Chapter 159: Li Da's First Love
Li Da looked at the crying girl in front of him, oh, it shouldn't be said that the girl, it should be said that the young woman, and his heart was like frying, and his thoughts suddenly drifted to many years ago.
At that time, he was only eight years old, and at that time, the family conditions were not good, and he had to shoulder the burden of the family at the age of eight.
That day, he came to the town for the first time with vegetables from his own field, because he was young and fresh, so there were many people who came to buy them. But his good business aroused the jealousy of his peers, who saw him as a child, and several of them opened his vegetable stall and warned him not to come to sell vegetables in the future.
Shi Shi was small and weak at that time, but he had the momentum of a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers, and fought with those people, and was finally knocked to the ground.
The vegetables were also trampled on, and the copper plates that were earned just now were also taken away in a panic. He lay on the ground, tears could not help but remain, the food was gone, the money was gone, but he had not eaten, and at that time he had no strength to get up. But people who come and go are afraid of causing trouble, and no one dares to pay attention to him.
At this moment, he heard a crisp child's voice say, "Brother, the ground is dirty, you should get up quickly." Then a pair of small tender hands lifted him up with the strength of milk.
When he got up from the ground, he leaned against the basket where he was putting vegetables, and in his teary eyes he saw a little girl with pigtails. The little girl smiled with a red face and was very cute.
But because he was knocked to the ground, he shed tears again, and his face was full of mud mixed with the dirt, and the little girl took a handkerchief and carefully wiped his face for him.
But at this time, his stomach was screaming angrily, because he didn't eat breakfast because he had to hurry in the morning, and he had been busy all morning, and now it was past lunch, and his stomach was already empty and couldn't be empty anymore.
The little girl heard the sound of his stomach, smiled sweetly, and then mysteriously took out a still hot meat bun from her arms, "This is what my grandmother made for my grandfather today, I secretly kept one, are you hungry, let's share it, it's delicious!" ”
Then the little girl broke the meat bun in half, and gave the big half to the stone, who was indeed hungry, and bowed her head and said thank you embarrassedly. Then he took the half of the bun.
The buns are meaty, and the stone family is poor, and they can't eat meat, so they can only eat a meal during the New Year. At this time, he ate this bun, and felt that it was the best thing in the world that he had eaten. Looking at the little girl's smile, he laughed too.
For many years to come, day and night, in his midnight dream, he couldn't help but recall the half of the bun at that time, and the sweet smiling face of the little girl who gave him the bun.
Eating steamed buns, the two slowly chatted, the little girl was called Xiaomei, and the little boy was called Shishi. The affection between the children was innocent, and in a few words they quickly formed a friendship.
Since then, every time Stone went to the town to buy vegetables, the little girl accompanied him to sell, and the two of them played and bought vegetables at the same time, and they became each other's best friends.
And since then, those who have bullied him have not troubled him again, he has never known what the reason is, and after a long time he learned that because Xiaomei's grandfather and father are both fast catchers in the town, so with Xiaomei by his side, those people dare not bully him.
Slowly, even if he stopped selling vegetables later, the stone often went to the town to find Xiaomei to play, Xiaomei would tell the stone every time she had something on her mind, and the stone listened quietly on the side, and the years were quiet!
The sun and the moon alternated, and slowly the two got bigger and bigger, and the friendship between the children changed, and Shi had an idea in his heart that he would marry Xiaomei as his wife in the future.
He blushed and told Xiaomei about this idea, but Xiaomei didn't refute it, just ran away with a red face. Shi knew that Xiaomei was also willing, he was so happy for that period of time, he had to go to see Xiaomei every day after walking ten miles every day, and then he could only say a few words and then go home stupidly, because Xiaomei was older, and her family didn't let her come out for a long time, but even so he felt that the short meeting was so happy.
However, the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and suddenly there was bad news, and the government was going to recruit military service. Stone is going to be a soldier for his family.
When he told Xiaomei with apologies, Xiaomei cried like a tearful person, and only said one sentence, "Brother Shi, I will wait for you!" ”
Fourteen-year-old Brother Shi with reluctance to his family and attachment to Xiaomei, embarked on the road of joining the army, as soon as he was a soldier for three years, and returned to his hometown after nine deaths, at this time he was seventeen years old.
After returning home, he happily ran to the town to find Xiaomei, who had been worried about every moment for the past three years, but they were young and did not inform each other of their homes. Stone can only wander around the place where Xiaomei often hangs, hoping to meet Xiaomei, but there has been no news for three months.
Suddenly, one day he heard people say that Xiaomei in this alley was going to get married, and then his only son stood on the street facing Xiaomei's sedan chair and shed tears.
"Didn't you say you were going to wait for me, why did you get married! Why don't you wait for me, do you know I'm missing you? Brother Shi wanted to rush to the sedan chair again and again to ask, but he still held back, at least he hoped that Xiaomei would be happy in the future.
