"Don't just cry, go cook for the kids." Yang's father's words reminded Yang's mother.

"Oh, okay, okay, it's good that Fang is alive, I'll cook." Mother Yang said as she walked out. Waiting for Yang's mother to leave, Li Tongfu asked Yang's father: "Uncle, what is the rumor about Liu Fang in the town and village?" ”

"Alas! Pure nonsense! How can Ah Fang be so sensible and do something hurtful! Spit stars drowned people, I don't mean I'm talking about Ah Fang and Xia Xia! Brother Liugen later regretted it, and sister-in-law Liugen came to apologize to us, and said that even if the two children really had something, they would still be a family when they grew up! But there is no regret medicine sold in the world, it's too late! Scourge both children! Father Yang said indignantly while hammering his thigh.

It turned out that after Yang Liufang was washed away by the flood, his mother washed his face with tears every day, his father sighed all day long, and his master Yang Liugen thought about it all night in the sound of the storm and regretted it. However, just like the people of the world have not been able to stop typhoons for thousands of years, once the rumors spread, it was like the torrential rain and floods brought by the typhoon, which spread rapidly in Liunan Village and even in Yangshi Town. So much so that later, it was rumored that everything that could speak had a set of rhetoric, and even more outrageous said: Yang Liufang has been studying art there for more than a year, and he has already hooked up.

Liu Xia in such gossip and everyone's fingers, no longer dare to go to school, suffered from mild depression, Liu Gen and the old woman (Wenzhou's name for his wife) took her to see Chinese medicine, Western medicine everywhere, but did not get better, and then simply moved the family to Wenzhou City to live. And Yang Liufang's parents, who are honest and have no money, can only continue to bear these unjustified arguments in this village.

While talking, Mother Yang brought the food, a plate of fish pieces, a plate of torn salted duck, a plate of fried green peppers with eggs, and a plate of shredded jellyfish, and a large pot of boiled white milk-like crucian carp soup stewed shredded radish in the middle. Mother Yang gave Li Tongfu a full bowl of rice, and added half a spoonful after compacting.

"Child, if you don't prepare, you treat it as your own home and eat openly." As he spoke, he added a duck leg and put it on Li Tongfusheng's full rice bowl, and Li Tongfu hurriedly pressed it with chopsticks to avoid falling down. Li Tongfu took a bite of the firm duck leg, and his mouth was instantly full of salty and fragrant, which was the long-lost hometown taste. During the meal, the two old men kept putting vegetables for Li Tongfu, and when they saw that the bowl was almost empty, they added food. Li Tongfu ate delicious hometown food, watching the two old men keep busy for themselves, and couldn't help but think of his deceased parents, his eyes were red in an instant, and he couldn't help but shed tears.

"What's wrong, kid? Doesn't fit the food? The two old men hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks and asked with concern.

"Uncle, aunt, I, my parents died early, I have been doing business outside, for a long time, I haven't felt at home for a long time, you are so enthusiastic here today, like my parents, I, I can't help but be emotional." Li Tongfu wiped his tears and said with a sob.

"Good boy, you and Ah Fang are friends and brothers, you don't mind treating this place as home, whether Ah Fang is there or not, you always come back."

"Good. Thank you, uncle and aunt. Woo...... "Tongfu was even more emotional when he heard this.

"Go and fetch a basin of water for the child and let him wash his face. Don't cry, kid, it's not good to bring your aunt to cry again. ”

"Hmmm! Okay, uncle, I listen to you. Tongfu left his seat to wash his face, and after washing, Yang's mother was already waiting next to her with a new towel. Tongfu took the towel and covered his face to feel very warm and comfortable.

After scrubbing his face, he returned to his seat and ate a bowl of rice and drank a bowl of crucian carp soup. I can only sit firmly with my hands on the table, and I am very satisfied after I am full of soup and food. After the meal, Yang's mother came to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and Li Tongfu also stood up and wanted to help clean up, but was stopped by Yang's mother.

"Child, it's getting late, don't leave today, just sleep in Liufang's room. He has books and a radio there that you can look at and listen to. If you are not in a hurry, you can stay here for a few more days, Ah Fang is not here, and your aunt and I are quite lonely. ”

"Thank you, uncle, I'm coming back to get an ID card, by the way, Liu Fang will definitely come back, he is 17 this year, he won't come back this year, and he must come back to get an ID card when he turns 18 next year, and now the state has regulations that you can't go anywhere without an ID card."

"Oh, yes, you can't do it without an ID card, and our old couple also asked the village to do it last year."

"Uncle, if you and Auntie don't mind, I'll bother here for a few days, because I have to wait 15 days before I can get my ID card, and then I'll go back to Xizhou and ask Ah Fang along the way. I'm going to get a batch of shoelaces over, and there's still an unfinished account over there. ”

"Silly boy, don't say 15 days, you can live for a year, your uncle has said it, you will treat this place as your home. If you meet Ah Fang, you will all come back for the New Year, and our family will have a reunion together. Mother Yang walked in and continued, Tongfu's eyes turned red again after hearing this.

In the evening, Mother Yang took out the cleanly washed sheets and blankets used by Liu Fang and laid the bed for Tongfu. Yang's father brought a wooden basin and a thermos for washing his feet, and said that he would fetch water for Tongfu to wash his feet. Tongfu hurriedly stopped it, rushed over and said that he would do it himself, and hurriedly urged the second elder to go to rest as well.

Li Tongfu washed his feet, returned to the room and closed the door, finally had time to appreciate the room where the brothers lived, the wooden bookshelf was not painted, it looked slightly rough, it seemed to be the handwriting of Yang Liufang's apprentice, and the head of the bed was also a modified slope, Li Tongfu sat on the bed and leaned on it, just dragging his back, feeling very comfortable. An old-fashioned radio sits on an equally unpainted nightstand, which looks much more elaborate than a bookshelf, and drawers are decorated with carved wood threads, which, though unpainted, are polished to a smooth finish. Unscrewed the knob of the radio, and the sound of radio waves came out, which felt a little big, Li Tongfu hurriedly adjusted, and accidentally turned it into the knob of the tune, "Central People's Broadcasting.... You ask me how much I love...... Zizizi...... Compound fertilizer ....... hurriedly spun the other, and the sound disappeared instantly.

After trying to spin it a little more, the radio waves came out again, and I found a channel that broadcast the news: "Central People's Radio, listeners, at 8 o'clock tonight, the flame of the 10th Asian Games will be extinguished in Seoul, the capital of South Korea. China won the first place in the gold medal list in the Asian Games. Congratulations to my country's athletes......" The host's high-pitched voice came out, and a sense of pride arose spontaneously from Li Tongfu's heart.

Li Tongfu listened to the radio, turned around to look at the books on the shelves, and the top row lined up "Three Kingdoms", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin", "Dream of Red Mansions", "Journey to the West", "Life", ...... The lower row is a junior high school textbook, Li Tongfu thought to himself, no wonder that kid spoke in a crepe, it turned out that he had read so many books. Although I also finished junior high school, I am not good at anything other than being good at math. Seeing that there are two books of the Three Kingdoms, I took out one of them and read it: "The Yangtze River is rolling east, and the waves are sweeping away the heroes." Success or failure turns empty. The green mountains are still there, and the sunset is red ...... a few times"