A snow-white apricot blossom or a fiery peach blossom sticks out from the walls of this and that houses, adding a lot of prosperity to this village, which is mainly composed of broken kilns and ruins.

Around the Qingming Festival in 1985, although the mountains and fields were still endless desolate, the spring in Shuangshui Village was everywhere. The willow trees on both sides of the Dongla River and the Crying Eat River, the green and tender branches have already swayed and swung in the spring breeze. Whether it is Tianjia Lao or Jinjiawan , a snow-white apricot blossom or a fiery red peach blossom sticking out from the walls of this and that village, adding a lot of prosperity to this village, which is mainly composed of broken kilns and ruins.

The brilliant sunshine swept away the haze of winter, and the sky suddenly became blue. The mountains, rivers and rivers have long thawed, and the soil emits a fresh smell of grass buds. Among the two main migratory birds in the Loess Plateau, swallows have arrived from the south first, and are building new nests in old places; and the geese's queues passed over the plateau after about ten days, and flew towards the northern grassland next to the Ordos ... The farming work is busy. On the mountain of Shenxian Mountain, on the mountainside of Miaoping Mountain, the sound of cows singing like farmers can be heard from time to time. The women covered their heads with snow-white sheep's belly towels, and the children held old bowls of Shengzi in their hands, and followed them to light seeds and sprinkle manure. Zucchini, pumpkin, black beans, green and black beans, little sun and moon corn, tomatoes, summer potatoes, summer white, watermelon, and cucumber are all time to sow. Pork seeds have emerged; onions and leeks can move sickles to cut the first stubble. All the wheat seedlings have turned green, and farmers are busy weeding and pursuing fertilizers... However, in the spring of 1985, the farmers in Shuangshui Village did not pay special attention to the changes in nature as usual. People are focusing on the ongoing events in the crying river with all kinds of moods. Since late autumn and early winter last year, Sun Shaoan personally paid 15,000 yuan to rebuild Shuangshui Village Primary School, which was about to be completed, is now about to be under the final construction. Now, the school caves that Tian Futang, which were damaged by blocking rivers and dams, have been replaced by a row of magnificent new caves. The school playground at that time also doubled, with a standard basketball stand planted, and some other things that farmers cannot call famous. A wall was built around the playground. On the iron railing-style gate, the five iron characters "Shuangshui Village Primary School" on the arched iron frame are dazzlingly painted by red oil. It is said that the "finishing ceremony" will be held within one or two days, and then the leaders of the township and county will come to attend; I heard that Huangyuan will also come to film TV. Haha, although Sun Shaoan has lost his wealth, he is now glorious and beautiful!

Of course, the celebration ceremony of the new school is not only a major event for Sun Shaoan, but also a major event for everyone in Shuangshui Village. Over the past few days, the whole village has been a little excited and waiting for this extraordinary prosperous moment.

What you need to tell you is that the leadership of Shuangshui Village has already undergone a major shift change last winter. Jin Junwu replaced the famous Tian Futang as the secretary of the village party branch; and Sun Shaoan replaced Jin Junshan as the director of the village committee. This change seems a bit sudden, but it is actually very natural, so we won't be overly surprised. In this way, Comrade Futang and Junshan became ordinary people at the same time. Of course, if there is also an advisory committee in rural areas, they are fully qualified to be the chief and deputy directors. In addition, Comrade Yuting not only did not retreat to the "second line", but instead was promoted from branch member to deputy branch secretary. Tian Haimin's position as a member has not changed. The new branch members include the former deputy captain of the First Team, Tian Fugao, and Jin Guanghui, the youngest son of the former landlord who had just joined the party. Guanghui entered the "Politburo" of Shuangshui Village, making them all very honored. Jin Guangliang cursed his younger brother and his wife Ma Laihua... The day before the official ceremony of the new school building in Shuangshui Village was officially held, busy man Sun Yuting ran forward and rushed back to command people to make the final preparations, because the ceremony was held in the name of the village party branch and the villagers' committee, so everyone in the village was voluntarily involved in the work. In addition, most families have children to go to school, and the villagers automatically show a very positive enthusiasm for this matter. Many people came early in the morning and waited for Yuting's instructions. The cave-style classroom is newly arranged; the playground is cleaned.Because the leaders above were coming, and because they were going to shoot TV in the village for the first time for the first time, Tian Fugao, who was excited, even led people to sprinkle all the dirt roads in the crying river with water and clean them up. "Cultural Person" Jin Cheng and Tian Haimin wrote slogans on red and green paper according to the slogans drafted by Yuting. By the morning of tomorrow, these slogans will be posted on the walls of the school and on the trunk poles on both sides of the roads in the village. Villager committee member and women's director He Fengying, who fully utilized her strengths and was leading some women to carefully arrange the rostrum and venue.

