Nightmare loess

Chapter 9

3.9.1 tie partner

Liang Zi slipped two sets of sheep into the kitchen.In fact, those things were smelly and dirty, so Liang Zi was not interested in cleaning them, and he was only thinking about learning how to stop sheep from the old man Ma Dexin.Put it in the water and leave, forgetting about it.When other people saw these stinky things, they also hid far away. No one wanted to clean them up, so they told Fat Tao to throw them away quickly.

In his father's cafeteria, Fat Tao often saw chickens and sheep being slaughtered, and cleaning and throwing them into the water.A pair of dirty and smelly internal organs and six lungs were cleaned up by the master chefs, and they all turned into delicacies.Fat Tao took a washbasin, put it into the sewer, scooped up two ladles of water, and put it in the cold kiln next to it where no one lived.He had to pick up the mutton that he had shared first, and cooked a big pot of mutton soup for everyone, and made it happy for everyone at noon on the day of the holiday.

After studying and having lunch the day before, Sun Jianguang didn't go back to Lao Shen's house, but sat in the kitchen chatting with Fat Tao.After Pang Tao packed up the pots and pans and went back to the cave to rest, he also followed.Both Jin Douzi and Liang Zi went out, and the quilt was not folded, shoes and socks were thrown around, cups and pans were dumped, and it was in a mess.Jianguang said, "It's really messy." He folded the quilt for them.Fat Tao said: "It would be great if you moved here, and help them clean every day." After saying that, he lay down and went to sleep. Fat Tao cooks and gets up early, and has the habit of sleeping during the day.

Jianguang has already planned to move out of Lao Shen's house. Since Gui Zhi's mother is always unhappy, Lao Shen plans to go to the top to bring back a boy. If Lao Shen goes to the top, there will be only Gui Zhi and her mother at home. Woman, it's inconvenient to live in Jianguang.Jianguang stood there wondering whether to live with Pang Tao and the others, or to choose another cave dwelling?

Jianguang walked out of Pangtao's cave and walked along the side of the new cave to inspect the new caves one by one.They are all the same, half-finished construction, no kang, no stove, and the doors and windows are also crooked, not tight.The surface of the kiln was wiped again, and it was covered with bumps and straw.The inside of the kiln is covered with loess, just like the original cave, not as good as the cave where Pang Tao and the others live.

Walking into a cave near the stove, he saw a basin of sewage placed there, and knew that it was Liangzi who brought it.I thought it would be broken if I left it like this?What a pity.Jianguang is also the home of hard-working and frugal citizens in the capital city, and they can't bear to waste and waste.I went to the stove, took a pole and a bucket, went to the well to fetch a load of water, and came back, and packed up the sheep offal on the ditch dam next to the new kiln base.

Baocai and the dog were chasing grass in the donkey pen, came out to rest for a while, and saw Jianguang washing himself in the water.Knowing that people in the city are not used to them, Baocai came over and asked, "Is this filthy food really delicious?"

"Of course, the pre-packaged offal sold in the city is much more expensive than lean meat, and it tastes better than lean meat when it's cooked!" Jianguang said.

"It's a lie!" The dog smiled slyly.

"Believe it or not, you will die of hunger after packing up."

Both of them are lazy and greedy for cheap, seeing such good things, they don't care about the customs and filth of the past.The two murmured a few words to each other, and Baocai said, "Let's make an even deal. You go out into the water, and we come out with pots, firewood, ginger, garlic, and spices."

Jianguang hesitated. After all, Liang Zi was brought into the water from the stove, but everyone didn't want to see it. If they didn't ask or clean up, they would be blind if they were broken.Think about it, even if you fight with them, you can't take advantage of them: "I tidy up for a long time, and I have to work for half a day."

Baocai and Goumao are a little anxious, they just want to be cheap, and they don't want to pluck their hair.After talking for a long time, Gou Mao suddenly came up with an idea: call Bao Jing and Er Gouzi, the young people who often hang out together, so that if there are more people, they will get an equal share and each person will not pay a few points.

"You can't help but call me here, just drink the soup." He said in a low voice, "Just call Er Gouzi, and no one else will bark!" And big, how can they be cheap.

"Pass you by 3 points! Well, you have to pay for the firewood!" Baocai told Jianguang that the temptation was too great, and the three of them shared 1 point each, as if they wanted to poach his flesh.

