My 1979

During the plum rain season, a drizzle fell on the river. No one had the time to appreciate the lingering beauty. It rained for several days and nights.

Facing the ticking rain every day, it seems to never stop. There is a musty smell every day. The air is humid and muggy, and clothes can easily become moldy. Villagers also call it "mold rain."

There is no lilac-like girl holding an oil-paper umbrella. Her graceful figure is wandering in the long rainy alley.

The reality is that the dirt roads are very muddy and you will be covered in mud when you go out.

Li and his family were devastated. This road is full of mud holes, and neither carts nor donkey carts can get out, and there is no way to collect eels.

He had no choice but to collect the eels at the bridgehead of the Hongshui River in the town, close to the river. He collected the eels for two hours starting at 5 pm every day. More and more eels were sent from nearby villages, and it was still extremely busy every day.

Nowadays, Li Long is carrying cash every day, carrying a calfskin bag that he bought specially from the provincial capital, showing off his money. After this stage of experience, the youthfulness of the past has become less and less.

However, he has recently fallen into unrequited love, and Li Long is haunted by a girl who sends her eels every day. This is an era when talking to the opposite sex outside makes him blush.

It was indeed the age when love first emerged, when the seeds accidentally fell into his heart and took root, he began to pay attention to a person's every move every day.

Worrying about being too deliberate, I pretended to be careless, and even deliberately put on a serious, expressionless face.

But this is always a sweet burden. It is simply too difficult to say something occasionally without showing that you are happy.

Once the green seedling of love takes root in your heart, it cannot be pulled out.

As someone who has been through this, how could Li He not see it?

Once, he took a special look at this little girl. She was wearing a pair of faded black cloth shoes that couldn't be any more rusty, and a gray plaid shirt that didn't fit well. She had a curvy figure and a pretty face. Her appearance was... It's also considered top-notch.

The skin is not fair. The key point is that in rural areas these days, no matter whether it is a woman or a girl, no one is white. When the busy farming season comes, the militia company commander of the brigade will organize young people to go to loquat training, and the secretary of the brigade branch will organize a meeting for the members to study, so women He became the main force in farming.

Poor girls who were born in this era, they cut grain in the hot weather during the day, and pulled seedlings in the fields under the stars at night. They were bitten by mosquitoes and insects in the hot weather.

At this time, there were no harmful effects of pesticides and fertilizers. Not only were there many eels and loaches, but there were also many leeches and snakes in the fields. The leeches on the poles were so swollen that they caught them by the handful. The seedling pullers often held the snakes in their hands. It was indescribably painful. Without food, clothing, or firewood, many girls simply couldn't bear the pain and felt that life would be worse than death.

So I often hear rumors that a few people drowned in a certain bay and a girl from a certain brigade hanged herself.

Women hold up half the sky. In fact, they hold up half the sky. When two people in rural areas quarrel, the woman will shout to the man, "I will follow you and endure hardships for the rest of my life." The man usually just murmurs and becomes silent.

Therefore, Li He has lived two lives and has seen Wang Yulan and Li Mei's suffering, which makes them truly respected and sad.

The little boy who is in the hazy stage of love usually looks like a strong person, but once he falls into unrequited love, he becomes even more unbearable.

According to what Da Zhuang said, what would a grown man do with his thick skin if he didn't chase girls?

So Li Long really listened, and unconsciously lowered his position in front of girls.

Li He doesn't care about this. As long as it's not Zhang Ni from his previous life, he won't care too much about who his brother finds as his wife. As long as he has good character, he won't care too much about anything else.

Every day, he, Da Zhuang and Li Long squatted at the bridge to collect eels. After harvesting, he didn't go home. He just went to a roadside stall to eat some scallion pancakes or cold noodles. As for the restaurant, are there any food stamps? No, then we can only make do.

As for the old man and his two uncles, they would occasionally help bring some food if they came early. It would be even harder to walk on the road if it rained, and there was no moonlight at night, so they had to start before it was dark.

