The morning sun shines on the earth, the morning cooking smoke in the countryside curls, an old man of about fifty years carries a bundle of corn stalks on his back to rest on the field, takes out a bag of dry tobacco from his old coat pocket, finds a skin of tobacco and rolls it up, puts it into a small dry tobacco bag and lights it, and looks at the intersection leading to the town from time to time。

For a long time, the old man struggled to pick up the straw and leave, the back of the hook camel is always sad, if the conditions are good, such a body should have rested, the front ushered in a month and twenties, dressed plainly, but it is not a girl who looks watery, ran over, walked to the old man and said with a little anger: "Dad, didn't you say that you should rest at home, I just hit a basket of pigweed, you came out to work again, give me a back, Dad." ”

"Girl, it's okay, Dad can still do it, and when he can't do it, he will have to take care of it by my girl," the old man said with a relieved face.

"Oh, Dad, carry it for me"

"Okay, okay, my girl is growing up," said the old man, as he unloaded the straw on his back, "Hey, if your brother is at home, where will I let my girl do this heavy work?" the old man sighed and couldn't bear to say.

"Dad, I miss my second brother again, it's okay, my second brother will definitely come back, but the second brother may not be able to write a letter because of something in the army" The girl said as she picked up the straw. "Dad, go home, my mom has already cooked"

"Okay, go home for dinner"

••••••

"Xiaomei, it's time to eat" The girl had just put the straw next to the bullpen when she heard her mother's voice.

"Hey, Mom, I'll be here right away" The girl cleaned up the straw and drew a basin of water from the house, washed her hands and went into the room to help serve the food. Just as he was about to eat, a big yellow dog lying at the door barked. "Xiaomei, go out and see who is coming to our house," said Xiaomei's mother, an old man with a kind face.

"Okay, Mom"

Just when the two old men were about to prepare for dinner, they heard Xiaomei's surprise scream outside: "Mom and Dad, come out quickly, my brother is back, my brother is back" The old man just got up and looked out of the door, it was the figure that he had been looking forward to in his dreams for many years, and Xiaomei's mother burst into tears. The young man strode into the house and agreed with tears streaming down his face: "Parents, my son is not filial, but my son is back."

The father also choked up and said, "It's good to come back, it's good to come back" and secretly turned around to wipe the tears from his eyes. The mother couldn't cry anymore, hugged her son tightly, and said while crying: "I'm not dreaming, Xiao Chen is really back."

"Mom, I'm really back, I won't leave in the future, I'll stay with you, honor you"

"Good, good"

"Okay, mom won't cry, I'm back"

Well, but the mother still held her son's hand tightly. "Okay, eat first, Xiao Chen is also hungry, mom, let the child eat first," Dad said.

"Okay, okay, Xiao Chen, eat first"

"Xiaomei, go cook two more dishes, I'll drink some with your brother, I'm happy today." Mom, bring me the bottle of wine I have been keeping, and I will drink some with Xiao Chen" Dad said happily, the rural people are simple, there are not too many flowery words, and all happiness represents all in a happy sentence. But this family affection cannot be expressed in many words.

"Okay, okay, I'll get it, I'll let you drink today" Mom wiped her tears and smiled as she walked to the back room. After a while, he took out a bottle of old wine.

"Mom and Dad, sit down"

"Sit down, I'll bring you a cup," Mom looked very happy.

After a while, Xiaomei served two dishes and cooked them together, and her father poured four glasses of wine and said, "Come, son, let's have a drink together, Xiaomei, mom, you can drink some too"

"Okay, I'll drink some too, I'm happy today, my son is back," Mom said

The family drank a glass of wine happily, and the mother kept putting vegetables in Xia Chen's bowl and said, "Son, eat more, you see that you have lost weight."

"Mom, you eat more, Dad, eat some food" Xia Chen said as he put vegetables in his parents' bowls, and also gave Xiaomei a clip: "Little sister, eat more, I've worked hard for you all these years"

"Thank you, brother," Xiaomei said sweetly.

"Big brother, why aren't you at home?" asked Xia Chen.

"Your eldest brother got married, and went to work with your sister-in-law, and they have been there for more than half a year," my mother replied.

After chatting for a long time, Xia Chen learned that the eldest brother married a woman from another village, that woman was more mean, had a bad relationship with her parents, and had not lived at home for a few days since she got married.

