Dad was still thinking about how to organize the language, and finally asked grandma: "Mom, when you opened the Douhua Restaurant in Gujing, were there...a lot of people coming and going?"

"Yes! At that time, there were two bays outside the new house building on Jizhaowo Road. I opened the restaurant there and Tian Min still complained, saying that he had to pick up three kinds of soy milk from home every night to cook the tofu pudding. It was okay if it didn't rain.

If it rains, the fields will be slippery!"

“At that time, we had to get up in the dark and make bean curd at dawn in the morning. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be able to make the first batch of money, and we would have to be busy until the afternoon. It would be even worse if we had to rush to the Wutong market...

…”

When talking about these, grandma talks endlessly.

"Did you tell Zhou Zhi that at that time, you often held meetings at Douhua Restaurant?"

"The restaurant almost loses business in the middle of the afternoon. Tianjun, the head-chopping guy, likes to invite people to sit down. When Tianmin doesn't see it, he scolds him for not doing the job..."

Dad felt so tired: "Mom, Mom, please stop for a moment, this chop... If not Comrade Tianjun, what does it have to do with the family?"

"That's the youngest from the third room. Xiuqin should be called daddy. When he was a child, his mother and the old man were both gone, so Hua Xuan'er took him to Manzhou to be his apprentice. Later, I heard that he was going to become Brother Cao to enter the world.

, I ran away not knowing where to go.”

"When you come back, that evildoer is like a beggar. He even delayed getting a wife..."

"What happens next?"

"Later on, I was no longer just wandering around in idleness. I saw that it was really not possible, so I discussed it with Tian Min and said that they were all my uncles and brothers who came to the shop to do odd jobs. The guy who chopped off the head was very lazy, so there was no hope.

When he works, he just finds a reason to take care of his food."

"It turns out that after just a few days of eating, the man who chopped off the head ran away again!"

Seeing his father's expression as if he had constipation, Zhou Zhi lowered his head and snickered.

In my previous life, I listened to my grandmother telling stories for the first time. She looked similar to my father. At that time, my three views were completely washed away.

"Fortunately, I didn't run away for long this time and came back again. I seem to have made some money and built a house in the back of Gujing Township."

"That house is so well-built that it has weird eyebrows and weird eyes. It's so tall! He's still working as a teacher at the top, and he's not proclaiming foreign ideas to others! I don't see anything foreign in his rustic look!"

"Mom, that's promoting...ism...forget it, old man, just carry on."

"Sometimes it's too late, so the guy who cut off the head brings people to my shop for dinner. He even comes late on purpose and only sells leftover bean curds."

"I'll fry the leftover chicken and tofu pudding. If it's not enough, I'll add the crispy rice crust made from boiling soy milk. If the crispy crust is not enough, I'll add bean dregs. Anyway, pour the rice in and top it, and it's a meal."

Ha is the Jia Sichuan dialect, which means grilling. Chicken Ha Douhua is the name of the dish, which is to pour the leftover tofu curd and the remaining seasoning into the pot and stir it up, just like a chicken jumps in and grills it.

"We are all hungry people, so there is no need to be picky. We have become familiar with each other after going back and forth. My uncles and brothers' guests, the food is not decent, so I can't even accept their money."

"I guess you, old man, won't be able to accept it even if you want to." Zhou Zhi suddenly said something, causing his father to glare fiercely.

"They came more frequently later on, and the commotion at Datong Wutong became more and more fierce. Several township offices in the surrounding areas were robbed, and dozens of guns were lost!"

"This guy who chopped off the head just didn't listen to what he said..." Grandma raised her apron and wiped away tears when she mentioned the brother-in-law who lived in her room. Her expression was very aggrieved: "I said he was in a hurry, but he still wants to quarrel with me. God.

The people didn't like him in the first place, and they didn't give me a good look. I was the one who picked him up. He got into trouble with the bellows and suffered from both sides..."

Dad quickly comforted: "Then let's not talk about this part. Mom, what about the rest?"

"There was a lot of noise around me, but Gujing Township was a little quieter, but there were more people on the road that I didn't recognize."

"I knew something was going to happen, so I hurried to find the youngest. The man who chopped off the head told me to watch the road and said that ordinary people didn't care. If I saw someone coming with a gun, I should hang a touhua on the wall nail.

pocket."

Dad's expression became serious: "Mom, did you take an oath before doing this?"

"Oath?"

Dad raised his fists to his ears: "I volunteer to join...the party, support the party's program, abide by the party's charter, fulfill the obligations of a party member, and implement the party's decisions...and so on."

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

Dad grabbed grandma's hand excitedly, with tears in his eyes: "Mom! Why have I never heard of you?!"

"Later, Tianjun and the others were beaten to pieces. On the night before we left, he secretly came to me and kowtowed a few times. He said, Sister-in-law, the things you did in the past were rotten in the back of your belly. Don't tell anyone who asks, forever.

