Chapter 186 Life and Death
“No more.”
“No more? What...mean?”
Jiang Dahai looked at the girl in front of him, his eyes rolled. Big, small nose, small mouth, tightly pursed lips and a pair of cute little pear dimples.
She is as beautiful as the woman in my memory.
More than ten years ago, not long after the founding of the People's Republic of China, you could trade and buy at will, and no one in the village cared about the few pieces of Susukino fields they were allocated. They pushed each family's small fishing boats around. Risk your life to make money in the sea.
Jiang Fumin is a well-known fishing expert and a very brave man. He often goes in and out of the reefs that no one dares to go to.
It was also because of this that I was able to go down with a fishing net and rescue two people in time.
The two of them are close in age and have a close relationship. When they learned that he didn’t catch the fish but instead caught one large and one small fish, he was very curious and came to see them and asked what happened, so he was one of the few who knew. Someone who probably had the whole story.
The woman was seriously injured but protected the child very well. Miraculously, she didn't suffer much damage except that her face was scratched and the skin was damaged.
"At that time, Brother Fumin also asked Dr. Ling to come to the house for treatment, but there was no way she could be saved because she was too seriously injured."
Jiang Fumin hesitated for a long time at that time, but he thought that his mother-in-law was gone and there was an old man in his family. For their sake, Xia Youxiao chose not to report the crime.
From the clothes she wore, the jewelry she wore, and the place where she appeared, Jiang Fumin knew that she was probably involved in something serious and life-threatening.
After burying the woman, he was frightened for a month and still no one came to her, so he felt relieved, and naturally he would not bury his head and bump into her.
“That little copper coin is about the same age as Brother Fumin’s youngest son, and he was also young and lost his mother, so I bit him and adopted him.”
“Little copper coin?”
So my mother is really gone, but my brother is still there, right?
Covering her chest tightly, Suning's vision was already blurred and she could not see anything clearly, but she still stubbornly raised her head and looked straight at him.
"He saved his life, but the wound on his face still left a scar after it healed."
He stretched out his finger and pointed at the left side of his forehead, Jiang Dahai followed. He tapped the location in his memory with his fingertips, "That's it, a scar about the size of a copper coin, but it has faded a lot with age."
"He, where is the little copper coin now?"
Thinking of his brother since childhood, Jiang Dahai sighed.
Life in those few years was extremely hard. Jiang Fumin had to go to sea again and again to provide food for the elderly and children at home. Only that time he was not lucky enough to come back safely and was buried in the sea.
After receiving the news, Aunt Hualuo didn’t even come up and followed closely.
Without the backbone and the old man in charge, there is only a litter of cubs left.
The eldest, Jiang Xiaojun, has just turned ten, Jiang Xiao has just turned eight, and the two youngest, General, are still walking unsteadily at the age of two.
Every household in the village is in trouble. Although the children are pitiful, who can afford the food rations for four small mouths to feed them all day long?
The family in the east and the family in the west can only survive with the help of kind people in the village.
In those years of natural disasters, Xiaojun saw that the villagers had difficulty making a living and had to take his younger brothers and sisters out to beg for a living.
Fortunately, I have survived it no matter how difficult it was. Xiaojun and Xiaoman have also grown up and are living more and more decent lives.
"Let's go, I'll take you to Xiaojun's house."
"Thank you, captain!" "Thank you, captain!"
Su Ning raised her hand to wipe away her tears, and said in unison with Zhang Ze Say thank you out loud.
"Xiaojun is a child with a stubborn temperament and a willingness to accept death. Because of his father, the only thing his grandmother told her before she died was not to go to the sea again. Because of this, not only herself, but also her brothers and sisters are not allowed to come to the seaside."
Actually, Aunt Hualuo is just worried that her grandchildren will make the same mistake and die by going to sea. As long as they don't go to sea, just go to the beach to pick up some seafood. Not only will the family have more food to eat, but they will also have more money.
He tried hard to persuade, but hey, that bastard just didn’t listen! It’s just stubbornness!
It’s really frustrating and frustrating.
Jiang Dahai shook his head and walked ahead with his hands behind his back to lead the way. He thought to himself: Looking at the appearance of these two brothers and sisters, they not only saved their lives but also raised a large amount of copper coins. Xiaojun and his family should be rewarded for their good deeds. Already?
