Rebirth is more than a year old

"Brother, who was that person at the school gate with you last night?" Xiang Bei had a weed in his mouth, a big schoolbag on his thin shoulders, and his hair was casually scattered on his forehead, like all boys of his age. Like a child, it's natural to be casual.

Xiang Nan held his breath, and said after a while, "I'm not sure, I've only seen it a few times."

After all, Xiangbei had been hanging around with people for a few days, and his brain turned quickly. Seeing the expression on his eldest brother, he knew that it was not what he said.If it was an ordinary person, Xiang Bei probably wouldn't ask more questions, but last night that man looked at Xiang Nan's expression, Xiang Bei couldn't describe it for a while, in short, he just felt very awkward, intuitively, Xiang Bei didn't like that man Looking at the eyes of the elder brother, there are many complicated and difficult things mixed in the naked and naked aggression, but he is only 14 years old after all, no matter how smart he is, he would never have guessed that the man is looking for his elder brother.

The three children of the Xiang family are very popular in that remote village deep in the mountains.

They were able to cook, wash and beat pigweed at a young age, and they also went to the fields to help their father with farm work. In addition, the three of them were smart and had good grades since they were young. Together, I never forget to bring these three children out to chat, and in a blink of an eye, I saw those prodigal sons of my family who couldn't see the color of their clothes after going out for a trip, and sighed, wishing to be half as good as those children of Xiang's family Also don't worry.

After walking southward and northward and westward for about three hours, they finally arrived at the village where Xiang's family was located.

After several hours of walking, Xiangnan was already exhausted. Even after the backpack was carried by Xiangbei, the exhaustion still did not ease. After finally seeing the village, Xiangnan's legs gave way and he almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Xiang Beiyan quickly supported him, so that his ass didn't explode from the fall.

Xiang Bei frowned and looked at him, "It's not the first time we've walked this road, why are you so tired?"

Xiang Nan waved his hand at him weakly, and lied, "Last night... didn't have a good rest."

"Brother, why don't we rest here before we go." Xiang Xi felt sorry for his elder brother, so he walked back and pulled Xiang Nan to sit and rest under a tree by the roadside.

Xiang Nan leaned his back on the tree pole, and it took him a long time to breathe evenly. He was really exhausted. He had never walked such a rugged mountain road since he was a child. His imagined home to Xiang Nan might be somewhere not far from the town. In a small village far away, thinking of the original owner’s personal belongings that were dug out from the drawer, Xiang Nan thought that Xiang’s house was probably a one-story bungalow. The only household appliances were electric fans and an old TV. Several animals are fed here, and they can still eat a bite of meat in normal times.

However, walking on the nearly three-hour mountain road made Xiangnan physically and mentally exhausted. When he saw the scattered low stone houses looming not far away, Xiangnan felt that the last bit of strength in his body was exhausted, and he couldn't say a word. not come out.

In fact, the poverty of the Xiang family is far worse than Xiang Nan imagined.

Xiang Nan stood in front of the two stone houses of Xiang's family, which were so simple that they couldn't block the wind and rain, he was a little dazed for a while. Corn and pepper were hung on the outer wall of the house, and the wooden door in the middle was open. A dark-skinned middle-aged man The man came out, he looked almost 50 years old, his back was slightly hunched, his eyes were dull, as if he had been drained by life, Xiang Nan noticed that his right hand holding the sickle was missing a piece The skin on the fingers and hands is wrinkled, like the roots of an old tree.

"Dad." Xiangxi walked up from behind, grabbed the middle-aged man's clothes, and the wind that passed by Xiangnan made Xiangnan tremble.

When Xiang Canal saw that the three children had returned, his gray eyes opened up a little, and when he smiled, he stretched out the slack muscles on his face, "Why are you back? Is it school holiday?" His eyes were on the Turned around on Xiang Bei's body, and then froze on Xiang Nan's face.

Xiang Nan walked forward uncontrollably with his feet, and pulled out a smile that was uglier than crying, "Dad."

