Turn tears into rain of love

Chapter 1

It is said that the best plan for a day lies in the morning, especially in the summer morning, when the sky is just dawn, except for a few silly birds that get up early and are looking for food for the worms, the whole Crescent Moon Village is also an old project. The only son of the family, who will turn eighteen in less than half a year, and Xiang Siyu, who is twenty years old, is the earliest. He is not studying and memorizing English words, but is busy going into the mountains, racing against time to add more to the family. firewood.

"Xiao Yu, that's enough, don't go anymore, the woods are not safe, and besides the firewood you collected for the family this month, the main room is almost too big." A worried voice came out slowly.

"It's okay, Dad! I know the roads in the woods better than anyone else, so you can rest assured! There is still a week left, so I can gather more firewood, so we can dry it and use it in winter." .”

"How many times have I told you, a boy, don't worry about such trivial things at home, why don't you listen?" At this time Xiang Paihua looked in front of him, wrapped in plastic cloth, fully armed His son, Xiang Siyu, wants to be angry, but he can't get angry, because his son is too sensible, and his sensibleness makes him, an old man who is nearly sixty years old, even feel a little ashamed, all because of his age. It's so big, that's why his son, Xiaoyu, took the burden of the family early.

"Dad, you should go back to sleep quickly! Otherwise, my mother will be nagging again, and my ears are almost callused." This is the first time since the son grew up, he spoke to himself in such a coquettish tone, Xiang Paihua had no choice but to compromise for the time being, coughed twice, and then stopped talking.

Xiang Siyu walked to the main room in a hurry, and took off the sickle and hemp rope from the firewood pile, without even looking at it with a backhand, he threw these two things into the bamboo basket on his back, and then laughed Looking at his father Xiang Paihua, he waved his little hand, and then walked out of the courtyard without looking back, and went straight to the pork chop forest in the back mountain.

Last night, it rained sparingly all night, and the mossy road in the small forest in the mountains was even more slippery. Xiang Siyu had to be careful with every small step, for fear that if he made a mistake, it would add an extra burden to the family.

A month ago, Xiang Siyu, who had always been strong, looked at the postman who was sweating profusely under the scorching sun and delivered the letter of acceptance to the university. At that moment, Xiang Siyu suddenly had an inexplicable feeling of wanting to cry. He has studied hard for ten years in order to be nominated on the list, and all his efforts will be worthwhile the moment he gets the admission notice.

And then the village chief Lu Liang and the villagers sent countless touches and hopes to him, the only freshman who was admitted to a university in his village for more than 20 years. The bridge of youth and youth was able to let him run unimpeded.

In any small mountain village, there will be an unwritten rule that everyone obeys silently and automatically, that is, the dead branches and trees closest to the village, young people are not allowed to cut down or pick them up, but to leave them to some lonely old people , or people with disabilities or diseases who cannot walk long distances, so this is why Xiang Siyu had to run into the deep mountains and old forests early in the morning.

Although Xiang Siyu was about to climb up the mountain, facing the slippery stone platform and hard soil road under his feet, he still couldn't prevent him from falling. It's nothing at all.

But the pain is not something you can't feel without saying that you don't want to. Xiang Siyu gritted his teeth, leaned on his right hand to support the thick branch of the vine next to him, and slowly got up. Then, he wrapped his hands around the injured knee , slowly began to knead, the reason why he made himself hurt so much was to see if the bone was hurt, but fortunately it was only a superficial injury.

Only then did Xiang Siyu breathe a sigh of relief, as if he had picked up a big deal, he pursed his lips and smiled slightly, and said to himself: "It's okay, it's okay,,," those white and neat His teeth, in the dense forest, made him look more and more cute and well-behaved.

After walking hard for more than 40 minutes, Xiang Siyu finally locked on the big tree in front of him, which seemed to be eroded into an empty shell by moths. Compared with other towering trees with lush branches and leaves around it, Tree, this tree looks extraordinarily 'poor'.

Just as Xiang Siyu put down the bamboo basket on his back and was rubbing his aching shoulders with both hands, he suddenly heard the sound from the middle of the trunk of this dead tree, about three meters away from the ground, There were a few crisp bird calls.

"It seems that this tree can't be cut down. It might cause this family of birds, who don't know how many, to linger, or even die." Xiang Siyu sighed helplessly, and whispered with.

No way, he had no choice but to go around a few more times in the vicinity, and only then did he cut down some branches that should be pruned, which could be used to burn fire and would not cause harm to the tree itself, and tied them tightly with hemp rope. After tying it up, he didn't want his hemp rope to be loose on the way down the mountain, which would cause his busy work early in the morning to be wasted.

In fact, Xiang Siyu came to the mountains this morning for another purpose, and that was to pick some mushrooms. For him, the drizzle last night was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to harvest mushrooms!You must know that only the mushrooms grown in the deep mountains are pure natural and pollution-free, and the taste is still excellent.

Sure enough, the early bird catches the worm. It took Xiang Siyu less than half an hour to pick about 5 catties of mushrooms. He inserted the sickle in the bamboo basket into the wood for safety. For the sake of safety, I specially tied it with the hemp rope that had grown out, and then carefully put the mushrooms I had worked so hard to pick into the bamboo basket.

