Shengsheng

Find some time and take Xiaoliang Sheng to Beijing for a trip.

Liang Sheng hadn't revealed this idea to the second person all this time. It has to be said that he had hidden it in his own personal plan for a long time.

First of all, it must be a very rare thing for ordinary people to travel these days.

It is different from a person's most basic food and clothing needs such as food and clothing.

At the beginning of 2002, no matter who went to other places in a good manner, he would not say that he went to play by himself.

One is that it is impossible for the usual unit to give a lie because of this kind of thing, and the other is that if it is told, it is estimated that people will talk about this family being lazy and not working hard.

So whenever a person has the opportunity to travel far away.

Either they are on a business trip to do serious business, or the family is just visiting relatives, in short, they will not spend the money on the train ticket well, and go to other places to eat, drink, have fun and travel.

It was also for this reason that at first, when Liang Sheng told Cao Maocai and his wife about his plan to go to Beijing for the Spring Festival, the couple never expected it.

At first, they all thought that Liang Sheng would definitely bring Xiao Liang Sheng back to their hometown in western Guangdong to celebrate the New Year with them this year.

Because the two brothers usually have no other relatives besides them, and the Lin family who are closer to each other, and there is nowhere to go during the Chinese New Year.

For this reason, they also greeted the relatives in their hometown early, and asked the family to make some New Year's goods to entertain Liang Sheng, and they must help him and Xiao Liangsheng treat him as their own.

But who knew, just before going to the provincial capital, at the time when Xiao Liangsheng was taking the final exam, one day, Liang Sheng, who was looking for them alone to discuss matters, unexpectedly told them both.

They may not go to western Guangdong this time, but to Beijing for the New Year, and they will have the opportunity to celebrate the Spring Festival with them again next year.

In addition, he also hoped that during this period of time he could help him keep Xiao Liang's voice a secret, and give the child a surprise when he got home, which made Cao Maocai and Jin Ping a little hesitant to speak.

On the one hand, he and his wife really felt that the capital was a bit far away, and it might not be safe for Liang Sheng, a half-old child, to be taken on the train by Liang Sheng.

Like when Xiao Liangsheng was taken away to other places before, they were also anxious for more than a month, so it is inevitable that they still have fresh memories of the past.

On the other hand, they couldn't help but guess whether Liang Sheng still felt that they were not a family after all, the big guy was just a non-kinship, so they didn't want to follow them to their hometown for the New Year, so they made such an excuse this year.

Liang Sheng seemed to have anticipated the couple's thoughts a long time ago.

Because the big guys have been together by fate for almost a year. From strangers to this kind of relationship that is not related by blood but is better than relatives. After getting along for a long time, some ideas and practices can also be better for each other. understand.

So sitting behind him in the back room with the door closed, choosing to avoid Xiao Liang's voice and discussing things carefully with the couple, he also expressed his thoughts sincerely for the first time.

"Hey, no! You and my sister-in-law really think too much this time...not to say that I don't treat you and my sister-in-law as a family this year, but because I really want to go to Beijing during the Chinese New Year with Harmony, Also let him see the outside world. Originally, I wanted to buy a ticket for you and my sister-in-law, and bring Xiaoting and Xiaobao together. If we have a chance, we can go to the capital to relax, but grandparents in my hometown I'm old enough to know this..."

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"So when you go home this time, you can drive your family car back. It's not convenient to squeeze the train with too many things. It's just the beginning of the new year. You can also bring your grandparents here for a check-up. You can also bring your children to the city to play once. , and that's why I bought so many things and new clothes for Xiaoting and Xiaobao before, and that's why I didn't tell you directly at the time..."

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"To be honest, it's not easy for me to get to know you and my sister-in-law. You gave me a place to shelter from the wind and rain when I was in the most difficult time. The first good meal I ate when I came back to life was you. I gave it to you because you picked me up from poverty, so you two are relatives of my Liang Sheng. But we are not saying that we will not go back to our hometown together this year. After the Chinese New Year, there will be no chance. The family will definitely have a lot of future together Years, so this time, you and my sister-in-law will let me take Shengsheng to Beijing to play once, and let the child finally finish the exam, how about having a good time?"

