Living in the countryside and fields all year round, basically carrying the twenty-four solar terms one by one, now the old man is not in the field and does not know the solar terms, how do you know the years?

At six o'clock in the morning, Lao Ma smoked a cigarette on the balcony and enjoyed the morning sunset. Had a good night's sleep last night and was in a good mood in the morning. Seeing them go out one by one, their ears are much clearer. He has been in Shenzhen for many days, and looking back, he has not done anything except see a doctor these days. The days passed unconsciously, and the old horse suddenly panicked.

Lao Ma felt that he especially needed a calendar so that he could control the time and control himself.

"Hello?" couldn't wait for Zhiyuan to come back early, so he dialed Zhiyuan's phone first.

"Hey, Dad! What's wrong? ”

"Where are you now?"

"I'm buying early!"

"Then you come back and give me an old yellow calendar, a yellow calendar, the kind of old yellow calendar that tears off one every day! Hurry up, it's urgent! ”

"Oh oh oh, then I'll be back a little later!"

"It's okay if it's too late! Gotta buy it back today! After speaking, Lao Ma hung up the phone and sat at home waiting for the yellow calendar.

A seventy-year-old man, there are not many years left for him to waste! Zhiyuan may not understand how intense an old man's fear of not being able to control time is—especially in such a strange, passive lost city.

Dingdingding...... The phone rang. Lao Ma took out his mobile phone from the small bag on his belt and saw that it was an unfamiliar number.

"Hello? Who? ”

"Brother Jianguo, it's me!" A half-baked voice came.

"Who are you?"

"I'm a horse walker! Didn't you hear? ”

"Oh, it's you! I listened to it like someone else! ”

"Zhong Neng said that you came to Shenzhen, I asked for your number, we haven't seen each other for many years!"

"Yes, I haven't seen you in years! Rare, rare! The old horse smiled.

"I heard you hurt your foot, is it serious?"

"I ...... I went to the hospital for two days yesterday, and I was so tired that my hands on crutches were a little shaky! My feet didn't recover well and I don't dare to move now! ”

"Brother, how are I going to your house today to see how you are? Let's have a good chat! ”

"This morning my son-in-law said that there is a high temperature warning, 36 degrees Celsius, are you going to come so hot?"

"I only have time at noon, and I have to pick up and drop off the children in the morning and afternoon, no way!"

"It's okay! Don't be in a hurry! It's too hot today, what should you do if you little old man comes out at noon and gets heatstroke? In two days, my feet will be better, call Zhong Neng, let's get together together! ”

"That's better!"

"Well, pick a day when it's not hot!"

"Okay, are you the number of the family?"

"Yes!"

"Then I'll call you for a long distance! You ask your son-in-law to get you a WeChat ID, WeChat calls don't cost money, and people can chat with each other! We also have a WeChat group in Shenzhen, you can also get a WeChat quickly, everyone is easy to contact! ”

"WeChat! I know. ”

"Na...... Brother Jianguo, I will hang up first, I have saved your number, and you have saved my number. ”

"Good, good!" hung up the phone, and Lao Ma immediately saved Xingxia's phone.

The last time I saw Ma Xingxia, it was vaguely ten years ago - a thin body with skin and bones, likes to ride a bicycle to the field, often grins with a cigarette, always holds a large vat with jasmine tea, and also loves to listen to Qin dialect and love to sing Qin dialect, love to join in the fun and love gossip, and is often scolded by his wife pointing at his head...... He must have been in his fifties at the time!

Lao Ma and Xingxia were born in the front alley and back alley, when they were young, Xingxia often followed himself to herd sheep and cattle, like a little brother to play together every day; Later, they each got married and started a business, I helped you if there was something in your family, and you contributed to something in my family, not like brothers, but they were also harmonious neighbors; Later, in his old age, one went to the city to help his children, and the other guarded the village until now. Fate, in this place thousands of miles away from home, the two brothers met again!

The old horse looked back at the situation of the marcher in the village, and some time passed.

Memories are a particularly time-consuming thing, and for all the elderly, memories account for almost half of their later life. That's right, half of their days are in the present and half in the past. Reminiscing about the past, for Lao Ma, is a new thing that only came when he came to his daughter's house. Perhaps, he should have had it a long time ago.

At half past nine, Zhiyuan came back. The old horse was so hungry that he strode to the table to eat breakfast.

"Dad, do you want to see if this is the kind of yellow calendar you want?"

"Well, almost! You'll hang this on the balcony later, tear it up from today, and I'll get up there and tear it up every morning. ”

"Okay!"

"How's breakfast today?" Zhiyuan asked the old man.

