Chapter 12: Finding a Son
Ou Wan made a straw grasshopper for Tianniu to play, and began to cut the pigweed seriously. The two younger brothers also followed to identify which pigs could be eaten and which could not.
When she was about half a basket of grass, Ou Wan heard some noises in the distance, and the ground seemed to shake slightly.
Sweet girl carelessly played with the grasshopper, and kept worrying about her sister in her heart, she didn't hear the sound, but suddenly found that the feeling of worry somehow dissipated, which should mean that this danger has been avoided. She exhaled a little and played happily.
Ou Wan stopped what she was doing, looked around, and didn't find anything unusual.
The younger siblings were having a lot of fun on the side, and the three little ones didn't seem to feel anything abnormal.
Maybe it's my own delusion. Ou Wan didn't take this matter to heart either.
The basket was gradually filled, and it was time to go back.
As soon as she heard that she was going back, Tianniu was happy, she was in a hurry to go out in the morning, and forgot to bring her own small flower umbrella. Ruan Yu was afraid that she would get tanned when she was a child and would not be able to raise her back when she grew up, so she told her very early on that she must remember to bring an umbrella when he goes out, so that if it rains, he will not be drenched in soup.
At the beginning, the sweet girl would occasionally forget, but later developed a habit that if she didn't bring a small flower umbrella when she went out, she always felt awkward.
If she wasn't afraid that something would happen to her sister, she would have gone back to get her umbrella a long time ago. It's not easy to wait until a basket of grass is finished.
When she walked to the side of the mountain, Ou Wan faintly heard the sound of crying.
"You ...... Do you hear anything? ”
The three children ran in front, and Ou Xiangyong turned around and urged her, "What's the sound?" Sister, sister, hurry up. ”
They didn't hear it, so why did they hear it themselves? Ou Wan shuddered, looked up at the dazzling sun in the sky, and silently sped up.
Somehow, this day seems to be unpeaceful from morning to night.
It would be good if the earthen embryo room could shelter from the wind and rain, and I didn't even think about sound insulation. The Ou family cried in the morning, and the neighbors on both sides already knew about it, and if they chatted again in the evening, it was estimated that the whole village would know it in a few days.
As soon as the families finished dinner, the voice of Liu's sister-in-law from the same village calling for her children came through the courtyard gate.
"Xiao Hao, Xiao Hao!"
There was already a trembling cry in his voice.
Sister-in-law Liu lives a little far away from here, and her children basically don't play with the children here.
A person with good deeds opened the courtyard door and asked, "Sister-in-law Liu, Xiaohao didn't go home for dinner?" ”
Sister-in-law Liu saw her as if she had seen a relative, and jumped up and grabbed her hand, "Auntie, have you seen Xiaohao?" He hadn't come back since he left in the morning. ”
The man was a little embarrassed by her actions, "I have to work in the field during the day, I really didn't pay attention to your Xiaohao coming, do you want to ask the children?" ”
The family didn't seem to be involved, but in fact, a few adults who were quietly listening with their ears pricked up moved their eyes to a few children.
"Who is Xiaohao?"
It's a sweet chick. She was too young to have seen the child at all.
"We went back after beating pigweed, and we didn't see any children on the way."
When Ou Wan was distributing food in the village, she had seen Xiaohao a few times, but it was far from familiar.
I don't know if it's because he spoke up in the morning to win the opportunity to go to school, this child is not as silent and timid as before.
Although I don't talk much, it's much better than before.
There aren't many clues here, so everyone turned their attention back to the outside.
He Xiaohe opened the courtyard door, "The head child in our family said that he didn't see him. With that, he closed the door.
It's not that she's unkind, but she can't bear to see the mother looking around for her child.
The surrounding families were similar, and they all came out to say "no" and "didn't see it", and Sister-in-law Liu continued to shout the child's name and walked away.
He Xiaohe sighed, "If it's dark and Aunt Liu hasn't found the child yet, you can go out with a flashlight to help find it." ”
This was said to several men, and all three men in the family nodded, including Old Man Ou.
The village is about a watch and help, whoever encounters something, a few families around to help, take a hand, and it will pass. No one wants to have no one to help when they encounter something difficult, so they are willing to lend a hand to help others when they are in trouble.
The speed of delivering news in the village is not slow. When it was just getting dark, men from several families next to him came to knock on the door of the Ou family.
"Xiaohao hasn't found it yet, do you want to help find it?"
That's naturally what you want. After Sister-in-law Liu left, the three of them had already turned out flashlights for backup.
Ou Wan pulled his father aside, hesitated for a long time before speaking, "When I come back...... I heard a cry behind the mountain, you can go over there and look for it, be careful. ”
Ou Jin was born to be silent, and when he heard this, he just nodded and didn't say anything.
The group went out.
Soon the voices of the children's names were shouted everywhere.
"Mother, you said this kid...... Can you still find it? ”
Qin Liuya actually didn't have much hope anymore, so she just asked subconsciously.
No one knows how many beasts there are in the mountains, and if the boy is unlucky, there may be no bones left.
Mrs. Zhang didn't know what to think, she was a little distracted, and after hearing this, she glanced at her lightly, "Everyone has their own life." ”
The women are worried about Sister-in-law Zhang and the child whose fate is uncertain, so why aren't they afraid that they and their children will encounter similar situations in the future?
Sweet Girl also followed them, frowning, and sighed for a while.
The appearance of this little adult made the heavy sorrow in Mrs. Zhang's heart lighten.
"There's still a lot of tossing, you guys pack up and go to sleep, you can't just sit here and wait for them to come back. Electricity is not meant to be wasted. ”
Listening to the old lady's words, several daughters-in-law withdrew from their emotions. You can't patronize other people's affairs, you have to deal with your own affairs first.
Ruan Yu went back to town on Sunday afternoon, and Tianniu slept with Mrs. Zhang at night. She slept deeply, and Old Man Ou climbed on the kang in the middle of the night, but he didn't wake her up.
Mrs. Zhang woke up, afraid of waking up the sweet girl, so she didn't ask much, only lowered her voice and asked, "Did you find the child?" ”
Old Man Ou also replied to her in the same low voice, "I found it, but I was a little injured." ”
As long as the person is still alive, Mrs. Zhang put her mind at ease and continued to sleep.
The next day, there was still farm work to do, so I couldn't just talk about it in the middle of the night in order to satisfy my curiosity. Besides, what should I do if I wake up my little granddaughter?
Fortunately, nothing happened in the second half of the night, and this Sunday was really up and down.