At the end of Fa Xiao's funeral, I saw another busy Fa Xiao, and I couldn't sleep that night!
On the way home from work, I was shivering from the cold, and at this time, the mobile phone rang, and Hai Gang answered **, but he was stunned in place.
* It was Hailong's son who called, and the other end said that the person had left, and asked Haigang if he had time to go home for the funeral in the past few days, after all, Haigang and Hailong were good, and everyone in the village knew about it.
After hanging up, he came back early the next morning.
I haven't been back to my hometown for many years, this time I came back, no one thought that I would come back to participate in Fa Xiao's funeral, he thought that Fa Xiao would be able to stand strong for a few years, who knew that he would go so early, and what he didn't expect was that at the funeral, he saw another busy Fa Xiao, that night, he was lying on the bed, tossing and turning, and did not fall asleep.
A few years ago, Haigang's father died, and his mother was taken away, and sometimes his mother would go to live at his eldest sister's house for a period of time, so he had no need to go back to the countryside, and no one had lived in that hometown for a long time.
When he came back this time, especially when he walked from the main road to the trail, Haigang recalled the past. It's a long road that leads to my hometown. When he was studying, he set off from home, carrying the quilt on his back, and walked on this road step by step, about an hour, and sometimes Hailong would accompany him, send him to the bus station, and watch him go to the county seat or big city to study.
Many years have passed, and this road is straighter than before, it is all cement road, and now it is only a little more than ten minutes away from home by car. The transportation is convenient, but the people are gone.
His mood was surging, especially when he was close to the village, he felt that his pores were getting bigger and his blood was starting to rush. It's hard to describe what it feels like, and I started to sweat slowly behind my back.
Nostalgia is timid, is that it?
Fa Xiao's home is at the entrance of the village, fortunately, this is not in the village, otherwise, Haigang doesn't know how to open his mouth to talk to the people in the village. Of course, I haven't been back for so many years, do the people in the village still know me?
The door of Hailong's house is full of all kinds of wreaths and couplets, and there are many people busy there.
When I entered the door, I saw the coffin in the house, next to Hailong's son Jia Ming and his sister.
At this time, someone in the courtyard had already noticed Hai Gang, so they hurriedly went up to say hello, and some people who didn't know him whispered and asked who this person was.
The words alarmed Hailong's daughter-in-law, and she came out of the house, and after seeing Haigang, tears began to fall again. Hai Gang couldn't believe how he could leave in such a hurry.
In fact, when it comes to Hailong, it is inevitable that he will go, he has been lying at home for a few years, and it is fortunate that he can persist for these years, and it is not easy, but he is less than 50 ah, he is still a young person, why did he leave?
Haigang was like a dream, and he couldn't believe that his good brother was gone. If I go back to this village in the future, maybe no one will be able to take care of my own food.
It is said that these two names were given by a teacher in the village, and the parents of the two families said that whoever was born first would give priority to the name.
The relationship between the two families in the previous generation was very good, and when it came to them, it was also very good.
Hailong and they went to school, and the parents went to work in the fields, and sometimes when they came back from school, there was no one at home, and they were very thirsty, so Hailong asked Haigang to wait at the door, and he went back to bring some water.
Most of the doors in the village are still wooden doors, but they are generally much higher than the ground, and the sea dragon is relatively thin, so he threw down his schoolbag, lay directly on the ground, moved forward little by little, and soon got in.
He used a bowl with a lot of water, and handed it under the door, so that Hai Gang had drunk enough and then came out.
When it came to the time of farming, basically the adults were crazy to harvest, under normal circumstances, the children also had to go to work, that day Hailong ran over and gave Haigang a popsicle to eat, he said that this was bought by an uncle of their family, and he was not willing to eat, so he sent it over.
Sometimes, the children are really tired and go home first.
Usually, the children go to whoever has food to eat.
Hai Gang also sometimes ate at Hailong's house, and then went to his own door to wait for his parents to come back, Hailong has been with him, at that time the village has just been electrified, but often power outages, Hailong is smarter, will take some wooden sticks to light the fire, or take a paper shell to ignite, as long as a light blow, it is replaced with a torch.
I waited and waited, and when I fell asleep, my family returned.
Haigang's parents carried both children into the house and put them to sleep in a bed.
