As he got closer and closer to home, Cheng Jiemin suddenly felt a sense of being close to home. He saw the river at the entrance of the village from afar. The river surface was frozen, like a prisonered silver snake lying stiffly. The whole village had a particularly gentle sadness and desolation, which made people feel sad. The firewood pile at the entrance of the village was like a pile of enlarged mushrooms, standing quietly on the wheat field; the crooked tree at the east end of the village seemed to be a watcher...

It was already dusk, and the adobe house with scattered heights, rising smoke, like shadow puppets, peaceful and quiet, the breath of the house hit him, making him look at him. Cheng Jiemin suddenly remembered a popular song: Come back, come back, come back, the wanderer wandering around the world. His eyes began to moisten, oh, this place where he gave birth to him and raised him makes him dream!

Some people have already started to make fire and make dinner, and Cheng Jiemin's heart is filled with happiness. This warm and fishy New Year, this big piece of meat and big bowls of drinking is getting closer and closer!

"Bang", a small cannon exploded not far from Cheng Jiemin, and several naughty children rushed out of the alley excitedly.

"Where is Jiemin? It's a holiday?" A young man in his thirties greeted loudly when he saw Cheng Jiemin.

When Cheng Jiemin saw the man, he hesitated for a moment, he warmly greeted him and said, "Brother Jinbao, it's a good New Year. Are the New Year's goods at home ready?" As he spoke, he quickly took out the Hongta Mountain for the New Year, took out one and handed it over.

Hongta Mountain, which costs twenty yuan a box, is also good cigarettes in Tianyuan City, not to mention in the countryside. A man named Jinbao took the exquisitely made cigarette and took a look, put down his nose and smelled it, and said behind his ears: "Be good, this is good cigarette. It must be bigger than Jin Zhong. When will you come back?"

"You're just here." Cheng Jiemin knew that Brother Jinbao was reluctant to smoke this cigarette, and was probably planning to smoke it in a crowded place.

After greeting people on the street, Cheng Jiemin came to his doorstep. Two dilapidated wooden doors were built with brick and earth underneath.

"Second brother, you are back!" Little Lingdang ran out of the house like a cheerful bird and hugged him.

Looking at the sister who grew taller again, Cheng Jiemin laughed and said, "Oh, I haven't seen each other this year, Xiao Lingling has grown into a beautiful little girl!"

When the old couple saw the second son come back, their walnut skins wrinkled and immediately smiled into two flowers. In their opinion, their dear son did not leave home for a year, but for five years, as if he had returned from the end of the world.

"Dad, Mom!" Cheng Jiemin looked at the two faces that were filled with joy and were filled with the marks of time, and was a little choked.

"It's great to come back." Cheng Xigui immediately came to the table and said with a smile: "Go to the stove and be warm."

The hot brown sugar water, coupled with the cheerful laughter of Xiaoling, the whole house was filled with a breath that made Cheng Jiemin intoxicated. He told him about his affairs in the Water Resources Department. Of course, what he said was how much the leader attached to him. Going to Kuanyang Township to support agriculture is a powerful proof: the department leaders and organizations are training him.

When Cheng Jieguo heard that Cheng Jiemin was supporting farmers in Kuanyang Township, he smiled and said, "It's great, it will be convenient to go home in the past two years."

Cheng Xigui put down the Hongtashan in his hand, then pinched a golden cigarette from his pocket and lit it: "No matter where he is, he has to do it well."

It finally got dark. Ren Jiani made a table of dishes, cut thick pork head meat, oily meat eggplant, and a pot of carrots and mutton. The familiar taste made Cheng Jiemin's appetite.

The three of them were drinking, and Old Man Cheng seemed very happy. He just picked up the cup and simmered it in one bite.

"Erwa, you can't forget your roots when you have a promising future. You can't forget your brother. Your brother is a good baby! After talking about it, people must have a self-knowledge. If you live high, you will go to a higher place and live low, you will have to press the lower ones..." After drinking a pot of wine, Old Man Cheng was obviously drunk.

"Well, dad, the second son just came back, let him take a break!" Cheng Jiemin couldn't help but tremble when he heard his brother's promise. What's going on?

After running around and getting drunk, Cheng Jiemin fell asleep while lying on the bed. After waking up from thirst in the middle of the night, he thought of finding some water to drink, but opened the light rope but found that his brother was not on the bed opposite.

I looked at the time on the pager. It was already past twelve o'clock in the evening. My brother had drunk a lot of alcohol. What did he do?

Cheng Jiemin suddenly remembered what his father said at the dinner table. What's wrong? Is something wrong?

After putting on his clothes in a few seconds, Cheng Jiemin walked out of the hut. The cold air outside made him instinctively shudder. Looking around, the dark night was shrouded.

Where will my brother go at this time?

