Chapter 2: Homecoming
Wang Yong's home is in Banshan Village, Liuzhuang Township, Li County, the reason why it is called Banshan Village is because the village is surrounded by the relics of Yanshan Mountain, the back of the village and the east and west sides are full of mountains, and in front of the village is a small stream more than one meter wide that winds in front of the village, the stream is not deep, and the deepest place is not more than half a meter, of course, except when there is a big flood in summer. At that time, the surface of the water could be three or four meters wide, and it had to be more than two meters deep, and the water was surging down, and the sound was very scary. In normal times, because the stream water is formed by the spring water in the mountains, it is crystal clear, so from time to time you can see small shrimp and small fish swimming freely in the water, and occasionally you can see water snakes swimming quickly.
Most of the good land in the village's farmland is by the river, because the terrain is flat and there is no shortage of water. But there is little land and many people, and one person is only two or three points. But most of the village's food rations depend on this land. As for the mountains, because the mountains near the village lack water sources, so it depends on God's face when the big guys plant the harvest. Generally, some drought-tolerant corn and potatoes are planted, and after a busy year, the harvest may not even fill a person's stomach. Fortunately, God did not kill them all, and there are many wild animals in the mountains behind the village, such as pheasants, hares, and other small animals, as well as countless wild vegetables and mushrooms. The people of the village can also rely on these to make a living. Many people began to go out to work for many years, and some mixed haode, like Wang Yong's cousin Wang Qiang, bought a house in the city and became the envy of everyone in the village. More young people left the impoverished mountain village by going to university to find their happiness in the vast expanse of Huahuashijie outside the mountains.
A few years ago, the state began to increase its support for agriculture, exempted or exempted agricultural taxes, and gave some subsidies for planting crops, and as for the long-standing policy of returning farmland to forests, it began to be seriously implemented in the villages; the big guys relied on state funds to build a lot of water cellars on the mountains, and after solving some of the problems of water use, they began to plant fruit trees, apricots, peaches, apples, dates, and chestnuts on the mountains...... Catching up with the high price of fruit in recent years, the people in the village finally don't have to worry about going hungry. Families have also begun to have spare money to build new houses, and now two-thirds of the houses in the village have been rebuilt in the past two years. From a distance, the village is full of new houses, which really means prosperity. Last year, the country's village-to-village project connected this remote mountain village to cement roads. A cement road more than three meters wide winds through the village from a distance, which not only solves the problem of travel for people in the village, but more importantly, the mountain goods in the mountains behind the village can be easily sold outside, giving the villagers a piece of RMB. This mountain has become the largest and most haode resource in the mid-mountain village. Relying on the mountains behind the village, every family in the village can earn 10,000 or 20,000 yuan a year. Wild animals, wild animals, and fruit from the fruit trees of the mountains...... This mountain has become the villagers' greatest hope for making a fortune.
Wang Yong said goodbye to his cousin Wang Qiang, took a shuttle bus from the city to the county, and then reversed from the county to a short-distance passenger shuttle bus to another county through Wang Yong's Liuzhuang Township. When he got on the bus in the countryside, he was taking a van to solicit customers on the side of the road, fifteen yuan, and Wang Yong finally returned home.
After getting off the bus by the small bridge by the river at the head of the village, Wang Yong walked home with his luggage. After crossing the small bridge, I walked along the cement road for about 100 meters and entered the village.
"Xiao Yong?" A gruff voice rang out beside him.
At first glance, Wang Yong saw that it was Wang Dahai, a capable uncle in the village. Wang Dahai was one of the first people in the village to go out to work, and after working in the construction team for more than ten years, he went home to pull up the team by himself, and also formed a construction team, and earned a lot of work. Wang Chen, a cousin who works in the city's public security bureau, is Wang Dahai's son, and there is a girl who goes to college below. Wang Dahai and Wang Yong's father, Wang Dajiang, are brothers. After Wang Yong's parents had an accident, Wang Yong's brothers were taken care of by the uncle's family in addition to the second master's family. After Wang Yong went to college, his younger brother Wang Liang simply moved to his uncle's house.
"Uncle, it's me, I'm back." Wang Yong said.
"It's good to come back, since you graduated, you always say that you are busy with work, and you don't even go home for the New Year. Your aunt is so bad. Okay, let's go home with Uncle. As he spoke, he came over and took Wang Yong's hand and walked to the village.
", who do you think this is?" Wang Dahai started shouting before he entered the door.
"Auntie, it's me back!"
"Xiao Yong is back? Where? Come in and let Auntie take a look. "The voice of Aunt Tian Xiu came from the house. Soon the aunt ran out of the house. Pulling Wang Yong and began to shed tears, "You dead child with no conscience, you don't know how to go to your aunt first when you get home, if your brother hadn't called home, your aunt wouldn't have known that you were back." ”
Wang Yong's eyes are also a little red, thinking about how many sins he has suffered over the years, not to mention how many sins he has suffered, the most unbearable thing is loneliness, he has been gone for five or six years, and he has not seen his relatives at home a few times. Alone in a foreign land as a stranger, every festival is full of relatives. Wang Yong, who is an orphan, always takes the initiative to ask to be on duty every festival and let others go home for the holiday, because Wang Yong is afraid of the festival, afraid of watching other people's homes lively, and being alone, afraid of remembering the past, afraid of thinking of his parents and younger brothers......
"Auntie, am I not coming back? Well, I'm not going to leave this time. When the time comes, I will accompany you every day, and I will accompany you until you are bored, will it be successful? ”
"Okay, old woman, what did Wang Yong cry when he just came back? Like what, hurry up and cook your meal, it's noon," Wang Dahai said on the side.
