It was evening when I came to Xiongzi's house, and today it was a little later than usual.

"Why are you here now? But it suffocates me! "For an old smoker like Wang Qiu, a cigarette that doesn't come in time after a meal will kill him.

"Is something wrong?" Xiongzi saw that I was a little frustrated and asked with concern.

I shook my head: "It's nothing, Uncle Liu has something to do at home today, so it's late" After speaking, he handed out the cigarette to the hands of the two.

Uncle Liu in the village runs the only grocery store in the village, although the store is small but there should be a lot of things, Uncle Liu is upright and sensible, knowing that the students in the village do not have much spare money, and they are willing to buy cigarettes and smoke on credit, not only can earn personal favors, of course, the cigarette money will not be lost, it is just a matter of time.

Seeing that my face was not good, Xiongzi quietly stuffed a few dollars in his pocket to me.

I smiled faintly, knowing what he meant, this kid probably thought I had spent all my money and was in a bad mood and wanted to comfort me, after all, I paid for cigarettes these days. I gently pushed the bear's hand back and put a cigarette in my mouth.

The three of them grew up playing, I don't know when everyone learned to smoke, maybe because the boys think smoking will be more mature and cool, and they all began to be contaminated with nicotine, I can't remember the scene of the first time I smoked, but I remember that since the three of us smoked, the woods behind the bear's house have become our secret little base, and countless cigarette butts buried deep in the soil have already witnessed all this.

I was enjoying the scene in front of me while swallowing the clouds and mist, the woods were silent, and the light rain in the sky was particularly refreshing. As soon as I closed my eyes and was about to revel in it for a while, Wang Qiu began to chatter.

"Hey! School is about to start in a flash, do you have any plans, do you want to talk about a vigorous love? Wang Qiu inexplicably remembered this old yellow calendar again. I don't know what year this is the oath made by the three of us hot-headed, but this kid has rarely kept it in his heart.

"I don't have an idea! It's my dream to have a good way out," Kumako still hasn't been interested in this matter.

"Come on, who can make a big difference in this level of teaching in our village? You should honestly finish your studies, learn your skills, and marry your daughter-in-law. ”

I glanced at Wang Qiu disappreciatively, and habitually sarcastically said to him: "Xiongzi, this is idealistic, where is it like you who have been groggy for a day, after all, it is a salted fish." ”

"Shit, even if I want to make salted fish, I have to make the saltiest one!" The majestic Wang Qiu actually said a little proud. Chest up.

"Don't forget our previous agreement, if anyone doesn't find their mother-in-law before graduation, then the liquor will have to be drunk by catty."

"Drink, drink, I'm ready anyway" Xiongzi looked at me helplessly, and looked at Wang Qiu disapprovingly for a while.

According to the current situation, Xiongzi is not likely to get off the single, Xiongzi is the most diligent learner among the three of us, although it is said that learning depends on talent, but last semester by perseverance and hard work to study Xiongzi still took a small ranking, this can be a bear father to the cow bad, see people on the once, talk too much to stand it, this news even the beggar in the village knows, not to mention how happy, Xiongzi saw everyone blushing for fear that his father would add fuel and vinegar to others to squeeze him. In Wang Qiu's words, Xiong Zi's character should be a girl, but it's a pity that he is a big man, and he is not cute at all.

Thinking about myself again, I also dreamed of having a vigorous campus love, but I was always indecisive and thought too far, and there were girls who revealed their love to me, but I was always delayed by my hesitant heart. If I could dare to love and hate like Wang Qiu, I might have realized my dream of falling in love a long time ago, but now that my family is in difficulty and my mother is in the hospital, I won't think about this untouchable love anymore.

"What are you doing?" A sudden scolding broke the silence of the three of them. Wang Qiu directly dragged the cigarette butt that was still half left into his hand.

When I looked at it, I found that it was the little girl "Yulu"

"Little girl, it's you again! Go back quickly, or I'll tell my aunt that you haven't finished your homework again. Xiongzi was also startled, but his tone was gentle and soothing. Yulu, who succeeded in making trouble, looked very happy to see our embarrassed appearance, and made a grimace at everyone and left in a hurry.

I looked at Yulu's innocent face, but suddenly remembered the dream of that night. The blood pustules on his face really don't want to think of Yulu.

"Damn, fortunately I have a lot of calluses on my hands, I have to beware of this little girl in the future" Wang Qiu clenched his hand and took another puff of cigarette butt, which eased up

"Uncle's illness is better, right?" I suddenly thought about it again.

Yulu's father had tuberculosis for some reason, and he couldn't move and had to lie in bed all day, and if a family lost a labor force in the village, it would definitely be a fatal blow, and this sentence was still what my brother often said when urging me to work.

"It's better, I asked the doctor in the health center to see it a few days ago, although it can't be accurate, but it should be caused by overwork. Nothing was too much trouble."

"Hey, if Brother Yulu fights, it won't be like this at all." After Xiong Zi finished speaking, Wang Qiu didn't know what to do, and added another sentence. I just wanted to ask Wang Qiu a few words to tell him not to gossip more, but Xiong Zi was squeezed aside by Xiong Zi who spoke first.

"It's all here, let's go and have a look, and we can talk to my uncle"

smiled with the two of us, but there was a hint of inviolability in Xiongzi's flat tone.