Xiang Canal raised his hand and patted Xiang Nan's shoulder. He probably wanted to pat his eldest son's head, but when he raised his hand, he found that the child who liked to sit on his shoulder the most when he was young had grown to be as tall as himself. He will be higher than himself, and Xiang Canal's voice is full of father's love, "Are you tired on the road? Go and rest, your mother has gone to collect firewood, and I will ask her to cook a few more dishes at noon when I come back later."

Xiang Nan hurriedly said, "Tell mom not to cook, I bought some cooked food from the county seat, and I can eat it as soon as it is hot."

Hearing this, he nodded to the canal, with the simple and honest smile on his face, "Then you go and lie down for a while, I will call you when the meal is ready."

"I'm not tired." Xiang Xi pulled his father's sleeve, his smile was like a silver bell, crisp and pleasant.

Xiang Bei carried the bags of the three of them into the house, and after a while, he came out and sat on the small bench in front of the stone house, basking in the faint sunlight in the clouds.

Xiang Nan smiled under Xiang Canal's gaze, "I'm not tired either, Dad, are you going to work?"

"Yeah, I'm going to cut some hogweed for the pigs to eat."

Xiangxi quickly took the sickle from his father, turned around and ran out, smiling back while running, "Dad, you can rest for a while, I'll just go, and call Mom back by the way."

This eleven or twelve-year-old girl almost couldn't keep the smile on Xiang Nan's lips. He had seen too many youthful and rebellious girls. There are three or four of them, with charming and mature makeup, wishing to go out with only three leaves, squandering their youth in various luxury cars or a luxurious KTV, they are all beautiful, but compared with Xiang Xi, But they all turned into pale black and white photos, so empty and depressed.

"Xiao Xi, I'll go with you." Xiang Nan took three steps in parallel and quickly caught up with Xiang Xi.

The two walked around the winding field stalks, walked up all the way, and walked for about ten minutes before reaching the ridge next to the house. They put the basket on the roadside westward, and then walked to a wild grass field and started mowing. , it is hard to imagine that this is the familiarity of a child who has just entered junior high school. After looking at her south for a while, he walked up the ridge. This village is located in the deep mountains, like an isolated island isolated from the world, lonely The only connection between the village and the outside world is a long and steep winding mountain road. Below the road is an abyss. Standing on the top of the ridge, the town where you got off the bus is almost invisible. Nan took a deep breath, it was difficult to describe his mood at the moment.

--Very complicated.

This is a world that Xiangnan has never touched before, desolate, barren, and isolated from the rest of the world.The mountain wind blows from the hinterland of the ridge, and penetrates into the collar of the sweater that is not tight to the south, making him shiver from the cold.In such a place forgotten by the world, even the wind seems to be cruel.

This small mountain village seems to be far away from the world of mortals, existing quietly in such a corner.There is a group of people living here who make a living by farming. The remoteness of the region has caused them to work hard and hard in this valley all their lives. so poor.

There are also people who have been struggling in this.

For example, the original south.

I don't want to live ignorantly and lonely like my ancestors, I don't want to stay in this isolated place, I don't want to end my life like this.

Going out of this small mountain village is probably the original owner's biggest dream. However, this dream has been interrupted by the appearance of Xiang Nan. Apart from getting better, Xiang Nan didn't know what else to do to make up for it all.

Xiangxi below had already mowed the grass, and was waving a sickle and smiling at him, and the amplified voice echoed in the air, "Brother, is the scenery up there nice?"

Xiang Nan shouted back to her, "It looks good!"

Xiangxi giggled, with a sweet smile and a crisp voice, like an oriole in the mountains and forests. Even though its body is small, it has the most tenacious and tenacious soul.

When the two returned home, Mother Xiang had already returned and was busy making lunch in the small, dark kitchen.Walking in to the south, she immediately greeted her with a wrinkled smile on her withered face. She was clearly a woman in her early forties, but the wrinkles on her face were not much different from those of her deceased grandma.

Seeing Xiang Nan take out the big and small bags of cooked food, Xiang Mu smiled and reproached her, "If you have money, you don't know how to buy more food for yourself. Why do you buy these things when you come back?"

Xiang Nan rubbed his nose and smiled, "I happened to be passing by, so I bought it."

Mother Xiang patted her son's arm lovingly, then turned around and continued to work.

