Chapter 2
She,
So beautiful.
The water ripples softly, twisting the light and shadow just right, and combined with the movements of the little oriole, it seems to be rendered with a layer of filters.
Li Zhuiyuan had been taken by his parents to watch art performances at his workplace before, and had seen many professional singers and dancers. But yesterday, he was no less shocked than his brothers by Little Huangying's performance.
Under the education of his parents, he has always known and obeyed the rules. However, the little yellow warbler under the simple shed showed him another kind of wild style.
It's coquettish, it's rough, it's earthy, it's not popular, but the smell is really good.
She came over, getting closer and closer, like a person in a painting, walking out of the painting and walking back into the painting.
At this moment, Li Zhuiyuan had forgotten his situation, as if he no longer remembered that he was still in the water, ignoring the panic of not being able to breathe and the constant choking of water in his mouth and nose.
Until,
She held out her hand.
Yesterday, when I was crowding in front with my brothers to watch the performance, Xiao Huangying came up to her while singing and twisted her waist. She even reached out to touch his face because Li Zhuiyuan was as fair as a child among the group of children. Porcelain doll.
Originally, Li Zhuiyuan was looking forward to being touched by her again.
However,
This time she held out two hands.
Two hands grabbed Li Zhuiyuan's shoulders.
"It's so cold...it hurts..."
In an instant, the atmosphere was distorted and torn apart, and the previous strange and inexplicable fascination disappeared.
Li Zhuiyuan's eyes finally showed fear, like a person whose anesthesia had worn off and suddenly felt pain again.
He wanted to break free, to dodge, to escape, but the hands were tightly clasping him, and no matter how much he swung, he couldn't break free.
At this time, a force came from behind.
Li Zhuiyuan felt himself being pulled, like the tug-of-war he had played in school before, but this time it was a rope.
Finally, with some kind of separation, Li Zhuiyuan was pulled up.
In his field of vision, he floated higher and higher, while the little oriole below became farther and farther away and smaller.
She raised her arms toward him, and an impossible abyss gradually formed between the two of them.
"Hey!"
Fortunately, his grandson was carrying a bamboo basket on his back, and Li Weihan just grabbed the bamboo basket and exerted his strength upward.
Shen was so deadly. He was obviously just a child, but Li Weihan felt like he was competing with a farm cow that was in heat.
Below, there was a force preventing his grandson from coming up.
Lei Zi also came to help at this time. He held Li Weihan's waist and pushed backwards.
Finally,
"Wow!"
When the grandson was pulled out of the water, the competitive force suddenly disappeared. Li Weihan, Lei Zi and the newly captured Li Zhuiyuan fell into the boat together.
"Let's go!"
Li Weihan yelled at Pan Zi before he could get up.
Pan Zi didn't let go of the chain this time. He used all his strength to push the pole and quickly moved to the other side.
"Master, she's here, she's here!"
Lei Zi pointed forward in horror.
Li Weihan looked over there and saw that with the movement of the ship's hull, the black hair on the water was also moving here.
She is chasing!
"Marquis Lei, go help Marquis Pan punt the boat, hurry up!"
"Okay, Master."
Lei Zi got up and ran, and the two brothers shouted slogans and worked hard together, and the boat speed further accelerated.
Li Weihan picked up a fishing rod with a solemn expression. After discovering that the ball of hair was still shortening the distance from the boat, Li Weihan gave a loud shout, pointed the fishing rod slightly in front of the ball of hair, and stabbed it. .
When the fishing rod entered the water, it should have hit the mark, but it did not receive any resistance. Instead, a huge force appeared and continued to pull the fishing rod downward.
"Ouch..."
Li Weihan exclaimed. Fortunately, he released his grip on the fishing rod in time, otherwise he would have been dragged into the water by this terrible force.
Hair, closer.
Standing beside the boat, Li Weihan could see the woman's black cheongsam figure underwater in front of her.
The river was obviously flowing eastward, but she was going against the current.
