Chapter 14: The Mad Woman
I could already smell the aroma of the food from afar, and saw nearly ten plates of various dishes on the table, including chicken, duck, fish, and various vegetables.
I can see that Wei Lin's grandparents welcome us very much, I know that these dishes on the table are all home-raised chickens and ducks and vegetables grown in the vegetable field, and when I wash my hands, I also see that the chicken and duck feathers and vegetable roots in the kitchen have not had time to clean up, just to make so many dishes has taken the old couple half an afternoon.
A room full of people sat together, Wei Lin's grandfather asked me if I wanted to drink, I saw the liquor he took out and immediately refused, I drank beer okay, drinking liquor is estimated to be lying in bed after drinking.
Seeing that I didn't want his grandfather and didn't force it, the old couple at the dinner table gave us vegetables from time to time, asking some of our life at school, Hei Bao looked at us at the dinner table with his tail wagging his tail, we threw the leftover bones to it, it sat on the ground and gnawed it intently, we told the old people some interesting things and embarrassing things that happened to Wei Lin in school, probably the family has not been so lively for a long time The two old people seemed very happy, and chatted with our laughter and chatted about the end of the meal.
After eating, the two old people cleaned up the table, we wanted to help but the two old people just didn't let us, and told us to sit and watch TV, but where we were embarrassed to sit here and watch them clean up, I insisted on helping, and finally the two old people asked us to bring the rest of the meal to the kitchen, we brought the food to the kitchen according to what they said, originally planned to clean the kitchen, but was driven back to the sofa by his grandparents to watch TV.
Looking at this old-fashioned TV, the antenna is still used, and when you look at it, there are often lines and snowflakes on the screen, and you can feel a sense of history when you look at it.
"Grandpa, why don't they change the TV?" Liu Ting is probably not used to watching such TV, and complained a little childishly.
Wei Lin touched her hair, shook her head with a smile and said helplessly: "The old people miss the old, my father said a long time ago to buy them new ones, but they just don't want it." ”
I looked at it for a while and felt that my eyes were sore, I rubbed my eyes and got up and went to the yard, it was close to six o'clock and seven o'clock, and even the sun had not completely set, looking at the rice fields caressed by the breeze, I turned to Wei Lin and them on the sofa, and said, "Why don't you go out for a walk?" Coming here has not yet taken a good look at the surroundings. ”
Wei Lin nodded in agreement: "It's just boring to sit here, so going out for a walk will also help digestion." ”
Seeing that we all agreed, Liu Ting did not object, the three of them walked out of the house, and said hello to his grandparents who were washing dishes in the kitchen, and his grandfather saw that we were going out and reminded us: "It's almost dark, just walk around here, don't go far, it's going to be dark soon, there are no street lights in the village at night, let alone go to the mountains, it's very dangerous in the dark mountains at night." ”
Welin's grandfather told us, and we agreed, but we didn't even think about going to the mountains after walking around the neighborhood.
I didn't go through the gate, I took them out of the vegetable garden, at this time Liu Ting knew that there was a vegetable garden here, and it was inevitable to look curiously at these vegetables and fruits, there was a small fence in the vegetable garden, from where you could go outside.
The direction on this side is not very dense, with rice fields on the left, trees and houses on the right, and a stone road under our feet that leads into the distance.
We walked along this road, and the rice fields on the left made it very pleasant to see the past, and there was no shelter, and the breeze was blowing from time to time.
Walking all the way, when passing by someone's yard, the owner of the house will take the initiative to talk to us, such a big place in the village, even if you don't know each other and talk a few words, you can also know each other, some people have just eaten at home, and you can smell the aroma of food when you walk over.
Walking all the way, there is also some distance from his grandmother's house, at this time he is chatting with a family that Wei Lin is more familiar with, this family of four uncles and aunts, as well as an old grandfather and a little girl, the family has just finished eating and is sitting in the yard to rest and cool, is chatting, a middle-aged woman came from the road in front.
