Let's say that the daughter-in-law of the Xing family hurriedly came to Yunling on a bicycle. The door of Ye Zi's house was half hidden, and the daughter-in-law of the Xing family pushed her bicycle into the courtyard gate, and across the trees in the courtyard, she vaguely felt that someone was picking up something over there.

The daughter-in-law of the Xing family shouted to the north while playing the bicycle support, "In the house?" and what about the other end? When she heard the sound and shouting of the bicycle, she asked, "Who?" ”

Xing'er came over, and the daughter-in-law of the Xing family saw that the baby was wearing white cloth shoes, and she "chuckled" in her heart, walked a few steps, stepped forward and pointed at Bai Yan and asked, "Xing'er, what's wrong......?"

"Auntie, my mother is dead. Xing'er cried as she spoke, and the daughter-in-law of the Xing family also cried: "What about the waiting? "It's been three months. At that time, his forehead was disturbed, so he stopped this. ”

"Oh, oh, my aunt didn't blame you," suddenly, grief welled up in her heart, and the daughter-in-law of the Xing family couldn't help but hug Xing'er and cry "Sister ...... hard" slowly walked to the hall, "plopped" and knelt in front of Ye Zi's tablet, leaned forward and leaned back, patted her legs and beat her chest, and "cried" Ye Zi's bitter life and sisterhood, blaming Ye Zi "Why are you so ruthless, leaving your children and leaving......"

This crying and singing is the crying method of the women of the Zhuang households in the persimmon bay area when they mourn the deceased, that is, crying and mourning. When the villagers in the persimmon bay area mourn, women are different from men, men are mostly crying bitterly about their deceased relatives, while women are "crying" with a handful of snot and tears in their hearts.

The reason why they made up such a crying and singing word is because they are completely crying and singing the words in their hearts in a very sad tone, which is both sad and touching, and euphemistic.

The middle-aged and elderly women here will cry and sing, especially on the occasion where filial piety men and filial women gather, the filial girls cry and sing better than one another, it can really be described as mourning heaven and earth, crying ghosts and gods, touching the heart.

The daughter-in-law cried a handful of snot and tears, Xing'er and her grandmother hurriedly stepped forward to help the daughter-in-law of the Xing family, sat down, and talked about Yezi's illness and death in tears, and comforted each other.

The daughter-in-law of the Xing family still insisted on going to the cemetery, saying that she must go to see the leaves. So, Xing'er took incense and burning paper, got on a bicycle, and led the Xing family's daughter-in-law to the cemetery.

Along the way, Xing'er pointed to the path to the cemetery from time to time, talking about the bits and pieces of her mother's life, and couldn't help but reddening her eyes and blowing tears.

When she arrived at the cemetery, Xing'er accompanied Xing's daughter-in-law to light incense, burned paper, kowtowed, and Xing's daughter-in-law cried again about her sisterly love, and Xing'er also cried with her.

On the spot, the daughter-in-law of the Xing family looked at the medicinal herbs planted in the field and pulled them with her hands. Xing'er said: "Ema said that this skullcap will come out this autumn." "Oh, when the time comes, you call the forehead. "No, my aunt is busy. When the time comes, my aunt and uncle will bring someone here. ”

"That's fine. What's the matter, come and find the amount. "Hmm. "By the way, Apricot, how old are you this year?" "Oh, I'm nineteen years old this year. "Well, it's still small, hehe. ”

"Silly girl, nineteen is still young, it's time to find your mother-in-law's house. "What's the hurry? "There's a suitable one, I'll listen to you." "No hurry, no hurry. Apricot blushed unconsciously. "This woman, what's so embarrassing about this. "Hey, hey. ”

It was hot, and the two of them didn't stay in the field for long, talking as they walked, and when they reached the fork in the road, they went back separately.

As soon as she arrived in Qingping, the daughter-in-law of the Xing family did not go home first, but came directly to the martial arts family in the west of the village. "What's going on?" asked the old woman of the martial arts family eagerly. "I'm dying of thirst, so drink saliva first. The old woman of the martial family hurriedly poured half a bowl of boiling water, added cold water, and said, "Slow down, you're choking." ”

"Old sister-in-law, tell you that Ye Zi is dead. I just came back from Yunling. "What? dead?" the old woman of the martial arts family took a step back and sat down on the edge of the kang. "Hmm. The daughter-in-law of the Xing family also came over and sat down.

"God, don't you open your eyes if you dare?......" The old woman of the Wu family couldn't help crying, and the daughter-in-law of the Xing family also cried. While crying, the old woman remembered something, ran to the outhouse, and took down a roll of jute paper from the scaffolding on the wall.

Walked to the courtyard, in the direction of Yunling, drew a circle on the ground, and then knelt down, lit the paper with a match, and read the good words of the leaves while dialing the burning paper. Pro, kowtow three times.

In this way, after sacrificing the leaves, the two calmed down. I went back to the house and sat down for a while. "Is this a wait?" asked the old woman of the martial family, wiping her tears. "February or March. "That's been three months?" "No." I patronized the flip house, and I didn't go to see her. ”

"Well, it's just lonely. "However, for half a year, I have been accompanied by my daughter. "What a girl. "It is also a blessing for the leaves. "Hmm......" The old woman of the martial family sighed, as if she had thought of something.