She is walking, she is really walking by herself!
"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!"
The hull began to shake gradually and violently.
It was hard for Li Weihan to imagine what would happen if the boat capsized and he and his grandchildren fell into the water. This was no longer a question of whether the water was good or not, it was a matter of evil!
At this time, Li Weihan's eyes glanced at the fishing net at his feet. Without any time to think about it, he immediately grabbed the fishing net and dropped it towards his hair, which was less than two meters away from the boat.
The fishing nets were first covered on the water, and soon half of the surrounding areas settled.
At first, the fishing net on the water continued to be dragged, but gradually, its speed gradually slowed down, and finally, it stopped.
It worked, tripped her up!
Li Weihan rushed to the stern of the boat, reached out and grabbed the pennant: "Go and see Xiao Yuanhou!"
"Okay, Master."
After all, Pan Zi and Lei Zi were just big kids. The previous period of vigorous punting had already made these two boys a little exhausted. After Li Weihan took over, they immediately ran to Li Zhuiyuan.
"Yuanzi, Yuanzi? Yuanzi, wake up, wake up quickly!"
"Sir, I can't wake Yuanzi up."
Li Weihan continued to look at the fishing nets that were getting farther away while he was paddling the boat, and shouted back: "Are you brave!"
"Master, you are so energetic!"
"Give Marquis Xiaoyuan a pat on the back."
The two brothers immediately followed the instructions. One helped Li Zhuiyuan sit up and the other patted his back with his hand.
But after struggling for a long time, Li Zhuiyuan still didn't wake up.
"Master, it's useless!"
Li Weihan didn't answer, he just gritted his teeth and kept holding the pole, not daring to wipe his hands even though the sweat flowed into his eyes.
Finally, when the boat arrived home, Li Weihan threw away his pennies and, without caring about tying the boat rope, picked up Li Zhuiyuan and jumped off the boat. However, he was already very tired and staggered when he jumped. In order to protect the baby in his arms. The grandson could only press his knees against the blue brick steps below.
"Hiss..."
There was a cut on his knee, but the next moment he stood up forcefully and carried the child into the house:
"Guiying, Guiying!"
"You came back so early?" Cui Guiying was cleaning the dust behind the stove. She stood up when she heard the noise. When she saw her wife holding the child in her arms, she immediately shouted anxiously, "What's wrong? What's wrong? What's wrong with you?"
Li Weihan first carried the child to a mat in the back room. There were many children in the house and the bed could not fit in them. It was summer, so they all made the floor together when sleeping at night.
Cui Guiying picked up Li Zhuiyuan's head and patted his face, but found that the child could not wake up, and immediately cried:
"Oh, my son, my son, what's wrong with you."
"Stop howling!" Li Weihan kicked Cui Guiying's calf, "Quickly, change the child into dry clothes."
Cui Guiying hurriedly wiped the corners of her eyes and stood up to get her clothes.
"Pan Zi, go call Zheng Datong!"
"Okay, Master."
Zheng Datong's name is Zheng Huamin. He is a clinic doctor in Siyuan Village, also known as the Barefoot Doctor. Because he likes to scare children with big syringes, the children first gave him this nickname. Over time, the adults also followed suit. .
"Leizi, go call Blind Liu."
"Okay, Master."
Blind Liu's real name was Liu Jinxia. Her parents died young, and her uncle arranged for her to be married from Si'an Town. In the first year of her marriage, her parents-in-law died of illness one after another. I don't know how many daughters-in-law in the village secretly cried with envy.
As a result, the next night the man drank and went to the toilet, fell into the pit and drowned, leaving only a newborn daughter.
At that time, there were rumors in the village that Liu Jinxia was too tough.
It was difficult for a widow to raise a child, so Liu Jinxia, besides taking care of the farm work at home, also started a business of telling people's fortunes to celebrate the New Year. The more rumors about her spread, the more people believed in her ability.
