The Era of Hard Work

I originally wanted to put the episode at the end, but when I wrote the previous chapter, I suddenly felt that it would be more appropriate to receive the episode about Comrade Weiguo here, so I posted the episode about Weiguo first.

In the summer of 1998, after a heavy rain, leaves fell everywhere in Qingzhao County, and the long-lost sun flashed out from behind the clouds. Humid hot steam, the county has become as uncomfortable as a steamer.

On the small square in front of Ningxiu Cinema, Wang Dong, the owner of the billiards hall, who was missing a knuckle, saw that the sky was clear, and asked his staff to quickly set up the billiard table that had been piled up in the simple room.

In the distance, a yellow-haired man is leading people towards this direction, and it looks like he is here to play billiards.

One of them had yellow hair on his head, and the other had a bald head. They came here soon, picked up the club and started to play.

Huangmao's name is Qiao Siliang, and he always looks like I am number one in the world.

The bald man was short, thin like a monkey, with a tough face, wearing black slippers, ripped pants, and a red vest with the three big characters Shaolin Temple printed on the chest of the vest!

Guo Wei! Qiao Siliang greeted, Come on, let's start a game!

Because he just came back from the martial arts school, Qiao Weiguo didn't play well, and he missed his first tee shot.

Qiao Siliang patted Qiao Weiguo on the shoulder: You need to practice more!

People came to play one after another. Seven or eight pool tables were surrounded by more than ten people.

Wang Dong came to the car parked on the side of the road, ready to drive to the game hall.

Not far away, the voice of an electric horn came: The flood is ruthless, but there is love in the world! The vast number of Qingzhao people, let us extend a helping hand, dedicate our love, and stand together with the victims of the disaster and overcome difficulties together! Forge a copper wall with sincere love, Win an all-round victory in flood fighting and disaster relief as soon as possible!

...Please show your love and strength to help our compatriots in Lujia Village, Liuwan Village, Zhangwan Village and Luozhuang who were hit by the disaster!

A van came to a stop in front of the theater, and the electric horn kept playing.

Wang Dong thought of what he had seen in the news, and thought of the flood once approaching the county seat. When he came to the side door of the van, he took out a piece of fifty yuan and stuffed it into the donation box.

Distraught by the electric horn, Qiao Siliang couldn't help spitting: Bah!

Qiao Weiguo stroked his bald head and looked curiously at Qiao Siliang's yellow hair. He had been separated from society for too long, and he was introverted and dull, so he was a little puzzled.

Qiao Siliang looked at the donation cart, touched his cheek, and said, The bastards in Lu's Village deserve to be flooded!

Qiao Weiguo asked, What?

Qiao Siliang's eyes were red: When I was in junior high school, Lu Kuisheng from Lu's Village blocked me for money, and if I didn't give him, he would beat me, and my teeth were knocked out...

Qiao Weiguo's eyes widened: This man is unruly! Si Liang, if you meet him again, I'll call him back for you!

Qiao Siliang shook the yellow hair drooping in front of his eyes: Good brother! Wei Guo, when you come back from learning martial arts, I will count on you!

Looking at Qiao Weiguo's bald head, Qiao Siliang's thoughts came alive. With Weiguo as a thug, maybe he can rule Qingzhao County by himself?

That Lu Kuisheng who bullies others because of his height and strength is a ball.

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In the evening, a guy was treating guests to dinner at a food stall, and Qiao Siliang specially brought Qiao Weiguo to attend.

When the wine was hot, Qiao Weiguo went to the toilet. One of them said that he had lost his pager. Someone suggested to go to the university town to find one. Qiao Siliang felt that this was a good opportunity to buy people's hearts, so he immediately agreed.

My brother just came back from learning martial arts in Shaolin. Qiao Siliang said to Qiao Weiguo: Bring him, we will be safe! However, he is very stubborn, don't talk nonsense for a while, just listen to me.

Didn't it say in the Water Margin that joining a group requires a vote of honor, so this is Qiao Weiguo's vote of honor.

If you do this kind of thing last time, you will be on board, and Qiao Wei will listen to him even more in the future.

