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(Ninety-five) fog and confusion

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My mind was a little dazed for a moment. I raised my face and looked forward. The bright sunlight shook my eyes through the swaying reeds. In the hazy light, I saw a red figure running lightly.

"It's so amazing, Brother Wu Zi, your marksmanship is so accurate." The red figure picked up the fallen prey and raised it and shook it hard.

"Why are you so wild? You don't look like a little girl? Let it go, be careful not to bite you." A slim woman in a yellow windbreaker chased after her.

"Have you heard of rabbits biting people?" A tall man, carrying a spear on his shoulder, walked out of the invisible reeds with a smile.

"Why haven't you heard of it? Is the rabbit biting someone when it's anxious?" The woman in red shouted coquettishly.

"You are all very brave, and you are all considered heroes of women." Behind the tall man, there were three short, fat and thin men, the short ones also carried the same spear.

"Let me see if I have regressed after not shooting for many years." The tall man walked up to him, took the hare from the woman in red, looked carefully, and suddenly raised his face and searched everywhere.

A circle of men and women felt confused. The shorter man with shiny hair couldn't help but ask, "Fifth Brother, what are you looking for?"

The tall man did not answer, stuffed his prey into the other party's hand, made a little judgment, and then walked towards me with great strides.

I stood there blankly, watching him push the reeds away, and with a raucous sound, finally standing in front of me, they looked at each other, shocking me for a moment, and finally called out: "Master, why are you...why are you here?"

"I guess it should be you. Other people's slingshots are not so amazing." The master pointed to the slingshot in my hand and nodded with a smile. "I came from the city yesterday and stayed in the county for one night. I accompanied my mother to visit the grave."

"Sweeping the tomb? Who are you for?" I was puzzled and looked at the master in a daze.

"My father was the captain of the guerrilla brigade back then, and my uncle was the political commissar of this brigade. During the 42nd anti-sweeping campaign, in order to cover the brigade's transfer, my uncle died by the canal. His tomb was in the martyrs' cemetery in the county." The master explained to me.

"You are talking about Political Commissar Liu. I have heard his story since I was a child." The master's words made me understand, and I felt awe in my heart.

"Yes, he is a top student at Yenching University, and my mother was brought out to participate in the revolution." The master's tone was full of pride.

"Where... why are you here in Wolong Lake?" I saw the two women in red and yellow clothes and three men walking towards this side from afar.

"My mother was invited to dinner by an old comrade today, and everyone thought about going out for a walk. They asked where they were fun, and I thought about it here and brought a few people here." The master saw me looking straight into the distance, turned around and glanced at me, "It's such a coincidence. Someone really wanted to see you and insisted on following us. When I arrived in the county yesterday, I asked me to take you to find you, but I was afraid that I would be too ostentatious to go back to the cotton mill, so I didn't agree to her. I was thinking that after returning to the county today, I would like to ask you to go to dinner."

"Brother Wuzi, what are you doing? Come and have a meal." The woman in red waved her hand, and a pleasant voice came over to rub the reeds.

Seeing the person opposite approaching, the master seemed to suddenly remember something and asked me nervously, "Who are you here with? Yin Hong, is she... here?"

Looking at the master's expression, my heart was a little snatched: "How could she come here? Her child is so young. I... I'm here with Senior Brother Xiao Cai."

"Oh--" The master breathed a sigh of relief, and the expression on his face became lively, "Then you go and call them quickly, let's have a dinner together at noon."

I was thinking about whether to reject the master. Yuan Yuan, her cousin Ji Xiaonan, and three men had already walked over. The sun was warm and lazy at noon in early spring, and I and Yuan Yuan's eyes were intertwined.

"Wu Ping! How could it be you?" Yuan Yuanshui Yingying's eyes were filled with surprise, and her tone changed a little, "What a coincidence, why were you here?"

The sun shines on the lake, and my eyes are like cutting onions, and I feel like I want to cry. Time is like water, it can soothe everything, but it is unable to return to its original state.

"Hello Yuan Yuan." I tried hard to speak in a calm voice.

"Hello..." There was a crystal gleam in Yuan Yuan's eyes.

"Xiao Wu?" Director Zhu, Monkey Face, smiled awkwardly and reached out to me, "It's such a coincidence. I didn't expect you to have such a good mood."

"How do you... how do you know each other?" Zhao Wu, who was taught a lesson, was so shocked that his chin was about to fall off when he saw us greeting each other.

Only the short man with a spear on his back and shiny hair looked at Lu Yu in confusion and asked, "Fifth Brother, are you..."

