After getting off the train in the city, the three of us each carried a big bag full of money, and found a car to carry it through a narrow path for more than an hour to the town, and the rest of the road could only be moved forward by both feet.

As far as the eye can see, there is almost no change in the village, but this is normal, the village is too far away from the outside world to be less susceptible to worldly pollution, which is very good for us at this moment. Everything seemed so familiar and kind, Xiu'er walked between me and Kuroko, jumping and jumping and going straight home without feeling tired at all.

When I was about to arrive at home, I could see my dad comfortably basking in the sunset in front of the door, which was his routine every year after finishing farm chores, and he would smoke a cigarette in a daze and rest for about half an hour every day.

When Xiu'er saw it, she shouted happily, "Dad!" This made his slightly closed eyes immediately open and turn his head to look. Lukewarm words came out of his mouth, "Xiu'er, you're back!" ”

Hearing the sound, Xiu'er ran over excitedly, threw the backpack full of money to the ground, and gave him a big hug when he stood up, and it took a long time to let go.

My dad's face seemed to be full of helplessness, and he couldn't help but say, "Okay, okay, it's rare to come back, your parents miss you." ”

"Okay, Dad, mosquito, sunspot, I'll go home first, and I'll come over later." Xiu'er waved her hand and ran towards her house while talking.

"Xiaowen, I'm back." This is the first thing he said to me, to be honest, the relationship between me and him over the years is not strange, but it is definitely not how cordial, he is always so serious all the time that I look at it is love and fear, but at this moment, after a long time to see each other again, those feelings in the past were instantly eliminated, only nostalgia remained.

So I smiled and nodded at him, "Dad, this is my friend, this is coming back to my house for a while." ”

Heizi took the initiative to stretch out his hand, "Hello uncle, my name is Gu Cang." ”

"Hello, hello, come, please sit at home, it's time for dinner."

When I entered the house, my mother, who was busy in the kitchen, saw me come back, and came up with a hush and greeting warmth, which lasted until Xiu'er came back. Because I didn't call in advance to inform me that I was going back today, there were only some coarse tea and light rice on the table that a normal rural family should have, which was enough, and I ate enough big fish and meat outside, and it was good to change my appetite occasionally a little lighter, but what a child, my mother said that she had to kill a chicken, and temporarily made two dishes out.

The meal was quickly finished, Xiu'er went to help clean up the dishes, I had nothing to do with the sunspot, so I sat outside, smoking a cigarette and admiring the bright moon in the sky.

Kuroko watched him leave, looked at me and asked, "Does Uncle know what you're doing outside?" I've seen you've been home for hours, and he hasn't asked. ”

I smiled and said, "He's just that, don't mind, in fact, it's okay not to ask, once you ask, I don't know when I'll talk about it." ”

Kuroko acquiesced to what I said, "tacitly, a warm father-son relationship." By the way, what did Uncle do before? ”

Hearing this, I looked at him strangely, "Huh? How could you be curious about this? He, a lifelong farmer, since I was born, he and my mother have lived in this place, all kinds of land, and lived an ordinary life. ”

"Oh, that's right, you two look alike." It seems strange that Kuroko changes the subject in such a blunt way, but I just think that he has just come to a strange place and is a little uncomfortable.

Xiu'er joined in after she was done. "Kuroko, how about dinner, mosquito mom cooks deliciously."

Kuroko nodded hurriedly, "Yes, I haven't eaten this kind of family-style meal for many years, it's so good!" ”

I remembered what Hu Wuye said about his life experience as an outcast, and he must not be in a good mood now. But he is always like this, all emotions are buried in his heart, not revealed, but even so, I can still see that at least he is happy at the moment when I look at his face reflected in the moonlight.

After dinner, the residents of the village occasionally walked in front of my house in twos and threes, and greeted me politely when they saw me and Xiu'er coming back, and some uncles and uncles would take the initiative to come forward to talk for a while, smoke a cigarette and greet them tomorrow before leaving.

After my mother finished cleaning the house, she saw us sitting outside and said, "Now the weather is getting colder and colder at night, the three of you all go into the house early to rest, I have prepared the room for you, the bedding is new, Gu Cang, please treat this place as your own home, and have fun for a few more days." ”

"Uh-huh, thank you, auntie."

As the night grew thicker, fewer and fewer people walked on the village paths, and it wasn't long before the lights were turned off one by one, indicating that their family had officially entered the night and was going to sleep.

Think about what night when we were in the city, and no one would have realized the night had come until the lights came on. When I first returned to the countryside, it was really strange for every family to turn off the lights and go to bed at seven or eight o'clock.

Kuroko leaned back in the chair, stared blankly at the rare bright moon in the sky, and sighed, "It's so quiet." ”

I echoed, "This is how the countryside goes, the villagers get up early after a day's work in the fields, and after going home in the evening to cook and eat and wash, they have nothing to do, but the next morning they get up almost as early as the sun is outcropping." Probably this kind of routine is also contagious, and everyone here is like this. ”

"Pretty good, isn't it? Sunrise, sunset, don't care about what's happening outside, just pay attention to that one-third of an acre, every day will be happy and fulfilling, how many people dream of such a life but can't get it. Most of the time, if you don't wait until you lose, you won't understand the value of blandness. ”

Xiu'er said, "But the times are changing, no matter how you stop it, our village is also changing, although slowly, but that day will come." The modernization of the city has inevitably affected it. And with the integration of all kinds of new things, the village will also change greatly, and now this idyllic life gradually disappears, and finally can only become a kind of existence in everyone's memory. ”