"It's okay, make do!" In three minutes, the old horse was seven minutes full.

"Hey, what's WeChat?"

"A chat software, on a smartphone, my second brother also has it, he doesn't use it much!"

"Just now, a fellow party in Shenzhen, Gui Ying, her uncle Xingxia, called me and asked you to get me a WeChat!"

"That one needs a smartphone, you can't use that old-fashioned phone!"

"What's the matter? Need to change your phone? ”

"To change, it must be the kind of smartphone we use now to use WeChat!"

"Sizzle...... I've seen a lot of people using Apple, Xiaomi, or something, but I don't know how to use that kind of phone! Not at all! The old horse waved his hand to show that he had given up.

"You can learn! I can teach you, and so can Tsai! ”

"Hey! I'm running for eighty people, what to learn! Forget it, no need! Lao Ma put down the gesture of the number eight, and also let go of the idea of using WeChat. In the past, he was the first person in the village to drive a walk-behind four-wheeler, the first to buy a plow, the first to use a harvester, the first to buy a pager and the first to install a telephone in the village.

After dinner, sitting on the balcony was boring, and the house was panicked, so Lao Ma had to go to the living room to stay. He lit a pot of cigarettes and admired the large living room of Gui Ying's house, the most luxurious place in Shenzhen. There is a particularly large sofa in the living room, not so much a sofa as a large bed on the east, south, and west. The sofas of the people in the city take up too much space, and he doesn't like it. A long coffee table is surrounded by a sofa on three sides, and one and a half meters to the north of the coffee table is a two-meter-high and three-meter-long shelf, on which are placed all kinds of books and gadgets. Lao Ma suddenly wondered: Why don't they have a TV at home? No wonder he's been sullen lately. No TV means you can't watch the news, how can you live without watching the news? This is a big problem.

The dining room on the other side of the living room, a total of ten square meters, tables, chairs, benches, cabinets and shelves are all occupied, and he has to twist left and right to get into it when he eats a meal, which is unfair to an old man who is old and slightly obese!

There are also basketballs, footballs, guitars, skateboards, rackets, several bags, stacks of books, piles of clothes, and toys from childhood to adulthood...... The mess is piled up, and the old horse has to turn around to see if there is anything on the ground, which is not safe for an impatient old man with a quick personality and a quick brain but slow to move!

Besides, the back of the big chair by the balcony was too steep, and he panicked when he lifted his feet; There is no fire on the sofa, but the sofa is all cotton, although the cotton sofa is covered with a thin layer of mats, how can it stop the old horse's stinky sweat one after another; There is a mattress on the bed and there is no fire, but he is not lame enough to need to stay in bed all day! He needed a bamboo recliner that was exactly the same as Ma Jiatun's own home - this was also a problem, and solving this problem was very urgent for him to recover from his wounds now.

In just half a pot of smoke, he discovered so many unreasonable existences, and all kinds of problems were aimed at him. Helpless, I can only call Zhiyuan.

"Zhiyuan, come here!" The old horse shouted softly.

"It's coming!" Zhiyuan withdrew the two hands he had just placed on the keyboard, turned around and walked out of the house.

"Come on, come on, you sit down first, I have to react to a few questions with you."

"You say!" Zhiyuan sat down hesitantly, put his hands on his thighs, and smiled bitterly in his heart.

"The first question is, where do I sit during the day?"

"Uh......" Zhiyuan looked around on the sofa, not knowing what he was trying to express.

"Take a look: it's too hot on the balcony to sit on now; I can sit on the sofa, but I sweat a lot, and your mattress will give birth to white paintings and sweat in two or three days; I've seen all the chairs in your house, and my back is steep - I sit with my feet up! Not for seniors like me! ”

"Woo...... Dad, are you ...... Want to buy a chair? "Zhiyuan is like guessing a riddle, a little incomprehensible.

"Oh, you're smart! Quick response! Hehehe...... I'm about to buy a chair! Lao Ma pointed at Zhiyuan with a cigarette holder and praised, and then said: "Do you remember the recliner in your hometown?" All I need is that! ”

"This is okay, I'll go buy it with Yingying on the weekend! What else? ”

"It's a bit much, you go get a notebook and pen first, you have to remember!"

"Huh!" Zhiyuan sneered and turned to get the pen.

"The first is to buy a recliner, and the second one?" Zhiyuan asked while remembering.

