After breakfast, the 82-year-old father was lying on the recliner to bask in the sun. I used wind oil essence to apply numb hands and feet to his numbness. After
was wiped so comfortable and unobstructed, my father opened up.
"Do you still remember Uncle Huilie?"
"Remember, he has passed away for many years."
"I will tell you a story about him, you must have never heard of it."
"Okay. Dad tell me slowly."
actually told me the fourth time in nearly ten years, but I still pretended to be the first time I listened to it.
I now sort out the "new" story told by my old father as follows:
Decades ago, my country was engaged in "social education". One of my uncles was a cadre in the commune and was dispatched to guide the "social education" in his hometown. He was responsible for several production teams alone.
One day, he decided to go to a mountain team with a mountain road more than ten miles apart to organize an experience promotion meeting in the evening.
It was already around seven o'clock after dinner. He put on his coat, put on a torch, hummed small tune and walked deep into the mountains.
When he reached the foot of the mountains, he heard footsteps seemingly in front of him, so he accelerated his pace and wanted to make a companion to walk the mountain road.
When he was about to reach the top of the mountain, he was about to catch up with the night walker. My uncle deliberately coughed a few times, and the night walker also looked back and looked around twenty or thirty meters away. My uncle saw clearly that he was a newly married young man from the Shanbei team, and his name seemed to be "Maogui".
So my uncle shouted, "Maogui, you're going home so late, wait for me!"
"Maogui" seemed to ignore his uncle's call, and saw him not saying a word, speeding up his pace and continuing to drive his own way.
Uncle complained when he saw this, "Maogui, I'm Huilie. You're not that good enough, so it's so hard to be a companion!" After
, my uncle also speeded up. Unexpectedly, when he reached the top of the mountain and "Maogui" passed a bend, there was no one in a blink of an eye.
Uncle at that time judged that "Maogui" must have come out to steal things. He was afraid that the commune cadres would find out, so he deliberately left him away.
Uncle didn't pursue the investigation either. He thought it would be too late to ask for investigation when he met him at a meeting in the team.
Climb this mountain and arrive at the mountainside production team. As soon as my uncle entered the conference room of the production team (actually an old ancestral hall), he saw that everyone was here, but "Maogui" didn't come, so he asked:
"Why did Maogui go? Why didn't he come?"
production team leader replied:
"He will come soon. He was the first to come here to wait for a meeting. Later, after waiting for a long time, he saw that you had not arrived yet, so he went home to put on clothes. ”
Uncle was scared when he heard this:
“Is it because he was dazzled by his mistake? This is impossible? He clearly looked back at me, how could he read it wrong? When he got married, he was invited to testify! ”
After a while, Maogui came in with a coat and carrying " fire cage " (used for the fire burning in southern Ganzhou in winter).
When he came in, he saw his uncle sitting upright on the rostrum. He kept saying sorry!
The more than an hour meeting ended. After everyone finished the meeting, my uncle kept Captain Yuan. Let me know if Maogui has any abnormal situations recently, such as whether his hands and feet are clean? For example, is it good to have a relationship with a newlywed wife?
Lao Yuan clearly stated that Maogui is very popular in the production team and is active in participating in production. He has a good relationship with his newlywed wife. He often goes to the market to go to the market and often wears his arms.
Uncle thought to himself, maybe he was really dazzled and recognized the wrong person! Since they are performing well, then you can rest assured. It’s not too late and you have to go home to sleep.
Uncle lit a torch (rosin and firewood) and went up the mountain. After walking a flat road on the top of the mountain, he came to the bend where "Maogui" just disappeared.
At this time, the torch flames rose high, and the uncle vaguely saw a long row of green light flashing on the inside of the narrow path. The uncle looked closely and said, "Ah!" It was a group of evil wolves, which should be as many as eight or nine. My uncle had already walked less than ten meters away from the wolf. It was neither right to advance nor retreat.
said it was late, then it was fast.The uncle, who was wise in a hurry, took out a whistle hanging around his neck (at that time, all the cadres had whistles, meetings, going to the fields to work, etc., all gathered to listen to the whistle). "Beep beep beep beep..." A wild blow, and in an instant, the screams of the whistle echoed in the mountains.
The wolves had never seen such a raging fire, nor had they heard such a sharp and powerful whistle. They turned around and flew towards the valley, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
Uncle saw the wolf pack running away, and continued to whistle and rushed to the bottom of the mountain with the fastest pace in his life. The strong wind brought by the speed of his journey blew out the torch, and suddenly it became dark in front of him.
Uncle accidentally fell into a large pool more than two meters deep. He was not familiar with the nature of water. In addition, the coat became soaked in water that it suddenly became heavier and the person sank down. Uncle was not willing to die like this. He was in a hurry to kick and trample on the bottom of the water. He actually stepped on a pointed stone, saving his life. Following the stone at the bottom of the water, his uncle finally escaped from death.
After climbing the path, the cold wind blew, and it was so cold that it was shaking. But when he thought that the wolf pack was still not far away, he might come back to his senses and prey on the "prey", he insisted on running all the way home.
When I was about to get home, I was about to climb over a relatively short mountain. When I lowered my head and ran to a large stone on the top of the mountain, I looked up and saw clearly a Wang Ban tiger sitting on the stone.
The tiger raised its head and seemed to hear its breathing sound. My uncle repeated the same trick and took out the whistle again. He blew wildly. The tiger also ran away when he heard the whistle and immediately crawled into the bushes next to him.
Uncle was so scared that he was invisible and his face turned blue. He couldn't speak when he rushed to the door and knocked on the door.
Uncle kept asking "Who" in the bedroom. My uncle couldn't speak out, but he just kept knocking on the door. My uncle didn't dare to open the door anymore, so he quickly asked my parents-in-law to get up. My father-in-law was holding a chopping hatchet in his hand. My mother-in-law lit a big torch and carefully opened the door.
As soon as the door opened, my uncle, who was wet all over, fell head onto the ground. The family quickly helped him into the house, pinching the person, changing clothes, and quickly making ginger soup.
My uncle slowly woke up after drinking hot ginger soup. When the family asked him what was going on, he didn't have the strength to answer.
Uncle quickly helped him into the warm quilt, and as soon as he got hit the pillow, he fell asleep. When I woke up, it was already dusk the next day.
As soon as I got up and put on my clothes, I heard Captain Yuan shouting outside the house, "Secretary Huilie, Secretary Huilie."
Who knew that Lao Yuan came to "report death" to the commune cadres ( Hakka custom) - Maogui was herding cattle early this morning, and shared a rope with his newlywed wife on Mu Zishuya behind the house. When he died, he wore the red new clothes at the wedding ceremony...
