The neighbors dispersed in the midst of chattering, the excitement was gone, and everyone went back to their homes to look for their mothers.
Li Jianren's family also tidied up a little, then sat down and looked at Li Jianren. Obviously, Li Jianren's performance today was a bit beyond everyone's expectations. The little kid before, the immature Aren, has become today's bold and courageous person.
A decisive man.
Li Jianren was a little embarrassed when everyone looked at him: "Why are you looking at me like this? Although I am handsome, I am not as handsome as the first day. I will be proud of you."
, changing the topic.
Grandma Wang Axiang felt distressed and took a glass of cold water and handed it to his eldest grandson, "Aren, you are not injured anywhere, are you? You child, why are you so impulsive? Just let your grandpa handle it."
"Grandma, I'm fine, I'm fine." Li Jianren took the cup and drank it cold.
The three female comrades were chatting about their family affairs, and Li Ruiqin was taking a nap with his eyes squinted. Li Jianren did not speak at the side, watching and listening quietly with a smile, looking happy. Li Yanping was confused and gave him two
Big eyes.
Time passed quickly, and it was almost evening. Chen Guifang started to get busy preparing dinner. Wang Axiang and Li Yanping helped get pig food and chicken food. As the production team leader, Li Ruiqin strolled to the village committee to see what else was going on. Only Li Jianren was left.
There was nothing to do. He wanted to help, but everyone drove him away in disgust. So, Li Jianren strolled to the intersection alone to see if his father was back.
But after waiting and waiting, it was getting dark, and Li Aiguo hadn't come back yet. Li Jianren was extremely anxious, as if he always had a bad premonition. He walked back and forth at the intersection like an ant on a hot pot, keeping his eyes on
At the end of the road. At this time, he missed the old mobile phone very much. Things that could be solved with just one phone call, but now there is nothing he can do.
"Aren, what are you doing?"
Li Jianren turned around and looked behind him. He saw a middle-aged man wearing a white shirt, gray trousers, and a pair of sandals. He seemed to know him but not very familiar with him: "Waiting for my dad. It's already dark and he hasn't gotten home yet. Please come back."
Do you still have something to do at home?"
The middle-aged uncle, who was familiar with him, patted Li Jianren on the shoulder and said, "Isn't your dad usually coming back around this time? Why are you so anxious! You haven't been to our house to see Keping for a long time."
Hey! Li Jianren suddenly realized that this is the father of Li Keping, his classmate in elementary school and junior high school. He lives across the river from his home. He hasn’t seen him for many years and almost didn’t recognize him. He and Li Keping often played together in their home.
Both parents worked at home and occasionally helped with small jobs, and the family's conditions were average. Li Keping failed to pass the exam after graduating from junior high school. He stayed at home for two years before starting to work. After that, the contact gradually became less and less, and we occasionally saw each other at the end of the year.
"Uncle, what have Keping been busy with lately? Haven't you seen anyone else?"
"What else can I do? I didn't pass the exam. I've been sulking at home. I'm too embarrassed to go out. I'm thinking about where I can find a job to help out and learn a craft or something. Hey, okay, I'm going back. I'll sit down at home when I'm free.
Sit down." After saying that, Li Keping's father Li Chengbing left.
Looking at Li Chengbing's back and recalling Li Keping's previous life experience, it seemed that nothing noteworthy had happened. He had been living an ordinary life. Although his family was not rich enough, he had no illness or disaster, and the family had been living together.
For Li Jianren, this may be the greatest happiness.
At this time, the sky was getting dark. Li Jianren saw a figure riding a bicycle from a distance, getting closer and closer. Li Jianren couldn't help himself. This figure he hadn't seen for more than ten years looked like that.
Familiar, so majestic. He controlled his emotions and seemed to have too many things to say, but when he reached his lips, they only turned into one word. He shouted into the distance: "Dad!"
"Aren, wait here." Li Aiguo rode over with a smile and got off the car, "You know there will be delicious food today, so why are you waiting here? I went to buy some pig head meat and a pig ear to celebrate for you.
Next, celebrate your passing into high school."
Li Jianren held back his tears, took a deep breath, and said happily: "Dad, I'm just waiting for you to eat. Mom thinks dinner is almost ready."
So, the two of them walked back slowly one after the other. Although the distance was not long, Li Jianren walked very happily. He had not walked like this with his father for more than ten years. The setting sun and his father's back were in his mind.
It has formed a system that is deep-rooted and arouses infinite true feelings in him. He cherishes this memory very much.
After arriving home, Li Aiguo took the two dishes to the kitchen, and Li Jianren began to help clear the tables, chairs, and benches. The others didn't feel anything yet, but his sister Li Yanping always felt that Ren was acting strangely today, and she had an indescribable feeling. The younger brother usually just sat there.
