Chapter 46: Mobile Phones
Wu Sifu saw that the house was cleaned up, and he took clean water to get rid of the smell of sweat all over his body, so he prepared to ride an electric car to the health center for infusion.
Xiaotian saw that his father's feet were not good, and he went to ride an electric car, and said worriedly: "Dad, can you do it?" Why don't I take you to the health center? ”
"You can ride an electric car?" Wu Sifu looked at Xiaotian suspiciously.
"I can ride a bike, so naturally I ride an electric car." Xiao Tian said confidently.
Pingping heard Xiaotian say that she was going to ride an electric car to send Sifu to the health center, and immediately stopped: "You are a little child, you are not small. This mountain road has seven twists and turns, do you dare to ride an electric car? Forbid. ”
"I'm 18 years old, where are the kids?" Xiao Tian replied weakly.
"Xiaotian, since you said that you are an adult, why don't you go to the village with your mother to volunteer today. Our house wasn't full for a day. Wu Sifu arranged.
"Okay, I'm going to volunteer today." Xiaotian obeyed the way.
The three of them finished breakfast and went their own way.
Xiaotian followed Pingping to the machine plowing road, and saw that Tang Xiaohong was directing everyone to cut down the bamboo and wood within the range determined by the technician, saying that the excavator would enter the site to planing the roadbed in a few days.
Pingping and Xiaotian join the labor force. The newborn calves of the roaring sky were vigorous and vigorous, dragging the bamboos and trees cut down by the adults to the bamboo forest.
There are many mosquitoes and flies in the mountains and forests, and after a while, Xiaotian's little arms and legs were bitten by mosquitoes and scratched one by one.
When Liu Rong saw it, she said distressedly: "Xiaotian, go and rest, see that there are pimples everywhere on your hands and legs, wipe them with saliva, and it will be fine later." ”
Li Dacui looked at it and exclaimed exaggeratedly: "Xiaotian, do the mosquitoes in this mountain have an enmity with you?" Come on, come on, I brought the wind oil essence, you take it and wipe it.
The mosquitoes on this mountain were hungry and panicked, smelled the meat of the doll, and came to bite it. Look at our meat, it is as old as firewood, and the mosquitoes don't even look at it. ”
Li Sanmao took Li Dacui's words: "You take off your clothes and pants and show them to the mosquitoes to see if they will eat your meat?" ”
After listening to Li Sanmao's words, everyone laughed and encouraged Li Dacui to take off her clothes and try to see if the mosquitoes would not eat her meat.
"Li Sanmao, an old and immodest guy, is not ashamed at all. People are dolls, you talk nonsense, see if the old lady doesn't tear your mouth. Li Dacui scolded.
Everyone laughed again and encouraged Li Dacui to tear Li Sanmao's mouth; If you tear it off, take an extra day of volunteering.
Everyone was talking and laughing and working at the same time, and there was a lively and busy scene in the mountains and forests.
After working for a while, everyone felt dry mouth, fatigue and fatigue, Li Dacui proposed to rest, and everyone responded.
Pingping took advantage of everyone's rest to pick up the chopped bamboo branches, carefully picked them up one by one and stacked them neatly and tied them; Liu Rong saw Pingping picking up bamboo branches, so she also went over to pick them up.
They want to pick up the bamboo branches and tie them into brooms to sweep the dam, pigsty, and chicken pen, and bamboo brooms are good agricultural tools.
Xiaotian came to the stream alone, washed his face with the stream water in his hand, and soaked a pair of white thighs that had not been exposed to the sun in the cool stream, and suddenly felt that his whole body was transparent and cold.
Looking at the scenes of their fathers' hard work and listening to their gags, Xiaotian felt that their lives were simple and happy.
A footpath, carrying the daily life of the old folks, has gone through years of wind and frost, and now it has finally been built. The simple villagers have the money to contribute, and the hope and expectation are turned into this hard work.
