Zhao Xia's heart moved when she thought of this, anyway, she has nothing to do now, and her son is no longer in school, so it is better to take the opportunity for the two of them to go to her hometown and meet their parents. She just wanted to explain why her parents were still alive but hadn't returned to her parents' house for so many years, when she saw her son holding a bowl, staring at the TV with his eyes straight away, his little face was pale, and before she could ask what was wrong with her son, she saw him turn his head and spit out all the things he had just eaten.

Zhao Xia was frightened, and hurriedly threw down the dishes and chopsticks to see what was wrong with her son, but her son only cared about vomiting over the river and the sea, and even vomited out the bile in the end.

In fact, Zhao Xia also knows that letting her son eat while watching TV is not good for her health, but she has long been unable to get back the habit she has developed over the years. Speaking of the TV set at home, it was still when his man who killed a thousand knives was alive, and it took him two months of salary to buy a small black and white TV. At that time, who could have a black and white TV at home, but it was a great thing, and their neighbors were the first to buy it, and every time they got off work to enjoy the cool, they could attract a lot of people to come over. Zhu Huaijun felt that this was a face-revealing thing, he had no ability, he would only earn a dead salary, he had his share in the dirty work, and he stood aside for promotion and money, and he was a transparent person in the neighborhood. finally made a show, and Zhu Huaijun was so happy that the corners of his mouth couldn't wait to grin behind his ears. Whoever came to see it opened the door with a smile and let it in. But Zhao Xia's heart is dripping blood, for such a TV, their family has to have more than three months of frugal life to make up for the shortfall of buying a TV, which is the money she saved by saving her mouth. And the most terrible thing is that the TV in their house can be turned on from more than 4 o'clock in the afternoon until 11 o'clock in the evening every day, and those people will reluctantly go home to sleep. Zhu Feng has no opinion on this, and thinks that others can come to their house because they can afford him, but in Zhao Xia's eyes. Where they watch TV is. It's all their electricity money! As everyone knows, this seemingly inconspicuous small TV can make their home's electricity meter turn fast, and the average monthly electricity bill is several dollars more than before. The money in the 80s was really valuable, a few yuan was enough for a month's worth of food for their family of three.

Zhao Xia has lived a hard life. Accustomed to frugality. I can't wait to break a penny in half and spend it. Looking at the electricity bill, she had the heart to cry, and couldn't help but quarrel with Zhu Huaijun. At that time, Zhu Huaijun was still an honest man with a lot of money. Seeing that her daughter-in-law was so powerful, she had to listen unwillingly and closed the door. But the neighborhood is not coming, but his youngest son is a little uncontrollable, he has long been accustomed to the excitement of this month, and he is very curious about TV, how can it be so easy to manage it again? Zhao Xia has always been a habitual child, crying if she doesn't see the child, Zhu Huaijun was crying and had a headache, the two couples had no choice but to take such a living treasure, and there was no way to discuss it with the two, allowing him to watch the meal time every day for a while, at least so that the son could sit obediently at the dinner table, pulling a small bowl of rice, not crying or making trouble, so that the family of three could rarely be quiet for a while.

So this rule has been set since Zhu Feng was five years old, and until now, no matter what Zhao Xia says, Zhu Feng just doesn't change it, and then she doesn't bother to care about what she said, it's just that she eats slowly and doesn't get distracted, what else can happen. It turned out that the black-and-white TV had broken down early, and now this is a color TV that she bought back at a great price, just to let her son eat with peace of mind. But she was distracted just now, and she didn't pay attention to what was playing on TV, and now she saw that it turned out to be a murder case in the staff dormitory of a unit in Y City, and the means of committing the crime were extremely cruel.

No wonder her son was scared when she saw it, even she, an adult, would be a little scared when she saw such a bloody murder scene. Zhao Xia couldn't help but secretly scolded the people at the TV station for not being kind, don't you know that children have poor psychological quality and low affordability? Just posted the bloody photos directly to the news, causing her son to be overly frightened and vomit.