"Don't talk about it, children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, children can't help their mothers when they are older, how do they live, they will live, don't worry so much, come to Xiaochen, have a drink" Dad said.

"Okay, Dad, you're almost drunk, you don't drink this cup anymore, drinking too much is not good for your health"

"Okay, okay, just drink this cup and listen to my son"

After a meal was eaten in the family's happy and happy tears, Xia Chen made tea for his parents after helping to clean up, chatting in the yard, the courtyard wall of the bamboo fence, the cattle pen, the old house, looking at this kind of thing in the depths of memory, experiencing the happiness of the family, forgetting the time of war and gunpowder, in fact, happiness, it is really simple.

Xia Chen took out the gift he bought in the mall and said to his parents: "Parents, this is the clothes I bought for you, you try to see if it fits, if it doesn't fit, I'm changing it" and gave the wine and massage chair to his parents and said, "Mom and Dad." This is the wine and massage chair I bought, lie on it when you have nothing to do, plug it in, it's very simple, I'll teach you how to use it later."

My mother picked up the clothes and said with relief: "What are you spending all this money for, we have clothes to wear." ”

"Mom, this is my brother's heart, my brother respects you" Xiaomei took over.

"I know, but ah, if you have money, you have to save some money, and when the time comes, you will marry your brother's daughter-in-law," my mother took over.

When he said this, Xia Chen couldn't help but feel gloomy, often the backpack not far away, a kind of sadness, a kind of helplessness. Cheered up and smiled at his mother: "Mom, don't worry, I'm still young, I'm not in a hurry to marry a daughter-in-law," Xia Chen comforted his parents.

"Why aren't you in a hurry, many children from the same village as old as you have gone to school, and you're not in a hurry••••• right, son, didn't you meet the right one when you were a soldier in the army?" asked your mother.

"Mom, I'll marry my daughter-in-law as soon as I come back, I'll talk about it later, okay, little sister, come, see what my brother brought you." Xia Chen had no choice but to change the topic.

"Wow, the latest laptop, brother, it costs a lot of money, many of our classmates use this, I heard that it's so expensive, and cosmetics, I'm a little rich woman, giggle" Xiaomei saw Xia Chen take out a notebook and cosmetics and giggled: "I thought my brother forgot me"

"Forget no one, you can't forget our Xiaomei, by the way, little sister, are you still in school now" Xia Chen said with a smile

"Well, I'm still in school, I'm a sophomore this year, I didn't plan to go to school after graduating from high school, the burden on my family is so heavy, my dad is not in good health, I plan to go out to work, but my parents won't let me go," Xiaomei said.

"You have to study more to have a way out, your mother and I just have no culture, only in this crop field all your life, I hope you can go out in the future." Dad took over: "But Xiao Chen, your sister studies very well, and she can get a scholarship from the school every year, and there are quite a few of them, and she gets a lot back home every semester."

"Yes, my little sister is so powerful, she has been paid for studying," Xia Chen said happily. At this time, Xiaomei whispered in Xia Chen's ear: "Part of it is a school scholarship, and part of it is earned by me as a tutor, but I don't dare to tell my parents that they don't let me go to work when I go to school, you have to keep it secret from me, brother" Xia Chen heard Lian say okay. But I can't help but feel sad, at the same age, other girls are still enjoying the days when they open their mouths and stretch their hands with clothes, but their little sister wants to make money to subsidize the family, others go to school and bring money, but their sister can make money through hard work, I am really gratified.

Xia Chen also whispered in the ear of the little sister: "I won't tell my parents this time, but you can't go to work again in the future, your studies are important now, and the matter of making money will be handed over to my brother in the future, if you are disobedient, I will tell my parents."

Xiaomei nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and later, Xia Chen said: "Originally, I also brought a mobile phone to my eldest brother this time, but now that he is not at home, Mom, you can keep it at home and use it, and it will be convenient for Xiaomei to call back from school in the future." Saying that, she handed the mobile phone she was going to give to her eldest brother to her mother, Xiaomei jumped over and took the phone and said, "Parents, I'll teach you how to use it, is this dialing, this is hanging up."

Looking at the heartfelt smiling faces of the family, in fact, happiness is really close to single.