On the train, an unpleasant smell filled the air. The Chinese New Year is approaching, and there are only a few trains, so the hard-seat carriages are full of people. The seats were full, and there were people leaning on the sides and lying down with newspapers spread out under the seats. The joints of the carriages were also full of people. Even the door to the toilets had people queuing up at any time.
It is dark outside, but the lights in the carriage are still bright. Li Anguo and Chen Xingbang sat in the middle, Li Junfeng and Li Junshan sat outside, and at the end were two strange young people. They were also wary of the four Li Anguo and spoke very little along the way.
Late at night, Li Anguo and Chen Xingbang fell asleep on the table. The six-seater table in the hard-seat train carriage was slightly longer than the four-seater table, but it could only reach the middle position. Li Junshan and Li Junfeng in the outer seats could not How to lie down, Li Junfeng leaned on Chen Xingbang's back inside, while Li Junshan covered himself with the lining of his coat with both hands, and fell asleep with his head raised.
Then he felt something strange happening on his body. When he opened his eyes slightly, he saw a short middle-aged man leaning on the chair next to him, pretending to rest, but in fact his hand was already in his arms. Stretched.
Li Junfeng suddenly became angry!
Although I have no money in my pocket, I am trying to hit myself. Is this bullying me, a man from East Henan, who is heartless?
He closed his eyes slightly, let go of the coat he was holding, clenched it into a fist, suddenly turned around, grabbed the opponent's stretched out wrist with his right hand, and hit the opponent's cheek hard with his left hand!
The middle-aged man screamed and fell over.
Unable to relieve his anger, Li Junshan stood up and kicked Li Junfeng. When he woke him up, he turned around, held down the middle-aged man and beat him hard.
After a few punches, he felt someone pulling him, but the strength of the pull disappeared immediately. Li Junshan didn't pay attention, punched the opponent a few more times, and spat at him to relieve his anger. stood up.
When he turned around, he discovered that Li Junfeng and Chen Xingbang were dragging another person there and beating him. Li Anguo also stood over. There was another person in the corridor holding a short knife. Li Anguo held a large shovel used by big workers in his hand. No one took action, and they just stood still.
"We admit defeat!" The man holding the dagger looked at these people and shouted: "Let's go!"
After saying that, he put away the dagger and ran towards the connection between the carriages. go.
Several of his accomplices also got rid of Li Junfeng and the others and left with bruises and bruises.
This fight woke up many people. Some people began to exclaim that they had lost money, some people's clothes were cut, and some people were thankful that they had escaped.
Li Anguo and the others hid the money when they left. With four strong laborers together, they were not worried about being stolen. But now it seems that things are not that simple.
The flight attendant came over and asked about the situation. After learning that Li Junshan and the others had fought with the thief, they came over to ask about the situation. For those passengers who were stolen, he could only say that they should report the situation to the police and the train conductor. As for whether the money could be recovered, the conductor did not hold out much hope.
After all, there are too many people on the train at this time, there are too many stops along the way, and there is no surveillance or anything, so it is too difficult to find people.
“Let’s take turns sleeping for a few nights. Just hold on for these few nights.” Li Anguo thought for a while and said, “It will be better during the day. At night, two people sleep for half the night and two people sleep for the next half of the night. It’s better to wake people up all at once.”
It would be much better to take turns.
This is also a last resort.
The day passed without incident. Because there was a night theft incident, everyone was very careful and no thieves came at night.
As we approached the middle station, everyone's vigilance dropped, and something happened again.
A group of people noisily blocked the carriages on both sides and closed the doors. Two people controlled the flight attendant who came forward to question him.
The leader held a dagger in his hand, and seven or eight people began to search each person one by one.
"Hurry up, hurry up, we're almost at the station! Hurry up!"
This is a bit arrogant!
Li Junshan and the others were located one-third of the way, and they were about to be found. The two juniors looked at Li Anguo, waiting for him to make up his mind.
"No! Bring out the shovels and tile knives!" Li Anguo whispered, "Go to Chang'an Station immediately. There will be police outside the station. They won't be able to hold on for long! As long as they don't dare to come up all at once , we have to wait! Drag them to the main station, I don’t believe they dare to drag them to the parking lot?”
