Time: 2009-3-311:30:24 Words: 2615
There was no flat asphalt road here and it was very bumpy. There were also protruding stones and gravel on the road. Zhiyuan moved his numb butt while his cousin continued to pedal the bicycle with all his might. Soon, they left the village. Behind the village was a vast field. The crops were also different from the ones in their hometown. There were also many rocks of various sizes in the fields. Mountains! Zhiyuan saw a mountain not far away. It was a grayish brown mountain. The mountain in the distance was not as lush and green as he remembered. Perhaps spring had not arrived here yet. When he saw the mountain, he also saw a tall chimney standing on the side of the mountain. The chimney seemed so small against the mountain, not even reaching the height of the foot of the mountain. This was the first time he saw a real mountain up close. At the foot of the mountain, there was a village built on the mountain. The village was scattered. Zhiyuan was excited and looked at it attentively and curiously. He was afraid that everything in front of him would suddenly disappear. The mountain was a continuous whole. He could clearly see more than ten mountains of different sizes in front of him. He could not see the mountains in the distance clearly. It was the distance that blurred the figure of the mountain. Smoke rose from the foot of the mountain not far away, rising up alone to measure the distance between the earth and the sky. Finally, it dissipated in the sky. Zhiyuan searched for the footprints of his dream in the sky of a foreign land, and he also fantasized that the foreign world would close the distance between him and his dream. We're here. Come down." His cousin's words interrupted Zhiyuan's reverie. Zhiyuan hurriedly jumped off the bicycle and his foot was hit by a stone. Zhiyuan forgot the gravel scattered on the road. Zhiyuan ran two steps to catch up with his cousin. His cousin also got off the bicycle and pushed it forward. His cousin did not turn around and said to Zhiyuan," The brick kiln is right in front of you. There's nothing easy about the work in the kiln. You have to be mentally prepared. You might feel very bitter and tired. In the first few days, your arm will hurt and swell, but after a while, you'll get used to it and it won't hurt anymore. Without education or skills, you won't have any more choices. You'll have to suffer a little first." Zhiyuan was terrified by his cousin's words. The self-confidence that he had managed to hold up made his cousin's words collapse again. Zhiyuan listened blankly without answering. He did not need to answer. Since he was here, he would not retreat even if he had to go through a mountain of knives and a sea of flames. Zhiyuan had no way to retreat. Zhiyuan followed his cousin and chased after him quickly, as if he was afraid of being lost in this strange mountain range. He was afraid of the loneliness of a foreign land. The brick kiln was on the east side of the road. The chimney was from this kiln. Now, it looked taller and thicker. The place where the bricks were baked was a rectangular brick kiln in the middle. The brick kiln was running from north to south and was about 3 - 4 m high. There were holes in the kiln at intervals of about 5 m. The holes surrounded the entire kiln. The chimney extended out of the southern half of the kiln. It was unknown how high it was. Standing alone in the desolate valley, it looked so eye-catching. There was a small house on the top of the brick kiln close to the root. There were many broken bricks scattered around the brick kiln, and there were old grass fences piled up on the flat roads. His cousin led Zhiyuan to a row of simple brick houses in the southernmost area. Zhiyuan looked around and counted. There were seven rooms in total. One of them might be a canteen. A young man was peeling potatoes on the wasteland at the door. His cousin parked his bicycle and walked into a house at the west end. A few young people were playing in the distance. They were the same age, but they had different dreams and experiences. Zhiyuan was not as relaxed and happy as his age should be. After more than a year of ups and downs, Zhiyuan had learned a lot and paid a lot. The growth in setbacks had made Zhiyuan strong and learned to be patient. The past fantasies had made him understand the true meaning of life, understand the meaning of life, and strengthen his determination to not be afraid of hardship. Zhiyuan's self-consolation was gradually weakening his compromise for the future. Running away was not the only choice. Zhiyuan had always been uncertain. He knew that determination could not determine tomorrow. Just because he could bear everything did not mean that he could change everything. Zhiyuan was looking around when the young man who was peeling potatoes said,""Who is Xiaomiao to you? Did you come with him? Did you graduate from a technical school too?" Zhiyuan