It was June 1982.

Chang Ning himself didn't understand that June was the month he was born, why every June, he always kept encountering things that made him unlucky, according to his grandfather, when he was four years old, he fell into a pit more than ten meters deep; When he was ten years old, a flash flood broke out in Daqingshan, and he was washed out a few kilometers away by the flood; In the year he was admitted to university, he had a strange illness and almost missed the college entrance examination; When I returned to the county after graduating from university, the long-distance bus rolled down the winding road to the foot of the mountain, and those unfortunate things happened in June.

This time it was even worse, he spent his 22nd birthday in the "legal system study class", saying that it was a study class that sounded better, but in fact it was similar to quarantine and examination, and there was a special person in the factory who watched him and restricted him from leaving this small room where he had stayed for more than ten days.

Isn't it just to organize the workers of the machine repair workshop to go out to do some private work to earn some extra money, is it so serious, doesn't it say that the reform and opening up to invigorate the economy, the county agricultural machinery factory has not paid wages for three months, as the workshop director and party group leader, you can't let dozens of people drink the northwest wind, the big guys are dragging their families, is it easy to live, as for Huang Xiaodong beat Director Zhang, that was also done during the quarrel later, Director Zhang Gaoming was punched a few times, and there was no serious injury, and now he is still alive, it is purely a contradiction among the people.

No matter what, this iron rice bowl must always be saved, and you have to bow your head, otherwise, how can you be worthy of the old lady and grandparents who are still suffering in the poor mountains.

The person who came to talk today changed again, it was a little old man who had never seen before, it seemed kinder than the people who came a few days ago, after the old man came in, he only took a pair of small eyes and looked at Chang Ning who was lying on the wooden bed, without saying a word, sitting in front of the broken desk, "Horn" and "Horn" smoking cigarettes, Chang Ning squinted his eyes, and couldn't help but be happy, the old man was wearing a grass-green old military uniform, short and fat, with few hairs on the top, and a little oily on his forehead, like the chef in charge of the canteen in the factory, holding two fingers of cigarettes, the yellow one must be an old smoking gun, but Chang Ning can see at a glance that this old man is not simple, not the old spots and wrinkles on his face, but the bright eyes, although they are not big, they are squinted like two slits, but they exude a special light.

Chang Ning's addiction to smoking was hooked, damn, he hadn't smoked for more than ten days, he sniffed, stared at the cigarette in the old man's hand, and said with a smile: "Old comrade, you have worked hard, can you smoke a cigarette?" After a pause, he added sincerely, "As the saying goes, tobacco and alcohol are not separated, carry forward the revolutionary humanitarian spirit, and when I go out, I will definitely invite you to drink." ”

The old man burst into laughter, and his voice was a little loud, "Hehe, stinky boy, with your attitude, can you get out?" ”

There is a door, Chang Ning got out of bed, sat down in front of the broken desk, and said seriously: "If you come, you will be safe, normal heart, normal heart, old comrade, I will definitely be able to go out, your old man is my big savior, you come, I will be fine." ”

The old man smiled, took out a pack of open Pegasus brand cigarettes from his jacket pocket, and stretched it out in front of Chang Ning, Chang Ning smiled embarrassedly, unceremoniously stretched out two fingers, skillfully took out two cigarettes, one was clamped on his ear, and the other was put on his mouth, and he put it on the cigarette next to the old man's mouth and lit a fire.

"Stinky boy, take two cigarettes at once, you're quite greedy." The old man scolded with a smile.

Chang Ning took a big gulp of the cigarette, swallowed it, and then spit out a long string of smoke rings, "Salute the cigarette and salute the shuang, this is our old rule in Qingyang County, tsk, good smoke, good smoke, thank you, comrade, this is the best cigarette I have ever smoked." ”

The old man didn't speak, just looked at Chang Ning with a smile.

"Hehe, old comrade," Chang Ning shook the cigarette in his hand and said seriously, "Just for your cigarettes, I also want to confess thoroughly, you ask, I promise to know everything, absolutely without the slightest reservation." ”

The old man ignored Chang Ning, took out a crumpled piece of white paper from his pocket, put away his smile and said, "Chang Ning, male, born in June 1961, a member of the Shiao Production Brigade of Shuiyang People's Commune in this county, was admitted to Zhijiang University in October 1977, joined the party in October 1979, and his academic performance was average, he graduated from university in June 1981 and was assigned to work in the county Hongqi Agricultural Machinery Repair Factory, and at the end of 1981, he served as a technician, workshop director and party group leader of the factory machine repair workshop, starting from April this year. After being discovered by the factory leaders, not only did they not listen to the criticism of the factory leaders, but instead instigated and connived at the workshop workers to beat the factory leaders, and now they have been removed from all leadership positions by the factory party branch and ordered to be isolated and inspected......

"Yes, it's all clear, I don't have to explain it anymore," Chang Ning spread his hands and said happily, "But, old comrade, say that I instigate and condone beatings, I don't admit it, we are also college students and intellectuals in the new era, and we have always been talking but not moving, of course, there is no word for the crime that you want to add, the official words are two mouths, and you want to shout indiscriminately in case of trouble, you want to impose it on me, and I have to consider myself unlucky." ”

The old man frowned and said, "Intellectuals? I don't think it's like a third-rate student from a first-class university still dares to call himself an intellectual, well, it's really strange, how can he be qualified to join the party? ”

"Hehe, old comrade, you don't know something, we are talents, we have a trick," Chang Ning said proudly, "It doesn't matter if you tell you, we were born in martial arts, and at the sports meeting held by the school, we won seven championships at once, broke the record, seven championships, the school has never had it in history, and of course the leaders of our agricultural machinery look up to me." ”

The old man looked at Chang Ning's thin figure, shook his head and said, "Just you?" Bragging doesn't look for a good target. ”

Chang Ning looked outside the door and whispered: "Let me tell you, old comrade, we have real kung fu, nothing else, on fighting, since I can remember, I have never lost anyone." ”

"Oh, it's amazing, so now it's so much that you don't have to do it yourself, you just need to instigate others," the old man sneered and said, "Stinky boy, when it comes to fighting, I've heard of such a thing, when you were sixteen years old, you quarreled with the old district chief next door, and you beat someone up after a few disagreements, is there such a thing?" ”

Chang Ning was taken aback, and looked at the somewhat unfathomable old man in front of him in a daze, "Old, old comrade, you, how do you know?" I thought to myself, except for Mr. Chen and the two families, no one else knew about that back then, and then Mr. Chen mediated, didn't it pass it, where did this old man know?

The old man slowly continued a cigarette, took a few puffs and said: "Stinky boy, I also know that when you were admitted to the university, you almost failed the political examination, and when you were assigned to graduate, you also returned to Qingyang County to work through the back door, all of this was helped by Comrade Chen Zhongping, right?" ”

Chang Ning stood up with a "whoosh", stared at the old man and said, "This, how do you know?" Old comrade, you, who are you down? ”

The old man flicked the cigarette ashes and said unhurriedly:

"Chen Zhongping is also called Chen Zhongyang, I heard him say before his death, he has a child in Qingyang, smart and naughty, not doing his job, anxious for justice and righteousness, ** saved his life when he was in turmoil, that's you, right? Hehe, now let you guess who I am. ”