There are many people in this world who have left their homes, but not all of them cannot go back to the place where they started. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoMany people leave their homeland for two reasons, one is to seek a better future in a distant place, and the other is to be heartbroken by their hometown, and then go to a distant place to seek a better future. In the former case, they did not deviate from their roots, and if they succeeded, they returned to their hometowns, and if they failed, they could still return to their original places and live peacefully. This is not the case in the latter case. The homeland abandoned them, and they abandoned their homeland. If you succeed, you will walk at night, and if you fail, you will start again. Anyway, there is already nothing, so there is no fear. I think Tan Xi belongs to the latter.

After hearing all this, I didn't know what to say. Tan Xi and I grew up together almost as children, but she never talked about the Apple incident. She said that she was not expected to say that her family loved her brother, and her tone was light. After entering junior high school, she stopped talking about the past. If it weren't for Tan Xi's uncle and aunt who refused to go to school to go to school to go through the withdrawal procedures for her, I think I might think that what Tan Xi said was all the little girl's sensitive mind playing tricks. That doesn't sound like that now.

I suddenly remembered something from a long time ago.

At that time, Tan Xi and I were still in the fourth grade of primary school. Every year, Ueno Elementary School has a ritual of pulling the children in the upper grades of the elementary school to pick tea during the tea picking season, which is called exercise.

The tea factory is far from the school, leaving at 5 o'clock in the afternoon and arriving until 10 o'clock in the evening. Upon arrival, the exhausted students were placed in separate homes by groups of ten.

After a night's rest, the next day we went up the mountain to pick tea. There were so many mountains that they were almost next to each other. It is not possible to grow other things in the mountains, but the tea trees are very profitable. As a result, the mountains are full of tea plantations. The tea garden is busy for two or three months all year round, and the best is the tea before and after the Qingming Festival. However, the time of tea in the tea garden conflicts closely with the time of spring plowing and summer harvest. Therefore, at that time, there was a shortage of manpower.

I don't know which person made the suggestion first, but the school and the tea garden joined forces. Ueno Elementary School is not nervous about studying, and the children have a lot of free time due to low pressure. Instead of wasting time on campus, it is better to go through the experience, and by the way, it can also solve the problem of lack of manpower in the tea garden. Therefore, at this time, the students marched towards the tea factory under the leadership of the teacher. In order to motivate the children, the school promises to pay you according to the fruits of your labor. In other words, how much tea you pick, you will be paid a "salary" according to the price charged by others. This tempting condition has made many children eager to try.

Young children are very playful. When I heard that I could skip class, I almost jumped up with joy. When I heard that I could earn some pocket money without going to class, I smiled like I had been beaten with chicken blood.

After two days, everyone got a little tanned. Except for a few small labor experts, everyone picked almost a pound and got nine yuan at once. On the way back, although it had just rained and the mountain road was very difficult to walk, everyone was very excited. Some people even began to discuss how to spend such a "huge sum of money".

The journey was very long, and as we walked, we couldn't help but talk about the interesting things that happened in the past two days. Some people say that the dog in the house where they live is always chasing a boy in the group for some reason, and the boy who harmed him sees the black dog from a distance and runs wildly. As soon as these words came out, everyone burst into laughter. Someone interjects and says it's not right, and the more you run, the more the dog thinks you have a problem, so it will chase you harder. As soon as these words came out, everyone nodded in agreement. Others said that there were cherry trees in the place where they lived, and the owner told them to pick them at will, and they had a good time. Everyone swallowed their saliva and was envious when they heard it. There are also people who complain that the host's family not only does not cook in time, but also makes very few dishes, which makes everyone unable to eat. Many people expressed sympathy for the students in this group. There are also groups that are in the same situation as this group, and they do it themselves and work together to feed themselves. Several people who are usually inconspicuous showed their skills in this do-it-yourself campaign. Hearing this, everyone was amazed.

After returning to school, the fruits of everyone's labor were sent out in the afternoon. I got more than eleven yuan, and Tan Xi got more than twenty-four yuan. After getting the money, I happily pulled Tan Xi to buy the butterfly hairpin I had been longing for.

The wings of the butterfly hairpin are covered with small beads of different colors, some are coral red, some are sky blue, and there are colorful colorful butterflies with various beads worn together. Two pieces of five and one, the fluttering butterfly rests on the fish's mouth clip. Clip the butterfly hairpin to your hair, and as you walk, the butterfly will shake and flap off its wings, which is very sultry. Although the workmanship seems very immature now, it captured the hearts of many little girls at that time.

I've been eager to buy a few before, but considering the price, I'm a little reluctant. Now that I made a "windfall" out of thin air, I immediately went to buy it happily.

Tan Xi also liked this butterfly hairpin, but she couldn't put it down after looking at it. I asked her, and she just shook her head silently.

Soon after, I understood why Tan Xi didn't buy the butterfly hairpin that she had always loved. She spent twenty-six dollars on a beautiful pair of adult wedge sandals. Of course, the part that is not enough is borrowed from me. The shopkeeper is very powerful and refuses to bargain at all.

"I saw that my aunt's sandals were broken, so I just bought her a pair. I also earned the money myself. Ten-year-old Tan Xiyun said lightly, his dark eyes full of light.

I looked at Tan Xi ashamedly and silently put my butterfly hairpin in place.

The next day, Tan Xi returned the pair of translucent wedge sandals in frustration.

"What's wrong?" Not only the owner, but I was also surprised.

"It's small." Tan Xi whispered, his face swollen and red.

"Then I'll get you a pair of big ones." The shopkeeper took the shoes and prepared to change.

"No need. I want to return. Tan Xi whispered.

The shopkeeper glanced at ten-year-old Tan Xi, snorted and ignored us: "There is no quality problem, the cover will not be returned." ”

"My aunt tried it, but it didn't get dirty." Tan Xi hurriedly explained.

But the shopkeeper left us and disappeared into the shop.

Tan Xi and I didn't dare to climb in and get our shoes back, so we froze, staring at the inside of the store.

"Why did you retreat?" I don't understand.

"My aunt didn't like it, saying I was spending money indiscriminately. Let me take my shoes off or you'll hit me...... What now? Tan Xi had a bitter face, almost crying.

"I don't know." I looked at Tan Xi and was also sad.

Then the two of us stood in front of someone's shop, staring at the twilight.

Tan Xi finally couldn't help crying, crying and shouting: "Bad guy, return my money to me, huh~"

Nine-year-old me stood next to me, watching and watching, and I couldn't help but cry.

Later, the shopkeeper was not bothered and returned half of the money to Tan Xi. Tan Xi took the money, wiped his tears and went home with me in the dark. This matter is not over.

It was early summer 1994.

I don't think I'll ever forget the twilight of that day, and the ten-year-old Tan Xi who stood on the street crying. After that, many years later, I wanted to cry when I thought about it. I don't know why.

The years, so many years, have passed in a leisurely manner. But Tan Xi seems to be the clumsy little girl who wanted to please her family but was blamed and embarrassed in my heart.

And the saddest thing for me is that I spent the evening with her, but I couldn't walk through the night with her.