Chapter 2 Encounter with Uncle Zongwen
"-Squeak!" The sound of brakes woke me up.
After squinting, my hometown arrived, and it was just eleven o'clock, I rubbed my eyes, quickly took my luggage, and got out of the car with my mother. The bus station of Huangtun Commune in my hometown is located at the southwest corner of the T-shaped intersection at the end of the commune, it is still the same, two brick houses with low ridges and curved roofs (seeing this, I think of the old farmer's tired waist), the door and window glass is almost nothing, as if it was deliberately smashed, and it has not been replaced with new glass for many years. The whole station is dilapidated and shabby, and it still gives people a sense of vicissitudes, as if it has not changed at all for centuries, and it is no wonder that it was only here a year ago. But no matter how broken it is, I like it, I feel kind, I hope it will always be like this, no way, we have a nostalgic complex.
As soon as I stepped on the land of my hometown, I felt that my breath was smooth, the mountains and rivers were green, and my mood was as refreshing and thorough as the blue sky. The Dongshan Mountains of the hometown in the southeast are undulating, vivid, close in front of you, as if within reach, and then walk three miles to Zhaozhuang.
"Mom, what do you think my grandma cooks at noon?" Carrying a wicker box in my left hand and a canvas bag in my right hand, I walked out of the station, turned left and walked south along the road after my mother, looking at the smoke of the thatched houses around me, and asked.
"Hee-hee-hee, you, you, you know how to eat!" Mother laughed, "Who knows! Hungry, right? ”
"Hey, sort of." I smiled, "I don't know why, when I go back to my hometown, I have a big appetite, and it's strange, I feel that the coarse tea and light rice in my hometown are better than the big fish and meat in the city."
The mother said disdainfully, "Hmph, that's when you eat fresh, and when the freshness passes, after a long time, you will have no appetite, and then you will be hungry for the food in the city again." ”
"I thought, no, grandma's cooking is delicious." As he spoke, he quickened his pace, walked in front of his mother, who was only holding a bag, and instantly threw his mother back more than ten meters away.
"Hehe, as soon as I go back to my hometown, my eyes widen! Wait, wait. Mother smiled and followed.
Soon I came to the intersection leading to my hometown, turned off the road, and walked two miles to the east on the country road.
The crops in front of you are golden and bright, the harvest is in sight, the nose is full of ripe grain fragrance, and the musty smell of farmhouse fertilizer wafts from time to time in the wind, this is the taste of hometown, and it smells very kind. From time to time, my mother covered her nose with a handkerchief and quickened her pace, she couldn't stand the smell of farm manure, and instantly walked in front of me, but I slowed down, and was dragged back by this idyllic beauty.
After a while, I came to Lingjiahezi Village, a neighboring village across the river to the west of my hometown, and it was the only village I passed by. This village has a close relationship with the hometown of Zhaozhuang, hundreds of years ago, the family surnamed Zhaozhuang Ling was migrated from this village, with a continuous family bloodline, it can be said that the Lingjia Hezi is the root of our Ling family, so I am in awe of this village, with special feelings, and there is also a feeling of home, even if it is not the hometown is better than the hometown. Whenever I pass by, I will greet people warmly, whether I know them or not, and they are also very warm to me, acquaintance, and pull me to sit at home, the more we chat, the closer we are.
"Yo, Fukai is back! Hehe. "Just entered the village, happened to meet the village's brigade accountant Ling Zongwen, don't look at him is only 28 years old, but a generation older than me, I have to call him uncle, into the countryside to follow the customs, but the general like a brother, known for several years, he is the third class of graduates, one of the best intellectuals in the village, can write, paint, speak and sing. At this moment, he was carrying a shovel and pouting a wicker frame, looking at his mother walking in front of me and waving to me.
"Hello Uncle Zongwen! What such a coincidence! Hehe. I put down my luggage and went up to him and grabbed his hand.
"Fuhai, we haven't seen each other for two years, right?" He said to me, his eyes still fixed on his mother, who had stopped and was looking at us. Without waiting for me to respond, he asked, "That's your sister, right?" ”
"Hahaha," I couldn't help but laugh, "what eyes! You. "It's no wonder that my mother is young and beautiful, 47 (years old) looks younger than 27, can't, and her figure is as slender as a girl, she can sing and dance, she is lively and cheerful, she can talk and laugh, she has a good attitude, and she pays special attention to maintenance; The mother walked with the father, and those who didn't know thought it was father and daughter.
"Huh!?" His eyes widened with a scream.
"That's my mother!" I said loudly and immediately pulled my mother over and introduced each other, and she took the initiative to shake his hand.
"Oh, it's my sister-in-law!" He turned from surprise to joy, and hurriedly shook hands with his mother, "Fuhai doesn't say it, I really can't believe it, sister-in-law, you are so young!" Hehe, it's an honor to meet you today. ”
"Hee-hee," the mother covered her mouth and smiled, "You're welcome!" Then he pointed to his frame and asked, "Are you going to go to the ground?" ”
"Well, go to the vegetable garden and get some food." He turned his head and answered, and then said to his mother, "Hey, sister-in-law, go to my house with Fuhai to eat dumplings at noon, the village just killed a pig today, and the fresh meat that has just been cut, I will go pick some beans and eat dumplings with bean filling, what's the matter?" By the way, try your brother and sister's handiwork, the village praises her for the deliciousness of the dumplings. ”
"Well," I rubbed my mother's arm and said, "Go ahead, Mom, I've eaten it, it's not ordinarily delicious, it's worthy of its reputation, Mom, it's no worse than your bag (in fact, it's an exaggeration, I just want to go, my mother's dumplings are the best)." ”
"Ah, really?" My mother was a little skeptical, but there was someone who was better than my bag! You must know that my dumplings are a must, no matter what the filling is delicious, no one can praise it.
"Hehe," Uncle Zong Wen bowed his head and smiled, "People say it's delicious, sister-in-law can try it." ”
"Mom, go, go!" I grabbed my mother's hand and urged.
"But your grandmother is also making dumplings today, and she is waiting for our mother." Mother answered.
Uncle Zongwen said to his mother, "Oh, sister-in-law, this is easy to say, I can ask someone to sue his grandmother, it's not far, two steps away." ”
Uncle Zongwen patted me on the shoulder without waiting for my mother to respond, and said, "Hey, Fuhai, you take your mother home first, and I'll come back when I come back." ”
"Well, so be it." My mother grabbed my arm and said to Uncle Zongwen, "Why don't we go to the vegetable garden together!" ”
Uncle Zongwen paused, looked behind him and said, "It's okay, just go and take a look at the vegetable garden, anyway, it's not far, it's just east of the road ahead, two steps away." ”
Subsequently, I lifted the wicker box, and Uncle Zongwen helped me carry the canvas bag, and he realized that I was returning to my hometown to be an educated youth this time, and he had heard about it a long time ago. happily took a few canvas bags and smiled at me, haha, Fuhai, you have returned to your hometown this time, and we will have a place in the future. The three of them then laughed and walked briskly to the vegetable garden.