Chapter 16: The Wanderer Returns Home
Seeing the changes before and after Li Le, Lu Peng and Zhong Ruigen were amazed. Although the two of them also had the experience of pretending to be sick, they failed to achieve the image of Li Le, at most, they just pretended to have a cold and fever and took a half-day off.
"Little Er, how did you do it?" Lu Peng couldn't help but ask.
Li Le glanced at Lu Peng and said, "This is talent, you can't learn it." ”
"Tell me about it! We also learn from it, and we may be able to use it in the future. Zhong Ruigen also said with some excitement, I don't know what he thought in his heart.
Li Le also guessed that the two of them wanted to learn their own skills, so they could pretend to be sick and avoid some things in the future, but it was not that Li Le was unwilling to explain. It's that Li Le found that he had mastered his body to a certain degree of subtlety, even Li Le himself couldn't describe that feeling, which could not be described in words.
Seeing that the two of them were very interested, Li Le couldn't help but struck: "It's not that I don't want to say it, it's just that I don't know what to describe that practice." ”
After listening to Li Le's explanation, both of them were a little disappointed in their hearts.
Li Le looked at the expressions of the two, and didn't know whether to cry or laugh. He pulled out the needle, held down the eye of the needle, and said, "Okay, the play is over, and I should go." He also stood up and prepared to leave the hospital.
"Just gone?" Zhong Ruigen wondered.
"If you don't leave, you can't stay here, and I'm not really sick." Li Le said angrily. In Li Le's plan, he went home immediately, stayed at home for one night, and then left for Baiye City directly. If it is not early today, Li Lezhi said that if he didn't hurry up, he might not be able to catch the car home.
Watching Li Lechao walk outside, Zhong Ruigen said: "Who can tell that you are pretending to be your appearance just now, and my parents can't see it if they come to see it." Look at it, Lao Liang also asked me to bring you condolences! Saying that, he also raised a bag of fruit in his hand, and after a pause, he said, "What do you do with this thing?" ”
Liang Xiao also asked Zhong Ruigen to bring back a bag of fruit before leaving, and Li Le was also a little moved in his heart. After all, Li Le also knew the way, and Liang Xiao's salary was not very high, so there was no need for him to do that.
"Take it back! Everyone is divided. Saying that, Li Le thought for a while and said, "But when you go back, you should also remind everyone that you must not reveal my affairs in the past two days." No matter what he said, Li Le didn't want to pretend to be sick and deceive Liang Xiao to be told by Liang Xiaozhi.
"Don't worry! We know. Hearing Li Le's reminder, Lu Peng and Zhong Ruigen hurriedly responded.
Li Le nodded, didn't say more, and left the ward first.
After Li Le left, Lu Peng and Zhong Ruigen glanced at each other, looking at the infusion tube that was still dripping glucose, Lu Peng opened his mouth and asked, "What now?" ”
"Tidy up here, and we'll go when we're done! The taste of the hospital is really bad, and I really don't want to stay longer. Although Zhong Ruigen's parents are doctors, Zhong Ruigen really doesn't like the smell of the hospital at all.
"It's fine."
With the cooperation of Lu Peng and Zhong Ruigen, the two quickly cleaned up the stall left by Li Le, and then the two went to pay for a bottle of glucose for Li Le, and left the hospital without seeing Zhong Ruigen's mother again. After a whole set, except for those who know the inside story of Lu Dao, no outsiders know that Li Le is pretending to be sick and asking for leave.
Sitting on the bumpy car, Li Le looked at the familiar and unfamiliar scenery outside from the window position, and he also fell into memories. Nowadays, even Pingcheng has not yet developed, let alone the countryside. As far as the road from the county seat to Li Le's village and town is concerned, it is simply full of potholes. Although it is also an asphalt road, it is in disrepair. Li Le also knew that according to the original and historical trajectory, the road they are using now will be rebuilt again in a few years. It would be much longer before Heijo made great efforts to reintegrate the roads under his rule.
The road is not good, and the car is very old, and everyone who gets into the car has a feeling of motion sickness, but Li Le himself is looking at the scenery outside with relish.
"Mom and Dad, they should still be working in the fields!" Li Le thought in his heart.
For his parents, Li Le's memory is very clear. Li Le also knows that his parents at home go out early and return late to farm. Later, the life of the family got better, and the two remained the same. When Li Le wanted to bring them close to the city to live, the two of them said that they were unwilling to do anything, because they were unwilling to leave their village. They also have a reason, that is, Li Le is good to them, and there is no one to talk to when they get to the city. Therefore, for Li Le, he and his parents are really getting together less and leaving more.
Li Le was trapped in the memory of home, but he paid attention to the movement of the car, and when he arrived at the entrance of the village, Li Le greeted the owner and paid the fare and got off the bus. After the bus left leisurely, Li Le looked at the familiar village entrance and shouted in his heart: "I'm back." He walked resolutely towards a dirt road on the side of the road.
Li Le's home is not in Ming Village, but in Santun under Ming Village. Ming Village is good on the side of the road, but to really get to Li Lejia, it is about 10 minutes away. Although Wang Li's family is not in Ming Village, the Yitun where she is located is on the side of the road, and she usually doesn't have to walk a little way home from school like Li Le and them.
