"Dear passengers, hello everyone! Welcome to take the high-speed rail Harmony G79 train from Beijing West to Shenzhen North, on behalf of all the crew of the train crew, I wish you a happy journey. The arrival station in front of the train is Changsha Station, please pay attention to the announcement and prepare to get off the train in advance. ”

At three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, on the way back to Shenzhen, when they heard this broadcast, the dazed couple couldn't help but wake up a little. Passing through the hometown, it is inevitable to be sad. Yesterday was my mother's birthday, and I couldn't go home, and the stranger was sad in his chest. Zhiyuan leaned on the back of the chair and did not move, watching several fellow passengers not far from before and after him were preparing to leave the station, they were all Hunanese, judging from the accent, they were indeed fellow villagers.

After the high-speed train stopped at Changsha Station, Zhiyuan looked at the trees outside the window and the buildings in the distance, took a deep breath of the civil and engineering atmosphere of his hometown, and wanted to get off the train but couldn't find a reason.

"The car will stop for a while, do you want to go down and take a turn?" Gui Ying knew what he was thinking.

"No need." Zhiyuan retracted the nostalgia in his eyes and chest.

"I asked you yesterday the day before yesterday, do you want to go back by the way, and stay for one night, anyway, you have time to ...... now"

"Oh, don't say it." Gui Ying was interrupted softly by Zhiyuan.

"If Tsai Tsai passes by Shenzhen one day and doesn't go home, how sad I will be."

"Why didn't I see you go back when I passed through Shaanxi?"

"This train is only Shaanxi! Besides, the old man is in our house! Besides, I have to work! Gui Ying shrugged and glared.

"It's my job to accompany you, don't say it dear, the door is closed." Zhiyuan was weak, Gui Ying chuckled.

When the high-speed train was accelerating, Zhiyuan said to Guiying with a smile: "You just went back on National Day, and I will go again after two weeks, it's not appropriate!" Always let Uncle Zhang entertain them, trouble people! Besides, I'm going to go, how tired my mother is after being busy, I don't work now and I don't have money for her, I always use your money to make outsiders laugh, and if my mother stuffs me with money - how can I afford it! ”

Gui Ying was surprised, and it was indeed inconvenient for her mother-in-law to marry into someone else's family if she wanted to refute it. Of course, my mother won't laugh at her son, maybe people will ask more questions about what you are doing now, are you not working, how is your life, the Zhang family is a good person after all, but human nature is unpredictable.

Gui Ying sighed in her chest and comforted: "In the future, if you don't want to go to me, let Tsai take Yang Yang after the college entrance examination!" We still have two young generals in our family, so many compromise plans, why are you talking so sadly. ”

Zhiyuan suddenly brightened up when he heard this, and laughed.

I didn't sleep all night last night, Zhong Neng went out to work at half past four, and in a hurry forgot to bring lunch in the refrigerator and a large tank of water for drinking. I swept several streets in the morning and morning, and at noon I carried the sun to the surrounding area to look for food. Wandering around, I saw a menu with a clearly marked price posted outside the store, and the old man entered the store in the clothes of a cleaner. After eating hastily, a rice bowl cost twenty-three yuan, and the old man was distressed. At half past one in the afternoon, the thirsty Zhong Neng ran to the surrounding area to buy water, and it was a kilometer back and forth, and he was still thirsty after buying water and drinking it, and he was unwilling to spend money and would rather carry it until he got off work.

At half past two in the afternoon, in the south of October, the scorching sun was still dazzling and hot. After Zhong Neng finished cleaning up a pile of fallen leaves, his eyes turned black when he lowered his head and bent down to get a broom, and his body staggered. Today, I walked several kilometers back and forth for food and drink, and from dizziness and nausea at noon to now, Zhong Neng was a little unbearable.

