Chucheng

"Chu City" Author: July Chucheng

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It tells the story of a group of young people of the same age as Shenzhen, the hardships and joys of studying in their hometown in childhood, and the sweetness brought by friendship as they grow up, and they work and start businesses in Shenzhen because of their respective encounters as adults.It is an article covering Jingzhou, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Lanzhou, youth, struggle, dropping out of school, mutual aid, volunteer work, entrepreneurship, deceit, competition, unrequited love, stepmother, single parent, reunion, graduate student, hepatitis B, death, domestic violence, workplace, A novel with hometown elements.The article describes the schooling, job hunting, and emotional entanglements of young people born in the late 70s, as well as social phenomena such as poverty due to education, poverty due to illness, and discrimination against hepatitis B at work in rural areas at that time. Friendship in adversity, and at the same time praised the protagonist's positive life attitude of not bowing to difficulties and actively struggling.

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Search keywords: Protagonists: Chen Jie, Wei Guo, Xu Yanbing, Lin Yi┃Supporting roles: Lin Yongsheng, Yang Xiaolong, Wang Ying, Chen Min┃Others: Classmates, Hepatitis B, Entrepreneurship

One-sentence introduction: Classmates for 20 years, helping each other and writing for half a lifetime

Conception: The friendship of classmates who help each other and the impact of hepatitis B discrimination in society on ordinary people

Water town early spring

In [-], at the end of March, Jingzhou.

In spring, it is a rainy season in the vast Yangtze River Basin. The pattering rain is reluctant to leave for a long time, and even the air is filled with a damp smell.On the fertile Jianghan Plain, although there is still excess water vapor flowing in the air, due to the slowly warming climate, the fields and fields are beginning to show a scene full of vitality: the soil that has been frozen for a winter is under the spring rain. The call gradually softened, and the river water also rang. Occasionally, the shadows of waterfowl could be seen on the water surface. The willows by the river and the weeds beside the road all revealed a breath of youth... No, it's continuous The heavy rain for several days made people tired, and it seemed to understand this, so it gradually slowed down: today is still a good day, and there are layers of light ink floating in the sky. The clouds, being blown by the east wind, are moving quickly-they are probably marching in a hurry, going west and west, sending a message of spring to the land there, so that the grass there will green up earlier!After a cold winter of dormancy, the grass, trees, and people seem to be holding a long breath, ready to show their talents when the spring comes!

This is an ordinary village on the banks of the Yangtze River, named Chucheng Village.From the ruins of the dragon-like earth-rammed city wall surrounding the village, we can see that it should have been a kingdom in ancient times.Thousands of years have passed by, and the ancient city has long been washed into the abyss of history by the torrent of time. The collapsed city wall still seems to want to show people its former prosperity and magnificence—now it is called "the embankment" by the local residents. "It seems that she still wants to use her power to protect this village, and protect the descendants of the people she once protected in the same way!On her body, due to the inadequate protection of cultural relics, there are some large, small, new and old tombs scattered: now it has become a cemetery!People go to graves to worship around the Spring Festival, or there are traces of burnt grass after urchins set wildfires: Many green sprouts are obviously drilled in those black and yellow interlaced mottled and uneven color patches—they are heading towards this area. The ancient land announces the arrival of spring.

For farmers preparing for spring plowing, today is the time to compete with the weather, so they can't stay at home early in the morning, even though the drizzle still falls from time to time, it may intensify at any time , or one by one led the cows, carried the plows to their own crops and started to work: their trousers were all rolled up, they held the plow with their left hand, dragged the whip with their right hand, and yelled at the cow loudly from time to time. , step by step in the fat muddy ground.At this time, the people who plowed the fields were almost like cows. The mud particles and water droplets splashed from the fields flew on the red linen clothes they wore from time to time, and some even flew on their faces, flying into them. in their hair...

Near the South Embankment, a large piece of land is being plowed away. In a paddy field that has been plowed, the water is covered with foam and various grass stalks are floating, and there are still green alfalfa leaves poking out of the water in some places— ——This is the result of Chen Zhuping, a farmer, who labored in the morning—this piece of milk vetch grassland, which was still green yesterday, has been plowed today, and the grass leaves have been turned into the soil to be used as fertilizer for this year's rice fields.On the east side of the already plowed land, there is still a piece of land that has not yet been plowed. It is as green as a carpet, and small purple flowers are dotted on the entire green field.Milk vetch is a kind of plant used to fertilize the field. Other herbs stop growing in winter, but it is still growing tenaciously. When the spring breeze arrives, it quickly pulls out small lavender flowers, as if it also The farmers are urging: Hurry up and plow the field, when I am old, I will not be suitable for fertilizer!

