The cool night breeze blew from the cliffside behind the house, through the vegetable garden, and blew the white shirt of the cat's ear tied in the waistband of the trouser in front of the coal stove by the backyard door, and flew backwards to puff up a bud, as if it were alive. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After the noodles were ready, the cat ear went to Aunt Liu's bedside in the back room, "Mom, I ordered you a bowl of noodles and a poached egg, I'll help you up and eat some." ”

Aunt Liu closed her eyes and shook her head.

"How can you do it if you don't eat, you can eat two more bites when your son gives you a good meal." Maoer dragged a stool and sat at the head of her bed, grabbed her hand, and patted it gently, "Don't think about it, things have already happened, no matter how much you think about it, it won't help, besides, I have to face her sooner or later, face it early and solve it early." It's useless to blame only your son, so you are always caught in the middle and angry. ”

Big tears slipped from the corners of Aunt Liu's eyes......

She could close her eyes, but she could not close the valve of tears and memories, and on Chinese New Year's Eve, when she was thirty years old, she gritted her teeth and hid at home to give birth to cat ears. What is even more unimaginable is that on the third day of the Lunar New Year, in the early morning of the third day of the third day when she gave birth to cat ears, she braved the biting cold wind to carry the swaddling cat ears in a basket and walked through the cave to the county seat.

Aunt Liu found a family in the county town to foster cat ears, at that time her monthly salary was less than 30 yuan, she left a small amount for herself, and the other 20 yuan was delivered to the family who fostered cat ears on time every month. The first 20 yuan of that year was equivalent to 600 yuan today, and people could feed a family with it, but most of the people's hearts at that time were simple and kind, and they took Aunt Liu's money and tried their best to take care of the cat ears, looking for milk everywhere to feed the weak cat ears to the age of three. Later, when Aunt Liu took away the cat's ears in the name of adoption, the hostess of the family was still reluctant to wipe her tears, after all, she had suffered a lot since she was an infant.

"Weiping, ah......" Aunt Liu withdrew her thoughts from her memories and opened her eyes, and shed tears before she spoke.

The cat's ears panicked, Aunt Liu never called him by his name, and he has always been called by the cat's ears. He grabbed Aunt Liu's hand and put it in his palm and held it tightly, "Mom, don't cry, when you cry, my heart is as uncomfortable as a cat scratching." If you have any grievances, don't keep it in your heart, it's not good for your health. Look at everything, don't take the words that make you sad to your heart, don't let gossip pollute your ears first and then hurt your heart, how uneconomical is it, isn't it? ”

Aunt Liu shook her head, "You go and bring the erhu, I want to listen to you play a tune." ”

"Okay, I'll help you up and eat a few bites of noodles first, and I'll pull whatever you want to hear after eating. If you don't eat, I'm in a hurry, how can I have the heart to pull the erhu, you just listen to my son's advice, get up and eat a few bites, ah? ”

"You eat it yourself, and then you can go and give it to me when I'm hungry." Aunt Liu paused, and said, "Don't worry, I won't die if I don't see you start a family." ”

"Mom, let's not say such bad things. Okay, I'll eat this bowl of noodles, I'll twist a towel to wipe your face first. ”

Mao'er called hot water to help Aunt Liu up, wring out the towel, just like when Aunt Liu wiped his face when he was a child, and patiently and carefully wiped the tears on Aunt Liu's face.

"What tune would you like to hear?" After a few bites of the noodles in the bowl, the cat ear brought the erhu and asked Aunt Liu.

"Just the first tune you learned."

"Waves in the Red Lake?"

This is the first song that Mao Er learned from the lonely old man in the village who has passed away, and it is also the most perfect song he has played so far.

The erhu sounded, the tune was quiet and peaceful, but it seemed to hide endless years, some memories that had been forgotten for a long time clearly surfaced, and tears flowed from Aunt Liu's face again.

It turns out that the pain of the past has never been far away, but it has grown deep into the bone marrow in every cell and hair follicle in the body; As soon as it was prompted by the years, the pain came back like a flood that burst the embankment, and inch by inch slowly pulled through the heart like a blunt knife cutting flesh, bringing up the rolled flesh and skin dripping with blood.

Aunt Liu couldn't control her voice anymore and cried bitterly......

A tune, not only Aunt Liu but also Gu Yongjun next door made her cry, she and Tu Bamei didn't have dinner, one of them lay on the bed in the outhouse and the other curled up on the bed in the inner room. When the familiar erhu tune drifted into his ears, Gu Yongjun bit the back of his hand like a trapped beast and let out a whimpering wail.

The wailing sound reached the outhouse, Tu Bamei opened her eyes angrily, she has been closed since she passed out and was carried to the bed, and she ignored Gu Xi's crying "wow" beside her.

"Mom, are you awake?" Jianxin, who was guarding the bedside, cheered, except for the second child Gu Aimin who went to the kitchen to serve her a meal on the stove, the rest of the sisters ran out of the back room.

Tu Ba Mei turned her head, her eyes slowly swept over her daughters, eight daughters, Gu Yongjun was the most worry-free from childhood to adulthood. But now this most worry-free thing has inserted a sharp knife in her heart. Since ancient times, daughters' families have all married to high places, and no matter how bad Yemen is, how can anyone be stupid enough to marry down? It's still a jail-listed person who has traveled through the streets! Thinking that Gu Ran would only turn five next month, and her eldest daughter Gu Yongjun was pregnant with the evil seed of cat ears, she hated Tu Bamei's chest with anger enough to set the prairie on fire.

What if you're pregnant? I want to coerce her into submission, but there is no door!

Tu Bamei sat up violently, then got out of bed, rushed to the back room amid an exclamation, and bumped into Gu Aimin.

The bowl in Gu Aimin's hand fell to the ground, and the soup and water fell to the ground.

"Dead open!" Tu Bamei elbowed Gu Aimin away, she rushed to Gu Yongjun's bed, dragged her off the bed with one of her braids, and shouted in an irrefutable tone: "Follow me to the hospital, don't let me show my face, and knock this evil seed off!" ”

Gu Yongjun was dragged off the bed by her and fell to the ground in an extremely embarrassed posture, and she was still holding Gu Yongjun's braid in her hand and dragging it out. Gu Xi cried "wow" again, and even Gu Ran, who has never liked to cry, cried and shouted "big sister".

"If she doesn't kill me, she won't be your eldest sister from now on!"

"Mom!" Gu Aimin jumped up and hugged Tu Bamei's thigh, crying and telling her, "My sister is angry, she is not pregnant at all, she just came to her period, she lied to you......"

Tu Bamei was stunned, and Gu Aimin took advantage of the situation to snatch Gu Yongjun's braid from her. She stretched out her hand to help Gu Yongjun, Gu Yongjun broke away from her, stood up by herself, stared at Tu Bamei, her eyes were full of tears, but she stubbornly raised her chin, and her tone was extremely firm, "In this life, I will not marry Brother Mao'er!" ”

"Okay, okay, I'll let you not marry him, you wait for me......"

Tu Bamei turned around and went to the kitchen to bring a flat burden, which made Gu Aimin, Jianxin and Chunfang block her at the kitchen door, begging her to let Gu Yongjun go. Tu Bamei's eyes were red with anger, and she picked up her shoulder and shouted, "You all turned against the sky, right?" Whoever dares to stop it, I will smash her dog's head with a flat shoulder! Get out of here! ”