The door of the courtyard house has been welded dead

Chapter 249 The Wrangler

The sky is blue and wild.

On the vast grassland in the inner M, there are high hillsides in the distance, and soft grass beneath your feet. After the heavy snow, the grass has been covered with thick white snow.

The nearby branches are covered with snow and frost, forming a spectacular scene of jade trees and silver flowers. Combined with the snowflakes blown by the strong wind, the scenery looks very beautiful, like a moving landscape painting.

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, the grassland is quiet and peaceful. Time seems to have stopped at this moment, and only the wind can be heard telling the coming of winter.

Grasslands, white birches, rime, and glacial lakes may seem like a visual feast of snow to first-time passers-by, but to people who have lived here for a long time.

Winter means bone-deep cold and hungry coyotes at night...

At the foot of the Yin Mountain in the Chile River, herdsmen in a military horse field are driving their horses through the sea of ​​snow. The horses are galloping in the boundless academy, rolling up the snow and mist, and their momentum is like a rainbow.

"HO~!YOYOYO!"

Since the beginning of winter, hard-working herdsmen have been driving their horses to and from the pastures, waving their whips in their hands, or holding lasso poles like they are holding long guns, and shouting about the horses' talents. Clear slogans drive them away.

"Lingjun, how are you? You have adapted to it now. What a bullshit reeducation through labor. Damn it. Just follow us to herd and see what they can do to you. This year, come to my house. Your sister-in-law has prepared all the food!" "

"Wow~!"

The brown horse under its crotch was pulled by the reins, stopped, lowered its head slightly and snorted, and the hot breath formed a long line of mist in front of the nose.

"Brother Guo, I still can't go there. I'm afraid that your side will be implicated. Someone needs to be watching in the stable."

Xu Lingjun's face was covered by a thick sheepskin hat, and no facial expression could be seen, but his timid words still betrayed him deeply.

Those hands, red and swollen from the cold, were holding on to the reins, as if this was the only way to calm down the timidity in their hearts.

"I heard that the vice-captain of the team next door, Hardan Battle, helped the commune a lot. He specially asked our team to transfer you over and officially follow our horse herding. You don't have to worry about this!"

With a beautiful move, Guo Zhenzi jumped off the maroon horse, held the reins and walked to Xu Lingjun's side, patted his thigh and said with a smile.

Xu Lingjun was immediately stunned. The name Hardanbaatar sounded familiar to him. He didn't seem to know him, so he didn't know why he was helping him.

"You know him?"

While watching the horses slowly enter the fence and line up to enter the stable, Guo Zhizi tied his horse aside and asked Xu Lingjun curiously.

"I~, I'm not familiar with him, I don't know why he helped me!"

"Oh, that's okay. Come on, move more. These curtains have to be put down in winter, otherwise they will freeze at night!"

"Let me do it, Brother Guo, this is my job!"

Xu Lingjun watched Guo Shizi teach him how to do things, and quickly jumped off the horse, hurriedly raising his hands.

"Hey~, you are a scholar, and your body is different from ours. When you came back from there, I saw that you were holding on, so you must be tired. Eat and drink well later, and have a good sleep and rest. rest!"

Xu Lingjun stood aside and did this work timidly. Hearing Brother Guo's kind invitation, he still hesitated whether to go. Unconsciously, he thought of the big white paper filled with black words in his mind, and he was even more at a loss.

On this day when thousands of families are reunited, Xu Lingjun thought of his deceased mother, his father who was far away from home, and his classmates in school, in class, and before the holidays. How carefree he was at that time.

"Lao Guo, hurry up and drink the hot water to warm yourself up first!"

"Sister-in-law, you are pregnant, let me do this!"

Xu Lingjun watched others working quickly. Even Brother Guo's pregnant wife boiled hot water and came out with a bucket full of hot water. He hurried forward, took it and moved it to the place where he was working. in the team.

"That's almost it. This shed should be repaired next year, otherwise it will collapse under the weight of another heavy snowfall!"

Guo Zhenzi waved his hand, and the herdsmen looked at the stable that had been open just now and was now tightly covered with straw curtains. They gradually put down their work and gathered around the bucket, each one taking a ladle and drinking.

"Lao Guo, do you want to build a shed or build a place for Lingjun to live? If you say you want to build a place for him to live, then everyone will definitely help!"

