Speechless all the way, the train jingled all the way to Shaanxi Suide Station. The two of them got off the train in a groggy www.biquge.info, took the bus, bumped for several hours, changed tractors, changed donkey carts, the people here are simple, it is very convenient to take a ride, and they do not charge money. Finally, the old man who drove the car pointed to a mountain bag in the distance with a donkey whip and said, "Wine four is there." ”

Lao Wang was speechless and said: "Damn, are there still people living in caves who are poor?" ”

Ziyang popularized common sense for him and said: "This is the custom of others, in the countryside of northern Shaanxi, many farmers live in caves like this, there is a hole inside, warm in winter and cool in summer!" There's a natural temperature control system - much better than your dorm! ”

The old man next door said, "This can be nonsense, obviously I can't afford to buy bricks, you see that there is no serious person along the way, and the economy is very backward!" I don't know what people live on here. ”

At that moment, the two of them walked with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and after a while, they came to the earthen kiln. In the yard in front of the cave, there are piles of buds, and a few free-range hens are shrinking their heads and turning over the soil to find food.

A thin black man wearing a white towel was peeling corn from a dustpan, this old man was born with a sad face, and his gestures were very slow, like a movie in slow motion, as if time had become heavy and sluggish in his hands.

Lao Wang stepped forward in three steps and two steps, "Uncle, I'm here!" Remember me? ”

The imaginary scene of warm welcome did not appear, the old man slowly raised his head, turned a pair of cloudy and godless eyes to look at Lao Wang, there was no expression on his face carved by wind and frost, and asked hesitantly: "Who is Mud Four?" ”

Lao Wang said embarrassedly: "I am Xiaoli's classmate, when you came to our school, I also took you." ”

The old man, "Ao", lowered his head and continued to peel the corn, as if everything had nothing to do with him.

If the old man roared or roared, Ziyang might be a little more receptive in his heart, but this kind of numbness and indifference made him even more sad - it was how frustrated life was that would make a person like this.

Lao Wang was stunned and a little embarrassed, Ziyang hurriedly stepped forward and explained: "Dad, we are Xiaoli's classmates, we didn't have time to entertain you last time we came to school, no, while we are free during the summer vacation, the school sent us to see you." ”

As he spoke, he raised the pastry snack he was holding in his hand.

The old man raised his head at this time, and reacted slightly: "What, come here, why do you bring things." ”

The two big bony hands rubbed together on his body, and he got up tremblingly and let Ziyang and them into the hole: "Come in, sit in the house." ”

Zi Yang and Lao Wang walked into the cave with their heads down, their eyes were dark, the cave was very cramped and dim, the bodies of the two people stood in front of the door, and the simple family in the cave seemed to be several times smaller, which set off the humility and pity of this family.

A middle-aged woman in the back room, gloomy and unable to see clearly, was mending a pair of torn cotton wool that I didn't know if it was a dress or a quilt, and when she saw someone coming in, she rolled her eyelids and continued to be busy with her own affairs.

The old man rubbed his hands together and didn't know how to greet him, and said repeatedly, "Sit, sit." Then he turned to his mother-in-law and said, "Whole meal, whole meal." ”

Zi Yang and Lao Wang looked at the ground in embarrassment, there was not even a stool, there might be something strange on the black, oily ground, and neither of them had the courage to sit down. Zi Yang took advantage of the light outside the door to glance at the scene inside the house, and saw that the wall facing the door was neatly pasted with rows of awards, which vaguely read "Chen Xiaoli, in the first semester of the XX year, study hard, excellent grades, and be awarded the XXX honorary title", the age is a little old, and it is a little blackened by oil smoke, but the corners and broken places are carefully pasted with adhesive tape, and it can be seen that the owner respects these honors.

At this time, the curtain in the side room suddenly lifted, and a black child's face appeared in the black shadow, and the two miserable white eyes looked at the two of them in a daze, one finger was inserted in the mouth, and the saliva was wet and flowed into the chest.

The two of them were startled, and said in their hearts when a native grandson would come out.

Lao Wang tried to go up and communicate with the child, but the child didn't pay attention to him, eating his fingers with relish, looking at the faces of the two with his brain crooked, and said in his heart, what are these two things?

At this time, there was a sudden sound of chickens flying and dogs jumping outside, and the two looked out, and the old man held a kitchen knife in his hand, hunched over and clumsily chased the old hen around. Zi Yang thought to himself, with his father's skills, I'm afraid he will chase until tomorrow?

As it got dark, the family finally prepared dinner and set up a table in front of the cave.

Although it was only more than an hour, Zi Yang felt that the time was like a year, this family was not good at talking, the two of them stood there for a long time, watching the old couple busy working, not walking, not leaving.

Several people sat around the table, and the child served the bowl, and the chopsticks couldn't wait to reach for the chicken leg in the middle of the table.

The middle-aged woman opened it with a chopstick and looked at him sternly, and the child hurriedly lowered his head in fright. The old man smiled, showed a mouthful of open teeth, and awkwardly beckoned the two to eat.

Lao Wang, a hungry man, had no appetite at this time, and he knew in his heart that this chicken might be half of the family's belongings, how could he be embarrassed to swallow it...... Zi Yang hinted that this was the etiquette of rural people, and if you didn't eat it, they would be upset. At that moment, the two of them politely scooped up a few pieces of meat and ate a few bites of rice. watched the two of them eat, and the family picked up the chopsticks and moved the bowl.

This meal was simply tormenting, and after finally finishing it, Ziyang said goodbye: "These things were sent by the school to condole", thought about it and took out a few hundred yuan from his pocket and said, "This is the condolence fee that the school asked us to give you." Lao Wang hurriedly said: "I also have a little here, take out a handful of money from my pocket and hand it to the old man." ”

The old man bent his waist, holding a handful of banknotes in both hands, trying to squeeze out a smile, his expression was distorted, his lips squirmed, but he couldn't help the sadness in his heart, and the muddy tears flowed all over his face: "You are good people, I, my girl, she, she is pitiful, woo woo woo......"

The two couldn't speak, no amount of money could buy back their peace of mind, and no amount of money could save the life of a young man, the two could only pat the old man on the shoulders and persuade them not to be sad, and they would come to see them when they had the opportunity in the future.

I didn't want to stay in this sad place for too long, and the two of them left as if they were running away.

Walking far away, looking back, under the hazy night, three figures stood there like paper-cuts, the old man was hunched over, one hand still waving in the air. The bloated figure of the middle-aged woman stood beside her, her hands on the shoulders of the children, and under the infiltration of the night, the family seemed to merge with the night.

"Let's go", Lao Wang wiped a handful of tears and said, "I really can't see this, go to the town to find a place to live for two days, watch TV to heal your injuries, and the expenses for the next few days will all depend on you." ”

Zi Yang said, "Why is it all up to me again?" ”

Lao Wang said, "I was excited just now, and I donated all the thousands of dollars in my pocket!" ”