In the end, Cheng Rushan behaved himself and did nothing.
The next morning, Jiang Lin got up and washed up. She asked Cheng Rushan, "Are you going to Yunye Lake today?"
Yunye Lake Farm is the largest labor reform farm in the province. It is located 30 miles away from Qingcheng District. It is backed by mountains and faces the lake. It is very rich in products. In addition to various fruits, vegetables and rice, it also produces freshwater fish, and mandarin fish is particularly delicious.
Cheng Rushan: "Our whole family will go."
Jiang Lin: "Am I going too?"
Cheng Rushan smiled and stared at her, "Aren't you from our family?"
Jiang Lin: "I mean you and mom can go, it would be inconvenient with so many people."
Cheng Rushan: "It's okay, no trouble."
Yan Runzhi simply said: "Bao'er mother, there are so many delicious foods in Yunye Lake, including duck eggs, mandarin fish, big fat peaches, and..."
Jiang Lin: "Stop talking, I'm going!"
Yan Runzhi winked at Cheng Rushan proudly.
Cheng Rushan: I remember it.
Breakfast has been placed on the table, including millet porridge cooked by Yan Runzhi, stewed pickled vegetables and eggs, egg custard, and yesterday's steamed pork with rice flour, which is now full of oil and smells delicious.
Jiang Lin sat down and said to Dabao and Xiaobao, "There is a poem about mandarin fish: Peach blossoms, flowing water and fat mandarin fish. It's very beautiful."
Dabao: “What did you say?”
Jiang Lin met his eager eyes and smiled, "The whole poem is..."
What was it?
Jiang Lin felt like the name was on the tip of her tongue but she couldn't say it. Whose poem was it?
Dabao and Xiaobao looked at her curiously. Xiaobao laughed and said, "Mom, I don't like going to school either! Let's not go to school."
Cheng Rushan pressed his head with his big hand and said casually: "This is Fisherman's Song by Tang Dynasty poet Zhang Zhihe. Egrets fly in front of Xise Mountain..." He recited the whole poem.
Yan Runzhi said to Xiaobao: "Your mother is testing you. Do you really think she can't do it? All teachers are like this."
Jiang Lin: ...Thank you for saving my face.
She acted as if nothing had happened, as if she was really testing them and had not forgotten. She said, "Can we buy some mandarin fish? I really want to eat it."
Cheng Rushan looked at her with a smile and handed her a steamed bun, "Let you eat enough and then come back."
Jiang Lin always felt that his eyes meant something. Didn't he just forget it... Humph. Sister, I remember very little... I only remember what I learned when I was a child. It seems that it's time to start studying hard? Don't miss the college entrance examination next year.
Jiang Lin went to tell Shang Zonghui that if any tiles were delivered, he would be responsible for distributing them, and he and Shang Baozhu could also help people lay the tiles.
Shang Zonghui: "Jiang Zhiqing, what about the chimney they want? I don't know how to do it."
This chimney is beautiful and practical, and everyone wants to build one too.
Jiang Lin: "You will, believe in yourself." She had already taught Shang Zonghui yesterday, and he knew the key points, so he just needed to practice.
Seeing how much she believed in herself, Shang Zonghui was encouraged, "Okay, I'll try it."
Jiang Lin said goodbye to him and went home. Yan Runzhi had already packed everything. When she saw her coming back, she took Dabao and Xiaobao out to wait on South Road.
Cheng Rushan went to the commune to find Duan Changan and took a ride to the county first.
Jiang Lin gave Dabao and Xiaobao a few slices of hawthorn each. Eating this is better than eating candy all day long.
Dabao was very satisfied, but Xiaobao was a little unsatisfied, but he knew he couldn't argue with his mother, so he took it and ate it obediently. After eating, Xiaobao said he wanted to pee, so Jiang Lin led them to the ditch by the roadside to pick wild flowers while waiting for the bus. Dabao and Xiaobao said they wanted to make wreaths to give to Grandpa and Uncle.
Just as he was waiting, he saw Cheng Rushan running towards him. When he got there, Cheng Ruhai panted, "Are you going to pick up my dad? I'm the eldest son, so of course I have to go."
Yan Runzhi: "You go by yourself."
I haven't seen you visit for so many years, but now you are going.
When Cheng Ruhai heard yesterday that Cheng Rushan had removed the black hat from his family, he was so shocked that he couldn't recover for a long time. He hurried to the brigade to confirm and learned that everything was true. He was no longer an anti-revolutionary landlord, but a revolutionary gentry. Not only did he remove the hat, but most of his property had to be returned! This meant that most of the houses in the village had to be returned.
Cheng Ruhai immediately became restless. As the eldest son, he should live with his father. He wanted to go to the farm to bring his father back and take good care of him.
Last night he wanted to talk to Cheng Rushan, but he was afraid that Cheng Rushan would beat him, so he didn't dare to go near him. He didn't sleep all night, and this morning he hesitated again and again, and decided to catch up and give it a try. When his father comes back, will Cheng Rushan still beat him? Their family is the most particular about filial piety and etiquette.
Cheng Ruhai smiled and said, "Mom, look at what you are saying. Of course we are together as a family."
Yan Runzhi almost got goosebumps from hearing the corny word "mother". "Dongsheng is coming back." I'll beat you to death.
Cheng Ruhai stood aside awkwardly.
Yan Runzhi suddenly said, "Don't think about taking advantage of me. I'm not afraid to tell you that Baoer's mother is the head of our family. Your father and I are supported by Dongsheng and Baoer's mother. If you want to do something useless, just forget it as soon as possible."
Don't think she doesn't know Cheng Ruhai's little plan.
Cheng Ruhai said righteously: "Mother, what are you talking about? Why are you being so polite? I am not my father's son. How can I let Dongsheng raise me alone? As the eldest son, of course I have to bear the main responsibility of supporting you in your old age."
Yan Runzhi ignored him.
