Colorful feathers, wide wings, suspended above, Bao Xiaoxing flapped his wings and shuttled through the clouds, looking down on the undulating ravines in the east of the earth and the plains in the west. Looking at the dome at the level, on the blue top, the white clouds are shrunk in a corner, and no scenery is better than all scenery...... Who can play with? Long to the wind and comfortable.

She wanted to fly up, but she couldn't, her wings were weak and her body was tense, so she landed in the clouds and fell into a farmland. The grass is barren, there is no one around, and the farmland in autumn and winter is the loneliest. She looked around, ready to walk north, when her right foot was raised, and she saw a thick green sprouting from the soles of her feet. Every step she took looked back at the green behind her, and when she walked hundreds of steps, there was no head or tail in all directions. Then, the flowers bloomed! The golden rape flowers bloom in one direction and soon bloom from afar to the feet and from the feet to the north.

Suddenly, she heard someone shouting, and she knew that she was looking for her to collect debts, so she flapped her wings and tried to fly away and escaped, but she couldn't fly no matter how hard she tried. She flapped her wings as she ran, and when she saw the debt collectors getting closer and closer, she was so anxious that she was sweating profusely, weak, and fell to the ground......

When he opened his eyes, Hyosung got up, found toilet paper and wiped the sweat on his forehead and neck. It's a dream like this again! If you remove the second half of Hyosung's dream—the fear and anxiety of being asked for debts—then the dream itself is undoubtedly light and pleasant, like a falling leaf suddenly rising, a heart as calm and elegant as a cloud, facial features like a child, sensitive and profound, and the body gallops freely in the uninhibited dream world. This kind of thrilling ability and exciting experience can only be cherished in the dream world, and the real self is defeated and anxious......

The sister next to me was sleeping soundly, and she was sleepy at the moment. Hyosung sat up, leaned against the head of the bed, and when he reached for toilet paper to wipe his sweat, he bumped into a plastic bag, which turned out to be the bag of daylily that had been placed at the bedside last night. Before going to bed, she couldn't sleep for a long time because of this bag of daylily from her hometown, mixed with chicken feathers and fallen leaves, and at this moment, she woke up in the middle of the night, touching the prickly and hard dried yellow flowers with her hands, and rolled up infinite memories, hooking up a little imagination.

Fast is the release of the body, while slow is the release of the spirit, and the slow life carried by the slow is the release of the soul. Only by living in an environment of complete mental relaxation can Bao Xiaoxing feel a kind of resolute freedom, realize that he can think, act, and see that he is truly alive.

The theme of urban life is all about efficiency – boiling water, washing clothes, mailing, eating...... What is the purpose of leaping or speeding up life? In addition to the physical manifestations, premature birth in humans also affects the spirit. It takes many years for a child to understand what is common sense of life, and often these common sense makes the countryside feel disappointed and boring, because life in the city has been greatly simplified and accelerated, and the simplified life has omitted the original steps, buried the small happiness, scandalized the innocent appeal, and far from the truth and the source. If growing up is to accept common sense in large quantities and quickly, then it is better to be a child forever, at least the child's eyes can see the beauty beyond common sense, at least the child still has the ability to discover and create happiness and joy.

At that time, at every moment, Bao Xiaoxing can find beauty and satisfaction. And those things that are beautiful and satisfying to her in turn make her calm and calm. Human restlessness is itself a destruction of the pure beauty of the planet.

Oversimplified life, unreal.

In the eyes of the new generation, maturity means aging, and it is not possible to detach from common sense as aging, and perhaps maintaining stupidity and curiosity is the most effective state of life. Every fragmented time, every picture taken by the eyes, and every object touched by the body contain beauty. The sparrows flying overhead, the apricot blossom wind rushing in front of you, and the puddle of water under your feet...... Inconspicuous things brighten Rao's eyes and purify Rao's soul. Life close to the earth does not need to be explored or discovered, beauty overflows. It is beautiful to the extreme, it is sacred. Witnessing the sacred is the best experience of life.

