My name is Yi Daming.
I am here today to tell you a true and strange thing that happened to me. I am here because my son Yi Fan once said that there are all kinds of talented people hidden on the Internet. No matter how weird the questions are, you can get all kinds of incredible answers. Although some of them are just funny and funny, there are also some true insights. Alas, the protagonist of this incident is actually Yi Fan, but now he can't type for some reason, so I will do it for him.
I am an honest farmer. I live in a remote town in a city in Shaanxi. It is a poor and backward village in the Qinling Mountains. There are only about 300 people in the village, big and small, and most of them live in low and thin earthen houses. There are not many outsiders coming in a year, and you can't see a car. It is completely isolated from the life of drinking and partying outside. But compared with the fast-paced lifestyle outside, this place can be regarded as peaceful and comfortable. Yifan just started college this year. Today, I was thinking that I still have to support him for three years, and the debt owed by my family for his tuition should be repaid, so I planned to go out to work as a migrant worker recently. Haha, after so many years, I harvested crops when I was busy, and worked as a migrant worker when I was free. It was a bit tiring, but I got used to it. It would be uncomfortable if I really had no time. Besides, with Yifan as a college student, my life would have something to look forward to.
It was April 8, 2016. I packed mattresses, bedding and daily necessities in two large cement bags early in the morning. A few days ago, I had made an appointment with Yifan's uncles in the village to go to Xi'an to work tomorrow. After packing the luggage, I had nothing to do, so I walked to the ravine behind the village to prepare to clean up the crops in the field. I would be away for several months, so I had to finish some work. I took off the clothes of the abandoned scarecrow and asked my wife to sew them up to use as work clothes, so that I could save the new work clothes given by the boss on the construction site.
At that time, I just walked to the edge of my own land and saw that the wheat in the field was growing vigorously. I was very happy. At this time, Yi Fan called back and said that he dropped out of school and wanted to start a business. He was now at the Beijing Railway Station and would leave at 8 o'clock tonight to buy a train ticket to Xi'an.
I was so overwhelmed when I heard that, I shouted: "I will slap you to death, you have been raised for so many years in vain, why didn't you discuss such a big thing with me, and just don't go, I have worked hard for more than ten years to make our Yi family have a college student to bring honor to the family. With just one phone call, all my hard work over the past ten years has been ruined, do you want to piss me off to death..." At that time, I really couldn't calm down, and my voice was choked up by the end. Now think about it, if I had persuaded him not to come back, maybe this wouldn't have happened.
Yi Fan's voice came from the phone: "Dad! Don't be sad. I really have a reason for doing this. I will tell you when I go back. I guarantee you will be very happy. As for what it is, I will keep it a secret for now and will not tell you. I called you for two reasons. One is that I haven't called you for a long time. I miss you and want to let you know that you are safe. The second is that I really need to go home and discuss this with you. You should stay at home for the next two days and don't go anywhere. When I go back and tell you, you will figure everything out. You will not let me go back to school when I want to..."
"Bullshit, what good things can you have? There is no such thing as pie in the sky. You are a young man with little experience in the world. Don't let anyone deceive you."
"Alas! You always don't believe me. Nothing I do is better than your eyes. This is a foolproof good thing. Many classmates have done it. They have a good relationship with me, so they told me. Most people don't tell them... I can't explain it to you clearly on the phone for a while, I will talk to you slowly when I get home. Don't worry, it's definitely a great thing. Okay,Okay, let's stop talking. Let's talk when I get home. I'm hanging up. "
I wanted to say more, but there was a busy tone on the other end of the phone. Oh, now that I think about it,
even if he wanted to do something at that time, I would have let him do it directly, which would have been better than coming back with such a result.
Of course, I couldn't go to Xi'an. That day, I thought about it and felt uneasy. In the evening, I also mentioned this matter to Yi Fan's mother in a tactful way. His mother couldn't sit still at that time. She wanted to call Yi Fan again and again, but I stopped her. Anyway, he was about to come back, so it wouldn't be too late to talk to him then. Besides, Yi Fan must be on the train now, alone outside, so don't distract him. Besides, he dropped out of school first, bought a train ticket, and called me when he was about to get on the train. It was a typical act of acting first and asking for permission later. His mentality was so determined that a few words on the phone would be of no use.
The next day was the day when that incident happened. I was lying in bed before dawn thinking that Yi Fan should be back tomorrow, and the house had to be cleaned up.In the morning, we finished our meal early and prepared to go to the cliff in the forest behind the mountain to dig some loess to fill an unused pit in the yard.
My wife and I went to the village canal to get a few buckets of water, locked the door, and pulled the wooden cart to the back of the village to get loess. After a busy morning, it was already ten o'clock.
Thirty or forty meters south of my house, passing two families, is the only east-west main road in the village. To the west is a steep slope of more than 60 degrees to the forest behind the village.
It is not easy to pull the wooden cart. Every time I pull in front and my wife pushes in the back. To the east is the outside world, downhill road, we can see far from the high place.
When we were about to go uphill here, Yi Fan's mother accidentally looked down the slope, looked for a while,
and suddenly said: "Damian, look, one of the two people down the slope seems to be Yi Fan."
This woman was making a fool of herself again, I said angrily: "You are thinking about Yi Fan in your dreams, you really miss your son so much, everyone is your son, he will be back tomorrow." As soon as I finished saying this, I secretly felt ashamed, I was too stupid, saying this is not scolding myself,
"Everyone is your son", if I really have so many sons, I must be green on my head. After she finished speaking, because she mentioned this topic, I also looked back, and saw that there were indeed two figures 500 meters down the slope, swaying up, one of them really looked like Yi Fan.