Just when Cheng Jiemin felt embarrassed, he found that there was a spark of Mars on Gaogang outside his yard. After hesitating, Cheng Jiemin walked over there.

"Shit slala..."

A strange voice came over, Cheng Jiemin was startled, and then he realized that this should be the sound of the radio.

Taking advantage of the sparks of stars, Cheng Jiemin found that his brother was squatting on the hill, lit the sparks of cigarettes, making his face light and dark. Cheng Jiemin coughed lightly and said, "Brother, why don't you sleep so cold?"

Cheng Jieguo was stunned for a moment, then stood up and said, "Oh, I was a little bored when I drank, so I ran here to have a breath of wind."

While speaking, Cheng Jieguo turned off the radio. Cheng Jiemin felt a little more confused as he watched his brother be surrounded by darkness under the night sky.

What wind came when I ran here in the middle of the night? After hesitating for a moment, Cheng Jiemin kindly hugged his brother's shoulder and asked in a low voice: "Brother, are there anything at home hiding from me?"

"It's okay, what can I do?" Cheng Jieguo waved his hand and said, "Let's go home and sleep."

After returning to the house, in just a moment, Cheng Jieguo's snoring sounded on the bed opposite. However, Cheng Jiemin couldn't sleep at this time. He was sensitive and felt that his brother and even his parents were hiding something from him. But what was going on?

Cheng Jiemin couldn't help but start to touch the notes on the New Year's Eve in his heart, but unfortunately, he didn't remember much about the period when he went home for the New Year. There was only one sentence in Cheng Jiemin's notion, that is, after drinking a lot of wine, my brother liked drinking so much.

There must be something in it!

When Cheng Jiemin woke up from his sleep in the morning, there was no one on Cheng Jieguo's bed there. Looking at the cleanly cleaned small bed, Cheng Jiemin quickly got up from the bed.

After washing his face with cold water, Cheng Jiemin went back to the room to find a comb. But when he saw the comb with rootless teeth left on the table, he couldn't help but shake his head. It seemed that he needed to borrow a comb from his sister.

Just as he was about to find the little bell, Cheng Jiemin's eyes fell on the mottled table that was said to be the dowry table when his grandmother got married. He seemed to remember that there was a small round comb in this drawer last year.

Let that girl sleep well, don’t disturb her. Cheng Jiemin thought of Xiao Lingling sleeping in, and couldn’t help but smile, and then opened the drawer.

The drawer was not big, and there was indeed a small round comb inside. Cheng Jiemin picked up the comb. Just as she picked up the comb, two short wooden sticks appeared in front of him. Looking at the two wooden pipes, Cheng Jiemin's face muscles trembled. He seemed to have returned to that summer again.

The two brothers were both uncomfortable and panicked, and the mother stood aside and sobbed silently. Although Old Man Cheng did not cry, he looked even more uncomfortable than crying. The old man groped his bare feet for a long time before he started speaking: "Jieguo, Jiemin, you two know the situation in our family. Parents can only provide one of your brothers with the opportunity to go to school and seek fame. As for whom you want to go to school, Dad will not make a decision, let the ancestors and clans make a decision for you."

At that time, Cheng Jiemin remembered that he had been looking forward to it. He hoped that he could be the lucky one, and he hoped that he could study!

He remembered the joyful look when he pulled the short stick that represented the ability to read from his brother. At that time, his brother seemed to say nothing, but just held the hand holding the small stick tightly.

I have always thought that I had the luck I got when I went to school, but it turned out that all this was...

Looking at the two little sticks, Cheng Jiemin's eyes couldn't help but become wet. At this moment, he felt that he owed his brother too much. According to his brother's grades at that time, if he could continue to go to school, he should be the one who started working in the province.

Taking a deep breath, Cheng Jiemin gently put two small wooden sticks back to their original position, and then closed the drawer again.

"Second brother, have you washed your face? Mom asked me to call you over and have a meal!" Xiao Lingling ran in with a jumping jump, urging Cheng Jiemin with a smile.

Looking at the smiling sister, Cheng Jiemin calmed down, then grabbed Xiao Lingling's braid and said, "Why don't you wear the little jacket I bought for you? I searched for it for a long time before I chose it."

"I'm going to wear it again during the Chinese New Year." Although Xiao Lingling was a little disliked his brother's behavior of grabbing his braids, she still did not object.

Cheng Jiemin smiled and said, "Put it out, let's go to the market today, let's pick another one."

"I don't want it, just have this outfit." Xiao Lingling was delighted at first, then shook her head and shook her head and shook her way.

Cheng Jiemin felt infinitely relieved and sad when he saw his sister's sensible appearance. Poor children were already in the city. If they were in the city, children of their age were just as worried and acted coquettishly with their parents, they were already so sensible!

After pondering for a moment, Cheng Jiemin remembered the questions that surrounded him last night and asked quietly: "Lingling, is there something happening at home?"

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