We are the only ones left in the family, and life is not easy.

Japanese soldiers still come often, and the tofu made by my mother alone is not enough for them. No one in the village dared to come to our house to buy tofu. My mother began to scold every day, she didn't dare to scold the Japanese, nor did she dare to scold the village people and Zhuzi Niang, so she scolded me for scolding Huai. Later, I found out that I had a big belly and was pregnant with a child, and my mother also found out, and after enduring the anger for a long time, it finally broke out. She pointed at me and said, you faceless dead girl, your family is scattered, why don't you die!

I also thought about dying, and I wanted to die from the first day after the Japanese soldiers ruined me. But I was afraid, and I could not sleep in the middle of the night, so I ran to the well behind the house, and sat on the edge of the well, and looked at the black hole of the well, thinking that my body was dirty, and that I was afraid of polluting the clear and bright water; I sat alone in the room, holding my mother's scissors, and aimed at my chest for a long time, but I couldn't poke it, thinking that it was used by my mother to cut embroidery threads, and if I stained it, how could my mother afford it in the future. I found a lot of reasons for my immortality, and then I figured it out, I'm just afraid of death, I just don't want to die!

The mother's scolding continued, as long as she was awake, she scolded, hoped, and prayed to God to let her biological daughter die soon, as soon as possible.

I think I have to go, maybe I should have left. I took advantage of my mother's scolding, and began to pack up my baggage when the snoring sounded, many of which were things that my mother gave me to marry, as well as the fire sickle that my father used to light a cigarette, I could think of it, I brought it with me, I came out to run for life, what if I didn't clean it up? ”

The flames of the fire were almost extinguished, and some sparks were flickering in the burned ashes. In this dense primeval forest, in the dark and cold night, Mi Bao and Fuzi snuggled up tightly, warming each other, looking forward to the day lighting up soon.

Mi Bao and Sister Fu went on the road, and Mi Bao carried more than half of the things in the baggage on his back. According to Sister Fu's idea, they found the mountain spring that flowed and went up in the direction of the water, she said that she would not get lost if she walked this way, which was told to her by her brother, who often went into the mountains to hunt.

The further you go in, the denser the forest becomes, the crooked path disappears at your feet, it becomes more and more difficult to walk, the slope is very steep, the dense woods can hardly penetrate the light, Sister Fu gasped for breath. Mi Po held her hand tightly, he felt quite strong in his legs today, he thought, probably because of eating the canned meat. In the morning, when Sister Fu opened the can, Mi Bao refused to eat, he said that he didn't eat Japanese things, Sister Fu stuffed the canned food into Mi Bao's arms, and said, don't eat for nothing, compete with yourself It's stupid, eat their canned food today, and eat their meat tomorrow. Mi Bao felt that what Sister Fu said was right, so she ate it.

They walked for a whole day, at dusk, Sister Fu could no longer walk, she sat down against a big pine tree, took the mountain spring water scooped up by Mi Bao, drank a sip, felt cool and sweet, her appreciation was not spoken, Mi Bao turned around and went down again, after a while, ran up, clutching a palm-sized fish in his hand, the fish was in his hand, the scales shining in the afterglow of the setting sun.

"Sister Fu, there are a lot of fish in the water below, as well as small shrimp, you see, even if you finish eating the dry food you brought, you won't starve to death!"

The sun trimmed Mibo's body with gold, and he smiled happily, handed the fish over, and continued:

"When my sister-in-law next door to my third mother's house had a big belly, she ate such fish every day, and boiled fish soup to drink, and the fragrance wafted in from outside the fence wall, swallowing our saliva every day."

Sister Fu laughed and said, "I still didn't eat it in the end!" Sister Jin'er will boil it for you, and I promise to satisfy your hunger. ”

Mi Bao shook his head and said, "This is for you to eat, and you also have a big belly." ”

Sister Fu lowered her head and wet her eyes. Since she lost her body and became pregnant, what she saw was the eldest girl and little daughter-in-law in the village avoiding her, and what she heard was the overwhelming scolding of her mother.

She held Mi Bao's hand with tears in her eyes and said, "Good brother, you really don't like sister?" Don't you think of this child in my sister's belly? ”

"No!" Mi Bao said happily, "You saved me, you are a good person, why should I hate you?" He withdrew his hand from Fuzi's hand, hesitated for a moment, and gently put it on Sister Fu's bulging belly, "This child grew on you, and it was your blood that raised him, not to mention that it hasn't come out yet, even if it comes out, I won't be disgusted." ”

Sister Fu pressed her hand on Mi Bao's hand, and with a little effort, the place where she was pressed suddenly moved, and she puffed up a small bag, and cocked Mi Bao's little fingers.