The lunch was unexpectedly rich. Mother Xiang killed a chicken and stewed chicken soup for the three children. It was served with stewed vegetables and roast pork bought from Xiangnan. It took up a whole table. This family probably hasn’t had such a meal for a long time. It was a hearty meal, and the smiles on the faces of several people could not be hidden. Mother Xiang first served a bowl of chicken soup for each of the children. The chicken piled up into a hill in the earthen bowl, and took a sip from the bowl to the south. , much better than those sky-high soups in restaurants.Probably the food poured into the mother's love is the most delicious thing in the world.

During the meal, Xiang's mother had been picking up vegetables for a few people, but she was eating fried vegetables in clusters. Seeing Xiang Nan, she put the biggest piece of roast meat into her bowl, "Mom, don't patronize us , you eat too."

He nodded to his mother a few times, and when he lowered his head, the hair on his forehead covered the crystal water in his eyes.

In the memory of Xiang Nan's entire life, he has never treated a woman he called his mother so indifferently and gently. The woman waiting for him to be filial, life is indeed full of surprises, the biggest surprise is that things that you have never even dreamed of, suddenly come to you one day so suddenly and logically.

Xiang Nan stayed at Xiang's house for a day and a half. During this day and a half, he also met several relatives of Xiang's family. They were Xiang's father's elder brother and younger brother. Xiang Nan called them uncle and third uncle. People in this village They are all very simple and honest farmers. I heard that the three brothers and sisters in the south came back. At night, the eldest aunt brought eggs laid by her own hen, saying that they would nourish the children. Of course, Xiang's mother refused to take them. But he was a cheerful person, and he spoke cracklingly as if setting off firecrackers, "The three children came back after a long time. My aunt brought them some food and you still didn't pick it up. Hurry up and take it away in the evening." Give them food, nutrition!"

Xiang's mother had no choice but to thank her and accept it.

After the eldest aunt left, Xiang Nan learned from Xiang's mother that the eldest son also gave birth to two sons, the eldest son went to the army, and the youngest son went to work in Beijing. Qian and Xin don't even see each other throughout the year.

After saying this to mother, she held Xiang Nan's hand, "Xiao Nan, I also hope that you can get out of this poor mountain valley and go out to see the outside world. Your father and I are getting old, as long as the three of you live well , we have nothing to ask for."

Xiang Nan held her wrinkled hand and nodded heavily, "We will, Mom."

After lunch at noon on Sunday, the three brothers and sisters packed up their things and prepared to go back to school. Parents are always reluctant to let their children leave themselves, but they strongly hope that they can break through the shackles that their ancestors have never broken through in their lives. Therefore, every time The parting was pretending to be easy, but when I turned around, my eyes were already wet with tears.

Before heading south, I quietly put the 600 yuan prepared early in the morning under Xiangmu’s comb, and when I left the house, I didn’t forget to tell my father to drink the comb peach powder and peanut powder bought by Xiangmu, and Xiangmu smiled. Nodding, he tidied up his collar for Xiang Nan, and the eyes that were once beautiful when he was young were filled with gentle light, "Your dad and I know, don't worry about us, study hard at school, remember to eat every meal Full." Then he took out a piece of wrapped red cloth that was in his pocket early in the morning and handed it to Xiang Nan, "This is your living expenses for next month."

Xiang Nan pushed it back intact, and smiled under Xiang's mother's puzzled eyes, "I opened an online store and recently made a few hundred yuan, which is enough for living expenses. You and Dad can keep the money, you can Buy some chickens and ducks to raise, and if you can’t finish eating, you can sell them for money.”

Xiang's mother only thought that he was trying to make her happy, and didn't listen to anything until Xiang Nan showed her the money in his pocket.

The woman who never went to school and couldn't even read a few words saw the money in her son's hand, and for a moment didn't know what to say. No one knew her son better than her. He was a smart and honest child. She doesn't know how to follow any evil ways, so she put the red cloth back into her pocket without any further force, and told the children to be careful on the road. Studying is important, but you must also take care of your health.Xiang Fu smiled honestly at the side, years and the burden of life had made his face already wrinkled, but at this moment he still smiled purely and thickly.

After repeating this several times, the three brothers and sisters of the Xiang family finally set off.