Shangqiaotou Village, Qiaotou Town

Three months later, the marriage that Xizi talked about came to fruition. On the day of the wedding, the young men in Qiaotou Village were envious, so this daughter-in-law was named, "Zhenqiaotou", which means that the whole Qiaotou Village The most beautiful little daughter-in-law; Hong Sheng took two glances at that daughter-in-law during the two days when he was in charge of the cook. Other times, his eyes were either on the pot or on Le Sheng. For him, it didn’t matter what it was" Shaking the bridge", in his eyes, he could only see a peerless and lovely person - "Wang Lesheng"!

This year, Hong Sheng still planted 30 mu of land. Although he paid off his debts last year and had a solid year, he did not leave much savings. This year, Hong Sheng did not slack off. While he was young, he did all the work that should be done. When the old man can no longer go to the ground, he and Le Sheng can spend their old age peacefully. .

At the beginning of May, the village head called a meeting of all the villagers, saying that in response to the provincial call of "If you want to get rich, build roads first", you will gather labor from all villages and towns to build "too old highways". Mandatory, those who are willing to go can sign up. The monthly salary is 420 yuan. The construction period is a cycle of half a year. There are ten days of farming holidays in the first and second half of the year respectively. Will come to pick up people.

After the meeting, Hong Sheng thought about it for a whole day. He wandered around the yard alone and smoked half a pack of cigarettes. To be honest, the monthly salary of 420 yuan is really attractive, which is 2520 yuan for half a year. Yes, this has to catch up with the good times, and you may not be able to make money if you are busy for a whole year; if you are alone, you don’t want to go out and suffer the crimes at this age. In fact, Hong Sheng still has Qiaotou Villager's unique "easy" characteristics, but now he has Le Sheng, if he doesn't go out and fight for this opportunity, when he is old, will he let Le Sheng drink the northwest wind with him?However, it was precisely because of Le Sheng that he hesitated to let go of it. What if Le Sheng couldn't eat, drink, or sleep well at home alone after he left for half a year?What if someone bullies him? ...

After the passion at night, Hong Sheng stroked Le Sheng's sweaty back in his arms, and after a while, he held his face and kissed him again and again. Yes, he had made a decision, but he really didn't know what to do with Le Sheng. Opened his mouth; the person in his arms fell into a deep sleep after holding him for a while, but Hong Sheng couldn't fall asleep.At breakfast the next day, Hong Sheng looked at Le Sheng who was eating in front of him with a satisfied face, and spoke with difficulty,

"Le Sheng, I have something to discuss with you~"

Le Sheng raised a pair of innocent big eyes and asked,

"Hong Sheng, why haven't you finished your meal yet?"

"Wait, Le Sheng, I want to discuss something with you~"

"What's the matter?"

"Yesterday, the village chief said that he called on everyone to build the highway and pay 420 yuan a month. My brother thinks that in half a year, we can earn 2520 yuan. Then our family will be more relaxed. When the autumn harvest comes, people will still be able to pay 10 yuan. Give me [-] days to come back for Harvest Autumn, look...why do you want me to go too?"

Le Sheng lowered his head and remained silent for a long time.

"Lesheng?... Brother, did you discuss this with you? Do you think it will work?"

After another half day, Le Sheng lowered his head and asked sullenly,

"Hong Sheng, do you want to go?"

"Have I considered this too!"

"Hong Sheng, if you go, can I go too?"

"You can't go, you went... Our family's Heibei and Dali are hungry at home!"

"Can't you take them?"

"Hehe..." Hong Sheng couldn't help smiling, touched his daughter-in-law's fluffy head, couldn't help kissing his little mouth and continued, "Le Sheng, we don't want to move. Besides, there is no place for Hei Bei and Dali to go together, I will go out for half a year, about four months, and I can come back for 10 days, you just stay at our house and wait for me to come back, okay?"

Le Sheng didn't look up, but Hong Sheng suddenly saw a drop of water dripping on his knee, and hurriedly pulled him to sit on his lap, lifted his tear-stained face with his fingers, and wiped it for him with distress. tears, while saying,

"Don't cry, Le Sheng. When I come back, we can save some money and live a good life, okay? Huh?"

At this time, Le Sheng hugged the person in front of him tightly, and said in a twitching voice,

"Hong Sheng, can't we not go?"

"Hong Sheng, you are going, what do I think you should do?"

"Hong Sheng, I miss you, what should I do if I can't sleep at night?"

Hong Sheng's eye circles were also red, and he patted the other party's back and said,

"When the time comes, I'll tell Hei Bei to protect you, okay?"

"I call you every week, and when the time comes, you will wait in the brigade. Calling is like seeing the above!"

"Four months are almost here, and it will be here in a few days. Will I be back by then!"

