Chapter 11: Midnight Visit (Three)

  Longshan sat down beside Geng Fenghuang, picked up a stone and "plop plop" skipped it across the water, then sighed and said:

  "After going through storm after storm, the school had just returned to its normal teaching track. However, a storm of 'people's XX people run, running well XX for the people' suddenly blew in from somewhere, and Xiaolonghe Town imposed the heavy burden of building a bridge on farmers who still hadn't fully solved their food and clothing problems, triggering a wave of fundraising to build bridges and roads among the masses. Regardless of where they were registered or what profession they had, whether they worked or studied, as long as they lived in Xiaolonghe Town, they had to join in the labor to benefit the people - those with money donated money, while those without money donated their labor. We saw that Huai Shu Yuan's school building was about to collapse, so we organized teachers to go to the town government and demand the construction of a teaching building. After careful consideration, they still agreed that after the bridge framework was repaired, they would definitely build a teaching building for Huai Shu Yuan."

  "The town considered the economic difficulties and submitted a plan to build a teaching building, but the higher authorities did not approve the plan to collect funds for school construction that year, considering the heavy burden on farmers." Geng Fenghua said, it seems that she had some understanding of the situation in Xiaolonghe before taking office.

  "For the time being, not building a teaching building is fine, but it's unacceptable to force private teachers to raise funds and then work for free. The bridge construction fund can build two bridges! That day, I brought pancakes to the construction site to dig a ditch and put the pancakes in the hole of a big locust tree. When I went to pick up the pancakes to go to school, the result was that 20 days' worth of pancakes were gone! Damn it! Who stole my pancakes?"

  "Hehe! I didn't expect a refined and elegant scholar like you to scold so fiercely." Geng Fenghuang said with a smile, her eyes shining with tender feelings as she gazed at Longshan Hui.

  "Who stole my pancake? How immoral! That was my meal for the week! What am I going to say to my parents?" Long Shan continued.

  Geng Fenghuang joked: "Maybe no one stole it. I wonder if the fox spirit in the cave took it as a token of love!"

  It wasn't until later that I found out the pancake was stolen by a truant child for his bedridden mother! And the child's father was having an affair with his mistress in their villa. That's the story of my hometown! Because of poverty, the privately-funded teacher had to build bridges during what should have been his break; because of poverty, students who were supposed to be studying went to repair roads.

  Long Shan Hui became agitated and let out a long sigh towards Xiao Long River, "The bridge didn't even get paved, all the money was spent, and those people going to school, working, or farming just walked on the frame. It's common for them to fall off into the river below. Luckily no one drowned. What can be carried by Dragon Big River's small boat in one trip?"

  With a rustling sound, Long Shan Hui turned his head back and saw that the dagger stuck in the tree had fallen down with a note attached, which read: "Be careful: illness enters through the mouth, disaster comes out of the mouth."

  Longshan looked at the note, puzzled: was it a kind reminder or an evil threat? Don't say what shouldn't be said, don't know what shouldn't be known. Since the investigation team was sent from above, not only did they fail to investigate the truth and punish the guilty, but also repeatedly retaliated against those who dared to expose the truth.

  "Longshan Society, give it to me!" Geng Fenghuang took the dagger and paper from Longshan Society's hand, looked at them, put them in her bag, and gazed at him with eyes that sparkled like stars in the night sky. "Longshan Society, are you afraid?"

  "With the town chief of Xiaolong River protecting me, what am I afraid to say or do?"

  "I am the deputy assistant of the town head!"

  "Town head, Feng Huang, I... Town head..." Long Shan hesitated and stuttered, unable to change his words.

  "Suit yourself," said Geng Fenghuang. "Then continue your story!"

  Longshan was reviewing at No. 1 Middle School, Xue Lian often helped Pang Haiyan push the mill and bake pancakes, and often went to No. 1 Middle School in that bamboo forest where he received delicious pancakes, salted vegetables, and fried duck eggs. On a rainy day, they hugged each other together. Long Tianxiang exposed Xue Lian's secret of eating too many pancakes, Xue Lian had no way to let Geng Fenghuang deliver it, as a result, Long Tianxiang took this pure friendship between classmates as puppy love and beat Longshan Hui in front of his classmates. Longshan Hui was expelled, Geng Fenghuang did not attend school anymore, her letter of accusation made Long Tian return to Huai Shu Yuan Primary School.

