Old Street Stories

Tang Yun, the youngest son of the Tang family, has been squatting in front of his house playing with cats for a while.The blue-eyed Persian cat has long, unkempt white fur, which is quite different from the usual delicate snow-white fur.

"Dang!" The old pendulum clock on the wall rang, and it was an hour past lunch.Tang Yun looked at grandma paralyzed on the bed, only to see that her gray hair was motionless.The mother in the back room still had no intention of coming out to cook, and the sound of sobbing floated out from time to time, silently conveying the weird atmosphere at home.

Yang Meiyun was tearing at the little flower fairy handkerchief that was stripped off the edge, her pair of beautiful sunken almond eyes were already swollen and tall, and she couldn't see her usual warmth and beauty at all.Thinking of her, Yang Meiyun was also a flower in the factory when she was a big girl, and anyone who wanted to date her openly or secretly could circle the workshop three times.She just fell in love with Old Tang. Although Old Tang was not handsome, his 1.8-meter-five tall man and inverted triangle figure stood out from the crowd of suitors.

Since marrying Old Tang, Yang Meiyun has taken care of the housework, taken care of his old mother paralyzed on the bed, and raised a pair of children for him. Who doesn't envy Old Tang for having a beautiful, virtuous and capable wife?

Yang Meiyun raised her head and glanced at this small house with a total area of ​​less than 1.4 square meters. Before her eldest brother Tangning got married, she lived in the kitchen for more than ten years. Seeing her daughter pitifully lying on the stool doing homework, how did she feel?The youngest son was born prematurely and is weak. He is almost fifteen and only [-] meters tall. He doesn't like to open his mouth when he sees anyone.The school does not accept it, so they can only be sent to Lao Zhangtou to learn carpentry.I go home once a month and see my youngest son's hands full of white tape, and the bruises on his shoulders and waist from time to time. What kind of mood do I feel?

Even in such a miserable day, Yang Meiyun didn't think about what to do with Lao Tang, but the one who suffered a thousand dollars, actually told herself that she wanted a divorce a few days ago!With Old Tang's straight temper, there is no such thing as joking in the dictionary, and Yang Meiyun naturally knew that he had made up his mind when he spoke.Asking one more question is like boring gourd, not revealing a word.

what is this?At my age, the factory has already done internal retirement, and I don’t have a pension until I’m 45.Divorced, first of all, there is no place to live. Could it be that you live in a girl's house?Secondly, who will take care of the old lady paralyzed on the bed?Old Tang?And who will take care of Xiaoyun?Stepmother?

right!stepmother!Yang Meiyun felt that she had finally grasped the point, did Old Tang have a date outside? !She anxiously recalled all the suspicious clues of Old Tang in the past few days.Except for going to work, going home, and occasionally having a drink with the guys in front of the Xitou canteen, I spend my days under my nose.but!Old Tang never entered the house since that day when he asked for a divorce!

Yang Meiyun got up in a hurry and was about to rush out to find Lao Tang in Lao Tang's factory. If she couldn't find anyone, she asked them to lead her. She couldn't just divorce without knowing why.As soon as the front foot stepped out of the door of the back room, the old lady on the bed started to scream, and the old man had aphasia at home, but his mind was still clear.Tang Yun at the door also stood up, looked at her eagerly and called mom.

Yang Meiyun glanced at the pendulum clock on the wall reflexively, it turned out that it was past dinner time.The old lady couldn't bear the hunger, and the son finally went home, so let's get busy with the meal first. Old Tang's factory and the leaders can't get away anyway, and it's the same when we go back in the afternoon.

While swallowing the rice, Tang Yun prepared liquid food for grandma.Help grandma scrub her back, legs and feet, change out the old sheets, and put on the new sheets that my mother gave him before going out.After doing this, there is nothing to do.

Bored, he glanced at the door, and happened to meet the Persian cat, which was almost destroyed by his rubbing before, and saw that he wanted to come forward again, so he meowed out of the door in fright.Tang Yun was amused, and tried to chase after him. As soon as he turned out of the door, he saw the army from the next door coming back and opening the door.

"Brother Jun!" Tang Yun called out in his heart, glad that he finally met this tall and handsome neighbor.

It was a hot day, Dajun only wore a black vest on his upper body, and a pair of old man's big pants underneath, making him look extraordinarily slender.Tang Yun looked up enviously at the tight tendons on Dajun's arms, his well-defined profile, his straight nose, and his short, shiny black hair, all of which he didn't have.

"This is a man!" Tang Yun sighed in his heart. Every day before dawn, he was driven out of bed by his master to carry water, just like Jet Li in Shaolin Temple.The arms are much stronger than before, but they are still the same thin wicker, and the strength has grown into the bones.

After the army entered the door, he looked back at the little boy next door who was still standing at the door. He was thin and white with malnourished skin. His hair, eyebrows, eyelashes, and eyeballs were all burnt yellow, with deep-set eye sockets, like a hairy boy ( 1).