Watching the car approaching from a distance, Yan Runzhi hurriedly said to Jiang Lin: "Bao'er's mother, here she comes."
Jiang Lin led Dabao and Xiaobao to run over quickly. When she saw Cheng Ruhai, she said coldly, "Are you looking for a fight?"
Cheng Ruhai said stubbornly: "I want to go with you to pick up my father. He is my biological father and I am the eldest son."
Jiang Lin pouted, "If he doesn't redress his wrongdoing, he's not my real father."
Cheng Ruhai's face was purple, but he still stayed here.
After a while, a car came closer. It was Duan Changan. He stopped the car and greeted Jiang Lin.
Cheng Rushan jumped out of the car, helped Yan Runzhi up, and then carried Dabao and Xiaobao up. Seeing that Jiang Lin wanted to climb up by herself, he simply held her waist and carried her up.
Jiang Lin: “…” Do you treat me like a child?
Cheng Rushan didn't even look at Cheng Ruhai, and said to Duan Changan, "Changan, let's go."
Cheng Ruhai hurried over and said, "Brother, I want to pick up our father too."
Cheng Rushan ignored him and jumped into the car.
Duan Changan stepped on the accelerator, and the Yuejin light truck took off with a whirring sound, spraying Cheng Ruhai's face with exhaust fumes and dust.
Cheng Ruhai was so angry that he kept jumping up and down, mumbling something, but no one in the car could hear him.
When they arrived at the county, Jiang Lin thought they were going to take a train, but after Cheng Rushan said goodbye to Duan Changan, he took them to the county revolutionary committee compound.
"The county is going to build a bus station, and there will be more buses going to the countryside in the future." He told Jiang Lin, and briefly told her and Yan Runzhi about his transportation work. Although it seemed like a very popular job to outsiders, he never thought of it as something to show off, and never introduced it seriously.
When he arrived at the county party committee compound, he went to find the transportation manager of the logistics department and learned that there was a car going to Qingcheng area and they could hitchhike.
They were about to set off at ten o'clock, so they waited a moment.
Jiang Lin went to the supply and marketing cooperative and gave Tao Zhen the embroidery products that she had agreed to sell secretly. If they were popular, they would supply them on a long-term basis. After the two wrote down the order and recorded the quantity and decided on the price, Jiang Lin said goodbye and returned to the compound.
Cheng Rushan wanted to accompany her, but she refused. If he didn't go, it wouldn't matter to her. But if he went, she would remember the slap she gave him. How embarrassing.
Around ten o'clock, the driver came over, Cheng Rushan went to say hello, and the family took the car to Qingcheng. This truck was different from the light truck driven by Duan Changan. This was a heavy-duty truck, carrying the sorghum task handed in this autumn, to be delivered to the winery in the Qingcheng area. The sorghum was packed in sacks, stacked up one by one, and then tied tightly with thick hemp ropes.
Jiang Lin asked Yan Runzhi to go to the front with the driver so that the bumps would be less severe. However, Dabao and Xiaobao insisted on sitting on the sacks at the back with their parents.
The terrain in Qingcheng is divided into plains, hills and mountains. However, the local mountains are not very high, with the highest not exceeding 500 meters, and there are no particularly abrupt and towering peaks. They took the highway, but it was not the asphalt road of later generations, and the terrain was undulating. Although there was no danger along the way, it was very bumpy.
Dabao and Xiaobao were not afraid at all and shouted with joy. They were thrown up by every slope and raised their arms high to try to fly. Cheng Rushan helped by holding their legs.
Jiang Lin held onto the front fender of the truck with one hand, and held onto Cheng Rushan's arm with the other, while keeping an eye on Dabao and Xiaobao. After they played a few times, Jiang Lin couldn't help but stop them. The wind was whistling, and she had to lie down next to Cheng Rushan and say loudly, "Okay, stop playing such dangerous games. Sit down."
It's better to be safe than sorry.
Cheng Rushan followed suit and immediately fixed Dabao and Xiaobao on his legs so that they would listen to their mother.
The truck had some problems on the way and the driver couldn't handle it alone, so Cheng Rushan went down to help fix the car. He carried Dabao and Xiaobao down, and then took Jiang Lin down, letting them rest and exercise on the side of the road.
Yan Runzhi gave them some water to drink and boiled eggs to eat.
Jiang Lin stood on a hill and looked down. The sky was high and the clouds were light. In the distance, farmers were busy with autumn harvest and children were herding sheep. Everywhere was a scene of busyness and harvest. After seeing such scenes many times, she felt that she had a growing sense of belonging to this era.
Dabao and Xiaobao were telling Yan Runzhi how the truck made them fly.
Xiao Bao tugged at Jiang Lin's clothes, "Mom, I was sitting there quietly. It was the big truck that threw me up. Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Don't blame Dad."
He saw that Jiang Lin's eyes were as fierce as a mountain.
Dabao nodded, "Don't blame Dad, it's the big car!"
Jiang Lin glanced at Cheng Rushan who was helping to repair the car and said, "Don't blame your father, blame you two. You and grandma will sit in the front later. Be well behaved and don't hinder the driver from driving."
They wanted to go play in the back, but Jiang Lin refused, so they went to find Cheng Rushan.
Cheng Rushan was leaning over to help fix the engine. He turned his head to look at Jiang Lin and said with a smile, "Your mother has the final say."
Dabao and Xiaobao's shoulders slumped down, and Daddy also listened to Mommy.
Yan Runzhi was gloating on the side, whispering to Dabao and Xiaobao: "You two think you can do whatever you want just because Dongsheng is back? No way! Our mother has the final say."
Dabao: "What about grandpa coming back?"
Yan Runzhi: "Your mother has the final say."
Xiaobao: "Then my sister is here?"
"She's still your mother. So, just listen to her." Yan Runzhi was very happy. She had been smiling since her son came back.
