Chapter 5 The Journey

I think everyone has an unforgettable trip in their life, and mine came very early, when I was eight years old......

I clearly remember that after my father said that, my grandmother asked me if I would like to go to my aunt's house with her. I nodded to her and said I would.

Later, no matter what my father said, my grandmother and I left the back of the house.

We went all the way to the west, from Beidagou. At that time, the roads were really not ordinarily difficult to walk, almost all of them were dirt roads and gravel roads, all of which were potholes and one foot deep and one foot shallow.

It was the farthest and longest road I've ever walked in my life.

I will never forget it for the rest of my life.

Whether it's the scenery along the way, or the people you meet along the way. It has become the most beautiful memory in my life, and it has long been deeply rooted in my mind and cherished in my heart.

My grandmother and I walked smoothly for a short time, but when we arrived, my grandmother didn't know the way. Because my aunt's house is far away from our house, fifty or sixty miles away. In addition, the road is not good, and driving a tractor is particularly bumpy, so I rarely go.

"Excuse me, how do I get to Wangzhuang from here?"

"Wang Zhuang? Are you going to Wangzhuang? An old man asked us, and after getting the nod from his grandmother, he quickly waved his hand, "You are on the wrong path, this road is not going there, it is still ahead!" Hurry back! ”

After the grandmother asked clearly, she thanked her. Then take me back. When I looked back at the thin old man in tattered clothes and a straw hat, I understood for the first time in my heart what gratitude was.

It was a very warm emotion, and it came from the bottom of my heart......

Obviously just a stranger passing by to ask for directions, but you are treated so warmly. I don't know much about the conversation, but I remember my grandmother and I drinking the water he brought down to the lake.

The smell of the water is very sweet......

When he saw me looking back at him, he smiled and waved at me. I also return my little hand to warm all my sorrows in the future of the microcosm of time.

"Grandma, I'm hungry." After walking for an unknown amount of time, I was so hungry and tired.

Grandma looked up at the sky and then looked around. Just let me keep going, and when the village in front of me arrives, I'll get something to eat.

I nodded obediently, and then asked her if she was hungry and tired. Grandma shook her head and only said that she was not hungry, but she was a little thirsty.

Later, I don't know how long we walked again, after we entered the village. Grandma asked a chubby woman in front of a small tiled house on the side of the road for something to eat.

I remember very well that she had already locked the door and was ready to go to work in the field with a teabottle. After hearing what her grandmother meant, she quickly put down her things and opened the door, and then let us in.

"It's a coincidence that you're here, I've just eaten, and the food is still hot!" She brought out the food from the cupboard as she moved the stools for us to sit on.

"I'm busy with work, so I'll get a dish, you eat first, and I'll go get you a vegetable soup!"

"No more, no more!" Grandma hurriedly waved her hand and asked her not to be busy, "I'm not hungry, just give the little girl something to eat, I'll drink some tea." ”

"How? You see you haven't eaten in a day. What is the use of just drinking tea? I'll give you some greens, crack two eggs, and you can eat and drink as much as you want. She said, looking at the clock on the wall. It was just over half past one in the afternoon, and it was almost two o'clock. You're only halfway there, how can you do without a bite to eat? ”

"I haven't eaten much in the past ten days, it hurts here." Grandma touched the position of her chest and said, "This time I went to the west girl to see a doctor, I really can't eat, so don't be busy, I'll just drink some tea." ”

When the woman saw her say this, she stopped working. She poured a bowl of tea, then took a sugar jar from the cupboard and said, "I'll put some sugar on you, it's better than drinking plain water!" ”

Grandma nodded and thanked her.

They said a lot more afterwards, but I don't remember exactly. Later, when Grandma was leaving, she tried her best to keep us and let us leave early tomorrow morning. But the grandmother insisted on leaving, and finally she had to say, "If you come back and pass by here, you must come down and sit down!" ”

Later, she sent us far away until we left the village. Then she showed us the way and told us where to go and not to go wrong.

After my grandmother and I said goodbye to her, we walked away for a long time. At that time, peanuts were rising, so I saw a lot of people sitting on the side of the road picking peanuts along the way.

I'm hungry, so I kind of want to eat. My grandmother saw what I was thinking, so she smiled and told me to catch some of it. I shook my head, embarrassed.

The peanut picking family heard me talking to my grandmother and hurriedly greeted us. One of the men, who was about forty or fifty years old, smiled and said to me, "It's okay, if you want to eat it, you can catch it yourself, are you afraid of eating so many peanuts for your little girl?" I'm sorry! ”

After receiving the owner's approval, I looked at my grandmother, who smiled and nodded at me. I graciously walked over, grabbed a handful, and said thank you to him.

"What a courtesy! What's the use of grabbing that, grab more! Then he asked me where my grandmother and I were going, and she went up and talked to them for a while.

Later, it slowly got dark, and my grandmother and I didn't dare to interrupt along the way. Looking at the lights lit up in each house, my grandmother and I could only hurry forward.

At about nine o'clock in the evening, we finally entered my aunt's village. I followed the route I remembered, letting my grandmother walk slowly behind, and then I ran to my aunt's house as fast as I could.

At that time, I was in a happy mood. Thinking that they must have been surprised to see me, I felt a surge of excitement in my heart.

My aunt's family lives in the penultimate home at the last alley. Their house has a small tiled house, opposite two small grass houses, with yards pulled up on both sides. When I arrived, the door was closed, and I heard my sister's voice.

I knocked on the door and called out to my aunt, and the dog in the yard immediately barked. I heard my uncle say that there was a knock on the door outside, and I hurried to see who was coming.

Then I looked through the crack in the door and saw my sister come out of the small grass hut.

"Who?" She didn't immediately open the door when she walked to the front and back of the door, but looked out through the crack in the door.

I smiled, leaned my face to the crack in the door and said, "It's me, sister!" ”

"Ahh Mom! It's a little one who is here! When my sister saw that it was me, she turned her head and shouted into the house, and did not forget to open the door for me after shouting.

"What is this little girl doing all day long, but she wants to be so loud at night?" The eldest uncle came out of the small grass hut and reprimanded her, and then asked, "Who did you say was here just now?" ”

"It's me, uncle!" I stuck my head inside the door.

When the eldest uncle saw that it was me, he quickly shouted into the house, and at this time the eldest aunt and brother had already come out of the small grass hut.

"Why are you alone? Who are you coming with? My aunt was also surprised when she saw that it was me, "Why did you get it so late?" ”

"I came with my grandmother, and she's still behind!"

"Coming? Coming all the way? Where's the separation? Which one is behind, and how far can it leave you? As soon as my aunt heard me say this, she hurried out to look outside.

"Not far, just behind."

"Brother me, hurry up and get a flashlight, my wife can't see the way!" After my sister heard my words, she said to my brother behind her.

"I don't know if I want you to teach!" After the elder brother finished speaking, he rushed back to the house and came out with a flashlight.

And so, we all went out together to meet the kindest, kindest, and most amiable old man in the world.