CHAPTER IX
Fang Wei heard his sister's crying, ran over quickly, and asked what happened, Fang Wei followed his sister's guidance and found Xiaoli lying in the grass at the bottom of the ditch.
The slope of the path to the bottom of the ditch, almost vertical, was overgrown with weeds and thorns, and Fang Wei tried several times, but he couldn't go down, so he had to take a detour.
Fang Wei panted and walked up to Xiaoli, and saw that she was covered in blood, her body curled up, and she was lying motionless. It frightened Fang Wei.
Fang Wei is still a child after all, where has he seen this kind of scene, his body trembled involuntarily. Fang Wei bent down to help Xiaoli up, squatted down, took out the strength to feed, used all his strength, and barely carried the thin Xiaoli on his back, and stumbled towards the village along the uneven and overgrown ravine.
Halfway through the encounter with Xiaoli's father's colleagues, they quickly recognized Xiaoli with blood on her face, hurriedly hugged Fang Wei's back, tore the white shirt into strips, wrapped Xiaoli's bleeding parts, and trotted all the way to the hospital.
Fang Wei later heard from the adults in the village that Xiaoli lost too much blood that day, and if she arrived at the hospital one step late, she might die.
Xiaoli's parents knew from their colleagues that their daughter was saved by Fang Wei, and after Xiaoli's injury improved slightly, they specially bought a lot of gifts, came to Fang Wei's house to visit, and expressed their gratitude to Fang Wei's parents.
Childhood passed unconsciously in the midst of play and laughter. Fang Wei and Xiaoli's innocent friendship is getting deeper and deeper, just like brother and sister.
Nowadays, people only talk about needs and demands, and calculate their own gains and losses. Even if they talk about marriage and get together, they usually talk about their feelings, but they actually ask for what they need. Whenever you encounter force majeure, once your own interests are harmed, you will immediately part ways without a moment of hesitation.
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From elementary school to junior high school, time flies quickly, and during the summer vacation of the second year of junior high school, a few friends jumped up the mountain to play as usual.
The hillsides are covered with wildflowers, some pink, some red, and some blue and white. Bees buzz and fly from flower to flower to collect nectar, and butterflies flutter their wings and float around like fairies.
The friends scattered around, each looking for their own fun. Fang Wei was playing, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and a small flower in full bloom not far away attracted Fang Wei's attention, the color of the flower was particularly red, watery, and full of dewdrops, like a shy and pitiful girl.
Fang Wei walked over quickly, squatted down, and was just about to dig it out, when a shout came from behind; "Don't move, don't dig it out.".
Fang Wei looked back, Xiao Li was standing behind him, and asked; "Why don't you let you dig it?"
Xiaoli said with a sad expression; "Good-looking flowers can only grow in the wild, and they can't survive without their native land, and they will die soon."
Fang Wei stood up, looked at Xiaoli and said; "What's wrong with you today? The words spoken are incomprehensible and feel a little strange. ”
Xiaoli didn't speak, turned around, looked at the highest mountain in the south, and stared silently. Fang Wei looked at Xiaoli, stood there still, and thought; Fourteen or fifteen-year-old girls have a lot of things, are prone to sentimentality, touch the scene, and love to be cranky.
A boy as big as Zhang Wei doesn't have so many things on his mind, he is stupid, he knows how to play all day long, and he doesn't have too much thought. Girls of the same age mature earlier than boys, think more, and have more worries.
Xiaoli used to love to talk and laugh, but today she is a little abnormal, rarely speaks, and seems to be preoccupied, Fang Wei looked at Xiaoli's absent-minded appearance, and was a little confused.
After a while, Xiaoli said as if asking; "Where is the other side of the mountain, far, far away?"
Fang Wei didn't think much about it, and said casually; "I don't know."
Xiaoli glanced at Fang Wei, slightly thoughtful and like a natural whisper, and said in a voice that was almost inaudible; "Dad told me many times that the other side of the mountain, far away from the sea, is our hometown."
