I remember that I had a very late holiday that year, almost twenty-nine years old, and by the time I got home, it was already the morning of Chinese New Year's Eve.

At that time, the Chinese New Year was much more lively than it is now, and according to the habits of our village, the twenty-ninth year is a "small year", so as soon as I got home, I asked my mother to give me the delicious food that I hadn't eaten the night before.

Actually, I'm just eating pig tails, this thing my second uncle likes to eat, and I like to eat it, so I make it every year when I'm young, and this is my favorite thing to eat every year.

But when my mother brought the dish up, I found that there was no pig's tail in this year's New Year's dish.

At that time, I was still young, and I didn't realize why, I just cried and said that I wanted to eat pig's tail, and my mother coaxed me for a long time, but my father was annoyed, came up and slapped me, and scolded me.

This wronged me, as soon as I gritted my teeth, I rushed out, and I thought about going to the second uncle's house at that time, my family does not have a pig tail, and his family must have it.

My second uncle's house was quite far away from my house at that time, and the road in the village was not easy to walk in the snowy village in winter, but fortunately, there were other friends on the road, who were either playing artillery or eating delicious food, and asked me to play together.

As soon as I saw that their mouths were full of oil, and I missed my pig's tail even more, I ran to my second uncle's house in a hurry.

When I arrived at the door of the second uncle's house, I knocked on the door for a long time, but it was not the second uncle who opened the door, but a strange woman.

The woman was probably in her thirties, I had never seen her, and she was afraid of strangers, so she subconsciously took a step back.

At this time, I heard the voice of the second uncle from the back room: "Who?" ”

"A little kid." The woman said to the second uncle, then squatted down and asked me with a smile, "Little guy, what's your name?" ”

At that time, the village was full of familiar faces, I had never seen this woman at all, she was a stranger, so I was a little scared, this fear, I remembered that my mother often scared me, saying that the fox would become a woman and eat children or something, so I was even more afraid, and I turned my head to run.

I turned around and was about to run, when I felt someone grab my clothes behind me and lift them up.

Now I'm even more scared, waving my hands and feet indiscriminately and yelling.

At this time, I heard the second uncle behind me say: "What are you shouting, you kid is too timid!" ”

As soon as I heard the voice of the second uncle, I was immediately not afraid, and when I looked back, it was the second uncle who dragged me up.

"Second uncle!" I almost cried into his arms, and the second uncle laughed, put me down, touched my head, pointed to the woman and said, "Come, call the second aunt." ”

I was young at the time, and I didn't know what this meant, so I honestly shouted "Second Aunt".

The second uncle dragged me into the house, and asked me what I was doing here, and the smell of a pig's tail came out of my head again, and said, "Second uncle, do you have a pig's tail at home?" ”

The second uncle laughed: "Yes, yes!" The second uncle's house has everything delicious, you wait, I'll bring it to you. ”

He brought out a pot of pig tails from the kitchen, which was very delicious, even better than my mother's cooking, saying that it was made by the second aunt.

I didn't bother to talk much, I just ate it, and after a while, I ate a few sticks, and the second uncle quickly stopped me and said, "Don't eat it, it's time to hold on if you eat again, and I'll eat it tomorrow." ”

I was full of food and drink, so I didn't want to leave, after all, I had just been kicked out by my father, so I asked my second uncle: "Second uncle, can I live in your house?" ”

The second uncle was a little embarrassed at that time, and said, "Go home quickly, it's getting late, and if it's too late, your mother should be worried." ”

When I was a child, I had a stubborn temper, so I said that my father kicked me out and wouldn't let me go back, but my second uncle laughed, touched my head and said, "You are his son, can he still let you go back?" Let's go, I'll send you back. ”

He got dressed and was going to send me out, and the second aunt seemed a little worried, but the second uncle told her not to worry and said it was okay.

The second uncle took my hand and sent me all the way back until I was still a few dozen meters away from my house, stopped and said, "Go back, I won't go in." ”

I asked him why, but he didn't say anything, I was young at the time, and I didn't understand the way of it, so I went back by myself.

