The flavor of the New Year was in a jubilant atmosphere, like the Lantern Festival rolling in the water, back and forth and refused to dissipate, Lin Yu rushed back to work on the sixth day of the first month, which was the longest day she had spent at home in recent years. Han Lin sat on the sofa and munched on melon seeds, occasionally nagging a sentence or two, complaining that her daughters would not stay by her side when they grew up.

Grandfather and grandfather's generation left early, did not catch up with the good days of enjoying Qingfu, Lin Yue's memories of his grandfather's generation, stayed before the age of three, the tombstone standing behind the sea of flowers in the hometown cemetery, the figure on the black and white photo, carrying the remnants of history, that year, is the New Year also like this?

In the first internship assignment in college, Lin Yue chose to go to the grassroots level, in his grandfather's hometown, under the barren barren mountains, a nameless small village.

She contacted the director of the town's neighborhood office, submitted an application for an internship, and was soon assigned to the creation office to be in charge of poverty alleviation.

It's not what she thought.

work, not so idle; personnel, not so stable. It is common for one person to be responsible for several tasks, and the cadres of the lower villages often step on the mud to talk to people in the fields, not to appear to be hard-working, but they have long been accustomed to this rhythm, just to improve efficiency.

Lin Yue looked at the yellow winter wheat on the plains, as far as the eye could see, a few swallows on the telephone pole that had not caught up with the southward migration team, humming a lonely song, the smoke curling in the houses slowly rose, and between the blue sky and white clouds, there were tall mountains.

"We were by the lake in the savannah

Wait for the migratory birds to fly back

When we're all grown up

Just give birth to a doll

He will grow up and die on his own

We also went our separate ways

……”

Lin Yue sang a song, walked in the field, and took a set of photos in front of the camera.

There was no one around, and there was some smell of animal manure in the air, so she looked down at the mud on her boots and sighed helplessly.

"Lin Yue! Why are you back too? ”

Lin Yue looked up and saw his high school classmate Zheng Yuanyuan standing on the shore.

"Hi~" Lin Yue waved her hand excitedly, she walked tremblingly over the dirt road, Zheng Yuanyuan reached out to support her, Lin Yue stepped on the shore of the field and patted the dust on her boots.

The two walked slowly along the country road, the sun was shining warmly on their bodies, Lin Yue stretched her waist, and Zheng Yuanyuan kept staring at Lin Yue's face, as if she was much more beautiful after returning from Xi'an.

"Have you taken the test?" Zheng Yuanyuan found a topic.

"Well, what about you?"

"I'm in Yangling, don't you know, there is another university in Yangling."

"Yang Ling?" Lin Yue thought for a moment, "Yang Ling...... Where? ”

"I know you don't know, Northwest A&F University, have you heard of it?"

Lin Yue shook his head, feeling that the name was long and strange.

"I'll be back later." Zheng Yuanyuan looked at the wheat in the field, "I will work here." ”

"Oh." Lin Yue didn't understand, it was an incredible thing to stay here, and it was also a great thing.

"What about you?"

"I ......" Lin Yue's thoughts drifted to the top of Mount Everest again, and she thought of the thumbnails of all the world's places of interest, flashed like a film, and finally stopped at Jensenjie and Kentucky.

Lin Yue smiled, a white mist coming out of his mouth, "I don't know." ”

Zheng Yuanyuan used a score of more than 200 points in a line to apply for an agriculture and forestry college, as simple and true as he was, millions of college students every year, there will always be people who return to their hometowns in the last tier cities to shine their own glimmer.

"I participated in a rural research activity, and since the day before yesterday, I have visited 30 households." Zheng Yuanyuan opened a new topic.

"Thirty households? What are you researching? ”

"Anything researched, interested? Let's go, there's a house in front of you, are you going? ”

"Go!" Lin Yue took off his coat and hat, and followed Zheng Yuanyuan into the large courtyard of a farmer in front.

The yard was drying shriveled peppers and corn on the cob, a little black dog was barking fiercely, and an old woman came out of the roller blinds with a dustpan and walked to a place where the sun was shining, and hung the dried cowpeas on the stones.

She turned around, frowned, and asked, "You guys came to investigate as the village chief said, right?" ”

Lin Yue only felt a foul smell in front of her nose, she pinched her nose and scared the little black dog that pounced, Zheng Yuanyuan politely communicated with the old woman, and the old man rarely saw a smile on his weathered face.

