8. Wish Stone
Lin Lin returned to the room in a little dazed, she leaned against the door, remembering a few words that Mother Lin said.
"The teacher called and said that your brother hadn't been to school all day. Xiao Wei is usually very well-behaved, and it is impossible to run around to other places. ”
"Your father and I asked for leave from the unit at noon today, and we have been looking for an afternoon, but there is still no news, but what should I do?"
Lin Lin gasped, it couldn't be the effect of the Wish Stone, right?
She didn't really want Lin Wei to disappear! Yesterday she was just so angry!
Lin Lin thought of the wish stone, and a golden light appeared in his mind, and he immediately opened the dark layer of the schoolbag and took out the red tourmaline from it, fortunately, there was also a wish stone.
She hurriedly buried it in a small pot and placed it on the balcony, and the faint light of the setting sun danced and gave it the brilliance of a cicada's wings.
Lin Lin clasped his palms together and prayed: "Wish Stone, I'm not angry now, you grow up quickly, I want my brother to come back." She said, her voice choking.
In fact, Lin Wei is very good, when he was a child, he lived in his grandparents' house, he would always give half of the snacks to himself, and he would always think about himself where to play, and he would call himself every time. Yesterday he was kind enough to bring him dinner・・・・・・
And she is jealous that he has the favor of his parents.
Lin Lin began to panic in her heart, what if Lin Wei really encountered any danger and couldn't come back? No, no, when the wish stone is ripe, she will make a wish to let him come back.
There was a commotion outside the door, and Father Lin opened the door and said, "Disappeared for less than 24 hours, and the case will not be filed." You stay at home and take care of my mom and dad, and I'll go out and find out. ”
The living room was quiet, with the occasional heavy sigh. After about five or six minutes, Grandma Lin suddenly said: "It's still your fault for this matter, if you had resigned to take care of the children, Xiaowei wouldn't have disappeared." ”
"Mom, if I resign, my family's income will be reduced a lot, how can I afford to send my two children to school?" Mother Lin said aggrievedly.
"Xiao Lin's girl is good for her to finish junior high school, a girl is someone else's sooner or later, why spend so much money on her to study?" This is Grandpa Lin's voice.
Their conversation came to Lin Lin's ears clearly, she hid behind the door and clenched her fists, these two nasty old guys are really weird, and at this time they even discussed whose responsibility it was? also said that she was just a girl, and it would be good for her to go to junior high school・・・・・・
At this time, Lin Lin found that her willingness to study was still very strong.
"Dad, how can you say that?" Mother Lin retorted, "Although Xiao Lin is a girl, we also hope that she will get ahead, if she doesn't study, what will she rely on to support herself in the future?" ”
"Yo, you city people are really exquisite," Grandma Lin didn't smile, Mother Lin is a city household registration, and Father Lin is a household registration that only moved after work, so Grandma Lin always felt that Mother Lin looked down on them, and finally found a chance to fight at this moment, "In our countryside, girls should get married when they are □□ years old, and then the man's family will support her, and she will take the children to cook at home, you say that it is useful to read so many books?" You are spending money to provide for her now, and it will not be someone else's family in the future. ”
Grandma Lin's words were extremely selfish, Lin Lin really couldn't listen to it, and opened the door with a swipe on the floor, "Grandma, you are too selfish to say this!" You oppose me to study, because I am a girl, I will marry in the future, so I am reluctant to spend money, since you can talk so selfishly regardless of family affection, then I will also make the words clear, I want to study, until the university, master's, doctorate, not for anything else, just to not become a person like you, the frog at the bottom of the well, cocooned and self-bound, unable to keep up with the times, thinking that as a woman is inferior, you know how to cook and take children! ”
Although Grandma Lin didn't understand much, she also knew that Lin Lin was scolding her, she was so angry that her fingers trembled, and she pointed at Lin Lin and trembled: "You-you look at you like this, don't you know how to respect your elders?" ”
"Hmph, so you still know the word respect?" Lin Lin snorted disdainfully, she knew that her grandparents had always been patriarchal, but she didn't expect their thoughts to be so deeply engraved in their bones.
Grandpa Lin put the water cup on the coffee table with a dark face, "You dead girl, look at what you read, you don't even understand the basic truth, is what your grandma said wrong?" I didn't throw you away when you were born, and I raised you so big, don't you know how to be grateful? ”
"I'm a girl, I know you don't want me to be born, but if I have a choice, I don't want you to be my grandparents!" Lin Lin gave them a blank look.
"Lin Lin, say a few words!" Mother Lin scolded her and was busy playing the round.
Grandpa Lin and Grandma Lin were so angry that they sat on the sofa and stroked their chests and gasped, Lin Lin ignored them, turned around and walked out the door, she was going to find Lin Wei.
There was also Grandpa Lin's scolding voice behind him, "Look at it, look at it, what I said before, my daughter is just not able to raise relatives, she is the water that is spilled, and she is an ungrateful white-eyed wolf!" Only by raising a son can we prevent old age ・・・・・・"
Lin Lin naturally failed to find Lin Wei, and the only hope she had now was the red wish stone. But for three days, the Wish Stone didn't move at all, and even the small buds that broke through the soil couldn't be seen.
