godfather

It is said that later, Duan Hongyu still paid the girl some money to settle the matter.The aftermath of the fighting turmoil gradually faded, and the heavy burden of life and the hardships of the years quickly flattened the bloody waves in people's memory.In the blink of an eye, during the autumn harvest season, a convoy of Jiefang brand trucks pulled many officers and soldiers back to the village.

From the window, Meng Xiaobei heard the aunt downstairs huddling around, saying that the soldiers from the army next door had come back, and saw military vehicles driving past the gate of the factory.

Meng Xiaobei turned around and ran away from the window, kicked open the screen door of their house and ran out with a loud "boom".

"Sooner or later, the door frame of our house was kicked into pieces by you." Meng Jianmin shouted behind him, "Why are you going? Your mother has already prepared dinner!"

Meng Xiaobei ran downstairs without looking back.

Ma Baochun raised his eyelids from the kitchen and snorted, "Shaotang is back."

"Don't stop."

"Let him go, his temper is twisting, you can't stop him."

Still a mother knows her son's mind best.Ma Baochun shook his head with an intriguing expression...

Dusty green trucks and military jeeps parked on the side of the street, and the soldiers unloaded equipment and various tent sacks.

Meng Xiaobei ran along the street, vehicles passing by, and groups of soldiers looking for his Shaotang.

The big truck's sturdy tires were covered with a layer of glue.The lower body of the military vehicle was covered in mud, and its color was almost invisible. The road was very difficult.

Seeing a familiar face, Meng Xiaobei quickly called out, "Uncle Xiaobin, where's Shaotang?"

Xiao Bin got his head out of the carriage, saw that it was Xiao Bei, his voice was so hoarse that he couldn't speak, he pointed desperately with his hands: the back of the car, the back.

Meng Xiaobei turned around the rear of the car and crashed into the arms of a tall and thin man, throwing him staggeringly.He pulled out his head and continued to run. After taking two steps, he suddenly froze and turned around quickly!

He barely recognized it!

He Shaotang also turned his face away, and snorted coldly: "Who are you looking for?"

Meng Xiaobei opened his mouth stupidly, in a daze.

Shaotang didn't wear a military cap, his hair grew long, and his head was almost two inches long, his eye sockets were bloodshot, and his whole body was black and thin, so thin that the skin on his neck shrank.

Meng Xiaobei laughed, and shouted: "Tangtang!!!"

"Hey hey..."

Shaotang was staggered by Meng Xiaobei, and hit his back on the trunk lid of the truck, breathing heavily, and hummed softly, "Why is this..."

Meng Xiaobei smiled happily: "Hahahahahaha!..."

Shaotang said: "What are you silly, you little dog..."

Shaotang may be really tired, this time calling Xiaobei "Puppy Ridi" is very different from usual, his voice is hoarse, tired and greasy.

Meng Xiaobei grinned, and said heartlessly: "Tangtang, I thought you ignored me! My parents also said that you would never come to our house for dinner again, that you must have returned Beijing is gone, stop playing with us!"

He Shaotang froze for a moment, this kid betrayed his parents so heartlessly.

The man hesitated for about a second in his eyes, and was moved by the boy's innocence, simplicity and strong love and dependence. Why don't you play with me?"

Meng Xiaobei: "Hahahaha... I'll just say... Hahaha!"

Shaotang asked in a low voice, "You miss me so much."

Meng Xiaobei: "Thinking about it makes my brain hurt!"

Shaotang was concerned again: "Haven't you been sick recently? Are you in good health?"

Meng Xiaobei said foolishly: "The doctor said, I have survived chickenpox, mumps, and scarlet fever, and I will be immune for life. I will not be sick! Every day is so boring, alas! I counted, and next time I can only Got polio!"

Shaotang laughed and pinched his mouth fiercely: "You are talking nonsense, you have never seen such mourning yourself!"

To melt ice and snow, and eliminate bad feelings, sometimes you need a heart-warming word, a simple smile with no scheming.