After taking the broom, he saw that the brick cracks on the ground were a little blurry, his head was so heavy that he didn't dare to move left and right, and when he looked up, his eyes were dark, and his mind was a little squinted, and he didn't know where he was. I vaguely remember that there was a row of trees on the right, and the withered old man walked step by step to the tree with a big broom, intending to rest against the tree and rest slowly.

In a daze, he walked through the row of trees and into the flowers on the side of the road behind the trees. The three-meter-wide flat flower bed was planted with water ghost bananas and purple irises, and the old man with small broken steps scratched everywhere with his left hand like a blind man, but he couldn't catch the tree, and his brain judged that the lost Zhong Neng turned around in a circle and trampled the flowers in the flowers.

Zhong Neng expected to walk by, afraid to walk to the green road where the express was rampage, and it was dark in front of him, he couldn't find a tree, so he simply squatted down little by little, and finally sat down on the ground safely. When he reached the ground, he sat motionless with his right elbow on his right knee and his right forehead with his right hand. At that time, his eyes gradually cleared and his brain cleared.

After waking up, Zhong Neng was afraid. What happened just now, I can't tell myself, if there is nothing to hold, I'm afraid he would have fallen down early, the old man's hair stood on end. At this moment, he was still very dizzy, he was afraid that he would get up again and faint even more, afraid that he would faint on the street and no one would know who he was. The old man decided to continue sitting and wake up.

Thinking of a life, thinking of death—his own death, Zhong Neng hesitated to throb. took out his mobile phone, squeezed his eyes and looked around, called his son and asked him to come and pick him up, and after calling three times, no one answered. Zhong Neng was at a loss, looking at the northern sky, silently crying towards the sky.

In such a world of flowers, he lived for one more year and five more years, and when he arrived at this step of the field, he was old and had nothing to rely on. Sad, painful.

In the panic, Zhong Neng's heart flashed a person, he knew that he was free, but he hesitated. Thinking that he is also old, he should know how to be nervous and fatal when he is old and sick, Zhong Neng is not afraid of being embarrassed and no longer cares, he dialed the phone in sadness, closed his eyes and pretended to be relaxed and hip-hop in his mouth, and roughly talked about the situation of Fang Cai. After hanging up the phone, he sat alone in the flowers, waiting for someone to help him.

Forty minutes later, the tall, anxious, and solemn-eyed old horse leaned forward, stretched his neck, and panted like a bull. After getting out of the car, he quickly turned his head to look for someone everywhere, and he was startled when he caught a glimpse of Zhong Neng from afar, only to see Zhong Neng with a dark face, holding a broom, as if asleep, fainting, and ...... Light-footed approached and listened, panting for breath, and the old horse was relieved. Gently patted Zhong Neng on the shoulder and called him.

"Yes? Yes? ”

Zhong Neng didn't know whether he fainted or fell asleep, he slowly opened his eyes when he saw someone coming, it took a second or two to determine that the old horse was the old horse, opened his mouth and slowly let out a breath, his heart was settled, and he nodded and said: "Oh, I'm afraid it's almost over!" Scared me to death, man, you really scared me to death! ”

After saying that, he stretched out a hand, and the old horse pulled him up slowly, and after standing up, Zhong Neng was still swaying, his eyes were spinning, black and white, and the old horse helped him stand still for a while, and discussed taking a taxi to send him back.

"Hey, the ground hasn't been swept yet!" Zhong Neng pointed to the street and pleaded.

"Oh my God, I'm still sweeping the floor when my life is dying! When I heard that you couldn't see anything in both eyes, I almost fell down, and I didn't bring any cigarettes all the way over, and you still think about it! The old horse chattered, helped him to sit on the platform by the roadside, took the broom himself, and swept the street while cursing.

