Travel back in time to sixty-three years ago.

It was an early morning in April 1959, and the sun had just emerged from the East Mountain.

At this time of year, it is the early spring season in the Northeast.

In the village of Xingfutun, the fresh air is mixed with the smell of cow dung and horse manure.

The swallows that had flown back from the far south were busily shuttling through the skies, to and from the river to the thatched huts.

In the tufts, the clusters of hedges and the courtyards of the thatched houses are full of sparrows flying and foraging.

Only the flower magpie is leisurely, landing on the poplar trees on the back hillside chirping.

Inside and outside the courtyards of each house, chickens, ducks, and geese ran out early and began to forage for food, and the nosy big dogs and small dogs chased and bit them hatefully.

The poor pig was still locked in the pen by his master, and kept holding the door of the pen, and the sound of the pig's hungry cry could be heard from afar.

On the path in front of the village, the villagers are wearing shabby clothes and trousers, some are picking up manure with shovels and dung baskets, and some are carrying flat burdens and buckets, coming and going.

At this time, by the well next to the intersection in Tunzizhong, men, women and children gathered one after another from their homes to carry water.

The wheels of the reels creaked and turned, twisting a long brown rope up and down.

When men, women and children get together, it is indispensable to move their hands and feet, tease and tease, and talk about whose family's affairs are in love.

Among them was a young woman, whose real name was Hua and whose name was Hua Hong.

She is not tall, her body is fat, because she usually likes to talk and laugh loudly, she is like a flower magpie in front of people, and she is a famous matchmaker in Tunli, and the people in Tunli are pleasing, so she was nicknamed Flower Magpie, and everyone generally calls her Magpie when they meet.

The flower magpie has a clever mouth, not only sees what people say, but often has something to say, she can say it elegantly, she is not afraid of vulgarity, and it is even better.

said that meat jokes are the flower magpie's forte, and in the Northeast dialect, she is an expert at pulling Da Biao. (The word "pull" here is pronounced as "lai on the sound" in the Northeast dialect)

At this time, the flower magpie saw a young daughter-in-law rushing to fetch water, and before anyone approached, she raised her voice loudly.

"Pillar, why are you here to carry water? Why didn't his father come? Did you lie down tired last night and couldn't get up? ”

The one who was teased was a young daughter-in-law who married from another village, who was handsome and shy, and it could be seen that the child was still breastfeeding.

Everyone focused their eyes on the young daughter-in-law's face, and with a burst of laughter, she blushed for a while, and was embarrassed.

When she came to her senses, the young daughter-in-law was not to be outdone: "My old man can bear it, I don't believe you can give it a try." ”

"Don't brag, my sister told you, there is no ploughed land, only tired cows, if you want me to say, while your small pillar is not taboo milk, you pick up the water and hurry back to let him make up for his body first."

Everyone heard the flower magpie talk and laugh like this, and they all coaxed on the side.

There are also unruly eyes, staring at the good-looking little daughter-in-law in a daze, looking at the attractive places of others, and happy to see her embarrassed and shy at this time.

"You don't have a good person."

The young daughter-in-law said that she could not afford to spend a magpie, so she had to bow to the wind, put down the bucket and the flat burden, hid to the side, lowered her head, and said no more.

The flower magpie has a large number of people echoing, and the more they talk, the more energetic they become.

"As long as you are a good person, then a good person should do something good, you look at so many old men, all of them are suffocating like hungry wolves."

"If you want to do good things, you have to come." The young daughter-in-law responded.

"Who is young and pretty, but I am scarce," the flower magpie said, "there is a small well, who will go to the open river to fetch water?" Isn't it true that everyone said? ”

Everyone was again thinking and laughing.

At this moment, someone said to the flower magpie who was very excited: "Don't talk about Da Biao, the tomboy is here." ”

This sentence really worked, and the flower magpie, who had filled two buckets of water, closed his mouth for a while, but he still felt that he was still unsatisfied, and before anyone approached, he whispered and teased a few women beside him.

"What's wrong with the tomboy? Don't look at her like a brat, now she's a big girl, you see how she dresses up today, and you know that it's stinky and beautiful, do you think she doesn't understand anything? If you want me to think that I used to wash my underwear once every three weeks, maybe now I have to wash it every three days. ”

After saying that, the flower magpie laughed for a while, picked up the water and left.

A girl walked up with an empty bucket of water.

The girl had short lad hair, a light green floral headscarf tied around her neck, and wore a new pink plaid top with small lapels and a pair of blue carte pants.

Putting aside this dress, just looking at the stunned face, he looks like a sturdy guy, but no matter what, a girl is a girl.

This is the tomboy just now, and the people in Tunli only dare to call her like this behind their backs, calling her the four girls to their faces, and her own parents are used to calling her the four girls.

The fourth girl's name is Wang Zhaonan, and she is the daughter of Wang Kui, the captain of the Xingfutun production team.

Captain Wang Kui's family has four girls and one son.

The reason why the fourth girl is called a tomboy behind her back is because Wang Kui and his wife were eager to look forward to their children in their early years, and they deliberately dressed her as a boy since she was a child.

