Chapter 2 Downstream Township
Mai Dong woke up the next day and found that there was one thing that made her very loveless, and that was writing essays. As a junior high school student with five stresses and four beauties, Mai Dong's teacher required them to write a weekly diary every week.
As a little yellow comic writer, it is not appropriate for children to write long sentences in the past five years. Now I have to face writing a 600-word essay, which is simply a human tragedy.
Mai Dong flipped through his previous essays and can summarize them in about three sentences, today I helped my mother wash the dishes, my mother praised me for being a good child, I was very happy; tomorrow I helped my father beat my back, my father praised me for being a good boy, I was very happy; the day after tomorrow I helped my grandmother cross the road and my grandmother said that I was a good child, I was very happy.
It's still the same recipe, it's still the same familiar taste. As a somewhat adult thinker, Mai Dong looked at his compositions and experienced a feeling that eggs hurt without eggs.
Just when Mai Dong was so worried that he wanted to grab the table with his head, the little angel walked in.
"Mai Mai, what's wrong with you, does your head hurt again?" Du Heng asked worriedly.
"It hurts, I get a headache when I think about writing an essay. β
"Then ......," Du Heng hesitated, and then said firmly, "Mai Mai, don't have a headache, I'll help you write." β
Mai Dong knew how difficult it was for Du Heng to say this, Du Heng had principles when he was a child, and he never copied homework, nor did Mai Dong copy homework. Mai Dong's deepest impression is that there was a summer vacation one year, she played a vacation like crazy, and when she finally wanted to copy Du Heng's composition, all kinds of sprinkling and mixing, Du Heng was stunned and did not agree, and tutored her word by word for two days and two nights, and finally wrote twenty-five compositions.
Mai Dong hugged Du Heng all of a sudden: "Du Heng, you are so good!"
Du Heng blushed again and whispered, "Only this time, not next time." β
Mai Dong nodded happily.
That afternoon, Mai Dong happily ate ice cream and watched the little boy write essays. "Du Heng, aren't you left-handed, and your right hand writing is so good-looking. β
"I can do it with both my left and right hands. β
"I mean, don't write so good, the teacher can tell at a glance that I didn't write it. β
"Oh, okay. "It wasn't to compliment me on my good looks. Mai Dong is so bad that he doesn't want to help her write essays.
Mai Dong watched the little boy hang his arms all the time, and wrote the essay carefully stroke by stroke, vividly expressing the four words of disability and determination.
People are really different.
Although Mai Dong was injured in the brain, the wound was not deep, and he wanted to go out for all kinds of waves after a week. Ms. Miao sternly stopped the behavior, on the grounds that the non-epidemic had just passed, and Mai Dong was injured in case of being infected with the virus. God knows this small town, the SARS virus has never been there at all.
Under the pressure of the queen mother, Mai Dong was so idle that he could only watch "Huanzhu Gege" to pass the time. At this time, it happened to be the third day of the premiere of the third part of "Huanzhu Gege" in the mainland, and Ms. Miao glanced at the TV while mopping the floor, "Why do I think this little swallow has changed?"
"This is a long change, that's a change, this is another person to play. β
"Oh, I said, it feels like my face is a little bigger. β
"......" is speechless.
"Ding Dong!" the doorbell rang, breaking the current atmosphere. Mai Dong breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly ran over to open the door. Outside the door was Aunt Xue holding Du Heng, whose eyes were red.
"Grandma Du Heng misses him, and wants him to live in the countryside for a while, but he is reluctant to let you go and say goodbye to you. β
"Mai Mai, I'm leaving......" Du Heng pouted, Mai Dong has been kind to him recently, doing homework together, eating together, playing games together, and suddenly separating is so annoying.
Mai Dong's eyes lit up, the countryside, fresh air, pleasant birdsong, fresh vegetables and fruits, "Aunt Xue, can I go with Du Heng?" Mai Dong looked at Ms. Xue with bright eyes.
