Time twinkles on the river water that the setting sun goes to in north, the village in green meaning is noisy without a bit, wave in the wind only emerald green smoke is mirrorring afterglow. In the village like this a haven of peace, living a special kid, his stature is not great, body thin and small, talking genteel, work very exert to one's utmost. The people in the village calls him stone. Stone is the youth that has studied big book, by the truth he should go to work in the city, but he is caught up with however appoint the unit stop production that earth up! Do not have method, be forced to come home first.
Blessing is incomparable to, misfortunes never come singly. Namely this year, stone father also had an accident courtyard, this makes original poor cannot again poor home is tumbledown. The mother follows father to go to a hospital, stone and little sister were thrown in the home.
Stone sold more than 2000 fund bicephalous hog of the home, can choosing fund then is an utterly inadequate method in dealing with a severe situation at all. his can find no way out when, a guest came in the home, not be others, be stone goes when slack season brickyard works a friend of understanding, cry small firm. Small what just read aloud is coal school, basically be the formal worker that his father is a colliery, still be a leader. Besides go to work, the country still has a courtyard of 3 mus of ground, planted in the courtyard a lot of fruiter. The time passes quite richly. In those days is strong finish school during awaiting mount guard. Two people hit it off perfectly, like full brother. Stone sees small firm arrival, forced smile wears say: "Firm? Feel embarrassed, my home here gave a thing, I must go out kin borrows money to see a doctor to my pa, cannot entertain you! Cannot entertain you!!
"Your home how ah? "Your home how ah??
"My pa be in hospital, quite serious, be badly in need of money operation, I go immediately. I go immediately..
"Ah! You go! I look after the house with the little sister, in case thing having what, I still perhaps can give help on. I still perhaps can give help on..
"Oh! Need not! You just went to work, abrupt absent from work is bad to your influence, say you also do not help again on. Say you also do not help again on..
Say, stone rode a bicycle to go! He this goes is a week. In this one week no matter where walk along, if lend money, send to father by the passenger car nearly immediately, never cease. Although such, a few poorer still the collect that do not have a law is neat. Be forced to just come home to say again without method really outside, stone is firm come back, collect adjacent people you are 10 pieces, he of 50 send him before. Had these helps, it is constrainedly eventually pit this to stride the past.
Be in this day, small firm family will look for him, saying is unit leader lets him go to work immediately, be versed in with respect to discharge otherwise duty. The for company with compunctious stone laughs outside sending an entrance door, listening to what autocycle toots toot toots to go far, this ability returns one-storey house of those two adobe.
Stone is pulling exhaustion of body and mind to just lie on kang, the little sister is worn with respect to glare eye, say angrily all over the face: "Elder brother! Do you know? Firm child will help after all, be still is cram irritated? You are not in the home every day, he every meal is in charge of me to want wine to drink, without wine he lets me buy, I say to there is money in the home, he lets me sell inn buy or sell on credit. Bud rice area still does not have, these days, I eat bud rice face to do rice meal to him. Saying to walk along outbuilding to carrying rice bag to still be in stone beside -- you look! We with respect to so little rice, think over originally wait for pa to come back recuperate is used, do this come back to look eat what? I say the creditor home dun previously, I do not let him go he also must go, those who borrowing wine interest to say is the word that bos hears completely, that money also did not want to come back! This also calculated! ! satiate your disappear stops bit also go, he but good! Satiate drink so that pursue our station everywhere child girl... "
Stone did not let a little sister say: "Little sister? The family is to putting a class do not go up, in dry what? This is to help us. Went, I know. I know..
"I look, the thing that he takes our home namely but reason is lazy do not go to work the ground that seeks an appearance uncle "
Good its may not can fall to your head, bad thing always can sad of silence those who come to you in front of. This day, stone is working in the garden of oneself, hear the station outside going child collect adjacent is answered for small firm father dies. Stone cleared away a thing, show reason with the mother, rise left. This goes is half month. In these half month, he is helping arrange be over funeral arrangement, everyday early in the little brother that is the elementary school on Gang Zizheng late cooks, the time of the others is fruiter lop, loosen the soil, fertilization alone. And firm child besides drink with different wine friend even if disappear! This day night, stone carries the dish meal that has done table, the wine friend that he gets today says: "Are you dry what? "Are you dry what??
"I am in the home cultivate land. "I am in the home cultivate land..
"You and firm child be what relation? "You and firm child be what relation??
"Friend! Brother! Brother!!
"Oh ~ ! I and firm child go to work, how can he hand in you such friend? How can he hand in you such friend??
"Do then you feel he should be handed in what kind of? "Do then you feel he should be handed in what kind of??
"You see you, listen firm child say you come more than 10 days -- ? Or here good? Eat and drink not anxious, have the flesh suddenly suddenly. Do you have even rice not to rise in the home? Do you have even rice not to rise in the home??
"I am to helped do the farm work of their home, his Mom will come back tomorrow I go. His Mom will come back tomorrow I go..
"I see you is mix a meal to eat! "I see you is mix a meal to eat!!
"Breathe out! So, firm child should hand in you is such friend to? Arrive besides the visibility when drinking you, you had never seen when having trouble. Do you feel who is fair-weather friend? Do you feel who is fair-weather friend??
"My Piao? " saying to took goblet to cast aside the past.
Stone dodge body, bow drag a bench two people are about to start work. What utter a word does not have all the time on the desk is firm child rise seize next bench: "Do you do what? Hou Ge is my best brother, say you a few you still refuse to obey, start work even? Can eat quickly, ate this to do what to do what. Ate this to do what to do what..
What didn't stone say again, take good vade mecum to taste, stealthily left. That glittering and translucent teardrop resembles bright lamp of small cup small cup, scatter fall on the way home.
