Father's Land Mother's River

Chapter 97 Feelings
In the afternoon self-study class, Yue Xuelian took Liu Xiaonan to an empty classroom and made up lessons for him alone.Perhaps out of habit, to show the majesty of the teacher, Yue Xuelian also stood on the podium when facing a student.

Liu Xiaonan sat in the front seat, holding the textbook in one hand, and comparing the notes that Meng Xiangxiang copied for him with the other.The notes that Meng Xiangxiang copied were very accurate and comprehensive. Combined with Yue Xuelian's lectures, he could easily comprehend them and deepen his understanding.

Yue Xuelian spoke for about an hour, closed the book and walked off the podium.She picked up the class notebook in Liu Xiaonan's hand, flipped through it and asked, "Which classmate copied this for you?"

Liu Xiaonan replied: "Meng Xiangxiang. She copied the class notes for me in order to practice on my bicycle."

Yue Xuelian returned the note to Liu Xiaonan: "With this note, you can master the key points of knowledge by yourself, and you don't have to ask me to make up the lessons alone, it's unnecessary."

Liu Xiaonan said: "Don't, listening to your lectures will make it easier for me to fully grasp."

Yue Xuelian said: "You look very tired. You didn't sleep well on the train, did you? That's it for today. After resting, I will continue to make up lessons tomorrow."

Liu Xiaonan patted the seat beside her, asked Yue Xuelian to sit down, took out the brocade box from her coat pocket, looked at her and said, "From the novel to the script, you have also put in so much effort into "Father's Land, Mother's River", You don't want to make a name for yourself, I can't pretend to be confused. I bought a small gift to show my gratitude to Teacher Xiaoyue."

Yue Xuelian took the brocade box without hesitation, opened it, and was stunned.There was a question in the joy, a pair of small canine teeth showed the tip of the teeth between the slightly parted lips: "How do you know that I like Yuguanyin?"

Liu Xiaonan said: "At that time, I fell in love with it at the first sight. How did I know that you liked Yuguanyin? The old man in the craft shop told me that there is a destined person for Buddhadu, and I wish Teacher Xiaoyue a safe and happy life."

Yue Xuelian held the Jade Guanyin in her palm, looked at it reverently, and asked hesitantly: "It must be very expensive. I have seen similar ones before, and they are too expensive to afford. How much did you spend?" bought?"

"It's vulgar to talk about money." Liu Xiaonan corrected: "You can't say buy, but please. This is a new knowledge I just learned."

"I accept your gift." Yue Xuelian put Jade Avalokitesvara into a box and put it in her upper body pocket, joking in a rare way: "Take someone's hand short, I will definitely make up for you."

From the second day on, Yue Xuelian stepped off the podium, sat on the seat, and gave Liu Xiaonan a make-up lesson face to face.Liu Xiaonan noticed that Yue Xuelian used to like to wear turtleneck sweaters, but now she has replaced it with open-neck sweaters, and the thin red silk ribbon around her neck is faintly visible.

The courses have caught up, and the time has come to New Year's Day in [-].The movie "Jingjun Ji" was released in Bincheng during New Year's Day. Liu Xiaonan bought hundreds of movie tickets and gave them to teachers in the editorial department, classmates, police officers from the police station who detained him overnight, and the leaders and contacts of the textile factory. close co-workers.

But he and Meng Xiangxiang returned to Liuzi Street, and his father wrote in advance to say that the family slaughtered pigs on New Year's Day.

Pig slaughtering in rural areas is a major event of the year.The whole family eats meat with their stomachs open, which is the highest reward and reward for a year's hard work.Fat meat is refined into lard, which is the main source of calories for a family in a year.

The remaining meat and meat bones are pickled with salt and sealed in ceramic jars, which can be preserved for a long time.It can be guaranteed that in the remaining half a year or so, every meal can see a little bit of meat.

Meng Xiangxiang originally wanted to stay in school and watch movies, but Liu Xiaonan knew that she was not willing to buy meat and vegetables, so she decided to let her have a few meals of butchered vegetables and blood sausage.On the pretext that her aunt misses her, he must take her back.Only then did Meng Xiangxiang agree to go back to Liuzi Street with him.

As the relationship deepened, Liu Xiaonan seemed to see another figure of herself in Meng Xiangxiang's body.Asking her to buy a down jacket, she only bought an ordinary short-sleeved padded jacket, and was still planning to spend money.

She does not suffer from poverty, feel inferior, and studies hard.Several exams, the results have been stable in the top ten in the same session.

Liu Xiaonan felt ashamed, but her growth made him feel extremely happy and gratified.She is not a book sucker, she often goes to Guan Xiaoyun to learn sewing. According to Guan Xiaoyun, she has already learned how to step on the sewing machine.

Her first handicraft demonstration was a chair cushion made of rags, with a large colorful flower petal on the front.She put the chair cushion on the wooden chair in his dormitory, admiring it by herself, looking very happy.