These days, you can only make ends meet by foraging in the fields. If you want to live a more prosperous life, you have to rely on other livelihoods. Liu Jinxia relies on this to make a living, so she just hired her daughter Li Juxiang to step in.
It turned out that the son-in-law had just arrived in the house for the second year. He said he had a heart attack. When he was planting rice in the field, the man fell into the ground and died.
Li Juxiang was left with a new-born daughter.
Now, not to mention the village, people from all over the country were sure of the destiny of Liu Jinxia's branch, and Liu Jinxia's business became better as a result.
She simply rented her family's land to others and asked her daughter to buy a tricycle from the town. Wherever there was business, she asked her daughter Li Juxiang to ride the tricycle to take her there.
A few years ago, Liu Jinxia suffered from cataracts and her eyesight could not be seen clearly, which could be regarded as supplementing her personal business image.
Here, Cui Guiying had just changed Li Zhuiyuan's wet clothes when she saw her wife taking a ladle of well water to wash away the blood on his knees, then opening the locked cupboard and taking out three packs of cigarettes.
He threw a pack to Cui Guiying first and said: "Zheng Datong is here, take it apart and pull out one in front of you, and pull out another one when you leave. The cost of the medicine will be charged."
Immediately afterwards, Li Weihan threw another packet over: "Blind Liu gave her a whole packet, and don't talk about anything else."
Cui Guiying reminded: "I heard that it is very expensive for Blind Liu to go out for a job now."
Li Weihan shook his head: "Forget it if she is blind, but don't blind your conscience."
Liu Jinxia's husband and Li Weihan grew up playing in the mud together. In the few years after her husband left, the orphans and widowed parents were in trouble. Li Weihan often sent some relief and helped with some work during the busy farming period. Therefore, Li Weihan also I was often gossiped about.
Although the two families don't move around very much now, if Blind Liu dares to accept his own money, Li Weihan will dare to spit in her face.
Li Weihan put the last package into his pocket.
Cui Guiying said in surprise: "Are you going out?"
Li Weihan nodded: "I'll go find Uncle Sanjiang."
"What! Did you hit something?"
Li Weihan glanced at the children around him and glared at his wife: "We'll talk about it when I get back."
After saying that, Li Weihan pushed the 28-inch sedan out of the door.
Cui Guiying sat back at the table, caressed Li Zhuiyuan, and kept calling his name.
A little granddaughter asked out of curiosity: "What happened to Brother Yuanzi?"
Huzi immediately said: "I know, Brother Yuanzi encountered a water monkey and was dragged down to be the scapegoat!"
For a moment, the children around them all looked scared and backed away.
"Crack!"
A slap mark appeared on Huzi's face.
Cui Guiying scolded: "Bah, I'm so crazy that I called you Hu Yan. Go outside and see if the people you invited have arrived. Go quickly!"
"Hey! Let's go now!"
Huzi didn't show any pretense. Although the slap hurt, he didn't really take it seriously. He grabbed Shitou and ran out to see people.
Cui Guiying asked her eldest granddaughter Yingzi to get herself a bowl with water and a needle. She picked up the needle, scratched Li Zhuiyuan's forehead and top of his head several times, and then placed the needle flat in the bowl.
There is a local custom that if anyone has a headache, a fever, or a body discomfort, they will use this needle to "scream".
Not long after, a voice came from outside: "Zheng Datong is here, Zheng Datong is here!"
Zheng Datong entered the house carrying a wooden medicine box.
"Doctor Zheng, look at Yao'er, look at Yao'er."
Cui Guiying took out the cigarette, opened it, pulled out a cigarette and handed it over.
Zheng Datong took the cigarette, clamped it to his ear, squatted down, looked at Li Zhuiyuan, and asked: "What's wrong with you?"
"If you fall into the water, you won't wake up."
"Falled into the water?" Zheng Datong first opened Li Zhuiyuan's mouth and nose, then opened his eyelids to take a look, then took out the stethoscope from the box and listened carefully.
