“...... My mother, I went first, I didn't have much impact on her, but sometimes, I can vaguely remember what it looks like, and then my dad, just half a year after that, it's also when the weather is cold. ”

didn't seem to notice the strange expression of the middle-aged woman, the old man looked at the front of him in a trance, and said,

At this time, the old lady who put the veil back in its place after going to the house came out again, listened to the old man's narration, smiled on her face, and did not make a sound, and sat down beside her.

Next to him, the boy who was eating noodles also stopped moving, raised his head, and looked at his grandfather curiously.

The middle-aged woman still had her head down and a smile on her face.

Turning his gaze, Lian Ge glanced at the few people at the table, retracted his gaze, didn't say anything, and quietly listened to the old man's narration,

In the hall, with some moisture, the cold wind from time to time blew into the house through the half-open door of the hall, shaking the shadows of the incandescent lamps on the top and the shadows of the people under the lamps.

......

“...... At that time, the house was poor, so there was a quilt, and I was still young at that time, so I slept with my father. ”

Looking at the front of him in a trance, the old man continued to speak,

“...... The night before, before going to bed, my father told me something, and I forgot what he said, so I remember that I was next to my father, and I fell asleep in a daze. In the middle of the night, I was awakened hungry. At that time, there was nothing to eat in the house, and it was common to wake up hungry in the middle of the night.

After waking up, when I turned over and touched my father, my father's body was already cold, at that time, I didn't understand, I turned over, and fell asleep again in a daze. ”

“...... Woo woo, uh woo ......"

Next to him, the boy listened very intently, some doubts appeared in his eyes, and he couldn't help babbling and making some sounds, looking at the old man with a gesture,

When the old man heard the sound, he looked at the boy, smiled, and reached out to touch the boy's hair, but did not explain.

After a pause, he turned his head, and then continued,

“...... By the time I woke up again, it was almost noon the next day, and I was still hungry. When I woke up, I wondered, I wondered why my dad didn't wake me up, he supposedly told me to get up in the morning, but that day, he didn't call me. Then, I saw that my father was still lying in bed. ”

First he said with a smile, and then the old man paused again,

“...... At first, I thought that my dad couldn't have gotten up so late today. I was so hungry that I thought about calling my dad to get up, and calling my dad to get up and cook and eat. I shouted, I said, Dad, get up, Dad, don't sleep, I'm hungry, Dad, don't sleep......"

The old man spoke in a relaxed tone, smiling, and talking,

“...... As a result, my dad didn't move, and he was still lying in bed. ”

“...... Uh-huh, woo-woo-woo......"

The boy next to him listened intently, his face was serious, gesturing, and some sounds came out of his mouth,

It seems to be saying that grandpa's father is so lazy and still lying in bed.

The old man smiled, stroked the boy's hair, turned his head, and continued,

“...... I couldn't move, so I reached out to pull him and push him, but why, he didn't wake up, he didn't get up, at that time, I was only four or five years old, and my strength was small, so I couldn't move much when I pushed him...... Later, I really had no strength, and I was so hungry that my stomach kept screaming and my whole body was shaking...... I was so hungry that my dad didn't wake up, so I couldn't help it, so I thought about cooking by myself...... At that time, I didn't understand, and I didn't know how to call someone outside......"

The old man spoke, smiling, and his tone was relaxed, as if he was saying something interesting,

“...... At that time, I was only this high, and my stove was at least this high. ”

As he spoke, the old man moved his hand to the edge of the table and gestured.

“...... At least, a few dozen centimeters apart, I raised my hand, raised it, and then stood on tiptoe, so that my hand could barely reach the edge of the stove, and I couldn't even see what it looked like on the stove. ”

The old man smiled and said,

“...... That's no way, I have to cook rice, that's it, let alone cooking, I can't even mix water into the pot. So I moved a stool from the hall. The stool, not much shorter than me, is a little above my chest, but with a stool next to it, I can barely climb up. ”

“...... So I went first and took the ladle and filled it with water...... I don't know if I was hungry at that time, or what, I filled a spoonful of water, my hands were trembling, and I sprinkled the water all the way to the stove, and when I got to the stove, half of the water was left, and when I stepped on the low stool first, I put the scoop on the stove, and then climbed on the high stool, and mixed the water into it, and there was only so much water left.

I just went back and forth, filled the water so many times, and ruined all the water in the bucket, and my whole body was soaked, and I could drip water under the bottom of my trousers, and I fell, and the stool was unstable, and I fell down when I stood up. But finally, I added water. ”

The incandescent lamp swayed slightly, and some lights swayed down, shaking the shadows of the people under the lamp,

The old man's voice rang under the lamp,

The boy sitting next to the old man listened intently, as if listening to an interesting story,

The old lady sat by, and listened,

The middle-aged woman listened, with a smile on her face, and the smile grew.

Quietly listening to the old man's narration, he picked the noodles in the chopsticks bowl again, and took a bite, but Lian Ge didn't say anything.

......

“...... Then, I learned from what my father did when he was cooking, and he filled more than half a bowl of chaff and then half a bowl of rice, and added it to the pot, without covering the lid, and was so hungry that he was trembling all over, and he really couldn't lift it. ”

The old man smiled, his tone relaxed, and said,

“...... Then, I ran to the door of the stove to light the fire, and fortunately, there was a box of matches on the side of the door, and it should be called a foreign fire at that time. I took the match and struck it...... As a result, that hand trembled so much...... The matches were either cut off by me, or they were extinguished before I could ignite them...... If my dad was still watching at that time, knowing that I had wasted all these matches, he would have beaten me hard and cleaned me up. ”

The old man smiled and continued,

“...... In the end, I finally ignited the fire, and as a result, the clothes on my back were set on fire, but the front was not burning, and the front was soaked......

“...... The fire started from behind, and then it burst up, and my back and hair were lit, and I rolled all over the ground in pain, but I was so hungry that I couldn't do it anymore......"

“...... Uh-huh, woo-woo-woo......"

Next to him, the boy who was listening intently became a little anxious on his face, gesturing, and making some sounds,

“...... It's okay, grandpa is fine. ”

Turning his head, the old man touched the boy's hair, smiled and said something out loud, turned his head, and continued,

“...... Later, when the neighbor heard the movement in the house, he ran over and put out the fire on me, took me to their house first, and gave me a meal. ”

The old man said, raised his head, his eyes were a little trance,

“...... At that time, the village was not rich, and I had just one of the thick winter clothes, and I burned them out, and there was a big hole in the back, and there were not many thick clothes in the neighbor's house, but they still gave me one and let me wear it. ”