Rebirth of the Great Era 1993

This winter is extremely cold, and the road is deserted. Occasionally, only one or two villagers pass by in a hurry. People in the village are huddled at home. There is no heating or air conditioning. Everyone goes to the mountains to cut firewood for warmth.

The embankment was difficult to walk on, it was slippery because of the ice, and I almost fell into the river if I wasn't careful.

Pulling up his sleeves, Zhang Xuan rushed to the other side of the river with white breath and trembling, and found his uncle working on a fishing net.

Yes, the topics are all ready.

Zhang Xuan walked over and asked, "Uncle, are you trying to catch fish?"

"Eh."

Seeing the great writer coming over, the uncle's withered face was like a balloon, instantly filled with smiles, and he howled into the back room:

"Zhang Xuan is here, bring out a stool."

Zhang Xuan, "..."

He has been to his uncle's house many times, but he has never been treated like this before. Let alone having a stool moved for him to sit on, people always talk with their eyes on their heads.

My mother was right. Like those village cadres and town cadres, I have become a powerful person in the eyes of my cousin, and I have reached the standard for him to be flattered and bribed.

The stool was moved out, and his daughter-in-law did it herself.

He was so attentive that he was afraid that Zhang Xuan's butt would get cold while sitting in the middle of winter, so he put a sponge cushion on it.

Oh, so considerate, so understanding. I'm embarrassed, so sit down quickly.

Zhang Xuan said: "Thank you."

The daughter-in-law said nothing, smiled and nodded, her eyes wandering around him uncontrollably.

At this time, my uncle took the initiative and asked, "Zhang Xuan, do you eat fish?"

Just come here for this, what do you think?

Zhang Xuan said shamelessly: "Eat, I love fish the most, especially the fat-headed fish you always feed. I always talk about it outside."

The uncle smiled happily and said, "Okay, I'll catch two for you later."

Zhang Xuan said yes.

Although this uncle was snobbish, he was really good at work. In less than 20 minutes, three fat-headed fish came ashore.

They are quite big, at least ten pounds.

Zhang Xuan took out a handful of zero bills and asked, "Uncle, how much does this cost per pound?"

The uncle stared at the money, tilted his mouth, and said unhappily: "We are all one family, want to make money? Talking about money hurts feelings, just take it and take it."

Oops! When the fish was divided last year, you didn't have this attitude even though the grass carp weighed two pounds and eighty taels, and you even asked for money in person.

And now...

Zhang Xuan looked at the net bag that was forced into him and the two big fish in the net bag. Forget it, stop being pretentious, just pick it up and go.

After walking a few steps, Zhang Xuan suddenly turned around and said, "Uncle, I'm not short of money, so I'd better give it to you."

The uncle waved his hand grandly and said no.

After walking a few more steps, Zhang Xuan turned back and said, "Uncle, I took the fish and left."

My uncle felt so painful, but he still had a smile on his face: "Let's go, let's take it back and make breakfast for your guests."

"Eh."

Zhang Xuan smiled happily and was not angry with him anymore. He really left.

After returning home, Zhang Xuan said to Comrade Ruan Xiuqin: "Mom, I didn't pay for this fish."

Mother and son were connected. Ruan Xiuqin instantly understood Manzai's thoughts and said with a warm smile: "Okay, Mom knows, I'll pay later."

Remove the gills from the broken fish, chop off the fish head, marinate with green onion and ginger...

While Zhang Xuan was chopping peppers, he asked Tao Ge, who was full of curiosity next to him, "Have you never seen rural people cooking?"

Tao Ge smiled and said, "No."

Then she looked at the stove and introduced herself: "I will help you light the fire later. I have seen firewood burning on TV. I thought it was very interesting."

Hearing this, Zhang Xuan quickly waved his hand to stop him, "No, there's a lot of firewood and ash, don't waste your expensive clothes."

Tao Ge didn't listen to him and had already sat on the tree stump. I stuffed a handful of pine leaves into the stove, touched a matcha, and it lit up with a pop, and a big bright light suddenly filled the bottom of the iron pot.

In an instant, half of the kitchen room was illuminated brightly red.

Sprinkle the ingredients, then put a ladle of water in the pot, boil it, and steam the fish. Take it out of the pan in about ten minutes, sprinkle with chopped green onion, and drizzle with hot oil. It's delicious.

In the middle, Tao Ge lit a fire. As the pot cooled down, the fire went out.

Zhang Xuan walked around the stove and bent down to take a look. Well, the stove was full of firewood.

It has become a black-hearted fire, how can it still be ignited?

Zhang Xuan looked at the stove eye, then at Tao Ge, then at the stove eye, then at Tao Ge, until the woman felt embarrassed, and then teased:

"You have also drank foreign ink. The stove is so stuffed with porcelain, how can there be any oxygen?"

