Chapter 4: This Age...
At sunset, the reddish sun shone on the green ground. The ashamed Ding Yi silently walked behind Liu Erzhu, replying to Uncle Erzhu's words from time to time. In the afternoon, I chatted with Uncle Erzhu and learned about his family. I was shocked that Uncle Erzhu was less than thirty years old, not a few years older than his mental age. This village, probably knowing that this place belongs to Xianyang, probably calculated the location, he should have walked from Liangshan, and almost jumped on the graves of Li Zhi and Wu Cao in the future. Scared the baby to death.
In the afternoon, Ding Yi enthusiastically carried the flat shoulder, picked up two buckets of water, and then there was no more, although the future generations also exercised, but now the body of this junior high school student is indeed ......
can only follow Uncle Erzhu to help sprinkle water and carry a bucket. Fortunately, Uncle Erzhu did not blame this strangely dressed baby.
There are almost 100 households in the small village, and the whole village has less than 400 people, most of whom are women, children, and the elderly. There are few people who can come back, and finally figure out why there is a saying "night raid on the widow's village". A very sad and ironic sentence has become a ridiculous sentence in later generations. As everyone knows, in this world that has just come out of the war-torn era, listening to their families dying on the battlefield, shrouded in horse leather, weeping bitterly.
Listening to Uncle Erzhu say that the soldiers in the village died in battle, and the pensions were small, and some of them were good, which made Ding Yi feel the sadness of this era, the people at the bottom lived a life of dire straits, disasters for many years, and wars, and they also had to support the whole country, and support those so-called families, nobles, princes, county kings, and rotten Confucians.
There is a saying in later generations that "rivers and lakes, if there are people, there will be rivers and lakes", Ding Yi even felt that if there are people, there will be classes, which is an eternal truth, but it exists in different forms in various eras. There is no escape from this cycle.
The bold idea in Ding Yi's heart was even more vigorous, but staring at the villagers in front of him who were simple, satisfied, and had nothing else to ask for when they could live a little full, Ding Yi was a little unbearable. It's complicated and uncomfortable.
Stepping into the wooden door that is not high, three or two adobe houses are Liu Erzhu's home, Liu Erzhu's family has no parents, a wife, a son and a daughter, and his wife Liu Zhao is cooking, looking like porridge. But the smell of the smell does not smell the slightest hint of porridge. On the contrary, there is a hint of wheat bran, which is the daily food of Liu Erzhu's family and even the people of the Tang Dynasty. Heartache!
Under the fruit tree on the side of the yard, Liu Erzhu's two children didn't know what they were playing with, anyway, Ding Yi hadn't seen it, the two children were about the same age, six or seven years old, with yellow faces and thin muscles. In the afternoon, Uncle Erzhu said that the two children were more than eight years old. What a nutrient deficiency has reached!
"Uncle Erzhu, where do I sleep at night?" Ding Yi thought about going into the house and picking up something in the warehouse for the child to eat. But he didn't dare to take it in front of Liu Erzhu.
"You will sleep in the west room, and the two dolls will sleep in the other room, and let the baby and us stay for one night tonight." Liu Erzhu put down his tools and pointed to a room that was not very large.
Walking into the room, it was dim and dim, and I could barely see it, a wooden bed, not big, covered with weeds and covered with something that should be considered a mattress of unknown material, and there was not even an oil lamp.
"It's going to be one night, there are no good things at home, and when you come out, your aunt's meal will be ready immediately." Liu Erzhu said calmly.
"Well, it's okay, no delay. I also want to thank Uncle Erzhu for taking me in. Ding Yi felt even more guilty.
Seeing Liu Erzhu walk out of the door, Ding Yi put down his backpack and took out the king of bread from the warehouse, and as soon as he walked out of the house, he saw the three little ones who had just played with the two children running over and jumping their feet, wanting the owner to feed them.
Ding Yi ignored the three little ones, took his things and walked towards the kitchen. It is better to say that it is a kitchen than a makeshift stove, there are few things, looking at Liu Zhao's who is burning the fire, his twenties are more like his thirties have experienced vicissitudes.
"Auntie, let's eat these things and make up for the children." Ding Yi took the bread king of kings and said.
"How can you take your food, you have it at home, you take it back quickly. I heard your uncle say that you have to hurry back to Chang'an. Far away, you can keep it.
Liu Zhao hurriedly stood up and said.
What a simple person, what a good folk custom.
"It's okay, I still have a lot, you can cut this ** into the porridge, just eat this with rice, you're welcome." Ding Yi insisted on stuffing things for her. Do your best to help a little bit, there are still a lot of this stuff yourself.
"Just take it. This baby is stubborn, and if you don't take it, he won't be happy. Liu Erzhu walked in and said. In the afternoon, Liu Erzhu felt that he had almost figured out the young man's temperament.
"Good. Then take it. Liu Zhao did not refuse.
In about ten minutes, under the guidance of Ding Yi, Liu Zhao made a meal. A group of people squatted in the courtyard with bowls, drinking gruel and eating meat floss bread.
"Baby, what are these things of yours, why are they so fragrant. I haven't had such a good meal. Liu Erzhu was surprised.
"It's nothing, this is what my house people make, it's not worth much, it's a bit of pork." Ding Yi explained.
"Pork can still be made so well, I'm afraid you are a rich and noble family in the house." Liu Erzhu felt that he had picked up a treasure.
Ding Yi chatted with Liu Erzhu while eating, looking at the two children who were eating a lot, he felt very good, looking at Liu Erzhu's daughter Liu Yaya, with a thin face and a thin body, which made Ding Yi have the idea of wanting to accept a younger sister. In later life, I also had a younger sister, who always followed behind her ass when she was a child, with braids and snot bubbles. Brother, brother, screaming, that feeling is good. Later, she worked on her own, went to college, talked about her boyfriend, and forgot about her eldest brother. made Ding Yi sad for a while.
Now there is a chance, but even if Liu Erzhu's daughter is forgotten, it is better not to break up other people's families. Later, when I had the opportunity, I heard that there were many homeless people, and there were many things to do to sell their sons and daughters in exchange for food, or to let their children work in the high-walled compound. Do you dare to think about the afterlife?
Not to mention selling children and daughters, if the child cuts the skin of his hands, he will be nervous for a long time. Losing a child is even more chasing relatives for thousands of miles, Andy Lau's orphan, Huang Bo's dear, which one is not looking for relatives for thousands of miles, although there will be in this era, but... Heartache!!!
After eating, it was dark, and I took the three little ones back to the room for a day of feeding. I didn't dare to feed it outside, if Liu Erzhu's family saw that they were feeding the dog with such a thing, I don't know how sad it would be.
Looking at the dark night, Ding Yi fell into deep thought again.