Song Fengchen was slightly stunned. Speaking of it, he seemed to know nothing about Xu Shujian's past.

Before he could speak, Xu Shujian continued: "I majored in Russian in college, and this novel is the first book I independently translated after entering the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."

Xu Shujian remembers that it took him more than half a year to translate this novel.When it was published, Xinhua Bookstore paid him 120 yuan for the manuscript in one lump sum.

After he got the money, he ran to the department store excitedly to buy a watch.Then, something happened to his grandfather...

Things are right and people are wrong, not only talking about others, but also about himself.

From the high-spirited and promising young master to the down-and-out country farmer, it is impossible to say that such a gap is not uncomfortable.

All the past flashed before her eyes one by one, Xu Shujian looked sad, and her whole body was filled with a loneliness that was hard to ignore.

Song Fengchen wondered if he had done something wrong.

He was a little at a loss, but he didn't show it on his face. After a while, he comforted him: "Don't be sad, it will get better!"

This is the truth.

"Probably." Xu Shujian didn't know what to do, so she was already prepared to take one step at a time.

He touched the cover of the novel in his hand, trying to suppress his complicated emotions, but he didn't want to look up and meet Song Fengchen's deep eyes.

Song Fengchen was condescending, and there was love in his eyes that was too late to hide.

With a buzzing sound, Xu Shujian tensed his spine, and the messy things in his mind were completely wiped out. He opened his mouth and stumbled: "You...I..."

Song Fengchen came to his senses, calmed down the panic in his heart, calmed down, and hummed softly: "Yes."

As if answering a normal question.

Such an understatement by Song Fengchen instantly defeated a series of excuses made up by Xu Shujian to deliberately avoid this topic in the past few days.

The room suddenly fell silent.

Xu Shujian's heart was beating like thunder, and she hardly dared to look directly at Song Fengchen.

It is said that cannibals are short-mouthed and soft-handed.

Xu Shujian was thinking about how he should tactfully refuse in order to save his benefactor's face, he pursed his lips, and heard footsteps amidst his distraction.When I looked up again, Song Fengchen was no longer in the room.

Xu Shujian subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, he thought, Song Fengchen should know his attitude!

In the kitchen, Song Fengchen didn't feel disappointed either. This was expected. There was more than a mountain between him and Xu Shujian.

Who is Xu Shujian, an official son like Yangchun Baixue, even if he is down and out now, his vision is not so low that he would look at a country bum with a bad record.

But fortunately, Xu Shujian's attitude illustrates a problem, at least he does not reject homosexuality.

Song Fengchen was already very satisfied.

He thought, how could he not give Xu Shujian a chance to say his rejection.As for the future, it only depends on personal means.

With such an idea, and the need to hurry up to dig Gastrodia elata, in the next five or six days, Song Fengchen left early and returned late, and he really didn't have much contact with Xu Shujian.

At the end of April, the daytime temperature in the vicinity of Dongxian County rose to 25 degrees, and the wild Gastrodia elata, which had ended its five-month dormant period, began to sprout.

Song Fengchen was also forced to stop his plan to enter the mountain.

He roughly calculated his harvest in the past half a month. The wet Gastrodia elata he dug up is about 30 catties. If it is made into dry products, according to the average dry ratio of four to one, it should be able to produce seven catties. Dry products around.

In the black market before, Boss Zhao said that the purchase price of dried Gastrodia elata is 81 catties. If the quantity is large, there is still room for price increase.In this way, he can get at least 560 yuan for this batch of wild Gastrodia elata.

The rice tank at home is empty again, and the Chen family has paid for the medicine in the cowshed these days. Zheng Dehui and the others have patched their clothes inside and out, and they should have been replaced long ago. Other miscellaneous expenses... With this large sum of money, at least for the next few months, Song Fengchen will not be too tight.

Thinking of this, his footsteps down the mountain couldn't help but become a little lighter.

It was already sunset when we got home. Song Fengchen stretched out his hand and pushed open the door. The boss of the Chen family, who had been waiting inside for a long time, heard the sound at first glance, and stood up from the bench suddenly.

Seeing clearly that it was Song Fengchen who came in, the boss of the Chen family's eyes lit up: "Third Uncle, I have waited for you to come back."

"What, what's the matter?" Song Fengchen took out the things in the back basket, two or three Gastrodia elata, two bamboo shoots, and a half-dead hare, which he gained from wandering around the mountain for a long time today.

"Third Uncle, something happened to my Yue's family, I would like to invite you to take a look."

The words of the boss of the Chen family brought Song Fengchen to Qinghe Village, thirty miles away from Yuexi Village.

The father-in-law of the eldest son of the Chen family was named Li and Li Anming. They had two sons and two daughters, who had not yet separated. Excluding the two daughters who were married, the whole family lived in four thatched huts.