After the car was repaired and they had enough rest, they set off again. Dabao and Xiaobao obediently climbed onto the small reclining chair behind the cab.
When his son was not around, Cheng Rushan openly held Jiang Lin in his arms to prevent his wife from running away.
Jiang Lin: “…”
Cheng Rushan hugged Jiang Lin to his chest and spread out the sheet he brought with him to cover her. "There's still an hour left. Go get some sleep."
Jiang Lin wanted to say that it would be strange if she could fall asleep in such a situation, but then she leaned in his arms, with the sound of the wind whistling in front of her, his steady heartbeat in her ears, and his hot chest behind her. She was tossed up and down like she was on a boat, and she actually fell asleep.
Cheng Rushan held her in his arms, and his heart softened as he saw her sleeping peacefully and sweetly.
One hour later.
"Wife, let's get off the car." Cheng Rushan lowered his head and kissed her on the eyes.
Jiang Lin woke up immediately, "Are we there yet?"
"Get off and walk for a while."
He slid down holding the rope with one hand, stepped on the baffle below, and supported Jiang Lin's armpit with one hand to help her down. Then he let go and jumped to the ground, and lifted Jiang Lin, who was climbing down holding the rope, directly down.
They went to say goodbye to the master.
Because Cheng Rushan would be delivering supplies for the troops in the future and was more popular than these ordinary drivers, the drivers were particularly polite to him.
It was noon when they got off the bus. Cheng Rushan carried his two sons, and Jiang Lin supported Yan Runzhi to prevent her from falling due to the uneven road.
Yan Runzhi: "Bao'er mother, I'm still young, not like those old ladies who can't even walk steadily, you don't need to help me."
Just as he finished speaking, his feet slipped. He was so scared that he quickly grabbed Jiang Lin's arm and took the initiative to hold Jiang Lin's arm, "Bao'er mother, let's walk together. The road here is really slippery."
Jiang Lin smiled and said, "This is a slope, and there are small stones on the road. It must be slippery after the rain."
Yan Runzhi no longer dared to brag, and walked carefully along the way holding Jiang Lin's arm. If she fell and got hurt before meeting the old man, it would be a great shame.
Jiang Lin really admired Yan Runzhi. She had suffered so many grievances, but she could let it go in an instant without mentioning it. As far as she knew, some people would talk about the grievances or hardships they had suffered throughout their lives. After all, it was hard to let go, and it could also become a kind of reliance.
But Yan Runzhi not only didn't mention it to outsiders, she rarely talked about it even to her own son and grandson. Jiang Lin even felt that she herself might not think about it deliberately.
Yunye Lake Farm is very large. In addition to a series of not very high mountains, there is also a large freshwater lake. The reeds and white flowers in the wetlands beside the lake are rippling like the sea. The lotus leaves on the lake are crowded together and the lotus is still in full bloom. There are small boats working on the lake, and white geese and ducks are swimming in groups on the lake.
Dabao and Xiaobao sat on Cheng Rushan's shoulders and looked far away. They kept exclaiming, "What a big bay."
Jiang Lin smiled and said, "This is Yunye Lake, a lake that is much bigger than the rivers, ditches and bays in our home."
After walking for a while, Jiang Lin felt mesmerized by the beautiful scenery. It was simply a little Jiangnan.
The place where this labor camp is located is so beautiful, it looks more like a sanatorium.
When the farm's horse-drawn carriage passed by, Cheng Rushan greeted them and took them on board, chatting with the driver.
When they arrived near the farm, Jiang Lin retracted his previous idea that the labor camp was like a sanatorium.
Yunye Lake is very beautiful. The labor camp is built on Yunye Lake, but this does not mean that the labor camp is a sanatorium.
In a beautiful location, a large brick and stone compound was built with high walls covered with spikes and barbed wire.
This wall clearly distinguishes ordinary people outside from those who come to labor camp for various reasons inside. Freedom and lack of freedom will affect people's feelings about this beautiful scenery.
The gate of the labor camp was closed, so Cheng Rushan led them to a small side door where there was a guard booth.
Some people come to visit relatives but are turned away for various reasons. No matter how much they beg, it is not allowed. All the necessary procedures must be completed, otherwise they will not be allowed to enter.
Cheng Rushan presented a series of documents including a letter of introduction.
The guard carefully looked at Cheng Rushan's documents and letter of introduction, then looked at him and Jiang Lin, looked at the documents again, asked a few questions, and finally said, "Let's go to the office compound to get the stamp and go through the formalities first." He pointed in the direction of the office compound.
Cheng Rushan thanked them and took Jiang Lin and others in.
They went to the compound, but the secretary was not there. However, the secretary was not needed to stamp the documents, so the deputy secretary could be there. Cheng Rushan asked them to wait under the porch while he went to find the deputy secretary Jing Guangming.
Cheng Rushan was quite familiar with the Yunye Lake Labor Camp. After all, he was born here and did not return to the village until he was 11 years old.
It’s just that I haven’t been here in recent years, so I’m not familiar with the management system and personnel changes here.
For example, he didn't know much about Jing Guangming. He had inquired about him before coming here. It was said that Secretary Guan, who had always taken good care of the Cheng family, had gone into semi-retirement due to a recurrence of an old injury. The person in charge now was Deputy Secretary Jing Guangming, the future successor.
According to the news, Jing Guangming is a difficult person to deal with. He is famous for having to give you a hard time even if you have a well-founded argument. That means even if you have all the necessary documents, he will still ask for some benefits. Without benefits, there will be no results.
When Cheng Rushan walked to the door, he just heard someone inside begging Jing Guangming, "Secretary Jing, my father's old illness has come back. The environment here is humid and he can't sleep all day long. His bones hurt a lot. Please be kind and give him a two-month vacation so that I can take him back to treat his illness."
"Oh, the environment here is not good? What do you think is good? The cowshed? When your father was in the cowshed, no one treated him. Why does he need treatment when he comes to our place with beautiful mountains and rivers? I think your thinking is very dangerous. Do you mean that our party and government made him sick?"
