CHAPTER XVI
Mei Sanniang didn't expect that this sheep turned out to be a sick sheep.
In vain she exchanged one sheep for two lambs.
No wonder, this Huang Gu is so warm-hearted, it turned out to be two little lambs with sheepskin moss.
The two lambs have been weaned, so Mei Sanniang led the two sheep to the sun and slowly rushed back, and it was almost two or three o'clock in the afternoon when they arrived at Uncle Li.
Mei Xue has been standing at the entrance of the village and looking after lunch, just like Mei Sanniang in the past, looking at the scene at the entrance of the village waiting for her man to return, but now it has become another picture.
A child looked anxiously into the distance, but he did not return in the distance.
In the past, there was always such a sentence at the entrance of the village, "Mei Sanniang is a crazy mother-in-law, ran away from her husband and abandoned her son." ”
She knew that her mother was not crazy, even if her father abandoned them, but she firmly believed that her mother could not abandon her and her brother.
But the more she thought about it, she always felt that her heart was empty, and it seemed that 80% sure that her mother would never come back, she sold the sheep and flew away, and she would never care about Xue'er and her brother again.
Old man Li limped behind Mei Xue and called softly, "Xue'er, your mother will be back soon!" ”
She has heard this sentence many times, and Grandpa Li used to say this to her mother, and her mother has been waiting at the entrance of the village with hope, and she has been waiting for a day, whether it is cold wind or heavy rain, she has never left.
"Grandpa, is my mother really not coming back?"
Old man Li felt that Mei Sanniang was not that kind of person, but Li Zhantang...
He doesn't think that's the kind of person either.
What does it mean? But it doesn't change the facts.
"Don't worry, didn't your mother agree at noon? When the time comes, I will bring back two lambs, and you will be busy in the future, and you will have to feed the two sheep, and your mother will really find you a good errand! ”
Mei Xue is not afraid of suffering, she is only afraid of her mother leaving, because her mother and younger brother are her only relatives in the world.
Thinking of this, Mei Xue subconsciously clenched her fists, wanting to hold back her tears and not crying, it was very uncomfortable to hold it in her heart, but she couldn't cry.
Her mother said to her, "Crying is the most useless performance, instead of crying, it is better to find a way to solve the situation in front of you." ”
Although crying is the best way to vent emotions, what is the use of crying, can everything be fulfilled after crying?
She often heard the aunts in the village say that this woman has been married to a good family all her life.
The life of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, how can a fatherless and motherless child come to the life of his parents?
When she saw her aunt holding her child at the entrance of the village, she could always see her mother's figure.
It was as if I saw their family of three happily walking in the field and watching the rape flowers bloom.
The rape flowers in early spring are all over the mountains, and my mother has not yet appreciated the fragrance of flowers brought by early spring.
In the long sea of flowers, only mad dogs roam in the cauliflower fields.
There is a saying in the village, "Children must not run around in the rape flowers, be careful of being bitten by mad dogs!" ”
If accompanied by an adult, children can walk through the rape flowers with peace of mind.
She also wanted to hold her mother's hand, walk among the cauliflowers, and swim in the sea of flowers with butterflies and bees.
But it was already 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun was about to set, but there was no shadow of my mother.
"Mother, don't you see that is the child of a madwoman's family?" Not far away, a little boy pointed at Mei Xue and yelled.
Tong Yan was unscrupulous, but he didn't know how much this sentence hurt the little girl's heart.
Children of the same age go to school, mowing pigweed, feeding sheep, and picking weeds for rabbits after school, but she can only watch the other children.
She also wanted to play with the children, but unfortunately everyone thought she was a little madman, because her mother was a widow and she was crazy all day.
Although these words were particularly harsh, they were more uncomfortable than without her mother.
It's crazy or noisy, at least my mother is still around, but now...
She looked to the left and right, and only a cool breeze passed through.
The girl slowly stepped back, huddled in the doorway, her eyes gloomy into the distance.
Her eyes were tired, and the moment she was about to close in a daze, as if she saw a familiar figure, she stood up excitedly, and called out, "Mother." ”
The voice was very loud and sweet, but the voice that was shouted only stayed in the air for a few seconds, and then stalked in the throat.
Because it was not her mother in the distance, she took a closer look and found that it was a sister-in-law in the village who came back from herding sheep.
Old man Li couldn't stand it, he sat in the room and smoked a smoky cigarette, and sighed softly.
This family's life is miserable, as if it is the same as his fate.
People's fate is predestined by God, and no one can change it, so they can only change themselves to adapt.
Don't be sorrowful, don't be sad, for tomorrow will come.
It's just that he looked at the baby's lonely back and felt a little sad.
"Cher, come into the house and wait! It's cool outside. ”
Mei Xue didn't seem to hear, she snorted lightly, buried her face deep between her thighs, and sat on the threshold.
I don't know how long it took, but a pair of big hands gently stroked her little head.
