#精品长文创作季#
In 1988, I was 24 years old and a carpenter. September 25 of that year was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and I worked overtime to reunite with my parents in order to go home, and finally finished the construction period the morning before. After the customer inspected the work, he was very satisfied, not only paid off the salary in full, but also gave me another 50 yuan as a reward. I was so happy that I invited my co-worker Sun Jian to go home with me for the holidays. At my kind invitation, Sun Jian followed me home. What I never expected was that this dog that Sun Jian and I picked up on the way home later would change the fate of our family that night!
Anyway, this Sun Jian, who is four years older than me, is a mason. The day I finished the project, he was done. The moment he received his salary, he couldn't be happier.
Since we usually eat together and live in the same room at night, we are familiar with each other. When I saw his sad face, I couldn't bear it, so I asked with great concern, "Brother Sun, are you still not happy to receive your salary?"
"That's not it!" Sun Jian shook his head and muttered, "Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, you can all go home and reunite with your families, but I don't know who to reunite." Hey, it's boring!"
"Aren't you married, why don't you celebrate the holidays with your sister-in-law or your parents?" I was a little stunned. Although we talked a lot, Sun Jian never talked about his family.
Sun Jian sighed again and said, "If my parents were still here, I would have been married a long time ago! Unfortunately, they died of illness ten years ago." Two years ago, my grandparents also passed away, and no one gave me a marriage arrangement, and now I am a loner. Every Chinese New Year's holiday, the most lively moment in other people's homes is the loneliest and most difficult moment for me. ”
When I heard Sun Jian say this, my heart was immediately filled with sympathy, so I warmly invited him to go home with me for the holidays.
"This, isn't this good?" Sun Jian smiled a little embarrassedly. But I could tell he wanted to come home with me. I said very generously, "What's wrong? Don't worry, my parents are very hospitable, they won't say anything." ”
Sun Jian hurriedly nodded, "Okay, then I'll go to your house to beg for food." ”
In order to entertain Sun Jian, I also went to the vegetable market in the town, ready to buy a few catties of pork to go home. Unexpectedly, when I first went to the meat stall, I found a pig killer carrying a boning knife, chasing a homeless little yellow dog.
The pig killer chased and scolded, "You dead dog, you dare to steal Lao Tzu's meat and bones, see if Lao Tzu doesn't kill you!"
It turned out that the pig killer had just been in a hurry to urinate and went to the public toilet in the market to solve the problem. The little yellow dog was probably hungry, so he climbed onto the meat board, took a meat bone in his mouth, and gnawed it with relish.
When the pig killer returned to his stall, he happened to encounter this scene, and in a fit of rage, he grabbed the boning knife from the board and chased after the little yellow dog.
When the people in the vegetable market saw this scene, they couldn't help but look lively with a gloating expression.
When I saw that the little yellow dog was very pitiful, and that he would surely die if he was caught up by the pig killer, I said in a loud voice to the pig killer, "How much is the meat and bone it eats? I will pay you for it, so don't chase it!"
"Well, that's what you said!" said the pig killer, so happy that he stopped his pursuit.
Sun Jian was worried that the pig killer would take the opportunity to blackmail me, so he couldn't help but mutter, "Brother, you shouldn't care about this idle matter!"
"It's okay, a bone isn't worth a few dollars. I smiled and walked to the butcher stall and bought four catties of pork and two catties of pork ribs. It was very difficult for the pig killer to meet a "big buyer" like me, and in addition to being happy, he gave me a meat bone.
I saw the little yellow dog walking up to me with its tail wagging, looking at me pitifully, and I threw the meat and bone at it without hesitation, and then I went to the bus station with Sun Jian to catch the car.
I thought that the little yellow dog would not come to me again after gnawing on the meat and bones, but after it gnawed the bones, it actually smelled the smell and caught up with me.
"Hey, is this guy still relying on you today?" Sun Jian stared at the little yellow dog, and he was surprised.
At that time, I suddenly remembered what my parents often said to me, "Cats come to be poor, dogs come to be rich", and I couldn't help but laugh, "It may want to follow me, and it just so happens that I also like to raise dogs, so I will take it home and be a companion with Xiao Hei." ”
"This dog is so dirty, aren't you afraid that it will be sick?" Sun Jian looked at the little yellow dog carefully a few more times, revealing a worried expression.
