Back to the Northeast 1970

Yan Baoshu set off with the carriage at noon, and he didn't even have lunch. The bumps along the way made him feel empty in his stomach. He waited until the sun went down, and someone in the entourage took out two dry and hard buns, Yan Baoshu didn't know this person, he seemed to be just going to take a ride to Dongfanghong Village to do some business, and seeing Yan Baoshu clutching his stomach all the way along the way, he felt that he was hungry.But he didn't take out the buns at the beginning because he felt distressed. After all, he came from a poor family, and his own food and clothing were difficult to solve, so how could he care about doing good deeds.As for why he took it out now, it was entirely because of a fierce inner struggle, kindness overcame everything, and he decided to give Yan Baoshu a piece of corn bread.

"Eat."

Yan Baoshu looked at Wowotou in front of him, thought for a while, or next, he was indeed hungry and had a stomachache.Yan Baoshu took the wowotou and opened his mouth to take a bite. It was really the same as it looked on the outside, it was extremely dry and hard, and it felt like teeth were chewing in his mouth.

"Are you panicking? I brought water here."

So, Yan Baoshu just ate the whole cornbread with this water, and finally he returned the water bottle to the person after feeling full, "Thank you for the cornbow, it's delicious."

The man smiled and said, "What's delicious, that's it."

Yan Baoshu shook his head, "It's really delicious except it's a little hard, and it also tastes like salt." Yan Baoshu laughed while talking, reached into his jacket pocket, and then took out two or five dollars. "Brother, you keep the money. Although it's not much, just treat it as if I bought you a cornbread."

The man obviously didn't expect the young man in front of him to be so generous, "I can't accept this, this, this, etc. Besides, how can a bun be worth so much money?"

Yan Baoshu didn't explain anything, and put the money directly into his hands, "Thank you for the cornbread, I didn't eat at noon, if you didn't give me this cornbread, I guess I would have to be hungry until very late to eat .”

In this era, money and food stamps are linked, and both are indispensable, but having one of them is better than none at all. The man seemed to have had an ideological struggle, and finally accepted the fifty cents Yan Baoshu gave him.With the development just now, that person became more friendly with Yan Baoshu, which also made Yan Baoshu feel that the journey is no longer lonely, chatting with someone is like sitting in a car and looking at the barren land.

Yan Baoshu chatted with him all the way. It turned out that he was from Dongfanghong Village. This time he went to the city to visit his aunt, but within two days after arriving there, his aunt kicked him out of the house. The reason was that Said he was buried.The man couldn't help sighing when he said this, "Hey, you said that I grew up in a rural area, how can I get clean by scrambling in the fields all day long?"

Yan Baoshu comforted: "Don't take it to heart, it's best to live your own life well in the future."

The man smiled and scratched his head, "Who says it's not? I won't go to the city anymore. I'll farm with my family. When the time comes, I'll marry a wife and have a baby. It'll be like this for the rest of my life."

"It's good to be ordinary. Don't envy other people's lives. Your life can be happy too. Are you right?"

"Yes, yes, little brother, I can tell you are educated when I look at you, and you know more than I do."

Yan Baoshu smiled, "By the way, you said you are from Dongfanghong Village, so do you know Gu Jun from the old Gu's family?"

"Gu Jun? Oh...Remember, I don't know that kid very well, but I do know his brother. I heard that he committed a crime and was sent to a labor camp."

"Is that so." Yan Baoshu didn't continue to ask, because it was useless to ask.

The master who drove the car was introduced by Uncle Ma. This man was a little young, so his driving skills were not as stable as Uncle Ma’s, and the road was too bumpy. Finally, after the sun set, Yan Baoshu saw the entrance of Dongfanghong Village, and Yan Baoshu quickly adjusted his sitting posture. Stretching his arms and legs, he was about to get out of the car and go straight to Gu Jun's house to find someone.

The carriage stopped at the entrance of the village, and Yan Baoshu jumped out of the car to say goodbye to them. He entered the village and headed south all the way. When he saw the villagers, he asked a few words. Finally, he found Gu Jun's home ten minutes later.Yan Baoshu looked in through the dilapidated big wooden door, and he could see the light in the room, and he could also see people walking around. Just when Yan Baoshu was concentrating on looking into the house, an old lady suddenly came out of the barn, with a hand in her hand. He was holding an iron basin with half a bucket in it, "What are you doing?"

Yan Baoshu was taken aback, and quickly asked: "Grandma, I'm Gu Jun'er's friend, may I ask..."

"Aren't you here, let's go quickly." The old lady was reluctant to talk to Yan Baoshu, and took a small step towards the house with a basin in her hand.

How could Yan Baoshu give up like this, chased into the yard, followed the old lady and said, "Grandma, I'm really a good friend of Gu Jun, is he at home?"

The old lady ignored him and opened the door to enter the room, but she didn't intend to invite Yan Baoshu in and sit down, and closed the door with a bang. If it wasn't for Yan Baoshu's quick reaction, the nose should probably All bleeding.Yan Baoshu stopped at the door and was thinking about countermeasures, when suddenly... the door opened.Yan Baoshu took two steps back in fright, wondering if the old lady would come out with a broom and beat him up?

