It's been so many years since I left Sanyuan Village, and it's been more than 20 years since I really came back to see it this time.

The changes in the countryside are too great, the original small street in front of the theater has become a long commercial street, and the theater has also been sold to the previous senior town official Secretary Lin, it is said that Secretary Lin's son took the money to study in the United States! This is the property of the people of Sanjiang Town!

The mansion I was born in was built of green bricks, located in the center of the village, and it is also the lowest depression in the township.

This is a Qing Dynasty building sitting west to east, the mansion built during the Qing Dynasty, the main gate of the earthquake position, there is a well in Xunwei, it seems to respond to a sentence in the ancient book "Xunfeng blows people poor, Xunshui feeds the poor". The blue brick wall of the main seat is 40 to 50 centimeters thick, and there is no cement, and it is made of layers of green bricks. The old house is said to be a standard double-backed sword pattern. The first gatehouse has collapsed, only the stone gate bucket remains, the stone gate bucket is also broken into two sections from the middle, the remnant walls on both sides of the gatehouse, is connected to the left and right two large houses, and there is no roof, the earthen mound in the house, but each luxuriantly grows a bird banyan, and strives to develop into the air. The two front rooms, each connected to the small room, the roof of the house was almost collapsed, and occasionally the remaining wooden planks stretched out. Entering the gatehouse is the patio, which is paved with granite blocks about 50 centimeters wide and about 2 meters long, and now the patio is overgrown with lush weeds, and the dog shit flower is almost the owner here, and it occupies the open space that can be occupied, and it is a little presumptuous.

We came in and scared away a couple of chickens that were foraging.

The second entrance of the patio is the second entrance to the main gate building, all the stone of the gate tower is high-quality marble, all carved auspicious patterns. The large stone plaque on the lintel of the main entrance is engraved with the four big characters of "Zhong's family temple", and it is said that this family temple must be given by the emperor. The main gate building is basically intact, but the hall and the rooms on the left and right behind the second entrance to the patio have also collapsed, and they are also the territory of the shit flowers, and they are even more happily overgrown throughout the patio and the back hall, which is already more than one person high. There are only two front rooms on both sides of the gatehouse that have not collapsed, the door is ajar, but there are a lot of beer cans, paper garbage*** and some disposable needles, as well as tools for smoking methamphetamine, I asked Da Niu curiously:

"How can there be any such things?"

Da Niu said in a heavy tone: "Now there are many children in rural areas who do not go to school without finishing junior high school, children from individual families, because their parents go out to work, there is no way to have no time to discipline their children, and there are many temptations outside, it is inevitable that there are some children with poor quality, and their parents are almost unable to discipline them, and they are idle all day long, gambling and taking drugs." It is also common to not work, sleep during the day, and be keen to wander outside all night, surf the Internet, karaoke, and clubbing at night. Motorcycles on the street are running in a serpentine shape, rampage, colorful hair, fancy dresses, tattoos for girls, and earrings for boys, which is all too common. I don't know what kind of culture this is, but traditional Chinese culture doesn't have these. Alas, there are many young people nowadays who are not motivated, and they do not work, let alone plough the fields and grow vegetables. There are too many young people who are lazy and hardworking, and there are people who do everything, and those needles and copper are left by injecting drugs, which may be the reason why no one lives here anymore, and drug addicts come here to take drugs. Alas, now in the township, let Ah Gou'er and his gang make a miasma of misery, and they also got a fake monk to deceive people...... Alas!"

As soon as I heard this, my heart immediately sank, and the traditional culture left by my ancestors for thousands of years was missing nothing! No wonder the festivals that young people celebrate now are all bullshit foreign festivals. The lack of traditional culture is tantamount to self-destruction!

Only the surrounding blue brick walls of the whole house are intact. There are two straight alleys on both sides of the mansion to form two swords, there is a horizontal alley on the back wall of the main hall to separate the front and back two houses, the door of the back seat is in the northwest direction, it is a dry door, and the marble gatehouse is very magnificent. The back seat is still well preserved, and there are many such old houses in the countryside now, and the years have left their growth rings here...... The old houses in the countryside are also a social problem now, a large number of old houses are in disrepair, almost all of them are vacant, although there is a policy to renovate the three olds, but who really gets the benefits of the old uncle's surname? As soon as the policy arrives in the grassroots countryside, I don't know what has become? My heart is a little heavy!

After the mansion came out, I told Da Niu to go and see the original town garment factory, and Da Niu said that it was also sold to the previous leaders, and the builder had also developed it into a commercial and residential building and sold it, but I still insisted on going to see that place. On the way to the original garment factory, a few people took a detour to the Tianhou Temple, where I used to study, and on the way, I also passed the big banyan tree and the half-moon pond in front of the ancestral hall, which was the place where I always waited for Xue'er here. As soon as I arrived at this familiar place, I remembered Cher......

