In front of the window in the coming day, the cold plum blossoms?

This time, Zou Cheng, where Lu Chunhua married, is in the Tengxian Prefecture, and it is still more than 300 miles away from Shi Yu's hometown in the Dezhou Prefecture, but these Luxi native products brought by Chunhua still evoke Shi Yu's memories, and she remembered the happy but difficult time in her childhood, as if it was yesterday. Thinking about it, she burst into tears with laughter.

The atmosphere immediately became awkward, and seeing the old man crying softly, several young people were a little at a loss.

After a while, it was Ji Shi who took the lead in opening his mouth: "Grandma, look, you just persuaded Sister Chunhua, why did you start to feel sad again!" ”

"Out of the way, out of the way, grandma is happy! When people get old, they will always think about the past! Shi Yushi also felt that he was losing his temper in front of the children, so he wiped his tears, raised his head and asked Huzi: "Huzi, how are your father and your mother?" How is the family? ”

"It's all good!" This time, Huzi only said two words, and then stopped talking.

"Big Milk Shi, Daddy and Auntie are all right, and their bodies are strong. It's good to me, and he never treats me as an outsider. When I came, they asked me to bring it to you, Brother Zhuzi and Sister-in-law Sien! Chunhua saw that Huzi only said two words and didn't squeak, so she had to say it herself, "The old lady of Xiaohaizhou and the old lady hugged their great-grandson, and they were happy, but the old lady passed away last year, and this spring, the old lady also passed away, and there are two old people to take care of the children, and the family is busier than ever." ”

"Don't be afraid to be busy, as long as everyone is good!"

At this time, Shi Zhu finished smoking another bag of cigarettes at the door, put away the cigarette pouch and sat down in the house, he said: "Chunhua, you have only come here for a long time, this time stay here for a few more days and then go back." In the past two days, we have nothing to do except to beat some soybeans! ”

"Brother Zhuzi, come and see you, I am already content in my heart. This is a busy time, and you can't delay your work. I plan to stay here for one night, and tomorrow I will go to Huangwo's hometown and burn some paper for my mother. For more than ten years, I have always had nightmares, and I didn't dare to go back until after liberation. ”

"Well, Chunhua, I have to go back to my mother's house to see!" After Shi Yushi finished speaking, he fell into deep thought again. It wasn't until the laughter of three children playing in the yard broke the silence that she came to her senses.

In the evening, maybe the Shizhu family was tired from working during the day, or maybe the Huzi family had to get up early the next day, or maybe they wanted to save some lamp oil, the women didn't talk all night like when Feng Nizi came last time, and they only talked for a while after dinner and then went to sleep.

The next day was sunny again, and before dawn, Shi Yu and Ji got up and got busy. They made some stick cakes, fried some salted soybeans, and cut a few pickles. When the Chunhua family was about to leave, Shi Yu gave them all the food, "Chunhua, the big grandmother's family has nothing to give you, you can take these dry foods, enough to eat for two days." If you are hungry on the road, you can hit the point. ”

Then, she took a thick piece of something from Ji's hand and folded it neatly, "Chunhua, this is a tarpaulin, the inner layer is white cloth, and the outer layer is python skin, I sewed it with your sister-in-law Sien before, and I rarely take it out and use it." It's a good thing, and it can be used as a canopy when it rains. The python skin is the python that his father and Huzi and his uncle and his mother fought on Mangdang Mountain, it is a treasure, and I will give it to you this time! ”

Shi Zhu and Ji sent Chunhua's family to the big intersection, Shi Yu's legs and feet were inconvenient, so he could only walk to the gate of the courtyard and watch them leave, and his eyes gradually blurred before entering. When Shizhu came back, he saw that his grandmother was lying on a rocking chair, with her fingers crossed on her chest, staring at the sky without saying a word.

This rocking chair was specially given to Shi Yushi on her sixty-ninth birthday, and it was made of pure solid wood. Since the call came, Shi Yushi has never been lying on it. She often saw those ladies and grandmothers lying on this kind of chair in the palace, and she always felt that she was used to lying on it, and when she was comfortable, people would be abolished, just like the Qing Dynasty. What's more, she is still an old woman who is nearly seventy years old, and she may lie down one day.

This chair was placed there and became the plaything of Shi Shuo and Shi Ye, the two of them climbed up and dangled to play when they had nothing to do, and even fell on one end and used it as a seesaw to play.

