As the sun sets, the squeaking sounds of donkey carts are heard as they advance along the long loess road. The sunlight stretches their silhouettes and projects them onto the hills on the other side of the road. Sitting in the car and looking around, the Loess Plateau in the distance is criss-crossed and complicated. Occasionally, I can see people busy harvesting. As a southerner, Yang Liufang is a little ignorant of the grains in the north, but harvesting will give people hope. .
"Brother Shitou, why don't you do waterlogging dams like Wangshan's village did?"
"Emeng (our) conditions did not allow it. It used to be the old course of the Yellow River, and the land was severely desertified. If we did not dig well, it would collapse. When Eda was the village chief, he led people to dig, and people were buried after digging halfway (Part 2). Later, No one digs anymore.”
"Oh, the Yellow River, is the Yellow River far from us?"
"Have you never seen the Yellow River in Xizhou City?"
"No, I'll go take a look when I get a chance."
"Well, let's go and take a look. The iron bridge, the sheepskin rafts, and the rolling yellow soup are so beautiful." The Northwester spoke humorously, and a few words painted a beautiful picture. At this time, a cry of wild geese interrupted their chat. Liu Fang looked up and saw a row of herringbone geese flying past in the vast sky. It was spectacular and orderly. The geese knew the cold in autumn and lined up to return south to Wenzhou for business. Where is Brother Tongfu with the ID card? Not sure if the reversal has been completed? Did you see the note you left with Boss Zhou?
Yang Liufang was worried about his strange brother Li Tongfu in Xizhou, and Li Tongfu, who went to the south to apply for an identity card, was also worried about Yang Liufang. After all, it was he who gave the idea to let people follow him to Xizhou to sell shoes to make a living. There are three advantages and two disadvantages, and I can't get rid of it. Even if the police don't find me, I will feel guilty and afraid for the rest of my life. So when he returned to Yongjia, Wenzhou, Li Tongfu first went to the Public Security Bureau to apply for an ID card, and then went to the household registration section under the guidance of the police. The police from the household registration section told him that he needed to bring a certificate from the village and a stamp from the township.
In those days, everything seemed to require this kind of certificate. Li Tongfu ran up and down to complete the formalities, sent him to the household registration department to take photos, and filled out the ID card registration form as required. The police officer in charge of applying for the ID card told him that it would take 15 working days. Once the ID card is obtained, he can collect it himself, or his hometown village committee can collect it. Li Tongfu's parents have passed away, and apart from his uncle, there is no one left in the family. When he started his business, he had no capital, so he sold his ancestral home. Selling one's ancestral home in rural areas south of the Yangtze River is a treasonous act and is commonly known as "a prodigal son". Li Tongfu also did not want to be ignored and gossiped by the villagers, and he had hardly been home for so many years. Simply tell the police to pick it up yourself in 15 days.
Since I have nothing to do in the 15 days, I can just go to Yangliu Fang's house in Yang City, Yueqing, Wenzhou. Maybe this guy has no money and no job, so he comes back because he can't bear it anymore, and he will feel relieved when he sees him. . So I bought a ticket to Yueqing that afternoon and made several trips to Yangshi Town. When he got here, he didn't know how to leave. He only knew that he was from Yangshi Town when he was chatting with Yang Liufang, but he didn't know which village. He suddenly remembered that he once heard Yang Liufang say that he had learned carpentry. I just wanted to go to the place in town that sells wood and furniture and ask.
In the past one or two years, due to the emergence of a number of low-voltage electrical appliance workshops such as Yongtai Electrical Appliances and Qiujing Switch in Yangshi Town, it only took one or two years for Yangshi to be upgraded from a commune to a township and then to a town. Therefore, compared with other towns, this place is prosperous and busy, and various shops do not close as early as other towns without industry. Yang Liufang walked along the street and asked where there were lumberyards and furniture stores. Then he went to the store and asked the boss if he knew a 17-year-old carpenter named Yang Liufang.
He really asked me about it. In a furniture store in the west end of the town that often sells willow root products, Li Tongfu asked about Yang Liufang. Before the shop owner could say anything, the old woman spoke in plain language like a talkative woman:
"Ah, you are talking about Yang Liugen's little apprentice who seduced his junior sister! Oh, this man is so shameless. His master controls what he eats and drinks, treats him like his own son, and even seduces someone else's daughter when the master is not at home. ...." The woman kept chattering to herself, but was interrupted by the shop owner.
"Shut your mouth. You girls are really idle. It's not necessarily true or false. People are so corrupted by you that they run away from home." The shop owner scolded.
"Oh, I recognize the Yang Liufang you mentioned. He was quite capable. He was blown away by a typhoon two months ago and there is still no news about him. Have you met him?"
"Boss, I've met, I've met. He went to the northwest with me to sell shoes, but then we got separated. I wonder if he's coming back?"
"That's not clear. It's been two months since it happened. At first, his parents were still looking for him because something happened with his junior sister. There were a lot of gossips. His family is not rich. His parents rarely go out on the street. Now they are Less comes out.”
"Well, boss, do you know where his home is? I want to go and see him. If he comes back and sees people, I will feel relieved. If he doesn't see anyone, I can give his parents a message to make them feel at ease."
"Oh, he's from Liunan Village. Find a motorcycle driver on the street and take a look."
"Motorcycle? What is it?"
"Oh, it's a motorcycle soliciting customers. Master, master, this guy is going to Liunan Village." At this time, a motorcycle came over. Hearing the boss's call, he immediately braked and stopped.
Li Tongfu thanked his boss, got on a motorcycle and headed for Liunan Village. Due to limited land resources in Jiangnan, villages and towns are located very compactly. Liunan Village is in the west of the town, only five or six miles away from Yangshi Town, and it takes more than ten minutes to get there by motorcycle. After Li Tongfu got off the car, he asked Yang Liufang's family again, and then he realized that Yang Liufang was actually a "famous" person in their village, a notorious person. The scene that happened during the typhoon two months ago had already become the talk of the villagers after dinner. Yang Liufang's reputation spread far and wide. After a villager told Li Tongfu the location of his home, Li Tongfu went straight there.
Yang Liufang's house is a typical Jiangnan residence. Something bad might have happened, and the villagers rarely interacted with his family. When she heard a knock on the door, Yang's mother came out to open the door in a panic.
"Hello, aunt. My name is Li Tongfu, and I'm friends with your family, Yang Liufang."
"Hello, hello, friend of Al Fang, please come in, please come in." Walking into the yard, Li Tongfu saw that although he was not rich, the yard was still neatly tidied up. After hearing this, Yang Liufang's father also hurried out and asked in a trembling voice:
"Child, come in, come in, have you seen Al Fang? How is he?"
"I've seen it, I've seen it, uncle. Liu Fang is fine." Li Tongfu replied comfortingly, while thinking that Yang Liufang must still be out there and not home. Mother Yang was busy making tea and pulling out a chair for Li Tongfu to sit down.
"Where are you from? Where did you meet my Al Fang?"
"Uncle, I'm from Yongjia, Wenzhou. Liu Fang and I met when we were selling shoes at Wulinmen Square in Hangzhou." Li Tongfu told the story of their acquaintance, meeting to sell shoes, and then getting separated in a train. Told it once. Father Yang listened silently, while Mother Yang shed tears while listening.
