As you get closer to home, you get farther and farther away from people you are used to.

For more than two hours, I spent most of my time holding my mobile phone, looking at a WeChat friend, a once upon a time reluctant avatar in a daze, and almost made up my mind several times, but in the end, it still ended in failure.

That's it, in that case, let's take one step at a time.

As soon as I put away my phone and was about to sleep for a while, someone sent a friend message.

took out the mobile phone again and looked at it, and sure enough, it was sent by Zhang Xiaowei, a little woman.

She asked me, "Where are you?" How long will it take to get home?

I couldn't help but smile, like most people who fall in love, or are about to fall in love, this smile seems a little silly.

didn't reply to Zhang Xiaowei's message, I directly plugged in the headphones and sent her a voice message.

I didn't think about it, but I was rejected.

Just stunned, Zhang Xiaowei sent another message: I ...... now I'm a little afraid to listen to you, so let's type and chat [stick out my tongue]

[Why?] I can't help but be a little puzzled.

[Why else, I'm afraid" Zhang Xiaowei said.

Thinking of the scene of spring in the room a few hours ago, I immediately laughed, a little bad.

[Am I that terrible?] Even if there is, it is already one or two hundred kilometers away, but it is not such a long hand, and the whip is beyond the reach. 】

Zhang Xiaowei suddenly sent a series of beating expressions, and said again: There are some things that you men don't understand.

[What don't you understand, even if I want to insult you now, the "devil's claw" can't stretch so long. I'm a little confused.

[But what if I heard your voice and I couldn't resist buying a ticket to your house? [I'm about to cry]]

I was stunned for a moment, and almost burst out laughing.

I see!

[It's okay, come if you want, I want you to go back with me, how about I wait for you at the station? 】

[Don't!] Don't tempt me, okay, otherwise I really can't help it, it's too embarrassing for Sister Yun and them to know. I'm going home, I haven't been back for too long, don't seduce me anymore, wait until I take care of some things at home, and then go to your house with Sister Yun and them until the Chinese New Year, okay? [pitiful]]

Imagining Zhang Xiaowei's appearance when she sent me these messages, I couldn't help but grin and laugh happily.

Just as he was about to reply and say okay, since you have begged for mercy, let go of your little goblin for the time being, Zhang Xiaowei sent a message again: I have booked a ticket to go home in three days, I will accompany Sister Yun in these three days, and go back to take care of your master regularly with her, and when I get home, let's contact again, if you are free, I hope you can think about me more, of course I will miss you.

I sent her a message again, and sure enough, it was like a stone in the sea, and I didn't reply again.

Forget it, just under the stimulation of the sudden temporary separation, pierced the last layer of window paper, this little woman needs to calm down, and I need it too, so I put away my phone and no longer disturb her already turbulent heart.

After more than an hour, the bus finally arrived at the bus station in his hometown.

My hometown is a poor county in the southwest of the province, the county is surrounded by mountains on three sides, there are very few underground minerals, in the early years it was really poor, the county is just like a slightly larger township, the streets are narrow, dilapidated and old, in recent years, under the trend of real estate rocket-like development, a new urban area has been built, barely like a county town, and the old city is still dilapidated.

I got off the bus in the deserted new city, dragged two suitcases out of the station, and was looking left and right, ready to take a taxi directly to my hometown 27 kilometers away, when I saw a short man wearing a woolen hat, leather gloves, and stubble on his face on the fork of the road along the road across the road, waving and shouting at me.

Isn't that my daddy?

When I was packing, I called home, saying that I was coming back today, and specially told my dad not to pick me up on a cold day, but I didn't expect him to come.

Seeing him waving his hand in the drizzle, the tip of his nose blown reddish by the cold wind, I couldn't help but feel a little sad, and then smiled and shouted dad across the road, dragging his suitcase and walking quickly down the zebra crossing.

Just after crossing the street, my dad also approached, hehe smiled and took a suitcase from my hand, and asked me as he walked, "Why do you want to come back all of a sudden?" ”

I said I didn't have much to do lately, so I would have come back early.

"Does it mean that you have to go back after the New Year? Then why don't you bring your master with you? My dad said again.

I didn't want my family to know that I was driven back by the old man, and there were still things in the provincial capital, so I said that he was not in the provincial capital recently, and he would not return in a few days, and when he came back, I would pick him up.

For my words, my father didn't have any doubts, nodded and said, That's good, your master is the great benefactor of our family, but we can't forget his kindness, let alone leave his old man alone for the New Year.

I said I knew, how could I forget.

As we spoke, we came to the path by the river.

I couldn't help but frown when I saw an old golden deer farm truck parked on the side of the road.

"Dad, didn't you say that you should change to a new one, or just change the van, why are you still driving this?"

Seeing that I was not very happy, my father immediately scratched his head, smiled and said: "Why do you change it, it's not that it can't be opened, and besides, if you pull things often, it will become old in a few new ones, so it's better to save the money you gave you and your brother and marry a daughter-in-law in the future." ”

I was speechless.

My dad is a traditional carpenter, inheriting my grandfather's craft, from when my brother and I were young, where there was work, everywhere to help people make doors and windows furniture, with the accelerated development of society, many production began to become factory streamlined, more diverse, traditional craftsmanship gradually fell behind. My dad can't turn his brain very well, he doesn't know how to drill camps, and he has become a member of the gradual elimination, and has to face a change of career, but everything related to construction has been done, and in recent years, he has partnered with several people in his hometown to specialize in contracting rural housing construction.

The Golden Deer car in front of him is very old, and the cab is leaking everywhere, has been with him for seven or eight years, and when he has work, he will do the work while carrying down the work of pulling down the tools and materials, and help others pull it when he is not working.

"You can make a few bucks by pulling some bricks, sand and stones, or you can just change to a van and drive it, and it will be warmer in winter." I say.

My dad laughed and said, "That's not possible, there is very little to live this year, most of the time is pulling materials for others, changing to a van, and it should be unemployed." My dad is still young, so he can't let me start retiring now and be idle at home, right? I've been idle for almost a month lately. ”

"If you are idle, you will be idle, if you don't have any work, you will spend more time at home with my mother, and help more with the work at home."

"With just a few plots of land and a few pigs at home, how much work can I have."

"I'll tell you seriously, just don't toss anymore, it's no big deal to do less work, our family has no money, but there is no shortage of this."

"Okay, as long as you find a daughter-in-law to go home and let my father hold his grandson, I will retire immediately......"