I make a living solving crimes.

It was midsummer and the sky in Beijing was already bright. With great anticipation, Comrade Chang Wei finally boarded the big-nosed bus back home.

In an era of inconvenient transportation, the journey home is long.

Fortunately, this is Beijing and the whole country is supporting its construction. He can go to Xizhimen to take a train or take a bus at Deshengmen.

Bus No. 45 departs from Deshengmen Bus Station and ends in Changping. Chang Wei bought a ticket for cents, and the big iron bus slowly left the station with a "bang".

The engine hood transmitted noise and heat, and with the scorching sun outside the window, the car cabin was buzzing like a tin can in an oven.

Low earthen houses are scattered across the fields. Thin farmers carrying shovels and hoes and shouldering loads are moving back and forth on the ridges of the fields. There are also militia shacks on the roadside at the entrance of the village, and armed militiamen are patrolling back and forth.

There was almost no mechanization, and even cattle and horses were rare. Along the way, he only saw two donkey carts.

By the time he arrived in Changping, he was completely devastated.

After getting off the car, he walked northeast out of Changping County and bypassed the Ming Tombs Reservoir. His hometown was here.

It is impossible to verify what the village was called before. After liberation, it was called Changsheng Village, and now it is called Changsheng Brigade.

The winding road at the foot of the mountain cuts the farmland into pieces. These fields are built according to the mountainside, staggered and orderly, like a masterpiece of nature.

After being exposed to the sun, the temperature on the mountain road was incredibly high. You could even see the air rising noticeably, and even the weeds on the roadside looked listless.

The stones on the road were small and the soil had been dried into blocks, making a crackling sound when stepped on.

There must be such a place at the entrance of every village, whether it is a big tree, a small bridge, or an open space. It is an important place for villagers to relax, entertain themselves, and exchange information.

"Grandson."

As soon as I arrived at the village entrance, my grandmother, who was sitting under a tree sewing shoe soles, saw me and shouted excitedly with a long tail.

"grandmother."

Seeing that he couldn't hide, Chang Wei could only walk under the tree and greet the old ladies of the Bound Foot Detective Team one by one.

"Hello, Second Aunt!"

"Hello, Auntie!"

"Hello, Seventh Grandma!"

"......Hello!"

I really don’t remember this last one.

Grandma took off her thimble, stuck the needle into the sole of her shoe, put it on her waist, and walked home with Chang Wei in her arms.

At the foot of the mountain, in the courtyard, an old man who was grinding herbs in the yard looked out through the door and stood up happily, "Is the eldest grandson back?"

This is Chang Wei’s grandfather.

There are many similarities in the personalities of Dad Chang and Grandpa Chang, such as hard work, strength, and selflessness, but that's all, everything else is different.

Father Chang is not a military chief. He follows the political work route, so he is generous, responsible and stubborn.

Grandpa Chang is different. He is probably a bit like Mr. Bai Qi in "The Mansion Gate". Because he is the youngest son, he has been stealing and climbing up roofs since he was young. He is a bad person. After he grew up, he studied medicine and gradually calmed down, but he is still a rogue and refuses to bend even when the puppet soldiers pointed guns at him.

Judging from the current situation, Chang Wei is more like his grandfather than his father.

Being carried into the main house by the two elders on each side, Chang Wei first went to the east room to pay his respects to the old lady.

Seeing that it was him, the old lady quickly got up from the kang and happily pulled him to her side, "Oh, you're finally back."

Chang Wei smiled and bent over to pick up the cloth shoes from the ground and put them on the old lady, saying sweetly, "Grandpa, I missed you so much."

The old lady laughed and said, "You don't come to see me even if you miss me."

Chang Wei pulled up his heels and helped the old lady down. "I'm at work. Today is the only day I have time. I have to go back after noon."

Grandpa Chang asked curiously, "Go to work? Why are you going to work?"

Chang Wei took out a newspaper from his bag and handed it over, "Grandpa, I'm in the newspaper. The Public Security Bureau is recruiting, so I don't have to study for another year."

The old man quickly flipped through the pages and found Chang Wei's photo. After taking a quick look at it, he handed it to the old lady and said, "Mom, this is your great-grandson."

