Chapter 3: Childhood
This time is like the clear stream of this Weiyang Mountain, the flowing water is murmuring, and the seasons are endless. That year, Chen Ziqi was nine years old. The daughter of the Zhu family, who was born in the same year as him, is named Zhu Zhen, and often plays together. Widow Ding died of her husband three years ago, and people in Weiyang Mountain often laughed and said that she was hard-fated, with a mouthful of wind, like a crazy woman, and she was often crazy by herself, and she couldn't know what was good or bad, and she killed her husband. There was only one daughter left under his knees, who was six years old at the time, and was still normal.
"Lilac, lilac, this damn lilac, is it crazy to play leper?" Widow Ding dragged her chubby body, hurriedly, shouted loudly at the top of her voice, and walked out of the house towards the stream in the forest of Weiyang Mountain. Lilac was her daughter's name, and Widow Ding sometimes got angry and called her a little leper, a stinky roe deer.
"Lilac, lilac, the little leper can't play enough, go home quickly, make a fire with your mother, and control the stove." While scolding in his mouth, "I don't know if I'm with the little cub of the Chen family again, this damn Chen Wu doesn't know how to take care of his son." Little Lilac heard the voice of Widow Ding, which was like a wind chime in the middle of the night in Weiyang Mountain, moving slightly and resounding in the sky.
"Brother Ziji, Aunt Zhu Zhen, my mother is calling me, I'm going home, otherwise my mother will scold me." Lilac lowered her head and was a little nervous.
Chen Ziqi came to persuade her: "Lilac Lilac, don't be afraid, I will work with Aunt Zhu Zhen to quickly pack up some dry firewood, and when your mother comes over, we will help you take the dry firewood home, so that your mother will not scold you." ”
"Okay, Brother Ziji, thank you." With that, they hurried to work.
"Lilacs, cloves." Widow Ding's shouts were repeated over and over again.
"Mother, we're here." Lilac also agreed loudly.
"Little cub, roe deer, can't have enough fun, are you crazy? Look at you day by day. From a distance, I saw Widow Ding coming this way, scolding in her mouth.
This widow Ding looked at Chen Ziqi and they were collecting dry firewood, and saw that her little cloves were also working, and said angrily, "Good Chen Ziqi, you look at how old my lilacs are, and I will work with you, I don't dare to call my mother on weekdays, look at you two, and then look at my clove hands, the skin is worn out, the hands are pierced, the clothes and shoes are dirty, and the hair is messy. ”
"Lilac Niang, we didn't bully Lilac, we are together, help you collect dry firewood, and we will help you take it home after collecting dry firewood." Zhu Zhen whispered on the side.
"Zhu Zhen, you are their little aunt, you can't do this in the future. Let's go, Lilac, go home with my mother. ”
Pulling the cloves in one hand and walking home, he didn't take the dry firewood he packed up, leaving only Chen Ziqi and Zhu Zhen standing there in a daze.
The noon sun was particularly dazzling, and the light from the mountains and forests shone on the land, and there was a smell of earth in the depths of the grass. In the distance are the figures of Lilac Niang and Lilac.
"Ziqi, Ziqi, your hand is scratched and bleeding." Zhu Zhen looked down and saw that Chen Ziqi's hand was dripping blood, and Chen Ziqi didn't feel it, until Zhu Zhen found out, he felt a hot pain in his fingers.
"Ziji, you wait, I'll go home and get gauze." Saying that, Zhu Zhen rushed away.
"Dad, where is my mother? I'm looking for my mother. "Zhu Zhen's father is collecting wood at the door, and her father Zhu is a carpenter for a while, and he does a good carpentry job.
"Your mother is in the back room, what's wrong girl?" Zhu looked at Zhu Zhen in a panic for a while, and stopped what he was doing.
"It's okay, Daddy. Mother, mother, get me some gauze, Ziji's hand was cut by a branch and he bleed a lot, I want to go and bandage her. ”
"Okay, don't worry, girl, my mother will get it for you."
"Thank you, mother." After taking it and running out, Zhu stared at Zhu Zhen for a while, "What's wrong girl, tell your father quickly." ”
"It's the child's stage, his finger is scratched and bleeding, I have to go and bandage her."
