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    Zhu Runfa was covered in dew and walked on the bluestone road of the town with red eyes, facing the morning sunshine and enjoying the rare tranquility.  Today is already Zhu Runfa's third day back.  Last night, he went alone to the small river at the west end of the town, where a woman who was both familiar and unfamiliar to him was buried.  That poor woman brought him into this world twenty-four years ago, and then died suddenly before she even had a chance to look at him.  For twenty-four years, he never knew that this woman existed, nor did he know that he was actually her child.  But not long ago, she suddenly appeared again, in a way that he never expected.  Zhu Runfa thought he would not be sad, because Liu Yue was just a stranger to him, and he had no impression of her at all, let alone feelings.  But the moment he saw the lonely grave, Zhu Runfa cried inexplicably, wailing like a child.  He didn¡¯t know why he was crying, but he just cried, crying hard.  After crying, he pulled out the weeds on the grave one by one with his hands, and then stood there quietly all night, until now.  It is now six o'clock in the morning. At this time in a big city like Yanjing, most people are still sleeping, but in Xiaotan Town, it has already started to get lively.  Of course, the so-called liveliness of Xiaotan Town is completely incomparable with that of a big city like Yanjing, but conversely, the liveliness of a big city is also incomparable with that of Xiaotan Town.  Xiaotan Town is one of the few towns that still retains the tradition of going to the market. In the past, on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, and now every weekend, the mountain people from the nearby mountainous areas will come to Xiaotan Town carrying their own mountain products.  Whether buying or selling, it is very lively.  The kind of excitement is the kind of excitement that reveals the passion in the bones, rather than the purely commercial excitement of big cities. The atmosphere is completely different.  The tradition of going to the market in Xiaotan Town has lasted for seventy or eighty years. In fact, upon closer inspection, it has a close relationship with Zhu Runfa¡¯s family.  Speaking of Xiaotan Town, it is actually a very strange place. Although it is called a town, the actual population living in the town is less than 300.  But it is really a town, an ancient town that has lasted for more than three hundred years.  This ancient town has been very famous since its emergence. How famous is it?  Well, it is said that during the two or three hundred years of the Qing Dynasty, the nearby mountain people had to pay a portion to Xiaotan Town in addition to paying royal grain to the emperor every year.  That's right!  At that time, Xiaotan Town was still called Xiaotan Village, and it was a bandit den that had been passed down for more than two hundred years.  Although the heroes who occupy this place change frequently, their nature has never changed.  According to Zhu Runfa¡¯s grandfather, if he had not been liberated, he would have been the dog-headed military advisor of Xiaotan Town¡¯s generation.  It is said that the old man in their family who had the reputation of being a scholar had no choice but to go up the mountains and weed the grass since the Qing Dynasty.  As a result, he was treated as a guest of honor by the village owner at that time, took the second highest position, and became a talented bandit who was famous all over the country at that time.  But after the Republic of China, new forces sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and the banditry became fiercely competitive.  Unable to think, Zhu Xiucai had no choice but to encourage the village leader at that time to recruit An, and this was how the name Xiaotan Town came into being.  And because the infrastructure of Xiaotan Town was good at that time, after the recruitment, the then Republic of China County Government set up the administrative office of Xiaotan Town here, and later it gradually became a place for nearby mountain people to go to market and trade.  Later, the reputation spread, and even ethnic minorities from far away came to join in the fun. As a result, in the 1970s and 1980s, the market in Xiaotan Town has become somewhat famous in the local area.  Even though the highway has been opened now, it is easy to go to the county town for shopping and consumption, but the mountain people are still used to coming to this place.  "Isn't this the child of Lao Zhu's family?" Someone on the roadside laughed at this time, "I heard that you went to college? Should you graduate this year? How about a bowl of noodles this early in the morning?" Zhu Runfa turned around and looked,  He saw a middle-aged man wearing a white hat, standing at the door of a small restaurant and smiling at him.  "It's Uncle Bai!" Zhu Runfa glanced at him, then went into the store, found a table to sit down, and said with a smile, "Then let's have a bowl of mutton noodles. Remember, put more meat and less noodles." "You brat!  I learned how to joke after being out for a few years," Uncle Bai said with a smile, "Put in more meat, call me Uncle Bai and I'll drink the northwest wind." He said this, but in the end he really added two big ones.  piece of mutton.  Zhu Runfa was also honest and polite. He smiled, picked it up and started eating.  Anyway, when Zhu Deming and his wife were busy when they were young, the three brothers and sisters would come to Uncle Bai for three meals a day, so they couldn't be polite even if they wanted to.  "Uncle Bai! Is this the noodles you made?" Zhu Runfa ate the whole bowl of noodles in one breath, then raised his thumbs up and smiled, "It's delicious! Those mutton noodles outside are completely incomparable to this? Are they all?  The smell of spices, even the taste of mutton is gone.¡±&nbsp"Of course!" Uncle Bai said with a smile, "This is a halal craft passed down from my family. Well, it's a good thing you came back today, otherwise you wouldn't be able to eat it starting tomorrow. I'm going to close the door starting tomorrow." "Why?  Yes?" Zhu Runfa said strangely, "Isn't your business very good? Why do you want to close down?" "No!" Uncle Bai said with a smile, "Our whole family will go to the holy place for pilgrimage.  Preparations will begin this month. "" Hajj? Oh I understand." Zhu Runfa asked strangely, and then it suddenly dawned on him that Uncle Bai was still an authentic Muslim.  "Yes! If I go on this trip, I will have accomplished a major event in my life." Uncle Bai said with emotion, "I'm getting older. If I don't go, I won't be able to walk anymore." "How could it be? Uncle Bai is still very young.  !" Zhu Runfa laughed, "But it's a happy event to go to Hajj!" "Haha! Thank you!" Uncle Bai said with a smile, "How about another bowl?" "No, no!  I'm already very full." Zhu Runfa stood up and touched his face, his face became embarrassed, "Uncle Bai! I left early and forgot to bring money with me. Why don't you follow the rules and pay for it?" "Forget it!  What else is there to worry about?" Uncle Bai smiled and waved, "Even if Uncle Bai invites you to eat," "How can you be so embarrassed?" Zhu Runfa said with a smile, and then said with a cheeky smile, "Uncle Bai.  , why don¡¯t you treat me to some more plain mutton? Give me a pound of it, so I can pack it up.¡± ¡°¡­ Go away!¡± Zhu Runfa!  I came out of the noodle shop angrily, then squeezed through the crowd and returned to my home, an old house with a storefront on the street.  Due to the large number of people going to the market, Zhu Deming's barber shop opened early, and there were already several customers waiting in the shop.  "Master! Give me this hairstyle," a young man sitting on the chair pointed at the celebrity hairstyle on the poster and said, "It must be more handsome. I will go on a blind date later." "  Okay! No problem!" Zhu Deming said with a smile, "With my craftsmanship, you can rest assured." At this time, Zhu Runfa came in and said, "Dad, why are there so many people here today?  "Afayoulast night?" When Zhu Deming saw him coming in, his whole body shook and his hands trembled.  Then both the father and son's faces darkened at the same time, and it was seen that a large chunk of the young man's hair was missing, and his scalp was faintly exposed.  The young man didn't realize it and was still bragging: "You don't know, that girl was introduced by my second uncle. She is a girl from an ethnic minority. It is said that she is beautiful and has a good temper" "Oh! Ethnic minority girl"  Girl? That's great!" Zhu Deming suddenly laughed, "It's just not appropriate to have this haircut. Well, it's simply too inappropriate." "What do you mean?" the young man asked curiously.  It feels good. It¡¯s very handsome. It matches my face!¡± ¡°It doesn¡¯t match! It doesn¡¯t match!¡± Zhu Deming shook his head wildly. ¡°I ask you, what race is that girl from?¡±  "Say" "That's right! Ah, no," Zhu Deming laughed dryly, "I mean, no matter which ethnic minority they are from, they are different from us Han people, they all like you!  What do you mean by this hairstyle? Ah Fa, what do you mean by that word? " "Female! Yes, it's girly!" Zhu Runfa said with a straight face, "Look at me!"  , If you really cut your hair like this, half of your beautiful ethnic minority girl will be gone." "Really?" The young man was stunned, and then asked, "What do you think I should do?  "Do you have a good shape?" "Let me cut it for you," Zhu Runfa took the clipper in Zhu Deming's hand and boasted, "In the past few years, I have been studying in Yanjing, and by the way, I have learned how to get a good haircut."  From now on, you will be mature, capable, and full of masculinity. You will definitely be noticed by that beautiful girl at a glance. "The most popular new hairstyle in Yanjing?" the young man said happily.  "Okay, can you give me that haircut?" "No problem, I guarantee you'll be satisfied!" Zhu Runfa agreed with a smile, and then he finished it in less than ten minutes.  "OK! Okay! Chenghui 10 yuan!" Zhu Runfa spread his hands and said, "Add 5 yuan to wash your hair." "" The young man looked at the mirror carefully and said doubtfully, "Master, this hair shape looks good to me.  Why does it look like a crew cut? "Nonsense!  What does it mean to be like??!  Zhu Deming rolled his eyes, but with an expression of admiration on his face, he said: "Son! You are worthy of having been to the big city of Yanjing. Oh! This hairstyle is good. Well, it looks like a crew cut, but there are subtle differences. This  It gives people a completely different feeling! Okay, it¡¯s really good. It will be our barber shop¡¯s signature hairstyle from now on.¡± ¡°Of course! This hairstyle is the most popular this year,¡± Zhu Runfa said with a smile.  Even business owners and officials are the most energetic and capable with this hairstyle. ¡°Eh? I feel good when you say that,¡± the young man said happily, ¡°I also feel much smarter and more capable.  Manly. Well, I feel like this blind date will definitely work. I said that the previous twenty blind dates always failed. It turns out that the problem lies in the hair style. Master, I think it will work this time. Let me treat you to some candy."  After that, he paid the money and left happily.  More than twenty blind dates?  A drop of cold sweat dripped from both father and son's heads at the same time. They looked at each other and laughed dryly. They were not optimistic about this blind date.  "That Master!" At this time, an old man in his seventies stood up and said, "Give me that kind of hairstyle, the most popular one in Yanjing." "Oh!!!" Both father and son said at the same time.  His eyes widened, "Uncle, you also want to go on a blind date?" The old man rolled his eyes; "What? No way?" "Okay! Of course!" Zhu Deming said with a smile, "No problem! Come sit here and I will help you cut it."  In this way, when the old man finished the haircut and went out to brag, many mountain people who came to the market actually thought that this hair style was the most popular in Yanjing and asked for this haircut one after another.  As a result, the father and son spent the whole morning cutting off a lot of crew cuts.  "Afa! Did you go to the river last night?" When he was free at noon, Zhu Deming finally asked what he had been holding in all morning, "I wanted to ask last time, what did you encounter in Yanjing?"  Are you here? " "Dad! Don't think so," Zhu Runfa shook his head and said with a smile, "Who can I meet? Except for a few classmates, I don't have many acquaintances." "But you" "  Last night! I went fishing at the river," Zhu Runfa said. "It's a pity that there are not many fish in the river now, and I didn't catch any. Oh, let's not talk about this! By the way, dad, my uncle.  Is the old house in the mountains still there? " "Yes!" Zhu Deming took a deep look at him, then breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Well, you ask your uncle's family.  What are the houses for? Because the location of their village is too remote to build roads, most people have moved to other places in response to the government's call. Now almost the entire village is empty, except for a few families who have not yet moved.  "That's what happened! Didn't I study cultural relic appraisal?" Zhu Runfa laughed, "I heard that their village is quite old, so I wanted to stay there for two days to see if I could find some old objects.  , maybe you will get rich!" "What valuable old things can they have in that village?" Zhu Deming rolled his eyes, "Even the devils took over that place and didn't bother to harm it. But forget it, you.  You can stay there for two days, just take it easy! Your uncle left the key to the old house with your mother, I'll get it for you." After Zhu Deming finished speaking, he got up and walked to the back room without waiting for Zhu Runfa's answer.  .  To relax Zhu Runfa looked at Zhu Deming's back, savoring the three words he meant. He stood in silence for a long time, and finally could only let out a long sigh.
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