Before I was six years old, I lived in the countryside. But later, because of my father's job, I moved with my father like my mother remarried, and moved into the current location of my family - a farm at the mouth of the Yellow River. The farm said that the countryside is not the countryside and the city is not the city. I was in the awkward position of wandering around with less than half a bottle. I lived there, and my identity became awkward. When I went back to my hometown, everyone regarded me as a city person, and when I went to the city, everyone regarded me as a city person. Being a country boy makes me don't know how to behave.
When I was still living in my hometown, I betrothed two playmates there. In our local dialect, we were a gang (pronounced Ba Yin). In Beijing dialect, we were called "Fa Xiao". Even though we rarely see each other now, every winter and summer vacation when we go home, we always get together to drink and talk about trivial matters in life while changing glasses, which makes my heart very warm. Every time we drink, the atmosphere is as harmonious as our society. We are all as excited as a poor man who has just turned over. We drink until our whole body is soaked in wine. After drinking, I feel like a drunk shrimp, drunk and blind. Things become active and hazy in my eyes, exuding the poetic atmosphere of Zhao Lihua.
Everyone in our village is named Song, and everyone in the village has the same ancestor. One of my two playmates is named Song Guodong and the other is named Song Jiangtao. If you remove the surname, everyone will be more familiar with them. Guodong sounds like jelly, and Jiang Tao is exactly the same as the one who sings. People often eat the former, and listen to the latter occasionally. But based on my understanding of these two people, they would not do anything that would be unworthy of their ancestors just to become famous.
When I lived in my hometown, all three of our families were at the front of the village, and my family was the front. This was not only the result of comparison with Song Guodong’s family and Song Jiangtao’s family, but also the result of comparison with the whole village. The three of us are very close to each other and form a triangle, forming horns that look after each other. It is of great military significance. Unfortunately, we were born in peaceful times, so it is of little use. Living close together provided the geographical possibility for the three of us to form a gang, and history can prove that we made full use of this geographical advantage. It can be said that they are the first friends in my life, and they are more unforgettable than my first love.
I was really a child at that time, too young to be any younger. I vaguely remember that the three of us ran to the street to meet each other after eating all day long. If anyone wasted time eating, the others would come out late. Someone would break into his house angrily and scold him mercilessly. At that time, he was too ignorant and did not understand the importance of eating in life. Basically, at that time, I despised people who wasted time on eating. To the extent that I now despise people who waste money on mistresses. When I grew up, I finally unknowingly understood the meaning of eating in life, but I started to worry about the meaning of life again. It was like a wave of ups and downs. Why was it that living was like watching a woman take off her clothes? Yiyi dance performance.
In order to go out to play early, we usually resolve the battle at the dinner table within a few minutes. If we can’t, we grab a big piece of dry food, break a canyon in the middle, and then fill the whole canyon with pickles to make a A simple version of a hamburger. When the adults are not paying attention, they run away. The adults are very attentive when eating, which reflects their greed. They rarely notice our evasion of food at the first time. Wait for them. When I found out in the air that the whole family was eating and missing one person, the few of us had already disappeared into the open wilderness. Song Guodong is the best eater among the three of us, so he usually brings food rations with him when we go out for fun. Song Jiangtao and I both find it too troublesome and don’t bother to bring them. We always think that we can have more fun by traveling lightly, but when we see Song Guodong’s hand There was a big steamed bun with pickles in it, and when we heard his familiar chewing sound, we seemed to hear the cries of black sesame paste in the South. We couldn't bear it anymore, so we divided it and ate it, teasing the not-so-sound hindquarters. Molars eat sweetly. When I grew up, I ate hamburgers made by foreigners at KFC for the first time when I entered the city. I never ate them again because compared to our steamed buns with pickles, meat and vegetable leaves in bread were simply incomparable. Swallow. It doesn't taste right no matter how you eat it. I can only politely say to Hamburger, you come to me with cream, but I already have it in my heart, oh and, it arrived before you.
We had many fun activities, including stealing dates from someone’s yard, breaking corns and digging sweet potatoes in the crop fields, then lighting them up and roasting them until they were the color of half-cooked buns, and then tasting them with relish, catching toads, Hunting snakes, catching fish, playing in the mud, filling the cricket nests with water, and in winter you can go skating in the nearby pond. I took advantage of a car and a skateboard, which my grandfather made for me. Song Guodong and Song Jiangtao were very envious. No less than now I envy my peers who drive BMWs. At that time, we were very focused and focused on everything we did. We usually only worked on one project a day, and sometimes we even worked on one project a month. Adults do very poorly in this regard. They play half-heartedly and have to change the objects they play with from time to time, especially when playing with women.
