Pink Memories (short story) 2018.7.26

After eating, Liangbao is washing the dishes. I asked Liangbao, "Aunt is gone, you are alone, you are quite lonely, why don't you find a girl to accompany you?" Liangbao shook his head and said, "It's easy to say, do you know that it costs a lot of money to find a girl in the mountains?" I shook my head. Liangbao stretched out two fingers. I said, "Two thousand?" and Liang Bao said, "Twenty thousand." ”

I was startled, because Liangbao was only two dilapidated houses, and there was nothing left in the house except for two small beds, a few farm tools for going to the field, a few bamboo baskets, and a few pots and pans. In total, it can't be sold for a thousand yuan. I said, "Otherwise, you might as well go to Xi'an." If you work as a chef in any restaurant, you can earn more than 10,000 yuan a year. In less than two or three years, there will be a new house and a sister. "I've wanted to go out to work for a long time, but I'm worried that my family's house and fields will not be taken care of." I said, "Just let someone else grow it." You can't be busy outside and at home alone. Cucumbers are not as sweet as the two ends. "That is." ”

At this time, I wanted to ask him about the girl, and said, "I just saw a beautiful girl on the side of the road." I really didn't expect that there would be such a girl in our mountain, just like a fairy. Liangbao smiled, "Fell in love, right?" I was a little embarrassed, and said, "That's not it, I just think this girl is really beautiful, and her figure is also excellent." Liangbao said, "You say it's Xu Qing, Sister Qing, she is the most beautiful girl in our four villages and eight townships, she is only sixteen years old this year, she graduated from junior high school, and she sang with her parents." As he spoke, he made a very serious appearance and said, "If you like it, I will be your matchmaker." My face was a little hot, and I quickly said, "I'm still a student." ”

After eating, without a lunch break, I'm going to go out. Liangbao saw my thoughts and said to me, "Her home is in Zhushan Chong." I said, "Is there a pond in front of her house?" said Liangbao, "yes." I said, "Then I know, her father's name is Xu Laoqi, and when other people's families have red and white joys and sorrows, he always blows suona for others." Her mother used to stay here in the county troupe and could sing ancient operas. Liangbao hurriedly said, "Yes, yes." ”

Zhushan Chong is only four or five miles away from Xiuling, and a mountain path leads straight to there. From there, three or five miles to the south, there is a blue lake, which is built with a dam built from dozens of peaks in the mountains, and the lake area is dozens of miles deep. In the past, when we were in elementary school, the teacher would take us there for a spring outing every year. There are many fond memories of me.

I walked along the path that led down the hillside to the lake, I hadn't walked on it for a few years, the woods and meadows on the path, and the scene up and down the slope, seemed a little rusty, but the appearance remained the same, but it felt different from before. My heart was fascinated by something that fascinated me, and it made me feel intimate and curious about what was in front of me.

The sun came out of the clouds at some point and shone brightly on the mountain road. The mountain path is winding, up and down, deserted and very peaceful. After walking for about 20 minutes, I came out of the forest from a hillside, and when I went down to the bottom of the hillside, I saw a pond beside the road. At the edge of the pond is a flat and flat grain field. On the edge of the grain field, backed by green hills, there is a large row of neat houses. The house was newly built and painted with white paint. This is a spacious and beautiful house that is rare in the area. However, in my impression, the house of Xu Laoqi's family is a very old adobe house, just like the house of Liangbao's family.

At this time, I saw an old man coming from the opposite path, so he asked, "Uncle, is this Xu Qing's house?" The old man was stunned, looked at me, and said, "Yes, this is the house of Sister Jing's family." Then, he asked me, "Are you Xu Qing's object?" and I smiled and said, "I'm her classmate." The old man smiled apologetically and left.

came to the door of Xu Jing's house, but he still couldn't see the girl he wanted to see. Because the weather is still cold, I am afraid that everyone is cooking at home. I stood under a tree by the pond and looked helplessly towards the door. There was no wind in the sun, but there was a constant cold wind on the edge of the pond, which made me feel a little cold.

I put my cold hands in my trouser pockets and stood under the tree by the pond for a long time, but the door of the Xu family was always closed, as if there was no one at home. I walked to the door and looked at it, it was not locked, and it was clear that there was someone in the house, but there seemed to be no movement inside.

After a while, the old man came back from the same road, saw me still standing under the tree by the pond, and asked me curiously, "This classmate, why are you still standing here?" I was a little embarrassed, so I lied and said, "There is no one at his house, I'll wait here for a while." But the old man said, "How can there be no one?" As he spoke, he walked to the door of Sister Jing's house, pushed open the door, and shouted inside, "Sister Qing, your classmate has come to look for you." ”

Hearing this, I was startled and wanted to run away. However, a girl in red had already come out of the house and was looking at me. I felt very embarrassed, I couldn't run, I couldn't stay, and my heart was beating drums wildly.

The girl walked towards me generously and said very politely, "Are you Lin Lingzi of the Liangbao family?" My name is Luo Xinglin, and when I was here in the past, people called me Lin Lingzi. I was a little flattered to hear that she knew me, and asked, "How do you know about me?" because I had never seen her before.

She said, "Why don't I know? Your aunt is still related to my family." Your uncle-in-law is my cousin's old cousin. "I don't understand this complex relationship, and I don't want to be so clear. I only thought about this girl in my whole heart. I asked, "But why haven't I seen you before?"

She brushed her hand through her hair, which was blown in front of her eyes, gave me a seductive look, and said, "I also went to your aunt's house to eat peaches." "My aunt's house has a few peach trees. Every summer, there are many peaches, which are fresh, large, and very sweet. So, whenever the peaches were ripe, my aunt would invite some relatives to eat them. However, I never pay attention to this kind of thing. I shook my head and said, "But, why haven't I seen you at school?"

Xu Jing said, "The children from groups 1 to 9 in the village are all studying at Guanshan Primary School, and the students from groups 10 to 15 are attending Xiangyang Primary School, so we are not in the same school. Later, when you went to Xi'an after the first year of junior high school, I entered Changle Middle School. So, we never read together. ”

As she was talking, Xu Jing's mother came out of the house, walked up to us, and said to me, "Are you Lin Lingzi of the Liangbao family?" When I saw Xu Jing's mother, I felt familiar, because she had been to my aunt's house several times. However, her complexion is a little older than before, but she is much richer than before. I immediately bowed to her and called out, "Mother Xu." Mother Xu looked at me, took my hand affectionately, and said, "What a handsome boy, I'm afraid I'm going to college?" I said, "I'm still in my second year of high school." Mother Xu said, "It's so cold standing here, go to the house to roast the fire." With that, he took me to her house.