Chapter 5: The Legend of Onita Bay (4)
Lin Jianguo appeared in this small town on the edge of the Yellow River three years ago, it was also a late autumn and close to early winter, and on a dusty afternoon, he walked into the town in ragged clothes with a wooden stick hanging a bowl on the wooden stick, a small burden on his back.
At that time, he was not called Lin Jianguo, and the people in the town called him Gou Yu'er, so that his big name Lin Fugui was forgotten by people, he didn't like others to call him a big name, but when others called him this rough nickname, he would smile very honestly and promise very happily, so people were used to calling him Gou Yu'er.
This is not ashamed, after all, rural people believe in rough names to feed the baby, in that era of two dogs, dog babies, and dog leftovers running all over the ground, such a name is very ordinary.
In the first few months, the dog leftover lived in a remote alley or any sheltered place, and then lived in that uninhabited shack.
There weren't many people in the town, but in those days, in the end, it was simple and kind, and the shack was where they guided the dog to live, although it had been abandoned for some years, but there was a wall on all sides to block the wind, and it was always much better than sleeping on the street.
So, Gou Yu'er happily went, and he has lived until now and has not moved out, and some old people in the town say that Gou Yu'er is a person who remembers kindness.
At the beginning of this town, the life of the dog leftover is still difficult, after all, he has no foundation here, he can only help others do odd jobs, go to other people's homes to help, mix food, when there is no work to do, it means that hungry, well-wishers can give food to eat, just eat, if not, then endure it
But he never left the town, and went to a bigger place, a better city, to earn a living.
So someone asked: "Gou Yu'er, did you escape from your hometown?" ”
At this time, the dog leftovers will scoop their heads and smile innocently, indicating a certain kind of acquiescence.
"The dog is leftover, this town is not big, it is difficult to make a living, why don't you go to a bigger place? After all, in a larger place, even if it's begging, it's better than here? The questioner carefully organized the wording, even if he was a deserter, he didn't want to hurt the self-esteem of others, it was a relatively simple era, and the friendliness between people could only be there.
"If I don't go to a big place, I will always have to go back in the future, and if I go far, I am afraid that I will not be able to go back. It's already popular here, and it's not interesting to go farther. "No matter who asks, the answer to the dog leftovers is so cookie-cutter, but what is popularity? The people in the town don't understand much, wondering if it means that there are already a lot of people in the town, and it is much better than the village?
It's really a person who has never seen the world, and the people in the town don't persuade the dog too much, but they secretly sigh in their hearts.
"I thought that this Lin Jianguo Association had been fleeing the famine in our town, and then saved some money or something, and then it was time to go back, who knows if others have the luck to go to the timber dispatch. But this is not luck at all, it is someone else who has the ability, and the opportunity is always given to those who have the ability, this Lin Jianguo is deeply hidden. Speaking of this, Second Master Liu took a sip of the wine that the old woman had poured into the cup for him, and said with emotion.
"I said Liu Er, you have been going around in circles for a long time, and you haven't gotten to the point, this dog is leftover, no, what kind of ability does Lin Jianguo have?" The old woman was a little dissatisfied.
Second Master Liu stopped drinking, looked at the old woman in a daze, stared at the old woman's heart, and wanted to scold, then Second Master Liu sighed and said: "Ask you what you remember, you can't remember, I'll make it clear, right?" Do you remember Wei Dahan? It's Wei Dahan in the east of our town. ”
"Ahh The old woman answered, then patted her thigh and said, "Yes, yes, I remembered, Wei Dahan, Wei Donglai." The most powerful and courageous person in our town used to be, and he was the first person in our town to go to work at the timber dispatch, but unfortunately such a good young man died in the first year of going to work! But this thing."
"The year Lin Jianguo came was the first year that the timber transportation office was established here, and it was also the year when Wei Dahan died, and this matter is related." Second Master Liu sighed and said.
"What? Do you mean that Lin Jianguo calculated the time to come to us so that he could go to work at the timber dispatching office? The old woman was a little puzzled.
"That's not what you mean, it's a coincidence, what are you anxious about? Listen to me slowly, don't you think this timber transfer office is evil? Liu Erye seemed to be in love with the matter of sighing, sighed again after saying this, and then said: "Wei Dahan is not the first person to have an accident, the bad thing is that he is bold, so it will be his turn to have the first accident." ”
"The timber dispatch is evil?" The old woman didn't seem to have heard of it.
