Chapter 6
Early the next morning, Hao Huishu got up before dawn as before. After getting up, she lit a fire for the stove first, and then went to carry water with a bucket. When she came back carrying the first water, Mother Hao also got up. Mother Hao said: "You want to Don't worry about it. I'll do it later." Hao Huishu said, "You're responsible for it?" Hao's mother said, "Yes, I was responsible for it the past few days. Qiong Wa'er and the others had something to do, and I was able to carry the load myself." Hao Huishu felt somewhat comforted. She was worried about how to carry the water at home after she left. She couldn't let anyone help her for the rest of her life! So she went to change her clothes. Mother Hao asked her to eat something before leaving. She said, no! She is going to town today to eat soy milk and fried dough sticks!
Walking on the road, looking at this familiar mountain road, looking at the familiar plants and trees, ditches and ridges on the roadside, Hao Huishu felt a bit like a dream: in the past, when walking this road, I basically walked with a backpack on my back, either to buy things or to sell things; and usually after carrying something to sell, I would buy something and carry it back. There was no time to go back and forth; the most impressive thing was that after it rained, I rushed to the market to carry things to sell. After the rain, the road was slippery. I was afraid of getting my shoes dirty, so I had to put my shoes in the backpack and walk barefoot. When I got to the town, I found a place to wash my feet before putting them on. The same was true for clothes. There was still a difference between the clothes in the backpack and the clothes worn on the market, especially for the older girls who were so proud of themselves. I want to go to the market with bare feet and wrinkled and sweaty clothes; sometimes I walk at night, such as when my mother takes medicine, beats rice, grinds noodles, makes noodles , etc., and often has to queue up. When it is finished, it will be dark, and I still have to carry a flashlight and carry home hungry, "walking at night singing", "scared to wet my pants", etc. To her, it was not a joke at all, but a real and painful memory that was still vivid in her mind. She went home and faced her mother’s worried and distressed eyes. In order to make her mother feel happy, she even put on a smile and said, “I’m very brave and I’m not afraid of anything!” I don’t know how many times she has thought that if only our village had a road, we wouldn’t have so much physical work to do on our backs! It would be great if our village had electricity. With electricity, there would be a rice grinder room, a flour grinder room, a grinder room. There would be no need to light kerosene lamps... Many girls in the mountains are looking forward to growing up quickly and marrying to places with convenient transportation and electricity. All of this seemed to have become a reality overnight. Hao Huishu felt as if she was in a dream. She couldn't believe it was true, but when she touched the registration card in her bag, she confirmed again: Yes, this is a true fact! But when she looked up and saw these familiar mountains and rivers, and recalled the ups and downs and ups and downs she had experienced over the past ten years, she couldn't help but ask herself, was she really going to leave this familiar land?
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