Chapter 49: January 1996 Skylight
January 1996 Skylight
Mr. Kain's logging and quarry are scheduled to officially recruit and start construction in the spring of next year. For the time being, it is only for the young and middle-aged people in Luhe Village. The salary and treatment have not yet been determined, but many young people in the village are eager to try it.
This winter will be the most comfortable winter in many years. The households in Luhe Village have more food than in previous years. The fireplace and kang have greatly improved everyone's living conditions. Two big dogs patrol the village and bring unprecedented safety to the villagers. All the villagers are very satisfied with their lives.
If the three fishermen in the village were not caught by a water monster while fishing, it would have been a happy winter for the whole family.
What can be done?
The fishermen have to live in the water, and the village can't do anything about the water monsters in the water. Even the fishermen's families don't cry, and others have no position to say anything.
This month’s traveling merchants all returned with rich fruits in Luhe Village. They used gold coins to buy exquisite stone utensils and precious rough gemstones that are said to be produced at the bottom of the Luhe River. According to Mr. Kain, the clear gemstones came from the bottom of the river. The fishermen of Luhe Village risked their lives to avoid the water monster to collect the rough gemstones and bring them up. In the peaceful era, after such gemstones were carved out, each one was worth thousands of gold.
The merchants on foot are very lucky. The impoverished Luhe Village urgently needs money and materials to survive the severe winter. Now the precious stones worth thousands of gold are sold for only a few tenths of the original price, which is a rare occurrence.
No one lied to them. Master Cain showed the jewelry made of precious stones. The luster was unparalleled in the world. It is no exaggeration to say that it is a rare treasure.
The traveling merchants happily exchanged all the goods and gold coins for rough gemstones. There is no doubt that as long as they go to the city to process the rough stones, they can sell them at high prices and make a lot of money.
I'm looking forward to the name "Luhe Jewel" spreading among the traveling merchants.
At the same time, I was sitting in my yard with piles of gravel beside the bench. The gravel flew in my hand and transformed into a transparent and clear precious jade, and then flew out and fell into the wide Lu River in an arc. submerged in the torrential waters.
There will be a lucky person who catches these small stones, he will make a fortune, and then spread the legend of the wealth of Luhe Stone.
I want people to come to Luhe Village, I want them to rush into the river to find precious gems, and I want them to use their greedy power to tear the water monsters in the river to shreds!
When I crossed Shimen at the end of the month, I brought not only wild vegetables and berries from late autumn, but also a large bag of handicrafts and jewelry made by myself.
Judging from all aspects, they are out-of-the-box gem products, and maybe they can afford the word 'natural', but I don't plan to treat them as real gems, and the most expensive of them is 20. Blocks, and there is only one piece of each type, waiting for someone to buy it.
This morning's wild vegetables and berries were as popular as usual, and they were sold out in the morning. The high-quality and cheap wild vegetables are now also famous in the county. Many people know that the "commissary wild vegetables" at the beginning of each month are fresh and delicious. Every season is different and always brings something new.
The decorations and jewelry in the commissary are also selling well. Now there are two floors of the counter where I put my small things. The small table lamp illuminates the small table lamps, and the uniquely shaped items inside are crystal clear, so beautiful that people can't take their eyes off them.
My family's small handicrafts are not only liked by the neighbors, but also a good choice for students to send gifts. I have made some peach heart pendants and pendants with crystals of various colors, which are very popular. I have seen classmates wear them around their necks, schoolbags and keychains.
In response to the needs of the aunts and aunts in the neighborhood, I also "entered" a lot of crystal bracelets and jade bracelets, which are in various colors, not only clear in color, but also stronger than ordinary jade, so I don't worry about breaking them.
The funny thing is that this outstanding hardness has become an important reason for the aunts in the neighborhood to think that the bracelet is a fake, because other people's real jade bracelets are very brittle. My family is so hard that it dares to touch a stone, it is definitely not authentic.
I don't even bother with them.