The figure got closer, and I could see more clearly. It was clearly this boy, but I didn't recognize the other one.
Yi Fan shouted from a distance: "Mom and Dad, I'm back." Yi Fan's mother responded with a smile, and she couldn't stop smiling.
To be honest, I was also very happy, but I couldn't show it at the time, lest he underestimate the seriousness of the matter and end up hurting him. I shouted angrily: "You little stinky boy, you don't study hard and make trouble for me all day long." I haven't seen him for a while. This boy has grown taller. He is wearing a green camouflage uniform, which makes him look more heroic and upright, with thick eyebrows, bright eyes, lips like painted rouge, and a strong nose. In one word, "handsome". But after all, he is my own son, I feel a little embarrassed to praise him, so I only say "handsome" in my heart.
The other guy was a fat guy (but I was sure I only said "fat" in my heart, I'll just call him fat guy later), wearing sunglasses, with long hair, and a straight black suit that couldn't hide his protruding belly. I thought, you fat guy, you are so ugly, and you are not ashamed, and you stay with my son all day. Are you willing to be a supporting role next to my son? So for this reason, I will endure it and admit that you are my son's younger brother.
Yi Fan heard his father was angry and was about to explain, but unexpectedly a group of villagers surrounded him. Since Yi Fan walked into the village, some villagers have been standing far away and watching. Now that they recognized him, they could not help but rush up to him, asking about his well-being and inquiring about the military intelligence for after-dinner talk. Yi Fan had no choice but to deal with the seven aunts and eight aunts one by one. Some people also inquired about the details of the black fat guy, and Yi Fan said, "He is my classmate" and let it go. Yifan's mother and I couldn't go to dig soil behind the village. After Yifan had dealt with it, we went back home together.
When we opened the door at home, before we sat down, I couldn't wait to ask: "Tell me, what's the situation." At that time, I didn't bother to be polite with him. I was thinking that if we didn't agree later, I would have to beat him up to vent my anger. His incident messed up my plan. He was just messing around all day.
Yifan didn't respond, but pulled the fat man over and said: "Dad, this is my classmate A Lai."
I smiled at the fat man and nodded.
The black fat man had taken off his sunglasses long ago, and said with a smile on his face: "Hello, uncle."
In fact, when he smiled, he was not so hateful.
Yifan's mother also brought the tea over at this time, and I also took the opportunity to invite the two to sit down.
Yi Fan took a sip of water and said slowly: "Dad! Don't be anxious, listen to me slowly. Three of my classmates opened a hot pot restaurant in Beijing last year. The business is very hot. It has only been one quarter since the store opened, and they have already made nearly 150,000 yuan. Now they have invested all the profits in the store to open a new store, which is in a better location than this one. Making money in the future will definitely not be a problem..."
I shouted: "Let's get to the point. What does this have to do with you?" Yi Fan's voice also became louder: "Isn't that what I was going to say? It's just that they are in urgent need of 30,000 yuan now. Those three classmates usually have a very good relationship with me, and they want me to pay the 30,000 yuan and buy shares to share dividends. Are you now wondering what this has to do with my dropping out of school? Because this store is in urgent need of a manager, and we are all in school, and finally we discussed it and let me drop out of school and go in to be the boss. In this way, although we only paid 30,000 yuan, it is very little compared to them. But to compensate for my loss of dropping out, we can get 40% of the shares. "
I said: "I don't agree."
Yi Fan said: "Why?"
A Lai took over and said: "Uncle, don't worry, there is absolutely no problem with this. We and Yi Fan are very close classmates and want to work hard together to do something…" The fat man's eloquence was so powerful. From the perspective of family prospects, social structure, graduation and employment, he talked about the hardships of college students starting a business, the rarity of opportunities, and how reliable this matter was, etc., which made me speechless. I glanced at the black fat man, thinking that some things were inconvenient in front of outsiders, and lowered my voice to Yi Fan: "Come in." I got up and went to the inner room.
Yi Fan said: "Just say it directly if you have anything to say." I ignored him and walked straight to the inner room.
Yi Fan had no choice but to follow him in.
The fat black man sat outside and drank tea without any expression.
I whispered to Yi Fan: "You are stupid! Others are too busy to grab such a good thing,but they would come to you specifically. If it is your turn, there must be a hidden conspiracy. Andyou have to give up your studies, which is too much of a price to pay."
Yi Fan did not shy away from the fat black man outside, and said loudly: "Dad, I know you have concerns. What you don't understand is that these classmates are really good friends with me. This time, a large part of the reason for this matter is that they want to help us because they see that our family is poor. There is no problem with studies, I can learn by myself in my spare time. Besides, doing management inside, I will definitely learn more useful knowledge that I can't learn in school. This is what I value most, not how much money I can make. Dad, the opportunity cannot be missed, otherwise it will be difficult to find such an opportunity in the future." After saying that, he walked out again without looking back, and I had to follow him out.
My face was gloomy, and I was about to say something, but Yi Fan turned around and said, "Dad, don't say anything. I have made up my mind and nothing will change. You should think about it carefully."
Yi Fan thought to himself that he had to leave some time alone for his father to think about it carefully. He looked around and saw that the water tank for mixing mud was full of water, and then he saw the wood cart in the yard. He understood everything and said, "Dad, then you think about it slowly. I will go to pull the loess for our family."
I hurriedly said, "No, no, I will go by myself later."
Yi Fan was not willing to listen. He took a few big steps out of the yard and went to pull the wood cart. The fat black man also said, "Uncle, I will go with Yi Fan." He took small steps, shook his fat body, and rolled out like a ball.
The two of them pulled and pushed, and they went far away in an instant.
Yi Fan never came back after he left.