Le Sheng didn't say anything more, although he felt deep reluctance in his heart, but what Hong Sheng wanted to do, he felt that he should let Hong Sheng do it. He had to guard the house for the man in front of him, and take good care of Hei Bei and Dali. , and a brood of chicks just hatched.After Hong Sheng signed up, he was busy cleaning up. He hoeed the planted land again, packed everything for clothes and covers, and now Le Sheng stuck to him even tighter. Often when he turned around, the other party would He stuck up and hugged him tightly, and buried his face in his arms. Facing such a situation, Hong Sheng often felt that he didn't want to leave for a moment.

The day of parting came in a blink of an eye, and there were 21 people from the whole village who went, almost all the young and middle-aged people signed up, including Laizi and Xizi; It's the left exhorting and the right exhorting, even the couple who had just quarreled the day before, are awkward today and confess everything that should be explained.Le Sheng's eyes were red all the way, without saying a word, just staring at Hong Sheng. At this time, Hong Sheng confessed one sentence at a time, eat well, drink well, sleep well, and close the door, nothing will happen , you can ask the neighbor’s fifth grandma, if you are bored alone, you can sit and chat at the fourth grandma’s house... Le Sheng’s mouth is deflated and his eyes are red, and he insists on not letting tears flow down. , Hong Sheng didn't even dare to look at him too much, for fear that if he took one more look, he wouldn't be able to leave.

That day, the big truck that picked up the labor force left in the morning, and when the people who saw them off went back home one after another, Le Sheng was still sitting at the entrance of the village, looking eagerly at the direction the truck was leaving, while Hei Bei crawled on the On the one hand, as if he could understand the master's parting intentions, he kept silent; until the sun set and the distant scenery slowly turned into a mass of black shadows, Le Sheng stood up and walked back home; one day He didn't eat, he didn't feel hungry, he fed Hei Bei and Dali, and when he climbed onto the kang alone, tears fell uncontrollably; Hong Sheng had only left for a day, and Le Sheng began to miss him, miss him When I was alone, time became extremely slow, and my heart seemed to be missing a piece, empty, and my home became too big, and I hoped for the slightest sound in my ears, whether Hong Sheng came back, but unfortunately there was none!On the second day, Lesheng got up three poles in the sun, with a pair of peach eyes and drowsiness. After feeding the other members of the family, he only drank two sips of water and couldn't eat anything!After being in a daze for three days, I finally remembered that when Hong Sheng was here, they had to visit the fourth grandmother every now and then, so they went out with limp feet, and people on the road couldn't hear him saying hello. Although I really don't want to go out, I always feel that after Hong Sheng goes out, he has the responsibility to take care of the family.

The fourth grandma was cleaning up the house, when she saw Le Sheng coming, she said with a smile,

"Lesheng is here!"

Le Sheng replied weakly, and stayed by the side, and took over the work that he could see in his eyes; when the fourth grandmother saw him like this, she asked like a mirror in her heart,

"Le Sheng, have you eaten yet?"

Le Sheng shook his head honestly, and murmured,

"Fourth grandma, am I not hungry!"

The fourth grandmother shook her head, sighed, took out a cornmeal pancake left over from the morning, and put it in his hand,

"Hong Sheng is out of the family, and you have to eat. If he comes back and sees that you are hungry and thin, what should you worry about then?"

Le Sheng raised his head to look at the fourth grandmother, his eyes were red, and he took a bite of the cornmeal pancake. He was in this state until a week later, when Hong Sheng called back; On the day when someone at home went out, they all crowded into the brigade’s office. One call came back and they answered one by one. , there said,

"Lesheng, are you crying? Don't cry, Lesheng, the conditions here are pretty good, don't worry about me, four months will be over soon, when I come back, what do you want to eat, let's go to the town to buy !"

Le Sheng yelled "Hong Sheng", tears fell again, and the voice seemed to be a little choked up, and then he seemed to force a smile and said,

"Le Sheng, are you still crying? If you cry again, I will cry too! Have you eaten well these two days?"

"Hmm~"

"Well, did you eat or not? Don't starve yourself. If you don't eat well, how can I work hard here? If I can't do the work well, I won't be allowed to go back for four months. , be obedient~"

Only then did Le Sheng sob and say,

"Hong Sheng, have I eaten well? Come back as soon as four months are up. I will feed Hei Bei and Dali well, and the chick will grow up fast~"

The time for each person to speak is 1 minute, and it should not be too long. Hong Sheng hurriedly confessed a few words, and then someone else was on the other end of the phone. Le Sheng left the phone with tears in his eyes, did not answer anyone, and went home alone. ;Maybe affected by his atmosphere, the people who answered the phone next all had red eyes, as if bitter lovesickness could also be contagious.