Bao Xiaoxing longs for this kind of beauty, the beauty that comes from the earth; longing for this life, clinging to the life of the earth; Longing for this kind of life, a quiet life in the idyllic soul. Rural life is natural and independent, and it is naturally calming. Country life has nothing to do with money, it can be obtained without comparison, it can be seen everywhere, and it is pleasant for the soul. Rural life is rooted in the earth, clinging to the four seasons, and finally returning to the loess. There is no need for hospitals, hospital beds, catheters or cremation, people die of natural causes, rely on herbs when they get sick, and go to earth after death. Bao Xiaoxing admires and prays for the opportunity to live a life close to the earth and follow the seasons in her lifetime, and she longs for the opportunity to relive her childhood life with the joy of touching the earth.

Farming or working is an ancient way of life, just as a hunter seeks in the forest, and a fisherman floats in the sea; It is also a way of life, hidden beneath the weight of the flesh, independent of the world. Whatever you do is happy—pears, sturdy soles, durable furniture, flat fields...... It looks mysterious, but in practice it is simple and rustic.

Labor is never anxiety or depression, insomnia or suicide, it is in sync with the sun and in tune with the rhythm of the earth. Pleasure is distributed before, during and after labor, and the process of conceiving and building a pigsty, planning and completing a house, studying and adding a latrine, is all joyful. The motive, process, and result of labor are all for the beautification and pleasure of life, and labor itself is filled with stable fulfillment. That's the joy of touching the ground.

Perhaps, in a few years, if you have the ability, you can build a house at the southernmost end of the wheat field, by the pond in Zhongjiawan, with her and Zhong Li on the first floor, Mei Mei and Xuecheng on the second floor, and the third floor for future grandchildren. Encircle a yard, one acre and eight points is enough, and build flower fields, vegetable gardens, and orchards in the yard...... There is no courtyard wall around the courtyard, the south side is the 100 acres of terraced fields on the south slope, the west side is the pond of the dark Tongluo River, and the northeast side is the empty and boundless wheat field...... Sitting by the pond every day, watching the wind ripple and flying insects playing on the water; At sunrise, sit on the wheat field, pick vegetables and peel some peanuts under the morning glow; When the wind comes in summer, pull a mat and lie on the mouth of the south slope, and talk about love with Zhili; In winter, take a bench to bask in the warm sun on the north side of the house, and say hello to the white clouds overhead every day...... Man is in the world, but he is isolated from the world.

For the future, Bao Xiaoxing, who is over 40 years old, still has fantasies, and the most eager thing is to return to his hometown. Only a life close to the earth can be fulfilling, happy, and free. It's a pity, it's sad, people who were born in the countryside and live in the city are the most difficult to go back. Bao Xiaoxing on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, guarding a bag of daylily by his pillow, looked at the moonlight drowning in the light outside the window, and lost sleep.

On the second day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhiyuan went to work early, and a group of people got up one after another after nine o'clock, and after getting up, they each had panda eyes. After cleaning up the bed, the fat woman was sweating profusely and panting, and she really didn't have the energy to buy breakfast, so she used the money to call her son out to buy breakfast. Sure enough, the gods and Buddhas invite people who don't move, money can.

After breakfast, it was more than ten o'clock, Gui Ying began to prepare lunch, Yangyang and Lao Ma were playing checkers on the sofa, and Xingbang and Tsai Tsai were chatting in the house. My uncle and nephew were like old friends, talking about my studies, school, my life, and my favorite meals......

"Boy, do you have a target university now?" Ma Xingbang, dressed in casual clothes, sat on his father's bed, smoking a cigarette and smiling and asking his nephew.

"Yes, there are several! But I'm not sure yet, it feels a little hard. Tsai lay on the table and pouted, looking unconfident.

"People set goals for themselves, and a little challenge can motivate them. The challenge is too big, the goal is too high to achieve it, you will frustrate yourself, there is no challenge, the goal is too low and it is not interesting, are you? Xingbang smiled and glanced at Zaizai, with a soft face.

