37. Take me away
A man's voice asked, "Isn't this Uncle Cheng Zhuzi's home?" "Cheng Zhu is my father's name. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Cheng Linghui immediately paid attention. I only heard Erniang ask, "Who are you?" ”
The man said, "I'm a ...... from the village on the bridge."
Cheng Linghui only felt a bang in her head, and she didn't hear the words clearly at all. Jumping off the kang at once, he rushed to the gate. I saw a twenty-seven or eight-year-old man holding a cow at the door. With a high nose and big eyes, who else could it be if it wasn't Chang Jiwen?
"Brother......" Cheng Linghui was so happy that she almost jumped up. completely forgot that Chang Jiwen didn't like to take care of himself before.
When Chang Jiwen saw her, he also smiled: "Sanhui, where is grandpa?" ”
At this sound, the smile on Cheng Linghui's face immediately froze. Chang Jiwen knew that he had said the wrong thing. Hurriedly asked: "What about my aunt?" How are you doing? ”
Cheng Linghui smiled and said, "Okay." Able to eat and sleep. More energetic than me. "On the other hand, I invited Chang Jiwen into the house.
Chang Jiwen said: "I still have something in the car." ”
The two of them brought their things into the house together. Chang Jiwen glanced outside: "Who is that woman?" ”
Cheng Linghui's face showed some unnaturalness: "My father's second room." ”
Chang Jiwen didn't care at all. He asked, "What about Ernier?" And what about the four and five Nier? ”
Cheng Linghui smiled: "Do you think they are still children." Married early. The fifth sister is now the mother of two children. ”
"Grandpa......"
Cheng Linghui nodded: "The earth moved that year, and grandpa didn't run out." ”
"Grandma'......"
Cheng Linghui said: "Grandma is very good. It's right in the North House. Now follow my father and them. ”
"What do you mean?"
Cheng Linghui told me about the separation. Chang Jiwen was silent for a while: "The world is impermanent." My father is gone, and now his bones are ......."
Cheng Linghui said: "I know this. Master Chang was carried back from the Balihe Execution Ground. It will be buried in the graveyard of your Chang family's ancestors. ”
Chang Jiwen looked at Cheng Linghui and seemed to be a little disbelieving.
Cheng Linghui told the scene at that time. Chang Jiwen said: "No wonder I inquired in many ways, but I only said that it was a young man who ransomed it." I didn't even think it was you. ”
The two sighed for a moment. When her mother heard the news and came back, she was happier to see Chang Jiwen than when she saw her father come back. She hugged Chang Jiwen and cried and laughed, which caused Cheng Linghui on the side to can't help but redden.
At noon, Cheng Linghui used the ingredients brought by Chang Jiwen to clean up two meals. As usual, I brought some to the fifth master and grandmother. Chang Jiwen ate and went to see his grandmother again. I left the leather jacket for my grandmother and left. Mother looked at the one he had brought, which he was going to give to his grandfather. After thinking about it, I asked Cheng Linghui to send it to my father. and gave half of the things sent by Chang Jiwen to Erniang.
Thinking of the eldest sister who died early, the mother and daughter inevitably shed two more tears.
Early the next morning, Cheng Linghui went to the ancestral grave of the Chang family as agreed the day before. This day is the twenty-third day of the lunar month, Xiao Nian'er. As usual, it is time for each family to clean the ancestral hall and invite the ancestors to go home for the New Year.
The ancestral tomb of the Chang family is mighty, and many people have come. This is the first year that the Chang family has returned after the great changes. The children and nephews of all families cried miserably. In addition to going to their grandfather's grave to worship, the three Chang Jiwen brothers could only stand on the side and watch others cry.
Chang Jiwen saw Cheng Linghui's figure and hurriedly greeted him. Cheng Linghui followed her memory and found the big stone planted by her grandfather. Only then did I find the small grave bag where Master Chang was buried. I watched my brothers kneel in front of the grave and cry. Cheng Linghui's eyes also became sour. When she went back, she turned to the eldest sister's caiqiuzi. I burned some paper for my eldest sister and cried for a while before going home.
After the New Year, Cheng Linghui will be twenty-three. This is really an old girl who can't get any older. In modern times, it is equivalent to the leftover woman at the level of Monkey King. Mother couldn't help but be a little anxious. Since the beginning of the New Year, he has been looking for someone to say goodbye to Cheng Linghui. Cheng Linghui does not plan to marry in this life. Besides, since she singled out Chenjiacun back then, she has been notorious. The family background is almost the same, and she doesn't dare to ask her. If the family background is not good, the mother will not look down on it first. The family talked about one train, but none of them came to pass.
