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Chapter 26 Past Events

My dad was still thinking about how to organize the language, and finally asked my grandmother: "Mom, when you opened a tofu restaurant in Gujing, were there... there were a lot of people coming and going?"

"Yes! At that time, two bays outside the new house foundation were the Chicken Claw Wan Road. I opened the restaurant there and Tianmin complained that he would pick three soy milk from his home every night to cook soybean flowers. It would be fine if it didn't rain. When it rained, the fields were slippery!"

"We were getting up in the dark at that time. We had to get ready to make the tofu just dawn in the morning, otherwise we would not make the first money. We would have to stay busy until the afternoon to stop. If we meet Wutong, it would be even more amazing..."

When it comes to these things, my grandmother talks endlessly.

"You told Zhou Zhi that at that time, you often held meetings at the Douhua Restaurant...?"

"The restaurant is almost halfway through the afternoon, and Tianjun's head-cutting likes to ask people to sit down. Tianmin can't stand it and scolds him for not doing it..."

My dad felt very tired: "Mom, mom, please stop first, this chop... If this is not Comrade Tianjun, what does it have to do with the family?"

"That's the youngest in the third room. Xiuqin should call her father. When she was a child, she was gone, so Hua Xuan'er took him to Manzhou as an apprentice. Later, she heard that she was a brother Cao and went to the world. She didn't know where she went."

"When I come back, I'm going to be so crazy, I'm delayed in getting married..."

"What about later?"

"Later, I was not idle and running around in various villages. I thought it was really unsuccessful, so I discussed with Tianmin that they were all my uncles and brothers, and they called them to the store to do odd jobs. They were too lazy to cut off their heads. In fact, they didn't expect him to work, they just found a reason to take care of his food."

"As a result, I had just had a few days of full meals. I just put some meat on my calves, and the one who cut off my head ran away again!"

Seeing his father's face turned like he was constipated, Zhou Zhi lowered his head and smiled secretly.

I heard my grandmother tell stories for the first time in my previous life. I looked similar to my father. My three views were washed away at that time.

"Fortunately, I came back shortly after running this time. I seemed to have made some money and started a house behind Gujing Township."

"That house is so weird that it is built. It's so high! He is still a gentleman, so he has any foreign ideas to tell others! I don't see how rustic he is!"

"Mom is promoting...ism... Forget it, you guys continue."

"Sometimes it's too late, the one who cuts his head will bring people to my shop for dinner. He deliberately comes too late, and only sells leftover beans."

"I will fry the leftovers of chicken and tofu. If I don't have enough, add the crust peel from boiling soy milk. If the crust peel is not enough, add the bean dumplings. Anyway, pour the rice in and add it, and it's a meal."

Ha is a local dialect in Jiachuan, which means piping. Chicken and habean is to pour the leftover tofu into the pot and stir it up in a mess, just like the chicken jumped in and piping it. This is the name of the dish.

"We are all hungry people, so we have no choice but to be picky. After a while, we've become familiar with each other. The food of uncles and brothers is not good, so I can't charge them for money."

"I guess you can't even accept it." Zhou Zhi suddenly said something, which immediately caused his father to stare fiercely.

"They came diligently later. The more they made trouble in Datong Wutong, the more violent they were, and several township offices around were robbed and dozens of guns were lost!"

"This guy who cuts his head is just not listening..." Grandma mentioned this brother-in-law in his room and lifted up her apron and wiped her tears, with a very aggrieved expression: "He said he was anxious and he wanted to argue with me. Tianmin didn't like him at all, and even didn't give me a good look. I was able to pick it up. I was so angry at both ends..."

Dad quickly comforted: "Then let's not talk about this paragraph, mom, what about the latter?"

"There was a big fuss around the back, but Gujing Township became quieter, but there were more people on the road who could not recognize him."

"I knew something was going to happen, so I quickly went to find the youngest son. The head-cutting man called me to look at the road, saying that ordinary people were nothing to do. If I saw someone carrying a gun coming, I would quickly hang a pouch on the wall nail."

The father's expression became solemn: "Mom, did you take the oath before doing this?"

"Take an oath?"

My father raised his fist to his ear: "I volunteer to join... the Party, support the Party's program, abide by the Party's constitution, fulfill the obligations of Party members, and implement the Party's decisions... like this."

"It's not that complicated." Grandma also raised her fist: "What we said at the time was - sacrifice individuals, obey the organization, keep secrets strictly, and never betray the party."

The father grabbed grandmother's hand excitedly and burst into tears: "Mom! Why have you never heard you say it?!"

"They were beaten up the next day. On the night he left, he secretly came to kowtow to me a few times. He said, "Sister-in-law, you used to be rotten behind your belly. Don't ask any questions, you can never tell me."

Grandma was also crying: "I have never seen this person who cut off his head again, and I don't know where I died..."

"It's okay, now you can say it." Dad gently patted his grandmother's hand: "Mom, someone will come to your family in a few days. They will ask you something, which should be about that time."

"At that time, just say it, tell it truthfully, and let it go."

"I'm not afraid of it?" Grandma was still a little worried: "I've seen criticism and controversy... Some of the people wearing hats on the stage are also party members?"

