Chapter 2: Hearsay

Before Li Ziwen's car was parked, Li Ziqiang had already greeted him. Ziwen, what kind of wind blew you, an intellectual, to me here, for my brother is simply, what does the idiom say, Peng Shen is shining, and Peng Wan is shining.

Listening to the yin and yang weirdness of the eldest brother, he asked and answered himself. Li Ziwen also joked, isn't this our dad steamed some steamed buns, I'm afraid that the big boss won't be able to eat enough, so I will send them to you.

When Li Ziqiang heard this, he felt awkward in his heart. The old man also knows that he quit his job in the textile factory and went to the sea to do business, although the old man has not given a good face, he usually sees himself for less than five minutes, and he takes out the set of critics who used to fight the landlord, but that sentence is good, how can there be parents in the world who do not love their children. As long as he goes home, the old man will always make what he loves to eat.

Although he is white, he usually doesn't go home much, nothing else, and when he goes back once, his father has to count himself down once. I am looking for Ziwen to convey everything. Think about my mother died of illness when I was 8 years old, Ziwen was only 5 years old at the time, the old man was a father and a mother at the same time, and the dual-income family suddenly lost half of the labor force, at that time. can bring up the brothers, and the hardships of life can be imagined. After his mother died of illness, his father never thought of starting a new family, because he was afraid that he and his younger brother would be wronged.

Thinking about how busy he is usually, at most let Ziwen bring some money to the family, although now that he earns more, the conditions are better, and the money that Ziwen gets back, the old man didn't move a cent, and he saved all his money to marry a daughter-in-law for himself and Ziwen. When I thought that I would make my father angry as soon as I went back, I also felt a pantothenic acid in my heart.

Thinking of this, Li Ziqiang said: Hey, our dad is hard-mouthed and soft-hearted. I'll go home and see him for the next two days.

Li Ziwen saw that the eldest brother said this, and also said: Brother, you can go back and take a look if you are busy, in fact, you also know that your dad is just that temper, stubborn, you can listen to what he says.

Saying that, Li Ziwen thought to himself, is his father stubborn? This big brother is really his father. Stubbornness on stubbornness. Since childhood, he has not been a worry-free master. Basically, I was beaten every day.

Li Ziqiang actually wanted to go back to see his father for a long time, and when he heard his younger brother say this, he also wanted to go back to see his father, how could father and son have an overnight feud. To put it bluntly, it is to hold your breath, which is the so-called young and vigorous. I just want to make some achievements for my father.

Let's not talk about that. Ziwen, you're here, come in and have a drink with your eldest brother. You don't have to go to class today when you have a break.

Seeing that his eldest brother said this, he was stunned. I have a poor amount of alcohol, so I basically drink a little alcohol and get up. The most important thing is that he is the eldest brother, as long as he drinks wine, he doesn't talk a lot, and the worst thing is to always share the so-called life experience with himself. I really don't want to hear it.

Seeing that Li Ziwen did not agree, Li Ziqiang directly pulled Li Ziwen and walked into the house. Li Ziwen thought to himself. I can't hide today.

Yo, Brother Ziwen is here, and it is the little clerk hired by Li Ziqiang who is talking, and the two people who Li Ziwen often comes and goes, so they are naturally very familiar.

Hey, Xiao Song, have you eaten it? Eat a bit.

No, Brother Ziwen, you just need to eat well. There's no one in the outside room, and I'm afraid of losing things.

Okay then, I'll leave you some in a minute.

This Xiao Song is also hard enough. lives in Songjiazhuang, which is not far from his home, and is also a single-parent family. Why? Xiao Song's father went out to develop when Xiao Song was not old, saying that he was going to make a fortune, but he never came back, and he didn't know whether he was dead or alive. The family also asked someone to find it, and after more than ten years, Xiao Song has grown up and there is no news. The old lady took Xiao Song and his brother with her. Usually planting some land, doing odd jobs, and helping neighbors, this brought up the two children.

This little Song brother came out to work as soon as he graduated, and young people are not afraid of heaven and earth. There was a bit of a contradiction, and he stubble, and he stabbed the family several times, and the person disappeared before he arrived at the hospital.

His eldest brother looked at the mother and son pitifully, and brought Xiao Song to tally for 40 yuan a month to tally for himself and look at the store. This was not a minority at that time, the work was easy, close to home, and there were good things that could be taken home at the price of employees. It's a disguised help. After all, I, a primary school teacher, only had 50 yuan a month. Xiao Song is also grateful, don't look at the young age, he usually comes. There is work in the eyes, no one needs to say, now that Li Ziqiang is not here, Xiao Song alone can take care of it.

My eldest brother's store is actually a rented big tiled house on the side of the main street, and I will renovate it. There are 4 rooms in total, and two of them are opened up to make a door face room. A room dedicated to placing some goods. The innermost part is where you usually rest and sleep. The room is not big and there are not many things, a bed, a table and two chairs. At first glance, it is a standard rural single's house.

After Li Ziqiang beckoned himself to sit down, he took out a bottle of Luzhou Laojiao Special Qu from under the bed. At the time, it was considered a good wine. It was used as a wine for the reception of county-level leaders, and the common people called this wine "the old county magistrate".

Ziwen, what does it look like, "old county magistrate", I am usually reluctant to take it out and drink it when people give it to me, but I am willing to take it out and taste it when you come today.

Okay, if you know it's good wine, don't blow it. Hurry up and eat, I'm hungry when I ride this one.

To make a long story short, the two brothers are chatting about each other, from childhood anecdotes to the international situation. also talked about whose eldest girl and little daughter-in-law are handsome from the international situation. It seems that no matter what era it is, men's topics will always be these.