There is a jujube tree in the yard of Hailong's house, which bears a lot of jujubes every year, in that era when materials are still scarce, this thing is a good thing, and even before it is ripe, there are people in the village who come to steal it, and every time Hailong takes a broom or a rake and chases it out.
But there are so many people, you can't chase it alone, and if you chase the person on the left, the person on the right will come over and steal it, which can often make the sea dragon cry.
Later, Haigang came, and the two of them stood guard under the tree, not letting people approach.
This incident was later reported by other villages for many years, and they all said that the two of them cooperated too well at that time, but they were too stingy.
No, kid, it must have been stingy at that time.
After a few years like this, Hailong stopped going to school later, and their ** Xiaoli, Haigang continued to go to school.
When you are in junior high school, you need to go to the town, and the village is about 40 miles away from the town, and many people go there on foot, or if someone has a car, they take advantage of the car.
Every time, Hailong would send Haigang to the side of the highway and let him take the bus to school.
There are crops on both sides of this road, and every time the people in the village see the two of them, they say that the two of them go to study, and they will definitely have a future in the future, but in fact, only Haigang goes to study alone, and every time he is sent to the car, Hailong comes back.
Hai Gang told him about junior high school, and Hai Long told him about the village.
Especially when Hai Gang is on summer vacation, it is the happiest time for the two of them, they will look for rabbit footprints in the snow, and then take the dog to chase after them, of course, under normal circumstances, run all afternoon, sweat, and finally see nothing.
But it doesn't matter, all they want is to be with Fa Xiao, with the dog, and run in the fields.
Haigang has been going to school, he often said that he has not been filial, the family farm work has never been done, but Hailong, every year when the farm is busy, he is the hardest, after doing his own work, but also to help Haigang's parents pull crops, at that time or driving to pull, pure manpower, all the fight is brute force. Later, Hailong went out to work to earn a little money and bought a tricycle, which made it much easier to do farm work.
The people in the village said that they were not neighbors, they were simply brothers.
After graduating, Haigang had a good job and was very decent, which was envied by many people in the village. They also came back less, only to see each other at the end of the year.
Slowly, everyone had children and their own careers, and they became busy.
Gradually, Haigang also settled outside, and rarely returned to his hometown, but they often contacted each other when they were young.
Until a few years ago, Hailong got sick, and for a while, people were dying, Hai Gang entrusted someone and helped borrow a lot of money, which was relieved, but people can be regarded as entering the countdown, I don't know when, people will leave.
In those years, Haigang also faced major changes, his father was also sick, and he left within a few years, after that, he simply picked up his mother, anyway, the eldest sister also settled outside, so that everyone took turns to take care of his mother, and he was more at ease.
It's just that this time I left, and I rarely went back to my hometown.
Before leaving, Hailong asked him when he would come back and if he could come backHai Gang also comforted him and said that he would definitely come back, after all, this is his hometown, and there is still a small hair here.
But once people get busy, they really can't take care of so much, during this period, Hai Gang also came back a few times because of the child's affairs, every time he came back, he went to see Fa Xiao Hailong, and bought him a lot of good things, including the rocking chair he had been lying on, which was given by Hai Gang, which was said to be imported, not cheap.
Another time he came back, that is, to attend the wedding of Hailong's son, and that time he lived directly at Hailong's house. He lent the sea dragon 80,000 yuan, if it wasn't for the 80,000 yuan, it is estimated that his son's wedding might have to be postponed, but look at the old sea dragon, not to mention that he makes money, he just doesn't spend money, it is already a blessing. The son marries a daughter-in-law, and he really can't help much.
As a small hair, Hai Gang took out 80,000 yuan and lent it to him. At that time, Hailong also said that he would write an IOU and give interest. The money will definitely be repaid, but Hai Gang refused, he said that since he took it out, he was ready in his heart, and as for the IOU, he didn't need to write it, and as for repaying the money, he didn't rush it.
After Hailong got sick, they rarely interacted with each other, but whenever Hai just returned home, he would go to see this good brother.
It's just that I didn't expect to come back this time to attend the funeral of my good brother.
This inner grief is indescribable, and this inner melancholy is more.
His home has not been lived in for a long time, so when he comes back this time, he still lives in Hailong's house like last time, but this time the feeling is extremely complicated.
In the past few days, everyone has been very busy, and in the crowd, Hai Gang also saw another small tree root that he was very familiar with.
