Section XI

Maihua has no way out, she is just a woman, what better way out is there in front of her?

The two men who experienced it were crippled, a Da Kui who had to lie on the kang in winter and summer, and Sixi who lost a pair of arms, a four-year-old black soil, and a nursing Akiyama, and the burden of life for the four men in the family was on her thin shoulders.

That night, she ran on the snow on the hillside, shouting at the reckless mountain forest: God, how should my family live, open your eyes and show my family a way out......

The wind is blowing, the snow is drifting, and the mountains and forests are whimpering.

Mai Hua hates and loves this land, and it is the black soil here that accepts them batch after batch of Central Plains people who have entered the eastern part of the country. At the same time, it is the land that is devouring those of them who have wandered here.

After thinking about it, she really wanted to kneel there and never get up again, and let the wind and snow bury her, but she couldn't give up her relatives no matter what. In the land of Kanto, Da Kui, Sixi, Kurotu and Akiyama are her relatives, she abandons them, maybe she will never suffer for them again, but how will their path go?

After waking up, Maihua had to face the reality in front of her again, she stood up, patted the falling snow off her body, and walked into the house.

She first held Akiyama in her arms, and Akiyama, who was so hungry that she cried, stopped crying while holding her mother's nipples.

Da Kui sat on the corner of the kang with a sad face, Hei Tu sat next to Da Kui with his head down, and Sixi lay on the kang, constantly ** because of the pain. Sorrow has long enveloped the family, Mai Hua faced the relatives in front of her, she really wanted to cry at them, but she couldn't, she was now their pillar, she could only put tears into her stomach.

Mai Hua said her plan while breastfeeding Akiyama, and at this moment, she made up her mind.

Da Kui buried his head deeper, and he shook his head all at once, and his head made a clattering sound like a kang.

Sixi cried, he turned sideways, his shoulders twitched, and he said in a choked voice: It's all my fault, we are incompetent as men.

Mai Hua has no sorrow at this time, she only has a kind of tragedy that sees death as home, she said to the man on the kang in a loud voice: What are you crying and mourning, you have to live your life, it's not that I won't come back, isn't it just three years or two years, gritting your teeth and coming over.

The men on the kang were silent.

Da Kui suddenly hugged his head and cried: Maihua, you let us die.

Mai Hua said with a cold face: Don't talk about dead or alive, life has to be like this, in a few years, the black soil will be bigger, the autumn mountains will be bigger, and we will have a good life again.

The two men faced Maihua, and they didn't know what to say, and they looked at her with wide eyes.

The next day, Mai Hua went to the city again, and she came to the Qian family pharmacy with all her familiarity. The shopkeeper was still sitting in the drugstore, and as soon as Maihua entered the door, the shopkeeper smiled and said, "I knew you would come again."

Mai Hua leaned on the counter and said, "Let's take the medicine from the shopkeeper, and I will come back as soon as the man is well."

The shopkeeper asked Mai Hua to put his handprint on a document he had written, and then put the bag of medicine in Mai Hua's arms. When the last packet of medicine was put down, the hand of the shopkeeper of the money was in Mai Hua's arms and said: I can give birth to a son as soon as I see you, a girl, and your man will be good in half a month, and you will come then.

Half a month later, Sixi's injury really healed, he didn't hurt or itch anymore, but he lost his hands forever.

Mai Hua had no choice but to come to the Qian family pharmacy and live in the Qian family.

The old shopkeeper hated to have his own son right away, and he was busy with Maihua's body every night. When Mai Hua came to experience again, the money shopkeeper was extremely sad, and he fell on Mai Hua's body and said: I let you give birth to a son, why don't you give birth soon.

Mai Hua faced the money shopkeeper, her body was numb, she thought, this old thing is useless.

