"What a toss!"

Cui Xiaoqiang sat on the minibus home, looking out the window at the vast mountains on both sides.

The road winds and is lined with dense trees, with tall pines and lush bushes intertwined to form a green barrier. Sunlight shines through the gaps in the leaves and shines on the ground, creating dappled light and shadows.

The wheels of the minibus crushed against the bumpy gravel, making a clicking sound, and were tossed and wobbled from time to time.

Cui Xiaoqiang was a little excited, a year has passed, and it is rare to go home once.

It's not that I don't want to go home, in the final analysis, the main thing is that I am poor and reluctant to pay for the journey.

If it weren't for the boss Fang Bai, it is estimated that he would not be able to come back once in four years of college.

Without a boss, Cui Xiaoqiang knew that it would be difficult for him to eat a full meal at school, so he continued to drink porridge and nibble on steamed buns.

Kindness is as deep as the sea, and it is difficult to reciprocate.

After the end of the subscription warrant, he got a total of about 200,000 yuan, and after the end of the second lottery, he has bought a house near Jiaotong University, and currently has tens of thousands of yuan in deposits, which can also be said to be a large amount of money.

The dress has been changed, although it is not a brand clothes, but it is passable, it looks clean and fresh, at least I don't wear patch clothes anymore, and I don't even have decent shoes like before.

He remembers that when he was in college a year ago, he wore a pair of polished liberation shoes, carried a sack sewn by his mother, and sewed hundreds of yuan from relatives, friends and neighbors on the inner lining of his clothes.

Nowadays, even if you have money, it is still inconvenient to go home, and it is a toss to spend money.

When he went home this time, he didn't bring much with him, just a big duffel bag, containing two sets of summer clothes, two sets of summer clothes bought for his mother, seven or eight thousand yuan in cash, two or three catties of candy, and some special products from Shencheng.

Wealth does not return to the hometown, such as brocade clothes at night.

Who doesn't want to return to their hometown in style, he wants to anyway.

He wanted to tell the villagers that he Cui Xiaoqiang had a future, and he wanted to take his mother to live in Shencheng.

His home is in a remote mountain village in Longlin County, western Guangxi, at the junction of Guizhou Province and Guizhou Province.

Take the train back from Shencheng, and do not pass through Gui Province, but go directly to the south of Gui Province, and get off at Weishe Station in Gui Province.

It takes 40 hours just by train, then take a bus to Xingcheng, then transfer to Longlin, and get off on the way.

At this time, he was sitting in the car from Xingcheng to Longlin.

He set out from Shencheng on the afternoon of August 16, and today it was three or four o'clock in the afternoon of August 18, and he had to arrive home at night.

It was nearly four o'clock when he got out of the car.

The rest of the mountain road can only be hiked.

Fortunately, it is not the rainy season, otherwise there will be mud and puddles along the way, and if you don't get it, you will have to take off your shoes and walk barefoot, which will be particularly difficult to walk.

Returning to his heart like an arrow, he is cowardly in his hometown, and this is his mood at this time.

The mountains in the western part of Gui Province are continuous, fortunately the mountains are not steep, unlike the mountain city that is like a knife and an axe-like peak wall that plunges into the sky, and the deep valleys between the peaks are criss-crossed, just like a natural labyrinth.

The air at home is good and fresh, the mountain streams are murmuring, and the clear water flows like a silver belt in the mountains, and the cool water vapor fills the air, bringing a touch of coolness.

This quarter, at this point in time, is really just right.

Maybe it's because of the change in mood, Cui Xiaoqiang walks much happier, and his steps are not as heavy as when he went to college.

After walking for about half an hour, an ox cart passed by, and on the carriage sat a dark-skinned and bearded uncle with a wrinkled face, and asked him enthusiastically where he was going.

"Uncle, go back to Datian."

"Get in the car, I'll go back to make hemp, our village is not far away." The uncle warmly beckoned him to get into the car.

"Okay, thank you, uncle." Cui Xiaoqiang first took out two cigarettes and handed them to his uncle, this is the experience he learned from Fang Bai, he doesn't smoke, but in the past two semesters, he has helped the supermarket work and learned some dealing skills, so when he went home, he bought a pack of mid-range cigarettes to prepare.

"Hey, good smoke." The uncle smiled and took it politely, asking him where he came back from.

"Uncle, I'm studying in college in Shencheng, and I'll go home for the holidays."