"What are you going to do?"
"Of course!"
Ms. Miao and Ms. Xue spoke at the same time.
"Mai Mai is naturally the best to go, just now the school text message informed us that we are going to City A for a day of training tomorrow, and now I don't have to worry about no one taking care of you two. Aunt Xue looked at her son's sparkling eyes and touched his head, stinky boy, she wanted to be with Mai Dong wholeheartedly.
"How did I not know?" Ms. Miao slowed down half a beat as usual. Then he took out his mobile phone and looked at it, "It's true, then you and Du Heng go together, don't be skinned!"
βYesMadam!β
Fifteen minutes later, Mai Dong carried a small bag and led Du Heng on the way to the countryside.
Du Heng's grandmother's house is about forty minutes away from the city, and Mai Dong is very happy to sit in the car and look at the city that has not yet been developed.
"Mai Mai is the first time to come to the countryside, right?" Aunt Xue asked with a smile as she looked at her novelty.
"Hmm. "Although I often went to the countryside to collect wind after painting, it is true that I have never been to the countryside once now.
"We can play together in the future. "Du Heng is very happy as long as he can stay with Mai Dong. Driving all the way, watching the scenery all the way, it didn't take long to reach the destination.
Hearing the sound of the car, Du Heng's grandmother walked out on crutches, and Mai Dong got closer only to find that she was actually an old lady with small feet.
"Grandma!" Du Heng shouted, and then took Mai Dong's hand and introduced: "This is my best friend Mai Dong." The red face was like introducing his girlfriend to his parents.
"This is Miao Yun's daughter, these eyes are exactly the same as hers. β
"Yes, grandma. My name is Su Mai Dong, you can just call me Mai Dong. β
"Good boy, don't be polite when you come, just like your own home, have fun. β
"Thank you, grandma. β
Ms. Xue was worried that Mai Dong would not be used to staying, so she deliberately stayed for one night before leaving, and if Mai Dong changed her mind, she could take her back.
Grandma's house is a two-story small building, the top is covered with glass, many flowers are planted on the roof, and there is a chair in the center, Mai Dong fell in love with this place at a glance. Du Heng is familiar with his grandmother's house, and tells Mai Dong about the origin of each pot of flowers, the flowering period, and each one is extremely straightforward. Looking at Mai Dong's adoring eyes, Du Heng smiled shyly, his uncle said that he would use it sooner or later, and sure enough.
"I didn't expect you kid to remember this. β
"Uncle!" Du Heng shouted excitedly, and then turned his head to introduce Mai Dong: "This is my uncle, my uncle is amazing, not only knows a lot of flowers, but also can hunt birds, hunt, anything!"
But why didn't I have an uncle in my previous impression, could it be that rebirth changed the ending, Mai Dong was puzzled, and greeted with a sweet smile: "Hello uncle." β
"This is our Du Heng's little daughter-in-law. Uncle looked at Mai Dong teasingly.
"Uncle!" Du Heng's face was as red as an apple. and cautiously peeked at Mai Dong, would she be angry, she hadn't promised herself yet. Mai Dong happened to look at the other place, but he didn't notice Du Heng's peeping.
"Okay, let's not talk about it. In order to welcome the two of you, my uncle will cook you a good dish in the evening. β
"Okay, Mai Mai likes spicy food, uncle remember to make some. Du Heng reminded with a red face.
The uncle was worried that his nephew would spontaneously combust if he continued to tease, so he smiled meaningfully and went downstairs.
"Mai Mai, let's move on to flowers. β
Mai Dong has been thinking about this uncle who has not appeared before, and he listened absent-mindedly in the second half of the way, Du Heng thought sullenly, she was really angry.
