dream village

After returning to school, Mengfang Nengwen and Qiu Cheng were handed over to count the things sent by the villagers. Zhang Tao and the monkey leaned against a willow tree in front of the school to fart and chat.

There was no wind, and the sun hung like a huge ball of fire in the cloudless sky.It was so hot that it was driving people crazy, and it was so hot that every drop of sweat was drained from the body.Even the well-behaved gongs, drums and locks have become a kind of noise, which makes people upset.

Especially at noon, when the sun is the hottest, the pores of the whole body are open, but there is no more sweat. Even if a few drops are finally forced out, with the dry sound of "nourishing, nourishing", it will soon become the vicious and hot sun The tongue is cleaned.

The sycamore trees in front of the school drooped their branches and leaves listlessly, like an old man with exhausted energy.The bird lay motionless on the tree branch, drowsy and lost the hustle and bustle of the past.

Under the eaves on the side of the school, a round-faced little girl was selling popsicles with an ice bucket.The gang of boys of different heights in the village surrounded the girl who sold the ice cream one after another.

There are very few children who are neatly dressed. Most of them are bare-chested, wearing only a pair of trousers, and they are all dirty.Some are even naked, dangling the little penis underneath, and they don't feel shy at all.

These children squeezed in one by one, screaming excitedly and tiredly, and stretched their cute little hands high, holding a coin or a dirty fifty-cent bill in their palms.

The round-faced girl who sells ice will take the money quickly, and at the same time, put the popsicle wrapped in bright wrapping paper into this cute little hand.

When the children took the ice, they often put it in their mouths without peeling off the paper, took a hard bite, then tore off the paper with their teeth, and held it in their mouths for a while until the top was dry. After the sweet taste, he opened his cute little mouth, and with a "pop", as the tongue stretched and contracted, he spit out the rolled up, wet ice paper to the ground far away.

The proud, complacent and sweet look of the child who is eating ice, and the white, round popsicle with some pinkish yellow or light green, are emitting a slight mist under the sun, gently and softly Covering the entire body of ice, all this constitutes an alluring picture.

Zhang Tao pointed to this group of children with infinite yearning and endless aftertaste: "These children are so happy and carefree! Looking at them, I think of our childhood."

"That's right! Even though we ate less and starved in those days, how fulfilling and happy we lived every day!" the monkey also exclaimed. "It's like now, when you get older, you will have more troubles."

Zhang Tao didn't answer, and he and the monkey fell into a brief silence, not knowing whether they were recalling the sweetness of childhood, or worrying about growing up.

However, their eyes still fell on this group of children with interest, probably looking for their childhood shadows!

The ice-buying kids formed a dense circle around the round-faced girl.Even if they bought it, they didn't want to leave it. While they were pumping the ice, they stared at the ice bucket that looked like a magic box, hoping that one of them would come into their hands.

Sometimes, they would turn their heads, look lightly and triumphantly at the people outside the circle without ice, and deliberately slam their mouths on the bar to make it extra loud.Because they are crowded too tightly, and those who want to buy ice have to struggle to squeeze in.

The round-faced girl had chased her away several times, and each time she only loosened up a little. When she bent down to get the ice, they crowded around again, fearing that someone else would take their place, so they squeezed even tighter.

The appearance of these children eating ice varies, depending on the wealth in their pockets.Children who can buy two sticks of ice usually eat in a rude and show off manner. They open their mouths as far as possible, stretch the popsicle in as far as possible, almost engulfing the whole stick of ice, and then pull it out very quickly with their hands. Smack it loudly a few times, and then use your tongue to quickly clean up the ice juice on the edge of your lips.

Children who only have enough to buy a stick of ice usually eat very carefully and carefully. They only hold the little bit on the tip of the ice, and suck it gently and carefully.In the process of sucking, there is no trace of force on the face, for fear that it will be sucked up by accident.

As soon as their mouths leave the ice holder, they will make swallowing movements that show that they have sucked in a lot of ice water. In fact, what they swallow is the saliva that has already overflowed their mouths.

Sometimes, because of the sun, they had to turn the ice cup upside down, so that the few drops of ice water that were about to fall would slip obediently into their mouths along the ice cup.

Children who have eaten more than two ice cubes are eligible to wander around the circle leisurely with their hands on their backs.Occasionally, he shrugged his shoulders easily, and with a condescending gaze, looked at the child who was nervously holding the ice, reluctant to eat it, but the ice juice was dripping from the sun, helpless, a little Confused and annoyed.

The corners of his mouth are pursed and his nose is humming softly. Sometimes he leans closer and says in a slow and indifferent tone: "I'm tired of eating this kind of food. Last time I ate it in the city." The [-] yuan cone, that’s enough!" He said while smashing his mouth, as if he was eating the cone.

Children who only ate a piece of ice, when the ice juice in the cracks in their connecting rods were all stained, they had to squeeze out of the ice-eating circle in disappointment.

But when they pass by those children outside the circle who have no ice to eat, they will soon forget the unhappiness just now, hold their heads high, look at those children with a victorious gaze, and raise the ice in their hands that they are reluctant to throw away Rod, as if to say, "How? I ate a stick of ice."

"Isn't that little wealth?" The monkey said suddenly, pointing to a dark and dirty child.

Xiao Fugui's greedy look caught their attention.His eyes were fixed on all this.He swallowed deeply again and again as the sound of "Zi, Zi" tsk bing sounded from around him.

Several times, he unconsciously put his dirty fingers into his mouth and sucked them hard, but what he tasted was a bitter and salty taste, so he pulled out his fingers in disappointment, his face full of annoyance.

"His family is really pitiful, and thanks to Aunt Xihua, it's really not easy for one child to take care of three children!" Monkey said sympathetically.

"His father passed away the year before last!" Zhang Tao also had a look of pain and helplessness on his face.

"I left the year before last." The monkey nodded and said, "I missed something in an illegal small coal mine. That accident was serious, eight people died, and the coal mine owner fled immediately. After the government came forward, it gave a symbolic gift to everyone. The victims were paid [-] yuan in compensation."

His tone became passionate and angry, "Tell me, how much will this 5000 yuan do for families who have lost their mainstay labor? These coal mine bosses are really black-hearted, and they will die!"

Zhang Tao sighed angrily and said, "If these small illegal coal mines are supported by the background, how can they manage? If there is no cover after the accident, how can they get away? In the final analysis, it is the ghosts of those corrupt elements in the government."

"Government...government..." the monkey said in confusion with a sad face, "isn't this a harmonious society with food and clothing? Why do such unprovoked deaths happen so frequently?"

Zhang Tao couldn't answer this question, and they fell silent again.

While they were talking, Xiao Fugui tilted his head and stood pitifully and dumbly outside the ice-eating circle.He kept swallowing, and the walls of his mouth seemed to be crawling with many caterpillars, itching and dry, extremely uncomfortable.

After a long time, the mouth can only secrete a little sticky and thick liquid, which cannot be swallowed or spit out.From time to time a terrible hungry grunt rolled through the throat.

He tried to take his eyes off the round-faced girl's magic box.

He lowered his head, and soon, an irresistible force forced him to raise his head again.

He also tried to walk away, but his whole body seemed to be firmly nailed to the ground, unable to move at all.

From time to time, he touched his dry lips with his tongue. He was really anxious and uncomfortable. Many distracting thoughts and fantasies filled his head, and his hunger and thirst burned like fire.