"It's okay, mom, now we can really say it. Let's be realistic." Dad looked at his grandmother, his face full of admiration and admiration: "I never expected that there was an old party member hidden in our family!"

After saying that, he patted his grandmother's hand and laughed: "Mom, you have done an overdoing job in the underground! You don't even know your daughter or son-in-law!"

But his attitude towards Zhou Zhi was very different. He glared at him: "You can take out all this. If you know, you dare not discuss it with your family. Just use a big cannon in silence!"

"Go and write down the two articles, I want to see what you wrote!"

"Ah?! I write it now, and it may be different from when I contribute it!"

"Do you still have to talk nonsense?"

“…”

This is fast. Not long after, Zhou Zhi roughly wrote down two articles.

My parents immediately grabbed one article and started reading it.

Zhou Zhi carried a bag and said, "My parents, can I go out?"

My mother and dad looked down at things, but my mother waved to him: "Come back early."

After leaving home, Zhou Zhi turned the cross and walked towards the county party committee compound.

It was already past eight o'clock and it was dark. When I arrived at the county party committee compound, I saw the lights on the second floor of the third unit of a building, so I walked up the stairs and knocked on the door.

A middle-aged man came over and opened the door. Zhou Zhi asked, "Uncle Hua, is Hua Ting at home?"

"Who are you?"

"I am Zhou Yuanjiang's son, Zhou Zhi and Hua Ting are classmates."

"Oh, he is not here, he is also going to his classmate's house, and he may not necessarily come back tonight."

"That's great. I'm here to find Uncle Hua. It's best if Hua Ting is not here."

Hum? Hua Yuliang couldn't help but frown: "Look, I still have customers here."

"It's okay, I can wait outside."

"What are you asking for me? Whose son did you just say it was?"

"It's about Hua Ting and Zhang Xiaoyu. I am Zhou Yuanjiang's son, and my father belongs to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau."

Hua Yuliang looked at Zhou Zhi carefully: "Then you can wait a little."

"Okay, thank you uncle."

Not long after, the door opened again, and a middle-aged man with a bare head nodded and retreated from inside, Hua Yuliang followed behind.

"Secretary, you're busy..." The man smiled and walked out of the door, glanced at the stairs, but only saw a young back with a schoolbag on his back, facing the corner of the corridor, as if he was studying the spider web there.

"Secretary, please stop sending me. Stay here, goodbye..." The man hurriedly left after he said that.

Zhou Zhi then turned around, Hua Yuliang held the door handle with his hands: "Come in."

Zhou Zhi walked into the living room, and the living room was filled with various paper boxes and bamboo baskets, which were gifts sent by various units and labor insurance issued by the county party committee.

Apart from those, the living room is very simple to furnish.

"Uncle Hua, do I need to change my shoes?"

"No." Hua Yuliang bent over and picked up the two tea cups from the coffee table and walked into the kitchen, pouring out the tea water you just received: "There are fruits on the coffee table, do it yourself, you're welcome."

"Thank you, Uncle Hua." Zhou Zhi loudly agreed to Hua Yuliang in the kitchen, but he did not move.

Hua Yuliang wiped his hands and came out of the kitchen. He saw Zhou Zhi still standing: "Sit, sit down quickly. You just said that Hua Ting and who...what happened to them?"

But Zhou Zhi did not sit down: "Huating and Zhang Xiaoyu are both my classmates. Zhang Xiaoyu's mother is the son of Zhang Fangyu, the manager of natural gas company."

Hua Yuliang was secretly surprised, but his expression couldn't tell anything: "That's the case, then Hua Ting and this... Zhang Xiaoyu, what's wrong with them?"

"They are good friends, Xiaoyu should come often, right? Don't you know Uncle Hua?"

"Ah... you have many classmates, and I can't recognize you, uncle, so you can continue."

"Oh, but you have to promise me first, you can't hit them both. Talk to them if you have something to do."

Hua Yuliang looked at Zhou Zhi seriously, feeling that this kid seemed to have seen it somewhere, and said casually: "Uncle promised you."

"That's right. Hua Ting and Xiaoyu have been playing together recently, and they often watch videotapes here."

"Um?"

"It's...that kind of video tape. It seems to be made in the video hall of the Sichuan Opera Troupe, where that kind of video will be played late at night..."

Hua Yuliang couldn't help but feel angry in his heart. These two dogs who didn't learn well!

He took a deep breath and quickly pressed down the fire: "How did you know?"

"They were still bragging among their classmates, but I heard it. I knew that my uncle was the secretary. I thought it would have a bad impact. I thought I would tell you."

"But you can't punish them, let alone say I said it."

What does this kid mean? Just give me a reminder? It has nothing to do with Zhou Yuanjiang? Then how many other things does he mean when he mentioned Zhang Xiaoyu? Is it just a coincidence?

For a moment, Hua Yuliang was unable to be sure. He had already rolled in his heart, but he said, "Okay, uncle promised you that when Hua Ting comes back, I will educate him and talk to him well."

"That's good." Zhou Zhi said: "Because I thought they shouldn't be punished. They are like this now because your parents, you and Aunt Zhang are negligent in discipline, and it is because you adults are unfair in doing things in advance!"
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