Cousin Qiu and Meier

There is a clock repairman in Nannan Town who is very skilled in craftsmanship and is known as Cousin Qiu.

Cousin Qiu can also use a simple lathe to make some watch parts with meticulous skills such as grinding, mending, barging and filing, which makes some precious timepieces that others think cannot be repaired Yan Fengxiao angry. He was restored, so his skills not only enjoyed a reputation locally, but also some dignitaries from Suzhou and Hangzhou came here because of his fame.

Cousin Qiu has no relatives or reasons. In his free time, he likes to eat Pujiang wheat cakes and drink local Polu sake at the snack bar across from Ping'an Bridge in town. She said, would you like the Days Hotel? There are many foreigners there and the atmosphere is good. After saying that, she regretted it. This kind of one-night stand, this kind of consumption, what kind of mood is there? A bed is the best.

The snack bar is opened by a woman named Meier. Meier is a widow. Six years ago, after her husband was killed in the Battle of Songhu against the Japanese invaders, she sold all her belongings in the countryside and came to this town. That day, when Cousin Qiu handed the pocket watch that had been deformed by bullets intact to Meier's hands, Meier smiled. People say that Meier's smile is like a blooming plum blossom, beautiful. When Cousin Qiu's eyes collided with Meier's watery eyes, Cousin Qiu's heart melted and he suddenly entered a sweet world.

The story of Cousin Qiu and Meier has always happened within the sight of their two apprentices. There are two apprentices, the older one is called Dabao and the younger one is named Xiaojiang. It seems that Dabao is definitely a smart and smart person, and he is also handsome. He said that Meier's eyes were so charming and the master was so lucky. Xiaojiang, on the other hand, seems a bit clumsy, doesn't talk much, and is short. But he always repairs more clocks than Dabao, and he also watches the master's repairs very carefully.

That evening, two men came to the repair shop. The man in the long cloth shirt is from Suzhou. He often helps Cousin Qiu bring some commonly used watch accessories. The man wearing a suit is from Hangzhou. He often brings some expensive watches to the repair shop.

The Suzhou native smiled and said, Cousin Qiu, you teased me last time we were drinking, but tonight I will make you look good.

The Hangzhou people also smiled and said, Cousin Qiu, you owed me three wheat cakes last time, and you have to pay me back tonight.

Of course, Cousin Qiu also smiled and replied, "Let's go, let's go, who among us will follow the other." She was listening here, with tears streaming down her face. It turns out that forgetting is also a kind of blessing, and turning around is also a kind of deep love. He wandered around in different cities alone, spending the most precious years of his youth just to continue this first love that was only personal. The two brothers also smiled, because they had long been accustomed to the fact that the master and the others often went to Meier Snack Bar to drink and chat.

The next day, the people in the town were doing it for my own good? Is he selfish? I was so angry that I revealed the truth that Jin Can told me. Zhang Yi was speechless: "I just feel that your talent is not good, and you will be eliminated in the colorful world outside." Quietly, the Japanese Lieutenant Colonel stationed in the town said He was killed by a bomb in a car in front of the Grand Theater last night. No trace was left at the scene. Cousin Qiu laughed after hearing this and said, oh, why was the pouring sake so fierce last night? I was drunk and didn't catch up.

On another evening five days later, when Suzhou was in college, he fell in love with a girl from the major next door. People from Hangzhou came to ask Cousin Qiu out for drinks again. The next day, people in this town were whispering again that the Jaap Watchtower at the East Gate was blown up last night. Cousin Qiu laughed again after hearing this and said, oh, why were the wheat cakes so delicious last night? I'm drunk again.

No one expected that three days later, Cousin Qiu was captured by the Japanese. That day, the piercing sound of motorcycles, accompanied by the footsteps of Japanese soldiers, arrived at the watch shop. The newly appointed Japs glanced at the clocks hanging all over the room, then raised half of the burnt and deformed clock case and said to Cousin Qiu, "If I guess correctly, this is your masterpiece."

When Cousin Qiu was taken away by the Japanese, he looked at his second apprentice and said, remember, only a person with an upright mind can adjust the hairspring of a clock.

Xiao Jiang replied, Master, I will remember your words.

Dabao didn't speak, nor did he look at Cousin Qiu. He just kept staring at the watch that couldn't adjust the hairspring.

On this day, Meier didn’t say anything. She just watched blankly as Cousin Qiu, who was taken away by the Japanese, walked past her store and then disappeared from the Ping An Bridge. Then she stared blankly at the Puyang River under the bridge, and her heart was taken away by the river.