When Tao Ge saw him holding iron pliers and pulling out a lot of firewood, he also said respectfully:

"It's not like you keep urging me to make the fire louder. Make the fire louder. If you urge me, I will add a piece of firewood, and I will add more and more firewood. This is the result."

After hearing this, Zhang Xuan stared at her condescendingly for three seconds, and said sarcastically: "I saw that you were very sharp-tongued during the interview, but I didn't know that you would be so, so..."

Tao Ge, who was sitting, looked up at him, "Are you trying to say that I'm bad?"

Hearing this, Zhang Xuan bent down to pick up the fire and muttered: "Oh, how dare you! I am now in the literary world and I have a request from you, so I don't dare to say this."

Tao Ge looked at the back of his head, smiled intellectually, and stopped talking.

After steaming the fish, frying bacon, making blood duck, some green vegetables, and finally a winter bamboo shoots and mutton hot pot, breakfast is ready.

When the dishes are done, Tao Ge is no longer in shape. His head was covered with firewood ash, his sleeves were dark, and his face was painted with black glaze like a special forces soldier.

The key is a woman with a bookish temperament and a beard like a cat.

Oops, this looks like...

Zhang Xuan kept suppressing laughter.

Ruan Xiuqin pretended not to see it, lowered her head and smiled quietly.

The photographer and assistant tried to hold it back, but in the end they couldn't hold it back and burst out laughing.

Tao Ge took a look in front of the mirror. She laughed so hard that she pulled Zhang Xuan to stand side by side and said to the photographer:

"Old Chen, this scene is worth remembering. Take a photo of us two."

The photography brother responded, ran into the room, took out his camera, and took five consecutive photos of the two of them.

Have a meal.

Zhang Xuan asked, "How does the fish head taste?"

"It's delicious." Tao Ge's mouth was very tight. He kept eating with his mouth pouted and had no time to talk to him.

After breakfast, Zhang Xuan took the three of them to the Tea Mountain across the river.

The purpose was to take photos of Zhang Xuan and his back.

Since the old man didn't want to appear in public too soon, Tao Ge suggested taking a black back photo of him as the cover of "The Wind".

Out of vanity, Zhang Xuan accepted the proposal.

Shangcun is located in a basin, surrounded by mountains on all sides. There is snow on it, and the top of the mountain is shrouded in clouds and mist all year round. The scenery looks like a fairyland in the camera.

After spending about 20 minutes looking for an angle, Tao Ge finally took a satisfactory photo.

She shouted excitedly: "This angle is good. The clouds, mountains, and distance make you look like an immortal."

Taking photos in the morning.

At noon, Zhang Xuan took a few people for a walk around the village to observe folk customs and rural customs.

But a few people only dare to walk on the main road, on the flat road, such as a field road, a riverside, or a mountainside, then forget it.

Tao Ge asked, "Is Wei Yuan's former residence in the town next to yours?"

Zhang Xuan nodded, "Do you want to take a look?"

Tao Ge said without hesitation: "I've heard about it for a long time. Now that it's here, I can't miss it."

Zhang Xuan said: "Okay, let's wait until tomorrow. People should be able to walk on the road tomorrow. I will take you to see it then."

In the afternoon, the telephone installer came.

Since the canteen across the street had a telephone installed and had a ready-made line, it was installed in less than two hours.

When he learned that Zhang Xuan's house had a telephone installed, the fat kid ran over first and wrote the number in a book.

Zhang Xuan asked quietly, "Are you determined?"

The fat kid didn't say anything, just grinning. When he was about to leave, he asked: "Zhang Xuan, you study a lot, will it affect the health of a girl who has graduated from junior high school to give birth to a child?"

Zhang Xuan wanted to laugh when he heard this, but then he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Since you care about Li Xiang so much, just wait a few years for her to grow stronger."

The fat kid argued: "It's not Li Xiang, it's another girl."

Zhang Xuan rolled his eyes, "I know, then you can wait until the other girls grow up before getting pregnant."

The fat kid thought for a moment and asked, "What if the other girl is already pregnant?"

Zhang Xuan was stunned: "Did you get another girl pregnant?"

The fat kid's face turned red, he stamped his feet and cursed: "Zhang Xuan, you piece of shit, how could I get another girl pregnant? How could I betray Li Xiang?"

Zhang Xuan was too lazy to follow him around, "Li Xiang is pregnant. Is it safe for you to elope with her today?"

The fat kid was annoyed, "I knew I couldn't hide it from you, but her mother doesn't let us interact."

Zhang Xuan was silent for a long time before saying, "Then I wish you a safe journey. When you get to Yangcheng, I will arrange for someone to pick you up and find you a temporary residence."

The fat kid grabbed his arm excitedly and said, "Thank you Zhang Xuan, I will repay you by doing anything in my next life."

Zhang Xuan waved his hand, "Don't live in the next life. You are so young, just live in this life. In this life, I am short of cattle and horses."

"Hmm..." The fat kid left with tears of joy.

