Chapter Ninety-Six: Mom, Where's My Dad?

Shen Du rode on a tricycle and pulled a cart of goods to the Shunhe weir, looking at the familiar scenes along the way, they were full of memories.

When I came back from my previous life in my 30s, this side has changed a lot, and the most impressive thing is that the small river in front of my house has dried up, and I will never have a chance to catch crabs again.

Of course, there are also places that have gotten better.

For example, villages have cement roads, and cars can be seen everywhere on the road.

This road is not far, more than a kilometer is lost, the problem is that the road is not easy to walk, so it took him nearly 20 minutes to arrive.

Shunhe weir is much smaller than Lijia Dawan, but in the countryside, as long as you are busy with farm work, you can be idle, and you can see acquaintances from afar.

"Uncle Cousin, Uncle Cousin!"

Shen Du said hello, got out of the car, opened a pack of cigarettes, and handed one to each of them.

In their place, it is not called so because of relatives, as long as it is an acquaintance and elder, even if it is a relationship that cannot be beaten, the name on the lips sounds very kind.

"Yo, isn't this Shen Dusk, you're back?"

"What's the cart you're hauling, huh...... And health supplements, are you in this business now? ”

After walking two more steps, I ran into an acquaintance again: "Aunt Lan, come and eat candy...... Let's put it in my pocket and bring it back to the little peach. ”

Immediately afterwards, a group of people directly surrounded him.

"Seventh uncle, Mei Po...... Yo, Sister Juan is also there? ”

Shen Dui smoked all the way, and in the end, the short 200-meter road dragged on for ten minutes and was not finished.

Soon, the babies and girls in the neighborhood heard that some part-time workers had returned, and a large group appeared out of nowhere.

Shen Du changed his strategy and directly disassembled three packs of two-pound White Rabbit toffee, and let the group of babies divide it by themselves.

After he left, a group of people immediately became lively.

"Fortunately, I didn't work hard for my baby to go to college like Zhongshun and his wife!"

"What's wrong?"

"Look at Shen Dui of the Zhongshun family, he is still a college student, but he has to ride a three-wheeled ride when he goes home, and he is miserable."

"That's right, my nephew went to the coastal woolen factory, and after two years of apprenticeship, his salary has risen to almost 800 yuan this year, which is one year younger than Shen Dudu."

"Yes, if you calculate it in this way, not only will you save a few years of tuition, but you will also have several more years of time to earn money, and the gap will be big when you come and go."

"Eh, how can you conclude that Shen Dusk is miserable?"

"Do you need to ask, which part-time worker did you see riding a tricycle back?"

"I see you're all farts, look at the cigarettes in your hands, do you know what brand it is?"

"It's not all smoke, what difference can there be?"

"Hey...... The difference is in the sea, this is called Huazi, a cigarette costs two yuan, and your nephew can afford to smoke it? Didn't you see two more on Shen Dui's car?

"And you, what's the luck of not sending the baby to college, just your family's goods, it's not reading material at all, you can't get into high school, and you're still in college!"

……

Finally, Shen Dui arrived at the door.

In front of it is a one-and-a-half-story bungalow, and on the right is an old house with a mud wall that is half smaller.

The reason why I say one and a half floors is because the front half of the upstairs is a large bare platform, and the back half is built with a single room.

When rice, corn and wheat are harvested, the large platform is the best place to dry the grain.

As for the old earthen wall house on the right, Shen Du grew up there when he was a child, and it was not until he was sixteen years old that his family built the bungalow in front of him.

Later, the old house was turned into a place to store dry firewood.

Speaking of which, the square area is not small, with 120 square meters, which is more than enough for a family of three to live.

He remembered that Lao Shen had nagged more than once, saying that if it weren't for the fact that he was going to college, he would renovate the old house with earthen walls and turn his home into a compound.

"Mom, I'm back!"

Standing for a while, Shen Dui suddenly shouted.

In fact, he still has a key to his hometown, and the gate is not closed tightly, so it is easy to get in, but he just wants to shout like this.

A few years ago, when I went to high school and lived on campus, I would shout like this every weekend when I came home, and for some reason, that memory has been lurking in the back of my mind.

It seems that only by yelling like this can a certain emotion in my heart be released!

"Which one?"

Soon, a familiar voice came from inside the room, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps.

"Squeak!"

The door opened completely, and a middle-aged woman wearing an apron came into view.

She wore a thin blouse, some of her short yellowed hair was covered with a blue square turban, her forehead was wrinkled like water waves, her strong hands were rough like old branches that had been weathered for many years, and there was mud between her fingernails.

This is Shen Dui to his mother, Cheng Yuzhen.

A very ordinary rural woman, simple, modest and kind.

"It's really you, I thought I heard it wrong?"

Seeing her son, Cheng Yuzhen had a smile on her face, and her eyes flashed with a kind and kind light: "You only said that you wanted to come back, but you didn't say when you would be home specifically, and I didn't prepare a lot of delicious food." ”

Shen Du shook his head, his voice a little infarcted: "Mom! ”

He had a thousand words to say, but in the end he only spat out one word.

Her mother was only in her forties, but the heavy and hard farm work made her look nearly ten years younger than she actually was.

However, Shen Du was also fortunate that before returning home, the last appearance of his parents in his memory was the image of more than ten years after the previous life, compared to which his mother is still quite young.

It's okay, I've been born again, and a lot of things are in time!

"What's wrong, are you wronged outside, or are you too tired from work?"

Cheng Yuzhen saw that her son's mood was a little wrong, so she hurriedly ran over, reached out and touched Shen Dui's forehead, and looked left and right again, with an anxious look in her eyes.

"Mom, I'm fine, wait for me to move my things home first."

Shen Du quickly collected his emotions and turned to put the items on the tricycle on the ground.

"What are these, and where did you get them?"

Cheng Yuzhen realized that there was such a big tricycle next to her, and she didn't notice it.

"What you eat, wear, and what is useful is all bought by your son to honor you!"

As Shen Du spoke, his hands were very energetic, and he moved a box of wine down with a bang. He couldn't say these words in his previous life anyway, but today he didn't feel awkward at all.

"People just come back, you still buy things, how much money do you have to waste?"

Cheng Yuzhen was complaining on her lips, but her heart was as sweet as eating rice cakes for the New Year.

"It doesn't cost a lot of money...... Mom, you go to the side and rest, let me move. ”

"Mom, you take this cigarette first, don't give Lao Shen too much at once, remember to supervise him."

"Mom, this is specially bought for you to replenish your body."

"Mom, this is a down jacket, wear it when it's cold, at least two sweaters."

"Mom......"

"Mom, where's my dad?"

Seeing that her son was busy, Cheng Yuzhen laughed while helping, as if she hadn't been so happy for a long time, and suddenly heard Shen Dui ask, and remembered something.

"Your dad is about to get off work, wait for me to go back to the house and make a call, so that he can come back early today."

After saying that, he ran into the house with a bag of things.