No matter how you pretend, I still cried when I saw my mother, although it was only out of the corner of my eye, and it didn't come out completely.

"Nannan, why are you back?"

"How are you, does it hurt?"

"It's okay, your dad takes care of it, I'm fine."

"Where's the bite? Let me see. "The mother pulled up the trouser leg and the wound was bandaged, and the severity was not visible. My father sat on the sidelines, smoking, not speaking, just watching.

"It's okay, how many days will you come back this time?"

"Seven days."

Mother wanted to say something else, Li Huinan's phone rang, and when she saw that it was Yang Fan, she remembered that she didn't tell him when she came back, and she was embarrassed to answer the phone, so she sent a text message, saying that she had something to do when she went home, and she would come back in a few days, don't worry. Knowing the news of Li Huinan's safety, his heart was much calmer, and when Li Huinan came over, he booked a ticket to pick her up.

Life at home is actually very difficult, especially when you grow up, the distance from your parents will become farther and farther away, although you will miss it, but after staying together for a long time, your heart will not be very comfortable, maybe the gap between the two generations is too great. It can also be understood that young people want to set up their own world on their own and do not want to be under the protective shell of their parents all the time. Others say how good your parents are, how good it is to be by your parents' side, you must practice filial piety in time, and don't regret it. This way of filial piety is no different from left-behind children, if the life is good, who will run around and work hard all day long, no one in this world is not selfish, everyone comes to this world to live? Everything is just for a better and more decent life, not for yourself, you also need to think about future generations, you are poor and backward, how can you be willing to let your children go through the same hardships as you. No one wants to lose at the starting line, not to mention that the children of rich families also have to endure hardships, take the same bus and go to ordinary schools, but don't forget, it will be different in the end, even if people don't go to work, they can't starve to death. You are in junior high school when you are exposed to computers, people are born with mobile phones, toy cars, and when you know how to use computers, everyone can play with their eyes closed, this is the difference. Li Huinan deeply understands this, for this has suffered a lot, others will do a good job of the documents, she will need more than half a day, the current society will not use machines and unemployment is not much different, can not expect to do manual work at a young age, after all, you have to get married and have children, and your body will be over after a lifetime.

Li Huinan habitually goes to the backyard, she doesn't know that her favorite Xiaobai is experiencing pain at this time, she doesn't know that this time she will never see her beloved Xiaobai again.

There are still a lot of branches, firewood, and some sawdust straw in the courtyard, which is normal in the countryside, but the home is already using electrical appliances, not as much as before, but people's habits are still not so easy to change, the parents' generation is from the three-year natural disaster, everything must be kept, prepared, not wasted, the New Year's gifts are also eaten after the autumn, and there are some moldy and rotten.

Intermittently seems to be crying, Li Huinan wonders, there are children at home? Did the neighbor give birth? No, it's supposed to be a guest.

The voice was getting closer and closer, everything was so sudden, unprepared, the whole person was stunned, stunned, expressionless, the heart was sad, the feeling was desolate, cold. The familiar small house, the dry fallen leaves, the convulsive body, is obviously sick, but it is still spitting mucus in its mouth, and it looks like it is about to die, that is Li Huinan's favorite Xiaobai.

"Xiaobai, you ......"

She didn't dare to approach, she was afraid or unwilling, she didn't believe it, it was Xiaobai who had been with her for more than ten years, from childhood to adulthood, she had long been like a relative, so how could she believe it, how could she be willing. She went back to the house and asked her father what was wrong with Xiaobai, who only said that he was injured.

"How did you get hurt?"

My father was silent, and my mother said, "It's here to protect me, and now..."

"It's, like...... No more. Why, go to the hospital in the city to see, maybe there will be a rescue. ”

At this time, my father interjected: "Don't go, it can't be saved like this, find a place to bury it." ”

"Are you going to be buried alive? Dad, why is your heart so ruthless! Li Huinan said fiercely, but her heart softened, it was all like that, what else could I do, she was reluctant to Xiaobai, thinking of leaving, her eyes were moist, and two huge tears rolled down after a while.

The mother grabbed Li Huinan's arm and wiped her tears with her hands: "Child, I have found someone to see it, it really doesn't work, don't blame your father." ”

Li Huinan's heart directly seemed to be frozen in ice, and with a chill, she stopped talking.

Quietly accompanied Xiaobai, and in just two hours, it left her, and she buried it under a locust tree in the backyard.

"Xiaobai, you want to be happy, and you must be happy in the next life." Adult feelings come and go quickly, after all, more than one dog has died in the family, and burying this matter will turn the page.

