A tragic song (short) Zhang Baotong

On the day of the beginning of autumn, after planting seedlings at my second sister-in-law's house, I went to Huanglingchong, but before I could enter Xiaohong's house, Xiaohong's father came out of the house and said to me with a black face that Xiaohong was not there. I was so embarrassed that I didn't know how to pull back the leg that had stepped through the threshold. Xiaohong's father then said that Xiaohong is a person who has a mother-in-law's family, so don't bother her again in the future, so as not to let others see her and make her have a bad reputation.

I don't know how I got out of their house. I just feel so embarrassed and boring. When I walked to the path by the pond, my aunt chased after me from behind, and said in a low voice, "Son, don't be angry, he is inhumane, if you want to see Xiaohong, come over tomorrow morning." Her father was going to Honghualing Town to buy vegetable seeds. I nodded gratefully to my aunt. When I have walked a long way, I can still hear my aunt telling me, "Son, come tomorrow morning."

Leaving Xiaohong's house, my mood has been bad, and as soon as I returned to my second sister-in-law's house, I lay on the bed sulking. I really don't understand why Xiaohong's father is so rude to me. Could it be that Xiaohong really has a mother-in-law? Impossible, if this is the case, Xiaohong will not be so good to me. Xiaohong's mother wouldn't be so nice to me. However, if this is not the case, why would Xiaohong's father be so vicious and cold?

I guess there must be other reasons here. When my second sister-in-law came back from the field, she saw me lying on the bed unhappy, so she touched my forehead with her hand and asked me if I was feeling unwell. I said nothing. After a while, the second sister-in-law cooked and asked me to eat, but I said I didn't want to eat. My second sister-in-law sat next to me and asked me what was wrong. I just kept my mouth shut and wouldn't say anything. My second sister-in-law sat next to me and asked me if I was angry with Xiaohong. I shook my head. The second sister-in-law asked many questions one after another. I shook my head and said no. In the end, I really couldn't arouse the second sister-in-law's concern and inquiry, so I poured the words in my heart to the second sister-in-law. The second sister-in-law nodded, saying that she would go to Huangling for a trip when she was free in the past two days.

The next morning, as soon as the sun was rising, I saw Xiaohong standing on the high slope of Huanglingchong and raising his hand towards me. The bright red clothes reflected in my heart like the glow of the sun. I ran up to her and said, "Your dad is gone?" and she said happily, gone. I said we could have a good time. Xiao Hong's face immediately flashed with a bright glow. She asked where to go. I said go to the Blue Lagoon. She said it was too far away. My mother told me to be home by noon. I said that if you have a chance, you should go to the best place, and the more beautiful the place, the more memorable. She thought for a moment, and said she had to be back by noon. I said absolutely no problem.

So, we chased butterflies along the mountain beams, stepped on rocks, jumped over the stream, and walked towards the quiet and beautiful Blue Lagoon like two cheerful yellow orioles. The Blue Lagoon is actually a very large reservoir built by the county using a deep stream between the mountain peaks, about seven or eight miles away from us, and we used to go there for youth tours.

Finally, we came to the edge of the Blue Lake, standing on the high cloud ridge and looking into the lake, only to see the lake blue and quiet, a large number of wild ducks scattered on the lake, swimming leisurely. The sun shines brightly around the lake, presenting a sense of silence and dreams like the past and the ancient. Hand in hand, we descended from the ridge to the lake, throwing mud into the water to drive away the wild ducks. Following the meadow by the lake, we walked to the edge of the forest in the lake, and then walked down, and when we came to the sunny slope, we saw a large meadow of bright red and dazzling Suxiu flowers in surprise. We couldn't help but pounce on the flowers and pick them in large quantities. Then, I held the bouquet of flowers in my hand to her. She held the flowers in her arms and sniffed them with her nose. As a result, her breath is also full of fresh aromas.

We ran and made noise in the grass, and then we fell into the flowers. We closed our eyes, gasped for air with excitement, and listened quietly to each other's rapid heartbeats. I don't know how long later, I suddenly asked like a dream, why did your father tell me that you are a person with a mother-in-law? After a long silence, Xiaohong sat up from the grass and sighed long in the distance under the blue sky and white clouds, saying that when I was thirteen years old, my father made me married to the son of the Zheng family on the other side of the Sichuan Road. I've seen that guy a few times. I heard that there is a small restaurant on the side of Kawado. For this reason, I have told my father many times that I will depend on you for everything else, and I will only make my own decisions on this matter. Dad can't go back on what he said about his family. I said that I would never agree to that family business, and if you force me, I will die for you. I said, no wonder your father won't let me see you. Xiaohong said that my mother likes you. I said it's just that your mother can't be a homemaker. She said yes and sighed helplessly.