Such a smart and studious girl will surely have great development in the future.Liu Xiaonan often has a strange feeling that she is his best work.

After the morning class, the two of them rushed to the coach station and returned to Liuzi Street before dark.

The old uncle came to butcher the pig, and the mother brought grandma home.Grandma is eighty years old, has no serious physical problems, is not deaf or blind, but just likes to make fun of Liu Xiaonan, and when she sees Meng Xiangxiang, she opens her mouth and calls her niece and daughter-in-law.

It's not that Meng Xiangxiang agrees, and it's not the same if he doesn't agree. In the end, he still has to agree, which is quite embarrassing.

Liu Xiaonan sat beside her grandma and asked her, "Am I grandma's nephew?"

Grandma raised her hand and slapped Liu Xiaonan on the head: "You are not my nephew, who is?"

Liu Xiaonan exaggeratedly rubbed her head and said, "Okay, let me tell grandma again. Xiaomeng is my classmate, my mother's goddaughter, and grandma's niece. You can call her niece by name, or someone else's niece and daughter-in-law. , It’s embarrassing for her as a little girl. Grandma has a long life, and when I find a real niece and daughter-in-law, let grandma shout every day.”

Grandma looked at Meng Xiangxiang, agreed quite simply, and when she turned around, she called her niece and daughter-in-law again.Liu Xiaonan knew that grandma was doing this on purpose, so she could only say to Meng Xiangxiang, "Grandma is an old child, don't take it to heart."

In front of the whole family, Meng Xiangxiang was generous: "As long as grandma is happy, you can call me anything."

There were three more people in the family and couldn't sleep at night, so Liu Xiaonan moved to the two rooms where her uncle's family lived.The two rooms were piled with sundries, and a thick layer of hoarfrost formed on the back wall. A kang was temporarily fired, but the room temperature was extremely low, like an ice cellar.

He was lying on the hot kang with a thick quilt covering his body and a manuscript paper in front of him.After writing a few paragraphs, I have to put down the pen and rub my hands, the hot air from my mouth condenses into wisps of faint white mist.

This novel called "Longitude and Latitude Threads" only has a beginning, but only a few thousand words.The past seems to be engraved in the mind, and the friendship between the teenagers is as clear as a movie screen.He is often swayed by an inexplicable emotion, and he can't wait to express the emotion in his heart with words, but every word he writes makes his heart ache.

After writing dozens or hundreds of words, the pain forced him to put down the pen to relieve his anxiety.

He writes intermittently, sometimes there is a hallucination, Gu Yu stands in front of him, smiling and looking at every word he wrote.He grinned at her: There is no resentment in my heart, it's just pain, and I won't slander your image.

At this time, he entered this state again, and he couldn't even feel the cold.The impact of reality on him was far greater than wind, frost, snow and rain.

Meng Xiangxiang opened the door and walked in. The cold air immediately enveloped her body, and she couldn't help shivering twice.She said: "Brother, this room is too cold, you still have to write, let's change, I'll come and sleep."

Liu Xiaonan said: "I'm used to it. It's definitely not as cold in your hometown as it is here. You won't be used to it."

Meng Xiangxiang's eyes were full of admiration: "If you didn't see it with your own eyes, who would believe that the big brother who wrote two movies would insist on writing in such a cold room? It can be seen that behind every successful person, All of them have sacrificed beyond ordinary people.”

Liu Xiaonan said: "We grew up in a difficult environment. If we don't work hard, there will be no pie in the sky. You also work hard, and you have a very sharp mind. Your academic performance makes your senior brother feel ashamed."

Meng Xiangxiang smiled confidently: "If I don't work hard, let alone whether I can be worthy of the hard work of my parents, fail the hope of my senior brother, and fail to live up to my aunt's love, how can I have the face to come to Liuzi Street?"

Liu Xiaonan rubbed her icy cheeks: "Go to sleep. It was colder when I was a child than now, don't you grow up too?"

Meng Xiangxiang walked out of that room and returned to grandma and aunt.Although it was the second time to walk into this strange family, what I felt in my heart was boundless happiness and an indescribable sense of solidity.

Early the next morning, the family got up early to work.After killing the pig, Liu Zhixin said to Liu Xiaonan: "Anyway, you can't help much. You go to Fuzhou City and invite Yue Zifan for me."

Liu Xiaonan said: "I have invited you before, but Mr. Yue will not come."

Liu Zhixin said: "It's his business whether you come or not, it's my business whether you invite me or not."

Liu Xiaonan came to Fuzhou City by car to invite his teacher Yue on behalf of his father. Unexpectedly, Yue Xuelian also returned to his father's house.Liu Xiaonan asked Yue Xuelian curiously: "Didn't you have been waiting to watch the movie "Jingjun Ji", why are you back?"

Yue Xuelian said flatly: "The original author doesn't appreciate his own work, so why should I applaud for others."

