Chapter 4 The Four Walls of the Family
Xiao Ding put the male wolf on the ground and asked Zhao Laixi to lead people to carry both wolves into the yard and prepare to slaughter and eat meat.
Then Xiao Ding reached out and picked up his sister Xiao Zhu'er, who was also thin and small, and looked malnourished at first glance.
"Brother fool, does your wound hurt?" Xiao Zhu'er touched the wound on Xiao Ding's face and asked.
"It doesn't hurt anymore, but don't touch it, it still hurts." Xiao Ding said.
"Ahh Then he suddenly kissed Xiao Ding on the face. Xiao Ding was stunned for a moment, and heard Xiao Zhu'er say: "My mother said that after being injured, it won't hurt if you kiss it." The last time I rubbed the skin on my knee, my mother kissed me, and then my knee didn't hurt so much. ”
And this kind of magic skill?
Although he knew that this was a trick of adults to coax children, Xiao Ding felt that this little sister was so cute.
"Brother will roast wolf legs for you to eat in a while, do you like to eat them?" Xiao Ding asked Xiao Zhu'er with a smile.
"Like! Brother fool, you are so good! Xiao Zhu'er was happy, her eyebrows were smiling, she didn't seem to have eaten wolf legs yet.
Then, she shook her little head as if she had suddenly thought of something, and continued: "But I can't just eat roast wolf legs by myself, my mother said that there are good things to eat for the foolish brother first, then to the father, and then to share with the brothers and sisters." ”
Xiao Ding was stunned, he didn't expect that the wild child who grew up in this poor countryside could be so sensible.
He didn't expect that his family would treat him so kindly, a "fool".
"Xiao Zhu'er is so well-behaved...... Xiao Ding praised Xiao Zhu'er a few words, and then walked to the gate of the courtyard with her.
There were four weak figures standing at the entrance of the courtyard.
In the middle of the front is a middle-aged woman with a face full of vicissitudes, her body is weak and she can't help but cough a few times from time to time. Behind her stood a taller young woman, and two shorter, thin girls. The common characteristic of several people is that they are all thin, their bodies are thin, and their faces are yellow and thin.
Obviously, the woman who is looking forward to the vicissitudes of life is Xiao Ding's mother-in-law, Li.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Ding was a little inexplicably moved in his heart, and a few more words popped up in his mind:
"If the woman (you) comes out at night, I will lean on the door and look, and if the woman (you) comes out at dusk and does not return, I will look at the door."
(This phrase comes from "Warring States Policy", which is what the mother of Wang Sunjia, a courtier of King Min of Qi during the Warring States Period, said to Wang Sunjia, which means: If you go out in the morning and come back in the evening, I will wait for you at the door of my house; If you go out at night and don't come back, I'll wait for you at the door of the alley. )
These words reflect a mother's eagerness to look forward to the return of her child. Xiao Ding could understand the meaning of these words, but he didn't know why he suddenly remembered these words inexplicably.
The middle-aged woman, Li, saw Xiao Ding coming over with Xiao Zhu'er in her arms, so she hurriedly greeted her.
When she saw clearly that Xiaoding's clothes were not stained with mud but blood, and her bare skin was full of wounds, she opened her mouth and shouted, "Oh, my fool!" Then he rolled his eyes and fell headlong.
Fortunately, the three women who followed closely behind her held her up and did not cause her to fall to the ground.
Pity the hearts of parents all over the world!
However, why don't you have any memory of this mother?
Even if he has amnesia, he can remember the names of those women, but how can he forget his closest relatives?
Xiao Ding stood there dumbfounded.
"Brother, why are you still standing there stupidly, quickly help your mother into the house!" The thin girl shouted at Xiao Ding.
Xiao Ding put Xiao Zhu'er on the ground, and was just about to step forward, when he saw Xiao Zhu'er running to the hemp pole girl, looking up and saying, "Second sister, I'll help you help your mother." Don't talk about stupid brothers, stupid brothers are all hurt. ”
Hearing Xiao Zhu'er's words, the three women looked up at Xiao Ding, just now they only noticed that their mother fainted, and they didn't look at Xiao Ding carefully.
