On the next day, Mule got up very early. Li Youtian packed his things. Uncle Lin and Xiaohui called Li Youtian on the dam of Mule's house early. Mule put all the 2,000 yuan where Li Chengzhu had left with Li Youtian. In his snakeskin pocket, Li Youtian didn¡¯t know. It was a real farewell day, and no one could tell how many years had passed. The mule stood outside the window, lame, looking at Xiaohui like a mad dog. Xiaohui walked to the mule's side and said to the mule with moist eyes: "Brother Mulezi" , we are leaving today, you have to take good care of yourself at home, I will write to you from time to time" I started to choke before I finished speaking. Mule was soft-hearted and felt uncomfortable when he saw a girl crying. Mule quickly said: "Oh, what a big deal, why are you crying?" Xiaohui touched the corners of her eyes and looked at Chen Kui standing next to her and said, "Damn Chen Kui, Damn Chen Kui, take care of your brother Mule at home while we are gone, do you hear me?" Chen Kui nodded hesitantly when he saw that Xiaohui was not in a good mood. Li Youtian carried a snakeskin bag on his back and said hello to Uncle Lin. The tractor parked at the door of the mule belonged to old man Li from the village. Hearing that Xiaohui and the others were going far away, he went to their house early to pick them up. For fear of After taking over this job, the mule was angry when he saw this old man Li. When Li Youtian went to the county town, this kid didn't know how many kickbacks he got, and he said with a smile on his face: "Oh, they are just a few people in the village, so polite "Why, just mean it." "It's like asking for a price. Without saying anything, Mule looked at Old Man Li and already scolded him a thousand times in his heart. Li Chengzhu walked out of the room, put his hands on Li Youtian's shoulders, stared at Li Youtian with both eyes and said: "Youtian, when I go outside, it is no better than when I am still in this village. When I went out that year, I was only as old as you. There are many hardships outside, but after suffering, you also learned a lesson. Later, you couldn't survive in the city, so you returned to the place where you were born and raised. If one day you really have nothing to think about, you can Come back." Li Youtian cried, looking at this father who thought he was omnipotent when he was a child, but now he is old, with an old face, and time has made several cuts on his face like a butcher's knife. Li Youtian nodded, He knelt on the ground and called "Dad". Mule looked awkward and his own eyes gradually blurred. He always believed that a man cannot shed tears, so he shouted: "I can't leave yet. Uncle Li has been waiting at the door for a long time." Li Youtian He turned to look at the mule, wiped the water from the corner of his eyes and said to the mule: "You stupid mule, you wait at home, I will pick you up when you are done." E mule didn't say anything, in fact he felt even sadder, he Knowing that although the outside world is wonderful, it is also full of dangers. He wants to go out and create a world on his own, and then bring Li Youtian and his father to live together. However, Li Youtian is following Xiaohui's father, and Xiaohui's father is just a talker. He was a bit powerful, but he still had a good heart. Li Youtian followed him, and Mulezi felt at ease. Chen Kui looked at Li Youtian from the side. He couldn't tell that he was going to the city. A pair of straw sandals that had been worn for more than ten years had been torn and repaired, shortened and modified. At a glance, he could tell that he was a man going to the city for more than ten years. , a native mud kid, but Chen Kui still respected this dirt kid Li Youtian from the bottom of his heart. After looking at him for a long time, Xiaohui patted him, then turned around and said, "Brother Youtian, It's good to go. "With a few words, Li Youtian looked at Chen Kui, who had been with the brothers for more than ten years, smiled upward, waved, then picked up the snakeskin bag and boarded Li Youtian. Uncle's tractor, he never dared to look back at the mule, even once. Uncle Lin had already sat on the tractor, and Xiaohui also got on the tractor. The moment he got on the tractor, he turned around and looked at the mule and said, "Brother Mule, you have to wait for me." The mule stood up lamely, He waved his hand, and there seemed to be a few words coming out of the corner of his mouth, but the words still couldn't come out when they reached his throat. The mule's hands seemed to be waving back and forth uncontrollably. Li Youtian still couldn't hold it back. He turned around and looked at this brother who had been with him for more than 20 years. He seemed to have infinite feelings for him, but after all, they said goodbye. His face was also filled with dust. The last two words, "Take care", ended after all. farewell. The mule looked at the tractor in the distance, imagining in his mind where the tractor was going and when and where it would arrive, and then the two people in his mind could not be separated for a long time. The two most important people in the mule's life left on the same day. This was more painful for the mule than being bitten by a wild boar. Finally, the tractor rumbled out of the mule's sight. He finally believed that they were gone. The mule looked at Looking at Chen Kui, he thought of the scene where the three brothers rushed to the wild boar forest. He thought of himself.??The scene of fishing for fish in the water with Xiaohui singing beside her, but everything came to nothing just a few minutes ago. Mule Zi looked at Li Chengzhu's back and said to him: "Dad, tell me about