When I returned home, my aunt had already packed up everything, but there was nothing in fact, just a few shabby clothes, a bunch of diapers from my younger brother Zheng Zhihao and sister Zheng Zhixin, baby bottles, soy milk powder, etc.

Zheng Zhishang turned out a bag of dried shiitake mushrooms and a bag of dried fungus, as well as more than a pound of dried red mushrooms, as well as several generations of shiitake mushrooms, fungus seeds, and a few new cloths that were too late to take to the tailor.

When he was loading the car with his aunt, the fourth uncle came panting and grabbed Zheng Zhishang's little hand, "Xingxing, where are you going?" ”

Seeing the fourth uncle, Zheng Zhishang smiled, "Fourth uncle, why are you here?" Just in time, I just found a few bags of shiitake mushrooms and fungus seeds in the warehouse, you can take two bags and plant them. ”

"I ask you, where are you going?" The fourth uncle still didn't let go.

"Come with me, do you have an opinion?" There is no need for Zheng Zhishang to answer, the aunt has already answered for Zheng Zhishang.

"What's with you?"

"What do you mean by this, can't you just come with me, I didn't see you when I was robbed at home last night, and I'm leaving today, and you're coming quickly."

Auntie is a straightforward person, and she never hides anything in her heart, even though Zheng Zhishang has already interrupted her by shouting "Auntie", she still finishes speaking. Faced with the fourth uncle's inquiry, Zheng Zhishang could only nod, "um", and said with a smile: "Fourth uncle, it's okay, it's all over, don't be angry." ”

The fourth uncle looked at Zheng Zhishang guiltily, "It doesn't matter if you go to your grandma's house, it's also to blame the fourth uncle, who has no ability and can't take care of you." ”

"No, the fourth uncle has already taken good care of me, my brother and my sister."

"Compared to your Abba, the fourth uncle ......"

"Fourth uncle, Abba is the eldest brother in the family, it is right to take care of his younger brother, and the fourth uncle does not have to be sad or blame himself."

After all the things in the house were loaded into the car, Grandma Ding and Grandma Wen came over and said goodbye to a few people, Zheng Zhishang hugged his sister Zheng Zhixin, followed the fourth uncle who pulled the car, and the aunt who held his younger brother Zheng Zhihao, left this life for two years, and can no longer be in the cave that is called home.

There are also more than ten miles to go to my grandmother's house, and it is the kind of mountain road that can only accommodate a cart. But fortunately, with the help of the fourth uncle, I didn't delay too much time along the way, and I walked for about three hours before I arrived.

Zheng Zhishang did not rush to his grandmother's house, but went to his aunt's house with his aunt with his younger brother Zheng Zhihao and sister Zheng Zhixin first, which is also what Zheng Zhishang meant, and his aunt has no opinion on this, after all, it happened too suddenly, and she did not discuss it with her grandmother, grandfather, and uncle.

When he arrived at the aunt's house, the fourth uncle was not in a hurry to leave, but waited outside the aunt's house. But fortunately, although the rumors that the three brothers and sisters are disaster stars and Tiansha Lone Star have not been broken, the aunt and uncle-in-law did not turn Zheng Zhishang and his younger siblings out of the door, and beckoned Zheng Zhishang and his aunt into the house.

Zheng Zhishang and his aunt first carried his younger brother Zheng Zhihao and his younger sister Zheng Zhixin into the aunt's room. The aunt explained to Zheng Zhishang, and then smiled sweetly and pulled the uncle-in-law outside, although he didn't hear what the aunt and the uncle-in-law said, but Zheng Zhishang also guessed that it was nothing more than begging the uncle.

There were only enough people left in the room, aunt and Zheng Zhishang, looking at the aunt, Zheng Zhishang pursed his lips hesitantly, suddenly knelt down, and said in a throated voice: "Auntie, I know, you are afraid that I, my brother and my sister are disasters, which will bring you misfortune, but I really have no choice but to beg you......"

"Xingxing, what are you doing, hurry up, it's the aunt ......" Seeing this, the aunt hurriedly helped Zheng Zhishang up.

It's just that Zheng Zhishang refused to get up, looked at his aunt pleadingly, and said, "Auntie, you listen to me first...... If you talk about the disaster star, I am the only one in the disaster star, and it has nothing to do with my brother and sister, I won't trouble you, I just ask you, for the sake of a sister's relationship with my mother, temporarily help me take care of my brother and sister, as long as two years, I will come to pick them up after two years. ”

As he spoke, Zheng Zhishang took out another three hundred yuan from his arms and handed it to his aunt.

"Xingxing, where did you get so much money...... And what are you doing here? When the aunt saw the banknote in Zheng Zhishang's hand, she couldn't help but be stunned, and even asked:

"Auntie, rest assured, the money is clean, and it was earned by Abba growing dried shiitake mushrooms, dried fungus and selling dried red mushrooms before his death. This money is my living expenses for my brother and sister, and I will send it to you on time every month in the future. ”

"Xingxing, you get up first......" The aunt helped Zheng Zhishang up, and seeing that Zheng Zhishang still refused to get up, she had to sigh and said: "Xingxing, you put away this money, it's not that the aunt won't help you, it's just that the aunt's family ......"

