Near noon, there was no shade on the construction site under the blazing sun.

The workers, who had been working continuously for a morning, had already stopped their work and waited anxiously with their tired hearts in mind. The workers with quick hands and feet did not wait for Fusheng, who led the class, to give orders, so they sneaked off the scaffolding, and the slow hands and feet were like this, and naturally they were not far behind.

Fusheng knew these things as well as a mirror in his heart, but as the leader of the class, he didn't deliberately ask them, he knew that everyone had worked hard all morning, and at this time, as long as they didn't behave too much and paid attention to their own safety, there was no need to ask them too much, one because they were all neighbors, and the other was because everyone was responsible for the work in their hands.

In this way, seeing that people had all fallen off the shelves, Fusheng put away the tools at hand, and then walked carefully while watching the road under his feet, while inspecting the places he thought were prone to safety hazards along the way. He knew that as long as Lao Su, the cook from other places, did not give the order to open the rice, the rice would not be able to hit the bowl. And this order is usually pinched very accurately, just when everyone arrives at the long queue in front of the kitchen door. Finally, just when Fusheng was at the end of the line with dishes and chopsticks after checking, the bald old Su also happened to come out of the kitchen.

Everything was as Fusheng knew, it was just at that point that Lao Su came out, only to see him standing on the low brick stack at the door of the room, like an old rooster, covering his abdomen with both hands, taking a deep breath, and then shaking his stout body, stretching his neck, and shouting loudly: "Up-on-material-la!" ”

Hear clearly, it's 'feeding', not cooking! As if expected and unexpected, people couldn't help but laugh when they heard the words, but when they came back to taste, some people couldn't help but curse. Everyone knows that the reason why Lao Su dares to make fun of everyone as animals is that he is not a local, and he has no concerns about scolding him, and because of this, everyone scolds him mercilessly. People are eating in turn, fighting with Lao Su, Lao Su is naturally not polite, while fighting back, while using a fork to pull the noodles into the bowl in his hand to cook for everyone, when his mouth is too busy, he uses the fork in his hand to knock on the edge of the pot to urge the people behind to go forward. It wasn't until Fusheng's meal was finished that the war of words came to an end.

The open space in front of the kitchen door is not large, and people have to spread out around the kitchen with food, squatting or sitting, and using the ground as a dining table. When Fusheng held the noodles in one hand and the sour soup in the other, he turned his head to find a place to eat, but there was no place to insert his feet. Helplessly, Fusheng took his meal and squatted under a tall poplar tree on the side of the road.

Coincidentally, just as Fusheng put down the two bowls and was engrossed in peeling the garlic he brought from home, a large lump of white bird droppings fell from the tree, like a mixed garlic juice silently spread in the middle of Fusheng's bowl of lo mein.

Fusheng didn't pay attention, but was seen clearly by the neighbor seawater on the side, he came over and squatted in front of Fusheng, pretended to carefully examine Fusheng's rice, and then pointed with chopsticks and laughed and joked: "Uncle Fusheng, the yellow on the top of this bowl is small grinding oil, and the white is garlic foam, which looks a bit like gold paving the ground!" But yes, uncle! You don't have to peel the garlic, the garlic juice is all in the bowl for you! When Fusheng heard this, he looked down and saw the bird poop in the bowl, so he took it up and looked at it seriously, but he didn't tell the difference for a while. So, I asked what was going on with the sea.

Haihai smiled and pointed to the top of the tree.

Fusheng looked up at this time, but saw two magpies lying on top of the position he was squatting just now, and suddenly turned pale. I was angry and had the heart to drive away, but I was succumbed to the height of the tree, so I had no choice but to pour out the noodles, re-brush the bowl, and when I returned to the noodles, it was only filled with less than half a bowl, and I could only be regarded as a bottom when I ate it, so I had no choice but to fill a bowl of sour soup into my stomach to fight hunger.

Unexpectedly, people had something to talk about now, and they talked about it during a short break in the afternoon. Some people say that this bowl of noodles is a happy noodle, and Fusheng should eat it, so that it will definitely be fulfilled and bring good luck; Some people say that they have only heard of the peach blossom luck and the dog shit luck, but they have not heard of the bird shit luck; Everyone argued and argued, and in the end everyone thought that this was the pulled by the magpie, symbolizing auspiciousness, as for whether it could be fulfilled, the key was this bowl of noodles, whether you eat it in person or as. If you eat it in person, it's a bowl of noodles; If you eat, you will definitely hand over bird poop luck.