This is the first time Shi Zhu has seen his grandmother lying on the rocking chair, and he knows that she is homesick, homesick, and long-gone.

After leaving Guwei, Chunhua went to Huangwo. The former home had long since become a ruin, with only piles of loess, overgrown with weeds, still green, not yet wilted, and barely able to make out the outline of the house's foundation.

After burning the paper money, kowtowing, and crying bitterly, Chunhua's family left the Yellow Nest. On the way, I met a few old people who recognized her, and she only exchanged a few words of greeting and did not talk for a long time. Chunhua naturally wanted to go back to Haizhou from time to time to see her relatives, but it backfired, and it wasn't until more than fifty years later that she had the opportunity to come back again, when Shi Yushi, Zhu Guanglian, Shen Yueyun, Zhu Huaiqing, Chun Tao, Shi Zhu, Ji Sien, etc., etc., many people she knew were no longer there.

Time goes on, never stays for a moment, and inadvertently it will make children grow up, adults grow old, and the elderly become decaying.

A year later, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea had already entered its second stage, and the "Shangganling Campaign" was now being carried out arduously.

On this day, Zhang Banxian staggered to the entrance of the village with crutches and staggered to the entrance of the village, squinting at the village cadres to uncover the big-character slogans of "anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy" and "anti-bribery, anti-tax evasion, anti-theft of state property, anti-cutting corners, and anti-theft of national economic intelligence."

At this time, Zhang Banxian's cheeks were thin, and he didn't want to eat for several days, so he could only drink a few mouthfuls of porridge, and it seemed that a gust of wind could blow him to the Lord of Hades. Now the only thing that supports him to live is only one thing - Da Mao's daughter-in-law is about to give birth again, and he is waiting to hold his grandson.

After a few days of hard work, Zhang Banxian couldn't stand it anymore, so he had to lie on the bed, covered with a thick quilt, and even coughing was laborious. The Zhang family all knew that the old lady's father was no longer good, and the relatives in the village came one after another, and the eldest daughter, second daughter and third daughter who got married also sent someone to inform them, hoping to catch the last look.

On the occasion of his death, Zhang Banxian still got good news - when it was almost noon, his daughter-in-law Qiu's stomach began to hurt, counting the days, she should be about to give birth. After a few hours, with the help of the midwife, the baby landed on the ground and cried a few times.

"Raw? Girl or brat? Zhang Banxian actually opened his mouth to speak, his old eyes were dizzy, and his ears were not good, but he could hear the faint cry of the baby in the east room in the side room, which was incredible. You know, even the able-bodied, through a few doors and windows, can't hear if you don't pay attention.

At this time, Da Mao came in and said happily: "Oh, Dad, my daughter-in-law gave birth to her, and she is a girl!" ”

"Alas!" I only heard Zhang Banxian sigh, as if he was spitting out the last breath of his life, and then his hand hung down, and his eyes were closed, as if he was dead.

Shi Zhu heard that Zhang Banxian was dead, so he also followed the relatives of the Zhang family to take a last look. Seeing Zhang Banxian like this, he thought of an idea, so he pulled Da Mao out of the door and quietly discussed it with him.

"But Brother Zhuzi, I'm afraid I won't be able to talk about it halfway through!" Although Da Mao thought that Shi Zhu's proposal was a good idea, he was still worried, afraid that it would be self-defeating, "I think, you should go in and say it, what you say, my father will believe it!" ”

Shi Zhu thought for a moment, then walked into the side room, shook Zhang Banxian gently, and said with a smile on his face: "Second Father Zhang, wake up quickly, Da Mao has given birth to a son again, you have a great-grandson!" ”

"What do you say?" Listening to Shi Zhuyi's words, Zhang Banxian really opened his eyes, his voice was loud, and all the diseases seemed to be gone in an instant.

"Second Father Zhang, your granddaughter-in-law gave birth to a pair of twins, dragon and phoenix fetuses, the first one is a girl, and just now gave birth to another son! You've got a great-grandchild! Shi Zhu said solemnly, "After a while, when I'm breastfeeding, I'll bring it to you to see!" ”

"Hahaha, God has opened my eyes, I have a great-grandson, I have a great-grandson!" Zhang Banxian laughed, at this moment he was full of energy, his face was ruddy, and he was able to sit up. Suddenly, his eyes were glazed again, and he lay down on the bed, his hands slowly hanging down. This time, Zhang Banxian is really gone!

