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When Su Shiying of Su Liyang carried Su Wushan home who had fallen on the ground, all he could think about was how to save this poor man, even though he hadn't had enough food for several days.When the daughter-in-law brought out the bowl of thick yellow porridge, the four children, who were already hungry and sallow and emaciated, reached out to grab it. Su Shiying slapped it down, and the little face didn't turn red, but turned yellower.

He asked his wife to take care of this stranger, and came to his elder brother Su Shicai. The elder brother called several brothers and cousins ​​over, and sat around Su Shiying's house, watching Su Wushan half choked and half swallowed a large meal. Bowl of gnocchi.

The Suwu Mountain in front of me is like a dry branch on a big tree in autumn, drained of flesh and blood, leaving only the torso, which was finally thrown to the ground by a storm, and was carried away by the high wind even rolling and crawling.Whether it's the half-scabby and half-exposed flesh and blood on the arm that's missing half of the sleeve, or the obvious ribs exposed on his chest that is struggling to open and close, it is inexplicable that the people present first feel their own. Superiority rather than pity for those in sight.Of course they sympathize with the person in front of them, but the same scene has happened five times, and their numbness to sympathy has risen to the affirmation of their own life, and this affirmation comes from the comparison with the lives of others.

They have occasionally been to the market dozens of miles away to feel the prosperity outside, but they can't reach it, and they can only touch it in their mouths. What they can reach is the center of life, and the center of their life is The appearance of these dozens of families has not changed for decades, and this kind of change gradually makes them feel that this is the original appearance of life.

Su Shiying's daughter-in-law secretly wiped away tears in a corner, as if feeling the power of tears, Su Wushan knelt down in front of everyone, and everyone wept listening to him tell how they were separated by the famine, and only the youngest son was left with him. depend on each other.

It was 1980, everyone was just struggling to stand up, each other was more tolerant and sympathetic to the people and things around them, after a few persuasion, they went back to collect food, the sincerity and trust revealed in their eyes There is no doubt about it, Su Wushan knelt on the ground again with the food in his hand: "I ran so many Zhuangzi, no one believed what I said, only one aunt gave me a bite to eat, and I will never meet you again , me and my son will starve to death"

Su Shiying hurriedly helped him up: "It's fate that we met together. Besides, your surname is also Su. Maybe you were a family 500 years ago. It's not right for a family to help a family." Everyone around laughed when he said that.

Su Shiying stayed with him for one night, and the next day brought a few nests from his eldest brother, and Su Wushan limped away with the food on his back. Fortunately, his son Su Xun was still alive.

When Su Liyang's people occasionally gathered under the big locust tree in the middle of the village, they would discuss Su Wushan and the people in front of him, lamenting the misfortune in this world, but they didn't know what happened to those people afterwards.I can only pray silently that they can get through the difficulties smoothly. Their sincerity seems to have brought benefits to themselves. They no longer feel hungry, and children who have no energy to run and lie on top of adults to listen to stories can actually sleep slowly with.

It’s just a bit of a pity anyway, in addition to longing, it’s also a kind of curiosity, because they rarely come into contact with people and things outside, even if they are full of affirmation for their current life, they still hope to add some oil, salt, sauce and vinegar to their life.They occasionally fantasize that maybe the people before them will come back to see them. Of course, they don't expect them to return anything, even if they say a few words, at least they can add some topics to everyone's life, but the leaves of the locust tree have fallen Long, long and down, but there is no guest from afar.

Maybe it was because he talked too much, and half a year later, Su Wushan came, followed by a small, thin, but very energetic little man.The two were wearing clean clothes. Su Wushan was carrying a bag, holding pots and pans in his left hand, and a candy pasted with red paper in his right hand. The little man was also carrying a backpack, holding a teapot and a Bag of loquats.At noon in spring and summer, everyone took a nap under the locust tree after eating. When they saw the father and son, their eyes lit up and they stretched their necks to look at them.

Everyone was in a stalemate. The person in front of them was like the big brother in the cloth stall in the market. They could only take a look from a distance when they walked over. He was a person who needed courage even to talk to him. Affable and approachable.But they still dare not approach them, for fear that they will stain other people's cloth and have no ticket to buy it.

They sat under the locust tree blankly, seeming to pour their lifelong curiosity into this man. They hoped that he could have some contact with them, so that they could know all the answers to the mystery immediately.