"The last time she came, she saw the bricks and tiles pulled down in the courtyard, and asked her forehead how long she would wait for it. When the time came, she said that she might not be able to come, so she insisted on paying the gift money. ”

Then she probably didn't think there was time. "When people are dying, they feel it. "The last time I came here, I saw that she didn't look good, and she spoke strangely. "Looking back now, yes. "It seems that Ye Zi came to say goodbye to us last time. "Well, yes, exactly. ”

"Alas, too young. "People say that, good people don't live long, crookedly occupy the world. That's it. "Ah, what can you say? ”

"Hey, Gu'er is coming back, right?" "Ah, it's coming. "All the people who went to college before the door are back." "It stands to reason that it's time to come back. Say it's something, a few days late. "Oh. ”

In this way, the two said something else, and the daughter-in-law of the Xing family went back.

A few days later, Gua'er returned. On the same day, the wife of the martial arts family told her daughter about Ye Zi's death. Hearing the news of her godmother's death, Gua'er chuckled in her heart, and suddenly felt a little regretful, blaming her mother for telling too late.

The old woman of the martial family explained that she also only knew. As she spoke, tears fell from Gua'er's eyes twice, and her godmother's voice and smile suddenly appeared in her mind, and the scene of giving her clothes seemed to be right in front of her.

In Gua'er's impression, the godmother is often dressed in plain clothes and even worn patches, but the ones that can be given to her are new, either made by the godmother or bought.

What has always puzzled Guaer is that every time they meet, they can detect the natural outpouring of maternal love hidden in the depths of their hearts from the eyes of their godmothers. In fact, for a long time, Gua'er has always had a question in her heart, but every time the words come to her mouth, she swallows it back, because her intuition tells her that her mother doesn't want them to get too close, and she doesn't want to talk about this topic.

Now, Gua'er couldn't care so much, so she asked directly: "Mom, there is something I want to ask you." "What's the matter? "If you say that, you'll be angry. "Why, you say. "People are old and fine, and eighty percent of the old wives of the martial arts family have already guessed Gua'er's thoughts.

Gua'er looked at the martial mother, paused, and then said, "Mom, who is the godmother?" "Godmother, what else is it?!" "Mom, you know what it means." Gua'er tugged at the arm of the martial mother's like a coquettish. Medium. I'll tell you all about it today. "Well, listen. "Go and give me a drink first. ”

Gua'er poured half a bowl of boiling water from the thermos, added a little cooler, and handed it to the martial mother. The martial wife's wife took two sips, wiped a handful of water marks from her mouth with her hand, glanced at the melon, and then said calmly: "This, it's a long story." "Speak slowly, not in a hurry. ”

"Your godmother originally married to our village. "Which one is in our village?" "It's none of your business. "Well, you say it quickly. "The leaves are good, and they are compatible." When she came back from outside the village, she often passed by our house. "Why don't you remember?" "Thief girl, you were only a few months old at that time, how can you remember?" ”

"Oh. What about later?" "Later, he remarried to Yunling. "Because of what?" "This girl, just ask these irrelevant things. Do you know why?" "Okay, don't ask that. And what about later?"

"Later, I gave birth to a boy, but I didn't have a daughter at that time. "Oh, didn't you have a daughter then?" "Ah, yes. "Because of this, she wanted to recognize you as her goddaughter, but I didn't agree. "It's kind of weird, oh. "Who's to say it isn't. ”

"Oh. Then why did you agree again?" "This girl, it's not endless. "I just want to know the specifics. "Oh. "Oh, let's talk about it. "". It's not that your father is dead, and I'm sick too, so I want to ......" "What do you want?" "It's nothing, it's just for the sake of my daughter, and I agreed." "Oh, that's all?"

"This girl, isn't that all, what else can there be?!" Afraid that the martial mother's mother would be too careful, and even more afraid that she would be unhappy, Gua'er didn't ask any more. In fact, the old woman of the martial family herself couldn't tell about it, because she didn't know much about it.

"Then, Mom, I want to ......" "What?" "I want to go to the grave to see." "Oh, go ahead, your godmother took care of you, you should go too." "Well, that's right. ”

"Then let that lady take you. "Which?" "That's the aunt in the east." "Well, only she knows. "Ah, let her lead you. "Hmm. ”

In this way, the two girls talked about it, and Gua'er told the martial mother about the situation in the school, and went to sleep separately, but Gu'er tossed and turned for a while before falling asleep.

The next day, Gua'er went to find the Xing family's aunt. In the middle of the afternoon, the daughter-in-law of the Xing family came to Yunling with Gua'er. The daughter-in-law of the Xing family originally thought that it was summer vacation, so she would take Gua'er to Yezi's house first, so that Gua'er and Yezi's children could get to know each other.

Who knew that General Ye Zijia Tie locked the door, and the courtyard door was locked. The neighbor said that the Gouwa sisters had left the village and might have gone to his aunt's house in Xuejiazhuang. So, the daughter-in-law of the Xing family asked the neighbors about the way to the leaf graveyard, and led Gua'er to think about the route pointed out by Xing'er last time, and asked the people who worked on the side of the road, and soon came to the leaf grave.

As the months passed, the grass grew on the graves of the leaves. Gua'er knelt in front of her godmother's grave, while placing sacrifices, she cried and told the words buried in her heart, put incense, burned paper, and kowtowed to her godmother three times.

It's just that the daughter-in-law of the Xing family, who was accompanying her, accidentally found that there was indeed a small red spot under Gua'er's right earlobe.