When he put away the stethoscope, Cui Guiying came over and asked: "Dr. Zheng, how are you doing?"
Zheng Datong frowned and helped Li Zhuiyuan up. Cui Guiying hurriedly reached out to help.
After patting the child on the back and observing again, Zheng Datong laid the child back down, took off the cigarette from his ears, and bit his mouth.
Cui Guiying hurriedly got up and went to the stove to get matches, but she saw that Zheng Datong had already lit it by himself and took several puffs in a row.
"How are you, doctor?"
Zheng Datong looked at Cui Guiying: "How long has it been since you fell into the water?"
Cui Guiying looked at Pan Zi.
Pan Zi: "Just for a short while, Yuanzi was caught by his father as soon as he fell."
Zheng Datong frowned and took another long puff of cigarette. After blowing out the smoke ring, he said: "Auntie, the child is not drowning, nor is he choking on water. There is nothing wrong with him."
"Then why can't people wake up?" Cui Guiying asked.
"Take Yao'er to the town health center for another check-up. It may be another problem." Zheng Datong packed up his things and stood up. He had no choice.
Cui Guiying pulled out another cigarette and handed it to him.
"No more smoking, no more smoking." He said as he took the cigarette and clamped it to his ear.
Immediately, the cigarette in his mouth reached the filter. Zheng Datong threw the cigarette butt on the ground, stepped on it, and whispered: "Can Blind Man Liu please read it?"
"Ah, please." Cui Guiying was a little embarrassed.
Zheng Datong nodded. Pan Zi said something to him on the way here. At this time, he could only tell him: "If you still don't wake up at night, send it to the town tomorrow morning."
"Okay, okay, you're tired, you're tired."
At this time, Lei Zi ran in, stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat on his face, and said to Cui Guiying: "Blind Liu is here."
Cui Guiying scolded: "Xinakangzi, big or small, should be called Grandma Liu."
Zheng Datong knew that he had to give up his position. When he walked out of the house, he happened to see a tricycle riding over in the distance, with an old woman sitting on the car.
"Huh..."
Zheng Datong suddenly remembered the various new drugs that had been promoted in newspapers recently. Wasn't he involved in it? Hey, what is that called?
Oh, by the way...
Integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine.
Lei Zi ran home first to notify. Li Juxiang was pedaling behind, complaining a little: "Mom, you shouldn't be so lazy, you should have come earlier."
Previously, a man from the neighboring town of Shigang came to the house to discuss arrangements for his mother's death. She could have asked him to wait at home and come here first, but her mother insisted on finishing that person's affairs first. I took my time to go to the toilet before getting there.
Liu Jinxia, who was sitting on the small bench at the back, blew out a smoke ring and said angrily: "Why are you rushing there? I can't get any money from him anyway."
"Mom, are you really embarrassed to accept it?"
"Bah, if he wants to give it to me, I'll take it."
"When I was a kid, I remember that Uncle Han helped us a lot."
"Then he has four sons, why don't you give one to me?" Liu Jinxia shook off the ashes of her cigarette, "They are not recruited, and I don't want his family's gift. He doesn't even want to give him a daughter-in-law for free, ha!"
"Then how can you blame Uncle Han."
"I'm talking about Xianghou, it doesn't matter what other people do to us. After all, your mouth looks like a face. Why do you want to do this to yourself?" Li Juxiang pursed her lips.
"Xianghou, Xiaocuihou is still young. Your mother and I don't have many years to live. From now on, Xiaocuihou will still have to point at you. What's the matter without a man? I, Liu Jinxia, will prove that we two have no man. You can also enjoy spicy food and live a better life than others!”
"We're here, Mom."
The tricycle rode up the dam and arrived at the door of Lao Li's house.
Cui Guiying took the initiative to help Liu Jinxia get out of the car. Liu Jinxia patted the back of Cui Guiying's hand and said, "Oh, why are you so embarrassed to let me help you? Your Hanhou is my benefactor."
