Chapter 4 Countryside
But so what? The master’s decision cannot be changed by anyone. He doesn’t want me to look for it. Then even if I find his place, he will not see me.
My expression was sad involuntarily, but immediately returned to normal. I opened up the topic with a smile. I just wanted to have a good meal.
My elder sister and second sister came back on the third and fourth days respectively. They asked for leave and came back with us, as well as our brother-in-law and my little nephew.
There is another separation and no need to mention it. Looking at the two very mature sisters, I still think of the change I found in my pocket that year and that note, my sisters
The days that followed were peaceful. Every day I talked to my parents and sisters, teased my nephews, and had a couple of drinks with my brother-in-law. This was almost the whole content of my life. I didn’t have to think about anything or get upset with anything. I just needed to enjoy the comfort of family affection.
My parents and sisters are worried about my work over the past three years. My elder sister works as a doctor in a hospital and wants to use some connections to get me into the hospital and be a civilian. My second sister is now the young director of a middle school, and she wants to get me into the school and stay there.
My eldest brother-in-law is an officer in the army, and my second brother-in-law is a civil servant. I don’t know what specific official position is. In short, they both have to help me, saying that I want to get me into, which makes me laugh and cry.
As for my parents, it was even more direct. My mother said, "Son, our family has a clothing store and a storefront. You can do anything you want, but you are afraid that you can't support yourself? Don't go anywhere, it's good to be a businessman."
My dad also said, "That's right, when we are old, it's better for our own son to take care of us than to ask for someone to manage."
This is how family members are. Only they will worry about your life in every detail. But I felt guilty because I was destined to be unable to accompany my family forever, and I didn’t want to accept the kindness of my sister and brother-in-law. Because I hate bondage, I refused.
My refusal made my straightforward eldest sister angry and poked my forehead and scolded: "Sanwaer, what's the point of going to college? You still refuse to go out to work. What's so ashamed to meet people? What do you think of the salary being low?"
My second sister is much gentler and anxious: "Sanwa, this person is lazy when he plays. Don't not work at a young age."
My mother has no education and said directly: "If you don't work, you can do it all three times without working. When you come back, you will be able to raise them all."
My dad scolded: "Old woman, why are you talking nonsense? My Chen family wants to cultivate talents for the country, not the borer of socialism."
I heard these things and it was a silly joy. These lifelike conversations are what I lack the most and desire the most in my life. I enjoy it very much.
At this time, my two-year-old nephew also came over and climbed up to my knees. After getting along these days, this kid was quite tired of my uncle. As soon as he came up, he said, "Uncle, uncle, my dad asked me to ask you something."
"What's the matter?" I squeezed my nephew's pink face and couldn't help laughing. I like this kid very much. He looks like my eldest sister and is similar to me when I was a child, so I can't help but prefer it.
"I just ask you when I will find a little aunt to come back, I want to see my aunt." The child said endlessly. As soon as my nephew said this, our brother-in-law laughed, and there was a look of success in the conspiracy.
And I was sweating coldly, and I knew this sentence was a piece of explosives.
Sure enough, my mother started talking: "Sanwaer, I think the girl from XX family in this county town"
"We have a female doctor in our hospital"
"We have a female teacher in our school"
"That's right, son, dad thinks it's okay to start a family first and then start a career. Your mom and I want to hold a grandson."
I:""
————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
After staying at home for ten days, I finally set foot on the road back to that small mountain village, and my family was walking with me.
The changes in the village are not big, but they are not small. At least the common thatched houses and tile houses that were almost extinct, and they were replaced by neat two-story buildings.
I heard from my parents that they would come back and have a lot of time. When this person is old, he always wants to return to that small mountain village to retire. However, he is used to the city life and feels that he can't go back. In this way, he can't come back and have a lot of time.
I held my nephew and told him some interesting things about my childhood. When I passed by the school I attended, I found that the simple school when I was a child had been repaired very well and the grand teaching building. I didn’t sigh at all when I saw this. In my heart, paying attention to the education of children is a great good thing, and it is worth the joy of people.
