Looking at the dark courtyard, Liu Qingshan couldn't help but think of what happened when he was a child.

When I was a child, there were still many residents in the old village. At that time, his mother always took him to visit other villagers' homes.

When they arrived at other people's homes, the women would sit around the charcoal basin and roast the warm charcoal fire to chatter about homely cooking. The little ones snuggled up to their mother's arms or knees, enjoying the warmth of the winter fire.

There was no electricity, no light bulbs, and dim diesel lights were the only means of illumination.

Despite this, the women would still take advantage of the faint light of the diesel lamp to do needlework with their hearts, while laughing and chatting with other women about the shortcomings of the family or all kinds of village gossip.

The mille-feuille bottom danced in his hand, and the wisps of black smoke swirling on the gray lanterns deliberately cooperated.

However, it didn't take long for him to get impatient and clamoring for his mother to go home. At this time, the man in the villager's house would hug him and tell him some horror stories about big insects going down the mountain to eat children, or demons and monsters coming out to harm people.

Among them, there is a story that is quite memorable.

It is said that there was a husband and wife who gave birth to a son, and the man went to work outside, leaving the woman and the son at home.

One night, in the middle of the night, the man came back dressed in stars and moons.

He knocked on the door for a while, called a few times, and the woman heard it, so she hurried to open the door for him.

As soon as he entered the house, the man put down his things and lay down directly on the bed.

The room without a light was very dark and dark, and the children slept on the other side of the bed, against the wall, and the men and women slept on the outside of the bed.

Late in the night, as the night grew deeper, the boy heard a thumping sound from the other end of the bed.

He asked curiously, "What is the sound?" ”

The man replied, "Oh, I'm drinking." ”

When the boy heard the answer, he didn't think much of it and went back to sleep.

But after a while, there was another sound of chirping on the other side of the bed.

The boy asked, "What's that?"

The man said, "Oh, I'm hungry, I'm eating." ”

However, after a while, there was another creaking sound in the dark night.

The boy couldn't hold it back, sat up and asked, "Dad, what are you eating?"

The man said, "I'm eating kueh zi, it's crunchy, it's delicious." ”

When the boy was hungry, he said, "I want to eat too." ”

The man said, "Let's eat again tomorrow." ”

However, when the boy woke up the next morning, his father was gone, and his mother was gone......

The little boy waited alone at home, and waited for several days before his father came back from outside.

As soon as he saw his father, the boy asked, "Dad, where have you been these days?"

My father was stunned: "I've been working outside, I just came back." ”

The boy was shocked: "Who is the person who came back a few days ago and looks exactly like you?"

The man was shocked: "What kind of person? looks exactly like me? I haven't been back before, I just came back today." ”

The boy cried: "You lied, you drank wine, ate meat, and ate crispy kueh zi when you went to bed at night." ”

The man was shocked and hurriedly pulled the child and ran to the room.

When he arrived at the room, he lay on the ground and looked under the bed, and the whole person was instantly stupid. There was only a pile of gnawed bones left under the bed......

"This story tells us that we must keep the door closed at night and not let others in. The uncle said.

This story has always been a shadow in Liu Qingshan's heart, and in retrospect, he still feels a little creepy.

Seeing the darkness of the night, I became more and more frightened, so I hurried back to the house.

He decided that when he had money in the future, he must get a few more lights in the yard, so as not to be scared half to death when he ran the pit at night.

However, as his body is getting stronger now, he is not so afraid of ghosts and monsters and the like. The reason why there is still a shadow of the dark night is mainly because the fear of losing a loved one like a little boy in a horror story has been left behind.

Therefore, deep down in his heart, he should not be afraid of demons and monsters, but he is afraid that demons and monsters will hurt the person he loves the most, or after hurting him, the person he loves the most will be in pain.

So!

Standing on the stone threshold of the gate, looking at the dark night outside the house, Liu Qingshan thought that before next summer, he must solve the lighting problem at home.

When the time comes, not only will the wiring at home be changed, but also the yard will be bright.

