His home, in the middle of a group of low, dilapidated houses in the village, leaked in the cold winter. Their family of five was crammed into this dilapidated house. Before I entered the house, I heard the old woman's sharp scolding: "Get up and work for me, I can't even give birth to a son, and I am still pretending to be a mother here!" And you, come and burn the fire, you know that you are lazy every day, and I will raise you for idle food! ”

The daughter-in-law had just given birth and was still weak, so she was kicked out to chop wood, and her eldest daughter, who was five years old, was lighting a fire next to her, and the tears on her face had not yet been wiped away.

The little girl just saw her own sister abandoned, she was too young, she didn't know whether she should laugh or cry, she was born one step ahead of her sister, so she survived, but it was also her own sister, even if she had no feelings, that kind of cruelty, but also made her deeply afraid, and then took a step back and said, even if it was not her who died, but now she is like this, it is really better to die.

"Crying, crying, crying, crying, my mother hasn't cried yet, what are you pretending to be a mourning star here! And you, you old immortal only came back, you let me drink the northwest wind with your son! ”

The old man sighed, silently entered the door, and saw his son sitting on the edge of the kang sighing.

In 1961, when the natural disasters became more and more serious, Huaishu Village was located in a remote area, relying on the mountains and water for water, but many people in the village had died due to years of drought. The grandson that the old woman had been thinking about for a long time was finally born at this time, but this is tantamount to adding insult to injury, the eldest daughter is already six years old, and it is the time to grow her body, so it is inevitable to eat more, which seems to have wiped out the credit of the mother who gave birth to a son.

"Eat, eat all day, I'll let you eat, I'll let you eat." The mother watched her mother-in-law beat her daughter, but she didn't dare to say a word. The old woman grabbed her daughter's hair and threw it outside the door, turned her head and scolded her daughter-in-law: "Look at the stupid pig you gave birth to!" ”

The youngest son was frightened by the scolding, and he was crying on the kang with his teeth and claws, and the old woman hurriedly ran over and picked up the little grandson: "Eh, Xiaobao doesn't cry, don't cry, grandma scares you." ”

The old man helped his daughter up: "Come here, grandson, let's not cry." Huizhi, don't cry, the recent harvest is sluggish, your mother has a bad temper, you are wronged. ”

In the winter of 1961, the eldest daughter was secretly sold to a singleton family in the next village with a little surplus food, and on the day she left, Huizhi grabbed the eldest daughter's skinny hand and cried into tears, and the old woman hugged Xiaobao and coaxed softly: "When my sister leaves, we will have delicious food, and grandma will make good food for Xiaobao?" What does Xiaobao want to eat? ”

In 19liusi, life had been peaceful for a long time, and it seemed that the second daughter who died was already a matter of the last century, and I heard that the eldest daughter would die if she was sold to a neighboring village. There is only one pearl left in their family, and grandma calls him Xiaobao. At that time, the old woman was only in her seventies, and her body was also very tough, and it was in this year that things began to change, Xiaobao was three years old, and she could say something intermittently.

At night, Xiaobao refused to sleep and pestered his grandmother to tell him stories. Grandma is sleepy, patting the child's brain is indeed chaotic: "There is a fairy in our village, who waits for the night, comes out of the window to see whose little treasure is not obedient and does not sleep, he will eat whom!" ”

The wind blew the pane, and there was a "snap", and the grandmother trembled, and instantly sobered up, thinking about what was wrong with herself, how could she tell such a scary story to the child, and she was really sleepy to a certain extent, and this mouth was not her own.

"Grandma, Xiaobao is afraid, Xiaobao wants a toilet."

She had to carry Xiaobao out of the door, her son, daughter-in-law and old man were already asleep, the house was very quiet, in order to save, grandma did not light the kerosene lamp, but touched the dark.

The toilets in the rural areas of Northeast China are generally in the yard, and when it is dark, especially in winter, it is a very, very courageous thing to go to the toilet, so people usually prepare a urine bucket in the house when they sleep at night, in case of emergency.

Xiaobao sat on the bucket, his dark eyes rolling, and suddenly, he pointed to the firewood pile next to the pot: "Grandma, why doesn't that young lady wear clothes." ”

Grandma was cold, and her scalp was numb from Xiaobao's strange tone: "Xiaobao, what are you talking about, what's the ...... What a thing! ”

"Xiaobao really didn't lie, there is really a young lady there, looking at you, she doesn't look at me!"

Grandma was really panicked now, the countrymen, especially the elderly, have deep-rooted superstitious thoughts, she knows that the child's eyes have not been closed, and some things can be seen. She had no choice but to turn her back to the door and let go: "Old man, old man, come out, come out quickly." ”

The people in the house were all alarmed, and the old man came out with his clothes and yawns: "What's wrong? ”

Later, her son and daughter-in-law also followed, and with someone, her heart was not so hairy: "Xiaobao said that there is a girl there." ”

A few people looked at it carefully, where is there a female baby, "Is it okay, Xiaobao is a child, it is the time to love to think blindly, don't listen to him nonsense, where is there any female baby." ”

"Let's go, it's cold, go back to sleep."

Grandma followed, looking back at the stack of firewood and straw in fear, and a leaf fell gently.

When I went to bed at night, my grandmother had been sleeping unsteadily, feeling very cold, as if something cold had been in the quilt, and it was not stable even if the quilt was wrapped tightly.

But the next day, Xiaobao still had a fever, the high fever did not go away, grandma carried him to the township health center, took medicine and injections, but it had no effect, seeing Xiaobao's eyes red, a strong chanting: "Grandma, I'm cold, Mom, Xiaobao is cold......"

Generally speaking, it is normal for children to feel cold when they have a fever, but when they think of last night, adults are muttering in their hearts, and the daughter-in-law pulls grandma: "Mom, you said, is the second girl back?" ”

This sound was like thunder on the ground, and the old lady opened her mouth and was speechless for a while.

Returning home mechanically, the old lady asked Huizhi to watch the children at home, and took the old man and his son to the big locust tree at the entrance of the village, and put the only two steamed buns and a plate of side dishes left in the house.

"Second girl, don't blame grandma for being ruthless, at that time, natural disasters, you also know that our family can't afford to raise two children, if you are really angry, just repay grandma, let go of your brother, he is still young."

As soon as the words fell, I saw that the wind suddenly rose, the branches trembled, and broke "crackling", and the broken place was still oozing blood-red liquid, and the three of them trembled all over, and kept kowtowing to the locust tree. Huizhi's shouts came from far and near, revealing horror and anxiety: "Dad, Mom, Guosheng, it's not good, Xiaobao, Xiaobao is ......"

"What's wrong with him!?" Grandma got up eagerly, and before she could hear an answer, she fell backwards.

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