The four girls are also willing, and they are used to mixing in the boys pile as men, and they should dress up and behave no different from boys.

Now that he has grown up and matured physically, he is still willing to get together with the male members of the Tunli when he does farm work, and he dares to compete with any young man in the Tunzi.

Although the fourth girl usually dresses and behaves like a young man, and her personality is also a big man's temperament, she is not short, she looks happy, has a round face, squints her eyes and smiles with dimples, which is very attractive.

Today, she deliberately dressed up, and although she looked a little funny, she was also a beautiful girl, which had never been done before.

I saw her walk to the well and put down two buckets with a flat pole on them, and sat on the flat pole and crossed Erlang's legs, looking at everyone suspiciously.

"It was quite lively just now, what are you laughing at? Why haven't I moved since I came? ”

Guys, you look at me, I look at you, who dares to say?

The fourth girl was anxious, stood up and grabbed the ear of a young man as big as herself.

"You say, you tell me, don't say, believe it or not, I'll kick you."

The young man is usually honest, but he can't resist her, so he has to lie.

"Auntie, let go of your hand, can't I tell you?"

The fourth girl let go of her hand and was about to listen proudly, but the young man didn't even pick up water, so he ran away.

There was spilled water on the road, and the young man stepped on it, and the soles of his feet slipped, and he just fell on his back, making his clothes, pants, and face muddy and water, very embarrassed.

The fourth girl was too lazy to chase it, and when she saw the bucket that the young man hadn't picked, she kicked it and kicked the bucket far away.

Everyone watched from the sidelines, unable to hold back their joy.

Who would dare to speak when encountering such a brutal master? Either hide far away, or quickly pick up the water away.

At this time, a little girl who came to carry water with her mother saw that the fourth girl was angry, and stepped forward to pull the fourth girl's clothes.

"Auntie, just now Aunt Hua said that you used to be lazy, but now you are diligent."

According to the little girl's understanding, this is a good sentence, the flower magpie is praising the fourth girl, where does she know the hidden mystery here.

"Why was you lazy before, but now you are diligent? What does it mean? The four girls were puzzled.

The little girl's mother didn't expect her daughter to be open-mouthed, so she stepped forward and slapped the little girl, making the little girl so aggrieved that she cried and said, "I didn't lie, that's what she said." ”

The fourth girl didn't hear the meaning of the little girl's words, but felt that the flower magpie's words were not very good, and it was a bit of a nest.

Originally, she didn't go to her heart. After the slap of the little girl's mother, the little girl cried, she suddenly felt that something was wrong, and the flower magpie must have other meanings when she said this.

The fourth girl first complained for the little girl: "Sister-in-law, are you so idle that your hands are itchy, what are you angry with the child?" If you have nowhere to go, you have the ability to rush at me! ”

Next, the fourth girl pointed to the people around her and scolded: "You guys are not as good as a child, I really convince you, tell me that I am afraid of offending people, right?" Look at your virtue, you are afraid of hitting your head when a leaf falls from the tree, and you are shrinking your head one by one. ”

The four girls spoke, everyone didn't dare to talk to each other, and the little girl's mother was worried about causing trouble, so she hurriedly pulled over the words to explain.

"Fourth girl, don't listen to children's nonsense, and other magpies don't say anything else, just to see how beautiful you are today, praise you for being diligent and capable, and wash your clothes cleanly."

The fourth girl was puzzled and asked, "Since you didn't say anything else, what are you laughing at?" Why do you hit a child? ”

There were four girls supporting the little girl, and the little girl pouted justifiably, glared at her mother, and ran to the side.

"I'm just angry with the child, don't worry too much about the fourth girl, you go get water first."

The little girl's mother saw the unrelenting posture of the four girls, and just wanted to withdraw, with a helpless face.

At this time, everyone gave up the well wheels, but the four girls were even more indignant.

"What are you doing here? Humility to me or accommodation to me, or what? What do you think of me? How can you eat your aunt and grandmother after a while? Bored. ”

Hearing her say this, the wheels were idle again, and someone went back to fetch water.

What happened just now, the four girls were ignorant and didn't take it seriously, and second, she was in a good mood today, and this little thing was all taken as a deaf ear.

She was in no hurry to fetch water, and sat on her shoulder, her eyes fixed on looking south along the crossroads.

On the south road, the shepherd boy, dressed in ragged clothes, wearing a broken hat and holding a red tasseled whip, was driving a flock of sheep from the production team across the small stone-arched bridge.

A big yellow dog runs in front of it for a while, and then turns back to round a circle of sheep.

After a while, a member of the club said loudly: "Fourth girl, it's time for you to fetch water, don't you worry, I'll fight first?" ”

"You fight first, I'm not in a hurry."

The four girls bit their lipes, one foot on the ground, and still looked up to the south from time to time.

In fact, the four girls came to carry the water in the early morning just a reason, her real mind was to wait for someone.

The person she was waiting for was my father's father, my own grandfather, and I called him grandpa.