On the second day, the fat man went to school to ask for leave, and Liu Li also came to the hotel, and said that he wanted to ask for leave, and the minister didn't want to agree directly. Liu Li knew that this was because of the relationship between the head chef, otherwise he might not be able to hire for a few days. But I still have to talk to the head chef, after all, it's different now, he's a master.

When he came to the hot dish and saw that Huang Xin was stir-frying, he took a few glances and came to the chef who peeled potatoes.

Liu Li was in a panic at will, even if the chef asked carefully, he didn't show the stuffing, the chef didn't hear much anymore, just said to pay attention to safety on the way back, and remember to hurry back to prepare for the apprenticeship banquet.

The fat man said that he couldn't take the bus back to the town directly, and he could only plan the route more complicated. Go to the county first, then go home, and then go to the county to take the exam.

Although there was some trouble, it was the only way, and the two of them packed up their things that night. As soon as the alarm clock rang at five o'clock, the two of them hurried to the station, and at this time there were the same number of people in the station, and it seemed very crowded. It was not easy to find the car to the county and found the location, and the last row was next to each other.

When he got into the car, Liu Li said, "You go to sleep first! When the time comes, I will tell you to sleep again, and we will take turns." ”

The fat man nodded and took out the blindfold and began to sleep, Liu Li was nostalgic for the scenery on the road all the way.

Time passed slowly, and the fat man woke up, and as soon as he woke up, he scolded: "Grass! ”

As he spoke, he took out his clothes and hurriedly put them on, Liu Li looked at his mobile phone and found that it was almost there, and it was understandable that the fat man was woken up by the cold because of the temperature difference. Anyway, when it was almost time, neither of them slept, but looked out the window at all the familiar people or things.

After getting off the train at the station, he could have bought a ticket to go home directly, but Liu Li wanted to buy something to take home, so the fat man waited inside, and he came outside alone to buy some gadgets and snacks for Liu Qiao. I bought a few beautiful wigs, I bought a few clothes, and these were for my mother.

As for his father, he didn't think of how much to buy, but after thinking about it, he might as well go back and talk about it first! When he returned to the station, he saw the fat man and a muttering man talking something from a distance, and he ran over when he saw Liu Li happy in his heart: "Quick, lend me 300 yuan." ”

"Why are you borrowing money?" asked Liu Li, but still took out the money to him.

The fat man smiled: "Don't ask me first, I'll go home for you later." ”

He took the money and ran to the man to give it to him, then sat down and began to tinker with his things. The man suddenly blended into the crowd and disappeared, and Liu Li scolded when he saw this. He walked up to the fat man, looked at him as if he had found a treasure, and asked him, "What are you doing?"

Fat man Yile: "That person was a thief just now, and he stole a mobile phone and was in a hurry." I bought it at a low price, only 300 yuan. ”

Liu Li looked at him funny and angry: "Where's the mobile phone? ”

The fat man nodded and took out a mobile phone with a protective case, and he laboriously took the Apple mobile phone out of the protective case: "No, why is it so tight?"

Liu Li said: "Hurry up and start the machine and try it." ”

The fat man nodded and began to beat the drum in his heart, because the person didn't turn off the phone when he showed it to himself just now! He pressed the power button hard, but there was still no movement after half a day, and then his smile turned bitter: "It's a fucking model!"

Liu Li looked like he hated iron but not steel, if the dead fat man just said why he took the money, he wouldn't have been deceived, he snatched the model in the fat man's hand: "Okay! People shouldn't have gone far, let's go chase and see if we can recover the money." ”

The fat man secretly said the same, and the bitterness gradually turned into anger with nowhere to vent: "Let Lao Tzu catch him, he has to slaughter his two hands! Grass! must make him unhappy in the next life, dare to lie to Lao Tzu?"

The two of them rushed into the crowd with big bags and small bags of things to look for, and the man Liu Li asked the fat man without seeing his face, he said that the man was a thief with a clever brain, and he was very thin and felt that the wind blew and fell down.

After looking in the crowd for about half an hour, the two of them were so tired that they almost sat on the ground, but they didn't expect to be deceived after coming out for so long. Looking at the feeling of being at a loss in the hearts of so many people, they must not be able to find it, take some money and pay some IQ tax! Just as he was about to leave here to go home, Liu Li looked up and saw several people whispering something in the leftmost corner. One of them was the one who lied to the fat man: "Dead fat man, do you think it's the dog?"

The fat man looked in the direction he was pointing, his eyes almost killing someone: "Who else the fuck can there be?"

As he spoke, he was about to walk over, but Liu Li hurriedly grabbed him: "Don't worry, let's see how many of them there are." ”

The fat man nodded and felt that he was reckless, but he couldn't be angry. He roughly counted about eight people, and couldn't help but curse in a low voice: "This is still a gang crime?"