The evening meal was extraordinary. The big rooster raised by himself fried a large plate of spicy chicken, which is numb and spicy, but it is extremely fragrant, and you can smell the fragrance from afar. The three-year-old duck is made into sour bamboo shoots from the spring bamboo shoots dug in the spring, and simmered for four or five hours with firewood and a casserole to make a pot of fragrant and thick sour bamboo shoots and duck soup. The fish caught in the pond at the back made a large plate of braised fish. Fresh lotus leaf porridge boiled in lotus leaves. Coupled with a few tender and delicious side dishes, which filled a large table, Mai Dong drooled when he looked at it.
"Come on, come on, you're welcome, eat, eat. "A few adults were talking about various things at the table, and two children were eating with their bellies open on the table. Du Heng's left hand was injured, and Mai Dong didn't forget to clip it to him when he ate delicious food.
"These two children have a really good relationship, just like you and Miao Yun at the beginning. Grandma looked at him and said with a smile, and then asked, "Why didn't Miao Yun come?"
"The two of us were about to go out and meet the leader of the opposite door, saying that they were talking to Miao Yun about things. Ms. Xue sandwiched a piece of chicken wings for Mai Dong and replied to her mother.
"Then bring her something to eat when you go back, I think she likes it." Uncle said.
"That's not it, I still want to eat fresh lotus seeds when I leave. Ms. Xue is also very speechless for her child-like friend.
"Then Ming'er asked your brother to pick up more for you early in the morning and take it back. β
"Grandma, keep some, Mai Mai also likes to eat. Du Heng immediately fought for Mai Dong's welfare.
"Good. Grandma said and then turned her head again: "The woman on the south side of the village has run away. β
Ms. Xue was a little surprised: "Ran away, doesn't his family have a son and a daughter, why do you run away in a good manner?"
The uncle took over the conversation: "I heard that the woman didn't marry voluntarily at all, but was abducted. β
"How come, why haven't you heard of it before?" Ms. Xue was even more surprised.
"The family didn't have contact with the people in the village, and I only found out about it some time ago when the police came to look for me...... However, the police came late, and Ai Dascar said that she had already run away. β
"It's no wonder that they don't get in touch, the family seems to be a descendant of some aristocracy in the late Qing Dynasty, and they fled to this place, but later during the Cultural Revolution, they suffered a lot of crimes, so they didn't deal with the village. The man looks honest, why is he still in the business of abducting people. It's a pity that those two children, children without mothers are like grass. "Grandma can't see the child suffering, it turns out that Ai Da Scar didn't help him less when he was small.
"Where did the scar on his face come from...... he wanted to be honest," the uncle muttered, he hadn't forgotten that this kid had secretly followed his sister to and from school.
"Alright, the kids are still there, don't scare them. In the end, it was the child who grew up watching herself, and grandma didn't want to talk about this topic anymore, and several people stopped talking.
Mai Dong didn't expect that there were also human traffickers so close to the city, and he was absent-minded, so he couldn't help but eat more, and he panicked, lying on the chair in the sky, humming. Du Heng rubbed her belly, and Mai Dong fell asleep in a daze.
"Mai Mai ......" in the dream, Du Heng is crying.
"What's wrong with you?"
"Mai Mai, my uncle is dead. They all said that it was just drowning, I didn't believe it, my uncle was so good at swimming, how could he drown. Liars, adults are liars!"
Du Heng howled and cried, and Mai Dong felt a pain in his feet and woke up.
"Mai Mai, there was a mosquito ...... just now"
Mai Dong looked at Du Heng and suddenly didn't know whether it was a dream or reality.
"Kids, come and eat watermelon. The sand is in the well. β
"Thank you, uncle!"
Uncle, Mai Dong had a headache, and she remembered.
She and Du Heng had a temper and did not come to the countryside, but after Du Heng came to the countryside, he witnessed the death of his uncle, and he was depressed for the rest of the year. So will her rebirth change her uncle's fate?
"Mai Mai, you eat, it's very sweet!"
Forget it, let's take it one step at a time. Mai Dong took the watermelon and tasted it, well, the watermelon is very sweet.