Jianguang smiled, the educated youth didn't care about the 3 points of work, they just wanted to let Baocai and the others bleed.

Pinghuo is a form of dinner party where people from northern Shaanxi get together to have a meal. This form of cooperation has gradually increased.It's not the same as the banquets for Chinese New Year, festivals, weddings and funerals. It's not the kind of floating banquet where the whole village, men, women and children eat lively, but a few people get together to satisfy their gluttony.After a meal, sometimes there are not a few words, people are exhausted, and they leave after eating.The key to a tie-up is a coincidence. There just happens to be such a stall for food, or a sheep, a calf is killed, pork and mutton returned by the supply and marketing cooperative, etc., some of which are leftovers for the whole village.Most of them are public items, which cannot be afforded by one person, and it is too little to distribute to the whole village. A few people are greedy, get together, share some work points, and cook them overnight in one of them (or find a cold kiln) Yes, everyone is waiting there.I just came back from the field, tired and disoriented, no one came back early no matter how late I cooked, for fear of uneven distribution.How can there be energy to exchange cups and talk like city people eating banquets?When it was cooked, everyone's eyes widened immediately, one bowl per person per round, everyone could hold a ruler and wait.Snoring, snoring, and splashing, no matter whether it is hot or not, drink it together, and it is another round. How can there be time to guess the boxing order and pass on leisurely (pǐanhánchúan).Sometimes old donkeys and old beef can't be boiled alive, and they have to be boiled until the middle of the night, which can boil people to death.You are only allowed to eat but not to bring, and finally leave a little soup for the host family, which is regarded as firewood and transfer money.After eating a stomach full of undigestible old meat, they ate until their stomachs became round and they couldn't walk. In the field the next day, it was inevitable that a few of the equalizers would go straight to the back depression, and the team leader and team leader would go to the ground. Pouting in death, mothers-in-law and aunts also scolded, coaxing the suffering people to talk endlessly.Several educated youth boys have participated in this kind of tie-up, and those who lacked oil and salt, still endured for a long time. They all said that they were not enjoying blessings, but suffering;The sufferer is happy with it, after all, there is less oil and water.

Jianguang thought to himself, since he is on vacation, he doesn’t have to stay up all night, he will not suffer a lot of pain, and he can enjoy a good meal. Throwing it away is also a waste, so why not do it.

Jianguang washed the two sets in the water, and put the other set in the basin back into the original cold kiln.He took the other pair to the donkey pen, met Xiucai, Geng Si came out with a can of soup, and asked Jianguang: What are you doing with that dirty thing?Jianguang said: "It's a tie."The scholar had eaten the old donkey meat that was not rotten, and he was not happy.The scholar said: Don't owe those ha counselors less.Jianguang said: He still earns 3 points for things that come in vain!

Baocai has sharp eyes, and when he sees something missing, he asks Jianguang.Jianguang said straightforwardly: "Only 3 divisions of labor, how much do you want to eat? Where to cook it!" Bao Caiyan said straightly: "What about the ancestors of Japan! Just this little stuff... just cook here!" Pointing at the donkey A cauldron on a ring stove.Baocai is a person who wants to take advantage of everything but not to suffer. A division of labor is exchanged for a flat meal. He doesn’t want to bleed a little more. He needs to use the donkey pen breeder to heat the cooking stove. He had one and reluctantly agreed.There is no need to cut grass, anyway, the captain is not there, and Tongsheng has also "bribed".Baocai carried water and washed pots, while Gou Mao used the donkey sty to feed the sorghum stalks to the animals to make a fire.Jianguang threw the washed offal on the stove, and asked Baocai to take off the guillotine and wipe it carelessly. The two of them took the guillotine and chopped the offal into fine pieces, and threw it all into the pot in a daze.Baocai asked Gou Mao to go home to get salt, ginger, and garlic, and by the way called Er Gouzi, who was putting up a dung gasket in the cow pen, to come over with some dishes and chopsticks.

Jianguang went back to Lao Shen's house to bring the leftover bottle of wine and pour it into the pot to remove the fishy smell.When I arrived at Lao Shen's house, I found out that the cadres from the commune had arrived, and they were resting in the kiln just after eating.The cadres drank all the wine, and Jianguang was a little unhappy, so he had to collect some wine roots from cups and bowls.Lao Shen didn't go to work anymore. He saw Jianguang taking wine and asked him what he was doing. He said he was making a deal with him. .

