In July, the eastern part of Sichuan was hot and sultry, there was no wind in the sky, and the train station in D city was full of people, and I don't know if it was because of the weather or people were really in a hurry, anyway, all the people were in a hurry to come and go. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoNo one had time to pay attention to the young man standing next to the exit of the station.

This young man's name is Li Yunfei, 25 years old this year, around 1.75 meters, with neat hair, but the face is yellow and thin, and he is very energetic, with a wrinkled and sloppy T on his upper body, with a pair of trousers that are obviously extremely ill-fitting, and a pair of sandals on his feet are also a car tire under the bottom, only a few days after graduating from Sichuan Normal University, he took the train from Chengdu back to D City yesterday.

In 2000, there was no train, from Chengdu back to D city only to take the ordinary train, and the train is divided into a fast and slow train, the express car is a new car, all aspects of the environment is very comfortable, in addition to 3 large stations to stop for a few minutes, all the way to the smooth speed is reluctant to reduce a little.

The slow train is a green car that is about to be eliminated, and it must stop at every station, and even a township station will not let go, and there is no air conditioning. The difference between the fare of the fast train and the slow train is more than 20 yuan, Li Yunfei must have bought the cheapest slow ticket, and the ants brought back all the supplies in the school for 4 years in large bags and small bags.

Just squeezed out of the crowd at the exit of the station, the whole body was already sweating like rain, a few carry-on luggage were placed next to it, cotton wool, mats, and a large denim backpack containing Li Yunfei's change of clothes, the only thing that looked a little high-grade was the canvas box at his feet, which was his favorite books collected in school in the past few years.

He put together the luggage at his feet to see if anything was missing, and when he was sure that nothing was missing, he began to lift his things up to his body and walk out of the station.

A large amount of sweat flowed down his forehead, and he couldn't free his hands, so he could only tilt his head, rub the sweat that was about to drip into his eyes with his shoulder, and carry his luggage to the bus station.

As soon as the bus arrived, the crowd rushed up, Li Yunfei's physique was already thin and unstable, and he would be hit by the crowd, and the luggage he was carrying almost knocked them off.

He was also anxious to squeeze into the car, and he had to catch a few hours of the shuttle bus back to the county, and then take a few hours of car back to the township, and finally walk dozens of miles of mountain roads to get home.

Although he is thin, he has an advantage that he is tall in the crowd, and at this time he doesn't talk about any personal qualities, so he will squeeze into the car first.

As soon as he exerted his strength, a middle-aged woman next to him was squeezed out, and shouted loudly: Oops! What are you squeezing?? Is it a big instigation? Li Yunfei pretended not to hear, blushed and went straight to the car with his luggage.

When the female ticket collector saw him carrying so much luggage on the bus, she immediately shouted: Oops, hey?? No, it can't be done! You have too many things, you have to occupy a lot of space, you can't do it, you still go down and take a tuo'er car. At that time, the taxis in D city were generally Alto brand cars, and the common people referred to them as Tuoer cars. Later, the people of City D simply called all taxis Tuo'er cars, which has continued to this day.

Li Yunfei didn't hear her words, and walked to the last row of the carriage and sat down, put the cotton wool and mat denim bag at his feet, and hugged the box on his body.

The people behind also got on the train one after another, standing and standing, sitting, squeezing, and a huge carriage was instantly full.

The conductor collected the tickets one by one, walked up to Li Yunfei and said, "You have too many things, you have to collect tickets for 3 people~!" ”

Li Yunfei hurriedly asked her: "Why do you want to charge me for the tickets of 3 people?"

Conductor: "Two more people can come up in the place where your stuff is occupied?" Aren't you every one of you? Empty a large place to put your luggage, or you can go down and take the Tuo'er car."

It costs at least 7 yuan to take the Tuo'er car to the South Bus Station, and Li Yunfei will not go down to take the Tuo'er car. He noticed that the people in the carriage were staring at him, so he didn't say anything else, took out a piece of five cents from his shirt pocket and handed it to the conductor, who took Li Yunfei's money with a dissatisfied expression and pulled 3 tickets to him.

The bus stopped at the terminal station more than 1 hour later, and the South Bus Station of D City, people rushed out of the carriage and scattered, Li Yunfei and others finished walking before they put away their luggage one after another, and even got off the bus with their backs to find the shuttle bus back to Z City.

The shuttle bus back to the county seat is to buy a ticket after getting on the bus, so that Li Yunfei can skip the luggage first and then go to the window to queue up to buy a ticket, so that he can spend less than two yuan in storage fees.

After putting away his luggage, he found a place and sat down, sweating and breathing a sigh of emptiness, feeling a little hungry, and took out a plastic bag from the denim bag containing his clothes, which contained a few steamed buns, which Li Yunfei bought in the cafeteria when he left school.

On the train, he only ate a steamed bun in the morning and evening, and he didn't eat it if he didn't feel very hungry at noon, probably because of the crowding the bus just now, he was a little hungry now, so he hurriedly picked up a steamed bun and gnawed it, and chewed a few more times without water to drink.