So, when Qiao Weiguo came back, Qiao Siliang said: Weiguo, someone owes Baoya a debt, and he doesn't want to pay the debt. Let's go and help Baoya get it back later!

Qiao Weiguo replied: Okay! It's only natural to pay back the debt!

After eating and drinking enough, four or five people rode three motorcycles, because the main road from the county town to the University City was flooded by the flood from Lujia Village in the north. Although the water receded, the road was not good. Let's go, a group of people took a special detour and came to the vicinity of the School of Finance.

Of the three motorcycles, two had license plates.

The university city has not yet officially started, and students will not start coming until the end of August, and the road here is very quiet.

A group of people stopped the car and stood on the side of the road to wait.

Under the moonlight, Qiao Weiguo threw the mud from his slippers into the green belt. When his hands got a lot of mud, he first wiped it on the ground and then on his vest.

When the alcohol came on, his head was heavy and he kept feeling sleepy.

Here we come! Bucky suddenly yelled.

In front, a woman came on a bicycle. The woman was wearing a long skirt and had a bag on the handlebar.

Baoya and Qiao Siliang rushed out of the green belt suddenly, and the woman panicked, and the handlebars tilted and fell.

Before Qiao Weiguo squatted on the ground, he heard a scream from the woman, and then Qiao Siliang shouted: Okay, let's go!

In a daze, Qiao Weiguo got up and got on Qiao Siliang's motorcycle, then left in a daze.

Then, it seemed that the pieces were broken, and it was Qiao Siliang who sent him home.

The woman is a university teacher, the most panic moment passed, she hurriedly went to look at the motorcycle, saw the license plate of Qiao Siliang's car, and memorized it firmly.

He picked up his bicycle, ran towards the school, and called the police as soon as he communicated.

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In the morning, Qiao Weiguo dreamed of the coach, who was lying on the hospital bed, talking about the biggest regret in life.

The sound of dense footsteps suddenly sounded, the door was kicked open from the outside, and a tall policeman with short hair rushed in with someone.

Before Qiao Weiguo understood what was going on, the short-haired policeman rushed over, grabbed him, and twisted his wrist behind his back.

Hard-practiced martial arts, not even the slightest ability to resist in front of people.

Qiao Weiguo could feel that the man's hand was shaking, and he was using so much force that he couldn't help crying out in pain.

The people who followed hurriedly said, Brother Chun, take it easy!

Lu Chun turned his head and said with red eyes: Don't be naughty, Xiang Rong, quickly handcuff him!

Putting on the handcuffs, Qiao Weiguo came to his senses: What are you doing! What are you doing!

Lu Chun pulled him up and asked Bei Xiangrong to show the formalities: I am Lu Chun, a policeman from the University City Police Station. This is my ID. Qiao Weiguo, we now suspect that you are related to a robbery case. Please cooperate with us to assist in the investigation...

A group of people pressed the bewildered Qiao Weiguo to go out, and the cries and shouts of Qiao Weiguo's parents sounded from behind.

After getting into the police car, Lu Chun's eyes were red, and he said to Bei Xiangrong who was driving: Press it back, I will leave it to you, I have to go back and have a look, the village...

Bei Xiangrong knew that there were many people lost in Lujia Village, even the village, so he comforted him: Brother Chun, my condolences are changing, if you need help, just tell the brothers.

Lu Chun's eyes became even redder, with tears streaming down his cheeks. This tough man didn't want others to see him, so he quickly picked up his sunglasses and put them on.

Another big event happened in Qiao's Village. After Qiao Keli's accident, Qiao Siliang and Qiao Weiguo were arrested by the police again!

Old Qiao didn't understand what was going on at all, so he hurried to the brigade and asked someone to inquire about the situation.

It's the same with Qiao Siliang.

The people in the village quickly entrusted a big bastard, who was said to be under the command of Yang Fugui in the county, with great energy.

Old Qiao and Qiao Siliang's father, under the advice of the middleman, invited that bastard named Ma Yunlai to dinner at the best hotel in the county.