One night out of the New Year. In the middle of the night, my aunt came back with a stick. As soon as he entered the door, he collapsed on the ground. It turned out that my uncle was missing. I went out in September last year, and I didn't come back for the New Year. The three cousins searched for all the places they could think of, but they couldn't find the figure. My aunt couldn't help it, so she came to her mother's house for help. She pulls a stick to defend against wolves on the road.
Cheng Linghui knew that she was a woman with small feet. I really met a wolf on the road, and even if I held a knife, I wouldn't be able to do anything. Auntie, this is giving up life and death.
However, my uncle was never found. There is no one in life, and there is no corpse in death. My aunt was getting haggard day by day. The last time Cheng Linghui went to see her, she was already withered. took Cheng Linghui's hand and said, "You're back, you're back......" Cheng Linghui knew that her aunt had mistaken herself for her uncle.
Soon the aunt died. And my uncle never came back.
Cheng Linghui talked to the fifth master about his uncle. The fifth master didn't speak for a long time, and suddenly slapped himself in the mouth and cried: "Why didn't I think of it?" ”
But no matter how Cheng Linghui asked, the fifth master just cried and didn't say anything.
Later, the fifth master said to Cheng Linghui: "Don't look for it." Eighty percent of your uncle was thrown out. The one who does that is pinning his head to the waistband of his trousers. Live a day to make money. Your uncle is not at a loss, he has been married to your aunt for most of his life. Leave a lot of children and grandchildren. It's like your fifth master, living alone. If you die, you don't have the face to enter the ancestral grave. Why don't you think I have your uncle's brain? ”
Only then did Cheng Linghui know that what made the fifth master regret it was that he didn't throw it out like his uncle.
After that, the two of them tacitly agreed that no one ever mentioned their uncle again.
In April, Cheng Linghui came to a carriage. It turned out to be the master who came back. The mother didn't want to mention how happy she was, and asked her baby dog how was it? The teacher smiled and played with her. Cheng Linghui saw the sorrow buried in her eyes.
It turned out that Su was canonized as the crown prince the same year ago. Xiuwen followed him into the East Palace as a good woman. Cheng Su was probably sick because he was young and unaccustomed to water and soil. Xiuwen was worried day and night and fell ill. Shi Niang had no choice, so she thought of Cheng Linghui. wants Cheng Linghui to go to the palace for her to take care of Xiuwen's mother and son for a while.
Cheng Linghui felt a little strange, but she couldn't help her mother's urging. The mother and daughter packed up and went to Beijing with this teacher.
When he arrived in the capital, Cheng Linghui learned that the mountain chief turned out to be a child of the eunuchs. And the master mother actually eloped with him to get married. Now that the mountain chief has returned to the court, the master has to succumb to the position of concubine for Xiuwen. Fortunately, Xiuwen followed the prince, and the master was not very embarrassed in the Lin family. However, it is not possible to find someone who is reassuring. That's why Shi Niang thought of Cheng Linghui.
I don't know if it was because of the arrangement of the mountain chief, Cheng Linghui entered the palace very smoothly. When she saw Xiuwen's mother and son, Xiuwen was really haggard and didn't look good. Cheng Su was also sick and yellow and thin. Seeing Cheng Linghui, the child's eyes suddenly exuded dazzling brilliance: "Sanhui Daddy, are you here to pick me up and my mother home?" ”
Cheng Linghui almost cried. hugged him and said, "No." I'm here to accompany you and your mother. ”
Cheng Su said: "Then are you still leaving?" ”
Cheng Linghui said: "Then you have to wait until you get better." ”
Cheng Su was unhappy: "You take me away." There are a lot of rules here. I don't like it here. I'm going home, I'm looking for my grandmother. ”
Cheng Linghui could only lie to him: "Didn't I often stay at home before?" Don't you grow up happily? I want to make money to support my family, how can I always accompany you? You are obedient and obedient, and I will take you to see your grandmother when you are cured. ”
Cheng Su said: "Then don't lie to me, when I get better, take me to my grandmother." In the future, you will have to come back to see me often. ”
Cheng Linghui nodded.
Cheng Su was happy at this time.
I met Su Tong in the evening three days later. Cheng Linghui led Cheng Su to play on the kang. Suddenly, I heard the eunuch of the Yellow Gate outside say in a loud voice: "The prince has arrived." ”
Cheng Linghui hadn't reacted to what was going on. Cheng Su had immediately put away his frolicking appearance. Got down from the kang and stood on the ground. At this moment, a bright yellow figure walked in. Cheng Su knelt on the ground and kowtowed respectfully to his age: "The child knocks on his father." ”
Su Tong seemed to be in a particularly good mood. Pulling him up from the ground, he said, "You won't have to do this in the future." ”
Cheng Su suddenly broke free from his hand, quickly climbed onto the kang, and shrank into Cheng Linghui's arms, looking very scared.