I smiled and said, "Look at it running so happily, how does it look like it's sick? It's just that it hasn't bathed for many days, and it looks dirty, and when it comes home with me, I'll wash it and be fine." ”
"Well, that's pretty much it!" Sun Jian didn't say much when he heard me say this.
At about three o'clock in the afternoon, I took the little yellow dog and Sun Jian back to my hometown.
When my parents saw a guest coming, they all ran to greet them warmly.
Especially my dad, he gave Sun Jian cigarettes and poured him tea, which made him a little embarrassed.
"Xiaofeng, go and pick up Xiao Ran, let's have a meal together tonight, and discuss your marriage by the way. "At three o'clock in the afternoon, my mom started preparing for the evening's meal.
Xiao Ran was my girlfriend, who was 22 years old at the time, and had been dating me for almost two years. I really wanted to marry her, but when I discussed the bride price with his parents, they asked for 800 yuan for the bride price, and I only saved 400 yuan at that time, and my parents barely came up with 200 yuan, which was not enough, and the marriage was delayed.
I thought that we would have to get married at the end of the year anyway. So I worked so hard that I was looking for work almost every day.
As the saying goes, "the harvest of mulberry elm, the loss of the east". Since I was busy making money, I naturally rarely met with Xiao Ran. Perhaps because of this, her feelings for me have faded day by day.
That afternoon, when I went to Xiao Ran's house and invited her and her parents to our house for dinner, they all rejected me in a grand manner on the grounds that "I had already made an appointment with my relatives and I would go to visit my relatives in the evening".
I looked at the cunning look on their faces, and knew that they were lying to me, so I didn't say much, so I went back home.
When my dad saw that Xiao Ran didn't come, he asked me very unhappily, "Didn't you invite someone to go? Why did you come back alone?"
I said with a calm face, "They said that they had already made an appointment with their relatives, and they were going to visit their relatives tonight." ”
"What relatives are so important? Even if you want to leave relatives, you can go to your in-laws and mother-in-law, Xiao Ran should come to our house to sit?!" My mother was not happy and muttered.
"Hey, that's all rhetoric! Maybe your girlfriend has changed her mind. Sun Jian couldn't help but interject.
My mother seemed to have expected this a long time ago, and couldn't help muttering, "If Xiao Ran changes her mind, then find a matchmaker again, hurry up and say one, and strive to get married at the end of the year!"
I kept a straight face and didn't reply.
Sun Jian saw that I was unhappy, and hurriedly enlightened and comforted: "Brother, as the saying goes, 'the old one doesn't go, the new one doesn't come'." If your girlfriend really changes her mind, you don't have to worry about it anymore - with your ability, you can find a better woman to be your wife! Come, let's have a drink and don't think about those unpleasant things. ”
As soon as the words fell, the sound of crackling raindrops suddenly sounded outside the window.
I got up and went to the window to look, and I saw that it was pouring rain outside, accompanied by thunder from time to time.
Sun Jian heard the sound of thunder, suddenly put down his wine glass, walked to the window, and looked at the heavy rain outside the window with me, "It's not good!
"What's wrong?"
I looked at him quizzically.
Sun Jian frowned and pointed to the distance, "Look at the sky outside, there is a large area of black oppression! This rain will definitely not stop for a few hours! The weather in September, such a heavy rain, is really not good." ”
"Hey, it's windy and rainy, it's all a normal natural phenomenon. What's the fuss!Xiao Sun, Xiaofeng, come over and continue eating. My dad urged, and I quickly sat back down.
My mother went to the sleeping room to check if the windows were closed, so that the heavy rain would not drift into the house and cause dampness.
Sun Jian stood by the window, staring at the heavy rain outside, and was silent for a long time.
My dad suddenly became a little impatient, "Little Sun, what are you looking at? Come over and eat!"
"Uncle, I always feel that things are not good. Sun Jian glanced at my dad and asked, "Do you have a flashlight and an umbrella?"
"Yes, yes, but it's raining so hard, why are you going out?" I was a little puzzled.
Sun Jiandao, "I want to go out and have a look! Your house is built at the foot of a big mountain, and once there are geological phenomena such as flash floods and mudslides, it will be very dangerous!"
"Poof-" My dad couldn't help but laugh, "Are you still worried that the flood will flood our house?"