I can’t say.”

Grandma was also crying: "I haven't seen this guy who chopped off his head since then. I don't even know where he died..."

"It's okay, we can talk now." Dad patted grandma's hand gently: "Mom, there will be people coming to the house in a few days, and they will ask you something, which should be about that time."

"When the time comes, just say it, tell it truthfully, and let it go."

"Are you saying that you're going to suffer?" Grandma was still a little worried: "I've seen those who were criticized... some of the people wearing hats on the stage are also party members?"

"It doesn't matter, Mom, now we can really say that we are seeking truth from facts." Dad looked at grandma, his face full of admiration and admiration: "I never expected that there is an old party member hiding in our family.

!”

After speaking, she clapped her grandma's hand and laughed: "Mom, you have gone too far with your underground work! Even your daughter and son-in-law don't know about it!"

But his attitude towards Zhou Zhi was completely different. He glared at her and said, "You can pay for all this. How dare you not discuss it with your family after knowing it, and then just shoot a cannon into the sky without saying a word!"

"Go and write these two articles silently. I want to see what you wrote!"

"Ah?! If I write it now, it may be different from when I submitted it!"

"Do you still want to talk nonsense?"

"..."

This was quite fast. It didn’t take long for Zhou Zhi to roughly write two articles.

Mom and dad immediately grabbed an article and started reading it.

Zhou Zhi picked up his satchel and said, "Mom, Dad, I want to go out?"

Both mom and dad lowered their heads to look at things, but mom waved to him: "Come back soon."

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

It was already after eight o'clock, and it was getting dark. When I came to 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's classmates."

"Oh, he's not here. He's gone to his classmate's house. He may not be back tonight."

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

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

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

"What do you want from me? Whose son did you say just now?"

"It's about Hua Ting and Zhang Xiaoyu. I'm Zhou Yuanjiang's son, and my dad works for the Industrial and Commercial Bureau."

Hua Yuliang looked at Zhou Zhi seriously: "Then please wait a moment."

"Okay, thank you uncle."

Not long after, the door opened again, and a middle-aged man with a bald head nodded and bowed his head and walked backwards from inside, followed by Hua Yuliang.

"Secretary, you are busy, you are busy..." The man exited the door with a shy smile, and glanced towards the stairs, but only saw the back of a young man carrying a schoolbag, facing the corner of the corridor, seeming to be studying the spider webs there.

.

"Secretary, please don't send me off. Please stay. Goodbye, bye..." After that, the man hurried away.

Only then did Zhou Zhi turn around. Hua Yuliang held the door handle with his hand: "Come in."

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

Apart from those, the furnishings in the living room are very simple.

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

"No need." Hua Yuliang bent down, picked up the two teacups on the coffee table, walked into the kitchen, and poured out the tea for the reception: "There is fruit on the coffee table, you can do it yourself, you're welcome."

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

Hua Yuliang wiped his hands and came out of the kitchen. When he saw Zhou Zhi still standing: "Sit down, sit down quickly. Just now you said Hua Ting and that person... what happened to them?"

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

Hua Yu was secretly surprised in her conscience, but her expression didn't show anything: "Well, what happened to Hua Ting and this... Zhang Xiaoyu?"

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

"Ah... there are so many of your classmates here that I can't recognize them all as uncles. You can go on."

"Oh, but you have to promise me first that you won't hit them. If you have anything to do, talk to them."

Hua Yuliang looked at Zhou Zhi seriously, feeling that he had seen this baby somewhere before, and said casually: "Uncle, I promise you."

"It's like this. Hua Ting and Xiaoyu often play together recently. Moreover, they are often here and secretly watch video tapes."

"Um?"

"It's... that kind of video tape. It seems to have been made in the video hall of the Sichuan Opera Troupe, where videos like that are played late at night..."

Hua Yu couldn't help but feel angry in her conscience, these two bastards didn't learn well!

He took a deep breath and quickly suppressed the fire: "How do you know?"

"They were bragging among their classmates, and I heard it. I know that my uncle is the secretary, and I thought it would have a bad influence, so I thought I'd tell you."

"But you can't punish them, let alone say it was me who said it."

What does this guy mean? Just a reminder? It has nothing to do with Zhou Yuanjiang? Then what does he mean when he mentions Zhang Xiaoyu? Is it just a coincidence?

For a moment, Hua Yuliang couldn't make up his mind. Countless thoughts were already rolling through his heart, but he said: "Okay, uncle promises you that when Hua Ting comes back, I will educate him and talk to him."

"That's good." Zhou Zhi said, "Because I originally thought they should not be punished. They are like this now because your parents, you and Aunt Zhang, neglected to discipline them. It was unfair for you adults to do it!
Chapter completed!