Chapter 47: The Legendary Mole of Bitterness
"The mole on your mother's neck was found by your grandmother. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info" Mrs. Zhang smiled, her face full of chrysanthemum petals.
"Yes, tell me about it. Liu Miao was interested when she heard this, and squatted down again, looking at the old man with blank eyes.
"I remember that day your mother and your grandmother went out for a walk and sat with me for a while. It happened that the shrimp paste made by my daughter-in-law was ready that day, and when your mother squatted down and twisted the lid, I found it. ”
"Yes, I only found out after Grandma Zhang said it. Looking at his daughter's shining eyes, Xiang Chunzao remembered that his daughter was preparing for the exam at that time, and he didn't mention it to her after returning home with her mother, and then he forgot, "You can check it on the Internet yourself, don't trouble Grandma Zhang." ”
Standing up, moving over an empty beer box stacked at the door of the supermarket next to him, patting it, Liu Miao sat down, squinted her big eyes, and looked at Mrs. Zhang: "Don't listen to my mother, grandma, you should tell me." ”
Xiang Chunzao turned around and just wanted to stop it, but suddenly thought that after her mother died, Aunt Liu was also sick and rarely went out to walk, so naturally she couldn't see each other, only Aunt Wang, who could still be met in the market from time to time. In just half a year, only two of the four old sisters can still see each other often, and the old man may be very lonely.
Thinking about it this way, the daughter pestered the old man and said that it was also a good thing to ask about the west, and it might be possible to relieve her sorrow and boredom, so she stopped talking, but stayed quietly aside, listening to the old and young people who had spanned more than 60 years talk about ancient legends.
Xiang Chunzao saw Mrs. Zhang sitting up straight, touching the puppy lying at her feet, slowly blinking her cloudy eyes, and slowly opening her mouth: "Legend has it that after this person dies, he has to cross the Nai He Bridge, and on this bridge, Meng Po is waiting." ”
"Meng Po?" Liu Miao pouted.
"Well, I'll have to drink the soup from her bowl first. After drinking, forget all the things that happened in your previous life, and then reincarnate and become a new person. Looking at Liu Miao's excited appearance, Mrs. Zhang's emotions rose, "But some people don't want to forget their previous lives and refuse to drink Meng Po soup, so they beg Meng Po to let them go." Meng Po couldn't bear it, so she made a mark on them, and this mark was the mole in the middle of the back of the neck. ”
"What are you doing with this mole?" Liu Miao's eyes didn't blink.
The hand unconsciously touched the back of his neck, and Xiang Chunzao was surprised, didn't he ask the same question back then? Is this the heart-to-heart connection between mother and daughter?
"Silly boy, these people want to continue their fate in the next life, oh, they just bring this mole to find that person in the previous life, or to fulfill their unfulfilled wishes. The dry hand clenched the round hand, and the old lady Zhang let out a long sigh.
"What's wrong with grandma? Isn't it a good thing to continue the front edge?" Seeing the old man's lonely eyes, Liu Miao asked puzzled.
"Silly boy, if you don't drink Meng Po soup, you have to jump off the Lechuan River, drown in the water and roast in the fire, and you have to endure the thousands of years of waiting, endure the scorching heat and winter, taste all the loneliness and hardship, and have to suffer the sins that ordinary people can't suffer to be successful, what else can you call if you don't call a bitter mole?"
Xiang Chunzao's heart moved, and the old man knew that he was divorced?
"Can you find it?" Liu Miao didn't care about the interaction between Grandma Zhang and her mother, she just wanted to know the answer.
Turning her head, Mrs. Zhang let go of Liu Miao's hand and touched her delicate and smooth face: "Yes, I will find that person in my previous life and live the good life I want, but I just have to remember that there is likely to be a tear mole on that person's face." ”
"Tear mole?" As if listening to the story, Liu Miao thought it was very interesting, turned her head, and squeezed her eyes at her mother, "I'm sure my dad doesn't have tear moles, so it seems that he is not the person my mother was destined to be." "
In front of outsiders, Xiang Chunzao was a little annoyed, patted his daughter, and his face sank.
"So, who will it be?" Liu Miao didn't care if her mother was happy or not, "I'll wait and see." "
Listening to and watching the actions of the mother and daughter, remembering that when Mei Chun was alive before, although she didn't say it clearly, she could also detect that she had a lot of complaints about her son-in-law, and Mrs. Zhang instantly thought that Xiang Chun had already divorced, but when she saw that she didn't want to mention it, she pretended to be confused and didn't ask.
"By the way, Aunt Zhang, I came to visit you with Miao Miao today to tell you that we are about to move, and there will not be much time to come back here in the future, and I will say goodbye to your old man. "First, I don't want to listen to my daughter's words, and second, I don't want to affect the old man's emotions, so I cautiously explained today's intention to Chunzao.
"Moving?" After being stunned for a moment, Mrs. Zhang stretched out her hand and retracted it again, "The tree is dead, the person is alive, and the move is good! "
"Got it, Aunt Zhang, you are old, and you should take good care of your body. Holding the old man's skinny hand, Xiang Chunzao couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, "With you in this community, I still have the idea of coming back to see." "
"Yes, early spring, for your words, my old bones will hold on for a few more years, and then go to the Nai He Bridge, say some good things to Mrs. Meng, avoid the soup and water, jump into the Lechuan River, survive all the hardships, and I will come back to be a person and live the life I should live. After finishing speaking, Mrs. Zhang had a bright smile on her face.
The mist in his eyes is filled, Xiang Chun is already teary-eyed, old man, he is about to die, in this life, have you found the man with tearful moles?
"Grandma. Suddenly reacted, the old man was also in his own story, lying on her lap, Liu Miao felt indescribably sad in her heart.
Gently patting the somewhat thin but energetic back, Mrs. Zhang saw the back of Liu Miao's neck, smooth and delicate, nothing, and a trace of relief and joy flashed in her eyes: "Child, your flower has just bloomed, don't be anxious, don't be greedy, good days are long." "
"Got it, Grandma. I'm going back to school, so I'm here to see you, and when I come back, I'll be sure to come here to look for you. Liu Miao was still lying on the old man's lap.
"Grandma must still be sitting here waiting for you, and your mother. Old Mrs. Zhang looked at Xiang Chunzao.
wiped her tears, sniffed, and patted her daughter to Chunzao: "Miao Miao, get up, it's time for the two of us to go home, your things haven't been finished yet." "
"Hmm" Liu Miao straightened up, glanced at Mrs. Zhang, turned her head again, looked at her mother, and stood up.
"Aunt Zhang, sit still, we're leaving, I'll come back to see you when I'm free, you must take care." Oh, this bag of fruit is for you, it's all your favorite food, it's heavy, don't carry it yourself, when your son comes down to pick you up, let him get it. Squatted down and told the old man to Chunzao.
Nodding, Mrs. Zhang watched Xiang Chunzao stand up again, took her daughter's hand, turned to leave, and the tail dog happily followed behind, walking in the direction of parking.