Chapter 7: The Lonely Shadow's Family History
Without books, Qiu Zichuan is bored!
Looking out the window, the rain was still falling sparsely and unhurriedly, and Qiu Zichuan was lazily lying on the bed.
Could it be that she has collected it for herself? It should be, she would.
She is from Shanghai, and she looks so good! And her voice, refreshing, delicate, and a little fluttery. And the laughter was as crisp and fluttering as a wind chime......
This morning, Qiu Zichuan, who had no books and nowhere to go, was on the bed for a while, holding the back of his head with both hands, and then getting up from the bed again, standing in front of the window and looking at the rainy sky outside, Shui Xiaolin's figure and smile couldn't be waved in his mind.
Especially at the moment before the fight, Shui Xiaolin stepped in front of her, stretched out her thin arms, and bravely blocked herself. Also, she was knocked down and lying there, Shui Xiaolin's crying and anxious feelings. made Qiu Zichuan feel a sense of existence that he had never felt before. This is completely different from my mother's love and my sister's dependence.
In the past, whether it was at school or on the street, I always felt a sense of loneliness.
Not long after I started school, my mother sued me that the composition of our family is not good, and your grandfather and grandfather are both capitalists. We are different from other children, no matter where we are, we don't talk much, just remember to study hard, and it may be useful in the future.
As for what a capitalist is and what is a bad composition, Qiu Zichuan, who has just started school, has no idea.
Later, Qiu Zichuan couldn't join the Red Soldiers, and seeing that other classmates were wearing red scarves, Qiu Zichuan hid in a corner of the school and shed tears alone for a while! Qiu Zichuan knew what his family was called. When I went home and asked my mother, my mother didn't say anything, just a long sigh!
But one day, after recess exercises, it seemed like I was just in the second grade of elementary school. Wu Weidong, the only classmate who was good with himself~ suddenly dragged him to the most unoccupied place in the school, on the side of the biogas digester built by the school work-study, opened his eyes wide, and asked:
Do you know?
What the?
Wu Weidong seemed to be afraid that someone would see or hear what kind of big secret this was, and turned his face left and right to see if there was anyone next to him, and after making sure that no one could see them talking, he said:
Your family is amazing!
How awesome? Qiu Zichuan was baffled by Wu Weidong for half a day!
Outside the east gate of the city, the large areas of heaven and earth on the east and west sides of the March River used to belong to your family, and it belonged to your grandfather's family. And the iron hardware factory on Old North Street turned out to be your grandfather's house!
What the? Qiu Zichuan was skeptical, how could it be! But the eyes are also wide open!
Also, the Western-style houses in the front and back yards of the small street east of the county party committee are your grandfather's house, and the old courtyard of the library where my mother works is your grandfather's house and your hometown!
It's true? Says who?
This is really a thunderstorm for Qiu Zichuan! But I've never heard my mother say it.
Lie to you being a puppy! Bastard! Wu Weidong is a little anxious!
This is what his parents talked about last night, and he was listening to it and thought about telling Qiu Zichuan immediately.
My parents said yesterday that they would tear down the old house and build a new library, and then they talked about your family, that is, how rich your grandfather and your grandfather's family were before liberation!
My mother said that I was not allowed to talk nonsense in front of me, and Qiu Zichuan, who wanted to continue asking, thought of his mother's advice from time to time, and swallowed the words he wanted to ask back into his stomach.
In the next class, Qiu Zichuan was always distracted, and it was not until the last class in the morning was about to end that the teacher who found him always distracted suddenly asked a question, and he came back to his senses in a panic from the questions and reverie in his head.
But that didn't stop him from being so curious and suspicious!
As soon as school was out of school at noon, he rushed out of the school gate and ran home like a fly.
But he didn't expect that when he ran home and saw his mother cooking in the kitchen next to the door, he hurriedly went in, leaned on his mother's ear and whispered Wu Weidong to his mother. But before he could finish speaking, his mother raised her hand and slapped him! Then he pulled him into his arms and looked up nervously at the courtyard. Seeing that no one was around, he put his hands on Qiu Zichuan's shoulders and said extremely sternly: It's all nonsense! Don't say it later.
Remember?
Seeing that Qiu Zichuan's eyes were still full of doubts and grievances when he looked at him, his mother shook Qiu Zichuan's shoulder vigorously.
Remember! Qiu Zichuan was a little scared, and he didn't know why his mother suddenly became so nervous and stern when she heard this. But he nodded blankly.
Also, don't talk about this with your sister. Remember? Mom is not at ease!
Remember!
Although Qiu Zichuan did not get a positive answer from his mother, as he grew older, every time he remembered the nervous demeanor when his mother slapped him, he felt more and more that there must be a secret in his family! And often go to the places that Wu Weidong said to have a look. Looking at those houses and courtyards, he would even imagine what it would have been like in the past, when his grandparents, grandparents, parents, uncles and uncles were inside.
Later, Qiu Zichuan learned what capitalists and landlords were, and the teacher said that they all exploited the poor and were bad people! But Qiu Zichuan, who was sensible, didn't go home and didn't ask his mother again.
He also knew why his parents were older than the parents of other children, because the ingredients were not good, and they got married very late!
Qiu Zichuan still remembers that the students who went to middle school at that time were all Red Guards. I didn't wear a red scarf, but I was issued a red plastic soft plate the size of a cigarette box, which I wore on my chest, and on it were three words in gold: Red Guard.
But when Qiu Zichuan was out of junior high school, primary school students still wore red scarves, but they were called the Young Pioneers. There were no more Red Guards in secondary schools, and good students could join the Komsomol.
But I don't know what's going on, I've written an application myself, but I don't always have my own!
Although Qiu Zichuan has lost the envy and grievance when he failed to join the Red Soldiers. But my heart is still full of an unspeakable loss!
I remember how many times before, when I walked down the street with my sister and saw my classmates wearing red scarves or Red Guard signs, the brother and sister always clasped each other's hands and walked by speechlessly. And whenever this happens, my sister will always consciously or unconsciously look up at her empty chest!
Therefore, with this world, Qiu Zichuan's heart has always been full of many mysteries and reveries. At the same time, because of such mysteries and reveries, as well as the identity of the Black Five children, Qiu Zichuan felt that it was useless to think about anything. Because when it comes to the future, my mother always doesn't speak.
As a result, Qiu Zichuan, who was sensible, always felt that he was lonely!
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What kind of girl is this?
Shui Xiaolin's arrival seems to have opened a bright window for Qiu Zichuan's life! It made him suddenly feel that his previous time was so dull and depressed. But since I saw this girl, I suddenly felt that the sky in this world was so clear! Even the wind outside makes people feel a smoothness that has never been felt before!
Qiu Zichuan, who is still looking at the rainy sky outside the window, feels that today's rain is so comfortable and refreshing!
If Qiu Zichuan is over fifteen years old, before this, his heart, or his world is a gray world full of barrenness and loneliness. Then, the appearance of Shui Xiaolin has made this gray world full of barrenness and loneliness a touch of broad but clear rose!
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