When we looked up at the sky, the sun had already passed the west side of Yunling. Xiaohong couldn't help but panic, and said that when she got home, she would let her father scold her. I got up from the grass and said let's get back. We rushed back almost at a trot-fast pace. So, after a while, the shirt was soaked with sweat.

Walking to the mountain beam not far from Huanglingchong, an old man chopping wood saw us, looked at us with very strange eyes for a while, and then said to Xiaohong, Xiaohongyo, your father scolded your mother madly at home, blaming her for letting you out of the door. Xiaohong didn't dare to look up at the old man's eyes, so she hummed and hurriedly walked down the mountain beam with me. When you go down the mountain beam, it is Huangling Chong. I'm going to send Xiaohong home. But Xiaohong was afraid that her father would be even more angry when he saw me, so he broke up with me in a hurry.

On the first day of school in the fall, Principal Lin from the Township Central Primary School came to me and said that the female teacher of Yunling Primary School had given birth and asked me to help me substitute for the teacher. Although I only earn 70 yuan a month, I like to teach students about culture. Yunling Primary School is on Yunling, more than ten miles north of Zhushan. The endless Qing River flows down its slopes, and flocks of birds fly through the air from time to time and land in the dense forest behind the ridge. The view is really good, but the school building here is dilapidated and probably not repaired for many years. The house has three rooms, two classrooms and a dormitory--office. It is not an easy task to teach a four-grade duplex class by yourself. I was often busy until four or five o'clock in the afternoon.

On this day, when I sent the students down the mountain, it was getting dark. Thinking that it has been more than a week since the start of school, I want to take the time to visit Xiaohong. Since I came back from the Blue Lagoon that day, I hardly haven't missed her. But I didn't want to see her during the day, for I was afraid that I would meet that wicked old man. So, I waited until it was completely dark before rushing towards the Yellow Ridge.

When I came to Huanglingchong, the moon had already come out of the mountains and hung on the treetops. The col was faintly shrouded in mountain shadows, as if it were light and dark, and it was calm and peaceful, only the sound of chilling cicadas was still crying intermittently. I detoured from the path to the back of Xiaohong's house. Between the back of the house and the hill is a vegetable patch. I climbed over the fence and walked from the ground to the window of Little Red, and through the thin plastic film, I could hear Little Red breathing slightly.

I knocked softly on the window and called her name in a low voice. The oil lamp inside came on, and the window opened softly. Hey, it's you, I thought I was dreaming. She said in surprise. I looked at her dream-like smiling face and handed the dew-stained Su Xiuhua in my hand in front of her. I picked it just for her on the side of the road where I came here. She took the flowers and smelled them in front of her for a while, and then said sadly that all the flowers she picked at the Blue Lagoon last time made my father trample on them. I said you were scolded when you came back that day, right? Xiaohong said sadly, my father beat me so hard. I silently took her hand through the window, and said regretfully, it's all my fault, I shouldn't have taken you so far. Xiaohong smiled very seriously, saying that being able to be with the person she loves is worth the beating.

Our hands are getting tighter and tighter, and no one will let go. Although we are often silent, we have the most sincere and intimate conversations with our hearts. Gradually, the night grew darker and darker, and the mountains under the moon became clearer and clearer. I said let's go for a walk in the woods. When she heard this, her body couldn't help but tremble for a moment, and then she smiled earnestly, saying that I was afraid that my father would find out and beat me to death. I apologized and said, then I won't go. At some point, a night bird scurried across the night sky with a series of mournful wails, and I felt that I should leave.

I said I should go, and Xiaohong nodded, and then let go of my hand for a long time, and said, when are you coming back? I said this time next week. With that, I kissed her on the cheek, left the window, waved at her, and walked to the ground. When I got to the fence, I heard her calling me softly. I turned to see that she had climbed onto the windowsill and jumped off it. I was startled, so I ran over and took her hand, climbed over the fence, up the high slope, and into the woods.

We hugged each other tightly in the woods, and our hearts were pounding. I said you're really not afraid of your dad beating you, and she said let him be, he can't beat me to death. I want him to know that even if I die, I won't marry that guy on the side of the river.

I was so touched by her words, I thought that as long as I could be with her in my life, what more could I ask for? The forest was silent, and the moonlight poured into the flecks of light through the cracks, giving people a dreamlike feeling. Sometimes we walked hand in hand, and sometimes we couldn't help but hug each other tightly. It wasn't until the first rooster crow sounded in the distant cottage that we reluctantly parted our hands. She went down to the high slope in excitement and panic, climbed over the fence, climbed into the house from the windowsill, raised her hand to me standing on the edge of the high slope, and closed the window.