Chapter 11 Lazy as hell
In the blink of an eye, the day to go to the train station arrived. Both Mr. and Mrs. Tan took the morning off. They borrowed two bicycles and were responsible for taking Tan Yanlu, Jiang Panyu and others to the train station.
They set off at five in the morning, and it was almost noon when they arrived at the train station. After the two girls entered the station and checked their tickets, the Tan family's parents, who had been watching the luggage on the platform, finally stuffed the two girls' luggage in through the window.
The two men kept telling the two girls to take turns to rest and look after things, and Jiang Panyu and Tan Yanlu naturally agreed.
The train started slowly, carrying the two girls away from the place where they grew up, heading towards an unknown future.
It takes about two days and one night to travel from Hongcheng to the northern province. There were many educated youth who went to the countryside like Jiang Panyu and his friends on the train.
Not long after these young educated youth boarded the train, they became familiar with each other and began to recognize their future "fellow villagers".
Tan Yanlu and Jiang Panyu also met two fellow villagers, but these two were real fellow villagers. They were local aunts, but their sons were serving in the army outside.
So, she took advantage of the busy farming season to visit her son in the army, and now she is going back to her hometown. She just happened to be on the same bus with Jiang Panyu and the others.
The two aunts are named Yang Guiying and Chen Lamei, typical rural women who love to gossip.
After taking some nerve repair medicine, Jiang Panyu recovered to normal after half a month of recuperation. He could talk nonstop: "Auntie, can you tell me what our village is like? We didn't know anyone there, and it was rare to meet a local.
If you tell us about the local customs, we won't feel nervous. ”
Yang Guiying slapped her thigh and said, "What's there to be nervous about? When you work in the countryside, you can't be lazy or shirk your responsibilities.
As long as you are honest and hardworking, others will look up to you even if you can't do anything.
But if he can't do anything and likes to find trouble, no one would like him in the village, let alone in your city. ”
"That's true, auntie. Can you tell me how the work points are calculated? Look at me, with my thin arms and legs, can I support myself?" Jiang Panyu continued chatting with the two.
Yang Guiying and Chen Lamei took a look at Jiang Panyu's malnourished and stunted body and commented: "How can I explain this? In the countryside, as long as you are not lazy, you can have enough to eat just by digging wild vegetables.
Whether you want to live a good life or not depends on how diligent you are. In our country, no one starves to death, but there are people who die from laziness. ”
"Oh! How come there are people who are too lazy to die?" Chen Lamei's words immediately attracted the attention of Jiang Panyu and Tan Yanlu. This was the first time they heard of people who were too lazy to die. Jiang Panyu urged Chen Lamei to elaborate on the content and explain it in detail.
When two pairs of bright and curious eyes looked over, Yang Guiying and Chen Lamei's gossip hearts were instantly ignited, and they started talking about a story from the past.
"Back then, there was a local tycoon in our town whose family had been single-son for generations. In his generation, he gave birth to seven or eight daughters before he had a son.
He was almost forty years old when he held his son. He held him in his hands for fear of dropping him, held him in his mouth for fear of hurting him, and raised him with his eyes and heart.
When the child was seven or eight years old, he still needed to be carried when walking. The child was raised to be lazy and had to be served in everything by others.
Later, instead of liberation and equality for all, the rich man lost all his property and servants.
The local rich man and his wife continued to take care of his lazy son. The local rich man was the first to leave. He left in a decent manner because his wife was still alive to take care of his funeral.
When it was the rich man's wife's turn, she was not so lucky. The old woman lay in bed and did not wake up when she was called. The lazy son was separated from the old woman by a door panel.
It was only three steps away, and his mother had gone back to her room to sleep and had not come out since. He did not even think of getting up to see what happened to his mother.
The lazy son ate up everything he could get his hands on. When there was nothing left to eat, he just lay on the bed without moving. He couldn't hold it anymore and just defecated on the bed.
It was when the daughter of a local rich man came to visit her mother that she discovered that her mother had passed away, and she became erectile.
Their lazy brother almost starved to death, and his bedding was covered in feces and urine.
The daughters were so angry that after taking care of their mother's funeral, they no longer paid any attention to their lazy brother. In the end, the lazy son starved to death in his own yard.
But people say that he died of laziness. The kitchen is right in the house with food and drinks available, but he just didn't want to work. He wanted to work himself to death. He must have died of laziness or something else. ”
Everyone in the carriage listened with great interest. Jiang Panyu and Tan Yanlu couldn't help but admire him. It was true that there are always people better than you. It was true that there is no such thing as weird things no matter where you go.
After running for half a day, the train stopped again. More people got on the train with their luggage. Someone sat down next to Jiang Panyu and Tan Yanlu.
There was a man and a woman, both of them looked to be in their teens. It was obvious at first glance that they were educated youth who had gone to the countryside. However, the boy was carrying a lot of bags, so he unloaded them and sat next to Tan Yanlu.
The girl didn't bring much with her, so she sat next to Jiang Panyu. The boy and the girl introduced themselves. The boy's name was Duan Zheng and the girl's name was Chen Shilei. They were neighbors and also relatives, so they went to the countryside together.
Duan Zheng is a person who can liven up the atmosphere. After introducing himself, he started chatting with Jiang Panyu and the others, talking about the climate of the two places: "I heard that the winter in the northern province is very cold, and water freezes into ice. Here, the weather is still very hot at the end of June.
I heard that people in the northern province have started wearing long sleeves at night in late July and August. ”
Yang Guiying agreed with this: "Indeed, it is colder over there. You have never seen snow, so you will not be used to it at first."
Tan Yanlu nodded: "Yes, I heard that it is icy and snowy there in winter. You can't go out unless you are dressed like a dumpling. It is very cold.
I brought a lot of cotton-padded jackets and two quilts, fearing that it would be too cold over there and I wouldn't be able to sleep at night. But I brought too many things, and I was worried that I couldn't carry so many things by myself.
If you walk like a turtle and fall behind halfway, there will be no one to help you. ”
Duan Zheng, Jiang Panyu and the people around them smiled kindly.
Shen Shilei, who had been quiet all the time, suddenly spoke: "I didn't bring so much luggage, my family said they would help me send it to the Northern Province.
Although there was some extra postage, I felt a lot more relaxed. If you are reluctant to pay for postage, you will have to rely on yourself! ”
When Shen Shilei said this, there was a hint of smug smile on her face, as if she felt that she was superior to others.
To be honest, it doesn't look very smart.
Tan Yanlu smiled, seemingly not caring about what Shen Shilei said, but in her heart, she put this person on the list of people she should not make friends with.
Duan Zheng no longer mentioned the previous topic. He took out a newspaper and started reading. Jiang Panyu simply leaned back in his chair and went to talk to Yang Guiying, Chen Lamei and the others.
Seeing that the three people ignored her, Shen Shilei curled her lips and became quiet, staring at the scenery outside the window in a daze.
But her eyes inadvertently caught sight of Jiang Panyu who was sitting next to her. Seeing her clothes covered with patches, she looked disdainful and moved closer, as if afraid of being touched by Jiang Panyu.
Jiang Panyu was busy listening to the aunts chatting, so he didn't notice Shen Shilei's disgusted expression.
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