Sometimes I arrive early and there is no one in the aquatic products company, so I have to wait there until 2 a.m. Sometimes the people from the finance office arrive even later, so I have to wait until 4 a.m., which is even more miserable.

Li He looked at his clothes and saw that a pair of Jiefang shoes were covered in mud. Look at the khaki top again. I don't know whether it's rain or sweat. It's as dirty as a torn sack on the body, with wrinkles that can't be straightened out no matter how hard it is.

Finally, when the rain stopped and the heat entered again, Li He no longer dared to squat on the bridge, so he could only put the stall under the shade of the bridge. Even though it was already past 6 o'clock, the scorching heat still penetrated the heart and lungs. .

Taking advantage of the time they were not busy, Da Zhuang and Li Long hid in the river and refused to come up. It was summer vacation, and there were a group of naked children in the river, with their clothes laid out on the river bank.

The Hongshui River is a tributary of the Huaihe River. It is a very clean river. The nearby residents use the water in the river to wash vegetables and laundry. Li He remembers that in later generations, people here opened pig farms and all the dirty things flowed into this river. A few years later, this river The river will become a dirty river.

Later, with the economic development, both sides of the Huaihe River were also covered with sand fields. The river was filled with sand suction boats. Sand trucks were running everywhere. The dust and exhaust fumes were rampant. Even the bridge in front of us was not saved because it was overweight.

Li Long was lying on his back in the water when he was suddenly pulled by Da Zhuang. He stood up, looked in the direction of Da Zhuang's finger, and quickly ran ashore to put on his clothes. Duan Mei, the object of Li Long's unrequited love, was slowly pushing a trolley towards this side. The bag on the trolley didn't even need to be looked at to tell that it was eel.

Li Long didn't want to be naked in front of the person he loved.

Li He smiled and gave up his position to Li Long. He also took off his clothes, put on his underpants and plunged into the water. He went through more than ten meters before his head came out.

Before he could hit a few punches, he heard Li Long and a group of people scolding each other. .

"Hey, boy, be honest and don't talk dirty, otherwise I won't be polite." Li Long said fiercely to a few young people. It turned out that several young people in the river were pushing the little boy towards them. Duan Mei whistled fiercely as she drove over, which annoyed Li Long.

The young people at this time were much more innocent, at most a little frivolous, not even gangsters, let alone gangsters. But after all, it is young people who need face the most. Who would be willing to step down like this after being treated so cruelly in public?

Eight generations of ancestors greeted each other several times and cursed each other several times. Li Long said to a few young people, "Come up if you have the guts." This aroused the tempers of several young people.

The four young men came up from the river in their underpants and were about to fight with Li Long. Although they knew that the three eel harvesting brothers were not easy to mess with, they were not afraid of trouble. They started hanging out in the town after junior high school, and there were no fights. He doesn't work much, he often cuts people off, and he eats commercial food. He feels superior to others, so naturally he can't bow down to a countryman.

Duan Mei, who was standing nearby, was at a loss and grabbed Li Long in a panic, "Stop scolding me, I'm fine."

Li He originally held back Da Zhuang, who was about to go up and beat him up, and gave his younger brother a chance to save the hero. But looking at this posture, he knew that he couldn't be kind. He and Da Zhuang hurried to the shore for fear that his brother would suffer a loss.

"Your mother", a tall person came ashore and was still a few steps away, clenching his fists and about to pounce towards Li Long.

Li He also just stepped onto Heti, and without any hesitation, he kicked the tall man on the back during a run-up, causing the tall man to lie down.

He turned around and kicked another young man on the waist. Taking advantage of the young man's stagger, he directly strangled the young man's neck and pinned him to the ground. Li He still regarded this young man as a child in his heart, but he didn't dare to hit his head with a heavy hand. After all, he had practiced and now he is a good young man who eats well. He has fighting skills and strength. If he kills him, he will appear General knowledge.

