Chapter 8: Departure, the Road to Hometown
After the winter vacation, when Xiao Qianjing walked into the familiar campus again, when he came to the class and saw the familiar classmates, he suddenly had a feeling of looking up to the sky and howling, and he really wanted to yell "I'm Hu Hansan back again" During the winter vacation, he was really going crazy, his parents were busy working, he was alone at home, and the children in the yard went back to their hometowns, looking for their classmates and friends to play with classmates, but they couldn't find anyone to play with him, they didn't dare to go far away, and it was boring to be near, even Cheng Weidong, a classmate who lived closer, went to grandma's house, Every day at home, there is nothing else to do except read books, but I know a lot of words.
"Good morning!" "Good morning!" Xiao Qianjing greeted every classmate she met very warmly, and walked to her seat to see Li Meimei also coming, and suddenly had a cordial feeling that she hadn't seen for many years, Li Meimei suddenly felt a chill down her spine, and subconsciously looked at him, only to see him sitting on a stool staring at her with his eyes straight away.
"Mei Qianjing, what's the matter with you?" Li Meimei asked in a trembling voice. But he didn't answer, just looked at her with an expression of "the baby is bitter, but the baby just doesn't say". In the end, she couldn't stand it anymore, so she picked up the book on the table and "snapped" it on his face. No way, Xiao Qianjing ran to Cheng Weidong again and cried about how bored he was during the winter vacation.
"The teacher is here!" "The teacher is here!" Suddenly, someone ran in and shouted loudly, and the class that was still chaotic immediately quieted down, and Mei Qianjing quickly ran back to her seat. After the other students were seated, the teacher just walked into the classroom.
"Okay, quiet, it's a new semester again, how are the students doing in the new year? Before the class, we first selected the class cadres, and last semester I said that I would elect the class leader according to the grades, so I will announce the following: class leader, Li Meimei. Li Meimei stood up, with a little excitement on her face, and winked at Xiao Qianjing in a dazzling manner.
"Deputy squad leader, Li Na." It was another beautiful little girl in the class. Especially the big long and black braid, which is impressive, studied very hard, and came second in the final exam last semester.
"Okay, the class president and deputy class president are decided this semester, but this is only temporary, and next year will be re-elected according to the results, and the boys are going to come on!" The teacher continued, "The class leader and the deputy class leader came up and handed out the books to everyone. ”
Picking up the new book that had just been handed out to me, smelling the familiar scent of ink, looking at the serious and responsible teacher, the lively and lovely tablemates, and a group of noisy classmates. Mei Qianjing felt that he was getting more and more comfortable with his current life, and he liked his current life more and more. The days go by step by day, every day is school, home, home and school between two points and one line.
Parents go to work very early every morning, come back late at night, tired and exhausted every day, sometimes go home and sometimes sleep without eating, Mei Qianjing didn't understand very well at first, until one Sunday Mei Qianjing was bored at home, so he ran to the construction site by himself, everyone was gray and mud, and his face was also, and he had a hat on his head, and everyone who looked at it couldn't recognize who was who, Xiao Qianjing was looking for his father and mother everywhere at the construction site,
"Which child is this, why are you playing on the construction site, and you are not afraid of being touched, go out quickly, you can't play here." A man from the construction site ran up to him.
"I'm not playing, I'm here to find my father," Mei Qianjing said to the man.
"Yes, what's your father's name?"
"My father's name is Mei Daming" "You are Brother Ming's child, I'll take you there" The worker took Mei Qianjing inside, until he walked to a place full of cement at the back,
"Brother Ming, your child is coming to you" The man shouted inside, and then a person came out of it, the person was covered with cement ash, his face was all over it, and he didn't even recognize it as his father, and he didn't see it until he walked in front of him.
"Why is the baby here, is the homework done?" His father grinned.
"It's finished," Mei Qianjing said with her head down.
"Go home quickly, the danger on the construction site is all touched by the work carefully." His father took him by the hand and sent him to the door, telling him to be careful on the road, Mei Qianjing was absent-minded along the way, and he didn't know how he got home. His parents did such a hard job, and they washed up every time they went home, so he never found out, no wonder they fell asleep as soon as they were tired when they went back every day!
After that, he came home from school and started to learn to cook for himself after finishing his homework. I used to live in my grandmother's house in the countryside, and when he was busy with farming, he would also cook some simple meals for his grandparents, such as boiling porridge, distilling steamed buns, etc., so he still has some experience, which can only be said to be the early head of the poor family, just like the children in the city may still be living a life of clothes to stretch out their hands and food to open their mouths at this age!
One day the parents came back very late, they dragged the tired body into the door, turned on the light and saw the sleeping Xiao Qianjing, a smile suddenly appeared on the tired face, the father was tired as soon as he lay on the kang and snored, the mother gently touched Xiao Qianjing's head, turned around and walked to the dining cupboard, opened the cabinet door and took out the leftovers from the morning and prepared to put it in the pot to heat it, but when she opened the lid of the pot and saw the steaming steamed buns, porridge and fried cabbage, at that moment tears couldn't stop pouring out of her eyes.