Seeing that the Zhang family was crying, Shi Zhu could only comfort: "Second Father Zhang left with a smile, no regrets!" ”

Two months later, a few days before the Spring Festival, the Ji family also gave birth to a daughter, and the Shi family became lively again.

"Patriarchy" is also inherent in the Shi family, which can be seen from the ancestral teachings of their snake catching family - no matter how many girls were born in the past, as long as they were born to boys, they could not be reborn. Why can't I be born a boy when I am born? This is still bound by the concept of inheritance for thousands of years, and few people can jump out of this circle.

This time, the Shi family can be regarded as a "breakthrough". Shi Zhu is no longer a snake catcher, Zu Xun can no longer play a role in him, and after having his eldest son Shi Ye, he can still give birth as he wants. Another point, "more people have great power", now in the new society, as long as you are not lazy, children can always be fed.

That night there was a heavy snowfall, hiding in the quilt can hear the rustle of snowflakes falling to the ground, the next morning, the stone pillar in this white beauty looking at the rows of misty cooking smoke straight into the sky, drifting farther and farther, then suddenly sighed. When he returned to the house, he named the girl Shi Yan.

In the autumn of the following year, the eldest daughter Shi Shuo reached the age when she should go to elementary school, and before that, a month after the end of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the whole family had a disagreement on whether Shi Shuo would go to school, but this was not because of patriarchy, nor was anyone against letting Shi Shuo go to school, but Shi Shuo himself did not want to go. After communicating with her many times, Shi Zhu still did not change his mind.

After dinner that day, the whole family of six sat down in the courtyard and held a solemn family meeting in the afterglow.

"Today we are going to vote on whether Shi Shuo will go to school or not, and the minority will obey the majority!" As the head of the family, Shizhu "convened" the meeting.

"Hmm, what do you mean by 'the minority obeys the majority'?" Five-year-old Shi Ye asked.

"'The minority obeys the majority' means that after voting, the one with a small number of people will listen to the one with a large number of people." Shi Zhu said that, and said to Shi Shuo: "Shuo'er, you are the protagonist, this time I will give you a vote!" ”

"I want to vote too!" Shi Ye didn't know what his father was talking about, but when he heard that he wanted something for his sister, he shouted that he wanted to ask for it.

The adults laughed after hearing this, and Ji then said, "Okay, then give you a vote!" However, her sister was still young, so she was not given the right to vote. ”

Shi Zhu also said solemnly: "Shuo'er, now give you a chance, tell me, why don't you want to go to school?" ”

"Zhuang Shang Erya, Xiao Lizi, Xiao Daqin, and many others haven't gone to school! The big grandmother next to her also said that it is useless for the girl to study, so it is better to do some work at home to help the family. I don't want to go to school either, it's okay to play with my little brother at home! ”

Shi Zhu smiled and said, "Okay, let's start voting now!" If you agree that Shi Shuo's children will not go to school, please raise your hand! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Shi Shuo raised his entire right hand and shouted, "I agree!" ”

Seeing that Shi Shuo raised his hand, Shi Ye also raised his right hand and stood on the stool, "I also agree." I don't want my eldest sister to play with me at home! ”

"Okay, there are two votes for agreeing that Shi Shuo will not go to school. Please put your hands down! After the two children put down their hands, Shi Zhu said again: "Next, please agree to Shi Shuo's school, raise your hand!" ”

Brush, brush, brush! All three adults raised their hands.

"Okay, please put your hands down!" Subsequently, Shi Zhu said solemnly: "I announce that after a democratic vote of the whole family, those who agree with Shi Shuo to go to school will have three votes, and those who agree with Shi Shuo not to go to school will have two votes. The majority of those who agree with Shi Shuo to go to school, please ask Shi Shuo's children to sign up at the school after school starts! ”

Before Shi Shuo could speak, Shi Zhu immediately announced: The meeting is adjourned! The three adults immediately walked away, what should they do, leaving Shi Shuo to sit there and blink, not yet figuring out what was going on.

There have been several such "meetings" in Shijia, the most impressive of which was the one in 1956, when China had basically established a socialist system and entered the initial stage of socialism. Five-year-old Shi Yan saw that every family in the village had a puppy to guard the door, so she shouted that she wanted to keep one at home too. As soon as this proposal came out, Shi Shuo and Shi Ye also strongly agreed.