These words, coupled with Liang Sheng's angry but sincere smile, made it difficult to not move.

When they met for the first time last year, they never forgot Liang Sheng's sad appearance of being poor, having no ID card, no luggage, and wanting to eat even a bowl of rice.

Now Liang Sheng has helped his family get rid of the initial impoverished life, and everyone has been rewarded through their own practical efforts throughout the year, which is mixed with friendship far beyond that of ordinary relatives, which is extremely rare.

And listening to Liang Sheng's good intentions, even under this premise, he still went out of his way to help them think about the problems of the elderly and children in their hometown.

Cao Maocai and Jin Ping also felt warm in their hearts for a moment, they could only nod helplessly, accepting his request for the time being that they should keep Xiao Liangsheng a secret first, and make a surprise arrangement for him together when they get home.

It's just that it's one thing to agree to keep Xiao Liangsheng a secret together, but the couple later suggested that it's okay for them to go to Beijing for fun.

But on the way, Liang Sheng must not be stingy with his children. Children sometimes have to go out to see the world, and they will reimburse them for what they want to eat and play. Take it on the road.

This 2000 yuan, in normal times, Lao Caokouzi, who has lived frugally for a lifetime, is definitely not willing to spend it on himself.

So Liang Sheng, who understood their precious kindness, did not refuse at the moment. He thanked him for accepting it for the child. Later, he really left for Beijing, and he did everything he could to buy Xiao Liang Sheng new clothes and shoes for the New Year.

For Liang Sheng personally, the real meaning of the reason why he made up his mind to take Xiao Liangsheng to Beijing once.

The fact is that many years ago, when he was still an ignorant child, being able to take a train to a place like Beijing to see the real flag-raising ceremony on the city tower was something that could only be imagined in a dream.

I still remember that when he was just learning how to steal things when he was a child, when he was quietly watching TV by the window of others, every time he saw the former soldiers raising the flag, he felt that it was really, really powerful.

The sky is bright, and the looming sun is floating on the Jinshan Mountain in the capital.

In the morning, people stood far away under the flagpole, and the bright red five-star red flag rose slowly in the center of the motherland under the attention of everyone.

On the square where you can't see the side at a glance, rows of soldiers in military uniform walked by step by step, saluting.

That kind of atmosphere that makes people unconsciously reverence and solemnity may be worth remembering for a lifetime for every child who hasn't grown up.

"The golden mountain in Beijing shines in all directions... The chairman is the golden sun... How warm and kind... Illuminate the hearts of the converted serfs..."

Because of this song that swept across the country back then, what Liang Sheng admired most when he was a child were those soldiers who had contributed to the construction of the motherland and guarded the frontier day and night.

Even if he sneaked around and did some embarrassing things later, he never changed his original thinking, and he always respected those who really made contributions to society and the country.

In his eyes at that time, being able to be a useful person to society, like those PLA uncles raising the flag on TV, was the most amazing thing in the world.

So he knew that for the young version of himself who was still in his age group - in a small deep corner of Xiao Liangsheng's heart, there must be a dream exactly like him to go to the outside world.

Because of this incident, before leaving for the provincial capital to discuss investment last time, Liang Sheng privately inquired with someone whether it was good to buy a train ticket to the capital around the Spring Festival.

It happened that the wife of Lao Pang, their factory, was working at the window of the train station.

I heard that he wanted to take his younger brother to Beijing for Chinese New Year and had to buy a train ticket in advance, so I paid special attention to him out of the friendship of an acquaintance.

This time he went home and was busy with the company registration. A few days ago, he didn't have time to ask Lao Pang about the train ticket. As a result, the next day, Lao Pang himself came to the door with two pairs of lamb ribs and the train ticket. him.

