The Ordinary World Chapter 3
Because I can't post everything in the novel, I simplified each chapter
[Light the peace lamp] A long time after the sting, although the season has also crossed the spring equinox, the continuous Loess Plateau is still the face of winter. The grass and trees in the mountains are black and desolate. It's just that the time of the night is significantly shortened.
[666] It was not until early April, the day before the Qingming Festival, that a sudden and overwhelming yellow wind blew up. The wind blew so dark that even in the daytime the lights had to be lit in the house. According to usual experience, this yellow wind is a precursor to warming weather. Yes, judging by the seasons, there should be some signs of spring.
On the day of the Qingming Dynasty, the yellow wind stopped. But the sky was still filled with dust, and the gray desert shrouded the heavens and the earth.
In the immediate days after [applause], the climate suddenly warmed up. People were amazed to find that the willow trees on the streets and on the banks of the river unconsciously drew green wire; The branches of the peach almond tree have also been studded with pink buds. If you look closely, some young shoots of grass have emerged among the dry grass on the slopes of the Xiangyang Mountain. At the same time, the branches of some other trees also began to glow with bright living colors, bulging the buds of youth, as pleasing as a girl who had just begun to develop.
Sun Shaoping's life was almost as usual: eating black sorghum noodle buns; Read borrowed extracurricular books; Walk around town. He continued to lend Hao Hongmei the books he had read. The two of them are now more natural than they were at the beginning, and they also know some of each other's situations.
[Rose] grew a little longer, and the classmates began to become familiar with each other. He initially established a friendship with some of the poorer students from the township. Because he read a lot, many people love to listen to him tell the stories in the books. This made Sun Shaoping very happy and felt that he was not inferior to everything. Coupled with the warming climate, the campus has been peachy and willow green, and his mood is much more cheerful. And his single clothes are now just right to wear, lukewarm and lukewarm. In addition to the stomach is still not full, other aspects should be said to be quite satisfactory.
[Prayer] This afternoon labor, the whole class dug the ground they planted in a ditch behind the school. In less than an hour, Sun Shaoping felt dizzy with hunger. He stubbornly grabbed his sickle, trying not to fall behind others.
[Shake hands] When it was almost time to finish work, Runsheng from their village suddenly came to his eyes and said, "Shaoping, my sister came to me at noon and said let me take you with me and go to my second father's house in the afternoon." She said she had something to tell you. My sister also said that you should not eat on the school stove in the afternoon, and go to my second father's house to eat... After Runsheng said this, he went back to the place where he had dug the ground.
[Heart] Sun Shaoping was suddenly overwhelmed by this unexpected invitation.
What did Runsheng's sister tell him? And told him to go to her second father's house!
This made him feel uneasy and uneasy--his second father was the deputy director of the county revolutionary committee and a big man in the county. Sometimes his second father passed by and returned to the village, and he took a jeep. I remember that at that time, he often wanted to go closer to see the cars parked on the side of the highway, but he was too scared to go, let alone now ask him to go to their house for dinner!
However, he has a cordial affection for Runsheng's sister Runye. Although Runye's father was the branch secretary of their village, and her second father was the leader of the county, the door was of course much higher, but Runye sister was particularly good to anyone in the village. And the most important thing is that Runye sister played with his eldest brother when she was a child, and went to primary school together. Later, Runye sister went to the county town to attend middle school, and her brother returned to the village to become a farmer because his family was poor. But Runye Sister was still as good to her brother as before. Later, Runye sister taught at chengguan primary school in the county and became a public family, and every time she returned to the village, she always had to come to their house to visit the door and talk with her brother. Every time she came to their house, she didn't come empty-handed, and she always had to bring some food bought in the city to his grandmother. What surprised the whole village the most was that every time she came back to the village, she also brought snacks to visit a foolish uncle in her family, Tian Er. Tian Er himself is stupid, there is a stupid son, father and son often urinate in the kiln, the smell is stinking, and no one in the village generally goes to his house to step on a trail; However, Runye Jie often went to see them with a snack, which had to make the whole village praise her virtue.
