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Chapter 11 Breaking Up

Meng Xiaobei was extremely calm and unruffled when he was a child, even in this situation, he neither cried nor made trouble, and was dragged away by Shaotang's collar.

He Shaotang may have heard Meng Xiaobei calling him, he went down with a few scythes and chopped off two or three people, but he didn't want to fight, and ran back into the depths of the cave.

When Shaotang used the machete to fight and slash people, his strikes were really ruthless, and Meng Xiaobei felt that the man opposite him would lose his arm...

Meng Xiaobei took a breather: "Shaotang, hungry mother, you scared me to death."

He Shaotang said harshly: "You scared me to death!!!"

Meng Xiaobei: "I can't get out ahead!"

Shaotang: "Go out."

Meng Xiaobei: "There is no way!"

Shaotang: "Wherever I go, there is a road under my feet! You follow!"

Shaotang's temper was obviously not going well, and his tone was rough.

The air-raid shelter became more and more humid as it went in, and the air was thin. People behind did not dare to chase, for fear of getting lost and trapped inside.

The darkness and tension made Meng Xiaobei more and more confused about the direction, so he could only run with the opponent.He Shaotang chose narrow paths that seemed impossible to walk through, wishing he could squeeze in through a gap in the wall that was only one foot wide.Meng Xiaobei felt as if his body was being sucked in by a huge crack, and together with Shaotang was swallowed by an unstoppable black hole...

Squeezing through the gap, a gust of fresh river wind and the fresh breath of the corn field rushed into the nostrils, and a beam of light above the head tore through the darkness, and the eyes suddenly brightened!

He Shaotang was born in the army compound when he was a child. He has seen a lot and knows the way of this kind of air-raid shelter.Shaotang supported Meng Xiaobei's buttocks from behind, and using both hands and feet, he climbed up a steep place, leading to the river beach.

The two of them rolled and crawled up the river beach without saying hello to each other. They both sat on the beach full of sharp stones, exhausted...

Meng Xiaobei lost his temper, and clutched his stomach, "Ouch".

He Shaotang relaxed all over, lost his eyes, and lay on all fours on the pile of stones, not feeling uncomfortable, his chest was breathing heavily, and he didn't speak for a long time.

It was Meng Xiaobei who got up first, rolled to his side, and exclaimed, "Shaotang, your clothes are full of blood!"

He Shaotang said coldly: "Don't touch it randomly."

Meng Xiaobei was not afraid of the bloodstains: "What's wrong with you?"

He Shaotang suddenly turned over, with two bloodstains on his face, his clothes were grinning, and he sat cross-legged on a pile of stones with luck: "Damn it, why are you running? I can't find you in the ravine, you know I'm going back and forth How many times have I run to find you, is your head just a pot helmet with no meat in it?!!!”

Meng Xiaobei was stunned, and was stunned by the yelling: "...I didn't run away, it's because I didn't find you."

Shaotang said angrily: "You nonsense! I told you to wait for me where you are and not to leave. Did you fucking listen to me? Did you wait for me at the stone mill!!!"

Meng Xiaobei shook his head: "I... went to play..."

With dark eyebrows and a white face, Shaotang became furious: "You just know how to play, I'm used to you! There's a string in my mind, and I've never been reassuring or obedient! How many times I run back and forth Looking for you puppy day? If all the soldiers in our class are like you, every time they should gather for a mission, your mother will disappear in a blink of an eye, and I will still be confused?!"

He Shaotang was really terrified just now.During the scuffle among the crowd, he saw many people being hacked, fell to the ground, and bleeding, and saw that bastard Duan Hongyu being chased by a group of villagers with big knives, chasing him from the east end of the village to the west end of the village. The body, the innocent monkey-skinned eyes... I didn't dare to think about it at all, and I was terrified.

Now that he found someone, it stopped, and he could settle the final score. He Shaotang stood up coldly, turned his head and left.

As he roared and cursed, he felt that the wound on the back of his shoulder was cracking open, bleeding out, hissing in pain...

Meng Xiaobei hurriedly followed, head down, at a loss.

He Shaotang turned his head and didn't look at anyone, and said in a low voice, "Don't fucking follow me, I will be responsible for you if you lose it."

Meng Xiaobei was stunned, his expression suddenly lost, it was the first time in his life that he saw Shaotang lose his temper, instead of calling him with foul language in a doting tone as usual, but swearing at others.

