Looking up at the stars in 1946

Early the next morning, Han Yan went to the elementary school to find Han Ye.Who knew that Han Ye went to the county to report to work before dawn, and was not in elementary school.Han Yan thought for a while, went home again, and first told his parents about Han Ye's return.

The father and mother were both surprised and happy. First they were happy for the safe return of the second son, and then they complained that the son did not tell them that he was not filial when he came back.Han Yan waited for his father and mother to get excited before slowly mentioning the matter of Qi Si:

"Father, mother, to be honest, how has fourth master treated our family these years?"

Han Yan's father and mother looked at each other, and after a long time, Mrs. Han sighed and said, "It's considered intentional." Father Han also helped, saying, "Better than his father."

Hearing this, Han Yan felt relieved, and said, "Father, mother, if Aye comes back and asks about Qi Si, you two don't forget to tell him that!"

The two old men nodded and promised to tell the truth.Only then did Han Yan feel a little more relieved, and said a few words to his two siblings, and left.

A few days later, when Father Han was weeding in the field, a young man in military uniform stopped him suddenly, saying that the team leader was looking for him.Han Yan's father, Monk Zhang, couldn't figure it out. Only after he went there did he realize that the person looking for him was his son.

Seeing the heroic appearance of his second son, Father Han was happy but also a little dissatisfied, feeling that he was ashamed to be called by his second son in such a big way.

When Han Ye called his father, he didn't think too much, he just wanted to know the situation of Yuanmao Village these years.After saying a few words, he began to ask questions to his father in a business-like manner.

Although Father Han was unhappy, he had heard of many good people and good deeds of the Communists, and he had some kindness for the Communist Party, let alone his own son, so he poured out all the words in his stomach.Of course, when talking about the situation of Qi Si, because of Han Yan's relationship, Father Han also defended a few words.

Han Ye frowned when he heard that, and the notes in his hand stopped.People in other working groups knew more or less about the relationship between Qi Si and Han Yan, so they didn't dare to talk too much, so they hurriedly turned their faces elsewhere.

Han Ye thought for a while, called his father aside alone, and asked in a low voice, "Dad, did my brother teach you to say this?"

Father Han said bluntly: "No, it's all the truth."

"What kind of truth! Dad, although I haven't stayed in Yuanmao Village these few years, I have heard a lot about the Qi family, and there is not a single good thing in it! My brother was just greedy for pleasure and was changed by Qi. Xiu eats so much, you don't have to persuade him to come back, how can you stand by his side?"

Father Han said: "You can't say that. I know that Lord Qi is not a good person, but the three brothers of the Qi family are not bad. The elder brother of the fourth master has long been a soldier, and his second brother is not healthy. It’s not good, and it’s been kept in the yard all the time, and it hasn’t harmed anyone.”

Han Ye sneered and said, "Father, you didn't even know you were sold out. What kind of soldiers did Qi Yishan serve as soldiers? The soldiers of the Kuomintang, who specialize in fighting the Communist Party, isn't that bad? Besides, the Qi Yishan Yixiu, as a Chinese, it’s fine if he doesn’t go to the battlefield, and he’s with a Japanese, it’s a disgrace for such a person to live.” Then he said: “Then Qi Yixiu, relying on his two elder brothers, started again. How much benefit has he gained from being the village chief? How much blood has been squeezed out of the common people? If you want to say that he is good, then there are no bad people in this world!"

Father Han was so blocked by Han Ye that he couldn't speak a word, and it took him a long time to say: "So the three brothers are so bad?"

"That's not it!" Han Ye resolutely said: "There is nothing good about the landlord class! They are our enemies! Dad, you must stand up in the future, and you must not be soft-hearted to the landlord class, let alone be fooled by their rhetoric. cheated."

"Then what should your brother do? Is he considered a landlord class?" Father Han asked cautiously.

Han Ye thought for a while and said, "Of course my brother doesn't count. He was also forced to work in the Qijia compound back then. The working group will understand his difficulties. But, next time my brother comes back, you must persuade him Move home and don't mess with the Qi family anymore."

Father Han nodded, promising to do as he said.Only then did Han Ye feel relieved, and found another patrolling soldier to send Father Han home.

After donating hundreds of land from his family, Qi Si finally breathed a sigh of relief.Unexpectedly, his son Qi Jialang lost his temper, saying that Qi Si had no good intentions and donated all the land in the family to make his life difficult in the future.It is said that other people's fathers wish to leave more land for their sons, but he is good at everything, and he is closer to outsiders than to his own son!

