It was October when the hukou was completed, and I missed the opportunity to go to primary school that year. In our time, there was no kindergarten or preschool for rural children. Not to mention what kind of calligraphy, art, hobbies and specialty classes there are for children like today. But then again, today's children are qualified, but are they really interested? Is it really happier than we were then?

My parents are not in a hurry about the fact that I can't go to school. For them, it is a matter of time before they study for a year in the morning or in the evening, and it may not be a problem at all. I have to wait until next year to go back to school. I ended up with a town hukou, and my parents agreed that I should go to the county primary school.

I didn't have much interest in going to school at that time, and I just knew how to play all day. There are really few children my age. Those who go to school go to school, and those who move move away. Although I live in a city and rural area, it is not very far from the county seat, less than an hour away by bicycle.

My parents also expressed concern about me finding someone to register for a household registration. They asked me why I named myself Li Mugen, but of course I didn't tell them the specific reason, maybe I was a little repulsed by my parents. Although I was over eight years old at the time, I always wanted to grow up quickly, and as for why I grew up soon, I probably didn't want to live with them.

After I came back, the thing I missed the most was herding sheep with Uncle Quanbao, and I could occasionally drink Uncle Quanbao's wine. However, the days of herding sheep with Uncle Quanbao soon ended because of the illness of Uncle Quanbao's daughter-in-law Yin Xiaolin. It is said that Aunt Xiaolin has stomach cancer, and she has been sick for a long time, and when she went to the hospital, she was already in the advanced stage. At that time, the medical conditions were not comparable to now, although now I have no money and I can't afford to see a doctor.

Our rural areas are not rich in the first place, and they generally can survive any illness, but they really can't stand it before they see a doctor. Aunt Xiaolin is like that, thinking that she will pass after taking some medicine, but she has passed, but she has never come over. Drug abuse is also relatively common here, and as long as the drug does not expire for too long, it will never be thrown away. It is also difficult to say whether it is caused by improper medication.

There is also a saying that the whole aunt is sick from drinking raw goat's milk all year round. Some people even say that the milk produced by her sheep is not in short supply as in the legend, and if Yin Xiaolin can't sell it, he will drink it all. In this way, the stomach and intestines are eaten badly. I don't think it's credible when I hear this, isn't this obviously jealous of people selling goat's milk to make money! After all, I feel a chill down my spine when I know this statement, because I always like to drink raw goat's milk.

The end of the matter was that Uncle Quan Bao sold all his sheep and failed to keep Aunt Xiaolin, and Aunt Xiaolin later refused to treat her again, and they also returned home from the hospital.

In the spring of the second year, Aunt Xiaolin was not good. When the township learned about this, they didn't let it be buried, so they sent people out of the car to pull down the crematorium. Uncle Quan Bao brought back from the crematorium only a box containing ashes, and he buried the box on the mountain, and did not let him erect a monument, he just made a clear sign. The blind dates also know that place, and when they walk, they also look at the mound without a monument, and feel the impermanence of the world.

Uncle Quan Bao has no sheep, and his source of livelihood is much less. Just in time for my mother to sell vegetables in business and can't grow the land, I told my mother that I would give my family's land to Uncle Quanbao to plant. My mother gave Uncle Quanbao the responsibility of my family's field, but they said that it was rented.

My hukou fell in the county town, so that there are more people in our family, and I am also a person with status, although I do not have a certificate. My father took the household registration book and went to the factory to ask the leaders to solve the housing problem. Originally, this appeal was justified, and perhaps there was some sympathy for my strange experience. Soon after, my father was assigned a house in the factory. The house is a bungalow or an old house, and the more satisfying thing is that the house has a small yard. This will make the space around the house appear less cramped. It turned out that the occupants of the house had moved away because they had acquired buildings elsewhere.

I still like the house in the countryside, the yard is many times bigger than this. Because my mother had to collect vegetables, she had to run between the city and the countryside, and she couldn't talk about which house she liked better. Dad insisted on living in his own house, as if he didn't live there, and the factory would take it back the next day.

I felt that my father didn't like me to live in a house in the county seat, and he didn't want my mother to go back to the countryside to live with me. When I saw this, I took the initiative to tell them that I was willing to live with Uncle Quanbao. To my surprise, my mother didn't agree, but after my repeated requests, she reluctantly agreed to let me go to the countryside a few times a week.

Even so, my mother still felt a little indebted to me, and she always gave me some pocket money. Every time I go back to the countryside, my mother often brings me something delicious. Uncle Quan Bao also likes me to go back, so that he can eat, drink, and chat with him.

