Lijiawopeng prose

The memory of a village is so strong and lasting that it can leave a deep impression on people who once lived in this village. Whether happy or sad, the village can become the spiritual home of wanderers. For example, now I am looking at a distant village and my dreamlike hometown, and a warm feeling will come to my mind. The outline of the village, the people living in the village, and the crops swaying in the endless fields can all emerge very clearly on the screen of my memory. The village I cherish deeply is called Lijiawopeng, which is the place where I was born and will be the hometown of my eternal soul.

Lijiawopeng is a small village in the northeast plain. There are Wu's wopeng in the south, Zhao's wopeng in the north, Han's wopeng in the east and more than one wopeng in the west. The origin of Li Wopeng is recorded in detail in the thick village history. According to legend, as far back as 300 years ago, it was still a wilderness with overgrown weeds. One spring, a young couple who fled here set up tents, built houses, cultivated land, gave birth to children and raised chickens and pigs. They are thriving, adhering to the law of the separation of trees and molecules, and giving these wild wilderness a strong humanistic atmosphere. Since then, this village that has begun to take shape has been called Lijiawopeng. Later, many people with other surnames also poured into the village, camped here and settled down. Among them, Zhang's population is increasing and it has become a big family beyond Li's, so it is planned to change Li's shack into Zhang's shack. This proposal was strongly opposed by the Li family. They said, without the reclamation of our ancestors, where would there be a place for your Zhang family to stand? So once this proposal is put forward, it is doomed to be stillborn.

Speaking of Li's shack, it is a humble village. If someone shouts in the east of the village, people standing in the west of the village will hear clearly. There are only two village streets more than 300 meters long in the village, and only three rows of neat earth-made farmhouses. When I was at home, the population of the village was only over 200. Therefore, the people in a village, who will know about big events and small feelings, will become the talk before the dinner table. But most of the topics discussed focus on weddings, funerals, years of abundance and regret, and someone's personality. For example, Zhang, who lives in the west of the village, kicked his leg and died last night. For example, Li Dabao's daughter in the east of the village married a cripple. For example, the widow king in the west of the village is immoral and a man is a whore. For example, Li Er at the east end of the village stole an old hen laying eggs from her neighbor's house ... In short, no matter how trivial things happened in the village, they will become a topic that people will relish, but this does not mean that there have been no major events in the Li family's shack. On the contrary, this little thing.

The first important thing is to oppose landlords and rich peasants. Before liberation, the Li family walked ahead and naturally owned a large area of land. Later, outsiders had to do long-term work for Li's big family. After liberation, Li's life was very difficult, and many Li families put on the hats of landlords and rich peasants when determining the composition. This made people living in the village with mixed surnames very proud, and they snorted from their nostrils: "What kind of cow is a cow?" Your Li family also has today! "So there are two factions in the village. Of course, the scene of landlords and rich peasants wandering is unprecedented, mixed with some abuse and violence. At this time, the onlookers are basically Zhang or other miscellaneous surnames. As for Li, most of them hide in their own homes, and the atmosphere is afraid of eggplant-like frost. Yuto's object wore a paper-like top hat, two bricks or a pair of whore hung on his chest, and his body was covered with dirty spit. How interesting. Needless to say, when the struggle reached its climax, the trembling landlords and rich peasants were knocked down by the passionate revolutionary masses, and their waists set foot on a pair of solid and powerful feet ... More often, the landlords and rich peasants I saw and their sons and daughters of bitches were pitiful. Because the situation is greatly unfavorable to them, in order to survive, they have to submit to humiliation and pretend to be grandchildren. In my impression, there was an old landlord named Li who held a struggle meeting with feces in his mouth. Because of humiliation, he hanged himself at home that night ... Recalling the class struggle in the village, I still have a lingering fear and shudder. Just like when a person becomes a beast, all eyes are cold and unfamiliar.