In contrast, Runye's father did not have the high prestige of her in the village. Because the father and brother are very upright, it is indispensable to bump into the secretary, so the relationship between the two families is not very good. But Runye sister has always maintained a close relationship with their family. Perhaps because of this, the secretary did not get overly with their family. Shaoping has always been full of respect and gratitude for Runye Sister in his heart.
It is said that what Runye Jie asked him to do, he should do as she said. But now that he was asked to go to her second father's house for dinner, he was indeed a little frightened and embarrassed. He thought that he was wearing such a tattered dress and was going to run to the home of the honorable county leader as a guest, and he couldn't help but feel a heartbeat and his ears were hot.
Until he returned to the dormitory after finishing work and the school was about to open for dinner, Sun Shaoping still couldn't make up his mind. He thought that if he didn't go, he would be too sorry for Runye Sister, and Runye Sister still had something to say to him; If he didn't go, maybe he would miss something about Runye Jie. If he went, he felt a little frightened again. He grew so big. I have not been to such a big leader's home, let alone eat at other people's homes. In addition, he felt that his dress was too humiliating.
He suddenly thought of a compromise solution: he would not go to Runye's second father's house to eat first. After he finished eating at school, after a while, he went directly to Chengguan Primary School to find Runye. In this way, I can not only see Runye Sister, but also not go to her second father's house. As for Chengguan Elementary School, he knew that it was not far below the middle school, and he had gone to the playground of this elementary school when he was wandering around a while ago.
He so decided later. I also thought that Runsheng might soon call him to come, so he couldn't stay in the dormitory and had to find a place to hide.
He quickly left the dormitory and came to the courtyard.
Where to go? There is no meal yet—even if it is, he will wait until others have finished eating. There was still a period of time during this period, and I always had to find a place to go anyway.
He then went out of a small door next to the General Affairs Office on the south side. Come outside the school walls. He walked along the base of the wall toward a small ditch to the west.
Sun Shaoping spent some time in this small ravine, and also broke a green willow branch, made a whistle, and blew it in his mouth—he was obviously still a little childish.
He asked someone else to finish eating before entering the campus through the small door and coming to the dinner table. He walked to the basket and saw that there were only two black-faced buns left inside—which meant that Hao Hongmei had already taken two of his own.
He took the two black buns and walked toward the dormitory. He thought that when he finished eating these two steamed buns and drinking a little boiling water, he would go to the primary school to find Runye Sister; Maybe Runye Sister hadn't returned to school from her second father's house at that time, but it didn't matter, he could wait outside her door.
Sun Shaoping thought so, and walked to the door of his dormitory with two black buns.
He was stunned at the door: he saw Runye Jie sitting on the edge of the kang in his dormitory, looking at him and laughing—obviously waiting for him to return.
ShaoPing couldn't even speak at once. Instead, Runye Jie stepped forward, still laughing and saying, "I asked Runsheng to tell you to go to my second father's house, why don't you come?" I..." He didn't know what to say.
Runye Jie quickly snatched the two black buns from his hand and asked, "Which is your bowl?"
He pointed to his bowl.
She put the bun in his bowl and said, "Go, come and eat with me!" I..."
Runye had come over and pulled at his cuffs.
Now there was no way to refuse, Shaoping had to follow Runye Sister up.
He followed Runye Jie all the way into the gate of the County Revolutionary Committee. After entering the gate, his two eyes nervously scanned the sacred place. The county revolutionary committee's layers of cave dwellings are lined up along the slopes, and at the top of it is a large hall, giving people a very spectacular scene. At night, if all the caves were lit up, it would be like a magnificent mansion.
Now, Shaoping saw the edge of the brick wall of the top row of caves, and Runsheng was leaning out halfway and watching them go up. Runsheng smoked a paper cigarette and played soot unsophistically. As soon as this precious son of Tian Futang entered the city, he learned all the factions of the cadres' children.
Shaoping and Runye entered the courtyard of her second father's house, and Runsheng came over to him and said, "I went to the dormitory to find you twice, where have you been?"
