One
After breaking the "Five", the Spring Festival is basically over, and people fly back to Maoguanshan Village like migratory birds from the north and south of the world, but just for these few days to get together, they have to migrate like migratory birds to the rivers and lakes where they feed.
Gray sky, drifting drizzle. I was still wandering around the fields of Maoguanshan Village, planning to get darker so as to avoid the congestion and return to Chengdu.
Looking at this old countryside that has not changed much, my heart has both infinite attachment and endless sorrow.
Although the state spent 20,000 yuan on precision poverty alleviation to renovate Si Apo's tile house, it was still windy and rainy; although through rural revitalization, the villages and villages were connected to the road, and there were some income-increasing projects, but the uncles, uncles, cousins, and cousins began to grab farm work from the beginning of the fourth year, and they worked in the fields early and greedily; and the children, because the rural primary school had been abolished due to the lack of students, even the central primary school in the town was merged into the original primary school, they had to walk five or six miles to go to school, and the classroom was still hot like a steamer in the summer. Winter is as cold as an ice cave.
Unexpectedly, at this time, my uncle called and asked me where I was for the New Year.
Because of the summer vacation, my uncle called me several times in a row and asked me to help him sell some peaches. Maoguanshan Village is a peach base and is famous throughout the country. However, too much has been planted over the years, and the peach hurts the farmer. The peaches that used to sell for ten yuan a pound are now crushing the street. Uncle Yi could not sell a hundred and ten pounds every day on the pass of the main road. Seeing it, he was going to rot in the ground, and his heart was burning, you know, this was the most important income from his agricultural products in a year.
I think that the peaches in Chengdu Longquanyi can be sold for five or six pieces a pound, the price in the supermarkets in Shenzhen and Guangzhou soars to more than ten and twenty yuan, and the peaches of Uncle Yi are only two pieces of five one pounds, which is cheaper than sweet potatoes, and purchases some in the name of the trade union to comfort the employees, which not only helps the poor, but also sends coolness, is it not the best of both worlds?
I didn't expect that Uncle Yi was afraid that the time was too late, and because of the small number of people in the family, he didn't listen to my words, and the fruit was picked on the same day and delivered on the same day. Instead, the fruit was picked a day early. In the heat of summer, delicate peaches are sent to Chengdu, and the taste is far less crisp and sweet, and there are actually bad fruits. Disgraced, kindly done things like this, the total price of only four thousand yuan of peaches, provoked the back of the whispers flying, I was very angry, called uncle to complain about it.
I have always been distressed by my uncle's years of hard work, and I have always respected his diligence and kindness. Our uncle and nephew never said a word to each other. So far, he hasn't called me in six months. I was also full of grievances, and at the same time I felt a little embarrassed because of the over-the-top language of the phone. So when I came home for the New Year, I didn't even go to see him. Although, as soon as I returned to MaoguanShan Village, my mother would not stop whispering in my ear: When will you go to see your uncle? At the end of a year of hard work, you don't go back to sit with him and swing the dragon gate array?
Is he also expecting me to pay him a New Year's greeting? In fact, it is not a big deal to think about. Outsiders know the hardships of the peasants in Maoguanshan Village, and they are not obliged to understand the goodwill in the motives of others.
However, we are relatives of blood, if Uncle Yi is a high-ranking official and nobleman, and has already soared, I will still be angry with him and make this character? I perceive the "smallness" in my heart. When I received his call, I told him, "Uncle, I'm in Maoguanshan Village." I'll see you in a moment! ”
Two
I took my mother and walked into my uncle's house at night.
There were leftovers on the pot table, and the second sister Xiuzhu and her brother-in-law were packing their bags and rushing back to their in-laws' house. Ah Peng, a cousin of the thirty-somethings, returned alone this year.
The eldest sister's daughter, happy to see me, no longer pounced on me and hugged me happily, calling me "uncle", but timidly hid behind her grandmother.
When my uncle and aunt saw the situation, they hurriedly stood up to clean up the pot and set up the pot and set me up again. I took a step forward and stopped: "My aunt is 94 years old today, and we came over after dinner at her house." ”
My aunt said, "Well, burn some egg sugar water for you." ”
My mother said, "In these years, there is no shortage of oil and water in my stomach at any time, and I and I have come to see you." ”
Uncle Mi had already raised a pot of fire from outside the door and brought it in in a heavy voice. However, with those rough hands, I could clearly see the cracks in the blood.
Xiuzhu took the child to hurry, and after a bit of snuggling goodbye. We sat down again around the brazier.
