It was a dilapidated old train, it was already a long time just by looking at the age, and on the train, in the fourth carriage, there were many young people sitting, some young people in gray coats were holding their luggage and dared not Let's go, there are also some girls with two braids, the youngest looks to be only sixteen years old, and the oldest is only in his early twenties. Some of them are excited about the future, while others look depressed.
The people in this car are all from Kyoto to the countryside. Since the policy was changed, every family needs someone to go to the countryside. This year is 1976, and there are quite a few people going to the countryside this time. full.
Xiao Qingrong was wearing a black top, sitting there with a cold face, looking not to approach, but a boy who looked a little handsome couldn't help but glanced at Xiao Qingrong, and started to strike up a conversation.
"Student, are you also from the countryside? Hello, my name is Mu Yingjun, because my ancestors have always been soldiers, so my name means heroic general, how about you?"
Mu Yingjun is that kind of tough boy, on the surface it looks the same, even if he is sitting there, he is still a big guy, and he still has a bit of a silly smile, and now he is taking the initiative to talk to Xiao Qingrong.
Although the handsome classmate next to him looked unfriendly, Mu Yingjun always felt that the other party should be a good person. There are many brothers in his family. This time, as the eldest brother, he will naturally take the lead when he goes to the countryside, but he does not care about going to the countryside. Afraid, after all, he is in good health, even if he goes to work in the countryside, he can still endure it. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at the man in front of him. The man in front of him was too thin. Being in the same village as him, we can take care of him.
Xiao Qingrong turned his head sideways, then looked at Mu Yingjun, met Mu Yingjun's big gray teeth, and gave an answer.
"Xiao Qingrong."
With this answer, Mu Yingjun became even more excited. He didn't know what a birthmark was, and he was very familiar with it. Hearing this name, he hurriedly praised it.
"Your name is really nice. You can tell it's a good name as soon as you hear it. I'm nineteen years old. How old are you?"
Mu Yingjun's eyes were shining when he smiled, and his dark eyes gave people a sense of trust.
"Twenty years old." Xiao Qingrong said an age, although this body definitely didn't look over twenty.
"Ah? Are you older than me? Then I'll call you Brother Xiao. Brother Xiao, I also went to the countryside. If we can get together, that would be great. I can see that you are a very good person." People who get along."
Looking at Brother Xiao in front of him with a smile, Mu Yingjun felt that it would be great if he and Brother Xiao got together, Brother Xiao looked very reliable.
"..." Xiao Qingrong was a little surprised, and glanced at this man with a silly smile.
"Brother Xiao, can you eat an orange? I brought it here specially at home."
Like magic, Mu Yingjun took out an orange from his bosom, handed it to Xiao Qingrong, and even peeled off a corner graciously, those who didn't know thought they knew each other before getting on the train.
Someone at the side was secretly watching the two of them, Xiao Qingrong took the orange with a cold face, and then showed his beautiful and slender fingers, the fingers with clear bones were as slender as jade, one could tell at a glance that they had never done farm work at home hand, Mu Yingjun praised unconsciously.
"Brother Xiao, your hand is too pretty, right? It's the most beautiful hand I've ever seen."
A girl at the side also sneaked a look over. After seeing Xiao Qingrong's hand, she couldn't help but look down at her own hand for comparison, only to find that her hand was not as good-looking as a man's hand, and she felt a little self-imposed in an instant.
Xiao Qingrong peeled off the orange peel meticulously, held the whole orange peel in his hand, and was thinking where to throw it, when Mu Yingjun stretched out his hand.
"Give me the orange peel. When the time comes, we can take it to the countryside to dry it in the sun, and we can drink the water from the orange peel."
In this era, any material is expensive, including an orange peel.
Putting the orange peel in the opponent's hand, Xiao Qingrong continued to peel off the white veins on the orange, and then the whole orange turned into an orange-yellow one in his hand, which looked even more beautiful, and then he peeled it off Half of it was given to Mu Yingjun.
