Los Angeles West Station.

Wang Dagou got out of the car, and he was about to pass further, so he would hire a carriage in the city and drive for most of the day to get home.

"Home?" Wang Dagou, who was standing at the door of the car dealership, was stunned, then grinned, scratched his head happily and muttered: "That's right, isn't it home." ”

"Go down to Wang Po, will you go? The shopkeeper looked outside, and it was almost dark, and it was going to be late at night.

There are bandits in the mountains, and in the middle of the night, if there is a cause for some death, earning that little money is not enough for him to have a headache.

The two silver dollars were thrown up and fell, and the crisp sound made by smashing together made the boss's eyes brighten, "Go, go now." ”

I found a clever young man, took out the best carriage, spread cotton mats, and put two more futons on it, and the carriage was on its way.

"Guest, you have to travel in the middle of the night, aren't you afraid of meeting bandits in the mountains?"

"It's okay, if you run into bandits, you can run first. Wang Dagou lifted the curtain and hung it on the shed, looking east and west, and felt happy everywhere.

Back then, he also walked this road, following a group of old and young masters who couldn't survive and had no hope at home, and walked together in a donkey cart.

The young man who was driving the car had a red face, and he was obviously exposed by Wang Dagou.

But compared with fate, being embarrassed is secondary, looking at others, the young man still instructed more: "Don't resist when you meet bandits, give what you want, at most you will be beaten and let people go, but your body is too strong." ”

If you are too strong, you may be taken by the bandit leader and caught in the mountains as a dog's leg.

As he spoke, it was dark, and the young man was not annoyed, so he walked forward in the dark, and he didn't get lost at all.

It sounds strange, but it's not strange at all.

Running in one place for more than ten years as an adult, anyone can remember it.

Not to mention the road, it's just that there are a few more potholes on the road, which are all imprinted in my mind.

Along the way, I passed by several mountains where bandits might be hidden, and I was lucky that there was no stubble.

In the second half of the night, I could finally see Xiawangpo from a distance, and the half-dead old locust tree was still there.

Just looking at it, it's like nothing has changed.

"There are few people in this village now, and it was also a big village back then, with more than two hundred people" The young man pursed his lips and couldn't go on.

Wang Dagou didn't hear what he said at all, jumped out of the carriage and walked towards the old locust tree.

Standing under the tree, he touched the dry and wrinkled bark.

I didn't want to cry, but I really wanted to laugh, the kind that was sweet from the heart.

The heart that tossed and turned along the way was calm and steady.

Standing under the tree for a while, Wang Dagou went down the slope, the old locust tree is standing on the slope, the village is at the bottom of the slope, most of the people in it are surnamed Wang, so it is called Xia Wang Po.

Groov.

Walking around the old locust tree, he almost fell down with a flash under his feet, and Wang Dagou stopped again.

Turn around and crouch.

I touched it with my hand, and the two pits the size of a palm, shallow in the front and deep in the back, as if someone had deliberately made it out, "Strange." ”

Scratching his head and not understanding, Wang Dagou continued to walk down the slope, and the carriage followed behind.

He didn't dare to go back alone in the middle of the night, and besides, he had to bring people back!

There were more than 200 big Zhuangzi back then, and now there are more than a dozen left.

The young man who drove the car said that they were all old people, who couldn't walk, didn't want to go, and weren't afraid of death.

Sons, daughters-in-law, and some grandchildren, the family is gone.

Go, where to go?

Count the days, from the time he left to the present, 5 years!

The memory of home is a little vague, but as long as he walks forward, he knows where to go, and the last step is not bad to stand at the door of his house.

Half of the muddy wall collapsed, and the grass hut above didn't know whether it had fallen into the house or let the wind blow it away, so a few rotten logs were pestled on it.

Half of the door kept beating on the threshold in the night wind, and the sound of 'clang', coupled with the appearance of barren grass all around, was a little panicked.

Push the door and get in.

The kang of the clay pan, the small maza with two broken legs, the hooks on the wall with wooden wedges, and the potholes of the stove of the clay pan, which he had stoned before leaving.

It's no different from when he left, except that there was a thick layer of ash, and he sat cross-legged on the kang, and Wang Dagou didn't speak, just sat like this.

The young man outside was a little sleepy, thinking that this ** didn't have any oil and water at all, and the bandits would definitely not come, so he dozed off against the frame of the car.

By the time Wang Dagou came out again, the kid had already fallen into the car, and he was lying down and snoring.

Smiling and not caring, Wang Dagou walked to the east end of the village, and there was a lonely house over there, which was the place he was looking for.

When I came to the door, the door was fastened with a deadbolt, and there was no lock on it, so I couldn't afford it.

Wang Dagou listened, there was no movement in the house, raised his hand, and finally knocked down.

Bang, bang.

After two sounds, the house didn't answer, and after thinking about it, Wang Dagou took off the door bolt and pushed the door open.

The clay kang is a platform supported by wooden sticks, on which are placed two porcelain bowls, and there is a stove with an earthen plate by the window, which can be swept in as far as you can.

It seems that there are still people living there, "that is, it is still there," Wang Dagou was a little excited.

But there was no one early in the morning, and what about her stupid brother?

The girl's name is Da Niu, and she has a younger brother, called Wang Gou, whose name is Wang De.

At that time, his father was a teacher in the village, educated, and had a baby son, so he quickly gave him a big name.

It's a pity that when I was older, I realized that my son was stupid.

It's stupid to be a father, but the family was quite wealthy at that time, and they didn't miss a mouthful of food, so they gritted their teeth and continued to raise it, how could it be their own son.

Later, there was a war.

The teacher died, the carpenter died, the bricklayer died, and the farmer died.

There are more than 200 people in the village, more than 1,000 people, and less than 100 people survived in the end.

Then came the traffickers.

Anyone who can walk has to go, I want to find a peaceful place to live honestly, and I want to leave this sad place forever.

Did the girl want to leave at that time, Wang Dagou was unpredictable back then, and now he probably knows that he should want to go.

Just for the sake of Wang Gou, I stayed.

When his father died, he took the eldest girl's hand and kept saying to her, 'Take your brother, take your brother, take him wherever you go.' ’

The big girl made a note of it, so she didn't say anything more after the trafficker said, 'Fool get out of the way'.

The eldest girl is a person who admits death, and her father asks her to take her younger brother with her wherever she goes, so she has to listen and remember, if her brother can't leave, she won't leave.

Wang Dagou didn't want to leave at first, he made a baby kiss with the big girl, and said that he would stay with her to take care of Wang De.

The big girl didn't speak, she smiled, and her eyebrows were still as beautiful as a crescent.

The next day, she registered Wang Dagou, and the traffickers stuffed the copper coins into his hands, and he found out about it.

"What the hell do you think, Odu said that hunger is not glinting, and if you don't grate, it seems that you can't gend. Rushed to the big girl's house and slapped the money on the kang, and Wang Dagou sat on the side and sulked.

"Gram! money, beat it as if it was staying with Russia, let Russia and the dog have a stutter, you can gram!" The big girl is holding the money, still laughing, or the two crescents.