The busyness of the Yuting couple cannot help but remind us of the critical meeting held in this same place ten years ago. We will think of the second-rate Wang Manyin, the dead old Hantian Er and the "tigress" in Xiashan Village... Ten years have passed, and the Yuting couple and the villagers are busy preparing for the venue here again. However, what will be held here is no longer a conference to criticize "capitalism", but is precisely to commend a person who has made a fortune to the public. This can be regarded as a microcosm of the vicissitudes of the entire mainland China over the past decade. Ten years, China's ten years have made the world jaw-dropped and dazzled them themselves!

When everyone was in a mess in Jinjiawan Primary College, on the field of the original team on Tianjia Lao, all primary school students were rehearsing the entrance ceremony to welcome the leaders of the township and county. The children held silk flowers made of colorful paper in their hands, divided into two rows, jumped and cheered, paying tribute to the imagined leaders in the middle. The two female teachers guided the children to rehearse this scene. One of the lovers we already know is Jin Guangming Yao Shufang . The other one surprised us: Isn’t this Hao Hongmei? This is indeed Hao Hongmei.

Shortly after Hongmei and Runsheng gave birth to their children in another county, Tian Futang finally changed his mind completely, admitted the marriage, and took their son, daughter-in-law and two half-children back to Shuangshui Village. Futang is like a retired veteran cadre in the city. When he got off his leadership position, he made a promise to the organization: he could retire, but he had to arrange for his daughter-in-law to teach in the primary school in the village. No one objected to his request. Yes, no matter what, Futang has been a leader in the village for decades, and now he is going to step down, and the whole village is willing to give him this kind of favor. In this way, Hongmei became a teacher at Shuangshui Village Primary School. This also gives us an emotional satisfaction - how much we want the unfortunate Hongmei to have a good start in life. Now, her husband, Tian Runsheng, is in love with her as before. The Futang couple also abandoned worldly prejudice and began to like her.

Tian Futang took out all his savings, Xiang Qian and Runye support another thousand yuan, and bought Runsheng a four-wheel tractor. The young man is now traveling to the prefectures and counties to engage in long-distance trafficking...

In order to prepare for tomorrow's celebration ceremony, the people in Jinjiawan and Tianjia Lao were busy until dark before they stopped.

When people went back to their respective homes and the lights were on the windows of the caves everywhere, Sun Yuting left the little college alone and walked over the small bridge where the river was crying in the dark. He thought he had prepared everything perfectly. Now, he is going to rush to his nephew's house in the south of the village to report to him comprehensively the preparations for the school's "inauguration ceremony" tomorrow; and have a delicious meal there. He estimated that Kim Junwu was also at Shao's house, so that he would save himself from running back to Jinjiawan to report to the new branch secretary.

After crossing the small bridge of the crying river, Sun Yuting overcame the burden of broken shoes and wanted to walk as fast as possible - because his stomach was already hungry and rumbling.

He suddenly stopped. He seemed to hear something sound in the dilapidated temple in the distance. Regardless of hunger, he turned around and walked vigilantly to the dilapidated temple, wanting to find out who was secretly consciously respecting the gods and conducting superstitious activities through the dark night.

