When I arrived at Deyang Hotel, it was not yet dark. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info Haizi helped the third aunt get off the horse and climb the plow, carry the valuables on her back, and let the rest be carried into the room. Tell the guy to lead the horse to the backyard and feed the fodder, and then carry the third aunt upstairs into the room.

Coincidentally, it is still the room where I lived when I came, and the furnishings in the house are still in my memory, which inevitably evokes a lot of feelings between the two, God is really good at playing tricks, and in less than a year, both of them have changed.

Approaching the end of the year, there are very few people who come to stay. The man brought the food and let the two of them eat, and asked them if they would take a bath, so he could prepare it in advance.

"It's the New Year, you have to wash. I don't know if you can prepare something to eat for the New Year, I didn't prepare when I came, so why do I have to bring something when I go home for the New Year, so that the whole family is happy. The third aunt said to the guy.

"Tomorrow I will go to the street to buy it, and all the shops will be open, and everything will be sold. Seeing that this is the first time for the two couples to go home for the New Year, why did they leave the old man and go out alone to make a living as soon as they got married? The shopkeeper glanced at the two of them, and felt that the two of them were a little familiar, but he couldn't remember them for a while.

"Isn't it, it's about to give birth. My family lives in the mountains and hunts, so how can there be a midwife, so I have to send it to her house, how can I do it without buying something. I wanted to go back after the New Year, but I couldn't wait, so I had to rush back. "Haizi made up nonsense to deal with the guy.

After the two finished eating, the shopkeeper cleaned up and brought hot water. Haizi did what the third aunt did last time, closed the curtains, blew out the candles, and asked the third aunt to wash first. The third aunt was not polite and soaked in the water after taking off her clothes. Haizi knew that the third aunt was unable to move, and she didn't let the third aunt greet her, so she took the initiative to help the third aunt go to the bath. Neither of them spoke. The third aunt sat quietly in the barrel, Haizi rubbed gently, the third aunt slowly turned around, and the two enjoyed this rare quiet time to the fullest.

After the third aunt took a bath, she said to Haizi while putting on her underwear: "You change the water, the third aunt is heavy, you can't use the water that the third aunt has washed, it will bring bad luck to the man." This child has really grown up, and will bathe others, and when a daughter-in-law washes her every day in the future. ”

According to the words of the third aunt, Haizi poured out the washed water, changed the water, washed himself cleanly, went to bed and fell asleep, he wanted to go home for the New Year.

The next day, the third aunt led Haizi to the street. The third aunt didn't seem to be in a hurry to buy things, so she walked east and west, picked this, looked at that, and it was noon. Haizi went home and wanted to urge the third aunt to hurry up, but the third aunt saw what Haizi meant, so she said: "Don't be busy, our horse climbs the plow fast, it's okay to run 200 miles a day, I know this in my heart." ”

Back at the hotel, the guy greeted them: "Two of you are back?" The things you bought, as well as rice and noodles, were brought to you by the guys in the shop. ”

"Okay, help us load it to the horse climbing plow in a moment. It's a real delay, or I'll be home early, and it's hard to buy something. But thirty miles away, it won't take dark to get home. Hurry up and give us something to eat, so that we can hurry. Are the horses fed? Thank you big brother for taking such good care. The third aunt greeted the shopkeeper like a farmer's daughter-in-law.

After eating, the two were sent to the plow by the enthusiastic shop guy and left the Deyang Hotel. Walking out of Dazhan Town, the third aunt said, "Turn around and go to Wulahai, let's stay there tonight." ”

"How to get to Wulahai Town, I don't know wow? We might as well go back to my house. Haizi said.

"That's not going to work. Don't you have to pass by my house and my second sister's house when you go to your house? What should I do if I meet an acquaintance? Besides, let's go this way, it's daytime when we arrive at your house, how can we enter the village? It's just right to go around the bend, and I don't know the road and won't ask. ”

Haizi felt that what the third aunt said made sense, so he turned his horse to another road, saying that he would inquire about the road when he met Tunzi.

By the time the horses climbed the plough and twisted around to the town of Ulahai, it was already midnight. Haizi parked the horse plow in front of the Han family's cart shop and went up to knock on the door. It took a long time for the guy to come out, and when he heard that the two were going to stay, he opened the door and introduced the two into the hospital.