For this purpose, Shizhu held a special "meeting" for the whole family. The original situation was evenly matched: three votes against the adults and three votes in favor of the children, but at the last moment, Shi Yushi abstained from voting, and the expected result changed for a while.

Since the disappearance of the golden retriever, the Shi family has never had a puppy. During the time when the golden retriever was gone, Shi Yu was really sad for a long time. This time, Shi Zhu and Ji's couldn't bear to be hurt by Shi Yu's old age, and Shi Yu's didn't want to be sad again, so the three of them tacitly knew about it, and they didn't mention raising a dog again. At the time of voting, Shi Yu's sudden change of decision was also after some consideration: she saw that her three children were looking forward to it so much, and she felt that she couldn't be too selfish and had to make her children's childhood happier.

This time, the results of the vote were already clear, and the children were victorious. But the democratic vote is also relative, after seeing the results, Shizhu took out a cigarette pouch, filled it with shredded tobacco, and said slowly: "I am the head of the family, and I have the right to veto!" ”

"What do you mean by a 'veto'?" All three children asked. In fact, Shi Yu and Ji didn't quite understand what it was.

"That is, as long as I don't agree, I can't do it!" After lighting the cigarette, Shi Zhu said: "I announce that after a vote, the family does not agree to have a dog!" The matter was settled, and the three children must have been disappointed by this result, but this time, Shi Shuo seemed to understand something.

In the second semester of Shi Shuo's first grade, it was the turn of spring and summer, and the weather was getting warmer, and the children had already changed into single clothes, but the weather was still a little cold and uncertain.

On this day, the weather was clear, the sky was cloudless, and the breeze blew on people's faces, warm.

Towards noon, a dark green military vehicle stopped at the head of Guwei Village, which was converted from a Soviet imported car. The door opened, a woman with a child got out, and the car turned back. The woman was dressed in a military uniform and carrying a few small gifts, and the child looked to be about five years old and carried a small one-shoulder bag.

It was time to make dinner, and there were only two women standing on the road, except for the children who had left school, and none of them could recognize who was at first. The children after school were just curious, looked at the two of them, and ran away frolicking.

The woman walked straight on the road with the child, and when she arrived at the door of Liu Bingxi's house, she stopped and walked in. Liu Bingxi is Master Liu, and now it is already a new society, and he is no longer called "Master".

"Yikes! Isn't that the little girl of the Liu family? When Luo Simao saw the woman turn into Liu's house, she guessed seven or eight points.

"Well, like! She left less than a year after I passed the door, and it has been more than ten years, and her appearance has changed, and she really didn't recognize it! After Qu Lao's third daughter-in-law, Cao, finished speaking, she hurried home and told her family about it as if she had got big news.

The woman who came was indeed Liu Shanxiu, and the child was her eldest son Xiao Jianguo. When she arrived at the gate of Liu's courtyard, she turned in.

It is said to be a courtyard, but in fact, except for the side houses on both sides, there are no courtyard walls for a long time. After the liberation, the original towering brick and stone courtyard wall of the Liu family was pushed to pieces by everyone, and the bricks and stones were also moved and smashed by each family, and in the end only a mess remained. Seeing this, Liu Bingxi simply asked his two sons to bulldoze all the courtyard walls, so that there seemed to be no barriers.

Liu Bingxi is nearly sixty years old, and he is already full of gray hair, and he is sitting in front of the door smoking a cigarette pouch at the moment. When he saw a man in military uniform coming, he was stunned for a moment, and then slowly stood up, forgetting to spit out the cigarette he had inhaled. "Shanxiu, it's really Shanxiu!?" His voice was a little choked, and the puff of cigarette slowly floated out with the words, but he hadn't forgotten to shout at the pot house: "Old woman, quick, Shanxiu, Shanxiu, she's back!" ”

Mrs. Liu was cooking in the pot house, and when she heard the old man's shout, she quickly filled the grass burned in the pot, jumped up and ran out. Seeing that Liu Shanxiu was really back, she was so happy that she slapped her thigh, "Xiu, it's really you!" You're finally back! Speaking of this, she wiped her snot again and cried, "Mother misses you every day!" ”

At this moment, Liu Shanxiu's heart was even more excited, she had imagined countless times that she would run to her parents, but at this moment, her legs seemed to be filled with lead, and she could only slowly pace forward. Before she could reach the second elder, the thing she was carrying fell to the ground, and after taking off her hat, she fell to her knees with a thud, knocked her head down, and couldn't cry.

