The Chinese New Year is coming up in a few days, and my grandmother is going home, but I let my aunt stay and help take care of Zheng Zhishang, his younger brother Zheng Zhihao, and his younger sister Zheng Zhi.

When his grandmother went back, Zheng Zhishang bought the New Year's goods that he bought before the Chinese New Year, which are no longer used now, and also caught a chicken and a duck and wanted his grandmother to take them back. At first, grandma said that she didn't want anything, and let Zheng Zhishang keep it for herself.

"Grandma, Abba hasn't had time to send you and Grandpa a festival this year, these are all prepared by Abba a long time ago and sent to you and Grandpa."

Grandma, who was eating, chicken, duck, oil, etc., heard Zheng Zhishang say this, so she accepted it, but the cloth in the bag had to be taken out and asked Zheng Zhishang to cut clothes for himself, his younger brother and sister.

"Grandma, there are still at home, buy me and my brother and sister." Zheng Zhishang knew that after his grandmother took this new cloth back, she would definitely cut clothes for those cousins and cousins at home, so he specially added, "This piece of cloth is also specially picked by me for you and my grandfather, and I cut a new dress." ”

This sentence is true, the last time I sold chickens, ducks and dried shiitake mushrooms in the market, Zheng Zhishang and others exchanged a lot of cloth tickets.

There is an aunt at home to help take care of his younger brother Zheng Zhihao and sister Zheng Zhixin, on the day after his grandmother left, Zheng Zhishang went into the mountain, and has been busy with the funerals of his father and mother for the past few days, and he didn't care about the mushrooms and fungus in the mountain.

The mountain where my father makes mushrooms and fungus is more than ten miles away from home, and for the young Zheng Zhishang, such a long mountain road is still very difficult, although it is winter, the shrubs and thorns on the mountain are still very lush.

Zheng Zhishang's skin and flesh were cut in several places, and this pain was nothing compared to seeing the scene after seeing the valley where his father made shiitake mushrooms and fungus. Originally, the two sides of the creek were neat, and the shiitake mushrooms and fungus trees that were discharged were gone, leaving only the woods that had been moldy and would not grow shiitake mushrooms and fungus.

Yes, the mushrooms and fungus were stolen, and even the wooden stakes were moved together. Only a mess was left for Zheng Zhishang.

Although when my father was there, some people would come to steal shiitake mushrooms and fungus, but those people only came to pick the mushrooms and fungus that grew up, and never touched those wooden stakes. But this time, they took advantage of their father's visit and not only stole the mushroom fungus, but also stole the stakes, and even the roots together.

This time, Zheng Zhishang did not cry, with tears in his eyes, he silently counted it. In fact, there is nothing to count, and all the stakes that still grow shiitake mushrooms and fungus have been removed.

It wasn't until it was dark that Zheng Zhishang came back from the mountain, and the aunt who was anxiously waiting at home saw Zheng Zhishang, covered in mud, dead leaves, weeds, and several blood marks on his face and hands, and her heart ached, and she forgot to blame Zheng Zhishang for coming back so late, making her worry or something, and asked with concern: "Xingxing, what happened?" ”

Looking at his aunt, Zheng Zhishang reluctantly squeezed a smile, "It's okay, I just fell and was scratched by grass and thorns." ”

"Why are you so careless." The aunt helped Zheng Zhishang clean the weeds, mud, and dead leaves on his body, "Let's eat first, I'm taking a bath after eating." ”

"Hmmm......"

After eating the food cooked by his aunt, Zheng Zhishang took a hot bath again, changed into clean clothes, and then entered the house, his aunt was coaxing his younger brother Zheng Zhihao and sister Zheng Zhixin to sleep, but the two little guys were in a very good spirit today, and they refused to sleep.

Zheng Zhishang picked up his sister Zheng Zhixin, sat on the edge of the bed, and looked at the little guy who was opening his mouth to himself and laughing so happily, tears couldn't help but gush out.

Without shiitake mushrooms and fungus, the family's income will be reduced by more than half. How to feed his younger brothers and sisters who are still in infancy, Zheng Zhishang can't help but start to make difficulties in his heart.

"Star, is something happening?" The aunt found Zheng Zhishang's different color and asked urgently:

Coming back to his senses, Zheng Zhishang smiled at his aunt's reluctant squeeze and smiled, "It's nothing, looking at Sister, I think Grandma and Abba are gone, she really looks like Grandma." ”

Zheng Zhishang didn't want to tell his aunt about the theft of mushrooms and fungus, and it didn't help to say it, except for complaining, it would only make his aunt uncomfortable.

Maybe they were tired of playing, so the aunt and Zheng Zhishang fed their younger brother Zheng Zhihao and sister Zheng Zhixin soy milk powder again, and the two little guys finally fell asleep.

Zheng Zhishang hesitated for a moment and got under the bed.