"I came so late, there was no one in the store, and tomorrow is the New Year." The shopkeeper said to himself.

"Let's stay. My family was hunting in the mountains, so I finally got here. It was too late to leave, and besides, the men and horses were hungry. The daughter-in-law wants to give birth, but we have no one to deliver the baby, and we can't see a family for ten miles or twenty miles. Haizi patiently explained to the shopkeeper.

"Why did you send it at this time? How far away is my mother's house, I can't give birth today, right? The shopkeeper heard the voice and came out to ask.

"I can't give birth today, so I'll have to wait a few days. Now is a good time for hunting, I have not been able to send it, and I am afraid that I will not rush to send it after the New Year. Home is not far from here, thirty or forty miles, stay overnight and leave early tomorrow morning, and arrive home at noon. Haizi continued to explain.

"Move the things to them, and heat the kang a little hotter. There is no one in the big house, so it's quite convenient for the two of them to live. Look at what they eat, simply give the whole point. The horses have been fed, and tomorrow they will have to hurry. "The shopkeeper instructed the shopkeeper.

Haizi helped the third aunt and the shopkeeper into the house. A huge house, which can accommodate twenty or thirty people, is empty. The man carried firewood to burn the kang, and then moved the things on the horse's plow into the house, and said to Haizi, "See what you two eat?" The horses have been filled with hay. The kang is not too cold, and it will be hot after a while, so I live here for insurance. ”

"I don't need anything, I bring dry food. Just make a pot of boiling water. Then they will close the door for us, and get up early tomorrow to make us some porridge and boil some eggs. Cook more, we take it with you. The third aunt said.

The man brought hot water and two bowls and put them on the edge of the kang. Feel whether the kang is hot or not, sweep the firewood and grass at the stove mouth, block the stove door and go out, and lock the door from the outside.

The two of them ate something with boiling water. The third aunt asked Haizi to fork the doors of the inner and outer rooms, bring the urinal and put it under the edge of the kang, blow out the lamp, and put the quilt on it. He whispered to Haizi again: "Take out the gun, put it under the pillow, and sleep smartly." ”

Haizi agreed softly, finished one by one according to the instructions of the third aunt, and waited for the third aunt to lie down, without taking off his clothes, and sleeping next to the third aunt.

After dawn, the two pretended to be in a hurry and left the Han family's car shop. There was nothing to say all the way, and I also dealt with it at noon. Haizi Dao is very familiar, and estimated the time, when the sun was about to set, they came to Duanlonggang.

Listening to the sparse and sporadic sound of firecrackers coming from the village, Haizi was very excited, his eyes lit up, his heart was pounding, and he was about to enter the village.

"Don't worry. You can't go into the tunzi, go around the back of the tunzi, and go directly to your house. The third aunt saw that Haizi was a little excited, and reminded him in time.

When Haizi heard the words of the third aunt, he immediately jumped off the plow, stopped, took the reins of the horse and turned around and went down the road, and walked west along the edge of the ground. This place is horizontal and straight, it is very difficult to walk, and it took a lot of effort to come to the backyard of Haizi's house. This is the short-term tranquility before the outbreak of the happiest moment of the farmer's house, except for the sporadic sound of firecrackers coming from the yard of the house and the red lanterns hanging in front of every house, which are announcing that the New Year has come, the tranquility in the tunzi is no different from usual, even the figures that flash on the road from time to time will not notice that Haizi is going home at this time.

"Quick, hide the gun first, so that your family can't see it. After entering the house, your mother asked me to deal with it, you just follow it, and you must not say that the two of us went to Dulong Mountain. The third aunt whispered to Haizi.

Haizi agreed, took the gun from the third aunt's arms, jumped into his backyard, and hid the gun.

"I'll hide here first, and I'll find a better place to hide tomorrow, and then I'll tell you." Haizi helped the third aunt down the plow, led the horse, pushed open the gate of his house, and came to the yard. The yard of Haizi's house was originally very large, but it was all occupied by the garden, and there was only more than two zhang of open space between the courtyard wall and the house.