"Let me ask you a question first? Why don't you have a TV at home? I've been feeling that something is wrong these days, and I don't know what's wrong, so I'm sitting here today and taking a look - it turns out that you don't have a TV at home! ”

"I used to have it, but then it broke, and I didn't buy it when I caught up with the high school entrance examination! Now each person in the family has an Ipad, the three adults each have a mobile phone, Yangyang has a phone watch, and Yingying and I each have a computer - there are too many things, there is no need to buy a TV! ”

"Hey! Na...... If you don't buy a TV, buy me a radio! I want to listen to the play! I don't have to listen or watch, you say that I sit at home in a daze all day, what is the difference between that and Alzheimer's? ”

"Hey, hey, hey! I get it, I get it! Zhiyuan smiled and agreed: "You can buy a radio, no problem, but ...... Someone has to sell it, this thing has long been out of the market! Dad, you see this is okay, I'll go out on the weekend to find it, and if you have one, I'll buy you one! ”

"What if you don't have one...... "The old horse asked with his mouth open, taking out his cigarette holder.

"If you don't have it, buy you a smartphone, the mobile phone has the function of a radio, and you can also use WeChat!"

"Hey, I don't like that! It's very expensive! That's for you young people! "Lao Ma has an inexplicable rejection of smartphones.

"Then I'll write down the radio and look for it first, this is the second one. What is the third one? ”

"I want to think about it...... Oh yes! The furnishings of this living room have to be moved! Why? Do you have to twist your waist every time you come over and sit on the couch? ”

"Sizzle...... Be! ”

"Because the coffee table and the sofa are so close to each other, whoever comes over has to twist it, then you twist it and put it on me to turn around, and I have to take several steps under my feet to sit down! Right? ”

"Dad, what do you want to say?"

"Put the sofa out of the line and move this coffee table to the balcony, so that the living room is so bright that you can sit when you come!"

"This ...... The living room is Yingying! It took her a long time to decide to put it this way! ”

"It doesn't matter who puts it, you're only responsible for moving it later!"

"Uh-well! Is this the third, the fourth? ”

"The fourth one is the restaurant, the place is so tight, I go around every time I go there - it's uncomfortable! You put the wooden shelf in the dining room somewhere else, and put the dining table in other places, you put it in the north and south! How convenient it is! ”

"Ah...... Yes. And the fifth? ”

"The fifth is the boy's room, there are too many things next to his bed, leaning on, and hanging, I have to see if there is anything on the ground when I get out of bed and land in the morning. You say it's safe? Later, you will collect all his things, regulate and regulate! Don't make it like weeds and lumps all over the place! I can't take a box and stuff it in! ”

"Ah, I see! Anything else? ”

"Nothing else! That's all, you go get it, I'll check it later! ”

"Hehehe!" Zhiyuan couldn't stop laughing, put away the pen, and thought to himself that he didn't know how many people to provoke today! wanted to refute the old horse, but felt that what he said was not unreasonable. For an elderly person, the furnishings of their home are indeed a bit inadequate. When Gui Ying designed and decorated it, she never thought that one day there would be an old man in the house.

Zhiyuan began to act, starting with the living room. The old horse sat in the center of the living room, lifting his cane from time to time and pointing. Half an hour later, the sofa was laid out against the south wall, and the living room really vacated a vacant space of more than twenty or thirty square meters. Then Zhiyuan went to the Noto Restaurant and the Tsai House, and after finishing the meal that had passed noon, he hurriedly called to order takeout. When waiting for takeout, Zhiyuan walked back and forth in the house, and found that the house was really much bigger, and it was convenient to go straight.

In the blink of an eye, at night, the old horse sat on the edge of the balcony, either playing with the crutches and folding the fan, or in a daze. The word boring can no longer describe the mood of the old horse. He stood up and moved to the balcony railing, leaning on the railing and looking down into the distance.

The sound of the city's cars replaced the sound of the wind, the neon obscured the stars and the moon, and the construction team completely drove away the tranquility of the night...... Listening to the cacophony of machinery and watching the flow of people from 9 to 5, Lao Ma pondered why people poured into this place to live, and why everything in the countryside was not worth the salary in the city. He couldn't understand the beauty of the city, he only knew that the longer he lived in the big city, the harder it would be to leave. At first, the good young people of the village only went to the city to earn money, but then they never returned. The prosperous period of Majiatun has passed, and he knows this best. Lao Ma once hated the city, because the city dissipated his contribution and sacrifice to Majiatun, but at this moment he stood in the most prosperous city in China, not hate, just fear. Xu is tired, Xu is homesick.

"Oh my God! Oh my god! He Zhiyuan! He Zhiyuan! At half past eight in the evening, Gui Ying yelled as soon as she entered the door.

"What's wrong?" Zhiyuan came out of the house, and the old horse also turned around to join in the fun.

"What's wrong at home? Why are the tables in the dining room set up like this? Gui Ying pointed as she walked.