Yue Xuelian stood in front of the office window at noon yesterday, and accidentally saw a scene that puzzled her. Liu Xiaonan and Meng Xiangxiang both walked out of the school gate.Liu Xiaonan was carrying a bulging backpack and seemed to be going home, so what happened to Meng Xiangxiang accompanying him?
It is an open fact that the two have a close relationship at ordinary times.He cared for her so much, he accompanied her to eat and study, and the bicycle almost became her personal means of transportation.She admired him and worshiped him, and often went to his textile factory dormitory, saying that she was learning to sew from others.

She believes that because the relationship between the two of them has always remained at the level of the relationship between classmates, it can withstand any scrutiny.

I still feel a little uncomfortable in my heart, not going home with myself, not even saying hello, it has already explained everything.That piece of Jade Guanyin is definitely expensive. She knows a little bit of relevant knowledge, just to express her gratitude?Is it too much to express?
Jade Guanyin has been worn on her chest, bringing her warmth and hope, but she still can't feel the mysterious power that makes her wishes come true.

She made a temporary decision, finished work early in the afternoon, and took the train back to her father's house.According to the past practice, on New Year's Day, Liu Xiaonan would usually show up at his father's house.She hoped to see him at his father's house.

Yue Zifan was still sitting on the hot kang, his legs suffering from severe wind and cold were covered with a small quilt.He looked at Liu Xiaonan and Yue Xuelian and said, "Please come every year, I appreciate your father's kindness. I don't like that kind of noisy occasion, so let Xuelian go on my behalf."

Yue Xuelian said first, "Uncle Liu didn't invite me."

Liu Xiaonan found a step for herself: "My dad didn't invite you, I invited you. I formally invite Teacher Xiaoyue to eat pork at my house, to experience a primitive activity."

"It's still primitive and quite mysterious. Are you sure I'm interested?"

"Catching fish through the ice. It's not fishing, it's fishing. Are you interested?"

Yue Xuelian was indeed not interested: "I haven't experienced it, I don't know."

Yue Zifan said to Yue Xuelian: "You have always said that you can't write Xiaonan's novels with a strong sense of life and country, mainly because you haven't gone deep into the folks. Go with Xiaonan. You have to experience it for yourself whether you are interested or not. .”

Yue Xuelian followed Liu Xiaonan out of the house following Liu Xiaonan.Get in the car, ten kilometers away, and you will arrive at Liuzi Street in less than 10 minutes.

Yue Xuelian secretly sighed in her heart, the distance is really close, and they met after a long circle, and missed the teenage years that can leave many good memories.Providence or chance?
She looked around at Liuzi Street, and said meaningfully: "It seems to be familiar."

Liu Xiaonan led the way. He held back a smile and said, "When you arrive at my house, you will meet another acquaintance."

After guessing who it was, Yue Xuelian asked, "I can't imagine who it is."

"Meng Xiangxiang." Liu Xiaonan stopped, turned around, and said calmly, "You must be very surprised. How could I bring Meng Xiangxiang into my home? The ancestors of our Liu family came from Lijiazhuang, Qixia County, Shandong. Xiang is from a village adjacent to Lijiazhuang, and her mother happens to be a descendant of the Liu family. I regard Meng Xiangxiang as a distant relative of the Liu family in Liuzi Street. My mother recognizes her as a goddaughter. Do you understand this explanation? "

Yue Xuelian loosened the scarf around her neck and said: "Brother has a spiritual home in his heart, where there are the footprints of the ancestors, the endless blood and tears of the ancestors, and the sonorous and powerful fights of the ancestors to change the destiny." Sound. Not to shame the ancestors is the common sentiment of our nation. The blood of the ancestors flows in the body of the brothers, which is the root of the soul's dependence."

"It's rare for you to understand so deeply. In the eyes of many people, what I did was meaningless. I dared not disclose this relationship at school, for fear of causing unnecessary suspicion and disturbing the peace of mind. "

"Because I participated in the creation of "Father's Land, Mother's River", I felt a little bit of my brother's heart."

"There is one more thing, I would like to ask for your help. Meng Xiangxiang's family conditions are not very good, her academic performance is there, can you apply for scholarships and grants for her at the end of the year, although it is a drop in the bucket, at least it can motivate her Encourage her."

"According to her academic performance, the scholarship should not be a problem. The problem is that there are many poor students in the school, and the scholarship is limited. The school will consider it comprehensively. I think her usual clothes and food are okay. This kind of thing It's not good to show favoritism."

"let it go."

"Brother doesn't seem to have told the whole truth."

Pressed by Yue Xuelian's gaze, Liu Xiaonan said: "When school just started, Meng Xiangxiang's dinner was just a steamed bun and boiled water. In order to make up for the tuition and living expenses, her family was exhausted. After paying the tuition, she had very little left in her hands. Enough to get by. I convinced her and decided to sponsor her for college."

Yue Xuelian's gentle eyes can melt ice and snow: "Brother, I didn't really understand you until this moment."

(End of this chapter)