"Hmmm—that makes sense."

Seeing his nephew pouting and nodding, Xingbang laughed, his eyelids were half-open and half-closed, and he said slowly: "When my uncle was like you before, he had many choices, to be a soldier, to go to a junior college, to be an accountant, to engage in architecture with friends, to study medicine, to open a restaurant...... Many, much more. At that time, I felt that life was very good, I could do this or that, and do whatever I wanted. Later, in order to make money, I gradually lost my choice, and now I have no opportunity and willingness to choose. What do you want to do, what can you do, hum, I can't help you. After Xingbang, his smiling face was full of middle-aged obscurity and sadness.

"So, what did you want to do most at that time?" Tsai asked lightly.

"At my uncle's age, I am no longer qualified to answer. Hey, my uncle is a case of failure. Honestly, I'm very disappointed in myself. Xingbang finished sentence by sentence, shook the cigarette ash, pursed his lips, and couldn't understand the smile on his face. The young man has shallow experience, and he doesn't know what kind of words can best comfort a worried elder at this moment, so he is silent.

"When I was a soldier, I thought that I would become the best soldier, and I also thought that I would be a platoon commander or company commander in the future, and even thought that I could have a job in a military uniform or police uniform after changing jobs. When I was working on construction projects with my friends in the city, I thought about slowly learning some skills and knowing how to build buildings, and then when I had experience, I could lead a team to contract independently. At that time, I was simple, and every time I had a new direction, I had illusions, and every time I lost an opportunity, I didn't feel like a loss. Haha, now, except for the factory, my uncle doesn't know what he's busy with. Xingbang brushed away the smoke in front of him, squinted his eyes and said to his nephew: "Actually, I want to talk to you - if you have a goal or desire now, such as wanting to study architecture, painting, or engineering...... You can do anything, as long as you feel happy and love to do it, you must stick to it! In the future, once you relax, you may not have a second chance in your life. ”

After his uncle paused for three seconds, Tsai nodded and let out a voice from his heart: "Hmm." ”

"Before...... It was also when you were so old, I once asked your second uncle very seriously, I asked him what you want to do in the future, guess what your second uncle would answer? ”

"How do you answer?" Tsai Tsai probed with a bright face.

"He wants to farm! Humph! I thought he was stupid, unenlightened, and a little stupid, but when I asked him a few more times, he still replied that he wanted to farm. I asked why, he loved to see the ground blossom and bear fruit! Ha ha...... I didn't understand him at the time. Later, when the three of us grew up, and when we came home year after year, I found that your second uncle was really happy when he was farming in the field! He was very proud of the fruit trees when they bloomed, and when the wheat was spoiled and the fruits were picked, he was even more excited—he didn't change his clothes at four or five! Maybe it's fate, I later understood and believed it, your second uncle really loves farming. ”

Ma Xingbang finished slowly, and the boy squinted his eyes and guessed: "Maybe my second uncle thinks that the seeds he sown grow seedlings, blossom, and bear fruit little by little, and he has a sense of accomplishment." When I was in school, our nature teacher asked me to plant flowers, and I also had that feeling, every time I watered and took pictures in the sun, I went to the flower market to buy fertilizer for it, and I also dug the soil directly with both hands to aerate the flowers! ”

"Hmmm! At that time, your second uncle often talked to pigs, cows and sheep, went out to cut grass and pick some wild flowers, and there was a bird's nest at the door, and he excitedly climbed the tree to see it...... Your mother and I have always thought that your second uncle is stupider than us, but in fact, there are three of us brothers and sisters, and your second uncle is the happiest and most down-to-earth in life. He knew what he wanted from the beginning, and he kept working hard and never left. He is always unhappy when you ask him to work, go to the county for dinner, and travel to the south, but in fact he can't let go of his land and those crops! Belch...... If you now know that you want to be a doctor, a teacher, or an expert in your life, then work hard. If you're torn between being a teacher and being an expert, you don't love enough and don't know yourself well enough. Don't be in a hurry, choose slowly with your heart, and the choice is more important than the later efforts. However, life's choices are time-sensitive. After the age of twenty-eight, people basically have no choice in their own lives. Perhaps, there will be a turnaround in the second half of my life, but it is difficult and I have paid more. ”

"Well, I see." Tsai Zai's eyes were calm and he nodded frequently.

