godfather

The smell of wine is not afraid of deep alleys, but the smell of meat is most afraid of dogs.He Shaotang, who was covered in the scent of monkey smoke and Xifeng wine, was not the only ones staring at him, but a group of family members of the employees in the dormitory compound of the arsenal.

On this day, Shaotang came out of the iron gate of the Xigou military camp, and drove a large truck into the mountain, carrying supplies for the next month at several outposts in the mountain area.

The truck had just turned out of the village entrance and drove through a cornfield when several figures in blue and gray clothes stopped their car.

He Shaotang slammed on the brakes and poked his head out: "Hey, why don't you stop at the gate of the army compound?!"

The young man in the lead stroked his messy hair, and grinned nonchalantly: "I really dare not dare in your battalion compound."

Shaotang knocked the cigarette ash on the edge of the car window, shook his head: "Don't get in the way, I'm busy."

The young man opened the window of the car, smiled and patted his shoulder: "Shaotang—my buddy has been looking for you to catch up on the old days, but I can't find you several times. I call your company and always say that you are not here...why do you keep avoiding me."

Shaotang: "I have no time to hide from you."

The young man spoke a Beijing accent, and looked as old as He Shaotang, with a slender handsome face, a bit wickedly handsome.Wearing a pair of wrinkled and flared trousers on the lower body, it is particularly "shaking".If it catches up with the past few years, if you dare to wear this kind of trousers in the street, you will be arrested and fight as a bourgeois reactionary.

"Shaotang, I miss you."

"I miss you."

"Shaotang, why are you so heartless, so heartless!"

"Duan Hongyu, is there something wrong with you?"

……

He Shaotang was entangled by this troublesome guy, and the two squatted on the side of the road, eating the waves of loess rising from the road, and smoked two cigarettes together.

Mr. Duan smokes the "Great China" cigarettes sent by his family from Beijing, which are more high-end than "Pinghou" cigarettes, and cost [-] cents a box.

Duan Hongyu was very flattering, and leaned over and coaxed sweetly: "Shaotang, are you still awkward because of my friend's robbery in the mountains last time? Are you angry with me?"

Shaotang was expressionless, and said coldly: "Is it really your friend? I can see it, who else is so cowardly besides you?"

Duan Hongyu half smiled: "Don't give me face?"

Shaotang said, "I was on patrol that day."

Duan Hongyu sneered and said, "When I heard they said the surname was He, oops, I hit my buddy with a gun, didn't that slap me in the face! Here, I brought all those people, I'll apologize to you, Cheng Won't it work?"

He Shaotang smiled: "...Don't talk nonsense, I'm busy and I should go."

Duan Hongyu suddenly wrapped his arms around his neck, pressed him affectionately, and breathed hotly: "You are so busy, accompany me to relieve boredom."

Shaotang bit his cigarette, "Excuse me!"

He Shaotang thought to himself who is Lao Tzu, I will accompany you to "relieve boredom", you are arrogant enough.

Duan Hongyu, a well-mannered but ruffian young man, is an old acquaintance with He Shaotang. Strictly speaking, the two of them came from a certain military compound on Yuquan Road. They knew each other when they were wearing crotch pants. Zheng Miaohong's son.Shaotang came to Shaanxi two years earlier, and the second son of the Duan family was also sent here to work in a workshop in the third district of the automobile factory.

Duan Hongyu was full of complaints when he said it, and his beautiful eyes showed grievances and resentment: "Is it easy for me to live, Shaotang, you have to be considerate of me, there is no shortage of food or use in your army, what about me?!"

"This is such a shitty place. I haven't eaten a meal of grilled chicken and roast duck in a year. I'm going crazy! We are also greedy. Who were we in the first place? Why did we suffer in this ravine? Suffering? I have never had a hard life since I was born!"

"I'm just not reconciled, why?"

"You, Uncle Duan, are you living a comfortable life... No one else can fucking think of a comfortable life!"

He Shaotang was too lazy to take care of other matters at first, so he only cared about it because he had something to do with the Meng family's grandma.Now that he is getting closer to the Meng family, his psychological balance is gradually tilting in one direction, and the relationship between intimacy and intimacy is naturally different. How can Duan Hongyu and his like figure it out?

Shaotang said: "Don't do such outrageous things in the future. They are all the villagers and the family members of the factory. Natural disasters and man-made disasters make life easier for them? Why bully them."