"Secretary Jing, I definitely don't mean that. I..."
"Hey, what do you mean? Your idea is even more dangerous. Do you want to bribe the cadres? Let me tell you, I am honest and dedicated to my duties. I never accept bribes!"
"Secretary Jing..."
"Someone, come and arrest him. He has been doing evil things all day long and corrupting the people's cadres! This is the atmosphere that has led to your corruption." He rushed to the window and shouted loudly. Soon two soldiers rushed in and took the man out.
"Interrogate him carefully. He engages in corrupt behavior all day long. This is outrageous!"
Jing Guangming looked angry. He shook his hands and ruffled his oiled hair. Then he saw Cheng Rushan coming in from the door.
His first reaction was, who is this extraordinary young man? Maybe he is some kind of cadre from the army. After thinking about it for a while, he said seriously, "Who are you?"
Cheng Rushan: "Secretary Jing, I will handle the rehabilitation procedures for Cheng Yunzhi and Cheng Ruzhou and take them home."
Jing Guangming sneered when he heard this and said with a smile: "Brother, you are not dreaming, are you? Don't you know that Cheng Yunzhi's father Cheng Yi is a veteran landlord who is currently rebelling against the Communist Party? He was shot! Rehabilitation? It's impossible in the next life."
How funny!
There were so many landlords and capitalists who were shot, but not a single one has been rehabilitated yet.
Cheng Rushan raised his thick eyebrows, his eyes became colder, "I'm not dreaming, you're fainting." He took out a stack of documents and put them on the table, "Please take a closer look."
Jing Guangming is now the boss of Yunye Lake. Everyone who sees him smiles even before they open their mouths. Even if you hate him or are unwilling to accept it, you still have to greet him with a smile. This guy is here to handle the formalities. He is not an official. What is he showing off? How dare he lose face for me? How can this be!
Jing Guangming's face darkened. He didn't even want to look at it. He just stretched out his hand and swept over the pile of documents. "I don't want to see anything!"
Before his hand touched the pile of documents, Cheng Rushan grabbed his wrist.
Cheng Rushan leaned over and lowered his head to be able to look at Jing Guangming at eye level. "If you dare to sweep my documents on the ground, I will find you a spy deeply buried in the party. If you don't believe me, just try it." He snorted, and with a flick of his hand, he threw Jing Guangming onto the chair behind him.
Jing Guangming's wrist was numbly in pain when he was gripped by him. He stared at the man opposite him. What kind of eyes were those? Fierce, cruel, and flashing with bloodthirsty light, as if they were going to tear him into pieces in the next moment.
"Who are you? What do you want to do?"
Cheng Rushan curled his lips in contempt and tapped the documents on the table with his fingers. "I am Cheng Rushan, and I am here to handle the rehabilitation procedures for my family. You only need to stamp your seal, and there is no room for you to make any comments." He snorted, "Because you are not qualified!"
Jing Guangming was so angry that he started to tremble. Ever since he took charge, no one had dared to speak to him in such a tone. Looking down on him? Dare to say he was unworthy? He was courting death!
He rushed over and took out a 54 pistol from the drawer. He was the farm secretary and had the authority to deal with special emergencies, such as riots by prisoners, and he would kill them all!
He picked up the gun, loaded it and released the safety as he thought it was very quick, then pulled the trigger at Cheng Rushan.
But Cheng Rushan, who was originally sitting opposite him, was no longer there. When he was stunned, Cheng Rushan had already reached out from beside him, grabbed his arm, and forcefully pried the gun off his hand. He then took out the magazine and slammed it on the table.
"Secretary Jing, do things according to the rules and don't create unnecessary trouble." Cheng Rushan was taught from a young age that everything was determined by policy, and he should not try to resist but should struggle within the scope allowed by policy, so he never did anything outside of policy.
Now he is rehabilitating his family according to the policy. If Jing Guangming makes things difficult for him, he will embarrass Jing Guangming according to the policy.
Jing Guangming was stunned. He didn't expect Cheng Rushan to dare to treat him like this.
What a courage!
Cheng Rushan held the back of the chair with one hand and pressed the other hand on the documents on the table, tapping them lightly, "Secretary Jing, you came late and I left early, so we don't know each other. But it doesn't matter, there's nothing wrong with following the policy."
Jing Guangming suddenly remembered, and his eyes widened suddenly, "You are Cheng Rushan!"
Cheng Rushan raised his eyebrows, "An honest man does not do shady things. I introduced myself from the beginning."
Jing Guangming's forehead was covered with sweat. He had not listened carefully before, but now he understood. Secretary Guan had told him about the Cheng family several times before, saying that Cheng Yunzhi and Cheng Ruzhou lived here, and asked him to take extra care of these two people. They didn't need special care, just don't let anyone abuse them, such as not being criticized or tortured, or beaten. They just needed to work like everyone else.
He didn't take it seriously. He had seen Cheng Yunzhi before. He was a quiet man. Although he was only in his early fifties, his hair was already gray and his back was slightly hunched. Although he had a handsome figure when he was young, he was now dying and not very good-looking. Cheng Ruzhou was special. He was very handsome. He was actually close to forty years old, but he looked like he was in his early thirties. It was a pity that he was a fool. Fools have no worries. They eat and sleep foolishly and sing opera all day long, so they don't age.
Not to mention, Jing Guangming quite liked listening to him sing, but it was a pity that he didn't sing well. He started swearing halfway through the song, in a mean and vicious manner.
Jing Guangming wiped the sweat from his forehead and began to look at the documents on the table carefully.
Cheng Rushan stood up, stepped back to the opposite side of the desk, and waited quietly.
Jing Guangming, however, could not concentrate on reading the documents. Instead, he stole a glance at Cheng Rushan sitting opposite him. He was as agile as a rabbit and as quiet as a virgin. This was exactly what he was like.