"Star, what do you do? It's so dirty on the ground, come out ......."

Zheng Zhishang rummaged through a pile of bricks under the bed for a long time before crawling out with a small locked rectangular wooden box and placing it on the edge of the bed.

The aunt looked at the small wooden box with some curiosity, "Xingxing, what is this?" ”

Zheng Zhishang didn't answer his aunt, took out a key from under the mattress and opened the small wooden box.

"So much money, ......" Seeing the neatly placed pile of ten or twenty banknotes in the wooden box, my aunt couldn't help but exclaim.

"Shhhh

The aunt also quickly signaled, nodded slightly, and after Zheng Zhishang's little hand was removed, she whispered softly like a thief and asked, "Xingxing, how do you know that there is so much money under the bed." ”

Zheng Zhishang naturally knew that all this money was accumulated by his father over the years by selling dried shiitake mushrooms, fungus, grain, and today's poured dried red mushrooms, a total of 3,126 yuan 5. Every time there is an income in the family, my father will put the money in this box, and when he hides the money, he does not avoid Zheng Zhishang.

So when his grandmother gave the key to Zheng Zhishang, Zheng Zhishang knew that his father left all the money to himself, his younger brother Zheng Zhihao, and his sister Zheng Zhixin.

In the small wooden box, in addition to these years, there are also some food tickets and cloth tickets, which I think are also accumulated by my father over the years, as well as two marriage certificates and the family's household registration book. looked at the household registration book, fortunately, his younger brother Zheng Zhihao and sister Zheng Zhixin have also been registered.

After taking out the cloth tickets and meal tickets, and a hundred yuan, Zheng Zhishang locked the small wooden box again, found another place, and hid the small wooden box.

"Xingxing, what are you doing with so much money?" When Zheng Zhishang was hiding the wooden box, the aunt turned around, and it was not until Zheng Zhishang hid the wooden box that she turned around, looked at Zheng Zhishang and asked in a low voice:

Zheng Zhishang smiled at his aunt, "Auntie, you will know soon." As he spoke, he took out a few cloth tickets, food tickets, and oil tickets from the cloth tickets, and gave them to my aunt, "Auntie, you take these, pull a few batches of cloth, and make a few new clothes." ”

"I don't want ......"

Zheng Zhishang did not mean that the aunt shirked it, so he stuffed it into the aunt's hand, and said with a non-negotiable expression: "Take it, if you don't want it, it will be taken away by others." ”

"Who's going to take ......"

Zheng Zhishang didn't explain his aunt's question, turned around and took out the more than 200 yuan in the drawer, took out a whole number, and put the 100 yuan out of the wooden box, together with the cloth ticket, oil ticket, and food ticket, Zheng Zhishang breathed a sigh of relief.

"Star, what are you doing here?"

"It won't take long, auntie, you will understand, it's not too early, go to sleep." Zheng Zhishang didn't know how to explain his aunt's questions, all of this was just his own speculation.

patted the ashes on his body, washed his face, saved the two hundred yuan, and lay down next to his younger brother Zheng Zhihao and sister Zheng Zhixin.

Zheng Zhishang's worries were not superfluous, the next night, after Zheng Zhishang, his aunt, his younger brother Zheng Zhihao, and his sister Zheng Zhixin fell asleep with the lights off, not long after, there was a lot of movement in the duck shed. When my aunt was about to get up to check, she was stopped by a small hand in the dark.

"Xingxing, you didn't sleep ......" the aunt asked in a low voice:

Zheng Zhishang said "um" and whispered: "Auntie, don't go out, sleep." It's going to be fine......"

"......"

Without waiting for the aunt to finish speaking, Zheng Zhishang smiled and whispered: "It's okay, the chickens and ducks in the shed used to be so noisy." ”

Quietly listening to the movement from outside the house, Zheng Zhishang didn't close his eyes, and he didn't know how long it took, and the pigs in the pigsty also began to make noise, "humming" and calling.

This time, my aunt couldn't help but turn over and said, "No, I'll go and see ......."

"Auntie, don't go, listen to me."

Since these people dare to steal to the house while the dark, Zheng Zhishang is really not at ease, let his aunt and a girl go out, these people dare to steal, they will not be unprepared, and the cave is not a small distance from the workshop. If something really happens, the people in the neighborhood can't hear it, so it's best not to move at this time.

"Xingxing, did you already know something?" The aunt realized that the situation was more and more wrong, and asked in a low voice:

"Shhhhh "Auntie, don't make a sound, remember."

Just after Zheng Zhishang whispered, there was a movement from the door bolt, and as the door was gently pushed open with a "squeak", a black shadow rushed into the house. The aunt also understood something instantly, her face turned a little pale, after all, she was still a girl, and it was the first time she experienced this kind of thing, and she was inevitably a little frightened.

"Who ......" Zheng Zhishang asked deliberately, holding his aunt's fingers and telling her not to move or make a sound.