Zhu Feng spit out everything that could be vomited in his stomach, and finally vomited until his mouth was full of bitter and astringent taste of bile, and then he barely stopped and drank a large glass of water with his mother's hand. However, before the last sip of water could swallow his throat, the first drink rushed out of his stomach, and he leaned weakly on Zhao Xia's arms, enjoying the warmth brought to him by his mother, and he couldn't help but panic in his heart.

He didn't understand why he felt sick in his stomach when he just saw litmus lying in a pool of blood on TV, and there was no big reaction when he swung the butcher knife and stabbed him so much, but since he had just seen that picture, all he thought about was litmus, the way she walked past him in a red dress; There is her laughing loudly, full of spring breeze; There was a slight frown from her, rather impatient; There was her silent and sympathetic look, but no matter what, these once vivid appearances of her would eventually be frozen, her half-naked body lying in a pool of blood, and her eyes, which had long lost their brilliance, were so hollowly open.

Whether he opened or closed his eyes, as if he could see her looking at him fixedly, Zhu Feng listlessly let his mother carry him to the bed, curled up in the quilt and shivered, feeling frightened in hindsight. He thought, as his father had said, that there was no essential difference between killing a person and killing a chicken. But now that he understood, he stared at his white and tender hands, which were not even dirty like ordinary children in the nails, and were washed clean by his mother every day. But it was such a pink pair of hands, he seemed to be able to see the appearance of blood stained a few days ago, and no matter how many times he washed it, he knew that the faint smell of blood would linger on the tip of her nose for the rest of her life, and the woman named litmus would be her most hideous. Carved into the depths of his memory, he had to come out from time to time to scare people.

For the next four or five days, Zhu Feng has not eaten rice, obviously his body is very hungry, and his mother's cooking is fragrant, but his throat and eyes are not cooperative, whether he chews slowly or gobbles up, the food he eats will always come out at the first time. He was getting thinner and thinner day by day, and just when he thought he was going to starve to death, his mother held him. Got on the train to City G. He was exhausted. Sleeping all the way to getting out of the car, I don't know if it was a psychological effect, or if it was really a change of environment to breathe fresh air, which was good for him to relax his tense nerves. He got off the train. Finally stopped throwing up. A 13-year-old boy. In the small noodle restaurant next to the train station, I snorted and ate two large bowls of noodles, still feeling hungry. When I wanted to eat the third bowl, I was stopped by my mother with tears in her eyes.

Zhao Xia didn't know why she suddenly decided to go back to her parents' house with her child at that time, she had her own set of feudal and superstitious traditions, and felt that her son was suddenly frightened and lost his soul, and it would be beneficial to change the environment, but she didn't expect that the crooked beating was correct, and her son was really cured. In fact, when Zhao Xia thought back about this incident later, his son was really frightened, he realized that he had done something wrong, and his heart felt remorseful physiologically. Even if he didn't take him out of Y City and back to his parents' house, he would slowly get better in a few days. Isn't there a saying that good people don't live long, and disasters will last for thousands of years? The son who was raised like an eyeball is such a scourge. But in 94, she was just a stupid mother who cared about her son, and she couldn't help crying with joy when she saw her son jumping up and down again.

Following the memories of more than ten years ago, all the way back to her home, Zhao Xia looked at the towering two-story building in front of her with some disbelief, is this really the poor mother's family at the beginning? With this doubt, she stepped forward and knocked lightly on the door, the person has already arrived here, how can she be willing to go back if she doesn't figure it out.

The one who opened the door was Xiao Budian, who she didn't know, combing the Mongolian pigtails, looking up and asking her innocently: "Auntie, who are you looking for?" Standing at the gate of the original home, asked by a child who she was, Zhao Xia was a little young and left home, the hometown accent has not changed and the sideburns have declined, the children do not know each other, and asked with a smile where the guest came from, and couldn't help but smile and asked: "Is this Zhao Gui's house?" Zhao Gui was her eldest brother's name, and the child nodded: "Yes" and then shouted into the courtyard: "Grandpa, someone is looking for you!" Zhao Xia was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect that the eldest brother already had a grandson, he was only five or six years older than herself.

