Chapter 102: Restoration (Part 2)
On this day, the old man and two old Taoists went down the mountain to work and parade in the streets to criticize and fight. However, today, because there were still several people participating in the criticism and fight, the scene was much bigger than before. Moreover, the village was no longer responsible for organizing it, but the county town revolution committee sent people to organize this matter, and even let many people from the county town participate. n∈n∈,.
Because of the villagers' care, the old man and the others were not seriously injured. In addition, they had all practiced martial arts. In recent years, because of the role of the injured person, they were all as strong as young men, not to mention that they were also under special care. Even if they were criticized and fought, they were just a show. Compared to their situation, the old intellectuals who were powerless were obviously much worse. Insults and scolding were quite light, and later they even added fists and feet. If the two old masters had not secretly interspersed a few true energy in the middle and replenished their vitality, perhaps those old intellectuals would have been unable to do it before the criticism and fight ended.
Although during the process of being criticized and paraded, Old Man Tie also wanted to take care of the old intellectuals who seemed to faint at any time. But he also understood that it was good for the villagers to take special care of the three of them. If he had a lot of trouble, he might have joined him and two old Taoists again. After all, the crazy spirit of everyone on the scene made people who had been in the world for many years feel frightened. In the end, he lowered his head honestly and did not resist at all.
I don’t know if it was because I failed to rescue those old intellectuals, or because I was frightened by the madness of everyone around me during the criticism. In short, the old man’s face was very gloomy on the way back to the mountain from the village, and he didn’t say a word on the way, and the two old masters who were always free and easy were also silent and in a very bad mood. Although they all knew that today was just an exception, because of the old intellectuals who were delegated, they also knew that once this crazy spirit was ignited, it would be difficult to extinguish it. Although this crazy spirit did not have any impact on the elderly in the village, it affected the young people in the village, and it seemed that the elderly in the village could not be suppressed. Once the elderly in the village were suppressed, the special care they received by the three of them would probably no longer exist. Their situation would not be much better than those old intellectuals.
After returning to the wooden house where they lived, they sat on the stool in the main hall, silently speaking. The old man iron took out the cigarette pole that he had not picked up for a long time and found some tobacco that had become a little moldy. He stuffed it into the cigarette puddle pot, lit it and took a bite. The two old Taoists closed their eyes and rested their minds, but their lips were slightly opened and closed, as if they were reciting something. The three of them sat upright, speechless for a long time, and the atmosphere in the room became a little dull.
"Brother Jianguo, fellow Taoist Heting, it seems that we should practice iron shirts, thirteen Taibao and other horizontal kung fu in the future, and at least we can resist a few punches at that time." Qingjingzi, who has always been free and easy, broke his silence first and said with a smile. Although his tone seemed to be joking and joking, it was a little bitter. In order to get a few punches, he actually proposed to practice the external horizontal kung fu that he had always despised. Everyone knows the helplessness of the hearing.
"Oh!" The two could only respond with a sigh, then looked at each other, and smiled bitterly at the same time.
"This matter is probably not so easy to end. You haven't seen the look of Director Tian when we left. I'm afraid that after those old men finished, he will come to deal with us." Old man Tie said what he saw and thought, and said, "Let's consider a countermeasure so as not to panic when something goes wrong."
When talking about Director Tian of the Revolutionary Committee, Old Man Tie couldn't help but feel a sense of hatred in his heart. If he were twenty years younger, he would have gone down the mountain with a knife to destroy him. It was just a few years ago that a deer had been knocked down. Due to insufficient amount, he only distributed it to a few widowed families in the village, but not to them. He would have held a grudge until now, and took advantage of this movement to retaliate against Old Man Tie. Otherwise, with Old Man Tie's prestige in the village in the past, how could he become the target of criticism?
"Why don't we go south?" He Tingzi suggested: "A few days ago, when I went to the county town to inquire about the news, I heard that several households who were considered to have problems ran south. Now the county police station is sending people to chase after him."
"Going south? Guangzhou?" Qingjingzi asked.
"No, it's Xiangjiang." He Tingzi shook his head and said.
