The nickname Xiaocao was given by my grandfather. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info When I was born, I weighed that the total weight of my basket was not enough for three pounds. In addition, I have always been weak and often sick. My mother was afraid that she would not be able to support me, so at the suggestion of Mrs. Xu, the head of the village, she thought of giving me a cheap name so that I could grow up smoothly. But what kind of cheap name is good, a girl's family, you can't bark cats and dogs. My grandfather smoked a big bag of dry tobacco, smacked his chapped mouth for a long time, slapped his thigh and said that it is better to call it Xiaocao, this name is not so ugly.

My mom and dad thought about it, but no. This grass is cheap enough, you can see it everywhere, in the ditches, on the hillsides, in the woods. Moreover, the grass is vigorous, and as long as it rains, the freshly hoeed grass can grow wildly. Grandpa has been hoeing all his life, and no one understands this principle better than him.

As soon as my parents put it together, they thought it was feasible, so they called me out in a hurry. It wasn't until I went to middle school that I changed my name. At that time, I was already twelve years old, and I had already preliminarily become a young girl.

I have always felt that the reason why they gave up this nickname was not because they were shy when they saw me as a fledgling girl, but because they finally let go of the heart they had been carrying and relieved of the breath they had been holding for many years.

The fortune teller Chen said that my parents have four children in their lives, but almost none of them live long, and they will be old and widowed.

This scared my father, my mother, my grandfather, my grandmother, and even my uncle for several days without sleeping well. The second uncle said that this is superstition, ignore him, this blind man often says that this is a disaster, that there is a disaster, and that there is a difficulty, but I didn't see one and it became true. He advised my parents, grandparents, and uncles not to worry about it, and also cited the example of Ma Erdong in the village to prove his point.

Chen Blind Man has to walk in the village twice a year. Once in April and once before December Laba. Shaking his black broken bell every time. The bell was almost the size of a grown man's fist, and hung from a broken wooden stick he used to find his way. Every year when he comes, he always has to be invited by those women or old people to calculate for himself the good fortune of the children in the family or the life of the elderly. Once, I couldn't remember whether it was the yellow bean curd in April or the heavy snow in December, Chen Blind was invited by Ma Erdong's woman to calculate a hexagram for Ma Erdong, a man who was outside his house. Chen Blind pinched his fingers and counted for a while, and said to Ma Erdong's woman, Your man made a fortune outside. Ma Erdong's woman was happy. Blind Chen was silent for a while, and then said, but he had another good friend outside. Ma Erdong's woman's face stiffened when she heard this. Chen Blind didn't let it go, and continued, they also have a child.

This time, Ma Erdong's woman quit. Not having children has been a hidden pain in her heart for many years. Chen Blind is usually very accurate in small calculations, plus she has not been able to hold back an egg, Ma Erdong has not been at home and walking around outside recently. So Ma Erdong's woman immediately believed it when she heard this. She rolled on the ground, howling and crying, screaming that she couldn't live her life. The crying voice attracted her mother-in-law, a short and sturdy woman, who immediately blasted Chen Blind away. This short and concise woman's good words did not make her daughter-in-law recover from Chen's blind nonsense, until she took out a small basket of eggs and asked Xu Anguo, who was driving in the city, to bring a message to her son and ask him to come back quickly, and the fierce woman stopped crying. When Ma Erdong came back, he asked, and on the same day, he took the kitchen knife at home to chop pig food and shouted that he wanted to fight with the blind Chen who was full of nonsense and ruined other people's families. As a result, under the hard work of his own woman and his wife, his oath did not come true. The little couple is also reconciled as before.

Chen didn't pay much attention to it, and still walked the streets and alleys twice a year to tell fortunes. It's just that there are fewer people willing to tell his fortune than before. Also, when passing by Ma Erdong's house, Ma Erdong's woman, who has always been kind and enthusiastic, always spits at him.

After listening to the words of the second uncle, the hearts of the whole family calmed down a little. At that time, my mother hugged my brother, originally to let Blind Chen help see his life, but I didn't expect Blind Chen to say such alarmist words.

After being relieved, grandma said that her mother should learn from Ma Erdong's woman, and when she saw Chen Blind, she took a few sips, so that he couldn't raise his head.

Mom smiled and didn't answer.

Who would have thought that within a few days, my brother, who had just done a full moon wine, would start a fever. Within a few days, he closed his eyes that had just seen the world clearly.

Mom and Dad, grandparents and grandparents cried a lot, and the eldest and second uncles also accompanied them for a while. At the end of this year, my mother was pregnant again, and gave birth to a dragon and phoenix fetus in August of the following year. Unexpectedly, it was still impossible to prevent it. The daughter in the dragon and phoenix womb, the sister I had never met, choked on her trachea because she was too anxious to breastfeed, and left with a blue face. On the same night, the boy in the dragon and phoenix womb also had a purple face for some reason, and he didn't survive the second day.

In this way, Chen's blind man's prophecy came true in my family.

At that time, my father, a big man, often cried secretly, my mother was depressed, and my grandparents also accompanied a few handfuls of gray hair. Even the second uncle, who has always been able to speak well, was silent.

At this time, Chen Blind, who had previously been identified as a liar, was put back on the table. Grandpa pondered for a long time, and the dry tobacco bar clicked several pots, and let Chen Blind do the math again. However, because Chen Blind has no fixed residence, he travels back and forth between major villages and towns every year. Therefore, after the whole family waited anxiously for more than three months, they finally looked forward to the stars and the moon.

Chen Blind was not polite, the lion opened his mouth, and Zhang asked for thirty yuan with two catties of brown sugar. In Dage Village, which had just stepped into the 80s, 30 yuan was enough for a family to eat salt for a year. Chen Blind Man generally tells fortunes, and gives half a catty of brown sugar, a few catties of cornmeal or a few dollars according to the wishes of the main family. At this time, Chen's words were obviously a trick. But my grandfather looked at his parents with mournful expressions, and then at the eldest uncle and second uncle who had both children and daughters, gritted his teeth, and squeezed out one word: "Medium!" ”

At that time, my parents had not yet been separated from the main house, and my grandfather was the head of the house. As soon as my grandfather said this, my parents immediately lowered their eyes and stopped talking. The second uncle squirmed his lips and did not speak. Although as an elder brother, it is necessary for him to save more reason and remind his younger brother when necessary, but as a son, he cannot disobey his own son. And the tragic situation of the third family, he also witnessed it with his own eyes, this kind of thing, now it is better to believe it than to believe it.