Chapter 19 You are a childhood sweetheart
The family had a reunion dinner together, Wang Wei wanted to go to his grandfather's grave to take a look, his grandfather loved him the most when he was alive, every time he did something wrong and his parents wanted to beat him, he would hide in his grandfather's arms. Grandpa didn't let his parents touch his precious grandson, and every time grandpa was there, he could escape the catastrophe. If the occasional grandpa is not at home, his ass will definitely bloom. Grandpa grew up with him and watched him go to college, but he didn't wait for him to grow up and graduate to honor his old man, which also became an unbreakable knot in Wang Wei's heart.
He knew that now his grandfather could not see him or hear him, but he still had to go to his grave to see him and talk to him. He knows that everyone in this world will dislike him, only grandpa will not dislike him, in the eyes of grandpa, he is the best person in the world, without a single flaw.
"I'm going to see grandpa, you guys leave me alone. After Wang Wei finished eating, washed his face and prepared to go out to his grandfather's grave, he wanted to go to his grandfather's grave as soon as he came, but his mother went to cook, he didn't have to be too anxious, and it was not too late to go after eating.
"I'll go with you!" his father wanted to accompany Wang Wei, but he hadn't been to his father's grave for a long time.
"I'll go alone! You can do your business!" Wang Wei didn't want his father to accompany him, he wanted to sit alone in front of his grandfather's grave and say a few words to his grandfather, but his father couldn't know what was going on between them.
"Take this!" his mother handed Wang Wei a stack of paper money and a bowl of food, which was the meal they had just eaten, and his mother would make a little of each dish, he knew that Wang Wei would definitely go to see his grandfather after eating. She had already prepared these necessities, and she knew the rules here, and she had to get a little sacrifice before every meal. The deceased are greater, let the dead taste first, and then they eat again, which is done out of respect and remembrance for the deceased elders.
Wang Wei didn't expect his mother to prepare everything, his mother didn't know a few words, but she was a very careful woman, and she was very clean inside and outside the house, and she understood Wang Wei's thoughts. She knows her grandfather's status in Wang Wei's mind, and she does all this to be filial. The old man didn't enjoy a few days of happiness before his death, because they didn't have the ability to be children, and now that he is gone, Wang Wei has also graduated from college, she thinks that if he knows about the old man, he will definitely be blind.
This is a typical loess plateau terrain, thousands of ravines, at a glance not to see a little green, full of loess. In the summer, the only vegetation here tries to hide the bare surface, like a fig leaf for a girl's nakedness.
In the past, there was no flat field here, and people planted crops here, but later the terraced fields were built here, that is, the original uneven fields were leveled, so farming was much easier than before. But the area of the leveled fields is too small, and modern machinery is still useless, and here you can see everywhere the oxen ploughing the fields and the most primitive tools used for harvesting, as if everything modern has nothing to do with here, or this rapid era has long forgotten that there is such a primitive and backward place.
Looking at the Loess Plateau from a distance, it looks like dense dots, those sheep intestine paths are like scattered lines on coarse cloth, the only vegetation is poplars, and the leaves are like old people dying under the scorching sun, without a little life.
The unknown wildflowers on the ground are also blooming one after another, and they are all resigned to fate. When spring comes, they open, and when autumn comes, they wither, and they never ask why. Insects busy in the grass, anxious ants don't know where they found their bodies, and move them piece by piece to their nests as food for the long winter. It is the crickets who do not know the suffering, they are the singers of nature, tireless, and they sing their most beautiful songs to the Loess Plateau.
Grandpa's grave was in his own field on the mountainside, and the head of the grave was covered with wild grass, and if it weren't for the raised mound proving that it was a dirt grave, no one would know that it was a grave, and would think it was a wasteland. In addition to the grandfather's grave, there are many graves here, which belong to their own parents, this is their ancestral grave, and the people of their family have passed away, if they have not committed any major mistakes, they will enter the ancestral grave, and if they can't enter the ancestral grave, they will become lonely ghosts and ghosts, and there is no place to live.
Wang Wei put the meal prepared by his mother in front of his grandfather's grave and lit the paper money, he hoped that his grandfather would forgive him for his unfilial piety, but his grandfather loved him so much, but he couldn't do anything.
Grandpa left too suddenly, and he didn't even see the last side when he was thousands of miles away, which became a regret that he couldn't remedy in his life. Now their family's life is slowly getting better, but unfortunately grandpa can't see it, and he doesn't have the opportunity to enjoy Qingfu.
It is said that good people will go to heaven when they die, and the life in heaven is very good, so grandpa must also live the most fulfilling life in heaven, where he doesn't have to worry about anything, he will have what he wants.
"Grandpa, are you okay? I've come to see you. Wang Wei thought he would be very strong, but he didn't expect his tears to fall as soon as he opened his mouth, so far, no one will make him so sad.
