I woke up the next morning and because I stayed up until midnight last night before going to bed, I was still a little sleepy when I woke up this morning.

Listening to my mother busy washing the pot, cooking and vegetables in the kitchen, the eldest and second brothers also went out early to build a house.

When Zhao Lilian heard the sound of the third brother opening the door, she frowned slightly, and then continued to wipe the pot and wash the dishes. She washed a little slowly, as if she was thinking about some problems.

Ivanqiu walked to her side, added a wooden stick to the stove, and then looked at the still rolling polenta, feeling a little hungry.

Then he turned around and looked down at his mother who was still washing dishes, "Is this porridge ready?"

Zhao Lilian continued to wash dishes, still lowering her head, feeling that she was washing dishes very seriously.

"Not yet, it's just been put."

"Is there anything last night?"

Zhao Lilian poured the water from the pot into the washing tank, and the sound of water flowed to the drainage hole and flew out of the house along the pipe.

"Your elder brother, second brother got up this morning and drank it all."

Hearing this, Ivanqiu had to go back to the house to rest again. Today he wanted to have a good rest and then set off for Dongguan tomorrow.

The purpose of coming back this time is to bring all the things back and tell your family. Of course, he still wants to come back and take a look.

I was originally thinking about saying something to my second brother yesterday, but I saw my second brother patting him on the back and then said to him: "It's okay, you should take care of yourself first, don't worry about anything else, is there any older brother?"

This may be brotherly love. What brotherly love needs is to be understood, rather than just considering one's own situation in the name of a brother and ignore others.

Often, if the friendship between men reaches a certain depth, you may understand it even if you don’t say it.

Ivanqiu also patted his second brother's shoulder and was a little moved: "Second brother, then I won't say it anymore, as long as you can understand me."

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Zhao Lilian looked at Ivanqiu who was about to enter the door and said, "Third brother, when are you leaving?"

"tomorrow."

After Zhao Lilian said this, Ivanqiu had already stepped into the doorstep. Only a little distant sound was heard.

"How many days are you going to help your second brother when you come back this time?" Zhao Lilian asked back.

"I haven't handled my own affairs yet, forget it. I told my second brother before, he can understand me."

"What's more, Mom, you don't know how difficult my situation is now." Ivanqiu walked out of the room.

"Mom knows your situation, but you don't have to worry. You should help me for a day or two when you come back, so as not to feel unhappy in your second sister-in-law."

Ivanqiu was a little annoyed, "How can mom do this? I really convinced you if I don't open the pot."

Zhao Lilian tidied up the bowls and chopsticks and looked up at the third brother, "I didn't say this for your own good."

Ivanqiu was speechless.

Silently grabbed an empty bowl and walked to the edge of the pot, and shook the corn porridge in the pot into the bowl.

"Okay, okay, I know you're doing it for my own good."

"Stupid boy."

After drinking the porridge, Ivanqiu went back to the house to pack up and prepare for his departure tomorrow.

When he goes out, he rarely brings many things, just two simple sets of clothes and a few pairs of shoes, and basically no other use.

It is now autumn. When I was packing things, Ivanqiu still prepared a quilt and tied the editing bag with a rope to prevent the bag from being broken.

After packing up, Ivanqiu went out to help her second brother get a house.

When I finished work in the evening, Ivanqiu took the tools and went home halfway and met Ivanda.

"I heard you are back by yourself?" Iwanda asked curiously.

"Not going."

Iwanda frowned and asked, "I heard you are going to Dongguan? Is it true or false?"

"Yes, she wrote to me and hoped that I could go to work together."

Iwanda suddenly smiled and patted Iwanqiu's shoulder with her palm, "At that time, you don't need to get up the house, as long as she is willing to follow you."

"That's not what I said, do my best."

"Then when will you leave? If I catch up with you, I will send you a ride."

Ivanqiu pondered for a moment, saying, "No, tomorrow morning."

Ivanda said aloud: "Then live in the city. Then take the train."

"Take a train?" Ivanqiu looked at Ivanda and shook his head.

"I'll say!" Iwanda raised his tone and said seriously: "It's safe to take the train."

Ivanqiu was puzzled and asked, "Is it safe to make a shuttle bus?" His thick eyebrows frowned even deeper, and then said, "I heard that train tickets are not easy to buy."

