On Sunday, He Hansheng was having breakfast.

"In a while, I'll go back to my hometown, will you go back?"

"We're not going, Grandma Jiejie's house smells, I can't smell it."

"Well, you're watching Jiejie at home, I'll be back early in the afternoon."

At nine o'clock, He Hansheng set off.

At 9:50, the car arrived.

After He Hansheng got out of the car, he walked briskly.

Soon, I entered the village.

Mother He was chatting with her neighbors on the side of the road.

"Sister-in-law, isn't that your son Hansheng?"

"Where?" Mother He hurriedly searched for it.

"There."

Mother He looked in the direction pointed by the neighbor, and sure enough, her son had returned. So, I hurried over.

"Hansheng, why are you back?"

"Jiahui's charger forgot to take it, I'll take it back."

"Oh. It was plugged in at the socket and I cleaned it up. Why didn't Jiahui and Jiejie come? ”

"I have to go to work tomorrow and I have to go back in the afternoon."

"Then let's go home."

When passing by the neighbor's door, He Hansheng greeted him politely.

"Auntie, it's idle."

"Hmm. Hansheng is back. ”

He Hansheng's family is relatively kind, and they have a good relationship with the neighborhood. He Hansheng and the neighbor's children are also the same age, and they often played in their house when they were young, so they are very kind every time they meet their neighbors.

When he got home, He Hansheng especially liked the feeling of coming home, and everything in the house made him feel warm.

"Mom, where's my dad."

"I'm going to the construction site with your uncle."

"When you're old, don't do heavy physical work."

"Your dad can't be idle."

"Is my dad's cough getting better?"

"Nope. I have a terrible cough at night, and now I take medicine every day. ”

"Why don't you go to the hospital another day to check, don't keep procrastinating."

"Hmm. Let's make dumplings and eat them at noon. ”

"Okay." He Hansheng happily responded, "Mom, I want to eat leek egg filling." ”

"The leeks in the vegetable garden are also quite tall, and I'll cut some later. By the way, that little rooster is the biggest, and I'll kill it for you later. ”

"yes, okay." He Hansheng responded like a child.

Mother He quickly caught the little rooster and tied the chicken leg with a small rope.

"You take it first, I'll go get the knife and Wan." Mother He gave him the chicken.

He Hansheng looked at the chicken and felt very pitiful.

"Come, you lift your legs. I'm going to kill. Be careful, don't let the blood spill on you. ”

He Hansheng held the chicken leg tightly, obviously feeling that the chicken was struggling.

Mother He held a knife in one hand and dragged the head of the chicken with the other, and at the same time said in her mouth, "Don't blame the chicken, chicken is a dish for others"

After saying that, he used a knife to cut back and forth on the neck of the chicken a few times. Soon, blood was pouring down from the chicken's neck.

In order to make the blood flow faster, He Hansheng raised the chicken leg slightly. When the blood was almost gone, they threw the chicken out together. The chicken was still struggling to the end. When the chicken didn't move at all, Mother He brought it back, put it in the basin, then poured the freshly boiled water, and began to pluck the chicken feathers.

Soon, Mother He cleaned up the chicken, then cut it into pieces and put it on a plate.

"Hansheng, I'll go to the vegetable garden to cut some leeks, and you can watch the door at home."

"Mom, I want to go too."

"Okay, let's go now."

So, He Hansheng followed his mother to the vegetable garden.

There was no wind and the sky was very clear.

It's autumn, and the yellow leaves fall from the trees from time to time. In some places, a thick layer has fallen.

In the north of the village, they met Father He's old friend. Because Mother He has always been obsessed with her, although many years have passed, Mother He still hasn't forgiven her. When they saw each other, they didn't say hello, like strangers.

"Mom, do you still hold a grudge against her?"

"Vixen, when you were young, she seduced your dad. Your father often beat me, and your grandfather persuaded me to divorce, and it was because of you that I didn't leave. ”

"Where did she get married?"

"Married to the Northeast. The day before yesterday, her mother died, and she came back to mourn. Mother He said, years of grudge are still gone, and there is still resentment when it comes to it.

"Mom, it's been so many years. Don't keep it in your heart. ”

"I'll never forget it for the rest of my life."

Autumn was dry, He Hansheng's nose was dry and itchy, he pressed it with his hand, but he didn't expect his nose to bleed.

There happened to be a river in front of him, and He Hansheng hurriedly ran over.

He Hansheng kept rushing his nose with water, and slowly the nosebleed stopped.

"Mom, I don't know what's going on, when it comes to autumn, my nose often bleeds."

"That's on fire. Drinking bitter herb tea can go to the fire. I'll dig some of the leeks after cutting them, and if you soak them in water and drink them often, you won't have nosebleeds. ”

They went to the vegetable garden.

The garden grows a variety of vegetables, including cabbage, radish, beans, eggplant, peppers, as well as onions and leeks.

"Mom, it's better to be at home, and you have all kinds of dishes. It's not like in the city, you have to buy everything, it's expensive. ”

"That's right, I have everything at home, and I basically don't have to buy food. When the turnips and cabbage are harvested, I will send them to you. ”

"yes, okay."