An unseen irritability flashed across Shaotang's eyes, and the suppressed anger hadn't disappeared yet.He was not a gentle person at first, and he really couldn't pretend to be gentle, so he walked ahead with his arms thrown aside, with a scary wound hanging on his back shoulder.

Meng Xiaobei followed for a while with bowed head, then stopped suddenly and did not leave.

He Shaotang turned his head: "Let's go!"

Meng Xiaobei's thin eyelids squinted sideways, and his stubborn temper also came up: "Don't go."

Shaotang: "Hurry up and go home with me."

Meng Xiaobei: "Why are you yelling at me? Why are you angry? What's wrong with me?"

Shaotang asked back: "I can't be angry with you anymore?"

Meng Xiaobei pouted, his eyes were suddenly wet, and he felt indescribably frustrated and sad.His parents told him that he was disobedient all day long, but he had never felt uncomfortable, and he listened naughtily as a deaf ear.He has the person he trusts and relies on the most in his heart. His strong dependence on Shaotang has made him gradually empathize with his family, and he is too lazy to compete with his younger brother for favor and jealousy, and rarely cause trouble for his parents. Most of the vent was in this wild ravine with Shaotang.Uncle Shaotang is like his emotional support, the "idol" that the boy puts in his heart.

So Shaotang scolded him, he couldn't bear it, it hurt his self-esteem.

I adore you so much, but you are the one who pretends not to be the bunny in my mind, so why do you still scold me for despising me?

Both the old wolf and the young wolf stared fiercely at each other, neither speaking.

Shaotang is stubborn, while Meng Xiaobei is even more tempered.

After a while, it was He Shaotang who sighed first, his eyes softened: "I'm really afraid of you. With your energy, do you have to run away from home again?"

Meng Xiaobei said roughly: "Aren't you on good terms with me?"

Shaotang's eyes had already burst into laughter, and with a sullen face, he teased, "Hurry up and run away from me to your own father's place, and go home!"

Meng Xiaobei bit the corner of his mouth: "Humph... I won't leave."

Shaotang had no choice but to tilt his head and smiled, "You're still relying on me, I'm annoying you to death."

While talking, Shaotang touched his shirt breast pocket, took out the gadget, and slowly picked it up in the air.

The brass-colored warhead, wrapped in an orange-red glow, drew imprints on the pupil membranes of both of them, lighting up the hidden heat in their hearts...

He Shaotang sneered: "Stupid boy, engrave 'Tang' on it! Are you stupid?"

Meng Xiaobei quickly took it and hung it around his neck. He felt relieved, knowing that Shaotang was still spoiling him, and replied, "No way?"

Shaotang curled his lips and smiled: "I'm afraid others don't know, you are my man, how strong are you and me."

The corners of He Shaotang's mouth curved slowly, unwilling to admit on the spot that no one could hold back the pride that aroused in his heart when he was deeply admired and adored by a boy.He is not a saintly gentleman, and he himself is just a big boy, but the years are hard and precocious.Many people start work in factories at the age of sixteen or seventeen, and become adults at the age of 20. No one treats him as a child anymore. Only Xiaobei, who is "brother good" with him, worships him, likes him, and is attached to him. And from time to time he needs to protect...

Shaotang pulled Xiaobei's arm, held his wrist firmly, stepped on the stones on the river beach, and walked towards home.

Meng Xiaobei nagged her mother-in-law all the way, chattering, Oh Tangtang, your shoulders are full of blood.

Hey, don't you pack it?

Your blood is running down your arms!It's all over my wrist!

……

Teenagers were innocent and intimate at that time.

Besides, the villagers and the workers of the arsenal factory fought with weapons that day, and many people were injured on the spot.

For the first time in his life, that bad boy Duan Hongyu was so downcast that he was chased by a group of farmers with sickles and shovels.A large swath of the cornfield has been felled...

In fact, Meng Jianmin also ran out of the workshop that day, holding a stick upside down.

People like Meng Jianmin don't know how to fight at all.He is a skilled worker and a scholar, with no power to restrain himself.He came out to find his precious son!He suddenly remembered that Meng Xiaobei had followed Squad Leader He into the city, and he was supposed to turn around around noon, if he didn't come back by this time, he must have been robbed and beaten by crazy villagers...

