This rare and peaceful atmosphere made time fly by, and an afternoon seemed to be spent in the blink of an eye, and Mother Lin prepared dinner early, so that Lin Qiang and Lin Chuntao went home after eating. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Winter nights in mountain villages are very cold, and under normal circumstances, the temperature in the countryside is a few degrees lower than the temperature in the city, and with the cold wind, it feels much colder.

Although Liu Ruyan had already prepared her mind and brought a few more clothes, she still felt a little unbearable, so she couldn't help but wrap the down jacket on her body tightly, and looked helplessly at the wooden door that could not be sewn.

Mother Lin took the brazier set up with a wooden frame, filled some kiln dust, put some firewood burned in the earthen stove on it, and sent it to Liu Ruyan, concerned and said a little apologetically: "Cub, the home is not as cold as the city, sit down and roast the fire." ”

Liu Ruyan listened to Mother Lin's cry of "cub", she was very excited, and hurriedly reached out to pick up the brazier, Lin Gang saw this, afraid that Liu Ruyan would accidentally touch the sparks in the brazier, so she stepped forward to take the brazier and put it on the ground.

Father Lin brought a small stool, spread a cotton mat on it, touched it flat with his hand, and after feeling flat, he handed it to Liu Ruyan: "Girl, sit here, it won't be cold if you have a cotton pad." ”

Liu Ruyan obediently sat on a small stool with cotton cushions.

A gust of cold wind outside blew in through the crack in the door, and Liu Ruyan still felt a little cold, but seeing the two old men trying their best to do this and that for themselves, it was difficult to tell it, so they had to wrap their clothes tightly again and again and bake the fire.

Mother Lin took out four salt water bottles from the room, washed them one by one in the kitchen, filled them with hot water, then took out a bottle, wrapped the bottle with a dry towel, and came to Liu Ruyan's side, sat beside her, and handed the bottle to her: "Cub, there is nothing to warm up at home, just use this to deal with it, put it in your arms, it will feel warmer." ”

Liu Ruyan took the salt water bottle and put it in her arms, a thin warm current flowed from her heart to her whole body, her body was much hotter, and what warmed her heart even more was that she felt the long-lost mother's love, remembering that when she was a child, the conditions were also very poor, there was no air conditioner, heater and other heating equipment at home, and her mother also used the same method to warm herself.

Mother Yang held Liu Ruyan's somewhat cold hands, took a few breaths to her mouth, rubbed them a few times, and put them in her arms, and said while putting them down: "This ghost weather is not merciful at all, it freezes my cub's hands like ice cubes, Gangzi, go, put the three bottles full of hot water into the quilt, and cover the quilt with heat, and my cub will not be cold at night." ”

Liu Ruyan leaned on Mother Lin's shoulder, her hands were in her mother's arms, and a line of hot tears flowed out involuntarily.

Father Lin saw Liu Ruyan's two lines of tears, and thought that the conditions at home were too poor to stop the cold from hitting people, and what he shed was tears of grievance, and he hurriedly said guiltily: "Girl, the family is so shabby, the house can't even block the wind outside, wronged daughter, daughter, don't be sad, I'll think of a way to see if I can block these winds." With that, he stood up and looked for something.

Liu Ruyan pulled out her hands from Mother Lin's arms, wiped her eyes, and stopped Father Lin: "No, I'm not wronged, I'm crying with joy." Then he beckoned Father Lin to sit down.

Although Father Lin stopped, he didn't sit down, and asked puzzledly: "Girl, I only know that sadness will shed tears, and there are happy tears?

"Dad, Mom, really, I'm happy, when I was less than a year old, my parents divorced, my mother died in the first half of this year, although the home is colder than the city, but I am at home, I feel the love of my parents for me, I was moved to tears, I finally found the feeling of home, first just hurt me, and now there are more parents who love me like this, there is no other meaning. ”

When Father Lin heard Liu Ruyan say this, he was a little relieved, so he turned around and sat down: "That's good, girl, just say it when it's cold, don't hold it hard, ah!" Then, he shook his head a little helplessly, sighed deeply, and lit an inferior cigarette.

Liu Ruyan snatched the inferior cigarette from Father Lin's hand and said, "Dad, how can you smoke this kind of cigarette? This hurts your body so much, Lin Gang, give Dad the cigarettes we brought." ”

At this time, Lin Gang had already put the salt water bottle on the bed, laid the quilt, and returned to the brazier.

Lin Gang hurriedly took out a pack of Chinese cigarettes from his pocket and handed it to Father Yang, Father Lin hurriedly pushed Lin Gang's hand back, and said solemnly: "Child, where can we afford to smoke such good cigarettes, this pack is to be bought by me, and it is a waste for me to smoke, you still take it to entertain guests, it is difficult to be a person outside, and others often judge your identity from what kind of cigarettes you hand him, I don't need to." ”

"Dad, what a waste, you can go on, we're ready. Liu Ruyan persuaded her.

Father Lin smoked a Chinese cigarette, squinted his eyes while smoking, and said, "This cigarette is really easy to smoke, and my throat is not on fire at all." ”

"Dad, smoke better, smoke less, take care of your body, I know, you are so old, it is unrealistic for you to quit smoking, only advise you to smoke as little as possible, you two are in good health, we will work outside with peace of mind." Liu Ruyan took the opportunity to persuade with a smile, and Father Lin also agreed again and again.

"Dad, Mom, the conditions at home are so difficult, why don't we take your two elders to live in the city, and I and Zhenggang are just serving your two elders, okay?" Liu Ruyan asked tentatively, this family in the countryside is too broken, and she is a dutiful person, how can she bear to watch two old people who have suffered all their lives spend their old age in this environment.

"Girl, you have this heart, my parents are so happy, and I am content, but no, we are both old, the loess is buried in the neck, how will we not leave the village, here are our ancestors and ancestors, we are going to be buried on the ancestral tomb mountain after a hundred years, so, we will not leave our hometown, the filial piety of the daughter parents have understood, as long as you live well, we are also satisfied, today I saw the two of you go home in pairs, parents are happier than anything else. Father Lin explained the reason why he didn't want to go to the city, of course, this was one reason, and another reason was that the old man didn't want to add pressure and burden to his son.

Liu Ruyan saw that the two old people lived so hard, and wanted to persuade the two elders to follow her to the city, so that Lin Gang and herself could do their filial piety, but the old couple were unwilling to leave this barren land that gave birth to them, and thought of her mother asking her to send her ashes to her hometown where she was born and raised for burial before she died, and finally figured out the old man's attachment to his homeland and ancestors, which is also a kind of family bond inherited by our older generation. Thinking of this, Liu Ruyan couldn't help blurting out: "It's hard to leave your homeland!"

Lin Gang looked at Liu Ruyan in surprise: "Rourou, why did you become so sentimental?"

Liu Ruyan said with a smile: "From the reluctance of my parents to leave their hometown just now, I understand why my mother sent her to her hometown for burial before she died." ”