Chapter 10: Returning Home

After a five-hour drive, the car finally arrived at the terminal in Kun County. The people in the car got out of the car one after another with large bags and small bags of things. Zhang Yaleng moved his body a little and was about to sit numb, and if he wanted to get home, he had to change cars here. Zhang Yaleng's home is precisely said to live in the suburbs of Kunxian County, and it takes about 40 minutes to take a car from the county seat of Kunxian County, but Zhang Yaleng will not transfer to a long-distance bus or a bus in the county.

Thinking about the world world with only 40 minutes left from home, Zhang Yaleng was very excited. I don't see my parents for more than 4 months, I used to see them every day, but now I haven't seen them for more than 4 months, but I don't think about it.

Smoothly got on the bus to the county, Zhang Yaleng was a little apprehensive, and he didn't know if his parents had a good time in the past 4 months. Looking at the changes in the county, he felt both familiar and unfamiliar. The sky has also darkened, it gets dark early in winter, every house is lit up, there are fewer people on the road, the weather is very low, and there are not so many people who are active near the evening.

As the bus stopped, Zhang Yaleng finally set foot on the land of his home.

"Dad, Mom" Zhang Yaleng saw his parents waiting at the bus stop at first sight. The temperature is now close to 0 degrees, and my parents' thin bodies are shivering a little in the wind.

Seeing that his son was back, Zhang's father and Zhang's mother also seemed very excited and happy, so they hurriedly greeted Zhang Yaleng and helped Zhang Yaleng with his luggage.

"Everything is going well, oops, it's really a good time, college students, go back and talk about it" The father said to himself, and he didn't know whether he was talking to himself or Zhang Yaleng. This house is not far from the station, only a few hundred meters away.

On the way back, I also met an aunt.

"Yo, isn't this a bud? Coming back from school? Oh, look at it, it's really good" I didn't expect this aunt to recognize Zhang Yaleng. Of course, Zhang Yaleng's family should also be polite and greet each other, but it can be seen that Zhang Yaleng's family is still very happy when they hear others praise them.

Walk through the bumpy path to the dilapidated residential area and enter the dimly lit corridor. Looking at the surrounding environment, how familiar it is to Zhang Yaleng, with narrow corridors, dim lights, and some moldy walls.

is about to arrive home, when Zhang Yaleng stood in front of the familiar gate, looking at the old Spring Festival couplets on the door, his heart became more and more excited.

With a creak, some rusty iron doors were opened, and the smell of home came to my face. Zhang Yaleng stepped into the house and turned on the light. Nothing has changed much in the home, it's still so small and the furniture is still so old. Putting down the luggage, Zhang Yaleng came to his room, and his parents went to the kitchen to make food.

Zhang Yaleng's family is still a house compensated by the government (harmony) government for a long time ago, but it seems to be good, but after so many years, with the development of the county, many people have moved to better buildings, and Zhang Yaleng's family still lives in the compensation house, which is enough anyway. Zhang Yaleng's family's income is not much, her mother is a worker in a textile factory, and she is more than 1,000 a month, and her father is a retail household, and he follows a few friends to do projects, and his income depends on how much work he takes. For this family, which has an average income of less than 2,000 a month, there is not much money to spare, not to mention that not only does it have to send Zhang Yaleng a few hundred living expenses every month, but also has to repay the money, and the family still has a lot of arrears.

Zhang Yaleng sat on his bed, his room was not as big as the school dormitory, only enough to fit a single small board bed, a small table, and then there was no place, the only bookcase was still handmade by Zhang Yaleng's father, and now it is also tattered. However, although the conditions are not generally poor, Zhang Yaleng does not feel uncomfortable in the slightest, and home is the most comfortable place for him.

After a while, the meal was already hot, Zhang Yaleng simply rinsed his hands with water and prepared to eat, and the five hours of bumps in the car made him very hungry. By the way, Zhang Yaleng's home does not have a bathroom, and if you want to go to the bathroom, you have to go to the public toilet outside.

