meet dandy

The sweltering heat of summer nights is unacceptable to most people. There are air conditioners in the city. As long as you sit on the bed, turn on the air conditioner, cover the quilt, grab your mobile phone, and eat watermelon, you will live a very happy and happy life.

But this clearly refers to the city.

If you are in rural areas, especially those in remote areas and extremely poor areas, what you can do is take a fan left by your ancestors, sit at the door of your house, chat with your neighbors, and drive away flying things Mosquitoes until midnight.

After ten o'clock, basically every household will turn on a small electric fan.Because the valley electricity starts after ten o'clock, and the electricity does not cost much per kWh, so everyone in the village can afford it.

The old-fashioned electric fan shook its head and turned slowly, but it miraculously dissipated the heat, leaving only a little bit of coolness.

Of course, this is also inseparable from the gift brought by the mountain wind, after all, this is the last consolation that the mountain people can benefit from.

At this time, a man was holding a piece of reddish-brown cardboard, slowly shaking the fan in his hand, sighing one and one times.

The man was about 27 or [-] years old, wearing a short sleeve and a pair of big pants, sitting at the door of the house without any regard for his image.

Maybe it was because of the wind and rain, the man's face was a bit vicissitudes, which concealed his original beautiful face that was shining.

Suddenly, a small hand stretched out, took away the reddish-brown cardboard, and said to the man, "Dad, don't look at it. No matter how you look at it, it won't change the fact."

The owner of the little hand, a nine-year-old baby, has delicate features and is very cute.

"Son, we are fine in the small mountain village, why go to the city?"

The man sighed 1 and [-] times, his whole face was full of bitterness, and he looked extremely uncomfortable.

The child squatted down, then approached his father and said, "Dad, this is not up to me to decide. There are eleven people in the class, and the eight ligatures are not well recognized. Two families disagree. I'm all alone."

The man looked at his son and asked again: "Son, why don't you refuse? It's better to throw away this admission letter!"

"Dad, don't dream, the principal of the school has been very happy to move my student status to the city. Dad, let's pack our bags early and don't struggle." The child stood up and patted his father's hand shoulders, with a dignified expression.

The man looked at his growing son, and finally sighed: "You are right, son, it's time for us to go to the city and see the world."

Knowing that he couldn't hide, the man took his son into the house.

This is the most common rural house with two floors, but it has front and back yards.

The front yard on the first floor is a clean and spacious living room with a few worn-out chairs and a stone table covered with moss.

Enter through a dark red door that has long since faded from its original color, and you will see a large pot and a large stove. There is a cabinet next to the stove with several bowls and plates.This is obviously the kitchen.

Outside the kitchen is the backyard, where there are some sundries and insignificant things. It is very messy, and the man and his son basically don't set foot there.

"Dad, now that we're gone, shall we come back?" The child's world doesn't really feel much about parting, but this is the place where he has lived for three or four years after all, and he has set foot in every place here. It is really difficult for him to remove everything here.

The man looked at the house he had taken care of with his own hands, watched silently, took his son's hand, and slowly walked up the wooden stairs.

The sound of "creaking and creaking" is what the child fears the most. Every time he goes up the stairs, he feels like he has walked through the door of hell, because the stairs really don't know whether they are strong or not!

On the right side of the stairs is a bedroom for two people, and on the left side of the stairs is another pile of messy things.

Pushing open the door that has begun to rot, there is a big bed, a writing desk and an old TV, very clean.The man turned on a fluorescent lamp at the switch on the right side of his hand.

"Sit down first, Dad has something to tell you." The man said to the child behind him.The child nodded and sat on the edge of the bed, then stared at his father without moving his eyes.

The man also sat next to him, and then reached out to touch the boy's hair: "Gao Binbin, do you know what going to the city means to us?"

Gao Binbin lowered his head, and said in a muffled voice, "I don't know, but I want to go and see."

"Hey..." Gao Gaoqi sighed, and hugged Gao Binbin in his arms: "I'm not scaring you, for us, life here is the best. You are a poor child from the countryside, and your This new school is the best private elementary school in the local area, from the teachers to the students, everyone is arrogant and incompatible with us, Dad doesn't want you to be hurt there."

"I know, Dad." Gao Binbin also put his arms around Gao Qi, the child's voice was soft but firm: "I still want to go, that's my mother's old school, I'm going to have a look, you know, even if this time I If not, I will definitely go in the future.”

Forget it, I lost to him.

Gao Gaoqi didn't have the confidence to turn this kid's mind around at all. He said: "In this case, prepare your things. We will go out the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow you go to say goodbye to your little friend. Maybe we have been together for three to five years. There is no going back."

