Summer comes very quickly after spring. After the exam, the school had a three-day holiday. I packed my things and prepared to go home. Although it only takes half an hour to get home by car, I usually only have a holiday once every two months. I didn't have time to go back and was preparing to go out.
At that time, Tang Wei came back, looked at me packing my things and said, "Do you want to go home?"
I nodded
Tang Wei came over and said: "My parents are not at home, and there is nothing to do at school. How about I come to your house!"
It didn't matter to me, so I nodded and said, "Okay, as long as you don't dislike my family being poor."
Tang Wei laughed loudly and quickly packed up his things. When we were going out, Pan Hong and Miao Qing, whom we met, saw that we were going home, and they also started chattering about going home. I felt a headache. Finally, after friendly negotiation, I agreed to them.
I was supposed to leave in the morning, but in order to wait for Pan Hong and Miao Qing, I waited until almost noon before going back.
The county town is not too far from our home. It’s half an hour’s drive and then a 20-minute walk. I was murmuring in my heart all the way. I took two girls home rashly and didn’t know what my mother and neighbors were going to say.
But now I can only take one step at a time. I'll kill you if you don't admit it.
The asphalt road was in disrepair and was full of potholes. Riding in the car was as bumpy as riding a sedan. But the two girls were very excited along the way and curious about everything they saw. They said that when they were children, they also lived in the countryside.
I didn’t go to the county town until I was eight years old. I rarely go to villages or towns.
Anyway, there were two big beauties chattering along the way, so it didn’t look like they were bored. It was almost twelve o’clock when we got home. My mother was resting in the courtyard. She must have just come back from the fields and saw me with excitement on her face.
When they came behind me, they didn't show the embarrassment I expected. Mom said, why did I bring my classmates back without saying hello in advance? I just giggled and didn't know what to say.
Tang Wei smiled and said: "Auntie, we forced him to bring us back. He didn't know before that because our parents were not at home and we had nowhere to go during the school holidays, he just came to your house to play."
My mother was very happy and said to me: "You guys take a rest first and I'll go cook." After that, my mother left.
I led Tang Wei and the others to the room, pointed at this dilapidated small building and said, "This is my home. You can play whatever you want. As long as you can find something to play with, don't dislike it."
“This house is nice, but it doesn’t have two floors.”
"I feel very good"
"I also feel that way"
I really miss the innocence and innocence of that time. None of them showed even a trace of disgust or dissatisfaction because my family is in a rural area, my family is poor, and my family has no money. People say that those who care most are often those who have the lowest self-esteem. I care very much about others' comments about my family.
, very annoying. Fortunately, Tang Wei and the other three did not reveal this. Instead, they all looked very excited.
The three of them were watching TV and chatting in the room. I went out to help my mother cook in the kitchen. My mother said: "Bring your classmates back and tell me first. You see, there is nothing to eat."
I chuckled and said, "Let them eat whatever we usually eat!"
My mother glared at me, and then whispered: "Go, catch a chicken, kill a chicken and stew it." I thought for a while, that's okay.
Lunch is very simple, a pot of stewed vegetables, including potatoes, radishes, vermicelli, etc., and then white rice. We rarely eat rice in the north, we usually eat pasta. When the guests come, the pasta seems a bit unsatisfactory, so
Change to rice or dumplings
I don't know if it was because the food my mother cooked was delicious, or because they were really hungry. Anyway, they ate all the stew and rice. My mother was definitely not full. I can guarantee that because she almost didn't eat.
What, I just kept adding meat to them, with a smile on my mother's face. She seemed happier than eating by herself. At noon that day, I didn't feel full and depressed!
While picking her teeth, Pan Hong said: "The food cooked by Auntie is so delicious, I'm almost exhausted."
"Well, I've never eaten so much," Miao Qing said, covering her stomach.
"I'll tell you," Tang Wei said, "I know why it's so delicious! This is native chicken. That's why you eat so much native chicken."
"What is a native chicken?" Pan Hong and Miao Qing asked
Tang Weili was stunned for a moment and said: "How do I know? People say that the food fed in the countryside is all native and good."
Tang Wei's words aroused a burst of contempt from the three of us. But Tang Wei didn't care. He said we didn't understand and we still didn't believe it.
In the afternoon, my mother did not go to work in the fields anymore. She stayed at home with our young masters and grandmothers. Pan Hong and Miao Qing, the two girls, quickly became involved with my mother and tricked her into telling them embarrassing things about me when I was a child. This caused a lot of trouble.
People laughed constantly. Later, several neighbors came to the house, all of them women.
Because we are in a rural area, there are no factories or anything like that, so most of the time, there are not many men in the whole village. More than half of the men go out to work. The rest buy tractors at home to help neighbors farm and make some small money.
I can't leave because of my family's situation, but most people have gone out to work to make money, and will only come back during the Chinese New Year.
There are a few women who have just been married to our village. They have just given birth and have no way to work. They usually hold their children and walk around, chatting with each other. Today my mother happens to be at home, so they are all together with us.
home play
Pan Hong and Miao Qing seemed to like children very much. They took out the candies, chocolates, etc. from their bags and gave them to the children. Neighbors said they were sensible and joked that whoever married them in the future would be happy.
The two little girls blushed
Tang Wei joked there, "If any of you know each other, please introduce them to them!"
Tang Wei's words triggered a burst of punches and kicks from Pan Hong and Miao Qing, and everyone laughed. In the evening, the neighbors left the three of them to help their mother cook. My mother originally disagreed, but she couldn't get over them and gave in.
To be honest, they are helping but it is a complete disservice.
At that time, there were very few refrigerators and freezers in rural areas, and there were few things to store meat in the house. However, every family basically raised chickens, ducks, etc. For dinner, my mother originally planned to kill another chicken.
In the end, we didn't agree and ended up cooking two dishes, one was stir-fried shredded radish and the other was scrambled eggs with chopped green onion. A few guys wanted to show who made the eggs that looked good, but we ended up wasting a lot of money. In the end, my mother really felt sorry for those local eggs, so she gave us
All driven away
We didn’t eat that much for dinner. After all, we didn’t have much exercise to consume. After dinner, I went to the kitchen and secretly handed my mother five hundred yuan, saying it was a bonus from my school and a gift from my classmates who helped me with their homework.
There was a look of confusion on his face, and then his eyes turned slightly red and he said: "Xiaotian has grown up and can earn money for the family." But my mother said she didn't want anything and said she would keep it for myself. I told her I still had two hundred, and I still had two hundred.
Mom then carefully collected the money.
There are no entertainment activities in the countryside at night. I just watch TV for dinner, and the TV is not cabled, and there are not many channels to watch. Finally, Pan Hong and the other two shouted that they wanted to go out for a walk, so I took them to the river embankment in front of our village.
above
Our hometown is in the north, and there are obviously no mountains during spring, summer, autumn and winter. At first glance, there is a flat plain. In front of our village is a continuous wheat field. Past the wheat field is a river embankment. Although the river is not wide or deep, it is very clear.
This is also what we called the holy land of love when we were in junior high school.
There are not many people here during the day, and even less at night. Occasionally, after a motorcycle passes by, it falls into a long silence. It is so beautiful, but the people living here don’t think so. Only when I grew up did I know that this is called