The rain is still falling constantly, and the raindrops hit the car window, like a majestic symphony, playing for Xiaoli and Fang Wei to meet again more than ten years later. The lightning that cuts through the sky and the thunder rolling in it also sets off the joyful atmosphere in the car

Fang Wei and Xiaoli were very excited, chatting happily, recalling the past. They talked about a lot of childhood events, and unknowingly approached noon.

The heavy rain came and went quickly. The rain had stopped and the dark clouds in the sky slowly dissipated.

The sun exposed a few rays of sunlight from the gaps in the clouds, shining into the car, bright and thorny eyes couldn't even open. Xiaoli looked at her watch and it was almost eleven o'clock. At this time, the two realized that time was passing so fast that the vegetables she bought were still in her hands.

Xiaoli started the car and drove to the place where Fang Wei rented. When she was approaching Fang Wei's residence, Xiaoli said, "You go back and put down the vegetables and go to my house for lunch. I have been missing for more than ten years, so I must go to my house today."

"It's a coincidence that I made an appointment with a few colleagues today and came to my place for dinner. The vegetables I bought were for entertaining them. I won't go there today. Let's go another day. If you have any chance in the future, you will definitely visit me." Fang Wei explained.

Xiaoli said helplessly, "Okay, then let's go another day. Remember, you must take time to go to our house."

"I can't forget. Your family must be going to, and you also have to meet uncles and aunts. I haven't seen each other for more than ten years, so I miss them very much." Fang Wei said in a sure tone.

The car was about to arrive at Fang Wei’s rented place and saw several colleagues coming from afar. They were standing in front of his door and looking towards the direction of the road.

Fang Wei said to Xiaoli, "Look, the few people standing there are my colleagues."

"They are really active, more active than your master, and they came early." Xiaoli said jokingly.

"It's already noon, do you think they came early?" Fang Wei said with a smile.

Xiaoli smiled and said, "I don't think they should come today, it has affected our mood. It was a joke just now. Don't take it seriously, I'm just talking."

When the car stopped at the door, Fang Wei and Xiaoli said a few words, got out of the car and closed the door, waved at her, and Xiaoli drove away.

After Xiaoli left, several colleagues gathered around and asked Fang Wei yelled, "The one who drove you is pretty. Who is she? What is her relationship with you? Tell us about it."

"Do you still have lunch? Are you annoying when you ask this or that?" Fang Wei said while carrying the dishes.

Fang Wei opened the door with the key and entered the room. Several colleagues followed behind his butts and kept asking questions. It was not until Fang Wei started washing vegetables and cooking that several colleagues calmed down.

Two female colleagues helped Fang Wei cook and cook, and they did it without much effort. There were about a dozen dishes, including fish and meat, plus the beer, white wine brought by his colleagues, and quite "sourcing" meals, which filled the table.

Everyone was young, and it was rare to get together, and there was nothing to pay attention to. Everyone surrounded the dining table. Before Fang Wei finished his toast, several male colleagues couldn't wait and picked up their chopsticks to eat. Everyone was free from clinking glasses in a manner, so they drank a big glass, ate vegetables, talked and laughed, and had fun for the afternoon until the evening.

This time Fang Wei and his colleagues gathered. This is the longest and happiest meal he has eaten since he arrived in Lingnan.

The lively party between Fang Wei and his colleagues was delayed for a long time, and it was completely dark until someone was drinking and lying on the dining table.

Fang Wei sent off his colleagues, washed the pots and pans, swept the cigarette butts and paper scraps on the ground into the dustpan, opened the window, and released the turbid smell in the house. He checked the room and found nothing to clean up. Fang Wei then dragged his tired body and sat down to rest.

Although Fang Wei was busy for a day, he was very happy, but he was a little tired. Fang Wei felt that the gathering of colleagues not only deepened their understanding but also enhanced friendship. It was much more expensive than spending a few more money.

