Shangqiaotou Village, Qiaotou Town

After the autumn harvest was over, the weather seemed to be getting cold all at once. That day Hong Sheng had breakfast, and after tidying up the yard, he told the young man,

"Today I'll take you to the fourth master's house and ask him to give you a name!"

"Oh!"

The young man imitated their accent and answered. From the first time we met to now, half a year has passed, and life has passed really quickly. The villagers have gotten used to Hong Sheng always following such a person behind his ass. After a long time, Everyone joked,

"Hong Sheng, do you have a long tail?"

Sometimes when Hong Sheng was alone, people would ask,

"Hong Sheng, the tail didn't come out today?"

Young people don't talk much, and they can't utter ten words a day. The most they say is,

"I see!"

"I'm hungry"

"Oh"

The fourth master Hong Sheng is an old intellectual in his sixties. He has worked as an accountant in the brigade for 30 years. Apart from the village head and party secretary, he is the most prestigious in the village. Hong Sheng carried two bottles of canned oranges with him. The young man went there; as soon as he entered the courtyard gate of the fourth master's house, he saw a brick-sized square iron sheet on the top of the door, with a row of five gilded stars on it, and the inscription "Five Good Families". It was distributed, and the dog barked when he entered the backyard, and the yard of his house was relatively deep. When he walked to the front yard, he saw the fourth grandmother holding the door curtain with one hand and looking out with the other hand. The fourth grandmother was not tall. Tall, skinny, but in good spirits, had four children, two boys and two girls, the daughters were married to workers, and the boys were well-off, and they all worked in the town. It was a good family envied by everyone in the village;

"Fourth grandma, have you eaten yet?"

"Ah, is Hong Sheng here?"

"Oh, is my fourth master at home?"

"Here, come in, it's cold today!"

"I brought you two cans!"

"Ah, Hong Sheng, it's not Chinese New Year and it's not a holiday, you're giving away canned food!" The old lady took it and put the things on the cabinet.

"Do you want to ask my fourth master to give him a name? People in the village call him stupidly, but it's not a name!"

The fourth master was sitting cross-legged on the kang and smoking a cigarette, when he saw Hong Sheng, he said,

"Hong Sheng is here!" Although he didn't see the majesty, Hong Sheng subconsciously straightened his back, greeted him, and explained his purpose. The fourth master brought his book, polished the ink, took a piece of red paper, and opened it. Four yuan, the old man thought about it, wrote four names, explained the meaning of each, and let Hong Sheng choose by himself, Hong Sheng turned to ask the young man behind him,

"Did you hear that? What do you want to shout?"

The young man looked at him, lowered his head and said nothing,

Hong Sheng picked up one by one and compared them, talking about them, and finally took one and said to the young man,

"How is Lesheng? Does it sound good?"

The young man looked at him with wide eyes flickering; since he lived in Hong Sheng's house, the young man has eaten and drank, and he has grown back a lot of flesh. It looks like the young master of the rich man's family. If you have to compare, the young people in Qiaotou Village have to sit back. For this reason, Hong Sheng was proud of it for a while; at this time, the young people seemed to be thinking about what Hong Sheng said. Finally, he took a quick look at his fourth master, lowered his head and gave a weak "hmm",

After taking the name, I thanked the fourth master, and as soon as I left the house, the fourth grandma came out with a handful of black dates, pulled the young man and said,

"Here baby, this is a black date, it's delicious!"

The young man didn't answer, just looked up at Hong Sheng,

"Fourth grandma, you are too polite, I will keep it for you to eat!"

"Hong Sheng, let the baby hold it. My second boy bought it from the town. We still have it. Let him taste it. Hurry up and take it!"

Hong Sheng was polite again, and said to the young man,

"Le Sheng, the fourth grandma will take it!"

The young man didn't seem to realize that the name "Le Sheng" already belonged to him. He was stunned for a few seconds before he took the black date and put it in his pocket.When she left, the fourth grandma smiled and praised,

"Hong Sheng, your good intentions will be rewarded, the child is very smart, maybe you can count on (meaning to rely on) him when you are old!"

After leaving the fourth master's house, Hong Sheng confessed as he walked,

"From now on, you will be called Le Sheng, and Le Sheng is you, do you understand?"

The person behind said "Oh", so Hong Sheng turned his head and smiled at him; at this moment, he saw that the other party suddenly fed something to his mouth, subconsciously tilted his head back, and waited to see what it was When the black date was small, the young man put it on his mouth, opened his mouth, and bit the black date. The corner of the man's mouth curled up, his eyes rolled up, and he also smiled. Hong Sheng was stunned for a long time. , I remembered to chew something in my mouth, and only now did I feel that the jujube was too sweet; seeing Hong Sheng's mouth moved, the smile on the young man's face became stronger; Hong Sheng remembered the first time The first time I saw him laughing was probably at the end of September, when I took him to hunt apricots in the mountain, went up the mountain, and when I got to the apricot tree, Hong Sheng pointed to the small yellow fruits on it and said,

"This is called apricot. If you beat it, you can turn it into dried apricot, and you can sell the apricot pit for money!"

At that time, the young man picked up one on the ground and put it in his mouth. Hong Sheng hurriedly stopped him and said,

"When you eat this mountain apricot, you must break it open first, there are so many bugs!"

So I took the one picked up by the young man, pressed it with my index finger, pinched it with my thumb, and the apricot split open in the middle. I broke it open and showed it to the young man. There were really bugs inside. The worm crawled on Xing'er's flesh and shook his head and brain. When the young man saw it, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and his eyes lit up instantly. When he looked at Hong Sheng, he seemed to be saying,

"Huh? Are there really bugs?"