It's enough to be beautiful. For twenty dollars, buy a reinforced spinel bracelet and wear it. Wherever it is exposed, it can dazzle other people's eyes and become the focus of everyone. Why bother with it?
I have also made "children's" bracelets that children can wear. The price is cheaper and the style is relatively simple, but all I use are authentic crystals purified by myself, and beautiful bracelets carved with cartoon characters for three yuan, which is a good deal. , and I also provide the service of "wiping the bracelet". If the bracelet cannot be removed from the arm, you don't need to break the bracelet. Come to my side and put a plastic bag on your hand to easily remove it.
Strange to say, those people can't take off the plastic bag by applying soap and oil at home for a long time. The technique is good and the energy is used well, but they refuse to accept it.
Other commissaries and even small jewelry stores in the county are very jealous of my home's purchase channel. Some people take the cheap goods sold by my home and go to them to ask about the material and price. I can't say it's the real thing, so I'm extremely depressed, and I even thought of buying it from my home and selling it at their counter at a high price. Unfortunately, my parents didn't agree.
After I brought the Walkman back, I could take a nap with Liang Jiangbo and listen to music. Liang Jiangbo bought a few new tapes. Some of the songs were very nice. I also learned to sing with him, but my voice has not changed, unlike Liang Jiangbo. Jiang Bo is also relatively low-key and imposing, Liang Jiangbo always said that I was a child.
I'm not long, but I still look immature, and I don't have a strong voice when I speak with a baby face. Others treat me as a child.
On the other hand, in the darkroom, I developed all the photos I took in the opposite world. This is the first time I have looked at the scenery that belongs to that world in this world.
The rushing river in Shanghe Village, the low stone houses, the villagers who are wearing thin clothes but smiling happily, the tall ginseng and potato trees, the rolling hills wearing snow caps...
The muddy road in Luhe Village, standing on the side of the road throws Children with curious eyes and adults, returning from picking wild vegetables with their mother, a little girl with a small basket, leaning on crutches and hunched over, a witch doctor with a mysterious smile on his face with white eyes...
Standing at the entrance of the village with his hands on his chest The militiamen dozing off, the uncle Galle who is arguing with the businessman on foot, the uncle Galle who blows his beard and stares, the old village chief who accepts the benefits of outsiders and the mud as a peacemaker, the secretary who is neatly dressed and stands beside him holding a writing pad with a helpless face... …
There are also my home in Luhe Village, my high-walled courtyard, a flowerbed with flowers blooming in winter, Wang Jerry, who is sitting on the garden table with flowers and smiling brightly, and two big dogs watching Wang Jerry play in the sun...
so good!
I sealed the photo with Wang Jerry and two big dogs in a crystal frame and kept it. If possible, I really want to hang it next to the photo taken with my parents and me and Liang Jiangbo. They are all my important person.
...
One weekend before the mid-month and final exams, I was laying down at home. The sun was shining. My dad and my mom were sitting behind the counter in the commissary eating melon seeds. I knew they would be frightened or even scared.
"Mom?" I walked over with a stack of photos and squatted beside her, wrapping my arms around her neck.
"Wang Kai, what's wrong?" My mother asked me with a smile, leaning on my shoulders while nibbling on melon seeds.
"I could hold you like this before," I told her.
"Yeah, you've grown so tall," my mother stretched out her hand and pinched my face and looked left and right: "You are so handsome, did we hug me wrong?"
My dad laughed, I was born in my own home, Grandma said that my eyebrows and eyes were exactly the same as my father's when I was a child. The ugly, thin and dark appearance in the past was a replica of my father's childhood. I was undoubtedly their child.
But I can see that my dad is very proud. During the Chinese New Year, he said that my ancestors blessed me to grow up like this. I am the most handsome in my family. Compared with me, other cousins and cousins are all monsters.
I said that I could hug my mother like this before, but in fact, I never hugged my mother before. My relationship with her was always very tense. She and my father always looked at me badly. As long as I came home and saw me, or Not saying a word, or reprimanding and beating.