Of course, if these children, who are neither light nor heavy, have bricks, knives or sticks in their hands, then Li He will beat them to death, because they are fifteen or sixteen years old and are the least concerned about the consequences. As long as they are given a chance , they really dare to stab someone when their brains get hot.

The scene immediately became chaotic, and the children in the river were booing at the side. Da Zhuang and Li Long had always been good fighters. They had a disagreement in the countryside, so it was normal for them to start fighting.

However, after a round, Da Zhuang's attacks were quite serious. He knocked the person down, kicked him and then stopped moving. Li Longke just ignored him and sat on the opponent's long-haired child. He clenched his fist and hit the opponent on the head.

Li He quickly pulled Li Long up and cursed, "Why, you want to beat people to death?"

Seeing that Li Long's neck was scratched and bloody by the opponent's nails, Li He felt a little distressed. He kicked the hairy leg lying on the ground and said, "Don't go to the ground and pretend to be dead. You just have a nose." Bleeding, get up”.

The long-haired man had no choice but to cover his nose, glanced at the other three accomplices, and said fiercely, "We are not done with this."

Li smiled angrily and said to the four of them, "Why is it not over yet? It's rare that you have to imitate a child and go home to complain to your parents? Besides, you are molesting other girls, and you were the one who made the move first. If you complain to the police station, it is a crime of hooliganism." If you want to be shot, how about I accompany you to the police station?"

Duan Mei, who had been standing nearby in panic, heard what Li He said. She was not a timid girl, but a responsible one. She said, "Yes, I will go to the police station and accuse you of being a hooligan."

Although these young people are not too young, they have never seen the world. After a few words, they felt uneasy. The taller one said with strength, "My brother's nose is bleeding because of you?"

Li He didn't bother to argue with these kids. The other party was just young and energetic, not too bad, and he gave him a step forward, "Look at my brother, can the blood streaks on his neck be so light?

We don't know each other, how about being friends?

We will collect eels on this bridge from now on, and you will often play here too, looking up but not looking down, with red faces and thick necks, how boring.

Take these five dollars and take this guy to the clinic to stop the nosebleed. How about we just let this matter go? "

Li Long wanted to be given 5 yuan, but he was not happy and shouted, "Brother."

Li He glared at him but ignored him.

Although these young people are from the town, they don't have serious jobs. They usually punch Nanshan Nursing Home and step on Beihai Kindergarten. They just get a few cents to smoke cigarettes. They have never seen such a huge amount of money.

Several people looked at each other and said nothing, thinking that the other party was giving in by giving money. Changmao took the money and said, "Okay, I guess you know the truth."

When Li Long heard this, he wanted to pounce, but was caught by Li He.

Although the two brothers are not big and strong, they can definitely fight. Whether it is a one-on-one fight or a group fight, they will not submit to anyone in this commune.

However, they do have families and women. These gangsters from the commune are at the age where they can do nothing. To put it harshly, they are the age where they are hot-blooded and have no brains.

Can't afford it!

Beat a stick and give a date, this is the best way!

The four of them went down to the river to wash themselves, put on their clothes again, and left as soon as they lifted their feet.

Some people gathered around him at some point. Li He looked up to the sky and sighed. They were indeed ethnically native.

Duan Mei, a little girl, found out afterwards that because she lost 5 yuan, she had to bear half of the responsibility for life and death. How could Li Long make his sweetheart pay for it? The eel was weighed and he gave it as much as he calculated.

Duan Mei was sincere, even if she couldn't explain it to her parents when she got home.

As soon as the little girl left, Li He said, "If you are really interested, our family's conditions are not bad now. I will ask grandma to find out which family she belongs to and find someone to come and see her."

Li Long instantly blushed like a monkey's butt, too young.

Li Fucheng came over later with his two sons. After hearing about this, he said to Li Long, "Your brother did the right thing in this matter. You guys took advantage after all. This is the same as Da Zhuang's father driving the donkey. A whip and a carrot."