A young man in his early forties came out of the house with a bowl of noodles, sat on the threshold and sucked, picked up a piece of vegetable with chopsticks and threw it to the little black dog. The young man had a small head, wore a gray waistcoat and wide-legged trousers, and looked like a ruffian.

"You, sit in the house, no wonder you can't find your daughter-in-law." The old man pointed at the young man, his face displeased.

"Is this your son?" Zheng Yuanyuan asked.

"Idle son, I still take care of his food, Erhei is better than him." The old man nodded at the little black dog, "Huh?" Two black! ”

The guy went in again, and after a while, he walked out with a bunch of keys, unscrewed the accelerator of the motorcycle, and drove away quickly.

"Where is he going?" Zheng Yuanyuan looked at the dust raised.

"Go and move the bricks."

"Is it a worker?"

"It's coolies!" The old man took off the rag from the shelf and wiped a long wooden table in the yard, "You are tired of sitting, standing!" ”

Lin Yue looked at the old grandmother's expression, her joy and anger were invisible, and it was unpredictable.

"It's a good thing, I divorced my daughter-in-law, and now I'm running around alone, and I asked him, 'What are you running for?' He said what about running business? I don't believe he can make any business. This year, the village implemented the toilet reform, our stinky toilet was gloriously laid off, he also had to build a big house, I said you save some money, he said that the big house is Dad's dream, no one can persuade him, this is not separated from his daughter-in-law, this year is going to repair this house! ”

Lin Yue listened to Zheng Yuanyuan's chat with his grandmother, and admired him, he could always ask sharp questions very tactfully, vague questions very transparently, prepare the most accurate first-hand data, and chatter with the people in the village.

The mountain was red, everyone's shadows dragged long on the ground, the little black dog was jumping and sticking out his tongue in the sunset, Zheng Yuanyuan was tirelessly talking, and the old grandmother was talking and laughing.

"Stay and eat!" The old grandmother tied up her apron, and the folds on her face smiled like a sunset flower.

"No, no, I'm sorry to bother you!" Zheng Yuanyuan quickly retreated.

The lights were lit in the farmer's houses on both sides, and Lin Yue yawned and walked on the dirt road, knowing that the research was so boring, she would not agree to come here.

"Do you know what it's called?" Zheng Yuanyuan's eyes flashed, "This is called targeted poverty alleviation, the reason why my grandmother's house is not funded by the government is because her son is counted as a laborer, and all families with cars and young laborers do not enjoy government-aided housing." ”

"Hmm." Lin Yue yawned again.

"Therefore, the problem now is to further understand the situation of rural households and ensure that poverty alleviation is immediate." Zheng Yuanyuan couldn't see Lin Yue's expression clearly in the dark night, and he told Lin Yue excitedly, thinking that Lin Yue was as like-minded as him.

"You're amazing." Lin Yue was about to arrive at the dormitory of the internship unit, and she said goodbye to Zheng Yuanyuan.

"We played with mud together when we were kids, do you remember?" Zheng Yuanyuan tried hard to mention the youthful and beautiful memories when the two of them had no guesses.

"It seems that there have been a few times when I was a child, and most of the things I don't remember clearly."

Zheng Yuanyuan was a little lost, he had liked Lin Yue since he was a child, she was the only child in this village who grew up with his bare buttocks, can time really change a person? She looks beautiful now, and she has a home in the city, will she dislike herself?

"I ...... Actually, I hope you come back! Zheng Yuanyuan tried to hint.

Lin Yue was already very sleepy, her brain didn't listen to her very much, her left ear went in and her right ear went out, she didn't know what Zheng Yuanyuan was expressing.

"I shouldn't come back, I'm going to go to the big city when I'm young, and there is a feeling of isolation when I stay here, and I feel deeply when I come back for an internship this time, urbanization and modernization are unstoppable! Zheng Yuanyuan, do you want to follow urbanization, or wait to be covered by urbanization? ”

"I will have a farm, a new countryside of my own, the countryside is connected into a regional network, where the houses are red tiles and white walls, there are favorite courtyards, and there are also water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, working together, sharing wages, people do a good deed every day, and exchange the intangible currency in circulation."

Lin Yue rubbed his eyes, "There is a feeling of paradise, I support you, I will go up first, bye!" ”

"Goodbye."

Zheng Yuanyuan turned around and walked on the dim path. There are people who are willing to stay here, with ambitions, sketch a blueprint, reverse the pattern with passion, and burst out of the prairie fire.