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Zhao Laosan, or Cheng Zhuo's second uncle's house is farther away than the residence of the two of them. If they take other roads, they can save a little distance.

The conscientious and responsible Third Uncle Zhao originally wanted to send the two of them home, but Yuan Yu said that he would lead Cheng Zhuo to identify the way, and asked him to put them at the fork in the village and go back earlier.

Cheng Zhuo got out of the car with his three big bags, thinking that the bags had been left on the cart that had been loaded with vegetables, so he didn't dare to rub the bags against his body.

Yuan Yu shook her school uniform, and looked carefully at the traces on the street lamp next to her.

Cheng Zhuo said speechlessly: "Look, you don't think it's dirty."

"No, I'll see if the color has rubbed on." Yuan Yu said, "If it doesn't rub off, I won't wash it tonight, and I'll wash it tomorrow."

What is the difference between washing tonight and washing tomorrow?

Cheng Zhuo glanced at the village where the insects could hardly be heard, and said something extra: "Everyone is asleep, you should wash it tomorrow."

Yuan Yu smiled and didn't answer.He put back on the school uniform he had shaken off, carried his schoolbag, and beckoned Zhuo Cheng: "Come with me."

He chose the easiest road, making as few turns as possible, and when it was time to turn, he would point out to Cheng Zhuo any recognizable marks on the corner.On the road in the village, the street lights are far apart, and a large part of the road is dark, and the surrounding area is so quiet that only the footsteps of two people can be heard.

Their footsteps were different.Yuan Yu is wearing a pair of old-fashioned white sneakers, the style is like an improved version of the kind of military shoes that Cheng Zhuo remembers to wear during military training. The soles are hard and the sound is louder; , almost silently when you step on it.

It is not his bragging to say that the shoes can be changed. He bought the same pair of coconuts in two colors, and used two pairs to make a pair of shoes with different colors for the left and right feet. It is very extravagant.

At a certain intersection, Yuan Yu stopped, pointed to a closed wooden door on the left, turned around and said, "This is the candle shop your aunt mentioned."

Cheng Zhuo looked up.

This door is in the middle of two street lights, it's a bit dark, but Cheng Zhuo's eyesight is good.Yuan Yu guessed that he was looking for an easy-to-remember sign, and hurriedly said: "The row of wooden doors here all look the same, so it's not very easy to remember, but this one is a store, and the others live. If you come during the day, just There are stalls here, so it’s easy to identify. If it doesn’t work, just write down the house number.” Yuan Yu pointed to the top of the pillar by the door, where a dark metal plate was nailed, with printed white characters “No. 233” written on it. ".

A candle shop with house number 233, Cheng Zhuo felt like he could laugh for a year with this sneer.

"How much is it to call here?" Cheng Zhuo asked.

"1 cents per minute, if you play faster..." Yuan Yu paused, "Oh, you are not short of money."

Cheng Zhuo doesn't care about 5 cents, but his mobile phone plan is 1 cents per minute.

At that time, I greeted his father five or six times in my heart.

"Let's go."

Going forward is a familiar straight road, and Cheng Zhuo recognizes that this is the road in front of grandma's house.

There was a little orange light at the end, and Cheng Zhuo's scalp suddenly went numb.

"My home is here." Yuan Yu pointed to a nearby house and said, "I'll... go back first. The place where the light is on is your grandma's house, can you walk there by yourself?"

If you can see the lights and see the road clearly, how can you not walk.

Cheng Zhuo waved his hand: "Go back, I can go."

"Then I... let's go," Yuan Yu said, "Exercise..."

"..." Cheng Zhuo laughed, "Tomorrow?"

He thought that Yuan Yu's activeness must be a good thing, but he never thought that the other party suddenly paused, and changed the subject: "...forget it, let's talk about it next time... when we meet. I'll go back first, Bye-Bye."

After Yuan Yu finished speaking, he left, and his steps were much faster than before.

Cheng Zhuo watched his figure enter a door by the side of the road, and waited for a while, but the lights in the room were not turned on.

……strangeness.

He shook his head and walked towards the place where the lights were on.

The door of grandma's house was still open, when Cheng Zhuo stepped in, the old lady was sitting at the table with her head propped up, she seemed to be falling asleep.

The little aunt and uncle are not there, I don't know if they haven't come or have already left.Cheng Zhuo thought for a while and called out, "Grandma, I'm back."

The old man was awakened, babbling and talking.

Cheng Zhuo didn't understand anyway, so he didn't plan to listen hard, he just said his own: "I'm back, you go to sleep, I'll go to bed after I wash my face."

After speaking, he carried the three bags upstairs and threw them on the floor of the second floor.

He bought an electric kettle, hesitated for a few seconds between boiling water to wash his feet, or stop tossing and go to bed, then went downstairs with the kettle in his arms, and scooped water into the water tank.

There is an outlet where the lights are connected on the second floor. He bought a power strip and plugged it into a kettle to boil water, and quickly took out other urgent needs first.

There was boiling water, and he went downstairs to brush his teeth and wash his face.After washing, he went upstairs and waited a while for the water to boil. He poured the hot water into his newly bought thermos bottle, and went downstairs with a new basin to wash and fetch water.

After holding back for a whole day, he finally let him wash his feet.

Go downstairs and pour out the footwashing water, Cheng Zhuo went back to the house.

He was about to go upstairs, but it was wrong to think about it, so he stopped to see how grandma closed the door.