Qingjingzi frowned when he heard this. He had been to Xiangjiang in his early years and had a bad impression of it. In addition to the colony, it was also because there were few people in the land, almost even more so than the demon city. He had seen gang fights more than once when he stayed there for a few days, and at least more than twenty people died in front of him.
Although he didn't like Xiangjiang very much, he had to be a Hetingzi's proposal was the best choice now. First, because Xiangjiang is very close to the mainland, and the nearest place is only a river. With their abilities, they can dive over there and there will be no danger. Second, some of their old friends and fellow disciples also went to Xiangjiang before liberation. They had contact with each other and would not have no place to settle down when they went to Xiangjiang. The most important point is that the exercise here will not have much impact on Xiangjiang. As long as they don't take the initiative to cause trouble, they will not be as alert as they are now.
"Not it? It shouldn't be so bad, right?" Old Man Tie didn't seem to agree with Nan Xing's proposal, but he couldn't figure out the direction of the current movement, and his tone naturally seemed not so sure. Although he was not a native of Xiafu Village and his ancestral home was Shandong, he had lived here for decades. If he hadn't had a bad life, he might have been full of descendants now. This place had long been regarded as his second hometown. When he left Shandong, his family had been destroyed and there was nothing worth thinking about at home. In addition, he was chased by someone and wanted to go out for a while, so he left his hometown very casually for the first time, without any hesitation or other ideas. But now he has taken root in the land under his feet, and he is old, so he can't move his legs and walk again.
The two old Taoists could also understand the mood of the old man. The years they were in the mountains were the most leisurely and comfortable days for them, especially after the burned man appeared. They had made some progress in Taoism for many years due to unknown reasons, and they did not like the days of wandering and hiding in Tibet in the war era.
So when they heard the uncertain doubts of the old man Tie, even though they knew in their hearts that the situation outside the mountain might develop worse, they still couldn't help but feel a little lucky and vaguely agreed with the old man Tie's statement.
Qingjingzi echoed: "Maybe we are too worried, so let's check the situation first! Maybe it will calm down after a while."
"Well! Let's take a look!" He Tingzi was obviously more pessimistic, but since the old man Tie and Qingjingzi had already made a decision, he couldn't say anything more, so he could only wait and see what happened.
The old man iron beat the tobacco pot in his hand on his shoes a few times, poured out the ashes that had not been completely burnt in it, and said nothing more, turned around and went to the kitchen beside him to prepare for food. After all, the criticism started in the morning, and now it was almost dark. The three of them had not yet been stained with grains of rice, and no matter how good they were, they could not bear it.
The two old Taoists also went back to their room and prepared to get some injury medicine to wipe it. Although the villagers were caring for them and the people from the county town did not cause substantial harm to them, they were more or less pushed and bumped during the parade. These small injuries looked fine, but if they accumulated a lot, they would become hidden dangers, so these minor injuries should be solved as soon as possible.
The two old Taoists who returned to the room lit two oil lamps on the table and were about to look for the medicine box beside them to use, but a sound suddenly came from the wooden bed behind them. They both turned around and saw the mysterious man who had been sleeping for several years sitting up straight and then turned to look at the two of them. The eyes emitted dazzling light in the dark room, just like the light of an electric light, which looked extremely magical.
"Uh!" Although the two had long thought about how they would deal with and talk after the mysterious man woke up, the mysterious man had indeed woken up, but they didn't know what to say. They opened their mouths at the same time, their throats vibrated, and finally did not spit out a complete word.
The mysterious man seemed to have adapted to the surrounding environment. His eyes, which had originally shining with light, gradually converged and returned to normal. Then he did not put his eyes on the two old Taoists anymore, but looked down at himself. Although the burn had healed after treatment, the wrinkles formed by the burns and the new skin spread all over the body, making him look extremely ugly, and he looked like a skinned monster.
However, the careful Qingjingzi could see that the mysterious man didn't seem to care about his appearance. His expression seemed very calm, but his eyes seemed a little confused, as if he was troubled by some unknown things.
Time passed by little by little, and the room was silent. It was not until the sound of an old man chopping firewood and making rice on the other side of the wooden house was heard that the silence in the room was broken. The mysterious man also recovered from his confusion and asked the two old Taoists: "I dare to ask fellow Taoists, how many years has it been in the Republic of China now?"
Chapter completed!