"Here! Two tickets! Soft sleeper! Just two days during the Spring Festival and come back after the new year! The upper and lower beds are next to the window. You and Xiaosheng climb down to sleep in the same bunk at night. It is very comfortable and safe to keep on the road, so good Tickets are usually not easy to buy, because the employees at the train station are very tight to get tickets. Don’t worry, you don’t need any cigarettes and alcohol. The most important thing is that the children are happy. Bring them to your home to taste your sister-in-law’s handicrafts and thank her personally It became haha..."

Lao Pang, who had helped him a lot, laughed and said, and gave him two expensive train tickets.

By the way, Liang Sheng also left the pair of lamb ribs that he said were used to make up for Xiao Liangsheng's exam.

He didn't elaborate on how to thank Liang after he was born, but he heard that his business was doing well in the first year, and he didn't say anything about his plan to take his younger brother to play, so he helped out without saying a word.

In fact, what you do these days still pays attention to personal relationships.

Everyone likes to do things that are mutually beneficial to both parties. It is said that everyone values ​​​​interests, but in fact there are feelings, and this is also a very important part of interpersonal relationships.

After that, everyone was so busy at home for a few days.

Because I accidentally heard people who have been there say that Beijing is relatively cold in winter, and southerners used to work hard. If there is a northerly wind blowing on the street, most of them will go home with frostbite on their faces.

So after that, Jin Ping specially told Liang Sheng to pack up many down jackets for the two of them at home. The wool socks were still out, and they were all stuffed into the luggage bag.

For this reason, Lao Cao, who was reluctant to pay for things by himself in 800 years, secretly helped them buy apples, soft drinks, sandwich biscuits, pulp jelly and other children's favorite food before they set off, and put them in plastic bags, just thinking When the time comes, the brothers, one big and one young, can take them on the train to eat.

But at the end of December, Xiao Liangsheng was busy reviewing at home every day, and the pressure at the end of the semester doubled.

It made it difficult for the other three adults in the family who were wholeheartedly preparing to give him a surprise to tell this kind of thing in advance, which continued to increase his psychological pressure.

So after thinking about it, Liang Sheng slapped the old Cao and his wife decisively and decided that the big guys should just hide this matter and wait until Xiao Liangsheng finishes the exam this time.

Regardless of whether he did well in the exams this semester, when he came back, he would definitely take Xiao Liangsheng to Beijing to watch the flag-raising ceremony in the Tiananmen Square that both of them wanted to see.

As for the reason given at that time, it will be said to be a special reward for him after passing the exam.

If you don’t do well in the exam, you can relax your mind and build up your strength to fight again next time. In short, it is to let the children relieve the pressure of studying this semester, go out to play and relax, and go home after a good year.

And on the day when I got the report card from school, when I heard with my own ears that his brother had already asked Mr. Peng for leave to go to Beijing for the New Year, Xiao Liangsheng, who is usually quiet, was completely dumbfounded at that moment. The reaction says it all.

"...Brother, you mean, you said...you want us to travel to Beijing by train together! You even asked Mr. Peng for leave! To climb the Great Wall...to see the flag raising at the Tiananmen Gate... This is, is this true! This!! Is this true!"

"Stinky boy, what are you thinking? Of course it's true. How can I make up a story to lie to you? Hey, if you don't believe me, ask your uncle and aunt..."

"Aunt... aunt, uncle, my brother always lied to me... is it true!"

"Hey, of course it's true. Shengsheng did so well in the test this time. My brother and we must reward you well. How could I lie to you? After you go to Beijing, you must remember to call your uncle and aunt. You need to take more photos on *** Square for us to see..."

"Yes, let my brother wear a military coat and hold a photo in the square. When the time comes, let's go home and find a photo studio to print it out. Two handsome guys, big and small, stand together. The scene must be very special like it was on TV..."

"I don't hold him in my arms to take pictures. He's already a grown-up. What if other photographers take pictures of me that are not as handsome as mine? Haha, you say yes, our family's top student, haha..."

These family members gathered together to try to make him happy and joked, which completely melted the young heart of Xiao Liang Sheng, whose expression was a little silly for a while.

I have never been treated so kindly by anyone in my life. The child who has tolerated it does not know for a moment that his red eyes are happy, grateful or sad.

