She graduated from high school 17 years ago at the age of 18, and I took a few bosses to her house to donate money to help her go to college. At that time, she was like a flower, and if I were not a husband with a wife, I would have wanted to pursue her. Unexpectedly, 17 years later, she looked older than me, and her mental outlook was particularly poor, haggard and thin. What exactly did she go through?
In 2005, I heard about a mountain girl named Huang Mei in Damei Village, whose family was very poor, but she was admitted to university, and I heard that her family was going to let her go out to work to earn money. When I learned the situation, I was a little anxious, because I am also a person who came out of the mountains, and I know very well what it means for children from the mountains to be admitted to university. I didn't want to watch this Huang Mei miss out on the university, so I invited 4 bosses to drive an off-road vehicle straight to Damei Village. At that time, the mountain road was not yet paved with cement, narrow and uneven, and it took four hours to drive from the city to Huang Mei's village, and after getting off the bus, he had to walk for half an hour.
We organized it spontaneously, and did not alarm the village committee, arrived at Huang Mei's house, just met Huang Mei carrying a bundle of firewood back, only to see her sweat all over, thin body, but beautiful and good-looking, about 1.61 meters tall, just 18 years old.
Knowing our intentions, Huang Mei seemed overwhelmed, a little nervous and a little surprised. She beckoned us to sit down and washed a few homegrown cucumbers for us to eat. I looked at Huang Mei's house, the mud rushed through the walls, the house was built with cedar veneer, low and simple, there was no TV or electric fan in the house, it was too poor.
Not long after, Huang Mei's parents and Huang Mei's younger brother returned home one after another. Huang Mei's younger brother started farming from a very young age in order to let his sister go to school; Huang Mei's parents are not old, not much older than me, but they are like people in their 50s, who have been working hard for many years and cannot keep up with nutrition.
Although we bought a lot of vegetables, including chicken, pork, and roast duck, Huang Mei's father slaughtered his family's only big rooster to entertain us. He said that few outsiders came to his house, and there was no decent food to entertain you.
After lunch, we donated a total of 9,800 yuan to Huang Mei, of which I donated 1,000 yuan and the other 4 bosses donated 2,200 yuan each. When the sun was about to set, Huang Mei sent us to Zhaikou, and I said to Huang Mei: "Go to college well, learn cultural knowledge, and walk out of the mountain, only then will you have a better life."
Huang Mei nodded solemnly with tears in her eyes. We walked far, far away, and she followed behind and kept watching. Suddenly, I heard Huang Mei shouting, "Brother Shao——"
I turned my head back, but I didn't answer her and kept walking. I think Huang Mei will definitely live a better life.
Since then, I have not heard from Huang Mei. Although I left a mobile phone number for Huang Mei, at that time, Huang Mei's village did not have a communication number, and her mobile phone could not be used at all, and her family did not have a mobile phone. The reason why I left my mobile phone number to Huang Mei is that I hope that she can contact me at any time if she has any difficulties after going to university. However, several years passed, and I never waited for Huang Mei to call me, and in 2010, I changed my phone number for work reasons.
In May 2022, I actually met Huang Mei at a restaurant in the city, and I could see that she was the clerk of this restaurant. At first I didn't recognize her, but she did recognize me, and she walked up to me and shouted a little timidly: "Brother Shao——"
Huang Mei's voice seemed familiar, I looked up and confirmed that it was Huang Mei, and at that moment, I was inexplicably a little excited in my heart. As if it was a dream, after 17 years, I met the deceased without warning.
After Huang Mei got off work, I walked with her on the edge of the He River in Hezhou, Guangxi. In the intermittent chat with Huang Mei, the mystery that had been buried in my heart for many years was finally solved. It turned out that Huang Mei did not go to college that year, her parents used the money we donated to build a new house, and Huang Mei herself, unable to resist the sweet words of a young man in a neighboring village, married this young man, but did not expect that this young man was a guy who did not do his job, and he had a few money in the family who was very arrogant, and he was messing with flowers everywhere, and when the child was 3 years old, he beat Huang Mei back to his mother's house. Later, he neither let Huang Mei come back, nor divorced Huang Mei, dragged Huang Mei all the time, and he himself made girlfriends everywhere, and in desperation, Huang Mei raised the child alone.
Knowing Huang Mei's situation, I didn't know what to say except a sigh.
Huang Mei said: "Brother Shao, I'm sorry, I failed your kindness to me. I'm really sorry! ”
I steadied myself and smiled at Huang Mei.
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