He Shaotang took the child and ran back.At the same time, Meng Jianmin carried the stick all the way to look for it, his heart was getting cold, his palms were sweating, and he was really worried about this little boy.

The roadblocks at the gate of the factory were congested. Some people chopped stones, and some used tractors to hit the big iron gate.

Meng Jianmin picked up a rock and smashed it back hard. It was the first time in his life that he used a wooden stick to open the way. His hands were stained with other people's blood... His eyes also slowly turned a bloody bright red. A decent person is about to be torn into a bandit by the years and his soul is torn apart.

Xiaobei saw it at a glance, and shouted angrily: "Dad!!!"

Meng Jianmin heard the voice in the crowd, as if he heard an angel's call, his eyes radiated light, he rushed over, and hugged his son tightly in his arms.

Meng Xiaobei was held too tightly by his father, his father's chin stubble hurt his face, he was not used to it, so he broke free and said loudly, "Dad, don't worry about me."

With tears in Meng Jianmin's eyes, he shouted, "Do you think I can stop worrying!"

Meng Xiaobei said with a defiant tone, "Uncle Shaotang is protecting me, is it okay?"

As soon as Meng Jianmin raised his head, the shirt on Shaotang's body was covered in dust, footprints and blood, and his true colors were no longer visible.The sweat on Shaotang's face stuck the loess to his face, almost like a clay figure...

He Shaotang looked at his father and son in silence, but couldn't say a word of warmth, and he probably breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, returning to Zhao, protecting a baby, what a great responsibility.

It so happened that at this moment, Duan Hongyu was dragged to the gate of the factory by the leading villagers, and they negotiated and confronted each other, discussing what to do with the girl in their village.

Duan Hongyu also had blood on his face, Huluo Pingyang still got [-] arrogance, and said, what is my responsibility?I didn't rape her, it was just your love and my wish back then!

The villagers said, you are killing people now, you pat your ass and want to leave?The children of your cadres who came out of the city are just like shit, let me tell you, it’s not that cheap!

Duan Hongyu was not stingy, with a stalk in the neck, what do you think?

The villagers said, either you marry her, or pay 500 yuan.

Duan Hongyu naturally resolutely refused.He is a son of a high-ranking officer in the army. He was just playing for fun in the ravine. How could he be sincere? He would definitely not marry a village girl with no education and no future.

He Shaotang handed the child over to Xiaobei's father, his shoulder was hurting, and he was about to turn his head back when he was spotted by sharp-eyed villagers.

Someone in the crowd yelled, "Don't let him go!"

"That person is in the same group as Duan!"

"They all come from the Beijing Military Area Command, and they always run to our village. They are all a bunch of scourges!"

Meng Jianmin was inexplicably startled, and looked at Shaotang.

He Shaotang turned his face away, bit his lips tightly, feeling angry in his chest.He was annoyed and regretted that he had scolded Xiaobei just now, but at this time, Duan Hongyu was the one he wanted to strangle to death the most.

Duan Hongyu was held down, smashed the pot, and shouted in a crying voice: "He Shaotang, you are not loyal! You just watched me being hacked to death and you pretended not to see me. I'm in a fucking trouble, just throw your hands away ?! Do you think I’m a cat on the road? Are you still my buddy!”

Shaotang asked back: "If you do something like that, explain it to the villagers, how can I care about you?"

The scene suddenly changed, and suddenly the two turned against each other.

Duan Hongyu yelled: "What I did was not all because of you! If it weren't for Xiaohui hooking up with you, how could I have fallen in love with that woman!... He Shaotang, you have to be responsible!"

Shaotang was furious: "...I never hooked up, I bear your responsibility!"

Make me responsible for what your bird caused?

A man is better than a woman when he throws a splash, and Shaotang is almost taken aback by Duan Hongyu who is messing around like a shrew.

This time was good, the villagers began to ask He Shaotang for money, and some even made a fuss saying, "He won't marry you, anyway, you two are together!"

Meng Jianmin murmured and asked, "Shaotang..."

He Shaotang pretended not to hear the noise of the crowd, and felt embarrassed, wanting to smoke Duan Hongyu.

At this time, Meng Jianmin was still thinking of others, and he was very considerate: "Shaotang, those villagers are messing around. If it's not your business, you should hide quickly and don't get entangled with those people. I'll take you out through the back door of the factory."

