The Pentium Era - South to North

Liu Ligan walked into the room, turned on the light, and stood there in a daze. He saw that the room was very tidy, and it didn't look like it had been unoccupied for a long time. Tan Shuzhen had the key to this room, so it must be her. She came here often. clean.

Liu Ligan felt ecstatic in his heart.

But soon, his eyes dimmed again.

He felt something strange in the room, and after taking a closer look, he discovered that a still from Tan Shuzhen's "Diao Chan" that was originally hanging on the wall was missing.

There was a photo frame standing on the table. In the photo frame, it turned out to be a photo of himself and Tan Shuzhen on the bank of Nanxi River. The photo frame was still there, but it was empty.

Liu Ligan walked over and opened the drawer. There were two photo albums in the drawer. At that time, almost everyone had a photo album. Liu Ligan sat down on the bed next to the table and flipped through the pages. He found that In the album, his photos are still there, but all the photos with Tan Shuzhen have been taken away, even the photos of him with Tan Shuzhen, Zhang Chen, and Jin Lili.

Liu Ligan clearly remembered that there was also a photo, a photo of the newly-written Wu opera "Water Comes", which was performed in the province, of all the cast and crew and the leaders of the Provincial Department of Culture, which was also taken away.

This play was written by Liu Ligan. It caused a small sensation in the province at that time and won the second prize in that performance. Tan Shuzhen played the role of Qiu Aizhen, the labor model in it.

The more Liu Ligan thought about it, the colder he became. He thought that Tan Shuzhen must be like this, sitting here, flipping through the pages, and then removing all his shadows from this album, carefully, bit by bit. erase.

Liu Ligan turned to the last page of the second album and saw a photo of himself. This photo was originally placed in a frame on the table in Tan Shuzhen's room. Tan Shuzhen sent it back. .

Liu Ligan turned the photo over and saw a line of words written by himself on the back, "Let your thoughts fly, but don't let go of our love! - To my dear Jane! Liu Ligan 1988·10·27".

The pure blue ink has faded, and only one area is particularly eye-catching, like a piece of plaster stuck there, that is, the word "Zhen", which was carefully erased with blue and black ink.

Liu Ligan walked over and opened the closet. He saw that all Tan Shuzhen's clothes had been taken away from the closet, not even a pair of socks. Some of his own clothes that were originally placed in Tan Shuzhen's room were taken back and placed in the closet. in the cupboard.

At that time, their two rooms were on the same floor, diagonally across from each other. The two of them regarded both rooms as their own rooms. They lived in a mess and put their things in a mess. Whatever they needed, they could reach it with just a lift of their feet. .

Now everything has been returned to its original owner, and everything is clear.

Liu Ligan stared at the bookshelf. There were several books on the bookshelf. Tan Shuzhen bought them for him. He was very poor at that time and had to be ruthless to buy books worth a few cents per dollar. He was in the bookstore. When she sees a book she likes but has no money to buy it, Tan Shuzhen will buy it quietly as long as she knows about it.

He pulled out each one, opened the cover, and saw that the second blank page of these books had been carefully torn away. Here, it turned out that Tan Shuzhen had written words such as "Study hard!", "Blessings" in each book. Make progress!" "Come on! Work hard!" and the like.

Now, I can't bear to leave even a single word.

Liu Ligan understood that Tan Shuzhen had indeed come into this room, but she came in not to clean, but to clean up her own traces. It was really Tan Shuzhen's style to clean up so cleanly.

Liu Ligan felt that his whole body suddenly became weak. He fell on the bed and stared blankly at the ceiling above his head. He thought to himself, how many times they had lay here like this, staring blankly at the top of their heads like this. On the ceiling, Liu Ligan asked Tan Shuzhen what she was thinking about? Tan Shuzhen always shook her head and said she didn't think about anything.

But Liu Ligan knew that nine times out of ten, she must be thinking about their future and her two annoying parents.

If Tan Shuzhen's gaze is still on the ceiling, will Tan Shuzhen wipe it off carefully?

You just erase all these carefully, but can you erase our past, erase every minute and every second?

What cannot be erased, just like we can never go back to our past, we have no way to change our past or erase our past.

Liu Ligan heard the door diagonally opposite open, which turned out to be Tan Shuzhen's room. Liu Ligan heard Xiangxiang and her husband coming out. The two of them were talking, closed the door, and then passed in front of his own door. They were going to Catch the car home.

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Zhang Chen went downstairs carrying his things. He saw Xiao Wu squatting at the gate, with three New Year's gifts beside him, one for himself and two others. He knew without asking Zhang Chen that they were from Tan Shuzhen and Feng Laogui. of.

Zhang Chen walked over and asked, "Didn't you accept it?"

Xiao Wu nodded.

"Where's Lao Gui?"

Xiao Wu shook his head in the direction of the office.

Zhang Chen wanted to go there with his things, but he was worried that at this time, Liu Ligan came down from upstairs and ran to the office again. Zhang Chen and Xiao Wu said:

"If you make another trip, tell me it was from me. If you don't give me face, I'll let you smash the thing yourself."

Xiao Wu said yes.

He picked up the two New Year's gifts and walked to the office. After a while, he walked out empty-handed.

Zhang Chen and Xiao Wu said, "I'll go up and take a look at the pole. You wait for us here and we'll see you off."

Xiao Wu nodded.

Zhang Chen was about to go upstairs when he saw Xiangxiang and her husband coming downstairs. Both of them were carrying bags on their shoulders. Xiangxiang's husband was holding a piece of New Year's goods in one hand, and Xiangxiang was holding the two boxes of goods. Instant noodles, Xiangxiang's husband is a stage prop in the group, etc. Anyway, he is a carpenter. He used to follow Zhang Chen every day and listen to Zhang Chen assign him to do this and that.