In the dim light, Haizi saw that her mother was leading her sister and younger brother to make dumplings, and she couldn't see their faces clearly in the blur, and she didn't know what had changed over the years. But you can still wrap dumplings during the New Year, and Haizi's heart is a little looser. Hearing that there seemed to be movement outside, Haizi's mother asked Sanyang to go out and have a look.

"Brother!" Sanyang pushed open the door, recognized his brother at a glance, and shouted into the house: "Mom, Mom! My big brother is back! My big brother is back! "Ran up and hugged my brother tightly.

Mother and sister ran out of the house in a panic, rushed straight to Haizi, one of them grabbed Haizi's hand, and said in surprise for a long time: "Why are you back?" I've grown taller! ”

Haizi saw that her mother was not wearing shoes in a panic, her emaciated face became much older, tears flowed out of the corners of her eyes, and she was choked up when she spoke, her mother was indeed old this year.

"Mom, my third aunt is here too. Let's go inside and talk. Haizi wiped her mother's tears with her hands.

"Oh, his third aunt! Hurry inside, it's cold outside. Come into the house, let Haizi unload the horse, and let's go inside. Hai Zi's mother hurriedly walked over and took the third aunt's hand and let her into the house.

Haizi asked Sanyang to lead the horse to the haystack in the backyard and bolt it tightly, and together with his sister, he carried the things on the plow into the house in the same way.

"When did you come out? Just got home, hungry, right? Quick, the second girl will light the fire first, cook these dumplings, and let your third aunt and your brother eat first, this one is cold and hungry, you go to the kang to warm up first. While helping the third aunt to the kang, my mother asked my sister to boil water and cook dumplings.

"Sister, don't be busy. Haizi and I are not hungry. Isn't it time to send out paper? Let's eat together, don't be busy now. Haizi, cut off a piece of the meat we bought, and chop some filling. We're back, and this dumpling isn't enough to eat. The third aunt stopped Haizi's mother, dragged her onto the kang again, and said, "Let's go to the kang and chat, let Haizi and them do it, and you can rest." ”

Haizi took out a pack of wax and lit it inside and outside the house, and the house immediately lit up a lot. My sister and younger brother also helped Haizi with their work, and the house was immediately filled with the atmosphere of the New Year.

"Haizi and I just arrived at Chen Da Shotgun a few days ago, it just so happened that he had a nephew who also went to him to learn to hunt, and he couldn't earn a lot of money to carry work for others, and he couldn't talk about his daughter-in-law in his twenties, I think others are good, and they are quite honest, we can't rely on other people's Chen Da shotguns to support him, Haizi is still young, and he can't hunt, so I agreed to marry his nephew. Chen Da Shotgun also thought it was quite suitable, so he handled it for us. At that time, I couldn't tell my family, so I had to make my own decisions. No, how fast you say, the child is about to be born in a blink of an eye. There was no midwife in the old forest, and if something happened, I regretted not rushing. No, I'm going to trouble you. I can't come yet, I also have some chickens and ducks at home, and the house has to be watched, and the New Year's Eve can be pointed to, so let Haizi send me back, and by the way, let him go home to see, I can only come to you, and I don't dare to go back to my home. Your third sister and I have a good life, there is a lot of snow this winter, your brother-in-law and Haizi have no less set of things, the fur is good, the price is good, and there is no less income. I also know that killing is not good, isn't it forced? After two years, we will lead the sea out of the mountains, do some business and make a good living. ”

"You dead girl, just have the right idea, I don't have to worry about Haizi handing it over to you. But why don't you drag someone to carry a letter, the family is worried about death. You said that after you left, why didn't you believe in the beard? I haven't been looking for it until now. Haizi's mother helped the third aunt take off her coat, put a quilt on the kang, and let the third aunt sit on the quilt to rest.

"When Haizi and I were leaving, we dragged someone to send a letter to Huzi, saying that we would go to join the gang when Haizi grew up. They can't find anyone, it's useless to go to my house, they can't get any oil and water, and I think they will die in two years. The third aunt explained without bounds, and her face was neither red nor white.