"Dad...... said that it was inconvenient at home...... "Zhiyuan is in a position."

"What's inconvenient?" Gui Ying's outstretched arm was like a machine gun, pointing here and there.

"What's wrong with moving a table, chair, and bench? Yelling! The old horse came into the living room.

"Oh my God! The mahogany coffee table I bought with a lot of money is placed in that corner! ”

The old horse sat on the sofa in the middle, crossed his legs, opened the folding fan and shook it, and watched her splash.

"Even the house has moved! Respect your child! ”

"Be quiet! Yang Yang is doing his homework! Zhiyuan followed behind Gui Ying to remind her.

"You say it's inconvenient at home, what's inconvenient?" Gui Ying walked up to the old horse and asked.

"Tsk! You see you're walking around neatly after you enter the door, right? Why don't you move away and you haven't finished turning yet? The old horse said lightly at Gui Ying's feet.

"I spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on decoration, and you can move the drawings designed by other experts with hard work?"

"Did he know I had a broken foot when he designed the drawings?" The old horse shook his fan and asked unhurriedly.

"You are in your home, the world revolves around you, now this is my home, my home!"

"My foot hurts, what's wrong with moving a table, chair and bench at your house!"

"What's wrong? You only know yourself in this life, have you ever thought that there are other people in this family, have you ever thought that other people's things can't be moved casually! ”

"Yingying, it's not a big deal, don't make any noise!" Zhiyuan pulled Gui Ying on the side.

"It's not a matter of big things, it's a matter of selfishness and arrogance! And you, do you do whatever he tells you to do? ”

"Dad's didn't ask too much, he just moved his position!"

"Yes, I moved a place today, and tomorrow! His world is always centered around him and never thinks about others! Zhiyuan was speechless.

"Humph!" The old horse doesn't care what she says, only fanning it.

"You like to be a leader to go to Majiatun, this is Shenzhen, this is Zhiyuan's home, is my home, you want to change the layout of your home and ask your family first!"

"Zhiyuan agreed!"

Zhiyuan agreed! You'll pick up soft persimmons and pinch them! Bullying my second brother at home, bullying Zhiyuan here! ”

"Who bullied him! What nasty things have I said to him these days? Don't look for trouble here! The old horse's heart suddenly became angry, and he closed the fan and pointed directly at Gui Ying.

"Wow, wow, wow, wow......" Yangyang, who was secretly watching the battle, was suddenly frightened by the old horse's roar of Zhang Fei, and cried loudly. Zhiyuan turned around and coaxed the child.

"I'm fine? Hum! You smoke one pot after another, and the house is full of smoke and miasma every day, do you know that there are children in this house? You don't think your clothes are dirty, so you asked my mother to wash your clothes at ten o'clock in the evening, do you know that my mother had scars on her hands at that time? Everyone else in the family loves to eat white radish, you don't like to eat white radish, you can't have white radish on the dinner table, I tell you that my favorite dish in my life is white radish! When have you ever thought about someone else? Oh! Today you feel inconvenient and you want to move, have you thought about whether others are happy or not? Gui Ying pointed at the old horse and said these words.

Lao Ma didn't understand a few words, he didn't answer there, as if he was turning over old things in his mind, he suddenly frowned and slapped the palm of his left hand with the fan in his right hand and said, "I'll move a sofa, table and chair, what are you doing so much mess!" ”

"What? I'm telling you, the world doesn't revolve around you! ”

"It's been more than 20 years, I've lived in your house for a total of a few days, how many times have you quarreled with me? You don't want me to live in the Ming Language, it's not annoying to break and break! The old horse held up two fingers at Gui Ying.

Zhiyuan saw that his father-in-law was full of anger, and strode out and shouted to Gui Ying: "Yingying, Dad is already seventy, don't make endless noises here!" What should I do if my dad is angry? He whispered to Lao Ma again: "Dad, Yingying has a bad temper, don't pay attention to her!" You're scared kids! ”

Gui Ying was so angry that he had nothing to say, stood dry for a few seconds, took a breath, and said to Lao Ma calmly and slightly sarcastically: "Village Chief Ma, after so many years, you really haven't changed a bit!" After saying that, he turned around and went back to his room.

After returning to the house, Gui Ying lay on the bed, the past welled up, and tears flowed endlessly.

The old horse sat on the sofa with a gloomy face, trying to recall the laundry, but he didn't remember at all. As for the white radish, it was true—he hated seeing it at the dinner table. Today, I learned that Gui Ying likes to eat white radish the most, Lao Ma has mixed feelings in his heart, recalling the past ten years when Yingying was at home for more than ten years, as if he had hardly bought a few white radishes at home, he thought that his family didn't like to eat white radishes like him.

