Cage-Chapter III
On Thursday night, Xin Li suddenly called and asked him if he wanted to go home with him during the Mid-Autumn Festival. "Go home", a familiar and unfamiliar word, still sounds exciting, and I couldn't sleep that night. I've remembered the stroke of zero, and I'm still thinking about what happened in the village in the past, about the dribs and drabs of life in the village, and I can't wait to put on my wings and fly back immediately, thinking that I don't know when I'll fall asleep.
If last night was the brewing stage of homesickness, he felt that he was sleepwalking at this time this morning. As for what the teacher is saying, he knows nothing. He just looked at the teacher's upper lip and repeatedly hit his lower lip, occasionally nodding mechanically as a response to the teacher. The morning class is finally over. Although the great worker is at school, I don't know how many times I have been home. Just after class, I called Xin Li and made an appointment to meet at the railway station. I simply packed my clothes and left the dormitory without even eating lunch.
Arrived at the railway station, Xin Li arrived, and they went to buy tickets to prepare for the station. There are already many people in the waiting room for the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday. People from north to south gathered at the railway station, and various accents rolled in the air. Coupled with the waiting information broadcast by the radio, the return passenger flow of the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday will be pushed to a climax.
The train arrives at the station around 2 o'clock, and Daqi and Xin Li check in. They left in a few minutes. Looking at the retreating railways on both sides, rows of disappearing houses, sleepers left behind one by one, and embarking on the road home, the place that fascinated him is approaching him step by step.
Yes, he is coming; So, is it still there?
When we arrived at the county seat, it was already past 6 pm. This is a railway station built halfway up the mountain, east-west When they left the station, the sun had set in the west, and the setting sun shone with all its strength, dyeing the whole railway station golden yellow, which matched the surrounding loess plateau very well. The dilapidated railway station is like a mysterious castle in the movie, which seems to hide many unknown stories and is even more solemn.
At this moment, Xin Li's phone rang. He turned on the phone, told the person on the phone where he was, and then smiled mysteriously at the megaphone and said:
"I will meet someone for you in the future", and the mystery still hangs on my face.
"Who is so mysterious?"
"You will know later."
Don't ask again when you see this masterpiece. After a while, the man appeared. It turned out to be his young friend Jia Ren. Originally, after Li Xin returned to Ann, besides contacting Daqi, it was later discovered that Jia Ren had recently come back from other places to help in the restaurant of relatives in the county. At this time, young friends can meet again, and it is natural to be excited. Yes, childhood friends who once lived together parted ways for their own lives, and finally returned to the place where childhood began under some coincidence. Who said it wasn't arranged by God?
That evening, Daqi and Xin Li led by Jia Ren went to his relatives' hotel, during which they introduced his girlfriend Luo, who also worked in this hotel. Everyone is here. They ordered some dishes and four bottles of beer, and then started talking. Most of them are topics such as hard life and low wages. After talking with Jia Ren, Daqi realized that he was doing well at the construction site at first. In recent years, due to the changes in social environment, it has become increasingly difficult to find a job. Now the smog is particularly serious, and the state has strengthened environmental management, which has led to frequent shutdowns in many construction sites. They still have to work for three days to fish and two days to dry the net, so he just came back and thought about finding a new job. Speaking of this, both brothers cast envious eyes on Greatness, saying that he is a college student now, and it will be easy to find a job when he comes out, which is more promising than the two of them, so he must help them in the future. Hear this amplifier can only helplessly smile, argued:
"In fact, the signs of college students are not so easy to use, and now college students are pulling more and more. The title of college students is like a bubble. When this bubble is punctured, outsiders will see that it is not much different from them. "
No one noticed, and Luo's eyes lit up after hearing this. Luo Qingqing interrupted:
"That's better than those of us who have nothing. You are at least a college student. "
Only then did I notice that my brother's girlfriend Luo is not ugly, and she also belongs to that careless character from the point of eating and drinking.
In Qing Qing's eyes, the big flag is an alternative among the boys she has been in contact with since childhood.
He looks steady, doesn't express his emotions easily, is longer than listening but shorter than telling, is neither so stingy nor extravagant, behaves appropriately, talks appropriately, is approachable and mysterious, which is completely different from his two brothers.
And the most exciting thing is that Daqi rarely talks to her, or talks to women, let alone takes the initiative to make out.
