Chapter 001: Wedge
The north wind blew from the mountain, and the old beard put a cotton jacket between his head and carefully wrapped the child in his arms like a thief. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"Baby, I'm going to be home soon, and it won't be cold when I get home." Looking at the frozen red face of the child in his arms, the old beard was a little distressed.
Luckily, it's closer to home.
"Driving...... De'er ......" An ox cart full of vegetables stopped as it passed by the old beard.
"Haha, Lao Hu, far away, I look like you!" Lao Huang's wrinkled face burst into a smile, and the long dry tobacco stick knocked on the frame, knocking out the ash that had not yet burned out, and said enthusiastically: "Lao Hu, come, sit up." ā
"Huh?" The old beard looked at the vegetables on the ox cart and rubbed his hands with some hesitation.
Lao Huang opened a supply and marketing cooperative in the village, and at this point in time, pulling a cart of vegetables, apparently preparing for the New Year, sold to the villagers.
"What's wrong? Let you come up, and you will come up! Lao Huang took the dry tobacco stick and knocked twice on the ox cart with dissatisfaction: "This cart is strong, and it's okay if you have one more." ā
"Alright then!" The old bearded man bypassed the old ox pulling the cart and sat on the other side of the cart.
After sitting in the car, the old beard uncovered the mattress in his arms as if he were treating a treasure, and immediately covered the mattress after taking a look at the child's cold and blue face.
In an instant, the child was also seen by Lao Huang.
The dry tobacco stick in his hand trembled, and the boss of Lao Huang's mouth was long, revealing two rows of big yellow teeth inside: "Old ...... Lao Hu, where did you get this baby? ā
glanced at Lao Huang vigilantly, and the old beard covered the child tighter: "Picked it up." ā
"Look at your bear-like look! What can't be said? Lao Huang was a little dissatisfied, stretched out the dry tobacco stick, knocked on the cow's buttocks, and let the old cow walk on the road, Lao Huang turned his head and asked, "With a handle?" ā
As soon as he heard Lao Huang ask, the wrinkles on Lao Hutou's face turned into a ball, his mouth couldn't close, and he nodded fiercely: "Yes, bring a handle!" ā
"Okay, you old Hu!" Lao Huang gave Lao Niu a thumbs up, and then said with some concern: "You won't do anything illegal, right?" ā
In recent years, some families with physical problems in the countryside always like to raise some children. However, the people who are adopted are usually girls, and I really haven't heard of any family's sons being adopted.
"Fuck you!" Lao Hu glared at Lao Huang, hugged the child tighter in his arms, and emphasized: "Picked it up!" ā
When it comes to children, the old beard is like a fried cat, and he can't be provoked at all.
"Just don't break the law." Lao Huang was not interested in these bullshit things, touched the old beard's arm, and said with a wink: "Have you thought of a name?" When the time comes, let the village chief help you open a household registration, and you can get a bright name! ā
"Figured it out! The nickname is called Dog! The name is cheap and easy to raise. The old beard had a look of longing, and the smile on his face never faded: "The words of the daimyo haven't been thought about yet." ā
Speaking of this, the old beard scratched his head: "When you get a household registration, let's talk about it." ā
The ox cart squeaked towards the village, and when it came to the head of the village, the old bearded head did not directly enter the village in the ox cart, but jumped off the ox cart and walked towards the field north of the village.
Lao Huang smiled and drove the ox cart directly into the village.
After walking for three or four hundred meters, he came to a mound of loess and a mound of graves, and the old beard knelt down with a "poof".
Carefully put the child aside, the old beard kowtowed respectfully three times, and when he raised his head again, his face was already full of tears: "The ancestors are above, my old Hu family, there is a queen!" ā
When Lao Hu Tou returned to the village with the child in his arms, even though it was cold outside, there were many people standing in the aisles of the village, all waiting to see the excitement.