Lunch is ready. Gui Ying tinkered for two and a half hours, and finally filled the table - cold broccoli, tomato scrambled eggs, sweet and sour pork ribs, braised shrimp, beef soup - four dishes and one soup, Ma Guiying used all her strength to welcome the eldest brother, and the kitchen that she closed the door was like a robbery, the clothes on her body were wet and dry, and there was a smell of peanut fried green onions floating in her messy hair.

After the meal, they went to sleep, only Gui Ying was left, and she didn't have time to rest, so she went into the kitchen to wash the dishes, brush the pots, restore the stove, and clean the ground...... It took two and a half hours to cook, one and a half hours to wash dishes, and Ma Guiying, who was busy until three o'clock in the afternoon, was so tired that she collapsed on the sofa, unable to sleep, and unable to move.

Hearing that his sister came out of the kitchen, Ma Xingbang woke up from his father's bed, took a glass of water to the living room, and after handing the water to his sister, he sat next to Gui Ying.

"Let's go out to eat at night, I really can't order food, look at you so tired!" Ma Xingbang felt sorry for his sister-in-law.

"Forget it!" Gui Ying drank a glass of water in one go, and after putting down the cup, she pointed at the old man five or six meters away with her nose: "Pick it up!" I don't think takeaway is good! Oh, my lord, I am really not as good as Zhiyuan in housework, he also cooks a few dishes, how do you feel that he does it in less time than me, and his work is much easier than mine! Gui Ying, who was not enlightened in housework, was puzzled and shook her head again and again.

"He's been doing it for a long time and has a knack. Just cooking the things on the board, I see where Zhiyuan puts so many when cooking! It's your good guy, even the ground and bench are washed and cut! You're too big. The bigger the pomp, the more you will wash at the end. ”

"It seems to be! I always feel like I don't have enough pots and pans when I cook! Gui Ying smiled innocently.

The brother and sister sat together, looking at the old man on the balcony from time to time, chatting with or without a match, after chatting about the two children and Zhiyuan, they suddenly talked about their respective work, Gui Ying leaned sideways and asked the eldest brother: "How is your factory?" ”

"Hey!" Xingbang shook his head, clasped his knees in his hands, looked at the ground, and said nothing.

"I have money here!" Gui Ying finished in the ear of the eldest brother, and looked at the eldest brother with burning eyes. After the two looked at each other, Gui Ying nodded heavily.

"No need. I'm going to close the factory – around the National Day. Ma Xingbang's cautious and hesitant face revealed a hint of coldness.

"Hold on to it! Brother, you use mine first, I'll call you right away! Gui Ying's back was stiff, and there was pleading in her eyes.

"I really don't need Yingying! I'm already on transfer! Xingbang finished, sighed, and shook his head.

Although the old horse habitually lay in the rocking chair in the afternoon, he seldom fell asleep, nor did he intend to fall asleep. People get old and sleep less, and they will definitely have insomnia at night when they sleep at noon. The whispering of the brother and sister at this moment was particularly quiet and sensitive in the empty and silent living room, and the old horse couldn't hear it clearly, but he roughly guessed the direction of the conversation. The intermittent Liangrao, Xingbang's long sigh, and Gui Ying's urgency seem to have become confirmation.

The brother and sister were silent for a long time, and Gui Ying had nothing to say: "Gossip with you and our company." The relationship between Sister Hui and her parents in our company has reached the point of hatred, and she often cries for this, and her father's words may ruin her good mood for a week! Also, the former sales champion of the company, now he has left, and he has heard that the original performance is the first every year, but the relationship between husband and wife is very bad, quarreling all day long, hurting each other, and when he quarreled a while, it was rumored that he chopped off one of his fingers! Scary isn't it? "Gui Ying's family is generally pouting and staring at the boss.