On the way back to Little Pearl Village, Suning was not idle and asked a lot about his younger brother.
Suddenly knowing that she still had a blood relative in the world, she was excited and happy but also uneasy.
Although she has been living in the illusion that Xu Zixin deliberately crafted, it is undeniable that she lived a good life in those years, better than most people.
Unlike my younger brother, life is so difficult without enough food and clothing.
Will my brother blame her for not finding her earlier... "Here we are, this is it."
Pointing to the thatched shack in front of us, the sea and the river Pushing open the courtyard door and walking in first, "Xiaojun and Xiaoman are at home?"
"Here you are at home, Uncle Hai, why are you here? Who are they?"
While wiping his hands, he answered. A young girl walked out of the room. Her face was the same wheat color as the locals, with a few freckles on both sides of her nose. Her eyes were small but very bright, especially when she smiled, she was so bright that it was easy to like her.
Two braided braids hang down behind his back, and the patches on his clothes are carefully stitched. He must be quite ingenious.
"Where are your brother and the others? Not at home? These two comrades are here to find a small copper coin."
Hearing this, Jiang Xiaoman couldn't help but feel a little bit in his heart, are you here to find your little brother? Could it be that my brother's relatives are here?
She already had memories when she was young, and she was as clear as her elder brother about her father's rescue and the life experience of Xiao Copper Coin.
But after so many years, the four brothers and sisters have depended on each other. In their hearts, the younger brother is their biological brother just like the elder brother!
Now... people come to the door, little brother, little brother, is he going to leave this home?
Just thinking about it like this, Jiang Xiaoman couldn't help but his eyes turned red, and he endured it so as not to lose his composure in front of the visitor.
"Brother, he is taking his younger brothers to pick wild plantains. They are not far away. I, I will call them!"
"Hey, go quickly, I will greet you first. "Stay."
Nodding and forcing a smile on the two people behind him, Jiang Xiaoman quickly ran out of the house.
"Comrade Xiao Su, don't mind. They are just brothers and sisters, but they are reluctant to part with each other."
"No, I can understand."
We haven't gotten along with each other, and we haven't cultivated feelings carefully. Even if we are strangers, we can only be regarded as strangers who are related by blood.
On the contrary, even if they have been dependent on each other for many years without the slightest trace of blood ties, they can still become each other's closest relatives and loved ones.
She would only feel grateful and thankful for Jiang Fumin's life-saving grace and Jiang Xiaojun and Jiang Xiaoman's virtuous upbringing. How could she blame him?
Even if her brother is unwilling to leave with her and still wants to continue living with the Jiang family, she will not object or force him because she is his biological sister.
On the other hand, Jiang Xiaoman, who was confused and flustered, finally found Jiang Xiaojun who was climbing a tree to pick bananas with his two younger brothers.
"Brother..."
As soon as she opened her mouth, she couldn't help but make a choked trembling sound. Jiang Xiaojun, who was so frightened that something had happened, jumped down from the tree in a few steps. Come to her.
"What's wrong, what happened?"
"Sister, why are you crying? Who bullied you? Is it Brother Qiangzi's family?"
" If you dare to bully my sister, I will beat the two monkeys to death!”
“Stop!”
Jiang Xiaotong and Jiang Xiaoyuan, who were about the same height, had expressions of indignation on their faces, and they clenched their fists as if they were going to beat up the brat who bullied her family.
Jiang Xiaoman, who was moved and uncomfortable, shed even more tears, but still shook his head and explained, "No one bullies me."
"How is that possible!" "No one bullies me, how can I cry? ?"
"What happened to my sister?"
"Yes, Xiaotong's family came to the door."
"What?" "Ah! ?”
Jiang Xiaojun and Jiang Xiaoyuan looked at him in shock. Has someone really come to visit him in the past so many years?
"No matter who it is, I won't leave!"
Jiang Xiaotong has always known his life experience, because during the holidays, his eldest brother would take him alone to burn paper at his mother's grave.
Sometimes I secretly fantasize about whether he has any relatives and what they are like...but I have never considered leaving home to find relatives.
Now that someone was really looking for him, this half-grown child who had always been calm couldn't help but start to panic.
"Go home first. No matter what, let's find out the situation first."
As the eldest brother, Jiang Xiaojun quickly came to his senses, glanced at his younger siblings and made a decision, "Not sure yet. , why panic, let’s go!”