Liu Li nodded and sighed: "Forget it, let's both suffer a loss! If this can't be done by fighting, what can we fight? Even if you have a gun, it's useless, as soon as you take that thing out, whether it's true or not, catch it first, and then talk about it, it's not realistic to hit with a knife, so many pedestrians they will disappear like rats." ”

The fat man thumped his chest: "Then forget it?"

Liu Li nodded: "What else can I do? Forget it, such a gang must be very powerful." ”

The two of them came to the car home with their heads down, and they didn't feel good all the way. The fat man got off the bus halfway through, and his house was on the side of the road. It took another ten minutes to get to town, and he sighed as he got out of the car and looked at the people. He couldn't be more familiar with every corner of the town, and he's back!

He walked slowly down the road with his things, and as he passed the school, he stood there and stared inside. He longed to see himself, to see his friends frolicking together, to see Lao Cheng stern in class, or that she cared about her classmates like a sister in private. saw herself standing on the balcony, walking in the playground, and the jade hand she was holding was still hers. Her every look, every movement, and every word slowly reproduced in Liu Li's mind. Everything seemed like it was just yesterday, and there was even a trance-like feeling that I wanted to step into it.

The ringing disrupted his thoughts, and he smiled wryly and shook his head away.

I called my father and asked him to pick him up, and a few minutes later he came. He was getting older, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were piling up, and his back was a little clumped. In the past, he always said that he had a few gray hairs, but now he can only say that he has a few black hairs.

He was happy and excited, but his tone was a little complaining: "Why don't you call me, I'll go back and cook the rice first!"

Liu Li didn't speak, in the car, he gently hugged his father and saw that the inferior leather clothes on his body were already in tatters, and the leather fell off piece by piece. His hands were as rough as sandpaper, but he still held the motorcycle faucet tightly, and at this moment his back did not seem to be lumpy at all, but straightened up as before to protect his son from the wind and rain. Liu Li was sad and helpless, but he couldn't find any topic to communicate with him, or was his father asking him how he was doing over there all the way?

Is life good?Did you do the job you found in a down-to-earth way, anyway, Liu Li couldn't answer the questions he was very concerned about, and he only had a response like um-huh, fortunately.

When I got home, my father drove out again. The uncle and the aunt were peeling edamame at the door of their house, and when they saw Liu Li's face, there was indescribable joy: "Xiao Li is back?"

Although it was superfluous, Liu Li smiled and nodded, walked up to the uncle and handed him a cigarette. Only grandma was there when she went home, Liu Li put down her things and squatted down on her knees: "Grandma, I'm back." ”

Grandma's eyes were cloudy, and she looked at the person in front of her slowly and couldn't speak for a long time. Then the gaze slowly turned to his hair, his eyes, his body, she shook her head and said, "You are ?......"

Liu Li was stunned, and his heart was full of bitterness. I didn't expect that my grandmother didn't know him anymore after not going home for half a year, and he said in a hoarse voice: "I'm Xiao Li!"

Grandma seemed to nod: "Yes!"

Then after a while, he said, "Where did Xiao Li go? Why hasn't he come back? Did he cause any trouble outside again?"

Moisture gradually appeared in the corners of her eyes: "Yan'er is not going home, and Xiaoli is not going home either......"

As soon as the words fell, his eyes were closed and he fell asleep, Liu Li sighed and came to the second floor, where his mother really slept in bed. Her shoulder-length red wig and sickly fair face are distressing to look at. He sat down on the edge of the bed and gently stroked her face with his hand, and said in a gentle tone, "Mom...... Mom......"

The mother opened her eyes and looked at him carefully with a shocked face: "You!"

Liu Li smiled and hugged her: "I'm back, I'll surprise you!"

The mother's tears fell, and she wiped them away and laughed again: "I was thinking that this was a dream! ”

"Let's go, I'll cook for you. She put on her coat and pulled Liu Li downstairs.

"Son, are you back from a job over there?"

Liu Li shook his head: "I took a leave of absence, come back to see you and then go to the county high school entrance examination." ”

The mother was relieved: "That's good, I'll cook for you right away." What do you want to eat?"

Liu Li thought for a while and said, "Fold, think about it." People over there eat the roots of the folded ears and eat the leaves, and they can't buy the roots over there. ”

Mother smiled and nodded: "Your father only went to dig in the field yesterday and came back, it should be fine, I'll get it for you." ”

She began to wash the folded ear roots, and Liu Li took out a very beautiful wig to show her: "I chose this color for a long time to find it, it should be very suitable for you." ”

The mother was busy with her hands, but she just looked at it, and the smile on her face widened: "As long as you buy it looks good, where to put it first! I'll try it later." ”

Liu Li nodded and took out the things he bought for Liu Qiao and asked his mother, "What about the little sister? ”

"Let it go, I said that I can't live without livestock and poultry at home. Your dad went and bought a few ducklings, and she drove them out every day as soon as school ended. Mother said.