The "tea fair" led by the witch god Liu Yusheng and Jin Guangliang collapsed halfway through. The collapse of the "Temple Fair" is largely attributed to the Yuting.When Liu Yusheng and others had just finished shaping the main god in the temple and half of the temple kiln was renovated, Communist Party member Sun Yuting angrily paid for the ticket to buy a train to the county and filed a lawsuit against these "monsters and demons". Under the interference of relevant township and county personnel, Liu Yusheng and others' temple building activities were stopped. Even so, some people in the village came to this dilapidated temple and worshiped the newly-formed idol in order to eliminate disasters and diseases. Incense lingers in the temple from time to time. Red cloth plaques such as "Repay God's kindness" and "I God's blessing" were hung on the walls. Other leaders in the village turned a blind eye to this, but Yuting investigated openly and secretly. Once they found someone respecting gods and ghosts, they would criticize them at the worst, and at the least they would talk about the "materialism" view learned from "political night school" back... Now, Yuting hugged and tiptoed to the broken temple, with his body on the rotten stone wall, and he stood up to listen to the movement inside. After listening for a long time, Yuting couldn't help but sigh quietly in depressedly. It turned out that it was his brother Yuhou in the temple! He heard his brother complaining to the divine mattress, so that their mother's health would recover soon. Yuting knew that his mother was very ill these days. But my brother secretly asked God to cure the old man! This is not... Alas, his brother is for his mother; he can't run in and promote "atheism" for him!

Sun Yuting turned around again, passed the path among the Miaoping Zao Forest, walked across the Lieshi of Dongla River, got on the road, then turned to the south, and hurriedly walked towards Shaoan's house.

The next morning, when the rising sun on Miaoping Mountain was shining, the entire Shuangshui Village became chaotic. As soon as people finished breakfast, they walked out of the house in a hurry; their mother-in-law even wore new clothes to see people like they were having a happy event. The village is doing its last busyness for the "inauguration ceremony" of Shuangshui Village Primary School. Haha, except for the yangge in the first lunar month, when will Shuangshui Village be so lively together during the busy farming work?

Look, on the other side of the school, Yao Shufang and Hao Hongmei all blushed the dolls and manipulated them on both sides of the road outside the school gate. The children held fake flowers made of paper in their hands; those without fake flowers folded a handful of peach blossoms or apricot blossoms in their own yard. Once the leaders walked across the small bridge of the crying river, they were ready to shout and jump and sway the bouquet to welcome them. There are already many villagers without "tasks" in the school compound. Everyone was wandering around and looking at this and that. The central topic of discussion was of course the extraordinary "great cause" done by Sun Shaoan.

He Fengying was leading a few women to cover a black stone on the large wall in the middle of the school building. This stone tablet records the process and situation of Sun Shaoan's new construction of this school. Because this is the first person in the county to run an education under the individual investment by farmers, the county propaganda department and the education bureau attach great importance to it. They asked the county cultural director who has a deep foundation in classical Chinese to write the inscription personally; and it was carved on the inscription by famous craftsmen from the Stone Festival. This can be seen as a monument to life of Sun Shaoan and his wife.

The idea of ​​covering the red silk on the stone tablet today also came from Yuting. He said that as the "final show", the county leaders and Shaoan and his wife personally unveiled the monument. But I couldn't find the simple red silk cloth at the moment. Yuting once suggested using the banner of the superior award from Shuangshui Village when he studied agriculture in Dazhai - pressing the side with words inside and covering it on the stone tablet. As a result, Xiu Lian was opposed by Xiu Lian. The sick Xiu Lian attached great importance to today's ceremony that showed their living value, and did not allow her second father to cover the sacred thing with something that was indiscriminate. She coughed and wheezed for a long time and took out the red silk quilt. She may have forgotten that this quilt was given to them by Runye when she and Shaoan got married.

Now, this wedding gift was solemnly covered by He Fengying and others on the stone tablet.

When everything was ready on Jinjiawan, there were lively gongs and drums coming from the road on Tianjia Lao. In order to set off the atmosphere, Sun Yuting decided to pull up the yangko team in the first month of the year. As soon as the township and county leaders arrived, the yangge team led the front and met Miaoping from the highway; and at the Jinjiawan School, there was a team of students and children who welcomed each other - the situation was a bit spectacular.

