Between 94 and 96, Liu Shangang said countless things and blew countless cows, most of which I have no impression of, only remember one thing. In the summer when I was eight years old, I often lost children in the small town where I lived, and I heard Liu Shangang say that a group of traffickers came to the county town to squat on the street, catch seven or eight-year-old children, and transport them to a far away place to sell.

The reason why I remember this incident is because one day Lao Chai Tou went to my house to tell my father, saying that the county was not peaceful during this time, and asked my father to lock the door when he went to bed at night.

At that time, I also asked Lao Chai Tou, what happened to the county, is there a human trafficker?

Lao Chai Tou snorted with his nose: "If it's a human trafficker, then it's okay!" You come home early after school, and don't wander around outside at night! ”

After saying that, Lao Chai Tou left, I wondered, when did I not go home early after school, when did I wander outside?

Unexpectedly, Lao Chai Tou's words were like a prophecy, and one night not long after, a word came true!

It was the first day of my summer vacation. After school in the afternoon, I went home early, but there was no one at home.

It was hot and dry, so I threw my bag on the kang as usual, then took a scoop and went to the kitchen tank to scoop water to drink. Originally, I still fantasized about how cool and comfortable it would feel to drink a scoop of cold water. But when I opened the water tank, I found that there was no water in the tank.

Originally, there was an old well in the yard, but the rope wrapped around the reel did not know where to go, and only a half-dry and half-tidal water cylinder was left next to the well.

Seeing that I couldn't drink water, I thought about going to the mass grave mountain in the west of the village to find the old firewood.

In those days, the small mud house where Lao Chai Tou lived was my favorite place to go, not only did he have a lot of delicious sugar in his house, but also many novel gadgets, like what kind of dolls, ponies made of wood, small cars, I can't count them.

Although Lao Chai Tou said that most of these things in his house were for the dead and could not be touched by the living, even so, he would often "give alms" to me one or two toys. However, when he was in Lao Chai Tou's house, he never told ghost stories, and said that the mountain of mass graves was the realm of the dead, and it was taboo to say that kind of thing in this place.

"Forget it, let's go to Lao Chai Tou's house to drink." With this in mind, I locked the door and walked towards the west end of the village.

The old house of the uncle's family is in the east of the village, and the old Chai Tou's house is in the west of the village, both of which are lonely houses in a very deserted place, and there are no neighbors around. Wangzhuang is very small, not far from east to west, but I just hate to walk from the village, because there are three or four children of the same age as me in the village, and they also go to school in Beishi Primary School, so the news that I don't recruit teachers in the school has long been spread, and every time I pass by the village, some old people always point fingers when they see me.

So as usual, I took the path that no one walked towards Lao Chaitou's house, which was very remote, and only Aunt Liu's family lived. If you want to talk about Aunt Liu, she should be regarded as the woman with the longest tongue in ten miles and eight towns, what is called a long tongue, that is, she loves to gossip about other people's families, and sometimes even tells a little right and wrong.

In the past, when Aunt Liu saw me, she always asked me "Have you passed the exam recently", "Have your parents quarreled recently", "Have you talked to someone your uncle" and so on, but recently Aunt Liu owes our family money, and I don't have so much gossip when she sees me, so I dare to leave from her door.

When I passed by her house, I happened to meet her eldest son, Wang Qiang, fishing for watermelons by the well. At that time, there were no refrigerators, and many things were stored in the well to keep them fresh.

Although Aunt Liu's reputation in the village has always been bad, Wang Qiang is an out-and-out good person, sincere, capable, filial, and good-looking.

Wang Qiang fished out a watermelon from the well and held it in his arms, I could feel a very cool air on the watermelon from afar, Wang Qiang also saw me from afar, and beckoned to me with a smile: "Yangyang, come, come into the house and eat melons." ”

Although I was young at that time, I still knew how to be polite: "No, no, I'm about to go to Grandpa Chai's house." ”

In fact, it is just a kind word, if Wang Qiang invites me a little more, I will have to sit at their house for the sake of watermelon.

But Wang Qiang was about to speak, but Aunt Liu's voice came from the courtyard: "Qiang, put away the quilt drying in the courtyard." ”

Wang Qiang replied with an "eh" and entered the courtyard in a hurry. Standing alone outside the door, I felt like I had eaten a fly droppings.

Aunt Liu has always been very picky, she must have deliberately called Wang Qiang to go back just now, really, don't I just eat your watermelon, are you there? Besides, you still owe my family 100 yuan and haven't paid it back!

Given the economic situation of my family at that time, 100 yuan was definitely not a small amount. When Aunt Liu asked my mother to borrow money a month ago, my mother borrowed it without saying anything, but she said that she would pay it back in two days.