"How did you know?"

That was the first time Hong Sheng saw him smile. It was as bright as the spring breeze in May, which made people feel happy. Afterwards, the young man followed his example and picked up another one. After pinching and breaking it, there were bugs , so he smiled happily and showed it to Hong Sheng; that afternoon was Hong Sheng's lowest "work efficiency". Until sunset, the two of them picked up a small bag of almonds; I like to eat, sometimes I close my sour eyes and shake my body, but I am still very happy after eating.

Also in September, he asked the young man to move out of the utility room, and the two of them lived in the same room; because: one night, when Hong Sheng turned off the lights and was about to go to bed, he heard a muffled "ahhh" from the next room. Then there was a sound of "boom", as if someone had jumped to the ground, and then there was a sound of "boom, dong, dong". Hong Sheng hurriedly turned on the light and ran over. By the moonlight, he saw the young man naked# #麻# Body covered his waist with one hand, his head was desperately trying to turn back, and he jumped on the ground while twisting. Hong Sheng turned on the light, and pulled the young man to turn to him. He saw a red and swollen area on his lower back. The other party was under the quilt, and saw a small scorpion the size of a thumb crawling on the mattress, stimulated by the light, and quickly crawled to the bottom of the kang. Hong Sheng took off his shoes and beat it once, but he missed it, and the little thing had already crawled into the kang. In the countryside, this kind of thing can be said to be commonplace, but everyone lives in their own way. Basically, if people don’t "provoke" them, they will not take the initiative to attack each other; It was in the wrong place, the young man took off his clothes and lay down, just pressed it, so he lifted his buttocks and gave the scorpion a hard sting; Hong Sheng hurriedly pulled the young man over to find the place where the scorpion was stung , sucked out the poisonous blood with his mouth, and then wiped it with cool oil; the little scorpion is not very poisonous, but the young man will not be able to go to the kang today, he dare not even take his clothes, and squats in a corner by himself without saying a word; Sheng sighed helplessly, and pulled him to his room.

The next morning, Hong Sheng helped him dry the bedding. When he came back at night, he found that the other party's bedding was lying in his room, and he occupied the other side in a grand manner. He didn't see the young man at dinner, so Hong Sheng called out For a long time, no one responded, and went to the collapsed cave in the middle of the mountain, but there was still no one. Feeling a little lost, Hong Sheng just turned off the light and was about to go to sleep when the door opened with a "squeak". Climbed onto the kang, got into the bed with his back to Hong Sheng,

"Where have you been today?"

The other party pulled up the quilt,

"Aren't you hungry if you haven't eaten tonight?"

The man pulled up the quilt again, Hong Sheng couldn't help laughing, deliberately teasing him,

"Are you going to sleep here with me?"

The man continued to pull up the quilt,

"Aren't you going back to your house?"

The quilt is still being pulled up, covering the head and exposing the feet,

"Hehe...sleep!"

For a week, the young man disappeared in the afternoon until Hong Sheng turned off the lights and came back quickly to occupy his bed. Every time, Hong Sheng couldn't help laughing, and finally he was afraid that he would be hungry, so he let go. said,

"Just sleep here, don't need to hide, you can still eat dinner, aren't you hungry?"

So the young man cautiously appeared on the dining table at night; from then on, the two began to live in the same bed and different pillows; the young man slept very honestly at night, sometimes without turning over, snoring, or talking in sleep. I saw him once had a nightmare, when he suddenly sat up from the kang, gasping for breath; Hong Sheng dazedly turned on the light and asked,

"Dream?"

Only then did he realize that the young man was sweating all over his head and face. When the other party turned his head and saw it was him, he seemed to be breathing more smoothly. After lying down for a while, Hong Sheng found that the man was moving towards him little by little, and woke up the next day. When he came, he found that the young man's head was stuck in his arms, and he was sleeping soundly while holding his quilt with one hand.After that, the two got closer again. For example, the young man's quilt was placed next to Hong Sheng from the other side of the kang.

In a blink of an eye, the two have been together for such a long time, it seems that they have become a family, accompanying each other, the life is really not that long; now he has a name, called "Lesheng" - "Wang Lesheng", there is Once you have a name, you have an identity, and with an identity, you seem to be able to take root in Qiaotou Village; what makes Hong Sheng even more gratified is that Le Sheng also knows how to miss him, and he will be the first to feed him what others give him. It's a black date, but Hong Sheng thinks it's really worth it; sometimes he still thinks, maybe when he gets old one day, maybe he can really count on Shang Lesheng?There is no need for him to provide for himself in the old age, as long as he can die. Standing on the grave and burning a handful of paper money for himself, he will be worthy of the fate of the two in this life.

When I came out of the fourth master’s house, I met passers-by, and they asked jokingly,

"Where did Hong Sheng go with your tail?"

"Go to the fourth master's house and give him a name!"

"Who was named after?"

"Get it for him, call him Lesheng, Wang Lesheng!"

"Ah, look at Hong Sheng, he is so kind to the idiot, he even gave him a name!"

At this time, Hong Sheng smiled and said,

"I won't be called a fool from now on, I'll be called Lesheng!"

"Hong Sheng, are you planning to raise a fool for the rest of your life?"

Hong Sheng continued to laugh and said,

"Le Sheng is not in a daze, he understands everything, but he doesn't know what to say!"

From then on, Hong Sheng took the trouble and always told people with a smile that the young people had a name called "Le Sheng". Health, Wang Lesheng!"