In this formation, Tian Wu's waist was twisted like a willow, and his umbrella head was spinning in his hand. Dozens of young men and women followed closely behind, wearing red and green, swaying arms and legs, and previews started on the road. The breeder in the previous team, Tian Wu and his brother Tian Si couldn't help but hold back. They tied two cotton eggs to their ears, dressed up as "Man Po" and twisted them to the tail of the yangko team. The ugly charm is enough to be compared with Wang Manyin from Guanzi Village. Amid the laughter of everyone, Tian Niu, the late Tian Er's silly boy, also ran into the team to make trouble. Among the crowds of people on the other side of the big musical instrument, Tian Pingwa, the successor of the witch god Liu Yusheng, was playing drums. His master will not come to participate in this worldly prosperity. After the failure of building the temple, Liu Yusheng fell on the kang and slept with his head covering his head, except for "treating" people without hesitation. The only one who often comes to his house is his former "vice president" Jin Guangliang... Now, the leaders of the village have arrived on the side of the road one after another, preparing to welcome the leaders from above. We saw the face of the new branch secretary Jin Junwu was shaved by a razor, and there was a trace of scratched blood on his upper lip. He was dressed in a black cloth cloak in a chic manner, and his style was no less than that of the former branch secretary Tian Futang. Around him were the branch committee members Tian Haimin, Tian Fugao and Jin Guanghui. Sun Yuting, deputy secretary of the branch, is still running around with his broken shoes and keeps running, his voice as hoarse as an old sheep calling. Tian Futang, the leading figure in Shuangshui Village back then, was eye-catching and did not show up. However, his son Tian Runsheng did not go out of the car and was happily pounding the gong on the side of the big musical instrument.

When others were in full swing, Jin Qiangzun followed his father-in-law's instructions, carrying a bucket of paste in his hand, and was posting slogans along the way with primary school teacher Jin Cheng. People on the Dongla River did not know that Jin Cheng's father, former deputy secretary of the brigade, did not hide at home like Tian Futang who stepped down. He has now appeared in the school yard and sincerely praised Sun Shaoan for doing something big for the village.

At this time, in the yard of Jin Junwu and Brother Jin Guangliang's family, many women in the village gathered together to prepare lunch to entertain the leaders and guests. Junwu knew that Shaoan was not talking about the hustle and Xiulian was sick again, so his family would arrange the meal. Junwu was about to make a fuss about eating and drinking like something happened. As soon as he became the "top leader" of the village, so many superiors came to the village he led. He couldn't get over it if he didn't entertain him well. In addition, he also brought face to his friends - he announced that the meal was jointly organized by him and Shaoan.

At this moment, in addition to Junwu's daughter-in-law Li Yuling and Guangliang's daughter-in-law, there are also the shining daughter-in-law Malayhua, Haimin's daughter-in-law Gao Yinhua, Jin Qiang's young daughter-in-law Sun Weihong and her mother-in-law, Zhang Guilan, who is serving her sentence outside the prison. Jin Bo's mother is famous in the village for her cooking skills and is the general guide of this group of women. Jin Bo's father, Jin Junhai, has retired early and lives at home most of his time. He is now chasing him to watch the fun on the road... The first group of Sun Yuhou's family appeared in public were their relatives. Wang Manyin and his family rushed from Guanzi Village to participate in this glorious event in their family. Manyin held Goudan's hand and Orchid held Maodan's hand. The family of four came to the crowd like a festival. The ones who followed Xiu Lian's father He Yaozong and his brother-in-law Chang Youlin - they didn't come specifically for this. They came to visit Xiu Lian, who was sick, but happened to encounter this festive event.

Now, the old man Sun Yuhou also went out, and there was no sign of particular excitement or pleasure on his face. He must go to this event - this is the honor his son bought for several generations of the Sun family! Needless to say, the old man will be the most respected old man in the village today. Shaoan's mother can't go, she wants to keep taking care of his sick Shaoan's breasts. In addition, she also brought her granddaughter Yan Zi over - her son and daughter-in-law are the protagonists of today's big drama, and they both want to go out.

At Sun Shaoan's house, Xiulian and Shaoan were still quarreling with each other friendly and friendly things about dressing.

Xiu Lian, who was sick for a long time and looked a little thin, was in an extremely good mood today. She had carefully dressed herself up like a new wife.We know how frivolous Xiulian was when she got married. She seemed to have said that when the situation was settled, she would hold a decent "marriage ceremony" with her dear husband. Then, Xiulian, your wish is fulfilled today!

After Xiu Lian carefully dressed herself up, she insisted that Shaoan put on the best clothes. Shaoan was distracted by his second father's distortion of the matter so much that he didn't want to wear a new outfit to show off his power. He is already glorious enough, so why should he use his clothes to show his shallowness? To some extent, he has gained a new understanding of life - this is the natural result of continuous education in life. But he had to accommodate his dear wife. In order not to make the sick Xiu Lian angry, he had to change into a new outfit. He asked Xiu Lian to take the lead, but Xiu Lian insisted on following him out - this was the most glorious show of his face! When our Xiu Lian and her husband appeared in front of the villagers together, the degree of pride in his heart might be the same as that of Nancy Reagan... At around nine o'clock in the morning, a group of cars followed the road in Nantou and stopped on the side of the road below the former brigade headquarters. The gongs, drums and suona immediately sounded, and the yangko team danced and rose up in response to the sound.