"This is Xiao Wu, your fifth brother's only apprentice in the county's sponge mill, and our classmate when Xiao Yuanyuan was training in the city." Ji Xiaonan's eyes were tired and he whirled at me.

"Oh, no... that's my brother. It's really fate. Let's have a dinner together." The short-haired man suggested flatteringly.

"This is the second son of Secretary Wang of our county, and the Chief Wang of the Finance Bureau. They are considered relatives." The master pointed to the short-headed man and introduced him to Zhao Wu.

"His eldest brother is my brother-in-law." After knowing my relationship with my master, Zhao Wu from Baotou hurriedly nodded and bowed.

"The brother of Mr. Wang is Xiao Zhao's brother-in-law, and he is the deputy director of the county public security bureau. The two small calibers we hunt today were loaned to us from the bureau." The master looked down on Zhao Wu's behavior a little, glanced at him disdainfully, and patted the spear in his hand.

"Let's go for a picnic and roast this hare. Brother Wuzi, do you think this is your unique skill, don't lie?" Yuan Yuan walked over, held my arm, and said coquettishly to the master.

"Okay, how can we make our Miss Yuan hungry?" the master laughed loudly.

I gently brushed Yuan Yuan's arm and refused to the master: "Master, I won't go. There are two more people here."

"You are talking about Xiao Cai and Li Qin? Call them over together." The master waved his hand and ordered me without saying anything. In an instant, I saw the strong, confident and charming preservation worker again.

After noon, many floating clouds emerged from the sky, and the vast lake surface was faintly mist. We sat around under a big willow tree on the shore of the lake. In addition to our two bicycles, there was also a Shanghai-licensed car and a Beijing 212 Jeep with a public security license.

The master was still carrying the Soviet army backpack, and like a magic trick, he took out oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. The second young master Wang directed Zhao Wu and the monkey's faces and moved out the full set of pots, pans and spoons from the jeep. I didn't know that Senior Brother Xiao Cai was actually a fishing expert. When he and Li Qin began to cut off the fish and wash the fish, the master directed me to clean up the fat hare. Yuan Yuan happily followed me to the lakeside. I took the military dagger given to me by the master, and quickly opened my belly and peeled it. Yuan Yuan covered his eyes in fear, with a lovable expression. Looking at her pure and beautiful face, I had a illusion, as if Qinghong had returned to my side.

"How are you doing in the factory?" Yuan Yuan held his pink cheeks with both hands and looked at me with big eyes.

"It's still the same. When I was studying in the city, the factory changed a factory manager. He shouted all day long to reform, and lost our bonus and one-third of his salary fluctuated. I don't know what happened. I hope it can be better than before." I said worriedly while smearing salt on the snow-white rabbit meat.

"Come with me to the city?" Yuan Yuan's eyes were like a pool of spring water, full of enthusiasm and expectation.

"I'm really not suitable for...that...that kind of life." I felt a heat in my heart, and I almost talked about your kind of life in panic.

"You, your self-esteem is too strong." Yuan Yuan's eyes dimmed, his nose wings fluttered, and he sighed softly.

"If you say I'm inferior, I'm more acceptable." I lowered my head and didn't dare to look at Yuan Yuan's eyes again.

The smoke curled up, the meat was fragrant, and the fish in the oil pan were still squeaking. Everyone was already eating and drinking. Mr. Wang Er opened a bottle of Maotai. This was the first time I drank this national wine. The sauce-flavored taste made me very uncomfortable. Senior Brother Xiao Cai was the first time to experience such a scene and seemed very reserved. Mr. Wang Er's eyes were always on Li Qin's fair face and proud body, which made Li Qin distracted and happy. Ji Xiaonan suggested that we talk about the anecdotes of the master in the styling mill. Everyone tactfully said words of praise, which made Ji Xiaonan very bored and looked angry.

After all, it was early spring. When the sun began to go west, the low-floe wind immediately became cool. The mist on the lake rose and gradually formed a mellow sea of ​​fog. When the slightly drunk master parted, he whispered in my ear: "I really don't know if you are fake or stupid, so you can do it yourself in the future."

When Yuan Yuan said goodbye to me, his eyes turned red. When he got in the car, he stuck out the window and waved his hand at me until the car followed the jeep and disappeared in the lush twilight.

On the way home, we rarely spoke to each other. Senior Brother Xiao Cai couldn't hold it in and asked me, "What did Lu Yu say to you when he said goodbye in the end?"

"He said I was stupid!" I roared and kicked forward hard.

The thick mist blocked the sunset, and the surrounding scenery was looming. A group of water birds flew across the water and quickly merged into the boundless white curtain.
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