Shaoping was a little embarrassed and said, "I... Went to the school and went back to the shackles. While lying, he glanced at the courtyard of the famous figure: a total of four caves, a small single courtyard; There seemed to be several other leaders living on the other side of the wall, and the layout was exactly the same as that of this courtyard. There was a small room on the east side of the yard, next to which was a pile of charcoal blocks, apparently a kitchen. There is a small altar on the west side of the courtyard, and a man in a gray sweater is turning the shovel over the earth. He thought this was Runye's second father. If you look closely, it's an old cadre with gray hair, he hasn't seen it.
In a panic, he followed Runye into a cave on the side. Runsheng said he was going to the movies, met him and left.
Runye asked him to sit at a square table, and then went out to make a meal for him. Now he was sitting alone in this strange place, his heart still pounding. The two hands seemed to have no place to rest, so they had to be placed on their legs and knees in a regular manner. Fortunately, there was no one in this room. He looked around and saw that the cave was not covered with kang, but contained some boxes, cabinets and other miscellaneous items. The cave is not small, leaving a large piece of space. This square table is surrounded by a circle of chairs and stools, which is obviously a special place to eat.
Just then, he heard a woman outside talking to Runye. Hearing Runye call this person's second mother, Shaoping knew that this was Director Tian's lover - I heard that she was a doctor in the county hospital, and the operation was very feasible, and the people went to the county hospital for treatment, and they all rushed to find Dr. Xu.
I heard Dr. Xu shouting in a loud voice, "Dad, why don't you wear cotton clothes?" Beware of colds!" Then he heard an old man reply angrily, "I'm not cold..." Shaoping estimated that this was the old man he had just seen at the side of the flower bed in the courtyard—it turned out that this was Director Tian's old man.
After a while, Runye came in with a large red paint plate.
He hurried to his feet. Runye put the plate on the square table, then put a large bowl of pork stew noodles in front of him, and then put a plate of snow-white steamed buns on the table. She touched his arm affectionately with her hand and said, "Sit down and eat!" We've already eaten, you eat yours, and I'll go out and brush the dishes. Don't be afraid, eat well, I know you don't eat well at school..." She went out with a wooden plate.
Sun Shaoping's throat and eye bones shook violently. The aroma of meat dishes and white steamed buns made him a little dizzy.
He sat down, picked up the chopsticks, and let out a long breath first. He didn't think about anything, and he smothered his head and took a big bite to eat, thanking Runye Jie for leaving him here alone, otherwise how awkward he would be to eat this good meal!
He shaved a large bowl of pork noodles and swallowed five steamed buns. He could have eaten two steamed buns, but he refrained – it was already out of words!
He put down the dishes and felt a faint discomfort in his stomach. He ate too much too fast; His appetite for digesting sorghum noodle buns could not withstand this unexpected pampering.
He got up from his stool and took two steps on the ground at his feet. At this time, Runye Sister came in, and a girl followed behind her and smiled at him. Runye Jie said to him, "This is Xiaoxia, my second father's woman." You don't know? She is also in high school. ”
"You and Runsheng are in the same class, right?" Tian Xiaoxia asked him generously. "Well..." Shaoping suddenly felt his face burn like charcoal. The first thing he realized was his dirty clothes. He stood in front of this handsome, beautifully dressed female classmate, and felt like a man named Kazuko who had come to her door to beg for food.
Runye cleaned up his dishes, and Xiaoxia enthusiastically made tea for the ground.
Xiaoxia put the teacup in front of him and said, "We are fellow villagers in a village!" You'll come to our house to play when you're fine. I'm seventeen years old, and I haven't been back to our village yet! When will I go back to shuangshui village with you and Runsheng... I am in the first (2) class of high school, and I heard Runsheng say that there are two classmates in our village, both of whom are in the first (1) class of high school, and I have not known you. You see, my fellow countryman is so out of words!"
Xiaoxia spoke in standard Mandarin with a smile. Her personality is very cheerful, and at a glance, she knows that people have seen the world! At the same time, Shaoping found that Tian Xiaoxia's shirt was actually draped like a boy, which surprised him.
He stood on the ground at his feet, still on fire with nervousness. When Runye brought his dishes and chopsticks to the kitchen to return, he quickly said to her, "Sister, I will leave without anything..."
