When I knew you

Shui Miao knew Ye Jiajin earlier than Ye Jiajin knew him, and it was in the summer of Yuyin Town that he remembered the name Ye Jiajin and where Ye Jiajin lived. At that time, an egg cost five cents, and breakfast was only five cents, enough to buy a vegetable bun at school.

It was a Friday morning, just after school, four classes had been completed, and the sun was already coming out from the other side of the mountain. At that time, Shui Miao was still in the sixth grade, and the sunlight came through the transparent glass, sprinkled on the word "morning" on Shui Miao's desk, and the word "morning" could often be seen on the red desk at that time, mottled red paint, and a red bench.

Every time a student has a new desk, he will always use a knife to engrave a few words on the new desk, or pick up an oil pen to write a paragraph or a name on the peeling desk gap, this habit does not know where to go, as if writing a word on the desk means that they once had it, the immature words on the table have become an eternal mark, and the person who writes has been replaced from generation to generation, the desk has not finished writing is replaced, the new desk is replaced, the old desk is placed outside, Shui Miao didn't know where the old desks would end up, but he was sure that the desk would soon be filled with all kinds of words.

At that time, Ye Jiajin was also in the sixth grade, but he was in the third class on the second floor, and Shui Miao was in the first class on the first floor. After the class bell rang, when Shui Miao just walked out of the classroom door, he was pushed by the people who hugged him from behind, he slammed straight into the flower pot in front of the classroom door, Shui Miao immediately opened his legs, he wanted to step over the flower pot, the sapling in the flower pot opened its luxuriant arms and Shui Miao came to a close contact, the flower pot fell down from the steps like this, and fell to pieces, the sapling lay quietly under the steps, and the soil on the rhizome of the sapling also fell a lot, the soil in one place, at this moment Shui Miao's heart also fell to pieces. At this time, Shui Miao's homeroom teacher was not far behind him, and not long after the school bell rang, he just watched this scene happen in front of his eyes, he didn't have time to blame Shui Miao, picked up the sapling on the ground and walked to the office.

"You go buy a flower pot."

The blame on the head teacher's face, Shui Miao didn't dare to take another look, and he didn't look at Shui Miao anymore before walking to the office, without giving Shui Miao the slightest chance to defend himself, and Shui Miao didn't know how to justify. The head teacher told Shui Miao to buy a basin. On this day that should have been happy, on the day that this weekend was approaching, the green leaves in the potted plant fell on Shui Miao's heart, and he didn't dare and didn't want his mother to know about the bonsai.

Shui Miao couldn't remember the person who pushed him at that time, and the initiator became Shui Miao, who was thinking about how much a flower pot in the grocery store would cost? Her mother, who had just returned from the dam, had only sifted through a pile of sand early in the morning. He had tried to use the shovel to lift a shovel of sand, and he couldn't swing it a few times at that time, and his mother had been working all day, except for the rain and the noon of the summer, and he would come back early, and the family was only one laborer, and his mother would usually grow a little vegetables, and his family would often wait for the vegetables to ripen before eating. At that time, the villagers always needed sand to build houses, and Shui Miao's mother used iron mesh to sift sand at the river dam to sell it for money, and her hands were full of calluses.

After Shui Miao waited at home for more than ten minutes, the meal was finally ready, his mother didn't ask him how he was doing at school, nor did she ask him if he was full, watching his mother collect the dishes and chopsticks, and left without waiting for his mother to wash the dishes and then go to the river dam to sift sand, Shui Miao didn't go to school after eating, but walked up half the street along the house, and finally saw a smaller flower pot in a grocery store on the corner of the street, "Boss, how do you sell this flower pot?" "It was a middle-aged woman who came out," 12 yuan. Shui Miao asked several shops with flower pots, and finally chose the one for 12 yuan, but he didn't have that much money on him.

Twelve yuan was already a big number for Shui Miao at that time, equivalent to his breakfast money for more than 20 days, he didn't dare to go to school, for fear of seeing the head teacher, his mother was not called to school by the teacher, he didn't dare to go home, Shui Miao walked along the road and kept walking. When he walked to seven o'clock in the evening, he saw a red truck full of cement, behind the cement truck was a three-wheeled truck, on which sat four workers loading and unloading cement, Shui Miao ran to follow the slow tricycle. The cement truck kicked up a burst of dust, but the gray dust made Shui Miao feel excited, he hated the dust raised in the past, but this time it made him extremely happy. The red truck turned around in front of the car, he drove to a small road, stopped in the lane, Shui Miao followed, he wanted 12 yuan, this car of cement made him full of hope, in his eyes this car of cement is money, as long as there is 12 yuan This matter can be solved satisfactorily, his mother will not know.