He is naturally picky about girls, not as easy-going as same-sex people.
Looking at this' college student' carefully between meals, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
At this time, the door of the restaurant creaked, and a group of people, men and women, a total of five people, should not be local. Jia Renhe stood up and called the gang to sit down, then took out the menu and asked them what they needed. A dressed in sportswear, headed by appearance said:
What shall we do now? Do something.
"Brother, we have worked with you for so many days, you can't fool us like this," said one.
"Yes, brother, we wandered in this ravine all day and couldn't eat anything good," another person added.
The man grinned like a lotus flower, ordering and saying:
"Don't worry, you guys, I will go to the city after this trip, and I will treat you guys well. You can just eat something tonight, go back and have a good rest, and then we'll go again. "
Daqi looked at the gang and said suspiciously, I wonder what those people do? Jia Ren and Luo Mingming greeted a group of people. About half an hour later, the group ate and left. Jia Ren and Luo Qing clear the table and continue to chat with Daqi and them. That night, Jia Ren arranged accommodation for Daqi and Li Xin, and they slept in bed all night.
The next day, Otawa Xin Li said goodbye to Jia Ren and Luo and went home. After more than three hours of turbulence, he finally arrived He doesn't know how many ways to express his thoughts about this haunted place. Now he can't express anything except a little sadness in his heart.
Yes, this is what his heart yearns for. Although the environment is not good, it can better shape people's spirit. People here are more moral and determined, and they are integrated with this thick loess.
After breaking up with Li Xin in the village, Daqi went straight home.
Home is not only a hometown, but also a miss, a real home and a place where all kinds of feelings meet again.
It is said that the house will lose its vitality after people leave. Just a few months after he left, the weeds in front of the door have grown taller than others, and the paint on the door has been stained because no one has visited it for a long time. A big lock hanging on the door is rusty, and the whole house seems to have been abandoned for a long time. Daqi went into the room and took out all the bedding in the cupboard to dry. He just cleaned the room briefly. It's almost noon after work. Li Xin called Daqi to his home for dinner, but Daqi didn't refuse. ? When having dinner with Li Xin's family and Li Xin's family, Li Xin's parents repeatedly asked Daqi how his father was, whether his life and work were smooth and whether he could adapt there. Daqi answered them one by one. Thank you for your concern.
After dinner, Daqi went home and began to clean up the weeds in front of the door. Growing up in the countryside, always maintaining the love of labor is the characteristic of a rural child. Although there are fewer opportunities to work after high school, his characteristics as a rural person have not been lost. The significance of labor lies not only in completing tasks, but also in improving people's hearts. Through hard work and struggle, personality is gradually improving.
The sun at noon in the Mid-Autumn Festival has lost its former toxicity and is more gentle. Daqi wears short sleeves and holds a hoe to remove all the weeds in the vestibule and backyard, and also cleans up the garbage by the way.
The house is basically clean.
Daqi went to the mountain behind the house with incense, wax, paper, watch and sickle. Mother's grave is here. Nobody took care of the weeds in the grave for a summer vacation. The weeds are so high that I can't see the position of the grave. Put down the sacrifice and take care of this land patiently and carefully, for fear of waking up the sleeping mother. Mother is born to sleep late and can't stand noise. When everything is ready, light candles, burn incense, burn paper and watch. During this period, it is natural to have a heart-to-heart talk with my mother, talk about my study, talk about my father's work, and talk about the life of the state machine. In short, everything is what mom wants to hear. After the paper and watch were burned, the amplifier lay in front of the mother's grave and cried until it hurt. Loudspeaker can't help shouting:
? Come inside.
? The room was crowded with people.
? Quiet night
? Deep in the home
Mom was lying inside, sleeping soundly.
But, can you know my return?
A "Lai" calligraphy and painting has been echoing in the empty valley for a long time, heading straight for the distant sky. Standing on the top of the mountain, the dazzling sunset covered my mother with an orange coat, and the fragrant smoke drifted with the wind to the quiet village below, just like the picture of Bridges of Madison County. ?
