break out of the ice

Chapter 47 Shijiawan

Shijiawan is on the west side of Mincheng, backed by a big mountain, and there is a water bay in front of the mountain. People in Shijiawan have lived around the water bay for generations, and because the surname Shi is the common surname here, it is called Shijiawan. .

Shijiawan faces the direction of Mincheng. There are no mountains. It is a relatively flat dirt road. The dirt road is only five miles long. Five miles away is the town where Shijiawan is located. There are private runners running from the town to Mincheng. Minibuses stop and go, and it takes about an hour to get to Mincheng.

Shi Jingqi thought about it for a while. If he took a car, he would have to carry so many things and walk five miles after getting out of the car.

He thought about riding his bicycle back.

His salary is high, and he has bonuses and overtime pay in the past few months. He bought a new [-] bicycle after leaving the Phoenix bicycle to Liu Yuru.

After returning from Lin Yuru's place, he pushed out the bicycle and inflated it.

Go to the cafeteria to find Lao Xia.

Lao Xia's wife has been dead for more than ten years, and there is only one daughter. A few years ago, her daughter also married to the next city, and he was the only one left in the family. Workers who also don't go home cook.

Shi Jingqi came over to ask Lao Xia to borrow a basket.

This is a large basket made of twigs, the two sides are woven into bamboo basket-like containers, connected in the middle, separated by a distance as wide as a bicycle seat, and the edge of the top is more than ten centimeters higher, so that the connected place looks Like a little table.

Put it on the back seat of the bicycle, fix it well, and it is very convenient to load things.

Because too many people borrowed the tricycles in the cafeteria these days, Gao Tuanjie asked people to go to the market to buy two baskets and put them in the cafeteria. Shi Jingqi happened to borrow them.

Today, there is no need to prepare the meal at night, Lao Xia cooked two dishes by himself, and was about to bring it up to find Lao Dingtou for a drink.

Seeing Shi Jingqi coming, she asked Shi Jingqi to get it by herself.

Shi Jingqi found the basket by herself in the storage room of the back kitchen, and moved it back to the dormitory.

After wiping the basket, I fixed it on the back seat of the bicycle and went to sleep.

On the second day, at five o'clock in the morning, Shi Jingqi woke up on time.

After washing, he took the things distributed in the factory, the cigarettes and alcohol he bought for his father, the fabrics he bought for his mother, the clothes he prepared for a change of clothes, the books he planned to read at home in the past few days, and a brand new flashlight he bought. 20 yuan batteries, three packs of white candles, ten pieces of soap, two packs of washing powder, two packs of brown sugar, and two packs of white sugar were all put in the box.

Filled the two boxes to the brim, took a kettle and filled it with boiling water, and put it in the front frame of the car.

I went to the cafeteria to have an early breakfast. Lao Xia knew that he was going back to Shijiawan by bicycle, so he made two steamed buns and two eggs for him and put them in the basket for him to eat on the way.

Shi Jingqi left the factory, went directly to the food department, bought a few packs of snacks, and ordered two pieces of greased paper wrapping the snacks.

Arrange the snacks neatly in the basket, cover the top with oil paper, and tie it with hemp rope, all the way west, out of Mincheng City.

From Mincheng City to Shijiawan, it takes about four hours to ride a bicycle. Because there is still snow on the road, it has been crushed by the wheels countless times, and it is frozen. I dare not walk as fast as usual. It takes about four hours. Hour.

However, because he hasn't been home for a long time, Shi Jingqi doesn't feel tired at all.

It was cold at first, but after sweating, I didn't feel cold anymore.

When I was tired from riding, I stopped by the side of the road to drink a few sips of water and eat a bun or egg.

When approaching the town, the sky began to snow.

There are bare plane trees on both sides of the road, and behind the plane trees are green wheat. Shi Jingqi watched the snowflakes fluttering and put the hat on his head, and felt a little happier.

The auspicious snow heralds a good year, and it is good when it snows.

When we arrived in the town, the snow had already started to thicken. Shi Jingqi paid more attention and finally entered Shijiawan before it was completely blinded by the whiteness.

It was time to make lunch, and it snowed heavily again, and the streets of Shijiawan were quiet and no one was there.

Just as he was about to go home quietly, he saw a figure in an army green coat approaching the entrance of the village.

Looking at the figure, it was the father.

Shi Jingqi hurriedly walked towards his father.

Father Shi also saw his son, so he stood still and waited for his son to come to him, and said, "I'm back, your mother has repeatedly said why you haven't come back yet, let me come to the village to visit."

Shi Jingqi pushed his bicycle and went home with his father.

Mother Shi was busy in the kitchen when she heard Father Shi shouting: "Mother, the child is back."

"Okay, okay." Mother Shi came out of the kitchen and said to Father Shi: "Put the Spring Festival couplets on, light the firecrackers, and I'll go make dumplings."

According to the rules in Shijiawan, Spring Festival couplets must be pasted before dark on New Year’s Eve, and all family members must be present before the Spring Festival couplets are posted.

If the whole family in the village lives in Shijiawan, they usually post the Spring Festival couplets after breakfast.

When the neighbors heard the firecrackers going off at Shi Jingqi's house, they all knew that this was the return of the golden phoenix from the village.

After lunch, Shi Jingqi's family never lost anyone.

Although it was snowing, the uncles at the side door wanted to come and see this promising junior, those of the same age wanted to come and see their childhood playmates, and those with children at home wanted to have Shi Jingqi say a few words of encouragement to the children.

The dim sum that Shi Jingqi brought back was unpacked in two packs and placed directly on the table of the Eight Immortals in the hall. Whoever came would let people eat two pieces.

The cigarettes bought for Father Shi were also unpacked. Anyone who smoked, Father Shi gave up one, and people said that it was the cigarette of his son's filial piety.

Mother Shi put all the things that Shi Jingqi brought back on the floor one by one, and everyone said that Shi Jingqi was the workshop director of the refrigerator, received more than 100 yuan a month, and had a meeting with the mayor .

No one in the village has ever met the mayor, and they don't know what a refrigerator is, but more than 100 yuan is the annual income of many people, so they all say that Shi Jingqi is promising, and he is proud of his parents.

The people in the village are simple, and compliments are real compliments, and intimacy is real intimacy. Shi Jingqi was happy to hear that, and chatted with everyone with great interest.

It wasn't until four or five o'clock in the afternoon that Shi Jingqi's house became quiet because they had to go back to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner.

Mother Shi was about to find a kerosene lamp to light, but Shi Jingqi stopped her and asked her to light candles everywhere: "We will light candles in the future, and my salary is enough for you to use candles."

After finishing speaking, he took out [-] yuan from his body, each of which was a brand new ten-yuan note, and gave it to Mother Shi: "The factory gave me a bonus, you keep the flowers."

Mother Shi wiped her tears happily. They lived a difficult life in the village in order to provide for Shi Jingqi to go to school. Now that they have become a big family, they are naturally happy.

He said to Father Shi: "Father, let's use this money to repair the house in spring."

Father Shi hurriedly agreed, and urged Mother Shi to cook the New Year's Eve dinner quickly, and he wanted to have two drinks with his son.

Before the New Year's Eve dinner was on the table, the village head of Shijiawan came.

(End of this chapter)