"Eat?"
Mu Yingjun didn't want to eat oranges at first, he just wanted to take out the oranges to make friends, but seeing the peeled and beautiful oranges, he nodded for some reason, and when he realized it, the half of the oranges It's already in my hands.
Looking at the clean orange in his hand and Xiao Qingrong eating the orange, he felt that they were all human beings, how could people be so different from each other
This orange is in my hand, it looks like it has been spoiled, but it happens to be in Brother Xiao's hand, and it looks very good.
But brother Xiao is so particular, what if he gets to the village
Although the people around looked over secretly, Xiao Qingrong kept a cold face. Mu Yingjun was so big that they didn't dare to come over and talk to him. The little girl beside Mu Yingjun couldn't help it when she saw the oranges Mu Yingjun ate. Swallowing, he was so thin-skinned that he didn't dare to ask Mu Yingjun, so that Mu Yingjun couldn't see that he wanted to eat.
In fact, even if Mu Yingjun saw it, he wouldn't give it to him.
My grandfather said that making friends depends on eye contact. Some friends get along many times, but they never get along. But some people, as long as they meet for the first time, they will have a sense of trust and want to get close to each other.
Mu Yingjun felt that he saw Brother Xiao at a glance, and wanted to help Brother Xiao with work, so he definitely wanted to be friends with Brother Xiao, as for others? Grandpa said that only one good friend is enough! It's useless to ask for so much...
As if after eating this orange, the relationship between the two of them would be much better, so Mu Yingjun began to chatter.
"I have a lot of brothers in my family. My father is the fourth child of my grandfather. Later, my father and my mother had four children. I am the eldest, and I have two younger brothers and a younger sister. This time I went to the countryside. I took the initiative to come, anyway, I am big and able to work, and I will not suffer in the countryside, but my parents gave me a lot of good things, and I will secretly bring them to you when I get to the place."
While talking, Mu Yingjun lowered his voice, afraid that others would overhear. Xiao Qingrong was extremely calm about the familiarity of this person in front of him. It was his first time riding such an old, noisy and dirty train, and he was in a bad mood. Well, this time listening to Mu Yingjun speak, it can divert my thoughts.
"Brother Xiao, you can tell at a glance that you have never worked. You must be very favored at home, right? How did you go to the countryside?"
Mu Yingjun continued to gossip, and Xiao Qingrong couldn't let him talk alone.
"Response policy."
Given the four-word answer, Xiao Qingrong thought of the reluctance of the Xiao family before he came here. The situation of the Xiao family is actually very good. , Yimai went abroad directly and kept everything in the Xiao family. Those who stayed in the country were only the elders of the family, and Xiao Qingrong's biological parents both went abroad. As for why his own son didn't go.
This involves some secret affairs of the Xiao family. The decision to go abroad was decided by lottery. Except for the old Xiao family who had gone abroad to take root abroad before the founding of the country, the Xiao family who stayed in China was also following the policy of going to the countryside. Before, there was a second batch of people who went abroad.
At that time, Mr. Xiao and Grandma Xiao of the Xiao family asked the sons of the family to draw lots, and one of the family members who were lucky could go abroad.
But at that time, Xiao Qingrong's parents won the quota to go abroad. As the third son in the family, he just got married and his child was born. Originally, Xiao Qingrong's parents didn't want to go abroad, but Mr. Xiao hoped that his son could do something abroad. Career, so Xiao Qingrong's parents could only bid farewell to the Xiao family with tears in their eyes.
It's just that no one thought that the second daughter-in-law of the Xiao family also gave birth to a child at that time. In order to make her son have a better future, the second daughter-in-law of the Xiao family directly replaced the child and let her sister-in-law hug her His own son has left the country.
It was when the old lady Xiao was taking care of the child that she discovered the birthmark on Xiao Qingrong's waist, and only then did she know that Xiao Qingrong was the third son's baby.