Fang Wei followed her gaze and looked at Nanshan, and after looking at it for a long time, he didn't see the fame, it was still common from childhood to adulthood, and it was all too familiar, the winding and undulating vast mountains.
Fang Wei looked back at Xiaoli in a daze, and didn't know what to say, so he had to stand there with Xiaoli. Xiaoli beside Fang Wei rarely spoke, and kept looking into the distance.
At this time, several partners came around, saying that it was not early, and yelling to go home. Xiaoli came back to her senses and said; "Go home, it's time to go home."
The little friends followed the mountain road and jumped back to the village. When she walked to the fork in the road very close to Fang Wei's house, Xiaoli stopped, looked back at Fang Wei, her lips moved, as if she wanted to speak, but she didn't say it, hesitated slightly, turned around and walked towards her house.
Two days later, Fang Wei's grandmother asked someone to bring a message, asking her mother to take Fang Wei and her sister to live at her grandmother's house for a few days.
Half a month later, Fang Wei came back from his grandmother's house, and his father said to him as soon as he entered the house; "Xiaoli has come a few times and asked when you will come back?"
Fang Wei asked his father; "Did she say anything?"
Father said; She didn't say anything, looking a little anxious.
Fang Wei asked his sister to go to Xiaoli's house to ask and see what was wrong. After a while, my sister ran back and said; "Brother, her family has moved away."
He asked his sister; "You didn't ask others, where did Xiaoli's family move?"
My sister said; "I asked several people, and said that a few days ago, a big car came and took all their belongings away, and it is not clear where they moved to."
At this time, Fang Wei understood; When she was playing in the mountains that day, Xiaoli was preoccupied, and her expression of wanting to talk was to tell Fang Wei that she was moving away. For some reason, Xiaoli never spoke.
Fang Wei has been at her grandmother's house for a few days, Xiaoli has come to the house several times, but she has not seen Fang Wei, it is not difficult to imagine her anxious mood at that time.
At the end of the summer vacation, on the day of school, all the students in the class arrived, and there were a few new students from other villages, but they didn't see Xiaoli. Fang Wei was in a very lost mood and looked forward to Xiaoli appearing as soon as possible.
Fang Wei graduated from junior high school, went to high school in the county seat, graduated from high school, and never saw Xiaoli again.
A few years have passed, Fang Wei has been relieved of Xiaoli, thinking that he may never see her again.
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The factory where Fang Wei works is a newly built Hong Kong-funded enterprise, and there are many things in the factory not long after it starts. Everyone is very busy at work, and sometimes they have to overwork, and it is the norm to work overtime and stay up late, and there is very little private space.
As soon as Fang Wei got busy, it felt like seconds, time passed so fast, and he unconsciously ushered in Sunday.
As soon as I got up in the morning, there was a car horn, and after a while, I heard someone knocking on the door, Fang Wei opened the door, Xiaoli stood at the door, she said; "The sun is all on your buttocks, you are still lazy, did you just get up?"
Fang Wei hurriedly said; "Come in and sit in the house."
Xiaoli entered the room, looked around the room, and said; "This room is still good, but it's a little smaller, and the things in the house are a little messy."
Fang Wei was embarrassed and explained; "I just got up, and I haven't had time to clean up, I'm sorry to make you laugh."
He hurriedly folded the quilt, leveled the sheets with his hands, folded the small table for eating and put it against the wall, there were some confetti and cigarette butts on the ground, he didn't care about sweeping it, he hurriedly took a stool, wiped it with his sleeve, put it in front of Xiaoli, and said embarrassedly; "Sit down, don't get dirty, I just wiped it, it's pretty clean."
Xiaoli sat down with a smile and said; "Don't you have a clean rag? Why do you have to wipe the stool with your sleeve, it's really unhygienic, are you men like this? ”
Fang Wei didn't know how to answer, in order to hide his embarrassment, he hurriedly said: "You sit down first, I'll wash my face, soon, I'll be back immediately." ”
Xiaoli looked at Fang Wei, took a towel and a basin, walked to the courtyard water pipe, clumsily fetched water, brushed her teeth, washed her face, looked panicked, and couldn't help laughing.