"Uh-huh, no-mm, I'm back!" After a long time, she finally spoke.

Liu Bingxi and his wife hurriedly stepped forward to pull Liu Shanxiu up, staring at her intently, looking and looking, and not wanting to let go.

After a while, Liu Shanxiu remembered, turned around and pulled his son to him, and said to the second elder: "Look, this is my eldest son, called Xiao Jianguo, six years old. There is also a little son at home, named Xiao Yuanchao, who is just three years old, too young, so he didn't bring it! After that, she said to Xiao Jianguo: "Jianguo, this is grandpa and grandma, call quickly!" ”

"Hello grandpa, hello grandma!"

This made Liu Bingxi and his wife very happy, and said again and again: "Good, good, good grandson, good, good!" ”

I heard that Liu Shanxiu was back, and in the afternoon, her eldest brother and sister-in-law, second brother and sister-in-law, and nephews and nieces who had not yet gone to school came, and those children had never seen her, and I don't know where an aunt came out, but I felt that the person wearing the PLA uniform must be very powerful. After a while, several old neighbors, as well as the old housekeeper, also came to sit on crutches and dragged their old bones.

What everyone wants to know most is where Liu Shanxiu has gone all these years and why he has not come back until now.

Naturally, Liu Shan Xiu did not hesitate to speak: everything was caused by the Japanese, so she had only one purpose - to fight the Japanese devils! Liu Shanxiu had long heard that many national troops were not sincere in resisting Japan, so she planned to join the Eighth Route Army. Her first destination was Luoyang, where the Japanese and Chinese troops were fighting, and when she saw the dead lying on the streets, she was very scared at first, but when she saw more, she was not afraid, and she would help take care of some wounded people.

Once she met a team of the Eighth Route Army, so she signed up and temporarily became a nurse. Later, the leaders of the army saw that she was diligent and had read a lot of books, and after discussion, she was sent to Yan'an through Xi'an to formally learn medical knowledge, and then she stayed in a field hospital in Yan'an to take care of the seriously wounded. Two years later, in Yan'an, she met her current husband, who is from the Northeast and was also selected to study at Kang University.

"Auntie, have you seen *** in Yan'an?" The questioner was the youngest daughter of Liu Shanxiu's eldest brother's family, who was just six years old this year.

Liu Shanxiu smiled and said, "How do you know that you can see *** in Yan'an?" ”

"I listened to what the eldest brother said, he said that it was written in the book, *** I used to live in Yan'an!"

"I see! I saw *** once in Yan'an, and he personally came to our field hospital to see the wounded that day, and he stayed in the hospital for a long time. ”

"So, what does *** look like?"

"***, very tall, full of kindness, never put on an official show, dressed like ordinary people, that day, I saw that there were patches on his clothes! He shook hands with the wounded one by one, and waved to us, if you don't know, you will never think that person is ***! Speaking of which, everyone is very envious.

"By the way, what's more, I also met Premier Zhou in Yan'an, and there are photos here!" After that, Liu Shanxiu took out a large photo from Xiao Jianguo's backpack, "This is Premier Zhou who met and commended our outstanding comrades who were selected and sent at that time." Look, this is Premier Zhou! ”

Everyone looked at the photo, it was really Premier Zhou, and Liu Shanxiu was also inside, and they were amazing.

After a while, Liu Shanxiu put away the photo and told everyone a lot of things. As for her personal love life and what her husband does, she only mentioned it slightly, and did not elaborate. After everyone left one after another, Liu Shan Xiucai told his parents about his husband and the situation at home in detail, after all, here, only parents are not outsiders - her husband was a teenager in the landlord's house to help, one night he was really hungry, so he went to the swill bucket to catch some leftovers to eat, who expected to be seen by the landlord's wife, said that he stole things, and was beaten, at that time he was angry, took a kitchen knife and cut down the landlord's neck, and then ran out overnight to participate in the anti-union fight devils.

