The sun was high and it was nearly noon.

Looking up, there were few pedestrians on the road. Wang Yu slowly paced forward, stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat on his face, looked up at the passionate sun, and silently calculated in his heart that there were still more than ten minutes away to get home, and then accelerated his pace.

'Home' is a place that has an irreplaceable place in our hearts, where the most important people and things in our lives are located.

We love it, we attach ourselves to it, and we think about it all the time. But as we get older, our feelings for it become more and more complex and delicate.

When we were children, home was our haven and our coquettish paradise, where we could ask our parents without hesitation, but never think of anything in return.

When we were studying, we gradually had a reason not to go back, and only when we were sick or needed living expenses would we think about it, so we would pick up the phone in our hands and press the familiar number.

After work, there are more reasons and excuses for us not to go back, and the good and bad mix often become our shields.

As the years passed, the impression of home in our minds gradually became only the image of childhood or school.

The cruel reality makes our love for it only buried deep in our hearts.

One day we suddenly thought of return, only to find that there was already a lot of people.

With tears in our eyes, we knew we would never go back.

How long have you not been back?

Wang Yu's home is on the outskirts of the county, and it is the kind of independent courtyard. In addition to taking care of their family's three acres of land, their parents also go to work in factories in the county town. Therefore, under the nourishment of his parents' blood and sweat, Wang Yu's childhood was not miserable, and sometimes it was even better than other children.

However, life is often miserable and cruel, and the happiness of ordinary people is even more fragile and vulnerable.

All this was calm and quiet, but it was shattered by a serious illness of Wang Yu's mother four years ago.

In the end, although the disease was cured, Wang Yu's family has been in heavy debt since then.

The stubborn father did not succumb to the mockery of fate, and while enlightening his wife who was full of guilt, he worked day and night.

In addition to working in the factory and in the fields, Wang Yu's father would also go to the construction site to look for work when he was resting. Since four years ago, Wang Yu has basically not seen his father have a day off.

Because of this, Wang Yu rarely had the opportunity to chat with his father, and gradually, he and his father could talk less and less.

Although he now understands his father's hardships, he can no longer find the words to talk to his father, and he is used to the silence between two men.

Not only that, in order to make his son study more at ease, since the third year of Wang Yu's junior high school, his father has stipulated that he is only allowed to go home once a month, and even this time, he will resolutely not let him work in the fields.

For this reason, Wang Yu resisted, but it did not play any role. In the end, Wang Yu could only beg his mother, but in exchange for only secretly helping to do some housework every time he came back, his mother resolutely did not agree to the work in the field.

In desperation, although he knew that this was a kind of doting on Jackie Chan, Wang Yu had to choose to compromise and obey.

Wang Yu thought wildly in his heart, and when he looked up, he could already see his own courtyard next to the road. Thinking that he would be able to eat his mother's simple and delicious meal immediately, Wang Yu couldn't help but grin and strode out.

Walking closer, Wang Yu suddenly found that there was a fruit stall in front of his house near the road, quietly bathed in the scorching sun, and a man and woman who looked like a couple sat under a somewhat shabby umbrella and wiped the sweat on their faces from time to time.

Due to the blockage and the fact that there was still some distance between them, Wang Yu couldn't see their faces clearly for a while.

However, although there were not half of the guests under this scorching sun, they were still standing there hard, so that Wang Yu felt pity and respect.

Poor people are often so persistent, cute and ridiculous, but more pitiful and bitter.

In emotion, Wang Yu walked to the fruit stall, and the couple with their heads down thought that there were guests visiting, so they hurriedly raised their heads with a smile.

In an instant, it was just that moment, Wang Yu's head went blank.

"You're back." The mother smiled and pulled off the towel on her head and handed it over, "Hurry up and wipe your face, it's hot." ”

"Mom, Dad." Wang Yu took the towel in a daze and forced back the thing that was about to come out of his eyes.

