042 Only the old and the young remain
Shen Xiaoer drove He Tingting and He Xuanlian back to Shenjia Village, and along the way talked about what he had seen and heard from the south to the north, and he Tingting and He Xuanlian screamed again and again. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
He Xuanlian is okay, that is, he was surprised and insightful.
As for He Tingting, she doesn't have much memory left in the past, and she is only eight years older, and she has no impression of her life now or even in the past few years. After listening to Shen Xiaoer's remarks this time, I felt that the life of the motherland in the past few years and these years was like a picture scroll, slowly unfolding in front of me.
"It turns out that we are not the most terrible here, and there are many places that are even more terrible than us. He Tingting said in amazement.
Shen Xiaoer said with a smile, "That's natural, many places are very developed, and they are close to the capital, isn't it stricter than ours." We are far away here, and we are poor, so many policies are partially discounted. In addition, we are next to the Xiangjiang River here, and there are people smuggling every year, and no matter how strict the top is, it is estimated that there are more people running. ”
"It's a lot better now. He Xuanlian said, "The big guy, the second dumb brother, and the eleven are from another village, and many of them have gone to Xiangjiang." The last time I went to them, there were more than twenty people left, less than ours. ”
He Xuanlian is talking about Lijia Village, a small village more than 200 meters away from Shenjia Village, and Shenjia Village is a production team, which has almost run out over the years, leaving only some women, children and the elderly. But this is nothing, Wangjia Village, which is in the same production team, is really gone, and there are only two women's families left.
"That can't be helped. Shen Xiaoer smiled bitterly.
Although he is not big, he is well-informed and can understand those who run to the Xiangjiang River across the river. It's too hard, otherwise if you can't survive, who wants to leave your hometown and be separated from your family?
Even he was moved at the beginning, if it weren't for the fact that his father couldn't work, his mother was cowardly, and there were a few young siblings under him, he couldn't rest assured, and he would have smuggled over.
"Why can't you do it?" He Tingting asked curiously, "We have so much land here, and the place is also big, you said that it will take several days to take the train." If we work together, we will have a good life in the future. ”
When Shen Xiaoer heard He Tingting's simple words, he couldn't help but laugh, "But we can't see the future now." We only saw that we couldn't afford to eat meat, couldn't afford to wear good clothes, didn't even have a full meal, and only saw the Xiangjiang on the other side of the river eating and drinking spicy food, and I was like two worlds......"
Just across the river, there is such a big difference, how can they be embarrassed?
He Tingting stopped talking, she had heard He Xue say in her previous life that it would be very good in the future and that it would be an international metropolis, but she didn't know how it had changed. She only remembers that after the reform and opening up, it slowly got better.
Shen Xiaoer seemed to be interested in talking, or still unwilling, and said enviously,
"My mother-in-law's house is in Luoxiang Village, and their village is next to the Pengcheng River, and there is also a Luoxiang Village on the other side of the Xiangjiang River. My mother-in-law earns a maximum of one dollar a day here, and the Luoxiang village opposite earns sixty Hong Kong dollars a day. The village on the other side was founded by people from my mother-in-law's village. You say, is it enviable?"
He Xuanlian slapped Shen Xiaoer from behind, "Little second brother, what are you envious of others, besides, it's useless to envy." ”
Shen Xiaoer was stunned for a moment and laughed, "That's what you said, hahaha...... I now earn a lot in a day, better than many people. ”
After that, he told some interesting stories about his journey from south to north, and happily returned to Shenjia Village all the way.
Before entering the village, I heard a song from a distance, "Bao'an only has three treasures, flies, mosquitoes, and manhole oysters." Ten houses and nine empty fled to Xiangjiang, and only the old and the young, the old and the young were left in the house, and the old and the young ......"
The song was rough and low, and there was a sense of misery in the deserted fields and the lonely green hills around it.
He Tingting felt very uncomfortable in his heart, and his face was a little itchy, and he reached out and touched his hands full of tears.
"Uncle Twelve, there is no one around you, you still sing like this, it's scary enough......" Shen Xiaoer sped up the car and shouted at the top of his throat.
He Xuanlian nodded, and stood up with both hands on Shen Xiaoer's shoulders, "No, the fields are green, and the mountains on the four sides are also green, but there is no one, it's too infiltrating......"
He Tingting wiped away his tears and looked over, only to see that the one who sang turned out to be Uncle Shen Twelve who had instigated her to smuggle to Xiangjiang with him.
"What's so scary, the corpses full of rivers in the mangrove forests, the corpses all over the mountains of Wutong Ridge are not terrible, what's so terrible about my song......" Uncle Shen's thin and tall figure walked out lightly, his face was even more expressionless, and his eyes were completely lifeless.
"This is our village, it's not a river, it's not a river, it's a ......river," Shen Xiaoer shrugged and said, at this time the car had already entered the village.
Uncle Shen Twelfth waved his hand, "You don't understand, I'll find your Uncle Shen Qi and ask him if he will go to Xiangjiang, and if he goes, he will be with him at that time." His son will not provide for him in the future, so it is better to go to Xiangjiang with me, I heard that there will help support the elderly. ”
After he finished speaking, he ignored the three of them and floated away.
He Tingting looked at his thin figure and his clothes seemed to be hanging on his body, and couldn't help but say, "Uncle Shen Twelve looks pitiful. ”
"It's not pitiful, I know it's not good to smuggle, or the whole family is ...... over" Shen Xiaoer said this, he couldn't go on, if he passed, everyone wanted the family to pass.
He Xuanlian shouted, "Hey, leave him alone, he wants to go crazy when he wants to go over, and he asked Tingting to go with him last time." Little second brother, you continue to talk about the things on the train, I haven't taken the train yet. ”
Shen Xiaoer then talked about the incident on the train again, and rode He Tingting and He Xuanlian to the door of He Household while talking.
Lin Lingling had just returned from Shen Zhusheng's house after delivering the medicine, when she heard He Xuanlian's cry, she stood at the door and waited.
When Shen Xiaoer saw Lin Lingling, he greeted him with a smile, and said, "Aunt He, I'll come to find Uncle He tonight." ”
"Okay, you come over for dinner tonight, Tingting's grandmother bought meat, and you came over to accompany your Uncle He to drink a few sips of wine. Lin Lingling took the snakeskin bag He Xuanlian took down with one hand, and took the apple He Xuelian bought with the other hand and said with a smile.
Shen Xiaoer waved his hand, "That's not good, I'll accompany my parents tonight." Tomorrow, tomorrow I will buy meat and come over for a drink with Uncle He. After speaking, he glanced at He Xuanlian, "I'll come over tonight, you wait." ”
Shen Xiaoer's younger siblings all knew that his brother was back, and they ran to He's house to block people. Shen Xiaoer asked the three children to get in the car and sit, and rode the car to bring the people back.