After the incident broke out, the second daughter-in-law of the Xiao family could only kneel down and beg her mother-in-law, and finally set a rule that the second child of the Xiao family should give his salary to Mr. Xiao every month, and then half of it would be compensated to Xiao Qingrong.
Although it was the 1950s at that time, the second child of the Xiao family earned more than 80 yuan a month, which can be regarded as a good family. Thinking of his son going abroad to live a good life, the second child of the Xiao family could only agree to his father's wishes .
After that, Xiao Qingrong was raised under the knees of Mr. Xiao and Mrs. Xiao, and saved a lot of money every year. Until this year when he went to the countryside, Mr. Xiao had saved money for twenty years, and he had a lot of things to think about. Once he went to the countryside, Xiao Qingrong brought two hundred yuan with him, and Mr. Xiao still sent him something every month.
Mr. Xiao is smart and has channels. After his son went abroad, he hid the antique calligraphy and paintings at home. No one knew where they were. He also secretly bought several courtyard houses in the capital. After coming out, the Xiao family got some connections, and now there are three courtyard houses under Xiao Qingrong's name alone.
Why did such a good family go to the countryside
But it turned out that the elders of the Xiao family had many children, so they were targeted. They wanted to go to the countryside in response to the national policy, but the cousin of Xiao Qingrong's family helped repair the house and broke his leg. It is not Xiao Qingrong's turn to talk about this matter. However, the uncle took good care of Xiao Qingrong since he was a child, and it was he who took the initiative to stand up and say that he would go to the countryside for the children of the uncle's family.
The policy had been changing over the years, and the Xiao family heard some rumors, so they were willing to let Xiao Qingrong go to the countryside. Even so, the whole family of the Xiao family was very reluctant to part with it.
By the way, Xiao Qingrong's parents have lost contact with the domestic side since they went abroad, and they don't know what's going on outside, and the second uncle and second aunt who confessed wrongly, because they were ashamed of Xiao Qingrong, they have loved Xiao Qingrong all these years. Plus, it can be said that it is better than the children born later, and the money is given willingly.
Because of this, a twenty-year-old man like Xiao Qingrong, apart from studying or "playing" at home, did not look for a job or do any work at the age of twenty, so he was raised as a man with ten fingers in the sun.
"That's it, Brother Xiao, you really are this!"
Raising a thumbs up, Mu Yingjun's face was full of admiration. You know, when it was their turn to go to the countryside, how many people in the family were crying. Uncomfortable, seeing such a "active" response to national policy now, of course I am full of admiration.
With Mu Yingjun as a living treasure, the journey was not so boring. In addition, when it was hot, Mu Yingjun took out a big fan from his luggage and fanned Xiao Qingrong with him alone. The air was fanned away.
This train will take more than a day. At noon, in order to save food, few people eat. Xiao Qingrong took out two cans and handed one to Mu Yingjun.
"Is this good stuff given to me?" Mu Yingjun was shocked holding the glass bottle. You must know that this canned fruit is a rare item. Only relatives can eat it during the holidays. You have to buy it in a big shopping mall.
"Let's eat."
Xiao Qingrong nodded, then opened the can, took out a spoon and began to eat the can. He was never one to treat himself badly. This time, when he came out, there was nothing in the luggage at all. It was all food, jerky beef and pork jerky, and bottled Canned food and goat milk, these were prepared by the Xiao family.
I wanted to say that I was reluctant to eat this good thing, but in the blink of an eye, I saw Brother Xiao eating it, and Mu Yingjun couldn't eat it anymore. After opening the can, he smelled the sweet smell of the can, and his eyes narrowed instantly. Although he is a big man, he also likes to eat canned food! This canned food is a rarity, and he used to only be able to sweeten his mouth.
The appearance of the two eating canned food made other people couldn't help but sneak a look at it, but everyone didn't have the face to ask what they wanted to eat, so they could only swallow their saliva and watch the two happily eating.