"That's right, Lao Guo, how can we let Lingjun live here every day? Who can bear the cold weather!"

"Hehe, it seems that everyone has noticed it. Brother Xu Lingjun came to our brigade and followed us to climb the ice and snow to herd these animals. We can't treat him badly. He lives in a stable. That's what people can do. !”

Guo Zhizi wiped the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, pointed at everyone, and then grinned widely. "Repairing a shed? This is a good excuse. The commune will allocate materials no matter what. After all, in the eyes of the superiors, the military horses are better than Some people's lives are much more important.

Seeing the people drinking water and discussing building a hut for themselves, Xu Lingjun was so excited that he felt at a loss. After coming here for so long, he realized that the herdsmen treat their own people sincerely.

"It's time to go, it's Chinese New Year, and everyone is waiting at home. Everyone should go back, don't delay!"

Seeing the tears in Xu Lingjun's eyes, Guo Zhizi waved his sleeves to disperse the crowd, and then hammered his chest.

"Master, why are you bleeding like horse urine?"

Patting Xu Lingjun on the back, Guo Zhizi was about to take him to his home for dinner when he saw Captain Wang of the brigade entering the stable with his hands in his arms.

"Captain Wang, it's Chinese New Year, and there's no New Year's Eve dinner in the stable!"

Looking at Captain Wang who was wearing glasses, Guo Zhizi joked playfully. Seeing him coming over in a hurry, he also walked up curiously.

"The field department, the field department has come to inform Xu Lingjun, it's about you!"

Xu Lingjun here, who had just wiped the corners of his eyes hurriedly, looked at Captain Wang of the brigade timidly. When he saw him coming to tell him so seriously, he felt like the sky was falling for a moment.

In his bitter heart, he was thinking that this was not to transfer him back. This made him, who had just felt the warmth and care of the herdsmen, instantly feel like he had returned to the pasture where the cold wind was raging.

"That's good news. Because of your performance and remorseful attitude, you were released from the labor camp in advance. Now, you can go home!"

After hearing Captain Wang's words, Guo Zhenzi's chin almost dropped to the ground. He held his hands half in the air and looked at Xu Lingjun blankly. He was just about to build a nest for him, but he didn't expect that this man would be able to go home.

"Go home, which home should I go to? Where is my home?" Xu Lingjun staggered back a few steps. He was also shocked by the news. His first reaction was not happiness, but bitterness. His eyes looked around blankly. He muttered to himself.

Captain Wang touched his beard on his chin and winked at Guo Zhenzi next to him. This young man, shouldn't he be happy to get the news? Why does he look so ugly?

"Lingjun, you can go home. Your home is in the capital. Do you have money? If not, I will give you travel expenses. Go back as soon as possible. It is better than freezing in the prairie!"

Sighing, Guo Zhenzi looked intently at his lost brother in front of him, listened to his confused Chinese, and asked in a low voice.

"That place is no longer my home. My home has been confiscated a long time ago. I have no family anymore!"

Squatting on the ground in pain, Xu Lingjun held his head with both hands, eyes wide open, breathing heavily, and said in a low voice.

Before, I had been living in pain and fear. The trivial and busy work of horse herding had long left all the thoughts in my head behind.

Now, the shackles were suddenly released, and I realized that I was alone and no longer had a warm "home".

"Captain Wang, here, he has no place to go. We can't let him, a good young man, die outside. If not, let him continue to herd horses in our brigade. Where can he go in this ice and snow!"

Seeing Xu Lingjun's extremely uncomfortable look, Guo Shizi rolled his eyes, took out cigarettes from Xu Lingjun's pocket, and handed one to Captain Wang.

"Guo Zhizi, this..., although his labor education is over, his composition~!"

Taking the cigarette handed over by Guo Shizi, Captain Wang took out a match and lit it, then pulled him aside and murmured in a low voice, with a hint of flinching in his eyes, not wanting to take in this person who was destined to attract "attention" from the field department. .

"Hey, the field department has issued a notice about what constitutes and what does not constitute. He is herding horses with us. That is the status of the working class and peasants. They are all brothers in the same camp. With one more person, our team can have more strength. Old Dong His front waist is injured, someone has to take care of him!"