Are you ten years old?Dajun knew that he was studying carpentry outside and didn't come back often.Because Yang Meiyun often took care of the old lady when his grandmother was alive, he was extra patient with the old Tang's family.

"Have you eaten?" Da Jun asked while walking towards the kitchen.Seeing the little boy nodding, he walked into the kitchen and asked, "Is your mother out?" There was no one in sight, and he didn't deny it aloud, so it meant that only the little boy and grandma were at home.

After a while, Dajun came out with a bowl of instant noodles, which contained an egg and two instant noodle companion sausages, standard for bachelors.Dajun put the bowl on the folding dining table and called the little boy next door to eat with him. The boy shook his head.Da Jun sat down and blew on the noodles, waited until it was cold before eating, then raised his head and said to the little boy, "Would you like to run with me to the public?" good luck.Da Jun smiled and patted the little boy's head, "Let's go there for an hour, and after running around, you get off at the second store and come back by yourself, okay?"

Tang Yun was so excited that his home and his master's home were the two points of his life.My grandma's home is in Hubei. When I was a child, I went back with my mother once. There were trains, cars, and donkey carts. When I arrived at my grandma's house, I started to have a fever and almost couldn't come home.These are all the places Tang Yun has visited in his 14 years of career.Now, brother Jun, whom he admires the most, wants to take him to see the unknown "outside", how can he not be excited.

After waiting for a while at the door of the second store with Brother Jun, a small bus came, and a man got out of the car, with long hair covering half of his face, shirtless, with a slung on his shoulders. black flap shoulder bag.

"Fuck, you're here!" The man couldn't wait to take off the bag and threw it to Dajun. "It's 315 inside, and there's a [-] card. Order the others yourself. I'm going to fucking suffocate." He ran while talking , and disappeared as soon as the corner was turned.

Da Jun also slung the black bag over his shoulders, without any money, got into the car, counted the heads of the people sitting there, and beckoned Tang Yun to get in the car.Dajun arranged Tang Yun in the co-pilot position, separated from the driver by a 60 cm wide, raised engine cover, with windows on the front and right, an excellent position.

In the summer afternoon, the sun is the most vicious. After the driver got out of the car and found a shady place to smoke a cigarette, he started the car amidst the complaints of the passengers.Dajun found an umbrella for Tang Yun to shade him from the sun. Tang Yun pushed it back, expressing that he was not afraid of the sun.There are always times when the sun can't shine on him, Tang Yun feels that he is not handsome at all when he opens the umbrella and closes it.

The line that Dajun runs spans Taitung and Sifang, and there is a large flow of people. Even if the weather is so hot, there will always be times when it is overcrowded.Tang Yun got up three times to give up his seat to those with children and the old man and old lady. He didn't care too much whether he was sitting or standing, as it wouldn't delay him from looking out the window anyway.

There are so many people outside, the sidewalks are full of people.

This stop stopped, and the roadside shop was two stories high, the red and white colors were particularly eye-catching, the signboard was an old man with a white beard, and there were crowds of people in the big glass windows, who didn't know what they were selling.Tang Yun only knew public stores like the canteen downstairs and the second store, where the glass counter separated the salesperson and customers.

This stop stopped at a market intersection where sheds were set up everywhere and the end could not be seen as far as the eye could see. A little girl was standing with her mother waiting for the bus with a fried golden bread in her hand.Tang Yun recognized the bread, but there was a wooden stick under the bread the girl was holding, and she ate it like a sugar ball.

This stop stopped again, it was the gate of the school, and the station was full of middle school students wearing red, yellow and white uniforms who had just finished school.There was a big wave of students laughing and clamoring, and the army kept yelling, "I can't get in, take the next one! The next one will come soon!" The car struggled to start, and the people who got on and off the car asked about their homework, bid farewell, Greeting each other's elders, there was another commotion.

Finally back to the door of the second store, the clerk was off work and was pulling the retractable aluminum alloy shutter door.Tang Yun's heart was still beating fast, and the excitement was hard to stop for a while.

Da Jun got off the car and sent him across the road. Seeing how happy he was, he was also in a good mood. "Hurry up and go home. Your grandma is still at home. When you see your mother, don't say that I took you out."

"Brother Jun!" Tang Yun said suddenly, his voice was crisp and crisp, which belonged to the unique voice of a little boy who hadn't changed his voice yet.He stretched out both hands and put one of Dajun's hands on his chest, solemnly said: "Thank you!"

At this moment, the sun has faded from the harshness and softened. Tang Yun's scorched yellow system was illuminated by the sun and turned into a golden color, and the malnourished white also turned into a milky white. He was held by such thin hands, hearing such sincere Thank you, this is really the first time for Dajun.He froze for a moment, pulled out his hand, and patted Tang Yun's shoulder instead, not knowing what to do, he said, "Hurry up and go home!"

Da Jun turned around and crossed the road back to his car, looking at the slowly moving figure on the other side of the road, he laughed silently.

Maozi: Foreigner, foreigner.