(Pengcheng on a snowy night).
The village where I was born is 80 miles away from the county seat. It is said that I only walked more than 40 miles on the lakebed during the dry season, and I have not walked on the lakebed so far.
The first time I went to the county seat, it was because I went to the pre-recorded normal school for a physical examination, and I went by boat, and a teacher led the team. There is a cousin in the county, who is considered to be the best in the family, working in a house engraved with "Serve the People" in Jinjieling. He was originally in the Baimiao Lake Silica Sand Mine, and during that time he may have gone to the county to study and Xi, and he temporarily became a county person, which is also very good. I got off the boat and walked through Jinjieling, which I didn't know about, and was delighted to see the house, and looked into the yard, and really saw my cousin. I went to his place, and my cousin said, "I have already bought the hemp that your mother asked me to buy, and if you have money, you will pay for it." When I came out, my father gave me two yuan, and after buying the ticket, I still had one yuan left, which was just enough to pay for hemp. I paid immediately.
The next morning, I went to catch the bus and found that the ticket was lost, and it was in vain to find it. At this time, I had already arrived at the station, and I didn't dare to enter because I didn't have a ticket, and I couldn't get in. I had some genius thinking of sneaking into the car first, and when people drove us to get out of the car, we said that when the car arrived at Shaling, I would go home and get the money. Thinking about it, there is only one way, but after thinking about it again and again, I still die, I don't know people, why do people believe me?There is a station in Shaling, which is closer to Zhouxi Street, and it costs eight cents for a ticket (to Zhouxi Street for a dollar), but after getting off in Shaling, I have to walk several miles to get home, how can people park for a long time and wait for me to take money and send money?So can you wait for the next day to send money to Shaling and wait?It seems reasonable, but the problem is that people won't believe me. Oh my God, I bought the ticket, I just lost the ticket, because my clothes were so shabby, I didn't have a full pocket, no matter how careful I was, the ticket was still lost. If you lose it, there is nothing you can do. I've also thought about it, as long as no one sits in that seat, it proves that it's true that I lost my ticket, and I can sit thereThinking about it, I didn't have the courage to do it, hesitated, the car left, and I was very disappointed when I saw the car butt in the yellow dust.
On a hot day, I still have a penny on me, and I don't know the way home from the county seat. The only thing that can be done is to follow the direction in which the car is going.
At that time, I really didn't have a good physique, and after walking about thirty miles, I had not much physical energy left, and I was indeed too hot, too hungry, and too thirsty. To carry a canvas bag, there is a pound of hemp in the bag. There is no way, take a ride, take a break and continue to walk. When I finally arrived at Sanyang Port, I walked down the street and saw a big "catering industry", I bought a penny or two of rice, and at this time I was already dizzy with hunger, but I couldn't eat that handful of rice. After crossing Sanyanggang Street, in the direction of Zhouxi, it is still the site of Gangtou Street, there is a small mud house on the side of the road, and there is a young man who looks like a gentleman in the house. I boldly went up to him and begged him to give me some water to drink, just a scoop of cold water. The man refused. It is his duty to refuse, and I have no resentment.
Step by step, to the site of Shaling, there is a bamboo garden, there is a red mud house in front of the bamboo garden, see an aunt, short hair, full of love.
I said, walking from the county, I was so thirsty that I begged for a ladle of water to drink. My aunt kindly led me into the house, gave me hot water, and gave me a little chow mein (flour made from fried rice). I was moved to tears.
I have had stomach problems since I was a child, and when I eat fried noodles, I feel sick to my stomach and vomit sour water. But at this time, spitting sour water is not a big deal, and with this amount of energy, I can go home.
When I arrived at the Tangjia Mountain, the sun shone from the west, and then I walked the road that my daily work must pass, and I finally saw my father and mother. I whispered, "Master, Mom, I lost my ticket and walked back." My father and mother looked at me and knew that there were thousands of loves, but they didn't say anything, I said, "The brother in the mine bought me hemp." Mother replied: Yes, the linen used to rub the rope is used for the soles of shoes.
I was sixteen years old that year, and completed a "feat" of walking 40 kilometers, although I knew that some of my predecessors walked the county seat, and even some people picked up 180 pounds of firewood to walk, but the riverbed where people walked, people were not empty-stomached, and people could drink the water in the river when they were thirsty.
To save face, I never said that I would take a ride and take a break, not to mention that I was reluctant to get up many times after I sat down, because it was a bit embarrassing.
On the other hand, I just said that I came from the county, I came here, eighty miles of land, heh, I was not incomplete, and I also had some ability.
That was in 1978 when the ambush was handed over to autumn.
In the early autumn of 1995, I once again walked back to my hometown from the county.
At that time, I was still very poor, my wife rented a house near the school to do a small business, earned a little money, and was picked up by the landlord to sell coal to the Dagang paper mill, which was on the verge of closure, and got our coal but couldn't pay for it, and it was delayed again and again, which was frustrating. The younger brother was admitted to the university, and the difference in tuition was 1,500 yuan, and tomorrow is the deadline for registration. I could only go to the mountains and ask the factory director for money, but naturally I didn't. When he was in the west, he met a fellow countryman whose wife worked as an accountant in the factory. The man knew my hardship and sympathized with me very much, so he revealed a secret: the factory had money today, because it happened to sell a canvas, which was 1,500 yuan.
