Chapter 216

In 1975, Shangmu village.

Shangmu village is a small village in Jiangnan.

It is located in the west of a river into the sea. There is also a small river winding through the village. The land is fertile and the water and grass are abundant. The people who live here have been farming and raising silkworms for generations.

It's September of the lunar calendar. It's not cold or hot, and the villagers in Shangmu village are busy digging sweet potatoes.

In Shangmu village, rice has been planted all the time. In some places, rice is planted twice a year, and in some places, one season a year. In this way, the annual yield of rice is good, but most of the rice has to be handed over to the government, so we can't eat white rice.

Therefore, today's digging of this sweet potato is particularly important - they all rely on sweet potato to fill their stomachs!

Digging sweet potato is a physical work. In the early morning, the young people in the village take iron harrow and turn over the land where the sweet potato vine has been cut off.

Gu Mingxiu was digging.

He is very thin, but his strength is not small, a rake down, there will be a large piece of mud and a lot of sweet potatoes were turned out.

The women in the village pick up the mud with their hands, find out the sweet potatoes and throw them into the bamboo basket nearby.

Occasionally see some big sweet potato is Gu Mingxiu an iron rake to be stabbed, still can sigh: "so big sweet potato, it is a pity."

As they spoke, they threw the wounded sweet potatoes into another bamboo basket - they couldn't last long, they had to eat them quickly.

Gu Mingxiu kept plowing the ground. The women followed him and others to pick up the sweet potatoes. Behind them, there were some children with snotty noses. They picked up the sweet potatoes, or sweet potato roots, which were the size of fingers, left by the woman in front of him with a basket.

These small sweet potatoes are full of "tendons", that is, thick plant fiber, but at least they can fill their stomachs, so no one is willing to waste them.

Moreover, the big sweet potato should be handed over to the village head for distribution, but these small sweet potatoes can be taken home directly.

Some women, in order to take more sweet potatoes home, will let their children stay behind them, and then deliberately drop some larger sweet potatoes, which can be the size of eggs, and the harvest of those children will be much richer.

They are all from the countryside, and generally no one says anything.

However, everyone was working, and suddenly there was humanity: "what about Yan Zhiqing? Didn't come again? "

Their village is close to a town with few land and many people. Most of them are relatives of the villagers. If people from the towns nearby want to go to the countryside, they choose the surrounding villages, and some of them live directly with their relatives.

But this is different. He came from the capital two years ago.

That's the capital!

When I first came here, the villagers were very strange. They all went to see him, but now The villagers were afraid of him.

It is said that the educated youth are tall and big. They look strong, but they are too lazy!

He has been here for two years, and his work in the field is still untidy. He always knows to stay at home and be lazy all day.

"That educated youth is really lazy."

"Zhang Zugen's daughter had a crush on him before, and recently she has given up her mind."

"Don't you give up? He is so lazy that he becomes poorer and poorer... "

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The people in the village really don't know what to say about him.

When he first came, the whole people looked at the bright and beautiful shoes. All the people thought that his family must be rich, but it was not.

In the past two years, no one has sent anything to him!

In the first year, he was able to survive by selling what he had brought. In the second year, he lived by borrowing food from the village and people around him.

This is what we borrowed from the village. We have to write down everything. He always doesn't go out of work, and he certainly won't be able to do it at the end of the year

What's more, the villagers also learned that the composition of his family was not very good.

The people in this water town in the south of the Yangtze River have soft personalities. In recent years, they have made a lot of noise outside. However, the trouble is not serious. No one will do anything to Yan Zhiqing, but we don't like to get close to him.

Even if he is good-looking and well-educated, with laziness and bad composition, those girls who were in love with his face at first started to beat the drum one after another.

People in the village think that if the educated youth keeps going like this, he will be a bachelor all his life!

As for the other person in the village who may be a bachelor all his life is Gu Mingxiu, who is trying to turn over the land.

Gu Mingxiu is the best-looking man in his village. Compared with the educated youth, he works hard. When he was 15 years old, he was able to get the same work points as an adult when he was doing farm work in the team.

But he also had fatal flaws.

First of all, his composition is also not good - Gu Mingxiu's grandfather was a big landlord in the village at that time.

Gu's family used to do raw silk business.

Their family built a wall by the river, which could have a large yard of three meters high, and built a wharf. For decades in the morning, when collecting cocoons every year, people nearby shook their boats to sell cocoons here. There were people coming and going on the wharf, and all the money they paid had to be packed in bamboo baskets.Gu Mingxiu's grandfather went to the big city to read books. He was the only one in the village.

Unfortunately, the times have become too fast.

Before Gu Mingxiu was born, Gu's family was defeated. Not long after he was born, his father committed suicide for various reasons. Later, Gu Mingxiu's mother took Gu Mingxiu to marry an old bachelor in the village who could not marry a wife, and had four children.

