Chapter 9: A Familiar Hometown A Familiar Family

The bus was speeding on the road to his hometown, the trees and fields on both sides of the road flashed by, Mei Qianjing was sleeping soundly in his mother's arms in the car, maybe he was too excited last night, he didn't sleep well all night and got up too early in the morning, he fell asleep after a while in the car, the rising sun shone on his face through the car window, and his little face was reflected red, which was cute.

Near noon, the bus stopped at a rest place in a small town, and the driver told everyone that the car would be parked here for more than half an hour, so that everyone could go to the toilet and eat if they were hungry, and then the driver left.

"Jingjing, wake up, do you want to pee?" Mother woke up Xiao Qianjing, he sat up, rubbed his eyes and nodded, and told his father to look at things, Xiao Qianjing followed his mother out of the bus, the sun was shining outside, the air was fresh, at least better than the air in the city. He casually stretched his body, which had become stiff from a long time in the car, and then walked towards the rudimentary toilet not far away.

"Jingjing, hurry back to the car after peeing!" His mother told him behind him. Watch him walk into the men's restroom before heading to the women's restroom on the other side.

"Mother, I know." After coming out of the toilet, Xiao Qianjing stood at the door of the car and waited for her mother to come over before returning to the bus together.

"Are you hungry or not, give it, drink some water first." When the father saw them returning, he asked him and his mother with a smile, then took an army-green marching water bottle from his bag and handed it to them. The mother also took a bag from the shelf above her head, opened it and took out the steamed eggs from it and handed them to him and his father.

After about 40 minutes, the driver finally came back, and after getting on the bus, he asked people, "Are they all back, there are still a lot of people in the car, they all look at each other", "No, no", "all back" people said after reading. "Okay, let's go" The driver closed the door and started the car, and the car slowly drove onto the main road, and after driving on the main road for nearly five hours, the buildings in their town could finally be faintly seen in front of them.

"Mother, mother, I saw it, it's in town!" Xiao Qianjing happily pointed to the front and said.

"Well, when I arrived, my mother saw it too," the mother stood up and took their things off the shelf overhead, and the father had already begun to move the things to the car door. While speaking, the car stopped at the big turntable at the entrance of the town, and the father moved the luggage out of the car one by one and put it together, and then the mother took Xiao Qianjing and walked out of the car.

"Mother, the village chief's grandfather's tractor." The sharp-eyed Xiao Qianjing had already seen the tractor parked not far away, and he couldn't tell that the original color of the tractor was standing next to the head of the tractor, but it was the old village chief.

"The Mei kid is back! Yesterday, after you called, I went to tell your father, but your father still doesn't believe it! When the old village chief saw them, he came over to his father and said, "Xiao Qianjing, right?" I haven't seen a lot of growth in more than a year, and I don't dare to admit it! ”

"Hello village chief, grandpa," he politely greeted like an old man.

"Good, good! It's just different when you enter the city! ”

"Uncle Gengzi, why did you come here with a tractor again? What about Erning? The father asked suspiciously, Erning is the eldest son of the village chief's family, and his father's generation.

"Erning went to the bazaar, this time he opened it, and I was a little worried about him. Come, get everything up there. Father and mother quickly put everything in the back car, "Let's sit on it first, and the people should come back to see the sun." The old village chief said to his mother. Xiao Qianjing and her mother climbed into the car and sat down, while her father and the old village chief leaned on the car body and smoked cigarettes while chatting about the changes in the village over the past year.

"The young people in our village are coming in less and less often! In addition, last year's harvest was not very good, so I was able to go to the city to work! In the village, we old people who are waiting for death and babies who can't get out are left, alas, ......! The old village chief let out a long sigh.

"Uncle Gengzi! … Why wasn't our harvest good last year? The father asked in a low tone, if it weren't for the sake of life, who would want to leave his hometown and go to other places.

"It's not good, there was little rain last year, the crops didn't grow well, and the grain was not sold at a price. There's no way, our Zhuang people just watch the sky to eat! Erning originally wanted to go out, but he was afraid that no one would take care of us, alas! The old village chief said that he felt uncomfortable in his heart. My father was about to comfort the old village chief when he heard a voice not far away:

"Brother Ming, when did you come back?" When the father looked up, it turned out to be Erning, the son of the old village chief.

"Didn't you just get out of the car?"

"Sister-in-law and Xiaojing are also back!" Erning saw his mother and Xiao Qianjing in the car.

"Yes! Erning, where is your daughter-in-law and baby? Mother asked with a smile.

"They're at home! I didn't come with me this time. ”

"Brother Ming, how long are you going to stay when you come back this time?"