  Longshan recalled that the smelly foot had long since emerged from the shoe like a cicada shedding its shell. "At that time, you returned to Qinglong Ridge. Your mother made this matter known to the municipal government, the women's federation, and the newspaper, and the student being beaten became the top news in Xiaolong City. Then, Pang Shunxing used the excuse that Long Tianxiang was impersonating Geng Fenghua's own son to hype up Long Tianhong in the media. Geng Liang heard this news on the hotline and immediately called to notify the dispatch of Long Tianxiang back to Xiaolong River. It wasn't until later that his mother found out that the one who had been sent back was actually her own son, whom she had given away years ago. Overwhelmed with regret, she could only let Tianxiang work as a private teacher for the time being."

  Geng Fenghuang listened intently to the story told by Longshan Hui, like a babbling brook, and looked at the bridge in front of her. "But what does this have to do with this bridge?" Geng Fenghuang stood there, combing her hair with her hand.

  That year, the first thing I did after being expelled back to the village was to report to the newspaper that Pang Shunxing's tofu dregs project was under construction. The contractor who built the bridge was his uncle, Pang Shunlu, but Shunlu didn't have any architectural qualifications and needed to be rectified. When a qualified contractor arrived, however, the funds raised by the masses were far from enough, so they could only build this framework. The poor and ignorant masses put all the blame for the bridge on my shoulders as a middle school student. It seemed that without that letter, they wouldn't have had to line up to cross the bridge. And yet, his Dream Chasing Villa still stood proudly by the Xiao Long River! Also in that year, Pang Shunxing entered the party committee, and Dragon Tianxiang was transferred to work in the teaching and research department of the central school.

  It was late at night, and all sounds had ceased. Tens of homesick birds stayed on the banks of Xiaolong River. "According to my father's grandfather's grandfather, these birds were the souls of young men and women who eloped, unable to return home in life, but after death they turned into small birds flying back to their hometown to worship their ancestors." Longshan continued his story.

  Geng Feng Huang sat silently by the river, listening intently:

  "Pang Haiyan is my godmother, the second wife of my godfather. I still got used to calling them Dad and Mom. Not long after the land reform, Dad gathered a group of cowboys and gave them lessons every day, riding on a mule. The masses called him 'Mr. Niu Bei' or 'Mr. Lü Bei'. It was this Mr. Lü Bei that my mom fell in love with, and she insisted on going to school with him. She asked my eldest uncle Pang Haisheng for a place, and asked Grandma to vacate six rooms. At first, Grandma didn't mind because Mom was only 14 or 15 years old, but later she opposed it. So Mom would often go to Huai Shu Garden under the pretext of cutting grass or carrying water. After 'Grass Stack Alliance', Mom and Dad held a wedding ceremony on the surface of Xiao Long River. Before Mom, Dad had already fallen in love with Huang Jinghua, but unfortunately they didn't have this fate. Huang Jinghua and Dad strolled together in the snowy land, later, Huang Jinghua hanged herself on a big locust tree. Later, Pang Haiyan fell in love with Dad too. Although they lived together, they never slept on the same bed."

  Just now, Geng Fenghuang was still following Long Shan Hui's side listening to his story, and didn't know when he left the ferry.

  Geng Fenghua took off, and Longshan Hui was free to do as he pleased. He stripped off his clothes to cool down, first removing his vest, then his long pants and shorts all at once, revealing his smooth chest and thighs. He seemed to have forgotten about shame, hugging his clothes as he waded across the river.

  After crossing the river, he couldn't help but take off his clothes and wade in the cool sand, gazing at the nearby homesick birds, then looking up at the "Cowherd" and "Weaving Girl" in the Milky Way, and a series of marriage stories flowed through his mind.

  Many years later, Longshan got drunk again and came back to the beach where he first fell in love. He stripped off his clothes like a madman, revealing his smooth chest, waiting and reminiscing about that surprise. He shouted loudly at the forest: "Shunfan, you gave me everything! But my heart only has Xue Lian... Where did Xue Lian go? Where did you go again?"

  "Put some clothes on, don't shame the women's eyes!" Long Dahai couldn't help but lash out at Long Shan Hui with a loud whip, shouting: "I don't know where your stupid mother came from! You're just like your father, a complete waste!"

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