All the lamb scorpions were picked from the next year, not long after they were slaughtered, and the fresh and tender ones were almost ready to be boiled in the water, but the lamb tripe (dǔ) was hard and still undercooked.Jianguang picked a few pieces of liver and put them in a bowl, declaring that they were left for the commune cadres under the orders of Lao Shen.Baocai was sulking when he heard this, thinking that today's tiebreaker didn't take advantage of it, so he quickly set out five bowls to urge Jianguang to share the soup.Jianguang used a spoon to share bowl by bowl, and all ten eyes shot at five bowls... It was not yet dark, and the sufferers in the field had not yet returned, and the five people drank all the meat and soup. .

After finishing the work, Jianguang sent the sheep liver to Lao Shen's house, but Lao Shen was not there.Gui Zhiniang said that she would accompany the commune cadres to have dinner at the official's natal home.Woke up by Gui Zhi in the middle of the night, and drank with the cadres in a daze for the middle of the night.

3.9.2 Prospecting for dense caves

Jianguang was drunk, and the next day was still a holiday, so he slept in.

After waking up, the sun was up and down. Jianguang is a diligent person. He said he was lazy, and he couldn’t fall asleep after waking up. Yesterday, all the classmates went to visit the mountains and worship temples, but he went to fight for the same. He regretted it and thought about doing it today. Be serious.What are you doing? ——Looking for mines.

It turned out that Jianguang’s family in Beijing lived in the Mutton Alley near the school, which is next to the Geology Department, and there is a small geological museum inside. He attended lectures and played in the interest group organized by the museum when he was in elementary school. The ore specimens in several houses did not know how to look at them. how many times.Later, after attending middle school, he joined the school's extracurricular geological exploration team (jointly established with the museum), traveled all over the mountains and rivers in the suburbs of Beijing, and developed a strong interest in geology and minerals.

When he came to the Loess Plateau, the mountains were connected to the mountains. Based on his little knowledge and interest in ore, he thought that there might be mines if there were mountains.Lao Shen asked him what he was doing, Jianguang explained the reason, and asked Lao Shen to guide him to a place to look for ore. The baby is looking for hidden treasures, daydreams of getting rich, and ignores them.Jianguang asked about this again after drinking yesterday, and Youfu said, go to Hougou to have a look, there are steep cliffs and exposed earth and rocks, maybe there is something you are looking for.Shen Youfu just took it for granted and said casually, thinking, you should just take a stroll nearby.

The judge was surprised that the educated youths in Lengmiaogou managed to get a holiday, they never rested, they didn't wash or rinse, and they ran all over the mountains and valleys to see the scenery. Where did these romantic feelings come from.

It's all due to the suspension of sports and classes.In those years, it was not every day to exercise and connect every day.There is a lot of idle time, and they are all energetic teenagers.Playing basketball, let's say, whoever has been to Shangshan Yunshui Cave, a new discovery-seven or eight people rode on their bicycles and rushed out of the city, speeding like lightning.Several groups of people were playing cards in piles in the classroom. I heard that a big carp released by Empress Dowager Cixi was found in the back lake of the Summer Palace, and it was also carrying a gold medal.Hulala A dozen or twenty bicycles rushed out of the school gate, many of them carried people on the back shelf, not from the main entrance, they all went directly to the back lake over the wall, stripped off their clothes and jumped into the lake.Travel around all the scenery around the capital, the more novel and unexpected the more you want to visit.As time goes by, these young people are not only curious, but also gradually have a nostalgia for nature.Even with a casual and mature personality like Jianguang, there is no shortage of novel explorations of nature.

Sun Jianguang went to the stove, took a small hammer for smashing coal, and a flashlight, and walked straight to Hougouzhang.Everyone in the village has gone to work, and the back ditch is quiet. Passing by a few cave dwellings, passing Hunchang's house, there is no way to go any further.In front is the foot of Dongshan Mountain, a cliff full of shrubs, covering the sky and sun, and an earth screen blocking the way.Anyone who doesn't know where to go here will think that they have reached the end, and they will run back against the wall.Sun Jianguang didn't dare to move forward, knocking on the nearby cliffs.

A broken child popped out from the Hunchang family's eyelids and asked, "Brother Jianguang, what are you doing?" It was a young tree stump from the Hunchang family, twelve or thirteen years old, and had already started working in the fields.

