CHAPTER XVI
The donkey, who was pulling a box of bricks, walked into the village with his head held high, as if he was pulling a box of gold bars. The heavy weight of the pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info box seemed to give him full confidence, making his pace more stable and heroic.
The news that Tian Donkey earned money to go home spread far and wide, and in this small family Grange, the pot quickly exploded, and people walked out of the house one after another, looking at Tian Donkey, it seemed that it was not Tian Donkey who came to the Grange, let alone a person, but a monkey. In fact, this is a kind of folk scenery unique to the countryside, that is, no matter who comes to relatives or friends, no matter good or bad, as long as it is not the original indigenous of this village, it will arouse people's curiosity and attention, and even cause gossip, of course, this gossip is more content is to discuss. And unlike the indifference in the reinforced concrete lattice of the city, the people here like to care about you and like to express their enthusiasm and enthusiasm for you. Because of the richness and complexity of human emotions, human behavior is ever-changing and diverse. However, whether in urban or rural areas, the constant ingredient in human nature is to hate the poor and love the rich.
The people of the Grange were in groups of three or five, laughing and jumping on the road where the donkeys were traveling, and they automatically stood in two rows. The last time the old and young women and children of the Grange went out on such a large scale to welcome a group of county leaders to the village to assess the poverty level, they had to applaud enthusiastically in addition to smiling. Of course, today's Tian Donkey would never have imagined that he would be able to enjoy such a high-standard courtesy! If his father and mother who died outside knew about it, they would definitely think that it was the green smoke on the ancestral grave of their Tian family that would have Tian Donkey today. Those people pointed and pointed and exchanged ears, some knew Tian Donkey, and some did not know Tian Donkey, in short, they all smiled at Tian Donkey. The old man and the child smiled kindly, and the eldest girl and the little daughter-in-law covered their mouths and smiled shyly. Tian Donkey dragged his heavy luggage, looking at the smiling faces of the people around him, there was really a kind of glory of returning home! Although, his feet stepped on the potholed dirt road of his hometown, but it was like walking on the starry red carpet, in his heart, a spontaneous sense of pride surging, he raised his right hand without warning, and frequently waved to the villagers, that natural momentum, can definitely overpower the majesty of those leading cadres who come to the township every once in a while to inspect and inspect the back! Moreover, as I walked, I greeted my neighbors loudly. What kind of aunt and second uncle, third uncle and fourth baby, it seems that Tian Donkey's life inexplicably has some more "relatives". In fact, in Tian Donkey's heart at this time, the smiles and faces of these kind hometown people are like their relatives, and they are better than relatives if they are not relatives.
He had not walked more than a few hundred steps before he was surrounded by everyone again.
"The donkey is back? Got rich? ”
is the same as Sun Jinsheng's concern, everyone is concerned about whether Tian Donkey has made a fortune. And the person who asked the question was none other than the respected village chief of the grange, of course, this greeting also seemed to represent the collective voice.
Unlike eight years ago, the village chief is full of white hair and a much more rickety, and the village chief who always combs his big back and faces the wind in Hetian Donkey's memory is completely different. Seeing the village chief who had slowly become ugly over the years, Tian Donkey felt both sad and happy. Sadly, things are not people, and the Grange is still the same Grange, but the people in the Grange are either old or dead. Fortunately, his donkey will never see the village chief again, his legs tremble, speaking of which, this is really a thing that makes him ashamed, and I don't know why, when he was a child, he had to pee his pants once when he saw the village chief. It's a shame to think about it now. But fortunately, the village chief still has that familiar look, and likes to hang his eyes when he speaks.
"Tsk, it's really a mountain boy in the hall, new clothes inside and out, donkey, where did you make a lot of money in this dress?!"