Iwanda waved his head and sighed, "You have a place to live, but you don't have time. Of course, the train is the most ideal, and I think the others are not good. For example." He stretched out his finger and gave an example: "The train is stable, and you won't worry about being robbed halfway. There is still time and it's faster and you'll drive in a straight line."

"I understand this, the problem is that the train ticket is not easy to get."

"This is simple, I said, if you are in a hurry, you can buy outside the station. Someone is selling tickets there, which is a bit expensive. It costs several dollars."

After returning home, Ivanqiu was thinking about what Iwanda said just now.

As early as when she was in a correspondence with Li Simeng, she mentioned her experience of being robbed that night.

So he chose the train ticket. He decided that night that he would go back tomorrow.

The family, including his mother, became extremely silent, probably because he was leaving. And he was still traveling far away from home.

The mother was worried and nervous, always afraid that her son would go out and suffer.

The eldest brother Ivanchun said: "You need to be careful when going out, especially those who are thieves, you must be very careful."

My second brother would occasionally add a few words.

Grandpa also sat at the table tonight for dinner. He knew yesterday that Ivanqiu was going to Dongguan.

But he already understood that just by relying on that meager income that day, let alone getting married, it would be difficult to get a house.

I used to hear that the salary for going to Shenzhen and Dongguan was relatively higher, so he did not object to the idea of ​​Ivanqiu going to travel far, but was the first supporter.

Grandpa whispered: "I have been reminded to pay attention to safety at all times. I have taught you a lot in the past."

Ivanqiu lowered his head silently to eat. On weekdays, my grandfather often told him about the darkest side of many people's hearts outside. When my grandfather finished speaking, he nodded.

The second sister-in-law said, "I heard that someone was robbing the knives on the way while driving. If you don't give it, you won't let anyone go."

The eldest sister-in-law agreed, "Is it true or false?"

The second sister-in-law used chopsticks to carry garlic among the vegetables. "The second-rate man in the next village almost died halfway, but the outlaws didn't get the money from him, so they knives a few times. Fortunately, when did the police arrive and go to the hospital to hold their lives. Now the world outside is really chaotic."

The second brother immediately looked at Ivanqiu and said, "So you must not let your life go out. If the money is gone, the people are still there, and everything is good. If the people are gone, it will be useless no matter how much money is."

Then he turned to look at his grandfather.

Maybe I hope to get the old man nodded and recognized.

When grandfather saw the second child looking at him, his eyes were filled with expectation. He suddenly realized and then clicked.

"The second brother is right. It's the first time you've been out for a long trip, so you have to remember these."

Ivanqiu smiled and shook her head, "It's not the first time I've been out for a long trip."

"I know it's not. It's the first time we're all worried about you when we're going so far away." Grandpa added again.

On the table, my mother was eating silently and she didn't say a word.

When I woke up early the next day, I heard my mother using a fan to keep flirting at the stove.

On the table, my mother made a lot of steaming steamed buns, which were all Ivanqiu’s favorites. During this period, there were peanut dumplings. Ivanqiu happily grabbed the bowl and ate it.

"Eat slowly, there is still in the pot." Mom looked at Ivanqiu's harshness and shook her head with a smile.

"Don't choke."

"It's okay, mom." Ivanqiu pointed to a few big buns on the table and said vaguely: "This... are all these left for me?" Because there were a lot of dumplings in his mouth, he stopped halfway, swallowed all the dumplings in his mouth into his stomach, turned to look at his mother, and then continued, saying, "That's great."

"I woke up late this morning and did not do well, so you will just eat on the road."

Ivanqiu nodded vigorously.

After breakfast, I went to say goodbye to my grandfather, and then walked up the town.

Ivanqiu was about halfway through this. When he met a young man riding a horse, he was rushing to the town. Ivanqiu shouted loudly. The young man walking in front pointed at Ivanqiu and said with a smile: "Do you want to help?"

“Is it charged?”

"No charge. Why do you need to charge? Everyone is from inside and outside the village." After saying that, he pulled a rope at the end.

When the two of them rode on the horse like something, the horse was a little unhappy.

Stand on your hooves lightly, and your movements are as beautiful as if you are performing too much on the stage.

