"Oh, I'm sorry." Xu Shiqing said, "Do you want to continue sleeping?"
Xie Chongyue's chest trembled for a moment, and he laughed: "I can't sleep. It's so noisy and fussy."
The tone is a bit cold.
Xu Shiqing lowered his voice: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to speak so loudly."
...What he wanted to say was the hustle and bustle of people coming and going and the noise of cars and horses outside.
Xie Chongyue was silent for a moment, and did not correct the misunderstanding. He just said, "I don't mean to blame you. I'm just annoyed and took it out on you."
He thought of the noisy group of people last night. They pretended so well on weekdays that he took them seriously.
"Do you feel better now?"
Xie Chongyue was startled by this and was glad that he didn't bite the cigarette, otherwise it would be a waste.
The man laughed silently for a long moment, then said to the young man, who, even in his overcoat, could still be seen as an intellectual, "You're such a... fool."
He wanted to say "fool", but stopped, unable to say it to those eyes, so he changed the word.
"Who have you told this to?" Xie Chongyue reached out and led the person into the yard. No one would think deeply about whether there was any other meaning behind it.
The dog in the yard turned its head lazily, and when it saw it was them, it turned away in disgust.
Xu Shiqing was still thinking about what this sentence meant. While he was being led out by him, he couldn't think of a single word.
Finally, he said honestly: "No, I only told you."
I never thought about how ambiguous this statement was.
"..." Xie Chongyue stopped and looked at him with an ambiguous expression, then asked, "Do you know what it means that disaster comes from the mouth?"
Can you just say this kind of thing to anyone?
"......?" Xu Shiqing didn't have that nerve. In this era, splitting a peach and cutting off sleeves was considered sick and shameful. Even though there was an old custom of sworn brothers in the south, people often pretended not to know and thought that the relationship between brothers was good.
As long as they don't kiss in front of each other, everyone will assume that this has never happened.
"Forget it." The man tightened his grip and forcefully led the person out of the yard. From the door, one could clearly see how much impact last night's events had on Xujia Village. Every household had closed their doors, but it seemed as if hot clouds were floating over the village. A closer look revealed all sorts of local dialects and slangs, with barbaric tones, which exposed all the emotions.
There are chairs at the gate of the yard.
Xie Chongyue sat down with a stern look, touched the cigarette in his pocket, and said, “When are you leaving?”
The Peking University enrollment season had long since passed. Xu Shiqing had just finished writing a paper on fighter jets and had asked his father to find a reliable person to show it to the higher-ups...
He actually thought that building an airplane was so expensive, so why not just go abroad and build one and fly it back, which would be a simple thing.
However, being able to grit your teeth and squeeze it out to build a complete industrial system chain is more valuable than a simple high-tech fighter jet.
After all, if weapons, especially bombers, are not able to be built independently, then no matter how excellent or outstanding their performance is, it will only be short-lived. In war, no matter how powerful a weapon is, if it fights alone, it will only take more effort to destroy it, or consume more casualties to fill the gap.
The outcome of wars in industrial civilization depends on productivity.
"I'll wait for my father's reply," Xu Shiqing said. "If my thesis doesn't pass, I'll go to Liaoyang for further studies. I'll definitely be able to get into graduate school."
He was confident, and Xie Chongyue, who had gotten to know Xu Shiqing well, didn't doubt his ability. If someone could persist in studying late into the night, even on a freezing winter day, as long as they were intelligent, that perseverance was enough to allow them to flourish in their chosen field.
What's more, Xu Shiqing is just a bit thick-skinned but very smart.
Xie Chongyue nodded. He was still upset, with many things piling up in his mind. When Xu Shiqing asked him if he felt better just now, it was like a cool breeze blowing on his face, and his mind felt a little calmer.
The man was vaguely aware of his own thoughts, but they were shocking after all. A young master in the capital, a poor relative in the countryside, or an educated youth in the big city, a rough man in the fields—the gap between the former and the latter was too great.
Before he becomes equal, before he has the power to become a giant tree that blocks out the sun, he will not allow such thoughts to be exposed to the sun.
Xie Chongyue shook his cigarette, but he didn't light it; it was just a habit. The young man had a sensitive nose, and the smell of cigarettes was so pungent that it always made his eyes moist.
"Then I will bring gifts to your house to celebrate for you." Xie Chongyue said with a smile. He has decided to go into business. It is a road with both dangers and opportunities, but Xie Chongyue is ambitious. Sometimes he is surprised at his own confidence in success.
But some talents are inexpressible, and so are some opportunities.
Xie Chongyue clearly sensed his own talents and could also clearly see where the tide of the times was heading - so why hesitate?
This is an era of passionate enthusiasm. Although every era is like this, people only have high enthusiasm in their own era. Simply because of their youth, young people are always forward-looking and high-spirited.
He thought about leaving Xujia Village and doing some small business to earn capital, and then accumulating and amassing wealth so that when he came to visit, he would not be looked down upon by the young man and his family.
Although Xu Shiqing is not such a person, Xie Chongyue understands human nature and does not have unrealistic ideas about his second uncle, with whom he has little friendship. What's more, he wants to drag the other's son into an abyss with no future.
The man couldn't help but smile when he thought of this, which made Xu Shiqing look at him worriedly and ask if anything happened last night.
"Aunt Zhang and Uncle Li's wife gave birth on the same night," Xie Chongyue said, "but Aunt Zhang had a miscarriage, and Uncle Li's wife had a difficult delivery."
Xu Shiqing frowned and thought, that's impossible.
"Xu Ling is Uncle Li's biological daughter." Xie Chongyue emphasized, "But Uncle Zhang doesn't think so."
“……?”
Xie Chongyue sighed. This was a mess, and if this mess was uncovered, all the bad things that happened in the village more than 20 years ago would be brought out.
Those were the glorious years shortly after the founding of the People's Republic of China, but also absurd.
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Uncle Li's name was Li Cuntong. He was neither from Jichuan County nor from Fujian.
He was one of the educated youth who went to the countryside that year. After ten years, because his relatives were separated in the turmoil, he stayed in this mountainous land.
Later, he met his wife, Xu Shen, and settled down in Xujia Village.
The village welcomed him very much. After all, Li Cuntong's presence allowed them to spend less money on their children's literacy education. Li Cuntong was also happy to do this. The children who came to his home were sometimes naughty, but more often they were simple and cute.
Most importantly, his wife Xu Shen loved children very much, but her health was not very good, so Li Cuntong was always cautious and even reduced the number of times they had sex, for fear that his wife's health would worsen after she became pregnant.
But even with such precautions, Xu's nephew still became pregnant.
One morning, Zhang Yuying ran to his house crying.
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