"Ma Fangsheng in my tun went to work in the field, and stood up in a hurry, but there was not enough blood in his brain, so he was stunned! Nope! Dead! Are you afraid? ”

"As soon as I arrived in Shenzhen, first my big brother died, and then Fan Weicheng left. There are those who choke to death, those who laugh to death, those who are angry, and those who are drunk to death...... Let's count the old brother-in-law who is a little close, I am five or six years older than you, how can I count it as if I will go to Huangquan Road first! ”

Lao Ma took out the sweat towel in his pocket, wiped the sweat on his face and neck, and turned around with a broom to Zhong Neng and shouted: "Oh, my grandfather, you see that I am in a hurry along the way, I am afraid that you will kick your feet when you are late, your brother and I are seventy years old and run all the way over!" After the old horse finished speaking, he patted his pants and bent his knees, and smirked like a smirk for the rest of his life.

Zhong Neng, who was originally sad, saw Lao Ma scolding him for not wanting his life and making a joke about life and death, and his mood was half better, but his body still didn't dare to move, and his eyes turned black again.

"These two piles of leaves...... What to do with garbage? Ten minutes later, the old horse swept the street in a hurry, and came back to ask Zhong Neng.

"The dustpan is over there, you swept it and poured it down! If you don't see it, you will be fined! Zhong Neng leaned against the tree and whispered.

"Oops, oops! I only came here when I was a hero to save you, and the result was to do the hard work for you! Yes, yes, you can tell me about you, what are you trying to do in order to make some money? Ha ha...... How are you now, can you still drink? When the meeting is over, let's drink two or three taels of Xifeng by one of us, maybe you will be completely better after drinking...... Hehe...... "The old horse diverted Zhong Neng's attention while working.

After the work was done, the tall old man supported the short old man, walked to the place where he took a taxi on the street, got in the car and went to the farmer's market. After arriving at Zhong's shop, Lao Ma carried Zhong Neng to the small sofa and slowly lay down, and then poured water to find medicine. After drinking the tranquilizer, Zhong Neng's breathing gradually calmed down.

At this time, the old horse who put down his heart was full of anger in his heart, he didn't know that his son Zhong Li was not at home, and he didn't want Zhong to be sad and troubled. I went out to buy some food, and on the way, I called Tsai Tsai to tell him to come back from make-up class, and then pick up Yangyang first, and then take my sister to dinner.

At half past five, when Lao Ma returned to Zhong's shop with a boxed lunch, Zhong Li went downstairs. The old horse thought that he had finally caught this kid, and when he saw him, he pointed to his nose and asked unceremoniously: "You are about to die on the street, do you know?" ”

Zhong Li looked at his father, who seemed to be safe and sound on the sofa, and was stunned.

Lao Ma put down the lunch box and asked in a serious whisper: "You fainted on the street, why didn't you answer your call?" What are you busy with day by day? You didn't sleep all night last night, and you have to get up this morning to go to work, what are you doing? Do you have a hammer face to sleep until now? ”

Seeing that Zhong Li was not ashamed and did not answer, the unexpected old Ma Zheng'er pointed his nose and scolded loudly: "You don't want your baby, your wife is your business, take care of yourself!" If you don't work and drink every day, you get drunk on the street for three days, what are you going to do! It's not a shame to be in your forties! If you learn well, you beat the baby very much, and you have to go out to work for you when you are old (father), what do you call people to say about you! Do you want to face it? ”

Lao Ma swallowed his saliva and continued to scold: "You are great for you, for your baby sixty-five years ago to go out to sweep the streets every day, Zhong Li I ask you, are you embarrassed?" Excuse me? It's really no one to teach you a lesson, isn't it true that you are a bully and a bully for a lifetime? In the next village, if I don't break your leg, I'm going to tell you a lesson, in your forties, do you look like a person? What kind of thing, day by day, look at how you are now rushing to the sea......"

Zhong Li took out a cigarette case and a lighter from his coat pocket, took out one and put it in his mouth, lit the cigarette butt with both hands on the flame, closed his eyes and took a deep breath, raised his head and slowly exhaled a wisp of smoke, snorted into Nantian's nostrils, and then took a figure-eight step, and stepped on the broken slippers and went out.

Zhong Li's comfort of swallowing clouds and spitting fog kicked over the old horse's righteous majesty.