The mother gently wiped the corners of her eyes, brought the food to the table, turned around and walked to the kang, patted her father, and said, "Get up, eat some food, and then go to sleep!" The father opened his tired eyes, got up and sat down at the dinner table, and whispered, "It's done so soon?" ”
"It's not me," the mother pointed to the sleeping little Qianjing on the kang, "You must not have thought that your son did it!" Mother's tired face was filled with loving smiles.
"Really? When did our baby learn to cook! Father said in surprise. Picked up the bowl and drank the porridge, took a mouthful of food and put it in his mouth, "Hmm! It's pretty good! ”
"Our son has grown up and knows how to feel sorry for his father." Although the taste of the food is average, but they are very happy to eat, after the meal even the dishes and chopsticks did not clean up, hurriedly washed their faces and went to sleep, they were so tired, lying on the kang for a while to fall asleep, the night was deeper, and the parents also had a smile on their faces in their sleep, as if they dreamed of a better future in their dreams.
As the weather warms day by day, Xiao Qianjing's heart also becomes anxious, and he is about to go on summer vacation, he can't wait to go back to his hometown to see his grandparents, he hasn't seen him for a year, I don't know how my grandparents are now! I feel that the recent days have slowed down, and it is not time for the holiday to be delayed, and I am looking forward to it, and I am finally looking forward to the day of the holiday. On the last day, the teacher on the podium was still talking about the things that needed to be paid attention to during the summer vacation, but Xiao Qianjing's mind had already drifted out of the window and drifted back to his hometown in the countryside.
"Alright, let's go home after class! Have fun during the summer vacation and don't forget your homework! The teacher finally finished speaking, and Xiao Qianjing picked up the schoolbag that had already been packed and ran towards the door.
"Mei Qianjing, Mei Qianjing." Behind him, Li Meimei shouted at him. He stopped and turned to look at Li Meimei who ran over, and asked, "Li Meimei, what's wrong?" ”
"What are you running so fast for? Shall I go and play with you during the summer vacation? ”
"Ahh But I'm going back to my grandmother's house in the countryside during the summer vacation, or I'll come back to you! Mei Qianjing said with an embarrassed face.
"Yes! Then you come back and play with me! Li Meimei said sullenly.
"Okay, definitely, then I'll go home." Xiao Qianjing waved at Li Meimei, he ran home, and when he saw his mother at home, he asked, "Mother, didn't you go to the construction site today?" ”
"No, rest today, how about you? Why did you come back so early. ”
"We're on vacation, mother, I'm going back to grandma's house."
"I miss your milk, when will I come back?" Mother smiled and touched his head.
"Do you do it the day after tomorrow? Tomorrow I want to buy some delicious food for my grandparents, and my grandma will be happy. He said excitedly.
"Okay, that mother will go with you tomorrow to buy things for grandma, and call the village brigade to see if there is a car to the town that can take you back to the village."
The next day, my mother called the village brigade and learned that she would have to wait a few days, and that the village chief would go to the town in a few days when the market was in town. After hearing this, Xiao Qianjing could only wait helplessly at home.
"Just wait a few days, go and write your homework, and when you go back to the village, you can play as much as you want, and you don't have to worry about your homework." His mother comforted him. "Okay!" Xiao Qianjing could only reluctantly agree.
In the days that followed, my father and mother were very busy with work during the day, and when they came back at night, they were tired and hurriedly ate and went to sleep, and they didn't care about him. Although he would love to ask if it was time for the town to catch the market. But every time I look at my parents' tired appearance, I don't ask sensibly. In fact, he can go back himself, but his parents can't rest assured, and they can't squeeze out more time to send him off in the summer. Seeing that the summer vacation is passing day by day, Xiao Qianjing thinks that he can't go back this year!
Just when he was about to give up the idea of going back to the countryside, his father and mother came back with a big bag of things in the evening and told him to take him back to his hometown in the countryside tomorrow. I also miss them very much, this time they also took a week off to go back to see the second elder, and by the way, they also helped the second elder repair the old house, otherwise it would be bad if the snow was heavy in winter and the house would collapse.
Xiao Qianjing immediately jumped up excitedly and went down to the ground to pack up his things. My parents were also packing up the things to bring back to my grandparents, who had been working in the fields for many years and had bad legs, so my father bought some rheumatism medicines and a pair of knee pads. Grandma's waist and stomach are not good, so I bought stomach medicine and waist support for my grandmother. There are still a lot of things, two big bags full of them, and my parents hate to bring back all the good things to the second elder.
Xiao Qianjing couldn't sleep at five o'clock in the morning! It was already dark at five o'clock in the morning in the summer, and he didn't turn on the light, so he took advantage of the light to get dressed and go down to the field, and came to the stove in the yard to make a fire and prepare breakfast, and when his parents got up, they could eat, and they could set off after eating, and he was a little impatient to go.
At six o'clock, the parents got up one after another, the family finished eating, locked the door, picked up things and walked towards the station, Xiao Qianjing walked in front of him with his small schoolbag on his back, and they were the only ones left on the street in the early morning except for the cleaning people! When I got to the station, I bought a ticket and got on the train, and Xiao Qianjing didn't really breathe a sigh of relief until I got on the car, they really wanted to go back! The car slowly drove out of the station and drove along the road I came to last time, getting farther and farther away from Anxi City, and getting closer and closer to my hometown!
Familiar hometown, dear grandparents, I'm back!