ferry

The north wind is exhausted, the spring swallows are returning, unknown flowers are blooming on the ridges of the fields, the warm wind is blowing over the long river flowing through Yejia Village, and the willow trees by the river are pulling out the first buds of this year.

The weather was not good that day, it was raining and foggy.Ye Weixin went on a business trip to Baoji to get the order. There were only Du Jieying and Ye Ran, mother and son, at home. The overnight rice was mixed with water, boiled on the stove, and a few green vegetable leaves were sprinkled for breakfast.Du Jieying took out her own pickled dried white radish from the cupboard, picked some up with chopsticks and put them in a bowl, mixed with some sesame oil, and prepared the meal.Dried radishes in glass jars, cut into medium-thick strips, and topped with sesame five-spice powder.

Ye Ran held the spoon and chewed the rice grains in small bites.In fact, he was not used to this porridge, he would get bored with sour water, but Du Jieying didn't have time to make another breakfast, so he ate it along with it.

"I'll go to the pond to beat the clothes later, you are at home alone, be careful of the gas stove. Don't bother anyone knocking on the door outside, I brought the key myself." Du Jieying ordered while drinking porridge and wiping her mouth.

Ye Ran nodded, and Du Jieying fondled his little furry head.

The father in Ye Ran's memory was not good at speech, he was cheerful and cheerful to everyone, like a benevolent Maitreya Buddha.If there is anything missing in the neighborhood, or if you need help, just ask Ye Laosan for a meeting, and it will be done.Father is the kindest.

And the mother -- the mother is beautiful.

One evening after dinner, he went to the kitchen because of thirst, and accidentally caught a glimpse of his mother washing the dishes.

The 90s was the heyday of Jin Yong's martial arts dramas in Spring and Autumn. After dinner, people in Yejia Village gathered in front of the [-]-inch old-fashioned TV, knocking on melon seeds, laughing at the eccentric and pretty Huang Rong. Brother Jing is happy.Ye Ran is young, he only knows the love and hatred of his children, and distinguishes the good from the bad.

That night, he hid behind the door and stared blankly at his mother's back, feeling more like Yang Guo's aunt dressed in white than snow.However, the young Ye Ran was vaguely sad and frightened, as if the beautiful back was also stained with a thin layer of sadness because of this desolate and quiet evening.

The huge main room was empty, and the white walls on both sides had only been painted a while ago, and the original cracks and shoe prints had all been repainted.On the wall is a pictorial poster of the plot of a popular drama, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" starring Huang Rihua and Weng Meiling.

The incandescent lamp hanging from the hemp rope was hanging on the beam of the house. It was a bit old and the light was dim. Ye Ran rubbed his eyes, pulled the bench, put his head close to the textbook, and meticulously copied "Ye Lai" on the grid. With the sound of wind and rain, how many flowers will fall."He propped up his elbows, held the lower handle, pouted his small mouth, clamped the tip of the pencil with his nasolabial folds, and recited to himself: "How many flowers fall".

Some farmers in the village planted a pear tree.Pears are big, juicy and sweet when you bite into them. Everyone loves to eat pears, but they don’t like to plant pear trees because the meaning is bad.Separation and separation, this is the most taboo of farmers.Last year around this time, one evening, after school, he and Xiao Xiangzi went to the pear grove to play hide-and-seek.It had just rained the night before, and the ground was covered with pink and white flowers.Children run and jump in the forest, the voices of children are long, they pull each other, occasionally shake the trunk, the branches tremble, and some petals are sparsely scattered, the evening sun is green and the smoke is old.

There was a sound of the wooden door, and the chain made the sound of metal hitting.

Ye Ran put down his pen, approached the door, saw through the crack of the door, it turned out to be Zhou Si.

He unlocked the door, opened the door, and let Zhou Si in.

"What do you want from me?" Ye Ran brought AD calcium milk to Zhou Si from the master bedroom on the west, and grabbed a handful of golden monkey toffee.

Zhou Si waved his hand and said, "Song Xiang hasn't paid the class fee for last week. It's been almost a week. Get close to him and talk to him."

Ye Ran was a little hesitant, as if he wanted to say something, he scratched the back of his head and said with a smile: "The day after tomorrow, it will be fine the day after tomorrow. Xiao Xiangzi has a great forgetfulness."

Zhou Si didn't say anything, just nodded slightly, and said, "Just remember to hand it in." He looked around, saw the water tank in the corner of the main room, and frowned almost invisibly.The water tank is the most conspicuous object in the hall, Ye Ran's father used it in his big house when he was not married, when Du Jieying married, the Ye family gave this water tank and a few quilts as a bride price.The water tank has been around for some years, so the outer wall of the coarse ceramics is really mottled.