The Chang family has been practicing medicine for generations. The old lady is eighty-four years old this year, but she still has sharp eyesight and sharp ears. She touched the photo of Chang Wei in the newspaper, then looked up at Chang Wei, smiling with her big teeth showing.

Grandma Chang brought in a bowl of water for Chang Wei to quench his thirst. After the old lady had read it, she eagerly took the newspaper. The words were too small for her to see clearly, so she could only look at the photos for fun. After a long while, she stuffed it into Chang Wei's hands and said, "My dear grandson, read it to grandma and grandpa. What does the newspaper say?"

Chang Wei was not willing to do that because he still had to have some dignity.

He was hesitant and refused to agree.

Grandpa Chang saw this and went out. A skinny girl ran into the room excitedly. She walked very fast, with her long hair tied into a braid jumping behind her. When she got to Chang Wei, she shouted crisply, "Brother!"

"Dani." Chang Wei responded happily and took out a handful of candies from his bag.

Chang Ni happily took it. When she heard her grandfather urging her, she quickly took the newspaper from her grandmother's hand and her voice became anxious and even horrified, "Brother, are you really in the newspaper?"

Colorful clothes to entertain parents.

Chang Wei didn’t have any colorful clothes, he only had a black and white photo, but he brought great joy to the three elderly people.

Listening to the little girl's rhythmic voice reading the newspaper, Chang Wei now wanted to dig out a villa from the ground.

After reading the newspaper, Chang Ni said with a twinkling look in her eyes: "Brother, what you said is really good."

Well, Chang Wei also thinks this passage is well said!

He didn't want to talk about the newspaper anymore, so he changed the subject and said, "Dani should be going to junior high school in the fall, right?"

Chang Ni carefully folded the newspaper and put it in the cabinet, nodded and said, "Well, I'll go to the county town to read it."

Chang Wei asked, "Then we have to walk six or seven miles, right?"

Grandpa Chang said at the side: "It's nothing to take such a short distance. We'll be there in a short while."

Chang Ni didn't think it was a big deal. She peeled a piece of candy for her grandmother and grandfather. When she saw that her grandfather didn't want to eat it, she ate one herself. She sat on the edge of the kang and smiled happily, swaying gently on the kang with her calves tapping against it.

"Where's Second Aunt?"

"I'm at work. I won't be back until noon."

Since he had just returned last month, there was no need for too much small talk. The family sat on the edge of the kang and chatted about family matters. After a while, Chang Wei suddenly remembered, "Grandpa, where is the bag I brought back?"

Grandpa Chang came out and took it. "What are you carrying that's so heavy?"

Chang Wei took it and opened it, saying, "Here are five pounds of flour, five pounds of rice, three pounds of lamb chops, two meters of cloth, a carton of cigarettes and two bottles of wine."

It weighs about thirty or forty kilograms. Fortunately, I took it out from the space before entering the village.

Grandma Chang was unhappy and said with a sullen face: "You can keep it for yourselves. There is nothing in the village. Why do you need to bring food and daily necessities?"

Chang Wei smiled and leaned over to his grandmother and said, "We have plenty at home. I earn fifty yuan a month from work, and I can also go fishing to make money. My eldest sister has moved back to live in our front yard, so it's close to us. Life at home is good."

The three old men couldn't believe it. How could such a big change happen in just a few months?

Chang Wei slowly and carefully recounted what had happened this month.

When the three old people heard that Chang Da was bullied by the Bai family, they started cursing.

When talking about Chang Wei beating up the second son of the Bai family, the three old men cheered.

Later, when they were allocated houses and looked for jobs, the old man praised Chang Wei even more, saying that he was the best in the world.

After talking about his family's situation, Chang Wei asked, "How is the village now? Is it still a big pot meal?"

Grandma said, "The food is good. We eat white flour buns and noodles every day. Sometimes there is meat in the noodles."

Only Grandpa Chang looked worried, "If you keep eating like this every day, something bad will happen sooner or later!"

Chang Wei admires the old man's survival wisdom.

The big pot meal will no longer be possible this winter. After the New Year, the big pot meal will be disbanded and each family will start eating their own food again.

As a result, the pot was gone!