Li Wenrong listened to his son's words full of truth and pride, his brows furrowed, he was very happy, raised a handful of change in his hand, and said with a smile: "Silly child, adults make money to support their families, isn't it a natural thing for children to study and the family's food and clothing, in fact, my mother is not bitter at all and not tired at all, you see, today's vegetables are still selling well, a total of more than 80 catties of vegetables have been sold, and more than 15 yuan has been earned. Add your father's saved salary and you'll be able to pay for the next semester's tuition. ”

"Mom, don't talk about it, my son is uncomfortable, I see your yellow and thin skinny face, you must not be willing to eat lunch, today my son borrowed a few dollars from you, let's go to the restaurant to have a hot meal." With tears in his eyes, Yang Jibin leaned down and prepared to help up Li Wenrong, who was squatting on the ground: "Mom, from now on, I will do the affairs of the family, and I will support the family. I'll figure it out, you don't want to sleep in the open for a little money. ”

"Xiaobin, my mother and I brought dry food, we have already eaten lunch, and now we are not hungry, so don't waste money, save some." Yang Jiya, who was on the side, was in a hurry to take over the conversation under Li Wenrong's gaze.

"Yes, Bin'er, mom just knows your filial piety, but we did eat, and we weren't hungry at all, Ya'er, since Bin'er has come to look for you, it's really not early, there are few people who buy vegetables, we should go home, pack up the food basket and prepare to leave." Li Wenrong carefully wrapped the money in a handkerchief.

"My mother and sister are deceiving people, just the little food that my mother brought when I went out in the morning, it tasted hard and dry, and there was only a little bit, and even I was not full." Yang Jishun, his younger brother who was playing on the side, heard that he was going to eat at the restaurant, so he ran over and interjected.

After listening to his youngest son's words, Li Wenrong shook his head helplessly, and stood up with the support of Yang Jibin, probably because he had been squatting on the ground for too long, he only felt dizzy in his head, and his body staggered and staggered, and he was a little unstable on his feet.

Yang Jibin hurriedly helped his mother steady, and said very distressedly: "Mom, you still hide it from me at this time." You see that you are tired like this, your face is sallow and sallow, and you are still reluctant to eat a hot meal, no, you have to eat if you don't eat today. My son was not sensible before, but even if my son borrows flowers and offers Buddha today, Ming'er, I will earn more money to pay you back, can't you? I promise that you don't have to worry about the tuition, I can pay for our sister and brother by myself this summer, so please trust your son's ability. After finishing speaking, after cleaning up the vegetable stall, Yang Jibin dragged his mother towards the small restaurant on the side of the road without saying a word.

Li Wenrong really couldn't resist his son, and he couldn't bear to live up to his kindness, so he had to follow Yang Jibin to a small restaurant in the market. Yang Jibin pulled Li Wenrong to a relatively clean looking table in the restaurant, and after sitting down with his mother in both hands, he shouted loudly to a middle-aged man who looked like a boss in front of the counter: "Boss, please fry a green pepper shredded pork, spicy pork slices, burn an egg and persimmon soup, and three bowls of rice, I'm hungry, please hurry up." ”

"Okay, please sit down for a while, and you'll be fine right away." The chubby man in the hotel hurriedly answered, and then hurried to the back hall.

Li Wenrong and Yang Jiya on the side, their eyes looked at each other, and there was a very painful look in their eyes, hey, how much do these two dishes and one soup cost? And Yang Jishun, who was hungry, clapped his hands happily: "Brother is so good, I'm really hungry." I like meat the most, and I haven't eaten meat at home for many days, but I'm hungry. ”

"Since my brother likes to eat meat, then my brother will bring you food every day, and I promise to raise you fat and fat, just like the little white people raised in the backyard of the family, how about it?" Yang Jibin gently stroked his brother's head, looked at his innocent expression, and showed a knowing smile.

"My brother is Xiaobai, what are you doing when you are so fat, is it a knife? Don't coax me, do you think I'm a two- or three-year-old child, where does the family have so much money to eat meat every day, I just said, in fact, it's not good to eat too much meat, you can eat it once in a while. Yang Jishun blinked his little eyes and said insincerely, it seems that this is really a poor man's child who has been in charge of the house for a long time, and he knows the hardships of life at a very young age.

"I haven't seen you for a few days, and my little brother has become really smart. Then I'll test you, what year, month, and day is today, and when will school start? After Yang Jibin was reborn, he spent a day in the mountains in a daze, and he really didn't know what day it was.

