Tiedan's nickname is Zhang Tiebao, and he and Zhang Tiegen are both children of the iron generation in Fenghuang Village.
Zhang Tiegen is the same age as him. When they were young, they were playmates who went to the river to catch fish together, made mischief together, and threw stones into the girls' toilet. Until they graduated from middle school, their relationship was as close as that of biological brothers.
Later, for some unknown reason, Zhang Tiegen was said to have gone out to work and has not been heard from since.
Until a few years ago, after Zhang Tiegen's parents passed away, his sister had to go to school and he was afraid that she would not receive the money. Zhang Tiegen sent the living expenses to Tiedan's house and asked Tiedan to give it to Zhang Caixuan.
But even so, Zhang Tiegen just sent money every time and attached a few words. Tiedan still doesn't know what Zhang Tiegen does outside.
Zhang Tiegen wanted Tiedan to come in and sit in the house, but he was worried about his sister, so he asked: "Tiedan, do you know where my sister has gone?"
"At this time, I must be in the sweet potato field." Tiedan said, "At the beginning of spring, I plowed a piece of your land and planted sweet potato vines with Caixuan. You know, Caixuan is a
As a student, growing sweet potatoes is the easiest thing, and I can help her take care of it when I have time."
Zhang Tiegen felt moved, reached out and patted Tiedan's arm and said, "Thank you, Tiedan, thanks to your family for helping me take care of my sister these years."
"It's okay, good brother, that's right." Tiedan said with a hearty smile.
"Then you sit in the room for a while, and I'll go to the fields to see my sister." Zhang Tiegen said with a smile.
"You have been away for so many years, do you still remember where your family's land is?" Tiedan smiled, "I'd better take you there."
The two went out chatting and laughing together, chatting about their current situation.
Regarding Zhang Tiegen's current situation, he had already thought of a way to explain it and brought it to him in an understatement.
As for Tiedan, he actually had a lot of emotions in his heart.
What kind of elementary school classmate made it known outside, and invited the whole village to have a three-day banquet when they came back during the Spring Festival; what kind of middle school female classmate married a wealthy family from another place, and gave birth to a fat boy this year; what kind of Wulong Town is an ancient town, and now it is engaged in tourism development
, Fenghuang Mountain Development came to Fenghuang Village to acquire land, and the unscrupulous officials embezzled how much money...
It seems that Tiedan has a lot of injustices in his heart, and he started to talk endlessly as soon as he opened the box.
The two of them went to the entrance of the village. There were many bulldozers parked there. The large pond at the entrance of the village where children used to swim and play in summer has now been filled in.
Land acquisition is indeed true.
Zhang Tiegen shook his head. He had often heard abroad that everyone in China except Zhongnanhai dared to demolish anything, as if China = China = demolition anywhere.
Unexpectedly, even remote places like Fenghuang Village are undergoing large-scale demolition and construction...
At this time, Tiedan suddenly pointed to the road ahead and said, "Tiegen, look, it's Caixuan!"
"Where is it?" Zhang Tiegen stood on tiptoe and looked in the direction of Tiedan's finger, "Which one is it?"
"That's the one carrying a load of sweet potatoes." Tiedan said with a smile, "Why do you have such bad eyesight? You can't even recognize your own sister. It's the little one with a bamboo hat on his head and a floral dress.
that."
"Oh, I've grown a lot taller!" Zhang Tiegen said with a delighted smile.
"Aren't you talking nonsense?" Tiedan said with a smile, "She was less than ten years old when you left, right? Now she is almost turning into a beautiful girl!"
"Come on, let's go pick her up quickly." Zhang Tiegen smiled and ran away.
Zhang Caixuan carried a load of sweet potatoes newly dug from the ground on her shoulders. They were all long and big, estimated to weigh more than a hundred kilograms. Even the pole was bent, and the load was shaking.
Although it was heavy, Zhang Caixuan gritted her teeth and still walked as fast as flying. Even a child from a rural area had great strength.
Zhang Caixuan felt very happy. Tomorrow, she would pick up these sweet potatoes and sell them at the starch factory. She should earn twenty or thirty yuan. When her elder brother comes back, she would buy him ribs to eat!
"My eldest brother has been away from home for so many years. I wonder what he is like now! He works outside and stays in the factory every day to move his hands. He doesn't have to be exposed to the wind and sun all day in the fields. He should become particularly white and tender.
?" Zhang Caixuan imagined her brother's current appearance in her mind as she walked, as if the weight on her shoulders suddenly became much lighter.
At this moment, a figure suddenly blocked her way in front of her. Zhang Caixuan stopped quickly and was almost knocked over by the swing of the burden.
A strong hand held her up, preventing her from falling.
Zhang Caixuan raised her head, but because the man was too tall, she had to reach out to hold the bamboo hat on her head, and saw a strange man with a thin cheek and dark skin grinning at her.
"Let me help you." The strange man said with a smile, reaching out and gently taking down the more than 100 kilograms of burden from Zhang Caixuan's shoulders and placing it on the ground. He looked really strong.
"Who are you?" Zhang Caixuan looked blankly at the man in front of her, feeling a vague sense of familiarity.
"Cai Xuan, you don't even recognize him?" Tiedan caught up and joked to Zhang Caixuan.
"Brother Tiedan, who is he?" Zhang Caixuan said with a smile, full of the cheerfulness and liveliness unique to rural girls, "Is he your friend?"
"Of course he is my friend." Tiedan smiled, "and he is also your brother Tiegen."
"Ah, he is my brother?!" Zhang Caixuan looked at the Zhang Tiegen in front of her with some surprise. The image was completely different from what she imagined, "Are you really my eldest brother?"
Zhang Tiejen wanted to smile at Zhang Caixuan again, but when he saw her twinkling eyes under her bamboo hat, his nose suddenly felt sore and he almost shed tears.
However, as a world-class mercenary and killer, Zhang Tiegen quickly controlled his emotions.
He finally showed a bright smile and said with a smile: "Sister, I am really your eldest brother Zhang Tiegen! I haven't seen you for so many years, I never thought you have grown so tall!"
"Brother, you really came home! I miss you so much!" Zhang Caixuan took off the bamboo hat on her head and threw herself into Zhang Tiegen's arms, "Why haven't you come home after so many years?"
As she spoke, Zhang Caixuan was already choked with sobs.
Zhang Tiegen held Zhang Caixuan in his arms and gently comforted her, "I'm sorry, it's all my fault for making you suffer so much by yourself. It's better now. Brother is back, and I won't let him do it again in the future."
You are all alone. Let's go home."
"Well, let's go home. I'll cook for my eldest brother!" Zhang Caixuan immediately became excited again.
"I haven't eaten all day, and I'm starved to death. Let's go, I'm going to try my sister's cooking today. Tiedan, don't leave today, come eat with us." Zhang Tiegen said with a smile.
"Okay, I haven't tasted Caixuan's food for a while." Tiedan said with a rude smile.
Then, Zhang Tiegen easily picked up the load of more than 100 kilograms of sweet potatoes, and the three of them went home talking and laughing.