Duan Hongyu glared at Yuan Jun with grievances: "Who did I bully? The peasants in the village are the only ones who are rich! They have land, food, pigs, horses, cattle and sheep. Are they short of food and clothing? The state distributes them to educated youth How dare you say that more than half of the money and rations were not stolen by the villagers? Fortunately, we are still in the factory!"

"Our buddies went out with sticks in the street back then, and the entire Yuquan Road and several streets were our territory. What kind of battle was that, have we been so angry? Back then, we went to the municipal committee compound to fight with those bastards..."

Shaotang interrupted: "What are the bad things about the year of the monkey and the month of the monkey, what are you talking about?"

Duan Hongyu: "Our two brothers are famous, they are both registered at the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, and they have a criminal record. If I don't mention you, will you pretend not to know me?"

Duan Hongyu looked at He Shaotang's calm face, pouted and said: "Shaotang, you are a soldier, right? If you wear a military skin, you will be a straight man, and you don't see people like us in your eyes."

"You are completely different from when you were a child, and you are no longer painful."

Duan Hongyu's eyes were red and he was upset.

He Shaotang lowered his eyes, his black eyelashes trembling slightly, being poked into his heart.Now, of course, it is different from before. The National People’s Congress has matured and knows how to distinguish right from wrong.Besides, he has been restrained and sharpened in the army for several years as a soldier, and his temperament has been sharpened. Gradually, dignified and steady strength has been carved on the corners of his face and eyes, and his speech has become more amiable.He seemed to be three years older than Duan Hongyu, but he was actually a few months younger than Duan Hongyu.

At that time, military vehicles ran rampant in Sijiu City, Red Guards and rebels ransacked homes and fought violently everywhere, and the social order was in chaos. Many fresh middle school students had nowhere to go at a young age, so they wandered around the city, causing trouble and wasting their youth.The state solves the way out for these people by sending a large number of educated youths to the mountains and countryside and to the Northeast Xinjiang Construction Corps.The educated youth working in the countryside are even more miserable.In contrast, serving in the army and entering a large factory is already a pretty good way out. Back then, there had to be a way out. Only by paying attention to family background can the children of the five categories of red pass the political examination of the army or the arsenal.

He Shaotang and Duan Hongyu, the generation of bastards who came out of the military compound, were all arrogant and profligate back then.Later, the destinies of each were all involved in the vortex of the torrent of the times, and became disharmonious factors that were unwilling to be teased by fate but could not break free from the shackles of the entire turbulent era.Loitering in the factory, going to nearby villages to steal chickens and dogs, fighting and causing villagers to complain and protest to the factory leaders, this kind of thing is not uncommon for Duan Hongyu and his group.

As He Shaotang got older, his temperament gradually calmed down, so he gradually separated from Duan Hongyu, and disdain to hang out with that group of people anymore.The arrogance and arrogance in Shaotang's bones wrapped in military uniform is one level higher than Young Master Duan's. His calm "power", the triangular knife has long been replaced by a rifle.To use Duan Hongyu's jealous words, "I'm a hooligan, and your surname He is now a hooligan in uniform!"

Shaotang had other plans in mind, and asked tentatively, "Hongyu, I heard that the higher-ups will allocate a quota for college students in your factory next year. Are you there? Have you applied?"

Duan Hongyu looked lazily: "It's almost time to get out and go home."

Shaotang raised his eyebrows: "Is there really you? Did you get the indicator?"

Duan Hongyu suddenly became happy, his voice was greasy, and his hot face almost stuck to it: "Reluctant to part with me? Want to go back with me?"

He Shaotang avoided the other party's smirking face, and was full of thoughts: "Why are you robbing college student quotas with other hopeless workers? You can obviously use your connections to join the army as a soldier."

Duan Hongyu: "I'm not a soldier, I can't compare to you, I can't bear that hardship."

He Shaotang: "You pig brain can read?"

Duan Hongyu said disdainfully: "I can't study, but the students of workers, peasants and soldiers can go back to the city!"

"I'm just here to go back to Beijing!"

"After entering the university and mixing it up, there will be a good way out in the future. When I come out, I will be a government official! I'm hanging out with these farmers in the ravine?!"

He Shaotang's eyes dimmed, and his heart sank. Just for this quota, he called Beijing several times.He was silent for a while and said: "Hongyu, otherwise, don't fight anymore, can you give up? Or you can leave next year and give up your spot."

Duan Hongyu was surprised: "What do you mean?"

He Shaotang: "How old are you, you have no family and no mouth, what are you in a hurry for?"