Xingbang grinned and was speechless. The old horse next door didn't move, and the old man listened to Gui Ying's words at this time.

"My client was diagnosed with cancer just over 70 years ago, and it cost more than 300,000 yuan! Outcome! Half a year after the operation, the man left. Another client, his daughter, because of a pregenital heart disease, had to undergo heart surgery when the child was just over a year old, and she ran all over the country, and the two of them died of sorrow for this. ”

Ma Xingbang looked at his father's back and nodded in response.

"A friend of mine complained in the circle of friends that in order to let his children go to public school, he asked people to find relationships, spend money on gifts, and apply for various stamps and certificates. Missed the semester, spent money in vain, and suffered a sin. In the future, I don't know how to toss when I go to school! When Yangyang went to school, Tsai Tsai also went to college, and these two really caught up! Ay! ”

"It's okay, what difficulties do you have with my brother!" Xingbang turned his head and glanced at his sister, his eyes full of strength and determination.

"Hey, I'm fine, chatting, complaining! Gossip gossip don't spare the pain, relieve your own suffering...... Hahaha! I think except for a few people, the vast majority of people are sparing days, either leaking water here or dripping rain or hail there! Gui Yingwan squinted at the eldest brother, and said meaningfully: "Brother, if you want to open a little, if you want to run the factory, you can do it well, and wave goodbye if you don't do it!" Don't make a face for this, I see that you have less words and more gray hair when you come back. ”

When the old horse heard this, his heart chuckled, his five organs sank, and his six organs were depressed.

"The factory is going to be closed. You don't have to worry about me. Brother, okay! Xingbang finished speaking, and stared at the big female toe exposed in the slippers with lost eyes.

Gui Ying paused for a long time, and asked in a pretended light tone, "Na...... Where are you going when the factory is closed? It's really not good, come to Shenzhen! I'm here, I'm here, isn't it okay for us to stay together as a family? ”

"I'm not coming to Shenzhen." Xingbang shook his head slightly, and his slight tone and swaying were full of determination.

"Why?" Gui Ying raised her chin and grinned, pretending to be light, but she couldn't hide her loss.

"Not why."

Xingbang's heaviness forced the girl to refute and dare not delve into it.

"Na...... Go back to Xi'an. In our place, you can still take care of my second brother, and you can drive back at any time when you feel homesick. I don't want you to be the same again...... This year, Shanghai, next year, Beijing ran around. Gui Yingwan patted his eldest brother's arm with his right hand. There are so many of them, obviously I want to comfort my eldest brother, but my eyes are moist and my nose is sour.

Ma Xingbang shook his head, sighed, and was silent again.

The old horse next door was so heavy in his heart. The atmosphere didn't dare to come out, and the eyelids couldn't be opened, and the old man who was holding back had mixed feelings in his heart. He spent most of his life looking forward to his son's good career, looking forward to his son making a lot of money, and looking forward to his son's return to his hometown...... Indeed, he had some bad thoughts, hoping that his factory outside would be closed early, that he would be snubbed outside and that he would not be well mixed, and the old man thought that only if he suffered outside could he think about the good of home. At this moment, I heard with my own ears that Xingbang's factory was really bad and was about to close again, and my heart was very bitter. What's even more sad is that my son is really not doing well outside, but he doesn't want to go home at all.

After a few more minutes, Gui Ying pursed her lips and faced her eldest brother: "No matter where you are, take care of yourself." As long as you come to Guangdong, you must come to see the two children. The woman bit her lip, wiped her tears, and continued: "There are few people in this world who are free and easy, if you run around, you feel happy, okay!" No problem! After that, he licked the saltiness at the corner of his lips with the tip of his tongue, and then patted his eldest brother's knee with his right hand.

