At first, I was not very happy, but I couldn't stand my mother's rolling pin threat, so I had no choice but to nod and agree.

It was the end of October, the weather was getting cooler, and before I left, I went to a department store to buy a few clothes to go back to my hometown.

When Wang Jie saw me, he was a little surprised at first, smiled, and said What a coincidence, you came to buy clothes? I said yes, what are you doing here? He said that someone reported the crime, saying that he had encountered a thief in this shop, so he came to take a look.

Wang Jie said no, he was just checking the surveillance, and said that since he finished investigating the last case, he hadn't encountered any major cases recently, and he was bored to death with a few small auxiliary police officers patrolling all day long, dealing with trivial things.

After chatting for a while, Wang Jie asked me about my current situation, and I told him the truth and told him that I was going to Matian Town to visit relatives. Wang Jie immediately patted me and said Haha, that's a coincidence, he also has a relative in Matian Town, something happened to his relative's family recently, Wang Jie is planning to go and see, since it is going well, we can go together.

I was bored, so I immediately agreed, and made an appointment with him to leave with him tomorrow morning, so I went into the shop to pick out clothes.

The next morning, when I was changing clothes, I received a call from Wang Jie, asking if I was ready to go.

I hurriedly went downstairs, and saw a jeep parked on the side of the road, honked the horn twice on my side, rolled down the window, and Wang Jie waved at me vigorously, saying this way!

I got into the passenger seat of the jeep and half-jokingly said, "You're corrupt, and you'll pick up and drop you off wherever you go." ”

He laughed and scolded me, and said, "What are you talking about? This car was bought by my own family. I just remembered that Wang Jie still has a rich family, although it is not a big family, but it is much better than ordinary families, so I joked with him, saying that your family is so rich, why do you want to be a policeman?

He took a cigarette in his mouth and pretended to be deep, saying that this was his wish since childhood. When I asked him about the investigation of the small case yesterday, Wang Jie casually talked to me and asked me, "How many relatives do you have in Matian Town?"

I shook my head, I don't say much, except for my uncle, there are only a few cousins of my family, but I haven't seen each other for several years, my mother has rarely taken me to my grandmother's house since she got married, it is said that it is because the relationship between my aunt and sister-in-law is not very harmonious, anyway, I don't bother to ask about the previous generation.

The journey was boring, Wang Jie and I chatted like this, about two hours later, Wang Jie drove the car to Matian Town, got out of the car, pointed to an old house at the end of the town, said that his relatives live here, and asked me if I want to go in and sit?

I looked at the sky and felt as if it was going to rain, so I shook my head and refused, and hurried to a small supermarket in the town, bought a few boxes of gifts, and when I was checking out, I found that the sky was really gloomy, and there was a thunderstorm.

The traffic in the town is not developed, I can't get a taxi, I had to hide back in the small supermarket to avoid the rain, until the rain stopped, I figured out how to go to my uncle's house, but at this time, there were suddenly a few horns on the side of the street, I looked back, a man in a black jacket, riding a motorcycle, looking at me with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

I felt that this face was a little familiar, but I couldn't remember his name for a while, until he took the initiative to jump off the motorcycle and walked towards me, I remembered some childhood memories, and smiled at the man, "Haozi, it's you." ”

He rubbed his hands excitedly and said yes, Lin Feng, you haven't been back to Matian Town for many years, I almost don't recognize you!

Haozi and I are small, just live in my uncle's village, when I was a child, my grandparents have not died, basically every year to come to Matian Town, at that time he was the king of children, often take me into the mountains to catch wild things, after so many years, his appearance has changed a lot, the skin is dark, very thin, grinning with a mouthful of yellow teeth, the smile is a little ugly, like a middle-aged man who has gone through vicissitudes.

Old friends are naturally very happy to meet, Haozi saw that I was carrying a large bag of things, and had already guessed that I was going to celebrate my uncle's birthday, so he patted the motorcycle cushion, "You carry so many things, how can you go back to the village, or don't get in my car to go back." ”

I didn't say anything polite to him, but nodded and said yes. On the motorcycle, Haozi twisted the accelerator, stunned a broken motorcycle out of the car hurriedly, the road in the mountains is very muddy, full of stones, I was a little nervous, so I reminded him to drive slowly.

Haozi smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm open like this all day long, and I can go back with my eyes closed." ”

I asked him why he stayed in his hometown all the time, and he didn't think about going to the big city? Haozi sighed, "You also know the situation of my family, my mother has asthma, and she is sick at both ends in three days, and she can't do without people at all, and my second sister is also young and still in junior high school, what will I do at home when I leave?"

I'm not very embarrassed, the economic environment in the southwest is not good, especially in the countryside in the mountains, the environment is even worse, in fact, Haozi is two years older than me, but when I got in the car, I found that the corners of his eyes had wrinkles, and I thought it was also forced by life.

But this kid has a cheerful personality, and has not been worn off by the poor life, along the way, he talked to me about a lot of things when he was a child, and his face was full of memories, asking me if I remember, when I was a child, I liked to go to Xiongrenling to pick sweet potatoes, and I was almost offered by a wild boar to the butt.

"At that time, there were six of us, and you were the least daring, so scared that you cried all the way home......"

I thought it was funny, so I asked, "Are you still going to that place?"

Haozi said, "Well, after I graduated from junior high school, I helped at home, and I went back to the mountains to pick some medicinal herbs during the slack time, and by the way, I went down a few animal cages, and sold some game to the restaurants in the town. ”

I said no problem, anyway, I'm not in a hurry to go back now.

When I arrived at the entrance of the village, I jumped off Haozi's motorcycle, carried the things I bought in the town, and went straight to my uncle's house.

In the house, I saw my uncle, whom I hadn't seen for a few years, handed over all the gifts he had bought, and greeted him politely.

My uncle took the gift box with a smile and asked me again, "Why did you come back alone, what about your mother?" I quickly explained, saying that my mother's unit was too busy and she had to work overtime recently, so she really couldn't go back to her hometown to congratulate you.

Uncle sighed, a little regretful, but didn't say anything, but my aunt stood with her waist in her hands, and said in a weird way, "People in the city, how can you remember our poor relatives in the countryside?"

When I heard this, my ears were a little red, and I pretended to have my ears behind them, but my uncle suddenly stood up, glared at my aunt, and took my hand and said, "Lin Feng, your aunt is small-minded and has little knowledge, you have studied in college and are educated, don't be like her." ”

I hurriedly said, "Uncle, where did you go, I'm a junior, how dare I complain?"