Seeing that Zhou Si refused his AD calcium milk and toffee, Ye Ran didn't know how to treat this classmate from the city, so he had to call Zhou Si to sit on the bench.

The bench was faintly shiny with oil, and Zhou Si carefully sat on one side, with both hands folded in front of his chest, trying to avoid touching the square table.There was Ye Ran's homework book spread out on the table, and he remembered that Ye Ran was good at mathematics, so he asked him, "Can you write the last question assigned by Teacher Dong?"

Ye Ran just wanted to say that he could write, but after thinking about it, he swallowed the "yes" and said, "No, that question feels beyond the outline."

A stone fell to the ground in Zhou Si's heart, and he smiled so much that he showed two small teeth, and said proudly: "Isn't it just to form a linear equation in two variables, you can't even know how simple it is, you are so stupid."

Ye Ran said: "You can write such a difficult question, your math is really good."

Zhou Si picked up the golden monkey toffee, peeled one and threw it into his mouth, and asked vaguely: "Then do you want me to teach you?"

Ye Ran shook his head, and said: "No need. I will hand it in the day after tomorrow. I can think about it again. Even if I don't know how to write, I hand it in empty, and Teacher Dong won't scold me."

Zhou Si was a little frustrated, and said: "Why are you so unprogressive, handing in empty-handed, even if all the previous questions are correct, you will only get 70 points, and this week's little red flower will be gone."

Zhou Si's worry made Ye Ran a little surprised. After all, the child of the county party secretary's family was used to arrogance, and he had learned ten percent of his father's official airs. When will he think about his classmates.

Seeing that Ye Ran didn't make a sound, Zhou Si said earnestly, "I think you are the only one who can barely get into university in this bad school."

Ye Ran didn't say a word.

A faint blush appeared on Zhou Si's honey-colored face, and then she gave a strange "hum" and said, "Hurry up and get the draft paper, I'll teach you this question, you're so stupid."

Zhou Si heard the sound of the door, and when she looked up, she saw a young woman holding a wooden tub and bucket at the door, her figure curled up, walking slowly against the light.

"Grandma, this is Zhou Si, who just transferred to our class a few days ago."

"The kid is so handsome and tall. Let's stay at our house for lunch." Du Jieying said with a smile.As soon as she opened the door, she saw two little heads chatting together on the side of the square table in the main room, and she felt that the two children should be good friends.

"Thank you, auntie. I have to go back to town early in the afternoon. My father has something to ask me."

That being the case, Du Jieying couldn't force the children to have this meal.Turning her gaze, she saw an empty bottle of AD calcium milk and a pile of toffee wrappers on the table, so she went to the master bedroom, took the chocolate box on the closet to the main room, and said with a smile: "Ah Ran, the new classmate is here too." It’s not a good treat. Xiao Zhou, this is the candy that Ah Ran’s father brought from Beijing on a business trip, and it’s a sandwich chocolate.”

Ye Ran treasures this box of chocolates very much. There are only twenty or so chocolates in it. He is reluctant to eat them. He only allows himself to eat two chocolates a week. Mom will take one.Last time for Xiao Xiangzi's birthday, he solemnly gave three to Xiao Xiangzi.This time when Zhou Si came, my mother grabbed a handful at a time, and there were six of them.Ye Ran watched Zhou Si peel off the golden tin paper coat of chocolate, his eyes were about to burst into flames.

Chocolate is not new to Zhou Si. As far back as he can remember, whenever he and Zhou Yan attend gatherings, go to other courtyards in the capital, or go back to his grandmother's house on Fukaisen Road in Shanghai during the Chinese New Year, there will always be various foods that ordinary people don't often see.Besides, he doesn't like sweets. Since he could speak, Wang Nian warned him to stay away from sweets. Eating sweets will not only cause tooth decay, but also a lack of self-control for boys.But Zhou Si was very satisfied that she was treated as a distinguished guest by Ye Ran's mother, thinking that the hospitality was hard to turn down, so she took a bite of chocolate as a compliment.

Added milk, it was too sweet to be greasy, and the taste of the first bite of chocolate did not reach the level of "acceptable" in my heart.He smiled at Du Jieying: "Auntie, this chocolate is really delicious, but I recently changed my teeth, so I have to eat less sweets."

Du Jieying was about to tell Zhou Si to eat more, but when she heard this, she couldn't say anything.But Ye Ran let out a long sigh of relief, he knew that Zhou Si was lying.During the physical examination last week, Zhou Si was just standing in front of Ye Ran. The doctor praised Zhou Si for her good teeth.Ye Ran suddenly remembered that his second uncle always had to look at the teeth when picking animals, and couldn't help laughing out loud, but was glared at by Zhou Si.

