Chapter 73: August 1996 Cloud Shadow
August 1996 Cloud Shadow
The style and luxury of my home not only shocked the neighbors, but also shocked my parents' relatives. They were all eager to inquire about the news, and they all brought gifts to congratulate my parents on the "House of Housewarming".
What's the 'House of Housewarming' for building a house in situ? But they don't care. If it wasn't for the fact that when the house was built, my parents repeatedly told me not to bring any relatives into the yard, they really wanted to invite all relatives and friends home, and take a good look at our incomparably stylish new home.
But the relatives were destined to be disappointed. My parents only received them in the commissary, and they couldn't even get into our yard, let alone my new house.
Liang Jiangbo, Tian Xin, and other parents are very few guests who have been in my house except for the small boss and the female supervisor. They are also full of praise for our new home. Our new home surpasses that of ordinary families in the county. All the imagination of "home", this is not something ordinary people can enjoy, but after seeing it, it will indeed stimulate people's desire for life.
Neighbors are full of curiosity about my house, but they can only see the flowers and ponds inside through the fence of the yard. My parents’ relatives are also very angry, and they ask my parents whether they look down on them because they are not invited into the house. Whether to communicate or not.
My dad was extremely hard-pressed. In his opinion, not showing his relatives his new home was like walking in brocade clothes at night, which made him often sigh, imagining how shocked the relatives would be when they entered my house, and how much face he could have.
My mother can be stronger. She is not as spineless as my father. Everyone said that if you don’t invite relatives home, you won’t be invited.
The poor are in the busy city and no one asks, and the rich have distant relatives in the mountains. The two-story building with a garden in my house is undoubtedly the proof of wealth. Chu, the lampposts in the yard are lit at night, and on the dark street, only my yard is brightly lit and dreamlike.
Although there are still people who speak up in front of my parents because of the weak impression my parents left on them before, but more relatives have become very gentle and even flattering. There are also some who want to have a good relationship first, and then talk about other things later.
Money can’t be borrowed, and our family struggled to pay the balance. If the little boss didn’t realize our pressure and took the initiative to help us reduce some of it, I’d have to go to the market and sell gold coins again.
I don’t have much money left at home now, and I am looking forward to the receipt of the canteen. Although my family’s life is not tight, I don’t dare to waste it again.
The school started in early September. A few days before the start of school, in addition to preparing the supplies for the other world, I was reviewing and preparing for the exam at home.
That boy Liang Jiangbo played outside for so long and brought me a lot of gifts. My favorite is the three rolls of film he gave me.
The darkroom where my photos are developed is in the basement. It is fully equipped and functional. It is more professional than the small photo studios in the county. Now even large photos can be developed, which is great.
All the photos in the film that Liang Jiangbo gave me were obviously intended to be taken for me to see. There are all kinds of beautiful scenery, interesting scenes in the streets and alleys, and many of his own photos. You can see him in the order of the photos. The tour route, as well as what to eat and play on the way. It's a pity that his uncle is a tool man and never appeared in the photo from beginning to end.
Liang Jiangbo is so smug, he said that he knew that I liked looking at his photos the most, this time I took more pictures, so I can enjoy it slowly, I laughed and scolded him as shameless.
His photos are really nice. I think the uncle who took the photos of him has good taste and makes him more handsome than usual, especially at night when he is sitting on the balcony of the restaurant with the lights on his side face and the bay behind , the sparkle in his eyes and the smile are so handsome that it bursts out. It's my favorite one. It's a special collection. He yelled at me to wash another one for him. I don't want it. This is a gift from him. !
"Wang Kai, you are so stingy! I'm all here, you will treasure that rotten photo, brother is the treasure you should keep most?" Liang Jiangbo punished me by scratching my armpit.
I was laughing out of breath, but I didn't give him a photo. He was a heartless idiot. He rarely had the handsome and dashing temperament in the photo. I still prefer him in the photo.
Tian Xin was also super excited to receive the gift that Liang Jiangbo brought back. He always knew that Liang Jiangbo's family was rich, but he never thought that Liang Jiangbo would bring him an airplane model worth hundreds of dollars, and he was so happy to hold it in his arms. Revealed, can't wait to go home and assemble it for a test flight.