Under the cover of night, the brightness of the torches was limited, and if you didn't look closely, you really couldn't see the scars on Xiao Ding's body.
"Let's help the three of us into the house." The tall woman looked at Xiao Ding and said to the two thin girls.
"Okay, big sister." The two girls responded in unison.
It seems that this slightly taller woman is her eldest sister Tian Xiaoya, and the hemp pole she spoke just now is her second sister Tian Xiao'e......
Hey? No, who is that other black and thin black hemp pole?
I remember Zhao Laixi told himself that he only has three younger sisters, the youngest is Xiaozhuer, who is only five years old; The eldest is Xiaoya, eighteen years old; The second sister in the middle, Xiao'e, is fourteen years old this year. However, how could there be an extra girl of the same age as the second sister here?
Just wondering, the little radish head Tian Xiaofu walked over from behind.
He had circled the two wolves several times. Growing up, he hadn't seen a real wolf. Listening to the group of brothers and uncles, these two big bad wolves were killed by their own stupid brothers. I really didn't expect my stupid brother to be so powerful! Therefore, he had to take a closer look at the two wolves.
"Eldest sister, what's wrong with my mother?" Tian Xiaofu came to Xiaoya and asked.
"When I saw my eldest brother injured, I was frightened and fainted." Xiaoya replied.
"Oh, I'll help you." Tian Xiaofu said that he was about to step forward and stretch out his hand.
Xiao Ding hurriedly settled down, stepped forward, and said, "I'll come." ”
What happened today was so bizarre that his memory was out of order, and he was always distracted. But in the eyes of others, his stupid appearance is normal.
The three girls were all very thin, and it was indeed a bit of a struggle to drag an unconscious person back into the house, so they did not stop Xiaoding.
Xiao Ding supported Li with both arms and walked towards the courtyard with his arms in his arms.
There are two thatched huts in the yard, some sloping, dilapidated, and at first glance it looks like they have lived in for many years. There are no wings on either side of the thatched house, but there is a small shack under the west gable of the thatched house, which seems to have been used for living in it.
There was a small pile of new straw piled up in the yard, and it seemed that the autumn harvest had been completed.
At the door of the thatched house, a middle-aged man about forty years old was sitting on a small horse tie with one leg bent, looking at the gate of the courtyard, his face was really similar to Xiao Ding.
"Dad, move quickly, let the door open, my mother fainted." The second sister Xiao'e saw Tian Dabao sitting at the door, and hurriedly ran over and said.
"Good, good. Why did your mother faint again? Tian Dabao struggled to put up the crutches next to him, stood up, and jumped to the side a few times.
Only then did Xiao Ding see that his cheap dad was a lame, below the knee of his right leg, empty in his trousers, and he walked with crutches and one leg jumping forward.
"I just saw my brother hurt and was frightened." Xiao'e hurriedly replied, and then went into the house to find the oil lamp.
Xiao Ding walked into the house with Li in his arms, and he could see the situation inside the house without lighting the lamp.
What are the Four Walls of Home? Just take a look into this room.
There are two rooms in the house, each with a queen bed. It is said that it is a large bed, but in fact, it is built on adobe with wooden planks.
There was no futon on the bed, and it was covered with straw mats. There are also a few small straw mats rolled at the foot of the bed, which seem to be used to cover the body at night to protect against the cold. Xiao Ding wondered if the straw mat would attract bugs.
Lie down on the bed in the outhouse. Looking inside the house, and then looking at the yard outside the window, Xiao Ding couldn't help frowning. I thought to myself, is this really my home? If it's not my family, then where am I from?
This is exactly what it is:
Once crossed to the cold gate, the four walls of the family were too poor;
I have no choice but to forget the past events, and the only one who is hard is the Yiren!