On the third day, the east of the village sang a big opera, it was the birthday of the ninth grandmother, who was 105 years old, he was a hard-working person, he was widowed when he was young, and he finally had a grandson who should be blessed, but unfortunately his son had a cerebral hemorrhage and left early, and his daughter-in-law also ran away with someone.

"Mom, are you going to watch the play?"

"Go ahead, take the bench."

"You're not going?"

"If my legs are inconvenient, I won't go."

"It's okay, it's very close, a village is not far away, it's better to take a look, stay at home for fear that you will get sick, and it is also good to move around more."

"It's true, it's been a week, I don't go to the ground much, and I'm really not used to it."

"That's for sure, do you want to buy some more snacks."

"I don't have a good mouth, don't buy too hard."

"Hmm."

The sun at three or four o'clock is really good, very soft, the shadow of the person is long, quite cute, everything is a kind of hazy beauty, the stands are not disturbed by the light, the stage is very large, the volume can also be, because it is not a weekend, good locations are everywhere, the age of the audience is relatively old, and most of them are women. Although Li Huinan is not a fan of drama, she can understand this play today: it is about the Tang Dynasty, when Huanglong rebelled, Zhu Chundeng joined the army on behalf of his uncle, and his wife Zhao Jintang and his mother-in-law depended on each other. Zhu Chundeng was accompanied by his aunt Song Cheng's nephew Song Cheng, Song Cheng coveted Zhao Jintang, assassinated Chundeng halfway, and came back to lie that Chundeng was killed. In order to occupy the wealth of the Changfang family, the Song family forced Zhao Jintang to remarry Song Cheng; Jintang does not follow. Aunt Zhu drove Jintang's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to the mountains to herd sheep in the snow. Chundeng meritorious service, marquis returned to the province, listened to Song's lie that his mother and wife were dead, went to the grave to cry and sacrifice, gave up the meal for seven days, suitable for Jintang's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law begged so far, recognized the tomb, and Zhu's mother broke the rice bowl by mistake in the agony, Zhu Chundeng called Jintang into the shed to ask, because Jintang had Zhu marks on his hands, the husband and wife recognized each other and told the previous situation. Zhu Chun found out the truth, killed Song Cheng, Aunt Zhu was shameless, committed suicide by throwing herself into a well, and the three members of the Zhu family were reunited.

The opera is tactful, funny and sad, and then sang Wang Baochuan's eighteen-year cold kiln, which is really sad. However, the old birthday star watched it very much, guessing that she should have been a very infatuated woman when she was young, otherwise, how could she not remarry for more than 60 years, that old man must be very good, and he is really good to her.

"Mom, what are you going to eat at night? I'll do it. ”

"What's your deal?"

"The play is over, so let's go home first, I'll go buy some food and come back, and make noodle soup."

"It's okay, if you don't come back, I won't be so idle, it's really a good girl, I'm sorry for you, child. It's all mom's incompetence, don't blame your dad. ”

"It's fine."

"I know you don't like your dad very much, but he's your dad after all."

"Don't say it, I know, I'll send you back and go shopping."

After sending his mother home, Li Huinan came to the vegetable market, the price began to be discounted as soon as the time passed seven o'clock, the vegetable market is generally closed at half past eight, in fact, it can be said that there is no one at eight o'clock, Li Huinan's city is not like the first and second lines that need to work very little at night, except for the lights on the highway are black everywhere, and the restaurants are closed at 11 o'clock at the latest, there is no takeaway in this city, it is very quiet, people's life rhythm is not fast or slow, it is very suitable for health preservation, but the bad point is that the economy will not be too good, The cars here are also more in the past two years, the road is still not crowded, many people go out or habitually ride bicycles, it is very convenient, many cars here are scooters for the elderly, with horns, slowly leisurely on the country roads, the old people at home rarely enter the city, everyone basically goes to the neighborhood to visit the door, chat, bask in the sun, and have to go to the field day and night when busy. There are not many young people left in the countryside, but there are more young people in the city, like Lijia Village, almost all of them go to Guangdong, Shanghai, Suzhou, Beijing and other places to work, and go back once a year or once a few years, and there are also those who settle outside and do not come back, in fact, every city is the same.

Li Huinan looked at this city, she felt that it was growing, and there was more and more of a sense of beauty tightly wrapped in the culture of her hometown, and she couldn't help but sigh, it was still a good hometown, what a kind place. Although it is not very rich, it is a very warm place, although the childhood was not very good, but it does not mean that I hate my hometown.