"Go put your bag down, come over and help collect things, it's time to eat." The father said, touching his wife beside him, "You can go into the house." ”

"Why am I going to go into the house first, let me eat alone?" The mother smiled and glanced at her father, and just wanted to clean up her things, when she suddenly saw her son still standing in place, and said with a smile: "Silly boy, what are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and go in, it's hot outside." ”

"Oh." Wang Yu answered and ran into the courtyard quickly. After putting down the schoolbag, I just wanted to come out to help, but suddenly I seemed to think of something, hurriedly turned around and walked to the basin, put the towel in my hand and got wet, and then ran out quickly.

"Mom, here you go, wipe your face." Wang Yu handed the towel to his mother, and then packed up his things very unfamiliarly.

Wang Yu's mother took the towel with a smile, wiped it on her face indiscriminately, and then grabbed her husband, who had been busy, and said with a smile: "Don't move, I'll use your son's filial towel to help you wipe your sweat." ”

"Don't make a fuss." The man spoke, but his body stood there without moving, allowing his wife to wipe his sweaty face.

This intimate gesture between parents made Wang Yu slightly stunned, he didn't expect that his father, who usually had a serious machismo complex, would suddenly change his style. In curiosity, Wang Yu raised his eyes and secretly glanced at his father's expression at the moment, and when he entered his eyes, he suddenly grew his mouth.

"Dad, what's wrong with your hand?" As he spoke, Wang Yu stared at his father's left hand, which was wrapped in bandages and missing a finger, and his heart beat violently.

"It's okay, I was touched by something when I was on the construction site." His father smiled faintly at him, took the towel from his wife's hand, and wiped it himself. Seeing that Wang Yu was still staring at himself in a daze, he raised his left hand and shook it, "It's okay, don't worry, this won't delay work and eat." ”

"Okay, don't stand stupidly, hurry up and finish your things, aren't you hungry now?" Wang Yu's mother glanced at her husband with pity, turned her face to Wang Yu and said with a smile.

Wang Yu came back to his senses and hurriedly helped his mother clean up. A moment later, the family of three walked towards the courtyard with a smile.

"Squeak, squeak"

In the strange sound, the old fan overhead is rotating regularly, although the wind is not big, it can still make people feel so cool.

Under the fan, a square table is full of food, with a combination of meat and vegetables, which makes people look at it with a great appetite, and they can't wait to sweep it away immediately.

Wang Yu sat quietly at the table, and his parents were still busy in the kitchen. Looking at the table full of food, he couldn't arouse the slightest interest.

At this moment, his mind was still full of the shadow of his father's injured left hand. Missing a finger is not a small injury, sad and panicked, Wang Yu wanted to know how his father was injured, but his parents didn't say it, and he didn't dare to ask too much, after all, he was very afraid of his father since he was a child.

"It seems that I will have to ask my mother later." Retracting his messy thoughts, Wang Yu thought in his heart. Looking up, my parents walked in with things in their hands.

"Mom, is there anything else you want to take?" Wang Yu got up and asked, squeezing out a smile on his face.

"Huh? It's gone, so sit down and eat. Wang Yu's mother waved her hand at him, put down the dishes and chopsticks, then sat down, and said with a smile: "Your father knows that you came back today, and he went to buy vegetables early in the morning, saying that it was for you to improve the food and eat more quickly." ”

"If there's a lot, hurry up and eat." Wang Yu's father said and picked up the cheap beer soaked in cold water on the table, poured a glass, handed it to Wang Yu's mother, turned his face to Wang Yu and asked, "Do you want to have a drink on a hot day?" ”

Although Wang Yu had heard this simple question many times, he still lowered his head with a smile at the moment, and just wanted to hand the glass in front of him to his father, when Han Bin's instructions flashed in his mind, and then he put down the cup.

"It's okay, it's hot, you drink a little, I won't talk to your mother about you." Wang Yu's father was slightly stunned.

"It's okay to have a drink to cool off the heat." The mother patted Wang Yu on the shoulder, her eyes full of smiles.