Because there are many snakes in the mountains, especially in the hot summer, all kinds of dangerous things will always lurk in the night. In the past, family members could only get up at night, and they could only touch the dark. If you don't have a clear vision, you may step on a snake or happen to encounter a big cat stealing chickens.

Therefore, for the sake of safety, it is still necessary to do a good job of lighting the home as soon as possible.

It's just that there is really no skill now, and the money in the bank card has to be kept to buy a car, so these plans can only be postponed for the time being.

Probably influenced by my mother, early the next morning, my father took the initiative to help.

Liu Qingshan thought it was funny when he saw that he was already walking very steadily, but he was still deliberately hissing: "Dad, if you are really in such pain, then you better go back and sit, I can handle it myself." ”

Liu Yuanhe walked along the stone path under the creek, and then came to the big stone slab, and said: "If I don't come to help, you will say that I am lazy when the time comes, so you have to remember that your father and I came to work with injuries." ”

"What am I doing with this thing?" Liu Qingshan felt more and more funny when he saw that his father still wanted to be famous, "Could it be that when the work here is done, I still want to commend you?"

"That's for sure. Liu Yuanhe quietly glanced at his wife who was working in the yard, and said in a low voice, "When it's done here, I don't want you to give money, and I don't want you to commend me, just help me get my phone back." ”

Liu Qingshan looked at his father.

Dad has gained a bit of weight lately. Probably because I ate too well and didn't work.

He sighed twice and said, "Tut-tut, Dad, do you know who you look like now?"

"What do I look like?" Liu Yuanhe looked down at his burly and athletic body and asked, "Who am I like?"

"Your current round appearance is really a fight with Zhu Bajie. ”

"Stinky boy, what nonsense, even if it's like, your father and I are like Tang Seng. ”

It's good, managed to change the subject.

Although my father is not very good at work, with him doing some light work and handing over some things, the efficiency will still be greatly improved.

In two days, Liu Qingshan built the retaining walls on both sides of the creek.

On the morning of the third day, the father and son were ready to lay steel bars.

Seeing that his son was carrying steel bars and cement, Liu Yuanhe sighed a little unhappily: "Alas, when I think the people in the village build new houses, our family is out of work, but now, there is work to our house, but no one comes to help." ”

In the countryside, no matter who builds a house, everyone has to help.

Normally, every household sends a man or woman to help. This help does not mean that you have to start with the foundation and help all the way to the floor, but in the process, you have to help for at least one day.

Then, when you build a house, someone else will come and help you, which is called 'rework'.

As the name suggests, even if you do work, you have to be courteous. If you help me, it's my responsibility to help you, otherwise, the next time I have something to do at home, it will be difficult to shout moving.

Therefore, seeing that his son has been busy for several days in a row, and no one from the village has come to help, Liu Yuanhe should be angry in his heart.

After all, by the time of his generation, the family had not yet built a new house. However, when it comes to helping, he and his son have indeed never helped less.

Unexpectedly, now there is finally a big project at home, but there is no half of it.

Alas, Liu Yuanhe felt very uncomfortable.

Liu Qingshan saw that his father really took this matter to heart, so he smiled and said, "Dad, what are you doing here? Our family is not building a new house now, and it is right that others do not come to help." ”

"Yes, what's right?" Liu Yuanhe snorted with a straight face, "Our family finally has a job, but none of them come, which is obviously looking down on our family." ”

"Dad, you're thinking too much. Liu Qingshan said while working, "You see, I built the retaining wall in two days, this is really not a big project, and besides, this is a yard, not to build a house, it is understandable that others do not come to help, and when our family has money in the future, we can build a house, they will definitely come to help." ”

"Hmph, I don't come to help now, and I won't in the future. Liu Yuanhe was not stingy, but suddenly felt that it was not worth it to work so hard for others before.

Let's not talk about other people's homes, let's just say that the two brothers Da Liang and Erliang didn't come.

It stands to reason that even if the house is just a small thing, and they are working on such a free winter day, then they should come to help.

After all, at that time, whether their family was building a house or surrounding a yard, he Liu Yuanhe followed him from beginning to end. But now, when they came to his house to work, the two brothers didn't even show their faces.