This gave Li Junshan their backbone, and several people took out large shovels from their black bags. , tile knife and other tools, hold the tool and lean inward. The two strange boys looked a little dumbfounded at this posture, but I didn't expect these four to be quite fierce!
"If you two are not with them, get under the bottom!" Li Anguo said to the two young men, "Otherwise I will hurt you later, and I'm sorry!"
The two young men Immediately huddled under the chair, Li Anguo and the four of them huddled in the seat against the wall of the carriage, two facing the outside and the other facing the opposite seat.
The gang noticed them immediately, and four or five people gathered around them.
Li Junshan took a look and was fortunate that these people did not have guns in their hands.
“Friend, what do you mean?” The leader gestured with a machete, “Do you want to bump into some of us?”
Those guys who were searching and approaching the passengers to take out their money gathered around.
Just when the onlookers thought a war was about to begin, a dramatic scene occurred. Li Junshan could remember this for a lifetime and tell his children and grandchildren for decades.
The two young men who had crawled under the chair arrived at the outskirts at some point, and together with several other passengers, they knocked down the money grabbers.
It turned out to be plainclothes.
There will be no big deal later. Before the plainclothes escort left, he thanked Li Anguo and the others for gathering these guys together.
After getting off the train, Li Anguo was still wondering. Nothing happened when he went to Northern Xinjiang, but he encountered two incidents when he came back. Is this a trait that attracts thieves?
It’s better to go home quickly.
The railway station square has a large flow of people and the temperature is much higher than that in Northern Xinjiang, basically around zero degrees.
But after leaving the station, Li Junfeng couldn't help but wrap up his clothes tightly and said:
"It's so cold today! It's damp and cold! It feels like even when Xiao Haizi fishes, he doesn't feel the same. This cold...it’s so uncomfortable!”
"Let's go have lunch and then take a ride home. I've only been eating Beijiang food in the past few months. I miss the food here a little." Chen Xingbang didn't have any big ideas about this. The place was different and the feeling Naturally it is different. He was mentally prepared before getting off the train.
"Hey, does it taste different?" Li Junfeng felt less cold as soon as he heard what he was eating, "What to eat?"
"Braised noodles, what else can I eat? ?" Chen Xingbang said with a smile.
"Medium."
"Medium!"
Li Anguo didn't say anything. He could go home today. Although he had a thick pile of banknotes in his arms, he suddenly felt a little unhappy when he stepped into this world.
Bei Xinjiang is very good, because even though he has only stayed for a few months, he can see that in the village where the eldest brother and the younger brother live, there is no preference for sons over daughters. It is normal for a family to have two girls. There is a family that has three girls.
Xiaolong’s partner only has a girl in his family, so she also came over.
Li Anguo has two daughters. In this village, traditional values are very strong. If he does not give birth to a son, his branch will be broken.
It won’t mean that the family will be wiped out in the future, but it will always feel like a pity if it is cut off.
Those who have daughters in the village will basically give birth to sons, even if they are born after birth.
If Li Anguo wants to be reborn, he will be reborn.
There are many children in the village who have to pay fines, so he went to Northern Xinjiang to hide and earn money from the fines.
Chen Xingbang is similar to him. He only has one daughter now and plans to have another.
Although Li Junfeng is young, he is lucky and has given birth to two sons, so he is happy.
At noon, I ate noodles in the city, then went to the bus station to buy a ticket and sat home.
The four of them got off the bus from the local area to the county and walked towards the village - this road is still four miles away from the village where Li's family is located, which is only two kilometers, not too far.
“It’s better to walk here.” Although the road leading to my hometown is not an asphalt road, it is basically a gravel road, and there are many people walking there. There is no snow now, so it is convenient to walk. From time to time you can meet familiar people.
In comparison, it is better than Northern Xinjiang.
That’s why Li Junfeng felt this way.
"Everyone has his own merits." Li Junshan felt different, and the snow in Northern Xinjiang looked comfortable. Thinking about the damp and hard quilt when he returned home later, he felt uncomfortable.
The stove in Lao Mahao is so comfortable!
It’s a pity that we can’t think about it in a short time.
There is no grass on the roadside, and fallen branches have been picked up. These days, anything that can be turned into firewood reasonably and legally is basically impossible to keep. Unlike the wasteland in northern Xinjiang, which is full of shrubs and dead branches, this place feels much "cleaner".