He looked at the green vegetable garden, and felt an indescribable happiness in his heart.

Stepping on the mud ground, he felt very grounded, and he never forgot that he was the son of a farmer. He likes the rural life very much, there is no deceit, no shouting, and the people here are very friendly.

After cutting the leeks, they went to a small hillside to the east, where a lot of bitter herbs grew.

It was noon, and the sun was shining warmly.

Standing on the hillside and looking at the whole village, everything is so peaceful and peaceful.

Mother He happened to take a small shovel.

He Hansheng dug in front, and He's mother followed behind to pick up. Soon, a lot of bitter herbs were dug up.

When He Hansheng wanted to continue digging forward, his mother stopped him.

"It's a graveyard over there, so don't dig over there."

Only then did He Hansheng realize that there was a cemetery in front of him.

Graves lay there quietly, each covered with weeds.

He couldn't help but sigh that no matter what a person does, he will eventually sleep here, but in fact, this is everyone's final destination.

On the way home, He Hansheng carried a vegetable basket and talked and laughed with his mother while walking.

"Mom, look at this path, I have it since I was a child, and I have always had it for so many years."

It's a field path that passes right through a field of crops. In the past, there was no road around, so everyone tried to make it convenient and stepped out of the ground to find a road. I didn't expect that after so many years, this path has also been preserved.

"And a road was built on the west side. However, everyone did not go, and they all took this path to go to the vegetable garden and go to the grave. ”

"That's right. It's a long way to the west. ”

"That's right, Hansheng. Jiejie is also almost a year old. Now that the second child has been released, you will have another child next year. Just one Jiejie, less. ”

"I'm not going to ask for it. Now Jiejie is a little overwhelmed. I can't raise it. ”

"That's not the same thing."

"That's different. The cost of raising a child is too high now. ”

"You young people will be blessed."

"Huh."

They arrived home soon.

Because He Hansheng can also make dumplings, so, his mother rolls the skin, and he comes to make it.

"Mom, Jiahui and their family make dumplings with a lot of filling, and each dumpling has a bulging belly. Jiahui didn't let me wrap it, thinking that I put less stuffing. ”

"If you put too much stuffing, it's easy to pinch it and can't pinch it tightly, and it's easy to break your belly when you cook it that way."

"Well, yes."

Before you know it, the dumplings are finished.

While cooking dumplings, my mother stir-fried spicy chicken and mixed a sea rice cucumber.

Sitting at the dinner table, He Hansheng suddenly felt that he was so happy to have such a mother who loved him.

Mother He was eating and suddenly stopped eating.

"Mom, why don't you eat it?"

"My tooth hurts again."

"Mom, if you come to us next week, it's good to have a dentist's office. I'll show you there. Grandma Jiejie also had two teeth last month, and now she is fine. ”

"yes, okay."

He Hansheng was going back, and his mother was a little reluctant.

"This is the new egg laid by the old hen, go back and cook it for Jiejie. Last time, I wanted Jiahui to take it, but she didn't take it because she was too heavy. You take it. Also, this is a new peanut, and I put a bag of it. ”

"Mom, it's too much, I can't take it."

Mother He is still cleaning up, but she is afraid that her son will not have a good time outside. Every time it comes and goes, how much Mother He hopes that her son can be by her side every day, and the family can live happily together, how good it is. In fact, she was quite envious of her neighbor's family. The neighbor's son didn't go to college, but he learned to make furniture, and he earned a lot of money, and more importantly, everyone lived together, happy every day, which was like their home, she was alone during the day, and although Dad He was there at night, he still felt that something was missing.

"Mom, I have to go." He Hansheng lifted the bag.

"Wait" Mother He seemed to remember something, and ran to the back room again.

"My salted duck eggs are pure oil, they are all cooked, you take them back and eat them." Mother He said as she stuffed a plastic bag containing eight salted duck eggs into the bag.

He Hansheng knew his mother's heart, and he didn't say anything anymore.

"I'll send you off."

"Mom, no need. You're tired too, so rest at home. ”

"It's okay, I'm not tired." Mother He smiled, her eyes were red.

Since high school, as long as He Hansheng goes out, his mother will definitely send him to the station. He Hansheng felt sorry for his mother, and every time he said that he didn't need to send it, but in He's mother's opinion, she was tired and happy, and she felt that sending her son was a very happy thing.

Mother He accompanied He Hansheng to wait at the station until the car came.

"Mom, go back. I got in the car. ”

"Well, let's get in the car."

The car started slowly and sped away. He Hansheng looked at his mother, a sour state, and tears blurred his eyes. Parents are old, and as sons, they can't be by their side to fulfill their filial piety. My parents worked hard to provide for themselves to go to college, but now they still rely on their parents to help, without their parents' help, they will not be able to live, and their hearts can't help but feel deep self-blame and guilt. In the countryside, because I am a college student, I feel like a dragon, but in the city, I don't even have a decent job, but the humble ones are like worms. He sighed deeply and looked outside again.