Chapter 9: The End of Happiness

I parked the car in the village committee square and chatted with a few villagers. "Brother Xian" and Liu Chunyan did not go home directly, it is estimated that Zhao Lina and several children will not be able to climb the mountain, and it just so happens that the children will play in the square. "Brother Xian" reminded Zhao Lina that she also took the opportunity to buy some food, Liu Jianshe was at home alone, and there must be nothing at home.

The two sisters and brothers walked into the old village and walked into the old alley, the old alley like the umbilical cord, which used to be the source of homesickness for outsiders, involving the hearts of everyone who was outsider. The old alleys paved with bluestone slabs are overgrown with moss, and the once bustling has been reduced to cold silence; the broken walls store the cries of the merchants, and the windows of the alleys will squeeze out the heads of expectation, and the coquettish begging, angry abuse, and the sound of broomsticks falling on the buttocks vaguely echo in the ears.

Passing through the old alley, from the foot of the mountain upwards, the mountain road is still a trail mixed with earth and stones, "Brother Xian" and Liu Chunyan did not speak, concentrating on climbing the mountain, and could only hear the regular wheezing sound of the two, the occasional dry cough, and the "rustle" sound of trouser legs sweeping through the withered grass. The grave is in the recess of the mountain, and there is just a platform to form a plateau, extending from the mountain to the edge of the hill, all of which are graves, and the ancestral graves of half the village are placed here. The tombs are intricately intertwined, with pieces of rubble scattered everywhere, and toppled tombstones are slanted between the mounds.

Yang Caixia's tomb is in a mess, from the grave to the grave, the words "Mother Yang Caixia" come into view, "Brother Xian" circled around the grave, and pulled out the wild grass on the grave by the way, Liu Chunyan also cleaned the grave, the sisters and brothers came forward and knelt on their knees, lowered their heads silently, silently burned the paper, kowtowed - "Brother Xian" walked to the edge of the hill, Yingying looked down on the village with tears, looking for his yard......

"Boom-" The sound of falling wood, the screams of "ah-", the "ghost brother" of "wow-wow-" and the cries of Liu Chunyan all boiled the yard at once. Liu Jianshe turned his head and saw that when he woke up, two pieces of wood were pressed against Yang Caixia's back, blood was gushing out of her mouth, and a large pile of sawdust on the side of her head had been stained with blood. Liu Jianshe endured the pain, moved away from the wood smashed on his leg, and moved towards Yang Caixia. "Ghost Brother" and Liu Chunyan looked at the scene in front of them, and ran to Yang Caixia with Liu Jianjian.

Liu Jianshe said to Liu Chunyan: Yanyan - take your brother well - go to your next door - uncle next door - come to help - the nearest neighbor rushed over, saw this scene, they were all stupid, someone hurriedly called the doctor from the village health center, first looked at Yang Caixia, and there was a breath; Liu Jianjian's right leg was also seriously injured, basically he didn't dare to touch the ground, and the bleeding continued. The old village chief asked the eldest son to drive a tractor to send Yang Caixia and Liu Jianshe to the county seat, and told the eldest son to save people first. Everything returned to calm, the neighbors scattered with regretful words, the sister and brother hid in the corner and watched from afar, Liu Chunyan looked at the "ghost brother" while crying, and kept saying to the younger brother: Brother - don't cry - mom is okay - dad is okay - just like that, crying, sobbing, the two of them fell asleep against the corner -

"Ghost Brother" opened his eyes and found himself stuck in the crack in the wall, unable to move. He didn't know how he got stuck here or how he was going to get out. Nearly 10 meters of wall cracks, shining sunlight from the top of his head, he just stuck in the middle, in front of him is a rough, uneven wall, the back is protruding part of the top, feet from the ground is about 1 meter or so. Stuck and hanging in the crack of the wall, he tried to move, but he couldn't move, and he didn't dare to move again, and it was easy to fall down if he moved again, so he could move his two arms, and he felt like a bird nailed to the wall, and he could only flutter two wings. Unable to find any way out, he decided to try again, and as long as the protruding part of his back was removed, he could loosen it a little and move it down the hollow to the exit. So "Ghost Brother" tried, but still failed, as long as he moved away from the protrusion, he would fall. He began to shout, calling his mother - shouting Yang Caixia - shouting dad - shouting Liu Jianshe - shouting sister - shouting Liu Chunyan - no one answered. Bright eyes shone on him, looking at this desperate glimmer of sky, "Brother Ghost" lowered his head, rested for a while, and then thought of a way-

Yanyan - Yanyan - Guixian - Guixian -

Finally someone came, "Brother Ghost" opened his eyes, the sun had come out, shining in the corner of the wall, and he was still leaning on Liu Chunyan's arms. Father Yang and Mother Yang came, shouting to them, and "Brother Ghost" knew that it was a dream. The old couple looked at the two tear-stained children, and Yang's mother's tears couldn't stop flowing down her wrinkled face.

The "ghost brother" and Liu Chunyan, who had swollen bags under their eyes, understood what was going on from their sleepy eyes. The tears of the two began to flow again, and they kept sobbing, and Yang's mother held back the tears, wiped away the tears of the two with rough, calloused hands, and took them to wash their faces. Father Yang finished cleaning up the yard, Mother Yang also made breakfast, and the four of them finished breakfast silently. Sore eyes, sore hands and feet, made the "ghost brother" staggered a little when he walked, went out to sit in the yard, his red eyes looked blankly at the carpentry shed and the pile of wood that Father Yang had arranged, and there was a strangeness in front of him.

Father Yang and Mother Yang were preparing to take "Brother Ghost" and Liu Chunyan to set off to the county hospital. "Boom" the tractor drove into the yard, and the eldest son of the old village chief returned. Several neighbors got out of the car first, and Mother Yang saw the rooster on the car at first sight, and immediately understood what was going on, and rushed to the carriage, Yang Caixia was quiet, and her white face was revealed at the moment when Mother Yang lifted the white cloth. Everyone helped carry Yang Caixia down, and Yang's father followed to clean up the parking place. Liu Jianjian's entire right leg was in a plaster cast, and there were blackened blood stains on half of the pants on his left leg. was helped down by his neighbors, and walked towards "Brother Ghost" and Liu Chunyan with difficulty.

The sisters and brothers who were stunned on the side watched all this, Liu Chunyan hugged the shoulders of the "ghost brother" tightly, and stood there with tears in her eyes. Liu Jianshe held the crutches and held the two children in his arms, and the tears he endured quietly flowed down. wiped away his tears, and then quietly walked to the carpentry shed. The neighbors couldn't stop it, and neither could Yang's father and Yang's mother, Liu Jianshe walked into the carpentry shed, and with difficulty either held on to the crutches or the wall, looked at the wood, and measured the size. Father Yang looked at the stumbling posture and came over to help, Liu Jianshe smiled slightly, and put the selected wood together.

Liu Jianshe wanted to make a coffin for Yang Caixia by himself, and in the woodworking shed, there was no voice, the "buzzing" sound of the planner, the "dongdong" sound of the axe, the "dangdang" sound of the hammer and the chisel, the collision of wood, and the cracking sound of paint...... It rang for three days and three nights, resounding all over the yard, resounding through the ravine, and resounding the "bubbling" water of the Qishui Riverโ€”โ€”