The door of the courtyard house has been welded dead

Chapter 394 Homecoming
"Bang, bang, bang"

Under the blue sky in the distance, amid billowing white smoke, the light green locomotive drove south along the golden wheat fields with the long train behind it.

The endless waves of rolling wheat represent this year's harvest, and the fields are filled with the laughter of the members.

On the edge of the field, rifles used by militiamen for training were all piled together, like blossoming flowers celebrating a good harvest.

That's where you and I fell in love.

The young pioneers with red scarves tied around their necks were following behind the adults, picking up the ears of wheat that had been missed on the ground, and placing them in the pile of harvested wheat with great care. To others, this is food. For them, it means work points and being able to contribute to the family.

In the bamboo basket not far away, covered with gray cloth, there are empty salt water bottles and earthen jars with broken edges, reminding the children that this kind of work is not so easy to earn.

On the hard seat by the window of the green leather train, Liu Qiang broke off his sister's kang noodles in his hand and stuffed them into his mouth bit by bit. Even the dregs that fell on his clothes would be wetted on his fingers before stuffing them into his mouth. inside.

"Leizi, look, the capable person over there is a woman. I wonder how the family is doing now?"

At this moment, while looking out the window, his mind was already wandering to his hometown in the distance. He pointed at the woman who cut the fastest in the world. Involuntarily, he thought of his wife.

Liu Lei looked out the window curiously, whether it was the train itself or the things passing by outside the window. Fortunately, the speed of the train was not fast, allowing him to see the place Liu Qiang pointed just now.

The golden straw hat under the scorching sun, the sickle still braving the cold light in the hot summer, the wheat ridges kept falling down wherever he passed, Liu Lei pursed his mouth hard, time passed so fast, this year's summer harvest has begun , time passed so slowly, the calluses on his hands that had fallen off countless times were aching faintly.

"They should be done, Nanfang, they should have been cooked a few days ago!"

Rushing to harvest and plant seeds is the most difficult time of the year for farmers during the window period of a few days, when time is tight and tasks are heavy. They compete with God for time. Two people wandering far away in the capital, if it were not for Li Feng wedding, I’m afraid I would have gone back to help my family share the pressure.

"The corn should be planted. I want to plant the peanut seeds I saved last year in my own plot. I wonder if your aunt can plant them!"

As a middle-aged man from an old village, who has been digging in the soil for 20 years before Liu Lei, he is much more sensitive to seasonal changes than his eldest nephew. When leaving, everyone thought about this year, and even delayed going back until now. Some are no longer calm, fearing that losing two strong laborers will make the family busy.

"It should be fine, there are so many people in the team, isn't my dad still here?"

As if he could see the worries hidden deep in Liu Qiang's heart, Liu Lei forced a smile on his face. In fact, he was also muttering in his heart, wondering what the situation at home was like.

"Don't hold on, it's time to eat. The money we brought back is enough to buy work points. They are living a comfortable life this year, so they can afford the two of them. Get off the car later and don't have the energy to walk back!"

His eyes scanned the circle of people with vigilance. When he saw others looking at him, Liu Qiang would smile with a simple and honest expression, reminding Liu Lei that he would take the money he brought back to watch carefully and not let others take advantage of it. machine.

In summer, there are less clothes to wear. There is no way to sew them into clothes like in winter. There is no other choice but to stuff the soles of shoes on hot days. This is the safest place for the two of them.

"Okay, then I'll take two bites!"

Liu Lei was finally convinced. After swallowing, he was finally willing to open the cloth bag hanging on his chest.

There were scattered handfuls of small candies inside, including hard candies, white rabbits, and red wedding candies, all given by aunt Liu Yin. Neither Liu Qiang nor Liu Lei were willing to eat these, so they took them back. Give it to the children, sweet mouth, and it can also be considered as a small gift for home.

The washed glass bottle of canned fruit was filled with braised pork and Sixi dumplings. He and Liu Qiang were reluctant to eat these. The weather was hot and the canned food could be stored for a few days after steaming, but as soon as it was opened midway, it would definitely If you can’t take it back, you have to eat it on the way.

They have already tasted the taste of meat, but they are still reluctant to part with it. After all, people in rural areas can only eat meat a few times a year, two or three times, which is incredible. Taking these things back is really more abundant than the Chinese New Year.