There was actually nothing interesting about the document. It had been stamped by the Provincial Revolutionary Committee, the Regional Revolutionary Committee, the County Revolutionary Committee, and the Commune Brigade. All they needed was his stamp to release the person.
Now that he has been rehabilitated, he has no right to keep him locked up any longer.
But according to his practice, even if you have all the necessary documents, you still have to bring at least 200 dollars.
At that time, 200 yuan was not easy for ordinary people to save. Those who worked could still borrow or squeeze in, but ordinary members might not be able to save 200 yuan in ten years.
So many people are controlled by these 200 yuan and cannot get anything done.
He glanced at Cheng Rushan again, and seeing that Cheng Rushan had no intention of taking out the money, he struggled internally, wanting to say that you have to wait a little, but the formalities are complete, so he can't say there is a problem with the documents, he can only say that they are busy here, and it will take a certain time...
He looked into Cheng Rushan's dark and cold eyes, and it was as if an ice pick had pierced his heart. For a moment, he could hardly breathe. He decisively took out the seal, dipped it in the ink, and stamped it all with a "pa pa pa".
All in one go.
Cheng Rushan knew exactly where to stamp which documents. Seeing Jing Guangming was still looking, he reached out and pulled out a few sheets at the bottom and asked him to continue stamping.
Jing Guangming looked at his hands. These fierce and powerful hands were not big. On the contrary, the skin was fair, the fingers were slender and strong, the joints were not prominent, and the whole hand was well-proportioned and beautiful. However, it was covered with scars of various sizes, especially the scar on the left palm that almost cut the entire palm. Although it healed well, it made Jing Guangming's back shiver.
No matter whether the scar was cut by himself or caused by grabbing the enemy's weapon, it is cruel enough. Such a person is cruel to himself and must be even crueler to others.
Jing Guangming immediately decided not to offend him. "Okay." He put the seal back, put away the documents, knocked them neatly on the table, and handed them to Cheng Rushan respectfully with both hands, "The guesthouse is open to the public, you can stay here." @无限好文，尽在Jinjiang文学城
Cheng Rushan was used to his rudeness and respectful attitude and didn't think much of it.
He said meaningfully, "Secretary Jing, if you help others, you will benefit yourself." He was referring to the person before.
Relying on a little privilege to make things difficult for others, once the protection of this privilege is lost, he will become a rat crossing the street and everyone will shout and beat him.
He took his documents, put them in a paper bag, then put them in his schoolbag, and went out to look for Jiang Lin and the others.
Jiang Lin and Yan Runzhi took Dabao and Xiaobao to look at the fish in the fish pond in the yard. They should be caught and raised for two days to feed the farm cadres. Yan Runzhi told Dabao and Xiaobao about her experience on the farm, "I tell you, this farm is like a treasure land, it's so fun. There are also crabs in the lake, right now, they are fat, sticking their big butts out and swaying, you can definitely catch one if you catch it."
Xiaobao immediately imitated the way a crab walks, swinging his butt, "Is that so?"
Jiang Lin smiled and grabbed his arm. "Catch a big crab, Yunye Lake hairy crab! Haha, delicious!"
Dabao: "I'm a big shark, I'm not tasty."
Jiang Lin: "Sharks are more dangerous. If they are caught and their fins are cut off, they are doomed without their fins."
Seeing Cheng Rushan coming out, they ran over and asked, "Are you ready?"
Cheng Rushan nodded and said, "Let's go."
It is still some distance from here to the compound where the inmates live. Unlike the working and residential area for the staff in front, the houses in the back are low and narrow, with brick and tile houses and thatched houses mixed together. Because it had rained in the past two days, the dirt road was becoming more and more muddy.
The atmosphere of Cultural Revolution is more palpable here than outside. Various large slogans are painted on the walls with white lime, such as "Take class struggle as the key link", "Fight selfishness and criticize revisionism", "Strike back on rightist tendencies", "Leniency to those who confess", etc.
The labor camp was organized in a military style, with a labor camp headquarters, and then divided into companies, squads, etc. The headquarters was inside, usually one of the best rooms in a yard.
Cheng Rushan and his team went to the team headquarters where Cheng Yunzhi and Cheng Ruzhou were located, found the company cadres, explained the situation and showed them the documents.
Captain Gu took a look, confirmed it, and told them to wait until someone would be sent to pick it up.
Cheng Rushan said: "Let's go together."
Captain Gu did not stop them and let them go.
When Jiang Lin and his team passed by a team headquarters, a meeting to criticize D was underway. On the stage, several people had their heads shaved in the shape of a yin-yang and had plaques on their chests. Someone mechanically listed their crimes, and then the participants shouted slogans together. After so many years of doing this day in and day out, everyone had lost their enthusiasm, and the slogans they shouted became dry.
Dabao and Xiaobao widened their eyes, frowned, and quietly asked Yan Runzhi, "Grandma, is Grandpa like this too?"
They had heard Yan Runzhi's stories and knew that the person kneeling on the platform was not necessarily a bad person, but children did not understand complicated things, so she told them that it was just a misunderstanding and they could just talk it out.
Yan Runzhi pursed her lips and said, "It was like this before, but not now."
Dabao and Xiaobao breathed a sigh of relief. They didn't want their grandfather to be bullied like this.
After about half an hour, they finally arrived at Team 3 where Cheng Yunzhi was.
Captain Gu led them to the gate of a fenced courtyard and said, "This is it."
A thatched house, a fence garden, and the yard is covered with clematis, pink and white flowers, and tender green vines. It is inconspicuous but very fresh. With the roses and impatiens on the side, it looks like a beautiful farmyard.
Yan Runzhi first went to look at the flowers by the fence and said excitedly, "When I was here, they were not allowed to plant flowers. After I left, they were allowed to plant flowers. The old man plants better than I do."
