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The heavy rain slowly stopped in the afternoon of the next day, and the flood finally quietly subsided in the afternoon of the third day. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoNo one could have imagined that Aunt Wang was still alive. When she found Aunt Wang, she was lying in the mud, almost dying.
When Yuye saw Aunt Wang again, she cried and killed her own man for this woman. But in the face of the murderous flood, she knew that personal life seemed so insignificant. She helped Aunt Wang who was lying in the mud, and the two hugged each other and cried like babies, crying so thoroughly, crying so earth-shattering.
Half a year has passed, and the wounds left by the ferocious flood in Hetaowan Village in Xiangxi Province have slowly disappeared without a trace. The government has funded all the water in the village, and built houses for farmers for free, still the same kind of cedar houses, sprayed with tung oil, which are bright and comfortable.
The Yuye family also built a new house, which was a fir house of about 40 square meters, but it was not sprayed with tung oil. After a few baptisms of rain, the exterior of the house was as dark and rough as the skin of the peasant uncle, who worked for it. Thinking that Yuzhu is almost six years old, it is time to go to school. Yuye thought about waiting for her to sell the insoles for a few more books, and when the money was enough, she would send Yuzhu to the village elementary school to go to school. The school was built by the newly appointed village party secretary Secretary Zhang, and several old gentlemen were invited to take up their posts at the time. said that he was going to school, but in fact, the old gentleman told stories to the children, just like the storyteller. Talk about the Three Kingdoms, taste the Water Margin, and talk about loyalty. Or teach a few Confucian classics, Taoist scholarship. How could the big mountain child who had not yet bloomed comprehend that the old gentleman had told the old man which man in the village had carried water for the widow at the head of the village······ These bears are childish, and I don't know how many gentlemen they are. But Secretary Zhang knew in his heart that none of the young people nowadays wanted to come to this poor mountain to live and suffer, so he could only bow his head and beg those respected old gentlemen, how could the children be without education.
One sunny afternoon, Yuye was sitting on the threshold and scratching her insole. Seeing Xiao Yuzhu lying on the ground playing with ants, thinking that Yuzhu was about to go to school, she should take the university entrance examination when she went to school, and it was time to get married and have a baby soon after the college entrance examination. Everything is so beautiful, so the shadow brought by the sudden death of her husband half a year ago is slowly dissipating, and a long-lost smile appears on her face.
Just as the beautiful scene filled Yuye's entire brain, Yuye suddenly saw an old man with a rickety body in a mountain stream not far away, dragging a hemp rope in his hand, followed by two big queens who were in a hurry to come this way. Yuye thought to herself, on such a hot day, why did the swineherd come to collect the pigs at this time, the more Yuye thought about it, the more funny she felt in her heart.
When those people approached, the look on Yuye's face disappeared instantly, and there was a hint of gloom and horror on his face. I thought, "Daddy! Oops! Yuye immediately threw away the insoles in her hand, immediately picked up Yuzhu, who was lying on the ground and playing with ants, turned around and ran into the house, hurriedly pressed her body against the door, and beckoned her grandmother to come and take Yuzhu away. The grandmother, who was washing rice and preparing to cook rice, was at a loss and asked in horror, "What's wrong?" The bandits are coming, huh? Yuye smiled bitterly and said: "You can still joke at this time, it's my father, my father is here, and he will tie me back and force me to remarry!" I don't know where to find a rough man, you go to find Secretary Zhang. Grandma panicked all of a sudden, immediately threw away the rice sieve in her hand, and said calmly: "Good daughter, don't worry, I'll go immediately, you must resist it!" "You must go and come back quickly, don't fall you." After the grandmother hid the jade bead in the cabinet and told Dao Mo to make a sound, she rushed to the village committee with a cane like a lame old donkey.
After a while, Secretary Zhang rushed over from the village committee with a group of people in a hurry, and his grandmother followed closely with a cane. When they arrived at Yuye's house, they saw Xiao Yuzhu sitting on the loess ground in front of the door, with a clear nose and a mouthful, crying loudly, and her legs kept kicking the loess, kicking up the mud and sand all over the sky. Secretary Zhang picked up the jade bead, rubbed the jade bead on the threshold with his hand, and asked, "Where is Mom?" Yuzhu still couldn't stop sobbing, her little finger full of dirt pointed at the mountain stream, and her mouth kept spitting "Mom". Then the little head lay on Secretary Zhang's chest and cried again. Seeing this, the grandmother who arrived later immediately sat down on the ground full of yellow sand. He said to himself: "It's over, it's completely over now, Yuye was also captured by that damn pig dealer, how can I live my old bones!" Immediately, tears immediately spread all over the old grandmother's old face, which seemed to have withdrawn silkworm skin.