Liu Li smiled that when he was a child, he used to go to herd cattle after school, and Liu Qiaobian became a duck. He said, "I'll go and call her back for dinner, and you do it first." ”

Put all the other toys and snacks in Liu Qiao's bedroom and go out.

As soon as Liu Qiao got out of school, she drove the ducks to the dry field, and she sat on the ridge of the field to watch the ducks grazing in the field. When she is bored, she will observe the duck's every move to observe their growth, and a grasshopper jumping past her will attract her attention. She followed until the grasshopper jumped into the grass and disappeared, and her attention turned to the other small insects.

When she caught it, she happily ran to the duckling and stuffed it into her mouth, and she sat on the spot and touched the braid that her mother had braided for herself. He began to observe the movements of the ducklings again, sometimes following the walking posture, and sometimes grabbing two grasshoppers and holding them in his hands. The big one is regarded by her as an older brother, and the small one is just herself. Then put them against each other and let them fight.

The strength in her hand was small and they ran away, and when one of them jumped into her clothes, she began to reach out and grab it, itching on her back for a while, and then jumping on her stomach.

Acting funny, she inadvertently saw a person walking in the distance, and she wiped her eyes carefully. Tears came out of his eyes, and the grasshopper got up and ran frantically towards him.

Liu Li took her in his arms, then pushed her away, looked at the mud on her body, and said with emotion: "Why is it still so dirty!"

Liu Qiao smiled and rubbed her face: "Brother, when did you come back? I miss you so much! I don't know how well-behaved I am now, cooking for my mother and grandmother every day." Then I put the ducks, and sometimes I was chased and bitten by Xiaohua, and Xiaohong also bit me. I can't beat them......"

Liu Li smiled bitterly, Xiaohua and Xiaohong should be the names she gave to the ducks, and it was really distressing to see her pitiful face.

Took her in his arms and drove the ducks back with his feet. Liu Qiao was very excited, as if her brother was her hero.

"Hmph, Xiaohua Xiaohong, you know that you are wrong now! My brother is back, you are all going to be beaten, see if you dare to bully me in the future!"

She said with a high spirit.

The ducklings responded to her with nothing but "quack." ”

Liu Li said in his ear: "Hurry up and wash your hands and face, you little cat is dirty, and my mother will talk about you in a while." ”

Liu Qiao nodded and washed his little hands and face, Liu Li said mysteriously, "Go and see what is in your room?"

She nodded and ran in and began to scream, and when she came out, her hands were full of small rubber bands of various colors, and she couldn't hold snacks in her arms. She was so happy that she walked staggeringly, put snacks on the couch and gave her grandmother a pack, and then ran to her mother and said, "Look! These are all bought for me by my brother! My brother bought them! There are so many more, and Doraemon is as big as me." ”

As she spoke, she spread her hand and made an exaggerated gesture, and her mother was happy: "Yes! But I'll eat later, let's eat first!"

Mother brought the dishes out and put them on the table, and Liu Qiao helped with chopsticks or something. Liu Li hadn't tasted the taste of home for a long time, and he felt satisfied after adding several bowls of rice.

Liu Qiao glanced at the snacks on the sofa after taking a bite of food, and Liu Li asked her: "I've said that I'll eat it for a while, what's the use of looking at it now?"

She shook her head and said, "No, I'm afraid that my grandmother will snatch it away in a while, I have already given it to her just now, and I am afraid that she will have to rob it." ”

Liu Li was happy, and Liu Qiao began to eat snacks as soon as he finished eating. Eat with a mouth full of oil, then put your fingers in your mouth and smack. She put all the remaining snacks in her school bag and said that she was going to take them to school tomorrow for her friends.

After tea and dinner, grandma went back to sleep, and Liu Qiao was still scratching her ears and cheeks in the homework book. Liu Li talked to her mother about some of her experiences in S City, and she didn't hide anything from her.

After listening carefully, the mother was silent for a moment and said, "Sometimes it is not necessarily wrong to be wrong, and what is right may not be right. You go your own way, I can't help you with anything. ”

After chatting until midnight, his mother took the medicine and went to sleep, and Liu Li worked alone by the fire for a long time before coming upstairs. Lifting the quilt, Liu Qiao was actually inside, she turned around and wiped her eyes and said, "I fell asleep for a while." ”

Liu Li smiled and hugged her, just like when she first came to this world, she still likes to move around and sleep restlessly. One moment the foot is on his face and his mouth, and the next moment it stinks all over the sky. Finally, he fell asleep, and Liu Qiao took out the comparison that he had hidden a long time ago and scribbled on his face.