On this day, he came to the paddy field behind the house early, and brought the tools and bait for catching sparrows, that is, a bamboo sieve, a wooden stick with a long rope tied at one end and chopsticks, and some grains from home. While waiting, he also rehearsed several times, first using a wooden stick to support the edge of the bamboo sieve to ensure that the end of the rope is facing down, then sprinkling some millet under the bamboo sieve, and finally holding the rope from a distance to watch.

He was always so patient, always so unhurried, because waiting for her was the best thing in his life. But after all, he still didn't wait for such a good thing, and finally waited for the news that she had already left. It was her uncle next door who came to tell him, saying that she left last night because of the college entrance examination, and because she was in a hurry, she couldn't tell him in time.

He knew that such a wait might no longer be a day, nor a year, but that it was far away. But he was willing to wait, to fulfill their agreement, to show her how to catch sparrows.

The rice behind the house was planted one after another, and the paddy field in the field, he went again and again. I don't know how many times I planted, and I don't know how many times I went.

"You're looking at the rice again!"

"Hmm."

If he had done it before, he would have had a lot of answers, and he would never have just given it a single um. He didn't ease up for a while, he didn't expect her to come back, she has changed, whether it is from the dress or appearance, now she is dressed like a city person, she has become white, and she has become thinner.

"How many days are you going to come back this time?"

"I'm just coming back to see, why didn't you ask me why I didn't say goodbye in the first place?"

"At that time, I heard your uncle next door say that it was because of the college entrance examination."

"I didn't do well in the college entrance examination back then, and it was difficult for me to go to a university in Beijing, and then it was my uncle who found a relationship, and finally went to school there, because I didn't do well in the exam, and I didn't set up a drink."

"So how have you been doing all these years?"

"Okay, after graduating, I got a job in Beijing. What about you? ”

"I'm not like that, but now it's developing so fast, like the wasteland we used to go to, you've been contracted to raise pigs, and the old path has become a big road. When it didn't change before, I often went for a walk. I don't dare to go now, a gust of taste. ”

"It's not just the countryside, it's developing everywhere now, and it's changing. I almost forgot. Here are some of the specialties I brought for you and your aunt. ”

As she spoke, she handed him the beautifully wrapped gift boxes she was carrying, and he took them as well.

"What's in here?"

"There are Peking duck, spring cakes, and Beijing eight pieces, all of which are some of Beijing's special snacks."

"Then my mother should be blessed, she has never been to Beijing, and she has eaten Beijing's food. It's a blessing to you. ”

"Why, by the way, do you still catch sparrows?"

"Occasionally, I catch them."

"All these years, I haven't figured out how you caught it, can you still take me with you? It can be regarded as the fulfillment of a wish of the year. ”

"Of course you can, but when you catch sparrows, it's easy to get your clothes dirty."

"It doesn't matter, just wash it when it gets dirty."

"Then you wait here first, I'll go back and get the tools."

So saying, he twisted the boxes back, and brought the bamboo sieve he used to catch sparrows, the wooden sticks with ropes, and some grain.

"Can this catch sparrows?"

"If you can't catch it, where did you get those grilled sparrow skewers you ate back then, you have to believe me, I'm experienced. You just watch from the sidelines. ”

So saying, he came to a flat clearing, and then, with his skillful technique, he first supported the bamboo sieve with a wooden stick, and then sprinkled some grain under the bamboo sieve, and then held the rope and watched from a distance.

"Are you sure this catches sparrows?"

"You have to trust me, I'm a veteran. You newbie, just watch. ”

But it seems that after waiting for a long time, no sparrows came to eat. She was a little restless all of a sudden.

"Can this really catch sparrows?"

"You have to be patient, talk at every turn like you, make small moves at every turn, even if a sparrow comes over, you will be scared away."

"Well, I'll listen to you, I don't speak, and I don't move around."

Seeing that it was getting dark, there was still not a single sparrow that came to eat.

"Veteran, you can explain, I've been patient for a few hours, but I still haven't seen the shadow of a sparrow."

"Maybe the sparrow flew southeast."

"Obviously it's a peacock flying southeast, okay?"

"No matter what kind of finch it is, it's flying anyway, and it can't come."

"You always have your point."

She never knew how much time and experience it took him to catch the sparrows they roasted together.