Liu Zhi'er entered the village, and Lin Xiang's dog at the head of the village heard the footsteps, raised his head and began to bark, and the other dogs heard Lin Xiang's dog bark and also barked. Liu Zhi'er walked into the village and saw the lights coming out of every house, and she was not afraid. She has lived in this village for more than 20 years, and even if any dog rushes out, it will not bite her, because they all know her.

Liu Dahai's house and yard are the most magnificent among the more than 300 households in the village. A tall gatehouse was built on top of the courtyard gate, and the door was opened in two, which was a heavy iron door, painted vermilion, and two bowl-sized knockers were welded on the door.

Liu Zhi'er walked to the door, pulled up the door knocker and buckled the door, and after a few buttons, she heard her father's cough.

Liu Dahai stood at the door of the hall and shouted at the door: "Who? ”

"Dad, it's me." Liu Zhi'er replied.

Liu Dahai heard that it was his daughter's voice, and knew that his daughter must have been beaten by Wang Donglai again, and after more than a year of marriage, Liu Zhi'er didn't know how many times she went back to her parents' house at night before and after, and every time she came back because she couldn't stand Wang Donglai's beating and scolding.

Liu Dahai sighed, put on a cotton jacket and walked towards the gate, opening the door for his daughter.

Liu Zhi'er walked into the hall, and her mother, Sun Guifang, also came out, and took her daughter's hand and shed tears.

Liu Dahai asked his daughter: "Zhi'er, have you eaten?" ”

Liu Zhi'er replied, "Not yet." ”

Sun Guifang wiped her tears and said, "Zhi'er, you wait, Mom will make it for you now." ”

"Hey, Mom, you can just make me some soup." Liu Zhier said.

Liu Dahai looked at his daughter, his face full of suspicion. When he went out to relieve himself just now, he saw that Lin Dong's car had just passed, and Liu Zhi'er came back within a few minutes. And usually Liu Zhi'er went back to her parents' house at night, and when she entered the door, she would hug her mother and cry, but this time she didn't, and she looked faintly happy.

Liu Dahai is not a mindless person, and his brain turns. I thought that my daughter might have met Lin Dong.

"Zhi'er, have you seen Lin Dong?" Liu Dahai asked suddenly.

Liu Zhi'er is not good at lying, and when she heard her father's sudden question, a panicked look flashed on her face, "No, I didn't see him." ”

Liu Dahai didn't ask much, walked into the room and continued to watch TV. He was sure that his daughter had met Lin Dong. The TV is playing his favorite TV series with rural themes, but Liu Dahai can't see it tonight, and his mind is not on TV at all.

What Lin Dong thinks in his heart, this is what Liu Dahai wants to know most now. His daughter's marriage was so unhappy, and Liu Dahai was not happy in his heart, Liu Zhi'er was his biological daughter after all. When he saw Lin Dong return to his hometown, the strongman of Liulinzhuang slowly felt remorse.

He was lying on it last night and thinking, if there was a rich son-in-law like Lin Dong, not only would his daughter be happy, but his old face would also add a bit of brilliance. Even when he saw the number one in the town, he dared to speak. It's a pity, this shouldn't have been something he comforted himself by imagination, but it turned into a nihilistic fantasy because of his short-sighted gaze.

Liu Dahai felt unprecedented self-blame and regret.

Sun Guifang made soup, soaked steamed buns in the soup, and served it to her daughter after it was ready. Liu Zhi'er has a particularly good appetite. Ate two large bowls. I had an awkward fight with Wang Donglai and went home. But no matter how much you persuade me, I can't eat. When he went to bed at night, Sun Guifang mentioned it to Liu Dahai.

"The sea, Zhi'er ate two big bowls today."

Liu Dahai said: "What, isn't it good for my daughter to eat more?" ”

Sun Guifang said: "Of course. But it's not the same as always coming back. ”

Liu Dahai smiled, his wife Sun Guifang didn't have his shrewd mind. How can you see through your daughter's thoughts, "Gui Fang, I said what kind of heart are you blind." Zhi'er doesn't eat your heart, and Zhi'er eats too much and you return your heart, how can I say that you are good? ”…,

Sun Guifang flipped over, "Then don't talk about it, let's sleep." ”

……

Today is the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, and there are three days left to celebrate the New Year.

After Lin Dongqi got up, he saw that his parents had already started to get busy. The mother was making the stuffing, and the father was chopping the roots of the tree in the yard. Lin Dong knew that the steamed buns were going to be steamed at home. There is a custom in the mountain market, that is, every Chinese New Year, every household must steam enough steamed buns to eat before the Lantern Festival. In addition to steamed steamed buns, there are also tofu, croquettes, fried fruits, fried peanuts, and fried melon seeds.

Lin Dong got dressed and walked to the yard, "Dad, give me the axe, and I'll help you chop the roots." ”

Father Lin handed the axe to his son, "It's okay, make some effort to warm up." Dongzi, be careful not to get hurt. ”

"It's okay, it's not the first time I've chopped tree roots, I'm experienced." In the past, when steaming steamed buns at home, Father Lin was not at home, but Lin Dong was responsible for preparing firewood, and he didn't know how many times he had done the work of splitting tree roots.

After the roots were split, Mother Lin also prepared breakfast. Breakfast was simple, cornmeal porridge, pancakes and dried radish. Lin Dong drank two large bowls of porridge and ate two pieces of pancake, although this thing has no taste, but it is not eaten anywhere, in this year in Suzhou City, what he missed most was the cornmeal porridge in his hometown.