"Grandpa Li, is my mother back?"
Before Mei Sanniang could speak, a lamb gently licked Mei Xue's hair and rubbed it with the lamb's head.
At this time, Mei Xue raised her head, and the moment she saw her mother, her eyes were full of tears.
When she saw the two little lambs, she rubbed her eyes, believing that they were real.
"Mother."
Mei Xue threw herself into Mei Sanniang's arms and hugged her unprepared, almost making Mei Sanniang not stand still, but fortunately, Xue'er was not very strong, so she just hugged her.
"What's wrong with the silly kid? Am I not coming back? It's just late! ”
"What do you think this is?"
Mei Sanniang took out the March bubble from her pocket, as well as a few candies.
"Mother, you really changed two lambs and bought candy."
The sugar was not bought by her, but from Aunt Huang's house.
"Taste it! You will be reluctant to eat it all. ”
Xue'er looked at the sugar in her hand, tears were blind, her mother came back, her mother did not leave them, and she did not leave the house without saying a word like her father.
"Mother, you won't leave in the future, right?"
Mei Sanniang was a little puzzled, but Xue'er had asked this sentence many times.
"How so? Mother will definitely not leave! ”
At this time, Old Man Li walked out scolding, which meant that it was all to blame Mei Sanniang.
"Why did you change a sheep and didn't come back for a long time, you see that your baby has been squatting at this door in a hurry all morning, and I haven't even seen your shadow."
"People who don't know still think that you have been lost or abducted and sold to the deep mountains and old forests! Not to mention being tied up to a poor boy as a daughter-in-law. ”
It is said inside and outside that Mei Sanniang came back late.
"Haven't I come back? And two little lambs were replaced! It's just that these two sheep have some minor illnesses that need to be treated. I still need Uncle Li's help. ”
Uncle Li walked towards the lamb and checked them one by one, and he also found that the lamb had a moss.
"This half of the hair must be shaved off, otherwise it will be infected, and this piece will have to fall off when the time comes!"
Old man Li limped into the house, and took out a pair of scissors, "I'll hold the sheep down, you can cut it." ”
It was the first time that Mei Sanniang had done it to repair her hair, but the sheep seemed to know that she was sick, and she obediently stood still and was at the mercy of others, Mei Sanniang gently lifted the fur around the sheep moss, and carefully cut off the surrounding hair with scissors.
"I have some peach trees at home, you go and get some peach tree roots, boil them into water, and then apply them to the sheep's skin, three times a day, and if the conditions are good, you can get a little bitter ginseng skin."
"This sheep will get better quickly."
"You guess you're changing sheep, right?"
The sheep was successfully replaced, but the two sick sheep were replaced, and to be honest, the loss was not good, because a ewe was replaced by a lamb, and the ewe could still give birth to a lamb in the next year, but these two lambs were different, and they were growing up to eat more.
"You didn't ask for more?"
Mei Sanniang didn't think it was a loss before, after all, one sheep became two sheep, but in the long run, there were no pants left.
"I thought I could get it back!"
"Didn't I think of that either?"
Uncle Li shook his head, "Forget it, it's better than nothing." ”
"Cure this lamb's skin disease first, otherwise the survival rate of this lamb is not high, and there will be nothing left at that time."
Although Uncle Li said that her body was incomplete, she was willing to listen to it, after all, everything she got from the old man's mouth was good knowledge.
"Done."
The peach tree roots are easy to get, and if the sand cucumber is used, she still needs to go to the mountains to pick a little.
"Later, I'll go to the mountains to pick some sand cucumbers, and when I come back, I'll boil them in a pot."
The two lambs were very obedient, and after a while the two lambs showed their psoriasis.
"Then these two lambs will be kept here for the time being! I'll take Cher home first, my baby must be hungry! ”
"I don't know if Brother Erzhu will feed a big man."
At this moment, Mei Xue gently took Mei Sanniang's hand and looked at her with big eyes: "Uncle Erzhu will feed my brother, mother, I will take you to a place!" ”
Mei Sanniang looked at Xue'er suspiciously, and then her eyes fell on Uncle Li again, only to see Uncle Li nodded, and then Mei Sanniang smiled and said to Xue'er, "Where is Xue'er taking me?" ”
"It's a beautiful place!"
Mei Sanniang let Xue'er pull her forward, and they crossed the path and walked towards the field, where on the other side of the village entrance was a sea of flowers.
The breeze and the birdsong in the fields deduce the moving countryside and fields in spring.
At the very edge of the sea of flowers, a faint fragrance came to her face, and Cher pulled her into the field path.
The sound of bees buzzing in her ears resides in the sea of flowers, and she only needs to lean down slightly and place herself in the golden rape flowers, the thick fragrance of flowers running down the ends of her hair.
Each small flower constitutes a sea of thousands of flowers, and each petal cares for the stamens, which is particularly beautiful in their eyes.