No matter how the owner waved the rope, he was a little unhappy. He accelerated the speed, and the young man seemed to see the clues.

He whipped the horse's butt with a whip. A burst of pain instantly swept across his body. The horse moved its hooves quickly and accelerated. The young man understood the horse's dissatisfaction at the moment and shouted loudly: "If you don't leave seriously, slap again, I won't believe it if you don't hit you."

The horse seemed to understand. He also understood that the owner's words had become much more at ease, but he still hummed from time to time to vent his dissatisfaction with the owner's actions.

"Don't you think I'm very heavy? And a stranger?"

But its dissatisfaction was finally suppressed because it was worried that its owner would use the force of pumping rice to attack its round butt.

On the way, Ivanqiu talked to young people about Shenzhen and Dongguan. The young people were very curious and even admired Ivanqiu's courage.

"I want to go too, but I'm not allowed to do this now. I must go to Shenzhen after this period of time." The young man said.

Ivanqiu thought a little, then slowly said: "You can go alone, but you have to be more careful. The outside world is not like ours."

The young man said, "I know that although I have never traveled far, I still have this awareness. Whenever those who come back from traveling far, I always admire and curious about how wonderful the outside world is. How beautiful and prosperous they are, they admire so much."

Ivanqiu smiled and looked at the mountains that were rising and falling in the distance, saying, "I have been to the city."

"Oh?" The young man smiled.

"I have only been to our city and it hasn't been very prosperous, but there are many people setting up street stalls there."

"Then you are better than me, I have never been to the city."

Along the way, the young man gave Ivanqiu the feeling that he was very interested in the outside world. As long as he said it was the outside world, he had a desire to get out of the mountains and get rid of the mountains.

Perhaps because the mountains are too barren and do nothing, everyone has relatively little material control and spiritual control, or even almost nothing.

His purpose of going to Dongguan is also his desire to go to Dongguan. The mountains are really too barren, and the remote areas are sometimes poor.

After arriving on the street, the young man took Ivanqiu to the waiting point, and the two of them parted without asking about their names.

While waiting for the bus, Ivanqiu accidentally met Min Wenwen, a female classmate from junior high school.

Coincidence can often enhance many topics.

"Are you?" Min Wenwen pointed at Yiwanqiu's big bags and asked.

Ivanqiu felt a little embarrassed and smiled apologized: "Oh, this is going on a long journey, going on a long journey."

Min Wenwen looked at Yi Wanqiu up and down, and his eyes were fixed on his workwear and leather shoes: "It seems like he is going to travel far?"

Ivanqiu was busy and waved his hand, "Squad leader, don't make fun of me, I really have to go on a long trip."

Min Wenwen asked hurriedly: "Are you married?"

Ivan Qiuwei said, "You won't get married, are you?"

Min Wenwen raised his head slightly and said proudly: "No, I am still studying, how can I get married so quickly? It depends on fate. You should hurry up, I'll wait to have your wedding wine."

"I...is not that fast either."

Min Wenwen looked up at Ivanqiu again and asked, "Have you seen other classmates over the years? How are they doing? Ivanjiang in your village? How are he?"

"Yiwanjiang is working on a house job. He will go to Guangdong with me to Dongguan after a while."

"It's not bad! Young people should go out for more trips like this, which is good for us after all."

Ivanqiu asked, "Where are you? Where are you going to college?"

"I am studying in a normal school, and I guess I will be a teacher in the future. This is the dream I longed for when I was a child, and now I am getting closer to her."

"Then congratulations."

The two fell silent again. Perhaps most of the topics that a college student and a working person could talk about were the only interesting gossip.

Because of the different hierarchical cognitions, the differences between the two sides in various aspects are getting farther and farther away. So it was not until the car came that the two of them started to speak a few simple words.

Min Wenwen said: "I want to buy something in the county town. Are you going directly to the city?"

Ivanqiu laughed again, and at the same time his white and unobstructed teeth were exposed, "I'm going directly to the city."

Min Wenwen asked again: "Is there a fellow villager? Or...?"

Yi Wanqiu did not intend to tell Min Wenwen the truth, and simply echoed: "There are... fellow villagers."

"I didn't even study in that city."

After saying this, the two of them just looked at each other and smiled awkwardly, and then became silent again.
Chapter completed!