According to Liang Haixing's college entrance examination results, he could have chosen a better university, but considering the lack of social relations of rural children, it will be difficult to distribute jobs in the future, and more importantly, the state subsidizes the living expenses of college students in normal colleges, and normal colleges are key normal universities in the province, and students in key normal universities in the province basically do not have to consider the distribution, Liang Haixing finally filled in a famous normal university in the province and was admitted.

Tomorrow is going to say goodbye to the homeland where he was born and raised for more than ten years, and he is far away from his parents for the first time, his parents and Liang Haixing, Liang Haixing and his parents, it seems that they have endless words, and the three of them have chatted all night, without a trace of sleep.

Liang Haixing talked more with his parents that he went to school in other places and had no time to farm at home, and his parents had to take care of themselves, especially his father, who was short-tempered and let his mother do more in case of trouble; It is not easy for the mother to talk and nag, and the father to carry the family alone, especially when he is tired from work, he should say less so as not to make his father angry.

Mother has been looking at Liang Haixing, just like when Liang Haixing fell to the ground on that evening more than ten years ago. Liang Haixing and Liang's father were a little puzzled, so they said: "What are you doing, the child goes to school, and he doesn't go to the battlefield to fight and never come back?" Liang's mother looked at Liang Haixing and said, "I'm looking at the scar under the child's eyes." Liang's mother said, and the corners of her eyes were full of tears. Liang Mu said: "Thinking about the difficulties of the past, who would have thought that there would be such a good time today?" Liang's mother still looked at Liang Haixing with tears in her eyes, and said to herself: "Think about the hard days in the past, not to mention that Xing'er was admitted to university and became a national cadre, but if you can be a healthy child, you will be content to be a mother." ”

For many years, Liang Haixing has always thought that the big scar under his eyes was the result of naughty or chickenpox when he was a child. Not really.

Being looked at by his mother's fiery gaze was a little unnatural, Liang Haixing knew that the scar under his eyes was related to his mother, but he was afraid that his mother would be sad, so he looked at his father with doubtful eyes, wanting to learn about his scar from his father. Unexpectedly, Father Liang smiled slightly and said, "You ask your mother?" ”

Liang's mother was silent, sighed, and her face was full of self-blame. After a while, Liang's mother said in a deep voice: "Isn't that because of poverty?" Then, Liang's mother told Liang Haixing the secret that had been hidden in her heart for a long time. Liang Haixing listened very carefully.

That was when Liang Haixing was one year old, Liang Haixing was very fat, he couldn't climb, let alone run, he could only sit and move, and he moved very fast. At first, my grandmother watched, and my mother took advantage of the lunch break to cut reeds in a saline-alkali field outside the village, dried them and sold them to a local commune horse breeding station ten kilometers away, and used them for five cents per catty to sell daily necessities such as salt and matches. Although the old man likes his big fat grandson Liang Haixing, after all, he is old and frail, he can't hold it, and he puts it on the kang, worrying that Liang Haixing will fall down; put it on the ground, and worried that Liang Haixing was moving around, not only was the blood on his buttocks and thighs rubbed by the uneven ground, but his head often touched the bench and other furniture, often blue and purple. Liang's mother had no choice but to hold Liang Haixing in one hand and a straw basket on her shoulder, put Liang Haixing in the shade of a tree, and continued to cut the reeds. Liang Haixing moved quickly, often moved to his mother, Liang's mother in order to cut more reeds to sell money, did not take care of Liang Haixing at all, in June, the sun was like fire, under the poisonous sun, Liang Haixing grabbed his hands indiscriminately, and drew a deep ditch under his right eye, with the erosion of sweat stains under the sun, he was quickly infected, and pus flowed from time to time. Despite this, the poor Liang mother not only did not have the money to treat Liang Haixing, but still held Liang Haixing to cut the reed head, and after a long time, the pus gradually receded, leaving a long scar.

Liang Haixing's father said to Liang Haixing: "For this, your grandmother has scolded your mother a lot. Your grandmother said to your mother that if Xing'er has three longs and two shorts, you can't live freely. ”

"Yes, Xing'er is the meat that fell from my body, and it wasn't picked up from somewhere else, the child's eyes are full of pus, can you not feel distressed when you are a mother? But what can be done? I also feel afraid, nothing else, I'm worried that Xing'er will grow up and leave a long scar on his eye, won't it become a scar. How to marry a daughter-in-law when you grow up, who wants a girl to marry Scar-Eye, shouldn't Xing'er be a bachelor for the rest of his life? ”

"If that's the case, you cut off our Liang family's incense, Xing'er's grandmother has to fight with you." Liang's mother didn't seem to hear what Liang's father was saying, and was still immersed in the memories of the past: "I didn't expect that God has been blessing me Xing'er, not only can I not see it when I am older, but my skin is also very white, and I have become a national cadre." If Xing'er is willing, the girls in the whole village will not be picked by our Xing'er? Liang's mother's eyes kept looking at Liang Haixing, and Liang Haixing felt extremely unnatural.