In this way, after spending a long time, Liu Lei also made the same choice. The kang's dough was somewhat hard, which was also a rare delicacy for hungry people.

Looking out the window, the broken pieces of cake were put into his mouth bit by bit. Liu Lei's face regained a trace of color, and slowly, the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

……

"Mom, mom, when will dad come back~!"

The second eldest son of Liu Qiang's family was wearing crotchless trousers made of country cloth, with his little sparrow exposed, poking his butt, playing with grass roots on the ground, looking at his mother who was drinking water in the field, and asked in a low voice.

Aunt Li Feng paused for a moment while wiping sweat with her hands. The calluses on her palms and the wounds cut by the wheat straw were not as sad as the questions asked by her second son.

"Your dad, there must be a vixen outside who has taken away his soul. Erbao, look, the fields are already planted with crops. If your dad doesn't come back, then he doesn't want you three!"

Another village woman on the field ridge loosened the corner of the towel she was holding in her teeth, picked up the salt water bottle, and drank the water. After burping, she pointed at her dick and teased him.

"Okay, Sister Tao, why are you talking nonsense to a child? If you live in the village, you already know what's going on in the capital. You must be able to hear from far away!"

Aunt Li Feng looked a little unhappy at this time, picked up the straw hat and fanned herself, but the result was hot air, so she could only put it back on her forehead in annoyance.

"Yes, you are talking nonsense. My dad is not that kind of person, and he still sends it home...!"

"Okay, Erbao, let's go play!"

The aunt's face changed. She seemed to not want her son to say this, so she hugged her son's naked buttocks and kicked him behind his balls. She kicked him aside and played with him, making the little kid pout in anger.

"Oh, Qiangzi's wife, what did you send? How do I know how your Qiangzi is doing outside now? It's all nonsense from the people next door. However, after you took a shower a few days ago, you went to watch a movie in the front yard, right? Put on the cream!"

Village women are like this. They have a comradely relationship of mutual cooperation and a competitive relationship. To put it bluntly, they are afraid of you and think you are poor and are not as good as his family. Now Aunt Li Feng Why don't these peasant women of the same age feel uneasy about using such high-end beauty care products as ice cream?

"Oh no, it smells like soap, so I don't need cream!"

"Don't pretend to be with me. I've seen it. There's that blue box on your bedside table, and you're still hiding it from me. Wife-in-law, we've become estranged like this!"

It doesn't matter if you don't admit it. After a little testing, a few women were able to withstand it. Seeing that she couldn't hide it, Aunt Li Feng simply returned to the ground again to avoid the unnatural look on her face being seen.

"If you don't hide it, if you don't hide it, you can finish the whole box from me!"

They are all sisters who have grown up. I don’t know what they think. Who said rural people are simple? They all have simple faces, and they have the unique shrewdness of small farmers. One of them has not yet wanted to take advantage of them. It appeared that the other side had already withdrawn its troops. "It's really cool, let me borrow it, what can I do with it?"

The angry Sister Tao saw that Qiangzi's wife didn't know how to praise her, her face changed, she mumbled something in her mouth, rolled her eyes, found some middle-aged women on her side, and began to murmur.

"I'm telling you, Xiangxiang must have stolen the man...!"

The faint sound gradually became louder, and Little Aunt Li Feng stamped her feet angrily after hearing it. It's really hard for them to quarrel with these things, otherwise those women can really call white things black.

Over the past few days, she has fully realized how uncomfortable it is for the left-behind women and children.

Everyone actually knew that the man was not at home and had gone out to earn money. By the time he left that day, the news had already spread throughout the village.

Now, the Liu family's two wild boars were fed black and strong, and the sow was pregnant, which was really serious. This made the people in the village jealous, and all kinds of gossip spread.

Aunt Li Feng could only endure the anger. She wanted to wait until her man came back before venting it out to open the eyes of those who she thought were right.

……

Come back home.

After getting off the train, the uncle and nephew didn't want to stay for more than a quarter of an hour. At this time, their wealth was completely different from what it was when they came to Beijing. Now that they were returning home in rich clothes, the money they brought back was completely different from what it was back then.

The timid earthy smell has been covered up by something called self-confidence after seeing a bigger market.