But even if Gu Mingxiu's mother remarried, Gu Mingxiu's composition is still not good, many people are not willing to marry him, let alone He has a family to drag on.

Gu Mingxiu was a drag on his stepfather's house. When he was a child, he had to do farm work to take care of his younger brothers and sisters. He was also the son of the landlord. He was always bullied in the village, so he had a bad life.

However, God still did not let him go.

When Gu Mingxiu was 14 years old, his stepfather got sick and his stomach got bigger and bigger. When he went to the hospital, the doctor said that he could not cure it, so he died.

His mother was not in good health. At that time, she was pregnant and fell ill. Later, when she gave birth to the baby, the child came out first

The midwife pulled hard and the woman was gone.

Gu Mingxiu is 20 years old. There is no elder in his family. Instead, he has four half brothers and sisters to take care of. The youngest one is only six years old Who would marry him?

However, although Gu Mingxiu's father was a landlord, the old master of Gu's family had always been kind to others, and Gu Mingxiu was miserable. Therefore, the villagers were quite friendly to Gu Mingxiu.

Only once in a while, Gu Mingxiu would be pulled out to criticize him.

This year, there is no way.

The sun is setting in the West. It's time to stop work.

Yan Zhiqing still didn't come to the field.

The aunts couldn't help sighing again.

"It's rare to be so lazy as Yan Zhiqing!" One of them said, "he will starve to death sooner or later."

Gu Mingxiu, carrying an iron rake on his back, was walking to the place where farm tools were stored in the village

"Sick? You can believe that. " Those gossiping women rolled their eyes and said that Zhiqing was so fat and white that she was sick?

Gu Mingxiu didn't agree with these women's words, but he didn't like to argue with others and shut his mouth.

There used to be a small temple in Shangmu village, where there were several Bodhisattvas. The temple was built by the family. But a few years ago, the mud Bodhisattvas in the temple had been thrown away. Now this temple has become a place for storing all kinds of things in the village.

The tractors in the village, the farm tools used by everyone, the grains collected, etc., are all put in the temple.

Gu Mingxiu put down the iron rake and went home.

In the early years, there was a big pot of rice in the village, but now it has been abandoned. The grain is divided into different families.

At this time, compared with the famine more than ten years ago, everyone's life was much better. Like Gu Mingxiu's family, only Gu Mingxiu worked hard. Three of his four brothers and sisters were in their teens and wanted to study. The youngest one was always in trouble because he was suffocated in his mother's stomach and was weak and sick.

However, these days I have been collecting sweet potatoes, and the village has divided the sweet potatoes that were injured in digging early, so as not to be hungry.

Gu Mingxiu came home and smelled the smell of burning sweet potato.

Gu Mingxiu's four brothers and sisters are two men and two women.

His stepfather's surname is Gu, and his sister-in-law is the same as his surname. Among them, the oldest brother is Gu Yubao, the second younger sister is 13, Gu Yulan, the third sister is 12, Gu Yuxian, and the youngest is a boy, who is six years old and named Gu Yukang.

At the moment, the third sister Gu Yuxian has just cooked the sweet potato.

After washing the sweet potatoes and putting them into the iron pot for a long time, the sweet potatoes were pasted on the iron pan and burnt to one side. When the sweet potatoes were burned, she put a bowl on the steamer, put a little rice in it, and steamed a bowl of rice.

This meal is for Gu Yukang.

Gu Yukang is weak and stubborn. He doesn't eat sweet potatoes. If he only eats sweet potatoes, he can stop eating them and cry all the time.

Gu Mingxiu was never picky. He went home, washed his hands, took sweet potatoes from the pot and ate them with their skins.

Gu Yubao, who was in junior high school in the town, came back.

Their village is very close to the town. The children's primary school in the village is to take care of the family. The fence has a three meter high house. Everyone in junior high school goes to the town to read.

Of course, most people don't go to junior high school.

"What do you have at home today?" Gu Yubao got into the kitchen and was upset when he saw that there were only sweet potatoes in the pot

When he finished, he saw the rice next to him: "this bowl of rice is for me."

"This is Yukang's Gu Yuxian wanted to stop his second brother, but Gu Yubao picked up the bowl, without using chopsticks, and took a bite on the steamed brown rice with a little burnt sweet potato flavor.

"This is Yukang's Gu Mingxiu frowned."Big brother, I want rice, too." Gu Yubao reached for the chopsticks.

"You had lunch and eggs." Gu Mingxiu robbed the bowl.

Gu Yubao went to junior high school in the town and brought rice every day.

Their own food has always been bad, but Gu Yubao said that people in the school ate very well, and they were disgraced. Gu Mingxiu had to let him take rice to school, boil an egg every day, cut it in half, and pour soy sauce on it for him.

"I still want to eat it in the evening." Gu Yubao was right.