But no matter what, I still love them very much, we are living a good life now, we have no troubles and sorrows, and I would like to live such a happy life as long as the world lasts.
But those days will change.
I have good friends and ideals. I will go to college, leave this small county, and leave my father and mother behind.
I want to go to university is not a new thing for my parents, we have never talked about it, but I am studying so hard now, I must be rushing to continue my studies.
My parents were very proud of my progress, and sometimes they praised my hard work at the dinner table, but they never asked me if I wanted to go to college or where I wanted to go.
I'm already a big kid in their eyes, I can make my own decisions and tell them my decision.
"Past" is a very distant word. For me, "past" is like talking about the past life. Like me, my parents rarely talk about the past. They don't tell me that they repaired the past. What's the bike like, they don't like those rough times either.
Suddenly I was terrified. I was holding a stack of photos, but I didn't know if I should tell my parents what I wanted to say.
"Kakai?" My mother touched my head: "What's the matter with you, just say something."
"Mom, I..." I took a deep breath and put a smile on my face: "I want to go to college in Shanghai. "
Very good!" My mother was very happy and looked at my dad: "Kaikai wants to go to Shanghai to study at university!"
"Awesome!" My dad grinned: "Do you know where Shanghai is? Your mother is pregnant with you We traveled there when we were there, so you are considered to have been there." Talking about Shanghai brought back many memories of my dad.
"Can you come with me?" I said.
"You're studying, what are we going to do? We don't know well..." My mother smiled: "Silly boy, you came back after a few years of study. I'm on good terms with your dad! Don't worry about it."
"Yes, you Study hard, your mother and I now have the money to support you in college, so you don't have to burden." My dad got up and came over to pat me on the back.
Alas...I can't describe how I feel, but it's very uncomfortable. I haven't left them yet, but I can't bear it anymore.
"I'll show you the photos I took recently." I put the stack of photos in my hand on my mother's lap and introduced them one by one in the sunlight.
"Where is this?" The towering mountains and winding rivers are obviously not our county seat, nor Yinchuan.
"My home in another place," I pulled out another photo: "This is my son and your grandson... His name is 'Wang Jerry'." In the
photo, I am wearing a leather armor holding a brown-haired man Little baby, little baby smiles brightly, we are sitting by the flower bed full of sunshine in winter, unknown flowers are still blooming, and there is a tall new and quaint stone house behind us.
"This... where is this?" My parents were stunned.
I didn't answer their words and showed them another photo of Wang Jerry wrapped in a diaper lying in the arms of a dog the size of a calf, holding a crappy doll in his hand, and his other hand was grabbing towards the camera.
"He's almost one year old, I really want to bring him to see you, but I can't." I said, "Everything I brought from that world will die, those wild vegetables, fruits, ginseng potatoes are all dead... I can't bring him back."
My parents were very silent, they took the photos in my hand and looked at them one by one, staring at the boss.
Most of the pictures are of uncivilized savages, unkempt, but very kind in the pictures, and smiling shyly and innocently for the camera.
I'm in many of the pictures, obviously, I'm a part of it, I don't look anything like those people, but I'm part of them.
In some of the photos, there are also small animals, four-winged birds, strange mice like lizards, and strange fish with flippers...
"...How could this be?" My dad flipped through the photos over and over again. : "I don't understand, Wang Kai, what happened, how could this happen?"
My mother was also panicked: "Kakai, tell the truth! Where is this? What's wrong with you? Tell your mother from the beginning! "
When I saw what they looked like, I knew I wasn't really ready.
"Don't be afraid! Son, tell mom what the hell is going on, how did you take these photos?" She was very anxious with the photos of me and Wang Jerry: "How can you have a child, the child's mother?"
"Say it!" Seeing that I didn't speak, my dad was also anxious. They knew that I was hiding a lot of things, but they never dreamed that I was hiding so many things, so big!
I was hesitant and distracted by being forced to ask questions. I closed the door of the commissary, and then I started from the beginning, explaining how I went to another world, how I made a living, and how I got here step by step.
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