In the late summer and early autumn, according to the provisions of the company's work contract, Dazhi and I went to the unit in the capital to report together.

The students recruited by the unit have not yet arrived, and there are still a few days before the induction training stipulated by the company.

Dazhi and I counted the first batch of people to report.

We temporarily stayed in the temporary guest house arranged by the company, and he was busy going to Zhongguancun every day to help my cousin with things, while I settled down and sorted out my books and clothes.

Before the induction training, after the induction process of the unit was completed, there were two days of free time, and I planned to go back to my hometown.

I haven't been back to the countryside for a long time, and I have been working as a holiday job to earn tuition during college.

In the past few years of schooling, I have been floating in the provincial capital, busy with my livelihood, and my sense of home has become more and more blurred, however, the desire to go home has become stronger and stronger.

"I haven't been back for such a long time, my hometown should have changed a lot!" , I thought to myself.

According to the established route, I went from Beijing to the county seat, transferred trains at the county seat, returned to the town, got off at the Yellow Building, and then planned the trip back to the village where my hometown was located.

Although the journey was long, the journey was relatively smooth, and I soon arrived at the county seat.

The waiting time for the transfer train in the county is relatively long, and the station is very close to the county, so I will go back to the campus by the way.

As Dagang said, the county has been relocated to a new place.

At the old site of the county, what I saw was a brand-new campus and completely unfamiliar faces, and the old county where I studied and lived had become a training school, with strict management, and we graduates couldn't even enter the door.

After inquiring about the doorman, I learned that the teachers who were very familiar with us back then were also transferred to the high school in the city with the old principal.

It's been a place for a long time.

On the way from the county seat to the town, I kept thinking about the bits and pieces of life in the county.

I think of the classroom of cram school life, the ringing bell of the playground, and the corners of the dormitory building where I have lived for many years.....

I think of all kinds of youthful dreams that were once buried there, I think of my classmates and friendships, and I think of my first love.....

I can't help but feel a lot of emotion.

......

Soon to the town, I got off the bus in the Yellow Building.

Walk to the town hospital opposite to find the fourth uncle.

The fourth uncle happened to have a mission to go to the countryside, so he could take me back to the village in the countryside by the way.

I sat in the back seat of Uncle Four's motorcycle, speeding down the country road.

The country road that used to be a must-go way home has become a curved and flat concrete road.

Halfway through, I saw a strong and heavy bridge over the dry water river that I had encountered in Langu on a rainy night a few years ago.

The melon fields by the dry water river are nowhere to be found, and the frogs by the river are chirping one after another, as if telling old things and lamenting the impermanence of life.

Looking at the endless green gauze tents on both sides of the road, and the busy farmers in the fields, I can't help but feel a lot, if I hadn't been admitted to the university back then, and went out of the mountains to go to college, should I be like all the villagers now, busy shuttling between the fields?

However, what is the essential difference between this sunrise and sunset life and my future life?

......

It's getting closer and closer to home, the scenery at the entrance of the village is still the same, and all the scenes that come into view are still so familiar and cordial.

My mother had already received the news that I was coming back, and stood far away under the poplar tree next to the courtyard, waiting for me to come home.

She is still standing in the sunset, with dazzling white hair, looking from afar, silver as snow, and her thin body and the old house behind her outline a picture of the vicissitudes of time.

That scene has always been deeply imprinted in my memory.

No matter where I traveled, this kind of worrying waiting for my mother once became a call to my soul in my hometown, and it also reminded me to cherish family affection and never forget my original intention.

......

It's still a little stuffy.

My fourth uncle and I parked the car and walked into the hut.

While drinking water, he talked to his mother and fourth uncle.

......

"Big country, can you stay at home for a few days when you come back this time?" , which is a topic that my mother is very concerned about.

"No, I'm going back to the capital tomorrow, and this time I'm coming back in a tight time. The company is about to train, and after the training, I will start working immediately. After saying that, I was a little reluctant to go, I really haven't been back for a long time, but I don't have enough time to accompany her well.

The fourth uncle sat on the side and was silent all the time.

He pulled out a cigarette and handed it to me.

"Smoke, huh?"

"Uncle, I don't smoke."

"It's not okay if you don't smoke, I'm going to work right away, and smoking and drinking are also a kind of communication." When he saw that I didn't take the cigarette, he took out the lighter from his pocket, lit it, and handed it to me again.

"Smoking, smoking, studying. No, I'll teach you. "The fourth uncle saw that I really didn't smoke, and he seemed to be a little anxious.

Seeing that he was so persistent, I had no choice but to take it and carefully squeeze it in my hand.

"Alas, if you work in the future, will you have fewer chances of coming back?" My mother looked at me with some reluctance.

"It's okay, I just started working, I'm still an intern, I can do a limited amount of things, I shouldn't have so many tasks, I won't be very busy, I will come back often when I have the opportunity." I comforted her.