"Oh," Zhu paused for a while, "go ahead, Ziqi is a good boy." ”
Zhu Zhen rushed over and carefully wrapped Chen Ziqi, the bleeding stopped, and Chen Ziqi felt that the pain disappeared little by little.
"Thank you, Aunt Zhu Zhen, it doesn't hurt anymore."
"Ziji, Ziji, don't call me aunt, I'm a little older than you, call me Zhu Zhen in the future."
"Okay, Aunt Zhu Zhen." Chen Ziqi quipped.
"You?" Haha, haha. The two laughed and were overjoyed.
"The child period, the child period, the wisteria flowers in the mountains bloomed, and through this forest, there was a hill, and there were many wisteria flowers blooming there." Zhu Zhen said to Chen Ziqi that she wanted to have nothing to do, and she also had a longing for wisteria flowers, so she invited Chen Ziqi to see it.
"Zhu Zhen, Zhu Zhen, it's time for dinner, I think my father and mother will come to look for me, or I will be scolded again."
"Don't worry about the sub-period, just for a while, okay, let's go, let's go home after reading the flowers, go to my house for dinner, my father and mother will leave me food, and we will eat together." As he spoke, he pulled Chen Ziqi and ran away.
There are many gravel in the mountains, many weeds in the forest, and thorny thistles, birds and finches chirping, the sun is booming, the blue sky and white clouds, and a peaceful place. Wisteria flowers are in full bloom, purple stamens, blooming all over the mountains, incomparably spectacular.
"Wow, there are so many wisteria flowers, so beautiful." Zhu Zhen sighed, and her face bloomed with joy.
"Look, sub-period, you can't see it on weekdays, right? It's all your father and mother, who make you stuffy at home, and you can't go far from the door, and you're all stuffy, haha. Chen Ziqi was also stunned, this scene is very spectacular, this fairyland-like scenery can only be seen in dreams.
"Zhu Zhen, this is a good place, but it is a little dangerous, look at the strange rocks, there is also a ravine, let's be careful."
Chen Ziqi pulled Zhu Zhen who was standing on the stone with his hand. "Zi period, I'll bring you here every year when the flowers bloom in the future, okay," Zhu Zhen said proudly, her eyes slightly closed, enjoying all this in front of her.
"That's a foregone conclusion, sub-period." "Uh-huh." Chen Ziqi nodded and gestured to Zhu Zhen.
After about half an hour, they were probably tired from playing, and they thought about going home.
"Ziji, this is our secret, a secret that only belongs to us, this place was discovered by me, don't tell outsiders?" Zhu Zhen looked at Chen Ziqi, as if this was a small world that only belonged to them.
"Well, good. I'm going to hang out with you another day. Chen Zi looked forward to Zhu Zhen, with an envious expression, envious of her knowing more and understanding widely.
"Let's go, we'll be home soon, my mother must have left food, maybe it's not very tasty, hehe, just eat some, so that your father and mother won't scold you."
"That, okay then, Zhu Zhen, thank you Zhu Zhen."
In the forests of Weiyang Mountain, the breeze blew their innocent faces, and they walked enthusiastically into the distance, entering the small world of Weiyang Mountain.
"Dad, we're back, did my mother leave food?" Zhu was cutting wood for a while, and the shelves were full of yards, "Leave the food, go eat, be careful with the two of you, there is a lot of wood in the yard, don't touch it, bring the rice out, you two eat slowly, your mother is going to chop rattan." Zhu Yiyi looked at the two little guys and smiled slightly. Okay, Dad. I know. ”
When Chen Ziqi returned home after eating, Yao Niang was tailoring, saw Ziqi, and said, "Ziqi, my son, look at the day, what time is it?" I'm addicted to playing, and I'm not hungry anymore. ”
Chen Ziqi lowered his head and did not look at Yao Niang. muttered in a low voice, "I've eaten with Aunt Zhu Zhen." ”
"Eaten? After eating, you can't stay out for a long time in the future, and you can't eat at another house casually. You know? Your Aunt Zhu Zhen can't do it, she is a girl's family, how can there be a reason for a kid to play with the girl's family every day. Remember, go wash your feet and lie down in bed. ”
"Okay mother, I remember. I went. Chen Ziqi hurriedly washed his hands and feet, lay on the bed, and his mind was full of the sea of wisteria flowers, as well as Zhu Zhen's agreement with him, and he couldn't sleep.