We saw that the first person who walked out of the car was the young county party secretary Wu Huiliang - he took office from Huang Yuanlai last year. Leaders from relevant departments of townships and counties got out of the car. Several reporters from the newly established Hwangyuan TV Station got off the car and ran around with cameras and drove around.

Among the township and county leaders, we are familiar with: Xu Zhigong, director of the county and township enterprise bureau, the people of Shuangshui Village are also very familiar with this comrade; Liu Genmin, the township mayor, and Yang Gaohu, the deputy township mayor. Others include the heads of the county propaganda department, education bureau, and cultural and educational groups of the People's Congress and the CPPCC. Originally, the county magistrate Zhou Wenlong also wanted to come - we know that he had lit fires for Shao'an's brickyard - but because of his ability, he was unable to set off.

Jin Junwu, Sun Shaoan and others came up to shake hands with the leaders above to greet them. Immediately afterwards, the Yangko team led the way in front, and these leaders were welcomed by the enthusiastic Shuangshui Village to cross the Dongla River, Miaoping and Crying River. The children at the entrance of the primary school immediately waved the bouquets, jumped and shouted welcome slogans together, mixing them into a huge noise with the gongs, drums and suona of the yangko team. Yuting almost turned this scene into welcoming the foreign heads of state...

After some inevitable chaos, the leaders finally sat on the rostrum carefully arranged by He Fengying. Junwu is the conference host. Needless to say, the male and female protagonists Sun Shaoan and He Xiulian were also on the rostrum.

Before the celebration was about to begin, Sun Shaoan on the rostrum suddenly saw Tian Futang coming to the crowd.

Tian Futang is here. He had the courage to appear in this place at the last moment, proving that he is worthy of being a hero! However, Futang does not look as majestic as before. He became an ordinary rural old man to a large extent, with a transcendent and kind smile that even looked out of the world. He is not standing alone in the crowd. He dragged the child left by Hongmei's ex-husband in his hand and carried Runsheng and Hongmei's daughter on his back. He also made a "wind gourd" toy woolen sorghum stem skin for each of his two grandsons. Compared to usual, Futang's body seemed much better.

Sun Shaoan immediately left his seat, walked through the crowd, walked to Tian Futang, pulled him to the rostrum and sat down. Fu Tang pushed and gave in a humble and polite manner. The sensible Hongmei came over and took the two children from her father-in-law. Sun Shaoan forced the former branch secretary to the rostrum and introduced it to the county party secretary. Inspired Kim Junwu also pulled Kim Junsan to the rostrum in the crowd. The two new and old leaders of Shuangshui Village sat together historically.

Then, the celebration ceremony began. The township and county leaders made enthusiastic speeches respectively, commending Sun Shaoan and his wife's glorious behavior of not forgetting to benefit the villagers after they became rich through labor. The county education bureau also awarded a large glass frame certificate to Shaoan and his wife.

When the township and county leaders were speaking, Sun Shaoan almost didn't hear a word. His eyes searched the crowd to find his father.My father's head was lowered. Shaoan guessed that the old man might be crying. He also saw his son among the students. The red-faced son held up a bouquet of red flowers and was smiling. Crying and laughing are all because of joy. The crying person knows it, but the laughing person doesn't know that this joy is exchanged for so much pain... Through this colorful scene, he returns to the past that seems not far away; back to his bitter childhood. He remembered the scene where he was wearing ragged clothes and studying in the same place as Runye with her braided braids... Someone touched him on his shoulder. He turned around and realized that the celebration was over. The leaders were walking towards the stone covered with red quilt; the county party secretary was greeting him with a smile.

Sun Shaoan stood up among the noisy crowd, turned his head and prepared to call his wife, but was suddenly shocked! He saw that the newly-standing Xiu Lian's mouth was gushing with blood, and her body was shaking and falling down!

He screamed and opened his arms madly and hugged her... We learned with great pain that the result of the former Xixian Hospital's judgment on Xiu Lian was: lung cancer.