"Work is always busier than when you were in school, right?" My mother heard my tone of coaxing her to be happy, and she began to feel a little uneasy.

"I don't know very well, work and study are two different things, and when it comes to work, I should be relatively busy." I said vaguely.

"You can't go home when you go to school, you go to work, and I guess you will come back even less in the future." After my mother finished speaking, she sighed and looked sad.

"I should have listened to your grandfather at the beginning, and just left you at home to herd the sheep."

"For so many years, if you were at home, my grandson would be about to enter elementary school."

She seemed to be reminded of a lot of old things, and it was clear that she regretted the decision to let me continue my studies.

"Look at Xiaowei, I didn't study, but it's not good now, I have everything."

After all, she seemed even more upset.

"Do you remember Xiaowei in the village?" The fourth uncle asked me.

"Remember, my elementary school classmates." I replied,

"What is he doing now?"

I knew that Xiaowei went south to Shenzhen after graduating from junior high school, and later I heard that he went to many places and worked everywhere, and I hadn't seen him for many years.

"Xiao Wei can make a fortune, and he is now the boss. I came back in a car a few days ago. Mom interjected, her tone full of envy.

"So, I feel now that the decision to let you go to school back then was wrong, you see, Xiaowei didn't go to college, and he can still make a lot of money."

As she spoke, tears were about to flow from her eyes.

I wanted to amuse her and smiled and pointed to my head.

"Mom, college is not for nothing, your son's mind is now full of knowledge, which can't be exchanged for money, and there will definitely be no if you don't go to school."

The fourth uncle also smiled.

"That is, it can't be said that going to school is useless, and what you can learn in school can't be measured by money."

"Xiaowei is quite successful, but it should be an example, right?"

"Right, sister-in-law?" , the fourth uncle said to his mother, and he was also enlightening her.

"Everyone is the boss, and the big country is still an intern." In contrast, the real status quo still makes my mother a little entangled and sad.

Obviously, she decided that if I had been asked to go back to the village to herd sheep after graduating from high school, I would have been a farmer now, no worse than my boss.

Now she thinks that her son should be good enough, but he was delayed in school.

I immediately understood why my fourth uncle was in a hurry to teach me how to smoke, and my mother regretted making a decision to let me study and was sad.

The fourth uncle wanted me to integrate into the society as soon as possible and complete the role transition from intern to staff as soon as possible.

The mother, on the other hand, regrets that her son has wasted too much time and has not yet been given the opportunity to show his talents.

In this world, who doesn't want their children to get ahead and become famous?

......

"Has my uncle's uncle recently returned to his hometown?" I remembered my uncle.

I haven't been in touch lately, so I don't know how it's going.

My uncle's secondary school major is similar to mine, and he has been employed for many years, so information about him is very important to me.

"Your uncle? He's been working in the south. Mom replied.

"I heard that I am building a railway, and I am in the mountains all the year round, and I can't get out, and I can't go if I want to spend my money."

This information came as a bit of a surprise to me.

I thought to myself, I also studied engineering, although I don't have to go to the mountains to build a railway, but the hard work still makes me worry about my future working environment.

Uncle is married, I know this.

When I was a junior in college, he made a long-distance phone call to me and informed me of the good news of my marriage, but I haven't been in touch since, it turns out that I went to the remote mountains to build a railway.

"Haven't you heard from him lately? Has he never been back to his hometown? I asked.

Talking about the uncle's condition, my mother's eyes turned red again.

"You are all in college, and your majors are the same, you have just joined the work in a big country, your uncle has been in the class for three or four years, I think your work is similar, do you have to be like your uncle in the future, and you don't even have a message all year round?"

"Alas, they are all miserable people." With that, she sighed.

"Sister-in-law, young people now, just want to support the construction of the country, this is an honorable thing!" The fourth uncle took a puff of his cigarette and glanced at me.

"If a big country is like his uncle, for the construction of the project, the conditions are difficult, he does not go home all the year round, and it is inconvenient to contact him all the year round, we also have to support his work!"

The tone of his voice was full of encouragement for me.

I'm grateful and I feel the blood boiling.

Yes, selfless work is also a spirit of contribution!

......

"Fourth uncle, mother, my major and my uncle are slightly different, he is railway engineering, although I am also an engineering major, but the counterpart is real estate development, which is not the same as him."

"The content of our work in the future will be very different."

I would like to comfort the two elders and hope that they will not worry too much about my employment and survival, even though I do not know anything about the future.

"Then what do you mean, your job is still different from your uncle, you don't have to follow the construction team in the mountains all year round?" Mom's face softened a little.

"No matter what you do, as long as it is for the construction of the country, it is glorious." The fourth uncle's words were loud.

"Big country, remember, no matter where you go, you must work in a down-to-earth manner, and you can't discredit the unit or your profession. That's the most important thing! ”

Yes, a person's professional ethics are very important.