After seeing Xiaomei's wedding, Brother Shi was discouraged, went home to take care of the family affairs, said goodbye to his relatives, and went to Beijing with his bags to repay his kindness.
Shi has not been married for many years, in fact, he really can't find a daughter-in-law in the capital, but he thinks that if his daughter-in-law is not Xiaomei, it is better not to marry.
Many years later, he followed his girl back to his hometown, the stone became Li Da, and Xiaomei also became Hu Shaomei in front of him. The two met unexpectedly in the Hu family's hall.
Oh, fate, it's amazing!
"Xiaomei, you, aren't you married, I came back to look for you eight years ago, at that time people said that you were married, and I also watched your sedan chair enter the door of my husband's house!" Li Da looked at the crying woman on the ground, and had the urge to pick her up, but men and women couldn't kiss each other, and he still couldn't do it in front of his parents.
"Eight years ago, eight years ago was the year I had an accident, I was sick for a long time, and I didn't leave the house that day, how could I get married?" Hu Shoumei said in surprise.
It's a misunderstanding, no wonder I haven't heard from Xiaomei for three months, because Xiaomei had such a thing, she was sick, and she never went out at all.
Li Da suddenly felt that his bowels were blue with regret, and why was he so stupid at that time and didn't say that he would investigate clearly, so he came to a conclusion. If she asked clearly, Xiaomei wouldn't have to suffer for so many years.
"It's a misunderstanding, it turns out to be a misunderstanding, it's all my fault, it's all my fault, I'm so stupid. This, this way, you have never been married! Li Da was sure of the answer in his heart, but he couldn't help but ask, he felt that his heart was about to jump out of his throat.
"I fell into the river, and when I was rescued, my clothes were torn, and my reputation was ruined, who would marry someone like me!" Hu Shaomei laughed at herself.
"I'll marry, I'll marry you, didn't I just say I was going to marry you when I was fourteen years old? Don't let you be presumptuous, I'll go back and find someone to propose! When Li Da heard Hu Shaomei say that her reputation was ruined, his heart suddenly felt like a knife, how much Xiaomei had been wronged over the years. He didn't think that Xiaomei's reputation was ruined, because he didn't care about these at all, what he cared about was Xiaomei as a person, whether she was doing well, and whether she was wronged.
"Brother Shi, haven't you married a wife all these years, I remember that you are twenty-five or five, right?"
"I, I, I haven't!" Li Dazhi said hesitantly, he was embarrassed to say that I have always had you in my heart, so I didn't get married.
Hearing that the stone did not get married, Hu Shaomei's heart warmed, but after thinking about it, she said sadly, "Brother Shi, you better find another good girl, I have such a reputation, I don't want to affect you." I ......"
"Oh, Da Lang, I didn't say you, you are so discerning" Hu Shaomei wanted to continue to say something, but was intercepted by a high-pitched female voice, Hu stood up with a courteous face, and pulled Li Dadao affectionately, "Look at our Xiaomei, this is the same, the strip is the strip, the face is the face." And there is also a good female red, cooking, laundry, and living are also an expert, it is those people who have no vision to miss our Xiaomei, I know at first sight that you are a visionary, marrying our Xiaomei to ensure that you do not regret. ”
Just kidding, someone is finally going to marry her niece, she must work hard, and now she looks at Da Lang more and more pleasing to the eye. It is worthy of wearing clothes of thirty taels of silver, and people look at the spirit, when his nephew and son-in-law are very suitable.
Li Da was given goosebumps by Hu's enthusiastic attitude and compliments, "Eh, third aunt, I know, I know that Xiaomei is good, so I'll go back to the matchmaker to propose marriage." But I don't know what uncle and aunt mean? He has changed his mind about Hu Shaomei's parents, and he doesn't call him uncle and aunt of his in-laws, but directly calls him uncle and aunt.
"Big brother, sister-in-law, what are you still doing in a daze, don't you hurry up!" Hu Shi looked at his eldest brother and sister-in-law and children stunned, and couldn't help but remind.
"I, I, of course that's a good thing." Hu Rong was a little carried away by this sudden surprise, and he stammered when he spoke, "But Da Lang, do you know what happened to Xiaomei a few years ago, our family can't hide it from you, if you don't want to now, I'll treat you as if you didn't say anything just now." ”
"Uncle, I know, before I came, my third uncle sued me, I don't care about this, what I care about is Xiaomei, I have known her since I was eight years old, until I went to serve as a soldier at fourteen, six years ago, I already knew what kind of person Xiaomei was, I didn't care about the opinions of outsiders at all, and I would not let Xiaomei be wronged in the future." Li Da said firmly.
"Okay, okay, I'm relieved to have your words, rest assured! But can your parents agree to the marriage? Hu Rong asked. RS