The villagers stepped forward to block and surround them, yelling, "Don't go, just don't go!"

"Every one of you have received the return target and left at the end of the year. Who do we ask to settle the debt?"

"Duan Hongyu, you little bastard, you will never go back to this ravine after you leave. Haven't you already got the quota of workers, peasants and soldiers in your factory!"

"You two are going back to the city at the end of the year!!!"

……

With that one sentence, the surroundings instantly fell silent.

Meng Jianmin: "..."

He Shaotang: "..."

Everyone heard it and understood it. Meng Jianmin also suddenly understood what was happening. His face was full of surprise and shock, and then he quickly fell into the deepest loss. His expression was frozen and embarrassed. Xia and Xia suddenly disappeared together, and the sky in front of them was darkened.

Duan Hongyu and Meng Jianmin belong to the same factory area, so they both know the details.

Well, a large arsenal has only two or three quotas in total. Duan Hongyu takes the lead, and their factory quota is gone, which means that Meng Jianmin's thoughts for the whole year, day and night, have come to nothing. Well, stay on till the end of your life.

Meng Jianmin turned to Shaotang, with a questioning expression clearly inquiring: Shaotang, did you already know the situation?If you didn't know me earlier, what did you ask me to wait for?I look like a big fool, am I so stupid?

Shaotang: "..."

At that time, Meng Xiaobei didn't understand why his father was disappointed in front of those two so-called "cadres' children", what kind of sadness and despair it was.

Meng Xiaobei raised his head and called softly: "Dad?..."

Meng Jianmin squeezed his son's hand, unable to extricate himself from the pain, his eyes were extremely lonely, "Let's go home with Dad."

Shaotang: "..."

Meng Jianmin didn't even look at Shaotang at that time, and he didn't have the intention to take care of others, so he turned around and left.

He Shaotang also changed his expression, trying to hold the man back, trying to comfort him.He wanted to say Jianmin, don't worry, don't be sad, you still have a chance next year! ! !

His outstretched hand was hanging in the air, the wrist was still dripping with blood, and he didn't hold it back, but he watched Meng Jianmin walk away from him indifferently...

The fighting turmoil was finally suppressed and quelled by army officers and soldiers, and both sides were seriously injured.

It was also because of this time that He Shaotang fell out with Duan Hongyu afterwards, and almost completely broke with Young Master Duan.In the Chu River and Han Realm, people who disagree with each other simply do not communicate with each other.A man who can't hold back his own belt, what he did is shameful, don't tell others that you know me in the future.

Shaotang didn't show up at the family compound for three whole months and didn't go to Meng's house.In the season of heavy rains and floods in summer and autumn, and natural disasters, it is said that their entire battalion of officers and soldiers assembled and went into the mountains to perform tasks.The company He Shaotang belongs to is the main force of their battalion, carrying heavy supplies on their shoulders and fully armed into the mountain.The good days of walking dogs and wolves at the outpost are over. After going out for several months, no one came back...

Meng Jianmin occasionally asked: "Xiaobei, you... your Uncle Shaotang hasn't come to play with you recently?"

Meng Xiaobei was also full of sorrow and resentment, sitting on the small bench at the door of the unit and looking at the sky, he became more mature and silent overnight, holding the copper bullet in his hand.

Ma Baochun disliked the two of them, as if they were on a woman's menstrual period when they became energetic, he comforted him: "Forget it, don't worry about who you are, what is their identity?"

"I think Shaotang has a really good temper, and he also loves Xiaobei. It's a pity, after all, he is not from the same way as us, and he is not from a family!"

"He's going back to Beijing sooner or later, maybe at the end of the year with that kid surnamed Duan, you two old-fashioned brats, stop thinking about him all the time, you can't even eat!"

"We did not suffer from your father's association with others, but... don't let outsiders gossip that we are rushing to curry favor with others."

Xiaobei's mother said the truth in people's hearts. People ignore you and don't come to our house. Is it possible that you still go to ask others to come?

The gossip-loving aunts and aunts in the family compound spread the word that Squad Leader He's family is a cadre in Beijing, the director of the Labor Bureau, a big official.He Shaotang grew up in the military compound on Yuquan Road. It is said that he has an uncle who is even more remarkable.In a word, He Shaotang is a high-ranking son of Gen Zheng Miaohong.