Qi Si was not a good-tempered person either, and was about to hit someone immediately, but was stopped by Han Yan.Han Yan said: "Jialang is already so big, if you have something to say, why not do it!"

"He can fight if he wants to! Have I missed this beating since I was a child? I don't need you, an outsider, to meddle in my own business!" Qi Jialang said angrily.Since when he was ten years old, he scolded Han Yaner's chair, stabbed his butthole and was hanged up by Qi Si and beat him, he never dared to swear at Han Yan again, and only felt that he was an "outsider".

Qi Si was furious when he heard that, and pushed Han Yan aside, and drew a wooden stick in the corner to make a move.Qijia was young and flexible, so he easily dodged and swung away.

Qi Si threw the stick far away, and cursed: "You bastard!" He regretted again in his heart that he had taken those medicines to enhance the fun and consummated Lu Fengniang's consummation, so he gave birth to such a little beast to piss him off.

Seeing that Qi Si was trembling with anger, Han Yan sighed, walked over and half hugged him, and comforted him: "Okay, don't be angry, the doctor said that you have not enough energy and blood recently, and you will really lie on the kang if you are angry."

Qi Si said with hatred: "Why do you think this little bastard is so brainless? It's this time and he's still thinking about those ruins. His father might go to jail tomorrow and he's still fooling around!"

Han Yan said helplessly: "Father and son are like enemies. It's enough to talk about it well. Is it worth using a stick? Jialang is also in his twenties, can you understand?"

"He's just an elm head!" Qi Si cursed again, and then followed Han Yan's will to enter the house.

As soon as Qi Si went to the top of the kang, he took the cigarette stick in his hand, and was about to light a fire and smoke it, but Han Yan took it away without paying attention.

Han Yan said, "Stop smoking this, sit down, and I'll make you some tea."

"Wait!" Qi Si stopped Han Yan, got off the top of the kang, swept the front and back of the house, closed the doors and windows tightly, and then asked in a low voice: "Have you hidden the things I asked you to hide?" ?”

Han Yan nodded and said, "I hid it as you said, and I dug it in several places!"

"Do you remember the location?" Qi Si asked.

Han Yan was a little uncomfortable being asked, but he still said: "Remember it." Those places were near the time when the two of them were together, and Han Yan couldn't forget it even if he wanted to.

Qi Si glanced at Han Yan, and said slowly, "Those are all for you."

Han Yan was taken aback and said, "Why do you give it to me? I don't need it."

"You still have a long time ahead," Qi Si said slowly, "keep it close to you."

Han Yan was flustered by Qi Si's words, and annoyed: "I don't need it, you can just keep it by yourself!" After a pause, he asked again: "Isn't it enough to donate all the land?"

Qi Si was silent for a while, and then said: "I don't know, it depends on the situation."

However, the situation is not good.

From the end of August, the working group began to confiscate the land, livestock, and real estate of the big landlords, second-class landlords, and rich peasants in Yuanmao Tun.

A dozen or so members of the Qi family were kicked out of the Qi family compound not long after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and stuffed into a small shabby cottage.Qi Si was also directly arrested by the patrolling militia and locked up in the cell left by the village palace, together with twenty other small landlords and big grain households.

Qi Si saw Guo Dashan in the crowd. He was already too old to look good, and his round belly had shriveled up, like a piece of dried bacon.Guo Dashan didn't recognize Qi Si anymore. I heard that he had become a fool last year. Both his son and daughter-in-law despised him as a burden. It happened that the working group started to clean up people, so they sent him here quickly. It was considered a creation for the entire Guo family. sin for sin.

On the day the militia ransacked the house, Han Yan originally wanted to go with Qi Si, but he didn't expect to be dragged away by Han Ye halfway, and he didn't know where he was detained.

A few acquaintances came forward to say hello to Qi Si, and hesitantly asked Qi Si if he had any news.Qi Si said: "I'm all in trouble here, what news can I have?" The others left resentfully.

Qi Si picked a corner and sat down, slowly reviewing his first half of life.Can't say how bad it is, and can't say how good it is.The blessings that should be enjoyed are enjoyed, and the sins that should be suffered are also suffered.It would be like this if he lived a few more years—if he hadn't met Han Yan, Qi Si really couldn't think of what else God would care for in his life.