"Brother Shiying", when Su Shiying heard him being called, Su Shiying in the crowd was taken aback for a moment, and stood up in a panic. The shoes were mixed together, and he walked forward in three steps at a time. When he got to him, he still couldn't recognize the simple and honest man in front of him.Instead, it was the big red paper and the yellow-orange loquats that made him unable to move his eyes away.

"you are?"

"I'm Su Wushan. I almost starved to death on the way last year. You carried me home."

Su Shiying slapped his forehead, remembering, he looked at Su Wushan, then at the little man next to him, and enthusiastically led them home, but was stopped by Su Wushan, who took out a bag of sugar cakes and handed it to him , Su Shiying understood, took the candy and walked towards the crowd, everyone rushed forward, and immediately divided them up cleanly, Su Shiying went back with a smile on his face.However, the crowd exploded. They held the candied crisps in their hands as if they were treasures. After eating, they turned their backs to the people and licked away the residue in their hands.The trembling sweetness on the tip of the tongue was like a lightning strike in their hearts, making their faces look a little rosy. They stared at their hands with unsatisfactory satisfaction, and turned their heads to look at Su Shiying's house as they dispersed.

When they got home, they ate something Su Wushan had brought while exchanging pleasantries. Su Shiying asked his wife to quickly call her eldest brother and other brothers.Everyone stood around Su Wushan, each holding a tea mug or a porcelain bowl. Su Shiying's daughter-in-law kept boiling water, and the sugar water in their bowls was added bowl after bowl. A bag of brown sugar was about to bottom out. At that time, he closed the brown sugar and gave it to his sister-in-law.

A layer of yellow-orange peel was scattered on the ground, together with the brown sugar water, a bunch of flies quickly gathered. Anyway, they couldn't stand up in the house, so they simply came to the yard and squatted down against the wall. Su Wushan was caught Shi Ying and Shi Cai sat down on the stone bench in the yard.Su Xun had already run out with Su Shiying's eldest son, Su Xingwang.

Su Shi took a puff of cigarette: "How many years has the kid been seven or eight years old?"

Su Wushan smiled and said, "I will be ten years old next month."

Su Shi nodded, "That's not too much difference. If you want to live, you can live here. I don't expect my fourth brother to come back. He hasn't even heard from him after walking for more than ten years. You and I will come back tomorrow." Just go to the brigade and register."

A voice came from the corner, "You don't need to register. When the brigade took care of us, what can we say? If you go to the brigade, you won't be able to eat for a few days, so why bother?"

"It can ignore us for the rest of its life. In the past, we couldn't keep up with the good and the bad, and the bad days will come to an end. Are you going to fend for yourself?" Su Shicai threw his cigarette bag angrily, and then coughed violently.

Su Wushan quickly helped Su Shicai who was bent over, and it took him a long time to recover.

Su Shicai is the eldest brother of this family and the head of this village, and the only one who has ever left the village, but eventually returned to his own village.He looked at Su Wushan in front of him, but in just one year, there was a huge difference. In this era of extreme material scarcity, looking at the big red cloth and silk brought by Su Wushan and the food stamps in his hand, Su Shi was even more excited. emotion.Perhaps he should have left, but turned back because of these people who were unwilling to take another step out of the village. It was ridiculous to say, just because he was the patriarch, and the ancestors needed him to shoulder the responsibility.

People passed by from time to time outside the door. They were mostly idle and wanted to find out. Su Shicai stopped talking, but Su Shiqun took up the conversation again: "Where is Beijing? Your wife is from Beijing, and you are also from Beijing." of? Where is that?"

Su Wushan tugged at his sleeve and didn't speak, Su Shi went on to scold: "It's been a long time since I've talked about it, what's on your mind."

Su Shiqun chuckled and said, "I didn't understand just now. Brother Wu Shan will live in our village from now on, and we will be a family from now on. There is nothing we can't say, brother Wu Shan."

"Oh, yes", Su Wushan turned his head and said with a smile, but did not answer his question

Someone next to him muttered: "Why is there no one from Beijing in our village? If we came, would we be able to wear that gown?" After that, he pointed to Su Wushan, and the others laughed.

Su Shi thought for a while and said, "When you're free someday, take me to see the crops you planted. I'll help you get them when you're free."

"Okay, brother"

"Your words sound weird, they don't sound like ours, and they have a bit of our accent. Your daughter-in-law taught you?" Su Shi tilted his head and smiled.

Su Wushan nodded embarrassedly and smiled.

After sitting idle for a while, Su Shicai said, "Let's eat and leave, let Wu Shan clean up."

Su Wushan looked at Su Shicai gratefully, then got up and went out to greet everyone.