My parents are face-loving people, and if others don't pay it back, they are embarrassed to ask for it. But Aunt Liu's family is not without money, who doesn't know that Wang Qiang opened a small shop next to the real small family courtyard, although he doesn't make much money, but a hundred yuan will definitely not be gone.

But why didn't Aunt Liu pay back the money, didn't she bully my mother to be honest?

I stood at the door of Aunt Liu's house, and the more I thought about it, the more angry I became, and I thought about taking revenge on her. But I have a thief's heart but not a thief's courage, thinking about it, gritting my teeth and being ruthless, I stole a watermelon from Aunt Liu's well.

It was the first time I had stolen something in my life, and I was so nervous that my heart was beating wildly, and the watermelon was too heavy for me, so I fell several times on the way when I ran home with the watermelon.

When I got home, I was still out of breath, on the one hand, tired, and on the other hand, nervous. I put the watermelon on the kitchen counter, found a knife at random, and was about to cut it, when my mother and uncle returned.

As soon as my uncle got home, the first thing he did was to find water to drink, and he came to the kitchen with a scoop, and then he saw me standing in a daze facing a watermelon, still holding a knife in my hand.

At first, the uncle didn't care, opened the lid of the water tank, and saw that there was no water in the water tank, so he went to the yard to fetch water.

This morning, the uncle saw that the rope on the wheel was about to be broken, so he simply removed it, and at this time he saw that there was no rope on the wheel, and the uncle was not in a hurry, and he touched the top of the shed at the north end of the yard, and found a new one, and then quickly wrapped the new rope around the wheel.

But as soon as the rope was halfway wrapped, the uncle suddenly stopped and shouted in the direction of the kitchen: "Yangyang, where did the watermelon come from?" ”

My mother was also in the yard at this time, and when she heard my uncle's words, her first reaction was to look at the well. Because I was about to go on summer vacation, my uncle saved a basket of watermelons in the well a few days ago and saved them for me to eat during my vacation. But it's true that there are watermelons in the well, but there is no rope on the wheel, how can you fish without a rope?

And at that time, I didn't have pocket money. It is impossible to buy, and the rest may either be given by someone else or stolen.

Since I was a child, my mother taught me not to take other people's things, especially when the adults in the family are not present. What's more, this watermelon was stolen by me.

When my mother came to the kitchen angrily, I felt that I couldn't stand on my legs, and before my mother could speak, I couldn't help but confess: "I took it from Aunt Liu's house." ”

Be lenient in confession and strict in resisting. Until I was eight years old, I always thought that these eight words were the truth, and I had also heard that if you commit a crime, you can voluntarily surrender to yourself with a lighter punishment. Besides, Aunt Liu deliberately owes our family money and doesn't pay it back, so it's not a big deal for me to take her a watermelon, right?

Of course, all of this is wishful thinking.

My mother stood at the kitchen door and asked me, "This watermelon was given to you by Wang Qiang?" Or did your Aunt Liu give it to you? ”

I shook my head: "No, I took it myself." ”

Syllable!

My mother's iron palm hit me in the face without hesitation, and I cried with a "wow-" sound.

When the uncle heard the voice, he hurriedly entered the kitchen: "Sannier, why is this?" Why do you hit the child again? ”

My mom ignored my uncle and pressed me to the cutting board, and then I felt a chill on my buttocks, and then my mom's iron sand palm fell on my buttocks.

My mom hit me and yelled, "Steal, don't learn well!" Kill you for not learning well! ”

I only knew that I was crying, crying, and I was not convinced, I always felt that I stole Aunt Liu's watermelon to avenge my mother, and I couldn't understand why my mother beat me like this, beating me harder than ever before.

My uncle kept persuading my mother, but my mother ignored me, just kept beating me, and then I didn't feel any pain, but my butt was numb for a while.

In the end, my uncle probably couldn't stand it anymore, so he hurriedly yelled at my mother: "My leg was crippled by our father!" ”

Hearing this, my mother's hand stopped in the air, and she was ruthless several times, but it didn't fall. My uncle quickly pulled me up from the cutting board and pushed me out of the kitchen.

When I walked out of the kitchen door with my front foot, I heard my uncle sigh behind me: "Alas, you child, you really don't let adults worry." ”

After saying this, my uncle turned around and persuaded my mother.

In the afternoon, my buttocks began to hurt hotly, and as soon as I sat down and lay down, it felt like a needle prick, and then I had no choice but to lie on my stomach on the kang, and the food was not delicious. When my dad came back in the evening, he saw me lying on the kang and asked me, "What's the matter, it's not time to sleep, why are you still lying on the kang?" ”