Tidy up your room after going down the mountain. It's almost time to go to Li Xin's house for dinner. During the dinner, Xin Li's parents said that in the afternoon, several people came to the village to publicize that there would be activities in the village tomorrow, so that everyone could take a small bench to listen to them and give them small gifts. Both Daqi and Li Xin think this is a lie. This kind of marketer will usually send you some worthless things to attract you to buy their things, which is very common in other places, reminding parents in Xin Li not to be fooled easily. Daqi went home to sleep after dinner.
At first light the next day, rural people have begun to clean their homes, and the voices of conversation, brooms and cooking outside are one after another. I packed my room and went to Li Xin's house at 7 o'clock. The food was already on the table, so they ate it. But at school, I can't eat such a rich breakfast: a bowl of porridge, a plate of yellow light, a pickle and steamed bread, which is more delicious than meat! The amplifier will say:
"Why don't you see your uncle and aunt?"
"My parents went to see the publicity activities and got the goods."
"Oh, let's go and see what they sell after dinner."
As soon as he finished eating, he followed the sound to publicize the scene. From a distance, a young man in sportswear stood on a high place and spared no effort to tell everyone something. Several people distributed some small objects to the participants. When I walked to the scene, I saw that the man in sportswear was the leading brother I met at Jiaren's house. Most of the people sitting at the bottom are old people and children, as well as middle-aged women, with spoons, plastic combs and other gifts in their hands. I heard that they are engaged in many industries, selling health care products, saying that they can cure all kinds of diseases, and there are witnesses at the scene; Also sells soymilk machines, claiming that even bricks can be broken; The most attractive thing is that you can get a pot of oil as long as you register your mobile phone number on the dining table and take a photo of your ID number. See eldest brother took out a box of red packaging health care products, said to the following people:
"Well, do I pack the atmosphere?"
Servants in general held their breath and walked over to shout together:
"atmosphere"
"Take it out with a face"?
"face"
"That's what I said. This is not used by anyone. Let him say, can you believe it? "
"trustworthy."
At this time, a man came by and said, "As we all know, I am from the village next door, and I have been unable to move my legs and feet for more than ten years. At first, I didn't believe this thing either. I thought I had to take medicine to be hospitalized when I was sick. I took a lot of medicine for a long time and went to the hospital many times, but my condition has not been alleviated, and I almost spent all my savings at home. With the mentality of giving it a try, I spent 300 yuan to buy a box first, feeling a little relieved. Later, I bought another box. Now that my legs have returned to normal, I can work in the fields. You see, this leg is really strong, "he said, hammering hard twice. "
"Well, everyone heard him. Does anyone need this health care product now? The former 10 people only need 80 yuan per box, and all the people in the future will be 200 yuan. This is also available in large shopping malls in the provincial capital, with a price of 399 yuan. "
Just when people were dubious, three people had come out of the crowd and bought two boxes, two boxes and three boxes each. Looking at the remaining health care products, the old people exploded. Rich people immediately take out money to buy it. People who have no money scratch their heads and scrape together some money. They finally gave it to the seller of health care products. The old man next to her told others that she bought two boxes and one for her daughter because her arms and waist were not good.
By the way, the staff next to it began to show the soymilk machine. He took out some small tiles from his carry-on box and put them in the soymilk machine. With a violent shaking of the soymilk machine, the soymilk machine started, and the gravel inside screamed. With the passage of time, the screams gradually weakened until they disappeared, and the ruins turned into a pile of gray powder. The staff opened the soymilk machine, holding a handful of crushed stone powder in their hands, and the fine powder kept slipping between their fingers and drifting with the wind. There was a commotion at the scene, and several old people swaggered onto the stage to buy a soymilk machine and held it like a baby.
Looking at selling about, the leader said:
"Old people who haven't bought anything, don't be discouraged. There is one last link in our activity. You just need to say your mobile phone number and log in to your ID card to get a pot of oil. This is for old people who have never bought anything. "
Hearing this, the old people all laughed, grabbed the registration materials and went home happily with a small pot of oil. Before the leader left, he left a mobile phone number for everyone, saying that anyone who wants to buy health care products can find him, and he can deliver it to your door at any time.
After that, Daqi went home. For the next two days, he was fine. On the last day of Mid-Autumn Festival, he and Xin Li are going back to Xi 'an. In the county seat, Jia Ren and Luo also packed their things. They also discussed with their families that they would go to the provincial capital to find a job. The salary here is too low, which is inconvenient for our own people. So the four of them went to Xi 'an together.