Winter 1975 in the last Yuan calendar. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Huaxia State, S Province, Qingshan City.

Yuyuan County, Sanhe Town, Zhoujia Village.

After cutting the late rice for more than a month, the winter wheat has already broken the ground, and the field is green. In the countryside in winter, this is the time of slack.

The top of the mountain is still shrouded in the afterglow of the setting sun, and in Zhoujia Village at the foot of the mountain, lines of cooking smoke have risen above every house.

Just half a year ago, Zhoujia Village was connected to electricity, and the villagers were not only happy, but also heartbroken for the electricity bill of a few cents a month. Ordinary people are still accustomed to finishing things such as eating and washing dishes before dark.

In front of the big house at the head of the village, a woman in her thirties was standing looking at the other side of the road.

The woman was very beautiful, with a goose-egg-shaped face, fair skin, and a pair of watery almond eyes under her curved eyebrows. The earthy blue and white padded jacket that the woman wore was a little large, but it did not have a single patch.

What is particularly memorable at first glance is the woman's long crow's hair, thick, dark and shiny, braided into two long braids, which hang down to the waist.

"Rue Xiang, haven't you cooked for your mother-in-law today?" a fifty-year-old lady passed by the woman and asked strangely.

"Aunt Qiu Ju, I'm preparing!" Zhao Yunxiang raised a few garlic sticks that she was peeling in her hand and replied.

"Ruexiang, listen to your aunt's words, go back to the house and do it, otherwise, your mother-in-law is ??????" Aunt Qiu Ju approached Zhao Yunxiang and persuaded in a low voice.

In Zhoujia Village, who doesn't know that Zhou Chunping's wife, Wu Jinfeng, is a powerful person? Wu Jinfeng's mouth is full of scolding the existence of invincible opponents in Zhoujia Village.

And Wu Jinfeng's heart is biased to the armpits. Everyone in Zhoujia Village knows that among the three sons and one daughter, Wu Jinfeng dislikes her third son Zhou Zhixin the most, and even with Zhou Zhixin's wife Zhao Yunxiang and a pair of children, she is often scolded by Wu Jinfeng's old wife from time to time.

"Well, thank you, Aunt Qiu Ju. Zhao Yunxiang nodded, but her body didn't move.

It's not that Zhao Yunxiang doesn't listen to persuasion, but her heart is full of anxiety. Her daughter Yuanyuan went out with Zhou Miaomiao's cousins a few hours ago and has not returned home yet. You know, although Yuan Yuan is only six years old, he has always been very well-behaved, and he will come back every day before the sun sets.

Seeing this, Aunt Qiu Ju sighed and walked away silently. It was getting late, and she had to hurry home and cook for the old man.

Alas, this is a daughter! I really have to think more about the character of my mother-in-law's family, and not just pay attention to the talent of my son-in-law. Like Ruexiang, such a good woman, she was not at home because her husband went to the army, and there was no one to protect her, so she was bullied by her mother-in-law??????

Aunt Qiu Ju spurned Wu Jinfeng's old woman in her heart as she walked.

After Aunt Qiu Ju left, Zhao Yunxiang took a look at the gradually darkening sky, pinched a few garlic in her hand, and looked anxiously at the path in front of the door. Somehow, Zhao Yunxiang felt her heart beating so hard at this time, as if she was about to jump out of her chest.

No, I'm going to find Yuanyuan! Zhao Yunxiang stomped her feet and was about to walk to the east of the village.

"I want to eat a daughter-in-law's fried dishes, but I haven't seen it yet~!" In the kitchen, Wu Jinfeng's big voice sounded, mixed with the big voice, was a "ping pong" sound of the pot lid and the edge of the pot.

Zhao Yunxiang retracted her steps and stroked her forehead helplessly. She almost forgot that she hadn't done what her mother-in-law had told her!

Wu Jinfeng said early this morning that he would eat garlic tofu made by Zhao Yunxiang at night. Although the Zhao family split up a few years ago, Wu Jinfeng and his wife did not eat with their sons, but Zhao Yunxiang is a filial person, as long as Wu Jinfeng says anything, he will do it by all means.

For the sake of Yuanyuan, Zhao Yunxiang has been unsettled, and she has not made the garlic tofu designated by her mother-in-law until now.

Wu Jinfeng, when she was fine on weekdays, when she saw the three of them, they all had noses that were not noses and eyes, and now that she had a ready-made handle for her, she would definitely make a mess.

Wu Jinfeng lost her temper in two ways, one was to knock on something and make a noise from the thing at hand to show her dissatisfaction. The other is to say sour words, calling the sky and grabbing the earth, accusing Zhao Yunxiang of not taking the old man in his eyes.

In that era, if the junior was pointed at by the elders and scolded for not taking the elders seriously, he would be criticized by the whole village for being unfilial.

Thinking of Wu Jinfeng's scolding of the invincible opponents in Zhoujia Village, and thinking of the ears that could not be cleaned in the next few days, Zhao Yunxiang couldn't help but shudder.

"Mom, I'll come. Zhao Yunxiang responded to the kitchen, cleaned up her worries about her daughter, and prepared to go to the kitchen to make the garlic tofu designated by her mother-in-law first. Zhao Yunxiang knows that her mother-in-law is unreasonable, if she doesn't do it now, it will not only be her who will be unlucky, but also her two children.

As soon as Zhao Yunxiang turned around, before her feet entered the house, the high voice of her neighbor sister-in-law Li sounded behind her: "Ruexiang, Zhao Yunxiang, your Xiaojiu fell into the pond, hurry up and drip ~ Go and call the barefoot doctor to come and see." In such weather, don't get caught in the cold??????"

Zhao Yunxiang was stunned for a moment and quickly turned around. Not far away, Aunt Li's slightly chubby body ran in a hurry, and even the panting 'snort' sound soon came to Zhao Yunxiang's ears.

At this time, Aunt Li couldn't see her usual neatness at all. A bun of hair that was usually combed in a smooth and smooth bun scattered a few strands as she ran, and was scattered with sweat on her cheeks.

"What? What's wrong with Yuan Yuan?" Zhao Yunxiang's voice trembled with a hint of trembling, and her legs were so soft that she almost couldn't support her body.

"Yuanyuan has fallen into the water, hurry up and let the barefoot doctor come and take a look. Aunt Li said again anxiously.

Not far away, several figures hurried from the other end of the path. A sturdy man with a sturdy arm holding a little girl with slightly hanging arms is Zhao Yunxiang's youngest daughter Zhou Yuanyuan.

"Yuanyuan?" Zhao Yunxiang exclaimed in surprise, her body shook, and the peeled garlic in her hand was scattered all over the ground.

After a while, Zhao Yunxiang had time to sit down. Looking at the little girl on the bed with her eyes closed, Zhao Yunxiang's heart was full of remorse. If it weren't for her, if she hadn't persuaded Yuanyuan to go out with Miao Miao and a few of them, her Yuanyuan would be fine now, and she would call "Mom" in a sweet and glutinous voice, right?

Although the water in Yuan Yuan's abdomen was charged, and the barefoot doctor said that the child was fine, it was ?????? Why hasn't her garden woken up?

The Westinghouse is so chaotic, but Wu Jinfeng in the Eastinghouse has also stopped. It's just that no one came to look at the garden. This old Zhou family, are all hearts made of iron and stone?

Zhixin, Zhixin, when are you coming back? I'm afraid of me?????? I can't hold it anymore!

Zhao Yunxiang covered her mouth with her hands and burst into tears.