I found the factory director and stalked him, saying that my brother couldn't go to college if he couldn't get the money, and the factory director finally moved his compassion and agreed to give me the money. When I got the money, I was drenched in sweat, and it was already dusk. Stopped the car all the way, arrived at the county seat, there was no car back to Zhouxi, my younger brother will leave for Jiujiang early tomorrow morning, anyway, I want to rush back to Zhouxi today. Endure hunger and thirst, and hurry all the way. In comparison, this time it was much better than the labor at the age of sixteen. Soon arrived at Dabugang, I knew that it was a somewhat oblique place, and sure enough, I saw a dim light in the small temple at the foot of the mountain, and at this time it was already dark, and everything on the road was in the dark, bad, I really couldn't walk.
I closed my eyes for a while, and suddenly opened them, sensitive to the image of the faint road, with my arms open, numb and gall, and walked along the shadow of the road that seemed to be nothing. Self-consolation: The god and the ghost will not harm me. Sure enough, it went well, there was a small bump, and it soon passed the port of Sanyang. On the winding road with mountains and rivers on one side, there was suddenly a strong light behind him. At that time, I still didn't have the idea of stopping people's cars, but I just thought that I could take advantage of this light to take a quick ride.
The car stopped, and someone shouted: Teacher.
Oh my God, this is Shengpingzi, this baby is very clever, although he was not admitted to the university, he also found a good job in the county, no, people drive a new and foreign car (I have never been sensitive to the brand of the car, I only know that the car that pulls coal for me is the liberation brand, that is still the driver told me in Nanchang dialect, because of the sensitivity to the Nanchang dialect, I remembered the liberation card), from the county to his hometown Lin Jiuli. I was very touched that he recognized me from the back, and I was very grateful to him for recognizing the old relationship between teachers and students. He took me back to Zhouxi.
It was midnight when I got home, and the autumn insects were all asleep. I suddenly felt relaxed and shouted: Lord, Mom, if you have money, my brother can go to school.
Oh. The father simply answered. From that "oh", as I did then, I tasted a thousand kinds of love and joy. My father and mother must have felt that this child was not incomplete, and that he could do things in a critical time.
Walking home from the county seat again, strictly speaking, this time was a little incomplete, and Katsuheiko took me for a ride. But when I drank wine and bragged, I usually didn't say that he gave me a ride, but said that I really went on another trip. This lay, without rest, without hunger (at least not sensitive hunger). Although it is dark, I have the help of nobles, there are gods to guide the way, I have done it, my brother is a college student, and I will take the postgraduate examination after studying, and the future is bright.
In those years, I had been trying hard to get into graduate school, but I made mistakes again and again, and finally said goodbye to the "ship that never came".
When Katsuheiko and we were mixing books, there was a colleague from our own family, and we were very good friends. Once he drank a little higher and shouted to me: I must go to the county seat in five years, and you will definitely not be able to leave Zhouxi in five years. He said that he must be promising, and I must be unproductive.
This is very annoying, but we really can't fight, the truth is really like that, he went to the county seat after two or three years, and then he seemed to be the director, what about me, I really haven't moved for many years.
But I still don't change my original intention, I work hard, I think people just have to work hard, that is, if you are a stupid person like me, hard work is better than no hard work, such as walking back from the county, this is not just anyone can go, I walked over and over again, and walked better than again.
Anecdotal rumor: There was a madman, minus 8 degrees, vest and shorts, running on the way from Zhouxi to the county seat. The driver with ulterior motives said: It took him 3 hours to get to the county seat, and my shuttle bus took an hour.
Later, many people learned from the madman, and a group of young people in the county also took a car to Zhouxi and ran from Zhouxi to the county seat.
I know that I am the crazy person that people say, I am not crazy, but there is some wind, and I am destined to only blow and blow in the wilderness of my hometown in this life.
Yes, blow and blow, and if you drink high, you will brag.
Once I went to the county seat, and then went into the Xinqiao Mountain to interview, and went back to the county seat for lunch, and my friend said: How to go back in the afternoon?It's not going to be running back, is it?After I drank, I made a mistake of bragging: run away, run back and forth is nothing, give me a flag, I will help you plant it in Japan, saying that the men of Duchang are more imposing than the men of Japan.
After the cowhide was blown, it really looked like he was running back to Zhouxi, and it looked like it was three hours. I ran back to Zhouxi again, this time, I ran seventy kilometers, and the software was significantly 68, that was because I was paused when I bought water to drink, and I didn't recover in time. Hehe, when I told others about this, I still blew a little, I didn't say that there were supplies this time, in fact, I had a good lunch, and even drank wine, which was better than the wine sold in Jingyanggang.
In December 2017, I planted a flag of the Duchang Long-distance Running Association in Kobe, Japan. I don't run much, and I have a seven, seven, eight, eight. I scrutinized the data, young and old, and the results outperformed eighty percent of the players on this planet.
Every journey in life, according to the heart of perseverance, there will always be success in the end, success or not, you have to be grateful, on the road, or light or dark, there are always people to pay for you. When I think of the mud house in Zhuyuan, the woman who gave me hot water and fried noodles, the feeling of gratitude is permeated in my heart.
I also think of the person who refused to give me a scoop of cold water, not to hold a grudge against others, but to warn myself not to refuse someone who needs help at any time.