What awaited us was a suppressed silence, and I was still weighing whether it was because the peach thing had increased the gap between us, causing this indescribable embarrassment, so I looked for a topic: "Xiulan, why didn't you come back in the New Year?" ”
Xiulan is the eldest sister, although she has been working outside, but almost every year will bring her husband back for the New Year, this should be a reunion day, a lack of family, that feeling will be very obvious.
Unexpectedly, my question caused Uncle Yi to sigh heavily. I looked at my aunt and then at my cousin. They were silent, and when I looked at Uncle Mi again, I didn't know if it was because of the smoke or some other reason, but Uncle Mi's eye circles were clearly red.
However, her mother, who had been shrewd all her life, sensitively sniffed out the strangeness in the air and asked Uncle Shu, "What happened to Xiulan?" ”
Uncle Yi still didn't say a word, but the cousin opened his mouth: "Xiulan ran away with someone and left this pair of children." The big baby, because it was a boy, was picked up by the people of the old Wang family. Lele was a girl, and people didn't want to take it away, so they threw it at us! ”
This, the big New Year's Day, actually encountered such a legendary thing, encountered such a bad thing, I can't imagine, Uncle Yi's family this year is how it happened.
I was speechless for a moment, I didn't know how to comfort this honest old man in the countryside, I just sighed in my heart: My poor uncle in my life, in addition to working hard in the field to cut food, is to the heart of his children, to pity the anger of his children.
To know these things, in Maoguanshan Village, is enough to drown an old man by saliva. Uncle Mi is mentally, carrying a heavy burden, and moving forward with difficulty. My poor uncle was such a silent old cow, and the shackles on his neck were hardly taken off the sky. You know, when Xiulan gave birth to a child, she threw it to uncle, and then went out to work. It was a real pair of left-behind children.
I didn't dare to look at the face that had been through the vicissitudes of life and left a deep mark after being hit by life again and again, so I had to turn my eyes to my aunt.
My aunt first cried and then patted her legs: "Baby, you see what my life and your uncle are in this life!" Wow! ”
The mother was angry and itched her teeth: "This indisputable cargo, you will die outside!" ”
Only then did Uncle Yi say the first sentence of the evening in a deep voice: "Xiulan's life and death, I definitely don't care, but what can Le Le do?" ”
Lele, who was already ten years old who was originally snuggled up next to her aunt, saw the topic turn to her at this moment, and instinctively shrank behind her grandmother. At the same time, she is also worried about her own fate - others have become left-behind children, at least their parents can worry about, and she has become a child without a father and a mother in the true sense.
In Maoguanshan Village, this kind of thing cannot be solved by litigation, let alone with reasoning--why is this reasonable? It was his own daughter who lost the reason, and his daughter could not be contacted at all. In this land, from the time the "mountain bar master" was imprisoned, the law has been slowly infiltrating, barely maintaining the order of this society. This not only left Lele without a father and mother, but also without a source of livelihood.
I saw LeLe when I was five or six years old, and it completely inherited the best genes of the Yang family: a pair of smart and beautiful big eyes, two neat willow eyebrows, and white and delicate skin. At that time, I said to my eldest sister, "Unfortunately, this child was born into the wrong family." ”
I was just sorry for the poverty of her original family, the low class of her parents, if she was born in another family with a good family, with such a peugeot and aura, she would definitely have a completely different or even wonderful and rich life, but I really did not expect that there was a greater life obstacle waiting for her.
Three
"Yes, what will Lele do in the future?" Although I was repeating my uncle's words, I turned my eyes to my cousin.
This Chinese New Year's Eve seven-year-old cousin should have become the pillar of this family, and this man should have come up with his own ideas for such a big thing.
To tell the truth, my cousin had always been afraid of me, so he did not dare to take my eyes. However, this time he rarely had his own proposition: "Brother, Lele is a promising child." In this way, in the ancient building primary school, the grades are still good. And, you know what? As soon as she finished school and finished her homework, she read books by herself, and several extracurricular books at home were all destroyed by her. This child cannot be destroyed, let alone destroyed in our family. If I don't help her, she has no future. ”
Le Le had been timidly hiding in the corner, but at this moment he could finally stand slightly forward again, but a string of crystal tears rolled down in his eyes. I reached over and took her in my arms, then looked at my cousin appreciatively: "Pengpeng, you have finally grown up." Not only can we not ruin this music, but we must also see it as the hope of this family. What are your plans? ”
My cousin said, "I want to send her to Nanchong for elementary school." I believe that her future of going to school in Nanchong will be stronger than that of the ancient building. ”
"The truth is this truth," the mother could not help but say: "This transfer is first of all a big problem." Also, a female doll, now in society, so dangerous, who takes care of her? Although you have a house in Nanchong, you still have to go out to earn money. ”
My father said to me bitterly and embarrassedly, "Baby, can you help your uncle with this transfer?" ”
I? Oh my God, uncle, why do you think your nephew can do anything? Transferring a child who is enrolled in a rural primary school to a medium-sized city is simply a huge challenge.
