After graduation, I went home to keep bees

In Langshan in May, there are clouds and mist in the morning and evening, and the air is humid. When the clouds and mist clear, you can see scattered shadows of people in the mountains, carrying bamboo baskets on their backs, and they all go up the mountain to pick tea in the morning.

Langshan has beautiful scenery, but because of its remoteness, the wild tea in the mountain is not well-known. Most of the mountain people pick tea and keep it for their own drinking, or fry it back to the bottom of the mountain, and sell it to towns down the mountain who are too lazy to pick tea. Liren, dozens of yuan a catty, just earn hard money.

Jiang Xiaoman also carried a big basket on his back, and went up to the mountain to pick tea leaves with his father. He has been doing this job for more than ten years, and he is very proficient in the business. It was just to help the old man pick tea leaves.

"Bai Chuan asked us to go to his house for dinner at night. You have done him a great favor by sending back those pens and notebooks this time!" Jiang Youliang chatted with his son while picking tea leaves.

Langshan is too far away, there are countless large and small villages hidden in the deep mountains and old forests, but, not to mention the distance between villages, every household is far away, just like theirs. Occupying a mountain alone, the neighbor closest to his house has to climb a mountain on foot... In the past, Jiang Xiaoman’s teachers and classmates always praised him for having a "stableness that does not match his age", but it is not calmness, but a lack of communication for a long time. Totally lazy to speak.

Referred to as the dead house talk less syndrome.

However, when his father said that Jiang Baichuan was going to invite them to dinner at night, Jiang Xiaoman pursed his lips and said happily, "Dad, am I picking up trash for meat?"

Jiang Youliang couldn't help laughing out loud after hearing what his son said.

He has never been married in his life, Jiang Xiaoman is a child he picked up in a hurry, there is no woman in the family, Jiang Xiaoman has eaten meals cooked by his father since he was a child.Jiang Youliang is a rough man, how can he cook delicate dishes?The only specialty is stewed potatoes with bacon. However, bacon is very expensive, and the family is reluctant to eat it. They usually cook a big pot of corn porridge or pumpkin porridge. The father and son eat this porridge three times a day, and they pour it out at night feed the pigs.

Jiang Xiaoman was clever since he was a child. He found that his father would not buy meat for him. Every time this kid went to the market, he would go to pick up garbage. Sometimes he was lucky and could find money. To sell, the father and son will stick to it every time they rush to the market until the end of the market. At this time, the stall owner is eager to close the stall, and usually clears the warehouse and sells it.

Jiang Youliang went to the stall to bargain, and Jiang Xiaoman took the money from picking up garbage, and went to the butcher stall to exchange for some meat. Usually, other people pick up the leftovers, which is cheap!However, as far as his father's cooking skills are concerned, the quality of the meat does not actually have a great impact on the dishes, because his father always has two choices for fresh meat-braised in soy sauce and stewed in clear water.

Strange to say, they are all bachelors, his father's cooking is almost like cooking pig food, and he can't wash clothes. Uncle Baichuan, who is not a few years younger than his father, can do everything from washing to cooking.

Jiang Baichuan was the principal of their village primary school, and he was Jiang Xiaoman's uncle according to his seniority. Originally, he could have stayed in the city after graduating from a teacher training college. Unexpectedly, Jiang Baichuan resolutely returned to his hometown and became a rural teacher. When the principal of Niancun Elementary School retired, he became the principal.

However, his job as the principal is really shabby. Over the past few years, anyone who has any skills has taken their children to the city to go to school. I heard that even if the school for migrant workers’ children is in the city, the conditions are much better than in the countryside. Year after year, students were leaving, and teachers couldn't keep them. Last year, there were only Jiang Baichuan, two other teachers, and more than 30 students from different grades.

In recent years, the state has also continuously increased its support for rural education, but after all, there are too many monks, and teachers' salaries are indeed guaranteed at the most basic level, but the special funds for education allocated to remote towns like them are pitifully small.

It's also a coincidence that Jiang Xiaoman is graduating in his senior year this year. The counselor asked them to clean up the dormitory before graduation. He threw it directly into the trash can, Jiang Xiaoman's sense of mission to pick up trash deep in his soul was awakened at once!

Such a good thing, if you bring it back to your little uncle Jiang Baichuan, let alone the garbage from one building of their boys' dormitory, it will be enough for Jiang Baichuan to use for several years!

Jiang Xiaoman immediately borrowed a snakeskin bag from the dormitory auntie, and went to the dormitories to collect garbage, but he wanted all the notebooks and pens that were not used up, and even helped people take the garbage downstairs to throw it away.