I met more and more acquaintances, including children. I greeted them all the way and returned to the village.
Knowing that they had returned from northern Xinjiang, many people stood at the entrance of the courtyard to watch the excitement and ask a few questions.
Before coming back, all four of them changed into new clothes. The inside is a new cotton-padded coat, a labor protection garment bought by the supply and marketing cooperative, and the outside is a torn cloth, which Liang Yuemian and Sister Lu made in a hurry.
My feet are made of cotton rubber shoes, and they are actually a little warm now.
But comfortable!
Everything is new, and the bags in his hands are all big and small. It is obvious that this is the rhythm of making money.
"Didn't you say that the second son of the Li family took people to work in a place where people eat sand in northern Xinjiang? It seems strange that they are taking advantage of the money!" Someone asked.
“Who knows if it’s just a pretense?” Some people have an inherent impression, “The bitter cold in the northwest, a place where prisoners are sent to reform through labor, what kind of a good place can it be?”
“That can be said. No. "Someone analyzed rationally," When the old man of the Li family comes back, the money spent is not fake. Is it several hundred dollars spent in the past six months? I heard that the boss of the Li family sent money in the tens or hundreds before. Can the money be faked?"
Stop talking.
Watching these four people "swaggering through the market", I felt quite envious.
The first family members to come over were Li Anguo’s two daughters, the older one was eight years old and the younger one was five years old. Both of them were wearing patchwork clothes and pigtails. Their faces were red and bloodshot from the cold, but they looked When his father came back, he was very excited and held Li Anguo's arms, helping him carry his bag.
Li Anguo didn't let him carry it. The bag was heavy and there were things for the old man in it.
Li Anguo, Li Junfeng, and Li Junshan live in the same village, and Chen Xingbang’s village is less than a hundred meters away.
Li Qingxia already knew that his second son and son-in-law were back. As an old man, he naturally couldn't come out to greet her, so he waited at the entrance of the courtyard, feeling a little restless.
Du Chunfang sat at the door of the house, watching him keep going out to take a look, and couldn't help but said:
"What are you afraid of if you just go and greet him if you want to? That's your son. If you don't want to welcome him, you'll die." Just stay still, he will be the first to come see you when he gets home."
That's true.
Li Qingxia didn't have much other experience. He felt that he was just a bad old man from a rural area and had nothing to show off. The only thing that was more gratifying was that his children were relatively filial.
He was eager to see Li Anguo, and more importantly, he wanted to hear what Li Anguo and the others were like during the winter in northern Xinjiang.
Li Jianguo called over and mentioned more than once that he wanted the two elders to live in northern Xinjiang for the winter. He didn't want to go there before, but after staying there for a few months last summer, Li Qingxia felt that it was really good there.
Although there are many old friends here, the winter is really difficult. It is cold and cold. I cough from time to time and feel like my lungs can be coughed up.
Old Bones feels uncomfortable!
This made him miss the sun in northern Xinjiang very much. The summer sun was so hot everywhere!
Old people are afraid of the cold, and Li Qingxia is no exception. He is hesitating whether to go to Northern Xinjiang, so he wants to hear what Li Anguo has to say.
Without letting Li Qingxia wait too long, Li Anguo brought his things to the yard where the old couple lived.
"This is the money that the elder brother asked me to send you. This is the honey and wine that Xiaolong brought to you." Li Anguo brought the things together and said with a smile, "The elder brother said that you should move to Northern Xinjiang. Go, it’s cold here.”
“It’s hot over there?” Du Chunfang wondered, “It’s snowing over there. Is it colder than here?"
"There is a stove and a fire wall!" Li Anguo explained, "My eldest brother brought a truck of coal and burned the stove every day. Can I wear unlined clothes..."
"How much does a truck of coal cost..." Du Chunfang said distressedly. We can't afford coal here, so we can only use briquettes mixed with loess, which cost a few cents a piece.
"Coal is cheap over there. A ton of coal costs twenty or thirty yuan. One ton! Two thousand kilograms! If you don't want to burn coal, you should know that there are firewood everywhere in the wasteland..."
"This trip makes money. Are you done?" Li Qingxia asked.
“I made a profit.” This is what Li Anguo is most proud of, and he hasn’t even had time to tell his wife yet.