To be precise, Mu Yingjun ate happily alone.
Xiao Qingrong didn't feel much about canned food. Xiao Qingrong would never drink the sugar water inside after eating the fruit pulp.
On the other hand, Mu Yingjun snorted and ate all the fruit pulp and sugar water. He couldn't wait to lick the inside of the bottle...
Xiao Qingrong looked at Mu Yingjun with his head sideways, but felt that this man was very funny and didn't care much.
Mu Yingjun looked a little embarrassed, and said, licking his lips.
"Although the conditions of my family are not bad, but there are many children in the family. I usually eat a piece of this thing when I take it back. I have to let the younger brothers and sisters below make you laugh."
With a silly smile, Mu Yingjun screwed back the cap of the can, and put it in his package, planning to ask the flight attendant to get some water, so that he could drink sugar water after putting it in.
"...It's okay." Suddenly felt that this era was quite simple, Xiao Qingrong didn't know, there was a little more smile in his eyes at this moment.
Afterwards, the two were still sitting there. Xiao Qingrong was holding the can in his hand, thinking about throwing away the can, but seeing Mu Yingjun's behavior, he knew that it might not be very good for him to throw it away. Holding the can, thinking It's too sweet in my mouth, I still need to drink some water later.
Mu Yingjun also felt that he was ashamed in front of his new friend, but fortunately the new friend didn't care, and secretly looked at this new friend, Mu Yingjun realized that Brother Xiao didn't seem to want to eat this canned food, and it felt uncomfortable to hold it
I laughed at my own thoughts, everyone likes canned food these days, and there is so much sugar water in this canned food, everyone must like it, but Brother Xiao seems a little uncomfortable
In the end, his heart came over, seeing Xiao Qingrong holding the glass bottle, Mu Yingjun couldn't hold back his mouth.
"Brother Xiao, don't you want to eat this can? If you don't want to eat it, give it to me. This syrup is so sweet. I like this syrup the most."
It was the first time for Xiao Qingrong to be begged for food like this, and he felt strange, but the canned food in his hand was passed to Mu Yingjun.
Mu Yingjun took it with a smile, then twisted the lid of the can again, and then took out a bottle from his bag.
"The sugar water just now was a bit too sweet. I went to the flight attendant to fill it with water. Brother Xiao, do you want some water? Have you brought a bottle? I'll fill you up with water."
Mu Yingjun, who was most unaccustomed to being indebted to others, felt that he had nothing to give Brother Xiao, but seeing Brother Xiao seemed a little bored, he took the initiative to talk about watering.
Only then did Xiao Qingrong nod, and then took out a stainless steel bottle from his bag and handed it to Mu Yingjun. It looked very different from Mu Yingjun's army green military bottle.
"Thank you."
With a smirk, Mu Yingjun went to fill the water with two bottles, and after a while, he came with the two bottles and his luggage. Only then did Xiao Qingrong realize that Mu Yingjun had a full Mi Baduo, looking at the tall and burly man, no wonder no one around him dared to talk to him.
At this time, thinking about the expressions of the people around him, Xiao Qingrong realized belatedly that apart from the desire for food, there was also some sympathy in the eyes of these people...
Probably because Xiao Qingrong was threatened by this big guy.
This result makes people feel very funny.
"Here, the water inside is a little hot, let it cool down before drinking."
Mu Yingjun handed the bottle to Xiao Qingrong, then sat down again, feeling even more that the meeting between him and Brother Xiao was just what his grandfather said? hit it off
Xiao Qingrong opened the bottle, and started to drink hot and cold water. After a while, he started to drink the hot water. After drinking it, the taste in his mouth was no longer so greasy.
In the afternoon, Mu Yingjun made fun of him, listening to Mu Yingjun talk about some things that happened in his family, I also thought it was quite good, so it continued until the evening.