"Stay for a week, there is a lot of work on the construction site, and it's not good to ask for leave! I heard Uncle Genzi say that you also want to go to the city to work? ”

"Last year's harvest was not good, the grain could not be sold at a high price, and there were many places to use money at home, so I wanted to see if I could earn more money when I went out." Erning touched his head with a wry smile.

"Do you plan to go somewhere? If you don't have a place to go, you can go to my place, it may be a little harder, but you can earn more. Father smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

"Will it work?" Er Ning was stunned for a moment and asked.

"What's not to do?"

"Oops! Isn't that who? Lao Mei's family! It's back from the city! While my father was talking to Erning, a sharp middle-aged woman's voice suddenly came from not far away, which made people feel very uncomfortable listening to it!

It was clear to the front that it turned out to be the mother-in-law of the rich family in the east of the village, with black and yellow skin that has been exposed to the wind and sun for many years, high cheekbones, pointed chin, and thin lips give people a very mean feeling, although the man's family is called fortune but always can't get rich, the family is very poor, so she has developed the problem of taking advantage of others, and wants to get back to her own home when she sees everything. When she encounters a town market once a year, she often steals things from the stalls, and she is beaten after being discovered, but after that, she should steal and steal, and people can't do anything about her!

"Yes! Just came back. Father's face sank, and he lost the smile he had just had.

"The sun is about to go down, let's go up and go back early." The old village chief saw that the people were coming back and hurriedly urged them to get into the car.

"Oops! You've brought so many things back from town, let me see what you've bought! "The daughter-in-law of the rich family climbed into the car and saw their things, and she didn't see anything outside to see their bags.

"Nothing!" Father pulled it over and put it beside him, can she still get back what she has shown her?

"Cut, what's there, isn't it just coming back from the city? It seems that no one has ever been, and what a god! She muttered this, and her father was about to say something, but his mother grabbed him and shook his head.

"Sit tight!" Erning started the tractor and slowly drove out of the town! By this time the sun was about to set, and the wind in the countryside was a little strong, and the temperature was much cooler than in the city, so my father took out his coat from his bag and handed it to him and his mother. It's getting darker, the road is lined with farmland, and in the distance are patches of trees, which looks nice during the day, but a little scary at night! Xiao Qianjing was a little scared, and leaned into her mother's arms again. His mother looked at him and smiled as if she knew something, and took him in her arms.

By the time they got back to the village, it was already completely dark, and the village was lit up with bright lights. Because there is no light, the road is dark, Xiao Qianjing and his parents are walking home with a big bag and a small bag, and suddenly a bright light shines in front of the place not far from home, and when they get closer, they can see that it is grandpa standing at the door with a flashlight!

"Dad, why are you standing at the door? What about my mother? "Seeing the old father holding a flashlight to show them the way, the father walked over quickly with something!

"Your mother is afraid that you won't be able to see the way back, your mother and I are waiting for you at the door, your mother has bad legs and feet, so I will let her go into the house, you can come back, just come back!" Grandpa said to his father with a smile.

"Grandpa" Xiao Qianjing also ran over.

"Hey! My grandson is back! Grandpa hugged him happily.

"Dad, let's get in quickly!" The father dragged the grandfather into the yard.

"I'm back!" The door suddenly opened from the inside, and Grandma walked out.

"Mother, it's me back!"

"Grandma, my mother and I are back too!" Xiao Qianjing said happily to her grandmother.

"Oops, my good grandson is back too! Tianming's daughter-in-law is coming into the house, and she is going to enter the house. Grandma said happily, and the family hugged each other and went into the house. When his father and mother put their things back, Xiao Qianjing had already sat on the kang, and her grandmother was bringing the food to the kang.

"Quick, let's all go to the kang, I've been in the car for a day, and I'm hungry! It is time for you of my imagination to return,

So I went into the house and heated the rice again, so let's go to the kang and eat. "Grandma was busy on the ground, and she brought them this and that.

"Mother, don't be busy, I'll get the things, you go and sit on the kang for a while." Mother went down to the field to take the things from Grandma's hand.

"It's okay, you eat, you eat, be careful of the cold in a while." After the meal, the grandmother was busy cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, and the mother pulled the grandmother to sit on the kang, and turned around to clean up the dishes and chopsticks and wash them. Xiao Qianjing sat on the kang and held her grandmother's hand, excitedly talking about the new things she saw in the city, from cars to high-rise buildings, from street lamps to lanterns on the New Year, and her mouth kept talking. At this time, the mother also packed her things and came back, and the family sat together and listened to Xiao Qianjing talk about the events of the past year, and the laughter could not be heard all over the house.

Late at night, the whole family fell asleep, Xiao Qianjing lay on the familiar kang again, smelling the familiar smell and gradually falling asleep, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, did he dream of something good again?