Seeing that his eldest brother was getting more and more energetic the more he talked, he couldn't stand it....... Looking out of the window, hey, it's getting dark, this meal is even eating and talking, and I drank it directly for a long time! It's time to go back yourself.

Brother, it's not early, I still want to drink, and we have a chance to get together. It's getting late, I have to go back.

Seeing Li Ziwen say this, Li Ziqiang said: What are you going to do? Live here with me today, our brother and I will squeeze together.

Don't brother, if I don't go back today, the old man will think that something happened to me on the way. Come back and look for me in the evening. It's dark, the road is not easy to walk, and it's hard to fall.

Seeing Li Ziwen say this, Li Ziqiang said: So, I'll go back for you, you don't drink well, you can sleep here today. I'll go back. It just so happened that I hadn't been home for more than half a month.

Brother, can it work? You're so drunk, go back and quarrel with our dad again. Pull it on. I'd better go back and ride slowly. You can get home no matter what.

Okay, don't talk about it. Li Ziqiang said: If you want to live here, you will live here. You are blind in the black light, you drink so much, I want you to go back like this. Our dad has to blame me even more, so I happened to go back to see my dad too. Make sure you don't quarrel with your dad.

Seeing this, Li Ziwen said, if I don't go back with you, my car can carry people.

Ziwen, you're not tired of your broken car, I'm still tired, don't worry.

At this time, Xiao Song also finished cleaning up, entered the house and said: Brother Ziqiang, can I stay in the hotel today? It's too late on the day, and I'm scared when I go back to the dark light.

Li Ziqiang said: That's great, it just so happens that Ziwen lives here today, and you accompany him. I'm going home. It just so happens that your brother Ziwen has drunk too much, and you take care of it...... By the way, does your mom know you're not coming home? Do you want me to bring a letter?

No brother, I told my mother, if I don't go back at night, I will stay here with you, and I don't have a place to go, my mother knows.

Seeing Xiao Song say this, Li Ziqiang said: That's okay, then I'll go.

Li Ziwen said: Brother, slow down, go back and spare it, don't walk on the embankment, it's dark and the road is not easy to walk, you are drinking again.

Don't worry about it, I didn't drink too much Li Ziqiang said.

Brother Ziqiang! At this time, Xiao Song suddenly stopped Li Ziqiang.

What's wrong? Say something if you have something. What are you doing with a twist and a pinch. Isn't it a salary advance? Didn't you just get paid? Gone so soon?

No, no, don't walk on the embankment, it's not clean lately!

Hearing Xiao Song say this, Li Ziwen also came to the spirit. Said: Xiao Song, tell me what's going on?!

Li Ziwen firmly believes in his heart that there are no ghosts in the world, and as an educator, he must break all feudal superstitions.

In those days, people were very sensitive to gods and ghosts. After all, if you are buttoned up as a ghost, it is enough to drink a pot. I don't believe in any demons or monsters at all. As an excellent people's teacher, Li Ziwen only believes in science in his heart. Just listen to it as a ghost story. After all, listening to a ghost story is also a relief from boredom.

Xiao Song said: Brother Ziwen, I listened to my mother, Aunt Luo, who was with my mother and did odd jobs, lived in Hedong. Hit the evil on the embankment. I was scared and sick for more than a month. At first, I asked her what was wrong, but she didn't say anything, but then secretly told my mother that she had seen something unclean on the embankment.

This Aunt Luo is doing odd jobs in a cotton factory. When I don't have work, I have nothing to do at home. Make some cloth shoes and sell them in town. I took my shoes early and went to the town fair. Aunt Luo is a master of soles, and the shoes she makes are comfortable and fitting, and they have been sold out at more than 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and she is just about to close the stall and go home...... At this time, an old patron came, still a anxious master, saying that he would buy a pair today, saying that he would give it to his father as a birthday gift.

Aunt Luo's ears are soft, coupled with the business in hand, how can there be any reason to push it out. On the spot, it was said that there was no problem, and the soles were ready-made. Because she is an old customer and emphasizes giving away, Aunt Luo is very careful and the stitches are handled quite carefully. I don't know how long it took to watch the customers leave with a smile on their faces, and Aunt Luo was also in a good mood.

The money was earned, but the sky was slowly darkening. Aunt Luo took her own food and set foot on the way back step by step. On this day, the business was really good, and I was busy and didn't eat seriously.

When I came, I didn't feel it, but I felt a little overwhelmed when I went back. At this time, Aunt Luo was tired and hungry. I can't wait to fly home right away. It's a two-hour walk home from town. I really can't stand it.

It can only be the way from home to where. So if you want to take a shortcut, you have to take the path on the embankment!!!

Note: [At that time, the canal was used as a boundary, and the west of the river was the direction of Li Ziqiang, Li Ziwen's family, and Xiao Song's family.] And the Aunt Luo mentioned now lives in the east of the canal, because of the inconvenient transportation at that time, in order to save time, sometimes she will take the embankment at night, after all, she can save a lot of time. ]

Notes: [Na sole is the name used by rural women in the old days to make the soles of cloth shoes].

[At that time, most women were not engaged in farm work, but paid special attention to needlework. Therefore, there are very few women in the countryside who do not know how to make cloth shoes with soles. When the girls reach the age of eleven or two, they have to teach them how to cut shoe patterns, embroider shoe flowers, take soles, and make shoe uppers. ]

[The soles of the shoes are also exquisite, including those that are "full of stars", those who are "thousands of words saint", those who are "sure to be both", those who are "wave-like", and those who are "gossip-style".