Zhiyuan coaxed Yangyang to comfort the old horse again, and when he saw that the old horse's face was a little better, he hurriedly slipped into his house to comfort his wife. Gui Ying was still sobbing in bed. It's been more than ten years, except for the occasional disobedience, it's rare to see her so angry, Zhiyuan lay on the bed and patted her shoulder to wipe her tears.

"Don't cry, honey!" He stroked Gui Ying's hair.

"I know you've been wronged before, it's a long time ago, don't hold on to it. Now Dad comes to live for a while, for a short time, can't you bear with it? ”

"You never speak for me, and you always speak for him when we quarrel." Gui Ying said while crying.

"Oh! If your father and daughter quarrel, I will stand behind you and indiscriminately scold and fight for you, so it is better for me to beat him up and drive him back to Majiatun! Zhiyuan put on an antics and deliberately teased Gui Ying: "What do you want people to say when this is passed out?" Besides, there are children at home - look, what do you do to the old man, what will he do to you in the future! ”

"Just can tell the truth, you can do whatever he tells you to do, don't you tell me first?"

"I'll report to you when I move a piece of furniture - please, what do you want Dad to think of me? Besides, he didn't like me in the first place! ”

"Except for himself, who has he taken a fancy to!"

"My dear, Grandpa Tsai got sick at the age of fifty-three and died, and you don't know the last few years of illness, the family let him spoil him, but I'm afraid that he won't be able to come up in one breath! Now our dad is 70 years old! No matter how good his body is, he is old, and he can't stand the breath, what if you choke him and can't really get up......"

"I can't help it! I can't help it! Gui Ying pouted.

"You can't help it, you're crying out for the previous grievances!"

Gui Ying had nothing to say, leaning on Zhiyuan's arms, and the husband and wife embraced. Who would have thought that the fire had just been turned off here, and the turmoil over there would arise again.

Tsai Zai came back, and when he entered the door, he saw that the house was different, and he was pleasantly surprised! I went to the living room for a tour, went to the dining room for a stroll, and when I went back to my room, I saw that it had changed a lot! Suddenly, a spark scurried around.

"Who touched my stuff?" He slammed open the door and shouted.

"Honey, go see Yangyang, I'll go talk to him." Zhiyuan kissed Gui Ying's forehead and immediately got up.

"Which of you touched my things?" Tsai knocked on the door with his fist, and deliberately inspected the old horse after knocking. The old horse also looked at him, and remained silent, but lay there pondering the matter of the white radish.

"You have everything on the ground, what if you trip grandpa?"

"What do you mean by 'one place'? How did he get in and out these days? Flying or jumping? ”

"You put the skateboard next to the bed, a meter away from the head of Grandpa's bed, what if he steps on it?"

"Skateboarding, why did you flip all my other stuff upside down?"

"The place at home is small, your various balls, bags, clothes, and books are collected and make some space!"

"Why is it in my house? Why don't you turn your house and the Yangyang house upside down? ”

"Respect the elderly, love the young, respect the elderly, and put the needs of the elderly first!"

"You only said respect for the elderly, why don't you say that you love the young, why didn't he let me?"

"You're young! You're going to be an adult soon! Zhiyuan glared at Tsai and asked.

Seeing Gui Ying coming over, Tsai hurriedly asked, "Mom, do you care about this?" ”

"Can I handle it?" Gui Ying viciously put down a sentence, then walked to Yangyang House, and deliberately reminded before entering the house: "Who can care who you find!" Don't look for me or your dad. ”

"Humph!" Tsai Tsai was so angry that he had nowhere to get angry, so he only clenched his fists and glared at the old horse a few times.

The old horse was lying on the sofa, although he was angry with Gui Ying, he was roaring again, and it was very noisy! He arrived at bedtime early, and he was sleepy, so he only opened the folding fan to block the light and stared at the sofa in a daze. Let his dog bark however he wants, and don't miss the old horse to walk the avenue.

After returning to the house, Tsai sat on the bed for a few seconds, rubbed the floor and began to clean up the house again. In the end, I put it back according to the original appearance, and it was already more than ten o'clock when I finished it, and then said to the living room: "No one will move my things in the future, and whoever moves will be in a hurry!" ”

Angry and bothered, quarreling consumed physical strength, the old horse was so tired and confused that when he saw that there was no movement, he went back to the house to sleep. Ren Tsai hinted at dissatisfaction in loud and loud voices and in various tones, but he just couldn't hear it. A little bean sprout, what can you do with his old locust tree.

He didn't sleep well that night.