"Xingxing, listen to your aunt's words, put away the money, you and your brother and sister are now living in your uncle's house, and you will not be hungry." At this time, the uncle-in-law walked in.

"Uncle, thank you......" Zheng Zhishang gratefully kowtowed to his uncle's three heads, then slowly got up, or stuffed the money to his uncle, and said: "Uncle, I said this money, it is the living expenses of my brother and sister, and I will ask you for my brother and sister in the future, and I will definitely come to pick them up in two years, you can rest assured." ”

"Xingxing, where are you going, you don't live at your uncle's house......"

"No, uncle, I have a place to go."

"What kind of stupid thing are you talking about, where are you going? Besides, when your aunt comes, seeing that you are not here, you won't scold your uncle......"

"Uncle, believe me, I really have a place to go. Auntie, I wrote a letter, when she comes, you help me pass it to her, she won't blame you. ”

No matter how his uncle-in-law stays, Zheng Zhishang is already determined to leave, Zheng Zhishang has already made a decision last night to go out and break through, in this mountain village, there is no way to raise his younger brother and sister by himself, let alone provide for them to go to school, the only chance is to go out of the mountains and go to the big city outside.

To be a pioneer of reform and opening up and market economy. The first person to eat crabs, if you can't do it, then be the second person to eat crabs. What's wrong with being young? With the vision of his previous life and his understanding of the historical trend, he will starve to death if he does not believe it.

Now that his younger brother and sister have been entrusted, Zheng Zhishang's last worries are gone. As for the aunt and uncle, Zheng Zhishang still believes it, and believes that they will not treat his younger brother Zheng Zhihao and sister Zheng Zhixin badly.

"Star, you've been prepared for a long time...... It's okay if you want to go, but you have to tell your uncle, where are you going? Looking at the letter in his hand, the uncle-in-law asked in surprise.

It's not that I'm surprised that Zheng Zhishang can write, Zheng Zhishang was able to write and draw when he was one year old, and he began to read and write with his father before he was two years old, and these relatives also know about it.

"Uncle, I don't know yet, but I will send my brother and sister's living expenses every month in the future, don't worry, it'll be fine."

The uncle-in-law hesitated for a moment, looked at Zheng Zhishang and said, "Xingxing, even if you want to leave, it's almost evening now, and you have to wait for tomorrow." ”

"I still have a little stuff in the car, and the fourth uncle is still outside, I'll go talk to him." Seeing Zheng Zhishang say this, his uncle-in-law didn't stop him, and he didn't believe that it was too early, no matter how he went, before Zheng Zhishang arrived, it was going to be dark.

Zheng Zhishang is a child, has the courage to walk at night. It's just that he was wrong, Zheng Zhishang is not an ordinary child.

After taking the last package from the cart, Zheng Zhishang said to the fourth uncle: "Auntie and uncle, you have agreed to take me and my brother and sister, fourth uncle, you go back first, it will be dark later." ”

"Xingxing, if something happens, remember to go home and find me." The fourth uncle still explained uneasily, and then reluctantly left.

Seeing the fourth uncle disappear at the entrance of the village, Zheng Zhishang picked up his bag and turned his head to look at his aunt's house with reluctance. Then he took the first step. At the other end of the path, we walked briskly out of the village.

Zheng Zhishang is not worried that he will get lost, because this path, the direction of going, Zheng Zhishang when he was two years old, when he came to his grandmother's house for the first time, when he saw this rugged mountain road through the village, he asked his father. That is to know, this mountain road, keep walking, you can go to a road above, that road, go down, is M Township, go up the direction of the county seat.

It's just that Zheng Zhishang didn't expect that his younger brother Zheng Zhihao and sister Zheng Zhixin seemed to sense that Zheng Zhishang was leaving, and before Zheng Zhishang could go far, they cried. alarmed the aunt who was cooking dinner in the kitchen and the uncle-in-law who was chopping wood in the backyard, and they couldn't stop coaxing them. The aunt suddenly came back to her senses and asked her husband, "Where are the stars?" ”

The uncle-in-law was also stunned, "Oops, this baby, really left by himself." No, I'm going to chase him......"

"Wait, how are you chasing alone, go up there and call more people......"

After the uncle-in-law handed over his sister Zheng Zhixin to his aunt, he immediately went to his grandmother's house and told his grandmother, grandfather, uncle, aunt, and second uncle about Zheng Zhishang leaving alone, and also brought the letter that Zheng Zhishang left for his aunt, wanting to find some clues from the letter.

When several people heard this, they were all immediately anxious, and my aunt and grandmother didn't come up in one breath and almost fainted.