"Today is July 10, 1988, just 2 days off, September 1 to start school registration, September 2 is reading, such a simple question still ask me?" Yang Jishun was obviously a little unhappy, and he relied on himself for such a simple question, as if he had really become a little adult.

"Brother, that's amazing!" After Yang Jibin praised it, he silently thought in his heart: There are nearly 2 months left in this summer vacation, and it is just right to do a lot of things and improve the living conditions at home.

Yang Jibin sent three bowls of rice to his mother, sister and younger brother respectively, and said, "Mom, sister, and brother should eat while it's hot." ”

"Why didn't you call your own food?" Li Wenrong and Yang Jiya said in unison.

"Before I went down the mountain, I had already eaten it at Master's place, and it was a big pheasant, and it was so full that it hadn't been digested yet."

"No, when has it been, haven't digested it yet? You can't just think about us, the family needs to share weal and woe, if you don't eat, we won't eat? "Seeing that Yang Jibin doesn't move his chopsticks, where can Li Wenrong eat.

"Yes, brother, if you don't eat it, I won't eat it either." Yang Jishun looked at Yang Jibin with drooling eyes.

Yang Jibin was quite helpless, knowing that if he didn't eat something, they would really not eat it, so he had to shout inside: "Boss, please have another bowl of rice." ”

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When they paid after eating, they spent a total of 14 yuan, which made Li Wenrong and Yang Jiya feel distressed, and sighed in their hearts: Hey, today is a busy day, it's really a cub who sells Yetian and is not distressed, a loser.

Yang Jibin looked at the uncomfortable expressions of his mother and sister, and comforted him: "Mom, sister, don't worry, it's just how much, isn't it just the money for a meal, I will make a lot of money in the future, there will be more delicious and fun, you just wait to enjoy the happiness." ”

After eating, Yang Jibin picked up the vegetable basket, and the mother and son began to rush to their homes in the mountains with laughter and laughter. Before it knew it, it was halfway up the mountain, and it was already five or six o'clock, and the sun was about to set in the west, and it tried to cast the last rays of afterglow on the earth and into the sky. The clouds in the sky were dyed dazzling gold by the brilliant light of the sun, these clouds were of different colors and shapes, this one was like a roaring tiger, ready to attack its prey, and the other was like a Donald duck, shaking its wobbling buttocks, looking indispensable. The color of the fiery clouds varies from silvery-white, golden-yellow, purple, and gray...... Sometimes like a red satin across the sky, sometimes like a cute pig, sometimes like a clumsy bear...... They adorn the fiery red sky. Adds a bit of color to it.

When the group walked to the house, it was already dark, and there was no electricity in the mountains in these years, and the lighting could only rely on kerosene lamps, and there was no way to talk about electric lights, telephones, and televisions. Night fell quietly, and a bright moon gradually rose high into the sky. The moonlight decorates the midsummer night sky, and the sky is dotted with stars. The night sky is like an endless transparent sea, quiet, vast, and mysterious. The dense stars, like small sparks rippling in the sea, twinkle and shimmer, dancing with tiny points of light. Fields, villages, trees, in quiet sleep, draped in silver veil. The mountains, faintly, like clouds and islands on the sea, seem to be in order to summon the ships that sail at night, and from time to time they shine a little bit or two of red fire. The dense leaves of the trees in the mountains and forests are like a stream of water, rustling and rustling day and night, flowing calmly and loudly in places that people can't see.

Yang Jibin was lying on his bed in a daze, a moonlight sprinkled in through the wooden window like mercury, and the crickets outside the house kept chirping, a quiet and peaceful atmosphere. Yang Jibin touched the purple gold gourd hanging on his chest, this gourd was a gift from the master when he turned one year old, saying that it was an old object inherited from the master. It is also this strange gourd that allows me to meet the ancestor of the mountain in a dream, and I dreamily return to today 27 years ago, everything seems to be just lying in bed and having a fairytale dream, but the past life experiences in my mind are clearly visible, lingering, and these clearly tell myself that this is not a dream, all this is real. Thinking of this, Yang Jibin, who has never believed in heaven or earth, couldn't help but secretly thank God for coming and giving himself such a chance to start over, and at the same time silently said to himself: You must firmly grasp this opportunity and realize the vow you once made, and you must protect your relatives and friends well in this life and make up for the pain and regret that once broke your heart.