The Tale Never Ends

Chapter 16: Mysteriously missing old man

On this day, Xiao Fengquan came to the river as always to play. There used to be a small willow tree near the construction site. The adult ’s arm was thick. An old man connected a piece of tarpaulin to the branch of the willow tree to build a temporary space. The stubble (corn stalk roots, tied together on three sides) Farmers generally use wood as a firewood) to put up temporary walls and put them in the trash. This trash is not garbage in the sense we have today, but it was bought from the old man on the street. The ten years before the sports were replaced by bicycles. The cage contains clay figurines, mud flutes, molds, glass **** and other toys. The children of the farm exchange these toys with rag shoes and scrap steel. They are worn out in ten years of sports and dare not use toys. The old man goes down and uses the change Acquisition, and then take it back for classification. At that time, the country had an acquisition department called a purchasing station. After the acquisition of the old man, he packaged it and delivered it to the purchasing station, earning the price difference, commonly known as the broken one. Similar to today's scavengers, only he bought instead of picking up.

This old man is neither in the village nor in the neighboring village (the land next to the willow tree belongs to the neighboring village). Everyone does not know his name. When he mentions him, he is called the Hedantao grandfather. This old man often teases Feng Quan to play. Sometimes Feng Quan holds the food, and the old man teases him "Give me something to eat?" Feng Quan was very kind and relaxed when he was a kid. Everyone gave it, and the old man always smiled. Even if you eat in an open-mouthed posture, As Feng Quan went there every day, the old man gradually fried some corn and soybeans, and left it to Feng Quan. The old fried soybeans were delicious, and they were fried in soy sauce. The old man loves to eat chili, and Feng Quan often picks it from the family to the elderly, and the family does not object. It can be seen how important family education is to the formation of a person ’s character. If family members are generous, children who grow up in this environment It is also bold!

Then one day, the old man asked Feng Quan "Do you learn martial arts exercises"? Feng Quan asked: "What is martial arts exercises?" The old man made a few strokes there. Feng Quan saw an older child doing radio exercises. Quan was young and thought that this was what his brothers and sisters were doing. I thought it was fun, so I followed the old man. After going to school, Feng Quan learned radio exercises and found that it was different from what the old man taught. The old man said, "I am old-fashioned," so Feng Quan is proud of his two sets, which are really children, so fool! When I was a teenager, I learned more and read more books. Feng Quan tried to read "Water Margin" and "Three Kingdoms" and learned that the elderly taught martial arts. At that time, children in rural areas had to work in their teens, cutting grass, picking wild vegetables, picking firewood, picking wheat ears, picking cotton, etc. Every time they went out with baskets, Feng Quan went to the old man for a while If the chaos is gone, the old man always "plays some games" with Feng Quan. He also said that when you want to kick me, you will go out of school. Feng Quan can't always kick the old man. I don't know if it is Feng Quan. I still can't find the flaws of the old man.

There was an earthquake in 1976, and the village was very chaotic. Rumors arose. Some people said that Qiuzhuang Reservoir collapsed. Qiuzhuang Reservoir was about 100 miles upstream of this river. If it collapsed, the river returning to the village would be flooded. , So every family ran to Hedan with the bedding, this is the highest point of the village. For a time, the big cry, the small cry, messed up. Feng Quan was already 15 years old at this time. He kicked the window and escaped during the earthquake. At this time, when he arrived at Hecheng, he first used to find the old man. The strange thing was that the old man was not there! All the items are there, only the people are not there, he thought: if there is water, it will be the first to be flooded here, and I do n’t know where the old man is.

Later, the reservoir did not collapse, but the old man never appeared again. When someone in the village talked about him, the adults said, "That man may be gone (dead)!"

Three years later, Feng Quan was admitted to university. Originally, Feng persuaded him to go to school late, because there was no school in the village at that time, and he caught up with the ten-year movement. Feng Quan was frightened again. Later, the village built a school, Feng Quan was 9 years old. The school system was five years in elementary school, two years in junior high school, and Feng Quan attended high school for two and a half years. At that time, it was already 18 years old. As we said before, Feng Quan still sometimes dreams of "Xuan'er Shou" in college, often turning from warm to nightmare, crying and waking up, but the frequency is much less.