The more people talked, the more they talked about it, the more outrageous it became, and they all regretted that Fusheng didn't eat this piece of, and ruined the dignity that Fusheng had accumulated in the past.

Fusheng was worried that this would become his own joke, so he didn't want to say more, but he couldn't stop the workers, so he had to talk to everyone for a while, and then he used the excuse of letting everyone rest and drove everyone to disperse. But although this person is scattered, this matter has not been dispersed, it not only made the workers remember it in their hearts, but also put it in Fusheng's heart, so he kept thinking about it, the reason is only that Wan Feng in a team once inquired about his child Lu Dong's situation a few days ago, as if he said that he was asking the matchmaker for other girls, but later I heard that the girls were unwilling to do anything. Fusheng looked puzzled, he didn't know if the so-called bird luck he talked about today would have anything to do with this matter, and laughed in his heart that he didn't even eat this bowl of noodles!

The afternoon work is still busy. Because Fusheng only ate a little bit of lunch and drank a stomach of sour soup, his stomach "gurgling" in the morning rebelled! Originally, I wanted to persist until I finished work, but the energy in my body was swayed by the sour soup in my stomach, and I couldn't twist it out. Seeing that the afternoon was almost over, Fusheng couldn't support it a little, thinking that instead of consuming it like this, it would be better to go out and buy something to eat, replenish his physical strength and come back. Thinking of this, I went to the office on the construction site, and found the captain Liu Haijun to ask for leave, Liu Haijun and Fusheng are old buddies who have been in the construction team for many years, and when they heard Fusheng say this, they smiled and said: "What's the matter, I can't hold on!" It seems that it was wrong not to eat that bowl of noodles! Besides, I can't bear this matter for a long time, you hurry up, I'll keep an eye on it first! ”

Fusheng heard him say the same thing, and knew that the navy was also joking with himself. But because he was panicked and had no energy in his stomach, he didn't bother to carry it with him, so he went to push the cart and prepared to leave, but was stopped by the navy and said: "Lao Lu, you go to the market to eat, it's a little far away from this, if you want me to say, it's all here, you can't hold back after eating, I'll stare here, you go back directly after eating!" ”

Fusheng's surname is Lu, and he has worked with the navy for many years, and the navy always calls him "Lao Lu". At this time, Fusheng heard him say this, knew that the navy was well-intentioned, and summed it up in his heart, thinking about it, so he took off his work clothes while agreeing, shook off the dust on it, and stomped his feet while pulling his trouser leg twice with his hand, and then went to the water pipe, casually washed the big swarthy face with two big eyes and a big mouth sunburned, cleaned up neatly, went to say goodbye to the navy, and rode out of the yard of the construction site.

The construction site is in the east of the city, and Fusheng's house is in the south of the city. If you want to go to the free market in the city to eat, and then go home, you have to take a little detour, but this distance is really nothing to Fusheng, who is forty-six or seventeen years old, one meter seven or eight heads, and crawls around the construction site all day, although he said that he did not eat at noon and was hungry, but it is still the same.

Fusheng rode the car, walking unhurriedly, thinking about what to eat. Riding and riding, suddenly a new idea came to mind. He thought of his wife Xinlan and his son Lu Dong, who was busy with work at home in the past, and it was rare to have the opportunity to go back early if it was not a rainy day. Thinking of this, Fusheng went to the deli in the market to choose a pork knuckle, asked for three braised pig's trotters, asked the waiter to wrap them, put them in his pocket, and by the way, he bought two bottles of Du Kang wine and packed them together, and hurried home.

The Central Plains Village, where Fusheng's family is located, is an ancient village. Before liberation, perhaps because of the large number of people in the family surnamed Li in the village, it was originally called Li Zhai, but because the incense of the Tianwang Hall in the village is prosperous, it is called Tianwang Temple by the pilgrims, and it was also named Yonghong Village when it broke the four olds, but it has changed several times, perhaps for the convenience of management, or because it is used to calling the mouth, it has changed back to the name of Li Zhai, and Tianwang Temple as a landmark is still used by people by the local name. When the agriculture was in Dazhai, the wall of the wall had long lost its former outline due to the leveling of the land, but the traces are still there. Two straight roads leading directly to the four gates of the east, west, north and south, cross to form a cross street, and the two-storey shops with old-fashioned brick and wood structures mixed on both sides of the street are still highlighting the former glory of the village, although they are old and unbearable. Fusheng's house is on the east and west streets, north of the west side of the cross center, and it is more than 100 meters away from the center.