This broad avenue, which will become a poverty alleviation and rural tourism in the future, is now changing in the hands of the villagers.
Xiaotian thought about this college entrance examination again, and he didn't know how many points he could get. I like architecture the most, and architects such as Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin have long been idols in my heart, and their research and exploration of ancient Chinese architecture and modern architecture have always been the direction of my attention.
The civil engineering departments of Tsinghua University and Tongji University are well-known in the country and even the world, can your grades go up?
In second place, Tianjin University and Zhejiang University are very good. If you can step into a prestigious university as you wish, you will come up with a proud design work in the future and be famous inside and outside the circle.
Xiao Tian imagined a bright future, and his heart was full of hope.
Seeing that the uncles and aunts began to work again, Xiaotian happily joined the labor team again.
Xiaotian followed his mother to volunteer for two consecutive days, and when he came back from work in the afternoon, his hands and feet were so painful that he couldn't lift his legs and stretch his arms.
Pingping saw that her son was so tired that she thought to herself, after all, she was a child, her muscles were not strong, and she couldn't withstand this kind of heavy physical work, so she was so distressed: "You don't have to go to volunteer tomorrow, you're at home."
Take a break. ”
The next day, Xiao Tian slept until three o'clock in the morning before getting up, and between his legs and arms, his muscles were still faintly painful.
He rolled over and got out of bed, and found that the house was quiet, and he didn't know where his father and mother had gone.
He went to the stove house to heat up the meal, and when he had finished eating, he felt that he had nothing to do. He wanted to contact Huzi and ask them how they were doing in Tibet, but when he thought about it, he didn't have a mobile phone, how could he contact him?
Xiaotian felt that staying at home was like a trapped beast in a cage, and his life of losing contact with the outside world was lonely and boring. He was suddenly tired of these days.
Buying a mobile phone? I'm about to enter college, so I should have my own mobile phone. But how do you talk to your parents?
The family is stretched, how can you afford to buy a mobile phone? Isn't this an extravagant idea?
Boredom, Xiaotian had to go to his parents' room to find a book to read. He stood in front of his father's desk and saw that the desk was full of books on raising pigs and chickens. Xiaotian smiled dumbly, Dad is really a person who loves to be single-minded and persistent.
Xiaotian thought again, if his father didn't owe so much debt, would he have worked so hard? Is it really that poverty leads to change?
Xiao Tian rummaged through the desk and accidentally found a set of Lu Yao's "Ordinary World". He heard from the Chinese teacher that this book can be called a youth version of inspirational books, with high reading value and literary value.
He took out "The Ordinary World", went downstairs to the hall, turned on the fan, and began to read it comfortably. Soon, he was attracted by the life and fate of Sun Shaoping and Sun Shaoan in the loess plateau.
At noon, Pingping came back from outside work; After a while, Wu Sifu also came back from outside and asked Pingping to go to the side of the house to help him carry corn.
It turned out that Wu Sifu rode an electric car to buy corn in Li Sanmao's yard.
Pingping carried back the corn and asked Xiaotian if he was cooking. Xiaotian always felt that he was not hungry, and he was immersed in the book, and he didn't know the time sooner or later, so he didn't wash rice and cook.
Pingping saw that Xiaotian didn't come to help her carry the corn, so she sat there and read a book. I thought, I've passed the college entrance examination, what books are you still reading? This child really doesn't know the height of the sky, and he doesn't sympathize with his parents' hard work at all, and the more he thinks about it, the more angry he becomes.
couldn't suppress the anger in his heart, and said to Xiaotian in an aggravated tone: "Didn't you see us tired and tired outside? I don't even cook food, and I read a book at home coolly, which is really a good life! ”
Xiaotian was already irritable in his heart, and when he heard his mother's words sneering, the fire in his heart suddenly jumped: "How do I know that noon time is coming, and I don't have a mobile phone or a clock to keep track of the time." ”
"I don't know if I don't have a mobile phone, turn on the TV and watch it? You're still reasonable. Pinkie roared.