The old bearded man is a famous bachelor in the village, and now he is almost sixty years old, not to mention that he has no children and no daughters, and he has not even asked for a mother-in-law.
In order to pass on the ancestry, Lao Hu ran all over the country, and wanted to raise a child. It's just that in these years, except that he really can't live, who wants to send the boy out?
After more than ten years, the old beard is still the old beard, and the family is still alone.
Two years ago, Lao Hutou didn't even plant his own land, and went directly to the city's adoption home as a janitor. There are rumors in the village that the old beard is looking for a boy in the adoption home.
It's just that what the villagers never expected was that Lao Hu really brought back a boy.
"How did the child get here?" At the old beard's house, the village chief asked with a headache.
"Picked it up!" The old beard stiffened his neck, and looked at the village chief without showing weakness, even if it was the village chief, he had grown from a small piece to a big one, could he still be afraid?
"Nonsense!" The village chief was a little angry and paced around the house: "Old Hu, it's easy to get a household registration, but you have to at least let me understand where this kid came from!" ā
The village is not without precedent.
Some young couples with hidden physical diseases who are unable to have children often adopt children from other families through intermediaries.
In this case, the village will not be in a difficult situation when it comes to getting a hukou.
However, the old beard brought such a child of unknown origin from outside, and the village chief was also very embarrassed.
"I picked it up!" After Lao Hu replied, his attitude gradually softened, and he also knew that it was useless to put this kind of thing on the top, it had to be solved after all, and he couldn't let the child be a black household for a lifetime.
Two nights ago, someone abandoned a baby at the gate of the adoption home where Lao Hu Tou worked.
When it was dawn, the baby was already frozen, and his little face was bruised, so he was hanging for a breath; When the doorman's bearded head found the baby, he immediately carried it to the house to keep warm, and finally picked up the baby's life.
Out of the selfishness of inheriting the lineage, Lao Hutou did not report the matter to the adoption home, resigned on the same day, and left directly with the child.
To be abandoned in an orphanage, there must be something unusual about the child.
First of all, the child's eyes are very big and smart, and the black eyes make the old beard like it at a glance.
Unlike other children, the baby who picked it up rarely cries, and its two eyes often stare at one place for a long time.
Moreover, the baby was basically immobile, as if his whole body was paralyzed, and his arms and calves were also very emaciated. Especially compared to a pair of big eyes, it looks like a deformed alien.
Lao Hu asked the doctor privately, and the doctor said that it could be polio, or it could be a disease like cerebral palsy, which is very tricky anyway.
In these years, it costs a lot of money to treat diseases, and even bankrupt families may not be cured.
The old beard pondered, probably this is the reason why the child was abandoned.
It's just that when I saw the child's big black eyes, the old beard who had never had a child in his life liked it too much, so he took the child back to the village.
Taking a hard puff of cigarette, the village chief looked at the child, who was lying in the arms of the old beard, and his two big eyes were looking straight at the ceiling, looking like a fool in the village.
"Are you sure you want to raise?" The village chief exhaled, spewed out the smoke in his lungs, and looked directly at the old beard: "This child may be really sick!" It's a heavy burden! ā
"It's okay, I'm half buried in the soil, and it's rare to meet someone with a handle." The old beard gritted his teeth, remembering that when the mountain road was bumpy yesterday, the baby kicked himself, and a trace of determination flashed in the old beard's eyes: "Besides, this child is not sick!" It is estimated that the development is late, and if you raise it for a few years, you will be fine. ā
After spending a few years in the adoption center, Lao Hu Tou has had a lot of contact with this aspect, and he has also seen children with polio and cerebral palsy, which are very different from the babies he raises.
The village chief was silent for a while, threw the cigarette butt on the ground, and stepped on it fiercely: "Okay, I'll open a household registration for him." What's the name? ā
The old beard was stunned for a moment, his face was happy, and he said in his heart: "It's called Hu Badao!" ā