Chapter Twelve The Return of Li Liang
A fulfilling life always passes quickly, and the high school entrance exam is about to be taken in a blink of an eye. Even though Li Wei has a heavy academic performance, he has not given up exercising. On Saturday night, Li Wei was doing push-ups while memorizing English words.
While watching the news broadcast, Li Wei's mother said, "Xiaowei, your brother will be back tomorrow. Your dad and I will go to work tomorrow. Remember to pick him up." Li Wei's mother said while watching the news broadcast, while Li Wei was sweating profusely beside her. When she heard her mother say this, she jumped three feet high with joy.
"Really? My brother is coming back?" Li Wei shouted excitedly. Li Liang is five years older than Li Wei and is still in his sophomore year. The relationship between the two brothers is very good. When he was a child, his family was not well-off, and his parents were very busy all day long. It was basically his brother who was taking care of Li Wei because Li Wei was very active when he was a child. His brother was scolded by his parents because of bumps and bumps. Li Wei didn't tie his shoelaces by himself in the first grade. It was his brother who tied it for him. At that time, a slug could often be seen in the school, and he dragged his shoelaces everywhere with a sad face. This situation continued until his brother entered junior high school. There were many things like this. I remember that before Li Liang went to college, the two brothers often fought, but of course it must be Li Liang who gave in to Li Wei. I remember that when my brother was just out to study, Li Wei felt particularly lonely.
When my mother heard that my brother was coming back, Li Wei didn't bother to do push-ups and ran to take a shower. He ran back to the room to clean up the bed for his brother without drying the water on his hair. But when he saw that his mother had already done everything, there was no way, so he could only do it. He had to clean the sheets and fold them, and finally got a mop and drag the house carefully.
Dad joked: "I didn't expect that my youngest son would change his temper today and rush to do housework."
Li Wei just giggled, treating his father's words as wind in his ears. After dragging them, he ran back to the room like a gust of wind, and took out all the ashtray slippers and other things to arrange them properly. After all this, he thought that his brother would come back tomorrow and started giggling again. I really hope that time would be faster.
The next day, Li Wei got up early to exercise as usual. After coming back for breakfast, Li Wei took the vegetable basket to the vegetable market. His mother told her that her brother was studying outside and was so independent and worked so hard that she asked Li Wei to buy some of her brother's favorite food. She came to get off work in the afternoon to cook a good meal.
The vegetable market is filled with people coming and going, and the air is mixed with various flavors. Li Wei secretly thought about what he likes to eat the most, and soon became confident. So he rushed left and right in the crowd and followed up decisively. He quickly bought a lot of things, and then ran home quickly to put them in. He didn't bother to take a breath, so he ran out of the house and headed straight to the passenger center.
Squatting at the door of the passenger transport center, looking at the electronic watch on his wrist from time to time, Li Wei felt that his heart was filled with expectations at this moment, and he only hoped that time would be faster, but time passed as slowly as a snail, and finally realized the meaning of the word "living day is like a year". It really made people feel like an ant on a oil pan. Another semester passed unknowingly. Is my brother fat or thin? I don't know where he is now, and whether he is tired of riding on the road.
Li Wei knew that he must have come early today, and it was not yet twelve o'clock now. The first bus from the state capital was around one o'clock. Today, my father went to the power station below for surprise inspection. My mother said that she worked overtime at noon and asked Li Wei to solve the problem by herself. The problem is that Li Wei was in the mood to eat now. She ate a little pot on the side of the road. Before the car arrived, Li Wei was bored and could only wander around the passenger transport center over and over again with the gradually vicious sunshine.
Finally, in the midst of Li Wei's grinding-like wandering, the first bus finally arrived. Li Wei stared at the person who got off the bus. It felt like scratching a lottery ticket. You know you have a chance to win, but you just don't know what the result was before the answer was revealed.
But until the last person got off the car, Li Wei did not see his brother, which disappointed him. He hung his head and walked out of the station. Suddenly, a pair of powerful arms hugged Li Wei tightly from behind. A very familiar voice in Li Wei laughed and said, "You guy, have you been fooled!"
