同学情,永世情
Written by Yu Zejiang
I have been coming to Zunyi "Yunshu Banshan" for two months, and it rains every day, and I don't leave home; Second, I don't know how to drive, traffic is limited, and I haven't been to Zunyi city yet.
My classmate Zhang Jiaying, who was in the same class and table at Yanzikou Middle School, lived on Guanjing Road in Zunyi City. Every time I come to Zunyi, I have to visit my old classmates and their families. This time, Zhang Jiaying called several times to invite me and my wife to her house, but they couldn't make the trip. Yesterday, the old classmate called again to invite, and the four girls of her family claimed to come to the car to pick us up.
In the car, I couldn't help but think of the past when I was a teenager.
On September 1, 1964, I went to Yanzikou Middle School to learn that I was placed in the second class of the first grade of junior high school. At the same table with me was Zhang Jiaying, from the mud team of the mud commune in the Haizi block of this county.
Zhang Jiaying is one year younger than me, there are 5 brothers and younger brothers at home, she is the only girl, she is the pearl of her parents, the baby of the family, and the princess of Zhangjiazhai. Zhang Jiaying was 14 years old at the time, and he was considered tall among girls of the same age. With a red face and dignified facial features, she can be regarded as a little beauty. In addition to the beauty of her appearance, Zhang Jiaying's academic performance is also among the best in her class. Especially in Chinese, every composition is used by the Chinese teacher Nie Zonglun as a model essay to comment.
I also love Chinese, and my composition is on a par with Zhang Jiaying. Supposedly, we should have a good relationship. However, Zhang Jiaying was very proud at that time, and he nailed the board with me. I didn't pay attention to the "38" line on the desk, and when my elbow crossed the "38" line, she smashed it on my hand. Oops, looking at the beautiful girl, it really hurts to stir people. Of course, I am not a fuel-efficient lamp, and I don't know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade when I am young, let alone understand and please the beautiful women. I have been beaten many times, and I can't take care of the ancient adage of "men don't fight women". When Zhang Jiaying inevitably makes mistakes, as long as her elbow exceeds the "38th line", I will return a tooth for a tooth, you come half a catty, and I will pay you back eight taels. Male baby, Bi Jing has more strength, and often beats Zhang Jiaying to scream, and she tries her best to find an opportunity to retaliate.
In the second half of the first grade, Luo Yuxiang, the head teacher, saw that we were not in harmony, so he transferred Zhang Jiaying and me to sit and let Feng Xuanlu and me share the table.
Soon, the Cultural Revolution came, the school was closed, Zhang Jiaying went home, she didn't even go back to school when she graduated, she didn't get her graduation certificate, and I never saw Zhang Jiaying again.
In November 1968, I joined the army and went to Yunnan. As an outstanding political cadre participating in the war, I was selected to study at the Nanjing Higher Political School of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. After graduating in June 1982, I asked to be assigned to the Zunyi branch of the Kunming Army School in order to take care of my family.
One day, Zhang Jiamei, a faculty member of the Teaching and Research Office, came to me and said that his hometown was from the mud field of Haizi Street, Bijie County, Guizhou Province. As soon as I heard the mud field, I remembered Zhang Jiaying, who was at the same table back then. asked Teacher Zhang: "Since you are from the mud field, can you know Zhang Jiaying?" He laughed and said, "Zhang Jiaying is my sister." I immediately asked, "Your sister?" Where is she now? Zhang Jiamei said: "My sister is now in Zunyi City (county-level) Shrimp Town. ”
After a while, Zhang Jiamei and I became comrades-in-arms who got along day and night. One Sunday, Zhang Jiamei asked me, "Brother Yu, do you want to meet your old classmates?" I said, "Your sister is coming to Zunyi?" Zhang Jiamei said: "I'm going to my sister's house for shrimp." If you want to meet your old classmates, I invite you to come along. "I was so happy that I got on the bus with Zhang Jiamei to go to the shrimp.
From Zhang Jiamei's introduction, I learned about Zhang Jiaying's experience in the past 16 years since leaving school.
In 1967, Zhang Jiaying saw that the school was closed and made a fuss, so he left the school and went home. Her third brother works in Zunyi No. 85 Factory, and wants Zhang Jiaying to go to Zunyi and do some temporary work in No. 85 Factory. 18-year-old Zhang Jiaying went to Zunyi and lived in the third brother's house. In 1969, after being introduced, Zhang Jiaying met Comrade Tan of the educated youth of Shrimp Town, and developed into love. After marrying Comrade Tan, Zhang Jiaying worked as a substitute teacher in Shrimp Town, and it was also very difficult along the way.
Zhang Jiamei and I arrived in Shrimp Town, and at that time, Zhang Jiaying's husband Comrade Tan had already been placed in the supply and marketing cooperative, and he seemed to be a manager. Zhang Jiaying's family lives in an old house in the supply and marketing cooperative. Although it is not wide, it was cleaned up by Zhang Jiaying.
It's been 16 years apart, and when I saw Zhang Jiaying, I recognized it at a glance. She didn't think twice: "Yu Zejiang, I didn't expect us to meet in Zunyi." I also said repeatedly: "If it weren't for Jiamei also in Zunyi, I wouldn't have known that you would get married and start a family in Zunyi." Lao Tan laughed: "This is fate." ”
Comrade Tan is also a man of temperament and is very hospitable. He was in the supply and marketing cooperative, and he had a little privilege, so he went to the food company to get a few catties of meat, bought two catties of bud grain wine, and asked Zhang Jiaying to fry a few dishes, and entertain her fellow villagers and classmates, and of course her own brother.