Seeing this, Secretary Zhang handed over the jade bead in his arms to Xiao Wang, who was traveling with him, and immediately walked over and helped the grandmother up. The grandmother refused to get up, sobbing like a child who had made a mistake in the face of a parent's discipline. Secretary Zhang: This is difficult.
After a while, the old grandmother suddenly grabbed Secretary Zhang's trouser legs, and begged with a cry: "Nephew Zhang, you must take care of it, the pig dealer kidnapped the jade leaves, and only we old and young can ······ left." Aunt Du, I can't help it, get up quickly, hurry up, and live a long life! Secretary Zhang helped his grandmother up, and then said: "Aunt Du, you can be embarrassed for me, if Yuye and his father dare to make trouble in Walnut Bay, I will arrest him and call him back." But now that the people have gone to Wang Laozhuang, besides, it is Yuye's father, and the father has captured his daughter, and our government is powerless to intervene! ”
Hearing this, the old grandmother couldn't suppress the sadness and indignation in her heart. shouted loudly: "Half a year ago, my short-lived son went, and I still have a good daughter like Yuye, and now Yuye has also been arrested, how can God tell me to live!" I don't care, a handful of old bones have survived enough, but pity my jade beads! The old woman kept patting the loess with her hands and kept crying. Secretary Zhang said: "Auntie, you must think about it!" , Yuye is still young, and his livelihood in the future can only rely on your old man. If you have a three-long and two-short, what if you can call it a jade bead? Hearing Secretary Zhang talk about Yuzhu, grandma's eyes poked at the little guy who was lying in Xiao Wang's arms from time to time. Suddenly stood up suddenly, immediately reached out and grabbed the little jade bead, and hugged it tightly in his arms. Seeing this, Secretary Zhang continued to comfort: "Auntie, don't worry, you and Yuzhu will be responsible for your future life in the village." If our village can't afford to support you as an old man, I can't afford to lose this old face if I say it. In the future, chickens, pigs, and vegetable seeds will be delivered to you on time in the season, and your life will be the same! When the grandmother heard Secretary Zhang's sincere promise, she slowly stopped sobbing and still hugged Yuzhu tightly, but the damage caused by Yuye's departure in the grandmother's heart was the same as the misfortune of Dacai half a year ago, and it can never be erased.
Spring has arrived, and it is the season of recovery. The flowers on the mountain slowly woke up, gradually became familiar with the breath of this long-lost spring, and began their annual group of flowers. The birds have migrated back to their homes from the south, ending the spine-chilling winter. Walnut Bay has ushered in a vibrant atmosphere again. The brook flowed happily, irrigating and nourishing his home, giving back sweetness to the mother who gave birth to it. The busy figures of farmers are constantly shuttling on the ridges, holding rakes, carrying seedlings, and sowing the joy of the coming year with their hands. The children carried the sieve in the stream to shake the small fish and shrimp to their heart's content, they enjoyed the river shrimp sucking their calves, and kept complaining about how the shrimp were blind today, and kept chasing their own vital points, so that they had tasted all the hardships.
Walnut Bay in spring has become a gold mine for farmers and a paradise for children. From this year onwards, Yuzhu should be different from other children, she can't catch shrimp with her happy friends, let alone catch birds all over the mountains like them. She had to take on half of the household chores while her mother was there. So early in the morning, before the day was clear, the six-year-old little Yuzhu carried her own big basket on her back, led a sickle up the mountain to find some food for her piglets, and went around like locusts to ravage the fragrant weeds.
By the time I got home, the sun had already passed three poles. After cutting his favorite herb, he trotted home with his basket on his back. But he didn't want to trip over his leg by the stones on the road, and the huge back basket pressed straight on Yuzhu's small body. Grandpa Deshun, who was hoeing the ground on the side, teased: "Yuzhu is not in a hurry, is grandma still here?" Why are you in such a hurry? Of course, Yuzhu heard the meaning, picked up the pigweed, twisted his head, and shouted at Grandpa Deshun's big watery eyes: "If your old eyes are not good, you will hoe the ground, beware of the hoe and dig out the heel, and your father and mother will come out to greet you." When the others heard this, they all laughed, thinking that this little guy can't be provoked by himself, his mouth is poisonous, and he can't be a character when he grows up.
As soon as she returned home, Yuzhu threw down the basket, which was considered to have completed the morning's task, and she had to quickly take the time to make up for her playfulness. So he threw down the basket and shouted to the grandmother who was weeding in the garden: "The pigs are all eaten, I will go out, and I will be back in an hour." When grandma heard the sound, she immediately chased after her and shouted, "Let's finish breakfast and go again." Grandma knew that she was yelling at the air, but grandma really loved Yuzhu in her heart, and like her mother, she was willing to endure hardships, she was clever and capable, like a living treasure from heaven.