"I'm not afraid of floods, I'm just afraid of mudslides and landslides, once these two disasters occur, we can't run!" Sun Jian expressed his concern.
My dad thought he was unfounded, and continued to laugh, "Little grandson, three generations of our ancestors have lived in this house, and for decades, these two phenomena have never happened. Don't worry about it, come and eat. ”
"Eh—good!" Sun Jian nodded pretendedly, but after eating, he whispered to me, "Xiaofeng, I'm afraid the heavy rain won't stop tonight." Get me a flashlight, I'll have to go out and have a look." ”
"What do you want to see?" I saw that he didn't give up, so I had to find rain gear and a flashlight, and followed Sun Jian out of the door.
Sun Jian took me to the back of our house, looked at the flood water that kept rushing down from the mountain, and grabbed a few handfuls of dirt behind the house, "This momentum is too strong, I'm worried that the soil behind here can't bear it, and it will be troublesome to have a landslide when the time comes!"
"We've lived here for decades, and we've had such heavy rain before, but we've never had a problem!" I, like my father, expressed disapproval of Sun Jian's concerns.
Sun Jian observed for a while, and found that the rain was decreasing, and then he said, "I hope my worries are unnecessary! But I still hope that you will move out of here if conditions permit." ”
"Well, when I earn money, I'll go to the town and buy a house to live in. I smiled and took Sun Jian back home, looked at my watch, it was already eleven o'clock, and asked Sun Jian to rest quickly.
When I got back to my room, I quickly undressed and went to bed. But when I turned off the lights, the little yellow dog that came home with me ran into my house, climbed into my bed, and barked incessantly.
I was already drowsy, and I was naturally disgusted by the noise, so I shouted, "Don't scream! I'll kick you out of the door if you scream any more!"
"Wang, Wang!" Unexpectedly, the little yellow dog barked even louder. And the sound of raindrops outside the window instantly increased a lot.
I heard the noisy sound of the rain, and I was even more angry, so I got up and slapped the little yellow dog and said, "Don't bark!
After receiving that slap, the little yellow dog was so angry that he opened his mouth, bit the corner of the quilt, and dragged him under the bed.
It wasn't cold in September, but I was wearing only underwear and briefs, and as soon as the quilt was dragged away, I felt a chill hit me.
I was instantly awakened by the cold, and quickly put on my coat, turned on the electric light, and prepared to find the little yellow dog to calculate the "autumn account".
"Woo-woo, woo-woo!" the little yellow dog yelled at me even more irritably, rather than apologetically.
At the same time, Xiao Hei in the yard also shouted.
When I heard this, I was even more angry, staring at the little yellow dog and scolding: "You dog, you don't sleep well at night, and you instigated Xiao Hei to make trouble with you, right?
With that, I jumped out of bed and went after the little yellow dog.
"Wang, Wang-" When the little yellow dog saw me chasing after me, he quickly turned around and ran out the door.
When I chased to the door, I remembered that when I had just gone to bed, I forgot to pin the door from the inside, which caused the little yellow dog to run into the house and bark at me. I thought: It's dark, and it's raining so heavily, so I won't look for Xiao Huang to vent my anger. Wait until tomorrow dawn to clean it up. If it still doesn't obey, throw it out of the village.
As I closed the door, I suddenly noticed that the light in the next room was on, and then there was a "squeak" sound of the door opening. At the same time, Sun Jian, who was holding an umbrella and a flashlight, stood under the eaves outside the door.
Seeing his worried look, I couldn't help but open the door and smiled, "Brother Jian, you still can't sleep, are you still worried that our house won't be able to withstand this heavy rain?"
"Xiaofeng, don't forget that I'm a mason, I will definitely not harm you-" Sun Jian didn't say a word, and rushed into the heavy rain again.
I looked at his back, couldn't help but open the door, and said to myself: This kid is so timid, so much rain scares him out of the way.
"Wang!" At that moment, the little yellow dog rushed up again like a madman, grabbed my trousers with its muzzle, and dragged it out. It was as if he was telling me to go out with Sun Jian quickly.
I saw this guy go crazy and regretted bringing it back. At this time, Sun Jian had already run back from the heavy rain, panting and shouting, "Xiaofeng, you can't stay at home!"
"Quick, call my uncle and aunt, hurry up and transfer!"