The police also gave a notice, and according to the video, Lin Wei was taken away by a man in a black coat.
After learning the news, Lin's father and Lin's mother aged several years overnight, and Grandpa Lin and Grandma Lin also went back to the countryside crying, and they all felt that Lin Wei had been abducted by traffickers.
When other relatives in the family learned the news, they all called or came to comfort and help. But no matter how hard everyone tries, any news about Lin Wei will sink into the sea.
Lin Lin guarded the Wish Stone all day long, she was about to go crazy, she couldn't stop thinking about whether Lin Wei would be abused? Even when I sleep at night, I always dream that he cries and asks himself why he cursed him to disappear!
Wish Stone, please grow quickly, I want my brother to come back, come back!
On this weekend, Lin Lin was sitting at the desk in a daze at a pile of papers, and suddenly her aunt's deliberately suppressed voice came from the living room.
"Second brother, I don't think Xiao Wei will come back. You should think about it for the future, hurry up and have another son while you are still young, and don't put your energy on finding someone. ”
Lin Lin's eyes widened in surprise, how could she say that? Lin Lin couldn't help but push open the door, "Auntie, it's my family's business to find my brother or not, why are you talking nonsense here?" ”
"You girl is so funny, I'm thinking about my brother, is it wrong?" The aunt looked at her with disdain, "You made your grandparents angry last time, what kind of moth do you want to put here for me this time?" ”
"Heh, we didn't ask you to help find my brother, what are you spraying here! Anyway, I must find Lin Wei back, if you don't want to help, just stay there! Don't get in my way! Lin Lin said angrily that she was in the second year of secondary school at the moment, and she could say whatever she wanted, regardless of whether the other party was her elder or not.
Besides, how can there be such an elder, who doesn't care about Lin Wei's safety at all, and even said that he can't find another one!
"Second brother, look at the daughter you gave birth to, with sharp teeth and sharp mouth, just say I'll forget it, do you know what she said when my parents came last time?" The aunt gritted her teeth and began to sue.
Lin Lin was not afraid of her, and continued: "Auntie, I know that grandparents are patriarchal, your life must have been difficult when you were a child, right?" Haven't you ever resented it, haven't you felt unfair? It's also a woman, and you've experienced it firsthand, so why can't you change the concept of patriarchy? Moreover, if you give up looking for Lin Wei, how can you bear to say it? Yes, he's just your nephew, you don't have feelings, so you can easily say such things! ”
The aunt was stunned, she couldn't speak for a long time, she remembered what happened when she was a child, her parents were extremely patriarchal, and what delicious food at home must be left for her younger brother, sometimes she was really greedy, and her brother would secretly pick up and lick the candy paper thrown away. She didn't graduate from elementary school, her parents asked her to go out to work for her younger brother to go to school, at that time she didn't understand anything, she worked in the county town washing dishes and serving dishes for several years, and when she was twenty years old, she got married in a daze, she only saw her husband once before she got married, why should she marry him? Her parents said that he gave a lot of money for the bride price, and she should be grateful to her parents and repay them, and it was time to prove that her conscience was still there.
Later, my younger brother was admitted to college, got a job, and married a daughter-in-law in the city, but what about her? Oh, she was guarding the man with the disabled legs and a few children in the countryside, getting up early every day to do farm work, do housework, and take care of the children. My brother saw that she was living a hard life, and he wanted to give her money several times, but he was dissuaded by his parents, you spend a lot of money in the city, and you can keep this money for yourself, and you can't use a few dollars in the countryside.
She found out that she was actually jealous of her younger brother, when she heard that Lin Wei was missing, did she gloat in her heart? Although she tried her best to suppress this kind of affection and told herself that it was wrong to think like this, the dark corner of her heart still irrepressibly produced a trace of joy.
It's good to be missing, and if you're missing, you'll never come back. Why are you able to enjoy a good life in the city, when my children are dirty in the mud every day, and they have to endure punches and kicks at every turn・・・・・・
Lin Lin looked at the aunt's trance-like expression, knowing that her mind was no longer here, she went back to the room and picked up the small flower pot and ran out, this wish stone belonged to that sister, she must know the way to make it grow quickly・・・・・・
Lin Lin miraculously didn't get lost for the first time, she stood outside the wall and waited for a long time, thinking to herself, this dark night path should open at midnight, right?
But she waited until twelve o'clock, and there was no movement at all from the wall.
"Sister, I know you must be inside, please help me, I did something wrong, I regret it・・・・・・" Lin Lin said, and couldn't help but sob.
Just when she thought there was no hope, a slight grinding sound suddenly sounded in her ears.
The wall in front of me is transparent and gradually disappears, a dark path more than half a meter wide leads to the distance, the moonlight is like water, clear and transparent, and the slender black petals all over the ground rise without wind, forming a tornado shape of a force, from the depths of the whirlpool, a tall and thin figure slowly walked・・・・・・