"I just want money, where is it?" The dark shadow asked:

"It's in the drawer on the left side of the wardrobe, you can take all the money, but can you make a quieter voice, don't wake up my brother and sister. The key is on the edge of the closet above the wardrobe. ”

According to Zheng Zhishang's prompt, the black shadow took out the match, and then the faint light of the match, he really found the key, after opening the drawer, the first match was also burned out, and he drew another match, and stuffed the more than 100 yuan in the drawer, as well as cloth tickets, oil tickets, and food tickets, into his pocket.

Obviously, the black shadow was not satisfied, turned around, faced Zheng Zhishang, and said, "That's it." ”

"Before my father left, my brother and sister stayed in the hospital to see a doctor, and my father also stayed in the hospital for a week, and the family only had this money, which was still made up by everyone when the funeral was held."

I don't know if the black shadow finally believed Zheng Zhishang's words, or if it was not too early, so he left.

"Auntie, don't move, I'll go take a look......" It wasn't until the black shadow walked for a long time and it was quiet outside that Zheng Zhishang got up, walked to the door in the dark, and bolted the door again.

It was only at this time that Zheng Zhishang breathed a sigh of relief, lay back on the bed, and patted his aunt's hand gently, "Okay, it's okay." ”

"Star, you already know something, don't you?" At this time, the aunt also came back to her senses, and asked with palpitations:

Zheng Zhishang said "um", told him about his entry into the mountains the day before yesterday, and said with a wry smile: "I'm just worried that they will steal into the house." ”

"Since you already knew, why didn't you say it earlier."

Auntie couldn't help but cry softly.

"Auntie, don't cry, isn't it okay?" Zheng Zhishang patted his aunt's emaciated back.

"It's okay, it's all stolen into the house, what will happen in the future?" Zheng Zhishang's relief did not bring his aunt's peace of mind, but made her even more worried, and suddenly grabbed Zheng Zhishang's little hand tightly, "No, Xingxing, you can't live here, you still go to your grandma's house with your aunt." ”

In fact, Zheng Zhishang also knows that he is living here, and his aunt and grandmother will not rest assured, if he lets his aunt or grandmother stay here to accompany him, it is also a very dangerous thing, who can guarantee that these people will not go and come back.

It would be nice if there was an adult in the family, and if I could grow up quickly, I wouldn't have to be so scared.

seemed to see Zheng Zhishang's hesitation, and the aunt said again: "Xingxing, don't be afraid, your second aunt, if you refuse to take you in, your aunt will take you over." ”

Hearing Auntie's heartfelt words, Zheng Zhishang, who had lost his parents, was also moved in his heart, and smiled reluctantly, "Auntie, it's okay, besides, even if you want to leave here, you have to wait for tomorrow." ”

This night, neither Zheng Zhishang nor his aunt slept or felt a little sleepy. Only his younger brother Zheng Zhihao and younger sister Zheng Zhixin slept until dawn as if nothing had happened. In fact, if you think about it, it has long been rumored in the village that my father has thousands of savings, my father is gone, the cave is far away from the workshop, and there are no adults in the family, how can I not be remembered by thieves.

Zheng Zhishang, with thick black bags under his eyes, counted the chickens, ducks and pigsty. There was nothing left in it, and even the two breeding pigs were taken away last night. But fortunately, the things in the warehouse, those people last night, maybe because they were too busy, maybe because their conscience found out, did not move away.

The theft of the family last night, except for the aunt and Zheng Zhishang, the rest of the people in the community did not know. Even the fourth uncle, Zheng Zhishang didn't tell him. Originally, my aunt wanted to go to the workshop to ask who it was, so conscienceless, and even a lonely child who was helpless and refused to let go.

Zheng Zhishang knew that his aunt was making such a fuss, not only could she not catch the thief, but also stiffened everyone's relationship, so he stopped it. However, when I was in the cave, I couldn't live there, and my aunt didn't care whether Zheng Zhishang agreed or not, so she was determined to take the three brothers and sisters home, and got up early in the morning and began to help Zheng Zhishang, his younger brother Zheng Zhihao, and his sister Zheng Zhixin pack their things.

In this regard, Zheng Zhishang could only let his aunt clean up, and after talking to his aunt, he went to the workshop to have a good relationship with Grandma Ding and Grandma Wen, and said goodbye.

Originally, Zheng Zhishang wanted to talk to the fourth uncle, but before he entered the house, he was kicked out by his grandmother. However, Zheng Zhishang still told his grandmother that he was going to take his brother and sister away today.

She doesn't seem to care much about the lives of Zheng Zhishang, her younger brother Zheng Zhihao, and her sister Zheng Zhixin. The grandfather on the side asked, "Xingxing, where are you going?" ”

"You don't care what they do, even if they become beggars and die, it has nothing to do with you." Grandma scolded, and grandpa didn't dare to ask more.