Fang Wei thought while brushing his teeth, he never liked to tidy up the room, and sometimes he didn't even fold the quilt, and the bad problems he had developed over the years made Xiaoli, who came to the door for the first time, look at it right, it was really a shame.
When Fang Wei was working in his hometown, he also lived in a room alone, and all the people who came were male colleagues, and no woman had ever entered his room. After living here for a few months, a few male colleagues came, but I didn't expect that there would be a woman who came to the door, and it was none other than Xiaoli.
Fang Wei was complaining about Xiaoli in her heart, and she didn't say hello in advance, so that he could be prepared. Xiaoli's sudden visit caught Fang Wei off guard. The side he didn't want people to see was all exposed in front of Xiaoli, and now it's useless to think about anything, it's too late to regret it.
Fang Wei rubbed in the yard for a long time, but still walked into the house with a basin, put away the washing utensils, sat on the edge of the bed, looked at Xiaoli and said; "You woke up so early, and you didn't sleep much on Sunday, come to me today, what's the matter?"
"You don't want to see what time it is, and you say I'm early." Xiaoli looked at her watch and said; "I'm here to pick you up and go to my house today, my parents are waiting for you at home, saying that you haven't seen you for more than ten years, and you must have grown into a young man, and I'm afraid you'll recognize you when you meet."
Fang Wei said; "You told your parents I was coming?"
Xiaoli said; "I met you at the vegetable market, and when I got home, I told my parents, they were very happy to hear that you had come to Nanling, and hoped that you would meet you at home. No, I'm here to pick you up, and if you don't go, your parents will be upset. ”
Xiao Li saw Fang Wei sitting on the edge of the bed, without looking like he was leaving, and said urgingly; "Go and clean up yourself, let's go, don't take off slowly."
Fang Wei opened the box of clothes, picked out two clean and fitting clothes, changed the dirty clothes on his body, fastened the buttons, wiped the leather shoes on his feet with a dry cloth, adjusted the buttons on his body, and said; "Why are you still in the temper when you were a child, always so anxious."
Xiaoli smiled and didn't speak, she dragged Fang Wei towards the door as she was a child, and kept talking; "Hurry up, give me the lock, I'll lock the door for you."
Fang Wei followed Xiaoli to the car parked in the yard, Xiaoli opened the car door, urged Fang Wei, and said; "Get in the car, it's not early, don't let my parents wait at home in a hurry."
Fang Wei sat in the car and said to Xiaoli; "You drive to a fruit stall, I'll buy some fruit, where is there a cigarette and alcohol seller, and then drive there and buy two good bottles of wine and two good cigarettes."
Xiaoli asked Fang Wei; "You buy so many things, do you give them away or go to our house? I can't care about giving them to others, and if you go to my house and buy these things, it's completely unnecessary. My parents are older, don't drink, don't smoke. Besides, our family has a lot of cigarettes and alcohol, and no one touches it in the storage room. If it weren't for the eldest sister and the second sister who often came and brought some cigarettes and alcohol back, I'm afraid the storage room wouldn't be able to fit it now. ”
Fang Wei said; "What do you say? The first time I went to see my uncle and aunt, I couldn't go with my bare hands, because it would be too rude to do that. When you go to your house, you have to buy something, and the gift represents a piece of heart, which is the so-called 'courtesy is light on people's righteousness'. ”
Fang Wei looked at Xiaoli and continued; "You don't have to buy tobacco and alcohol, you can always buy some fruit, do you think it's okay?"
Xiaoli said; "Fruit can be bought. You don't know what kind of fruit my parents like, I think, I'll do it, you don't have to worry about it. ”
Xiaoli parked in front of a large fruit store and walked directly to the imported fruit area. Fang Wei stood next to him and was startled when he saw the price of the fruit.
Fang Wei thought to himself, the price of the fruit is so high, which country is it imported from? Dare to sell it at such an expensive price, this is not something ordinary people can afford.