The man named Ma Yunlai said that things are difficult to deal with. Now is the crackdown period, and the management is very strict. The crime of robbery will start in five years. It is not impossible to want him to get people. You have to spend a lot of money to deal with it. The family has at least 30,000 yuan. One dollar, otherwise no discussion.

Old Qiao couldn't afford to spend 20,000 to 30,000 yuan, so he had to go home and find a way to raise money, but people who grew grain in the rural fields and borrowed money from relatives and friends only got together more than 8,000 yuan.

In the end, there was no other way. Old Qiao sold everything that could be sold in the family, and even transferred the homestead to the brigade. He finally scraped together 20,000 yuan and gave it to Ma Yunlai.

But how could Old Qiao have imagined that this is a person who eats people without spitting out his bones. After taking his 20,000 yuan, he didn't care about running away at all.

He would never have thought that Qiao Siliang and Qiao Weiguo would suddenly become the main culprits because the rest of them were from county towns.

During the detention period, he was unable to visit, Lao Qiao could not see his son, and could not find any other relationship, so he could only put the treasure on Ma Yunlai.

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The most difficult summer has passed, and the county held a public trial meeting.

Old Qiao trembled, and under the stadium, he saw his son who had been pushed onto the rostrum. Qiao Weiguo was still so thin, and his bald head was still so bright.

The long sentence, Lao Qiao's education level is limited, he can't understand it, but he understands the most important sentence.

...The defendant, Qiao Weiguo, committed robbery and was sentenced to six years in prison and deprived of political rights for two years...

Qiao Siliang was also convicted of a felony, but the others were only sentenced to one to two years.

Old Qiao is just uneducated, but he is not stupid. He knows that he is a trap.

The 20,000 yuan that was sold out, and even the homestead was transferred, was hacked!

On the day of the public trial, Lao Qiao went to Ma Yunlai again, wanting to talk about it, but faced with the crowd of the other party, not only did he not get an explanation, but he was beaten up severely.

The police called the police later, but it didn't work at all, so a person surnamed Han from Ning Xiusuo was called to the station and cleaned up again.

Old Qiao didn't dare to look for it anymore, so he rented a dilapidated house in Chengguan Village with his wife, and picked up the junk in the county to collect the junk. After all, the debts he borrowed had to be paid back.

More than five years passed in a flash, Qiao Weiguo came out, and the home was no longer home. Under the heavy debt pressure and life burden, the father and mother seemed to have aged ten years in just five years.

Live a good life. Old Qiao no longer expects anything else, just be safe: Don't go out with others to fool around.

Qiao Weiguo didn't speak, just cried.

Since then, there has been a bald head in Qingzhao County, with a fierce face, but taciturn, because there are old parents who are in poor health to support, and the economic conditions are very poor, and they did not find a wife until they were forty.

In August 2019, when Lekima struck, Qingzhao suffered a once-in-a-century flood, and the embankment of Qingzhao River was in emergency.

In the dilapidated houses in Chengzhong Village, the county seat, Qiao Weiguo finished feeding his father who couldn't get out of bed, moved a stool and sat in front of the door, watching the raindrops that kept falling outside.

It rained heavily for three days in a row.

Qiao Weiguo picked up a smartphone with peeling paint and cracked tempered film, and opened Qingzhao's local Daqingzhao app.

On the homepage of the forum, there was a bright red post at the top, a user named Lu Dong posted a request for assistance.

The embankment of the Lujia Village section of Qingzhao River is urgent! Materials are urgent! Sand and gravel are urgently needed! Woven bags are urgently needed! Please help!

In the picture accompanying the post, the water of the Qingzhao River is almost level with the embankment!

Qiao Weiguo stood up: Dad, you lie down for a while, I'll go out.

It's raining so much...

Before Old Qiao could finish his sentence, Qiao Weiguo ran out of the house and opened the next room, which contained the bundled feed woven bags collected a few days ago.

The woven bag was placed on the tricycle, and without a raincoat, Qiao Weiguo rode on the tricycle and headed for the nearest donation point.