Chapter 15: Winding the Clockwork
Although it has entered spring, there is still ice on the mountain road, stepping on the transparent and fine ice flowers on the side of the road, listening to their crisp sound of "squeaking", and admiring the white and crystal "jade tree Qiongzhi" on the branches, it is also interesting. However, Fang Yemei is not in the mood to experience this interest now, firstly, she has to hurry, and secondly, the road is too deserted, and there is no interest if there is no one to share with.
She once mentioned to Fang Xiaoyuan and Fang Haiyan that they went to the city to work together, but they didn't have the courage to leave Xizi Lake, the outside world was full of unknowns, and they really didn't dare to take risks. Since they weren't going, there was no need for her to tell them about her own entry into the city. When you don't want to score, you are reluctant to give up.
Fang's father sent Fang Yemei to wait for the bus, Fang's father was explaining Fang Yemei all the way, and if he couldn't get along, he would come back, although our family was poor, there was always a mouthful of food.
"Don't hold on to what you can't pursue, don't fight for what doesn't belong to you. Do you hear that? Dad Fang painstakingly explained again.
Fang Yemei burst out laughing: "Dad, what you say is still like a poem, it rhymes." ”
Dad Fang also laughed: "You are not serious." ”
A few years ago, Fang's father was still very annoyed by Fang Yemei's temper, as his cousin said, girls are too wild and not good, so he also hopes that Yemei can be as gentle as a lady. Recently, though, he has a new idea, and his daughter seems to be more vibrant.
When I arrived at the waiting pavilion, I saw several villagers from different villages waiting there.
"It's a little cold this year."
"Well, we've got a little less car."
The country accent is the same, so it's self-familiar, and it's up one sentence at a time.
Two of them went to the city to see a doctor, and when his wife was sick, her husband sent her to the city to see a doctor.
"It's just that the traffic here is too inconvenient, and it's a toss to see a doctor."
"yes...... I'm still young, I'm still crawling, I'll be old in the future...... I can't imagine it. ”
"Yes, now there are fewer children, and there are more worries."
Fang Yemei listened to their conversation, glanced back at Dad Fang, and felt sad for no reason: When did Dad Fang have gray hair on his head?
"Dad, you go home first, I'm fine, the car is here and you get in the car, Mom is waiting for you at home."
"I don't care about this little time, it's all here, and I feel at ease when I see you get in the car and go."
"Is it to go to the city to study?"
"Oh no, it's a part-time job."
"I can't tell you, how old is the girl? It looks like it's only sixteen or seventeen. ”
"Post-80s, twenty-one years old." Fang Yemei smiled at the other party.
"You sit here, I'll go out for a while." The man asked his wife to sit on the square stool in the pavilion, turned around and smiled at Fang's father.
"Toilets nearby? I'll also go and make it easier. Dad Fang followed the man out.
Actually, there is no toilet nearby, but there is a thatched hut with a toilet placed by well-wishers.
When he came back, Fang's father lowered his voice and told Fang Yemei that the woman had breast cancer. But the family kept it a secret from her.
Fang Yemei couldn't help but look at the woman twice, she was not very old, she was about the same as Fang's mother, with short hair and good facial features, needless to say, she was also beautiful when she was a girl. She didn't like to talk like ordinary women, and sat quietly, I don't know if it was because of her poor health. When I looked at it like this, I secretly felt pity.
Fang Yemei went to dig into her duffel bag and found a packet of cookies from inside.
"Auntie, give it to ......" She looked at the few people around her, and then she didn't politely pass them to the woman.
The woman excused herself, then took it and said, "Thank you!" Then he fell silent again.
Everyone doesn't ask each other's names, they are all passers-by, and when they meet here, they are fateful, and it doesn't matter if they know what their names are?
"You have two babies, right? If one of the two babies is let go out to work, our family will have a son...... Still ignorant...... Sad. The man sighed again.
"I'll be sensible slowly." Fang's father comforted, "There are no relatives outside, so I'm not at ease." ”
"That's right, it's not easy, go out and rely on friends, make a few more friends."
The others didn't know what they were talking about, and they didn't know which village they were from. From time to time, someone asks, "Why hasn't the car come yet?" ”
Just when everyone was waiting a little impatiently, the bus came, and they waited for almost an hour and a half in the gazebo.
There were a lot of people on the bus, and there were no seats left.
Because the woman was not in good health, the man put his luggage in the aisle for her to sit. Fang Yemei and a few other fellow villagers could only stand.
The moment Fang Yemei got into the car, she was lonely, how to say, she was a person with a sense of humor, but she had a humorous object. She doesn't know the people in the car, the local accent is familiar, but the people are not familiar.
Fang's father waved desperately on the highway until he couldn't see the shadow of the bus.
It didn't take long for the woman to want to vomit, and her face turned pale.
"Who can give me a seat, this aunt is not in good health." Fang Yemei plucked up her courage and said to a car of people. As soon as the words came out, even I was startled, it turned out that I was not only bold in the village, but also very bold when I went out.
No one stood up, and the seat was too hard to get. Fang Yemei knew that she heard that some people were waiting at the station in the early morning for a passenger car seat, and there were also people from other places, so they would rather walk ten miles more to the starting point of the next village to wait for the train.
Seeing that the woman is getting more and more uncomfortable, it takes two and a half hours to take a bus from the gazebo to the county, how can this be bearable? Fang Yemei was anxious, but she didn't have the right to point at others and force people to give up their seats, let alone tell the people in the car what kind of disease the woman had.
"I have ten dollars here, who is willing to sell the seat to this aunt?" In a hurry, Fang Yemei took out the money in her pocket and asked. You know, at that time, the ticket was only four and a half yuan, and ten yuan was equivalent to buying a seat with more than twice the ticket price.
"Auntie, sit here." Finally a young girl stood up.
"Thank you!" The woman thanked the little girl again and again, and at the same time turned around and glanced at Fang Yemei gratefully.
"Give it to ......" Fang Yemei handed ten yuan to the little girl.
"No...... Don't ......," the little girl's face turned red with embarrassment.
"I have to talk." Fang Yemei laughed.
"I'm not selling you a seat, I'm giving it up." The girl finally pouted angrily.
"I'm sorry, I misunderstood......" Fang Yemei apologized, and then struck up a friendly conversation with the girl, she chose some topics that had nothing to do with giving up her seat, and the embarrassing scene was finally alleviated.
At first, the young men in the car buried their heads very low, and some pretended to sleep with their eyes closed. When the little girl gave up her seat, their faces all changed to the same color: red. After the embarrassment passed, they raised their heads and paid attention to Fang Yemei.