[Rebirth and Farming] To be motivated is not to be promoted

Shen Yunjin's hometown is Shen Zhuang, which is also in Qingshui County, but the Muyun Township to which he belongs is farther away from the county seat.

In fact, Shen Yunjin lived in this county in his last life until he had a car accident, and he was never far from his hometown.It's just that since his family's downfall, Shen Hongbo has learned too much about human relationships through the relatives in his hometown, so apart from the occasional weddings and weddings in the family, his family never went back.

Shen Yunjin's desire to go back now is of course not because he misses his hometown. What he misses is the village itself that contains his infinite childhood memories.

What Shen Zhuang left in his deepest memory was the entire apple tree at the south end of the village.As soon as the Qingming Festival comes, clusters of pink and white apple blossoms hang all over the branches, which is so beautiful and refreshing.And when the fruit begins to bear fruit in early summer, it seems that the whole village is full of fruity fragrance again.

At this time, the children of each family became the backbone of the family to watch the apples, and they all rushed to the apple orchard as soon as school was over.

Although the children claim to go to see apples, there are not many people who really stay on their own fields and watch. Most of them get together to climb trees to catch cicadas, dig grass to catch grasshoppers, and go down rivers to catch fish... …

In short, if you don't get muddy all over, you will definitely not go home.

When Shen Yunjin grew up, every time he saw people around him go to the farmhouse to experience life, he couldn't help but recall his only few years in Shenzhuang.

That is the real childhood, the real farmhouse.

Only later, when the young and middle-aged people in Shenzhuang went out to work or do business, most of the apple trees in the garden were cut down. Shen Yunjin went back once, but he couldn't find the childishness in his memory. Even the small puddle full of lotus flowers outside the apple orchard, which was once extremely clear, has been polluted by a nearby paper mill into a stagnant pool of stagnant water.

So, this time, when he thought that he would soon return to the green orchard in his memory, Shen Yunjin really couldn't help the excitement in his heart.

Early on Saturday morning, Shen Yunjin woke up early because of his heart and soul, and by the way, he also woke up Gu Dongyuan who was leaning on him.

Gu Dongyuan was obviously also very interested in the place where he grew up, and quickly put on clothes with him without saying a word.

At this moment, when Shen Hongbo was still in high spirits, he still had extremely deep feelings with the people in his hometown who grew up with him. Shen Yunjin wanted to go back, so he didn't have anything to worry about.

After Mrs. Gu cleaned up the clothes for them, Shen Hongbo took them to the vegetable market on a motorcycle and bought two fat white-striped chickens, two fresh big carps, and stuffed them in plastic bags. "Big Chicken" cigarettes and two bottles of Erguotou put them on the bus to Muyun Township.

"Go home with your things and go to the second grandpa's house first, and sleep at the second grandpa's house at night. Be honest and obedient to me at home. I will let your Uncle Hongzhen take you to the car tomorrow, you know?" He was the sixth eldest among the brothers, but except for him and the second brother, the other brothers all died when they were young.Up to now, the second grandfather is the only elder in the family. For Shen Hongbo, his own second uncle is of course the closest relative in the world besides his wife and children.

But he didn't know that after his business failed and he owed a huge amount of debt, it was the second uncle's family who cut him off most thoroughly.

Although Shen Yunjin didn't like the Second Grandpa's family in his heart, he couldn't say anything to his current father, so he could only nod and agree: "Okay, I know."

Shen Hongbo took out two brown five-yuan banknotes from his pocket, and stuffed them into their hands one by one: "When you see people buying snacks and get hungry, you can buy some yourself. You are not allowed to spend them randomly, you understand?"

Nowadays, the price of children's snacks is mostly in cents, and the slightly better ones cost one or two cents. Five yuan is tantamount to a huge sum of money for children.

Shen Yunjin reached out and took it, but Gu Dongyuan just looked at the note and shook his head heavily: "Uncle, I don't want money."

"Silly boy, what's so polite about uncle!" Shen Hongbo patted him on the head, reached out and stuffed the five yuan into his pocket, and waited for the two of them to sit in their seats before walking to the front row Go, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took out one and handed it to the driver: "Brother, my two children will go back by themselves, and you will take care of them on the way. Remember to call them at the Shenzhuang intersection."

Although it is said that fireworks should be strictly prohibited in cars, almost no one in Qingshui County abides by this rule.

The driver took the cigarettes from him and readily agreed, and Shen Hongbo turned around and told them a few words before buying tickets for them and getting off the bus.

Seeing this situation, Shen Yunjin couldn't help sighing at the simple folk customs of today.

In another twenty or so years, which parent would dare to let two and a half-year-old children ride alone in a car for fifty or sixty miles?

Gu Dongyuan obviously hadn't been in a car much before, and he lay on Shen Yunjin's body all the way to watch the scenery passing by outside the car window through him, and he looked at the tree branches whizzing past with great interest. .

Seeing him like this, Shen Yunjin didn't know whether he should feel sad or funny, so he could only let him lie on his body without moving, and finally fell asleep on the back of the chair.

After more than 40 minutes, the driver raised his voice and shouted to the back: "Shen Zhuang is here, the two children should get out of the car!"