If the burden on their shoulders were removed, no one would realize that the two people in front of them came from a remote rural area.

Behind the train is a minibus, and behind the minibus is a tractor. When the means of transportation become more and more shabby, it also means that the two people are closer to home.

Familiar mountain villages, familiar fields, familiar shouts, familiar people, even the smell in the air is familiar.

The donkey cart was driving slowly on the country road. There was a snow-white cigarette clamped on the handlebar ear, which was in sharp contrast with his skin color.

His big teeth were filled with brownish-yellow tea stains and soot, and he grinned all the way to the back of his ears, like a handlebar. He was very happy to pick up two acquaintances on the way back, and a smile filled the corners of his eyes.

"Qiang Wazi, how is the capital city? Did you go to see the flag raising? Did you see the MZX coming?"

The handlebar put the whip aside, picked up the tobacco pot bag stuck on his back, and while pressing home-grown tobacco leaves into the pot, he curiously chatted with Liu Qiang.

"Third uncle, you don't know how big the crowd is at the National Flag Square, almost from our village to the intersection of Zhaohu's house in front. The ground is paved with stones, which are neatly arranged and even flatter than the walls of the commune.

As Liu Qiang described the size of the land, Handlebar Shift opened his eyes wide and narrowed his pupils from time to time. The pipe in his mouth was no longer tasty, and he wished he could grow wings and go see it in person.

"And the flag raising, I'm tired of seeing it. I can't get up so early every day. When the sun comes out, I have to raise it immediately. If you go late, you won't be able to see it!"

"And the MZX you mentioned, I see the big photo at the city gate every day, and I even saw the political director with my own eyes!"

Liu Qiang continued to swear and vomit. Not to mention, older people really do this. For them, whether it is MZX or the political director, they are literary stars in the sky. Whenever they meet, they are really two people. A lifetime of blessings.

"My dear, strong boy, you go out this time, tsk tsk, my third uncle is envious of you. Alas, it's a pity that my old bones, like this stubborn donkey, have only been as far as the county seat and the capital in this life. That’s where dignitaries stay~!”

From the yearning at the beginning to the sighing later, the handlebar style’s eyes were full of bitterness. Who doesn’t want to go to the capital to see it!
Liu Qiang realized that he had gone too far and stopped talking to his third uncle. He smiled coquettishly. He originally wanted to brag. After all, he had been out for such a long time. If he really went home in silence, then the point of going out would be gone. .

"How are you doing outside? Let me see, you are a little fatter than before!"

After squeezing Liu Qiang's arm and patting him on the handlebar, he smiled again. The younger generation had a promising future, and the elders were also happy. After all, they were all from the same village.

"Fortunately, my eldest nephew is very capable in the capital. He is now the section chief of Wanwan Factory. He usually looks for me as his uncle. Unexpectedly, it is my sister's family who is responsible for this!"

"Your sister, you were so high-spirited back then that the people in the village looked down upon you. You don't know how many families were unhappy at that time. Fortunately, you married into a good family. Now everyone in the commune knows about those two big wild boars!"

As the distance got closer and closer, the handlebar said something vaguely. Liu Qiang was no longer the young man he used to be. He understood what his third uncle was saying and looked over with a serious look on his face.

"It's nothing serious, the old ones are still here. Come back and ask your parents to come to my house and have a drink~!"

"Okay, third uncle!"

After entering the village, the two of them picked up the challenge, and the cart drove towards the brigade. The two of them regained their smiles and walked towards home.

"Hey, isn't this Da Qiang? He's back from the capital!"

"Well, Third Sister, you're back~!"

Along the way, acquaintances passed by from time to time and greeted each other, but many of them stared at the basket to see what they had brought back, but Liu Qiang blocked them all.

"Dad, Mom~!"

Just like before, Liu Qiang and Liu Lei did not go home. Instead, they chose to go to Li Feng's grandparents' house first.

In the pig pen in the courtyard, the snoring sound of the big pig was the best response to the two of them. Before Grandma Li Feng could open the door, a fat black pig with big ears was already lying on the pig pen with its front hooves. On the edge of the fence, he looked at the entrance of the courtyard innocently.

"Is this the pig I brought back?"

Liu Qiang's eyes widened and he looked at the two big ears, his expression even more surprised than that of the pig.

(End of this chapter)