Chapter 3 Orphan Shanzi

"Shanzi, what are you doing here, get up!" Widow Qin looked stunned, hurriedly put down the dustpan in her hand, and stepped forward.

"Auntie, my grandmother...... She's ascended to heaven!" Shanzi cried out in grief.

"What? Wasn't it okay yesterday? I also met her pinching onions in the field!"

"I fell somersault last night, and my grandmother said it wasn't broken, and I thought that my grandmother said it was okay, so it must be fine...... Who knows......"

"Shanzi, get up. Widow Qin wiped her hands on her apron and wanted to help Shanzi get up. Shanzi didn't move, crying even more sadly, and said, "Auntie...... I'm a baby, what should I do? These are my grandmother's last words......"

As he spoke, Shanzi took out a paper stained with tears from his arms and handed it over. Widow Qin took the words and carefully searched for them, and couldn't help but burst into tears. She held Shanzi again and said, "Shanzi, get up! Say, what do you want your aunt to do for you?"

"Auntie, I didn't have a father or a mother when I was a child...... Dependent on my grandmother...... I can't really take a straw mat and wrap my grandmother in the ground...... I thought, I can only ask you...... Lend me a few money, let me do a little filial piety, and give my grandmother a coffin! In the future, I Shanzi will be a cow and a horse, and I will definitely repay you!" Shanzi's words were like crying, causing the Qin widow to burst into tears. She pulled the mountain up and said, "You go to report the funeral first, and I'll ask someone to go over to help." If you put your heart in your belly, just because you are young, you have such filial piety, and your aunt will not sit idly by!"

"Auntie, I've kowtowed to you!" Shanzi knelt down again and kowtowed three times reverently. Get up and run away with tears. Widow Qin wiped her tears and said to herself, "Alas...... Poor baby!"

There was a black lacquer coffin in the hall, and Shanzi knelt in front of the mourning hall and wept silently, but whenever someone came to mourn, whether men, women or children, he had to kowtow to people to thank him. Widow Qin was busy before and after, commanding the cooks, receiving the neighbors, and being busy with her own family. Juan'er squeezed into the crowd of helpers, looking at all this coldly, unhappy.

"Shanzi, get up and have some food!" Widow Qin walked into the hall, and Juan'er put down the rag in her hand and followed in.

"Auntie, I can't eat it!" Shanzi shook his head and knelt still.

"Auntie is going to bring it to you? What can you do if you don't eat or drink? You have to spare your own body!"

"I'll go!" Juan'er stood in front of Widow Qin, huffing and puffing, with no anger in her eyes. Widow Qin looked at her back and said to herself, "Hey, this!"

"Shanzi, give!" Juan'er stuffed the bowl into Shanzi's hand and squatted aside to guard him. Seeing that Shanzi didn't move her chopsticks, she was anxious, stretched out her hand to pull the corner of his clothes, and said, "You are eating! I will stay here today, I have to watch you finish eating!"

"Sister Juan'er......"

"Eat! If you don't eat, you'll call me!"

"I ...... Alas......" Shanzi picked up the rice with chopsticks and sent it to his mouth, tears rolling down involuntarily. Juan'er was proud in her heart, but when she saw Shanzi crying, she couldn't help but feel pity, and whispered: "Don't cry!

Shanzi was silent, endured it, and swallowed the tears and rice into his stomach.

On the day of the burial, Shanzi wore linen and filial piety, knelt all the way to the grave mountain, the old man entered the earth for peace, Shanzi finally collapsed on the way back due to excessive fatigue. Tie Dan didn't say a word, and left after carrying Shanzi. Since that fight between Walnut and Ma Shu'er, he has vowed to draw a line with Ma Shu'er from now on. These days, when he saw Shanzi alone, he often felt indebted to him, and he should not have listened to Ma Xian'er's instigation, bullied him, and isolated him.

At this moment, Shanzi slept on his back, and an inexplicable sense of intimacy rose in his heart. He thought: Shanzi is a proper child, and if he makes friends with him, Xu Cai can be regarded as a good person! Isn't his father and mother always nagging: "What are you messing with Ma Zhu'er?" If you had half of him, we'd all wake up laughing when we fell asleep!"

