Fog Township

Another week passed, and the weather in Chaba became increasingly hot and humid.Yu Sheng's leg injury was also gradually recovering. A Ming thought of the invitation from the girl that day, and thought that the end of the month was approaching, and the work of the old oil factory was coming to an end, so he shouldn't be too busy.So he bid farewell to Yusheng and grandmother, and went out to the old oil workshop.

When A Ming came to the old oil workshop, he saw that the girl and the guy from yesterday were arranging the items in the shop, but he didn't take the initiative to say hello.The prostitute was busy, and she caught a glimpse of A Ming from the corner of her eye. She straightened up immediately, and said with a smile on her face: "You are here! Come in and wait for me for a while, I will finish my work soon." The guy on the other side He also looked for the sound and said: "You are Brother A Ming. The sister who provokes you often mentions you to me!", A Ming waved to him and replied: "You are A Bao. A few days ago Mother even praised you for having great skills!" Ah Bao rubbed his head in embarrassment, and said, "Why don't you two go first. I can handle the rest of the work by myself." The prostitute looked ashamed Said: "That's a hard work for you." So he put down his work, wiped his hands with a sackcloth, and said to Amin: "You haven't seen the oil press with your own eyes, have you? Today is the last oil press this year. I'll take you there to have a look." After finishing speaking, he took Amin to the yard.

Passing through a dark and narrow corridor, the eyes suddenly become bright. The tall pillars prop up the spacious space. In the center of the room is the core component of the oil mill - the oil press warehouse. It is made of a complete tree. The inside of the wood is hollowed out to form a warehouse, in which bread cakes are placed and wooden wedges are inserted; the most incredible thing is the huge ram, which is composed of a piece of bluestone weighing two to three hundred catties.

The temperature in the oil mill is very high, and the aroma of vegetable oil is tangy.The workers are all shirtless, revealing the iron-like muscles and bones that have been tempered over the years.The leader is Bao's father, Old Tan, who is responsible for the most important work, operating the ram.Other oil workers are on the move all year round. Whenever the oil workshop is busy, the old oil workshop will temporarily recruit young and middle-aged men in the village as a supplement, provide them with three meals a day, and get a lot of remuneration at the same time, but this job is unusual Hard work, those who are not young and strong dare not try it lightly.

Under the heavy pressure of the huge ram, all the bright yellow rapeseed oil burst out, and the aroma of the oil became more intense.Amin was curious about everything in this oil workshop. He used to hear this sound outside the high wall. He never thought that there was such a grand and lively scene inside. The most common oil worker.

Ya Niang was dispatching the work of the oil workers. She sometimes checked the maturity of the rapeseed in the frying pan, and sometimes checked the thickness of the rapeseed flour on the millstone, and then checked whether the buns were tightly bound... nothing happened. Big or small, work hard, do everything by yourself, and dare not relax at all.A Ming watched her busy figure from the side, and was embarrassed to interrupt, because he sweated a lot after standing for a while, so he quietly got out of the oil workshop, and stood under the porch of the courtyard to get some fresh air.

The sun in May was surprisingly good, the clouds cleared and the breeze was blowing.Amin wanted to embrace the rare sunshine, but he couldn't bear the sticky heat of sweat. He saw a banana tree in the corner of the yard full of greenery, which was cool to the eye, so he walked forward, and the banana tree was blooming. The fruit is only as thick as a little finger, very cute.

A Ming was watching it strangely, when Jiao Niang came over and said, "I was looking for you everywhere, but you are here."

"I was so hot that I panicked, so I came out to get some air. Are you done?" Amin said calmly.

"Well, I can breathe a sigh of relief after I'm done working today. After this month, my bones are about to fall apart." The prostitute said as she stroked her drenched clothes.

"You don't have to work so hard, just leave it to the people below." Amin continued: "Besides, your parents are there. You don't need to worry about it."

The prostitute sighed and said: "You don't know, although my house looks very beautiful, in fact, in recent years, I often feel powerless. My mother was originally weak and sick, and couldn't help much. When my father was young, he ran the house alone. The oil factory is overworked, and now he is suffering from a disease, and it is okay to do some idle things, but if he is really required to work in the fields, his bones really can't bear it." The girl paused, her face looked a little gloomy, and continued: "I am really I don’t want them to work too hard, so I force myself to take care of such a big family.”