I finally know why my uncle endured until today to call me. He was actually very guilty about the peach thing, and he was actually embarrassed when he faced me. But what else can a poor old man in the countryside do when life forces him to this point? He only had to put on his old face and call me hard.
In his heart, this nephew who worked in the provincial city was the most capable young man in the village, and his only hope.
Can I be so determined to extinguish the glimmer of hope of such an old man who is exhausted by life? So I quickly combed through the connections of all the hometowns from primary school to high school in my heart, and quickly listed several key points.
However, he said: "Uncle, it is difficult to transfer schools, I can try, but if it can't be done, you don't complain about me!" ”
The two cloudy teardrops in Uncle Mi's eyes smashed on the ground at once: "Wow, you forgive me for the dirty things I did on a hot day!" ”
My little embarrassment is not worth mentioning compared to the suffering that my uncle has endured, he has been carrying such a heavy psychological burden for half a year, what reason do I have not forgive him? I waved my hand hurriedly: "Uncle, it's all right, it's all over." ”
Uncle Yi wiped a handful of tears: "Since you said so, you have not bothered me." Don't be embarrassed about lele, Uncle Will Not Complain About You, Uncle Will Only Thank You. We are in the countryside, and we do not know the dangers of this world. ”
I asked again, "Who takes care of the life of Lele?" What about expenses? Who picks me up and drops me off at school? ”
The cousin then said, "Tuition, living expenses, me and Xiuzhu are responsible." Taking care of her business, I could only let my mother go. Now my mom is the only one to choose. ”
Uncle Yi rubbed his hands with his hands full of cracks and his palms were all cocoons, and nodded his head heavily: "I can still plan out a few dollars in the soil all year round, and they live in Nanchong, and the cost is generally unbearable for the people in the city, let alone our countrymen." ”
Hope, hope, even if there is only a glimmer of hope, can ignite life's yearning for life, can also rekindle the enthusiasm for life, this difficult family finally in the face of difficulties and hopes to reinvigorate, once again to take a waddling step.
Four
It was not early, my elderly father was at home alone, and I had to hurry back to Chengdu, so I pulled up my mother to say goodbye.
Uncle and aunt quickly pulled on the street lamp, lifted the basket and went outside the door. I asked, "What are you going to do?" ”
Uncle Mi said, "I'll go to the field and chop some cabbage for you, pluck a few turnips, and catch two chickens for you in a circle!" ”
I laughed dumbly: "Uncle, there is one in the family!" ”
Uncle Mi's embarrassed pestle was under the door frame, and my aunt said, "Oh baby, don't you hate it!" ”
I laughed, "I hate no one who will dislike my uncle, aunt!" It is true that there is a home, and it is a pity that it is broken after taking it back and putting it away for a few days. I'll come back and get it when I'm done eating. ”
Five
I went through the phone calls and finally found my junior high school teacher. He is a special teacher in nanchong city, and he has a lot of peach and plum all over his life, and he has the resources in this regard. Over the years, we have always had a good teacher-student relationship and a deep mentor-apprentice relationship.
I told him about Lele, and he was willing to help me and take on this big trouble for me. Unexpectedly, the next day, he told me that things had come to fruition. He also told me that the Xichong Chamber of Commerce has sponsorship in this regard and can help poor children, and he will help me apply.
I couldn't wait to tell my uncle the news.
I was overwhelmed by the excitement I heard uncle on the other end of the phone, which was probably the best news he had heard this Spring Festival, and the only thing that made him happy.
My cousin sent a message thanking me.
What can I get back to him? I thought about it for half a day and replied to him with six words: My poor uncle!
The cousin said: Brother, I will be fine! I know that I have been confused for so many years, and this home really needs me to hold up. I know if I don't help her where is there any hope? I can save a little and hope she has a better future. If I don't do a good job with this home, she won't even have a home.
I said: Hurry up and get married! They care about this, probably for the rest of their lives, and it's the only thing that makes them happy.
Oh my uncle! Those who still live in Maoguanshan Village!
I don't know what to say or say at the moment.