C185 (1/2)
The sound of the radio waves in the air,
Heard the news joyfully;
The work is frequently reported to the press,
Hard work does not disappoint the ploughman.
In the spring of April, the ice melted and all living things were revived, brimming with vitality. April 5th is the Qingming Festival, they said that Qingming rare clear, valley rain rare rain. However, this year's Qingming Festival is sunny and sunny. Good weather like the Qing Ming Festival was still rare.
Today was Tuesday. Zi Peng requested for a leave of absence from President of the Trade Union in the factory. He wanted to go to the grave for his dead parents and foster father.
He first went to close the grave of his parents that was near his home, then went to stonecrop to bury his foster father. It was about 10: 30 a.m. when the work was done and he turned back.
At this moment, Zi Peng did not want to go back to his own home, he wanted to visit the little sister Lixia that he had been thinking about day and night. It had been more than ten days since he and her had met up with the City on March 24. This longing, this worry, this desire, made him eat and drink without any taste, making it hard for him to sleep. How he longed to arrive early on the 5th of April and meet her when he did. Even if they had just exchanged a few words or looked at each other, they would have felt happy. They would also feel extremely comforted and satisfied …
Zi Peng was going to Lia Xia's house today. He had decided to go with her on the 24th of March, when they were at City. She knew that every year he would go to stonecrop to visit the grave, so she invited him to visit her house after they had finished there. He happily agreed.
Zi Peng finally looked forward to this day. He would be there in half an hour, about eleven o'clock. For this reason, on the road, he recalled the past: he and her acquaintance, mutual knowledge, in the imperceptible seven spring, summer, autumn and winter. In the beginning, Zi Peng and Li Xia were merely production team's neighbors. He was the captain and she was a member. At that time, he had only met with her and had not spoken of any feelings. However, she was very pretty, very beautiful, very young and talented, so it was normal to see her for a while. He did not know whether she liked him or not; he did not feel anything; he did not think about that at all...
On February 6, 1987, Zi Peng became the Secretary of the Party Branch and went to work in the village every day. On the afternoon of the 24th of February, Lixia went to the Taoyuan Supply and Marketing Association to buy a thermometer, but the Taoyuan Supply and Marketing Association did not have one. He needed to go to the Erdaojiang to buy some, and he hated the road that was covered with water, so he couldn't walk easily. At this moment, Zi Peng came to the supply and marketing office to buy office supplies. It was a fortuitous encounter that he saw her. So he asked her what she was down for, and she told him the truth. He thought that since they were both living in a production team, they should help her with such a small matter. He said he would take her on a bicycle to the Erdaojiang to buy a thermometer, and she readily agreed. So she sat on the back of his bike, went to the Erdaojiang, and bought two thermometers in the department store. When he was done, he took her back to the Peach Springs on his bicycle. She was grateful to him for that, and gave him a grateful look. He told her that it was almost time to get off work and that he wouldn't be going back to the village to go back with her to Team Six. When she heard this, she was very happy. So he walked back with her. The journey from Peach Blossom to Team Six was eight miles long, so he had spoken to her while they were on the road. He was on good terms with her; he was on good terms with her; he and she hated it. Along the way, he spoke of the misfortune of marriage, and she of the pain of marriage. The more he talked to her, the more affectionate he became; the more he talked to her …
So, in May, Rizhao let Zipeng book her a 'family' for the second half of 87 years. From then on, Zi Peng would send her a 'family' every month. In the winter, when it was snowing heavily, he brought her home. His face was red from the cold and his body was covered with snow. She was deeply moved to see him deliver a 'family' to her in such a bad weather. She hurried to clean the snow off him and poured him another cup of hot water. It was on that same night that he shook hands with her for the first time, and as he was about to go back, there was the first embrace …
That winter, she had asked Zi Peng to order an 88-year 'Audiovisual Herald' for her. He had happily agreed to it. In this way, in a few moments, he and she had a good impression of each other; in a few moments, he and she had an impression of each other; in a few moments, he and she had missed each other …
On March 24, 1988, he and she first went to a movie at the Tonggang Club, kissing each other for the first time during a movie, caressing each other for the first time, falling in love with each other for the first time …
April 28, 1988. The larch had already sprouted green leaves; the grass had crawled out of the ground; the sun was bright and the temperature was warm. Thus, he came to the Longshan pine forest with her for the first time and had sex with her for the first time.
As he thought about the past with her, he unknowingly came to her home. She was cooking when he came in. Today, she cooked six dishes for him, stuffed dumplings with leeks. At this time, Guohong was also at home. He was cooking dumplings by the fire. Seeing that Zi Peng had arrived, he enthusiastically greeted him.
Not long later, the dishes and dumplings were placed on the table, and Lucia once again opened a bottle of red plum wine for Zi Peng. She filled a glass for him and for herself, and Guihong poured himself a glass of white wine. She raised her glass, looked at him with deep emotion, and said:
”second brother, we are very happy that you came to visit us at the grave today and also came to visit us. If I remember correctly, you came on the eleventh of February, the second day of the first month. Since then, the second brother had never come to visit. This time, it was his second time here. second brother, am I right? ”