In front of the grown-ups, Meng Xiaobei still called "Uncle Shaotang" politely, but in private, he lost his reserve.Or in his mind, from the very beginning, Shaotang was not like an adult or elder, neither an adult nor a child, and could not be classified with all others.Shaotang is a school of his own, and occupies a special place in Meng Xiaobei's heart.

After three months of not seeing each other, He Shaotang noticed that Xiaobei had grown up, and seemed to grow wider in a flash, his eyes were long and narrow, his eyes were shrewd and black, and his hands and feet were more powerful when he squeezed them.

Meng Xiaobei climbed onto the truck compartment like a monkey, put his arms around Shaotang's neck from behind, and wanted to ride on it.

Shaotang hides: "I'm dirty."

"Don't hug me, I haven't showered in ten days! It stinks!"

The collar of Shaotang's military uniform was full of loess, and when he took it off, it turned out to be a pile of dirt.Inside the military camp green vest is a layer of lean muscle, which feels hard and firm to the touch, and is tanned copper-brown.Xiaobei was very close to the other party, and he didn't smell the rotten smell that Shaotang said. It smelled like sweat mixed with dried soil, which was the smell of Shaotang.

The man didn't have time to mess around with the child, so he rubbed Xiaobei's head: "I have to go soon, the people in our company have a mission to go to the reservoir."

"Recently, there have been heavy rains, all rivers have swelled, and the reservoirs are also full. We may have to release water to release floods."

Shaotang said earnestly: "Xiaobei, you are obedient this time, you are not allowed to go for a stroll by the river recently, go home and tell your father not to go swimming and fishing by the river! Do you understand?"

Shaotang was still not at ease before leaving, pinched Xiaobei's face, his bloodshot eyes were full of concern, watched Xiaobei walk across the road, entered the gate of the courtyard, and waved to Xiaobei from a distance from the car window...

Before the company set off that night, He Shaotang made a special trip to the family compound, and had a quick word with the people in the communication room of the neighborhood committee downstairs. He didn't have time to go upstairs, so he called Meng Jianmin from downstairs.

He Shaotang hurried, panting, took off his military cap and knocked the loess on his thigh.

Shaotang rushed upstairs and shouted, "Jianmin, I'm here to tell your family that the reservoir is about to open the gates to release the flood water!"

Meng Jianmin shouted from upstairs to downstairs: "Is it so serious?"

Shaotang shouted: "Your factory will definitely send out a notice tomorrow morning, please pay attention, don't go to the river beach, the water will rise so fast!"

Meng Jianmin hurriedly said, "I understand! You should be careful outside by yourself!"

Shaotang's dark face reflected the lights in the courtyard, he waved his military cap, and said non-stop: "Then I'm leaving!...You control Meng Xiaobei, don't let him run around!"

"Let Meng Xiaobei go home after school, and he's not allowed to go anywhere!"

He only cared about telling Meng Xiaobei's safety, he mentioned it twice, but never mentioned Meng Xiaojing, maybe because he knew Xiaojing was honest, so he didn't need to worry about it?

He Shaotang had just run out a few steps, then ran back again wheezing, and took out half a bag of golden monkeys from his pocket: "You've picked it up."

Meng Jianmin shouted: "What are you doing, I don't want yours!"

Shaotang yelled: "It's soaking in the water, it's going to smell bad when you look back, it's not easy to smoke!"

Shaotang picked up a round stone from the ground, wrapped it in a cigarette case, took two steps back, and suddenly smiled.

The two gestured in the air, and Shaotang asked Meng Jianmin to take a step away, and Meng Jianmin quickly turned sideways and hid in a corner of the balcony.

He Shaotang took aim and threw it away.The cigarette box drew a beautiful parabola in the air.Meng Jianmin stretched out his hand to catch it, and he had sharp eyesight and quick hands when throwing and catching it, and his movements were nimble.

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In the next few days, the river that traversed Xigou and connected several arsenals was swollen with turbulent loess-colored waves.