After waiting for about half an hour, there were more people one after another, and the conductor came to collect the ticket money, and the car slowly drove out of the station.

Li Yunfei saw that the car was out of the station, looked at the time hanging on the driver's head, more than 10 o'clock in the morning, and did not know if there was a car back to the township, due to the remoteness of the township, the round-trip vehicle only has two shifts a day, and it may not be able to catch up.

Father must have come to the street to pick him up again, if he can't go back, it will make him feel lost, and now he can't care so much, people are tired and wilted, and when he thinks of his father's warm smile, his heart is much more relaxed, and he falls asleep groggily as soon as he relaxes.

When he woke up, the car was already parked outside the Z City station, and the driver was going to wash the car after the shift, and he didn't enter the station, so everyone got off the train outside the station. Li Yunfei hurriedly got out of the car, went to get his luggage, and turned around to find the shuttle bus back to the countryside.

As soon as he walked to the gate of the station, he saw that the last train back to Wuxing Township had already departed, Li Yunfei immediately picked up his things and rushed over, shouting: "Teacher (people here in Z City, East Sichuan have a habit, no matter what profession the work comrades, the common people are all collectively referred to: teacher to show respect for people) Stop and go..." After shouting several times, the driver heard it, stopped the car, and waited for Li Yunfei to get into the car before continuing to start and leave.

There was no place on the car, the conductor came over and asked Li Yunfei where he was, looked at the luggage on Li Yunfei's back, in his hands, and around his neck and said, "Are you moving?" Li Yunfei didn't answer him, he wanted to find a place to put his things, and found that the things in the car were also varied, all of which were supplies that ordinary people bought in the city.

He had to put his luggage at his feet, and there were already a few people standing in the aisle, so he had to stand next to the door, take out the money from his pocket and give the fare to the conductor, lean on an iron rod next to the door, and the car staggered out of the city.

After nearly four hours of bumping on the mountain road, it took him to Wuxing Township, when the sun was about to set, Li Yunfei's feet were already numb, and he often stood when he was in a hurry, so he was used to it, picked up his luggage and got out of the car, and surrounded a few motorcycles for rent: "Motorcycles, can you go?" Thither? Brother"! Li Yunfei bypassed a few of them and said: Don't, don't! He turned his head and looked for a familiar figure in the crowd passing by on the street.

"Yun Wazi, you're back..." Suddenly, he heard a very familiar and friendly voice calling him, and when he turned around, he saw that it was his father Li Shicheng.

His tired face was swept away, and he shouted happily: "Dad, are you waiting for it again?" I've told you many times that it's hard to leave, and I'm calling you not to come."

"Your mother and I have counted the days, I guess you will come back from vacation in the next few days, I don't have anything to do anyway, so I'll go to the street to have a look" Li Shicheng responded to his son with a smile.

Since Li Yunfei went to the county seat to study in high school, and later went to Chengdu to study in college, every time he came back from vacation in the past few years, his father Li Shicheng would walk alone for more than 1 hour to the countryside rain or shine, and pick up his son from the place where the shuttle bus got off.

Li Shicheng knew that his son was going to come back from graduation in the next few days, so he waited for four or five days, and finally waited for his son to come back today.

Li Shicheng, who is nearly 50 years old, obviously looks much older than his actual age, his dark skin, the intricate wrinkles on his face are already full of happy laughter at this time, his clothes are patched with babies, and he wears a pair of self-made sandals.

Lao Li ran to his son's side in a few steps, handed his son the bottle of mineral water he had bought several times back and forth, took the luggage from his son's hand, and carried it all on his body, which was a head shorter than his son.

After carrying these and going to pick up his son's box containing books, Li Yunfei did not give this box to his father, because among all the luggage, only this box of books was the heaviest, and he refused to let his father carry it, insisting on carrying it himself. Lao Li no longer insisted, watched his son drink half a bottle of mineral water in one go, smiled and asked his son to drink slowly, don't choke, and the two masters went back after speaking.

Along the way, Li Yunfei told his father about some things in school, and Li Shicheng didn't care if he could understand it or not, anyway, he just promised his son, and greeted each other when he met individual acquaintances.

Mother Shen Lubi had been waiting at the door of the house for a long time, and when she saw her husband and son coming back together, her happy mouth couldn't close, and she shouted from afar: "Yun Wazi? It's back! Long walk and murmur for a long time? It's getting dark!" In a few steps, I walked from the door to the outside of the dam.

"Mommy, Mommy, it's back!" Li Yunfei shouted loudly when he saw his mother come out.

Shen Lubi hurriedly went to pick up the box in his son's hand, Li Yunfei didn't give the box to his mother, but still lifted it himself.

went to pick up the cotton wool and mat in her husband's hand again, Li Shicheng handed the things to his wife, and then went to pick up the box in his son's hand, Li Yunfei still wanted to pick it up himself, but his father insisted on taking the box.

Li Shicheng found that this box was much heavier than the things he was carrying, "Oops! Tender and heavy, huh? What's in there? Did you just say that this box is light? I should carry it back for you, you see that you are each tender and come back..." felt sorry for his son and complained a few words.