"What's so good about TV? There are only a few sets of flipping over and over, and the effect is not good. Xiao Tian argued.
Wu Sifu saw that Xiaotian and Pingping were on his shoulders, and hurriedly pulled Pingping over: "If you have something to say, why are you angry?" Xiaotian is a child, and he worked actively two days ago. You sit down and rest, and I'll cook. ”
Pingping heard Wu Sifu come out to dissuade her, and she also felt that her anger was a little evil. Thinking that everyone in the family is working hard for a living, why do you have to suffer?
Pingping ignored Xiaotian and sat under the eaves to rest. At this moment, Pingping's phone rang.
Pingping took a look and saw that it was Huzi calling. She knew that Huzi was calling to find Xiaotian, so she handed him the phone.
Xiaotian took the phone, and saw that his mother's anger was still there, so he had to take the phone upstairs to answer it.
Huzi: Xiaotian, what are you doing at home?
Xiaotian: Build roads.
Huzi: Build roads? Will you build roads?
Xiaotian: We are building a machine and cultivating road here, and we require every family to volunteer. My dad's feet hurt, and I have to help volunteer.
Huzi was silent, not saying anything more.
Xiaotian: Are you having fun in Tibet? When will you be back?
Huzi: Of course Tibet is fun. Snowy plateau, blue sky and white clouds, cow butter tea, temple pagodas, chanting, kowtowing and other long-headed believers...... It's fun, it's really fun. It's just a pity that you didn't come out.
Xiaotian: Ugh. I followed the uncles and aunts in the village to the mountains and forests every day to cut bamboo and trees, and my legs and feet were very sore, and the key was that the days were boring. I feel like I'm about to become a person who is out of touch with society and out of touch with everyone.
Huzi: Buy a mobile phone. Otherwise, you will really lose contact with the outside world.
Xiaotian: I don't have any money, how can I buy it?
Huzi: Working a summer job. When I come back, you come to the county seat, and we will go to work together for summer work.
The two chatted for a while before closing the line.
Pingping made lunch, and Wu Sifu called Xiaotian to go downstairs to eat. Xiao Tian wilted and walked downstairs, handed the phone to Pingping, picked up the bowl, sandwiched some lettuce and pickles, and a pair of chopsticks tossed and turned in the bowl, as if there were thousands of wisps of resentment about to erupt.
Wu Sifu: Xiaotian, what did Huzi tell you?
Xiaotian: Dad, I want to buy a mobile phone.
Wu Sifu: Buying a mobile phone? Okay, I'll buy you one. Your mom brought it up just now.
Pingping choked on the side of her throat with a mouthful of rice, and looked at Wu Sifu with wide eyes, when did she say that she wanted to buy a mobile phone for Xiaotian? hurriedly swallowed the food in his mouth, taking advantage of the situation to object, but Wu Sifu handed over a look that didn't say anything.
Pingping had no choice but to put away the words in her mouth and continue eating.
Wu Sifu: What kind of mobile phone do you want to buy? In two days, Dad will accompany you to the city to pick one.
Xiaotian: I don't want you to buy it. I went to the city to work for the summer and bought it again after earning the money.
Wu Sifu: This is a good solution. The city is better than our bamboo village, the living environment is good, and the information is transmitted quickly; After our bamboo village, it is closed. Young people, it is time to go to the city to see and learn.
Xiaotian didn't say anything. After pulling the rice in the bowl, I went upstairs to watch "Ordinary World" again.
Xiao Tian looked absent-minded. He thought that if he proposed to buy a mobile phone, his parents would definitely oppose it, and he counted how much debt his family owed, and now that he had a meager income, he had to save money to go to college, so how could he have spare money to buy a mobile phone.
Unexpectedly, my father promised to buy it for him, and said that my mother also mentioned it just now. Do they really have a heart for themselves?