Chapter 4: My Cousin's House

My cousin is my father's cousin, who married to Bin County more than 20 years ago, more than 40 miles away. Because the www.biquge.info pen is too far away, Xiuxiu went there a few times when she was a child, and she has never been there since. The father walked in front, and Xiuxiu followed closely behind. After the rain, the mountain road was wet, slippery, and muddy, but because I was full of worries, the road went very fast, and I didn't feel that I walked out of the mountain pass, crossed a highway bridge, and went up to the road in Linxian. Although the road is much easier to walk, there is still more than half the way to go. During the day, there were always cars from the county town that kept passing on the road to the door of my cousin's house, but there were no cars at night, so they had to walk on foot.

The father and daughter walked very fast, and the hurried and panicked appearance seemed to be rushing and fleeing, so whenever the headlights of the car shone towards them from far and near, they would subconsciously feel an inexplicable panic, and even break out in a cold sweat. However, they soon found out that these were all night-time trucks, and their panic slowly calmed down.

The night after the rain was quiet and refreshing, because they had been walking like this, and they had not worn a watch, and they did not know what time it was, but they could feel that it was already past the second half of the night. After a day of work and a long journey, Xiuxiu had already felt that the soles of her feet were too tired to hold on, but she didn't dare to stop, because she knew that as soon as the morning dawned, people would find that Deputy Township Chief Chang had drowned. So, she had to fly away from here before people found out.

After walking on the asphalt road for an unknown amount of time, I finally came to my cousin's village. My cousin's village is just off the road, and after many years of not being there, the village has become a little unrecognizable. If it weren't for her father, she really couldn't find her cousin's home. My cousin's house is in the middle of the village, and it is no longer the original mud house, but a small two-story building from brick to roof. In their township, only those bosses and township leaders can afford to build such small buildings. So, from this point of view, my cousin's family can be regarded as a good local family.

When my uncle heard my father call the door, he opened the door, and when he saw that his father was carrying his suit, followed by Xiuxiu, my cousin was very confused and asked, "What are you doing here?" The father first sighed for a while, and then, with a sad face, told his cousin and brother-in-law that Xiuxiu was going out to hide.

The cousin didn't say anything, but although the brother-in-law wrote Zhixian's address and phone number in Xi'an to Xiuxiu, he said to their father and daughter seriously, "They are all relatives, and it is natural to help each other in trouble, but Xiuxiu committed a murder, and harboring and shielding is a crime." Therefore, I won't stop Xiuxiu from going to Zhixian, but we have to talk about it first, if the government and public security really investigate it, you will bite it to death and say that Zhixian and we have never heard of it, and we don't know about it. The father immediately reassured, "You can rest assured, no matter what happens, I will never betray or affect you." ”

Brother-in-law's words made Xiuxiu feel very uncomfortable, thinking that relatives come and go like relatives on weekdays, and when it comes to a critical time, I will say this kind of outward and outward words. But she can still figure it out, after all, she is a brother-in-law, not a parent, and there is no need for others to take responsibility for her.

At this point, my cousin is going to cook them something to eat. They were in such a hurry that they didn't bother to eat, and they were already hungry, but my father, fearing that cooking at night would alarm the neighbors, said he had already eaten. My cousin looked at her watch, it was already four o'clock, and it was still a long time before dawn, so she asked her father to follow her brother-in-law to Zhixian's room to sleep, and let Xiuxiu sleep with her.

Xiuxiu usually sleeps alone in her own bed, but now she sleeps in the same bed with others, she feels very unaccustomed, tossing and turning and can't fall asleep, and as soon as she closes her eyes, she sees the police coming to arrest her, so she doesn't dare to close her eyes, she can only watch out the window, waiting for the night to disperse quickly, and the morning will come quickly, so that she can leave here early in the car and go to a place that no one knows.

My cousin soon fell asleep and snored loudly. Originally, Xiuxiu couldn't sleep, and when she heard this snoring again, she couldn't sleep no matter what she said. For those who are asleep, the night is short, but for the sleepy, the night is long. Because Xiuxiu was covered with a quilt with her cousin, she couldn't sleep, but she didn't dare to turn over, so her tired and tired body couldn't stretch and relax. But Xiuxiu knew that this feeling of suffering was only the beginning of a long suffering in the future.

Finally, the rooster began to crow, and the sky began to brighten. Xiuxiu hesitated and didn't know if it was time to get up. But my cousin said in a sleepy tone, "Go to sleep, it's still early." Xiuxiu had no choice but to lie down again, although she was very tired and sleepy, and she was very sleepy, but she couldn't sleep at all. So, seeing that the sky outside the window was already transparent, I quietly got up. When she walked from the bed to the outhouse, she smelled a strong smell of smoke, and it turned out that her father had gotten up at some point, and was sitting by the faint window smoking a paper cigarette. From the light that penetrated and the smoke that dispersed, my father looked difficult and helpless, as if he was pressed by a burden that could not be shaken off, and he seemed to have aged much at once.

Xiuxiu walked up to her father and shouted in shame and distress, "Dad, you didn't sleep?" The father nodded silently and said, "I can't sleep." Then, he said to Xiuxiu, "There is a bus to Xi'an at six o'clock in the morning, you go and say hello to your cousin, let's go on the road early." Xiuxiu felt that it was still early, but her father had already spoken. She had no choice but to go back to the house to greet her cousin. My cousin said, "It's better for you to leave early, no one will notice." If you leave, I will have to send it to the station as my cousin. However, there are acquaintances in and out of the village, and there are many eyes and mouths, and I am afraid that it will not be good for people to see you, so I can't send you. Xiuxiu said, "This is enough trouble for you." My cousin said, "Look what you're talking about." As she spoke, my cousin got up from her bed. Ke Xiuxiu hurriedly said, "Cousin, it's still early, you go to bed, let's go." My cousin didn't get up, but said, "Okay, let's go." ”

Xiuxiu followed her father out of the door and walked towards the side of the road. There are already people on the highway who are riding bicycles or pulling carts to the water tower at the head of the village to fetch water. The father was afraid that he would meet acquaintances, so he took Xiuxiu to the village and walked briskly. As soon as I walked to the head of the village, I saw a minibus slowly driving towards this side in a daze as if it had just woken up. Xiuxiu waved her hand, and the car stopped. His father sent Xiuxiu to the car, and without saying a word, the car drove away. Because there were only two people sitting in the car, the car drove to the head of the village, and then turned around and drove back. Xiuxiu was already weak-hearted, so she looked at the car and started quickly, leaving this place early. However, the car drove around vigorously until nearly eight o'clock, when the car was full of people, and then drove in the direction of Xi'an.