He wants to keep a small part of it to make up for his parents, and dry the rest, and then he can sell it in the market for money, so that he can also subsidize his family.

In fact, Xiang Siyu wants to pick more mushrooms, but he is 1.7 meters tall and weighs only about 50 catties. This has to count the clothes and shoes on his body, and his arms around him weigh about [-] catties. He really has the heart but not the strength, so he can only take it when he sees it, and he has never been greedy.

Every time he took a step down the mountain, Xiang Siyu gave a 'stupid' smirk, not only because of what he had gained this morning, but also because of the thought that he was about to go to Shanghai to study at university, he couldn't help but be filled with joy stand up.

Although the poor family is there, fortunately the school can apply for a student loan for him, so that after he graduates from university for four years, he can earn money to pay back the tuition owed to the school.

As for the living expenses in the future, Xiang Siyu has already thought about it. He can work part-time and do some part-time jobs. Anyway, he plans to go to college for four years, except when the freshman year is about to start this year, he will ask his parents for 1000 yuan for travel expenses and Apart from the accommodation fee, I will never take other expenses from my family.

Originally, he wanted to take a vacation job in the town after the college entrance examination to save some living expenses, but unfortunately this good idea became a bubble, because since the villagers learned that he was admitted to the university, especially the score was still 699 points. , took the eggs he had saved up every day, and the pork that he was reluctant to eat on weekdays, and came to his house one after another. Of course, there was only one purpose, that is, to hope that Xiang Siyu, a good boy with excellent studies, can give their family those who are not up to date. Dolls who don't study hard make up lessons.

There is no way, the nostalgia is hard to get rid of, so Xiang Siyu had no choice but to stay in the village. It is now on summer vacation. In the only elementary school classroom, he picked up the books from the junior high school, picked up the chalk tip, and gave the dolls in the village full of confidence. Make up lessons.

This tutoring lasted for a full fifty days. What's even more rare is that not only did he not ask for a penny from the parents of these tutoring children, but he also returned all the chicken, duck, fish, rice noodles and oil sent by the villagers. .

It wasn't that the Xiang family accepted these gifts at the very beginning, but that the villagers ran directly to Xiang Siyu's house, and before they could say a few polite greetings, they put down their things and ran away. It was hard to break the item, and he quickly asked his son to go door to door to return these, which were extremely precious gifts in his eyes.

～～～I am the naughty dividing line～～～

"Dad, why are you waiting for me here again?" Xiang Siyu had just walked to the foot of the mountain when he saw his father, Xiang Paihua, holding an old cigarette pouch, pacing up and down and looking at him. Around 11 o'clock, the sun is so hot that it is only satisfied with the fact that people can't wait to get sunstroke. After all, at this point in summer, few people are willing to come out and sweat profusely, except for those hard-working migrant workers.

"Why did you come back later than usual today? Xiaoyu, Dad is really worried about you. He originally wanted to go up the mountain to find you, but he was afraid that we would take a different path with you." Xiang Paihua said while He was about to reach out to hug the pile of firewood in Xiang Siyu's arms.

Xiang Siyu dodged subconsciously, and quickly explained: "Dad, I picked some mushrooms, which wasted time. I'm sorry, I made you worry about me again."

"Xiaoyu! What did you say sorry to dad? Dad is sorry to you, hey!" Speaking of this, Xiang Paihua's eye circles are already red.

Of course Xiang Siyu knows why his father feels so guilty, but in his eyes, poverty is nothing at all, and from childhood to adulthood, whether it's 'windy or rainy, or sunny', he has supported him. The person with the umbrella is the father in front of him who is over [-] years old and has a somewhat stooped back. These are enough.

"Dad, did my mother put medicine on her legs today?" Xiang Siyu looked at Xiang Paihua, suddenly remembered this, and blurted out.

"Don't worry! I just came out after I finished applying the medicine to your mother. Xiao Yu, put down the bamboo basket, and Dad will carry it for you, or you will be too tired." Xiang Paihua said before going forward 'Go grab' the bamboo basket on Xiang Siyu's back.

Xiang Siyu backed away again and again: "No need, no need, this little weight can't overwhelm me at all." As he spoke, he turned the bamboo basket on his back towards Xiang Paihua.

Of course, Xiang Paihua knew the character of his son Xiang Siyu, who was very stubborn. Of course, when he was fighting for a job with his father, he stopped fighting: "Xiao Yu, should you cut your hair?" Is it? The front curtain is almost covering your eyes, and those who don’t know will think you are a little girl.”

"Dad, if you didn't mention this, I would have forgotten about it. I said why recently, my vision has become blurred. It turned out that this layer of head curtain was blocking it." Xiang Siyu smiled.

At this time, Xiang Paihua raised his hand, and casually brushed his son Xiang Siyu's hair: "Then go to town in the afternoon and find a barber shop to cut it!"

Xiang Siyu shook his head: "What are you doing with that money? Don't you usually cut it for me? Besides, I'm a boy, so just cut my hair shorter."

