Among my childhood memories, the most unforgettable thing is learning to ride a bicycle for the first time.

I remember when I first learned to ride a bicycle, it was probably the spring of 1979. At that time, I was still in the second grade of primary school in our village.

In the countryside at that time, every family was still eating from a big pot. All the people relied on earning work points to support their families. There were almost no modern tools in the countryside at that time. It was almost hard to see even a car. (Actually, it was hard to see any cars.

There were cars at that time, but because I was young at the time, I had never traveled far. So when I saw the cars, I was very curious. As a prank, I turned off the accelerator of a car's fuel tank for fun.)

Just before the Spring Festival of that year, my eldest brother actually bought a "Hongqi" brand bicycle from Weinan and returned home.

In rural China at that time, there were very few means of transportation. A household with several bicycles in a village was considered a relatively wealthy family. Therefore, since my family bought a bicycle, our family has

There were crowds of people watching the excitement. They were all eager to try and learn to ride a bicycle, which has become a hobby for many people.

For such a hard-won item, the eldest brother naturally regarded it as a treasure. So, he locked the bicycle at home during the weekdays.

After seeing other people learning to ride bicycles, my heart started to move, so I pestered my elder brother and wanted to learn to ride bicycles.

Huh-huh-the north wind is howling, the big trees are swaying in the cold wind, and the willow branches are whipping in the air like whips.

The paulownia branches with fallen leaves are covered with fluffy and shiny silver branches. In the hazy sky, snowflakes are flying and scattering. The evergreen pine and cypress trees are covered with heavy snow.

The wind keeps blowing in the sky.

Today is the day when Xueer is discharged from the hospital, and no one picks her up. Early in the morning, Xueer declined the kindness of the head nurse, Sister Tingting, who invited her to stay at home for a few days.

In the past few days when her parents were away, Sister Tingting always took care of her and said some happy words to tease her. How could Xueer have the heart to trouble Sister Tingting? Sister Tingting's daily work is busy enough, so Xueer didn't want to

I have become Sister Tingting’s “little burden”.

While Tingting's sister was leading the nurses on routine rounds, the sensible Xueer quietly left the hospital and walked aimlessly in the snow, walking...

She was weak and staggered every step she took. She was confused and didn't know where she should go.

Since she was diagnosed with leukemia, her parents have escalated from verbally abusing each other every day to tearing and beating each other. No, her parents divorced a few days before she was about to be discharged from the hospital.

When they left, they paid off the hospital's debt and left some money for her. The mother went to a distant place, saying she was looking for a cure for her daughter. She didn't believe that her lovely daughter would be hopeless. Dad went there.

In the south, they said they were going to make a big deal. Grandma was the only one left at home, and it was as cold as an ice kiln.

Xueer was walking slowly in the snow alone. She stretched out her hand, and the snowflakes fell on her palm. Gradually, they melted... It was just like the love of her parents, which disappeared forever.

Gone. She can never go back to the past.

Xue'er raised her pretty and thin face, stretched out her tongue and licked the snowflakes that fell on her tongue, and slowly closed her eyes. She thought of her dear grandma: she seemed to see in this empty snowy field, The kind grandma was leaning on a cane and standing at the end of the village looking towards her. Thinking of her grandma, Xueer's tears burst into her eyes. She did not wipe them away and allowed the tears to flow on her cheeks.

The wind has been blowing, and snowflakes have been floating in the air. Xue'er has been looking at the road leading to her hometown dreamily.

"Didi - Didi -" Accompanied by several car horns and a "squeak" of brakes, a light green car stopped next to Xue'er.

"Hey, isn't this classmate Xue'er? Why are you discharged from the hospital alone?" Following the voice, a woman in her early thirties stepped out of the car: her eyes were as clear as lake water, and her long eyelashes flickered. .This tone and demeanor were full of concern and greetings.

Xue'er looked around and saw that the visitor was wearing a white down jacket, black thermal pants, and high-top black boots. He looked dignified and beautiful.

"Teacher Zhao! I, I'm discharged from the hospital..." Xueer couldn't help crying when she saw the amiable teacher Zhao Yun.

"Xue'er, be good, don't cry. I just heard about your parents yesterday evening. The teacher is late! Get in the car and stay at the teacher's house for a while." Teacher Zhao held Xue'er with both hands and said.

"Teacher -" Hearing the teacher's gentle voice and feeling the teacher's warm hands, waves of warmth surged into Xue'er's heart, and she felt a sense of solidity and security deep in her heart.

Xueer stayed at her teacher's house for two days and couldn't help but miss her grandma's suffering. She ignored the teacher's repeated pleas to stay. On a snowy morning, Xueer got on the bus bound for the countryside.