Fang Wei was lying on the bed, thinking about the past few months, although he was busy, his life was quite fulfilling.

Fang Wei and Xiaoli met by chance, and they felt indescribable happiness. The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and he was completely sleepy, feeling that he had the will of heaven in the dark.

Because time hastily, Xiaoli did not leave her phone number and address, and Fang Wei felt sorry. Some people would definitely ask what the process of getting to know Fang Wei and Xiao, which started more than ten years ago;

Fang Wei was born in an ordinary village under Taihang Mountain. The village is surrounded by mountains in the east, with a small river in the south, and the northwest is boundless farmland, with well-connected canals to ensure a bumper grain harvest.

Fang Wei's hometown mainly produces wheat, corn, and some small grains; barley, soybeans, full-hearted beans, potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc.

The majestic Taihang Mountains stretch for thousands of miles. In spring and summer, the trees are green, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, the flowing water is gurgling, and the clouds are shrouded in mist, like a fairyland.

Autumn is the season of harvest, with all kinds of wild fruits on the mountain; mountain grapes, mountain leeks, mountain pears, etc., exuding an attractive aroma. Chinese herbal medicines are all over the mountain; Wubeizi, Coptis chinensis, wolfberry, Bupleurum, and some people who have forgotten their names.

There is a fruit that automatically cracks around mid-August of the lunar calendar every year, revealing the purple-red flesh inside. It is particularly sweet and delicious. From the appearance, it looks a bit like a banana, much thicker than a banana, which is commonly known as "August Fried". Every year, children follow adults to the mountains to pick them, and are very happy, and they are full of harvests every time.

In winter, heavy snow covers the mountains and villages, and the villagers are idle and have nothing to do. The mountains have become a hunting ground for hunters; hares, boars, and roe deer leave long lines of footprints in the snow.

On snowy days, there is very little food on the mountain. Sometimes animals run to the mountain village to find food. Fang Wei encounters wild boars coming down the mountain many times and run around in the village. Hunters can easily find prey along the footprints on the snow.

In the evening, women and children stand at the entrance of the village, waiting for the hunters to return. People cannot eat meat a few times a year, and the wild game given by the mountains can enjoy a satisfying taste.

In that era, the awareness of protecting wild animals was relatively indifferent. No one cared about hunting. People who liked hunting had guns at home, which was a kind of earthen gun. After gunpowder was installed, iron sand was installed to target the prey. There was no need to aim at it at all. They could hit it with their hands, and they could hit it with a large area.

There are also a few people hunting with rifles. Rifles are farther than earth guns, and they are more effective in shooting large preys at long distances, such as hunting pigs, roe deer, wolf or foxes. Rifles cannot be owned privately. At that time, the village militia companies were equipped with guns and kept by a dedicated person. They could be borrowed for use during hunting.

On snowy days, it became a carnival for hunters. Three no ones went into the mountains to hunt. Hunters could judge based on their experience that the prey might be located and the path to pass. They would ambush in advance, release hunting dogs or use people to drive the prey over.

The hunter has a good marksmanship and almost hits every shot. When he hits his prey, the hunters think it is given by the mountain god and should share it with his neighbors, and the neighbors can all get a piece of meat.

Fang Wei was about eight years old. One Sunday, he and a few friends were playing by the village. Near the hillside, a rumbling sound came from the place. Several friends ran over to the sound and saw a bulldozer bulldozer on the collapsed earth wall. A soldier in his forties was walking back and forth, constantly making gestures to direct the bulldozer driver to operate.

Fang Wei was young at that time and didn't know what the purpose of pushing the wall was. Later, he heard from adults that he was leveling the land and demolishing many houses and some caves in the east of the village, all the way to a large area of ​​farmland at the bottom of Dongshan, including Sunjiabaozi, which was being pushed to the ground.

