Liang's mother continued to look at Liang's father and said, "For some reason, Xing'er was punctured by a dung fork at school, and when the child limped home, the deep wound on his foot was still bleeding. As soon as the child saw me, he said to me, "Mother, I really can't help my father pick up bricks tonight." I said I'd just rest at home if I didn't go. At that time, I was also worried that the child would hurt the tendons in his feet and become lame when he grew up, and it would be difficult to find a daughter-in-law. But you came back in the middle of the night, didn't ask what happened, indiscriminately, and dragged Xing'er from the bed, and threw Xing'er from the kang to the ground like a chicken, followed by a violent beating, I was fighting, you even beat me, I was still crying and saying to you: If Xing'er has a good and two evil, I have to give up my life with you. ”

"Since then, no matter what happens, even if I have a fever and illness, I dare not help my father build bricks. I remember one time, in school, a classmate fought with me, and he used a pencil knife to cut the back of my right hand deeply, and even the bones were exposed, and I didn't dare to tell my family, so I went to the brick factory to help my father ...... the bricks. ”

"Why didn't you tell your family at the time?" Liang Mu said and put Liang Haixing's right hand in front of her eyes. Liang Haixing pointed to the clear scars on the four fingers on the back of his right hand and said, "Look, are the scars still there?" ”

"On the way to the brick factory, I often met my friends and I would fight, as soon as I saw them, I hid far away, and they chased after me with dirt, and I was often hit on the head by their dirt, and I was carrying a big bag. But I had no choice but to cry in my mouth and endure the pain and go to the brick factory. ”

Liang's father and Liang's mother didn't say anything anymore, Liang's father, who had always been strong, couldn't help but sob, and the corners of Liang's mother's eyes were full of tears.

"When I was young, Xing'er really suffered a lot of sins. There are some things, if Xing'er hadn't said it herself, she wouldn't have known about it until now. Liang's mother looked at Liang Haixing and choked.

Liang's father wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeve and said to Liang Haixing: "Xing'er did suffer a lot of hardships that other children had never heard of when she was young. But Xing'er remembers that no matter what he does in the future, he likes people who are willing to contribute there, and those who steal and grind will never reach a big place. If I hadn't gone to work in the brick factory, it would have been very difficult to feed the four of you. Your mother knows that when we split up, there was nothing but three dilapidated houses in the west of the village, and you see that we now live in the most beautiful brick houses in the village. At that time, our father and son worked hard, not all for you, not to earn money to build a house for your future daughter-in-law. Now that you have been admitted to university, you don't have to worry about marrying a daughter-in-law at home in the future. If you don't get into school, even if you farm at home, we have a beautiful house, and you don't have to worry about marrying a daughter-in-law. At that time, our family's life was so difficult, but who was willing to help us, there were many people who watched our family's jokes, and this was not all done by our grandfather and son? ”

Liang Haixing kept his father's words in his heart deeply, whether it was going to college or working in the future, especially when he encountered difficulties, he always recalled his father's words.

"You're in a hurry. In fact, some things can be a little easier, and maybe life will be easier. But as a result, you are in such a hurry, and adults and children have suffered so many sins with you! Liang's mother looked at Liang's father and blamed. Liang's father looked at Liang's mother with a confused gaze. Liang's mother said again: "You just said that this house, wouldn't it be the same if it was built two years later, Xing'er was still young at that time, and she was not waiting to get married." But you still have to desperately save money to build this house...... ”

Liang's mother didn't finish speaking, Liang's father said: "At that time, I didn't have to save money to build a new house, you don't know, at that time, our old house still had a way to live, the gables on both sides were cracked, and when it rained heavily in the summer, the roof was full of rain, maybe it collapsed, and what should I do if I smashed the children at that time?" ”

"But the result? During the Chinese New Year, people eat white-flour steamed buns, steamed buns, and steamed buns. In the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, our family scalded dried potatoes and noodles, chopped cabbage, and wrapped dumplings, and we couldn't pinch a piece at all. The dumplings are rotten, and you still scold me for not being able to cook. I'm afraid that people will see jokes during New Year's greetings. Danian didn't even dare to pay tribute. In order to save money, the mud walls and kang in the whole house were all done by your grandfather and son. Who is like you, Chinese New Year's Eve, and will not let the stars rest. You mud the wall, and Xing'er and I push the earth, carry water, and mud. The ground is frozen hard, and it is so difficult to shovel some floating soil from the ground. You mud the wall, let Xing'er throw mud on the wall, how can a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child have so much strength, the mud falls to the ground, you scold the child. kept saying that it was for the child's marriage, and soon after the house was built, Xing'er went to high school to live on campus, and as soon as she graduated from high school, Xing'er was admitted to college again. Xing'er will work in the future, and he won't live in your house anymore. But how many sins Xing'er has suffered with you. And how long can Xing'er live in this new house? Liang's mother looked at Liang's father and said mockingly.

"That's not our Xing'er's fate, isn't it?" Father Liang smiled.

