"Dad, you go and weigh it, I'll shovel", Lin Haimei stood in a small figure-eight shape with her legs, shoveled coal neatly, and sent it to the middle-aged man's pocket.

The coal flashed black in the sun, and the rolling sound of "rustling" and "dingding" was only possible with the metal impact of the shovel, and the "ding" was long and pleasant.

Lin Haimei was about to continue shoveling coal into the bag, but the middle-aged man tightened his pocket with some embarrassment, "Little girl, I won't tell you, I can't pick it up", he pointed to his throat, and the hoarse sound he made when he spoke.

"Yes, yes, Uncle is right. Do your best and take care of your body", Lin Haimei put down the shovel and lifted the coal to the scale with her uncle.

Lin Haimei watched her father nudge the scale with his right hand, and put his left hand on the hook of the hanging pocket.

Dad took a look, and the weight came out, "One hundred and five pounds." Wang Heigou, integer, count a hundred catties for you."

"Thank you, old man Lin, you always take care of me so much", Wang Heigou said gratefully.

After Wang Heigou left, his father talked about his miserable experience.

"He has a wife who is crazy about sheep's horns. I had tidal lung disease again and had two children. The eldest is five years old, and the younger is three years old. Several members of the family lived in the brigade's public house. The public house is in disrepair and leaks at night. ”

"God is too pretentious." Lin Haimei sighed!

Towards the end of the market, there are more people buying coal. Everyone has done what needs to be done, and when they go home, they will take the coal back.

Lin Xian's father and daughter were busy until almost one o'clock in the afternoon, and then they really rested.

The sun shines directly on the coal pile, giving off a dark glow. The sun-dried coal sand slides downward from time to time, making a soft "rustle" sound or a crisp sound of "dong".

Dad had already cooked mung bean porridge, and knew that his daughter was going to go down the street, so he deliberately cooked more.

"Dad, do you want to fry eggplant at noon"? Lin Haimei looked at the wooden board, and there were a few white eggplants that were not very good-looking.

"Well, and stir-fry a lean pork with chili. The lean meat is in a plastic bag, and it is frozen with water", Dad sat in the doorway and smoked a dry cigarette.

Thick puffs of smoke erupted from Dad's mouth. Like a ball of marshmallows, it quickly dispersed again.

After a bag of cigarettes, Dad went back to shoveling the coals that had slipped and fell a little messy.

Dad's hunched figure glowed white in the midday sun.

The short-sleeved shirt has also faded on the shoulders and back due to years of sun exposure, like an ink painting with uneven efforts.

Dad habitually rolled up his trouser legs, at his ankles. There was also some soot sprinkled in the trouser tube, and it was bulging.

I saw my father sitting on a small stool outside the door, shaking the trouser leg out with one hand, and the soot was spilled on the ground.

The khaki pants, which were originally blue, have become jet black.

"It's time to eat"! The dining table was a long bench, and Lin Haimei put two dishes on the bench, and the narrow stool surface made the bowl a little big.

The dishes in the bowl look extravagant, because the bench tops are so old that fallen logs make the bench tops pitted.

But the dust fell back inside, soaking in a thick layer.

Dad slapped two coins of liquor from the wine jar as usual, and the petite porcelain cup, at a glance, I knew that Dad was not a bad drinker.

shows his father's elegant side, which is very consistent with his identity as a brigade accountant when he was young.

After the meal, Dad sat on a bench in the house. The slight heat of the wine made him close his eyes slightly.

Lin Haimei is cleaning up the house rented by her father. The bed is inside and outside the bed, and the front and back of the cabinet are all tidied up.

The air smells of dust and dampness that wafts through the room.

"Erya, don't lose the notice, I've read it just now, regular school, I've seen it in the newspaper before."

Dad suddenly opened his eyes and turned to Lin Haimei and said.

"Oh, Dad, it's such a big thing, it's a big thing!" Lin Haimei sometimes has a big ha, so my father specially advised.

Lin Haimei walked on the way home. October weather, and a sultry afternoon heat. Walking uphill makes it easier to get tired.

"It's hot! It's been autumn for so long, it's still so hot, and my back is hot", Lin Haimei used a fan while walking.

The mountain is high and the road is steep, winding and circling.

The trees are high and the forest is deep, and the winding paths are beautiful.

Lin Haimei became cooler and cooler as she walked, and the sunlight slanted from the tree body and beams of colorful light spots, falling on the treetops, sliding over the trees, and dripping in the grass at the bottom of the trees. Leaves behind strings of colorful relief.

"The road of life is always getting wider and wider. When encountering difficulties, persevere. After the hurdle, the road will be easy to go", Lin Haimei turned to look at the road under her feet.

When Lin Haimei arrived home, it was almost dark.

Rhubarb happily wagged his tail and greeted him.

A strong smell wafted from the kitchen.

Mother Yang Osmanthus was frying lean meat, she was wielding a spatula, the moisture was shrouded in her face, and she was smiling.

"I heard that the admission letter of the night college has arrived."

Yang Guihua put the lean pepper on the plate.

"Ahh Lin Haimei was so spicy that her nose itched.

"Mom, did you put Chaotian peppers? It's too spicy. ”

"On a hot day, you have to eat fiery chili peppers."

When her mother walked in front of Lin Haimei with a plate, she said this to her.

At the dinner table, Yang Guihua kept eating in Lin Haimei's bowl.

As if Lin Haimei wouldn't be able to clip herself.

"Mom, you eat it yourself. Don't clip me anymore. Lin Haimei's mouth was full of rice and meat, and she almost fell out when she spoke.

"Eat slowly. Hungry! It's like being released from a prison cell. ”

Yang Guihua's eyes were full of pity, looking at Lin Haimei, who was gobbling up.

"Mom, I'm going to school, and I haven't been able to eat my mother's food for a long time."

Lin Haimei sandwiched another piece of preserved eggs.

"Mom, the preserved eggs you wrapped are so fragrant! In particular, this egg yolk is not dry, soft and waxy, and fragrant. ”

Lin Haimei specially put it between her nose and sniffed it, and put it in the sink, "It's too fragrant." ”

Lin Haimei chewed the preserved eggs slowly, reminiscing about the fragrance between her teeth, "Mom, are there any preserved eggs at home?" ”

"Yes. There are still thirty duck eggs left from the last pack, and twenty-eight eggs left. Take thirty of them. Later, I wrapped another hundred, and they were not cooked yet. ”

Yang Guihua sandwiched the remaining two preserved eggs into Lin Haimei's bowl.

"This is a must-have for preserved eggs. I want to have a cake withered. Yellow Vitex Tree. Burned to ashes. Tung oil is fragrant, yellow wattle tree incense, will be immersed in the egg, very fragrant. ”

Yang Guihua looked confident.

"Mom, the preserved eggs you made are delicious, they are my memories when I was a child."

Lin Haimei looked intoxicated, "I remember when I was in junior high school, when I was hungry, I would use my mother's preserved eggs to make snacks. One for each person, it's so fragrant! ”

"Look at your unproductive appearance, like a big gluttonous cat."

Yang Guihua knocked Lin Haimei's head with chopsticks.

"When I was in school, life was no better than at home. Should you eat or eat, don't save. Your eldest brother has also come out to teach, so don't worry financially. It's always good to do a good job in your studies and read more books. ”

"Mom, your daughter is a foodie, don't worry!"

In a few words, Lin Haimei finished the dishes in the bowl.

Yang Guihua looked at Lin Haimei's white and red pink face, and smiled happily. Her face was covered with a halo of holiness.