The warm-hearted conductor in the red down jacket looked at the pale, pitifully thin Xue'er, and made an exception without accepting the child's ticket. He also sent her to the entrance of the village where she was going, and stuffed Xue'er with a few steamed buns before getting off the car. .

Xue'er watched the departing bus with tears in her eyes, and then turned around and entered the village until it was out of sight. The snowy village was very quiet, with only a few faint dog barkings heard, and Xue'er's thin figure walked in the village lane, She walked around the rusty iron fence. At the end, there was a large backyard. It was empty. The cornices at the corners seemed to be rotting in the next second. Only some weeds and wild flowers were still blooming.

The climbing plants look particularly green, climbing up the wall and stretching hard. The branches and vines are entwined with the coldness and spread all over the wall. They stubbornly guard the place with their own bodies. A low and dilapidated old house is in a precarious position. Standing next to the road, smoke curled up from behind the old house, like a continuously dancing white silk, slowly climbing up the top of a tall tree, wrapping it silently.

Xue'er stood in front of the firewood gate and couldn't help shouting: "Grandma," she called grandma while staggering towards the inside.

With a "squeak" sound, as the black ocher door opened, she saw the kind grandma appeared at the door tremblingly on crutches: "Xue'er! Is it Xue'er?"

Xue'er desperately threw herself into her grandma's warm embrace, holding back the tears that flowed down her face. She cried sadly, her little shoulders shaking with sobs.

Grandma used her hands, which were full of cracks, wrinkles, and slightly rough, to lovingly caress her granddaughter’s cold little face, saying over and over again: “Good boy, don’t cry! Good boy, you are really my Xue’er! Grandma is going to visit you. She has saved all the eggs, but grandma’s legs are so painful that she can’t walk and she gets carsick... Where is your dad? Where is your mom? Why don’t you come back with me for a while? "

When she mentioned her parents, tears of grievance burst out of Xueer's eyes again. She sobbed and told her grandma about her parents' divorce.

"They left you alone in the hospital? These two evil beasts! They are so heartless and inhumane that even tigers can't eat their own flesh and blood! How dare they abandon their own flesh and blood?" Grandma was so angry that she burst into tears and beat her chest. Cursed.

"My baby is good, stop crying and tell grandma, are you feeling better?"

"Grandma, I always feel tired, I don't want to eat, and I always have nosebleeds. They say I have blood cancer and there is no way to save it. Grandma, can Xue'er's disease be cured? Xue'er doesn't want to die, and Xue'er still wants to go to school, Xue'er I still want to stay with you forever..."

Xueer blinked her childish, beautiful eyes decorated with long eyelashes, looked at her grandma and murmured.

"Be good, Xue'er, be good, it's easy to cure! Leukemia is definitely easy to cure, my poor baby..."

The old man held his grandson tightly in his arms, his lips trembled slightly, and the crystal tears slowly slid down from her weathered face and fell on the old man's clothes...

Xueer slowly broke away from her grandma's arms and said, "Grandma, I, I really want to build a snow dog."

"Good boy, I, Xue'er, have a rest. Grandma will pile it up for you right now." Grandma quickly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and said softly to her grandson.

"No, grandma, I want to build a beautiful snow dog by myself." Okay, Snow is awesome! You build it yourself, and grandma will make delicious food for you!" After saying this, grandma bowed and leaned on her back. Carrying a cane and beating her waist with one hand from time to time, she walked slowly towards the kitchen with a few coughs. Xueer looked at her grandma. If her body hadn't been so weak, she would have really wanted to go up and help the old man.

After dinner, Xueer became more interested, and she piled the snow together hard. Grandma moved a small stool and sat on the side looking at her grandson. The wrinkles on her forehead seemed to relax at this moment, and her eyes It had long been narrowed into a crescent moon, and there was a hint of kindness in the corner of her old mouth. Slowly, Xueer's face became paler and paler, the shovel slipped from her hand, and she fell limply to the ground. The grandma tremblingly helped her granddaughter up. She said distressedly: "Be good, be obedient, go into the house and have a rest, we will build again tomorrow." Xueer was helped into the house by her grandma, she lay on her grandma's warm fire bed, and fell asleep quietly...

When Xueer woke up, it was already bright. When she saw that her grandma was not there on the kang, she quickly put on her clothes and searched around the house, but there was still no sign of her. "With such heavy snow and such cold weather, grandma, Where will it go?" Xueer said to herself. Suddenly, she thought of something, and walked to the door in three steps and two steps. When she opened the door, she was stunned by the scene in front of her: A cute little snow dog looked at her with a smile with its shiny black eyes. The little snow dog still had a rose in its mouth. Next to the little snow dog, she saw her grandma sitting cross-legged with a smile on her lips. Grandma seemed very tired. , looking very weak, her body was covered with thick white snow, and she sat there motionless.
Chapter completed!