Captain Gu came later and didn't recognize her. He smiled and said, "They have been asked to plant crops a long time ago. Some people plant vegetables at the doorstep, and some plant flowers. Except for the house, they have no say. The flowers and plants in this garden are well taken care of."
He shouted, "Uncle Cheng, someone is coming to your house!"
No one answered from inside.
Captain Gu said, "I think he's gone to chop hemp. Wait a moment, I'll go and call him."
The farm is different from the brigades outside. They don't grow all kinds of food. They usually follow the requirements of their superiors and grow one kind of food per season, so the busy farming season is relatively concentrated. It's not the time for their autumn harvest yet, so the staff are relatively idle and are assigned some odd jobs. The young people do physical work, and the older people do some light work.
It was evening, and the sun was setting, casting a hazy golden hue on the surrounding green trees, red flowers, fenced yards, and thatched houses, creating a sense of unreal beauty.
Yan Runzhi: "Let's go in and wait."
The gates of the fence were closed directly without any locks. There were two chickens in the yard. There was a small haystack at the foot of the wall with a few branches spread out and two pieces of clothes hanging on them.
The door was ajar and not locked, and opened easily with a push.
Yan Runzhi pushed open the door, and the dim room was immediately filled with sunlight. She walked in first.
Jiang Lin led Dabao and Xiaobao to follow in. When they were outside, Dabao and Xiaobao were particularly well-behaved, especially Xiaobao, who was the bossy one at home. She behaved like a little girl.
The space inside was not big, divided into two rooms. The outside was narrower, and it was used as a kitchen, with a small stove and a small pot. There were two jars at the base of the wall, a water jar and a grain jar, and a clay pot on the ground with some bowls and chopsticks piled in it.
The inner room was slightly larger, and most of it was a kang, where I guess four or five people lived. There were a few small wooden boxes stacked on the kang, and no other furniture, not even a table.
On a small wooden box was a child's calligraphy practice book and a pencil stub that even Dabao couldn't hold.
On the wooden box at the edge of the kang, there was a piece of dry wood with a few gentian flowers stuck in it. There was also a clay vase that was half collapsed, but it still contained a few wild flowers, adding a bit of brightness to the dark little room.
Yan Runzhi clapped her hands and laughed, "This is for me." She grabbed a handful of gentian flowers and unknown wild flowers and held them in her hands.
Cheng Rushan: "My father and elder brother will definitely pick them for you every day."
Yan Runzhi smiled and shed tears, "That's better than the others. If he dares to give it to another old woman, I will break his legs."
Jiang Lin put his arm around her shoulders and rubbed them, "Let's go outside and take a look. Maybe he's back."
They returned to the yard and saw some onions, garlic and leeks planted at the foot of the wall, which were growing well.
After a while, Cheng Rushan said, "Wait a minute, I'll go take a look."
Cheng Yunzhi was working at the team headquarters. The team planted a lot of hemp, and they were processing the hemp fiber.
He was always relatively silent, not a talkative person, and listened to others talking about new things and policies while they were working. What they talked about the most and what they longed for the most was rehabilitation, returning to the city, and getting a job.
Someone said, "I have a relative who is going to be rehabilitated and will return to the city to continue working." Others didn't believe it and started talking about it.
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At this moment, Captain Gu's voice came, "Cheng Yunzhi, your family is here to visit."
Cheng Yunzhi didn't pay any attention to it.
Everyone looked at him enviously, "Old Cheng, what a good life."
Someone who knows about it said, "No one from the Cheng family has come for five or six years, and now they are finally here."
Cheng Yunzhi came back to his senses and was stunned for a moment: Someone is coming to the house?
Five years ago, Cheng Fugui said Dongsheng was arrested, and then he said something else. No one came to his home, and he was very worried. Fortunately, Secretary Guan was kind and helped him find out. He said Cheng Rushan was taken away, but the government did not have any documents to say whether he was sentenced or shot. It seemed that he was sent to do something. He also told him not to have any wild thoughts, to live well, and not to worry his family.
Cheng Yunzhi has been counting the days for the past few years. Cheng Ruhai doesn't come either. He can't go out, so he can only get some information from Secretary Guan from time to time. But Secretary Guan is busy with work and in poor health. He doesn't come all the time. When he comes, he is busy with work. It is impossible for him to always pay attention to Shuihuai Village. Gradually, he stopped bothering him and could only write a letter occasionally.
There were restrictions on sending letters, and they had to buy envelopes and stamps. They had no income, so they had to find ways to do it. So although they were not far away, he had very few contacts with his family in the past few years.
Now, when he suddenly heard that someone was coming to visit his family, he was happy at first, but then he was afraid, fearing that there would be some bad news.
Although there is no news, sometimes no news is good news, which is better than bad news.
"Is Cheng Yunzhi here? Hurry up!" Captain Gu's voice sounded again.
"Captain Gu, what's the matter?" Cheng Yunzhi's legs felt weak and his face turned pale.
People around him said, "Old Cheng is so happy. His family is coming to visit him. Why don't you hurry up?"
Old Yuan, who lived in the same room with him, helped him up and said, "Don't be afraid, it must be a good thing, otherwise how can you say you are visiting relatives?"
Cheng Yunzhi calmed himself down and said, "Yes, it's a good thing." He hurried out.
Captain Gu's voice came again, "Hurry up, your family has been rehabilitated, why don't you hurry up? Your wife, son, daughter-in-law, grandson, and a lot of people are here."
The room where the workers were working suddenly exploded with excitement. "What? Rehabilitated?"
"Old Cheng was rehabilitated? How was he rehabilitated?"
Cheng Yunzhi was originally shocked and frightened, feeling very uneasy. But when he heard that he had been rehabilitated, he staggered and almost fell.
Old Yuan quickly supported him, also in surprise and joy: "Old Cheng, congratulations, you are rehabilitated! After so many years, you finally got the light of day!"