"Looking for the baby." Jianguang said with a smile.

"What kind of baby."

"Nice stone."

"Na'er will show you a good place." Said, bouncing around the earth screen, beckoning him to go there.

Wade through the wild grass on the left, bypass the earth screen, and arrive at the foot of the Dongshan cliff.A half-open cellar runs straight up and down the cliff. When you look up, the semi-circular wall is black and deep, revealing a sky with a big face.Walk into Tianjiao, there is a hole on the left.Jianguang turned on the flashlight and went into the cave to see a semi-circular sky dome with a height of [-] or [-] feet. This is a huge planetarium. As a geology enthusiast, Sun Jianguang has been to the space hall many times. The dome in the earth cave immediately reminded Sun Jianguang of the Tianxiang Hall.But this earth cave is empty except for a few earthen platforms in the middle, and there is nothing else.

Jianguang said, "Where is the baby?"

The little tree stump jumped under the earth wall and pointed: "Look at the top."

Instead, it is inlaid with white stones.Knock it off, make a round ball, break it into pieces, and it will be limestone.This kind of stone had appeared in the winter when digging new kilns for educated youths. According to Jianguang's knowledge and experience, it was limestone, which had no mineral value.Jianguang shook his head and said, "This stone is not pretty."

Undaunted, the little tree stump hopped around to look for it again, but there were a few colored stones. Jianguang still shook his head, all of which were varieties of limestone.What interested Jianguang most were several shells embedded in several condensed rocks, which are very valuable for geological research.Jianguang wiped it clean and put it in his pocket.

Jianguang walked around the soil wall twice more, using a flashlight and hammering, except for the soil, which was the calcareous soil.When he was disappointed, Jianguang was also surprised from the bottom of his heart, how thick is the loess at the bottom of such a high Dongshan Mountain!

This place was originally a place where Tibetans avoided disasters in the early years of war and chaos in Lengmiaogou. In the past, only a few old people of the six surnames in Lengmiaogou knew about it. Later, the number of military disasters decreased, and some young people also knew about this cave. It has become a place for playing and playing, and few people with foreign surnames know it.Sun Jianguang couldn't find any ore here, so he didn't think there was anything special about this cave, so he returned disappointed.Unexpectedly, Liu Shuqing also discovered the cave later, which caused an uproar.

3.9.3 Reforming new kilns

Jianguang was bored looking for ore, so he went back to Xinyao to visit his residence.After searching for a long time, it turns out that the kiln where Pang Tao and the others live is still decent.At the beginning, when they wanted to move in, they stared at the craftsmen who made the doors and windows tight, padded the window sills with stone slabs, pasted window paper, plastered the kiln walls with a layer of white ash, and hooped the rafters on the kiln roof.Although it was very dirty, after all, several people had lived there for a while, and there was some anger in the kiln.Unlike other cave dwellings, the doors and windows are crooked, cold and damp, and the loess is thick, just like a cave.So he decided to live with Liang Zi, Fat Tao, and Jin Dou.Liang Zi went to stop the sheep, Jin Douzi went to find Yuan Bing, and Fat Tao was in the kitchen.Jianguang discussed with Pang Tao: tidy up the cave dwelling and move in here, saying: "I can make do with it on the ground, and I will get sick if I sleep in it."Fat Tao had long wanted Jianguang to move here. Liangzi and Jindou didn't know how to live, and they didn't like to clean up. The cave was originally damp, and their stinky shoes and socks were still everywhere, making the noisy cave dwelling messy and messy.Jianguang is a neat and shrewd person, and he also likes to be clean. He has the same habits as Pang Tao. When Jianguang said it, he readily agreed.

Jianguang began to make a fuss: it should be like the bed in the donkey ring kiln where the fourth child and scholar lived.When the doors and windows were opened, there were still a few rafters left, which could barely be used as piles.There are also a few large wicker fences in the team, which may be used to store corn. He told Lao Shen that they can borrow them as much as possible.Fat Tao stopped what he was doing, and occasionally came over to help Jianguang tidy up the cave.

Move the bed and box to the alkali side outside the kiln, and there are soybean sprouts among them.The two were busy digging holes, planting piles, nailing rafters and forming fences.During the period, Fat Tao asked: "Have you washed the sewer?"

"Well, I left a pair in the kiln." Jianguang said.

"What about that pair?" Fat Tao asked.