"Yier Ta Nai, come and see the child quickly. The child is still awake."
Liu Jinxia: "I heard from Lei Hou that he touched something in the water?"
Cui Guiying: "Yo'er, his father has already gone to invite Uncle Sanjiang."
Hearing this, Liu Jinxia's heart tightened, she grabbed Cui Guiying's hand and urged: "Quick, take me to see Yao'er."
Lei Zi had said something when he came to send a message to others before, but at that time he thought he was just adding fuel to the fire and talking nonsense. Now that Li Weihan has gone to find that Li Sanjiang, the matter is really serious!
She, Liu Jinxia, still thinks about Li Weihan's good days in her heart.
After entering the house, I heard a group of children chirping. Liu Jinxia had poor eyesight and felt like she had walked into a duck's nest. She waved her hand and cursed:
"Xinakangzi, please get out of the way, don't make any noise, you will disturb the Kitchen God!"
Cui Guiying hurriedly asked the older children to take the younger children out and closed the door.
"Where are the people?" Liu Jinxia asked.
"In the back room." Cui Guiying was about to take her inside.
"Bring it to the kitchen. There's a stove here."
"Okay, I'm going to take you out right now."
With Li Juxiang's help, Li Zhuiyuan was placed on the kitchen table.
Liu Jinxia's experienced hands first touched Li Zhuiyuan's legs, and then moved up from his legs to his face. After touching his face, he stopped at the child's shoulders and pressed lightly.
Her hands had a smoky smell between her fingers due to smoking, and she usually soaked them in white vinegar for maintenance, which made the smell even more pungent.
Anyone standing nearby can smell it. If someone smells it up close, they may wake up from a normal fainting spell.
Liu Jinxia felt it for a while and asked: "Marquis Guiying, have you called me?"
"It's screaming, it's screaming." Cui Guiying immediately brought over the bowl with water and the needle, and then she screamed in fright, "Ah!"
The needles in this bowl were not only rusty, but also red rust, with a patch of red rust surrounding the needles at the bottom.
When Li Juxiang next to her saw this, she immediately leaned into her mother's ear to describe it.
After listening to this, Liu Jinxia took a deep breath and said solemnly: "Sister, you've been possessed."
"Ah?" Cui Guiying was startled again and immediately begged, "Save him, save him. My daughter is the only child. If you let me raise her here, nothing will happen to her."
With that said, Cui Guiying took the pack of cigarettes out of her pocket and handed it to Liu Jinxia.
Liu Jinxia pushed away and sighed.
Cui Guiying: "You smoke first, and we will pay for the profit later..."
Liu Jinxia interrupted Cui Guiying: "If I don't accept your things, I won't be able to accept them. It will be too hot to handle."
"I said sister, don't say that, I'm a bastard..."
Liu Jinxia turned towards her daughter and said with a wry smile: "Did you hear that? He is the son of your uncle Han's favorite little girl."
"He is Lanhou's son." Li Juxiang paused and added, "Lanhou was very good to me before."
Lanhou's name is Li Lan, and she is Li Zhuiyuan's mother.
At that time, people in the village thought that Liu Jinxia's family was unlucky, and their parents would tell their children not to play with Li Juxiang. Therefore, Li Juxiang had a lonely childhood and could not run around like other children, because when she went to other people's homes, she would The other adult rolled his eyes.
Li Lan didn't care about it at that time and often invited her to play with her. This friendship lasted until Li Lan entered college and left the village.
Liu Jinxia closed her eyes and remained silent.
Li Juxiang looked at Li Zhuiyuan and said to Cui Guiying: "This naughty boy is really good-looking. He looks very much like Lan Hou."
Cui Guiying responded twice, her attention still on Liu Jinxia. She was not sure whether Liu Jinxia was trying to shirk or take advantage of Qiao.
Li Juxiang continued: "Xiao Cuihou said the day before yesterday that a brother named Xiao Yuanhou gave her chocolates to eat, and he went to the stream with her to pick up stones."
