The small truck, running hard, the people in the car have a different mood, there is the enthusiasm to return home, there is the helplessness of marrying a chicken with a chicken, marrying a dog with a dog, there is a casual fate that is arranged without assertiveness, and there is a timidity about close family affection;

Only the same desire is to be able to reach it faster.

The melon seeds and peanuts were eaten by Yuan Pingqing halfway through, and the orange snacks in his schoolbag were still eaten later.

From the departure to the present, Yuan Pingqing has not slept, she wants to talk to Hua Lian's father, although Hua Lian's father is used to driving alone, she doesn't need her to embarrass herself so much, and she refuses her kindness, she is still strong.

Dazed Hua Lonely, when she opened her eyes, she was half asleep, the repeater had long since run out of power, even if there was electricity, the music in her ears would be tired after circulating for so long.

She rubbed her eyes, stretched, and shifted her body to sit upright.

The little taro in the back is still sleeping.

"Lao Jin, how long is it left?"

Hua Lin looked out the window, although she couldn't call out her name, she could recognize the place through the regional scenery in her memory.

"I remember there was a town in front of me, and after that town, it was very fast to go back." Hua Lin said.

"Isn't it, Lao Jin?" Yuan Pingqing was very suspicious, and asked when he opened his mouth.

Hua Pingjin squinted, stared ahead, clenched the steering wheel, and said, "This time she was right, the front is Wusha Town." There may be a market today, there will be a lot of people, wait for the flower silence, you pay attention to your side, don't let my wheels rub into other people's stalls. ”

Hua Lin nodded, moved his body to the car door in advance, and stood by.

In the towns and villages of China, the market before the arrival of the year is always very lively, buying New Year's goods, doing business, there is also a tide of returning to the hometown, people are crowded, motorcycles are crowded, long-distance passenger buses are jammed, whistles are sounding, and slowly moving.

Hua Lin rolled up the window and looked out greedily.

Lo and behold, the stall was full of sweets, and the flowers were so colorful in the distance that I didn't know what it tasted like; In front of the stall selling clothes, the grandmother pulled her fat grandson and held the new padded jacket, comparing and comparing, Hua Lian's new clothes this year were sponsored by her aunt; Some stalls are decorated with lanterns, hung with red lanterns, and all kinds of couplets; There is also an old man next to him, crammed into a small space, writing seriously, and people are watching around him...

The flavor of the New Year is in this little bit of it.

Maybe he was woken up by the noise outside, and at some point, the little taro was lying behind the window and looked out.

On the other side, Hua Pingjin cautiously stepped on the accelerator and muttered: "It's the New Year, and the people who worked outside have come back, and there are so many people." ”

At the speed of a snail, it took about half an hour to pass through the town, which is also the most densely populated area, followed by a very bumpy country road.

It was getting late, and there were cemeteries on both sides of the road, but Hua Lonely was not afraid at all, going back and forth in the past years, she remembered these old "neighbors"; With this as an anchor, Hua Lin knew how far away she was from her grandfather's house, and she could find a familiar feeling on this road.

Rickety and undulating, the pickup truck struggled to walk, and finally rolled over a section of abandoned railroad tracks, and Hua Lin happily said, "Mom, we are finally here!" ”

"Yes, yes, a turn ahead, that is." Little Taro seconded.

Yuan Pingqing made a fuss and said, "God, why do you recognize the road and I can't!" "Obviously too little.

"Of course we do." The two children laughed triumphantly.

Sure enough, I suddenly turned around at the foot of a certain mountain, and changed to a straight and flat road in front of me, which was obviously repaired and led straight to the entrance of the village.

At this time, Hua Pingjin took out his mobile phone with one hand and dialed Xiao Taro's mother, probably calling them to pick them up in the village.

Passing through the newly built archway, there are three big characters on it - Yuanxu Village.

Yuanxu Village is also crowded with people, although it is almost evening, it is as lively as before the stall is closed, anyway, the facades along the street are their own territory, and there is no hurry at all.

However, whenever a car drove into the village from outside, people had to keep their eyes open and follow to identify who was coming.

At a glance, you can see whose son has come back from the city.

As long as he enters the boundary of Yuanxu Village, Hua Pingjin's whole person is like being reborn, facing who is completely happy, kind and kind, in fact, it is really happy from the bottom of his heart.

From childhood to adulthood, no matter what bad things Hua Lin did, as long as he was in Yuanxu Village, Hua Pingjin was extremely tolerant, not beating or scolding, so as soon as he came back, Hua Lin reflexively felt that he was a lot more relaxed.

Little Taro's parents were already waiting and waving to them in the crowd.

After a whole afternoon of driving, the people in the car couldn't wait to slide out, stand still, and stretch their muscles.

Good people also followed, gathered in front of the car, and Hua Pingjin smiled and said a lot to everyone.

Hua Lin saw that Xiao Taro was carrying a schoolbag, pretending to walk calmly to her parents, not imagining the touching and warm picture of throwing herself into her arms, but the scene where she had been holding back her emotions and restraining her emotions.

Perhaps, in the absence of their father and son for a long time, too many emotions have not been fully released on the occasion, and they are all pressed in their hearts, and they still need to take time to make up for a little gap, and they need to get acquainted.

My aunt greeted her generously and greeted Hua Lone's mother.

"Sister-in-law!"

Yuan Pingqing only nodded lightly.

Dad opened the door of the truck, opened his mouth to talk about how this bed came about, what the second grandmother said when loading the car, and asked him to explain what they were.