Duan Hongyu: "Nonsense."

He Shaotang said solemnly: "Duan Hongyu, it's not that I'm trying to find you awkward. Your factory's seniority rankings are not your turn. Those old workers who have worked for eight or ten years should have been transferred back long ago. Speaking of integrity, how did you get the quota?! "

Duan Hongyu turned his head to stare at this person, and said angrily, "Your name is He, what's wrong with you today?!"

In this conversation that day, the two of them didn't agree, and broke up unhappy.

Shaotang stood up and irritably wiped out the cigarette with the sole of his shoe.

Duan Hongyu muttered and scolded He Shaotang for turning his elbows outwards, instead of talking to Little Brother Fa, he actually spoke for some outsider.

He Shaotang got to the bottom of it. Duan Hongyu was a scourge when he was young, a bastard who spent all day in the factory beckoning cats and dogs and not doing serious things. How could such a person follow the routine and get the quota?

Shaotang really took Meng Jianmin's concern as a matter, and after inquiring about it, he realized that the indicators had been divided up internally before the whole factory announced them, and they were seated according to the number, one indicator for each person.Duan Hongyu, this little bastard, can be regarded as fishing.The best way out at that time was to either become a soldier with a hard way, or get the college student quota through the relationship.People like Meng Jianmin and his wife who have no background and morality, just nest in the ravine and die of old age, you will never go back!

He Shaotang started the truck, raising dust, Duan Hongyu ate the dirt and yelled out the window: "Shaotang, do you have a friend in the factory?"

"You are so caring, is it to give you some good friend Xiao Pang's family to run the target! Who do you want to take back to Beijing?!"

He Shaotang replied impatiently, "I don't have a date."

Duan Hongyu's eyes showed grievance and anger, and even shot out a bit of veiled jealousy: "Shaotang, tell me to show brother, who can you be so close to? Is it a man or a woman?!"

Love your uncle, is it a man or a woman?He Shaotang thought to himself.

At that time, he didn't understand why Young Master Duan was so anxious and pale, pestering him from time to time, salivating.

Shaotang glanced sideways: "You think I don't know, go find Xiao Huier in your village and go to the cornfield."

Duan Hongyu immediately asked: "Are you jealous?"

Young Master Duan is arrogant, and He Shaotang is actually arrogant in his bones, but his arrogance has been restrained in the past few years, and he rarely gets angry.As soon as he stepped on the accelerator, he replied, "Get out."

Duan Hongyu stared at the side face in the car window, unbelievable but unwilling, his eyes seemed to be gouged out on He Shaotang's face.

The front wheels of the truck started with a "boom", feeding the man with loess scum all over his face.

……

Just because of Meng Jianmin, Shaotang was worried for a while.He also has the impulsiveness and impetuosity of young people, and haste makes waste. Beware that the good wishes buried in his heart cannot be realized. He is unable to fulfill Meng Jianmin's hopes. I'm sorry for the other party.

After all, he is only a 20-year-old young man. He has experienced some hardships, but he has not experienced too many setbacks in life.In a certain class of life concept philosophy, there will be no hurdles that people cannot overcome in this life, and at worst, they can always achieve their goals through dredging relationships.They have never been in a desperate situation with nowhere to complain, have never lost faith and hope, and have not understood the pain and suffering of real people in the world.

Shaotang went to the family compound again to play with Meng Xiaobei, but he didn't enter Meng's house.

It was Meng Jianmin who saw it from the balcony and shouted from a distance: "Shaotang—"

Meng Jianmin strode out, still with a gentle and warm smile on his face: "Going out of the mountain? Why don't you come and sit at home?"

Shaotang was so shy, he said embarrassedly, "I'll leave after a while."

Meng Jianmin: "Your sister-in-law is making dough."

Shaotang: "Would it be embarrassing for me to eat your food again?"

On the contrary, Meng Jianmin was in a very good mood, like a big brother, he grabbed this man's arm, and even rushed forward: "You kid has long been outrageous, you can eat one meal, ten meals, and you are still polite to me. !"

He Shaotang let this meal of rolling the dough last, drank a few more glasses of wine, and finally held back and did not dare to tell the cruel truth to the other party.He was afraid of seeing Meng Jianmin's sudden disappointment and loss of luster in his eyes.