"Hehe... No, it's a few books I usually read, is it so heavy? I didn't think it was too heavy, so I picked it up anyway. It's nothing..."Li Yunfei explained to his father with a smile.

"Okay, okay... Don't say that, hurry up and go back" Shen Lubi urged her husband and son to hurry up and enter the house.

After going back and putting the things away, Shen Lubi made the boiled hot water in a basin, brought it to the door of the courtyard for her son and husband to wash their faces, brought out the food that was hot in the pot, and went to the cabinet to take out the bottle of liquor that Li Yunfei brought back to Li Shicheng from Chengdu during the Chinese New Year.

Li Shicheng and Li Yunfei washed their faces and hands, entered the room and sat in front of the table, Li Yunfei saw that there was still a plate of bacon, so he hurriedly picked up a piece of fat and oily bacon, and couldn't wait to put it in his mouth and chew it, even the oil droplets flowing outside his mouth were deftly added back by him with his tongue, this was the first time he had meat in these months.

Lao Li's family of four, Li Yunfei also has a sister Li Xiaoli who is 7 years younger than him, originally studied in a neighboring town middle school, and her academic performance is also very good, due to the limited conditions of the family, in order to allow Li Yunfei to successfully finish high school, be admitted to university and complete her studies, her sister who is in the first year of junior high school dropped out of school, and reluctantly went to Guangdong to work with other people in the village.

On the night of leaving, my sister and mother cried for a long time, and followed a few women from the village to work in an electronics factory in Shenzhen.

Li Shicheng was relieved by his youngest daughter's part-time job, but the cost of his son's college education was still a lot of money for a traditional Chinese peasant family like him.

During the 4 years of college, in order to save the round-trip travel expenses, he basically did not come back during the summer vacation, stayed in Chengdu to do some odd jobs, earn some tuition and living expenses, go to the train station to carry luggage, tutor primary school students, paint the wall of the decoration team, unload vegetables in the market, and he has done it to earn a few yuan of 3 or 5 yuan.

On weekends, his classmates go out in pairs, and he is either reading in the classroom or doing laundry in the dormitory, staying at home. He never used up more than 200 yuan per semester for living expenses, and the money he saved bought his favorite books.

Li Yunfei cherishes this hard-won learning opportunity very much, and most of the time is spent on studying, in addition to eating and sleeping, doing odd jobs to earn money, is trying to help reduce the burden on the family, and finally graduated with the first place in the school after several years of perseverance.

When he received his graduation certificate from the hands of the college leaders, he breathed a sigh of relief, and finally insisted on coming out, and secretly swore in his heart that in the future, he must let his parents and sister live a good life through their own efforts, and not let their hard work be wasted.

Watching his son gobbling up bacon, Li Shicheng and his wife just held chopsticks in their hands, and didn't touch the bacon at all, this bacon is still the only meat dish left for the New Year to entertain relatives and friends, Shen Lubi kept it until his son graduated and came back to eat, knowing that his son was going to come back in the next few days, he took off the bacon, brushed it and steamed it in the pot, looking at his son's thin body, Shen Lubi reached out and wiped the tears that remained.

Li Shicheng saw that his wife was wiping tears from his eyes again, and said softly: "Do you know what you are crying again, what are you hurting when your son is back?" ”

"I didn't, I didn't, I'm happy~! ," Shen Lubi kept nodding and said.

Li Shicheng is even happier today, his son has finally graduated from college, he doesn't have to spend any more money, not to mention, he can help him pay off some debts after work. The most important thing is that he will no longer be like him, facing the loess with his back to the sky, suffering and eating in the soil.

He usually never drinks alcohol, but he also drank a few glasses today, and asked his son: "Yun Wazi graduated from university, is the work arranged?"

Li Yunfei said: "I will go to the county personnel bureau to report the day after tomorrow, and it is not clear which school I am assigned to, but I must be a teacher." ”

At that time, many large state-owned and private enterprises came to the school to recruit, and they extended an olive branch to him, and the treatment was also quite generous, and the leaders of the college also talked to him about the desire of the leaders of the college to stay in school, but Li Yunfei still insisted on choosing to return to his hometown.

The reason is very simple, the parents are here, not far away! Li Yunfei can deeply understand the meaning of this sentence, if he stays in Chengdu, his parents will definitely be happy for him, but that means that he will be far away from his parents, and it will be rare to see each other in a year or even a few years.

Parents have worked hard to cultivate themselves and have not enjoyed the blessings for a day, so they have to be separated from themselves so far, they are too cruel to the two old people, even if the conditions are ripe in the future to bring the second old man to Chengdu, it will be many years later, and no one can say what will happen in the future.

Therefore, Li Yunfei rejected the excellent conditions from all parties and returned to his parents.

Parents are here, home is here! Staying by his parents' side all day long, taking care of them, watching his parents' relieved expressions, eating his mother's meals, and helping his father with his work, this is what Li Yunfei yearns for in his heart.