Before Chinese New Year's Eve, my parents finally returned.

Li Shiyu saw it from a distance, one person carried a load with a short bamboo pole, all of which were filled with snakeskin bags.

I thought I was in my 30s, and I was not so sensitive to feelings, but I didn't expect to see the heavy snakeskin bag pressed against my mother's thin body, and tears flowed out inexplicably.

When his parents walked to the door, Li Shiyu had already wiped away his tears, but he was still a little red.

Brother Li Shihua had already greeted him and helped his father carry a small bag.

In the past, Li Shiyu didn't understand why his parents would prefer Li Shihua, but again, Li Shihua did a better job, he kept everything in his heart, and he didn't know how to express it, so others naturally couldn't see it.

Father Li first said hello to his grandfather, who was also at the door, and then said to Li Shiyu: "Shiyu, why don't you know each other?"

"Dad, Mom. Li Shiyu collected his emotions and shouted softly.

Li's father and Li's mother thought that Li Shiyu was too young and hadn't been together for the past two years, so she was a little rusty and didn't mind.

"Come in, it's cold outside, and I've brought a lot of delicious food this time. Mother Li said happily to our two brothers.

Regardless of the long-distance fatigue, Li's mother opened a snakeskin bag, which contained some chocolates, toffee, and some other snacks packaged in English, which were picked up when picking up waste, and they were usually reluctant to eat, so they were saved and brought back for the children to eat during the Chinese New Year.

Looking at the candies that were about to expire, or had expired, and were taken out of the garbage, Li Shiyu had an urge to cry, not because he felt that it was unhygienic and unhealthy, but because he felt the heavy family affection behind the candy.

Eating this family candy, Li Shiyu decided that he couldn't let his family be poor anymore, and he couldn't let his parents even be reluctant to eat the things they picked up from the garbage heap, and they went all the way to pick them home.

The next day, Li's father sent his grandfather back, and he wanted to give Qian Grandpa nothing but nothing, so he bought a few catties of meat and brought a few boxes of candy.

Looking at his grandfather's full head of white hair and staggering steps, it takes more than 40 miles to walk this way, and it takes more than 5 hours to get there, Li Shiyu, who is not good at expressing his feelings, just silently stared at the back of his grandfather, and his eyes were red again.

When my father returned, it was already time for dinner.

"Shihua, Shiyu. "Father Li is not a strict father, but he is very concerned about his grades, and he doesn't care much about the rest.

"Chinese 95, Mathematics 99, Physics .......... 5th in the class. "Li Shihua is the boss, he should say it first, and the results are also good, there is no pressure to say it.

The question of "Chinese 60, Mathematics 60" in primary school is too simple for Li Shiyu, but he doesn't want to do well in the exam.

Today is a small Chinese New Year's Eve, and it already belongs to the time of the Chinese New Year, in our hometown, you can't beat your children during the New Year, so Father Li suppressed his anger and said: "Your mother and I are working so hard outside, it's not because we don't have a degree, as long as you are admitted to university, you can be assigned a job and eat national food。。。。。。。。。。。。。 ”

It doesn't matter if our two brothers can understand it or not, they just said a lot, too, since Father Li missed the university and was reduced to picking up waste and garbage to support his family, his heart is actually full of resentment, but his arms can't twist his thighs, and he can't do anything about the cadre stationed in the village, so now he can only pin his hopes on the next generation.

It's just that what he doesn't know is that by the time we go to college, there will be no allocation, and the university will expand its enrollment within a year, and then there will be college students all over the place, which is worse than the current high school students.

Li Shihua finished eating quickly and threw down the dishes and chopsticks: "I'm done eating, I'm going out to play." Without waiting for his parents to agree, he opened the door and ran.

Now Li Shiyu is the only one left, and the firepower is concentrated, "Shiyu, study quickly, don't always think about playing。。。。。。。。。 ”

Li Shiyu thought to himself, this is not good, so he said to Li's father: "Dad, I have to get up at 6 o'clock every day to herd cattle, I have to go to school before I have time to eat in the morning, and I just put down my schoolbag in the afternoon and have to go to herd cattle, I don't have time to do homework, where is there time to play?"

Father Li looked at Li Shiyu, and felt that in fact, this little son had done a lot of things at home, and paused: "Hurry up and eat, otherwise it will be cold." ”

When he went to bed at night, Li's father said to Li's mother: "Actually, Shiyu is not wrong, this cow should be sold." ”

Mother Li also felt sorry for her son: "Sell it, anyway, you won't be able to make a lot of money all year round." ”

In the 90s, there was no mechanized operation, and one cow was worth 2 laborers, but it was troublesome to raise cattle, and it had to be released every day, but strong cattle like the family were still very popular.

The next day, he found a family in the village and sold the cattle to him for 2,000 yuan.

Li Shiyu calculated that the cattle he had worked hard to raise for two years were worth 2,000 and 1,000 a year, and if he counted it to a day, it was 3 yuan a day, 2 times a day, an average of 2 and a half hours at a time, that is, the hourly wage was 6 cents.

Ay.

On the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, Li's father took Li Shihua to borrow a board car, and went to the county seat to spend more than 500 yuan to buy a 17-inch Venus brand black-and-white TV, becoming the first person in the village who did not know how many families had televisions.

Even if he was in his thirties in his previous life, he still remembered the first TV set in the village, when Journey to the West was playing, the family took a TV set and put it on the open space outside the house. Later, the village bought a few more ones one after another, and then moved the TV to the house.

Li Shiyu saw something really old, the whole family was full of energy, Li's father braved the cold, went to the mountain to cut down a pine tree that was not thick but very tall, tied the antenna to the tip of the tree, and then ran around with Li Shihua, Li Shiyu watched in front of the TV, and saw that the signal in that place was better, and when the TV picture was the clearest, he called them to stop, and then slowly turned the trunk, adjusted the angle, and was busy all afternoon, and finally saw the TV program broadcast by the county station in the evening.

The family is on the fire, watching TV, chatting, so happy.