20 years of spring breeze

Chapter 11
Old Liu had a bicycle, and he wandered into the city with Xiaowei, but the total distance was only a few kilometers.

When he got to the gate of the Public Security Bureau, Xiaowei jumped off the back seat of his bicycle, and it was not on his way from here on. He was ashamed to let Lao Liu see him off. "Master, ride slowly." Xiaowei stood there and shouted at Lao Liu, who waved his hand without looking back.

Walked along the road back to Stationmaster Wang's house, went upstairs, the door was open, and walked in directly.

Aunt Wang was sitting on the stool packing up the dishes when she heard a voice and looked up: "Xiaowei is back, how are you doing today?"

Xiaowei smiled and said, "It's okay, the master taught me to push a unicycle, and I practiced all afternoon."

Aunt Wang said: "Okay, work hard, learn some skills, don't be afraid of hardship. Go wash your face and lie down for a while, and I will call you after dinner."

Xiaowei agreed, went to the kitchen to wash his face, and walked into the room specially cleaned up for him. The bedding was all new.He stood on the edge of the bed, looked at the quilt, then looked at himself, hesitated for a while, turned around and came out, and said to Aunt Wang, "Auntie, can I go wash in the river?"

Aunt Wang looked up at him, smiled, and said, "What's the matter? Do you think you've buried yourself? Go to the kitchen and close the door to wash. There's too much water in the river. Wait a minute, I'll find you clothes, you can't wear this one gone."

He got up and went into the house, took Uncle Wang's vest and trousers, handed them to Xiaowei, and said, "I'll wear your uncle's for now, and I'll go to the street tomorrow to buy some for you." Xiaowei took the clothes and said : "That's fine, no need to buy a new one, I'm working there, it's over in a few days, it's useless. Auntie, buy it for my uncle, I'll wear old ones, it's better to have the kind of wear-resistant ones."

Aunt Wang nodded, sat down and continued to pick vegetables, and said, "Okay, you usually wear old clothes to work, and buy new ones when you are on holiday. Your uncle doesn't need to buy them, their unit will give you work clothes. By the way, I will give you Find a suit, one of his work clothes is made of canvas, which is wear-resistant, but it’s a bit thick, isn’t it hot to wear this day?” He stood up again and went into the room.

Xiaowei took the clothes into the kitchen, closed the door and plugged it in, took off the clothes and threw them into the basin, turned on the faucet, and just took the soap and washed them in cold water.

At that time in the Northeast, it was quite inconvenient for ordinary people to take a bath. The baths were fixed at fixed times. If they missed it, they would not be able to take a bath. In summer, it was okay, and they could wash with a little water. I can't wash anywhere, and it's okay in the city. If I go to the whole bath in the countryside, I can only boil some water to wash the key parts.

The elders took a bath quickly, and in about ten minutes, a brand new Xiaowei appeared. He put on clean clothes, opened the kitchen door, and turned around to wash and change the clothes. Aunt Wang smiled and scolded: "Okay, pretend What kind of calf, can you wash it? Put it there, come and help me pick vegetables, and let Xiaohong wash it for you after eating. By the way, do you think the work clothes are okay? It’s a bit thick."

Xiaowei went to pick up the overalls to look at. The dark blue canvas is a bit thick, but it is durable. Many workers on the construction site wear it. They put it on before working and take it off before resting.

"Okay, I'll wear this tomorrow." Xiaowei said to Aunt Wang.

Aunt Wang said: "Okay? I'll change it for you that night. Why don't you grow taller? You're still so thin. From now on, eat an extra bowl for every meal." Xiaowei looked like his mother, with a personality of Not very tall, less than 1.7 meters when I was sixteen or seventeen, and very thin.

Xiaowei didn't dare to answer back, so he laughed, pulled a small bench over and sat down, stretched out his hand to get the food, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, Aunt Wang asked: "What's wrong with your hand? Stretch it out and let me see, what happened?" This is it?" It was so dirty that I didn't see anything, but now that it's clean, the ten red radishes are too obvious.

Xiaowei was a little embarrassed, and said: "I picked up bricks and ground them this afternoon. It's okay. It will be fine tomorrow. It was like this at the beginning."

Aunt Wang took Xiaowei's hand and looked carefully, and said, "What's the matter? It's all swollen. Does it hurt? It must hurt. What's the matter? Go to the hospital and let's go." stand up.

Xiaowei hurriedly grabbed Aunt Wang, and said, "Auntie, don't worry, it's nothing, just a little pain, it's like this on the first day, you just get used to it, really. My master said that you can wash it with salt water, I don't lie You, and tomorrow my master said to get me a pair of gloves, and I'll be fine if I put them on."

Aunt Wang hesitated for a moment, then said, "Really? Then get some salt water to wash it. I'll do it."

Xiaowei pulled Aunt Wang and said, "I made it. I washed it just now. Oh, don't worry about it. Let's make dinner. My Uncle Wang and Xiaohong will be back in a while."

Aunt Wang looked a little worried, looked at Xiaowei's hand and said, "Your uncle didn't come back to eat, he went to drink big wine, Xiaohong studied at night, it's not so early. I really don't need to go and see? Does it hurt? Otherwise, let's quit this job, what a pain, let your uncle find another job tomorrow."

Xiaowei shook his head and said, "It's okay, auntie. It's just a little bit of hard work at the beginning of farming. You just get used to it. Isn't this the first day for me? It will be fine in the future. Today, my master taught me a lot of secrets."

Aunt Wang looked at Xiaowei's hand, sighed, said nothing, and sat down to pick vegetables.

In fact, Xiaowei's hands are so painful that he can hardly feel it. They are already swollen, the oily skin is broken, and he takes a bath and soaks in salt water. Why do ordinary people always say to sprinkle salt on the wound?That hurts.

However, rural children are used to beatings since they were young, and they have a strong ability to bear. Besides, they can't cry out in front of Aunt Wang. One is afraid that she will worry about it. not open.

Enduring the stabbing pain in his heart, Xiaowei picked the vegetable leaves one by one. Fortunately, what he got was celery. If it was kidney beans or potatoes, he couldn't get it no matter how hard he gritted his teeth.

"Brother Guizi, how are you doing at work today?" Xiao Hong hopped into the room with her schoolbag on her back, and asked Xiao Wei while patting her from behind.

Xiaowei didn't turn his head and said: "It's okay, I'm following the master, I'm just practicing, I haven't started working yet."

Xiaohong put her schoolbag on the table casually, walked up to the two of them and squatted down to grab some food, and asked, "What are you practicing?"

Xiaowei said: "Pushing a unicycle is not easy to play with. It's disobedient. I worked on it all afternoon before I could push it around a few times."

Xiaohong said: "What is a unicycle? A car with one wheel? Why don't you get a two-wheeled one? What's wrong with your hand? Don't move, let me see."

Xiaowei said: "It's okay." He wanted to pull his hand back, but Xiaohong grabbed him, took Xiaowei's hands and looked at them one by one, and said, "What's wrong with this? Why are they swollen like this? Doesn’t it always hurt? Then what kind of vegetables did you pick? Mom, didn’t you see his hands swollen like this? You still asked him to work.”

Aunt Wang gave her daughter a blank look, and said, "Shouldn't I tell him to listen to him? If I'm able, I can yell at your mother."

(End of this chapter)