"Auntie, can I help you unload?" The men carrying the cement on their backs did not speak, but a woman in the car spoke, "You can't move," the cement worker had a gray dust on his face, and she had a towel stained with cement around her neck. The cement worker's face was next to a piece of cement ash, and on her back was a gray shoulder and gray hair.

"I often do farm work at home, I have a lot of strength, you let me try, I'm sure I'll be fine," the female cement worker looked at Shui Miao in the car and hadn't left yet, his eager eyes, the female cement worker let Shui Miao get into the car, "You help us pull it outside," Shui Miao pulled the two corners of the cement bag heavier than him in the car, he used all his strength, the cement that was much heavier than him was motionless in place, he changed to another bag, the cement was like it had taken root in the car and laughed at him, lying still in place, Shui Miao's eyes were full of tears, he knew that the money was gone, his hopes were dashed, and he hated that he hadn't helped his mother do more work before, so that his strength would be greater. The dim yellow light under the hood illuminated a small corner of Yuyin Town, which had fallen into a dark world, and her mother had only just now walked home from the river dam, carrying a shovel and a pickaxe on her shoulders. Those who planted crops also picked up their hoes and went home, except for the shops in the streets, which were still open, so they didn't have to go home so early.

Shui Miao watched a man and a woman grab the two corners of the cement in the car and pull it out, and the two men waited under the car for the cement to be pulled to the side of the car, and the men each carried a bag of cement, so they walked under the open top and put it down, and walked to the car, bag after bag. After the female cement worker and the three men finished unloading a truck of cement, she called Shui Miao to her, gave Shui Miao two yuan, and did not forget to tell Shui Miao to go home.

"Little child, go home quickly, your parents must be waiting for you to go back at home, tell your parents if there is anything, don't run around, let your parents be anxious."

That truck of cement was only more than ten yuan, and the Ye family held on to the money and continued to go up, he wouldn't go home if he didn't earn enough 12 yuan. Shui Miao hadn't eaten anything for half a day, there was no street light at that time, he was hungry and faint when he walked near Ye Jiajin's house, the first to find him was Ye Jiajin's mother, Ye Jiajin's mother saw a hand when she was looking for a scimitar in the firewood room, and was startled, she took a flashlight and looked carefully, the orange light came out of the flashlight, shining on Shui Miao's immature face, although his clothes were still a little dirty, and his face was also a little cement.

He carried Shui Miao into the house, "Who is this?" Ye Jiajin looked at Shui Miao, who was carried into the house by his mother, and he was curious about his mother's scream just now.

"I guess I'm hungry, Ye Jiajin you go and pour some water for him to drink," Ye Jiajin took the water, his mother took the bowl and poured a little water at the corner of Shui Miao's mouth, the water poured into Shui Miao's throat from the corner of his mouth, some water did not pour in, but flowed down the corner of his mouth to his neck, at this time Shui Miao opened his eyes, he quickly let go of his hand and looked at the two dollars in his hand, after seeing the money in his hand, he looked at the unfamiliar surroundings and did not forget to ask Ye Jiajin who was looking at him on the side, "Where is this?" How did I end up here? ”

"Kid, where is your home? I saw you asleep in the firewood room and carried you in," It was Ye Jiajin's mother who spoke, Shui Miao didn't tell the two people in front of her where his home was, nor did he say that he still needed ten yuan. Ye Jiajin looked at Shui Miao, who was still lying on the bed, "Are you a little beggar?" Shui Miao then remembered that he was very tired at that time, and he fell asleep against the wall as he walked. When Shui Miao wanted to get up from the bed, his stomach began to "growl" again, and Ye Jiajin's mother brought over a bowl of noodles with a poached egg lying on it, "Eat, you must be hungry." Ye Jiajin's mother took a fairly clean wet towel and wiped Miao's gray face first, and then wiped his hands.

At this time, some clean Shui Miao took the bowl and ate it unceremoniously, "He must be hungry," Ye Jiajin looked at Shui Miao's gobbling up and said in surprise, "You eat slowly, don't worry, Ye Jiajin, you go and boil some hot water." ”

"You're supposed to be Yuyin's child, right?" Ye Jiajin's mother watched Shui Miao eat the noodles in the bowl and didn't forget to continue to inquire, but Shui Miao was very vigilant and didn't say a word, at this time Ye Jiajin boiled the water and walked in, "Mom, the water is boiled," Ye Jiajin's mother saw that she couldn't ask anything, so she took out Ye Jiajin's clothes from the closet and said to Shui Miao, "You go wash your body, put on my son's clothes first." ”

Ye Jiajin was very resistant to others wearing his clothes, but after his mother hated him, he didn't speak, all his unhappiness was swallowed back into his mouth, Shui Miao followed Ye Jiajin's mother over, and then put the cement-stained clothes outside the bathtub, Ye Jiajin's mother took the dirty clothes she had changed and washed them.