When he mentions his grandfather, he will think of a lot of past events, all of which happened before he went to college, and before he went to college, he spent a lot of time with his grandfather and established a deep relationship. After going to college, he and his grandfather were separated, but he never forgot his grandfather, even if it has been a long time since his grandfather passed away, but in his heart, his grandfather has always been alive, but he has been far away, and it will take a long, long time to come back, and only by comforting himself in this way will he feel better.
Wang Weiben had a lot to say to his grandfather, but as soon as he opened his tears, he covered up all the words he wanted to say, he was sad and couldn't control himself, he wanted to cry loudly, but he was afraid that his parents would hear it and be worried, so he could only cry secretly for a while, and it would be okay to vent the depression deposited in his heart.
Wang Wei didn't say anything after all, after crying, his whole person was relaxed, he knew that this matter had to be put down, people always have to learn to grow up, and they can't always live in the pain of the past, which will only make the pain more painful, and it will not help the future life at all, people can only look forward, don't stop, and the future will be bright.
In fact, what is in front of him now is how to pass the hurdle of not having a graduation certificate. He had just arrived home today, and his parents didn't mention it, but they would have mentioned it in the evening. Tomorrow the people of the village will surely come to congratulate him, and then everyone will definitely ask to see what it looks like in exchange for four years and expensive tuition, is it really worth it?
This is not that the people in the village deliberately embarrass him, but the rule handed down in the village that whoever has something gratifying to congratulate, everyone else will go to congratulate, which can increase the relationship between the villagers and is a way to maintain the unity of the villagers.
If you calculate carefully, most of the rural people are related to each other, and if you push a few more generations forward, it will be almost like a family. In a village, there are people with the surname Wang, and there are people with the surname Zhang and Li, but the juniors surnamed Wang have to call the elders surnamed Li and surnamed Zhang as grandfathers or uncles, and conversely, the juniors surnamed Zhang and surnamed Li also have to call the elders surnamed Wang as grandfathers or uncles, and few people know how this generation came from, but it has been called like this for thousands of years, everyone is used to it, the people who call it are used to it, and the people who listen to it are also used to it, and the fake one has become true.
You can't see an elder surnamed Li or Zhang, the age of the elder surnamed Li or Zhang, and the age of the elder surnamed Li or Zhang, is about the same age as the grandfather of the junior surnamed Wang.
Treat the elders simply by shouting "hey", without any title, people will say that your child is not polite and uneducated. Therefore, if you meet someone older than yourself in the countryside, whether you recognize it or not, it is best to greet you very politely, and then they will praise you for being sensible and saying that you are educated. Being educated is praising your parents, praising you for being born in a good family, and a simple greeting in exchange for so much praise is still worth it. As for going up and punching them directly in the chest, it's even worse, if the old man is not in good health, it won't be good for you to punch this punch, so it's best for you to call them "Li Ye" and "Zhang Ye".
In view of this seemingly simple, but in fact very complicated relationship between rural people, there are not a few people who will come to Wang Wei's house tomorrow to congratulate him, and he must think of a foolproof strategy, so that they can't see any flaws, otherwise it will not be able to end.
"You're back! I haven't seen you for a long time, you've changed a lot!" Wang Wei met Li Juan, a girl who grew up together, on the way back.
Li Juan and Wang Wei are the same age, they go to elementary school and junior high school, they are classmates, they are always inseparable when they go to school, go to school together, and come back together after school. People in the village said that Wang Wei and Li Juan were a couple, and the two families almost set up a baby kiss for them when they were young, but they didn't know why this matter disappeared later.
Li Juan didn't go to college, she went to the county health school, and now she works as a nurse in the hospital in the town, the hospital in the town usually has few patients, at most it is a headache and cold, what is the serious illness The hospital conditions are too poor, the equipment is too backward and can't be seen, so you can only go to the county hospital with better conditions.
Li Juan has been in this hospital in the town for some years, but the real patients have not been in contact with a few, and now once she feels that there is something wrong with her body, she will go to a better hospital for examination, and now no one will joke about her body. So Li Juan usually spends a lot of time free, and whenever she has time, she goes home to help her mother do some farm work or cook a delicious meal for her parents.
"yes, I haven't been back for a long time, and now we've all grown up and changed a lot. You have also changed a lot, you are more beautiful than before, it is really the eighteenth change of the female university, and the more you become more and more beautiful!" "The years not only change a person's appearance, but also change the path of a person's growth.
When I was a child, I thought that Li Juan would walk a long way with him and go to many strange places, but now it is difficult for them to meet even once. Now they can never be as close as they were when they were children, and they can't tell each other everything, they both have their own life circles, they have their own secrets, and before they know it, there is a distance between them, and this distance makes them strangers.