Although he considers himself to be a piece of barbecued pork with no respect, there is no reason to let the gray-haired old man wait for him to sleep every day.

He decided to study how to lock the door.

Locking the door is simple, as long as you look carefully, you will be able to read it once.After locking the door, grandma looked back to see that he was still standing there, as if a little surprised, and asked him what he was doing with gestures.

"It's nothing." Cheng Zhuo said, "I'll lock the door next time. You should go to bed early." Before grandma could respond, she went upstairs with a plastic basin and closed the stairs.

He bought a small alarm clock and batteries, and after two days and one night away from his mobile phone, he could finally see the time anytime again.

The boiled hot water can be kept warm for a long time in a thermos, and it can still be drunk. He bought some tea bags in that Century Hualian to serve as drinks.Originally, he wanted to buy a drink, but it was too heavy. He planned to move to the town after he got familiar with the situation.

The pajamas, pajama pants and slippers are all newly bought, other odds and ends, Cheng Zhuo simply put them out, planning to tidy them up tomorrow.

He fumbled in his pocket, and stuffed the remaining 900 yuan into the drawer, where he put it together with the bank card he threw in.

Speaking of bank cards...

Cheng Zhuo looked down for a while, and thought, before the 900 yuan was spent, he had to find a bank in the town and apply for a savings card.

It is really cheap to buy a train ticket to go home by yourself, so since you want to live here, 900 yuan is not enough.

Cheng Guangzong wanted to leave him with Yang Huai, so he couldn't just give him such a small amount of money.

His eyes turned cold, he snorted softly, and closed the drawer.

Go to bed and have a good night's sleep.

……

Yuan Yu tiptoed into the house, not daring to breathe when unloading her schoolbag.

Just as he took off his schoolbag and was about to breathe a sigh of relief, a beam of light suddenly flashed behind him.He trembled all over, and turned around suddenly, only to see a middle-aged man holding a flashlight, looking at him coldly.

The beam of light shone on Yuan Yu's body, the man's tone was blunt, speaking in dialect: "You still know how to come back?"

Yuan Yu straightened up embarrassingly, stood upright, put his hands on both sides, and pulled the clothes on his body.

"I have no objection if you want to do good deeds. Have I ever said that you can't delay the work at home? You want to study, and you don't need to do the work during the day, and then? You don't do the work at night?" The more the man said, the more serious his tone was. , "Then what book are you reading?"

Yuan Yu put his hands behind his back and used his nails to pick the flesh on the palm of his hand. The tingling pain could make him feel better at this time.

"I was wrong..." he said awkwardly.

"Today it's just the three of us working in the field. Your mother and sister are both women, and your father can't work for a long time. Do you know that?"

"Know……"

"Originally you came back to pick up your sister's shift, and your sister could come back to wash clothes and cook, but what happened? I didn't wash my clothes today! The work in the field is not done yet!" The man scolded, "Usually you go to wild me Regardless of you, when you are rushing to plant! What are you thinking about in your head?"

The man took two steps forward—it was only when he walked that he could see that his left leg was a little limp—after a careful look, he cursed again: "What are you rubbing on your clothes? Where are you going wild?"

"Just a little mud," Yuan Yu wiped the dirty place with his hand, "I'll finish it after I wash it tomorrow."

"Tomorrow? You wash it for me now." The man pointed at him and said, "You are not allowed to go to school tomorrow, and go to the ground when you get up! When do you finish the work that you didn't finish today? go to school."

Yuan Yu suddenly raised his head, his eyes widened: "Father, can I do it when I come back tomorrow?"

"You come back to do tomorrow's work! Tomorrow, I will make up for today's work! Go to school, go to school, what's the use of going to school! It's just to idle around and not work! I'm so spoiled by your reading! Now, After you put it on, go to the laundry! Go to bed after washing!"

After the man finished speaking, he turned off the flashlight, turned around, and limped back to the house.Only the moonlight was left in the living room on the first floor. Yuan Yu clenched his hands into fists, and it took a long time for his eyes to adapt to the light.

He sniffed, only to realize that his eye sockets were a little wet, and he raised his hand to wipe them all over.

Do you regret it?No.

The more this happened, the more he wanted to go to school, and the more he wanted to take the exam in the city.The "scholarship" or "student loan" that Cheng Zhuo mentioned today rekindled a fire in his heart, revived those thoughts that had been gradually extinguished.

How can studying be idle?

Could it be that if you read it as a migrant worker, the income is not better than going to the ground?

He has seen a lot of brothers and sisters, and they are all richer than when they were in the village. At that time, his father obviously praised those people for their achievements.

Yuan Yu wiped his face clean, quietly went back to the house to find a set of clean clothes and trousers to change into, hugged the dirty school uniform, and went to the backyard to wash the dirty clothes piled up by his family.

At worst, he would not sleep tonight and work all night. No matter what, he would go to school tomorrow morning.

The Cheng family's light finally went out, it was the last light in the village.

The moonlight sprinkled all over the earth, and even the dogs crawled into the nest.Yuan Yu took a bucket of water from the well, poured it on the laundry table with a "wow", and raised the mallet.

The author has something to say:

Some young friends may not know that 233 is the emoji number of Mopu Forum in the early years, an emoticon of pounding the ground and laughing, and later used to refer to laughing.The incense and candle shops sell things that worship Buddha or burn to the dead.

Grabbing seeds: Grabbing is rushing against time, and seeding is the kind of sowing.