Xiaoli shouted at dad and ran to the soldier wearing a five-pointed star hat. The tall soldier bent down and picked up Xiaoli, kissed her in the face, and said a few words in his ear. He took out something from his shirt pocket and stuffed it into Xiaoli's hand.

Xiaoli jumped over and said, "Let's go and buy delicious food!" When a few friends heard that they wanted to buy food, they lost interest in bulldozing, so they followed Xiaoli to the village.

Speaking of this, I have to say that the village where Fang Wei lives is called Fangcun, which is also the location of the township government. There are hundreds of families in the village, more than 1,000 people, and basically all of them are surnamed Fang. Within the jurisdiction of Fangcun Township Government, Fangcun is the largest village.

Fangcun is composed of four forts, namely: East Fort, West Fort, South Fort, North Fort, Fang Wei's family lives in North Fort. There are not many surnames other than Fang's surname, and they are all foreign households.

In the collapsed earthen wall, the family who lived in that year had a surname of Sun. Because they were from a foreign surname, they could only build houses near the mountain corner, making a castle.

I don’t know how many years have passed, but it is said that a child was eaten by a wolf on the way home from school. Later, people slowly moved in, and the Sun Family Fort was abandoned. The only thing that survived was the foundation of the house in the fort and the collapsed earthen wall.

Xiaoli's parents were advance workers in the third-line construction. There were no dormitories or places to live. A group of people who came with Xiaoli's parents basically rented in Fang Wei and their village.

With the arrival of the family, the children's schooling became a problem. After consultation with the local government, the factory and the local government quickly solved the problem of children's schooling.

The construction of the third line is a national project. The local government supports it very much and sends dozens of children of advance personnel to Fangcun School and is divided into various classes according to their age. This group of children wears better clothes than local students, and their schoolbags are almost all military shoulder bags.

The schoolbags of rural children are pieced together with local cloth of various colors. Some children don’t even have schoolbags, and their clothes are worn in tatters and dirty.

Most of the children who predestined to look down on rural children, never play together, walk with a high ambition, and have a sense of superiority. There are a few exceptions, and Xiaoli is among them.

They eat much better than the children in the village. They always bring snacks and some snacks when they go to school. They have never seen them even if they eat them.

The house where Xiaoli's family lives temporarily is not far from Fang Wei's house. Fang Wei is a little older than Xiaoli, probably one or two years apart. Children from the city go to school early, and Xiaoli and Fang Wei are studying in the same class.

There are very few girls who are similar to Xiaoli’s age and they go to Fang Wei’s sister after school. The two girls are always inseparable and often go to Fang Wei’s house. After a long time, Xiaoli calls Fang Wei’s sister Fang Wei’s sister Fang Weigra, and Xiaoli calls it more in Mandarin.

About half a year later, Xiaoli's local words were no different from those of the villagers. Fang Wei treated Xiaoli like a sister and was very concerned about it.

Fang Wei is the leader among a group of boys. Xiaoli is protected by Fang Wei, and no one in the village dares to bully her. In return, of course, it is the delicious snacks in Xiaoli's schoolbag.

In that era, food was quite scarce, especially in the countryside, which was relatively poor, had no money, and lived a very hard life. Rural children could not eat delicious food at all.

Every Sunday or summer vacation, Fang Wei always follows a group of children, running around, climbing up and down, including his sister and Xiaoli.

Zhang Wei led a group of friends to play in the fields and catch grasshoppers. When he saw no one was taking care of him, he secretly picked melons and watermelons in the field. Sometimes he climbed over the wall and went to the yard to steal fruits from other people's trees.

There is a river flowing all year round in the south of the village. Fang Wei often takes his friends to fish. Fang Wei remembers the most clearly. A few boys caught a big fish and were so happy that they ran to the village along the small path of the ravine.

Several girls followed behind and the path was covered with gravel. Xiaoli accidentally slipped and fell into a ditch more than ten feet deep. Suddenly, several girls were scared to tears, and sister Fang Wei cried to save people...
Chapter completed!