I think everyone has the idea of leaving their homeland and returning to their hometown with honor, which is not vanity, but a mentality of wanting to win back their dignity.

Many years ago, our family did not have a good time in the village, because my adoptive father worked outside the market, and our family was orphaned and widowed, and it was inevitable that we would be bullied.

And after the death of our adoptive parents, our brother and sister did not have a good life, and it was okay to be bullied by children, after all, they were ignorant and ignorant, but even those adults bullied us and always made fun of us.

Those days are now far away from me, so far away that I wonder if I have really experienced it, but that kind of poverty, that feeling of being cornered many times, being insulted and ridiculed, even if I think about it, there is no longer hatred, but it still makes me unwilling.

I thought, it's time to go back.

The third master said lightly: "If you want to go back, go back, I also want to show those who once looked down on you, my brother, how proud he is now." ”

I smiled and said, "Well, then Nanjin's side of the matter, you help me watch it first." ”

The third master said: "Don't worry, as long as I am in Nanjin, the day of Nanjin will always be the day of your name." ”

I looked at the third master, remembered that I had asked to see him cautiously, and remembered that I didn't even have the courage to face him at that time, I felt that time is really a wonderful thing, and the fate between people is an even more wonderful thing.

……

Early the next morning, I had breakfast with the third master, and then received a call from Wang Weiguo, who told me that everything I should prepare was ready, and asked me when I would leave, I asked him to pick me up, and then embarked on the journey back to my hometown.

Sitting in the car, looking at my hometown closer and closer, my mood was inexplicably excited, at this moment, I let go of those countless open and secret battles, my heart no longer has the capital, no Tianjin, no Nanjin, no that piece of land is still waiting for me to conquer, only those in the past are not happy, but I miss the childhood.

As the outline of my hometown became clearer and clearer in front of my eyes, memories of the past flooded back.

Aloneness.

When our car drove into the narrow dirt road where only one car could be fitted, this word suddenly popped into my mind. Even if Wei Guo accompanied me this time, even if he deliberately called a group of brothers to support me in the scene, there was still a trace of loneliness in my heart, because I really felt that I was 'helpless' in this village, and this village suddenly became strange and had nothing to do with me.

It's almost noon now, but there are still a lot of people farming in the field, maybe it's a dozen or so cars in our row, which is particularly strange and eye-catching for them, not to mention that today Wang Weiguo drove my Paramela that I bought for a long time, but never drove out. This kind of car is really rare in our poor and backward village.

Many people stopped and looked at us curiously, and from the curious, envious eyes of these people, and the way they talked, I knew that they were all talking about who was here.

The car was walking slowly, I raised my eyelids and looked at Wang Weiguo, he actually drove the car to ten yards, and the electric cars were much faster than this, but I didn't say him, but I was very moved, because I knew that he was deliberately driving so slowly, just to make everyone come out to look at us, and to let everyone know that I had returned to my hometown.

I suddenly laughed, Wang Weiguo asked me what I was laughing at, and I said, "I wonder if we are all so old, would it be too naïve to do this?" ”

Wang Weiguo said lightly: "It's not naïve, originally, everyone went back to their hometown with the mentality of 'pretending to be more if you can'." ”

In a word, it amused me, but when the car stopped in front of my house, I couldn't laugh anymore. I gazed quietly at the dilapidated hut, which had grown older and more dilapidated because no one had come for so long, but I felt so intimate. On the flat ground in front of the overgrown doorway, there are traces of me and my sister playing hide and seek, there are traces of my mother sitting at the door, making clothes for our brother and sister by the moonlight, and there are traces of my father coming back from hunting and smiling and saying that he will give us dinner tonight.

The corners of my eyes suddenly moistened, I raised the corners of my mouth slightly, and whispered, "Dad, Mom, little sister, I'm back." ”

There was a neat sound of closing the door, next to the long row of cars, the brothers had already gotten out of the car, consciously came to my car, respectfully waiting for me to get off, and my house was already surrounded by people, some people even climbed the big tree in order to see my 'style'.

Wang Weiguo got out of the car, came to my car door, opened the door for me, and said respectfully, "Brother Ming." ”

I slowly got out of the car, and at this moment, I felt countless eyes looking at me in unison, and at the same time, the brothers shouted in unison: "Famous brother! ”

As they spoke, they bowed to me, and it was like the big brother on the road was coming, and a group of younger brothers were saluting the big brother.

Those who did not dare to approach, and the villagers who stood in the distance began to talk one after another, and although their voices were not loud, they all entered my ears.

Someone said: "This man is so big, like a movie star, hey, who is he, how could he go to the door of that family's house?" ”

I touched my face and remembered that I had changed my face, afraid that no one would recognize me.