I remember that Li Juan was still a rustic rural girl in the past, but the girl standing in front of him today didn't see a bit of rural atmosphere, no matter in terms of dress or temperament, she didn't look like a girl who had never seen the world.
The current Li Juan is no different from the girls in the city, even more beautiful than most girls in the city, she doesn't wear makeup, she doesn't use expensive cosmetics, she is a beauty by nature.
"You're still so poor-mouthed, but that hasn't changed, pick what I like to hear. Li Juan was a little embarrassed in the face of Wang Wei's praise, but after all, they were big playmates together, so the awkward atmosphere between them disappeared, and it was natural to speak, so they should have something to say, instead of being polite to each other like ordinary friends.
"What I said is true, and I didn't mean to compliment you. Think about it, we are not young, we have all reached the age of talking about marriage, do you have a favorite person? Don't be picky, it's almost enough. Wang Wei knew that Li Juan didn't have a boyfriend until now, and there were many people chasing her, but Li Juan's vision was too high, and she didn't fancy any of them.
In the past few years, the people in the family who have proposed marriage have almost broken the threshold, Li Juan was stunned and didn't agree to any of them, and her parents saw that she was not too young, and they were also anxious for her. But Li Juan herself was not in a hurry at all, her parents asked her what she thought, and she didn't say anything, leaving only her parents in a hurry.
I heard that anyone who doesn't want to fall in love has an impossible person in his heart, and maybe there is such a person in Li Juan's heart.
"It's not that I'm too picky, it's mainly that those that come are defective, and it's impossible to pick out a luxury item out of a bunch of defective products. I can't just give away my love and happiness, you must know that this is a lifelong thing, and I am not allowed to regret it. In the eyes of others, it may be that I have too high a vision, but in fact I am just cautious, maybe the person who belongs to me has not yet come, I have to wait for him to appear, step on the colorful glow and marry me back, even if he has nothing, I am willing. Li Juan, like all girls, is full of expectations for love, and she hopes to meet her beloved like a prince meets a princess in a fairy tale, and live happily together.
Maybe this is the dream of many girls, simple and pure, but it is difficult to realize this simple wish, what era is this, even love has become a transaction, let alone anything else.
"So what do you want? Maybe I have the right person. Wang Wei asked Li Juan tentatively, everyone has a template in their minds, and Li Juan will be no exception, Li Juan's love is too perfect, but she must have thought about what she thinks of Prince Charming, as long as she has a look, it is easy to find, the world is so big, there will always be someone who meets all of Li Juan's requirements.
"Do you want you like this?" Li Juan stared at Wang Wei and said, the two have been together since childhood, and although they have not been in touch often in recent years, the friendship between them has never changed. Li Juan has not had a stable boyfriend in recent years, which also has a lot to do with Wang Wei, Wang Wei has become her standard for choosing a boyfriend, she will unconsciously compare those men with Wang Wei, and always feel that they can't catch up with Wang Wei, so they didn't talk for a few days before they became yellow.
Wang Wei didn't answer Li Juan's words, he didn't know how to tell Li Juan, the two of them were childhood sweethearts, the two of them had no guesses, the people in the village said that the two of them were a good match, and now some people have seen them and said that the two of them are a small couple, not to mention others, both of them have this meaning, but they haven't pierced this layer of window paper. In the past, Wang Wei was still in school, and it was really not practical to talk about this, but now that Wang Wei has graduated, Li Juan has also worked, and their age is not young, it is not strange to talk about it now, and it is reasonable, but now I don't know what the mentality of the two children is, because they are the protagonists, without them, no matter how exciting the plot of this scene is, it will not be able to continue, a play like them is either a comedy or a tragedy, and it is difficult to end perfectly.
Wang Wei said goodbye to Li Juan, he saw that Li Juan's face was very bad when he left, he understood Li Juan's words, and now he also understands why Li Juan has been refusing for so many years, as long as a person is pretended to be a person in his heart, there is no extra place left for others. Wang Weizhen didn't know what to do, he couldn't refuse Li Juan's affection nakedly, nor could he give Li Juan a positive answer all at once, he could only choose to be silent, and there was no better way than to silence him.
When Wang Wei returned home, his father went to a nearby town, and his father went to buy cigarettes and alcohol, and he knew that everyone in the village would come tomorrow, and he would entertain him when he came, which was the rule of rural people. Mother is busy with some trivial things at home, tidying up the house, preparing clean dishes and chopsticks, tomorrow is a big day for their family, they have to prepare well.
Seeing that his mother was busy, Wang Wei was both happy and sad in his heart, he knew that he was the greatest expectation of his parents, and he also knew that he was all their pride, but this time he kept his parents in the dark, if they knew the truth, how sad they would be! This time he was going to lie to them, and he couldn't bear to see their pride broken and trampled on.