Li Juxiang was isolated when she was a child, let alone her daughter Li Cuicui now. On weekdays, her daughter can only stand at a distance and watch other children playing together.
Cuicui didn't dare to come forward. If she did, the children would say that the adults at home said they couldn't play with her, and then they would leave in a hurry.
Cuicui was very happy when she came home the day before yesterday. She said that she had a very good-looking brother who played with her all afternoon. Other children told him not to play with her, but the brother didn't care and even gave her chocolates.
Liu Jinxia opened her eyes and glanced at her daughter helplessly and distressedly. Then, she turned towards Cui Guiying:
"Sister, let's have sex with you."
"Hey, you said."
"It's normal. Fifteen of the twenty transactions are actually nothing. I just go through the motions so that others can feel at ease.
Among the remaining items, there are four items that look like they have something to do, but in the end they are nothing.
So, at most, it’s just one thing, it’s a little bit watery from the fart, but it’s not difficult to wipe.
I won't accept your money. Firstly, your man has really helped us and my wife before, so I can't accept your money. Secondly, there is no need to accept the money you usually spend just to show off in front of something like this. ”
"Here, you, you son, you have to save him, sister."
"I'll help him." Liu Jinxia smiled and said, "Bring me some stove ashes."
"Okay."
There will be many grooves on the local earthen stoves. One groove is usually opened at the back of the stove, with the Kitchen God attached to it, and a small incense burner placed in the groove.
Cui Guiying invited the incense burner down and brought it to Liu Jinxia.
I saw Liu Jinxia grabbing a handful of incense ash, holding it in her hand and mumbling something.
I couldn’t understand what was being recited, but anyway, I recited it for a long time.
Liu Jinxia: "It's time to cover it up."
Before Cui Guiying could understand, Li Juxiang covered Li Zhuiyuan's mouth and nose with her hands.
Liu Jinxia smeared the ash on the child's neck and shoulders, rubbing it, as if applying prickly heat powder.
But gradually, a scary scene appeared, and Cui Guiying directly covered her mouth.
Because she saw two purple marks suddenly appeared on her grandson's shoulders, which looked like two palms!
Liu Jinxia: "It's so fierce... My daughter, let's start."
"Hey."
Li Juxiang responded, went out to get some things on the tricycle, and came back. She first put an empty bowl and a writing brush in Liu Jinxia's hand, poured ink into the bowl, and then took it out of her pocket. A ball of red thread looked like it was used for knitting sweaters, but after untying it, a fishy smell filled the air, and a lot of red was left on Li Juxiang's palms.
Next, Li Juxiang tied one end of the red thread on her wrist, and the other end on Li Zhuiyuan's wrist. After a distance, she stood still.
Liu Jinxia dipped the brush into ink, and then kept drawing circles on Li Zhuiyuan's forehead. She continued to mutter something while drawing circles.
At first, everything went as usual, nothing happened.
But as Liu Jinxia's speaking speed and hand speed became faster and faster, the red line actually began to tremble.
Cui Guiying subconsciously wanted to see if the other end of the thread was pulled by Li Juxiang, but as soon as she raised her head, she saw Li Juxiang opening her mouth in pain, and then she knelt on the ground with a "pop" sound, leaning her upper body forward. It's like being forced to kowtow.
Liu Jinxia glanced at her daughter with distress, but did not slow down her speech or hand speed.
"Ah...ah...ah..."
Li Juxiang fell sideways to the ground in pain. She was rolling with her arms folded, her feet kicking wildly, saliva overflowing from her mouth, her eyes widened, and her face turned blue.
Cui Guiying stood nearby, worried about her grandson and what would happen to Li Juxiang.
However, after the pain reached its peak, Li Juxiang gradually calmed down. Finally, she lay spread out on the ground, gasping for air.
Liu Jinxia also stopped and swayed. Cui Guiying hurriedly stretched out her hand to support her.