Tie Dan thought, his heart was happy, he really didn't dare to imagine what it was like to be clean and clean.

A funeral is done, and the family is surrounded by walls. The rice in the jar was gone, the pigs in the pen were killed, and even the old hens that laid eggs became dishes on the table, which were eaten into the belly by the neighbors and pulled in the pit. The thin Shanzi sat in the room, and the silence around him added to the sadness in his heart.

Widow Qin sent a few handfuls of noodles, a dozen catties of rice, and a dozen eggs. She comforted Shanzi and said, "Shanzi, your grandmother is gone, but where do you have to live this day! Auntie has given you some things, make do with it first! This road is coming out step by step, don't you think about it!?"

"Auntie, I've caused you a lot of trouble, and you're ...... Why do I have to go so badly?" Shanzi wanted to kneel down again, but Widow Qin grabbed him. At this moment, Juan'er carried a bamboo basket into the door, Widow Qin let go of her hand, and the three of them looked at each other for a moment. Juan'er's face was gloomy, and she slammed the bamboo basket on the square table, and said, "I'm leaving!"

"Sister Juan'er......" Shanzi chased to the door, but Juan'er was gone. He looked back at Widow Qin with a confused expression. Widow Qin looked at him with a smile and said, "Shanzi, that girl likes you, and she can't allow others to treat you well!"

"Auntie...... Where can it!" Shanzi has a red face and red ears, like a shy girl.

"I'm leaving. There's still a month left to leave school, right?

"Hey...... Auntie, you're good to go!" Shanzi sent Widow Qin out, and pinched a handful of shallots in the ground by the way.

Tie Dan became a frequent visitor to Shanzi's house, and the two went up the mountain to cut grass and herd cattle together, read books at home, and sometimes, squeezed into bed together and slept for a night. Over time, the two became inseparable good friends. Tie Dan is a lot more sensible, and he also knows how to have a good face, so he changes his clothes every day. From time to time, I still stand in front of the mirror and am stunned. Tie Dan's father and mother are happy in their hearts, and often let Tie Dan bring some melons, fruits, vegetables, and grains to Shanzi. With the company of Tie Dan, he gradually dispelled the deep sorrow in Shanzi's heart, he felt no longer so lonely and helpless, and gradually got used to life without his grandmother's care.

Every day when I go up the mountain, the mountain has to pull a kind of grass. Tie Dan asked puzzledly, "Shanzi, what are you doing here?"

"It's a herb. My grandmother said that only after reading a book can I get out of this poor nest......" Shanzi looked into the distance, and his heart was secretly ruthless.

"Shanzi, I'll help you pull it, the two of us will definitely be able to save enough for your tuition! You help me with my homework, and drag me out of this poor nest!" Tie Dan threw away the slingshot in his hand and pulled out the grass medicine seriously.

"Hey, Tiedan, let's go to the same university in the future, okay?"

"Can I get into college?"

"It can be done!"

"Hey!

"A word is a deal!" the two reached out and clapped their hands, immersed in happy longing.

When he was alone, Shanzi would always take out the jade bracelet from the furnace, carefully hold it in the palm of his hand, look back and forth, and stroke it back and forth. On this day, Shanzi was holding the jade bracelet in a daze, when he heard Tie Dan shouting: "Shanzi...... Shanzi, look what I brought you!"

"Hey, come on. Shanzi hurriedly put away the jade bracelet and put it in the furnace. Tie Dan had already walked behind him and said, "Shanzi, what are you doing sneakily?"

"I didn't ...... Didn't do anything!" Shanzi stood uneasily, with a little vigilance in his eyes.

"What? You still can't trust me, show me!" Tie Dan scratched the back of his head, looking curious.

"No ......" Shanzi was slightly embarrassed, hesitated for a moment, and still took out the jade bracelet. Said: "Tiedan, are you not allowed to tell others? This is what my grandmother left me, she said this is my way, my food, my life!"

"So evil, let me take a look!" Tie Dan leaned over, startled, and said, "Oh, it's amazing, it's the first time I've seen such a baby!