As a result, after I went back, my father and my mother asked me what I was doing, and I said that I went to my second uncle's house to eat pig's tail, and my father was so angry that he picked up a broom and hit me on the ass, beating me all over the house.

I didn't know why he was angry at the time, so I just hid behind my mother while crying, and it wasn't until late that my father got tired and said that I would never go to my second uncle's house again.

I was tired of crying, so I fell asleep in bed, and the next day I was woken up by the sound of firecrackers, and I happily ran out to play, and forgot all about last night.

On the evening of the thirtieth, according to the custom, we were going to go to my grandfather's house for dinner, and when it was time to eat, the family sat at the table, but I didn't see the shadow of the second uncle, so I asked, "Grandpa, where is my second uncle?" ”

Grandpa was very angry and told me not to ask so much, just eat.

I didn't dare to ask more, so I picked up the pig tail on the table and took a bite and said, "This pig tail is not as delicious as my second aunt's cooking!" ”

I still clearly remember the expressions of all the people at the table after hearing this, my father and my mother were frightened, and my grandfather was very angry, I have never seen him so angry, and his beard flew up angrily.

Grandpa threw the chopsticks on the table and asked, "Where did you come from?!" ”

He yelled at me with his eyes wide open and his mouth wide open, which frightened me, and I was so trembling that I couldn't even speak clearly, and my father was even more angry at my head, and then said to my grandfather: "This kid went to his house for dinner last night, and I have already cleaned him up!" ”

But I didn't expect my grandfather to eat this set at all, so he immediately stood up and said, "It's the other way around, it's the other way around!" It's all hurt to your own nephew! I think he's going to turn the sky upside down! ”

After my grandfather finished speaking, he didn't eat anymore, put on his clothes and walked out, and my father hurriedly stopped him and said, "Dad! It's a big New Year, what are you doing here, let's talk about it after the New Year, and then we will talk about it after the New Year! ”

But my grandfather's personality was even more stubborn like a donkey, and he shook off my father and said, "You two, take Mingming with you and follow me to their house!" ”

In this way, that year, on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, our family, accompanied my grandfather, walked to the door of the second uncle's house step by step in the smell of other people's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

Grandpa arrived at the door, without saying a word, raised his fist and smashed it on the door, smashed it for a while, the second uncle opened the door, and when he saw that all of us were outside, he was directly stunned.

Grandpa pushed him away and walked inside, and my father and my mother sandwiched me in the middle and entered the house of the second uncle's house.

His house was cleaned up very cleanly, much cleaner than my second uncle's own cleanup, and it must have been cleaned up by my second aunt.

The two of them were eating, and the table was full of delicious food, and I could smell the smell of pig's tail at the door, and my saliva was about to stay.

The second aunt lowered her head and sat there awkwardly, the second uncle was very stiff and asked directly: "What are you doing here for the New Year, you are not welcome here!" ”

Grandpa didn't say much, he went up and gave the second uncle a slap and scolded: "You kid! Mingming is your own nephew, do you want that slut to kill him?! ”

The second uncle originally just covered his face and didn't speak, but as soon as he heard the word "slut", he immediately raised his head and said with red eyes: "I don't allow you to talk about her like that!" ”

"Second brother, you're too much!" My father said emotionally, "Don't you know where that woman came from?" For her sake, you want to cut off the father-son relationship with your father, we promise you, now you are still here to harm Mingming, do you still have a conscience! ”

The second uncle snorted coldly and said, "Big brother, it was you who drove your son outside in the cold and snow in the winter, and the child was hungry, I asked him to come over for some food and warm up his body, what's wrong?" ”

"Our children, don't worry about it!" My dad yelled almost at the top of his throat, I had never heard him talk like that.

They quarreled fiercely, and the second aunt, who was sitting there without saying a word, stood up and said, "Don't quarrel, I'll go!" ”

The second aunt said, put on her clothes and was about to leave, but the second uncle grabbed her and said, "I'll go with you, this shabby place, I don't want to stay for a day!" ”

Grandpa angrily pointed outside and said, "Get out!" Get out of here! There's a kind of don't come back for the rest of your life! ”

The second uncle said the last sentence I had ever heard in my life: "If Lao Tzu comes back, I won't be fucking surnamed Chen!" ”