In short, that day, he was loved and loved by his brother, uncle and aunt in such a trance, and had the happiest dinner of the whole year.

Lying alone in the small bed in the new home at night under the quilt, he couldn't believe that he was about to take the train to Beijing with his brother.

After all, that's Beijing.

There is the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the National Flag Raising Ceremony, Tsinghua University and Peking University, and Beijing, where the World Olympic Games will be held in the future on TV.

He used to watch everything about Beijing only in books and on TV.

In the past, only in his dreams would he dream of that distant Beijing, that city that he couldn't even touch.

It is like the most powerful heart of the motherland. For a child, it has a completely different meaning from other provinces and regions in the country. It is a place that only great people can take.

And thinking this way, like a kitten, he got up and paid attention to the movements of his family members outside the bedroom. The little boy in shorts and vest also carefully pinched his arms and legs under the quilt.

After burying his head in hiss and confirming that it really hurts, he finally made sure that all this happened before his eyes was really not a dream.

This semester, he really passed his own efforts for the first time in the class for the first time in the test, and in the math test for the second time.

He really has the first good friend in his life who supports and understands him—Lin Tong, a classmate who goes to school together, and a teacher who cares and finally recognizes his ability.

He is really so lucky to have the best aunt, uncle, Grandma Lin, Papa Lin, and Uncle Pang. His life finally began to walk out of the haze of being abandoned, and moved to a completely different side.

He also has an older brother who treats him the best in the world and loves him the most - Liang Sheng.

"The golden mountain in Beijing shines in all directions... The chairman is the golden sun... How warm and kind... Illuminate the hearts of the converted serfs..."

Just like that, accompanied by the looming singing from the old-fashioned radio outside the window that night.

Taking advantage of the Spring Festival approaching, Lao Cao Jinping returned to his hometown, and Teacher Peng also gave Xiao Liangsheng a cram school for a small winter vacation. The company and the factory happened to have annual vacations, so Liang Sheng took Xiao Liangsheng to Beijing.

Before leaving home, this silly kid from his family not only consciously packed his clothes and luggage at home.

I also made an appointment with Lin Tong, who was going to his mother's house for the New Year during the winter vacation, to go home and play football together, and even brought two sets of review materials and a weekbook to read when I was preparing to take the train on the way.

The child's plan is not to give up his original plan of reviewing and doing questions during the winter vacation even on the train.

It’s best to be able to do the questions while taking the train, otherwise it would be terrible if Mr. Peng did a spot check before the start of school and found that he didn’t review at home.

In addition, this semester's winter vacation homework has already been arranged to write a weekly vacation diary.

So even though he was ridiculed by his brother for being a nerd for a long time, the stubborn Xiao Liangsheng still stubbornly brought his winter vacation journal and pencil case with him.

And I knew before that their train tickets were bought on this afternoon, and they had to leave for the train station immediately after lunch. Lin Tong even came to his door to see them off.

"Sound! When you come back, remember to bring me a roast duck. I haven't eaten a big roast duck yet!"

"Is the roast duck too big? Will it be too big to eat when I bring it back?"

"If you can't eat it, I will eat it for you too! Remember to bring it back to me! Bring the biggest roast duck that is bigger than a swan! And you must have come back after I came home from my mother hehe..."

"Okay, okay, I will definitely bring you home the biggest and biggest roast duck, pull hook pull hook..."

The two silly boys had such a serious discussion at the door of the house for a long time, and finally Xiao Lin Tong said goodbye to them with his own "roasted duck dream" contentedly.

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January 2003, 1, is one of the traditional Chinese festivals - Lunar New Year.

It was also from this day that Xiao Liangsheng, who was brought by his brother Liang Sheng and carrying his own small luggage, set off from Y City Railway Station all the way, passing through Changping, Maoyuan, Xuzhou and other places, and after that, many Day, finally successfully arrived in Beijing all the way.

During this period, he and Liang Sheng stayed on the train for three full nights.

This is the first time Xiao Liangsheng, as a child, has seen the unknown, real and sinister world outside with such a new perspective in his life.