The old horse's anger was halfway out, and there was no one.

Seeing that there was no one in his eyes, the old horse shrugged his shoulders and turned his head and asked Zhong Neng, "What do you mean?" What is this number of roads? Oh my God, I've never seen this shameless man......"

Zhong Neng, who was curled up on the sofa, closed his eyes and shook his head and waved his hand, signaling the old horse to stop talking.

The old horse stood for a long time, tired, and sat on a rickety stool, confused. Seeing that Zhong Neng kept waving his hand to wipe his tears, Lao Ma took pity on him, and suddenly his heart softened.

Sigh of sigh, silent silence.

After about ten minutes, Zhong Neng dissipated for the old horse: "My grandfather and his grandfather, when I was a child, I was so hungry that I was almost dying, and my grandfather and his grandfather cut a lump of meat from him and gave it to his son to eat." As a parent, he may owe his children in the previous life, and in this life he will be repaid as a cow and a horse. ”

"Nonsense! When I was a child, my husband taught all the twenty-four filial pieties, Lu Yi obeyed his mother, tasted decoction, sold himself to bury his father, and killed his own son to feed his mother! At that time, all we listened to and learned was filial piety to our parents, why is the world reversed now? The old horse slapped his thigh angrily.

The second elder was silent.

To send him to the hospital, Zhong Neng was afraid of spending money and shirked it, so let him eat and replenish his energy, Zhong Neng bluntly said that he had no appetite, so Lao Ma had to sit next to him and slowly enlighten him. From corn cobs to bell bottoms twenty years ago, from Yangyang being bullied to their childhood, from Fang Cai's location positioning on WeChat to black-and-white TVs and lantern ropes thirty years ago......

At seven o'clock in the evening, Zhong Neng came to rest and sat up from the sofa, the two old men ate a cold meal, and after the meal, the old horse took care of him and took some tranquilizing medicine, helped him to lie down on the second floor, and then helped him lock the door and go back by himself. When they arrived at home, it was already half past eight, and Gui Ying and Zhiyuan came back with their boxes early.

The world is uneven, why should there be such a fold to embarrass such a kind and honest person. Along the way, the old horse sighed and pity, saw the little woman outside the car herself in the heavy rain to protect the two children in the umbrella, saw the old lady pulling the trolley cart full of rice and vegetables, and saw the old man holding an umbrella in one hand and holding a half-grown grandson in the other hand in the rain...... All efforts come from deep love.

Deep love is a blessing and a source of sin; It is a great blessing for the children's generation, and it is also the source of the sin of the children's laziness, selfishness, and lack of responsibility.

Zhong Neng, who was lying on the bed, was extremely sad, hugging the pillow and glaring at the grievances. The old man, who has always believed that the times will get better and better, life will get better and better, and the family will get better and better, only at such an age can he see clearly that happiness has nothing to do with the extension of time and the development of the times, and happiness is not the result of hard work, nor is happiness the result of cause and effect.

The starting and inheriting rounds of fate can be conceived, not calculated. Looking back on his life, he took everything on Zhong Li, but he was heartbroken by this son. The grandchildren have become substitutes for their sons, but they can't rely on them in a foolish way, they still have a good future, and they still have their lives.

I still remember that when he first went into the kitchen of the shop to wash dishes, he was happy to see that the small kitchen was clean and tidy after washing, and he didn't want to see the food waste; He was glad to have a new rag or sponge to wipe him, but he was flustered when he saw a broken plate; He was happy to see that baking soda in boiling water could remove oil stains, and he was embarrassed to see that the pool was blocked; He was happy to see that the kitchen knife was sharp and light every time he finished sharpening, and he was worried when he saw the window frame come off; He was happy to see that the plastic wrap sticking to the wall around the gas stove could prevent oil, and he was sorry to see the rice insects; He was happy to see that Meimei would often come to the kitchen to help him when she was older, and he was angry when he saw a lot of cockroaches; He was happy to see Xuecheng three or four years old and stay with him in the kitchen, and he was worried when he saw that the water on the ground was slippery......

