Volume 1 Chapter 4 Reminiscences of the Past
As the three of them walked along the path by the pond, they couldn't help but remember their youth. Look at 1 wool 3 Chinese network This was a place where the two often frolicked when they were children, and during the winter and summer vacations of those years, they would live at their grandfather's house for a period of time. On rainy days when I went down to the river to fish, petal sugarcane, and pick melons, my grandfather wore a coat and carried a long bamboo pole, and a bamboo basket hung on the bamboo pole, sitting by this pond to fish. If the rain is not heavy, my grandfather will be followed by Yu Xi, Xia Zhi and a few "little tails" of his cousins; In winter, listen to my grandfather's humorous folk stories and long-standing myths around the stove!
The appearance of Xia Zhi resolved a lot of uneasiness in Yu Xi's heart. When lunch time came, my mother had already come along the pond path, and when she saw Xia Zhi, she couldn't help but talk about it. "Xia Zhi, I haven't been home for the New Year for so many years, why haven't I seen you bring your girlfriend back" Xia Zhi smiled a little shyly, and did not directly answer Yu's mother's words, "Second aunt, are you and your second uncle okay all these years?" ”
Two large round tables were set up in the living room of my second uncle's house, and my cousin was serving hot dishes from the kitchen. Yu Xi saw the little uncle sitting at the table at a glance, and she subconsciously stopped at the door. Xia Zhi asked softly: What's wrong Yingzi? Yu Xi shook his head lightly and didn't say anything, followed Xia Zhi and walked in, and found a vacant seat at the table next to the door and sat down.
The tables were filled with elders and men drinking. This year, because of more Xia Zhi, the atmosphere is even more lively, and everyone is vying to persuade them: I haven't come back for the New Year for so many years, I must have a few more drinks today! The hospitable second aunt prepares a very sumptuous banquet every year, but in the face of a table full of delicacies, Yu Xi has a hard time eating.
It was the first time she had met her uncle since she was sixteen. Look at 'Mao. Line, medium. Uncle Wen and Wang also saw her, and hurriedly glanced at her and persuaded Xia Zhi's wine to go like no one. The character of the little uncle is well known to everyone, but in the countryside when the marriage has just entered the era of freedom, the aunt has no choice but to marry him. Because she didn't want to stay in the countryside, she accepted the marriage arranged by the family.
In Yu Xi's opinion, there is not much difference between the little uncle and the beast.
In the summer vacation when he was sixteen years old, Yu Xi came to his aunt's house more than 200 miles away, and his aunt asked Yu Xi to come to the house for the summer vacation because she wanted her to help take care of her son, who was still in kindergarten. Fortunately, my uncle's daughter, Cousin Fang, works here and lives at my aunt's house, and she also has a companion. My aunt's family lives in a low house in a small alley, the bungalow is about 20 square meters, divided into two rooms, the back is the bedroom, the front is the living room, the dining room, and it also serves as a kitchen on rainy days. The small alley is very narrow, and only the tricycle that pulls the goods out of the stall can pass through.
What Yu Xi remembers most about that small city, except for the nightmare of that year, is the public toilet in the alley. There is a public toilet in every alley, located on the side of the alley near the main road, and each toilet is so dirty that there is almost no place to put your feet, and the urinal is always overflowing with urine. Every time Yu Xi came out of the toilet, he had to regurgitate for a long time.
The first time Yu Xi went to her aunt's house, she didn't expect that Cousin Fang was crammed into the same bedroom with her aunt's family of three. In the bedroom, there was a large Simmons bed and a single bed, with a narrow slit in the middle that could only reach into an arm. Yu Xi wanted to go home that day, but Cousin Fang grabbed her and said, "I have to work the night shift every other day, and when I work the night shift, you won't be crowded when you sleep alone." ”
Yu Xi is afraid of her little uncle because of the small and crowded bed, not to mention sleeping in the same bedroom at night.
The aunt was not so polite, and her tone was tough and irrefutable. "Why did you have to leave when you first came? I have to go out before dawn every morning, and you can help me take care of the small business for a few days here. Yu Xi had no choice but to reluctantly stay, but this stay carved an indelible nightmare in her youthful memory!
In the first few days, there was nothing to do, but what made Yu Xi unbearable was that because it was a scorching heat, the little uncle only wore underwear when he slept at night, and he reluctantly put on shorts after the aunt scolded him. And the little uncle always stared at her when people were not paying attention, and she could see that her heart was furious. As long as Cousin Fang works the night shift, Yu Xi doesn't dare to sleep, and listens to the snoring sound of his little uncle who can scare away cockroaches and mice every night with his eyes open.
Every day before dawn, my aunt gets up together, and Yu Xi gets up immediately. Sometimes she would cook breakfast according to her aunt's instructions, and sometimes she would sit outside and wait for her little cousin to wake up and dress him and get up. My uncle always slept until three o'clock in the morning, washed up and went out, and most of the time he came back late with a body of alcohol. My aunt would sometimes scold him, but it was just "watering the duck's back".
On this day, Cousin Fang was going to work the night shift, so she took Yu Xi to the bathhouse to take a shower and went straight to work. Yu Xi went home with the toiletries of the two, the aunt cooked dinner in the yard, and the cousin sat at the table eating grapes. She walked to the bedroom door to put her things inside, but the bedroom door was closed and the sound of the TV came from inside. Yu Xi knocked on the door twice, and the impatient voice of the little uncle came from inside: The door is not bolted, you come in, why are you knocking. Yu Xi gently pushed the door open, raised her feet and was about to step into the threshold, but she was so frightened by the scene in the room that she quickly shrank back. The little uncle was lying on the bed, wearing nothing but a pair of panties, and his hand was reaching into the panties.
Yu Xi panicked, ran to the yard and stood at the door, at a loss. Seeing this, the aunt glanced at her and asked, "Yu Xi, what are you doing?" Panicked. After a while, the bedroom door squeaked open, and the little uncle got dressed and walked out, glanced at Yu Xi, and then said to the little aunt: "I went out for a walk, and there was a suffocation in the house." ”
After eating dinner and taking a shower, my aunt took my cousin to watch TV in the bedroom, and Yu Xi sat at the dining table outside and didn't dare to go in, until my aunt urged her to go to bed early several times. It was the hottest dog day of the year, and my aunt turned on the ceiling fan on the roof to the highest setting, and the wind blades "whirred" loudly, as if it was about to fall in the next second. The aunt soon snored slightly, and the cousin also slept, but the uncle had not come back yet, and Yu Xi was lying on the bed staring and didn't dare to sleep. At this moment, she really hoped that her little uncle would never come back, or that she would suddenly disappear from her little aunt's house. It was about eleven o'clock, and she couldn't stay up until she fell asleep in a daze.
Not long after falling asleep, Yu Xi woke up. Waking up at night is a big trouble, and my aunt put a bowl outside the bedroom for the convenience of the night. But Yu Xi would rather not have a drop of water at dinner, and she doesn't want to get up at night, especially when Cousin Fang works the night shift, no one accompanies her to get up at night. I wanted to endure until dawn, but the door "banged" at this time, and the little uncle shouted loudly outside the door for the aunt to open the door for him. The aunt slept very deeply, and Yu Xi had to get up and open the door. As soon as the door opened, a smell of alcohol came to his face, and Yu Xi took the opportunity to run out.