The uncle was very surprised: "Amazing, amazing, the college students in Shencheng, the temperament is different at first glance." I remember that a baby in your village was admitted to university last year, which caused a sensation in several nearby villages. ”

"Uncle, you may be talking about me, I was admitted to university in our village last year." Cui Xiaoqiang replied with a smile.

"Oh, it's really, it's not easy to get into college, and you will have an iron job after graduation."

"Uncle, are you coming back from the market?" Cui Xiaoqiang changed the topic and saw that there were several bags of daily necessities on the ox cart, mostly toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap paper, and some mountain goods.

"That's right, go to the county to sell some mountain goods, and by the way, help the villagers buy some daily necessities, and set off before dawn, and now I have to rush back." Hey, it's getting harder and harder to sell, and it's hard to explain when you go back. ”

"It's been selling better in recent years." Cui Xiaoqiang said that relying on the mountains eats the mountains, but their mountains are not like the mountains in the northeast, so there are not many mountain goods.

The arable land is not fertile, there is not much land, and the grain harvested is not good, and the potatoes and corn are generally grown, barely enough to keep the family from starving.

He remembers eating the most baked potatoes before going to school, and every day he had a clear soup with little water, and it was rare to eat a meal of meat.

Like their villages, it is not easy to find a part-time job in nearby counties and cities, so they can only go to Yuecheng.

If he hadn't studied and been admitted to college, it is estimated that he would have spent the rest of his life like this uncle.

Cui Xiaoqiang wants to change his hometown, but he doesn't have much ability at the moment.

When I came back this time, I planned to donate 2,000 yuan to the primary school, how much can I help, and many school-age children in the village have difficulty going to school.

But he didn't dare to say that it was the money he earned, and he had to find another excuse.

Along the way, Cui Xiaoqiang chatted with the uncle casually, and the uncle was very polite to him, and his tone was a little respectful.

College students like them from prestigious schools rarely return to the county seat after graduation, and generally stay in the big city to work, and when they return to their hometowns, they will soon become leaders.

Cui Xiaoqiang sat on the ox cart, although it was a little bumpy, but he didn't have to walk, his legs were liberated, the cool breeze in his ears and temples was blowing, mixed with the fragrance of plants and trees, and he felt much more comfortable than taking a bus.

Half an hour later, when they arrived at the fork in the road between the two villages, Cui Xiaoqiang jumped out of the ox cart and sent two cigarettes to Uncle Qiu.

The next road is only a mile or two of mountain road.

After walking for a few minutes, Cui Xiaoqiang saw scattered cottages at the foot of the mountain.

There are about 200 households in the village, and each family is not very far apart, and they basically know each other.

As he approached the village, he saw some children, dressed in rags, wearing shabby shoes, and some even walking barefoot on muddy roads, and he couldn't help but feel sad.

Two children of seven or eight years old sat on the weeds facing the setting sun, biting the roots of the grass with their small mouths, and not far away was a buffalo, munching on the weeds.

Cui Xiaoqiang knew these two children, and the two children saw someone passing by, looked at it carefully, and finally recognized it: "Brother Xiaoqiang." ”

Since he was admitted to university, Cui Xiaoqiang is still very famous in the village, known to women and children, of course, it also has a little to do with him being a single parent.

"Huh!"

Cui Xiaoqiang paused, took out a handful of fructose from his backpack and distributed it to the two children who ran over.

The two children were tanned, rough and dry from the sun and wind and rain, and they were poorly dressed, just shabby patched clothes, dirty, and without shoes under their feet.

Seeing that there was candy, I was very surprised, the corners of my mouth rose slightly, showing a happy smile, and quickly tore open the outer packaging of a fructose and stuffed it into my cracked little mouth, licking it to a different taste, and my eyes were suddenly more energetic.

But suddenly, a child felt an itchy scalp and called out to his companion next to him to catch fleas.

These two children, their hair is long and they don't take care of it, they often don't wash their hair, they are reluctant to use soap, and they mix with buffaloes, and there are naturally more fleas on their bodies after a long time.

After a while, the fleas on the scalp were caught, put on the fingernails and pinched, crackling, and the fleas were bursting with pulp.

When Cui Xiaoqiang was a child, he also came over like this.

can't change people's economic situation, or don't persuade much, just remind to wash your hair frequently.

Leaving with a wry smile, looking into the distance.

There is no source of income in the mountains, many of the houses in the village are dilapidated, and almost all the families live in simple adobe houses.

Only families who go out to work can live in tiled houses.

In the village, only two have built buildings, but only one floor has been built, and it is only simply decorated.

Cui Xiaoqiang walked all the way, gave candy when he met a child, walked all the way, and finally returned home.