The beginning of the kitchen, like the beginning of life, all the joys, sorrows and sorrows cannot be hidden. After a long time, things of joy, anger, and sorrow can no longer make people happy, angry, or sad in a blink of an eye. Having experienced too much, for better or worse, he lost the first feeling of tasting. I don't know when and what month he began, he learned to accept it all—to accept the embarrassed and sad, to accept the wronged, to accept the reluctant, to accept the unacceptable...... If one day the kitchen collapses, he will not stomp his feet and shout and run to tell each other, because even Zhong Neng accepts this.

In the past, there was his wife at home, Zhong Neng rarely cooked and washed dishes in his hometown, and when he arrived in Shenzhen, his wife was gone, and he was useless, so he picked up the job of stationing the kitchen for this big family. The two-square-meter kitchen is his foundation in Shenzhen. There was a store of his joys and sorrows, his great feelings and small feelings. Zhong Neng's later years were aggrieved in those two square meters, and after a long time, two square meters became the ending of his life and the elegy.

Originally, the faintness on the street today was a kind reminder to the old man that the god of fate loved Zhong Neng, but he couldn't help but not love himself, and he was finally surprised.

After a day of brushing the computer, at seven o'clock in the evening, Bao Xiaotang finally brushed out his self-examination results, a total of four exams, three passed, unexpected and unexpected. Through this exam, she probably knows the difficulty and preparation of the self-exam, and in any case, it is good news.

But when I think of finding a job, the beauty is in trouble again. I have been posting resumes for several days, and even going to the toilet is also posting, and I have probably sent out nearly 200 letters before and after, and she has reviewed each of the delivery companies one by one, but I have not received an interview call until today.

Xiaotang, who was bored, suddenly grinned, opened WeChat, and found the three-person group of Sister and Sister Yingying. First report the good news inside, and then confide in the job search for no progress. Sure enough, Gui Ying sent a message, "Send me your resume, I'll look for it on Monday to see if there are any client companies that are urgently recruiting accountants." Xiaotang was overjoyed, in addition to the fact that Sister Gui Ying in her eyes is not feminine and can't cook, the rest of her advantages are basically equivalent to a strong woman and a heroine.

Gui Ying and his wife took the high-speed train for a day, and after arriving home, they gave gifts to the three of them, and the couple packed their luggage, sorted out and bathed, and were busy until eleven o'clock. The next day, Sunday, Tsai Tsai entered the cram school early in the morning, and Gui Ying opened her eyes and started to work. Study the latest booth map, ask the salesmen about the latest progress in the group, and keep calling small customers and potential customers on the edge.

There was a gap after lunch, and she just thought about Xiaotang's job search. After rummaging back and forth between the mobile phone and WeChat address book several times, I finally found a few people who could ask for help, and one of the customer friends directly responded heartily to bring people over for an interview on Tuesday. Gui Ying was chatting with the man, and suddenly heard a burst of crying, she didn't have a lunch break and was too lazy to take care of it, and the old man hurriedly looked for a voice.

It turned out that Zhiyuan had just finished bathing Yangyang, who had not taken a bath for six days, and when the old horse went in, Yangyang was naked and wearing small pants, and he was sitting on the sink, his feet hanging down, and his mouth was crying. Zhiyuan knelt on the ground on one knee, and when he saw his father-in-law sweating profusely, he smiled ashamedly and said, "Cut her toenails...... It was cut and bleeding, and it scared her to scream......"

The child's flesh was tender, but Zhiyuan carefully cut it deep and bleed, and both father and daughter trembled with fear after the bleeding. The old horse stood in this pair of sons and daughters, watching for a long time, only to feel that the things in his brain were turned upside down, and the wildfire burned in his chest all at once. Zhiyuan didn't notice it, comforted a few times, and continued to bow his head to cut her other toenail.