Yu Li has basically never been out of Sijiu City since she was a child.
During these few days in the village, Li Bowen took her around every day. But it’s winter now and there isn’t much scenery.
Even so, Yu Li's interest was still very high.
Time flies by, and soon it’s New Year’s Eve. More than a dozen members of the family sit together to eat New Year’s Eve dinner, listening to the sound of firecrackers outside. The only drawback now is that there is no TV. There was no party, so I felt a little bored.
In the past, I always complained that the galas were getting boring and uninteresting, but it was more or less a sound. But now, there is no sound at all, so I can only sit around and chat.
After lunch on the second day of junior high school, Li Bowen and the others were preparing to return to the capital. After getting along with each other for the past few days, Chen Qiao and Yu Li had become very good sisters. Chen Qiao took Yu Li's hand. Hand: "When you are fine, come back and play with me!"
"Hmm, I will come over to see you when I have a rest. You should also pay attention to your health at home and take care of yourself. Good baby in the belly!"
Looking at the harmonious two sisters, not only Li Bowen, but also the grandparents and uncles and aunts all showed a satisfied smile: "Okay, okay, let Bowen take care of me more often in the future. When Yu Li comes back, we have to leave quickly, otherwise we will miss the bus!"
It was still Uncle Li Dahe who drove the mule cart to take them to the county seat, watching the car drive slowly. After leaving the station, Li Dahe waved his whip.
Winter time is relatively short. It was just after five o'clock in the afternoon, and the sky gradually darkened.
Li Dahe drove the mule cart slowly on his way home. There were no pedestrians on the road. This road connecting the county town and the village was about ten miles long, and it seemed particularly long and silent at the moment. .
Suddenly, he noticed a figure lying on the ground on the roadside not far ahead. After getting closer and seeing clearly, he quickly grabbed the reins, jumped out of the mule cart and walked over.
When I took a closer look, I found that it was a middle-aged man in his forties wearing tattered clothes. He smelled strongly of alcohol and was holding a small bundle tightly in his arms.
"Oh, how much wine did you drink?" Li Dahe couldn't help but sigh.
He carefully helped the drunk man up and asked with concern: "Brother, it's not good for you to lie on the roadside like this! Where do you live?"
< p> The drunk man opened his eyes vaguely, as if he heard Li Dahe's question, but he seemed to be just talking to himself. "Over there...Shenjiazhuang!".Li Dahe knew Shenjiazhuang. It was not far from where they were, about seven or eight miles away. But to reach Shenjiazhuang, you need to turn west at the fork in front of the road, while Li Dahe's village is located a few miles to the east, in the completely opposite direction.
If we send him back, it will probably be midnight if we go home. But if we don’t send him back, he will freeze to death in the cold weather for one night without anyone caring about him, let alone A few days ago, there was a turmoil in this area.
"Where did you go to drink? Why didn't anyone come to pick you up?" Li Dahe asked the man again, but there was no answer, and the man began to snore.
We have no choice but to watch him die outside. We can only move the man to the mule cart. There is still a quilt on the car to cover the man. Then we drive the mule cart and turn east. go.
By the time we arrived at Shenjiazhuang, it was already completely dark. I went to a nearby house and knocked on the door: "Please come and see, who is this person in the car from your village?" Yes, I saw him on the way, drunk, lying on the side of the road."
The man from that family came out, held up the light and went to the cart to observe carefully: "This Aren't you a wilted old man! Why are you so drunk?"
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"Okay, wait a moment, I'll get some clothes!"
The man from that family quickly put on his coat and walked out: "Come with me!" < /p>
Li Dahe chatted with this person on the way. This person's name was Shen Shugen and Shen Laowen. They were brothers who had just graduated from Wufu. Shen Laowen was quite popular in the village. He lived with three daughters and one son, but his family's conditions were poor. After a while, the man was still wondering. Shen Laowen had never seen him like drinking. Why did he drink too much and fell on the roadside.
The village is not big. After walking for about ten minutes, I arrived at a low and dilapidated adobe house. The entrance to the yard was a wooden gate. The man knocked on the door and shouted inside: "Zhao Di, you're at home, come out soon!"
I heard a response from inside the house. Soon the wooden door in the house opened and a girl came out: "Uncle Gen, there is something wrong. ?”
“Your father drank too much and was sent back after being seen!”
The girl ran out quickly and took a look at Shen Laowang in the car. , then turned to Li Dahe and bowed: "Thank you, uncle!"
"You're welcome, you're welcome. I also saw him lying on the roadside. He would have been frozen if he slept all night. Come on! Get your dad into the house quickly!" Li Dahe waved his hand and said don't worry.
It was impossible for a girl to drag him with her strength alone. Li Dahe and Shen Shugen had no choice but to help Shen Laowen lie down in the house.
Shen Zhaodi followed to the main room and said a little awkwardly: "Uncle, I don't know how to thank you. Why don't you sit down and rest for a while, and I will boil a bowl of water for you! Uncle Gen, please accompany me. Uncle, take a rest, I’ll boil the water!”
Li DaheOriginally he didn't want to stay here, but was stopped by Chen Shugen, who offered him a cigarette and asked him to sit down: "Brother Li, please sit down. Logically speaking, you brought Lao Wei back, so I have to give you a thank you gift, but you Look at the situation in his family, it's not a big deal to drink a bowl of water!"
Li Dahe smiled and shook his head: "No thanks, it's just a casual thing, and you can still watch him do a big job! People are lying on the roadside!"
Then he looked at the bare-walled adobe house and couldn't help but ask: "The production team doesn't distribute food every year, why is his family living like this? It’s difficult!”
“Hey, don’t mention it. The old wife had a child with a disease, and her health has been bad. She has to take medicine and see a doctor frequently. She has spent a lot of money, but she still left, leaving only one child. The butt is famine, and the old man is left with four children. How can this life be better? "
Li Dahe nodded, there is really something wrong with it, as long as there is a patient in the family, there is A mountain of gold can be spent on you.
Soon the water boiled, and Shen Zhaodi came in with a pot and placed a large bowl in front of the two of them, with a few pieces of tea leaves in it: "There is still a little tea at home, and it doesn't taste very good. , Don’t mind!”
“Don’t be so polite, I’m really thirsty too, a bowl of water will be just fine!” Li Dahe said as he didn’t want to embarrass others.
Shen Zhaodi smiled, and before she could say anything, she heard the sound of Shen Laowen vomiting in the room, and hurriedly ran into the room: "I'm going to see my dad first!"
House After vomiting a few times, Shen Laowang may have woken up a little, and the two of them heard Shen Laowen crying from inside the room: "My daughter, daddy is sorry for you! Dad is sorry for you!"
The two looked at each other, what's going on?