An old man with a slightly hunched back came out on crutches: "Who's coming?" He looked up at Zhao Xia's weathered face, and was immediately stunned on the spot: "You, you?" The woman in front of him has a sense of familiarity that he can't tell, could it be that his sister who has been gone for more than ten years and has not heard from him has returned? That's a girl with no conscience! My father wanted to see her again until he died, but communication was not developed enough in that era, and Zhao Xia deliberately concealed her residential address, and there was no way to find it, and the old man of the Zhao family died with hatred. Zhao Gui both thinks about this sister and hates this sister in his heart.

"Big brother, I'm Xiaoxia!" Zhao Gui had tears in his eyes, but he stubbornly turned his head and turned around and walked into the house: "Our Xiaoxia is dead, you are a liar, hurry up and let me go!" Zhao Xia stood at the door and felt extremely embarrassed, she always thought that she had not contacted her family for more than ten years for a legitimate reason, in order to survive for a family of more than a dozen people, she was sold like a piglet, which created her two years of tragic life, if it wasn't for her mother who still felt sorry for her daughter, I was afraid that she would be beaten to death by that scumbag, and finally forced her to go away, widowed at a young age, if there is no son like Mount Everest, what hope does she have for a young widowed woman? The reasons why she hates her mother's family are all right! But now, she has returned to her parents' house regardless of her previous suspicions, and her own brother actually has such an attitude!

She can't forget that her brother was unable to work because of his lameness, and he didn't get a wife until he was in his twenties, he was a famous bachelor in ten miles and eight villages, and in the end, the family still took her gift money and bought a wife from a more remote and poorer place. When the relatives saw that the blood of their relatives was extinguished, Zhao Xia couldn't help but pull Zhu Feng and wanted to go back. But his son dismantled her stage at this time, Zhu Feng hid such a big thing in his heart at a young age, and he had an indescribable fear of returning to Y City, he thought that it was the unwilling soul of litmus that kept pestering him, so that he would almost starve to death without thinking about it, and now he finally eased up, where is he willing to go back? The 13-year-old half-year-old son really tried her best to stop Zhao Xia, she really couldn't drag him, so she had to stare at her son angrily and stand on the spot.

Not only Zhao Gui's family lives in this big courtyard, but also their mother and little sister, the old lady is over sixty years old this year, because she didn't have a wife a few years ago, she was too sad, her eyes were spent, and her ears were not good, but just now Zhao Gui spoke very loudly, and she was still listened to by her mother, and after hearing the name Xiaoxia, her mother jumped out and almost tripped over the threshold: "Xiaoxia, Xiaoxia, are you back?" ”

Of course, Zhao Xia didn't succeed in the end, this family hasn't seen each other for many years, Zhao Gui is just angry for a while, and he said angry words for his father's worthlessness, and when his mother asked, his heart softened, and he let Zhao Xia and Zhu Feng into the house. In the evening, a large family, young and old, from near and far, came back, and sat down in the courtyard of the old house, where four tables were full.

Relatives, crying snot, have said their own experience in the past ten years, catch up with the country's good policies in recent years, beef and mutton prices continue to rise, G City has found mineral resources, they together with the breeding industry and the name of the pasture occupied by the demolition, all of them have a lot of money, life is quite tasteful, except for the youngest sister has not yet married, everyone else has dragged their families, the small life is prosperous.

In contrast, Zhao Xia is more miserable, she is a person who is used to self-pity, her face is a little sad at first, and because she is a widow, her personality is a little sensitive, Zhu Feng has been starving and afraid for a while, and her little face is not bloody, no matter how you look at it, it makes people feel that Zhao Xia has had a very bad time over the years. In addition, Zhao Xia used her husband's compensation carefully, usually except for the expenses of eating above, the others are careful to calculate, and the clothes worn by the two of them are not very good, barely there are no patches, in the eyes of these relatives, it is Zhao Xia who has been down-and-out all these years, and she is very miserable, and she went back to her parents' house for dinner with a drag oil bottle.

The brothers and sisters who haven't been together for more than ten years have all become their own families, and they have a little bit of flesh and blood affection for this relative who they haven't met for a long time, but for the sake of the old lady's face, they didn't tear their faces on the spot, and they all muttered in their hearts, I don't know what she came back for. (To be continued.) )