Runye probably saw his embarrassment as well, and smiled and said, "I haven't spoken to you yet!"
Shao Ping then remembered that Runye Sister had not only called him to dinner, she still had something to say to him! Runye Jie seemed to understand his difficulties very well, and immediately said, "Well, I'll send you, and we'll talk about it on the way." ”
"Drink some water and go!" Xiaoxia moved the water cup in front of him. "I'm not thirsty!" He said awkwardly like a farmer.
Xiao Xia smiled with two rows of white teeth and said, "Then my cup of water is poured for you!"
Shaoping immediately realized that this was a slightly sarcastic joke. This joke is actually a gracious gesture. However, this made him more restrained, and he was so red that he did not answer.
Xiaoxia saw that he was so embarrassed, quickly smiled and nodded to him, and went out.
So he and Runye sister got up and went back to school.
When they walked to the gate of the county revolutionary committee, they ran into Director Tian who was returning home. Shaoping knows Runye's second father, who sometimes passes by and returns to the village. "You haven't eaten yet?" Runye asked her second father.
"Just finished the meeting..." This county leader's facial features are very similar to his brother Tian Futang, but his hair is combed back, and his face is much kinder than his brother's.
"Whose doll is this?" Director Tian pointed at him and asked Runye.
"This is our village Shao'an and his brother!" I also went to high school this year..." Runye said.
"Oh... Sun Yuhou's second son! They all grew so big. Like your dad, big man!...... Is it the same class as Xiaoxia? He turned his head and asked Runye.
"He Xiaoxia is not a class, and Runsheng is a class." Runye answered him. "Who else in our village has a doll in high school?" Director Tian asked Shaoping again. Shaoping grabbed his finger restrainedly and said, "And Jin Bo." ”
"Jin Bo? His doll..."
Shao Ping's head "boomed", knowing that he was not answering the question accurately. Runye smiled and hurriedly said to the second father, "Jin Bo is Jin Junhai's son." Director Tian also laughed and said, "Oh, Junhai is driving at a regional transportation company... It's so dark, let's go to dinner at home!" He greeted Shaoping and said. Runye said, "I've already eaten it." I'm going to send him!"
"That's fine. Often come..." Director Tian actually held out his hand to shake hands with Shaoping.
Shaoping panicked and quickly put out his hand. Director Tian shook his hand, smiled and nodded, then picked up his arm and turned around and went home.
Shaoping wiped the sweat from his right hand on the placket of his clothes, and followed Runye to the stone slope road leading to the middle school.
After walking for a while, Runye suddenly asked him, "Are you going home this Saturday?"
"Back." He replied.
"When you go back, tell your brother that he'll take a moment to come to me a little bit..." She didn't look at him when she spoke, her head bowed, and she kicked a piece of rubble far away with her foot.
ShaoPing couldn't think for a moment what she had asked his brother to do. Since Runye Jie didn't know what to say, he didn't want to ask. He just casually said: "There is a mess at home, I'm afraid he won't be able to pull out..."
"Anyway, call him for a recent visit anyway!" Be sure to give him this word! After telling him to come to town, he went directly to the elementary school to find me!" She said to him firmly.
ShaoPing knew that his brother seemed to be unable to come, so he seriously said to Runye Jie, "I will definitely carry your words to him!"
"That's fine..." She glanced at him affectionately.
The sky began to darken vaguely. In all directions of the city, the lights were already flickering. The wind gently caressed the person's cheek. Faintly you can smell a fresh smell of earth and grass buds. How nice, Spring Night!
Now, Runye Sister sent him to the main gate of the school. She stood still and said, "You go back..." After saying this, she felt something out of her pocket, tucked it into his pocket, and quickly turned around and left. After taking a few steps, she turned back and said, "Then you can exchange some grain stamps for some fine grain..."
[666] Before Shaoping could react to what was going on, Runye Jie had already disappeared into the bend of the slope.
He stood in the darkness, put his hand into his pocket, and squeezed the small paper bag tightly. His nose was sour, and his eyes were suddenly blurred by tears...
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