyue in their arms, Hua Qiuyue had not yet come out of her grief, covering her face with a handkerchief, and staggering when she walked. When I got to the door, I said, "Sister Qiuyue, this is Dean Gao, the old leader of Dr. Tao." Hua Qiuyue wiped away her tears, held Dean Gao's hand, and said in her hoarse voice: "Old Dean, Ruosong has mentioned you many times in the letter, thank you for taking care of him for more than two years, he is gone, and he has added a lot of trouble to you......"
Dean Gao said: "We have kept Dr. Tao's dormitory as it is, so that you can come and see the environment in which he lived before his death. Now I've asked someone to make the stove, it's very warm, can you live there?" Hua Qiuyue said: "Thank you, Dean! Thank you, Uncle Gao! This is exactly what I want, I will feel the breath of Wakamatsu when I live there." Dean Gao said, "Okay, the kitchen is ready, I'll take you to eat." Oh, all of you have worked hard, go back to dinner, it's not too early. ”
I said, "Sister Qiuyue, you wash up after eating and have a good rest, and I will come to see you tomorrow." ”
Hua Qiuyue said, "Teacher Jia, come over after dinner, find two people who are familiar with Ruosong and talk to me about him, okay?"
I nodded in agreement. On the way, Aunt Yin Tong said: "Teacher Jia, I'll come over with Chunxing and Huizhen in a while, let's come over together, there are too many people to chatter." Her daughter-in-law said, "Mom, I want to go to ...... too," and Aunt Yin said, "What are you going to do?" Quietly keep the door in the house, and don't let the dog in and make a mess like that night. ”
After dinner, my grandparents also had to go to the hospital with me to see Hua Qiuyue. My mother said, "What should I do if there are stones and tiles on the road in the middle of the night?" Why don't you ask Dongping to call her to our house for dinner tomorrow, won't you see her?" Grandpa said, "Yes, in terms of friendship, she should have a meal at our house." ”
I came out and walked to the Yangchun Theater, where the three of them were already waiting for me. Hye-jin complained to me: "It's so hard to eat, and it's not about putting seven plates and eight bowls." Aunt Yin Tong said: "I am the fastest, hot tofu dipped in a little salt, and ran out after eating." ”
When we arrived at the hospital, Dean Gao and Sun Jiaju were telling Hua Qiuyue about the rescue and funeral, which was nearing the end. Hua Qiuyue had tears on her cheeks, and when she saw us coming, she quickly wiped away her tears and greeted us. A few people from the hospital got up and told us to sit down, and then we took our leave.
Hua Qiuyue's windbreaker was washed, put on the wire above the stove to dry, and she only wore a small black close-fitting padded jacket with a vertical road, and the overalls of an oil worker were worn by her with another charm. I said, "Sister, didn't you bring a change of clothes?" Hua Qiuyue said: "Originally, I still brought a few clothes in a bag, but when I got off the train, I only cared about the bundle of pine branches, so I forgot the bag on the car." It's okay, just take Matsueda to Wakamatsu, and it doesn't matter if you carry the bag. ”
Aunt Yintong said puzzledly: "Alas, how to say it, the bag and clothes are more valuable than the leaves of the pine tree, and the branches are put on the grave, and they can't be eaten or worn...... I pushed down Aunt Yintong and whispered: "Auntie, you don't understand, don't talk nonsense." ”
Hua Qiuyue must have heard my words, she said, "Teacher Xiao Jia, you must know why I brought this bundle of pine branches?"
I said, "Sister Qiuyue, don't call me teacher, just call me Dongping, Brother Tao called me like this when he was alive." I know what you mean by bringing cedar branches, when you fell in love with the cedars, quarrying on the seaside, and meeting 'love Ruosong Qing, heart like stone', right?" Hua Qiuyue nodded and said, "It seems that Ruosong really told you everything between us." He told me in his letter that you two are best friends who talk about everything. ”
Hua Qiuyue straightened the lock of hair on her forehead backwards, and then said: "After I learned the news of Wakamatsu's death, I flew back to the Northeast directly, settled the child in my mother's place, and went back to our alma mater alone. I just want him to see that the branches and leaves of this cedar are still verdant, how can he abandon me?" Hua Qiuyue said and cried again, and suddenly, she seemed to remember something, and asked me: "Dongping, you just said that quarrying by the sea, then do you know where Wakamatsu's stone like a heart specimen is placed?" I replied: "I know, the mahogany base you gave it, and there is a line of small characters engraved underneath, which has been placed on this desk all along, together with your photo." ”
"Then why is it missing now?" she asked eagerly.
"When he was buried, he and the violin were buried with Brother Tao. ”
"Was that your idea?"
"That's right, on the night he died, it was already past one o'clock after the mourning hall was built, and I slept in the kitchen next door, and in the middle of the night I dreamed that Brother Tao said to me: 'When you bury me the day after tomorrow, bring me both the piano and the stone, and the piano will be placed next to the coffin, and the stone will be placed outside the coffin under my feet. I thought this might really be what Brother Tao meant, so I did it. Big sister, am I doing this right?"
Hua Qiuyue said: "You have done a good job, the things he loves should always be with him." Hearing this, I couldn't help but feel numb in my scalp, and secretly shivered, feeling that these words were a bit off-string. Just as he was about to speak, Aunt Yin interjected and said, "Hey, I forgot to bury this medicine box for him, he carried this medicine box everywhere he went when he was alive." ”
Several people recalled some episodes of Tao Ruosong's life before his death, and the night was late. I said, "Chunxing, Huizhen, you two can sleep here with the eldest sister, and I will go back with Aunt Yintong." ”
Hye-jin said, "Okay, I don't have classes tomorrow morning. ”
Hua Qiuyue said: "You two go back too, I'm not afraid." ”
I said, "It's not a matter of being afraid, you just arrived in a strange place, and you can't find anything by yourself, so it's convenient for the two of them to accompany you, burn coal, use water, go to the toilet or something." ”
Hua Qiuyue saw that she didn't insist anymore. Before leaving, I said, "Don't ask the dean to report to you tomorrow, my grandfather and grandmother told you to come to our house for dinner tomorrow." ”
She said, "Well, I'm going to visit my grandparents, too." ”
(Note: "Spirit" has been published by Singapore Haoyu Publishing House, and the author has authorized this number to push the electronic version.) Plagiarism must be investigated)
About the Author:
Zhu Zhanping, male, from Zizhou, Shaanxi, was born in October 1953. He is a graduate student of law, a senior lawyer, a member of the China Law Society, a director of the Shaanxi Criminal Law Research Association, a member of the Shaanxi Writers Association, and an arbitrator of the Shaanxi Arbitration Commission. He started his career in 1970 and has served as a worker, journalist, literary creator, communications officer, and lawyer.
While working as a lawyer, Zhu Zhanping created a lot of literary works. In addition to his works published in "Selected Essays", "Yanhe", "Northern Shaanxi", "Pagoda Mountain", "Northern Shaanxi Culture" and other publications, he also collected and published a collection of essays "Yu Xinju Miscellaneous Notes" (2006, Writers Publishing House), the novel "Waiting for Her to Grow Up" (2009, Writers Publishing House), the novel "Five Brothers Herding Sheep" (2014 edition, Writers Publishing House), collated and revised "Collection of Traditional Folk Songs of Northern Shaanxi" (March 2017 edition, Beijing Times Chinese Book Company), and "Spirit" (2023, published by Haoyu Publishing House) and so on.