At home, Xinlan had already made dinner, and she was busy in the yard while waiting for Fusheng to come back.

Xinlan's surname is Li, a woman brought back by Fusheng from Xijing City, one year younger than Fusheng, medium height, slender figure, wearing a clean washed white floral jacket with a blue background that has been a little faded, wearing light gray polyester trousers on the lower body, and a pair of black velveteen open cloth shoes. The fair face, a pair of calm eyes under the curved willow eyebrows, a delicate and small nose, a pointed chin, although the years have been worn out, the corners of the eyes are faintly crow's feet, but the beautiful appearance is still beautiful. The long black hair is braided, and the hair is pinned behind the head with a hairpin, which is fashionable.

It was getting dark. From time to time, people from outside work rode past the door. Suddenly, there was a familiar car bell in the distance, Xinlan heard that it was Fusheng's car bell, and knew that Fusheng was about to arrive, so she said loudly to her son who was doing wood work under the shed: "Lu Dong, don't do it, your father is back, pack up and prepare for dinner." ”

"Okay!" With Xinlan's shouting, a young man walked out from under the shed. He is 1.7.8 meters tall, slender and tall, with a white disc face, a small mouth, a firm nose, and a pair of thick eyebrows and big eyes under his slightly curly short hair. Wearing a white vest on his upper body, a pair of green army pants on his lower body, and a pair of fashionable white sneakers on his feet, he looked elaborate but casual. This is none other than Xinlan's son Lu Dong.

Lu Dong promised to clean up. As he spoke, Fusheng had already turned into the courtyard on his bicycle. When Lu Dong saw it, he hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the car and directly pushed into the house to stabilize it. He smelled the smell of meat in the bag, and knew that it was the braised meat that his father bought, so he took off the handle and went out, and said while handing it to Xinlan: "Mom, there is something delicious!" So saying, he went to fetch water for his father and washed his face. Here, Xinlan took the bag and busied it, and when the two of them washed and cleaned up, Xinlan had already opened the small table and put the dishes on the table. When everyone saw that everything was ready, they all sat down around the table.

Here, Lu Dong went to take the wine bottle, patted the cap on the corner of the table, and poured the glass in front of the three of them with wine.

Xinlan didn't drink, but when she saw that Lu Dong had poured the wine glass in front of her, she didn't wait for everyone to take the chopsticks, took the wine glass and put it in front of Fusheng and said, "You must be tired after a day's work, right!?" You have also drunk this wine of mine, just to relieve your fatigue. ”

When Fusheng heard that, he didn't rush to serve the cup, but he picked up the chopsticks first, and while beckoning everyone to eat, he went straight to the plate and put a large piece of meat into his mouth, and said while chewing: "I can't say whether it's bad luck or luck at noon today, anyway, it's harmful, I haven't eaten, if you want me to drink more, you have to let me eat more rice at the bottom, or drink hollow head wine, and I will be poured down after a while!" ”

Xinlan and Lu Dong had never seen Fusheng eat so disregardlessly, and when they heard Fusheng say this, they were a little puzzled, so they invariably asked Fusheng what was going on and why he didn't eat at noon.

Fusheng took his mouth and did not rush to answer, he swallowed the meat in his mouth cleanly, and then went to serve the wine glass on the table. Seeing this, Lu Dong also hurriedly picked up his cup and drank it with his father, and then added wine to the cup. Only then did I hear my father slowly tell the two of them about the noon, and it was not distressing to hear Xinlan and Lu Dongniang, nor was they laughing.

Lu Dong cared about his father, and knew in his heart what it was like for people who did manual work to be hungry. So he said: "Dad, I didn't say you, why don't you take your body so seriously!?" We are all doing manual work, and when this situation is left to me, I will definitely go and eat first. Don't dare to do this in the future! Lu Dong's tone was blaming. Fusheng knew that Lu Dong cared about him, and it was not good to be overly hungry today, so he hurriedly promised to pay attention in the future.