The furnishings in the house are simple, and the dilapidated TV is the only household appliance that can be seen, although everyone in the village is not rich, but in my eyes I also know the gap between Yulu's home and other families.

From the front door to the bedroom, Yulu's father lay on the bed and looked out the window lonely.

Hearing a movement at the door, he turned his head.

"Ouch, it turned out ...... It turned out that the Three Musketeers were here! Come on in...... Sit on a come in and sit."

His eyes were a little more colorful, and Yulu's father straightened his body a little so that he could face us better.

Before we could sit down, Yulu's father coughed violently. It's like something stuck in my throat and can't go up or down.

"Wang Qiu, go get some water." Xiongzi said hurriedly

Wang Qiu looked embarrassed when he heard this, after all, it was the first time he had come to this Yulu's house, and he was not very familiar with this place. Where to find water?

Xiong Zi was stunned for two seconds before he reacted, Wang Qiu and I were both entering the house for the first time, and smiled awkwardly and went out to catch the water with my uncle's water cup.

Xiongzi handed over the hot water: "Uncle, are you better?" ”

"It's better...... it's better," the uncle slowly swallowed the water in the cup

Uncle barely squeezed out a smile on his face: "You three ran to the back to smoke, right?" I'm still very smart when I'm old. ”

The uncle's voice was not loud, without a hint of reproach, but there were traces of weakness in every word.

"Uncle, your nose is really smart, you can smell it from so far away, it's really more powerful than a dog's nose." Wang Qiu has always been a tendon who speaks out of tune, and when he saw that his uncle didn't mean to blame, he relaxed, and as soon as he relaxed, he couldn't control this broken mouth.

"Hahahaha......" Uncle chuckled quietly

I wanted to say a few words about Wang Qiu, but when I saw that my uncle didn't care, I didn't speak

After a brief cough, my uncle took out a box of cigarettes from the cabinet next to him.

"Come on, order it all, no one says anything about you here uncle, just smoke it boldly." ”

Uncle just raised his hand, but he couldn't move his body anymore, Wang Qiu quickly noticed this, stepped forward to take the cigarette case, and scattered one for us.

"Come, uncle, I'll give you some of it." Wang Qiu's movements were clean and smooth, and he respectfully handed over the cigarette. Before I could catch it, I heard the voice of Xiaoyulu.

"Daddy is not allowed to smoke!" Yulu, the little girl, slipped in again at some point, and held a shabby doll in her arms.

"You guys! If you let Daddy smoke, I'll never let you in again. Including you! Brother Xiong! After Yulu finished speaking, she stomped her little feet and glared at Xiongzi viciously.

The uncle showed kindness and smiled at Yulu: "Good daughter, go out quickly, Dad promises not to smoke, if you smell smoke here, you won't grow tall." With an unhurried finish, he put the cigarette aside.

"Hmph, I'll give you a chance to realize." As soon as the words fell, the little girl had already run outside the house.

I couldn't help but feel very touched when I looked at the vision, it felt very warm, and the feeling of home was always intoxicating.

Everyone smoked cigarettes and stopped talking, and if they didn't talk too quietly, Wang Qiu couldn't be idle, and he felt panicked.

"Uncle, who will do the farm work in the field when you are sick? Or we'll take care of it for you tomorrow. ”

I knew that this kid was going to be okay as soon as he opened his mouth, and the atmosphere became even more awkward.

The uncle breathed a sigh of relief and said: "This is hard work and rain and dew mother, now the work at home can only be left to her to do, fortunately, the bear family can't help" Speaking of this, the uncle glanced at the bear meaningfully, and then said: "But this woman, she doesn't have much strength to work, and her movements are slow, you see that it is dark now, and it is estimated that she should be on the way back."

Seeing his uncle's embarrassed and tired face, Wang Qiu no longer dared to speak, and silently lit another cigarette for himself.

Uncle seemed to find out that the atmosphere became a little embarrassed, and hurriedly picked up the cigarette case next to him, "Quick, smoke a few more, there are some here, anyway, I can't smoke now, so I'll give it to you." Seeing that the three of them did not react, the uncle simply threw the cigarette to Wang Qiu, and motioned for Wang Qiu to distribute it to everyone to smoke a few more.

Everyone will have a topic when they have smoke, this is the truth that Wang Qiu firmly believes, and he began to chat with his uncle very cautiously, and slowly everyone entered an active state of chatting, and the uncle did not have the slightest shelf of elders, and the room soon became lively.

Wang Qiu's deliberate jokes from time to time also made everyone laugh from ear to ear. The room was filled with laughter. Laughter continues.

"Huh? Are the two people out there your friends? Let them come in and sit down, I have a stool here. Uncle said something suddenly

We all stopped, followed my uncle's gaze, and I looked at the door, and there was nothing but a lone lamp, let alone anyone.

"People? No one? Wang Qiu also deliberately ran to the door to look around and shouted to the back room.

"Oh...... Maybe I'm dazzled," my uncle said, but his eyes still looked firm. He felt he was not mistaken.

I think it's a little strange, there will be people there in the middle of the night, and the door is so close to us, if there are people, they should find out earlier than my uncle, maybe my uncle is dazzled, although I want to think like this in my heart, but the next bold idea in my mind can't stop popping up, I feel a little numb in my scalp, and there is a chill behind it.