The fourth uncle's earnest advice benefited me a lot.

.......

"By the way, when you were in junior high school, did you have a classmate named Ding Ling?" The topic of the fourth uncle changed quickly, and before the work was finished, he talked about my past again.

I was shocked and a little curious.

"How could the fourth uncle know Ding Ling?"

I glanced at him, trying to figure out his psychology at the moment.

"Yes, we are in the same class, fourth uncle, you..... Do you know Ding Ling? ”

"She is a relative of one of my comrades-in-arms, she finished the college entrance examination, but she did not do very well, and it was an old leader of mine who introduced her to join the army." , The fourth uncle's expression was very calm, and he said lightly.

"The little girl was quite competitive after joining the army, and she was admitted to the military doctor, and a few days ago, I heard from my comrades-in-arms that she was now assigned to a hospital in the Southwest Military Region."

"Aren't you in touch?" The fourth uncle looked at me and didn't notice my abnormality.

Once again, I accidentally obtained information about Ding Ling's whereabouts, and I was very excited in my heart, and my face couldn't help but blush a little.

"Oh, I haven't been in contact with her much." , I replied vaguely.

At the same time, I also feel a trace of sadness, I get every key information about Ding Ling's whereabouts from relatives and friends.

She never took the initiative to tell me anything about her future plans or any current decisions.

It seems that I really have no status in her mind? Or is it simply insignificant?

"Uncle, after Ding Ling is assigned to the hospital, is it considered active duty or retirement? Is it still a military status? ”

The fourth uncle has been a soldier, so he should be very clear about this problem.

"The staff of the military hospital are all on active duty, they are still soldiers, and after they retire, they can go to the social hospital." The fourth uncle's answer solved my doubts.

As soon as the words fell, he diverted the topic again.

"There's a girl named Ah Hong in your junior high school class, right?" After saying that, he stared into my eyes with a serious expression on his face.

"Some ......" I lowered my head, a little weak.

I don't know how the fourth uncle could know so much about me during the Yellow Mansion, looking at his appearance, it's not just as simple as asking.

"Ah Hong, are you still in touch now?"

"It's been a long time since I got in touch."

"What do you think?"

"Huh? ...... I, I didn't think much of it. About Ah Hong, I have a ghost in my heart, and I am a little overwhelmed by being asked.

"Great country, there is a reason why I asked you so many things about your classmates."

"You may not know, I know Ah Hong's family very well, Ah Hong's house is very close to the town hospital, and her parents and I have a good personal relationship."

"Some things about you and Ah Hong when you were studying in Huanglou Junior High School, your head teacher told me, when you were still young, I didn't ask you for verification in person."

"Now that you've graduated from college, what do you think of what happened when you and Ah Hong were in school? Have you ever been friends? ”

"As far as I know, Ah Hong seems to have been looking for you all this day." The fourth uncle stared at me again, his expression solemn.

I was a little embarrassed to be stared at.

"Fourth Uncle shouldn't know that Ah Hong actually already has a heart, right?" , I thought to myself.

At the same time, I remembered the information that Da Gang brought me in college, and the scene of the gathering in the Yellow Mansion reappeared, so much time has passed, it is estimated that Ah Hong is already married, right?

"I ...... Actually, in fact, when I was in junior high school, Ah Hong and I did get quite close, but I was still young at the time and didn't understand anything, and now that I think about it, it's actually nothing, right? I replied honestly, and after speaking, I looked at the fourth uncle with a serious expression.

"Well, you can do it yourself." He sighed, seemingly reluctant to say anything more.

"I can't give any advice on the affairs of you young people, so you better work with peace of mind first."

My mother looked at me, and then at my fourth uncle, who didn't understand what we were talking about, and didn't want to disturb us.

Finally, she shook her head and walked out of the house to go about her own business.

The fourth uncle didn't want to say anything more, he ended the topic, gave me a meaningful look, and walked out of the room.

I knew in my heart that judging from the expression of the fourth uncle who asked me a few things, his attention to my Huanglou until college was not limited to my studies.

I was left alone in the room, quietly, quietly.

Sitting alone in the room, I feel like my brain is messed up.

For a while, Xiaowei drove back to the village in a small car, looking like a successful and famous;

For a while, it was the parting time of Ah Honghuanglou's graduation, with an affectionate gaze;

After a while, it was Ding Ling's cold face;

After a while, I remembered that I was about to go to work, my identity as an intern, and all the uncertainties at work.

All the events and people that come to my mind are so close to me and so far away.

However, being an intern reminded me that I wasn't ready for anything in a society that opened its doors and welcomed me to the community.

Suddenly I felt a little depressed.

I stood up and walked into the yard, a fresh breeze blew, and the fragrance of grass wafted in, refreshing my heart.

In the distant direction of Qingshan, there was a rumbling thunder.

As a few dark clouds drifted by, it began to rain lightly.