Qinling is rainy in summer and autumn, waterlogging, and the bottom of the whole valley is covered with ocean.Large tracts of wheat and corn fields were engulfed by floodwaters before they could be harvested.The two small reservoirs in the middle reaches are full of water. Once the reservoirs are full, it will cause disaster to the factory area. In a critical situation, the gates can only be opened to release water, sacrificing the large farmland and vegetable fields of the downstream village communes.

The labor union in the factory organized people to be on duty and sentry around the factory area, reminding the nearby villagers not to approach the river and not to enter the water.

The water receded for a while, and as far as the eye could see on the river beach, there were countless big fish weighing tens of kilograms!

Some people took advantage of this moment to be tempted by those fish, and jumped down the slope to pick up fish.

Meng Jianmin and several workers stood on the embankment and yelled desperately, don't jump down, come back quickly!The water is coming back up!

In the valley, the sound of water roars, and the turbulent flow is squeezed by the cliffs. It is like thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge, scrambling for the first place in the narrow river channel, and rushing for thousands of miles.When the flood came, people on the bank shouted and screamed, and everyone was in a hurry, throwing driftwood ropes to salvage the struggling figures on the river beach.Meng Jianmin's work pants were rolled up to his knees, his shoes were lost, and his calves were covered in mud...

Meng Xiaobei stood at the gate of the reception room every evening, waiting for his father.

He said he was waiting for his father, and asked every time, did he see Uncle Shaotang today...

And He Shaotang's group of people had come down from the direction of the reservoir that day to rescue the disaster downstream.

Most of the farmland in Zaolin Commune was flooded, and the dry fields were turned into paddy fields. The villagers wanted to cry but had no tears.Shaotang and the others waded in the vast ocean, dredging the mud, and harvesting corn.

A farmer was squatting on the edge of his field that had turned into a pond, smoking a pipe, his eyes were fixed, and he recognized Shaotang.

Shaotang shouted at the man: "Don't soak in the water, there are leeches."

The man said: "Last time I fought with the people in the factory... I cut you with a sickle."

Shaotang was expressionless, his face was covered with scorched mud, he helped the man up, and then returned barefoot to the mud field to pick up the things washed away by the villagers...

He also made several trips between the county town and Xigou by car to transport supplies and equipment. He was so busy that he didn't sleep properly for several days and nights.When I was tired, I changed shifts with Xiaobin. I nestled in the back of the truck and among the wooden containers, staring for two hours, with deeply sunken eye sockets.

Their company fought continuously for several days and nights, and was replaced by soldiers from other companies. Originally, they were going to gather and return to the camp to rest and reorganize.

At this moment, there was a loud bang not far away!

There was a burst of "wow", that was the roar of earth and rocks collapsing and pouring into the river!

Shaotang looked back and shouted, "Stand back!...Truck!!!"

The flood wall built temporarily with huge stone sacks could not withstand the long-term erosion of the flood, and the soil and rocks below were hollowed out by the water and collapsed.It was the car they just got off, parked by the wall, and was directly washed into the surging river!

Xiaobin gasped: "Hungry day, my dear mother! If we hadn't had time to get out of the car just now, we would have rolled into the water to feed the big fish together!"

Shaotang was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly said: "There are still things we brought from the city in the car."

"You stay here and don't move."

Shaotang quickly dropped a sentence.

The man turned around and ran, jumping off the embankment, his eyes were dark and his expression was anxious.

"Hey!" Xiao Bin chased after him and shouted, "Shaotang, come back!"

The soldiers in their class chased him all the way, Shaotang, are you dying!

Meng Jianmin and the others also heard Xin'er, "What happened?"

A fellow villager yelled, "There's a soldier in the water! There's a little soldier in the water over there!!!"

Meng Jianmin leaned on the flood wall to look around, with shock on his face, dripping mud, and ran away...

The large truck was sucked into the torrent and got stuck at a bend in a narrow river. Half of it was submerged in the water, and the other half was above the water surface, like an iron beast trapped in the river.The door on the co-driver's side has been swept away by water.

He Shaotang was still wearing a simple floating life jacket with a thick rope tied around his waist.

He is very good at water.Then the water flows quickly, this is no longer a question of whether the water quality is good or not!

He climbed the wall and dived cautiously, when his body suddenly fell, everyone on the shore exclaimed!