"Just make money." Li Qingxia looked at Li Anguo's new clothes and understood, "It's quite a lot."
"That's right!" Li Anguo sighed, "Xiaolong is very capable. , took the four of me a lot, and in the past half year, I made... hundreds of dollars!”
He didn't dare to say that he got almost a thousand.
I never dreamed that I could make so much money!
"Xiaolong... can do anything." Li Qingxia couldn't help but smile as he thought about following his youngest son to chop poles in the mountains.
He asked in detail about winter life in Northern Xinjiang. After Li Anguo returned, Li Qingxia couldn't sit still in the yard.
Du Chunfang carried the honey, wine and other things into the house and put them away. When he came out and looked at Li Qingxia who was wandering in the yard, he couldn't help but smile and asked:
"Do you want to go to Northern Xinjiang? It's not easy to buy a ticket at this time."
"Oh." Li Qingxia thought to himself, there was no such thing at that time, it would be better if he didn't come back.
When Chen Xingbang returned home, his wife Li Xia had already heard the news and had been looking out at the courtyard door. When she saw him carrying the bag, his daughter Hongqin also ran over to greet her father.
Hongqin is five years old and has not yet gone to school, but she already knows that she has kissed her father. Chen Xingbang has been gone for a few months recently, and she misses her father very much.
Looking at Hongqin’s patched clothes and the dilapidated yard, Chen Xingbang had the urge to move away - he had earned enough money to build a new house in less than half a year with his brother-in-law in Northern Xinjiang. Now back here, if there is no new income, all this money will be spent in less than a year.
Think about the life you lived in Northern Xinjiang, where you had meat to eat every day, wine to drink from time to time, and money to spend. What about now?
"Come in quickly, the food is almost cold. Let's nap first." Li Xia didn't ask her husband how much money he earned. She asked her husband to fill his stomach first.
I have eaten on the road, but the food at home is still different. What Li Xia brought was corn noodle cake, fried cabbage with a few oil stars floating on it, and a large bowl of batter with chunks of sweet potato in it. There is also a plate of black dried sweet potatoes on the table - this is the couple's usual staple food.
"Come on, Hongqin, Dad bought you something delicious." Chen Xingbang opened the bag, took out the sesame cakes and chicken cakes he brought back, put them on the table, and opened them for his daughter to eat.
"Just have one piece." Li Xia said hurriedly, "Those who have eaten for lunch, stay and eat slowly."
"It's okay. If you make money this time, you will have something to eat later." Thinking about how I ate delicious food every day in Beijiang Horse House, and rarely had any rough food, while my wife and children ate this hard-to-swallow black food. Dried sweet potatoes, Chen Xingbang had the urge to punch himself.
“You can’t spend money recklessly when you make money.” Li Xia has a frugal temperament, “The Chinese New Year is coming soon, so why don’t you spend money to buy things for your parents? You also have to wear clothes for your younger siblings. ? You are not allowed to spend money?”
The parents Li Xia mentioned were Chen Xingbang’s parents-in-law.
My daughter is about to go to school, and she has to prepare money. Spending money is required everywhere.
"It's okay, I made a lot of money this time." Chen Xingbang emphasized again that he didn't say much because he was worried that it would be bad if Hongqin heard it and said it.
This place is different from Northern Xinjiang. There are people with pinkeye, people with bad intentions, and people who think bad things.
Be careful!
"By the way, Hongqin, I also bought you a doll! I went to the department store to buy it for you to see if it's pretty!"
"It's so beautiful!" Hongqin had never expected to have such a beautiful doll. She hugged the toy and refused to let go.
Children are so easy to coax.
"There's also yours." Chen Xingbang looked at his wife, "Xiaolong bought a piece of jade in Wucheng, and I gave it to you. Take a look..."
"And me?" Li Xia's impression My little brother is still a boy of thirteen or fourteen, a little squeamish, a little stubborn, and doesn't talk much.
Can you make money now?
Are you so sensible?
Chen Xingbang told Li Xia about Li Long.
At home, Li Junfeng was also telling his wife and children about Northern Xinjiang. Although he was the protagonist, Uncle Xiao Long was still an important role that could not be ignored.
At this time, the story of the youngest son of the Li family spread in the village.
This is what Li Long didn't expect.
Legendary +1.(End of this chapter)