"You touch, be a little heart!" Shanzi handed the jade bracelet to Tie Dan.

Tie Dan couldn't put it down, and suddenly shouted: "Shanzi, where are the words here!"

"What? Why didn't I find it? Show me. Shanzi took the jade bracelet and looked at it carefully, and the inside of a pair of jade bracelets was indeed engraved with the word 'Mo'. He said to himself, "That's the sign!"

"Shanzi, quickly clean up, don't you dare to let outsiders see it! I put a mountain rabbit on you, we will kill and eat it!" Tie Dan had already exited the door as he spoke. Shanzi glanced at the door, wrapped the jade bracelet and put it in the furnace.

A tied mountain rabbit lies on the ground, kicking its legs. There was unwillingness in his eyes. Tie Dan said: "Shanzi, what's the matter?

"Tiedan, you are so capable! Go back and teach me how to do it! Maybe you can save up for tuition faster!" Shanzi looked excited. Iron Egg grabbed the rabbit and cleaned it up. He replied: "Okay, Shanzi, don't you have a baby, and you are still worried about the tuition?"

"Shhhhhhhh......h I'll have to keep it for the rest of my life!"

"Hey, I see, I'll give you a few more mountain rabbits. Here, give a hand and pull its Scud!"

"Tiedan, you are really sincere!Mom, this Scud is still moving!" Shanzi just stretched out his hand, and shrank back in fright. Tie Dan laughed at his appearance. said: "Shanzi, don't say it, you are so bold as the tip of a needle!"

"Tie Dan, look at you still laughing at me!" Shanzi stretched out his hand to scratch Tie Dan's itch, Tie Dan carried the half-skinned mountain rabbit, and the two chased one after the other in the yard.

"Shanzi, what are you doing? It's bloody!" Juan'er stepped into the courtyard with a bamboo basket.

"Sister Juan'er, are you here?" The fun of the two male babies ended because of the intervention of a female baby, Shanzi felt regret in his heart, he stood on his feet and rubbed his hands shyly. Tie Dan was still unsatisfied, glanced at Juan'er, lowered his head and continued to pick up rabbits.

"What's the matter, you're not welcome to me, then I'm leaving!" Juan'er put down the bamboo basket and turned around to leave. Shanzi took two steps forward and shouted, "Sister Juan'er......! Don't send me anything from now on. I've got something to eat!"

Juan'er turned around abruptly and said angrily: "Shanzi, who are you Widow Qin? Why do you want her to be nice to you......?

"Sister Juan'er, why are you ruining Aunt Qin like this?

"I want you to fart!" Juan'er scolded. Seeing this, Shanzi said, "Sister Juan'er, Tie Dan is telling the truth! Aunt Qin, she is a good person?"

"She's a good person, she's a little bit like a good person! a slut who doesn't abide by women's morals...... Phew!" Juan'er was full of grievances and sprinkled them all on her mouth. Shanzi was so anxious that he shouted: "Sister Juan'er, let's go!"

"Shanzi...... You ......" Juan'er was so angry that she couldn't speak, stomped her feet, hid her face and ran out of the door. Shanzi chased out the door and shouted angrily: "Your bamboo basket!"

Juan'er cried and ran all the way, angry in her heart, and crashed into Ma Bolt'er's arms without paying attention.

"Yo, isn't this Juan'er, why are you crying? Who bullied you, I'll break his neck!" Ma Shu'er smiled and took Juan'er into his arms.

"Let go, you toad, rascal, two-pole!" Juan'er struggled, swearing in her mouth. Ma Zhu'er became more and more energetic, he put his face to Juan'er's ear, blew a breath of stink, and said with a wicked smile: "I am a toad, I want to eat your tender goose!"

"You ......" Juan'er trembled with anger, struggled to break free, raised her hand and slapped the horse bolt. Betake oneself to one's heels.

In the field not far away, Widow Qin was about to call it a day and go home. The scene that just happened was in her full view. Thinking back to Juan'er's thoughts about Shanzi, she couldn't help muttering in her heart: Ma Xuan'er is a ruffian, Shanzi is afraid that he will not have a peaceful birthday! Alas...... Woe to the water!