As I led Hongyu along a wheat field path under the highway, I kept thinking about one thing, that is, as soon as the day breaks, maybe many people around me will know one thing, that is, I am in trouble. It's a big deal. My mother, Uncle De, Brother Hu, and Uncle An, An Ning, Brother Tie Shou, Qian Feng, Xiong Shuai, and my dear Yaoyao who are far away in J City. When I think of Yaoyao, my heart is like I'm afraid I'll be sorry for her, I'm afraid I'll lose her from now on...
"Brother Chen, what are you thinking about?" Hongyu asked, walking beside me.
"It's nothing...just these stupid things," after thinking about it, in fact, Hongyu doesn't need to go with me. He should be considered safe, and Mengzi should be considered safe. I don't want to see so many people innocent. I would feel very guilty if I was involved.
After walking for more than 20 minutes, we finally arrived at the village where I had stayed when I was a child. It was still the same, with rows of tile-roofed houses. The best house in the whole village was the one-story bungalow at the northernmost end, with a roof added above. The first floor is a two-story building. I remember that it was the home of the village chief. When I was young, my dad got into a fight with his family and injured him because he was short of some land. , and finally we moved away because we were often bullied by this unscrupulous village chief.
Along the way, Hongyu looked around. We walked south along the river embankment to the west of the village. There were many poplar saplings planted along the river. The sound of the river was very clear. The sky in the east gradually became a little brighter. I took out my phone and checked that it was already past two o'clock.
"Brother Chen, haven't you arrived yet? Can you still find your hometown?"
"Don't talk. There are quite a few dogs in our village. I will steal chickens later, but..."
"Nothing," Hongyu asked curiously.
I smiled and nodded, "It's okay, I thought that house didn't raise chickens anymore,"
I quickened my pace and saw that the chicken shed built with nets in the poplar forest in front of me was still there. It had not changed for more than ten years. Hongyu followed me closely and walked to the chicken shed. I asked Hongyu to stand guard. After I was safe, I quietly approached the chicken shed, but I still disturbed the chickens. Hongyu panicked a little and cursed in a low voice: "Brother Chen, are you okay? If not, we will withdraw. If we are discovered, we will be finished." "
"Stop talking," I used a dagger to cut open the netting of the chicken shed. Before a group of chickens had fully woken up, I grabbed one of them and ran out of the chicken shed. I held the chicken's neck to prevent it from croaking. He made a sound and walked quickly towards the south.
"Damn, Brother Chen, you caught a fucking duck,"
After Hongyu said this, I realized that it was really a duck. I thought it was a little heavier. I thought it was a big rooster. A duck is just a duck. Let's eat it.
Walking to the southern end of the village, I pointed to the yard in front of me and whispered to Hongyu, "This is it. Keep your voice down. Don't make any noise. There are people living in the house behind, and the house on the right has also moved."
Hongyu pointed at the door with some confusion, "Your house used to have this kind of wooden door. It was really shabby."
"Okay, stop pretending to be a rich man here. If you don't go in, get out. It'll be nice to have a place to stay. There's so much nonsense."
As I said that, I lifted up the rolled plate under the door and said, "Get in."
"From here," Hongyu pointed to the gap in the rolled plate under the door, "Can I go in?"
"I told you that if you don't want to, you can pull out your buttocks for me, and you said you won't cause trouble for me. This is nothing but a grievance."
Hongyu smiled, "Zui, I'm just kidding you."
Seeing Hongyu kneeling on the ground, then lying down, with his whole body pressed against the ground, he slowly got in. I handed the duck to him from underneath, and then got in too. The injury on my arm ached slightly, which made me somewhat still. I was very sober. After I came in, I put the rolling plate back to its original position, patted the soil on my body, turned around and looked at the yard where I lived when I was a child. There were weeds everywhere. Fortunately, it was winter. If it were summer, There must be a lot of snakes and insects here.
Hongyu was frightened by the sight in front of him. Looking at the dark door of the tile-roofed house, he swallowed and said, "Brother, your house is so gloomy. Are you sure there is nothing inside..."
In fact, I am also a little scared. Although this is my childhood home, and every corner here has the shadow of my past, such a deserted house is too desolate, and I am still a little scared.
"Let's go in with me," he said when he walked to the door of the house and saw that the iron lock on the door had disappeared. It seemed that someone had visited here after we left. There was nothing to steal inside, except for some dilapidated furniture. , and there is nothing like before.
Pushing open the door of the house, there was a "squeak" and it was dark. Based on my memory, I stretched out my hand and touched a rope at the door. It was the light switch in the old house, but it was no longer useful. The electrician had already switched it on. Stopped.
Hongyu stood at the door and never came in. This kid is usually very bold, but this time he acted like a loser. I took out my phone and turned on the flashlight. In an instant, everything in the house came into view. The big man in the main room The table was covered with dust, the cloth that originally covered the bench was thrown to the ground, and there were some broken vases. Only then did Hongyu come in and start visiting my home.