While waiting for dinner, he couldn't help with this or that, and his speech became old-fashioned, as if he had grown up all of a sudden, and he was almost unrecognizable.
No wonder Li Yanping felt strange. A person in his 40s has experienced many storms. When he returned to his youth, Li Jianren couldn't adapt to it all of a sudden. He could only adjust slowly and try not to let others feel it, otherwise
It has to be pulled and sliced.
Chen Guifang put the dishes on the table one by one. Scrambled eggs with leeks, stir-fried loofah, and mixed cucumbers were all grown in her own land. In addition, she added the pig head meat and pig ears brought back by Li Aiguo. In the countryside in 1994, there were
Eating meat is considered rich.
At this time, Li Yanping also filled up the rice porridge and brought it over. The family sat at the table, and her father took out a bottle of Fenjinting liquor from the corner, poured a glass for his grandfather Li Ruiqin, and then filled it for himself, drinking it sizzlingly.
Taking the last breath, he said: "Today, let's celebrate Aren. He finally passed the high school entrance examination. You and your sister are both in the same school in the county. Yanping must take good care of your brother in the future."
"Dad, Aren is not a child anymore, he still needs me to take care of him. I still need someone to take care of me." Li Yanping said unconvinced.
Li Jianren chuckled. He actually knew in his heart that his sister just said that. In fact, when he was at school in his previous life, his sister took good care of him. She would take his clothes to wash. She would always leave a portion of any delicious food for him.
The pocket money given by his parents often goes unused to buy him things.
In fact, Li Jianren often has more pocket money than Li Yanping, because when Li Jianren comes back from the holidays, grandma will secretly give him ten or twenty yuan, which she saves from selling eggs. There is no way, grandma always prefers her grandson.
.
Don't underestimate the price of only ten or twenty yuan. Prices at that time were still relatively cheap. Eggs were about two yuan per pound, fried dough sticks were twenty cents each, large meat buns were fifty cents each, and pork was only three yuan or more per pound. However, 94
In 2008, prices also slowly began to skyrocket. Pork prices increased from just over one pound per pound to more than four dollars per pound around the end of the year.
"Dad, don't worry. I'm old now. I can take care of myself. Don't worry. My sister is a girl after all, so it's not convenient for her to come to me all the time." Li Jianren touched his ear with his left hand and looked at his father Li Aiguo and said.
"That's it, isn't it right for a sister to take care of her younger brother?" Li Aiguo sipped his wine and glanced at Li Yanping.
Li Yanping gave Li Jianren a roll of her eyes, said nothing, and fiercely picked up a piece of pig ear and stuffed it into her mouth. She didn't look like a lady outside at all.
Li Jianren also took the opportunity to grab a large piece of pig head meat for his grandma. Throughout the year, unless something happens, he rarely buys meat to eat in the countryside. Even if there is meat, grandma is basically reluctant to put down his chopsticks. The mentality of the older generation is that if they have good things, they will eat it.
I hope to leave it to the younger generation. Even if I eat glutinous rice, I will be very happy to see that the younger generation can eat and drink.
Grandpa didn't talk much as always. He drank a small amount of wine and chewed a piece of loofah. As the production team leader, whenever someone in the production team had something to do, he would be called over to have a meal. When he was asked to help, he would always be given a bottle of wine, a few packs of cigarettes, etc.
.So my grandfather’s life was quite comfortable. Although his income was not high, he always had a surplus.
The family talked in a nonchalant manner about what happened in the afternoon, and Li Jianren was busy taking a lot of meat in the bowl to his grandmother and mother.
After eating, we took a short rest, tidied up what needed to be packed, and walked around when needed. Li Yanping and Li Jianren went for a walk to eat and drink. There was no way that the younger ones were always taken care of, and they ate the most meat.
"Aren, what's the matter with you? You look weird today." Li Yanping is a girl who is a bit more sensitive after all. She has been with her brother day and night, and they have been having troubles since childhood. They are too familiar with each other, so she said directly when she had something to say.
"It's nothing. I just had a long dream during my nap at noon. I dreamed that I grew up, worked, and got a wife. Then my grandparents, parents, got old, sick, etc. Of course, you also get married and have children.
Oh, haha!" Li Jianren said to Li Yanping half-truthfully.
"That's nonsense, you're just dreaming about a big-headed ghost!" Li Yanping's focus was directly on getting married and having children, and she took a swipe at Li Jianren.
Haha, the little girl is still embarrassed. Oh, no, no, she is a sister. She can no longer treat her with the mentality of a middle-aged uncle in her previous life. She has to change. Li Jianren thought to himself.
He took a walk with his sister Li Yanping, then went home to take a shower, and then lay on the bed. There were too many things to consider in his mind, and what to do next. He needed to make plans to prevent what happened in the past from happening again.