At this time, someone said: "I heard that group of people calling him 'Brother Ming' just now, could he be Chen Ming's wild boy?" ”

Someone immediately laughed and said contemptuously: "Impossible, these two people obviously look different, and besides, how can that kid Chen Ming mix so well?" ”

"Who says you can't? Didn't that kid come back once before, didn't he bring a lot of people? It's about the same as it is now, and there's a very beautiful woman. ”

"Hehe, maybe he was taken care of by that woman, just his mean life of his father and sister, it is estimated that he will not be able to be a little white face for long."

As soon as these words came out, a group of people were eating and laughing there, obviously, everyone had already decided that I was not Chen Ming, otherwise they would not have lent them ten guts, and they would not dare to arrange me like this in front of me.

Wang Weiguo had already heard the anger, he wanted to step forward to stop it, but I stopped him, I glanced at the group of people, and one of the women with a very mean laugh was very familiar.

The man was a woman in her fifties and sixties, with a cigarette between her fingers, spitting mist and looking a philistine and tricky.

Although after so many years, I still recognize this person at a glance, she is the only commissary in our village, she is very selfish and mean, a poisonous mouth is not hidden, my mother was not less bullied by her, after my mother died, as soon as she saw me, she would ridicule me, I ignored her, she scolded me for being a wild seed, although I was angry at that time, but helpless.

Now I naturally can't deal with such a woman, but when I think of the grievances suffered by my mother, I am still like a bone in my throat, and my heart is very uncomfortable.

The past stung me and made my whole temperament cold, perhaps because of this, the original laughter suddenly disappeared, and many villagers looked at me with fear.

It seems that once a person becomes strong, he will really form an aura that can deter a group of demons and monsters.

I took out the key in my pocket and walked slowly towards the door, Wang Weiguo asked someone to wipe the lock on the door before me, I opened the door with the key, and all of a sudden, the crowd suddenly exploded, and many people were asking who I was.

I walked into the room, looked at the usual layout, looked at the simple wooden bed, and remembered that my sister had been so lonely and helpless lying on it, and my eyes couldn't help but redden.

At this time, Wang Weiguo called out to me, saying that someone was coming, I turned to look, only to see the old village chief walk in, with a polite and somewhat jealous smile on his face, and said, "May I ask who this gentleman is?" ”

I said lightly: "Village chief, I'm Chen Ming." ”

The village chief showed a stunned expression, and then said, "But your face, and your voice......"

He stared at the scar on my face, maybe it was enough for an ordinary person like him to be a bad person.

I smiled and said, "My face was injured in an explosion, and my vocal cords were damaged because of it, so I had plastic surgery, and my face and voice have changed. ”

After saying that, I also took out my ID card to show him, my hukou has never moved out of the village, so the address registered on the ID card is still in our house.

After the old village chief saw it, he sighed and said: "I really didn't expect you to have this kind of encounter, since you are Chen Ming, I am relieved, I was ...... I'm afraid that you came here to invade Chen Ming's house. ”

I knew that the old village chief was a good person, but when I heard him say this at this time, I was still a little moved, and said with a smile: "Let the village chief bother." ”

When he saw that I was so easy-going, he had the courage to ask, "Chen Ming, can I ask you a few questions?" ”

I said, "But it doesn't hurt to say that." ”

The old village chief asked me what I was here for, and looking at his nervous look, perhaps he was afraid that when I came back, he would seek revenge on those who had bullied me. Strange to say, the people in this village are very bad to our family, but they are surprisingly good with each other, and it feels as if our family is an outlier.

I looked at the portraits of my parents and sister, and said lightly: "I am returning to my hometown to worship my ancestors and worship my parents and little sister, of course, in addition, I also want to contribute to our village by donating money to repair the roads and bridges in the village." ”

Hearing this, the old village chief was surprised, and then asked in surprise: "Is what you said true?" ”

I asked rhetorically, "Old village chief, do you think I'm joking?" ”

The old village chief immediately thanked me for his kindness, and said excitedly: "You are really a good person, Chen Ming, your parents will be very happy in the spirit of heaven, and I will thank you on behalf of our village, thank you for helping our village to do these things." ”

I shook my head and said, "The past is gone, and I am doing these things now just to accumulate some yin virtue for my parents and sister." ”

The old village chief sighed and said, "Don't worry, they are all good people, and they must be all fine below, as long as you live well, they will rest assured." ”

Wang Weiguo said that it was not early at this time, and asked me when I would leave.

Because we have a custom here, that is, we can't worship ancestors after twelve o'clock at noon, and it is already eleven o'clock, so I said a few words to the village chief, and then took Wang Weiguo and them to the cemetery.