Li Wei also smiled, but his eyes suddenly turned red. He turned around and looked at the tall and strong man. He said thousands of words in his throat and finally turned into a word, "Brother."
Li Liang was also a little excited. He said nothing and patted Li Wei on the shoulder vigorously. Li Wei took the opportunity to snatch his suitcase and said, "Brother, let's go home."
Li Liang held his younger brother's shoulder tightly and said, "Go and go home."
The two of them seemed to have never talked much on the way, but this does not mean that they would be unfamiliar, because it was a kind of family affection that was thicker than water, just like a pair of chopsticks and a pair of shoes. From birth, they were destined to lose each other and become incomplete. There is really no need to say too much about some things.
The two brothers were in harmony. Li Wei guessed that his brother was almost home on the way, so he must have eaten something and got on the bus. Halfway through the way, he saw the soup in the big pot at the entrance of Xuji Goat House on the roadside, and the fragrance of cooking mutton came to his nose, so he suggested eating mutton. Li Liang didn't say much and took his younger brother in.
However, the boss knew Li Liang, a regular guest, and greeted the two brothers attentively. Soon, two large bowls of steaming mutton were served on the table. The mutton and the mutton belly, which had been finely cut into slices, were emitting a scent of a rash in the soup. A little transparent mutton oil floated on the soup noodles in the green porcelain bowl, which made people's index fingers move.
Then the boss served two small bowls of mutton soup and apologized repeatedly. I don’t know that Li Liang came back today. It was already noon now. The first pot of mutton had already been sold out with soup and water. Now it was the third pot now, but the taste was still a bit worse than that of the first pot. Li Liang smiled and said, “It’s okay, they are all old customers for many years. I wonder how the business was going during this period.”
Li Wei took advantage of his brother chatting with his boss and quickly prepared dipping water for his brother. Li Liang was very picky about dipping water when eating mutton. First, he had to have very numb pepper noodles. Second, he was pounded very fine paste and fresh millet peppers (a very small red pepper, very spicy. Arnold's custom is to chop it directly and put it in dipping water, or just mix the millet spicy with cold rice.), and third, he didn't have bean paste. He thought that adding bean paste would destroy the freshness of the lamb itself. After making the dipping water, Li Wei ran to take a bowl of mung bean porridge for his brother.
"Brother, you didn't eat well on the way, so you must feel uncomfortable in your stomach. Let's drink a bowl of porridge first."
"You kid, why are you so kind to your brother suddenly?" Li Liang asked with a smile, then picked up a chopstick of mutton and dipped it in water. After tasting it, he suddenly looked at Li Wei in surprise and said, "It's not bad, the skills are better than before."
"That's right, your brother is a first-class chef without a certificate." Li Wei smiled and picked up a sheep belly for his brother. He was not polite, so he asked Li Wei to eat it and go home.
In Li Wei's hometown, there is a tradition of diet therapy, which is to use heat to relieve heat. The older generation believe that mutton is a hot thing, but if you give a bowl of mutton in the hot summer, you can expel the heat in the body and sweat from the body after you sweat. Therefore, mutton in the Tibetan East is very easy to sell in summer and winter. Even in the hot summer, you can see people coming and going to eat mutton in the mutton restaurant.
The mutton is very particular, mainly black goats about two years old. In addition, there are many mountains in Tibet, and goats are mainly stocked, so that the mutton is fine and tight and smooth in the mouth. In addition, the carefully stewed, the soup is either as clear as water or as rich as milk. With a few extremely unique seasonings, the fragrance is really wonderful. (These are purely secret recipes, if you want to know, please contact Arnold privately.)
As everyone was bloating with their faces and sweating profusely, they blew it with a fan and then put on a bottle of iced beer. It was so happy that the two brothers couldn't stand it anymore. Li Liang decisively took off his clothes, continued to bury his head and eat large pieces of meat, and drank soup in big mouthfuls. Li Wei was not willing to fall behind and took off his clothes and exposed the muscles that had just appeared on his body. However, looking at his brother's wheat-colored skin, the upper muscles were kneaded and blue veins were exposed, and the muscle groups seemed to be full of endless explosive power at all times. Li Liang moved inadvertently and could clearly see the slender muscle fibers beating happily, and Li Wei couldn't help but feel a little discouraged. It seems that he has a long way to go to become a real macho man.