"What do you mean?" I was still a little puzzled.
Sun Jian was so anxious that he stomped his feet and said, "I just went to the back mountain to see, the flow speed of the flood is very large, and a lot of mud on the mountain has been washed down, there must be a mudslide, we must move immediately!"
"Where is the rain going?" to be honest, I also knew the dangers of mudslides, but I was reluctant to move in that situation.
Sun Jian said: "Of course, it is to move to the open area! Quickly, wake up the uncle and aunt, we can't delay any longer! Every second we delay, their lives will be in more danger!"
I said, "It's such a cold day, I'm afraid my parents won't go out!"
"If you don't go out, you'll have to bury it here tonight!Xiaofeng, I'm not joking with you, quick, wake them up." If they don't leave, let's just go one by one, and we must carry them out! You believe me, I won't lie to you!" Sun Jian was in a hurry, and directly threw his umbrella and grabbed me by the collar.
When I saw him, Xiao Huang, and Xiao Hei's impatient appearance, I realized the seriousness of the problem, so I hurriedly woke up my parents and asked them to quickly put on their clothes and move.
My parents were dressed, but they didn't want to go out when they saw the pouring rain outside. My mother, in particular, was still holding on to the luck mentality, "Even if the mudslide comes, we will win!" Don't worry, children, let's observe at home first!"
"I can't wait any longer!" Sun Jian gave me a look, and then picked up my mother and ran outside, "Auntie, I'm sorry for you!"
I saw Sun Jian running in such a hurry, so I quickly picked up my dad and ran into the heavy rain.
My mother was embarrassed and annoyed by Sun Jian's carrying, so anxious that she patted Sun Jian's back and said, "You doll doesn't know etiquette too much, let me go!"
Unbeknownst to him, as soon as the words fell, a bright lightning bolt fell from the sky. With the help of this electric light, I found that the rolling torrent was mixed with a foul mudslide, quickly rushing towards the back of our house. At the moment when my dad and I rushed out of the courtyard in the rain, the mudslide instantly buried the three-room tiled house we lived in.
My dad and I were startled, and we hurriedly crawled and ran to the open field not far away.
When my mother found out about the mudslide, she stopped beating and cried loudly, "Oh, our house! Why is it buried?"
"Hey, old woman, why are you crying? The house can be rebuilt if it is gone, and if it is gone, there will be nothing!" My father suddenly woke up, took Sun Jian's hand and thanked him again, "Little Sun, thank you so much tonight, otherwise, we will all explain here." ”
Sun Jiandao: "Uncle, thank you for inviting me to dinner, making me feel the warmth of home." Although we are all drenched in soup tonight, we are all safe!"
"Child, my aunt blames you for her mistakes, and I will make amends to you. My mother took Sun Jian's hand and looked at the mudslide not far away, "Hey, there is no place to live in the future, what can I do?"
"Mom, don't worry, Murakami will definitely help us! Besides, we have also saved some money, I can not rush to get married first, let's repair the house first." "After comforting my mother, I went to look for the little yellow dog and the little black, and thanks to their warning that night, we escaped the catastrophe.
Fortunately, Little Yellow Dog and Little Black escaped with us!
After we experienced that disaster, we also received help from Murakami and the government. Later, we rebuilt the house. Sun Jian and I became brothers in distress because of this incident. Later, we partnered to open a renovation company. So far, we have dozens of employees under our hands, and I have a seven-figure deposit in my bank card.
Whenever I think of the past and express my gratitude to Sun Jian, Sun Jian always says, "You don't need to thank me, it was your kindness that saved your family and changed your fate." Back then, if you hadn't invited me to your house as a guest, if you hadn't saved Xiao Huang, there would have been no later incidents. ”
I listened to Sun Jian's words and remembered the sentence again: But do good deeds, don't ask about the future. Kind people, in the dark, should all be blessed, right?
Some friends may ask, what happened to me and Xiao Ran? Believe me if I don't say it, everyone has guessed it, Xiao Ran and I are not married. My current wife's name is Xiaoyu, she is not only gentle and beautiful, but also very considerate to me. I am where I am today, thanks to her silent support behind the scenes, and I would like to thank her here!
(This story is purely fictional, and aims to promote positive energy through the use of facts.) Image source network, infringement contact deleted)