The envelope contained a key and a neat piece of letterhead paper with a neat piece of Chinese characters neatly written. However, the eldest uncle, second uncle, younger aunt, eldest aunt, and uncle-in-law have never gone to school and cannot read at all. Only my eldest cousin was in the second grade, but her literacy was limited, and she finally borrowed a dictionary from a neighbor and finally read the letter in its entirety.

Youngest maternal aunt:

When you read this letter, the stars are gone. In fact, the stars wanted to go out very early, leaving the mountains and going outside.

When Abba was there, Xingxing wanted Abba to take Xingxing to go outside the mountain with Brother and Sister, but before Xingxing could tell Abba about it, Abba left.

After Abba left, Xingxing originally wanted to wait for another two years, and when Brother and Sister could walk, they would take Brother and Sister outside the mountain. After the accident at home last night, Xingxing knew that this time he couldn't leave. But it's good to be two years in advance, so there are more opportunities left for the stars.

It's just that the only thing that Xingxing is worried about is Ah Di and Ah Mei. The stars are causing you a lot of trouble. But I still have to trouble you here, help Xingxing take care of Ah Di and Ah Mei for two years. Two years later, the stars will come back and pick them up.

This key was left to the stars by Abba, and now the stars entrust it to you. In case Xingxing doesn't come back after two years, Xingxing hopes that you can use the contents of the box to raise Ah Di and Ah Mei, and get rid of everything.

Also, give some of the new cloth brought by the stars to Brother and Sister, and let them cut new clothes for the New Year. Those shiitake mushrooms and fungus seeds, find a good place, you can also plant a forest, and distribute them to the eldest uncle, second uncle, and aunts to plant.

In addition, the star tells you a secret, which only the star, Abba, and Grandma know. Growing dried shiitake mushrooms, dried fungus, raising chickens, ducks, and pigs at home, and pouring dried red mushrooms last year, these are actually the attention of the stars, which are taught by the stars to be made by Abba and Grandma. So the stars are actually very capable, they have grown up, don't worry about the stars, the stars will be fine. You don't have to look for the stars.

When the stars are settled, they will write to you.

The stars knock up

Although Zheng Zhishang left a letter and told them not to look for themselves, several people still followed the only road in the village, divided into two roads, and chased after them while calling for "stars". The fourth uncle, who was hurrying home, was caught up, and he didn't catch up with Zheng Zhishang. I was afraid that Zheng Zhishang was hiding on that mountain, so I asked my uncle to go back and call more people to help find him.

Even the fourth uncle, who was hurrying home, did not go home after hearing that Zheng Zhishang left a letter and left, but rushed back to the village with his uncles to find Zheng Zhishang together.

On this day, my grandmother's house, my second uncle's house, my aunt's house, and the whole village, and even finally, the second aunt's house living in Shangfang Village were all mobilized to look for Zheng Zhishang in the mountains and fields on both sides of the mountain road.

A group of people finally held torches, and found Zheng Zhishang late at night.

In the end, I couldn't help it, and I returned home exhausted. Everyone didn't sleep that night, they all gathered at their grandmother's house, thinking about where Zheng Zhishang would go, the second uncle looked puzzled, and said: "A child, and he has no money, he can't go anywhere, and the time is not early, let's find it tomorrow." ”

When the aunt heard the second uncle's words, her face changed slightly, but she still held back and didn't speak. However, this short-term change of my aunt did not hide it from my grandmother. After everyone went back to rest, my grandmother stopped my aunt.

Face grandma. Where can my aunt hide it, and if she lies, she will be found out by her grandmother immediately. In the end, he told the story that his father had left more than 3,000 yuan for Zheng Zhishang's brothers and sisters.

The aunt also found the small wooden box that Zheng Zhishang had entrusted to her for custody today from under her bed, and there were really more than 1,000 yuan in it, but the other things in the wooden box were gone.

After asking my aunt to put away her things, my grandmother said to my aunt with a heavy face: "Sister, the stars are entrusted to you to take care of, because I believe in you." You can't let anyone know about it. Can't let people know that Xingxing still has more than 2,000 yuan on him, you know? ”

The aunt nodded seriously and said, "Grandma, don't worry, I know how to measure." "At the beginning, it was just a rumor, and he was robbed at night, if people knew that Zheng Zhishang still had a lot of money, I really don't know what these people can do.

The next day, the fourth uncle and his aunt ran back to the cave, hoping that Zheng Zhishang would come back, but unfortunately, Zheng Zhishang did not come back. The fourth uncle called the Venerable Master in the workshop, and took his aunt to the township and several nearby villages, and asked one by one.

And my grandmother and aunts also searched for it in M Township. When the grandmother and the others found Shangfang, someone finally said that they had seen such a child and walked to the county seat yesterday evening.

After getting the news, the fourth uncle and the aunt also went to the county seat, went to look for a few days, and asked when they met people, but there was a vast sea of people, and it was so easy to find someone. The one who asked either shook his head, or said that he had two days of money, as if he saw such a child, and he didn't know where he was going.