"Then how can it work? It was before, and now is now. You are about to go to a big city to study. As for Dad's craftsmanship, except for being good at shaving your head, it is really not good. The hair I cut for you before is like a dog." As if, you have to listen to me this time. Xiao Yu"

Seeing his father's stubborn look, Xiang Siyu had no choice but to agree: "Okay! I'll go to the town to cut it, but we have agreed that if it is more than ten yuan, I will go home and ask you to give it to me." I cut."

"Hey! You brat, when did you learn how to bargain?" Xiang Paihua pretended to kick Xiang Siyu, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

"Then do you agree? Dad..." Xiang Siyu didn't dodge this time either.

Xiang Paihua: "I agree, but don't worry, a haircut in the town won't cost that much money at all, so you just go obediently! Buy a suit of clothes by the way, these are people who are going to big cities , we can’t ‘shame’ our Crescent Moon Village.”

Xiang Siyu: "I'm going to class, not to participate in a beauty pageant. My clothes are a little old, so what's there to be ashamed of? Dad"

Xiang Paihua: "You child, why are you fighting against Dad today? If you want to buy it, you will buy it, and buy a pair of shoes to wear. You only have a pair of summer shoes on your feet. If the glue is broken, there is no replacement. , is it possible that you still want to wear slippers to class?"

Xiang Siyu: "Yes"

Before Xiang Siyu finished speaking, Xiang Paihua became a little angry: "But what? I know you are afraid of spending money, but if you don't buy it now, if you get there, Dad is really right. , the shoes are rotten, it is more expensive to buy a pair of shoes there.”

Xiang Siyu's little head thought about what his father said, and he made sense of what his father said: "Don't be angry, can't I listen to you? Not only will I go to the town to cut my hair in the afternoon, but I will also buy clothes and shoes."

In fact, Xiang Siyu was afraid that it would be more expensive to buy clothes and daily necessities in big cities, so he planned to buy everything that should be bought in the town in advance, especially things like shampoo and soap, which usually have a shelf life of more than three years. Daily necessities, anyway, bought early will not be broken.

Back in the yard, Xiang Siyu had just spread the chopped firewood on the ground, and then took out the mushrooms from the bamboo basket without stopping, and placed them one by one on the window sill outside the house. After finishing these, he He also playfully knocked on the window glass twice.

Li Hailing had actually heard the movement of the father and son in the yard long ago, but she was still at the sewing machine, diligent and conscientious, not daring to waste any time. Taking care of her 'customers' is busy.

Although her legs were completely amputated below the knees due to a car accident when she was a child, for the sake of a happy family and her son Xiaoyu, Li Hailing faced life with strength and optimism, relying on hardworking hands and solid basic sewing skills , I was stunned to reject the government's subsistence allowances for the disabled, because she wanted to set an example for her son, that people can be physically disabled, but they must not be mentally disabled.

She did it too. Although she had a lot of work on weekdays, Li Hailing couldn't earn a lot of money because it was all done by neighbors and villagers in the village. There are two cows and five or six sheep at home. If you sell a cow or a few lambs, you can save some money.

Of course, everyone in the village is a farming family, and two acres of land is naturally indispensable, but Li Hailing lives a very frugal life, especially for her and her husband, who is more "harsh" It's just as 'harsh', but it doesn't mean she's picky, but spends money wisely all the time.

After all, the reality is here. Xiang Siyu's father, Xiang Paihua, is a full round older than Li Hailing. Naturally, he wants to save more money for their son to go to college, marry a wife, and build a house. It is also necessary to plan ahead.

As soon as she saw her son entering the house, no matter how busy Li Hailing was, she would always temporarily stop what she was doing: "Are you tired? Xiao Yu"

Li Hailing's loving mother's caring and warm words made Xiang Siyu's tiredness disappear in an instant: "Mom, I'm not tired at all, don't forget that I am the man of our family, but you are the one who works day and night Sitting next to the sewing machine at Yedi, why don't you rest for a while!" Speaking of this, Xiang Siyu choked up.

"Mom knows that you have been sensible since you were a child. Whether it is your own study or life, you have never let your mother worry about it. In my heart, it is warm every day. How can you feel tired? Xiaoyu" Li Hailing took off Nearsighted, squinting his eyes, he said with a happy face.

"Mom, actually I am most worried about you. I am afraid that you will forget to apply the medicine when you get busy." Xiang Siyu squatted beside Li Hailing while talking, and slowly stroked Li Hailing with both hands. On the rounded fleshy knees on her knees, she raised her head slightly, "Mom, I know you've been in pain here, so even if it's for me, don't forget to apply the ointment, let alone take it every time." A little bit, I will buy the ointment when it runs out, can you promise me?"

Li Hailing stroked Xiang Siyu's hair, "Mom promised, I will take good care of myself and your father, you can rest assured to read your book, buy what you need, eat what you want, and see how thin you are now. What does it look like, but fortunately my son is handsome, especially this little face, just like the beautiful girl dolls on TV, by the way, mom is not afraid that you will fall in love in college, if there is a suitable one, it will be good, try to give it to him as soon as possible Mom brought it back."

Xiang Siyu: "......"