After a while, Xingbang suddenly smiled and asked the girl: "Don't let me, how is your work now?" ”

Gui Ying looked at the big brother's big smile—innocent, honest, shy, and vicissitudes—exactly the same as it was at the time, but it was completely different from the time. This smile made Gui Ying unforgettable, harsh and pungent. The middle-aged woman sighed first without opening her mouth, then patted her thighs with both hands, quickly changed her mood, and said with a smile: "This year's Anke Exhibition is far behind." The November exhibition, now at the end of September, the booth is much worse than in previous years. Employees keep leaving, and the number of salesmen is reduced by a third. Feng Yongjun of our company, I have told you, he has been working for more than ten years, and the leaders are reluctant to let him go, but he has not had any big income for two or three years. He resigned last week and went back to his hometown Changsha with his wife to open a restaurant! ”

"Walked so much business?" Xingbang was surprised.

"Not really! The economic environment is like this, there is no business, you are not in a hurry! Gui Ying clapped her hands and continued: "An Miaomiao of our company, she is the old business of the magazine, and she has almost no commission this year. The cost of consumption in Shenzhen is too high, and his husband's salary can't cope with the family, so he has nothing to love and goes back to his hometown to develop. People sold the house in Shenzhen, bought a three-bedroom directly in their hometown, and there are millions left in their hands, and the second half of their lives are definitely not bad, and how expensive it is for children to go to school here! ”

"Is it the industry like this, or is your company ......" Xingbang hesitated.

"Our company's brand is weakening, and the team building and tourism that used to exist every year have disappeared since the second half of last year, and these two things have been insisted on for more than ten years and suddenly stopped, you ponder and ponder! Last year's year-end bonus for non-business personnel was half of that of previous years, and this year's finance, personnel and administration laid off seven or eight people in disguise, and they are still being laid off! Those colleagues in the technical department don't know if there is a bonus at the end of this year, anyway, few colleagues in the company who get fixed salaries have raised their salaries this year. ”

"What about you? Not affected? Xingbang is worried about the girl.

"I'm fine! Our old salesmen have little influence, and most of them are new to the business. You don't have to worry about me, I'm a business manager, if I'm affected, the company is not far from going out of business! Brother you need money to open your mouth at any time, my side is very good! I'm worried about you, you're worried about me! Haha......" Gui Ying's exaggeration exposed her.

These words were accurately listened to by Lao Ma again.

The brother and sister were silent for a while, and Gui Ying talked about the company's infighting in order to break the embarrassment. On the one hand, she didn't want to expose herself to a disadvantaged position, for fear that her eldest brother would be worried, and on the other hand, she was afraid that their brother and sister would have nothing to talk about, after all, the eldest brother had been silent at every turn in the past few years, so Ma Guiying's mouth was able to click for a long time. At this time, Tsai Tsai was doing his homework in the house and playing with toys in the room.

At five o'clock, Tsai Tsai was still catching up with his homework, and Xingbang was reading his nephew's textbook in Tsai Tsai's house. After Yangyang and Lao Ma finished playing checkers, Lao Ma lit a hookah, and Yangyang also began to do his homework. At this moment, Gui Ying is cooking in the kitchen, in order to make her eldest brother eat better, she deliberately made some noodles with soup - that is what their mother-in-law (grandmother) used to make for their brothers and sisters, Gui Ying roughly knows the process, and it is the first time to do it today. As usual, the kitchen is as messy as a battlefield, with nowhere to put your feet.

Everyone was busy with their own work, and suddenly Yang Yang, who was doing his homework, overturned the checkers board with an itchy hand, and sixty glass balls rang loudly, and then dripping and gurgling everywhere. Seeing this, the old horse stared, and then pointed at Yangyang and laughed. The confused fairy saw his grandfather laughing, and he didn't know how to grin.

Hearing the sound, Zai immediately ran out to see the excitement, Xingbang slowly got up and followed, and Gui Ying, who was busy in the kitchen, also came out.

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