At the west end of the paddy field, there is a small river that is not so wide, and the continuous rain makes the river full.A buffalo was tied to a willow tree leaning toward the water by the river, and was struggling to chew the dry straw prepared for it. Water droplets were still dripping from its body from time to time, and it was panting heavily from its big nostrils. After a morning of hard work, it seems that it has no strength to shake off the muddy water on its body.Farmer Chen Zhuping was also sitting on the ridge of the field having lunch—this was brought to him by his sons and daughters from home.People work hard and are not lazy. Farmers get up early in spring, and basically solve the problem with breakfast and lunch. Chen Zhuping is a very typical farmer: he is not tall, but he is very strong, with a dark face. He is nearly 40 years old because of Working in the fields all year round, there are already obvious fine lines around the corners of the eyes, and a few deep knife-like wrinkles on the forehead seem to tell the bitterness and difficulty of supporting this family.He looked at the turbid water surface, then looked up at the dark clouds in the eastern sky, thinking that it would definitely rain tomorrow, so he had to quickly level the seedling fields this afternoon.

At the east end of the paddy field, next to a ditch less than half a meter wide, a girl is carefully staring at the water surface in the ditch, and a little boy is groping in the water with his cat lying on his body—his name is Chen Jie, he is 11 years old, and he lives in the town. Chucheng Middle School here is in the first grade of junior high school.He rolled the sleeves of his beige thick sweater to his upper arms, and his pants, like his father, were rolled up over his knees. His big round eyes were fixed on the water, but his hands were not idle. , Disturbing the already turbid water surface with a rattling sound.

"Hurry up! Brother! Over there! A fish has swam over there!" At this moment, the girl on the bank suddenly shouted excitedly—her name is Chen Min, and she is 14 years old this year. The school reads a technical secondary school in medical care.Her hair was cut in a suitable style: two ponytails tied behind her ears, neat bangs on her forehead, and only a yellow and green wool sweater, tan trousers tucked in In a pair of black rain boots, one hand is holding a bouquet of purple flowers that have just been picked from the ground, and the other hand is pointing anxiously at the muddy water surface in the ditch.

"Where? Where..." The little boy who was standing in the water concentrating on his groping heard the call, and ran a few steps forward excitedly—as if he had forgotten that he was still standing in the water—the surface of the water was suddenly covered by him. The turmoil stirred and splashed all over him, but he didn't care at all, he put his face on the sweater and wiped it a few times, still vigorously stirring the water surface with his hands.

"Look! Wipe on the clothes again!" Their father also finished his meal at this time, smoking a cigarette and walking over the field ridge, saw his son's actions and said dissatisfied, "how could there be fish so soon? I just fished it a little while before you guys came." Seeing that Chen Jie had driven the water almost to the end of the ditch—that is the outlet where the ditch flows into the creek—Chen Zhuping twisted out a net bag from the outlet and brought it up , there is indeed a silver-white fish jumping inside!At this time, we can imagine that this small ditch is usually connected with the small river. The water in the ditch rushes into the river, but the fish in the river swim against the current into the ditch, and now they are caught in the water by Chen Jie. Stir it, and when you swim back to the river, you don’t know that there is an extra net waiting for it—this is a simple and practical fishing method used by people in the water villages along the Yangtze River during the rainy season.

"Craucian carp! Crucian carp! Dad, didn't you say that there are no fish?" Chen Jie stood in the water, raised his round face and shouted innocently to his father, his flushed face couldn't hide his joy .

At this time, Chen Min had already carefully walked over from the other side of the canal, holding a small bucket with both hands, and her bouquet of flowers was lying in the place where the bucket was originally placed.Chen Zhuping lifted the crucian carp out of the net pocket by pinching the gills, and threw it into the bucket. Immediately, there was a rattling sound. The fish in the bucket caused a commotion after the new companion joined them, and they all flew along the wall of the bucket quickly. Swim around.

"Little brother, come up quickly, be careful that your feet bleed!" Chen Zhuping also happily said to his youngest son at this time. "Little brother" is the pet name of the local people for their youngest son.

"Five, six... Dad, you have caught six fish today!" Chen Min stared at the fish in the bucket and said happily, "Little brother, come and see!"

"Minzi, how about this, you and my younger brother take the fish back first, and take back the bowls and chopsticks over there too." Saying that, Chen Zhu