the time you went to Shanghai at that time." Mule Zi's father turned around, looked at his lame son and said, "There's nothing to say. " Chen Kui walked up to Mule at this time and said, "Uncle Li, just tell us. Now that Brother Youtian has gone to a big city, we also want to hear about his father. He moved a stool from the back room, then sat on it and lit a cigarette given by Xiaohui's father and said, "I was only your age at that time. I remember clearly that it was because of recruitment, and I was officially young at that time. I was recruited, but when I got to the county I found out that they were compulsory soldiers. Later I quit. In the city I met a man named Chen Dazong, who was also recruited to the city. The two of us were very close. We got chatting. I was young at that time and dared to go anywhere. I also had some money at that time, which was earned by working long-term jobs for others, so the two of us bought tickets to go to the provincial capital. After three days and three nights, we finally arrived. Provincial capital. " Mule's father took a sip of water and seemed to want to continue talking. Neither Mule nor Chen Kui dared to disturb him, so he continued: "After arriving in the provincial capital, we worked in a construction team in the provincial capital. We worked in the construction team for three months. After receiving the salary, due to The work was hard, but we didn't want to do it anymore. After hearing one of our coworkers say that Shanghai is a real place to make money, we bought train tickets to Shanghai on a whim. We had never taken a train at that time, and it was strange to see that thing. After arriving in Shanghai, we really saw what a real big city is, but Shanghai is not a place for everyone. The man named Chen Taizong did not return to the house we rented one night and stayed there for several days. Without any news about him, no one knows where he went. From then on, I was alone in Shanghai" Luozi and Chen Kui were excited to hear this, but Luozi's father suddenly stopped talking. Asked: "What happened next?" Mulezi's father said helplessly: "Then all the money he earned was spent, and then he met your mother. In the next few years, he struggled hard and didn't get anything, so he simply took your mother back. Home. "Obviously Mule is not satisfied with this ending. Mule knows that his father's perfunctory tone must have some story behind Chen Taizong's disappearance. It was just that Li Chengzhu had no intention of continuing, and Mule didn't ask. Chen Kui seemed to be lost in thought. Mule was also sitting on the threshold in a daze, thinking about a brother who had been his for more than 20 years and the girl Xiaohui whom he liked from the bottom of his heart. However, Mule also became at a loss. . Chen Kui also noticed that something was wrong with the mule, so he kept joking with the mule. Chen Kui, who seemed ready to wear his traitor's hair until his death, seemed to understand the mule's thoughts very well. Chen Kui still put on his signature smiling face, coupled with his funny traitor head, which made Mule involuntarily feel angry. The mule turned around and returned to his room. Li Chengzhu led the old scalper that had followed him for several years to the field. Chen Kui was still sitting on the threshold in a daze. The sky in Hulu Village was still so blue. Mule Zi didn¡¯t know what the sky in the city looked like. When he was studying in the city, he found that the sky in the city and the sky in Hulu Village were the same. On the contrary, Mule felt that the sky in the city was still blue. Not as good as this poor, smelly Gourd Village. Mule still picked up the reader whose pages had been turned over by Mule, but he found that he had no intention of reading at all. There was something going on in his mind. That was when Mule was in high school. Mule remembered that it was winter. The place where Xiaohui learned to dance was a few hundred meters away from Mule. Mule brought some particularly burnt sweet potatoes roasted by Li Youtian from home. That was Mule¡¯s lunch. It was a cold day, so the mule wanted to feed Xiaohui, so he did not go back to school directly. It started to snow lightly that day, so the mule walked to the place where Xiaohui learned to dance. Xiaohui and the others had not yet finished class. Mule waited for more than ten minutes and finally saw Xiaohui. Xiaohui saw the mule as soon as she went out, with a smile on her face like a flower. Mule's family is poor, and everyone knows that Mule is still wearing autumn clothes on a snowy day. It seems that autumn and winter are the same season for him. Mule is not afraid of the cold. When he sees Xiaohui, he hands Li Youtian the baked sweet potatoes to him. Give it to her, but Xiaohui took the mule's hand and walked out. They walked very far. In a corner, Xiaohui suddenly started crying. Now the mule was anxious. It was time to cry. Xiaohui took Mule's hand and said, "Brother Mule, are you cold?" Mule breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "What did I think it was? I'm not cold, I'm in good health. Xiaohui is not a fool, the whole village Everyone knows that a mule is twoIn this world, only Mule knows whether it is cold or not. Xiaohui cried harder and harder, hugging Mule tightly. It was the first time that Mule was hugged by a girl, and her hands and feet suddenly became stiff. The mule's mouth came close to the mule's ear and said: "Brother Mule, I know you are cold, and I can't give you the sun, but I can give you a hug." After hearing this, the mule was speechless. He was stunned for a long time, and then slowly moved his hands placed on Xiaohui's back.