All the blood in Cheng Yunzhi's body rushed to his head, making a buzzing sound. He could not hear clearly what they were saying. He could see each other's faces and their opening and closing mouths, but he could not hear what they were saying. The voices seemed to be from very far away.
Slowly, the blood began to flow again. The surrounding noise instantly filled my ears, chattering, "Congratulations, congratulations!"
Of course there were also those who were jealous and sarcastic, but Cheng Yunzhi didn't care at all.
I can endure any humiliation, so what does these sour words mean to me?
He took a big step forward, and his hunched back straightened up! His family was vindicated!
There was nothing else in his eyes. He only saw a wide road extending under his feet all the way to the horizon. His father and eldest brother were there. He wanted to rush over!
He walked out in a hurry and everyone made way for him.
Captain Gu looked at him from outside and congratulated him: "Old Cheng, congratulations."
Cheng Yunzhi seemed not to hear anything. He just ran out with big strides, faster and faster, until he tripped and fell to his knees. He looked up at the sky, opened his arms and shouted with all his might: "Dad, Mom, Big Brother, Big Sister-in-law, if you are in heaven, we are innocent——"
He shouted and fell to the ground with a thud.
Captain Gu was so frightened that he rushed over to support him, rubbed his chest and pinched his Ren Zhong acupoint, and called for help.
He didn't expect that Cheng Yunzhi, who usually looked calm and gentle, was so depressed. When he heard about the vindication, he was so sad and happy that he actually fainted.
At this time, Cheng Rushan went to the team headquarters to ask for the location. When he heard Captain Gu calling, he strode over.
Seeing the unconscious Cheng Yunzhi, Cheng Rushan rushed over quickly, propped him up, and hit him on the back with several palms.
With a "wow" sound, Cheng Yunzhi spat out a mouthful of blood and slowly woke up.
Cheng Rushan breathed a sigh of relief, a little regretful that he should have come with Captain Gu. He wiped the blood from the corner of Cheng Yunzhi's mouth with his sleeve and said, "Dad, I'm Dongsheng, I'm here to take you and your brother home."
Cheng Yunzhi looked at Cheng Rushan in front of him. He hadn't seen him for several years and could hardly recognize him. His son used to be violent and rebellious. He was always worried that his son would get into trouble and be harmed by others, so he prayed day and night. Unexpectedly, Dongsheng grew up and became sensible.
He burst into tears, tightly grasped Cheng Rushan's hand, and choked up: "Okay, okay."
Cheng Rushan leaned over and carried his father on his back, then asked Captain Gu, "Excuse me, where does my elder brother Cheng Ruzhou work?"
Captain Gu said, "Cheng Ruzhou's situation is special, and no specific labor has been assigned to him. He should be pulling weeds over there."
Cheng Rushan: "Captain Gu, please help me call my brother home. I will send my father back first."
Jiang Lin brought Dabao, Xiaobao and Yan Runzhi to wait in the yard, and they couldn't wait any longer so they went to the path in front of the door.
After waiting for a while, Jiang Lin saw the tall Cheng Rushan carrying a person on his back from a distance, and said happily, "Here he comes."
Yan Runzhi was a little dazed, and quickly touched her face, "Bao'er's mother, do you see if there is any dust on my face? Did I wash my face when I went out this morning? When I was in the car, I got dust all over my face, did you wipe it off?"
Jiang Lin carefully gathered her hair, rubbed her two slightly light but beautiful eyebrows with her index finger, and said with a smile: "It's beautiful, at first glance, she looks like eighteen, and if you look closely, she looks like a flower."
Dabao: "Grandma, you are very handsome."
Xiaobao: "Grandpa will definitely like it."
Yan Runzhi laughed and said, "I'm so happy with the praise." She tugged at her clothes again and went out to greet him.
She saw Cheng Yunzhi still letting her son carry her. What happened? In her anxiety, she forgot to leave a good impression on the old man and immediately rushed over, shouting anxiously: "Dongsheng, what happened to your father?"
Cheng Rushan said: "It's okay, my father is too happy, I'll carry him on my back."
Cheng Yunzhi patted his son's shoulder and said, "Put me down quickly, I'm fine."
Cheng Rushan still carried him to the door before carefully putting him down.
Yan Runzhi and Jiang Lin rushed forward to help, and Dabao and Xiaobao also ran over and shouted crisply: "Grandpa!"
Cheng Yunzhi looked down at the two identical little grandsons and laughed with joy until tears came out. "Oh, good, really good." He put his hands on his lapel and rubbed them over and over again. He reached out to touch them, but seeing their delicate faces, he was afraid of scratching their skin with his rough hands, so he touched their hair with trembling hands.
Dabao and Xiaobao each grabbed one of his hands and leaned forward to kiss him, "Grandpa, I brought you some candy. It tastes sweet."
Xiaobao generously took out the White Rabbit milk candies he had hidden, peeled off the paper and gave them to Cheng Yunzhi to eat.
Cheng Yunzhi bent down, opened his mouth and took it in. His mouth was filled with a strong aroma of milk, and his heart was filled with an intense joy and heavy dull pain.
"well!"
Yan Runzhi wiped her tears again and again, pulled Jiang Lin and said to Cheng Yunzhi: "This is our daughter-in-law, the mother of our two children, and a great contributor to our family. You haven't met her yet."
Jiang Lin bowed to Cheng Yunzhi and called him "Dad".
Cheng Yunzhi's lips trembled with joy, and he subconsciously reached into his pocket to look for a gift or something, but unfortunately there was only a hole in his pocket.
Yan Runzhi quickly supported him and said, "Don't take it out. Where's Ruzhou?"
Cheng Rushan said, "Mom, you talk to Dad. I'll go find my eldest brother."
Jiang Lin wanted Yan Runzhi to have some heart-to-heart talk with Cheng Yunzhi, so she took Dabao and Xiaobao to follow Cheng Rushan.