At night, after Liu Shanxiu lulled Xiao Jianguo to sleep, he chatted with his parents again: "Hmm, Mom, how have you been doing in the past few years?" ”

Liu Bingxi was just smoking a dry cigarette there, his eyes were empty, and he didn't say a word. Seeing that he was silent, Mrs. Liu said: "Xiu, in the years when the Japanese devils were here, you also know that everyone was having a bad time!" After the little devils surrendered, the Kuomintang did not let us feel better, and went to the countryside to collect grain at every turn, and when they could not hand it over, they searched everywhere and robbed things, which made us worry all day long. After liberation, the land at home was confiscated and divided, but I live quite peacefully with you now, and I don't have to worry about this and that! ”

In fact, Liu Shanxiu also knows that the reason why her mother said this is just because she doesn't want to worry about herself. "Mom, you don't have to coax me, I know what the situation has been in the past few years!" She looked up at her father, who was still smoking a cigarette and not speaking. "After the land reform, our family must be classified as a landlord, and it is inevitable that you will be criticized, you must have suffered a lot and suffered a lot of crimes!"

Hearing this, Liu Bingxi said: "Girl, don't talk about this, it's all over." Besides, it's just a station meeting, nothing else. We are not like the Ding family, we have done a lot of evil, and he is called being criticized! ”

"Why do you stand in the assembly!" Speaking of this, Liu Shanxiu choked up a little, "Those lands were handed down by the ancestors of the Liu family, we didn't steal or rob, we didn't usually do bad things, we didn't bully people, and we often helped people." If we want land reform, we just give them the land! Criticize you, why? ”

"Girl, you can't say that!" Liu Bingxi was a little panicked, put down the cigarette pouch in his hand, "Your current identity, you can't talk nonsense, in case others hear it, it will affect your political future!" ”

"yes, Xiu, you can't say that when you go out! didn't implicate your generation, it's already burning high incense! "Mrs. Liu should also be with her.

Liu Shanxiu calmed down a little and said, "Hmm, Mom, do you know why I came in a military uniform this time?" I just want the people in the village to see that our family also has the People's Liberation Army and the Communist Party, and our family is not a bad person! Also, I told them that I had seen *** and Premier Zhou, and it seemed that they were putting on a face, but they actually wanted the people in the village not to embarrass you in the future! ”

"Girl, it's out of the way! We have all undergone socialist transformation, and we are now part of the new Chinese people! ”

"Xiu, how many days will you stay at home this time? When will I go back? ”

"The next afternoon, when the car comes to pick me up, I'll go back. This time, I finally applied to the army to take a ride, so that I could come to Haizhou with our family peacefully, otherwise it would be inconvenient to take a train or bus with children. After a while, Liu Shanxiu seemed to ask very casually: "Mom, how are Brother Zhu and Ding Facai doing now?" ”

This question seems to be careless, in fact, Liu Shanxiu wants to know the current situation of the two, but after all, he has long been a wife and mother, and he is entangled in the previous things, for fear of causing misunderstanding among others, even if this "other" is his parents.

The old couple could naturally see their daughter's thoughts, and Mrs. Liu said: "That kid from the Ding family, he is so lazy to eat, he fools around with the actors in Banpu and Xinpu all day long, and then he was kicked out of the house. After liberation, he was also assigned land, and lived in the two huts at the east end of the village, and he is still a single person. The kid of the Shi family is very good now, he has a big life, and now he has three children. ”

Liu Bingxi took Mrs. Liu's words and said: "The old lady of the Shi family didn't coax us back then, and the child in the pillar really made a baby kiss with someone else, and then the girl escaped from the desert and found here, we only knew!" ”

"Yes, it turns out that his family is really not coaxing! The daughter-in-law of the pillar, tsk, it's really good-looking......"

"Why did you mention his daughter-in-law! Let's talk about the things at home! Before Mrs. Liu could finish speaking, Liu Bingxi interrupted.

At this moment, the clouds in the sky slowly dispersed, and a bright moon was in the sky, illuminating the inside and outside of the house. Liu Bingxi blew out the foreign oil lamp and continued to chat under the moonlight. I don't know when we talked, anyway, the moon was gone, Xiao Jianguo shouted for his mother, and everyone went to sleep.

After breakfast the next day, Liu Shanxiu finally mustered up the courage and took Xiao Jianguo to the Shi family, saying that he had come to see the old lady of the Shi family - this was just an excuse.