"Precious book..."

Yan Baoshu was very surprised to see that the door opened a gap, Gu Jun poked his head out, and said with a smile, "I knew it was you as soon as I heard the sound." Then, Gu Jun opened the door and carefully looked outside , and then waved at Yan Baoshu, "Come in quickly, don't let others see me for a while."

Yan Baoshu recovered from the shock, and hurried into the room.

"No, why are you here?" Gu Jun took Yan Baoshu to his room, which was a very small and small building, and saw him throwing off his shoes and climbing onto the kang, patted the place beside him and said, "It's cold." Come on, take off your shoes and get on the kang, it’s warm on the kang.”

Yan Baoshu endured it until he took off his shoes and got on the kang. After Gu Jun put the quilt on his legs, he asked, "Gu Jun, do you know that Si Ning was arrested?"

Gu Jun became serious, "Of course I know, we were discovered together that day. Fortunately, I ran fast, otherwise I would be the same as Wan Sining now."

Yan Baoshu stared at him, "Then why didn't you come to me?"

"No, I'm afraid I'll hurt you." Gu Jun sighed, "Wan Si Ning is a man with too much loyalty. His brothers were arrested and he said he would go back to rescue him, otherwise he would be with him." I ran away together." Gu Jun slammed the kang with his fist, "If you leave the green hills there, you won't have to worry about no firewood, why doesn't he understand this truth, it's all right now, even he will pay for it gone."

Yan Baoshu has no right to accuse Gu Jun of anything, this is his own choice, and it is also Wan Sining's choice.

"Since you've all run away, why are you hiding? Does anyone know what you look like?"

Gu Jun shook his head, "That's not true, even one of my boys was arrested. I never introduced you to him, so you don't know. I ran out because I was afraid that he would confess me. In addition, I'm also afraid that he will bite you out."

Yan Baoshu looked at Gu Jun, and then at himself, "Do you think I arrived at your place safely, does it look like something happened?"

"Be careful when sailing for ten thousand years. If you don't fear anything, you will be afraid of ten thousand." Gu Jun turned his head and frowned and asked Yan Baoshu: "How is Sining?"

Yan Baoshu sighed, "I was fined and sent to the farm for labor reform."

"Fuck, isn't that just under my nose?" Gu Jun's eyes rolled endlessly, "No, I always feel that this is not right, Baoshu..." Gu Jun grabbed it excitedly. Yan Baoshu's hand, "I can't stay here anymore, I have to go."

Yan Baoshu was confused, "What do you mean? Where are you going?"

Gu Jun pondered for a moment, "I want to leave here, we can't do that anymore, right..." Gu Jun had made up his plan early in the morning, and he wanted to go back to Yan Baoshu when things calmed down a bit. Yes, who would have thought that he would come to the door by himself, so it would save him from going back, "Baoshu, all the food we bought this time was confiscated, and all the money we could invest in it was also invested. You still have money." Is there any left?"

Yan Baoshu sized him up, and took out the rest of the money from the back pocket of his bosom after a long time, "There's only so much money left over from food stamps."

Gu Jun hurriedly took it and counted it, "Fortunately, there are thirty or forty." As he said that, Gu Jun actually counted out two copies of the money, "Treasure book, you take these, and the rest is mine. After all, Si Ning didn't make any money when he first joined the gang, so he didn't have his share."

Yan Baoshu couldn't believe what he saw, his eyes widened and he asked, "Gu Jun, what do you mean?"

Gu Jun said: "It's not interesting. We earned this money before. It will be difficult to do this in the future. We have to find another way out. I have already thought about it. I will take the money to travel far away." , I have already thought about where to go, so I will go to Liaoning and go north."

Yan Baoshu was speechless, "What about Wan Sining?"

"Fuck, let me tell you the truth. I suspect that such a big incident happened this time. If I knew it, I shouldn't have agreed to let him join the gang."

These words completely irritated Yan Baoshu, Yan Baoshu lifted the quilt suddenly and hit Gu Jun on the head directly, "Gu Jun, is it humane for you to speak like this? You were the one who dragged Si Ning into the gang at the beginning, but now something happened to you You even said it belonged to someone else, and...if Lu Xiangbei was responsible for this matter, how dare you say that?"

Gu Jun tore off the quilt covering his head, looked at Yan Baoshu in surprise, and said, "No, what are you doing? I didn't say anything. What I mean is that everything is a foregone conclusion. If we have been blamed and can't get rid of it, what can we do? Can we not eat or drink because of him, or should we throw ourselves into the trap?"

Yan Baoshu could no longer have a normal conversation with Gu Jun, he got off the kang angrily, pulled his shoes and walked out, he stopped at the door, turned his back to Gu Jun and said: "Everyone has his own ambition, I can't force you What, since you are going to flee to Xiangbei, then go, but before I leave, I have to tell you one thing..." Yan Baoshu told him very simply and concisely about Shi Cui hooking up with others, and then also Without looking at Gu Jun's face, he opened the door and walked out.