"Once upon a time, now, never come back in the past, the red leaves are buried in the dust, the beginning and the end are always unchanged, you are floating outside the white clouds on the horizon, and the bitter sea turns love and hate!" Xiaoxia returned to the dormitory, and her ears were still haunted by Li Xiang's "The Love of My Life", which did not dissipate for a long time.

Early in the morning, Li Xiang set foot on the way home early, his home is in Heshan District, about three or four hours away from the development zone.

It was a little late to play last night, and Li wanted to get on the bus, so he found a seat in the back and squinted.

It was close to noon when I got home, my mother was busy cooking, and my father hadn't gotten off work yet.

Li wanted to wash his hands and help stir-fry.

Li's father and mother are both traditional farmers, and after the land is contracted, they work in a nearby factory, except that the hukou is a fixed residence for the people of Beijing, and there is no difference from the thousands of migrant workers in Beijing.

Mother Li was cooking while nagging Li Xiang about her parents' shortcomings.

Li Xiang used to be very annoyed by this, but the sudden return made his mood change, and he chatted with his mother intimately.

When my father returned, he started eating. Li's father had only an hour off for lunch, ate in a hurry, and left in a hurry.

"Don't run around, you have nothing to cook at home, you won't be home for the summer vacation, come back and help your mother do more work." "Father Li instructed when he left.

My mother packed up the dishes and chopsticks and left to work.

Li Xiang also has a group of friends who grew up together in the village, and every time they come back, they will chat together, hang out, and play cards.

This time Li Xiang didn't go out to play, but turned around in the room alone, the old house in his previous life was long gone, and the pattern was not what Li Xiang looked like when he was a student.

Li Xiang looked at the old house, silently picked up a broom and rag, and cleaned the house.

Outside the door is the vegetable garden planted by Li Xiang's parents, and the variety of vegetables in the northern countryside is limited, and the green organic vegetables produced by their own production are generally eaten in summer. Beans, cucumbers, eggplants, peppers, seasonal vegetables are all available.

Pork stewed beans, stir-fried shredded potatoes, braised eggplant, stir-fried chili with meat, fried tomatoes with eggs. Li Xiang was sweating profusely.

In the evening, Li Xiang's parents came back, and the family sat together happily.

Mother Li looked at the table of dishes and was very happy, "Okay, when you grow up, you won't starve to death! ”

Li Xiang took out the old Bai Fen he bought in advance, poured it for his father, and filled a cup for himself.

"Go to school hard, our work has never been pointed at you, your mother and I will both finish it, and after graduation, we will make our own money and spend it ourselves. It's better to be comfortable than anything else. Father Li took a sip of wine and said.

Mother Li also continued: "I have told you since I was a child, going to school is for yourself, and you don't have to work hard like your parents in the future, how can it be better to find a job after graduating from college than to dig in the soil!"

Li Xiang listened to his parents' nagging silently, feeling very cordial. "Mom and Dad, I understand, don't worry, I came back to discuss with you, it's too hard, don't go to work. Or find an easy job, or raise chickens and pigs or something, and it's enough to spend. ”

"You just have filial piety, you have a tuition fee of more than 8,000 a year, how can you do it if you don't go to work?" the father refused.

Li Xiang quietly took out 30,000 quick money from his bag and put it on the table. "This is for you to spend, Xiao Wu and my second brother we earned together. ”

Father Li was stunned for a moment when he saw so much money, glared at Li Xiang, and Mother Li asked anxiously, "Where did you get so much money?"

Li Xiang smiled and said, "Oh, you can rest assured, we will sell barbecue and set up stalls together, and we will make money." ”

Father Li asked questioningly, "Do you make so much money?"

Li Xiang patiently explained, "Yes, there is a child with skewers, we work together, not only barbecue, my second brother got a lot of cheap drinks from the unit, and selling drinks also made a lot of money." ”

The mother said to Li Xiang: "You don't have to worry about money, you can go to school better than anything else, your parents have no ability, and our family is not short of money." ”

The father also nodded yes, "There are several of you who have this money, you can divide it yourself, buy some clothes or something, and spend it yourself!"

"No, it's already divided, this one is mine, let my mother keep it, even if you don't spend it, keep it for me, three years of tuition is enough, right?" Li Xiang said.

The mother hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, then I'll keep it for you and pay the school fees." ”

Li Xiang watched his mother walk towards the back room with the money, and was very happy, and said to his father, "Dad, let's drink." ”

Father Li was still not at ease, and secretly said to Li Xiang: "You are also old, I won't say anything superfluous, don't do it blindly, tell your mother when you have no money." Your dad doesn't have any great skills, and he hasn't bent over you two. ”

"Don't worry, I'm definitely not fooling around, you and my mother are just waiting to enjoy the blessings!" Li Xiang promised his father.

"Not worrying is the greatest happiness of being an old man, you just don't let us worry about it. Mother Li came out of the back room and said.

