"Three strangers came to your house yesterday morning to have a look." Yuxia looked left and right and saw that no one was paying attention, so she pulled Mao Mao into the stove room, and whispered in Mao Mao's ear: "The person who came turned around in front of your house and pointed for a while. When they reached the entrance of the village, two people quarreled, one male and the other female, they looked very fierce. I asked your mother, but she just didn't say, I saw that your mother's eyes were red and swollen from crying. ”

Yuxia recalled: "The clothes they wore were very neat and new, as if they had just bought them from the store and wore them on their bodies; The way they walked was also very special, two of them were straight, with white square faces, and serious expressions on their faces, like the kind of cadres going to meetings; They all walked in silence. ”

Yuxia tried her best to recall, corrected her words, and said to Maomao:

"When they came to your house, the two square-faced men frowned, yes, frowned, and then, one of them turned around, gritted his teeth fiercely, and stared with a sharp gaze at the woman who had always kept her head down, and they looked at each other for a moment, and the woman lowered her head, and even became afraid."

As if he couldn't remember clearly, he frowned again, thought carefully and said:

"Your mother opened the door and let them in, and when the woman with her head bowed saw your mother, she hurriedly nodded and bowed; Your mother was on a very trembling crutch, and your mother saw that they seemed to be very excited and frightened....... ”

Yuxia said and put firewood into the pot again, the flames fluttered to the bottom of the pot, and the water in the pot was boiling.

Mao Mao looked at the three saints who were engrossed in pulling the erhu, and said to Yuxia: "Auntie, then I'll go back and have a look first." He ran away like a smoke.

"Mother—I'm back." Niu Niu ran out of the house quickly.

"Brother—"

"What did my brother bring you?" Maomao stuffed the satchel to Niuniu and went into the house.

Chun Tao also hurriedly touched the crutches and walked out, stretched out a hand, and shouted tremblingly: "Maomao, are you back, do you have a baby after eating?" ”

Niuniu poured all the contents of her satchel on the bed in the dim light, and Niuniu was counting and looking at them one by one.

"Dinner hasn't been eaten yet." Mao Mao said and grabbed her mother's arm. "Sit down, and listen to Aunt Yuxia say that our family came yesterday?"

"It's coming—I've driven you away, what's that?" Chun Tao said incoherently angrily: "I'm going to see your grandfather, I'm going to see your Uncle Ping." ”

"What the hell is going on? Mother-" Mao Mao felt that her mother had encountered a big event, and she was very frightened and went up to hold her mother's arm and asked, "Why are you so nervous?" ”

"Don't ask more, I want to see your grandfather."

Niuniu took out a flower roll bun from the bun basket, handed it to Mao Mao, and brought a dilapidated thermos to pour boiling water, Mao Mao took the bun and held it in her hand, seeing that her mother was almost crazy, she was also frozen there.

"After the few of them came to our house and left, my mother was restless." Niu Niu wrinkled her face and almost cried.

"Regardless of your business, eat, eat, eat—" Chun Tao was still panting impatiently, feeling like her two hands had nowhere to go, grabbing and touching everywhere, as if she had fallen into an evil spirit.

"Niuniu comes to my mother, let me touch it, my baby-woo woo woo ......."

Niuniu timidly walked over and took her mother's hand.

Mao Mao thought to herself that her mother had never been like this, if she encountered something, her mother would still face it calmly, and now suddenly why is it like this? There must be something tormenting her, Mao Mao carefully figured it out.

"Let's eat, Maomao." Chun Tao gradually calmed down and said, "Eat!" ”

Maomao and Chun Tao stopped squeaking. Niuniu took out a dress from her bag, looked left and right, and stuck it on her body and happily let her mother touch it: "Mother-the new clothes that my brother bought." ”

"Maomao, did you buy clothes for Niuniu? Well, put it on and try it, put it on and try it on. Chun Tao said happily: "Hurry up and put it on and let my mother touch it." ”

"This is the cheapest I picked to buy." Mao Mao said, glanced at her mother, Chun Tao smiled and was silent.

"Maomao wants to see your grandfather in the past two days, how is his health?" Chun Tao asked Mao Mao with a smile. "You will take me tomorrow, no, no, no, ......no, let your grandfather come back."

"What the hell is going on? Are you in a hurry to be like this? Mao Mao scratched his head and said, "When I came back, my grandfather Gao secretly stuffed fifteen yuan in his bag, and Gao Gao also stuffed five yuan, and grandpa is in good health now." ”

"It's really embarrassing for them, they are still thinking about our family......" Chun Tao said and couldn't help crying again. When we grow up, we must remember to repay our kindness and remember that others are good to us. ”

"Hey—" Chun Tao turned her face and let out a long sigh.

Niuniu put on her own clothes, her heart was beautiful, and she looked at her mother with a smile and looked at Maomao.

"Uh-yes, exactly! Your brother has high eyesight and knows how big the girl wears. Chun Tao pulled Niuniu's arm, pulled her sleeves, pulled the placket, touched her shoulder, and said with a smile: "Zhong - just right, you don't have to worry about buying clothes for the New Year." ”

"Mother-I'll only wear it for one day tomorrow, okay?" Niuniu twisted her body and said coquettishly: "Just one day." ”

"Okay—the habitual ones are getting more and more disobedient." Chun Tao touched Niu Niu's head with her finger: "Tricky girl." ”

Niuniu smiled happily, her ruddy little face looked better and better with this new dress.

"Maomao, give the money to your mother, don't lose it in your pocket." Chun Tao said: "Save flowers, don't buy if you can." ”

Niuniu hurriedly picked up the money on the bed and stuffed it into Chun Taoxiao's hand, and said, "Give it to the big housekeeper." ”

"Sleep—it's time to sleep." Chun Tao said to Mao Mao, "It's not early. ”

"Me and the Three Sages will go to Gao's house to sleep."

"Okay - tomorrow morning, come back early, don't sleep in. Go to Niu Niu and tie the gate shut, and then put it on top of her head. ”

Maomao got up and walked out, Niuniu followed, Maomao quietly took out a large handful of candy from her pocket and stuffed it into Niuniu, Niuniu quietly continued, while putting it in her pocket, she skewered the deadbolt of the door.

That night, Maomao lay in bed and couldn't fall asleep .......

What the hell is wrong with my mother? And let Niu Niu use her head to top it? What happened to him? He still refuses to say.

Chun Tao lay on the bed, sat up, lay down again, sat up again, and touched the sleeping Niuniu next to her, the tears couldn't stop flowing, she tried her whole body to take the sleeping Niuniu into her arms as much as possible, he stroked Niuniu's head, sat there and thought stupidly:

If Niuniu is taken away, I won't live, forget it, I'm too tired to live; But I pity Mao Mao's .......

In fact, Niuniu was raised, the winter of that year was snowing, it happened to be Chun Tao pregnant in October to give birth, but the child died of exhaustion, in the crying of Chun Tao, Liu Ju was still on the north slope of the stone hill, but when Liu Ju was about to get up and go, he found that there was still a baby crying, Liu Ju hugged it back, and since then he has been silent, except for Liu Ju and Chun Tao, no third person knows, and it is logical to become his own baby girl.