Seeing Captain Wang smoke a cigarette, Guo Zhizi used his sharp tongue to tell what Captain Wang said, which made him feel a little moved.

Seeing Captain Wang pacing back and forth, lingering in place, Guo Zhizi licked his lips, preparing to add more firewood and keep Xu Lingjun, an honest scholar, in his team.

"Lingjun, are you okay? Come to my house for dinner today!"

At this time, another unshaven old man came into the stable, holding his waist and struggling to walk in, while shouting to Xu Lingjun who was squatting on the ground.

"What is this kid doing squatting on the ground in the cold weather?"

After walking in, Uncle Dong looked at Xu Lingjun who was squatting on the ground and said nothing, with a question mark on his forehead, he raised his head and asked the two people over there.

"Uncle Dong, the field department has informed us that Lingjun has been released from reeducation through labor. He has no place to go now. I discussed with Captain Wang that we might as well just keep him in our brigade. You have a waist injury and should rest." For a while.”

Seeing Uncle Dong coming, Guo Feizi's eyes lit up, didn't the savior just come? He quickly grabbed his arm, pulled him to Captain Wang, and explained the cause and effect.

"Then what else are you thinking about? Xiao Wang, at your age, Uncle Dong took care of you when you were a child. Today, I am shameless and have to keep him. Such a good boy, you let him Where to go, go to the capital and suffer that kind of misfortune again?"

"There are few people here, and it is difficult for the field department to come over. If you leave this child behind, you are also saving people's lives. If we go back and move him to another place, the people will be gone!"

Seeing Xiao Wang's evasive eyes, Uncle Dong blew his beard and stomped his feet while staring. It was rare for such a good-tempered person to get angry.

"Sure, fine, I can stay, but you decide where I will live!"

Seeing Uncle Huang really get angry, Captain Wang also felt a little guilty, and the eyes under his glasses were full of bloodshot eyes, which showed that making this decision was also very difficult.

"I was talking about repairing this stable!"

Seeing Uncle Dong's amazing assist, Guo Zhizi winked and smiled, pointed to the stable next to him, and said meaningfully.

"Whatever stable you live in, the upbringing is over. The adobe house over there in the west is unoccupied. If it doesn't work, give it to him!"

"The roof has collapsed and the wind is leaking from all sides. How can we live there!"

"The roof has collapsed. Use two pieces of wood to prop up the beams. It will still be inhabited. If it is empty, it will be empty. Give it to him so that he can still look after the stable at night!"

Xu Lingjun, who was immersed in his own world, didn't even realize that the three people outside had decided on where to live after a discussion.

"Uncle Dong, my old Guo has already said that Lingjun will come to my house for food today!"

The old sister-in-law who had been waiting on the side looked at the people who had finished the discussion and said with a smile to Uncle Dong.

"Hey, go to my place. Your aunt also made a table. If Lingjun hadn't done it for me, I might have to leave my body and bones on the pasture this winter!"

"Okay, okay, Uncle Dong, I'll take Lingjun to see the new home first. We'll live in the new home sooner rather than later. I have to help clean up!"

In terms of seniority, Guo Zhenzi couldn't compete with Uncle Dong, so he had to take advantage of the situation and grabbed Xu Lingjun from the ground and ran away.

"Okay, let me go home and see if there are too many beddings. I can't let anyone sleep on the floor!"

Looking at the two people's retreating figures, a smile flashed across Uncle Dong's face, and he patted Captain Wang's shoulder, which was to seal the matter and not give him a chance to regret it.

Xu Lingjun was so dull that he followed Guo Chenzi like a robot, staring blankly in front of him. What Guo Chenzi said along the way was heard in his left ear and out the other.

"Here we are, Lingjun, this is your new home!"

When he walked to the dilapidated adobe house, Guo Zhenzi's words completely brought Xu Lingjun's soul back.

"New home...!"

Touching the doorless doorframe of the adobe house and looking at the soot-blackened walls inside, Xu Lingjun murmured to himself.

"Yes, this is your new home. Our team is all your family. This house needs to be tidied up~!"

Looking at the beams that were crooked to the side and the straw that should have been on the roof, now scattered on the floor, Guo Zhizi pointed at it nonchalantly and said firmly.

"Bah, why is the chimney still blocked? Why is the room full of soot? You need to clear the chimney first!"

(End of this chapter)