As he spoke, a rooster crowed. Liang Haixing's family still did not feel the slightest sleep. Liang's father looked up at the window and said to Liang's mother, "It's almost dawn, you can go and cook something." After eating, I'll send Xing'er to catch the train. ”

Liang's mother was silent, lowered her head, and seemed to have something on her mind. Soon, the crying of Liang's mother was heard. Liang's mother said: "Xing'er left home for the first time and went to school outside, although life at home is not good, and adults are often beared, but after all, I can see Xing'er every day." Xing'er left, and I had to wait another half a year to see Xing'er, and my heart seemed to be empty. I want to sit with Xing'er for a while longer, just break the bank, you guys, buy something to eat, right? ”

Liang's father said: "Speaking of this house, we also have to thank the old man." ”

Lao Dan is an old branch secretary in the village, because his family was poor in the early years, he may look a little like an old lady, and his family was sent to the troupe, often playing Lao Dan, and the villagers called him Lao Dan in private.

Liang's mother didn't know what Liang's father was going to say, and looked at Liang's father with puzzled eyes. Father Liang continued: "At that time, our old house could only build three rooms, and now this house was favored by many people at that time. If it weren't for the hard pressure of the old Dan branch secretary to us, it would be impossible for us to build this new house here, if the brigade chooses a homestead in other remote places, whether we go or not, maybe I don't know how long it will be delayed? ”

"Yes, we didn't know people, seeing that people have a big belly all day long, and no one looks smiling, do you think that people are very difficult? Unexpectedly, people are quite good. Liang's mother recalled.

"You asked me to beg someone, don't say that he is so big all day long, he is the captain of the team and the accountant, who have we begged over the years. I really can't help it, I can only bite the bullet to others. But when it came to the people's house, especially her daughter-in-law, she was quite enthusiastic and poured tea and water. At first sight, although people have a strained face, but they speak very well, it is useless for anyone to fight, everything is according to the plan of the brigade, whoever builds the house first has the right to choose a new planning foundation, and even the bricks and materials are not ready to occupy the homestead first, is this reasonable? You hand over the old homestead to the brigade, and you are building the homestead in a good place. But then again, if you don't start construction in a short time, others will start construction earlier than you, and people may also build houses on the homestead you like. Looking back on the past, Liang's father's face was still rippling with admiration.

"When we built the house, it was just in time for the Chinese New Year, and you asked me to buy an extra knife of meat to give to Lao Dan's family, saying that I was thanking others. But the people didn't accept it, so I put the meat on the lid of the water tank in the yard, but as soon as the front foot arrived home, they sent their daughter back. People have done so much to help our family, and not a penny of gifts will be confiscated from us. Therefore, others scolded Lao Dan, drooping with a long face all day long, we used to think that this person was not easy to contact, but in the matter of building a house, our family can not forget the kindness of others for the rest of our lives. Liang's mother also sighed.

"Look at it again, the four ...... in our courtyard." Before Liang's father finished speaking, Liang's mother continued: "When I mention that bad man, I still hate it so much that I have a toothache. Although the official is not big, he is hated everywhere. ”

Xiao Si, and Liang Haixing have a family, in terms of generation, Liang Haixing called him grandfather, because he was the fourth among the brothers, and he was not right, the people in the village scolded him "Xiao Si" behind his back.

"What kind of official is not big, he has no official rank in the brigade at all, he is like a dog's leg all day long, following the fools, checking everywhere who has stolen things, and sending them to the brigade to get some benefits. In fact, it's a dog fighting people. Father Liang smiled.

"When that private child was alive, he did no less evil. Working in the production team, carrying baskets, scattering work, secretly cutting some grass, and selling it to the team at the end of the year, he found out, so he had to hand it over and feed the team's livestock. If you send him a piece of dry food and steal the team's corn, he will pretend not to see it when he sees it. It's really home. Liang's mother still looked full of resentment.

"Especially his hanging triangular eyes and yellow teeth, we children hide far away when we see him." Liang Haixing said.

"Xing'er, remember what your mother just told you, right? Big officials, there are also good officials, and the old man has been the branch secretary for so many years, except for people who report that he has a big shelf, no one says that people eat private corruption and harm the people. But that fourth man is not an official, but he thinks about the law everywhere and harms people, even if he dies, people still scold him. In the future, you will become a state cadre, and how big an official you will be is the result of your personal progress, but no matter when it comes, you must not harm the people, especially for our family, our ancestors have been farmers for generations, and what kind of officials the people like, I and your mother know best. In these years, the most difficult thing is the people, no matter how difficult it is, they can't be greedy for a penny from the public, and they can't make the slightest idea on the people. Outside, you can't get mixed up, go home and farm, the old and young masters in the village won't blame you, our family was originally a farmer who farmed, you were admitted to school, and when you became a national cadre, you encountered a good policy. But if you make a mistake and are sent back to your hometown, the old and young masters in the village will look at you differently, and you will have no face to go home and be a man. Father Liang looked at Liang Haixing and said.

"This year, if you catch up with a good policy, no matter what you do, you won't starve to death, but if you don't do it properly, let alone be sentenced, the spittle stars of the brothers in the light village will drown you." As soon as Liang's father's voice landed, Liang's mother continued.

On the eve of studying, Liang Haixing's parents chatted with Liang Hai for a whole night, and the feeling of parting from life and death was unforgettable for Liang Haixing's life.