Along the way, he meets all kinds of people on the train from all over the place.

Some of them are workers returning home during the Spring Festival, some are family members who have gone to the north to celebrate the New Year, some faces are full of joy of family reunion, and some are numb and sleepy, leaning on the aisle of the train, looking into the distance Don't know exactly where to go.

Among them, what left the deepest impression on him was that when they stopped to rest at Maoyuan Station, one of them was sitting in the same carriage with them, but he had no eyes, and only had a handicapped certificate hanging on his chest beside him. A middle-aged man with an erhu and a rice bowl.

[My name is Jiang Mingda, 55 years old, from Tangshan, Hebei Province. I lost my eyesight when I was young, and wandered for many years on the street learning Erhu from others. 】

[Now I want to go home for more than 40 years, and the savings on my body are only enough to sit in Xuzhou. I can’t enter the house and find my mother. I hope that kind people can donate me a dime or two. I will send you a song and give it to someone who is destined. It will be difficult to report for life. 】

This is what this middle-aged man holding an erhu wrote stroke by stroke on the cardboard on his chest.

These days, although it is still early for Liang Sheng's indifferent and estranged contemporary society.

But through reading newspapers, books, and TV programs, everyone has gradually learned that most of the beggars on these trains are fake blind men and fraudsters released from prison.

Everyone obviously knows that this type of person is not worthy of sympathy, and because the chances of being cheated and stolen on the train are high when going out, so everyone does not have any sense of discrimination, just want to see the blind man playing the erhu and playing allegro. Just get out of the way.

So for a while, this middle-aged man who was obviously blind did not have much money in the food bowl at his feet, except for a few dime or [-] cents, no one paid attention to him in the bustling train aisle.

But when he heard that one or two hairs fell into the bowl, the dull middle-aged blind man dutifully picked up his erhu, and he repeatedly picked up his erhu in the car from beginning to end. There is only that one piece of music.

——"Only mother is good in the world"

"...There is only a mother in the world...well...a child with a mother is like a treasure...Mom...Mom..."

In the rear compartment, there was a little girl learning to speak, smiling and singing along to her mother's arms.

Her mother hugged her and praised her daughter in little red cotton trousers with a smile on her face, but she always turned a deaf ear to the hoarse erhu voice not far behind her, and only cared about teasing her daughter.

For some reason, this scene is a bit indescribably heavy.

It's also a bit indescribable that the sound of Xiaoliang who is sitting in a crowded carriage with his brother and his head down eating a boxed lunch is a bit indescribable.

He still doesn't quite understand why the middle-aged man playing the erhu should be avoided in the world of adults, but for some reason, he seems to see some kind of strange things from the adult world in the gray eyes of the other person for the first time. thing.

To my ears, "Only Mother is Good in the World" is still singing in a sad and melodious tone.

Because of this, Xiao Liangsheng suddenly wanted to stand up for a moment, and give the blind uncle all the money in his trousers pocket for buying food today.

What made him feel incredible was that his family had always been foolish, and none of his regular brothers agreed when he found out that he was going to do this, and generously took out two extra hundred-dollar bills from his pocket for him to give to him when he got off the car. The artist who plays the erhu.

So later, when the two of them were carrying big bags and small bags and transferred to another train, the two brothers, one big and one small, also had such a conversation because of this incident.

"elder brother."

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"...Tell me, is the uncle playing the erhu on the train just now really a liar?"

"Haha, I don't know, your brother and I are not police uncles, and I can spot a liar at a glance, but sometimes, Shengsheng, when you grow up, you have to understand a truth."

"……what?"

"People live in this world, and most people are poor people. If you help others today, you will help others tomorrow. Brother himself is not a kind person with endless money. He is a great hero. If today is still a dime in his pocket When there is no money, selfish cheapskates like your brother and I will definitely hide away, but sometimes, people will naturally understand after living for a long time. If a person is really afraid of being cheated by others, Just showing complete disbelief to every stranger around me, not helping or helping, just watching with cold eyes, saying that this world is a bit too miserable, right..."