Once the school held a sports meeting, the classes lined up to watch around the playground, in a semi-disbanded state, and when the competition was few, a martial arts classmate practiced boxing in the open space outside the runway, causing a large number of students to watch. This classmate practiced a big fist, but it was the "nan boxing" among the "nan boxing and north legs". After the practice, the classmate looked around the crowd, probably from Feng Quan's eyes, he could see what he would do, and came over and said: "You also come twice!" Quan stood up and practiced what the old man taught. As a result, everyone laughed and said, "It's ugly!" The classmates who practiced boxing also gestured, "You will be knocked down by me!" Using a punch to make a gesture, the classmate intended to assume that it was not a real fight, and did not want Feng Quan's instinct to lift his leg with his instinct, "Bang!" Kicked the classmate down. He was also taken aback at the time, and quickly leaned over and rubbed his classmates. It seems that the kick really hurts, and the classmate grinned for a long time. If you ask the martial arts practitioners, you will know that the face bone of the lower leg is the most difficult to practice, because there is almost no muscle, it is a layer of skin, and the bone is below. It is very painful after being kicked. The point that Feng Quan learned Things, most of them greeted this place with their feet!

Later, this classmate broke down. When his fellow came to the dormitory, they all came from a region and were also a martial art. The classmate urged several brothers and sisters to make two moves with Feng Quan, but they were kicked and swollen. Some of his brothers and sisters came from martial arts families. Later, when they wrote letters to their families, they painted some of Feng Quan's characteristic movements as schematic diagrams, and asked what martial arts were at home. Home reply: From the picture, there are at least two kinds of martial arts which are the same, one is called the kick leg, the leg is also called ten strokes, and the other is called the poke foot, both of which are the northern legs of the "Southern Boxing North Leg". This kind of martial arts pays attention to two doors, all hitting people with their feet! Learn from others, strive to learn during college, and come back to teach you brothers and sisters. In this way, after four years in college, Feng Quan learned Hong Quan with them, and they learned leg skills with Feng Quan. Whenever you are free, make a gesture together.

In four years of graduation, Feng Quan was assigned to work in a state-owned enterprise. 30 kilometers away from home, Fengquan rides his bicycle home every Saturday, and then rides to work on Monday morning. In that year, the movie "Shaolin Temple" was popular, and there was a martial arts fever all over the country, and Feng Quan had nothing to do with some colleagues who could understand martial arts. Two years later, on a Saturday, the leader arranged for Feng Quan to wait for a business household to deliver equipment. The car encountered a situation halfway down and was delayed. When it was received, it was already evening. Feng Quan arranged to unload the car, it was already dark, he could not ride home that day. It is catching up with the power outage in the dormitory, and the overhaul of the unit generally chooses when the employees are on holiday. One overhaul worker can get overtime pay, and the power outage is overhauled when everyone is away, so as not to cause inconvenience to everyone.

Because there is no electricity, Feng Quan can't do anything but sleep. It may be that this time I sleep for a long time, but I have a dream. I dreamed of "Xuan'er Shou", which was so unprecedented. This time it didn't turn into a nightmare. "Xuan'er Shou" in the dream stroked Feng Quan's head, the familiar kind face, and said with a smile: "Little villain has grown up I do n’t come to look at 'Xuan'er Shou'. After waking up, Feng Quan is still full of tears, and he blames himself. He grew up but never paid homage to the grave of "Xuan'er Shou". sensible! Since returning home this morning, it is better to go to the county to take a turn and pay homage to "Xuan'er Shuo". So Feng Quan bought two stacks of paper money from the stall outside, clipped it on the back of the bicycle, and rode out of the county.

After passing the county, Feng Quan rode in the direction of memory and asked all the way. Because the "Xuan'er Shou" incident was famous, many people still knew that after 18 years, a farmer gave Feng Quan a detailed way of walking. When he arrived nearby, he saw that it was a righteous place (a public cemetery that was collectively developed during the commune period, which is still used in the countryside). Which specific grave was "Xuan'er harvested", he didn't know, and asked the old man who ran the sheep again. After listening to it, the old man looked at Feng Quan with a strange look. "What day is it today, how can he inquire about his grave! Did you see? There is someone burning paper in front, that is!" Feng Quan felt a little strange, yet Has anyone asked about the grave of "Xuan'er Shou"? Without thinking much, he went straight to the man who burned the paper.

As we approached, there was a very low grave in front. Obviously, it had been uncultivated for many years. It had sunk into a small earthen bag, surrounded by hummus, and Feng Quan boarded the earthen bag, burning paper. On the side of the person, at this time, the paper-burning person noticed that someone was coming and turned his head to look here. When he saw the other person's face, Feng Quan's heart almost jumped out of his body!

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