The students all felt that Jiang Xiaoman was really helpful, and Jiang Xiaoman also felt that the students were too kind to him. After sorting the garbage, he sold the waste paper and beverage bottles for more than 400 yuan, which was just enough A round-trip ticket for his trip home on May Day.

The first thing Jiang Xiaoman did when he got home was to send two large woven bags full of various notebooks and pens to the school, and there was even half a box of unopened chalk in the bag!

"I went to help the teacher of the Youth League Committee clean the office. The teacher said that half of the box of chalk was damp and expired. He asked me to throw it away, so I brought it back. Although the chalk was damp, I saw that it should still be usable. It's a pity to lose it."

Xiao Jiang really never forgets his mission of recycling and reusing waste.If he hadn't been smart enough to be admitted to university, Jiang Baichuan believed that sooner or later this kid would also be able to make a fortune by collecting scraps.

However, it is impossible to collect waste products.

I heard that when Jiang Youliang brought the child back, he specially asked the witch priest in the mountains to make the final decision. He originally wanted to name the child a good life, but who knew that the witch priest would be reluctant to let go when he saw the child. Jiang Baichuan only thought it was funny when he heard this, saying that this child would definitely bring good luck to the mountain people in their area in the future.

However, Jiang Youliang firmly believed in the prophecy of the witch sacrifice. Since then, this lazy bachelor has only one wish left in his life, that is, to pay for Jiang Xiaoman's education even if he sells everything!

The people in the mountains are simple-minded, and the older generation firmly believes that only by studying hard can one get out of the mountains. Jiang Youliang is different. He has whispered in his son's ear since he was a child, telling him that he must return to his hometown after he has learned the skills. Even the witch priest predicted that he would definitely change the fate of the entire Langshan Township in the future!

Regarding this, Jiang Xiaoman just wanted to say that he should find a way to find a job to support his father and son first!

A bachelor's degree is indeed very remarkable in the eyes of the mountain people, but in a job market where master's degrees are everywhere and there are so many undergraduates, Jiang Xiaoman is not even sure if he can find a job.

When he came back this time, one was to send the paper and pens he picked up to the school to relieve Jiang Baichuan’s financial pressure; Dad repaired the old house at home.

Jiang Youliang accepted the money from his son, but he had no intention of spending the money on repairing the old house. He still firmly believed that his son would do a great job in the future. How could there be no capital to start a business?

Not only the 3 yuan, but he has also secretly saved more than 2 yuan in the past few years. He will not touch a penny of this money. This is his son's "first pot of gold"!

Because someone invited dinner at night, the father and son didn't have to go home to cook, and they picked tea leaves in the mountains for two hours. They all knew that Jiang Baichuan would send the children who lived far away home after school every day, and then returned to the village. Eat, so usually eat very late.

Unexpectedly, that night, they waited until seven o'clock, before Jiang Baichuan called them to have dinner.

"Something's wrong!" Jiang Youliang stood up abruptly, picked up the flashlight and was about to go to school.

"Dad, I'll go with you!" Jiang Xiaoman also followed.

When the father and son arrived at the school, the school was also very quiet. It was obvious that Jiang Baichuan had never been back.

"This kid! I'm afraid I met a wolf halfway? Hurry up, go to the village to call for someone! Go to the mountain to look for it!" Jiang Youliang stomped his feet anxiously.

"Wait Dad, I'll climb over the wall and go in. There are big speakers in the school!" The trumpet calls people the fastest.

The fence of the dilapidated village elementary school is useless. Jiang Xiaoman went around to the place where he used to climb over the wall to pick up scraps (?), and sure enough, the two red bricks protruding here are still there. He has grown taller now, and there is no need to Push on the second brick, borrow strength from your feet, turn over in a flash, rush to the office, see a lock on the door, roll your eyes, jump up and touch the door, and sure enough, you have a lock. spare key.

The school's loudspeaker was really powerful, and after a while, villagers who lived nearby rushed over. When the village head heard that Jiang Baichuan had sent his children home and hadn't returned yet, he was so frightened that he lost one of his shoes. .

Speaking of Jiang Baichuan, there is no one in Langshan Township who does not admire him. He can stay in the big city to enjoy the blessings, but he has to stay in the mountains with a meager salary that can only support himself. He works as a teacher and a nanny every day. I have to send my children home... Before I was 40, my hair turned gray. Because I was poor, I didn't even have a daughter-in-law. When the villagers mentioned Jiang Baichuan, who wouldn't give them a thumbs up?

It is no exaggeration to say that every villager who hears the loudspeaker counts as one. Even the elderly and children in the family ran out. Waiting for the village chief's order, I immediately went into the mountain to find someone!