It was getting dark, and when I looked out of the train window, it was pitch black outside, and I couldn’t see anything at all. People around me started eating, although some meals were also provided on the train, But no one bought it at all, and everyone was reluctant to eat a dime meal. They all ate the food they brought, most of which were black and yellow buns. It is made by mixing a lot of multigrain noodles together.
The sky was getting dark, and Mu Yingjun was also hungry, so he took out his dry food from his bag, he was still fine, Bai Momo, but it was a little hard since morning.
"Brother Xiao, do you want to eat?" Mu Yingjun shared his food, but Xiao Qingrong had no idea about this kind of white steamed buns.
"I won't eat it, you can eat it."
He finally bought some food in the car, which was very cheap, but even so, everyone around him secretly looked at Xiao Qingrong, knowing that Xiao Qingrong seemed to be rich.
There is also a lot of food for ten cents these days. You know, you can buy a large piece of meat for twenty cents.
There is a large bowl of meals, including meat and vegetables, with rice underneath, which is very affordable.
Looking at such a big stainless steel basin, Xiao Qingrong felt a little stressed. He didn't eat much, but he didn't expect so much food for a dime.
"I can't finish it, do you want some?"
Turning his head to look at Mu Yingjun, thinking that the other party would like to drink his leftover sugar water, he probably wouldn't mind sharing the meal together.
Mu Yingjun, who was eating white steamed buns, was taken aback for a moment. He was really embarrassed to take advantage of it, but after seeing Xiao Qingrong's straightforward eyes, he nodded for some reason, and took out a stainless steel dining jar from his package. , and then Xiao Qingrong got more than half of it for Mu Yingjun.
The two ate quietly afterward, turning a blind eye to the people around them. Even so, Xiao Qingrong still managed to finish the food.
As for Mu Yingjun, he ate these happy meals happily, and looked forward to sharing the same village with Brother Xiao, otherwise, Brother Xiao would definitely not be able to work when the time comes because he is so delicate and tender. Don't you want to starve? He has nothing to give brother Xiao, so he can only do work for the younger brother.
After eating, Mu Yingjun took the bowl away and washed it, and then returned it to the flight attendant.
"Brother Xiao, I'll take care of your luggage tonight, you just need to sleep."
Although they all went to the countryside, it is easy to lose things on the train, and they should be careful. Mu Yingjun thinks it is okay to look at the luggage.
And Xiao Qingrong didn't say much, just nodded, understanding.
This night, Mu Yingjun's eyes were wide open, and he watched everyone passing by him several times. Naturally, nothing happened, and this carriage was much safer.
On the second day, Xiao Qingrong's legs were a little numb, but he could bear it. After another eight hours of driving, the car finally arrived at the destination at three o'clock in the afternoon. As soon as Xiao Qingrong got up, he was supported by Mu Yingjun .
"Brother Xiao, I'm strong, I'll carry your luggage for you!"
After he finished speaking, Xiao Qingrong was not pretentious, and handed the luggage to Mu Yingjun. Afterwards, the educated youths all got off the train and saw the village leader who picked them up outside the train station.
The village party secretary of Anning Village shouted a few names vigorously, and there happened to be Xiao Qingrong and Mu Yingjun among them. The two walked over and learned that the two were separated together.
"Brother Xiao! Now we can work in the village together!"
Mu Yingjun was excited, and then they got on the tractor together and drove towards Anning Village.
At the same time, in Anning Village, because they learned that a new educated youth was coming today, many people waited and watched at the entrance of the village. One of the women was holding a little girl who looked less than four years old. Yes, but very far away from the crowd.
Some women in the crowd gathered a glance at the mother and daughter, curling their lips.
"Why is this shameless woman standing here? Is it possible that she wants to seduce the new educated youth? I don't even look at what I am, a broken shoe dares to have thoughts about the educated youth who came down from the big city, I think it's so cheap very!"