As we walked, the whole family was chatting excitedly. The air in the mountains and villages was always very fresh. Even if winter came in Sichuan, you could still see a piece of green everywhere, which was particularly relaxing.
Walking on the familiar and unfamiliar road in the countryside, old acquaintances greet us along the way, but most of them only recognize my parents. This made my sisters and I sigh, does this person look so fast when he grows up?
But after a few steps, someone recognized me first, and I also recognized him at first glance - Guo Er!
When he was tortured by hungry ghosts, Suru and I went to save him. Guo Er ran over when he saw me, grabbed my hand and said, "My little master, I haven't seen you for many years."
When I looked at this person who was the most capable person in the past, I always felt that he was much more haggard than back then. This was also because the hungry ghost insects sucked his essence and blood, and he aged faster than ordinary people.
"I'm going abroad, are you in good health?" I still greeted warmly. People always return to their hometown. When they see everyone, they will let go of some precautions. I have a little closed personality. The older I grow, the less I can't say a few words to others, but now I can still greet Guo Er.
Guo Er talked to me about the past few years of the countryside. He said that the ancient tomb had been excavated long ago. I don’t know why the tomb was destroyed by the state. He said that it was disrepair for a long time and was afraid that someone would mistakenly enter it. Now that area has become a small town factory.
Another new thing is that a Taiwanese came to the village to invest in a bamboo tool processing factory and repaired the cemetery where people buried in the village, like a park, especially a tomb, which was so beautiful.
I knew these things well, but it was inconvenient to point them out. I just listened quietly to Guo Er telling me that I was thinking that I would stay here for a few days, go to see the tombs of hungry ghosts, and go to see the tombs of Li Fengxian and Yu Xiaohong. It was also a matter of the hurried parting of that year.
The family rejected Guo Er's enthusiasm for lunch and continued to move forward, talking about some changes over the years. Before we knew it, we had already walked to that small mountain village, the small mountain village where I lived since I was a child.
I have been away from here for eight years and come back again. This familiar village is not without changes. Like the village, most people in the village have built a small second floor. It can be seen that the villagers' lives are much better than they were back then. Even the main roads in the village have changed from dirt roads to stone roads like the village.
I was a little excited to hold my father with one hand and my mother with the other, and embarked on this road with a pious mood. After walking a few steps, I met the familiar villagers. Greetings are naturally indispensable, and surprises are naturally also available.
In recent years, the people in the mountain village are no longer as simple as they were back then, but some things in their bones are not profitable, and the changes of the times can change. Almost everyone enthusiastically invites our family to have dinner at home.
Helplessly, we had other plans, so we naturally refused.
The greetings with the villagers made me understand some people and things. At least I learned that Liu Chunyan, a classmate in elementary school, is now a very promising person among the villagers. He is already a civil servant, and it seems that he has been assigned to the village to be a small official.
I remembered the letters I had when I was in middle school. Now I think about it, and suddenly I feel a little moved when I was a boy, but I haven't met her all the way through the countryside.
This is also good. When I meet you, I don’t know what to say. Some fate will disperse. As long as the love you have left in my heart, it may be a good thing. There are too many separations, but I take these things very lightly.
The parents I care about are fine, they are in good health, and they are still as cheerful as ever. I have met Sauce in Chengdu, and of course I brought them news about Sauce. I told them that Sauce is doing well in the business. Although I don’t know what Sauce is doing, it is necessary to give these two old people peace of mind.
Sure enough, when he heard about this, his father shouted loudly and said, "My son looks smart. If you do business, you can do it. We are waiting for him to take us into the city."
Suru thought with a clever look on his face? I remembered the fat face, shook my head, and thought with some amusement. It is estimated that only Suru's parents could see cleverness from that fat face. I had no nerve to tell Suru's father that Suru had already linked their family with Dong Cunrui.
In this way, before we knew it, we walked to our old house.
Chapter completed!