I moved to a new house. I didn’t plan to ask for many things in the rented house. When I was throwing garbage with me, Liang Jiangbo saw the thick stacks of papers and the scratch paper for calculations. He was telling me that something interesting happened outside. The smile on Liang Jiangbo's face immediately solidified, he took the paper and flipped through it, then looked up at me.
"You...you've been writing these things." He looked sad.
I thought he was complaining that I was secretly reviewing behind his back, and I immediately shrank my neck. I was afraid that he would call me a thief and scold me for being unrighteous.
"Let me see your hand." He took my hand, and there was a faint mark on my middle finger. " Shit
shouldn't be..." He became puzzled: "Other people write calluses on their hands and press marks, how come your hands are white and tender, how does this look like hard work?"
How do you know?" Knowing that he didn't blame me for secretly reviewing, I became hard-hearted. When I go to the opposite world every month, my physical condition will be adjusted. Not only will my wounds recover faster, but the original scars on my body will also be greatly faded. There are no scars or marks from the past, which is perfect.
In the past one or two months, my height growth has slowed down significantly. If there is no accident, my height is about 1.86 or 1.87 meters, which is very suitable for me. The hair is still growing fast, and the color is still very light brown, and it is golden in the sun.
I'm the only student in my school who has "yellow hair". The old man in the political and educational department used to block me a lot. They said that I was born. Show them the proof of my eyelashes and eyebrows. Those old-fashioned people still want me to go to the barber shop to dye black. Oil, I dyed it once, and it looks so handsome, but unfortunately my hair grows fast, and after a month, my head is full of yellow hair. I told them that I can't dye my hair every month, and it will cause baldness and cancer if I hurt my scalp. Is to let them let me go.
"But with so many papers, you must have worked hard," Liang Jiangbo sat next to me and flipped through the papers.
I was also very moved, and my heart was warm. I worked so hard to review for so many days, and finally someone knew that I was suffering and came over to ask for help.
Looking at the weight of the paper, Liang Jiangbo touched my head: "Hey! Kaikai, I feel so bad! How much hard work did you have to do to write this..."
"...Wait, why is this question wrong? "Liang Jiangbo changed his face when he saw one of the red circles in the paper: "Isn't this the type of question that I have told you several times? Why do you still make such a basic mistake!
" People are still in a daze, am I not an inspirational baby who studies hard?
"I told you Wang Kai, you were just too careless with the question! Look, there is also this question. Your own vertical format on the top is four digits, and when you copy it down, it becomes three digits. What does this mean?"
I asked . Roll my eyes, I'm so fucking familiar with this scene!
"This shows that you didn't care at all when you did the questions! And this question, what a classic shaded area question, you used the wrong formula. I told you that you did too few questions, and you didn't work hard enough!"
" I'm Nima..." I gritted my teeth: "I just knew that I didn't work hard enough to write the papers myself! Liang Jiangbo, can't you praise me for the good ones?" I'm so wronged!
"Okay, I'm wrong." Liang Jiangbo quickly apologized and comforted me, saying that he was too impatient. In fact, I wrote so many papers during the holiday and performed very well. Next, he and Tian Xin helped me to look at these papers, and they were targeted. Help me to get some questions to concentrate on, I will definitely be even better after I finish.
Alright, even if I'm angry, I can only eat myself, so obediently give him the test booklet and papers that are enough for two schoolbags, and let him analyze it for me.
I am taller than Liang Jiangbo now, but he is still accustomed to taking me as the beanie that only reached his chest, and habitually taking care of me.
I don't mind either, because I'm also used to the rhythm of our relationship. It's good to be like this all the time. I've grown enough and I won't grow anymore. He's still going. I believe he will surpass me and become a big brother again.
Tian Xin had a lot of fun going up the mountain and down the river in his old home during the holidays. He was speechless when he saw that I had done so many papers. He took my two papers and went home to 'study' and said that he wanted to help me gain some knowledge before school started. point.
The little brothers studied my papers, and I prepared material reserves for another world at home.
The basement of my house is now where I store my things. The need to open the stone door was considered in the empty basement, and it seems really wise now.
There are two-wheeled trolleys, which makes loading and unloading extremely easy. All kinds of food, tools, and hardware parts are moved in boxes. The diesel is two barrels more than last time, so you can use it with more confidence than last month.
A big bag of white sugar and a big pot are also the highlight this time. The yellow lilac is about to mature. The sugar and the big pot are used to make jam, which is absolutely reliable.