"Take care of it, Xiao Yong, go into the house with Auntie, put things down, and Auntie made something delicious. Look at how thin you are, how many sins you have suffered outside in the past few years. Auntie will make up for you. The aunt pulled Wang Yong into the house.
After entering the house, the aunt put Wang Yong's luggage and the gifts she bought on the kang, and then pulled Wang Yong to the sofa to pick up a glass of water for Wang Yong on the water dispenser, and then gave Wang Yong snacks and fruits later. "Eat, you didn't even eat well when you were a child, it's better to eat snacks. Why don't you like it now? ”
"It's done, how old is Xiao Yong, you still think of him as a child."
"I'm willing, what's the matter?"
Wang Yong saw that the two were about to quarrel, and quickly interjected: "Auntie, are my second grandfather and second grandmother in good health?" ”
"Okay, I can climb to the top of the mountain in one breath. But I'm not at home these days, and I went out with your second grandmother, saying that it was a string of relatives? Went to Beijing. Aunt said with her head down.
The uncle listened to the aunt's words, and his expression was a little unnatural, but Wang Yong didn't notice it. Hearing that the second master who loved him was not at home, Wang Yong was a little disappointed, but quickly adjusted.
"Auntie, when was this house built, it's really well decorated." Wang Yong's words are not compliments, the house of the uncle's family is a new house at first glance, and Wang Yong took a look at it when he first came in. There are no hundreds of thousands that can't be done. The house has five large rooms, which are popular bungalows in the local area. The exterior is tiled, and there is a gatehouse in the yard, which is a partial house. There are five main rooms, in the middle is the kitchen and dining room, the east house is inhabited, and the west house is used as a warehouse. This is a common house style of this generation. There is a kang on this side of the east house, and there is an earth heating on this side, and there is an air conditioner on the east wall. Against the north wall are two large wardrobes, and in the middle is a combination cabinet with a 32-inch LCD TV on it. Next to the east side of the kang is a set of modular sofas, one long and two short. There is a glass coffee table in front of the sofa, and there is a tea set on it.
Wang Dahai hurriedly took over the conversation and said: "My own construction team built it the year before last, and it was renovated last autumn and put it for half a year, and I just moved in in May this year. This is a signboard, according to the city's saying called a model room, others ask us to build a house, and when we see our house, people are steady. This represents the jishu level of your uncle's construction team. ”
"Okay, uncle, you know everything."
"Don't listen to him blow, this is not your brother's trick for him, can he have this ability himself? Big old and thick one. "Auntie counted the roads on the side.
"Okay, let's go cook, my stomach is growling. I'm not afraid to starve Xiaoyong. ”
"Xiao Yong, eat a piece of watermelon first, Auntie knows that you love fish and specially stewed fish for you, let's eat in a while." As she spoke, the aunt went to the hall and continued to cook on the fire.
"Xiao Yong, I heard you just now that you don't plan to go out, and you want to come back to farm?" Uncle asked.
"It's too tiring to work outside, and I don't want to fool around anymore. Don't you just want to go home and do something? ”
"The day before yesterday, Wang Qiang called and said that you didn't look right, listless, what's going on? Tell Uncle about it, and Uncle will pay attention to it. ”
"It's nothing, it's just that I quit my job a short time ago, and I broke up with my girlfriend, and I feel uncomfortable. It's all right. You don't have to worry. ”
"It's okay, don't be polite to the uncle, just talk if you have something. By the way, what are you going to do when you go home? Have you thought about it? No, let your brother find you a job in the city. ”
"No, uncle. When I came back this time, I had the idea of responding to the call of the country to take root in the countryside and build a new socialist countryside......"
"Alright! It's useless to be talked to uncle, to be honest, what do you think? ”
"I'm thinking about tidying up the orchard at home, building a few greenhouses, and raising some chickens, and by the way, I'm going to expand the three storage tanks on the mountain and make a fish pond. This is known as ecological farming. I heard that it is quite profitable. I want to try. ”
"Oh, it's good to grow greenhouses, and you can make money. You have to pay attention to raising chickens, and if you are not careful, you will lose everything. There are very few chickens in our area. It's because it's too risky. There's no jishu to raise this thing. Liu Jun in the village has worked in an outsider's farm for a few years, and he can be hired to work when the time comes. Others are also honest, and you basically don't have to worry about leaving the chicken farm in his hands. There is also your neighbor at the back of the village, your second uncle's house, planted a greenhouse, and then caught up with heavy snow, the greenhouse he built collapsed, and he lost a lot of money, and it has not been relieved until now. If you want to plant a greenhouse, you can ask your second uncle to work for you for a while, and I can help you a little. ”
"yes, okay." Wang Yong did not hesitate, and agreed very happily, the two of them said that the two of them took care of the brothers after the death of Wang Yong's parents, and of course they had to repay others when they had the opportunity. You can't be ungrateful, this is the education that Wang Yong has received since he was a child, first as a grandfather, then as a father, and now as an uncle, one after another instilled in Wang Yong the principle of being a man who knows how to repay his kindness.
"By the way, you want to make such a big deal, whether the money is enough, not enough for the uncle, don't be polite to the uncle." Wang Dahai knew that Wang Yong was an introvert and held everything in his heart. But he is very strong, he wants to save face when he dies, and he is the most reluctant to accept the favor of others. So say hello to this kid in advance, he can't wipe his face and speak.
"No, uncle. I've saved some money in the past few years, and it should be enough. "After having a magical little shijie, Wang Yong will not worry about money at all.
"Don't talk about it, come over for dinner!" Auntie's voice interrupted the conversation between the two. The two of them got up and walked outside.