The second major event is the educated youth going to the countryside. In my impression, the educated youth in the city who came to Li's shack is not the same as that described in the educated youth novels written by writers. To put it more bluntly, the views of educated youth novelists are questionable. They described the countryside as the exile of educated youth and suffered a lot. This view is one-sided. We suffered much more than the educated youth in the city, but the villagers survived. I remember it was the spring of 1970, and some lonely Li's shacks suddenly became lively. A truckload of girls and boys from the provincial capital opened the eyes of a village. In the eyes of villagers who have worked hard for generations, these young people seem to come from another distant and beautiful planet. In people's surprised eyes, a large group of boys and girls carrying luggage, talking and laughing to the east end of the village, where there are five adobe houses that have been built, which are later youth spots. It should be said that the educated youth was respected and welcomed by the villagers in a year or so, but after a long time in the countryside, the problem came out. This may be because it is difficult for urban civilization to blend with agricultural civilization. Who knows? Anyway, the educated youth worked with the villagers in the fields during the day and went back to the youth point to rest at night. However, these educated youths are too energetic and are in a dry adolescence, and it is inevitable that they will do some absurd things. First of all, their appetite. Day after day, simple meals can no longer satisfy their desires. Some male educated youth sneaked into the farmer's house when it was windy and dark, and then brought them back to the youth point to be slaughtered and cooked. At first, the villagers didn't pay attention, thinking that the chickens in their henhouse had been taken away by weasels. It was not until a hapless educated youth was caught that everyone had to believe their eyes. In the eyes of kind and honest villagers, these young people who are as literate as the shallots from the city should be very literate and will not do immoral things. Facts speak louder than words, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the villagers. For a long time, the relationship between country people and city people was a little cold and tense, as if they came from two completely different worlds. However, the male educated youth in the city not only stole chickens and dogs, but also stole women from the Li family shack. Several handsome village girls could not resist the temptation of rhetoric and were pregnant by them. Of course, these educated men are gentle and sweet. But in the end, no one kept his promise. I remember that there was an engaged village girl in the village, so she was robbed by a male educated youth and lost her soul. As a result of the violence caused by this, the male educated youth was blinded in one eye, and the young man who hit him was sentenced to prison. 1980 After the educated youth returned to the city, the people in the village breathed a sigh of relief, because they no longer had to worry about their daughter being cheated by the educated youth in the city and taking advantage! Later, when I heard the insincere humming of "There is a girl named Xiao Fang in the village" in the city, I felt particularly uncomfortable and felt sorry for the village girl who gave her body and true feelings to the Li family's shack. So, until now, as long as I read the novels of educated youth writers, I will feel uncomfortable and get goose bumps. To be sure, these young people from the city are not saviors. If you want to ask what they are, you'd better ask the people in the Li family's shack, and they will give you an unexpected answer.

The third major event is the contracting of land to households. The villagers who have shared a pot of rice in the Li family's shack for decades seem indifferent to the land, because no matter how hard they try, they can't change the days of light and poverty. Coupled with man-made intrigue, it is inevitable that people will be disheartened. When the land really returns to the hands of farmers, the Li family shack can be said to be like this every year. The old earthen house disappeared and was replaced by the spacious and bright masonry structure of Beijing Ping. In the past, the means of transportation was carriage, but now there are small handles and even cars in the village. Of course, this change is more reflected in the harmony of interpersonal relationships. The JiaHe Zhang Li family, who was once at loggerheads, didn't know when to bridge this emotional gap. When the two most popular families meet, they both have vivid smiles on their faces. The reform of the rural system has made the waist of the Li family, which has been swallowed up, seem to straighten up overnight. These pioneers who tirelessly created the Li family's shack have feelings for the land like a silent volcano. Now, this volcano spews out huge and fresh energy. They demanded wealth and happiness from the land they contracted. They undoubtedly became the first rich people in the Li family's shack. The Li family also inherited the family motto of strict education for their children, and many families gave birth to middle school students and college students. This series of changes made Zhang, za and other villagers sit up and take notice and cast envious eyes one after another. From then on, Zhang and Li began their journey of intermarriage. This kind of marriage bond gives the village a harmonious and cheerful tone, just like the Li family's shack, which has experienced hardships, it should have such a refreshing and comfortable life.

Perhaps this is all I have heard and seen about Li Wopeng. When I combed the village where I was raised and the green fields around the village where the crops were whirling, I vaguely felt that there should be more little-known stories in this simple village, but I asked the village not to talk, I asked the fields not to talk, and I asked the ancestors buried underground not to talk. Everything is like floating in the wind, and what the village left me is only a fragment of my memory. Nevertheless, when I looked at her from a distance as a wanderer, I really felt her real existence and its great importance to my short life. In various senses, Li's cabin is my spiritual limb bone, and every breath she takes will touch my sensitive nerves. Without the existence of this unpretentious village, I would have no hometown, and my drifting boat could not row into a warm harbor on such a moonlit night. When my blood splashed down the spring of memory, I knew there was a burning feeling destined to bloom for a village. There, all my standing and staring are to better complete my deep attachment and love for the village. Sincerely pray for the hometown of Lijiawopeng. In this hot summer in the south of the Yangtze River, my burning passion is only for the distant homeland that will never be decadent. 3370 words