With a smile on the corner of his mouth, Liang Sheng, who was still stroking the back of his head while speaking, was still a little glib when he said these words.

But for some reason, Xiao Liang's voice, who was still ignorant at first, felt very reasonable after hearing it.

So much so that for the first time he felt that his own brother's personal image was inexplicably elevated, and for this reason he secretly recorded his brother Liang Sheng's "good man and good deed" on the train in his weekly diary.

After that, the two continued to go to Beijing all the way. The bumpy and swaying train was like a distant and meaningful journey in life, and it also sent people from different destinations to their hometowns, and Xiao Liangsheng's weekly diary So I continued to write all the way.

[January 2003, 1, sunny. 】

[My brother and I officially set off from home and arrived in Beijing by train. 】

[The day before, we checked into a hotel that my brother had booked in advance, and went to a restaurant to eat a big roast duck. 】

【I am very full, the roast duck is delicious, we bought it as a gift for Grandma Lin and my uncle and aunt. 】

[On this day, I was actually a little afraid of Beijing, but I was very happy. Beijing is really big and completely different from home. 】

……

[January 2003, 1, overcast. 】

[Today, my brother took me to climb the Badaling Great Wall, and we also saw many foreigners with high noses and blue eyes also came to climb the Great Wall. 】

【The Great Wall is really long and long like its name. I couldn't climb it. Later, my brother had to carry me down, and finally exhausted him too. 】

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[October 2003, 1, sunny]

[We finally got up at four o'clock in the morning to go to Beijing *** to watch the flag-raising ceremony. 】

[This is the place I have always wanted to go to since I came to Beijing. 】

[The security check before going to *** is very complicated. Many uncles and aunts are patiently checking our bags, and there are many grandpas and grandmas who came here with flowers. 】

[There are many, many people who come from other parts of the country to travel like us, but in the end we found a photographer and rented a camera, and took a lot of photos happily. I also talked with the soldiers on guard there Uncle saluted and took a group photo. 】

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[October 2003, 1, sunny]

[Today we went to Tsinghua University. 】

【Originally, I didn't plan to go, because I'm still in junior high school. 】

[But yesterday, when we left after watching the flag raising from ***, my brother and I accidentally picked up a student certificate and a meal card with Shuimu Tsinghua written on it. 】

[I don't know what Shuimu Tsinghua means. 】

【My brother didn't seem to know either. After thinking about it for a long time, he told me something nonsense. He said that he seemed to be a singer, and there was someone named Li Jian in it. 】

[I don't know this Uncle Li Jian, but I think what my brother said is wrong. 】

【Later, we found out that it was left behind by a female college student named Zhang Juan from the engineering department of Tsinghua University after asking the uncle of the soldier who stood guard there, so we decided to return it temporarily. 】

[But after we went there, we found that today Tsinghua University is holding the last national college student mathematics invitational competition before the winter vacation. 】

[This was posted in the big red newspaper at the door. When my brother and I saw it, we also felt that this competition must be very good, so we wanted to go in and have a look. 】

【This is the first time in my life that I have come to Tsinghua University. I know this is a place where many powerful brothers and sisters go to school, but I have never been here in my life. My brother walked across the auditorium with his back on his back. There are many big brothers and big sisters taking exams inside. 】

[I heard that some of them are from Tsinghua University, Peking University, and University of Science and Technology of China. In short, they are all very good. Will I have a chance to study here in the future? 】

【I don't know either. I heard from my brother that if he wants to study here, he has to take the first place in the province. I think my grades are a bit low. If I can pass the exam, Lin Tong will definitely be able to pass the exam. 】

[By the way, when I finished paying back the meal card of that Tsinghua sister and was about to leave, I saw two sentences in the corridor called the Department of Applied Mathematics and Science. 】

[I read it and found it very meaningful, just like the math story about Gauss when Mr. Peng told me in school, so I decided to write down the content of these weekly diaries together. 】

—— "Mathematics is the language of modern science."

——"Welcome all students who love mathematics and science to apply for the Department of Applied Mathematical Sciences of Tsinghua University through their own efforts in the future."