In a blink of an eye, Jiang Lin and the others walked away. Yan Runzhi supported Cheng Yunzhi and put her face on his arm to wipe her tears. "Our Dongsheng is great. He has vindicated us."
Cheng Yunzhi nodded. "The child mentioned this when he was seven or eight years old. I thought he was just a child saying something out of anger. How could he know... Hey, good boy. Our eldest brother loves him well."
Yan Runzhi helped him into the yard. Cheng Yunzhi looked at his wife and sighed, "After so many years, I have grown old, but you are still so young and pretty."
Yan Runzhi's family was not well off, and she had to take care of Dabao and Xiaobao, so she couldn't leave them alone for a day, so the two hadn't seen each other for several years. They both remembered the way they looked before, and even constantly beautified their memories, and that person became younger and younger, even becoming the same person they were when they first met.
In Cheng Yunzhi's eyes, his wife will always be as pretty as she was when they first got married. Similarly, in Yan Runzhi's eyes, her husband will always be as elegant and handsome as he was back then, telling them stories on the farm.
She laughed and said, "Stop flattering yourself. You've been an old man for a long time. When I married you, you were almost 30. When my grandfather was that age, he would have had a grandchild."
Cheng Yunzhi nodded and smiled, "Yes, I was an old man when I married you. I was much older than you, but you didn't mind."
Yan Runzhi asked him to sit down. "I didn't dislike it then, and I don't dislike it now. Let's go home and live a good life."
She took out a wooden comb from the small cloth bag at her waist and combed Cheng Yunzhi's hair. "We are going to get our little courtyard back. Let's live together. I will cook for you and you can plant flowers for us. Ruzhou will perform for us, Dongsheng will make money, and Baoer's mother will be the commander. I don't know how good it will be."
When Cheng Yunzhi heard that his daughter-in-law was an educated youth, he also found it incredible, "It is a blessing for our family that she can marry our Dongsheng."
"This is the fate of the young couple." Yan Runzhi was very proud. "How many girls like our Dongsheng? If it weren't for his background, I'm afraid that many of our thresholds would have been trampled down by him."
The couple hadn't seen each other for many years, but they felt no strangers when they met. There was no need for them to reminisce about the past, let alone cry in each other's arms. They just chattered about trivial family matters as if they had never been apart.
The setting sun enveloped them, and the autumn wind blew through the gaps in the fence, making the whole garden warm and peaceful.
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Jiang Lin followed Cheng Rushan, who was carrying Dabao and Xiaobao. On the way, he asked someone about the children's location, and then went to find Cheng Ruzhou.
Cheng Ruzhou's situation is special. Although he is an adult, he is crazy. Sometimes he is like a child, and sometimes like a madman. Fortunately, although he is like a child, he never hurts others. Everyone has known him for so many years. Most people around him are quite tolerant and caring towards him, and children also like to play with him.
Now he follows a group of kids to pull weeds and collect firewood.
Following the instructions of others, they went to the foot of the mountain behind, and heard someone shouting, "Those bastards are fighting again!"
Jiang Lin followed Cheng Rushan and ran over quickly. From a distance, they could hear a group of boys shouting "Fight, fight, fight!"
"Dashazhou, run! They are going to beat you!"
"Oh... Dashazhou, you hit me so hard... It hurts so much!"
"Now that I am on the battlefield between the two armies, I will never return home unless I kill the thief Prince An." Suddenly, a singing voice was heard. The voice was clear and high-pitched, resounding suddenly, which scared Jiang Lin.
When Cheng Rushan heard his elder brother singing, he was no longer anxious. Every time he won or was happy, Cheng Ruzhou would sing.
He said to Jiang Lin, "I heard from my father that when my eldest brother was young, he was forced by my aunt to help him read opera scripts, which he hated the most. But after my aunt passed away, he learned to sing opera."
When she got there, Jiang Lin saw a group of children fighting and making noises around a tall man.
Cheng Ruzhou was slightly shorter and thinner than Cheng Rushan. He wore a vest and shorts, and his hair was messily cut. However, his face was very handsome, and his expression was as naughty and exaggerated as a child. He was playing with a few boys and was chasing a boy and beating him: "Big rat, see if you can steal my food again."
Dabao and Xiaobao got down from the ground and ran over to look at him curiously.
Cheng Ruzhou turned around and saw Dabao and Xiaobao, and laughed, "Xiao Dongsheng, why are you here just now? Oh... Oh my God, why are there two Xiao Dongshengs?" He rubbed his eyes hard, "Damn it, I'm blind, blind!"
The children laughed at him, "You big fool, you can't see anything if you're blind, how can you see two?"
Cheng Ruzhou immediately called Dabao and Xiaobao: "Dadongsheng and Xiaodongsheng, come and kill the mice quickly. They specialize in stealing our food."
Jiang Lin observed for a while and said to Cheng Rushan, "Brother speaks very normally, he looks like a child." Some people cannot speak clearly when they are stupid, but Cheng Ruzhou speaks very clearly, if you don't look at him and just listen to what he says, you will think there is nothing wrong with it.
Cheng Rushan said: "He often doesn't know who he is and how old he is."
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Jiang Lin wondered if it was because the trauma was so severe that it led to selective amnesia or memory disorder?
Cheng Rushan: "Brother, let's go home."
Cheng Ruzhou ignored him and stared at Jiang Lin with a confused look in his eyes. Suddenly he shouted, "Mom, you finally came to pick me up!"
He immediately ran towards Jiang Lin, shouting, "Mom, Mom!"
Dabao and Xiaobao were so stunned that they turned into two stupid roe deer.
Jiang Lin: “!!!”
Cheng Rushan held her waist and said softly, "Don't be afraid, Big Brother won't hurt anyone."
Cheng Ruzhou ran very fast and arrived in the blink of an eye. He knelt down at Jiang Lin's feet, opened his arms and hugged her waist. He looked up at her with a face full of childish admiration, "Mom, you finally came to pick me up."
He pressed his face against hers, looking happy.
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