"Don't be sad for a long time." Being apart from friends for a long time may not be as sad as when I first left, but true friends are always unforgettable. In a quiet moment, a sad moment and a familiar scene, I will suddenly think of my friend and quietly recall the years we have passed together-inscription.
Time flies, watching the flowers bloom and fall, the clouds roll and the clouds relax, and I have reached middle age in a blink of an eye! People and things that have happened in these decades have been forgotten or forgotten with the passage of time. Only you, Neil's best friend in my hometown, carved it in my heart with a knife. Every casual moment, you hit the most emotional place in my heart, which made my heart ache.
When I was ten years old, I came to my second hometown, a particularly ordinary mountain village in Chifeng City, with my mother who transferred her work. There are only forty families in this small mountain village. The shabby houses were scattered at the foot of the mountain. In front of the village is a small river, which flows tirelessly forward. Next to the river is a highway, which is the only traffic artery to the outside world. Most of the mountains behind the small village are sand mountains. Sand like gold shines in the sun and shines like stars in the sky. On the west side of the village, sand mountain and stone mountain are mixed together. Every three or four minutes, stones roll down and make a clatter, so it is called "Huashan".
When Ernie told me its story for the first time, I opened my mouth wide and my hand holding the sand stopped. She said that she heard from Grandma Yang, a 99-year-old in the village, that a long time ago, a golden pony was playful, lost its way and couldn't find a home, so it was trapped in this mountain. It happened that there was lightning and thunder, and it rained heavily for three days and nights. A mudslide occurred and the pony was buried in it. Wen Xun's mother Ma, frantically tugging at the stone, tried to save the child from it, but after hundreds of years, she still didn't save the child, but insisted on doing the same thing every day, that is, picking up the stone. The urgent voice was that mother Ma was saving the child.
When I saw Ernie telling a story, there were tears in her eyes. I grabbed her hand with my hand and put it in my heart!
Neil is three years older than me and is the most beautiful little girl in the village. When I first came to this village with my mother, I noticed her. That day we came to my new home, the house of the production team. There are three big rooms, one is my father's carpenter's shop, and two are occupied. Just entering the village, there were many people around. Follow the carriage that took us to my new home. Our family's things have pulled two wagons. One car is wheat, and that year is the second year of the household production quota. The village chief directed everyone to help unload the car and move things. Everyone is busy. I saw several little girls standing in a corner of the yard, wearing patched clothes. There is a little girl with a red coat and a red face. She looked at me with big eyes and long eyelashes. She smiled shyly at me when she saw me looking at her. It's cute to show two little tiger teeth. I am also busy helping my parents move things. She approached me slowly and said timidly, "Do you want me to help you?" After that, he reached out and took some of my clothes into the house. So we met, and I heard those little girls call her Ernie.
We had lunch at the village head's house. That's the most delicious meal I've ever had. This is fried dumplings made of corn flour. Golden golden, sweet. My first hometown, because of fertile land and suitable climate. It is rated as a model village by Hexigten Banner every year. Xincun is a poverty-stricken village registered in Qili. Because farming depends on the weather. The land here is sandy and seldom rains. Live on state relief food every year. I was only ten years old and didn't know much about it. I just think this golden cake is a rare delicacy on earth. I began to trade steamed bread for it. Later, I learned that people here can't eat steamed bread once for several months.
When playing with Neil, I often see Neil's tender meat. Because she doesn't have long clothes and trousers. Just that suit, sometimes playing around, accidentally scratched and didn't change. Although my family has suffered a lot. But at that time, even the youngest aunt went back to work in the city to earn wages. They all bought me new clothes, and I dressed well.
As I'm new here, Neil showed me everything in the village. I can't leave the river, the sand mountain, especially the willow forest in the east of the village. The first hometown is full of natural birch trees. The elegant appearance of willow fascinates me. I like to see the willow leaves hanging on the tree. Just like Ernie's curved eyebrows, the more you look at them, the more charming they become. Neil and I became good friends who talked about everything. Every inch of land in the village left me and her footprints and cheerful laughter.
At the age of thirteen, I was admitted to junior high school with the second place in the township. The middle school is in another village. It is more than thirty miles away from my home. There are many villages to pass through, and I have no companions. Because the girls in the village stopped studying when they were in primary school. Due to poor academic performance, Neil left school in the fourth grade and was busy in the fields with his parents. I remember that she was the object of the class teacher's "repair". Although we didn't study in the same school, she often told me about her schooling. Said her class teacher was biased. Some students are not as good as her in study and will not be punished. She is very wronged and has a lot of hatred.