Looking around the four walls of Meng's house, the four of them crowded into a room with simple furniture. The only things that caught the eye were the first-class technician certificates, the certificates issued by the factory over the years, and the commendations from the labor union.There are several layers of books stacked against the wall of the big bed at home, all of which are various anthologies, Soviet Russian novels, arithmetic, and electrical engineering self-study textbooks... He Shaotang himself has not studied for a few years, and he was a mess when he was young, but he admires people who can read People, he has a natural affection for Meng Jianmin, a scholar with literary spirit and good looks, and hopes that the other party can make money.

The so-called love of the house and Wu, whether he admires Meng Jianmin because he likes Meng Xiaobei, or treats Meng Xiaobei more because he admires Meng Jianmin, Shaotang didn't think clearly at that time.

Cannibals have short mouths.Another day, Shaotang took advantage of an opportunity to drive to Baoji for business, and quietly took Meng Xiaobei to the city to play.Several cooks in the team hostel in Baoji City are very familiar with the people in their company, and they cook mutton hotpot and roast lamb legs for them.

Meng Xiaobeiniu coaxed into the co-pilot seat, feeling particularly frightened: "You can also drive a big truck!"

Little boy, when he yelled out the word "father", his voice and expression were really ridiculous.Even the few hairs on the top of Meng Xiaobei's head are restlessly standing up, Duan has a full personality.

Shaotang said: "If you think about it, I'll teach you later."

Meng Xiaobei was restless, He Shaotang turned his head and reminded, "Fasten your seat belt."

He stretched out his hand to fasten Xiaobei's seat belt, Meng Xiaobei owed his hand, watched Shaotang's head hit him, and immediately started to ruffle the other's hair.

He Shaotang scolded in a low voice: "I don't know how to live or die."

Meng Xiaobei: "Knead it into a bird's nest for you."

He Shaotang smiled and reminded: "This is not called the Bird's Nest, so don't talk about it casually... You are not allowed to mention Lao Tzu's embarrassing things in front of your father, understand?"

Meng Xiaobei looked like a grown-up, with black eyes and fine beans, and nodded shyly: "Hungry Ming——Bai!"

Meng Xiaobei bowed his head and said, "The seat belt is too loose, it can't hold me."

He Shaotang: "You are still too young."

Meng Xiaobei had an idea, took advantage of the other party's attention and slipped down, got out of the restraints of the seat belt, climbed up Shaotang's thigh, and his movements were more agile than a monkey!

He Shaotang held the steering wheel, frowned and scolded in a low voice: "Don't make trouble."

"Puppy day, don't die."

"Driving a car..."

He Shaotang cursed and cursed, biting a cigarette between his teeth, gently stepped on the brakes with smooth movements, adjusted his posture, turned the steering wheel, and then kicked the accelerator to continue.

He was afraid that the boy would fall from his lap, so he took off the seat belt with one hand, walked around in front of him, tied Meng Xiaobei and himself together, and fastened the buckle.

Meng Xiaobei held the steering wheel together, majestic, looking at the end of the road ahead, his manly ambition was greatly satisfied.

For Shaotang, this is also a great satisfaction. It is a man's psychological glory and satisfaction when he is relied on and deeply attached to show his importance.So a man likes offspring, not just blood ties, but holding a boy in his arms, and suddenly feels like a man who is indomitable, admired and needed by a little person...

Meng Xiaobei patted his leg firmly: "Oh, it's a bit crowded."

He Shaotang: "If you think it's too crowded, get out of here quickly."

Meng Xiaobei stroked his round belly: "I ate too much roast lamb just now, and the restaurant in your army is so delicious! Look, Shaotang, my stomach is blowing up!"

He Shaotang smiled.

Meng Xiaobei exclaimed: "You also eat too much, don't push your stomach against my back! Shaotang, you are so fat now, I saw your flesh trembling when you were taking a bath!"

He Shaotang scolded: "Nonsense, is that me you saw in the bathhouse! That's Yao Guangli, fat and trembling."

Meng Xiaobei smirked: "Haha... are they all white bellies, and your butt is even whiter than your belly! The white flowers blinded me! I didn't recognize it clearly."

In fact, he took it seriously, Shaotang was thin and well-proportioned, with a strong waist and a perky butt, how could he not be able to tell the difference?

The two of them have been getting along like this since then, you say a word to me, run on each other and hate each other, never tired of it.

The truck was bumping on the dirt road in the country, the loess was all over the sky, and the mountains and flowers were everywhere along the road. Out of the corners of their eyes, the eyes of the two flew to the wonderful scenery in the fields along the way...

It was this time that an unexpected incident happened on the way back from Baoji to Xigou.