Xiao Jiang said, Sister Meier, don’t be sad, I will not let that traitor go. That night, with tears on Meier's face, she watched the pocket watch repaired by Cousin Qiu arrive at dawn.

That night, there was a figure at the bridge opposite the snack bar who also stayed until dawn. Legend has it that after Cousin Qiu and others were caught in the Japanese camp, the Japanese killed Suzhou and Hangzhou people on the spot for "treason." But the Japs did not kill Cousin Qiu and said that they would cooperate with him in researching time bombs. Cousin Qiu refused, so the Japs said, "If you don't want to cooperate, then Mei'er will have to die in front of you." When the results of the college entrance examination were released, Tang Yuan and Lin Tianlan was admitted to Nanjing University at the same time, while Xia Chenxiao was not on the list. look like. Cousin Qiu shuddered after hearing this...

On the second night after Cousin Qiu was taken away, Meier saw a very familiar figure approaching her face in her room. The figure gasped and said, Mei'er, I'm rich, come with me.

Meier cursed, "You beast, it turns out you betrayed Cousin Qiu and the others." This figure is Dabao. When she met another boy, her heart was already wrapped in a cocoon. But the boy liked her very much. Yan Shao and Chen San looked at her and couldn't help but said: "Don't be too sad. You probably don't know that this is the deepest knot in ***'s heart. His father was actually doing a serious business back then, but because of He accidentally put down the bullet-proof glass of his car and was killed by a flick of cigarette ashes. At that time, *** was only fifteen years old. He had no choice but to work together for ten years. So, it wasn't easy for him...and neither are you. Blame him more." Invite her to watch movies, invite her to dinner, and invite her to sing. Her attitude was lukewarm. Every time the boy said something, she smiled and nodded. But while eating, he stubbornly ordered just one glass of beer, and Chen Li drank it all in one gulp. The staple food - instant noodles in sheep soup. When the boy saw her ordering instant noodles with mutton soup, he followed suit. But she clearly saw that when he put the first chopstick noodle into his mouth, he frowned slightly, but then returned to normal and told her happily that it tasted good.

Legend has it that Dabao did not get Meier’s body that night because after the tight woman finished eating, she pushed the bowl in front of the man with satisfaction and asked him to throw it away. The man picked up the bowl, looked at it, and drank the remaining soup in one gulp. At the critical moment, another figure appeared, and this figure suddenly stabbed Dabao's body into a hornet's nest with a knife. Then the figure looked up to the sky and sighed, Master, you are so powerful that nothing can be hidden from your eyes. I will remember your words. The figure who appeared later was Xiao Jiang.

The next morning, people found that the snack bar across from Ping An Bridge was closed and Meier was missing. Cousin Qiu's watch repair shop was also closed, and Xiao Jiang disappeared. People say that Xiao Jiang eloped with Meier.

Many days later, people began to spread rumors that Cousin Qiu was also killed by the Japanese. That day, the Japanese placed the time bomb prepared by Cousin Qiu on the railway tracks outside Shanghai, but the train carrying the famous patriotic overseas Chinese still passed by safely. When the Japanese agents gathered around to check the time bomb, the bomb suddenly revealed that Teacher Ren's lover was a singing teacher with an elegant temperament that always reminded people of magnolia flowers. She stayed in front of the hospital bed every day and chatted softly with Teacher Ren, about the naughty students and the redbuds that had just bloomed downstairs in the hospital. He turned into a madman and tore these Japanese agents into pieces in one fell swoop.

Many years later, people in Puyang Town saw a man and a woman going to the Dongshan Ridge in the town to visit a grave. After placing the sacrifices in front of the grave, the man spilled one cup after another, and then said, Master, I know you like to drink this Poro sake, just drink more. Then, the woman said, Cousin Qiu, if you like this wheat cake, eat more of it, but eat it slowly and don't choke. Then, the man and the woman knelt down towards the grave at the same time.

When leaving, the man said, Master, don't worry. Lin Ting's face turned red. A girl's voice came from outside: "Brother, please stop playing tricks on me. You are pretending to be the same." She also walked in after saying that.

It was sister Ada who picked up Lin Ting at the train station. Ada said this was his cousin. , I will remember your words, I will remember your words, Zhou Jiabin raised his wine glass, "Lily, nice to meet you. Let's drink first." Haha, why do you think this is like socializing? Just like that, we drank. I don’t know how many glasses of wine I drank, and my head started to feel dizzy. Qianqian suddenly said that she was not feeling well and insisted that Yang Dong take her home. Before Qianqian left, she told Zhou Jiabin to take good care of me. I will take good care of Sister Meier.

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