"It's a tie."

"That's what Liang Zi brought for everyone to eat."

"Isn't it that everyone is unwilling to clean up and says they want to throw it away!"

"Who said it was going to be thrown away, I planned to pack it up for everyone to eat today."

Jianguang was startled.

"Forget it, forget it, let's leave a pair to satisfy our cravings. You wash it, so I won't have to clean it up."

The two went to repair the bed again.

I heard the noise at Lao Shen's house.Jianguang dropped his work and ran over, seeing Xing Fei being detained with tiger eyes, Yuan soldiers angrily tying ropes, Jindou raising a sickle to chop, Wen Li shouting loudly, and that old Du being tied up and spread out on the car.Surrounded by a group of fellow villagers, Lao Jia was trying to stop him, and Lao Shen was trying to persuade him.The arrow is on the string and cannot be handed in.After all, Jianguang used to be a student cadre, some of the city government.He knew that if a fight really broke out in this mountain village and people would be killed, the educated youth would not be able to take advantage of it, so they would not be able to stay any longer.Besides, all the cadres in the village were present, so we have to show them some face, or what will happen to them in the future.Jianguang himself got a wrenching energy out of nowhere, and yelled so loudly on the phone.He didn't know why the emotions suddenly became intense.After yelling, I froze there.

He roared, and Xinhua left.People leave.Old Shen patted him on the shoulder.Jianguang suddenly realized that with the astonishing performance of people like Xinhua and Yuan Bing since the movement, how could he let go of this matter so easily, and how could he dissuade these proud sons of heaven with a few words.On the one hand, Sun Jianguang still has a little prestige among the boys, after all, he has been a cadre in the same class for so many years.But to say that his prestige is far from that of Li Xinhua who has been interviewed by the leaders.

……

Jin Dou came over and gave him a hand: "Let's go, you messed up a good show."

Jianguang suddenly realized, and said: "I'm looking for you, hurry back and help me clean up the dormitory." He took the golden beans back to the kiln.Jin Dou saw that their cave dwelling was being turned upside down, and was also very happy.The residence has always been messy, and Jindou is a small person. Although he jumps in the queue, he doesn't know how to take care of his life. He has never settled down and always feels uncomfortable.I cried a lot in Bizigou yesterday, and I was upset. When I woke up in the morning, except for Xing Fei who was sleeping late, the other boys were not in the kiln.Going to find Yuan Bing, Yuan Bing was breaking up with Liu Shusheng for the establishment of the militia, and ignored him.In the afternoon, when I ran into the matter of tying up Lao Du, I became excited. I wanted to vent, but Jianguang yelled at me and broke up.Of course he was happy to hear Jianguang talk about reorganizing the cave dwellings.So I got busy with Jianguang.

After tossing and tossing for a whole day, four "beds" were made, two on the soil platform and two on the alkaline ground.The one on the earth platform is lower, and the one on the alkaline ground is higher: four piles are tied to the ground, wooden rafters are nailed, and willow fences are bound. It is flexible and soft when you sit on it.The cave dwelling was cleaned, window paper was replaced, hanging ropes were hung, hand towels were lined up, tea mugs were lined up, shoes and socks were lined up on the alkali bank to dry, and it looked brand new.Finally, the bedding and boxes are moved to the kiln, and the bedding is neatly stacked.

A black stone was shaken out under the Douzi pillow. It was bright and round, and the color was extremely black. When the flashlight was illuminated, there were still a few traces of light through it. It contained the charm of mineral treasures. Go and play.Jianguang went to Hougou early in the morning and failed to find the treasure. At this time, he unexpectedly found a strange stone. He was so overjoyed that he took out the shell fossil and gave it to Douzi.Douzi disagrees, Jianguang said that the presence of shells means that there were living things here in ancient times, and if there are living things, there may be fossil fuels.He also said that your black stone is strange and has the rhyme of coal essence.Collect it well.The beans were still not peeled, and said: You should keep them.

In the evening, when Fat Tao, Liang Zi, and Jin Dou saw that the cave dwelling was completely new, they all boasted that Jianguang had a way, "after all, he was a class cadre."Jianguang felt relieved, and moved the bedding here.

The author has something to say:

Sun Jianguang's treasure hunting in Hougou drew attention to Jindouzi Black Stone, which led to the exploration of Biaozigou, which gave birth to this even greater tragedy.

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