Dusk approaches as the sun sets to the west.

After Liu Qingshan received a call from his mother, he drove to the intersection seven or eight kilometers away to pick them up.

As soon as I arrived at the intersection, I saw the old couple waiting on the side of the road.

Dad sat on a big rock on the side of the road, and his body seemed to have shrunk a lot, and it seemed small and weak compared to the big stone. He narrowed his sunken eyes slightly, looking at the mountains in the distance, not knowing what he was thinking.

My mother stood aside, still blown by the mountain wind that had cooled after the sun had set against her thin clothes. His half-white hair was also blown by the mountain wind, and he looked a little embarrassed.

Liu Qingshan looked at this scene, and then looked at the car whizzing by the road not far away, and he was even more determined in his heart to buy a car when he had enough money.

In fact, he was planning to buy a car last year. At that time, the driver's license was also tested, and the money was enough, but later, because my mother had undergone major surgery, not only did the money run out, but also owed a lot of debts, so the plan to buy a car fell through.

He wants to buy a car, not to make himself look more stylish, nor to attract the attention of girls.

He wants to buy a car, just because he wants his parents to go out in the future so that they don't have to take buses and motorcycles, and they don't have to be harassed by the cold wind and hot days.

"Dad, Mom, get in the car. ”

Hearing their son's voice, the old couple came back to their senses from their thoughts.

When I returned home, in front of the warm stove, my father walked freely, and his face looked much better, so it should be nothing serious.

"Sit down. "My mother brought her own medicinal wine.

This is a medicinal wine brewed with tiger head bees, which has a good tonic effect, and can be used not only internally, but also externally.

After taking it, it can play a role in dispelling wind and dampness, as well as strengthening the waist and kidneys.

Steller's bee contains a certain amount of steller's bee venom, which can play a good role in relieving joint pain after entering the human body. At the same time, it has a good effect on some rheumatism, bone pain and arthritis and other diseases.

Dad cooperated and sat down on the small bench.

Mom lifted his shirt, poured a little bee wine from the bottle into her palm, and slapped it directly on Dad's waist.

"Yo, you tap. Dad screamed, almost jumping off the stool.

"I know it hurts. His mother rubbed the medicine and wine vigorously and scolded, "Now you know it hurts." When you were chatting with those women in the town's health center, the nurse shouted at you several times and you didn't respond, why didn't you cry out in pain?"

When I thought of the pug-like face of this bad old man in the health center today, my mother became angry.

"You haven't seen a woman in your previous life? someone's husband is next to him, and you are still talking so energetically to others, and you are actually planning to add some WeChat. You don't have it, if you really have that WeChat, you really added it. She angrily pinched the meat on her father's waist and continued to scold, "I knew that I wouldn't have bothered the village chief to send you to the health center this morning, I should have let you die of pain at home." I see if you will dare to show your romantic appearance again in the future. ”

"Did the village chief send you to the health center this morning?" Liu Qingshan heard that it was sent by the village chief, and he was not surprised, he just wanted to confirm.

The village chief often helps the elderly and needy households in the village, which is obvious to everyone, so Liu Qingshan is really not surprised that the village chief will send his parents to the health center.

"Not really. The old mother said, "Your father was in pain and chills in the morning, and I wanted to call you, but he said that you went to the county to sell bamboo shoots, and you won't be able to come back for a while, and he didn't want you to toss in vain, so he didn't call, saying that it would be over after a while." It happened that the village chief passed by in front of our house and entered the mountain, and heard that your father was in a terrible pain, so he drove our old couple to the town without saying a word. ”

I see.

The image of the village chief suddenly became a little taller in Liu Qingshan's heart.

"My waist is an old problem, I have to make it a few times a year, I originally said that I don't have to go to the hospital to waste money, but your mother has to be verbose. Liu Yuanhe said.

The family had already gathered around the table and started eating.

"Is money or body important?" said my mother while serving food to my father, "I think you must have done too many bad things, so your waist is like this, you look at the second uncle, he is old, and he has never heard him say that his waist is not good." ”

The old mother angrily threw the meal in front of her father: "If you provoke those women again in the future, you will live alone and eat alone, don't bring those filth home." ”

Liu Yuanhe didn't dare to talk back this time.

I don't know if it's because I'm weak-hearted, or I'm too lazy to take care of my mother.

Liu Qingshan took a plate of scrambled eggs with leeks and put it on the table: "Dad, eat more leeks, aphrodisiac." ”

When my mother heard this, she glared at Liu Yuanhe.

Liu Yuanhe immediately put back the chopsticks that had just been poked out and changed them to pick up pork.

"Today I bought vegetables for my grandmother. Liu Qingshan recalled the events of the day and said, "But grandma still doesn't see me." I'm surprised, she often sees her second uncle, why can't she see me?"

These words made Mom and Dad look at each other, but they didn't speak.

"Mom, you say, did I offend her somewhere?" Liu Qingshan bit his chopsticks and wondered.

"How is that possible? You forgot, when you were a child, your grandmother loved you and bought you a lot of sugar. If it weren't for the big grandma to help our family, how could I raise you so big. The old mother sandwiched a piece of meat for her son and taught, "Whether grandma sees you or not, she is an elder, and you have made a lot of money selling bamboo shoots now, remember to buy her some food soon, you know?"

"I know. Liu Qingshan remembered what happened when he was a child.

At that time, the grandmother loved him very much, and as long as someone in the village came to sell popsicles, the grandmother would be the first to buy it for him.

That dime popsicle is still difficult to erase in Liu Qingshan's memory. The sweet taste, the red color of the watermelon, the way you hold the popsicle like you hold a sword, not to mention how spirited.