After breakfast, Lin Dong changed out of his old clothes, and he was going to the county seat to attend a class reunion today, so he couldn't wear old clothes.

"Mom and Dad, I'm going to the county seat, don't wait for me to eat at night."

Mother Lin chased after her and advised: "Dongzi, be careful when driving on the road, don't forget to call back if you don't come back for dinner at night." ”

"Mom, I see."

Lin Dong got into the car, started the car, and slowly drove towards the outside of the village. When passing by the door of Liu Dahai's house, Liu Dahai's family of four was eating in the door. Liu Dong glanced into the house and saw that Liu Zhi'er also glanced at his car.

"Sister, that's Brother Dongzi's car!" Liu Genzi saw Lin Dong's car passing in front of his house, lost his job and ran out of the door, and did not come back until Lin Dong's car was far away.

Liu Dahai lowered his head to eat, and surprisingly didn't call Liu Genzi back today.

While eating, Liu Zhi'er kept thinking about whether to go to the city or not. After eating, she hesitated for a while, and finally made up her mind, and whispered to Liu Dahai: "Dad, I want to take my roots to the city to play, and buy him two good clothes by the way." ”

Before Liu Dahai could open his mouth, Sun Guifang had already opened his mouth: "Zhi'er, the city is so chaotic, I don't worry about you and Genzi going." ”

Liu Dahai got angry, and knocked it on the dining table with a cigarette gun, "Woman's opinion! Genzi is fourteen years old, and it is time to go out to see the world, we have studied in a technical school in the county, and we are not unfamiliar with it, so what is there to worry about? ”

Liu Zhi'er thought that Liu Dahai would object, but she didn't expect Liu Dahai to approve of it, and asked in a low voice: "Dad, do you really agree?" ”

Liu Dahai glanced at her, "Didn't your dad speak clearly enough just now?" He turned to Sun Guifang and said, "the boy, give 500 yuan to Zhi'er, and let him have a good time in the city with his roots." ”

As soon as Liu Genzi heard that he was going to the city, he jumped up happily and took his sister Liu Zhi'er's hand, "Sister, when are we leaving?" ”

Liu Zhi'er said: "Don't worry, let's rush to the city for lunch, and my sister will take you to eat Western food." ”

Liu Genzi didn't know what Western food was, and asked, "Sister, what is Western food, is it delicious?" ”

"Western food is a meal eaten by foreigners, whether it is delicious or not, you will know it once you eat it." Liu Zhi'er touched his brother's head and said.

Liu Dahai said: "You two sisters and brothers clean up, I'll go to the back to find your Uncle Da Shui, and ask him to drive you two to the town." After speaking, Liu Dahai went out of the house with his hands behind his back.

Sun Guifang stuffed 500 yuan to Liu Zhi'er and told her to take care of her younger brother. The two sisters and brothers just went to the city, and they didn't need to pack anything at all, and after waiting at home for a while, Liu Dahai came back. After a while, Liu Dashui drove a farm tricycle to the door of Liu Dahai's house. …,

Liu Zhi'er and Liu Genzi got into the car, and Liu Dashui drove the two sisters and brothers to the town. Liu Dashui sent them all the way to the place where the bus was parked in the town, and watched the sisters and brothers get into the car before driving back.

Liu Genzi has never been to the city since he was so old, and he chased his sister along the way to ask this and that. Liu Zhi'er was full of worries, looking out the window in a daze, and perfunctory about her brother's problems.

More than an hour later, the shuttle bus drove into the county bus station. Liu Zhi'er looked at the time, it was almost noon, got out of the bus station, stopped a human-powered tricycle, and told the pedaling master to go to the agricultural and industrial supermarket. There is only one KFC in the whole of Huaicheng County, which is on the first floor of the agricultural supermarket.

Since entering the city, Liu Genzi has held his sister's hand tightly, he has never entered the city, he feels that everything here is novel, never thought that there would be such a high building, such a wide road, so many cars. When Liu Zhi'er was crossing the street, he told Liu Genzi to stop at the green light and the red light. Yanagi told him that he knew this and had learned it in textbooks.

Agricultural and industrial supermarkets are crowded with people, and KFC is even more crowded. Liu Zhi'er waited in line for a long time and bought a bucket for the whole family, but the seats were full, so she could only take Liu Genzi outside, find a leeward place, and start eating.

The sister and brother ate half of it, and Liu Zhi'er asked Liu Genzi, "Genzi, is it delicious?" ”

Liu Genzi's mouth was full, and he nodded, "Sister, it's delicious, it's so fragrant." ”

After eating for a while, there was still a third left, and the willow root stopped eating.

Liu Zhi'er asked, "Genzi, why don't you eat it?" ”

Liu Genzi said: "Sister, our parents haven't eaten this before, I want to bring some back to give them a taste of this Western food." ”

Liu Zhi'er hugged her younger brother into her arms, "Our roots are sensible, and my sister is very happy." ”

The sister and brother then went to the supermarket, and Liu Zhi'er carried the 500 yuan given by her mother, planning to buy some clothes and shoes for Liu Genzi, and then buy some food to take home. Liu Genzi has never seen so many things, but he feels that his two eyes are not enough, and when he sees something he doesn't know, he asks his sister, and there are things that Liu Zhier doesn't know either, and he can't explain it. (To be continued)