Xinlan watched from the sidelines, knowing that Lu Dong was filial, and she was even happier for the child in her heart. In addition to being overjoyed, the magpie suddenly remembered that a few days ago, Wan Feng's mother in the village south of the brigade asked the child's age and birthday, and said that he wanted to introduce the child to the object, and said casually: "If you want me to say that you are not necessarily unlucky, maybe it should be lucky!" So he told him what he was thinking, and asked Fusheng if he knew about it.

Fusheng has been thinking about this in his heart, and was about to ask Xinlan for confirmation of this matter, when he heard Xinlan ask, he hurriedly replied: "Why don't you know!?" Wan Feng was working with me, and he asked me, but he didn't say anything for the past two days. Fusheng paused and said: "Later, I also inquired about it on the side, this girl may be Wan Feng's cousin, but it seems that the girl and her mother dislike our family has many children, they are all in school, and the burden is heavy. Speaking of this, today's incident, and finally the workers joked and reminded me, could it be that the magpie appeared, which means that this thing has not taken a turn for the better!? ”

Xinlan asked Fusheng what he meant here, wishing that the magpie would bring good luck, and when he heard Fusheng think the same way, he was more determined in his heart, and was about to answer, when Lu Dong on the side continued: "Dad, Mom, don't speculate like this!" Don't say it's not true, it's true, once she has the idea of being afraid of filling in the black, now she is begging me in turn, and I may not be willing! Besides, I don't want my dad to go hungry and worry about my marriage! I don't believe that I can't find a better one with my skills and talents! Don't talk about it anymore, let's eat! Hungry! Lu Dong said seriously, but there was a hint of naughtiness and conceit in his tone.

Fusheng and Xinlan listened, thought about it, and saw that the rice would be cold if they didn't eat it again, so they stopped talking and turned their heads to eat seriously. When she was full, Xinlan saw that there were still a few pieces of meat on the plate, so she went to use chopsticks to prepare and pull it into Lu Dong's bowl.

Seeing this, Lu Dong hurriedly stopped: "Mom, don't pull it into my bowl, I'm already full, my dad hasn't eaten at noon, let's give it to my dad!" ”

Fusheng was already full, and when he heard Lu Dong say this, he took over the conversation and said with a commanding tone: "Eat!" Lu Dong. Don't fight with your mother, I know you care about your father, but your father and I are full of food and enough wine. You can eat the rest of the pieces with wine! Although the conditions are good now, our family doesn't have meat to eat every day, and if this is left in Xijing for a while, you just want to eat if you don't have a meat ticket, you can't buy it! You don't believe it? Ask your mom! ”

Xinlan was waiting to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and when she heard Fusheng, she continued: "It's not!" At that time, there was a shortage of living materials, and everything needed tickets! There are many brothers in our family, but you have been sinned! If it's like this, we won't move back from Xijing, and we won't just leave your brother Lubei there alone, pity my child! Xinlan said, and there was a sour expression overflowing.

Xinlan gave birth to five children for Fusheng, Lu Bei is Xinlan's eldest child, and when he returned to his hometown, he landed in Xijing, followed his parents who were teachers, and wanted to leave a root there, but he didn't expect to lose his life in the movement later. Lu Dong in front of him is the second, he was just over six years old when he moved back in 67, just in time for elementary school. After graduating from high school, he was recommended to go to an agricultural university in 75 years, and he has been at home since graduation. The third son Lu Nan is two years younger than Lu Dong, and after the resumption of the college entrance examination the year before last, he was admitted to the secondary school, and he can only come back once a semester, and the two twin daughters Xiaocun and Xiaohua are also 15 years old, and they went to high school in the city and lived in the school.

Xinlan's sour Chu Fusheng saw it, he knew that Xinlan felt uncomfortable when he mentioned Lubei, how could he not, he also felt pain in his heart, but he was afraid of arousing Xinlan's sadness when he mentioned the past, but every time Xinlan mentioned it. Thinking of this, Fusheng complained that he didn't say it, and he still blamed Xinlan's parents for not taking good care of their children. can think about it, but he never dared to say it in front of Xinlan. He loves Xinlan, and he knows how difficult it is for Xinlan to leave his parents and return to his hometown with his children with him. He always thought that Xinlan could marry him because of God's gift to him.