When Gu Mingxiu's stepfather and mother were still alive, Gu Yubao was his favorite. After all, this was his stepfather's first child and a son.

It is also because of this, Gu Yubao has developed the temperament of what he wants from childhood.

Gu Mingxiu used to follow Gu Yubao, but today he has been tired for a day and has something in his heart. He says, "if you make trouble again, you will take sweet potato to school tomorrow."

With that, Gu Mingxiu gave Gu Yuxian the bowl on his handle.

Gu Yubao frowned discontentedly.

Gu Yuxian was afraid that Gu Yubao would make trouble again, so he took a bowl to feed Gu Yukang. Gu Yukang, who was six years old, didn't know whether he was a bit stuck in his mother's stomach for a long time. At the age of six, many things would not happen. Every day, he would yell for elder brother and sister.

"You are good to that fool!" Gu Yubao skimmed his mouth and picked the best sweet potato to eat.

At this time, Gu Yulan came back.

The two sisters of the Gu family are Gu Yulan and Gu Yuxian. They should be beautiful women, but in fact

Gu Mingxiu's stepfather is not very good-looking, and the two sisters are also ugly, black and small.

Gu Yuxian is a little younger, working at home while studying in primary school. Gu Yulan is a little older and doesn't love reading. She has already started working.

Today, when she came back, she carried a basket in her hand and showed it to her family with pride: "you see, I went to pick up a lot of sweet potatoes after work!"

The sweet potatoes in her basket are big one by one. Gu Mingxiu frowns: "how big is it?"

Gu Yulan said: "I hid it secretly. Everyone left and went back to get it..."

"Aren't you afraid of being caught?" Gu Mingxiu frowned. Although these sweet potatoes will be divided in the back, they are found to be stolen and stolen, which is to be criticized!

"It won't be caught! And that's what they do. " Gu Yulan looked at Gu Mingxiu: "elder brother, you are too honest!"

Gu Mingxiu was helpless. He thought it was not good, but he didn't know how to say it.

After eating, Gu Mingxiu went out: "I'm out."

Gu Yulan said, "brother, are you going to town? I'll go with you. "

Gu Mingxiu immediately refused: "you stay at home."

Gu Yulan probably suffered from hardship and hunger when she was a child. When she went out, she wanted to take everything at home. Her hands and feet were not very clean. She did not dare to take people out, for fear that she would be beaten or arrested if she made trouble.

Gu Yulan rolled her eyes and stopped talking.

In the village, people are arranged to watch the night, not only one person, but also several to avoid stealing sweet potatoes.

Gu Mingxiu went out of the door, not to the ground, but to the town.

People in the town have public food to eat, and they live a very good life. They also look down on the villagers and call them "country turtles". Of course, the countrymen are not willing to be outdone and call them "street turtles".

Gu Mingxiu was not as hostile to the people in the town as some people in the village did, but he did envy them.

The people of the town, they've had a great time.

When he got to the town, Gu Mingxiu went directly to the material supply point of the town and picked up the tip of sugarcane.

Recently, the sweet potato harvest, sugar cane also on the market.

In Shangmu village and other nearby villages, sugarcane is planted. After harvest, some of them are distributed in villages, some are sent to sugar making, and some will be sent to nearby counties and towns for supply to local residents.

And this local specialty, or no ticket.

In these days, almost every family in the town will buy some sugarcane to eat. Unlike the rural people, they just take the skin to eat after washing. They often have people cut the skin before they buy it home. If it's too bad, people will cut off their heads and tails.

In this way, the top tip of sugarcane is connected with the upper leaves, which will be cut off and left on the ground, and this tip will be picked up.

The top tip of sugarcane is not sweet, but those children who are short of snacks in the countryside will still pick them up and chew them. After eating, they can be dried and burned as firewood.

This is the plain. The land that can be reclaimed is basically reclaimed. Anyway, there is no such thing as woods.

This has led to a situation in which firewood is often not enough for every household.

There are rice straw and mulberry sticks that the family uses to burn fire. But this is not enough. In order to have more firewood, Gu Mingxiu will go to the field to pick up the roots of rice in the field at night, and now he will come to the town to pick up sugarcane shoots.Gu Mingxiu picked up a lot of them in one breath, tied them up and took them home.

By the time he got home, it was already very dark, but there were still many families in the village whose houses were full of light.

Their village is electrified because they are far away from the town. Of course, not many people are willing to use electricity.

As soon as Gu Mingxiu got home, several children of his family rushed up to the top of the sugarcane and turned over what could be eaten.

Gu Yukang called out: "elder sister! Sister

He couldn't get it himself, so he asked for help.

Gu Yubao never paid attention to Gu Yukang. Gu Yulan only cared about his own food, so Gu Yuxian found a part of the spear, cleaned it, tore it off with his mouth and fed it to his younger brother.