Hua Lin wanted to sneak back to her grandparents' house first, but when she turned around and saw that Xiao Taro was in a daze, she bumped into him and asked, "Do you want to go?" What are you doing with the pestle? We can't help much. ”

But the little taro was stunned and said, "Sister, I don't even know where my home is now, where am I going?" ”

Hua Lin listened, ah, not in ...... She herself casually pointed to a place in her memory.

Little Taro shook her head.

At this time, I only heard my aunt say that she was going to her house for dinner in a while, and everything was done, and their family had built a new house this year.

Poor little taro turned out to be "home" for the first time.

Listening to them Zhang Luo eating, Yuan Pingqing, who was quick to come and didn't want to have anything to do with them, of course refused, taking advantage of the other party's lack of attention, he dragged the corner of Hua Pingjin's clothes, hinting that he would go back to his own house later, and not go to rub other people's bowls of rice.

What does Hua Pingjin think, Hua Lin can't see it, anyway, her mother's care Hua Lin sees it in her eyes, the adult world is always very complicated.

While talking, someone shouted "brother" and appeared, it was Hua Lone's little uncle.

The little uncle brought the will of the grandmother, which means that the meal is prepared at home.

In this way, there is no reason to go to my aunt's house to "catch the wind and wash the dust".

After moving things, I recognized the way of Xiao Taro's house, and finally went back to my own home.

In addition to them, this year, the uncle stayed in the village, and took a vegetable plot from the family a year ago, and he was still busy building a house, like he wanted to divide the family, and he didn't clearly say that he wanted to divide it.

The little uncle also came back with his son who was in elementary school, and the grandfather gave the little grandson a very nice and learned name, called "Shuhuai", which was the hope of a cultural person, and the little aunt did not come, and Hua Lin seemed to see the situation when he was a child.

Helping Dad put down the things he brought to his grandmother, Hua Lin called his grandparents affectionately, no matter what, he will definitely not suffer if his mouth is sweet.

Grandpa is a showman with a talented temperament, healthy, but looks weak;

Grandma is very tough, and she can go up the mountain to chop wood.

Looking around the ancestral house, nothing has changed much.

But in the kitchen, the most attractive thing is a large row full of smoked bacon ham, smoked chicken and duck, sausage pork belly, etc.

Then Grandma led them to the room, and the situation was probably very clear.

My mother often said to Hua Lin that they couldn't get a share of the ancestral property, and almost all the rooms they lived in were nominally borrowed, and the house was divided into two, and it was always half of the uncle's family and half of the uncle's family.

Grandma also said that this year, the uncle is building a new house, and the little uncle will sleep on their side temporarily, and the Hua Lin family will sleep in the house on the little uncle's side.

Almost every year, when she encounters this situation, Yuan Pingqing has to keep nagging about unfairness, and how can she come here to beg for disgust if she doesn't have money.

Yuan Pingqing came here for the New Year, she was not happy at all, she was purely fleeing, so as not to spend money on New Year's goods, and also hoped to share a little bacon at home at that time, which was a bit of a please, but it was only limited to this benefit, and nothing else was expected.

Besides, her idea is not "unearned", she will keep working, wash the east and west, have work in her eyes, take the initiative to work, in short, no daughter-in-law in this family has her so well-behaved, basically the other two will not do things even if they are here.

However, they will always be shackled by "people with foreign surnames".

For example, on the night when I just arrived at home for dinner, the uncle came, and his house was built with an embryo, and he started the stove there. I don't know how grandpa let him go.

Invite him to dinner, but he will not come;

He had to finish eating, and he came again, and when he came in and said that he didn't need to eat, he stood by.

After a long time, he finally pointed to Hua Pingjin and said, "Third child, you should go to Henggang to have a look." ”

Henggang is the village on the mountain where Hua Pingjin passes.

That is, where Yuan Pingqing and Hua Lin both went down the mountain without permission and left.

The little uncle fed Shuhuai and pretended not to hear.

Hua Lin saw that her grandfather was displeased.

At this time, Hua Pingjin snorted and said, "I followed my parents for the New Year, what am I going to Henggang for?" ”

"I don't mean anything else, you should just go and see. Don't get me wrong. ”

Hua Pingjin buried his head in eating.

Grandpa put the bowl on the table and didn't speak.

Uncle himself didn't know what to read, so he finally found some tools from his grandfather's kitchen and said that he had borrowed them.

Grandpa picked up the rice bowl and said to Hua Lin and Yuan Pingqing, "You eat more vegetables and meat." ”

Actually, Hua Lone's appetite is quite good.

Grandma's cooking has always been very suitable for the taste of Hualone, and she also likes the bacon made by her grandmother, and stuffed bean bubbles, fried crucian carp, and the bean curd made by grandma.

Grandpa said, "I specially bought two large boxes of instant noodles and put them in your house, in the morning, you want to eat a few packets of noodles, and I will buy them again after eating." ”

Instant noodles may not sound appealing right now.

However, as the news said, some people are only eligible to eat instant noodles once on their birthday.

In Hua Lone's house, instant noodles are also a very luxurious category.

The little uncle immediately interjected: "Brother, the eldest brother is not interesting, don't take it to heart." ”

Hua Pingjin didn't speak, but still ate.

Hua Lin felt that the atmosphere was different, year by year, as the grandparents grew older, with the changes and precautions in people's hearts, there were always some undercurrents and bright currents, revealing clues.

Hua Pingjin in the cracks is so embarrassing.