Chapter Twenty-Six: Imagination at Night
The kettle is broken, the handle on it is only slightly stuck on the edge of the kettle, if you don't pay attention, you think that the kettle is no problem, in fact, once the water is filled inside, the handle must not be used, otherwise it will break.
As the hostess in the kitchen, the third aunt must have known that the kettle couldn't be used, so when she saw Zhang Jie scooping hot water into it, the third aunt who was still chattering shut up, and at first Zhang Jie thought it was because he ignored her and was not interesting to talk there alone, but now that I think about it, it's not the same thing at all.
The third aunt just wanted to watch the hot water pour on her.
Although this conclusion is a bit cruel, it is a fact, and the mother Wang was led to the kitchen by the third aunt's cry.
It's too careless, especially when he sees Wang's whole right arm hot and blistered lying on the bed sweating profusely, Zhang Jie can't wait to give himself a few slaps, it's not really a three-year-old or five-year-old child, it's too frizzy to do things, how can I say that I am also an adult soul, how can I become a child because of my body, even my soul has become lighter and heavier.
Although it was true that I was upset by the third aunt's voice at that time, and was scolded by someone pointing at my nose, saying that it was impossible not to care, it was in time at that time, and it was indeed time to cook.
Zhang Jie didn't want the old lady to block herself in the kitchen, the third aunt just counted, Zhang Jie couldn't have any glorious image in her mind, but Zhang Jie didn't want the old lady to look down on herself anymore, and the child went to the kitchen to make a fire, no matter how he explained it, it seemed a little pale and powerless. That's why I was in a hurry to leave at that time, so I panicked a little.
Wang's arm wiped his grandfather's wine in time, although the purity of the wine was very low, it was somewhat useful, but even so, Wang's entire arm was still a water cannon, and his entire right arm was unable to move.
Beside him was a basin of cold water that had just been drawn from the well, soaked a wet towel in the cold water, soaked it in the water for a while, wrung out the water and reapplied it to Wang's arm.
A small bottle of wine from grandpa has been used up, so the whole house is filled with a faint smell of alcohol, because Wang's hand was injured, grandma specially allowed the house to light the lamp tonight, originally the third aunt pretended to say that she wanted to stay and take care of Wang, but Zhang Jie refused, and his attitude was very firm.
I kept using cold water to cool Wang's arm all night, and I went to the well to change the water more than a dozen times, and in the second half of the night, I found that Wang's frowning brows were slightly stretched.
Sitting at the head of the bed, holding a pair of small new shoes wrapped in cloth by Zhang Jie, the shoes are very delicate, less than the size of an adult's palm, it can be seen that Wang is very careful when sewing these shoes, every stitch and thread is very symmetrical.
The dark red on the upper has faded, and it may not take long for it to disappear over time, but it doesn't matter, the dark red may dissipate over time, but there are some things that will not fade with time anyway.
The second pair of new shoes Wang has already made half of it, and the soles are also ready, Wang is very ingenious, and the shoes made are also small and cute, far from the shoddy and shoddy feet of other children in the village.
"Xiaojie, sleep, my mother doesn't hurt anymore, it's not good for children to stay up late, they won't grow in the future, if they don't grow tall in the future, they can't even find their daughter-in-law."
Wang on the bed suddenly spoke softly, and then looked at the little boy who was unmoved by the head of the bed, and Wang with a warm smile on the corner of his mouth closed his eyes slightly, and comforted:
"Don't listen to your third uncle and three aunts, they are scaring you, your mother's arm will not be crippled, at most it is nothing more than to take off a layer of skin, and it will grow up again in the next year, thanks to the timely arrival of your mother, if you go one step late, if such hot water is scalding on you, you can take half of your life, you don't dare to be so skinny in the future, water and fire are the most ruthless, absolutely, definitely don't fiddle with these things, otherwise this time there is a mother to protect you, next time no one will stand in front of you."
Wang's nagging echoed in the small room, reached out and touched the brown sugar in the paper bag on the cuff, Wang still didn't drink his own brown sugar tea, took his hand out of the cuff, and there was a small paper bag in his hand, spread the cloth on the head of the bed, and then put the pair of small shoes on the cloth again, looked at the small paper bag, Zhang Jie solemnly wrapped the paper bag with brown sugar and the pair of small shoes, and put it on the head of the bed again.
When everything was ready, he came to Wang and took the towel off again and put it in cold water, wrung out the water on the towel, put the towel on Wang's arm again, and after changing the basin of water, he heard the sound of chickens crowing from outside the house.
"It's the third watch!" muttered something in his mouth, Zhang Jie, who was sitting on the ground, leaned his back against the head of the bed, stared at the burning oil lamp in the room, and looked straight at the flames that kept beating in the dark, but his eyes gradually lost focus.
"Mother!" In the silent night, Zhang Jie, who was holding his knees with his arms, put his head on his knees and shouted softly at Wang behind him.
"Huh?" The woman with her head tilted to the side looked at the little boy beside her and whispered in agreement.
"When I go to the school to learn, I will be admitted to the champion in the future, I will definitely take you to the big city to enjoy the blessings, we want to live in the best house, at least three in and out, and take my grandparents to our house, so that it is convenient to take care of them, and I have to find dozens of maids and mothers-in-law to serve, and then my mother will not do anything, there are maids who wash clothes, there are maids who cook for cooking, and there are special maids for cleaning the house, even if you don't want to eat, there are little girls who feed you personally."
Before Zhang Jie's words could be finished, the Wang family on the side suddenly laughed, followed the child's gaze, looked at the flames jumping in the room, and said softly with a smile on the corner of his mouth:
"How to say that the mother seems to have no hands and feet, even if you have money, but you don't dare to be so bad, the mother has to save money, and so on to marry your daughter-in-law in the future, you don't know, now you want to marry a virtuous daughter-in-law, the bride price money has to be a few big silver ingots, this is not counting other miscellaneous things, besides, you have also seen, there is no idle house at home, and if you grow up in the future, we have to build a new house, otherwise the new daughter-in-law will definitely not want to come to our house. Also, it's not that you can do anything with money, and dozens of maids and women have to spend ....... ”
It seemed that she had entered that beautiful dream, and the woman on the bed did not doubt that her child would be able to flourish, but took care of herself and made some plans for his future.
"If you want to soar, then you have to be a champion or something, if you want to be the champion, then at least you have to learn first, accumulate knowledge step by step, if you want to learn, then be cheeky and brave to perform in front of the old man!"
Listening to Wang's plans and imagination for the future, Zhang Jie, whose eyes slowly regained focus, turned his gaze to the direction of the hall and clenched his fists slightly.