His mother's words aroused Liang Haixing's memories of the past. Liang Haixing said: "I remember when I was in the second grade of primary school, my father and I pulled the simple cart that my father sat on with the door frame, and our father and son together, pulling more than 1,000 catties of reeds cut by my mother, walked all morning, and sold them at the horse breeding station more than 20 miles away, and sold them with the money from selling the reed heads, and my father also bought me a green undershirt, which was printed with the words 'vigorous', which was also the first time I wore and bought clothes, and it felt really beautiful. My dad also bought me a pencil case, which was also the first time I used the pencil case I bought, and I remember that I had been using it for several years, and finally the paint on it fell off, and the pencil case was rusty, and I was reluctant to throw it away. ”

Father Liang said: "Do you remember that?" ”

Liang Haixing smiled, and Liang's mother said: "The people on the horse breeding station are really good, the reed head we dried will be broken as soon as it is broken, but the bad artists have to say that the reed head we dry is not dry, and the water must be removed, more than 1,000 catties of reed head, more than 200 catties of water have been given, and in those years, where to find a place to reason." ”

"Are you still looking for a place to reason? In those years, every family's life was not easy, and they all wanted to sell reed heads for two money, three towns and five miles, except for the fact that there was no horse breeding station in that place, people could buy your reed heads and give you some money, even if they pity you, you still say that people are bad. If there is nowhere to collect it, what is the use of cutting more reeds? No one can eat except livestock. ”

"You see your father is this man, and as he spoke, he raised the bar."

Liang Haixing knows his parents' personality and temper very well, and often quarrels, but he is not easy to say. Liang's mother understood Liang Haixing's mood at this time, and didn't want Liang Haixing to have too much concern for his family before he went to college, so she said: "Xing'er, in the future, when we become national cadres, we can get a bowl of water, we can't do the lack of morality that makes people poke our backbones in the back, no matter what the year, it is not easy to be a common person, and we will resolutely not do anything that harms the people by eating private corruption." Xing'er, remember my mother's words: no matter what you do in the future, you must be worthy of your conscience, you must be greedy and pervert the law, we can't do it, people don't need us, we will go back to our hometown, there is still an old lady at home, as long as the mother has a breath, there will be Xing'er you eat, my mother is such a son as you, I don't want you to be rich and prosperous, superior to others, my mother only hopes that you can live a life of peace, health and health. ”

"Hmm. Mother, I have taken your words to heart. Liang Haixing looked at his mother's expectant gaze, his nose was sore, and tears couldn't help dripping. Seeing this scene, Liang's father was also sad, and kept wiping the tears that overflowed the corners of his eyes, and said, "Yes, Xing'er suffered a lot when she was a child. ”

Especially the painful memories of childhood, the knife cut stone carving left a deep imprint on Liang Haixing's heart, and it is difficult to erase it for a lifetime.

Suddenly, Liang Haixing remembered something, looked at Liang's father and said: "Dad, I remember when I was a child, when I saw other friends going to school, I was also clamoring to go to school, but my family never let me go to school, and I watched my sister at home all day, and later, I had to go to school with me, what the hell is going on?" ”

"Isn't that because you're poor? I can't afford you. Liang Mu said.

Father Liang shook his head and said: "Poverty is only one reason, and the main thing is that at that time, it was okay to go to primary school, and if you go to junior high school or high school, you have to be recommended by the village." Your companions are all children with heads and faces from the branch secretary and village security director, and we will definitely not be able to compete with others. Later, bypassing the children of the village with heads and faces, I let you go to school. Unexpectedly, the policy changed later, and the school no longer relied on the recommendation of the village, but all relied on his true ability. ”

"If you don't catch up with the good times, no matter how good you study, it's useless, maybe you're still farming at home."

Yes, the poverty of the family and the trauma caused by it left a deep impression on Liang Haixing's heart. Born with poverty, Liang Haixing has deeply felt poverty since he was born.

When talking about his childhood suffering, Liang Haixing once told people that he started cooking at the age of five, and most people thought Liang Haixing was bragging. And in fact, it is.

When Liang Haixing was young, the life of the family depended on work, a family of six, only two parents labored, and the parents worked hard to work in the field and take care of their sister to clean up the housework, which naturally fell on Liang Haixing. Early in the morning, because of the early start of work, in the countryside at that time, few women who had babies went to work in the fields, especially for women with a lot of labor at home, most of them took care of their children at home, and cooked on the fire by the way. It is only in the morning and afternoon that he goes out to work like men. But Liang Haixing's family is different. There are many people and little labor, for the poor division of labor in the morning, Liang's mother went to the production team to work early in the morning, leaving only Liang Haixing and three younger sisters at home. On the one hand, Liang Haixing has to take care of his sister, and on the other hand, he has to prepare the meal before his parents finish work, otherwise, it will be too late to cook when his mother comes back from work, because his mother has to work in the team after eating. In fact, Liang Haixing's breakfast is also extremely simple, cooking porridge all year round. First, put the water and cornmeal together, and then, according to what my mother said, add a few scoops of water to the pot, after the water boils, use a spoon to stir the cornmeal and water in the basin and pour it into the pot, stir it in the pot a few times, lay a grate in the pot, put some dry food such as wotou on it, and boil the porridge. When my parents came home from work, the porridge was ready and the dry food was hot. Although it is simple, it does not seem to be the work of a five or six-year-old child, because when the cornmeal is poured into a boiling pot, the slightest mistake can cause the boiling water to hit the face. If you accidentally fall into the pot, that's a different story.