In addition to the Walkman, I also brought a tape recorder this month. It has a louder sound, just enough to allow me to play the new tape that Liang Jiangbo bought for me at home.
I also brought a lot of grapes this month. The local grapes in our county have just been on the market recently. They are crisp and sweet, and they are delicious.
There are also a lot of gadgets for my son, not only enlightening picture books and small toys, but also a small square box with a wheel. He can use a rope to pull a wheeled car around. I think he will like.
This exquisite wooden square box was made by Wang Jierui's grandfather, my dad. After all, my dad was a bicycle repairer and was very familiar with gadget parts. He carefully crafted this beautiful little car, which made me jealous.
If I had such a beautiful toy when I was a child, I would definitely make the whole street envy the children.
In the frozen gray-white world, I loaded and unloaded goods one by one. After I finished moving things, I stretched out and lay down beside my son, smelling the familiar smell of milk on his body, and sleeping comfortably.
I was woken up by Ana every morning. She used to get up early and asked me to open the door and let her go out for a walk. Rubbing her sleepy eyes, she got up and opened the door. Ana ran out the door with brisk steps, turned around and roared fiercely. Her lazy brother was reluctant to get up and followed her sister out for a walk.
The early morning time in Shanghe Village is wonderful. The mist in the mountains makes the rock walls light blue. There are birds chirping in the refreshing breeze. People feel happy from the heart.
Leading their sons on the gravel road in the village, the villagers had not woken up yet, the breeze blew the wild grass, and on the fine flowers there were still butterflies stained with mist droplets on their wings.
The mist makes the river appear mysterious and elegant, and I can vaguely see the woods on the other side of the river. This beautiful scenery makes me unable to resist the camera hanging around my neck and adjust the focus to take a picture.
In Shanghe Village, a small mountain village, everyone knows other people. Now there are no scavengers on the road, no closed doors at night, and people have no fear, trouble, or sorrow.
The forest by the river in the early morning is really beautiful, reminiscent of the "Wonderland in the Woods", walking along the river bank holding my son's little hand, letting the large and small stones float slowly behind us like the tail of a comet, After arriving at the construction site of the wall, let the stones spontaneously stack on the top of the stone wall, and change their shape to integrate with the stone wall.
There is a small flat ground in the middle of the village, which can be regarded as the prototype of the village's 'square'. My son likes to come here very much. Eat corn kernels and steamed bread dregs.
My son will learn many of his father's habits. For example, when my parents look at the photos, they say that his sleeping appearance and demeanor are just a replica of my childhood; he also likes to look in the mirror and play with his hair with a comb; Like his father, he would sit on his small sofa with a book in his arms, with milk on the small table next to him, flip through the book, and take a sip from a small cup from time to time.
It is said that blood relationship is a very wonderful thing. I have no blood relationship with Wang Jerry, but he is like a miniature version of myself. I can often see my own shadow in him.
Of course, what I can see is the shadow of me now. My son is fair and beautiful. He doesn't have the slightest resemblance to the black, black and thin me in the past. His smooth chestnut hair is slightly curly, and his big green eyes look like It's clear lake water, like a harmless deer when it smiles, and it makes people's hearts melt when it bends slightly.
I am very grateful to Shanghe Village, it has given my son and I a peaceful and peaceful life, and we enjoy the wonderful time that belongs to our father and son in this paradise.
Going home to make breakfast for my son, the small biscuits and chopped nuts baked by grandma are soaked in milk and eaten with a spoon, golden fried eggs, salad made of fresh beet hearts, shredded carrots and cucumber slices in Shanghe Village, little guy He ate it very seriously, picking out the shredded carrots one by one and leaving them to his dad.
"Eat all, don't be picky eaters!" I have to train him every time he goes out to pick food, I have mixed it so well, he can still insist on picking it out, he is really a persevering child.
"Half for one person!" He used a spoon to divide the shredded carrots into two pieces, and gave the bigger one to Dad.
"Okay, eat the rest obediently."
"Yeah." He lowered his head and frowned and put the shredded carrot into his mouth, chewed it twice, and swallowed it like a medicine.
"Dong dong dong," there was a knock on the door from outside, my son jumped down and ran to the small transparent lattice on the side of the door to see, and found that it was little brother Lami, and happily asked me to open the door for my brother.
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