Liu Erye picked up the wine glass, and he didn't sell it, and began to talk eloquently
Speaking of Liu Erye, he still had some popularity in the town before, because before the liberation, Liu Erye's father was a halfway Taoist priest, and he didn't know if he had the ability, but which family handled a red and white wedding event, always let Liu Erye's father come forward to handle it, and later Liu Erye also inherited his father's business and started this, and he gained some popularity and prestige in the town.
Later, after liberation, the government publicized science, and gave people literacy classes, slowly, this set was not so important in people's hearts, Liu Erye's livelihood also faded, and the government also assigned him an errand to guard the gate of the government unit, and Liu Erye also ended up with a good result.
On the surface, this is the case, but the thoughts in Liu Erye's heart are not like this, his father is a Taoist priest, although he is a Taoist priest who has no ability, but the 'superstition' of some things is deep-rooted, this kind of thinking is undoubtedly imperceptibly given to Liu Erye not to say much, a lot of taboos and rules, in Liu Erye's heart is extremely important, just such a rod to death, not necessarily a good thing.
But the trend of the whole society is like this, as smart as Liu Erye will not stand up and go against the whole society, so he calmly guarded the gate in the government unit, until two years later, according to the topographical advantages of this town, the timber transportation office was established here
This was a big event in the town, and it was a 'sensation' in the whole town at that time, because the conditions given by the timber transfer office were so good that every family in the town was crowded to get in. However, because of the particularity of the work, people generally only recruit young and middle-aged people with strength, and even female workers are very few, and only a few are recruited to be responsible for logistics, just like cooking or something.
This makes the quota even more precious, after all, there is nothing else in the town, and there are still many powerful young people, the old woman thinks that according to Liu Erye's good popularity and prestige in the town, her eldest son's conditions are suitable, and there is no problem at all to go in, but his eldest son just failed to go in, and he didn't go in this recruitment, and it will be difficult to go again in the future, so the old woman did not blame Liu Erye.
"I'm deliberately not paying attention to this, but I haven't told you anything about it all these years, do you think the timber transfer office is a good place to go? Absolutely not, it's built in a backwater bay, huh? What is Backwater Bay? It's also called Ghost Fighting Bay, that's where the water beats the class (floating corpses) gathers, it's gloomy, do you think it can be good? It's not that hard-hitting eight characters, I can't bear it at all, it's a trivial matter to go to work there, and my body will cross quickly because of long-term exposure to yin qi.
That's the truth about the timber dispatching office. Second Master Liu opened the floodgates, and he couldn't hold it back.
This is the idea he has buried in his heart for many years, and he can't even help but say it today.
"Then you mean, you deliberately didn't let us go to work?" It was the first time that the old woman knew what Second Master Liu really thought in her heart, and her eyes widened.
"Isn't that nonsense? Don't forget what my dad does, even if he doesn't have any skills, he can't use any real skills, don't you know what taboo is? I won't accidentally let my son die for money, I have quietly seen the eight characters of my family's eldest son, and he is not a hard-nosed person! You know? Since its establishment, the timber transfer office has fished up 17 corpses in the first year, and none of them have been found, do you think they don't believe it? Some nights I didn't come back in the middle of the night and tell you who I was drinking with? That's, it's actually the person in charge over there who asked me to do something. When Second Master Liu said this, he drank the wine in the cup in another sip.
"Is there such a thing?" The old woman was a little scared.
"How else can I lie to you? When there was no timber dispatch office in Kidta Bay, did you think the people from our town would go? We all know that it's evil there, and you have to drown a few people every few years to count! If no one cares about it before, those water fighters have been floating for a long time, and they either sank or floated away again, let's put it bluntly, Wei Dahan died in this matter! Because didn't seventeen corpses be fished that year? The last corpse is the last corpse, I wanted to discuss moving with you at the time, I look at that posture, if you don't die twenty or thirty people, you will never stop, and in the end, do you know who solved it? Second Master Liu put down the wine glass in his hand and looked at the old woman seriously.
"You mean Lin Jianguo?" The old woman asked with some uncertainty.
"That's him! It's not that he is ready to do white things in our town, if there is no such situation where every family has white things, it will definitely not end. Second Master Liu's face was as serious as he had never been.
"Old man, you're not bragging, are you?" The old woman doesn't believe it, what hasn't happened, who is so sure?
"Am I bragging? Hehe, if you don't want to be afraid, I'll tell you the whole thing. "Second Master Liu may have poured two more glasses of wine, two blushes appeared on his face, and as soon as his temper came up, he couldn't take care of it so much, and told his old woman about the things that almost scared him out that year.