The woman is forty years old, her skin is black and yellow, her face is wrinkled, she is a very ordinary rural woman, we don't care, there will be villagers passing by on this road from time to time, but I didn't expect that a change happened at this time.
When the woman saw Wei Lin, she suddenly ran towards us like crazy, her originally calm and expressionless face looked a little hideous, just when we were a little confused, she had grabbed the clothes on Wei Lin's chest with both hands and pulled back and forth, pulling her mouth while saying fiercely: "Give my daughter back, give my daughter back... ”
We were stunned by this sudden scene, and we didn't react for a while, Liu Ting screamed, and I came back to my senses and immediately went to help Wei Lin tear away the woman who was pulling his clothes.
"Who are you, insane!" Wei Lin said with some anger, shaking from side to side and trying his best to break the woman's hand, but the woman held on to it and didn't let go, the woman may have worked a lot, and our two young people couldn't pull her away for a while.
All this happened in the light of light, the uncle of the family in the house finally reacted and ran over to help, and the old man ran in the direction where the woman came and shouted while running: "Huang Xiangrui, your wife is crazy again, Huang Xiangrui... ”
"Sister-in-law Rui, calm down, let go first, let go."
The aunt was persuading the middle-aged woman on the side, and the uncle helped us to break her hands, and it was obvious that they all knew this crazy woman.
Finally, the uncle's strength was greater, and he forcibly tore away the woman and Wei Lin, and the woman was crazy and was about to pounce and be pulled by the uncle, we and Wei Lin both retreated a little, at this time the old man came here with an honest middle-aged man, it should be Huang Xiangrui who the old man shouted just now.
"Xiaoqin, sober up, follow me home."
Huang Xiangrui came up and held the crazy middle-aged woman in his arms, and the woman struggled frantically, looking at Wei Lin with a devouring gaze.
"I'm really sorry, my woman has a little mental problem, I scared you, I'm really sorry... In the end, the woman was dragged by Huang Xiangrui to his home, and Huang Xiangrui kept apologizing to us and begging us to forgive his wife.
When the two gradually walked away, we looked at each other and there was still a trace of fear in our hearts, this was the first time we had encountered a mentally ill person head-on, fortunately the woman did not have any sharp weapons in her hand, otherwise it would have been really dangerous just now.
Liu Ting was still frightened on her face, she was scared and cried in that situation just now, and now there are tears in her eyes, until the couple left, she threw herself into Wei Lin's arms and cried.
Liu Ting then remembered that the woman had been holding Wei Lin just now and didn't know if she was injured, so she looked at the collar and asked with concern: "Are you okay?" ”
Wei Lin shook his head and said, "It's just that I tore my clothes." ”
"Uncle, who was that nervous woman just now?" I asked the uncle next to me.
The uncle wiped his sweat, sighed and said: "Alas, Xiaolin, don't blame them, the couple just now is Huang Xiangrui and his wife Tian Xiaoqin, who live in front, are a pair of hard-working people, they originally had a daughter who was an only child, disappeared when she went out to play six years ago, and she didn't find it for a long time, his wife was hit and has not been mentally normal since then, and she will go crazy from time to time, and her husband will lock her up at home when he comes out to do things, I don't know how to run out, both husband and wife are good people, In the past, we used to give us something to eat, but now the husband and wife are lonely, what a sin. ”
After listening to the uncle talk about the situation of the couple, we were all silent, and some of the anger in our hearts disappeared without a trace, and we couldn't help but feel some pity in our hearts.
"It's so pitiful." Liu Ting whispered.
We weren't in the mood to take a walk any further, so we said hello to the uncle's family and walked back, I didn't know if it was out of curiosity or something else when I left, I also asked the uncle the name of the missing daughter of the couple just now, and the uncle told me that her name was Huang Jiayao.
Saying goodbye to the uncle, the sky also darkened after the entanglement just now, and while we could still see the road, we went back to Wei Lin's grandmother's house.