"I don't drink anymore, and two days ago our art teacher told us not to drink, saying that it would affect our future creation." Wang Yu lied with a smile.

"Oh, that's right." The father stared at Wang Yu for a moment, obviously not believing the reason his son said, but he still took back the wine bottle, "That's right, this is not a good thing, it's not too late to drink it when there is entertainment in the society in the future." ”

"Your teacher should have said this a long time ago."

The loving mother didn't notice the flickering in her son's eyes when he spoke, and pushed the meat dish in front of her to Wang Yu with a smile, "If you don't drink, then eat more vegetables, this fish is still alive when you buy it, eat more." ”

"Yes." Wang Yu nodded and said, "Mom, you can eat too." ”

"Okay, hehe." The mother smiled and picked up a large piece of fish and put it in the bowl of her father opposite, "The black fish you bought is very replenishing, you can eat more." ”

"I'll make up something, isn't this just a little hurt." The father said and looked very angry, and then put the piece of fish into his wife's bowl again, and said loudly: "Don't clip it to me again, I think your chopsticks are dirty." ”

"Don't pull it down, who rarely picks you up vegetables." The mother glared at her father with a smile, picked up the fish and handed it to Wang Yu, and said, "Come son, don't you think your mother's chopsticks are dirty, give it to you." As he spoke, seeing that Wang Yu seemed to be about to resist, he immediately glared, and then smiled and put the fish in Wang Yu's bowl.

"Dad, how did you get your hands, why didn't you tell me?" Wang Yu looked up at his father and asked tentatively.

"It's nothing, it's just accidentally touched." Wang Yu's father said, drank the remaining half of the beer in his hand in one gulp, took a piece of cold cucumber and put it in his mouth, paused, and then said: "You go to school well, don't worry about anything else, do you hear?" ”

Wang Yu just wanted to ask again, but suddenly felt his mother quietly kick him under the table, and couldn't help but turn his face to look at his mother.

"Your dad is right, you put all your thoughts on studying now, as long as you can get into a better university, I will be content with your dad, you must fight, do you know son?"

"What are you doing with such a serious matter, aren't you putting pressure on him?" Wang Yu's father said, glanced at Wang Yu intentionally or unintentionally, then looked at the dishes in front of him, and said: "As long as you study hard, we won't blame you whether you pass the exam or not, it's best not to be like me in the future, do you understand?" ”

"Dad, Mom, don't worry, I'll study hard." Wang Yu lowered his head and said in a low voice.

"That's right, son. Two days ago, I heard Hao Hao (Pan Hao) Mom say that you won the prize again in this competition, right? Bring the certificate to your dad. Wang Yu's mother looked at her husband and said with a smile.

"What to see now, watch it after eating."

Wang Yu's father glared at his wife, but the look of joy in his eyes could not be concealed in any way.

However, as soon as these words came out, Wang Yu was a little embarrassed, and he didn't know if he should take the certificate immediately for a while.

"Don't listen to your dad, hurry up and get it." Wang Yu's mother didn't pay attention to her husband's look at all, patted the stupid Wang Yu, and said with a smile: "Your father has long wanted to see it, hurry up and bring it over to make him happy, go quickly." ”

Wang Yu reacted, immediately got up and walked to the side to take the certificate, and respectfully handed it to his father.

"Pretending to be in front of his son, I obviously want to see it, hehe." Chong Wang Yu glanced lovingly, and his mother smiled at her husband and said jokingly.

"What nonsense."

Wang Yu's father said, looked up at Wang Yu, and was so frightened that Wang Yu instantly put away the smile that was about to appear on his face. However, he also glanced at it inadvertently, and then withdrew his gaze, and while opening the certificate, he asked casually, "How many places did you win this time?" ”

"Fourth place." Wang Yu replied in a low voice.

In the void of heart, Wang Yu secretly raised his eyes and looked, and his heart couldn't help but be shocked.

Because he clearly saw that not only his father's face instantly became gloomy at this moment, but even his mother, who had always been loving, seemed to be full of disappointment and pain in her eyes immediately.