Everyone in the troupe calls him Xiangxiang’s husband. Zhang Chen has heard others call him Xiangxiang’s husband since the day he joined the troupe. Zhang Chen is also called Xiangxiang’s husband. Almost no one knows the name of Xiangxiang’s husband. , there is no need to know.

Twenty years ago, Xiangxiang was in the troupe, which is Tan Shuzhen's current role in the troupe. Xiangxiang's name was still called from that time. No one seemed to know her full name. Even during the performance, the slide projector was on On the wall next to the stage, in the subtitles, her name is also Xiangxiang. Now when she takes the stage, she often plays Tan Shuzhen's mother or mother-in-law.

Seeing Zhang Chen, Xiangxiang's husband quickly put his hands together, freeing up one hand to shake hands with Zhang Chen. Xiangxiang kept shouting, "Thank you, thank you, Zhang Chen. Fortunately, we have you, this lousy troupe" , during the Chinese New Year, we didn’t even hand out a piece of tissue paper, otherwise we wouldn’t have the shame to go home to celebrate the New Year.

Zhang Chen quickly said, Sister Xiangxiang, you are too polite.

"Okay Zhang Chen, no more words. We are going to catch the bus. See you on the seventh day of the lunar month. By the way, you must bring your wife and son. Do you hear me? The whole group wants to meet them."

Xiangxiang's husband kept nodding, saying yes.

The troupe had a holiday on the sixth day of the lunar month. On the seventh day of the lunar month, Liu Ligan made an appointment with Teacher Li to treat the entire troupe, including their families, to a meal at Zhejiang West Building. He booked the entire second floor, and of course it was because of him and Zhang Chen in the name of.

Zhang Chen watched Xiangxiang and Xiangxiang's husband walk out. When they passed by Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu tried to grab what he had in his hand. He quickly ran away. Xiangxiang cursed Xiao Wu:

"You are seeking death, don't destroy all his belongings!"

"Kill me and I'll pay you." Xiao Wu said with a smile.

Zhang Chen smiled, turned around and walked upstairs.

Zhang Chen walked to the door of Liu Ligan's room. There was no movement inside the door. Zhang Chen knocked on the door and shouted, "Let's go." Send Xiao Wu home.

The door opened, and Zhang Chen was stunned for a moment when he saw the tidy room behind Liu Li, but he didn't say anything.

Liu Ligan's eyes seemed a little red. Zhang Chen looked at him, and he quickly turned his head away and said softly, "Let's go, let's go."

Zhang Chen saw him walking out empty-handed and asked, "You didn't take anything?"

No need to take it. Liu Ligan said.

Two people went downstairs, and three people got in the car. The car drove out of Yongcheng County, drove along National Highway 320 for half an hour, and drove along a county road for ten minutes before arriving at a ferry terminal, Xiao Wu's home. In the mountains across the river, after crossing the ferry, he still had to ride a tractor for more than half an hour to get home.

Zhang Chen and Liu Ligan could only be sent here. Liu Ligan took out two big red envelopes from his bag and told Xiao Wu that one was mine and the other was Zhang Chen's.

Xiao Wu blushed and quickly declined, cursing: "What the hell do you mean?"

"What the hell do you mean?" Liu Ligan yelled back, "It's not for you, it's for the elderly in your family."

Zhang Chen also said: "Take it, Xiao Wu."

Xiao Wu still shook his head and said I don’t want it.

"Damn it, are you so open-minded when the three of us are eating from the same pot?" Liu Ligan scolded.

Zhang Chen nodded and said: "The pole is right."

Liu Ligan stuffed the two red envelopes into the cigarette bag, and Xiao Wu finally refused.

The boat had just docked and would stop for ten minutes. Three people stood there. Zhang Chen and Xiao Wu said:

"Xiao Wu, if you can't stand up for things outside now, don't stand out. If you don't want to stay in Yongcheng, go to Hangcheng and help me."

"You can fight back to Haicheng. Cao Guoqing is doing well now. By the way, that guy in Yilin misses you too."

Xiao Wu nodded "Yeah".

Liu Li laughed loudly and said to Xiao Wu, "Go away, go away." It was as if we had never seen each other. You came back on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year and we haven't left yet.

Xiao Wu also smiled and said, Brother Chen and Brother Zhanzi, I’m leaving.

Zhang Chen nodded and said yes, go home and say hello to your parents.

Xiao Wu got on the boat, and the two of them got in the car. When the car arrived at the outskirts of Yongcheng, Zhang Chen saw a large field of pruned mulberry trees on the roadside and a silkworm breeding farm in the distance. Zhang Chen and Liu Ligan said: "Pull over and park." .”

Liu Li stopped the car.

"Do you have any tools?" Zhang Chen asked.

"what?"

"Digging for earthworms."

"Get the hell out of here, you're digging for earthworms at this time."

Zhang Chen smiled.

The two got out of the car. Zhang Chen took the brown paper bag from the car. Liu Ligan took a glance at it, saw the photo album inside, and understood.

Liu Ligan opened the trunk and found a toolbox inside. Zhang Chen opened it and took out a screwdriver and a pair of thread gloves.

The two walked into the mulberry forest. Zhang Chen used a screwdriver to dig under a mulberry tree. After digging out the frozen layer on the surface, the soil below was very soft. Zhang Chen used the screwdriver to dig into the soil bit by bit, and then used With gloved hands, he dug out handfuls of dirt and soon dug out a pit.

Zhang Chen put the three photo albums and the portrait of Jin Lili into the pit and took a deep breath.

Liu Ligan had been squatting next to him smoking. He saw Zhang Chen's face with a look of astonishment and thought, I don't have anything to bury him.

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