For lunch, they had vegetables, potatoes, corn, and some buns that Yuan Qing brought back. Yuan Qing said to Lin Dong, "These are the only dishes we have at home. Please forgive me." Lin Dong stared at her with a chauvinistic attitude and whispered, "What are you talking about? You can eat, but I can't." After that, he directly used his foot to tease Yuan Qing's feet. Yuan Qing shuddered. This guy is really an evil birdman. Wherever he goes, he will have evil thoughts and actions.
Because there were meat buns, Yuan Hua ate two bowls of rice and four buns. He ate with relish. After lunch, Lin Dong and Yuan Qing took a stool out to bask in the sun, because Yuan Qing's family didn't even have a decent chair or table. After a while, Yuan Qing's grandparents also moved a stool to sit. Yuan Qing said to Lin Dong, "You can have a good chat with my grandpa. I'm going to accompany my father." Lin Dong smiled and said no problem.
Lin Dong mainly chatted with Yuan Qing's grandfather, and his grandmother listened on the side. Because of the ear, Lin Dong spoke a little louder. Yuan Qing's grandfather mainly talked about his family situation, work and other personal life. Lin Dong had already thought of countermeasures for such questions asked by the old man on the way here and answered them perfectly. Yuan Qing's grandfather held Lin Dong's hand while talking. Lin Dong felt that his hands were dry and wrinkled like the bark of a tree that had been there for hundreds of years. Thinking that this old man probably lived in this village all his life, he thought for a while and said: "Grandpa, you don't have anything to do here, why don't I take you to live in the city for a few days." Maybe because he had no relatives since he was a child, Lin Dong felt very close to the old man. Yuan Qing's grandfather said happily, "No, no, I'm old and not in good health. I have a little rheumatism. I'm used to it here and can't walk anymore." He turned his head and said loudly to his wife, "My grandson-in-law said he wants to take you to the city to live. Do you want to go?"Yuan Qing's grandmother held Lin Dong's hand tightly and said, "Okay, okay, as long as you have this intention, you just need to be good to Yuan Qing, you will be good to us. You can come back to see us often."Lin Dong said, "I will, grandma." He kept chatting with the two old people and told them some interesting things about the people in the city.Yuan Qing came out and saw her grandparents being amused by Lin Dong, and she laughed.She went back to her father's bedroom."Dad, do you think he is an okay person? Grandpa and grandma like him very much." Yuan Qing asked."He's a good person, but he's a little young. I'm afraid you'll suffer in the future.""Dad, it's okay. I know your concerns. We will live a good life.""That's good."Lin Dong soon found that Yuan Hua was like an older sister leading a few children from the village to listen to his stories.Those children looked at Lin Dong with curiosity.They thought that what Lin Dong said could make them laugh.Yuan Qing saw those children in the room and took out some bread for them to eat.The children laughed happily while eating the bread.She used to be like this. Yuan Qing's mouth had a deep arc.They never complained about these children, nor did they know who to complain to. In their minds, the word "fate" was deeply imprinted. However, when they first carried their small ragged schoolbags, got their so-called textbooks, looked at their teachers, and knew that their friends who had played with them for many years would be called "classmates" today, they truly fell in love with the school, the textbooks full of mysterious stories, the red ticks on their homework, and the knowledge world that enlightened them to a better world. However, their visions and dreams often became the groans of their mother's illness, the dark face of their father, the sorrow of their family's daily survival, and the worries of frost on the tiles of the leaking eaves. Day after day, the topic of the family was all about "money". Money could help their mother get medical treatment, money could help their father regain his smile, money could help their younger siblings go to school, and money could help their family live in a solid house. Money needs to be earned with both hands. What a realistic and cruel life. So they gave up their excellent grades and the dreams they once had. At the age of 10, they earned their living with their own hands, and at the age of 15 or 16, they could support their families. What a beautiful age, but they have already suffered vicissitudes. A 15-year-old girl married early, so that her parents' family would have one less person to support and one less bowl of food to eat, and her husband's family would have one more good helper to do farm work. A 16-year-old girl gave birth to a baby, and from then on she lived the same miserable life as her mother. If he didn't go to school, a 15-year-old boy would start to work everywhere with big bags on his shoulders, or work as a migrant worker, or work at home to dig stones in the mountains, but he could never leave the hardship of facing the loess and back to the sky. In such mountainous areas, there are many families with five generations living together, and many families with many children and grandchildren. The more children they have, the more they can't afford to go to school. If they can't go to school, they can't get out of the mountains, so they are poor from generation to generation.It was drizzling at five o'clock in the afternoon.The basin in the house kept dripping, as if playing a melody of life.Lin Dong visited Yuan Qing's bedroom, a bed, a table, and a chair. There were also countless awards on the wall. There was not even a basic wardrobe."You know why I'm working hard to make money now." Yuan Qing said to Lin Dong."Money is the source of all motivation." Lin Dong said faintly.He sat in the ** and touched the thin quilt, and asked: "Is this all you need in winter?""Yeah, but we always sleep by the fire." Yuan Qing fell into the memory of her childhood. Because it was too cold, she usually ran in the room before going to bed, and went to bed after sweating a little. If she couldn't help it, she would get up and take the brazier to warm herself by the fire.The rain stopped after only more than an hour."Rainbow, rainbow." Yuan Hua shouted and shouted outside.Soon more and more children shouted and shouted happily.Lin Dong looked at the sky outside through the window, and a colorful rainbow was high in the distant edge."This is the second time I've seen a rainbow. Maybe the rainbow in the city is gone." Lin Dong said."When it rains here, there is usually a rainbow." Yuan Qing said, "Every time I see a rainbow outside, I make a wish."Lin Dong has seen many dolls making wishes to the rainbow very devoutly.The sky gradually darkened, because the news of Yuan Qing's return spread like the wind throughout the small mountain village and it was said that she brought her boyfriend back. So in the evening, many old people, children, women and men came to Yuan Qing's house to see Lin Dong, the foreign guest. Yuan Qing is very popular in the village and sensible, and introduced them to Lin Dong one by one.Looking at the happy smiles of those people, Lin Dong couldn't help but feel happy.Perhaps simple happiness and joy are the most beautiful.Although they are all wearing tattered clothes, they definitely have the purest hearts than those wearing expensive clothes.Their happiness is a very insignificant little thing.Finally, the curious guests in the village were sent away. Yuan Qing asked Lin Dong: "Are you going to take a bath tonight?""Do you have a bathroom at home?""Let's go to the foot of the mountain. We all take a bath there."Lin Dong said: "It means men and women bathe together. Let's go now." He looked at Yuan Qing with bright eyes.