Shen Yunjin quickly opened his eyes, and the scenery on both sides of the road was gradually becoming familiar.

When Gu Dongyuan heard the driver's words, he got up from him spontaneously, and took the two big bags into his hands.

The car slowly stopped at the intersection at the head of the village, Shen Yunjin and Gu Dongyuan got out of the car one after the other, and did not forget to politely shout to the driver: "Thank you uncle."

Anyway, the master looks like he is five or sixty years old, so it's not bad to call him uncle.

Now that telephones are not widely used, Shen Hongbo has no way to notify his family to come to the village to pick them up, and Shen Yunjin can only take Gu Dongyuan to the village on foot.

"Is it heavy? Give me a bag, I'll carry the chicken." Shen Yunjin stretched out his hand, wanting to share a little burden for Gu Dongyuan.

Gu Dongyuan quickly hid his hands back and shook his head at him: "It's okay, it's not heavy at all."

During this period of time, as long as he stayed by Gu Dongyuan's side, Shen Yunjin never did any serious work. In his heart, Gu Dongyuan was almost equated with a strong man.

Therefore, now he knew that it was useless even if he persisted, so he simply let him carry it by himself.

Walking through the wheat field at the head of the village, the number of people gradually increased.

Shenzhuang was not big in the first place, and Shen Yunjin had lived here for nine years. Of course, he had recognized everyone in the village. When people saw him along the way, they couldn't help being surprised: "Why did Yunjin come back by himself?" ?”

"Where are your parents? Have you made a lot of money in Qingshui?"

"Are you too busy to come back?"

Facing the jokes from the villagers one after another, Shen Yunjin answered politely, while Gu Dongyuan followed behind him in silence, looking at this strange village curiously.

It wasn't until Gu Dongyuan changed the plastic bag in his hand twice that he finally saw Shen Yunjin pointing to the yard of a brick house and saying, "Look, that's my house, but everything inside has been moved, we can't stay here tonight." sleep here."

Hearing Shen Yunjin's words, Gu Dongyuan couldn't help but walked towards the small courtyard with his things.

Even if you can't live in it, it's good to just take a look at the place where Yunjing lived since he was a child.

Of course Shen Yunjin missed his home, so he unscrewed the latch on the gate and walked in with him.

The Shen family's yard is not big, but it has been kept clean by Su Chunhua, but after walking for a month now, some scattered weeds have emerged in the yard.

Three jujube trees grew lushly in the yard. Under one of the trees stood a water pipe and a water tank half buried in the soil. There was also a small cement pool next to the water tank.

Shen Yunjin walked to the pool, sighed softly, and said to Gu Dongyuan: "When I was a child, I liked to soak in this pool in summer. My dad sometimes put two big watermelons in it, and I hugged it." With watermelon fluttering inside."

Gu Dongyuan put the plastic bag in his hand on the edge of the pool, and couldn't help smiling: "You are not very old now."

Shen Yunjin was taken aback for a moment, then looked at him and laughed lightly: "Yeah, I'm not very old now, and I was also a child."

Gu Dongyuan reached out his hand and squeezed his face habitually: "But I have grown up."

Seeing him pretending to be old-fashioned, the smile on Shen Yunjin's face deepened: "Yes, you have grown up, you are my brother."

As he spoke, he looked up again at the jujube tree with luxuriant branches and leaves above their heads.

Now it's the end of spring and the beginning of summer, when jujube flowers are blooming.It takes only one day for each jujube flower to bloom and wither, so when the jujube tree is in flowering period, you can see a steady stream of rice-like petals floating down from the treetops as soon as you look up.

Shen Yunjin looked at the complicated scene with nostalgia, pointed to the tree above the two of them and said, "The jujubes on this tree are the sweetest. Let's come back to eat jujubes after July [-]th."

On the [-]th day of the seventh lunar month, when the jujubes are about to ripen, Shen Yunjin can hear his mother muttering this folk proverb several times.

Before this day, children who want to eat jujubes cannot chew on both ends, otherwise they will get boils.

Shen Yunjin didn't know whether it was true or not, but he had always followed the rules handed down from the old man.

"Okay, whenever you want to come, I will accompany you." Gu Dongyuan nodded beside him.

Shen Yunjin looked greedily at everything at home that had long since disappeared from his memory, and finally sighed again: "It's a pity that I can't live here today."

Gu Dongyuan casually squeezed his hand, and fiddled with it one by one: "Didn't your father tell us to go to your second grandpa's house?"

Hearing him mentioning the second grandfather, Shen Yunjin's face froze for a moment, and finally he could only nod helplessly: "Yes, I have to go to his house to sleep."

Although Second Grandpa is a standard snob, but fortunately, Shen Hongbo, who is now doing business in the county, has become a rich man in the eyes of the whole village, so of course Second Grandpa treats him very well now.

He just couldn't get past that hurdle in his heart.

At this time, the half-covered gate in the yard creaked suddenly, and was gently pushed open from the outside, and a dark-haired young man stood at the gate.

When the boy saw Shen Yunjin, his eyes lit up, and he ran towards him: "Yunjin, why are you back?"