The Tianhou Temple has now also restored its original appearance, the incense is very prosperous, the main hall of the entrance is offered to the golden body of the Virgin Mary of Heaven, the statue of the Virgin Mary of Heaven is kind and kind-eyed, the face is smiling, graceful and luxurious. There is a gold-lettered plaque on it with the four words of Haibu Yangbo, incense candles and lamp oil on the case, a cup of winning the cup, an incense burner and fruits, all of which should be complete. There is also a large public virtue box on the left side of the door, locked with a lock, and the big bull said that only a dog has a key to open, and this box is used by people to donate money.

There is a large group of people in the corridor on the left side of the main entrance of the Tianhou Temple, squatting and standing differently, forming a crowd of people who are gambling in two stalls, shouting and fighting for the red face and thick neck, and the green tendons are exposed, some people are shouting loudly, some people are full of foul language, scolding their father and calling their mother, and there are many onlookers, talking nonsense and saying some nonsense. This is in sharp contrast with the solemn environment of the Tianhou Temple! I asked Da Niu curiously why these people have nothing to do, and Da Niu said:

"There are very few people employed in the countryside now, and there are not many orchards, which are sold by officials and rented by those who are rented. A village secretary has the right to dispose of the village's collective land property, and as soon as he becomes secretary, all the land in the township is his own, and he can dispose of it as he wants! Alas! At present, the rural people in the countryside have no calculation for farming, and the cost of planting rice on one mu of land is basically the same as buying ready-made rice. The cost of ploughing, fertilizers and pesticides, and the wages of harvesting cannot make up for the cost and wages. Therefore there are many people who do not plow. Many people have no technology and no culture, there is not so much rough work to do, there are many people who gamble all day long, this gambling stall is opened by the chandelier brother, of course, there is a dog behind it. Now in the countryside, there are still a considerable number of people, who exclusively bet on the Hong Kong Mark Six lottery, adults and children gamble, aunts and aunts also gamble, a few dimes a dollar, there are also dealers to collect, almost uncontrollable, the situation that has now formed in the countryside, alas, is too sad! And this kind of rural people in the countryside will always be the low-level people in society. ”

After hearing this, several of us were silent, and my heart became even heavier! I was speechless for a long time! Da Niu also sighed.

We walked and chatted all the way, Lao Zhao and Ah Guang both felt that the old houses of the big banyan tree in the Half Moon Pond and the small bridge and flowing water in the distance were a very picturesque picture, and proposed to draw sketches, so a few people returned to the big banyan tree.

After Lao Zhao and Ah Guang finished sketching, we had spent the morning, and Da Niu led a few of us to have lunch at Brother Da Er's trendy snack shop, which is famous in Sanjiang Town.

As soon as he entered the snack shop of Brother Big Ear, Brother Big Ear, who was fat and had big ears and a bare body, and a big gold necklace on his neck, greeted him with a smile. The upper body of this big-eared brother is oily and dripping with glowing sweat, as if the sweat is also oozing oil, if it was during the three-year natural disaster and famine in the sixties, the oil in the sweat of the big-eared brother can almost be used for stir-frying. He also had a towel on his shoulder, which he used from time to time to wipe the oil that was about to drip down.

There are many varieties of special snacks with big ears, almost all kinds of snacks are available: stuffed noodles, sand tea barley, floating bean curd, spring cakes, duck mother ripples, rat shell fruits, zongzi, cabbage fruits, taro silk fruits, sweet taro soup, barley juice, inner pill soup and so on. In short, the variety is complete, rich and thrifty, the big cow is the three of us, each asked for a bowl of sand barley, and each served with a small bowl of hand-beaten pork ball soup.

I haven't enjoyed authentic local snacks for many years, and Ah Guang and Lao Zhao eat them with relish. Brother Da Er came over and introduced that his snacks tasted the best, using real materials, especially this pot of pork bone soup, which was boiled all morning with a simmer, and there was no MSG in the soup, which was fresh and nutritious, and the meatballs were made by hand. After the big-eared brother said this, he also showed off his two arms, so that we could see how strong the muscles were, and we praised him in unison. Brother Da Er was so happy that he added two meatballs to each of our meatball soup bowls, saying that they were gifts. Then the big-eared brother said to the big cow: "Niu station, can you write a few words?" Write the big-eared restaurant, my small shop, even if it is hung with a famous calligraphy and painting, and I also have a taste, and the villagers will no longer say that I have big ears, and I am a native bun born with bean sprouts and no culture. Da Niu said happily: "I didn't solve the question, this matter is on me, at most, you can charge less money for dinner in the future." "Brother Big Ears thanked Da Niu with a thousand feelings.

