Ten years in the east of the river and ten years in the west of the river!

From the beginning of the family, which was not wealthy, we gave birth to a second child on the cusp of "family planning." My dad found a ray of light in a dark road and went into the city to find a way out.

It is said that at the worst time, my father slept in a bridge hole, and there was a group of ragged and sloppy homeless people lying next to him, and a pile of worn-out empty bottles on the ground, which were probably picked up by this group of homeless people to sell for money.

Even if the conditions are down, my father will pay attention to his image, after all, he was a people's teacher, he was also a gardener of the motherland, and he is a person with status. Nowadays, although "the tiger falls in Pingyang", there will still be some idol baggage more or less. With his jet-black hair neatly combed by hand, and he was wearing a white-washed denim suit, although he couldn't hide the current situation of poverty, he was still a refreshing young man.

Among the homeless people, there was a leading brother who accosted my father: "Brother, you don't look like you're doing what we do?" However, since we slept in the bridge hole together, you will be my brother in the future, and no one in this area will not know my 'Li San', and the eldest brother will cover you in the future!"

"Thank you, Brother Li, I can't hide it, I just entered the city not long ago, and I haven't found a place to stay. By mistake, I entered your territory, thank you for the kindness of Brother Li, the younger brother will definitely repay the favor in the future. ”

There are also beggars in the countryside, but my dad has never seen a beggar like Li San, but my dad knows that any group has its own rules, and if you stay on someone else's territory, you have to abide by other people's rules. When my dad saw a few ragged little brothers respectfully and respectfully to Li San, he naturally didn't dare to slack off, not to mention that Li San's words really made my dad tremble in a lonely heart in a foreign land like a spring breeze, and his heart was warm. People's hearts are made of flesh, and people's hearts are exchanged for people's hearts. Although I don't know Li San's true temperament, at that moment, my dad was willing to believe that Li San was a good person.

The next day, instead of sleeping in the bridge hole, my dad was crammed into a garage rented by a fellow villager. A few years later, my father went to that bridge cave, and the homeless man had disappeared without a trace, and the brother named "Li San" remained in his heart.

Later, my father followed his fellow villagers to start from a stall, and with the spirit of hardship and hard work, he slowly accumulated the first wealth in his life, and a few years later bought a storefront house in the city, specializing in the clothing business.

In the early to mid-90s, there was no such thing as "laid-off", people had more or less money in their pockets, the quality of life improved, and the level of consumption was also growing.

Girls began to wear stockings, knee boots, lipstick, ear piercing, tattoos, ......

Once, when my grandfather went into the city, he saw girls all over the street showing their white thighs, and their old faces were red with shame. "The girl in the city is really not ashamed!"

"This is called fashion!Dad, you're old-fashioned~" My dad choked with a cigarette in his mouth.

After another two years, my parents' business grew bigger and bigger, expanding from one noodle room to five storefronts. A nouveau riche who is alive and well in Zhaocheng City. Back then, my parents bought a commercial house in the city, 6 floors, and gave one floor of attic, commonly known as "5+6".

In the small courtyard, our sisters and brothers watched my grandmother make zongzi, I love to eat candied dates stuffing, sweet, when I was a child, I often stole the dates in my grandmother's jar. Grandma's dates soaked in sesame oil have a sweet taste with the unique mellow aroma of sesame oil.

My grandmother first put four or five zongzi leaves slightly overlapping and flattened together, then took them in her hand, rolled them into a cone, and put the prepared glutinous rice, jujubes, peanuts, pork belly, red beans and other ingredients in it according to the taste, and then sealed the mouth with the remaining zongzi leaves, and a triangular zongzi came out. Then tie the zongzi tightly with a rope, if it is not tied tightly, the rice will overflow when it is boiled in the pot, and it will not be cooked into a pot of porridge.

"Your parents are going to pick you up and go to school in the city after a while, and you have to listen to your parents when the time comes! There are many cars in the city, so be careful when crossing the street...... "A pair of hands flexibly wrapped the rice dumplings and told us from time to time. Although my grandmother doesn't like my mother, her feelings for the two children are real.

It wasn't long before my parents returned. I remember that when I left the village that day, my friends silently followed behind our sister and brother and sent them all the way. At that moment, I understood for the first time that this kind of reluctant emotion is called "friendship".

"Jingjing, Haohao, your parents have bought a very tall building in the city, and I heard that they can stand up to the sky!", "You two have become city people, but you can't forget us!" ...... The little third son squeezed out of his friends, with a chubby round face, and looked at us reluctantly, "Haohao, I won't call you a second dog in the future, you have to come back to play with me often......" No one expected that a few years later, the fat-headed and big-eared little third son would become a software engineer in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, and his appearance was extremely delicate and handsome.

Whenever there is a little movement in the village, every household will stand at the door and look around, there are a few old people around my dad, a weathered face left a wrinkle of the Taoist years, the body is still tough, the face is always filled with a simple and amiable smile, my dad is they watched grow up, and now my dad is also a headwind, born to the sun. At the beginning, my father lost his iron rice bowl, and these old people felt sorry for my father for a long time.

The gray-haired neighbor, Grandma Gao, was on crutches, and her face was smiling like a blooming chrysanthemum. She squinted at my dad and at us siblings, and at this age she could look at me more. "Quietly, Haohao, be obedient, come back often!" she stroked my smooth face with her cracked, rough pine bark-like hand.

That winter, Grandma Gao was gone. People say that the old man has survived the winter, and the winter is heavy, the ghost door is wide open, and there are many dead. This is a superstitious statement, which is explained by scientific terms, that the climate is severe in winter, and the immune resistance of the elderly decreases. So winter is a hurdle for the elderly, and for many years to come, I was worried about whether my grandmother would be able to survive the harsh winter, but fortunately, she is 96 years old and still alive. She was much happier than my poor great-grandmother, full of children and grandchildren, and now a happy old man of five generations.

The number of elderly people in the village is decreasing year by year, and there are very few strong men in the village, and most of them have begun to go to the city to work. A few years later, every time I went back to the village, every family built a big villa, and every family ran to the rhythm of being well-off, but there was no human taste. The villas and bungalows are empty, leaving only the elderly who are reluctant to go into the city to enjoy the blessings in their last years. Many old people are reluctant to leave the land under their feet, and those who are not used to the reinforced concrete and busy traffic in the city after entering the city have come back as if fleeing for their lives, and some have tried their best to force themselves to adapt to the new world.