This time he made an excuse to change his teeth, because he must have disliked his chocolate, Ye Ran slandered.His family is not Zhou Si's family, there are so many people queuing up to give gifts during the holidays.But this somewhat envious mood was far less than his joy. Fortunately, Zhou Si only ate one, leaving sixteen, which was enough for him to eat slowly for a long, long time.

After finishing the lecture, Du Jieying asked Ye Ran to take Zhou Si to the master bedroom to watch TV.Ye Jiaxin bought a 19-inch TCL color TV, which was a big news in the homes of more than fifty families in Yejia Village.Ye Laosan, who was looked down upon by others in the past, has a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks that are thin and out of shape. Even his brothers predicted that Ye Laosan would not be able to carry on the family line. Watching the first color TV set in the village makes people envious and jealous.

Du Jieying cherishes the electricity, and Ye Ran is usually only allowed to watch Animation City for half an hour at 05:30 in the evening, but Ye Ran always tries to dawdle for a few minutes before turning off the TV.In fact, I just watched more subtitles at the end of the film, but to Xiao Ye Ran, it seemed like he had picked up a huge bargain.Thanks to Zhou Si's favor today, he can watch TV for a while at noon.

The master bedroom of the Ye family has a very ordinary Jiangnan farmhouse layout. The long wooden table leans against the window sill, and the old photos on the table are pressed by a whole glass plate. There are photos of Ye Weixin and Du Jieying when they were in love.At that time, Ye Weixin's small business was on the right track. In addition to the monthly allowance for his parents, he also had his own savings. The burden on his shoulders was much lighter. His sunken cheeks had finally grown some flesh, and he was full of vigor.Du Jieying has permed her small curly hair, she wears rose-red cashmere, she has a pear-shaped smile, reflecting the tone of flowers and moons, she is a strong and beautiful girl, but her eyebrows seem to be covered with faint thoughts, and her smile seems to be thin in winter Thin sunlight, precious and hesitant.

In the center of the glass plate is Ye Ran, who was born one hundred days old.In the photo, the little bald head is lying on the bamboo bed, wearing a big red shirt with a little tiger embroidered on the chest, holding a corn cob in his left hand, smiling like crescent moons, shining brightly.

"What an ugly smile." Zhou Si commented after seeing Ye Ran's [-]-day commemorative photo after being silent for a few seconds.

Ye Ran said: "I didn't have all my teeth back then."

"Hmph, what's wrong with catching Zhou, I just know catching a corn stick."

Ye Ran ignored Zhou Si, and moved a small bench by himself, Zhou Si was not polite, sat down with peace of mind, and asked: "What do you usually watch?"

"Shu Kebeta." Ye Ran said.

Zhou Si said: "Childish. Have you seen Detective Conan?"

Seeing Ye Ran shaking his head, Zhou Si said: "I don't think you've seen it, and it hasn't been broadcast in mainland China. My aunt went to Tokyo for a visit and made a video for her. It's cool to drive a helicopter motorboat, play a paraglider, and shoot." He Looking at the wooden cabinet where the TV is placed, he asked, "Do you have a video recorder at home?"

Ye Ran shook his head again: "What is that?"

Zhou Si sighed like a little adult, raised his forehead and said: "Forget it, next time you go to my house and show it to you. Isn't Shu Kebeta watched by a kid in the first grade? You are still watching it in fifth grade." , it's really embarrassing."

Ye Ran nodded perfunctorily.In fact, he likes fairy tales and martial arts.In fairy tales, everything has a spirit. He is a character who likes to be alone. From now on, he squats in the corner and looks at every sand and leaf. Blood, the end of a hero, I feel that good and evil will eventually be rewarded in the rivers and lakes.

Seeing that Ye Ran was looking at him, but his soul was drifting to nowhere, Zhou Si was a little annoyed, pinched his white face, Ye Ran naturally twisted his head and struggled, and said, "What are you doing?" Zhou Si felt his hand was greasy, and he couldn't help sticking his palm to it. He rubbed it a few times, and when he let it go, Ye Ran broke free, and Fu couldn't help but stepped forward to touch it again.

This action made Ye Ran feel very uncomfortable. Seeing Zhou Si staring at him, it didn't look like he was going to fight, but he didn't move his eyes for a long time. He felt very weird and felt uncomfortable, so he He stretched out his hand and pushed Zhou Si away.Zhou Si's feet were weak and he couldn't stand still, and he was pushed staggeringly. Then he woke up, took a deep breath secretly, crossed his fingers, pretended to move his fingers, turned his head and looked out the window, and said nonchalantly: "Give me the remote control, I'm a guest, I'll decide what to see later."

This is the Zhou Si I am familiar with.Ye Ran handed over the remote control, and followed Zhou Si to watch cartoons that he had never watched before. The more he watched, the more he worked hard, the more he got into the drama, and the weird energy just now disappeared.

The author has something to say: Second watch~ Friends on the mountain, have you seen me?

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