Chapter 278 Look up and Smile. Bow Your Head and Smile

Los Angeles West Station.

Wang Dagou got out of the car and was going to pass further. He would hire a carriage in the city and drive for half a day to get home.

"Home?" Wang Dagou, who was standing at the door of the car dealership, was stunned, then grinned, scratched his head cheerfully and muttered: "That's right, it's just home."

"Go down to Wangpo, will you leave now? Do you want to go?" The shopkeeper looked at the sky 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 someone is killed, the little money he earns is not enough for him to have a headache.

Ding--

The two silver dollars were tossed up and down, and the crisp sound they made when they smashed together made the boss look bright, "Let's go, let's go now."

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

"Guest, you have to drive in the middle of the night, aren't you afraid of meeting bandits in the mountains?" Driving was quite boring, seeing Wang Dagou's kind face, the young man asked casually.

"It's okay, if you meet a bandit, you just run away." Wang Dagou raised the car curtain and hung it on the shed, looking here and there, feeling happy wherever he looked.

Back then, he also walked the same road, riding in a donkey cart with a group of old and young men who couldn't survive and had no hope at home.

The young man driving the car blushed, obviously being exposed by Wang Dagou.

But compared to fate, being embarrassed is secondary. To see others are good, the young man still told him: "Don't resist when you meet bandits, give them what you want, at most you will be beaten and let them go. However, you are too strong."

If it is too strong, it may be spotted by the bandit leader and caught on the mountain as a dog's leg.

It was getting dark while talking, and the young man was not upset, he just walked forward in the dark, and he didn't get lost at all.

It sounds strange, but in fact, this year is not strange at all.

Running in one place for years and months, running for more than ten years, anyone can remember it.

Let alone the road, even if there are a few more pits on the road, they are all printed in my mind.

Along the way, I passed by a few hills where bandits might be hidden. I was lucky and nothing happened.

In the middle of the night, I could finally see Xia Wangpo from a distance, and the half-dead locust tree was still there.

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

"There are not many people in this village now. It was a big village back then, with more than two hundred people—" the young man pursed his lips, unable to continue.

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

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

I didn't want to cry, but I really wanted to laugh, the sweet kind from the bottom of my heart.

The restless heart that was tossed and tossed along the way became calm and at ease.

After standing under the tree for a while, Wang Dagou walked down the slope. The old locust tree stood on the slope, and the village was at the bottom of the slope. Most of them were surnamed Wang, so it was called Xiawangpo.

Click.

Walking around the old locust tree,

There was a flash on the soles of his feet and he almost fell, but Wang Dagou stopped again.

Turn around and squat down.

I touched it with my hands, and there were two pits the size of a palm, shallow in front and deep in back, as if someone made them on purpose, "It's strange."

Scratching his head and wondering what to do, Wang Dagou continued to walk down the slope, followed by the carriage.

He didn't dare to go back alone in the middle of the night, besides, he had to take him back with him!

Dazhuangzi had a population of more than two hundred in those days, but now there are only a dozen or so left.

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

Sons, daughter-in-laws, and some even grandchildren, the whole family is gone.

go, where to go?

Counting the days, it has been 5 years since he left at the beginning!

The memory of home is a little fuzzy, but as long as he walks forward, he knows where to go, and he stands at the door of his house with the last step.

Half of the muddy wall collapsed, and the hut on top fell into the house or was blown away by the wind, so a few rotten logs were stuck on it.

Half of the door kept beating against the threshold in the night wind, making a 'clang' sound, and with the luxuriant grass all around, it was a little scary.

Push the door and go in.

The kang made of clay, the pony with two broken legs, the hooks on the wall made of wooden wedges, and the pitted stove on the clay plate, which he smashed with stones before he left.

It was the same as when he left, except that there was a thick layer of dust, and he sat cross-legged on the kang, Wang Dagou didn't speak, just sat like that.

The young man outside was a little sleepy. Thinking about the fact that there was no oil at all, the bandits would definitely not come, so he dozed off against the frame of the car.

When Wang Dagou came out again, the kid had already fallen into the car, lying down and snoring.

Smiling and not paying attention, Wang Dagou walked towards the east of the village, there was a lonely house over there, which was the place he was looking for.

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

Wang Dagou listened, but there was no movement in the room, so he raised his hand, and finally knocked down.

Bang, Bang.

Twice, there was no answer from the room. After thinking about it, Wang Dagou took down the latch and pushed the door open.

The earth kang, the board supported by wooden sticks is the platform, there are two porcelain bowls on it, and there is a stove with an earthen plate next to the window, which can be seen at a glance.

It seems that there are still people living there, "That means they are still there," Wang Dagou was a little excited.

But this early in the morning, there is no one else, and what about her silly brother?

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

Back then, his father was a teacher in the village. He was educated and had a precious son, so he quickly gave him a big name.

It's a pity that I didn't realize until I was a little older that my son was a fool.

Being a father is also stupid, but the head of the family was still wealthy at that time, not short of a ration, so he gritted his teeth and continued to raise him, no matter what, he was his own son.

Later, there was a war.

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

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

Then, the traffickers came.

Anyone who can walk will go, I want to find a peaceful place to live an honest life, and I want to leave this sad place forever.

At that time, Da Niu wanted to leave, Wang Dagou couldn't figure it out back then, but now he probably knows that she should want to leave.

Just for the sake of Wang Gousheng, he stayed.

When his father died, he took the girl by the hand and kept telling her, 'Take your brother, take your brother, take him wherever he goes. '

The big girl remembered it, so after the trafficker said, "Go away, idiot", she didn't speak again.

The eldest girl is a person who admits death, and if her father tells her to take her brother with her wherever she goes, 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 Da Niu, and said he would stay with her to take care of Wang De.

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

The next day, she signed up for Wang Dagou, and he didn't know about it until the trafficker stuffed copper coins into his hands.

"What on earth are you thinking? I have said that you can't be hungry. If you can't be hungry, it seems that you can't." Rushing to Da Niu's house, he patted the money on the kang, and Wang Dagou sat on the side and sulked.

"Come on! Money, beat those who seem to stay with Ha and Russia, let Russia and the dog have a stutter, you take it!" The big girl was holding the money, still laughing, and the two crescent moons.