Some friends in the village are also poor and can't afford popsicles, so they will always follow him. Then, a popsicle, this one licks, that one lick, as a sign of friendship.

There is a girl who is particularly clever, others are honestly licking with their tongues, at most they suck a mouthful of ice slag, but she is good, crunched, and directly bit off half of the popsicle, so angry that Liu Qingshan chased her for half a village.

As soon as he thought of these things, Liu Qingshan laughed unconsciously.

He turned his head to look at the starry sky outside the courtyard, and thought to himself, that girl seems to be eighteen this year.

"Qingshan, what are you smirking at, hurry up and eat, I'll wash the dishes after eating." The old mother gave him another piece of meat, and then urged him to hurry up and eat.

Liu Qingshan came back to his senses and asked, "Mom, did Chen Xiaofang go out to work? I don't seem to see her." ”

The old mother stopped the chopsticks suspiciously: "What did you ask her for?"

"This ......," Liu Qingshan paused for a moment and said, "I still owe her money." ”

"When did you owe?" Mom didn't believe it.

"I owe it when I went to school. When I was in elementary school. I was in fifth grade, and she was in first grade. ”

"How much?"

"Five bucks. ”

"Oh, that's a lot of five bucks. The old mother said suspiciously, "She didn't go out to work, she was always at home, and you can't see her because she is either in the field or at home." ”

"I thought she was going back to her real mom and dad. ”

"Don't let her grandmother hear that. If her grandmother hears it, she will scold you. The old mother advised, "Xiaofang was adopted, and her adoptive parents went early, leaving her and her grandmother behind, if you mention the matter of her biological parents in front of her grandmother, she will definitely fight with you." ”

"Is it such an exaggeration?" Liu Qingshan said unbelievingly, "Could it be that Xiaofang will not go back to confess her relatives in this life?"

"You don't care about other people's affairs, if you want to pay back the money, you will pay back the money, don't say anything else, do you know?"

"Oh, got it. ”

"Qingshan, how much did you sell today?" Dad diverted the topic as he ate.

"Oh, yes, I forgot about it. Liu Qingshan got up and went back to the room to take out a wad of banknotes and handed it to his father, "Here's a thousand yuan, it's your part." ”

"Can I have so much in that part?" Liu Yuanhe held a wad of banknotes, unable to believe it.

I couldn't save so much money for a year. Now, after digging bamboo shoots for a day, they have been sold for so much money.

Ha, it seems that this waist is really worth the pain.

Liu Yuanhe laughed a few times refreshedly, and then handed the money to his son: "Qingshan, this money is for you, you go online to help me buy a mobile phone for more than 1,000 yuan, and then teach me to surf the Internet." ”

As soon as he heard this, Liu Qingshan was unhappy: "Dad, how do you think that one is one out, what do you want a smart phone for? What do you want to do online? Can you just make a phone call?"

"I don't want you to pay for it. Liu Yuanhe saw that his son didn't agree, and he was not happy, "Now there are people under the age of 50 in the village who can't use smart phones, and your mother and I are still holding this broken brick." ”

"Dad, we can't compare with others. Liu Qingshan really couldn't figure it out, okay, how could he suddenly think of buying a smart phone?

Just because of that inexplicable vanity?

Liu Qingshan said that he did not agree.

Seeing this, my mother could only be a peacemaker: "If you don't buy it, you won't buy it, and you can buy it when the conditions at home are better in the future."

As he spoke, he glanced at Liu Yuanhe.

Liu Yuanhe had no choice but to take the money back.

In fact, Liu Yuanhe wanted to buy a new mobile phone, not to satisfy his vanity. On the 15th day of the 10th lunar month last year, when his wife's maiden relatives came to the house for the holiday, they showed off their mobile phones in front of him, saying that their son bought them.

Although these relatives said on October 15 this year that they would not come until the winter solstice, Liu Yuanhe still wanted to buy a mobile phone as soon as possible to get started, so that he could win back a game for his son in front of them.

Of course, Liu Qingshan didn't know his father's thoughts, but he felt that his father was extravagant just after a little money, and he actually wanted to buy a mobile phone for more than 1,000 yuan.

Not to mention more than a thousand mobile phones, even seven or eight hundred, he can't bear it. The mobile phone he is using now is still a given to him by a worker on the construction site.

Therefore, my father said that he wanted to buy more than a thousand mobile phones, but he refused without thinking about it.

It's not that he doesn't want to hurt his father, he just thinks that many things have to be done within his means. Now that I don't even have a decent household appliance at home, even if I have money, I should first improve the basic life of my family, and then use some spare money to pretend to be forced.

With this in mind, Liu Qingshan didn't feel that there was anything wrong with what he was doing.

When I drank oil tea the next morning, I taunted my father about it: "Dad, if you think that money will bite people if you put it in your pocket, then you can put the money away for my mother." It's really not good, I can help you collect it, I'm not afraid of money biting. ”

Liu Yuanhe knew that his son was talking about what he said he wanted to buy a mobile phone last night, so he snorted: "Hmph, how do I spend my own money, what's your business? ”

My mother smiled and asked, "Qingshan, where are you going to dig today?"

"I won't dig bamboo shoots today. ”

"Don't dig bamboo shoots?" the mother was puzzled, "It's so good, why don't you dig it all of a sudden?"

"Let's dig again tomorrow, and today I'll go into the mountains and dig something else. Saying that, Liu Qingshan put down the dishes and chopsticks, and didn't tell his parents what he wanted to dig up, so he stayed behind his parents, who were still shouting for him not to waste the great opportunity, to go out.

Taking a hoe into the mountains, Liu Qingshan did not go to the bamboo forest, but walked through the nearby mountains.