Father Li also nodded, and said to Li Xiang: "You can't be poor and have no ambition, we can't do embarrassing and conspicuous things, and you don't want your parents to be unable to hold their heads up for the rest of their lives, right?"

"Ahh I know it. I'm sure I'm not going to be ashamed of you. Li wanted to make his parents feel at ease as much as possible.

In the next few days, Li Xiang didn't care about anything, didn't go out to play, and concentrated on cooking for his parents at home, everything was happy as if in a dream.

The days in the development zone are as calm and boring as ever, and everyone is like a part on the assembly line, a standard life, one board and one eye.

Xiao Wu went to the pool and the card room every day as usual to order and deliver.

When Xiao Wu came to the pool today, he saw a few little hooligans nearby, with a few girls, playing in the pool.

Xiao Wu glanced at it, didn't stop, and continued to do his own thing, asking one by one on the deck chair if there was anything to eat.

"Do you have chicken wings?" shouted a girl.

"Yes, everything! Xiao Wu replied as he walked over.

The little girl is not very old, and she wears a swimsuit with a pink cherry blossom petal pattern, which is very good-looking. "5 lamb skewers, 1 chicken wing!"

Xiao Wu glanced at the girl a few times, and said with a smile: "Hurry, I'll send it to you in a while!"

When Xiao Wu came back, he walked around the pool, but he didn't find the girl in the pink swimsuit, and suddenly in the middle of the pool, there was a commotion.

"What are you guys guys up to, don't mess with me. A girl's voice came. Xiao Wu turned his head to see that the gang of hooligans nearby was grabbing the girl in the pink swimsuit in the pool to take advantage, and the girl was struggling violently.

"Teach you to swim, don't move, choke on the water for a while. A boy's voice came with a laugh.

Xiao Wu himself was a violent temper, and he couldn't help shouting at that time, "What are you doing, let her go." ”

Several of the boys inside were startled by Xiao Wu's sudden voice and looked up at the pool.

"What's the matter with you, I'm playing with my girlfriend, what's in your way?" a leading boy yelled at Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu didn't say anything, and shouted at the girl: "Your skewer has arrived, come and get it." ”

"Damn, you're a skewer, what are you running about! A few brothers grabbed him!" A group of boys chased towards the shore, Xiao Wu didn't move, waiting quietly, in Xiao Wu's dictionary, there was no such thing as running away.

Li Xiang had a sweet dream and was woken up by a phone call from Junko.

"Think, when are you coming back?" asked Junko silently.

"What's the matter, you guys still miss me?" Li Xiang said.

"Xiao Wu'er was beaten, lying on his stomach at home, and the skewers haven't come out of the stall in the past two days, Peng Yu and Xiao Wu both said that they won't tell you, and when Xiao Wu is ready, I'm talking to you. I didn't know what to do, so I called you. Junko said.

Li Xiang frowned, and hurriedly asked, "Who hit it, what's going on?"

"Han Yang, the pool and Xiao Wu did it, Xiao Wu didn't say why, and we couldn't ask. Shunzi said helplessly, "As soon as the second brother left in the past two days, Xiao Wu kept calling his classmates, I'm afraid that something will happen, so I'll ask you." ”

"Okay, I'll be back tomorrow, you watch him, don't let him get into trouble. Li Xiang instructed.

The next day, Li Xiang packed his luggage and told his parents that he would go back to his aunt's house in the development zone to get some things first, and then he would go directly from there for military training, and then he would have to wait for the military training to end in a month.

On the way, Li Xiang received another call from Junzi, saying that Xiao Wu's classmates had come and were sitting at home.

Xiao Wushang wanted to go out with them, but was held down by Junzi, saying that Li Xiang would come back immediately, what was the matter, and wait for Li Xiang to come back and discuss it.

Xiao Wu has always been a little afraid of Peng Yu and Li Xiang, so he didn't leave.

Li Xiang was also nervous in his heart, and hurriedly walked home.

When I entered the door, the room was full of people, there were about 20 young people, all of whom were Xiao Wu's classmates, some from junior high school and some from sports school. Standing or sitting, the room was filled with smoke.

Some people know Li Xiang, Brother Du, Brother shouted Li Xiang, Li Xiang nodded and asked, "Where is Xiao Wu'er?" Shunzi pointed to the bedroom in the back room, Li Xiang walked straight in, Xiao Wu was lying on the bed, with two rows of plasters on his back.

"What's the matter, let people do it?" asked Li Xiang as he sat on the edge of the bed.

"Look," Xiao Wu stretched out his right arm and thought to Li, "The knife didn't open, or it would have fallen." ”

Li Xiang looked down and saw a deep mark on Xiao Wu's right forearm, as if the flesh had been separated.

Xiao Wu continued, "There were a few sticks in the back, they had knives, watermelon knives that didn't have blades, I didn't pay attention to the cuts, I blocked them with my arms, and that's it." ”

Li Xiang frowned, "Han Yang, are they?

Xiao Wu snorted and said, "They are not good, there are too many people, otherwise a few of them will not be enough." Brother, don't ask why, anyway, this revenge will be avenged!"