Chapter Seventy-Four: The Dumb Girl
Immediately, we brought the still unconscious Li Nu too close to Uncle Hesa's house, and when we entered the house, we realized that the family was poor, and it was a real family with four walls, and we couldn't blame Uncle Hesa for being so greedy for money.
There was a musty smell in the house, it was the smell of old cotton and rotten wood together, the air was not circulated, there was a bed in the black room, there was not even a bench for the roots, there were a lot of wooden shelves in the yard, and there was a lot of hay drying on it, presumably it had just been put out to dry, and the water stains had not yet dried.
The little girl who had greeted us just now was bringing a stool and sitting on the only table, curiously supporting her head with her hands, blinking and blinking with her big smart eyes, looking at the visitors strangely.
I saw that this little girl looked cute, so I took a piece of chocolate candy and handed it to her, and said Little sister, you are alone at home, are you all out and dry all those herbs outside?
The little girl was a little scared, so she ducked back, looking at the candy with great curiosity. Seeing that Uncle Heza didn't say anything to stop him, he timidly took the candy, leaned to the tip of his nose and sniffed it, his eyes lit up, he jumped up to hug me, and said in a milky voice in the local dialect, "Thank you, uncle......"
The child was so cute, I couldn't help but tease her twice, and gave her all the candy she brought, and she accepted it, but she didn't put it away and ate it, but put it in the cabinet next to the bed, and I asked her why she didn't eat it? She looked at me innocently, her eyes were clear and flawless, and she said that she wanted to save the sugar and eat one a day, such a delicious candy, she was reluctant to eat it all at once.
When I heard this, my nose couldn't help but sour, such a sensible and obedient child, it is rare to see it in a big city, the motherland has vigorously developed the economy in recent years, resulting in a widening gap between the rich and the poor in society, it is really hard to imagine that the father and daughter stay in such a poor deep mountain, what is the basis for living.
Chen Yun went up and hugged the little girl and asked her what her name was? The little girl said that her name was Aya (also transliteration), and she also said that the clothes you are wearing are so beautiful, big sister.
Chen Yun rubbed her little head melon, and said that you have to study hard, study hard in the future, and be admitted to university in the future and walk out of the mountains, and you can wear beautiful clothes like me every day.
Aya's little eyes darkened, and said that Daddy said, it is useless to go to school, and I can still help with some farm work if I stay at home.
Chen Yun didn't know what to say, so she hugged the little girl and made love for a while, and then she winked at me. I got up and walked out of the courtyard, and saw Uncle Hesa looking through the rows of wooden shelves to check the herbs, which had just been raining last night, and the air in the courtyard was humid, and many of the herb roots were damp and had to be sunburned.
I helped him turn over the herbs and persuaded him to send his daughter to study if he had the opportunity, learn more culture, and he would not suffer in the future. Hesa was noncommittal, and promised happily, but he didn't know if it had gone to his heart.
Eat at noon, only boiled sweet potatoes and corn paste, we have lived in the city for a long time, rarely can eat such sweet things, all eat very fragrant, after drinking corn paste, Aya is very sensible to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, I let her put it down, we will come by ourselves, Aya is very dazed on her face, saying that my dishes and chopsticks are not enough, and when you finish eating, I will wash the bowl again before I can continue to use.
These words almost didn't make my tears fall, and secretly stuffed a few pieces of money to her, saying I'm sorry, uncle doesn't know that you don't have extra dishes and chopsticks at home, so I will treat your uncle as a compensation to you, take this money, and let your father buy a new one next time, okay?
The standard of living of this father and daughter is like the days before liberation, worse than when I was a child, which is poignant.
After eating, Xiao Zhang took us to check the situation of Li Nu, after returning to Uncle Hesa's house, we fried a pair of Chinese medicine and fed her to drink slowly, the high fever has subsided, but the person has not woken up for the time being, I discussed with Chen Yun, this girl is of unknown origin, and it is not a matter to take her all the time, if you want to give Uncle Hesa a sum of money, one is for relief, and the other is that Uncle Hesa can also take care of this Li Nu with all her heart, and she should leave by herself after she recovers.
Chen Yun felt reasonable, and said that we didn't have enough money, so it was impossible to go out with a bundle of banknotes, right? I said let everyone make it together, anyway, you won't need money when you enter the mountain, leave enough money for the return ticket, and give him the rest.
Chen Yun said that there are so many poor people in the world, giving money is not a way to relieve, it can help for a while, but it can't help for a lifetime, knowledge is power, or you don't want the money this time, wait for me to go back, invest in a township primary school here in your name, what do you think?
Ge Zhuang didn't know how to hear this, he was immediately unhappy, and rushed in and said, Big sister, why are you talking like this, shouldn't all rich people do this investment in charity? Little Pumpkin and I belong to a special difficult household, and if we want to invest, we will pay a part of it, why do we let all of them come out?
Chen Yun smiled very slyly, and said Didn't you make a lot of money doing business? Ge Zhuang said don't mention it, the money earned is not enough to fill the holes, don't look at the surface scenery of me and the little pumpkin, in fact, we have been struggling on the food and clothing line, why do we have to fight, isn't it also to respond to the call of the country and run for a well-off life?
Chen Yun said nonsense, the country called on you to fight?
At this time, Li Nu, who was lying on the mattress, suddenly coughed, and Xiao Zhang hurriedly said Don't make any noise yet, look, she's awake!
We turned around and looked over, and sure enough, we saw Li Nu lying on the bed slowly opening her eyes, and her sight first revealed a moment of confusion, and then she quickly came to her senses and looked at us with a very cautious gaze.
Sensing a group of unknown people around her, she cautiously propped her hands on the bed, intending to prop herself up, but she fell back to the corner of the bed with great force. "You're sick like this, don't move yet!" Xiao Zhang kindly went to help her, but the girl didn't appreciate it, and pushed him hard, and the whole person shrank on the edge of the corner of the bed, as if he was only frightened by the little beast, his hands clumped his knees to death, and looked at us with a pair of dark eyes.
The girl had a lot of strength, and Xiao Zhang pushed him coldly to sit on the ground, got up and patted her buttocks, and whispered, "Don't be afraid, we're not bad people." Can you tell us what your name is and where your home is? ”
The girl buried her head and refused to speak, Ge Zhuang went up and broke Xiao Zhang away with his elbow, saying that she may not understand our language, you try to talk to her in the language of the minority?
Xiao Zhang said I won't either, why don't you bring Uncle Hesa to try? By the way, didn't Brother Zhong fight in southern Xinjiang before, do you know the local dialect?
Lao Zhong said that when you go to the battlefield, you just need to know how to shoot, I haven't learned the bird language of the Annam monkeys, and besides, this is not Vietnam, and the language there may not work.
As a result, Chen Yun stopped us with a word, saying that there was no need, she should understand, but she couldn't speak.