Two adobe houses, a rudimentary kitchen, he was sad to see all this.

At this time, it was already six o'clock in the afternoon, the sun was setting, and the smoke was curling on the chimneys of each house.

Cui Xiaoqiang saw smoke on the chimney in the kitchen, it seemed that his mother was cooking, sorted out his complicated feelings, and walked into the kitchen.

In the kitchen, next to the humble stove, my mother sat on a low wooden stool, holding a handful of dry wood in her right hand, carefully putting the firewood into the stove one by one.

"Mom, I'm back from vacation!"

Cui Xiaoqiang looked at the slightly bowed back of his mother in coarse cloth, choked in his throat, suppressed his tears, and shouted into the house.

When the middle-aged woman heard a familiar voice, she thought it was because her ears were heavy, but she still turned around with some hope, blinked on her confused face, and her eyes widened when she saw a familiar person.

She is in her forties, but her face is already full of traces of time, wrinkles are deeply engraved between her forehead and smile, her hair is slightly messy and dry, and her hands are rough.

Suddenly, the smile disappeared in an instant, and he asked urgently, "Qiang, why did you come back?" You didn't make a mistake in school, did you? ”

It's hard to send her child to college, this is her hope, but don't make a mistake and be dropped out.

"Mom, I didn't make a mistake, I behaved well, and I got a scholarship. It's a holiday, I want to be there, come back to see you. Cui Xiaoqiang stood stupidly and showed his mother.

Hearing that she was going home from the holiday under normal circumstances, the woman hurriedly shushed and asked for warmth, and showed a concerned smile: "Just got home, I put more rice to cook, fortunately, I just got out of the pot." ”

"Okay."

Cui Xiaoqiang went back to the house first, put down the duffel bag, took out two canned meat from the bag and went back to the kitchen to help cook. It's rice, but it's actually just cornmeal.

I talked to my mother about my hometown, and I also talked to her about school, what Shencheng saw and heard.

Dinner was relatively simple, a vegetable and fried shredded potatoes, not much oil, plus two canned meat brought back by Cui Xiaoqiang, the mother and son ate with relish.

In the corner of the earthen wall, there were a lot of potatoes and corn piled up.

Mother and son kept chatting, and after dinner, Cui Xiaoqiang talked about the whole class starting a business and making a fortune, but he didn't say a warrant, just said that he made a sum of money to buy a house with the squad leader.

The women were shocked when they began to hear that their son was making a lot of money.

She couldn't believe it, but she noticed that her son had become stronger, his complexion was much better, and he felt more like a city man.

The woman did not think that the child would lie to her, she knew her son's character too well.

"You said that your squad leader is so powerful, you owe a lot of money to your family."

"Yes, the champion of the national college entrance examination, started a business from scratch, and was on TV some time ago, he is a national celebrity, which is good for us, na, I also brought some newspapers and photos about him." Their dormitory has a collection of newspapers from the class leader, and Cui Xiaoqiang brought back a few, including one on the front page with photos, and photos of eight people in the dormitory.

His mother was not very literate, so Cui Xiaoqiang handed the photo to his mother: "It's him, the squad leader is very good to us, very rich, very rich, and his personal assets can rank in the forefront of Shencheng." ”

"Well, you are following the right nobles, don't do anything sorry for others in the future, you must know how to be grateful." The woman said sincerely, feeling relieved and happy for her son's change.

Unexpectedly, when she went to college, she met a nobleman, which directly changed her son's fate and became a city person, isn't this her expectation.

"Don't worry, I still understand this point of gratitude, and I can't pay it back in this life."

Cui Xiaoqiang took out a wad of money from his backpack, put it on the desk, and told his mother to take part of it to pay off the debt, donate 2,000 yuan to the school, and put the rest at his mother's disposal, and he kept 500 yuan for himself.

The family didn't owe much money, only three or four hundred yuan.

When the woman saw so much money for the first time, she couldn't help but pick up the hundred-dollar bill that she had never seen before, and it felt so real when she touched it, her face was happy, and she felt that the burden on her body was much lighter.

Just now, what her son said shocked her, but it was not as intuitive and shocking as the money in front of her.

His eyes were moist, and he wiped it twice, afraid that the tears would drip on the money and stain the people.

Cui Xiaoqiang looked at his mother's happy appearance and felt that all the efforts were worth it.

The woman was a little excited, smiled with satisfaction, and said, "I have no objection to you donating money to the school, but you have to think about something." Tomorrow I will go and pay off the debt, and the interest will be calculated. ”

Cui Xiaoqiang nodded: "Mom, I want to take you to live in Shencheng, the house has been renovated, and you can move in directly." ”

"I won't go, I'm not used to life, when you graduate, get married and have children, I'll go to see the children when I have time."