"Go get a basin of hot water and wipe the child."
"Hey, okay."
Cui Guiying immediately followed the instructions, took a basin, opened the small stove cover in the middle of the stove, and scooped out the hot water with a wooden spoon.
After wetting the handkerchief, she began to wipe off the incense ashes on Li Zhuiyuan.
What was wiped away was not only the incense ashes, but also the two purple fingerprints, which melted away like paint.
Cui Guiying also looked at the veil specifically and found that no purple color fell on it.
"Sister, is the child ready?"
Liu Jinxia took out a cigarette and lit it. After taking a deep breath, she coughed violently. Tears and runny nose fell down. She was choking on her own cigarette.
However, although Cui Guiying did not wait for Liu Jinxia's answer in time, she found that her grandson, who had been unconscious, slowly opened his eyes.
"Xiaoyuanhou, Xiaoyuanhou, you're awake!"
Li Zhuiyuan looked at Cui Guiying in confusion, then looked around, and finally shouted in a hoarse voice: "Milk."
"Hey, you finally woke up, Bodhisattva bless you, Bodhisattva bless you."
Next to her, Li Juxiang got up from the ground, took a clean bowl, poured herself some water, and took a sip.
Li Zhuiyuan stretched out his hand, grabbed Cui Guiying's arm, and turned a little sideways, trying to get into grandma's arms.
Cui Guiying hurriedly took Li Zhuiyuan into her arms and coaxed her: "My darling, my Xiao Yuanhou, my good darling..."
Liu Jinxia: "Take care of your son, let him sleep again, and he will be fine when he wakes up."
Li Juxiang came over and helped her mother out.
Cui Guiying said: "When the Marquis of Han comes back, he and I..."
Liu Jinxia waved her hand: "We will wait until the child is fully recovered. Let's go home first, don't send him away."
Cui Guiying really had no choice but to continue holding her grandson.
At this time, Li Zhuiyuan, who had been comforted in his grandma's arms, began to fall asleep again, but this time he was sleeping much more peacefully, unlike before, where he pursed his lips and frowned, which was heart-wrenching.
On the way back from the tricycle, Liu Jinxia stood up from a squat, opened her daughter's collar, looked at the circle of bruises, and asked:
"Does it hurt?"
"Mom, sit down quickly and don't fall down."
Liu Jinxia sat back, waited for a long time, slapped her thigh again, and cursed:
"Xianghou, are we really born cheap?"
……
Li Weihan didn't come back for a long time. Cui Guiying sent Huzi and Shitou to look for him at Li Sanjiang's house. When Huzi and Shitou came back, they told him that Li Sanjiang's domestic helper said that he had gone out to deliver papers, and Li Weihan went to look for him.
Cui Guiying understood. Li Sanjiang was going to deliver the paper. According to the usual practice, the host's family would leave a meal. He was a drinker, so he didn't know how long he would have to wait. His wife was there to rush him.
Cui Guiying asked a few older children to help cook dinner. After dinner, Li Weihan didn't come back, so Cui Guiying arranged for the children to sleep in the back room.
She took Li Zhuiyuan alone to sleep in the kitchen under a door board. Li Zhuiyuan slept soundly.
Cui Guiying used a cattail leaf fan to fan the child while wiping away tears in distress. The child had really suffered this time.
She then thought of her newly divorced daughter, and she didn't know how she was doing now.
Unlike other families that favor sons over daughters, Cui Guiying and his wife love this little girl the most.
The girl wanted to study and could study well, so they kept supporting her. No matter what others said, it was useless for girls to study and it was better to get married early, but they remained unmoved.
This preference for daughters naturally extends to grandchildren.
Li Zhuiyuan had a dream. He dreamed that he was teaching in a junior class. The old professor on the podium closed his book and said: "Okay, get out of class is over."
He followed his deskmate out of the classroom and walked among a group of tall adults.
They both walked into the toilet and stood on the urinal steps.