"Well, thank you, Dad." Gao Binbin smiled and raised his head. The child's eyes were radiant, and Gao Gao had already faced the reality. No matter what, he would never let the child's brilliance fade away, even if it cost him his life. .

The child went to take a bath, and fell asleep on the bed early. Gao Gaoqi looked at the sleeping child, and his mind was circling how to live the life of the two of them in the city.

He has been in this village all these years, helping a few old people write letters, writing couplets during Chinese New Year, and helping the primary school here with classes. In total, he only has a deposit of [-].

Although Gao Binbin's elementary school is privately run, but because he was helped by this side in the past, his tuition fees are all free.

It's nothing to be exempted from tuition fees. The 5000 yuan on hand is not enough for the elementary school's school uniform and daily food expenses.

I still have to rent a house, and Gao Binbin has to go to school, so it is best to rent a house next to the school, so that it is convenient to pick up and drop off the children.

But the house price in the school district, the little money he has in his hand, can only be rented for a maximum of two months if he throws it all in. Gao Binbin is in the third grade this year.

In other words, with the 5000 yuan in his hand, let alone going to school there, even going there to beg for food may not be enough to settle himself.

Gao Gaoqi stretched out his hands helplessly, and in the moonlight coming in from outside, he clearly saw his hands.It is no longer thin skin and tender flesh, but a pair of hands that have gone through the vicissitudes of time.

He covered his eyes with his hands, took a few deep breaths, and then let go of his hands. The world is still the same, clear and cruel.

The next day's life still has to continue. Get up early, brush your teeth and wash your face, prepare breakfast for Gao Binbin, and then go upstairs to wake Gao Binbin up. After breakfast together, Gao Binbin goes out to say goodbye to his friends, while Gao Gaoqi chooses at home to take to the city. clothing and items.

"Is Gao Zaizi there?" Gao Gaoqi was still packing his luggage when a loud voice came from downstairs.

"Hey, yes." Gao Gaoqi quickly replied, and then hurried downstairs.

"Hey, fifth master, if you need anything, you can just call out next door, why did you come here in person?" Gao Gaoqi stepped forward to help the old man who was almost 90 years old.

The old man Gao Wenqi was talking about was the oldest and most prestigious old man in the village, when Gao Wenqi and Gao Binbin came here.

Because they are outsiders, the people in the village don't like them very much. Only this old man has been helping behind the scenes, which allowed the two of them to settle down in the village.

It's not that I have never wondered why Master Wu was so kind to them. Gao Gaoqi even asked, and Master Wu just smiled and said: "People, there is always one thing that can't deceive others. Some are desires and some are sadness, but you are perseverance. I have to help you. That way, you will really survive."

Gao Gaoqi kept those words in his heart all the time. He lamented the vicious eyes of the old man, and even more lamented the kindness and generosity of the old man.

After helping the old man to sit down, Gao Gaoqi poured him a glass of water. The old man doesn't like tea, and only water and wine are acceptable.

"I heard that you are going to take Binbin away?" Although the fifth master is old, he is physically strong and speaks neatly, which may be the reason for the beautiful scenery here. The old man has always been very good. It seems that he must Can live a hundred years.

Gao Gaoqi smiled: "Who is talking nonsense? Who is going to take my kid away?"

"Then tell me, what's going on?" Fifth Master didn't intend to be fooled, Gao Gaoqi could only smile and said, "Isn't this kid going to school? A quota here has been dropped, and my kid picked it up." , Didn’t the ancestors say that no matter how poor you are, you can’t be poor in education, the boy must go to school well, as a father, I don’t want to educate him to be a college student, right?”

Fifth Master's face is not very good-looking, is this called picking it up?This is clearly a bully, and he tapped the crutch in his hand: "I'll go and tell them, what's the matter! How can you bully people like that!"

"Fifth Master calm down..." Gao Gaoqi comforted Fifth Master, and then said helplessly: "If my boy didn't want to go, I would make trouble even if he didn't have a book to read, but my boy is willing, he is willing to go , I'm not good at messing around."

After listening to the fifth master, he also sighed deeply, and then asked, "Where are you going?"

"Lining."

Fifth Master thought about where Lining was, a place he was quite familiar with, but unexpectedly, although he was highly respected, he had never been out of this place in his life, and he was not familiar with the outside world.

"It's quite far, across more than half of China." Gao Gaoqi said in a low voice.

Fifth Lord nodded, as if he remembered something: "Lining, I remembered, Lining, my old boy walked in Lining..."