Mi Bao said in surprise: "Sister Fu, look, he moved, his strength is so big, he still kicks me through his stomach and clothes!" ”

Sister Fu smiled happily, nodded and said, "I'm his mother, how can I not feel him moving!" He was hard, at first I knew that there was a child in my belly, I was going crazy, I took a rolling pin and pressed down desperately, and I pumped hard with the soles of my shoes, my stomach was red, and I pulled out blood marks, but I didn't push him out, he was still growing up day by day, that day, I was drinking cold well water, and suddenly I felt him move in it, it was the kind of feeling that grabbed my heart and hit my liver, and I was reluctant to beat him anymore. ”

Mi Bao remembered the first two sentences of the "Three Character Classic" that the old gentleman in the private school taught them to memorize, and he looked at Sister Fu very seriously and said: "I remember that our husband said, 'At the beginning of people, nature is good. It means that all people are good at birth. Doesn't that mean Sister Fu, the child in your belly is also good? When he is born, you can teach him well, and let him be a better person than anyone else! ”

Sister Fu nodded again and again and said, "Yes, yes." Brother Mi Bao, what you said is so good, sister listen to you. ”

That night, Mi Bao and Sister Fu drank fish soup boiled with mountain spring water, and ate brown bud rice cakes baked with half-extinguished branch ash, and they felt that they had mutual trust and dependence in their hearts, and they were wrapped in the quilt and fell asleep.

They slept deeply, perhaps because they were too tired during the day, or perhaps trust had broken down the defenses in their hearts, until the sun lifted the quilt of the morning mist, and the owl's cry was replaced by the cry of the kingfisher, and they were still asleep.

Mi Po felt the itching on his face in a daze, he subconsciously reached out to scratch it, but touched a warm and fluffy thing, his eyes opened a slit, just staring at two round, bright eyes, he immediately opened his eyes, the scene in front of him made him almost scream: a little black bear was sniffing his face with its wet and cold nose "snorting, snorting", his mouth was chewing something, and a drop of transparent slimy saliva was swinging in the air, Aiming at the tip of his nose, he immediately closed his eyes and resigned himself to letting the slightly fishy smell of liquid hit his nose.

Mi Bao began to shake Sister Fu beside him, Sister Fu didn't move, and when he wanted to use some force on his hand, Sister Fu's voice floated into his ears, the sound was very small, and he could barely hear it:

"Don't move, play dead, the bear is blind and only eats live things."

In the town, Meppo heard the hunters tell stories about blind bears, whose tongues are barbed, and if you lick a person, you have to lose a piece of flesh. So at the moment, he could only close his eyes tightly, endure the itch of the fluff swipe, and hope that this little bear who was sniffing everywhere would leave quickly. But the little bear was not in a hurry to leave, and it began to turn its plush head to Sister Fu again. At this moment, Mi Po heard the sound of canned boxes colliding with each other, and a thought came to them: this is a little bear in front of him, it is impossible for a little bear to spin around outside alone, the little bear is nearby, and the sound must have been made by the mother bear!

Mi Po sat up violently, and the bear was startled, squeaked, and stepped back.

Mi Bao's guess was really good, and sure enough, there was a big black bear rummaging their baggage, and it was also stunned by Mi Po who suddenly got up, but immediately saw the situation in front of him, roared lowly, and walked towards Mi Po step by step.

Mi Bao stood up and ran towards the red pine forest next to him, shouting as he ran: "Sister Fu, find a place to hide, I'll lure them away!" ”

The big black bear also began to run on all fours, but it stopped after running a few steps, sniffed around, stood up to look, turned and walked back, Ren Mibao jumped and shouted, and it didn't look back.

Mi Bao condescendingly saw that Sister Fu was hiding behind a boulder, but the mother bear did not walk over, and from its slow steps, it seemed that it was not hungry or hot, it was running for its own child.

The bear ran over and chirped around the female bear, who lowered her head, picked it up, walked to the side, and slowly disappeared into the dense red pine forest.

Mibao breathed a sigh of relief and ran back. Sister Fu sat there, packing up her things, she frowned and said:

"The cakes and potatoes have been eaten by the bears, and there are only four boxes of canned food left, what should we do?"

Mi Po patted the bow and arrow in his hand and said, "I can shoot grouse, and I can go to catch fish and shrimp, but I can't be hungry for you!" When he said "you", he pointed to Sister Fu's stomach. This thirteen-year-old boy seems to have grown up overnight.

Sister Fu looked at him and smiled with some relief, revealing her white and neat teeth. Mibao thought she was smiling so happily.