The mother looked at the children busy and said to the third aunt in a low voice: "Third sister, if you asked me to give Monroe, I told her in person." Who knew that the beard robbed the people halfway, and released the people before they entered the mountain, saying that the settlement with the Yun family compound had been over, and the well water would not interfere with the river water from now on. ”

"I'm not talking about it, I didn't do anything I asked them to do, so how can I have the face to go to my house to make trouble again." The third aunt saw that she didn't know what Haizi's mother would ask again, so she changed the topic: "It's really fast, the children have everything ready." Let's make dumplings together. ”

Hai Zi's mother will be suspicious, but it is not good to ask further. I had to continue: "You are too tired, I and the child bag, you have a good rest." ”

"What don't you do at home, let's do it together. Haizi, give some candy to your younger brother and sister, and eat some for the New Year, so that your mother can eat some too. Open a bag of trough cakes, everyone tastes them, and it's not delicious to keep them to dry. The third aunt washed her hands, her face was red, and she was very happy.

The third aunt's mood immediately affected the whole family, and Haizi's mother was already happy at this time, busy mixing stuffing, rolling skin, and making dumplings. The happiest was the three sheep, and he asked his brother to open the things he brought back to see which ones belonged to him, and looked for them. I can't get enough of the new clothes and the colorful firecrackers that I bought him.

"Put on the clothes and try them, I didn't dare to buy a small one, it's growing. One piece per person, all changed for a while, is it the New Year? Haizi, you take apart the little whip for Sanyang, let him go out and put a few first, and then put it when there is more paper. The third aunt's excitement is still unabated, and she will also be a habitual child in the future.

"Spending so much money, and not being an outsider. Haizi, you take the bag of noodles and millet you take back and move it to the lower room, and keep your third aunt to eat during confinement. Pack up the North Kang, light the fire again, and you and Sanyang will live in the North Kang. Hai Zi's mother said.

"Don't keep it for me, the whole family eats it. I see that you are having a hard time, so you will buy it when you are gone. ”

"Yes, there is food at home. Keep it, you can survive no matter how you deal with it. ”

"What to deal with, Haizi can work to make money, and he also has his share in these things."

"You can just take Haizi out, so I don't have to worry about it. I don't have to buy anything for the family, I can live any hard life with my children. ”

The conversation between the mother and the third aunt seemed to touch the heart of the younger sister, and she looked at the third aunt and then at the brother. whispered: "My mother has suffered from old sins this year, and she is old." The little land at home was asked for by the Yun family's compound, and Sanyang and I put pigs for his family for a year, but we didn't give anything, and said that my brother owed his family money. If it weren't for my uncle coming to see my mother for the New Year, and getting something for him, how could I wrap dumplings during the New Year, and I didn't even have salt to eat. ”

Haizi was very angry after listening to what her sister said, and felt that Yun Erye had gone too far and couldn't bully orphans and widows. The third aunt was even more angry after hearing this, and said: "This Yun family compound is too unreasonable, and the fault is not Haizi alone. Forget it if you force people to run away, and don't let go of the whole family. Sister, we're not afraid of him, and we won't do anything for him next year. Forget if you don't have the land, it's too tiring to farm, and your mother doesn't have a strong laborer, so if you don't plant, you won't plant. Next year, let Sanyang go to school, and you and Erya will serve the garden at home, raising some chickens, ducks, pigs, etc. Haizi and I are diligent, run a few more trips to the mountain, and earn everything for you, Haizi and I came back this time to tell you about it. Don't worry, celebrate the New Year today, say something happy. You see that the patronage has spoken, and this dumpling has not yet been paid! Haizi, find a few big bucks to wash, let's pack a few more money. ”

"I've wrapped two, my mom and I did it before." Sister Erya said.

"A few more. Today is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, eat this meat-filled dumpling. Take out the bags you wrapped earlier and freeze them, and let's eat them on the morning of the first day of the new year. Find two more pieces of sugar, wrap two pieces of sugar, and whoever eats it will have a sweet mouth next year. The third aunt regained her excitement.

Haizi took out the newly bought couplet and asked her mother: "I don't see that our family has posted a couplet, can we go and post it now?" ”

"Okay, why not? When to post and when to celebrate, I haven't sent paper yet. The third aunt hurriedly said. Mom nodded in agreement.

Haizi led the three sheep to paste the couplet on the door, and pasted a New Year's picture of a big fat boy holding a big carp on the wall of the North Kang, which immediately added a lot of joy to the house.