At this time, the unbelievable happened, the big ear sister-in-law suddenly stopped what she was doing and went straight to the TV, the TV channel is Hong Kong Jade Channel, broadcasting the noon news, I watched her concentrate on counting the people who came out with the President of the United States to speak, and then said to the big ear brother 7 people, 7, 7 tonight. I and Lao Zhao and Ah Guang can't touch the north at once! What is this? Da Niu explained with a smile that in recent years, the Mark Six lottery in Hong Kong's periphery has been flooded, and almost all the elderly and children are also gambling. In the past few years, this kind of gambling in the countryside has caused some bosses with status to also get involved in gambling, and there are many people who have broken their families. What's more, the countrymen have developed to the point of chasing after the wind and shadows, ignorance and terrible! Some people also go to some mentally ill people to ask for special codes, but they don't know that the mentally ill people, a casual gesture, let the gambling people guess all day, like the kind of big-eared sister-in-law, there are also many people who specialize in watching the Jade Channel, some watch cartoons, some specialize in watching the program of cooking in the afternoon, from the style and ingredients of the dish to find hints, bet on the special code! The metaphor says that when he saw the corn cooking, he speculated that the rabbit was on the head, and the reason was that the corn jade character was on the head, and the jade rabbit was also on the jade head, saying that this was a hint. Another example is to see the use of taro to cook, Chaoshan taro and Hou homonym, so the monkey is charged. In short, there are many more ridiculous behaviors...... Alas, if you are accustomed to it, you will not be surprised.

When the three of us heard Da Niu say this, Ah Guang couldn't help it, and suddenly squirted out a large mouthful of sand tea barley in his mouth! We laughed in unison, and I clutched my stomach with laughter. Lao Zhao patted his thigh, and after he laughed for a while, he gestured with his sister-in-law with a mysterious expression, as if it was 8, it was 8 people. A few of us burst out laughing again, and Ah Guang was so laughed that he bent down and almost fell off the stool. Lao Zhao smiled so much that his eyes were squeezed into a slit, and he also wiped the tears that flowed out with his hands, I watched the big-eared sister-in-law being made by Lao Zhao, and I was at a loss, but I didn't smile. At this time, the sister-in-law asked Lao Zhao seriously: "Is it really 8?" Lao Zhao pretended to be guilty again, and then replied mysteriously, it seems to be 7, and pretended to be very helpless, contradictory and distressed, touching his head with his hand and thinking, saying that he can't call TV playback, otherwise it will be clearer. After Lao Zhao said, the laughter of several of us shook the iron tent on the big eared brother's small restaurant, and it rang out again and again.

When the laughter stopped, my heart was filled with this ignorance and ignorance! I couldn't calm down, and my heart ached faintly!

After lunch, I went back to the cultural station, and Da Niu said that he would take me out for a walk in the evening. On the way back to the cultural station, I asked Da Niu:

"Da Niu, you said that Xue'er and her father often come to the fifth brother to shave his head, right?"

"I haven't met, it's all said by Waist Turtle Five, Waist Turtle Five sometimes likes to blow and mention some respected people to put up a façade for themselves. ”

"Do you know where Xue'er and her family live?" I asked Da Niu intentionally or unintentionally.

"I don't know, I met Xiaoyan last month, and she seems to say that Xue'er rarely has contact with us classmates. Xiaoyan took the time to come back to see her mother, and it was also a trip for several years, Xiaoyan was in Guangzhou, she left a phone number for me, and I will give you Xiaoyan's phone when I return to the station. ”

"Xiaoyan is connected to Cher?" I asked.

"It doesn't seem to be, but they sit at the same table, and they are all women, not necessarily? Why do you suddenly care about Xue'er? Xue'er seems to have gone to her uncle in Shenzhen after high school. When I was studying, my classmates secretly said, "You seem to have some kind of relationship with her, don't you?" When you go to the garment factory, it seems that she also recommended you, right?"

"No, what's the love, isn't it just a classmate, but I did follow her dad for more than a year, and her dad can be regarded as my teacher. ”

"I heard Xiaoyan say that Xue'er seems to live in Zhuhai?"

"Oh. "I felt that I had already gotten what I wanted here in Da Niu, so I stopped asking.