The two sons of the Li family are older than the boss of the Chen family by more than a round. The eldest, Li Zhong, is an ordinary farmer. The second son, Li Xiao, was a soldier and retired due to injuries a few years ago. Now he works in a textile factory in the county.

What happened was the only son of Li Xiao, the second son of the Li family.

"Comrade Song, drink water." The mother-in-law of the boss of the Chen family came in with two bowls of sugar water, handed one to the boss of the Chen family, and held the other in front of Song Fengchen.

While drinking water, Song Fengchen looked at the Li family.

The old man Li Anming sighed, obviously not in the mood.

The boss, Li Zhong, had a frowning face, and his expression was a little impatient.

The second child, Li Xiao, frowned tightly, but no specific emotion could be seen on his face.

Kind of messy.

After taking a few mouthfuls of sugar water, Song Fengchen put down the porcelain bowl in his hand and said, "Thank you sister-in-law, can you take me to see the child?"

"Okay." It was the old man Li Anming who spoke.

With that said, he led Song Fengchen into the room on the left.

In the room, a middle-aged woman in her thirties was sitting on the bed and sobbing softly. When she saw them coming in, she wiped the corners of her eyes and cried out in a crying voice, "Dad."

Li Anming, who was already upset, looked impatient: "Why are you crying? Why don't you go to the kitchen to help your mother when you have this time to cry? Didn't you see the guests?"

The young woman's eyes were red, but she didn't dare to resist. She glanced at the two brothers of the Li family and walked out obediently.

"Comrade Song, what do you think?" The old man Li Anming finally looked at Song Fengchen, with only hope in his eyes.

Song Fengchen walked to the bed. Lying on the bed was a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy, clean, with a little baby fat on his face.It looks much more beautiful than the other black and thin mud monkeys in the Li family. It seems that the parents have put a lot of thought into it.

The boy's face was pale, as if he had fallen into a coma.

Song Fengchen stretched out his hand and lifted the quilt from his body. Except for his face, almost no part of the boy's body was intact.

Song Fengchen's eyes fell on the young man's dark Yintang, and he frowned slightly: "What's going on?"

It was still the old man Li Anming who was speaking, he gritted his teeth, his eyes twinkled slightly: "It's all because of Xiaosi's greedy mouth, eating something that shouldn't be eaten."

A major event happened in Qinghe Village eight years ago.

Zhang Cui in the village died. After being severely beaten by her father, she died of pain.

Here we have to start with the educated youth in the village.

No village welcomes the educated youth.

With limited land and limited income, it is necessary to add more than a dozen mouths to distribute food. Considering their own interests, it is impossible for farmers to welcome the arrival of educated youths. They think it is an increase of burden for them for no reason.

What's more, these educated youths are used to living a comfortable life in the city, and when they suddenly come to the countryside where they don't have enough food and clothing, and they can't adapt, in order to improve their food, they steal chickens from the public house one day and dogs from the neighboring village the next day. , as well as the tender corn, sweet potatoes, soybeans in the field... eat it roasted, steamed, and eaten in various ways, and at the end they are delivered home in large and small packages.Don't be afraid of being caught, just stick to your neck and refuse to admit it, who can't control them in the village.

Until one evening in midsummer eight years ago, something happened.

In order to prevent these educated youths from stealing things again, the production brigade specially arranged special personnel to patrol the fields at night when the crops were about to mature. If they kept up with the treatment of strong laborers, ten work points would be awarded every day. If they did not keep up, they would not be given work points.

There are not a few people in the village who are jealous of this treatment, and Zhang Cui is one of them.

Zhang Cui is a poor girl, her mother has had a dystocia, her father is an idler, and there is a younger brother who is waiting to be fed. The burden of the whole family is on her. "

She signed up excitedly, and the head of the production team at the time saw her pity, so he really gave her the job.But I didn't expect that the group of educated youths didn't dare to offend the other stalwart night watchmen, for fear of being beaten, so they specifically picked the day when it was her turn to be on duty.

After just seven or eight nights, Zhang Cui didn't lose a job, but lost the job amidst the disgust of the villagers.

Then, just in time for her old father to drink too much, when he heard about it, he ran home and beat her severely.The person who drank the fragments, how could he know the severity of the attack.After this beating, Zhang Cui lay on the bed for two or three days, and disappeared immediately.

"On Zhang Cui's first seven days, an accident happened at the educated youth spot. Nine of the thirteen educated youths died, and all of them had inexplicable scars on their bodies. They died after lying on the bed for two or three days."

"After that, four or five people died one after another in the village. The death conditions were exactly the same as those of the educated youths. Privately, people in the village rumored that this was Zhang Cui's return, and she wanted to take revenge on those who stole food... After this, the village never No food was lost."

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