In the quiet countryside, Li Le rushed back to Santun, where his house was located, as quickly as possible, and from a distance, Li Le saw the old earthen house. When approaching the village, Li Le's heart also throbbed a little.
"Li Le, is school on vacation?" At this time, Li Le also met someone from Tongtun. The middle-aged man who was plowing the land saw Li Le, and he stopped plowing the ox and shouted to Li Le from a distance.
Looking at the middle-aged man who greeted him, that person was quite close to Li Le, and Li Le was also Li Le's uncle in terms of generation. Li Le said: "Uncle Mingsheng, school is closed, I'll come back and take a look." Regarding whether he was pretending to be sick and asking for leave, Li Le would not say it. As long as Li Le doesn't say it, he knows that the countryside will not know about the situation of the school, unless the school takes the initiative to contact him.
"How's your studies doing?"
"Okay." Li Le replied casually.
"You study so hard! It's not easy for your parents to provide for you. Li Mingsheng educated Li Lelai.
"I know it." After a pause, Li Le said again: "Uncle Mingsheng, don't you call it a day?" ”
"Don't worry, I'm talking about plowing this land first." Li Le took a look, and he found that the other party had to finish plowing the land very late. "Your parents, they should be working in Dongbo right now." Li Mingsheng responded to Li Le's question, and he also told Li Le's parents where they were, and he also knew that Li Le must see his parents when he goes home. The whole Santun is not big, and everyone usually knows who will work where they are.
Dongbo, he knew that the place was not close to home, and after looking at the time, Li Le had no intention of going to the field to find his parents. Because looking at the sky, Li Le knew that he was going to Dongbo, and it was time for his parents to call it a day. He thought for a while and said, "Uncle Mingsheng, I'll go home first." You should call it a day early, too! ”
"You go back first! I'm not in a hurry. Li Mingsheng casually responded to Li Le, and shouted to let the ploughing cattle move around.
Walking to the door of his house, Li Le looked at the strange door locked by two door panels, and he took out the key to open the old lock. There are a lot of things in the house, and it looks very crowded. Not to mention that the ground is the earth, the whole house is covered with earthen walls, and the roof is covered with tiles that were also fired a long time ago.
"Cook first."
Li Le thought for a while and said. Of course, Li Le would not wait for his parents to come back and let them be busy again, he took the initiative to make a fire and cook. Although everything seemed very unfamiliar, Li Le still quickly got up and took out the pork slices he bought in the county seat and fried them.
It was already more than 8:20 p.m. on the ancient wall clock, and Li Le heard a happy voice outside in the room. Li Lezhi said that his parents must have come home. Thinking that he was about to see his parents, Li Le walked out of his small room. As soon as he saw the woman walking in with a bundle of cabbage outside, he immediately shouted, "Mom." "It was none other than Li Le's mother, Li Rong, who came in.
Looking at his mother, who had become younger, Li Le's heart was also throbbing, and there was a feeling of crying in his eyes. In his memory, Li Le's mother became a little older than her actual age because of her hard work, and Li Le, who was ignorant at the beginning, did not understand the hard work of his parents. When he is sensible, Li Le, who was lost by his parents, will not come back.
Li Le looked at his familiar mother, and he said to himself in his heart: "Li Le, you must work hard and let your parents live a good life." ”
Seeing Li Le, Li Rong was also stunned, but she quickly said happily: "Li Le, why are you back?" I said that the door of the house was not locked, and the lights were on! Although the home is still the home in my memory, it has also changed, because in my memory, there is no electricity in the village where Li Le and his family are located, and every household lights kerosene lamps at night.
"I'll come back to see you guys, and I'll be back at school tomorrow. By the way, what about my dad? "I didn't see my father, Li Le also asked.
"He's going to lead the cow back to the barn." After a pause, Li Rong asked, "How long have you been back?" Then without waiting for Li Le to answer, he said, "I'll cook first, and we will be able to eat when your father comes back." ”
"Mom, don't be busy, I've cooked all the food, and I'll eat it when Dad comes back." Li Le hurriedly stopped Li Rong, who was about to be busy.
"You're done?" Li Rong looked incredulous.
Li Le was looked at like this by his mother, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. Because in Li Le's original memory, he knew that he didn't know how to cook at all in the past. Now I don't want to have such a thing as a pressure cooker in the future, and I have to stir it when cooking, otherwise it won't be cooked.
"If you don't believe me, go to the kitchen." Li Le quickly calmed down and said confidently.
"Then I'll see." Saying that, Li Rong brought the vegetables she brought back into the kitchen. After a while, Li Le heard Li Rong's words in the kitchen, "It seems that you have learned a lot in school, and the meals will be cooked." But don't buy meat at home in the future, give you the money and buy some delicious food outside. ”
Listening to the voice coming from Li Rong's kitchen, Li Le couldn't help but feel a feeling of tears in his eyes, and he calmed down and said, "I know the truth, and it didn't cost a lot of money." ”
Li Le also said to himself in his heart: "I must work hard to make money." ”
Li Le also thought of the meeting with Baining Media and Warner Hong Kong the day after tomorrow, and his eyes became firm. Li Lezhi said that as long as everything is done, then he can get a sum of money. In this way, not only does he not have to ask his parents to support him, but he can also use part of it to subsidize the family.