One day, I played with her in the willow forest. We are good at finding places. Willow can keep out the scorching sun, and the river passes through the willow forest. Sitting under the willow tree, listening to the birds chirping in the tree, soaking their feet in the cool river and beating the river constantly is even more pleasant.
One Sunday, she and I came to the "old place" again. While scratching with her feet, she angrily scolded her head teacher, Miss Liu. She means that if Ms. Liu Can is kind to her, she will love to study, and she will study hard, because she is rebellious to her teacher and doesn't want to study hard. Coincidentally, that teacher Liu was riding a bike, just coming from the expressway. When Ernie saw it, his eyebrows stood up and he didn't even wear shoes. She ran to the highway and stopped Miss Liu. I quickly put on my shoes and ran after her shoes. Miss Liu helped the car and looked at her in surprise. A confused face. Neil is seventeen and very tall. She hasn't studied for years. It is estimated that Miss Liu has educated countless people, and it is impossible to remember her.
Neil said with a loud voice, "you are still a teacher and look down on the poor." No matter how you educate your students, the students you teach will be snobs. "
Teacher Liu's hands trembled with anger. He said, "I saw a ghost. I met a robber in broad daylight."
Ernie said, "You are the robber, the villain who hates the poor and loves the rich."
Teacher Liu is too angry to speak. He pushed the car and wanted to leave. He saw me standing aside with round eyes: "Shen Dehong? How can you get along with such a person? Does Teacher Wang know? " Ernie's whole face was twisted when he heard this. She rushed forward and scratched Miss Liu's face with both hands. Suddenly, several long blood prints appeared on Mr. Liu's face. Because my mother was a teacher at that time, and the teachers at school were very kind to me. This teacher Liu is also my head teacher, and my family rules are very strict. I'm afraid of teacher Liu's complaint and I'm afraid of being beaten. Ernie is very kind to me.
I don't know what to do with these two people. I cried loudly in a hurry. Neil's home is closest to the highway. Her brother and parents came, and so did many villagers. When Mr. Liu saw the crowd, he got into the car and left despondently.
At home, after I told my mother the story, she was silent. She didn't hit me or object to my dating her. At that moment, I realized that what Neil said was true. That teacher needs cleaning.
After that, I like Neil better. I feel that she is a heroine among women. I am the only girl in my family, and my whole family loves me very much. I am timid by nature and dare not go to school alone. Every time I walk on the road, my heart is full of butterflies. A pheasant rabbit ran out of the grass and made me cry. I want to drop out of school and go home many times. When Neil found out, he offered to send me to school. She sent me to another village, her relatives and friends' home, where there was a girl from my school in different classes. It was my happiest moment when she saw me off. We picked many wild flowers along the way. She sat under the poplar trees on the roadside, and in a few minutes she made up a wreath and put it on my head. It was beautiful and sheltered from the sun. Once, she gave me to that classmate. She squeezed my hand when she left. I opened it and found a crumpled dollar. I knew that her family was particularly difficult, so I went after her. She hid and couldn't find it. During the days when she sent me to school, I always found something delicious when I opened my schoolbag at school. There are fruits, eggs and so on.
I only studied in that village middle school for one year, and that middle school merged with the village middle school, leaving home for more than 60 miles. I started to live on campus. Because the school is too far away, sometimes the bus is crowded and I can't catch the bus, so I go to my classmate's house to live. I admit that because my mother is a teacher, I am very popular wherever I study. Teachers and classmates are very kind to me! Almost all teachers' children often play together. I went home once a month at that time. Ernie's face was full of smiles when he saw me. Almost inseparable from me. Our village belongs to sandy land, and we especially like to grow watermelons. Neil's family grows five acres of watermelon every year. We all raise pigs at home. It is almost natural for girls in our village to fight pig grass. Pigs like elm leaves. I'm too timid to climb trees. Neil can climb very high. Cut off many branches for me with a sickle, and I sat under the tree and picked leaves. Every time she goes home, she magically takes out a big watermelon from the passing grass and stuffs it under the elm leaves in my basket. I know her mother won't let her give me watermelons casually. Her brother is preparing to build a new house. Her family still expects to exchange watermelons for money! She became my thief.
On the way back from the summer vacation, I sat on the bus. I was flattered to see the green crops outside the window. Because this is the off-season. Ernie and I can play together again. When I got home, I put down my things and went to Ernie's house to find her. Her mother is picking beans in the garden in the yard. She said, "Ernie and Xiao Xia have left." I'm suddenly unhappy.