"No, no, no, the village chief, you think too highly of me" said, Tian Donkey hurriedly grabbed the village chief's hand and explained, "I just worked outside for a few years, I was homesick, and I came back, the village chief, I am still the mountain baby, don't praise me too much, besides, it's so good to see you today, I really miss our grange very much"
"I'll just say, donkey, you are so magnificent, you are really foreign! The handshake ceremony is also foreign, I, the village chief, have not been doing it for many years, unlike in the past, I often shake hands with the cadres in the township and county, and now, it is rare to be able to shake hands with people."
"Village Chief, why didn't you do it?"
"Why can you be old! This society is still a society of your young people, and you are contributing to society when you go into society, so we should retire, it's nothing! By the way, donkey, you haven't said how you got rich, but it's not in a hurry, you're back, we have time to slowly break it. ”
"Okay, good, village chief, no hurry, no hurry"
After shaking hands with the village chief, the other villagers behind him rushed to shake hands with Tian Donkey, it seems that the handshake has become a symbol of wealth exclusive to Tian Donkey, and it seems that Tian Donkey who has returned home is a successful person who has been away from his hometown for many years, although he has only been away for eight years.
"Tian Donkey, welcome home," said an uncle who looked familiar, but Tian Donkey couldn't name it.
"Yes, yes," replied Tian Donkey.
"Tian Donkey, you are welcome to go home often," a young man who had fought with Tian Donkey when he was a child, said with an old emphasis.
"No, no, I won't leave this time when I go home"
"Ah, that's fine, it's better to come back and make a good home, it's better than floating outside, I also floated by, it feels like I'm wandering, so I came back early, it's just not like you made a lot of money, I didn't earn anything"
"Where, where, I don't actually make a lot of money"
"Oh, don't be modest, you rich people like to cry poor, how can we be really poor, live without saying a word"
"Amount"
"Look, you have nothing to say yourself, I won't say anything else, just your suit, this leather shoes, this suitcase, it also looks like high-end goods, so say, Tian Donkey, don't be afraid, say that you have made a lot of money, and I don't want to borrow money from you, I am happy for you, really, I am not happy that I will shake hands with you."
In essence, human society is a zoo. When people go to the zoo to see the monkeys, they will definitely have feelings of admiration, amazement, and even disgust, jealousy, rejection, hostility, etc., because human beings are sometimes really jealous of a monkey.
Therefore, in fact, Tian Donkey does not have to deliberately pretend to be arrogant, because the whole village invariably regards him as a real broad-minded person. Even if he tells the truth and tells everyone that he has no money, no one will believe it!
The old man should have been a little bit embarrassed, Tian Donkey was a little ashamed, and the people around him also withdrew their hands, as if they were silently protesting, using this repressive way to maintain the dignity of their poverty, and it seemed that they deliberately drew a clear line with Tian Donkey, and drew a clear line between poverty and wealth. In this poor and sensitive land, it is really a hurtful thing to raise money.
It can be said that a glorious journey back to his hometown that Tian Donkey carefully prepared with good dignity and puff up, under the stimulation of reality, instantly dried up and stagnated. It's really like a tiger, and the tiger that was released by the little hair blocked the road for Tian Donkey to return to his hometown.
"What is this for? What are you doing in a daze? The village chief spoke.
"This donkey is not an outsider, but he is also honored to return to his hometown, this person has not been entertained, he is cold, and there is no such rule in the grange" The village chief relieved the siege in time.
"Donkey, then go to my house first, you said that you went home this time, the journey was tiring, and you were tired along the way, and you need a place to rest for a while, and I know the situation at home best, hey, when you ran away, there was no way to do it, but now it's different, you're back, it's okay to come back, so, you are temporarily living with me, and when you settle down, it's not too late to talk about the rest."
Hearing the village chief's words, Tian Donkey'er was almost moved to tears, and he once again held the village chief's hand tightly, as if grasping a life-saving straw. In his heart, he is grateful to the village chief for his empathetic and timely humanitarian relief, you know, if there is no village chief's words to relieve the siege and the invitation to rest, then, the glory of his donkey return to his hometown will not be able to take root, and his yearning and planning for a better rural life will also die, and everything will be a beautiful dream!