There was a vortex in the torrent, He Shaotang struggled to emerge from the side of the vortex, drank a few mouthfuls of yellow soup, and persistently groped towards the truck.

People on the shore said, this little soldier is crazy and desperate, is there gold in the truck, or is it some kind of nuclear weapon that is expensive and expensive? !

In the final analysis, this means that He Shaotang was still young back then, so young that he lacked awareness and awe of the fragility and insignificance of life, and didn't have much concern. There was a kind of pride in his bones, and he was unwilling to succumb to the torrent of fate.

But if it was a few years later, or ten years later, he would not dare to come here again, maybe he would have more worries in his heart...

He grabbed the side that was already open and had no door, and emptied a box from the inside of the truck.

There are many supplies in the car that they have just transported from the county.For some reason, Shaotang didn't grab anything else, so he only competed with that box of things that day.The current was very fast, and he struggled to drag himself in the ferocious waves, almost sinking several times.

He Shaotang is also a bitch, with a strong temper.What he wants to do, he will never give up.

On the shore, Meng Jianmin and a group of people helped pull the rope.

Meng Xiaobei ran into the crowd, and when Meng Jianmin saw his son, he let go of his hands anxiously, and shouted, "Go back!"

Meng Xiaobei also yelled: "Why is Shaotang so disobedient! He said that I am not allowed to run around, and he jumped into the water by himself?!"

That day, there was such a funny formation on the bank of the embankment. Shaotang fought hand-to-hand with the waves in the water, and a group of people on the bank lined up to pull him.The people behind pulled the people in front, Xiao Bin kicked off the wall at the front, and the team turned into a long dragon.

Meng Xiaobei and his father hugged Xiaobin's waist desperately from behind, fearing that he would also be dragged into the water.

Meng Xiaobei's fingers were clenched red, his face was flushed, and he shouted, "Shaotang, climb up quickly!!!"

Meng Jianmin's face was muddy, and he complained anxiously: "Shaotang has such a stubborn temper, people are more important than things, he is so stupid, can't he figure this out?!"

Xiaobin said: "That box contains milk powder and malted milk, nutritional products distributed to our company in the county!"

Meng Jianmin said: "He will be fine if he eats one can less, but if the water sweeps him away, he will be gone!"

Xiao Bin roared: "I also said that he is just so peeing, so badass! He said that his share of milk powder and malted milk essence will be given to your family, Meng Xiaobei!!! Hungry, I want to die Kill him, this lunatic!!!"

Meng Jianmin was stunned, the hemp rope was about to get stuck into his red fingers...

He Shaotang stepped on the mud on the river beach and stood still. His military uniform coat was swept away by the water, and the front button of his white shirt was torn open, revealing half of his chest. The veins on his neck were protruding due to excessive force, like a ferocious dragon on his muscles.

The man himself knew that he could climb up without serious problems. He was still soaking in the water at that time, and his eyelids lifted to the Meng family father and son on the shore, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, a very awkward kind of smile.

Shaotang leaned on the box of milk powder and carried it onto his shoulders with all his strength, but his head could only be tilted to one side, trying his best to stabilize his balance.He held on to the rope tenaciously, and slowly, step by step, he walked onto the river beach.

Meng Jianmin is a very emotional person. At that time, looking at that person from a distance across the surging Weihe River, for some reason, tears flowed down his eyes.

And Meng Xiaobei never shed tears, he didn't like to cry, he only felt that his eyes were blurred.Something completely unfamiliar and wet fell on him, flowing from his eye sockets into his throat, and then into his heart...

Or, Xiaobei is at an age that has not yet reached the age of perception.

When he cries, it's just that the time hasn't come yet.

The several large tributaries of the Weihe River are rich in water and silted with silt. The heavy silt can quickly swallow up several tons of pig iron that fell into the river.

There was another terrifying roar. The truck that was stuck in the river just now was completely torn apart by the flood. The front, side and tires were disintegrated in all directions, and the majestic yellow-brown waves followed the suffering years of this generation. Hongchuan, down the river...