Li Liang, who was burying his head and eating, looked up and saw Li Wei, and was immediately happy: "The muscles have grown. It seems that you are indeed exercising hard during this period." Li Liang suddenly said in surprise: "Hey, wait, don't move."
Li Wei looked at him with a piece of mutton in his mouth, and asked vaguely, "What's wrong, brother."
Li Liang didn't say anything, but just looked at Li Wei carefully, then stared at Li Wei's eyes for a while, and finally let out a long breath, took a sip of soup before saying, "I just felt that you were a little indescribable than when I went to study, but I looked carefully just now, and I found that not only your body has become stronger, but your pupils have a faint redness. Your personality is all in your eyes. Now I feel that you are much more extroverted, and I am very happy."
Li Liang fumbled in his suitcase for a while, took out a small yellow silk bag and handed it to Li Wei, "This is a gift I brought to you, see if I like it."
Li Wei happily grabbed the bag, pulled the knot and poured out the things in the bag. Wow, it turned out to be a hidden knife. This hidden knife belongs to the waist knife, similar to the size of a dagger. The handle and scabbard are covered with silver. The silver skin is covered with simple and mysterious patterns and patterns. When the knife is pulled out, I only saw the hand-polished knife face shining with cold light and the blade is very sharp. Every boy is born with a yearning for weapons. Li Wei really loves this exquisite hidden knife. In fact, the Yi people also have the custom of bringing swords, commonly known as small plugs, but the workmanship is inferior to the hidden knife. Li Wei has one, which was given to him before his grandfather passed away. Although it was not as exquisite as the hidden knife, it was also very sharp. Since then, he has enough food and water, and the brothers are not convinced to return home.
In the afternoon, my mother returned home early and threw herself into the kitchen as soon as she came back. Li Wei naturally helped her mother. Her brother slept beautifully. After all, it was a kilometers from Rongcheng to the prefecture. Li Liang bought a hard seat ticket because of savings. There were another kilometers from the prefecture to the east of Tiang. The road was naturally very tired. When he woke up, his father had already arrived home. The food was served and the family sat around him. Dad and his brother drank with him. Li Wei and his mother drank drinks and talked about trivial matters about family matters. The brother also mentioned interesting things in the school from time to time, which made Li Wei laugh and the whole family happy. Li Liang enjoyed the strong and insoluble warmth at home. He suddenly said cautiously, "My parents, I want to go back to my hometown to work after graduation."
The parents suddenly trembled, and the mother scolded, "Isn't you a child good at working outside?" Even Li Wei thought silently that he was really reluctant to part with his brother, but he still hoped that his brother could have a better future for development outside. They were all puzzled about this.
Li Liang was silent for a few seconds, and then said solemnly: "My mom and dad, you two are old and not in good health. Dad is about to retire. If I work outside, I can't go home a few times a year. Besides, I'm not at ease with only my younger brother in front of you. He is still young and is about to go to high school. If I come back, wouldn't it be good for our family to be together happily? Besides, taking care of our parents and taking care of our younger brother, isn't this my responsibility as the eldest son?"
The parents were silent. To be honest, how many parents in the world want their children to suffer in a place far away from them? However, Li Liang carries too many expectations from their parents. If they return to their hometown and Tibet is too small, it will seriously affect Li Liang's future development.
Mom said, "Who is there any parent in the world who loves their children and wants to repay? Do it well outside, don't worry, your dad and I." Dad also began to persuade him, but as the eldest son, Li Liang had to consider a lot. What's more, he has been a very strong person since he was a child, which also formed his stubborn side. Until the end, the family said that they would wait until they graduated. After all, Li Liang would not graduate for two years, and he still had time to think clearly.
Chapter completed!