When I walked into my parents' room, there was a wooden bed, a writing desk and a wardrobe. The glass mirror on the wardrobe was broken and the glass fell to the floor. I was attracted by a picture frame on the wall because There seemed to be a few photos on it. The duck in my hand struggled a few times and then stopped moving. It seemed like I was suffocating it by twisting its neck. It was still on one side and walked towards the photo frame. The photo frame was made of glass. It was covered with this layer of dust. I wiped it with my hand and took a photo with my mobile phone. There were photos of my father and mother when they were young, and there was also a picture of a very small child. That should be me, wearing open pants and showing off my face. With a small penis...
I looked up at the roof, which was covered with spider webs. Suddenly I heard Hong Yu shouting. This guy scared me. I quickly walked to another room, and Hong Yu also watched on his mobile phone. He was looking at a corner and said, "Brother Chen, you must have lived here when you were a child. I almost pissed myself because of this stuffed toy of yours. It's so fucking scary."
The stuffed toy on the single bed was a chimpanzee. I even forgot if it belonged to me. It was scary looking at it from the bed, but I was very impressed by the red pony in the corner. …
I returned to the main room and found two old candles from the big table. I didn't know if they still worked or not. They looked deformed.
"Hongyu, give me the lighter,"
Hongyu came out and looked at the candle in my hand as if he saw hope. He quickly took out the lighter and handed it to me, "Okay, I finally found something that can be used."
I broke the candle in half and lit it. I lit a cigarette and then patted the bench in the room. "You sit back first and I'll see if there is anything worth using in the closet."
When I walked to my dad's room and opened the closet, a musty smell hit my face. What was even more frightening was that suddenly a white guy jumped out of it. My heart skipped a beat, and then I heard a cat meow.
"Damn, it scared me to death,"
Hongyu hurried over and looked at the white cat that had not escaped yet in surprise, "Brother Chen, this is yours, right?"
"It's yours, take it back and keep it."
"Mimi, mimi," Hongyu squatted down and called to the big white cat, but the white cat kept staring at me.
I took my phone and looked into the closet, and suddenly I found that there were a lot of tattered clothes left in the closet. I guess my dad kept them because he didn't want to wear them. The clothes suddenly moved. Could it be that there was a cat in there? , or a mouse.
I thought about various possibilities and carefully took out the top piece of clothing. What appeared in front of me was a litter of newly born kittens. I sighed deeply, pointed here and said to Hongyu: "Don't Catch it, it won't go away, we have five more little companions tonight, six for the big white cat,"
Hongyu walked over and sighed, looking inside, "Hey, brother Chen, this..."
"It's fun," I put back the clothes I had torn off, and then pushed Hongyu back to the main room. The big white cat jumped in through the broken glass mirror without meowing.
Hongyu stood in front of me holding the dead duck, "How to deal with this, there is no water, no pot,"
At this point, I could only give it a try. I walked out of the main room and walked towards the hut at the southernmost end of the yard. That was the kitchen of our house before. We all called it the Nabe House. There is a sign at the door of the Nabe House. A water pipe. I don’t know if there is water. The water comes from a big well in the village and is supplied by a pump every day.
Walking over, I found that the faucet of the water pipe could no longer be turned on. It should have been rusted for a long time. The water should not stop. As long as it could be turned on, there would be water. I found a brick from the ground and turned to it. I knocked on the knob on the faucet, but the drill bit was broken, but the knob still didn't move.
Hongyu walked over, took a look, and said with a smile: "Forget it, it's useless. After this thing gets rusty, it will be stronger than electric welding."
I don’t believe in evil, so I walked into the pot house and looked around. In addition to a big pot, there was also an ax for chopping wood. God was still willing to help me. I lifted the ax over and started from the wider side. He hit the faucet with the other end, and the sound was a little loud. It would not be good if it alerted the family in front. I remember that the relationship between that family and my family was not very good.
"Brother Chen, it seems there is really water, look..."
Under the light of Hongyu's mobile phone, a drop of water slowly gathered at the faucet, and then it dripped down, followed by a second drop. I stretched out my hand and tried to twist it, but it still couldn't be twisted. It seemed that I had to smash it. OK, but when I smashed it for the second time, I bent the screw handle directly, and the water came out, but it was a little small, so this can help a little bit.
"Hongyu, go to the pot house and bring that big pot,"
Hongyu walked into the pot house and took a look, then came over and said, "Forget it, the bottom of your big pot has been exposed, and it is rusty and rotten."
"Oh, that……"
"Let's wash it, bake it and eat it," said Hongyu, who was particularly clever when it came to eating.
The duck was cut open. The fur was a bit difficult to deal with, but we still pulled it off bit by bit. We rinsed it with water under the faucet. The two of us lit firewood in the pot house, and then put the duck I hung it up with the iron hook used for cooking pots, and suddenly I felt a very warm feeling. After all, this is my home too.