Back at the cultural station, Lao Zhao and Ah Guang went to rest, and Da Niu also said that there was something going back at home in the afternoon. I went to the fifth brother's shaving shop, and I thought that the fifth brother was a very interesting person, and it was necessary to talk to him, maybe there would be unexpected gains. After a while, I arrived at the fifth brother's head shaving shop.

"Hello fifth brother, why is it so quiet in the afternoon, just one person?" The fifth brother shaved his head and he was the only one, and I came at the right time.

"You really know how to pick the time, haha, Hanzhe, please take a seat, I'll make tea and invite you." "The fifth brother made an exception, not that is, tea, but changed the tea again.

"Thank you, thank you, fifth brother! ”

"I heard from Da Niu that your work is first-class, and some old leaders often run to your haircut. "I cut straight to the point and asked the fifth brother.

"This has nothing to do with whether kung fu is first-class or not, alas, people are always nostalgic when they reach a certain age. I've been giving those leaders haircuts for decades, and they like to go to the countryside to chat with me, a little old man, catch up with the old days, and by the way, shave their heads and trim their faces, which they don't feel comfortable shaving their heads in this city. ”

"Yes, these old leaders still retain the fine tradition of simplicity, but you are also good at your craft, otherwise they would not come. Those old leaders are different from some of the so-called leaders now! Da Niu said that the old director of the garment factory also comes often, and he has been here recently.

"Yes, some of them are department-level cadres. Oh, you said Lao Zhang, he hasn't been here for a long time, he has been here once in the first half of the year, but it is the last time, and he brought me two catties of good food. He said that his niece was going to Guangzhou to study, and it seemed that she was also reading painting. After retiring a few years ago, I went to Zhuhai to my daughter's wife, because my wife and daughter have been living in Zhuhai, and my wife's health is not very good, I heard that she passed away three years ago. But my daughter hasn't been back for about 20 years and is determined not to come back, so I decided to go to Zhuhai to join my daughter. ”

The fifth brother's words gave me some information about Xue'er, and from this information, I can probably confirm that Hanxin is Xue'er's daughter. But is Cher married?Who is Hanxin's father?Was it that night...... I don't dare to think about it. Then he said to the fifth brother,

"Fifth brother, your tea is delicious. ”

"It's easy to say, this tea was brought by Director Zhang, it's really a very good saw. ”

"Tell me about the old man, okay?"

A few years ago, people introduced him to a blind date, at noon, the girl asked him what time it was, the old man looked at his watch, just twelve o'clock, the two needles of the watch overlapped together, the old man actually replied, a needle was missing, the girl ran away when she heard it, and felt that the old man must have a problem with his brain, so he blew it. Later, the old man often said to people: In the past, there was no money and no change to marry an acre, but now when he goes to the market in the morning, he grabs a lot of money at the bottom of the bed to buy vegetables, why can he marry without an acre? But in today's society, honest people always suffer losses! Village cadres can travel twice a year at public expense, and they will not give this young family a better life, and if it were not for the old man, the mother and daughter would have starved to death. In view of this, the old man is already very respectable! Although he was born ugly, his heart is not ugly, and his heart is good. ”

"Yes, my two thousand yuan is not much, but it will make the old man feel that he has done the right thing and deserves respect and help. You help me to bring it to the old man, and you don't tell anyone that I gave it to him, and don't say it to the big cow, but you can say that you gave it. Thank you, Fifth Brother. ”

"You believe me?"

"Faith, a person who is willing to live an ordinary life and is willing to stick to himself is definitely trustworthy! Because you don't need so much money, and you insist on coming here every day for the purpose of money! That's an emotion, after all, it's been decades, and everything here has melted into your love! They are all life-threatening! I'm right?"

"No wonder you can become a great painter! You classmates, you are the best! Yes, people have only passed in the blink of an eye in the past few decades. Although I am plain, I have a happy and down-to-earth life!"

"Thank you, thank you, fifth brother!"

The fifth brother's words also spoke to my heart, and on the first date, Xue'er also praised me like this. Cher, when will we see you again? Will we ever have a chance to see you again?

"How many days are you going to stay?" the fifth brother asked again. I said, "Maybe a few more days, Da Niu will arrange it." Fifth brother, how did Tianhou Temple become a gambling house, and what did Da Niu say about Buzhen Monk? He Xiangu's? He Xiangu doesn't seem to be in the township anymore? Does it have anything to do with Ah Gou'er?"

"He Xiangu, Monk Buzhen, Ah Dog, Chandelier Brother, don't mention it, it's a long time. The fifth brother shook his head and stopped talking. After he said that, he asked me to drink tea, and after I finished drinking a cup of tea, I asked the fifth brother to talk about the things in the township. I also heard that my classmate Tamayuki seems to be crazy?