hurriedly replied," He's my cousin. I just came from my hometown. I didn't go to a technical school." "Oh, why are you doing this job here? You're still so young. Isn't your cousin going to work in the coal mine? Your cousin is very capable. Last year, he worked here until the kiln stopped working. Can you endure this physical labor?" That person continued to ask, and Zhiyuan's heart was once again stabbed in the heart. He had squandered more than half of the good times of his youth, and he did not have the face to face the past. Yes, why did he come from his hometown to work in the brick kiln? Zhiyuan replied awkwardly," I didn't go to school properly. I have no choice but to see if there are any good jobs here. I'll work here first," Zhiyuan answered casually. Zhiyuan's eyes were blank and his heart was dark. He looked up at the vast universe and could not find his own ray of sunlight. The wind blew and he could not feel its direction. The dust that was rolled up rushed into his nostrils with a burnt smell. It did not have the fragrance and softness of his hometown soil. Zhiyuan was powerless to dodge, and he had no intention of dodging. He longed for the wind to be stronger and ravage his exhausted body. It seemed that this kind of torture could make him more clear-headed and stronger. Since there was nowhere to escape, he would face it bravely. Tomorrow would definitely be better than today. Helpless self-consolation, the reality that he could not escape, the obstacles that followed him like a shadow, and the road that he could not see in the future despite his pursuit all the way made Zhiyuan feel the weight of the future, the weight that needed to be carried on his tender shoulders. He could not find an excuse or reason to release the depression in his heart. " Zhiyuan, come here!" His cousin shouted from the room he had just entered. Zhiyuan ran over hurriedly.
Although the lights were on in the room, Zhiyuan didn't feel that the room was brighter." This is Fifth Brother, and this is Fourth Brother." His cousin introduced the two middle-aged men in front of him casually. They might be the leaders here. Zhiyuan lowered his head and bent down to call Fifth Brother and Fourth Brother. Zhiyuan looked at the middle-aged man who called Fifth Brother. Fifth Brother was in his thirties and looked like a typical man, tall and strong. His cousin continued," This is Zhiyuan, my younger cousin. From now on, he'll be working under Fifth Brother's arrangements."" It's fine. It's hard to say. I'm short of manpower, but everyone will be treated the same. Let's stay here. We'll finish work at night. There's no specific time. Since we're here, let's work hard. How old are you?"”" Seventeen," Zhiyuan answered softly. "Fifth Brother, we'll leave first. We'll come back tomorrow.”Zhiyuan followed his cousin to bid farewell to his fifth brother and the others. His cousin walked up to the young man peeling potatoes and called out enthusiastically,"Third Brother, prepare the breakfast. Are there many people coming to the kiln now?”His cousin turned his head and said to Zhiyuan,"This is Third Brother. We're very good." Third Brother said politely,"" Xiaomiao, I'm from your cousin's hometown. If there's anything in the future, just let me know. There are no outsiders." The person called Third Brother looked younger than Fifth Brother and Sixth Brother, so he thought that they were brothers. In fact, they were uncle and nephew. What kind of messy seniority was this? Zhiyuan was almost confused.
Later, Zhiyuan learned from his cousin that this third brother was the nephew of fifth brother and the third brother of fifth brother's eldest brother. Fifth Brother's surname was Yang, and he had six brothers. Their nicknames were arranged in order of size. Fifth Brother's eldest brother, Master Yang, had seven sons. The third brother he had just met was Yang Wu's third nephew. Two or three of his sons were several years older than his own younger brother. The family was large and poor. It was difficult to find a wife in the rural areas in the mountains. The entire family had four or five bachelors. In the past, it was a great blessing to have many children. A large family could walk with pride. Now, families with many boys were not happy. Having more people became a kind of psychological satisfaction. It did not have any substantial effect on the change of the current situation of life. When it was time to find a wife, the problem became obvious. The girls in the village all married out of the poor mountains. Who would send their daughters to the fire pit outside the mountains? Many families seemed lifeless because there were no women. The evening in the mountain village gradually lost the sound of children playing. Many children brought a heavy burden to the family, and the ups and downs of life became a sharp contrast between joy and sorrow in the blink of an eye.
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