That day, the gray and gloomy day, from time to time it was raining lightly, Xia Wei was entering information on the Internet, suddenly, a familiar QQ avatar flickered and jumped, opened it and looked, it turned out to be sent by my friend A Le: "I want to go and see you." ”

Xia Wei knew how lonely and helpless it must be for a migrant worker who was far away from home and in a strange city, so she said without thinking: "Okay, welcome to play!" How can you have time to chat today? ”

The other party sent a message again: "It's raining today, no car is coming, and it just so happens that the company has an unlimited Internet network to use." ”

"Oh, it's good, don't always play with your phone at work, otherwise the boss will be unhappy."

"It's nothing, the boss allowed us to play with the phone when we were fine."

"That's good, don't delay your work."

"I really want to go for a walk in the countryside with you."

"Yes, I'll take you to a nearby mountain to climb."

"That's great, I'll come over on Sunday."

"Okay."

Xia Wei looked at Ah Le's QQ avatar and darkened, remembering her first relationship with Ah Le.

Ah Le is from Henan, he was added as a friend after reading Xia Wei's article on a website, Xia Wei thought, Ah Le may be a little like the style of his article, or maybe he wants to know more about Nanjing through her. Later, they often chatted about the local customs on the Internet, and Ah Le also laid the foundation for coming to Nanjing in the future, but Xia Wei was because her ancestors were also from Henan, so she had a sense of closeness.

Ah Le said that he had two children, and his wife lived on part-time jobs, so it was really not easy to support his family, so he asked Xia Wei about the salary in Nanjing, and when he learned that the salary of similar jobs in Nanjing was much higher than the salary in his hometown, he decided to come to Nanjing to work. Therefore, after the Spring Festival, Ah Le came to Nanjing to find a job as a car washer, and he said that he had no special skills, so he started working as a car washer first.

Xia Wei went to visit him in the company where Ah Le worked on the second day of Ah Le's coming to Nanjing, Ah Le was very moved, and often sent text messages to Xia Wei when he had nothing to do, he felt that Xia Wei was a kind person, he had nothing to hide from Xia Wei, and shared the happiness and unhappiness of his part-time job with Xia Wei, Ah Le regarded Xia Wei as a relative, and they talked about everything.

Sunday was a sunny day, and Ah Le came as promised, and Xia Wei said, "Let's go hiking." ”

Ah Le said: "Yes, the guest is as you please." ”

"Okay, let's go, it's nearby." Xia Wei was talking as she led Ah Le towards the nearby mountain. Although it is early summer, but the hot sun shines on the body, it is still very uncomfortable, Xia Wei stretched out the parasol and walked along the highway for nearly half an hour, on both sides of the highway, the workers are widening the road, doing greening, a burst of asphalt smell is coming, Xia Wei regretted it for a while, and said to Ah Le: "I still came to climb the mountain in the evening last summer, I haven't been here for a long time, I used to follow my brother's car, today is the first time to walk here, I knew that I was repairing the road, so I didn't choose to come here." ”

Ah Le comforted: "It's nothing, just go to the mountain." ”

On the way, Xia Wei's phone rang, she answered the phone, and the voice of the debt collector came from the phone: "Are you Xia Wei?" ”

"Yes, may I ask who you are?" Xia Wei asked unhurriedly.

"I am a lawyer entrusted by a bank, your arrears have not been repaid for a long time, and I am ready to sue, I will officially notify you today, you should be ready." After the other party finished speaking, he hung up the phone. Xia Wei wanted to say something, but it was too late, she looked at the mobile phone that had been hung up and was stunned for a while, and then continued to walk forward.

Ah Le looked at Xia Wei puzzled: "What's wrong?" ”

"It's okay, I told you, it's the bank that collects debts." Xia Wei said lightly.

"Oh, it's fine."

After a while, the phone rang again, and after Xia Wei connected, it was the entrusting party of a bank who called, Xia Wei replied: "I must find a way to return it as soon as possible, I hung up, and there is still something to do." Xia Wei didn't wait for the other party to respond, so she hung up the phone.

Ah Le looked at Xia Wei puzzled and said, "You have to answer a lot of calls like this every day, right?" ”

"Well, yes, there's no way, who owes them money."

"You have to be careful." Ah Le said with concern.

"Thank you! I know, it's fine. Xia Wei looked a little relaxed.

"You have to be good, no matter what, there will be a solution." Ah Le was still comforted uneasily.

Xia Wei said gratefully, "Well, I will." ”

After walking for dozens of minutes, I finally came to the steps at the foot of the mountain, at the foot of the mountain are rows of newly built buildings, which used to be a farmland, how can it be turned into a manor far from the city in a year? She looked up at the mountain, and saw a mountain full of white wild roses, clusters and clumps, blooming on the branches, dotting the green hills. Xia Wei and Ah Le were both excited, and hurriedly took out their mobile phones to take pictures of this moving beauty. They climbed the stairs, the breeze in the shade of the trees, a cool gust of cool, fresh air, and the charming fragrance of flowers, which was refreshing. Away from the hustle and bustle of the city, I climbed high and looked far away, and my mood suddenly brightened a lot. They stopped and walked, sometimes taking pictures, sometimes taking a break on the steps. Xia Wei took out the food she brought in her bag, when she was hungry, she ate it for a while, and when she was thirsty, she ate some fruit.

Lunch is Xia Wei's "black rice", it is almost the eighth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, on this day, every household here will use the soaked water of black rice grass to cook rice and eat, because the soaked water of this grass is black, so the cooked rice is also black, and the cooked rice fragrance makes people drool when they smell it. Therefore, both adults and children like to eat this "black rice". Everyone went to the mountains in advance to pick this kind of grass and sell it in the vegetable market, and the residents rushed to buy the black rice grass, mash the grass, and then put it in a pot to soak it in black water, and use this black water to cook rice and eat it. Xia Wei took advantage of the arrival of this festival and went to the vegetable market to buy lunch grass and glutinous rice, she knew that the "black rice" cooked with glutinous rice was the most delicious.

When Xia Wei handed the black "black rice" to Ah Le, Ah Le's eyes were a little surprised: "What is this?" How is black rice? ”

Xia Wei smiled and told him about the custom of eating black rice here. Ah Le frowned and took a bite, chewed slowly a few times in his mouth, and then showed a smile: "It's really delicious, it's quite fragrant." ”

Xia Wei also smiled: "I'm afraid that you won't be used to eating it, don't you eat this there?" ”

"We haven't eaten it there, what kind of grass is it, how can it be so fragrant? Is there black rice grass on this mountain? Ah Le asked curiously.

Xia Wei looked at the woods on the mountain with a smile and said, "It shouldn't be no, there are too many trees on this mountain, and the grass can't grow." ”

"Oh, it may be that there are mountains where there is this custom, we don't have mountains there, so no one knows the custom of eating black rice."

Xia Wei looked at Ah Le's happy appearance, and her heart was extremely comforted, she knew how difficult it was for a migrant worker who was far away from home and wandered in a foreign land, they had a difficult life, a lonely heart, and a lack of care from their relatives. She wants Ah Le to feel the love of her fellow villagers in a foreign land, so that the lonely heart has a sense of belonging, Ah Le has a dependence on Xia Wei, and on the way back, he said to Xia Wei: "I don't know when we will meet again when we leave this time?" ”

Xia Wei replied with a smile: "If I have the chance, I will definitely take you out for a walk." ”

"I'm looking forward to seeing you next time."

"Yes, it's just that I've been busy with work lately, so I'll definitely take you to see more when I have time."