True love novella Zhang Baotong

Xu Li took the earliest bus back to Shanyang. However, it was raining throughout the Shangluo area. When I arrived in Shanyang, it was already nine o'clock, Xu Li got out of the car, and saw that the sky was overcast, the torrential rain was like a note, and the wind was blowing vigorously, making people feel trembling. Xu Li hurriedly went to the store to buy an umbrella, and then, in a bouncing car, came to the mouth of the Shahe River, crossed the chain bridge, and stepped on the muddy path into the mountains.

Because of the torrential rain, the mountains were foggy and rainy, and there was no one on the whole road. Moreover, the wind was so strong that the umbrella shook so hard that the rain had already soaked her clothes. The wet clothes stuck to her body, and the wind blew it, making her feel a chill.

When he returned home, he saw a sacrificial tent set up in the open space in front of the gate on the mountainside, and a coffin was placed in it. Because it was raining heavily, people ran into their houses to take shelter from the rain. The front of the shed has also been wet by rain. Xu Li didn't care so much, went into the shed, knelt on the ground in front of the coffin, and cried loudly. At this time, my brother and sister-in-law came over, pulled her up, and asked her to go back to the house to change her clothes. But she refused to get up, but wept aloud. The elder brother asked Chen Xu to come over and pulled Xu Li into the house.

Xu Li returned to the house to change into dry clothes, tied up white cloth and black yarn, and came to the hall to see her father. The father sat blankly in front of the door, looking out in a helpless and hopeless daze. Xu Li called her father, and then squatted on her father's knee and cried. Her father didn't say anything, and wept with her.

After a while, the rain had subsided, and the elder brother led the young men who had come to help to build another large shed next to the small shed where the coffin was placed. Because to entertain dozens of people who came here to help, it was necessary to have a large enough place to cook and set up tables and chairs. After the greenhouse was set up, someone put the rented tables and chairs into the greenhouse. Several people who helped with the cooking also started lighting a fire next to the greenhouse.

After a while, her brother came from outside, called her to the hut inside, and said to her, "I saw that Chen Xu rented a house in the county town and lived with that woman. What are you going to do about this?"

Xu Li sighed and said, "Let him go." ”

But my brother said, "Then what are you going to do?"

Xu Li said, "I don't know. ”

The elder brother said, "Don't be stupid, you'll suffer." ”

Xu Li said, "If you suffer a loss, you will suffer a loss, just this life." ”

After speaking, Xu Li came to her mother's coffin again, knelt down in front of the coffin and began to cry. After crying for a while, she felt someone put a hand on her shoulder. When she looked back and saw that it was Chen Xu, she suppressed her crying and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?"

Chen Xu said, "What's wrong with you and Principal Liu?"

Xu Li endured her grief, shook her head gently, and said, "It's not good." ”

Chen Xu was a little anxious and said, "What's wrong with you?"

Xu Li lowered her head and didn't speak for a long time.

Chen Xu asked again, "Is it because you don't want to, or does he not like you?"

Xu Li said coldly, "It's that I don't like him." He's too old. ”

Chen Xu was so anxious that he stomped his feet and said, "What are you afraid of when he is older, as long as he can let you live a good life in peace and worry." As he spoke, he said in an accentuated tone, "If you want to find a younger man, there are some, but how many can let you live a stable and worry-free life?" Xu Li, don't be stupid, if you miss this village, there will be no shop." Don't dare to delay. Besides, if there is a child, you also have to think about it, although he follows our parents and our parents, but if you find Principal Liu, it will be good for the child in the future. ”

Xu Li nodded and said, "I know." Then he asked, "How's the kid?"

Chen Xu said, "Originally, I was going to bring him over to see off my grandmother." However, I was afraid that he would not be obedient. You don't know, the child is stubborn now, not obedient at all, and before you can reprimand him twice, he cries and shouts to find his mother. It's so hard that our parents can't do it. ”

Xu Li said to Chen Xu, "Otherwise, you go back and bring your son and ask him to send him a few to his grandmother." Because tomorrow is the third day, and we are going to put our mother in the ground. ”

Chen Xu said, "Then I'll go back now and bring him over in the afternoon." ”

Xu Li said, "I'll go after lunch." ”

Chen Xu said, "No, I'll go back now, but you must remember my words and follow Principal Liu well, which is your blessing and good for the children." ”

After Chen Xu left, the rain stopped. Xu Li quietly went up to the mountain from the slope on the mountainside. Looking out into the distance from the mountain, there is an endless stretch of mountain peaks. After the rain, the mountains and peaks are like waves, the clouds cover the fog, the sky is thousands of miles, and the sky and the earth are boundless. She let out a long sigh, feeling a feeling in her heart being seduced from afar. She thought of Liu Shiliang, the days she lived in his house, and the scene when he taught her literacy. Somehow, this kind of ordinary thing made her feel very beautiful for a while, and she longed for it. But why did she think of him every time she thought of what he had done for her, not of him?

In the afternoon, Chen Xu brought his son. As soon as he saw his grandmother's coffin, his son lay on the coffin and cried, crying so much that Xu Li and Chen Xu were crying silently. They didn't expect their four- and five-year-old son to cry more than they did to their dead grandmother, and it also made them feel how much their divorce should hurt their children. This reminds them that although their children are young, they already know a lot about them.

The next morning, just after the rain, the sun lit up the heavens and the earth very early, and the cool wind blew through the mountains. The sound of suona and firecrackers for funerals kept echoing in the mountains. When the funeral procession began to set off, the mournful wails soon overshadowed the sound of suona and firecrackers, which made people listen to the moving world and heart. The funeral procession was not very long, and the distance was very close. It's on the edge of my own bag on the top of the mountain. The grave had already been dug up, so when the coffin was placed in the grave, the family and relatives knelt next to it and wept loudly. Because one of their relatives is going to leave them and never see them again.

The coffin was buried, and it had been piled up into a dirt bag. The family members were already crying to death, and Xu Li even fainted from crying, and the two village sisters-in-law helped her back home. As soon as my father came home, he was in bed. The elder brother and Chen Xu led everyone to start dismantling the shed that was erected in the open space in front of the door. When the shed was dismantled, all the relatives who had come to help and the funeral were sent away. The room suddenly became deserted. Only my brother and sister-in-law and son remained. Because her father was sick in bed, Xu Li took her son to stay by her father's bedside. After two days, my brother and sister-in-law will also leave, because they have only opened a small clothing store in the county seat and can't close for too long. Therefore, Xu Li had no choice but to take her son alone to stay by her father's bedside.

Two days later, Chen Xu called and asked her when she would return to Xi'an, because he had always been at ease about her and Principal Liu's affairs. She said that her father's illness was not cured and she could not leave. Father listened to Chen Xu urging Xu Li to go back to Xi'an, so he said to Xu Li, "Baby, let's go." ”

But Xu Li said, "I'm not leaving, your illness hasn't healed yet." ”

The father said, "Go away, I'm cured." So saying, he struggled out of bed and onto the ground.

Xu Li said, "But I'm leaving, who will cook for you?"

The father said, "I'll do it myself." ”

Xu Li couldn't, so she had to leave, because she didn't dare to ask for too long, too long, and there would be a change in the restaurant. If she is uneducated and illiterate once she is replaced, where will she find such a job? Moreover, she and Liu Shiliang still have some very important matters to deal with urgently.