Every half a month, Sixi has to come to the Qian family pharmacy once, and every time he doesn't show his face in the pharmacy, but outside the courtyard wall, first throws one or two small pebbles into the courtyard, and then coughs a few times, and Mai Hua knows that Sixi is coming. He took out most of the prepared half of the grain from the small door and placed it at the feet of Sixi. Sixi lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Maihua.

Mai Hua said: The black soil and Autumn Mountain are okay.

Sixi said: Okay, they are both fine, how are you?

Mai Hua didn't say anything about herself, but said: I just want to have children.

Sixi said again: Which time did I bring the black soil and autumn mountain?

Mai Hua stopped talking, looking at the half bag of grain in front of her and was stunned, she knew that this was their family's life-saving food.

Sixi said: Other people's land has been planted, and our land is barren, Sixi said this, and tears flowed out again.

Mai Hua said again: Don't think about it, you want to live.

At this time, the money shopkeeper shouted in the courtyard: Maihua, why don't you come back, what are you talking about with that man, I don't want a wild seed.

Mai Hua bent down and put the half bag of grain on Sixi's shoulder, Sixi straightened the pocket with his stump arms, still bowed his head and said, "Then I'll go."

Mai Hua looked at Sixi's back and disappeared little by little.

The money shopkeeper was anxious and painful, he was desperate to give birth to a son, and the pain was that Mai Hua stayed here for one more day, and he would have to spend a lot of money to support Mai Hua's family.

The shopkeeper prepared medicine for himself, boiled it in smoke, and drank it squeakily. At night, he worked on Maihua's body until he lay panting on the kang.

The next time Sixi came, he really brought black soil and Akiyama. She first held Akiyama in her arms, Akiyama had already been weaned, and had already grown a few teeth, although he was dark and thin, but he was in good spirits. Mai Hua put her mind at ease, looked at the black soil again, freed up a hand, squatted down and pulled the black soil over, and the black soil said: Mother, I came by myself.

Mai Hua said: Black soil, good boy, be obedient at home.

Heitu said again: Mother, I am obedient, when will you go home?

In a word, Mai Hua shed tears.

She kissed the black soil and the autumn mountain, which are all her heart.

It wasn't until Sixi took the two children away that she squatted on the ground and cried loudly.

The money shopkeeper's efforts were not in vain, and finally Mai Hua's stomach moved, for two months, Mai Hua did not come to the experience, he personally gave Mai Hua a pulse, and when he was sure that Mai Hua was really pregnant, the old shopkeeper smiled. Since then, he has moved out. Mai Hua's mood also relaxed.

When Sixi came again, he also saw the change in Maihua, and this kind of waiting finally had hope. He smiled and said to Maihua: Maihua, when you go back next year, I can farm again.

Hei Tu said on the side: Mother, Uncle Sixi is possible, he can do anything, no worse than someone with hands.

Mai Hua saw Sixi's shiny broken arms.

Sixi smiled and said: I thought this life was wasted, but it was nothing.

Sixi finally came out of the shadows, and she was happy for Sixi and this family from the bottom of her heart.

Hei Tu said again: My father told you to watch your body, and he said that he missed you.

Mai Hua stretched out her hand and touched the head of the black soil, and the black soil grew up day by day, and she was happy to see it. She thought that one day, Heitu would definitely be able to grow into a man like Da Kui.

Akiyama will call her mother. Every time they broke up, Akiyama lay on Sixi's shoulder, looked at her mother, and called motherly. Her heart was going to break at that moment.

Gradually, Maihua can feel the fetal movement of the child in her belly, and next summer, it will be born. After the full moon, she should leave the Qian family and return to Shandong Tun, she looked forward to the arrival of that year, but when she thought of the child in her belly, her mood to get better went down again. It was as if she had heard the child in her belly calling her mother again and again.

Her eyes were hazy with tears, and she watched Sixi, the black soil, and the autumn mountains go away little by little, and finally turned into a black dot staring in her sight.

Mai Hua felt the fetal movement again, she stroked her stomach with both hands, and walked towards the Qian family step by step.