When Cui Xiaoqiang heard this, he was really said by the squad leader.

said that he went home to take his mother to live in Shencheng, but his mother was not necessarily willing to come, mainly because she was afraid of causing trouble to the child.

"You live alone at home, I don't feel at ease. In Shencheng, if you are idle, I will find something for you to do. ”

"I'm still young, you don't have to worry, I'm fine at home, someone nags."

"Hey." Cui Xiaoqiang knows that his mother who is not stubborn now, when he was very young, his father left, and the matchmaker and relatives and friends asked her to remarry, but she just didn't want to.

Now I bring my parents over, in fact, I don't have time to take care of her, most of the time I live in school, my mother can't speak Mandarin well, communication is difficult, and I don't know her life well, so I don't necessarily have a happy life.

At home, I can still talk to the villagers to relieve my boredom, and I don't have to work so hard to plant some vegetables in the field.

Thinking of this, Cui Xiaoqiang stopped urging and talked about it later.

However, he plans to go to graduate school for a doctorate and then come out to help the boss do things, and take his mother to live in the city, and it seems that he doesn't know how long he will have to wait.

Buy a TV and let your mother listen to Mandarin.

At night, Cui Xiaoqiang chatted with his mother for a long time and gave his mother the newly bought clothes.

The next day, Cui Xiaoqiang rested at home to help clean up the house, and his mother took the money to pay off the debt.

Early in the morning of the third day, he and his mother were going to go to the county seat to buy some daily necessities, add some belongings to the family, and buy some books for the primary school.

When night fell, the mother and son rushed back from the county seat.

There was an extra bicycle on the bullock cart, a 14-inch black-and-white TV, an antenna rack, and a lot of household goods and primary school textbooks.

When the villagers saw that the mother and son had gone to the city and bought back so many belongings, they were a little curious about where the money would come from.

"The scholarship issued by the school, and I earned some money by working part-time in my spare time." Cui Xiaoqiang's mother explained that she didn't dare to say that her son made a lot of money.

There are only two families in the village that have televisions, and now her house is the third.

The villagers are simple, and they are not afraid of grabbing money and things, but when they see that people are suddenly doing well, there is a gap in their hearts, and they will be uncomfortable.

Now that her son has been admitted to university, most of the villagers are very polite to her, after all, her son has a bright future.

In the next few days, Cui Xiaoqiang spent some money and asked the village bricklayer to help tidy up the two houses in the family and make a temporary transition.

The money he has on hand is not enough to build a new house, and it is difficult to withdraw money from other places, so when he comes back next time, he will bring more money and build three new houses, which will not cost much.

Before leaving, he went to the teacher's house in the village.

There are only two teachers in the village, who are older, but they are also Cui Xiaoqiang's enlightenment teachers, and they usually get subsidies from their families to buy books and pens for students, and they are quite prestigious in the village.

He planned to donate 2,000 yuan, and spent a lot of money to buy textbooks and teaching supplies in the county, and finally took out 1,500 yuan.

In addition, Cui Xiaoqiang also took out 300 yuan and gave each of the three 100 yuan as a subsidy, and the three of them didn't dare to accept it.

100 yuan is a lot of money, and Cui Xiaoqiang's donation of 1,500 yuan to the school can improve the teaching environment of some primary schools and ensure that school-age students in the village can go to school.

"Take it, the money donated to the school and teachers comes from Xinghai Group, I just transfer it, if I don't complete the task, I can't explain it to others when I go back to school." Cui Xiaoqiang said seriously, this is actually his money.

According to the current operation of Hualian Supermarket, I still have tens of thousands of yuan in hand, and it is not a problem to continue to donate for seven or eight years.

Slowly improve the education in the village, as for the rest, it is up to the villagers themselves.

A few days later, on the morning of September 1, Cui Xiaoqiang had to embark on the return journey.

His mother stood on the hillside and waved at him.

I wanted to send him to the train station, but he didn't let him, he didn't have anything on him, so he brought some souvenirs to the squad leader, and he would take the ox cart of the villagers in the village for a while, and help take him to the bus point for a while.

The last time he left, Cui Xiaoqiang was very confused and reluctant to leave home.

He left this time, and he was also reluctant to leave the house, but he didn't feel lost.

If they are really confused and don't know where the road is, the squad leader is in front to guide them, and it is right to follow him.

(End of chapter)