After hearing this, Amin felt a pang of sadness in his heart. This was different from the strong prostitute he saw in his daily life. The prostitute in front of him was just an ordinary girl. She had her own helplessness and her own limitations. weak.Amin couldn't help but open his arms to comfort her.No way, Ah Bao suddenly popped up and said to him, "So you are here, so I can find you easily." Seeing that it was Ah Bao, the prostitute immediately pulled herself together and said, "Is there anything urgent?" Said: "There is a new batch of rapeseed in the warehouse, and you need to go and count it." The prostitute stroked her forehead and neatly combed hair with both hands, and replied, "I'll go there."

Seeing that she was busy, A Ming said, "It's getting late, I'll go back first."

A Ming returned home and went straight to see Yu Sheng.When he walked to the door, there was no sound in the room, he felt very strange, according to his usual experience, there must be movement in the room, but today it was completely silent.He gently pushed open the door, and found that the table had shifted and was placed on the side next to the bed, and the things on the table were scattered all over the floor.A Ming was greatly surprised. He looked at Yu Sheng and saw him curled up with his face facing the wall, as if he was fast asleep.A Ming was afraid of disturbing him, so he moved his steps carefully, trying not to make any noise. After he cleaned up the things on the ground, Yu Sheng on the bed remained motionless.Amin thought to himself: "This guy, he slept so deeply today. I have to scare him." Amin quietly approached the bed, but his ears did not catch the sound of snoring, because Yusheng often has the habit of snoring when he sleeps , often made Amin restless, but today it was really strange.He looked up, his eyes fell on Yu Sheng's stiff face, he was not asleep, his opened eyes stared blankly at the wall, his hands rested on his body feebly.Amin intuited what was wrong with him.Busily pushed him and asked, "Hey! What's wrong with you?"

Yu Sheng lay on his side, motionless, as stiff as wood. "Don't scare me! What happened?" Amin asked anxiously.Yu Sheng still ignored him and just stared blankly.Seeing this situation, afraid that he couldn't ask anything, Amin got up a little annoyed, and hurriedly went to find his grandmother.

Grandma is busy at the pharmacy.Seeing Amin, she put down the work in her hands and looked dignified.A Ming hurriedly asked, "What happened to Yusheng?"

The grandmother shook her head and said, "His foot injury is healing, but it may be difficult for him to return to normal walking."

"What do you mean?" Amin asked excitedly with his eyes wide open.

"At least he will be a little lame in the future, at worst he may need crutches." The grandmother pursed her lips and said helplessly.

"How can this work! Is there no way to recover?" Amin said a little out of control.

"It's not hopeless, it just needs a long rehabilitation training, but it may work, or it may just be in vain." Grandma couldn't bear to go on.

"I must cure him. As long as there is any hope, I will help him! I don't want him to be crippled for the rest of his life!" After speaking, Amin ran out excitedly.

When A Ming returned to Yu Sheng's room, he was still lying motionless, staring blankly at the wall.Amin stepped forward to sit by the bed, hesitated for a moment, and finally mustered up the courage to stretch out his right hand and touch his chilled back. Although it was early summer and May, the atmosphere in the room was dignified and cold, which made people feel suffocated.A Ming said with a slightly trembling voice: "I've already heard from grandma about you." Yu Sheng still didn't respond.

A Ming continued: "We haven't completely lost hope, have we? We can still go through rehabilitation training to return to our previous appearance. You have to believe in me, and even more in yourself!" Yu Sheng's body moved slightly, but his eyes Still staring at the wall, he said in an extremely depressed voice: "It's useless, you don't need to say words to comfort me. If it was in Chongqing, I still believe there is a glimmer of hope. There is nothing here. My camera is broken, and my phone is out of battery." I've got nothing now, that's all my legs are, I can't get out of this mountain, I can't wade through this rapids, I can't go home, I'm going to be stuck here all my life, alone... forever. Please let me Just be alone." Yu Sheng's mood was extremely depressed, and his body seemed to be sobbing.

Amin's hand clearly felt his trembling body.For the first time, he really felt the grief and pity of a man, as if the whole world had abandoned and forgotten him.

With tears in his eyes, A Ming said: "Yusheng, you must cheer up! No matter what method I use, I will definitely heal your leg. If you want to climb a mountain, I will help you climb the mountain; if you want to cross a river, I will help you." I will lead you across the river; if you want to go home, I will accompany you all the way to the door!"

Yu Sheng turned his head, eyes full of tears, looked at A Ming helplessly, and said, "I'm really afraid...I'm afraid of becoming a useless self, a self that I hate."

"It will get better, please believe me! I will definitely make you get better." A Ming grabbed Yu Sheng's hand and held it tightly in his palm.