The one hundred and forty-first night of the hometown
I am a ghost madman, and I will start our story "The Fire Kang of My Hometown" immediately!
If you say it, the water that is spilled out will be difficult to collect when it is covered with water, so naturally you must speak and count, and you must fulfill the promises made to others, otherwise it will ~!
It is said that home is a haven from the wind, especially for those wanderers who have been wandering for a long time, for them to go home is definitely the most happy and happy thing for them.
Zhang Xiaokai is a construction worker who came from the countryside to work in the city, and the colleagues he works with are rarely from the countryside, and they are all locals, which makes Xiaokai also know one thing, that is, those who live in the city may not all be rich.
Everyone is a brother and sister who came out to earn hard-earned money, and the relationship between them is also quite good.
Seeing that it is about to reach the end of the year, and the work on the construction site is about to be completed, Xiao Kai is surprisingly excited these days, and he is humming a little song in his mouth when he works.
"Xiao Kai, isn't it okay to go home, as for being so excited, will I marry you a wife when I go back this time?" the colleague laughed and teased.
"Just kidding, although we are a construction worker, but we also have a large income of hundreds a day, we can't say that we are local tyrants, but also rich people, it is not easy to marry a daughter-in-law, I am so happy because I can go home."
"Didn't you say that you were tired of living in the countryside and came to work in the city?"
"I don't like farming in the countryside, I'm tired enough all year round, and there is not much harvest, except for these rural life, which is actually quite good, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and there are fresh fruits to eat everywhere, unlike here, it's quite expensive to buy some fruit, it's not fresh at all!
As he spoke, Xiao Kai closed his eyes, fantasizing about his little life after returning home.
"Then when will Xiao Kai let our brothers go to your house to have a look, and it would be good if we couldn't find my daughter-in-law to sleep on the kang and feel it."
"That's hard to say, as long as you are willing to go, I am always welcome."
"Then let's decide, when the time comes, we will eat and live for nothing, don't dislike us and drive us away"
"That's for sure, you're all my brothers, how can I drive you away, it's too late to welcome!".
In the blink of an eye, a month has passed, and the workers have settled their wages one after another, and got on the train home, leaving only some local workers to do some finishing work.
Zhang Xiaokai was the latest among the workers who were far away from home, and because of his good craftsmanship, the foreman kept him for a few more days.
"Brothers, I won't accompany you, I'll go back first, let's work hard together next year, this is my address and phone number, you can go and see it when you have time, there must be good wine, good food and good hospitality" Before going home, Xiao Kaihe said goodbye to several local workers on the construction site, and then carried his bags and set foot on the way home with excitement.
Xiao Kai and his co-workers said that their hometown is very beautiful, but in fact, this small ravine is really not very good, and one of the biggest shortcomings is that it is relatively closed, and there is not even a decent road.
After Xiao got off the train, he took a bus for more than an hour, and got off the bus a few kilometers away from his hometown, because the car could not pass in the way, and he could only enter the village on foot or on a donkey.
Xiao Kai bought some "New Year's goods" and tied them firmly to his body, and strode along the winding and rugged mountain path to his long-lost home.
After a period of rushing, Xiao Kai finally returned home, the elderly parents and young sister were very excited to see Xiao Kai come back, and let Xiao Kai into the house, asking him warmly, and the old father remembered to say to his wife for a long time: "Our son must be hungry after driving for so long, go and cook, little sister, don't be idle, go and slaughter an old hen, give your brother to replenish his body, you see what your brother has lost ~!".
After eating, I sat with my family and chatted until late, I hadn't seen each other for more than a year, and they had a lot to say.
After chatting and chatting, it was more than eleven o'clock in the evening, and Xiao Kai was worried about the second elder's body, so he asked them to rest early.
The fire in the small open house has long been warmed at home, and as soon as you enter the door, a hot air will hit you.
Xiao Kai couldn't wait to take off his clothes and get into the comfortable and warm quilt.
In the past few years, I have been working outside to eat and sleep well, Xiaokai has a slight arthritis, and the arm will hurt a little higher, and in this hot bed, the arm has become slightly numb and no longer so painful.
Xiao Kai changed into a comfortable position, closed his eyes and soon fell asleep.
"Zhang Xiaokai, I'm here, your family's kang is really comfortable to sleep on, it's much better than my big bed" Worker Wen Dong lay on the kang of Xiaokai's house, with an extremely comfortable expression on his face.
"Of course, I didn't lie to you, no matter how good the bed is, it's not as comfortable as the kang to sleep on, and the warm one can cure the disease," Xiao Kai closed his eyes as he spoke.
Suddenly, Xiao Kai's eyes opened suddenly, and he sat up from the kang at once, and hurriedly looked around, finding that he was still sleeping in the room, and no one else appeared around.
"Strange, how could I dream of him?" Xiao Kai was a little puzzled, and then lay down again, when his back just touched the mattress under him, a cold chill hit him instantly, and his shoulder was also followed by a sharp pain.
Xiao Kai touched the mattress under him, and then touched the bottom of the mattress, all of them were hot, so where did this biting coolness come from?
When Xiao Kai lay down again, there was still that warm feeling under him, and he didn't have nightmares after that, so he slept until dawn.
When Xiaokai went home, it was the sixth day of the lunar month, and on the third day, that is, on the eighth day of the lunar month, a few workers on the construction site who had a good relationship with Xiaokai came to Xiaokai's house to visit the door, which was also what Xiaokai promised them, saying that they wanted to make "Laba porridge" for them to drink.
There were about seven or eight people who came, but Wendong, who had the best relationship with Xiao Kai, was missing, could it be that something happened to his family and he couldn't leave? You must know that he is the most active one when he comes to his own house, so Xiao Kai asked everyone why Wendong didn't come.
Hearing Xiao Kai's inquiry, everyone's faces instantly became very solemn, and it took a long time for a big brother to tell Xiao Kai that on the day Xiao Kai went home, Wen Dong had an accident while working, fell from the high scaffolding, and was sent to the hospital and was not rescued.
Before he died, Wen Dong said that his biggest regret was that he didn't go to Xiaokai's house to hang out and sleep on that comfortable fire!