The deskmate had already unbuttoned his pants and started to pee, then urged him:
"Zhui Yuan, you pee too, what are you waiting for?"
Li Zhuiyuan nodded. As soon as he unzipped his pants, he suddenly became alert.
He woke up from this dream. He opened his eyes, and through the moonlight outside, he saw his grandma sleeping next to him, still holding a cattail leaf fan in his hand.
It was so dangerous that I almost wet the bed.
Li Zhuiyuan's memory of the day was somewhat blurred. He climbed up gently and prepared to pee.
The toilet is a separate small house far away from the main house. A hole is dug in the ground and a large tank is buried. There is a hollow wooden seat on top of the tank. When Li Zhuiyuan first saw it, he thought it looked like something from a movie. The dragon chair inside.
Therefore, when locals talk about going to the toilet, they generally call it "shang porcelain jar".
At first, Li Zhuiyuan went there to urinate. Later, after his brothers shared their experiences, Li Zhuiyuan finally understood that he could mark anywhere as long as he left his home and the courtyard.
To go out of the front door, you have to go out of the Bazi, which is a bit far. Li Zhuiyuan chose to go out the back door and came to the river, which was closer.
Just as Li Zhuiyuan was getting ready, he suddenly heard the sound of "dong...dong...dong...".
He looked down and saw that his boat parked on the shore was shaking.
Li Zhuiyuan seemed to have thought of some pictures in his mind. During the day, he seemed to be out on the boat with his grandfather and brothers to catch fish?
Then, did you catch any fish? What was for dinner? Why don’t you have any impression?
"Dong...dong...dong..."
The boat was still rocking, but there were no waves on the river and no wind.
Finally, Li Zhuiyuan recalled what happened during the day, his black hair, his falling into the water, and being underwater... He also recalled fear.
Li Zhuiyuan's body softened, his feet staggered, and he sat on the ground. He subconsciously reached out and touched his shoulder, as if there were a pair of cold hands grabbing there.
It was this action of sitting down that changed the height, making the originally invisible bottom of the ship fall into his field of vision.
"Dong...dong...dong..."
It turned out that there was a person under the water. Her head surfaced from time to time, hit the bottom of the boat and then went down again. Then she continued to poke out and hit again, over and over again, tirelessly.
Suddenly, the crashing stopped and the ship stopped rocking.
The head emerged from the water again, and instead of continuing to hit the bottom of the boat, it slowly turned around, with the wet black hair falling to both sides, revealing a small half of a gorgeous woman's face.
Her face was very white, as white as if it would melt away at any time under the moonlight.
At this moment, she seemed to have found the person she was looking for. The corners of her mouth slowly curved to both sides, and a smile gradually appeared.
Her lips were still red, which was a bit dazzling in this quiet night.
Li Zhuiyuan rubbed his eyes vigorously, and when he looked over again, he found that the other party's upper body had emerged from the water at some point, and his arms were hanging down against his sides.
Not daring to delay any longer, Li Zhuiyuan quickly got up on his hands and feet and ran towards the house. He stumbled when he crossed the threshold. Fortunately, he grabbed the door frame and stabilized himself.
Looking back, I saw that the little yellow warbler, who was still in the river with only half of her body exposed, had left the river and stood on the bottom bluestone steps.
"Milk, milk!"
Li Zhuiyuan ran to the door and pushed Cui Guiying, but Cui Guiying continued to sleep soundly while holding the cattail leaf fan.
"Nai, wake up, Nai, wake up!"
Li Zhuiyuan continued to shout, but Cui Guiying still showed no sign of waking up.
"Tick tock...tick tock...tick tock..."
The sound of water dripping came from behind.
Li Zhuiyuan turned around, and the first thing he saw was a pair of red high heels, and then his white and swollen ankles. The black cheongsam tightly wrapped her body, and water drops kept dripping down the corners of her clothes and the ends of her hair.
She,
Just standing upright on the threshold!
(End of chapter)