The place to eat is in the living room, in Zhang Yaleng's house, the area is not so obvious, the kitchen is the living room as soon as it comes out, and if you eat, you will put a small table in the living room and then 3 people will sit on a small bench to eat. There is a set of old-fashioned leather sofas in the living room, but now the leather has basically been ground and cannot see the original appearance, but this leather sofa is also one of the most valuable furniture in Zhang Yaleng's home, and there is a small TV in the living room.

The meals are all very home-cooked rice, there are no meat dishes, basically fried or cold vegetables, and the staple food is steamed buns and mush. This kind of meal is what Zhang Yaleng used to eat when he was at home, and only when there are festivals or big occasions will there be delicious things.

Zhang Yaleng ate very fragrantly, not only because he didn't eat lunch and had a bumpy road, but also because this was a family meal, a meal he had eaten for more than ten years, and he had a very familiar feeling.

After eating, Zhang's mother still wanted to talk to her son, but was stopped by Zhang's father and asked Zhang Yaleng to rest and rest, if there is anything to say the next day, Zhang's mother didn't have to insist, she also knew that Zhang Yaleng had been running around for a day, so she went to clean up the dishes.

Zhang Yaleng simply wiped his body with hot water and took a bath, then changed into clean clothes and lay down on the bed. Due to the tiring day, Zhang Yaleng soon fell asleep, which was the most soundly slept in his past four months. He didn't know that something big was going to happen tomorrow.

Early the next morning, Zhang Yaleng opened her eyes naturally, and she didn't sleep until she woke up naturally for a long time. The window was just a little lit up, and the window was full of frost flowers, so you could see that the temperature outside was still very low today. Zhang Yaleng stretched her waist, and then got up comfortably. He went out of the room to find that his mother was already cooking.

"You're up? Hurry up and wash up and eat, it's just hot," Zhang Yaleng's mother saw him get up and hurriedly greeted him.

"Where's Dad?" Zhang Yaleng didn't see his father, so it stands to reason that he shouldn't be working today.

"Your dad went out to call a taxi, and he will come back later, let's eat first"

"Calling a ride?" What do you call a taxi? Zhang Yaleng was a little confused, did she want to go out today?

"Don't worry about it, you go wash it first," Zhang's mother said vaguely.

Yaleng had to go to fetch water to wash, and then change into sweaters and pants, this sweater and pants are still hand-knitted by Zhang Yaleng's mother, which is warmer than ordinary clothes and pants, and it is just right to wear at home. The temperature at home is not high, because the old-fashioned heating pipes have been broken, so the heating effect in winter is not very good, which is also a helpless thing, after all, Zhang Yaleng They live in the suburbs of the county is already a poor area, most of the old heating pipes have been replaced with new natural gas pipelines, but because there are more people living in the suburbs of the county, the county has not moved, but it is a matter of time before the relocation and transformation.

Feeling the slightly biting cold water, Zhang Yaleng suddenly sobered up, and washing his face with cold water was already a habit of Zhang Yaleng. After washing his face, Zhang Yaleng sat down at the table, and the breakfast was still relatively rich, with boiled eggs, steamed buns, rice porridge and small pickles pickled at home.

When Zhang Yaleng was eating breakfast, the door of the house opened, and Zhang's father came back in a cold air.

"Phew, it's really cold today, the car is called, I'll come in 1 hour" Zhang's father took off his shoes and big cotton jacket, kept rubbing his hands, and his face was red from the cold. Zhang's mother got dressed, and then went to the kitchen to help Zhang's father make breakfast.

"Dad, why are you calling a car? Going out today? Zhang Yaleng asked his father while drinking porridge.

"Tell you slowly" Zhang's father also sat down and took the porridge handed over by Zhang's mother.

Zhang Yaleng was full of doubts and waited for his father to tell him what was going on.

"I wanted to tell you yesterday, but I thought you were too tired to let you rest, this is good news, that's the case....................." Zhang Yaleng listened carefully word by word, and his father began to talk with a smile on his face.