Zhang Jiaying has not forgotten what happened to us in Yanzhong back then: "Yu Zejiang, you are a little annoying in middle school, and you will not let my female classmates often beat my hands." I shot back and said, "It's you who are in vain first, draw the 38th line, what is clear, my elbow is slightly over the line, you will beat it a few times." Haha, if I don't fight back, you don't know the pain. ”
We're like that, you and I remember my middle school days. "Yu Zejiang, you are sometimes careful. That time I went to Arami to help the production team catch insects for disaster relief, the insects were all big and big, and I was scared and trembling when I saw them. Go and cut two long bamboo strips for me, and let me use the long bamboo strips as chopsticks to catch insects. Really, I was not so scared, and I caught a lot of bugs, and I was praised by the school. Zhang Jiaying said: "And that time to move the mountain, you saw that my gloves were broken, so you gave me your good gloves, and you carried the stones with your bare hands, and you also scratched your hands." I was so impressed. ”
I said, "Actually, you're just a little arrogant, very aggressive, and don't take us seriously at all." Actually, you're in a good heart. I still remember when I was in the first class of junior high school, I didn't buy a dictionary, so you gave me your dictionary to use. The school was a work-study program, and when I went to Laodao Mountain to open up the wasteland, I got sick and had a high fever. At that time, it was very hard, and I ate bud grain rice. There was a meal of rice suddenly cooked in the cafeteria, and each person was only given a small half bowl, so you asked Xie Minghui to serve me your small half bowl of rice, and you ate the bud rice yourself. ”
Zhang Jiaying and I are like this, reminiscing about the time when my classmates were young. She also asked about my other classmates, and I introduced them one by one. The friendship between classmates is unforgettable for everyone.
In April 1985, when I returned to Bijie, Zhang Jiaying and Lao Tan went to Gaoqiao to say goodbye to me.
In 1996, I led a delegation of township enterprises in Bijie City to Zunyi to learn from experience, and found Zhang Jiamei's comrades-in-arms who were transferred to work in the Municipal Discipline Inspection Commission. As a matter of course, I went to visit my old classmates, and then reported on the situation of returning to Bijie.
Since then, Zhang Jiaying's family has returned to Bijie, or we have come to Zunyi, to get together and continue their classmates. Especially after 2008, Lao Tan retired, his hobby is fishing, and the level of fishing is said to be good, and he must get it. Every time we go to Zunyi, we are invited to share when we catch a big fish. Not only can he fish, but he can also cook several fish dishes. The fish that I always talk about cooking is full of color, flavor and flavor.
After Jiaying and Comrade Tan got married, they had three daughters and one boy, and the family was happy. The children all have their own careers, and they all get ahead, and the grandchildren are all talented, champions and younger brothers. The children and grandchildren are particularly filial to the second elder, and Zhang Jiaying and his wife live comfortably and happily.
Familiar with the road, we easily found Zhang Jiaying's house. The family was already waiting, and the coffee table was filled with all kinds of fruits. Lao Tan knew that I love to drink green tea, so he had already built me a cup of Meitan Maojian, which has a strong aroma and is delicious and sweet.
Jiaying asked about the recent situation of Bijie's teachers and classmates, and I gave a detailed introduction one by one. Hearing the good situation, Jiaying had a smile on her face; When introduced to a classmate's unsatisfactory background, Jiaying showed a sad expression. Zhang Jiaying always cares about her classmates, which is very touching to me. On behalf of the students in Bijie, I invite the Jiaying family to return to Bijie and meet the students
Getting together and recounting the classmates' separation, they were very happy and agreed.
During the conversation, Lao Tan said: "Zejiang, in previous years, when you came, you used the fish I caught to entertain you. It's raining every day this year, and I'm old, so I can't catch it, so I have to invite you to go down to the restaurant, let's fry a few dishes and drink two cups. I clenched my fists again and again: "It's cost you." Lao Tan said: "Don't talk about that, classmates, brothers and sisters, there is only this life, there is no afterlife."
Whatever the guest wants, I have to accept it!
Yes, classmates, always remember!
(June 30, 2024 in Zunyi City, "Yunshu Banshan")
About author:Yu Zejiang, Mongolian, writer, pen name: Zhan Yu. College culture, member of the Communist Party of China, native of Bijie City, Guizhou Province. He joined the army in November 1968 and served as a soldier, a health officer, a political officer, an instructor, the head of the war news report team of the division's political department, and a political instructor at the Kunming Army School. In April 1985, he transferred to the local government and served as director; Director of the Bureau, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group; Secretary. He has been climbing lattice all his life, and has written the novels "Three Sections of Grass", "Farewell to the Phoenix Neck Bridge", "A Good Wife Like a Mirror", and "Love"; Documentary literature: "Quenching the Years", "The Mountain Road Bends", "Life with Stories", etc.; He is the author of large-scale documents such as "Selected Historical Figures of Qixingguan District", "Jungle 139", "Seven Stars Shining" and so on; His books include "Selected Award-winning Works of Zejiang" and "Collection of Essays of Zejiang". He retired in 2009 and now lives in Mayuan Community, Qixingguan District, Bijie City.