After my family moved to the farm, I went to elementary school. I was surrounded by chirping and silly little kids, but I still often felt lonely. During winter and summer vacations, I could not wait to let my dad take care of me. The high-sounding reason I sent me back to my hometown was that I missed my grandpa, but in fact, I wanted to go visit my old friends more. Song Guodong and Song Jiangtao were overjoyed when they saw me returning to my hometown in glory. I kept a low profile and tried to appear calm on the outside, but my heart was filled with emotions.
I couldn't help but praise myself for being calm, and I couldn't help but praise myself for being affectionate and righteous. During the summer vacation, they took me to fish in the ditch near the fields. Every time we came back with a rich harvest, not only fat fish, but also mud all over our faces. Now that I think about it, the three of us were walking on a small dirt road in the countryside, whistling, and we were all so gaudy that our original skin color could not be seen, and we looked like disguised Marines.
Time flies faster than an electric fan turned to its maximum setting. In the blink of an eye, I graduated from junior high school and unfortunately was admitted to a high school in the city. Not to be outdone, my two buddies joined forces to form a united front in order not to lose to me. They graduated from a small tower building in junior high school and entered a society full of dangers, struggling to make a living. Within two years, they even went to private schools. The fishing boat went out to sea for fishing, and I was sitting on the boat in Xuehaiwuya, so the three of us became crew members.
During that period of time, we could only see each other during the Chinese New Year, because the two of them usually went to sea. Going to sea was like going abroad, and you couldn't just come back. Before the Chinese New Year, the two of them would come to my house to reminisce and get drunk. Each time they would bring some rare sea fish to satisfy my craving. The strange-looking fish was stewed and served to the table. My appetite whetted my appetite and I ate it like a storm. The two of them pretended to be ripe on the side, but in fact they were just like two ripe oranges. They said seriously, slow down. Eat, and then I'll take it home for you after you're done. Later, I had eaten the fish and it was extremely mutilated. My conscience found out and I asked, why don’t you eat it? Don't be afraid that I don't have enough to eat. Didn't I say there is more? The two of them laughed, very passionately, saying that they ate all day long on the boat, changing the food, frying, frying, frying, stewing, steaming, and tried all kinds of cooking techniques. They wanted to run away, but unfortunately the ship was at sea and the sea was so vast that they had nowhere to escape. When they said this, I was filled with endless yearning for fishing at sea.
During the Chinese New Year in the first year of college, the three of us got together again. Song Guodong talked about a crew member on the ship he was on who unfortunately fell into the boat he loved while pulling the net. The sea, what's more unfortunate is that he never came up again. I think it is not good for a person to love the sea too much. If one day the sea learns of your love for it, is moved by this love and embraces you into its deep embrace, then this person will never see him again. My beloved land. It happened that the harvest at sea was not good that year, and their income was not good, so they drank wine and became depressed, sighing and sighing one after another.
After that year, neither Song Guodong nor Song Jiangtao went to sea again. After all, they are all terrestrial animals. They have been accustomed to living on land since childhood, so it is safer to work in areas they are familiar with. After all, the body is the capital of revolution. At least the road to making more money and less money was broad and stable. Song Guodong found a job in a factory. The boss of the factory was said to have an extraordinary relationship with a certain leading comrade in the city, so the benefits were extraordinary. Song Jiangtao was installing solar energy for people in the city. He once called me to complain that he was either on the roof of the building or climbing to the roof all day long. He was almost tanned to the color of solar energy, but his position was very high. , has become the deputy manager. Apart from the manager, he has the final say. I was very pleased to hear this, and I was sincerely happy and proud of him, but then he said that there were only two people in the company, a manager and a deputy manager, and he was both deputy manager and employee. I think he is a person who is inferior to one person and superior to no one.
When winter was about to come last year, Song Guodong, regardless of the friendship between brothers, resolutely got married and gave me a sister-in-law when Song Jiangtao and I were still alone. After I came back from vacation this year, I only saw Song Guodong when I returned to my hometown. Song Jiangtao is still fighting on the rooftop, standing high and seeing far. Song Guodong shyly told me that he was going to be a father. I was surprised, but after thinking about it, I thought it was reasonable. One year is really enough. I thought to myself that when Song Guodong was a child, he used a slingshot to shoot birds with perfect shots, and now he has finally grown into a master with a single shot, always hitting the target. It would be great if officials could work as efficiently as him.
The Chinese New Year is coming soon again, and I am looking forward to eating and drinking together with them again, and chatting without a word. It makes me feel comfortable and reminds me of our carefree childhood. .