Seeing that the person had left, Tao Ge, who was eavesdropping behind the door, came out with a smile, walked around him, looked at him, and said teasingly: "He is still a Bodhisattva."

"You think I'm willing? Now that I've encountered such a bullshit thing, I have to help my conscience to get through it."

Niang Xipi, please set up the phone. The first call turned out to be about the fat kid.

Zhang Xuan sighed, picked up the phone and called Li Mei.

The person who answered the phone was Li Mei's mother, "Hello, who is this?"

Zhang Xuan said: "Hello, aunt, I am Zhang Xuan, I am looking for Li Mei."

Her daughter told her about Zhang Xuan.

Li Mei's mother naturally knew who he was, so she said, "Li Mei is not in Yangcheng. She went to Russia on business. Do you have anything urgent to call her? I'll give you the phone number there."

His phone could not make international long distance calls, but Zhang Xuan still recorded Li Mei's contact information in Russia.

Li Mei was not in the country and could not help, so Zhang Xuan instinctively dialed the number of Yingtai Foreign Trade Company.

But then he thought that the three people in the company were not locals, and they were not very familiar with Yangcheng, so he put down the phone and called Yuan Lan instead.

As soon as the phone call came through, Zhang Xuan briefly introduced the things here.

Just asked: "Can you spare the time?"

Yuan Lan smiled: "You tell me the matter first, and then ask me if I have time, how can I have the nerve to refuse?"

His little idea was exposed, but Zhang Xuan didn't think anything of it, and promised: "You can just do this nonsense, and don't be too generous. I'll treat you to dinner when I come back during the New Year."

Yuan Lan said cheerfully: "I will remember this. I will choose something more expensive when the time comes."

Zhang Xuan laughed and said, "Okay."

Yuan Lan immediately said: "The second batch of Martell XO is almost finished. I will transfer the account to you before the end of the year."

Zhang Xuanrehu asked: "How much money can I receive from the second batch?"

Yuan Lan told him: "3.12 million."

Zhang Xuan's heart skipped a beat and he thanked you, "Thank you for your hard work."

Yuan Lan smiled and said, "I thought you were going to treat me to a meal again."

Zhang Xuan was speechless, but still said: "We are all in Yangcheng. If you want to eat, just come to me. I will accompany you at any time."

"Okay, it's settled then. I'll hang up. I still have something to do."

"Okay, you go about your business."

…

Early the next morning, just after dawn, Zhang Xuan was awakened by the sound of shouting and fighting.

I hurriedly put on my clothes and looked outside. I saw that the intersection was already crowded with people.

Zhang Xuan silently walked over and took a look, and he understood what was going on.

The escape of Li Xiang and the fat kid was discovered.

The Li family couldn't find Li Xiang, so they called a few brothers and came to Fatty's house with hoes and poles to ask for an explanation.

But the mother of the fat child was not a good person. She held a firewood stick and bit back, saying that Li Xiang abducted her child.

The Li family retorted: "What the hell are you talking about? Since ancient times, men have kidnapped women and run away with them. How can a woman lie to a man?"

The mother of the fat child put her hands on her hips and said, "Why is it gone? The second daughter of the Zhang family kidnapped the boy."

Zhang Xuan was speechless after hearing this. The old Zhang family suffered an unreasonable disaster.

The two families cursed and started fighting.

There are many Li family members, but there are also many uncles and uncles on the fat kid's side.

The scene turned into a mess, and the people around could not hold it back.

Later, after the Wang family, who was engaged to Li Xiang, learned the news, they also rushed over with a group of people.

Now it's better, two families are fighting against one, and it's even more unclear.

The owner of the canteen saw that something was wrong and rushed to call the police before Zhang Xuan.

It was not until noon that the farce subsided. Four people were admitted to the hospital and 13 people were taken away by the people's comrades.

Zhang Xuan apologized and said to Tao Ge, "I made you laugh."

Tao Ge shook his head.

After lunch, the ground had almost melted, and Tao Ge and the other three, who had been stranded for a long time due to heavy snow, were ready to return to Beijing.

Before going back, Zhang Xuan called Comrade Shuangling and took Tao Ge to the next town to visit the former residence of Wei Yuan.

Speaking of which, Wei Yuan's former residence is famous. In fact, it is very ordinary, with fence posts, tiger stoves, gray walls and black tiles, and a few huts.

After some sightseeing, Tao Ge said to him and Du Shuangling before leaving, "Come, Zhang Xuan, Shuangling, let's take a photo together."

In order to hug the thigh tightly, Zhang Xuan also pulled Du Shuangling and walked over happily.

Zhang Xuan stood in the middle, with the two actors on the right and Tao Ge on the left, with Wei Yuan's former residence in the back, a three-shot sequence.

After taking the photos, Tao Ge said with a smile: "In a few years, these photos will be very valuable."

Zhang Xuan said happily, "I like to hear this."

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