In our village, there are a dozen girls of the same age. Xiao Xia is a bad child. Her mother has been married three times. Because Xiao Xia's uncle and uncle both died of illness. Mother married the third child, that is, Xiao Xia's father. So they have many sisters, and they are all half-brothers. She is the youngest, the same age as Ernie. I went to Xiao Xia's house, and her third sister said, "They went to Liulin." I went to the willow forest to look for it again. As soon as I entered the Liulin, I heard their voices. And especially cheerful laughter. I looked at it carefully. Xiao Xia is sitting in my seat, and Neil is peeling radish with a knife. It's always like this. Neil took out fresh water radish and big radish from her house. Wash it in this stream and peel it for me to eat. Now think about how miserable people were in those days. There was nothing to eat. I was very angry when I saw Ernie being so kind to Xiao Xia. I turned and ran away. In the evening, Neil came to my house. I turned my head to one side and ignored her. She smiled and dragged me to the ground. I walked out of the yard with her. I saw Xiao Xia standing in the moonlight. I'm angry again. I said, "I don't like her. Go ahead. " Turned and went into the house.
I was in grade three that year. I'm fifteen years old, and I'm still a wayward child. Neil is eighteen. Eighteen-year-old girls, at that time, have been engaged a lot. Neil is engaged, too. Her object is a small village only six miles away from our village. Her husband's family is a professional sheep farmer and is very rich. Although we live in the same village, the age gap and family education have shaped her and me into two different types of people. I once asked her, do you like that man? She said that parents are good-looking!
I was very unhappy that summer vacation. Neil didn't leave Xiao Xia because I was angry. Maybe they are the same age and have the same idea. I feel abandoned by her. I hold a grudge against her. They are often seen playing pig grass together and embroidering together to make shoes. Although she asked me to go with her every time she came, I hated seeing Xiao Xia and stubbornly refused. At this moment, another girl named Qin Xiao came up to me. She has the same surname as Neil and is an uncle. And three years older than me. We soon became bosom friends. Because her parents liked singing when they were young. She likes singing very much. At that time, black and white TV had entered the lives of mountain people. We are singing the theme song of TV series under the willow tree and by the river. I am very happy every day! I soon forgot Ernie.
Time is like a blink of an eye, and it's time for me to enter high school. I went back to the village because I didn't go to high school because of my partial subjects. From then on, there was a dreamy Shan Ye village girl in the village.
Life in a small village is monotonous and boring. But with books, music and sogeum, I am very happy and full. There is little contact with Neil and the village is small. I always look up and don't look down. I just say hello. I often see a handful of wild flowers or a woven flower basket in my small yard. Or watermelon sand fruit with dew. I can recognize it at a glance. It comes from Neil. I know that her family contracted the orchard in the village. I often look at these things in a daze. I remember her over and over again in my heart. I feel so uncomfortable. I know that although we don't talk anymore, we are still in each other's hearts. But some things are broken, and they can never return to their original beauty. I understand that the past can never go back. I can only turn it into a permanent memory and cherish Neil in my heart.
When I was eighteen, Qin Xiao married my brother. She is my sister-in-law in real life and a very beautiful woman. When she went to the county, she bought some books about painting for her eldest brother who was an art teacher in high school. She got love! Old friends became a family and stayed together every day. Neil is married, too. But I heard that she has a bad relationship with her lover. One day, Xiao Xia asked me to go to her house. She showed me the oil paintings posted on the wall. This is a picture of a cowherd and a weaver girl. I saw it. My brother's name is written on Cowherd's face with an oil pen, and Neil's name is written on Weaver's face. I learned that day that she loved my brother deeply, but she felt that her family was poor and her education was not high enough for my brother. But she met me and my brother, and she was in pain, so she gradually alienated me. I froze at that moment! I just remembered that every time I called her to my house, she would wash her face, comb her hair and change clothes.
My heart suddenly hurts!
Time flies, I also like thinking, and I also married in Liaoning as a wife and mother. Because my family moved to the city, I went back to my parents' house in the city. I have never been back to my hometown, and I have never seen Neil again. Counting the time, I haven't seen her for more than ten years.
Relatives and friends in my hometown all know that Neil's only son has been admitted to the university and has married and had children. Neil also entered the city, coaxed his grandson at his son's house and lived a very happy life. She said that when she saw someone who had been to Wuhai, she asked about me, and I was relieved at that moment. It turns out that time has passed so long, although we have no contact, we all live in each other's hearts!
Today, everything seems to have changed, people's thoughts are particularly advanced, and people are very happy! But there are not many people who are really good to you, let alone those who can do it. I have experienced so many people and things and made many friends over the years, but I have never met such a good sister as Neil. I miss that poor and innocent age, and I miss that kind and pure you!
A nostalgic person will always think of every passer-by in her life, so I will always think of you, counting my loneliness over and over again in every starry night! When I am alone, my dearest friend, you are the person I miss most!