Cheng Linghui said: "What's wrong with you? Let him be so afraid of you? ”
Su Tong smiled: "What can I do with him?" It's about father-son nature. ”
"What is the nature of father and son?" Cheng Linghui asked rhetorically: "Do you think I'm a fool?" ”
Cheng Su is a child in the end, and the whole family relied on Cheng Linghui when he was in Chengjiazhuang. made him naturally feel that Cheng Linghui was his backer. With this backer, I am also bolder. said, "This man is broken. always bullied my mother and made my mother cry. It also makes people beat my palms, but it hurts. As he spoke, he glared at Su Tong with what he thought was a fierce gaze.
Cheng Linghui looked at Su Tong: "That's how you take care of their mother and son?" ”
Su Tong Zhengse said: "What's wrong with Lao Tzu teaching his son? Saying that, he looked at Cheng Su: "If you can't recite the book next time, I will let people beat you." ”
Cheng Su's whole body shrunk into Cheng Linghui's arms and grimaced at him: "I'm not afraid of you." If you dare to let people beat me again, I will let Sanhui's father beat you all over the ground to find your teeth. Spank your ass in two. ”
"Yo-ho?" Su Tong rolled up his sleeves: "Your kid has grown his skills today." Come over to Lao Tzu. ”
Cheng Su hugged Cheng Linghui tightly: "I don't, you have the ability to come over." ”
Su Tong really reached out to Cheng Linghui's arms to grab Cheng Su. Cheng Su slipped away all of a sudden, pushing Cheng Linghui: "Sanhui Daddy, hit him." He's the bad guy. ”
Cheng Linghui couldn't cry or laugh: "Don't make trouble." Can't talk well? ”
Su Tong had already climbed onto the kang with his shoes on and grabbed Cheng Su. Cheng Su squeaked in fright. Su Tong stretched out his hand and squeaked him. Cheng Su rolled and laughed breathlessly. Forget all about your fears.
Cheng Linghui snatched the child from Su Tong and scolded: "Will you be a father?" The child is still sick and just making a fuss. ”
Su Tong leaned on the kang and pointed at Cheng Su and said, "If I don't clean him up, he doesn't know who Lao Tzu is." ”
Cheng Linghui kicked him: "You just talk nonsense." What do little ones know? Whoever is good to him, he will be good to him. After speaking, he hugged Cheng Su and got off the kang.
Su Tongdao: "What are you going to do?" ”
Cheng Linghui said: "Eat." ”
Su Tong said disdainfully: "It's still the same virtue as when I was a child, so I remember to eat." Be careful to eat into a pig. ”
Cheng Linghui ignored him and took Cheng Su to find Xiuwen. Xiuwen is directing the palace maid to set the dinner in the main room. Seeing her come in, he asked as if unintentionally, "Isn't the prince here?" Not where are you? ”
Cheng Linghui said casually: "Back." As he spoke, Su Tong had already walked in. A room full of people hurriedly saluted. Then a large room of people watched him sit at the dinner table.
Cheng Linghui is not an ignorant country woman, so she naturally knows that this is the rule of the palace. But this rule is really unpleasant.
Su Tong probably sensed something, dismissed the palace people, and beckoned to Xiuwen and Cheng Linghui: "Sit down." What are you doing at home? ”
Xiuwen thanked her and sat down on the side. But it's very restrained. Cheng Linghui looked at it for a while and said, "I'd better take Su Su out to eat." Seeing the two of you pretending to be like this, I really can't eat it. ”
Su Tong looked at Xiuwen. Xiuwen hurriedly said: "I don't have some ...... Excuse me? His face turned red as he spoke.
Cheng Linghui covered her mouth and smiled.
Su Tongbai glanced at her and said, "If you want to laugh, you can laugh, and you are not afraid to hold back." ”
Cheng Linghui immediately smiled, and said to Cheng Su seriously: "As the old saying goes, you don't say anything when you eat, and you don't say anything when you sleep." Susu, eat well. When I lowered my head, I couldn't help but turn up the corners of my mouth.
Cheng Su listened, nodded and said, "Got it." "Eat obediently with a bowl in your hand.
Su Tong muttered: "I really don't know whose son this kid is?" ”
Xiuwen's face turned pale when she heard this, and her eyes turned sharply to Su Tong.