He's been busy, either helping to lift the table or pulling things, he does things alone, he doesn't talk to people, if he really has nothing to do, he just sits alone at the door of the house in a daze.
In their ** small area, the roots of the tree are the most special.
The roots of the tree are what everyone calls the village keeper.
The roots of the tree were injured when they were young, and since then, their brains have not been very bright, they have been a little dull, and their intellect has probably stayed at that time back then.
Gradually, some people began to stay away from the roots, but the roots didn't know why, but they still laughed and played with others every time.
It wasn't until later that everyone slowly went out to work, and he was still at home, wandering around the village when he had nothing to do. Later, his mother bought him a sheep and told him to go and herd it when he had nothing to do.
When Hai just came back from school, he might have walked to the entrance of the village, and he would see the roots of the tree lying in a ditch or under a tree, and he had always been like this when he herded sheep, and he didn't care about anything.
After seeing Hai Gang come back, he was also more excited, and kept talking to him, and asked him if he was doing outside.
If you don't look closely, who knows if he's mentally low?
Sometimes, when the children of the village were playing with him, the sea dragon would scare the children and tell them to run away. The sea dragon is also guarding the former hair in its own way.
The roots of the tree are very diligent, no matter who is married in this ** small school, who has children, he is the first to rush over to help, at that time to do a happy event at home, and they all need to go out to borrow tables and chairs, and it is likely to borrow chairs from a village.
It was a hard work, and the roots of the tree were the first to rush out every time, and they had to work, and their clothes were soaked, and they didn't feel tired.
The neighbors joked with him, "Shugen wants to marry a daughter-in-law, doesn't he?"Then you have to make a lot of money. ”
The root of the tree said, "I have money, I will not marry a wife." ”
After saying that, he took out the dimes from his pocket, and he also put them in a plastic bag and put them in his pocket.
Everyone has grown up, only the roots, and they are still young.
Hailong said that sometimes when he came home, he saw the roots of the tree working in the field, he thought it was the roots of the roots' own land, and later learned that it was exchanged for an ice cream, and they gave him an ice cream, and the roots of the tree worked with them for an afternoon, and their clothes were soaked, but they still worked in the sun.
Hailong lied to him to go home, saying that as long as he followed him home, he would have a lot of ice cream to eat.
He looked at the house, and then at the sea dragon, anxious, with the grass in his hand, not knowing what to do.
In the end, it was the sea dragon who pulled him away.
In the winter, there was popcorn in the village, and the roots of the tree would follow the businessman back and forth in the village, and one person would give him a little, and his pocket would be full.
When he saw the sea dragon coming, he had to ask him to get popcorn in his pocket.
Come to think of it, it's been decades.
Now the roots of the tree, the hair is also starting to turn white, ** dark, he is working in the sea dragon's house, and he has not stopped.
Perhaps, he doesn't know what it means to be dead, or maybe he does.
It's just that no one can see his sadness.
During the funeral, Hai Gang spoke to Shugen a few times, and he seemed to be in a very low mood, and he didn't say a word.
The root also asked him if he wouldn't come back in the future, and if he didn't come back, no one would play with him.
To be honest, over the years, everyone has either worked outside, or has left, not much, not much, in recent years, the sea dragon and the root are still together, and now, the root is left alone in his hometown.
That night, Haigang tossed and turned, he really couldn't sleep, he remembered for a long time, and thought about it for a long time.
After the funeral, he was going back to the city.
At this time, the roots of the tree came over again and brought Hai Gang a little vegetables from home and asked him to take them home to eat.
Shugen said very little, but he was reluctant to let Hai Gang go, he kept pacing back and forth beside Hai Gang, but he didn't say anything to stay.
Hai Gang knew that he wanted to let him stay, but he couldn't say it.
After a night of thinking, Hai Gang also decided that when he retires in the future, he must return to his hometown to retire, and when the time comes, everyone can be together again.
Those children who used to go out to play have come back, but the number of people is not as large as it was back then.
Hai Gang also decided that when he had time in the future, he would go home, clean up his house, and renovate it, after all, when he came back from retirement, he couldn't live in a place where the house collapsed.
Hopefully, hopefully, when this day comes, the loved ones will still be there.
How long has it been since you've been back home? Your hair is small, how many are still in contact now?
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