This sugarcane tip is not sweet at all, Gu Yukang ate two mouthfuls, Gu Yuxian began to eat himself.

Gu Mingxiu at this time, however, took two sugarcane tips that he had been optimistic about, stood up and went out the door.

Gu Yubao frowned: "where is brother going again?"

"Maybe to catch a pheasant." Gu Yuxian said, "I will go and catch it tomorrow.

Gu Yubao thought of the pheasant, licked his lips, threw down the tip of sugarcane on his hand and went back to his room.

Gu Mingxiu did not catch the pheasant.

He wanted to go, but he was tired all day today and went to the town again, so he didn't have the strength.

As a matter of fact, he's hungry right now - he's always hungry fast just eating sweet potatoes.

There was no sweetness on the top of the cane, but Gu Mingxiu was a little greedy, but he didn't eat it.

He went to the well to wash the two sugarcane tips on his hands, and then went to his old house, where his father lived.

This house is now used as a primary school. At the same time, there is also a educated youth living in it, that is the lazy Yan Zhiqing, Yan Jingze.

Gu Mingxiu thinks that yanjingze is a very nice name, and Yan Zhiqing is also very beautiful.

Ever since Yan Jing came to the village, he has noticed this educated youth. He likes this person from the bottom of his heart and wants to make him happy.

But he will still secretly send things to Yanjing.

He can't take the food out of the house, but usually he tries to find something that can be imported. He always talks about the educated youth a little bit.

Today, Yan Zhiqing was ill again. When he didn't go to work, he wanted to send something to Yan Zhiqing. Unfortunately, he didn't have anything to send, only sugarcane shoots.

Even if he took it, he specially picked it when he picked it up. Compared with the sweeter tip, it was a little too hard to give away.

Yan Zhiqing, who was in Beijing before, was sure to be able to eat complete sugarcane.

In this way, Gu Mingxiu was a little embarrassed.

But he knocked gently on the door.

Yan Jing goes through.

He suddenly woke up and suddenly found himself in a house with no home and a strange smell.

It was dark outside and there was nothing at home. He couldn't find the place by lighting a lamp, but he was still hungry

Words and scenery are speechless.

Where on earth is he wearing it?

Even if you don't give him the past memory, why doesn't he have the memory of the owner of this body?

How does that make him live?

If he goes out tomorrow, will he show his horse's feet and be arrested directly?

Yanjing is more and more anxious, more and more hungry, the whole person is depressed.

However, he didn't know what was going on. He didn't dare to go out for a stroll. It was dark everywhere. He didn't know where he could go.

He had no choice but to lie in bed, intending to stay up until dawn.

Just then he heard a knock at the door.

The voice was quiet, but it was very obvious in the quiet night. Someone came to him?

Yanjing came down from the wooden bed and groped forward.

The knock stopped and the man outside the door left?

Yan Jing is a little anxious. He rushes to the door, fumbles to pull off the bolt, and finally opens the door.

It took a lot of time to open the door. Yanjing was ready for no one outside. Unexpectedly, the door opened and saw a man.

There was moonlight outside, which made him see the man clearly.

This is a handsome man in his twenties. When he saw this man, Yanjing felt his heart beat faster.

He couldn't tell what it felt like, he only knew one thing - he liked this man!

He fell in love at first sight!

After crossing to a strange place, he fell in love with a complete stranger at first sight.

But he couldn't control his feelings. Just seeing the man in front of him, he felt that his heart was no longer his own.

"You..." Yanjing opens his mouth, but he doesn't know what to say.

Gu Mingxiu knocked at the door and no one should answer it, so he was annoyed.At this point, the sick Yan Zhiqing may have gone to sleep. Would he disturb others by knocking on the door like this?

He didn't knock on the door any more. He planned to leave the things on his hands at the door. He was afraid that he would be taken away. He was tangled. When he saw it open, Yan Zhiqing came out.

Yan Zhiqing's stature is higher than that of all the people in the village, and his figure looks strong It is said that it is because the northerners are tall.

Gu Mingxiu opened his mouth: "Yan Zhiqing, I've brought you something, I'll..."

"Would you like to come in and sit down?" Yan Jing asked.

Gu Mingxiu looks at Yan Jingze in surprise.

The country people are dirty and have lice on them. The foreword is that the educated youth would not let people in, but let him in now?

Just in a daze, Gu Mingxiu's words before meeting Zhiqing faltered and propped his hands on the door frame to stabilize his body.

Yan Zhiqing is really sick. He should be very sick!

Gu Mingxiu immediately stepped forward and helped Yan Jingze: "Yan Zhiqing, are you ok?"

Yan Jing took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and said, "I'm ok."

He's really OK. He just suddenly fainted.

The reason why he was dizzy was that he got the memory of the original owner.

Yanjing clenched his teeth and was already angry - the original owner was really a scum!