Da Lin took out the envelope that he had almost forgotten from the drawer, and saw a note and three hundred-dollar bills inside. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 There were two lines of crooked writing on the info note, which were in my father's handwriting, and those two lines were: "You really can't get along outside, just use these 300 yuan to get a ticket home!" ”

The word "mixed" in Dalin's hometown does not exactly mean "mixed life", and people who do a good job can also be called "mixed", such as someone who "mixes well outside".

Dalin held the note written by his father in his hand and shed tears, this is the first time he shed tears in more than four years in Beijing, his father is not unaware of a college student who has just graduated from the countryside and has no relationship and background, and the difficulties of survival and development in the big city, he hopes that his son will work hard for the best, and he is also ready to accept the worst possible outcome of his son. Dalin collected 300 yuan and the note, and secretly decided that he would not only "mix" in Beijing, but also "mix" well! For several years, he has kept the three hundred yuan well, and these money, which can generate interest when placed in the bank, can generate motivation when placed by his side.

Erlin was three years younger than Dalin, and after graduating from high school, he did not go to university, and in his own words, became "a new generation of educated peasants in the new socialist countryside."

Dalin has always believed that his younger brother is not lower than his own IQ, and he did not study hard in high school because he knew very well that his family could not afford to support two college students at the same time.

Most of the young and strong laborers in the rural areas go out to work, which has a great temptation for Erlin, and the young people living in the countryside always want to go out to see the outside world, especially when they see some of their peers making some money outside, and when they return home to build a house and find a partner, they always feel a little sour in their hearts. However, Erlin also knew that his brother was working in other places, and the four elderly people in the family needed to take care of themselves, and he couldn't leave the yellow earth of his hometown.

The "family meeting" was presided over by Cui Changxing, and the "main report" was also made by Cui Changxing, but it was not "unanimously approved". Dalin's mother expressed "resolute support" for Cui Changxing's speech with body language, and she nodded her head as many times as Cui Changxing spoke.

Dalin agreed with his father's suggestion that he should "work hard in Beijing and not worry about his family", but politely refused his father's request to hurry up and find a girlfriend, he wanted to make more money to help the family pay off the debt, and then consider personal problems after two or three years.

Erlin is also unwilling to go to work in other places now, he can rest assured that the rest of the family is not very good health of the two old people, he has a high school classmate in the county organized a team of contractors, specializing in the construction site of the construction company to do some chores, Erlin is ready to go to him, not to leave the hometown, not only to make money, but also to take care of the family.

The "family meeting" ended successfully, but Dalin felt that his heart was heavy, as if it was filled with lead.

The grandmother of Zhuzi, a doctor who runs a private clinic in the village, is the brother-in-law of Cui Dalin's grandfather, Dalin's grandfather only has two brothers, and Zhu's grandfather is the second oldest, and Cui Dalin originally called Zhu's grandmother "second grandmother". Since the "second mother" was given a special meaning, Dalin had no choice but to call the grandmother of the pillar "grandma", even the people in the countryside know that now the second sister-in-law, the second aunt, and the second aunt can be called, and the "second mother" can no longer be called.

When Zhuzi's grandfather was thirty-nine years old, he was electrocuted while watering with a pump in the vegetable field of the production team, and Zhuzi's grandmother has been widowed for more than 40 years.

Dalin was accompanied by a pillar to say goodbye to the old man.

Grandma Zhuzi has a cheerful temperament, loves to talk and laugh, is eighty-six years old, and her face is wrinkled like the annual rings on a tree stump, recording the vicissitudes she has experienced. The old man is dazzled and does not listen to the legs and feet, but the brain is not confused, the voice is particularly high, I like someone to talk to her, especially like to dig out the old past with Dalin's grandmother with a stiff tongue, sometimes she talks to the happy place, will open her teeth and laugh for a long time. Her laughter often coincides with the roosters in the east and the dogs in the west courtyard, making outsiders feel that their homes always have more happy events than others' homes.

Zhuzi said to others that his grandmother had been to the county seat in the farthest place in her life, the old man was kind and optimistic by nature, and he was never disappointed or pessimistic in the most difficult time of family life.

Dalin had already visited her once when he came back from Beijing this time, and when he saw that his nephew and grandson had brought him some delicious food, the old man was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth and asked Dalin in a loud voice: "What are you doing in a hurry, why don't you stay at home for a few more days?" ”

"I've only taken ten days off and have to leave tomorrow." Dalin replied.

"I understand the truth that serving other people's bowls and being managed by others. Last time I forgot to ask you, what do you do in Beijing? ”

"Be an editor."

"What for?"

"Editor------ ------"

"We have baskets and baskets, but I still don't understand what you are making."

"I'm the editor of ------ magazine------"

Cui Dalin explained for a long time, the old man seemed to understand whether he understood or not, but he knew that the nephew in front of him, who was said to be very promising, was different from his younger brother Erlin, who was in the wind and rain in the field all day long, and he did not do hard work in Beijing.

"When your grandmother was alive, I talked and chatted together, and I really wanted to panic when she left, but it's okay if she leaves, she doesn't have to suffer in the world anymore, and she is still with your grandfather, how good is this!" The old man said with emotion. "Your second master has no conscience, so he left me alone and went to hide early."

Dalin comforted her: "Grandma can't say that, the days in the future will be better and better, you take care of your body, live a long and healthy life, and you are more blessed than them!" ”

"You're right, the lives of ordinary people are much better now than they were in the past. In the past, it was said that upstairs and downstairs, electric lights and telephones were good days, but now many families in the village have built buildings, and electric lights and telephones have long been not a rare object, thanks to the blessing of the Communist Party and Chairman Mao! ”

With pale hair and blank eyes, the old man opened the conversation box when he mentioned the past, and then continued:

"Nowadays people are really not enough, what you can't think of, someone can do it, I remember that a few years ago, some young people used a 'fart machine', you fart here, people from dozens of miles away can smell the smell. Later, I didn't use the 'butt machine' and switched to a mobile phone, and at first I said to the pillar, isn't the 'head' just a human head? The pillar said that the mobile phone is the telephone in the hand, and with the mobile phone, there are hundreds or thousands of miles apart, and they can talk to each other without pulling the telephone line. I said that it was not safe to use that thing to speak, and the private words you said were floating in the air, what if you drifted halfway down the road and were intercepted by others? ”

When the old man said that he was happy, the loud tone crossed the courtyard wall again, and the sound shook in all directions, alarming the neighbors.

Both Dalin and Zhu were amused by the old man's words.

"However, no matter how good the life of the country people is, there is no better life for the people in the city, they will be blesser than us, I heard that when the city people are okay at home, they are afraid of cold heating in winter, they are afraid of heat in summer, and when they go out, they are afraid of cold in winter and take the train, and in summer they are afraid of heat and take the 'freezing' (moving) train. When I was at home, I fanned the fan when it was hot, baked coal fire when it was cold, and when I went out, I used to ride in a 'peace cart' pulled by oxen, and now I used to ride a tractor. That year I went to the commune ------"

It has been many years since the commune was converted into a township, and the old lady still calls Qiaotoupu a "commune".

"------ the market." The old lady continued, "I saw a turtle covered car parked on the street, which was high in the middle and low at the end, and others said that it was called a small sleeping car, and I looked around the small sleeping car in a circle for a long time, and I couldn't tell which was the head and which was the belly. (To be continued.) )