Here Lu Dong saw that his mother was uncomfortable, and he was also very sad.

Lu Dong still has an impression of his brother, and he admires his brother very much. In his memory, his brother was tall, handsome and chic, took him to evade tickets, fished, helped him fight, and was a hero in his mind. But after all, it's been more than ten years since I moved back, and my memories are already a little blurry.

At this time, when he heard his mother mention his brother, he knew that his mother would feel distressed when he mentioned his brother, and he was afraid that his mother's sadness would be uncontrollable, so he hurriedly relieved his mother's heart and said, "Mom! We're all back! Now the city is good, but our countryside is not bad, there is food and drink, very good! Don't regret it! ”

When Xinlan heard this, she knew that her son was persuading herself in his heart, so she suppressed her emotions just now, and said: "Although the situation is as you said, but now the conditions in the city are really getting better and better, or now people want to go to the city to be workers, and rural girls want to find someone to eat commercial grain." But think about it, if we didn't move back at the beginning, based on the living conditions at that time, it would be strange if you didn't starve! Not to mention our family. Your dad and our family came back to save their lives! ”

"Yes," Fusheng continued, "At that time, life in the city could not be mentioned, everything was paid, and tickets were required, and it was not easy to feed you children." But if you knew that the city is developing so fast, you won't move back if you say anything, but no one has a front and back eye! Besides, life improvement has been a matter of these years. However, Lu Dong, think about it, if life in the city is good, will we also live well in the countryside, and now we eat and drink well! The national policy is good, advocating reform and opening up, and invigorating the economy, even our rural areas have been divided into households, and if it goes on like this, I am in the construction team of our village, you are doing carpentry work at home, and your mother is serving the farmland at home, and I am worried that life will not be good in the future!? As for finding a partner, don't worry, kid! After speaking, he turned his head and said to Xinlan: "But also, the child is not young, you can teach more about finding a partner, and you can also be a scholar!" It's a pity that the ancestral craft is no longer used. ”

"It's not your child! Shouldn't you be teaching something too!? Besides, she doesn't want to be right, maybe there is a better girl waiting for us Lu Dong. After Xinlan finished speaking, she was afraid that Lu Dong would be embarrassed, so she hurriedly persuaded Lu Dong and said: "Lu Dong, don't worry, maybe that girl is like my mother, I didn't fall in love at the beginning, but in the end I fell in love with your father."

Xinlan's scolding tone, Fusheng didn't care, heard her say herself, and hurriedly continued: "It's not, if you don't say it, it's still fate." ”

Obedient and listening, Lu Dong ignored his parents' persuasion, but saw that his father didn't understand what his mother said, so he reminded his father: "Hey, Dad, your old elm has a pimple, my mother means that I didn't choose the best one at the beginning, and I chose you in the end." ”

As soon as Fusheng heard it, he reminisced about Xinlan's words just now, but because he drank wine, he still didn't stare at him for a while, and he looked ignorant. Xinlan and the couple, who were already laughing, couldn't help but smile happily when they saw Fusheng's expression.

As he spoke, Lu Dong had already cleaned the plates, and when he saw that it was already dark, he helped his mother clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and Fusheng had unconsciously entered the house to rest. When Xinlan returned to the back room after she was done, she saw Fusheng lying on the bed with his bare legs diagonally on the bed, his legs hanging on the edge of the bed.

The weather in early spring is still a little cold at night. Xinlan was afraid that something would go wrong with the cold, so she gently tried to cover her legs with the quilt. Here Fusheng squinted his eyes, he didn't sleep, and he was busy secretly straining his legs. Xinlan didn't move, knowing that Fusheng was bad, so she pinched her leg lightly. Fusheng pretended to be pretended, and the exaggerated "喓-喓-" inhaled lightly. Xinlan saw it and said, "No, do you think you're still a three-year-old child?" It's not early, it's a tired day, go to bed early! Fusheng didn't answer Xinlan's words, still squinting at Xinlan, with a shallow smile on the corner of his mouth. Xinlan knew that her husband's alcohol was up, so she went to straighten her legs, helped take off her coat, covered the thin quilt, and raised the pillow.

After settling Fusheng, Xinlan walked out of the house, went to the kitchen to see the coal fire, and asked Lu Dong not to go out again, so she plugged in the courtyard door. When he returned, Fusheng had already snored and died.