I usually go back alone to live in Uncle Quanbao's house, and rarely live alone at home, so that my mother can also rest assured. During the day, I cleaned the yard, tidied up the house, and practiced my fists and kicks by myself. As for Uncle Quanbao, he has his own things to be busy during the day, because he has more land to plant. It's spring, and he's starting to get busy. He said that it would be happiest to be able to have some drinks with me in the evening.

One day, my dad came home from work early. As for me, I was terrified when I saw him. At that time, my mother hadn't come home yet, and I was watching cartoons by myself. My dad told me if I didn't see him for a long time. I said I don't know, my mother will miss him.

Seeing that my father was not very happy, we suddenly felt a little embarrassed between us, so I told my father that we wanted to go back to the countryside to live. My dad gave me 20 yuan and asked me to buy something for Uncle Quanbao.

Walking to the market on the street, I bought a smoked chicken and got on the bus to the countryside.

It was almost five o'clock in the evening when I got home, and I threw some chopping wood into the stove indiscriminately. lit the fire, closed the door of the stove, picked up the smoked chicken, and went to Uncle Quanbao's house.

"Uncle Quanbao, I'm not at home, I'm here."

When I arrived at the door of Uncle Quanbao's house, I shouted.

"Don't come in yet, I'll look for you at your house in a moment." He said in the house.

I pretended to go, and I deliberately made my footsteps louder.

After walking for about fifty meters, I tiptoed back.

"Is the baby gone, it really affects the mood."

"Let's go, come on!" Uncle Quan Bao said.

I knew what they were doing as soon as I heard it. Curiosity sparked. Quietly find a suitable position to look into the house.

Children in rural areas are more precocious to men and women. I think the reason is that the place is not big enough and not independent enough. We are relatively poor there, and most children live with their parents before they are adults. If you want to talk about other reasons, maybe there are more livestock and cats and dogs in the countryside, and whenever the animal is in heat, it is inevitable to be watched by children. At first, there were naughty children who hit those creatures who were connected together with stones, but then they heard that the old people in the family said that doing so was a sin, and the children stopped beating them with stones.

But the children's curiosity remains. When it comes to the animals in the company, girls always have to hide far away, but boys are afraid that they won't be careful. The villagers don't bother to care about these things, at most, they say, "If you are greedy, hurry up and marry a daughter-in-law, so that you can do it." ”

This may be the sexual enlightenment of rural children!

I leaned close to the crack in the window and looked in. It was getting a little dark, and the light in the house was even darker. I saw two blurry images with some familiar words. Actually, I don't know what they said or did, but my heartbeat was uncontrollable.

After a while, I heard the sound of getting dressed. I quickly hid again.

"Come in, Dunzi." Uncle Quan Bao shouted in the house.

I drooped my head and carried the smoked chicken into the house.

"How do you know I'm not leaving?"

"I smell smoked chicken."

We all laughed.

I really drank too much that day, and it felt like my childhood was gone.

During that time, there was another big event, that is, my father was going to the south to work. My dad always has the impression that he gets together less and more often, and since my dad went to the south, he has been getting together even less. The place where my dad went was not Shenzhen, but a place called Shanwei on the edge of Shenzhen.

The reason for this incident is that my dad Li Tou's company wants to transform the equipment, and the installation and use of the new equipment must be carried out by relevant professionals. After careful consideration, the factory decided to send some skilled workers to study in places in the south where there was equipment. Fortunately, it was still a planned economy at that time, and my father's factory quickly contacted the brother unit in Shanwei.

I lived in an old house in the countryside for a few days before my father left, and my mother didn't nag me to go back to live in those days. Dad went to work in Shanwei, and he was still paid a salary here. The money that the company in Shanwei gave to my father every month was not called salary, but living allowance. Maybe since then, I have some admiration for my dad.

The woman who went to Uncle Quanbao's house that day said that Uncle Quanbao was from a neighboring village, and everyone knew this person. Her husband went out to work and never came back, saying that he was going to work in a coal mine and was buried underground. As for her, she doesn't have any means of making a living, and she only farms in the countryside, because she provided vegetables to her mother, and she met Uncle Quanbao. Uncle Quan Bao helped her a lot, and the two of them got closer and closer. Uncle Quan Bao had the intention of marrying her, but she said that her husband had not confirmed the news, and Uncle Quan Bao had just died of his wife, so the matter was put aside.

On the day my dad went to Shanwei, my mom and I went to the train station to see him off. My father didn't forget to tell me that I was a big child when I went to school, and I had to learn to take care of myself and my mother. I started crying for some reason. I still cried when the train went so far.

It was June when my dad left, and I started to have a sense of time. Because I'm going to school, I feel like the days are going to be counted by days.

The more important thing for me than my dad going to the south is that I met my current mother-in-law, Shi Xiucui, my wife Guo Shuiling's own mother.