I dig ancient tombs for the country

Near the end of the new year, the branch secretary led a group of masons to expand the small wooden house I lived in into three rooms. Looking at the new home inside and out, Hongmao and I felt very comfortable and warm, and we were still relatives in our hometown. Hello!

Hongmao planted a few sweet-scented osmanthus trees in the yard next to the fence. He said that he could make sweet-scented osmanthus wine by himself when they bloom next year. Presumably the whole barren hill would have been filled with fruit trees by then.

Recently, my husband has become obsessed with fishing. He smashed the frozen river surface, and he can catch a few big carp that are alive and kicking every day. Longmen indicates that next year will be a bumper harvest year.

After the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, every household is busy preparing for the new year.Hongmao and I are very happy. After wandering for seven or eight years, we can finally return to our hometown and have a happy new year.We prepared a lot of firecrackers and candies, and planned to hold a tea party on the night of New Year's Eve to celebrate.

Starting from the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, the blind dates have brought me and Hong Mao one after another New Year’s goods. Some of them brought homemade bacon, dried tofu, some brought fresh vegetables, fruits, and some brought their own fried food. meatballs, crispy meat.Looking at the food piled up in the room, Hongmao and I were so happy that we only shed tears.The gentleman stood silently at the side, staring blankly out of the window. He may have been hurt by the scene and remembered his hometown!

Hongmao and I didn't know how to comfort Mr., so we just patted him on the shoulder wordlessly: "Mr., with the two of us to accompany you, you won't lose your net profit. Smile, it's been ten years, and we want to accompany you more." How old are you?"

Under the teasing of both of us, the husband finally showed a gratified smile.He sighed contentedly: "Fortunately, I still have you two. I am content in this life."

Both of us also laughed out loud one after another: "The two of us are lucky to meet Mr. in this life."

The husband laughed heartily: "Let's go, today I will make braised big carp for you."

"Okay! Okay! We love the fish you cook the most, and a bottle of Erguotou will keep you drunk."

All of a sudden, the room was filled with laughter...

"Tuk Tuk Tuk" There were a few knocks on the door, I hurriedly put down the dishes I hadn't finished washing, and ran to open the door, presumably some folks came to deliver things again.

When I saw this person, I was immediately stunned, not knowing what to call him now.

Hongmao ran over: "Brother Tao, why don't you invite the folks into the house, it's windy outside."

The visitor shivered and stood at the door, holding two big roosters raised by himself.The wind blew his gray hair into a mess, and the half-worn coat on his body fluttered in the wind.

Hong Mao was also taken aback, but he quickly recovered his smile: "Uncle Jin, come inside, it's cold outside."

The charcoal fire in the room was very hot, and the three of us sat around the fire silently, relatively speechless for a while.

The man lit a cigarette handed by the red hair, smoked a few puffs, and then said, "A Tao, I know you hate me, but at that time I couldn't help it. When you were four years old , I was beaten as a rightist, sent to a farm in Xinjiang for reform, and your mother remarried again, it’s really hard for you, child.”

As he said, a few drops of tears flowed from his cloudy eyes, which made me inexplicably sad. I didn't know what to say. It was a lie to say that I didn't hate him.My friends all have fathers and mothers, but since I can remember, I haven’t felt the love of my parents. Fortunately, I still have a grandfather who loves me. Unfortunately, my grandfather passed away, and the big black dog left. Leave me alone.Until later, I got to know Hongmao, and we were both expelled from school, and we stayed in the cabin all the time.

But I can never forget how he yelled at me when I was expelled from school: "Get out, you worthless bastard, don't let me see you again." But now, I see Looking at his gray hair and wrinkled face, his heart is sore as hell.

The husband came out with the cooked fish, and he greeted warmly: "Brother, let's eat fish together and have a drink."

"You are..." He looked at Mister in surprise.

The husband smiled and pointed to Hongmao and me: "I am their master. I am grateful that these two boys don't despise me as an old man. They will take care of me until the end of my life."

He was embarrassed for a while, his face became extremely pale, his lips trembled for a while, but he still didn't speak.

In order to create an atmosphere, Hongmao told us two jokes. We didn't laugh, but he was laughing. The husband kept saying to him: "This child has reached the age of marrying a wife. So poor."

I bit my lips tightly, unable to say a word, the past events unfolded before my eyes, I hated him and my mother.I shouted in my heart countless times: You don't love me, why did you let me come into this world.At that time, I didn't know that they were not my biological parents. If I knew, maybe I would feel better.

After sitting for about 20 minutes, he got up and said goodbye.Hongmao and I sent him to the yard. The winter night was very cold and dark. He silently turned on the flashlight, walked to the gate of the fence, moved his lips a few times, as if he wanted to say something to me?But after waiting for a long time, I didn't hear him speak.

Pushing open the door, a gust of cold wind rushed towards him. He wrapped his cotton coat tightly, huddled his body, and walked staggeringly along the path to the village.Looking at his slightly hunched back, my tears flowed down in a "swish", afraid that the red hair would see and laugh at me, so I hurriedly tried to dry my tears, and couldn't help looking at the figure that was fading away in the distance. Shouted: "Dad, I will see you tomorrow."

I saw that slightly hunchbacked figure trembling violently in the dark night, and then quietly and slowly walking towards the distance...

Tears blurred my eyes again, and I stood at the door for a long time, unwilling to leave. I really wanted to take another look at the slightly hunchbacked figure in the cotton coat.

People, you must be content and happy, and you can't repay kindness with complaints. I know it's very impolite for me to do this. He is also my adoptive father. I used to sit on his strong shoulders when I was a child and watched movies. I.It's a pity that he was tortured by fate since he was young, so that he became indifferent to people and things later.

It wasn't until after my adoptive father died that I realized how stupid and ruthless I was.It's not that I don't want to talk to him, it's just that I have resentment in my heart.Every time I think of his slightly hunched back, I can't help but shed tears.well!From now on, I will never see his back again.

I don't know when, the sound of firecrackers was scattered in the village, and the new year is coming.