Chapter 5 The son's childhood is heartbroken

One

As soon as the father entered the door, the son hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Dad, it's hot, right?" ”

"Hot, these dog days drill corn fields are really not a taste, stuffy and hot, sweating like rain is for this season to the toiling people."

"Dad, yes. The taste of the dog days diamond corn field is not ordinary! As he spoke, he scooped up a basin of water and said, "Wash your face quickly, cool down and eat." ”

The father saw his son bring the washing water and put it in front of him, and he couldn't wait to dip his head in the basin and wash it. The son saw that his father's sweat beads were rolling down his back, so he quickly picked up a face cloth to wipe off the sweat beads that were rolling down his father's back. Hurriedly picked up a broken pu fan and fanned his father quickly and violently.

Dad said: "You don't need to fan, I'll just wash it, what kind of cropper is it called if you don't sweat a few days in the big man?" The croppers are iron-clad men, resistant to cold in winter and anti-inflammatory in summer. This is called practicing three nines in winter and three dogs in summer. If you can't pass the winter and summer passes, you can't be called a cropper. Dad said, scrubbing in one go, his body felt cool, he looked at the dining table, looked at the pasted glutinous boiled fish, saw his son's face was bright, and then asked, "Son, why are you so happy today?" ”

"It's really a happy event, and I was in good spirits, and I tried my best to hide my joy, but my father saw through it at a glance." The son said silently in his heart. Then he glanced at his father, and collected the joy in his heart to the fullest, but the joy hidden in his heart was still full of faces, and it was useless to hide it, he could not restrain it, and he could not restrain it, and the joy of happiness seemed to be carved on his face. So, he hurriedly found an excuse and said, "Dad, hasn't my son done something wrong?" ”

"What, did something wrong?" The father was shocked when he heard this, and he was both worried and afraid, not knowing what his son had done wrong. So, I couldn't wait to ask my son, "What did you do wrong?" Say it? ”

"Dad, do you need me to say it all in your eyes?"

"See? I don't see you doing anything wrong, do you? Dad thinks you did a great job today. As soon as Dad entered the house, you scooped up the washing water, wiped the sweat and fanned the cool breeze for Dad, how can this be said to be something wrong? ”

"Dad, pour you face wash water and fan the cool breeze This is what your son should do, what I said wrong has nothing to do with it, you yourself have already seen it, don't you say that you are forgiving your son, or your son confesses himself!" The father didn't understand what his son meant, and he didn't know what his son wanted to confess. So, he silently waited for his son's confession. The son looked at his father's expectant face and said, "Look at the little fish I boiled today, the one that turned around, the tail was broken, and there was no whole fish, isn't this your son's fault?" That's what I'm going to confess to you. ”

"Oh, son, the fish can be eaten when it is cooked, and the whole fish is broken, isn't it all broken in the stomach? This is good, the teeth smile, the teeth are labor-saving, and the chewing is saved. ”

The son saw that his father not only did not blame himself, but comforted himself with humorous words, and he was happy and happy, and then said to his father with a smile: "Dad has seen it, and Dad is forgiving your son's mistakes?" ”

When the father heard his son's words, he thought, "Don't say that the son is not at fault, even if he is at fault, the father must forgive?" Son bitter wow! He is less than a year old and has no mother, cold and summer, he always takes him with him, he has eaten all the suffering in the world at a young age, tasted the hunger and cold in the world, I feel sorry for my son! Thinking about it, the shocking and tragic scene reappeared in front of me.

Two

It was summer of the year, and it was dog days, and it was so muggy. I took my son to Xidawa to cultivate soil for the barnyard seeds, the ground was muddy, and the work was very hard. Working on his own, his son touched the tadpoles in the ditch and played. He doesn't cry or make trouble, and he has fun. He made a shelter for the tadpoles, cut a small pit with his little hands on the side of the ditch, picked up some water in it, caught the tadpoles one by one and put them in the pit, and he worked tirelessly to catch the tadpoles in the ditch repeatedly, and he was very happy every time he caught a small tadpole. In this way, he happily catches, plays, and laughs, but he is completely unaware of the countless horse turtles (scientific name: leech. Also called leeches. Quietly crawling all over his feet, some of the horses and turtles quickly marched into the calves, mercilessly sucking his blood. It wasn't until I felt itchy and painful that I scratched hard with my little hands. What is rolling off the "bones"? What pimples stop little hands? He hurriedly looked at what was rolling off, and then at his calves. At this sight, he was frightened, and then he screamed "Mom", crying and running straight to his father.

He ran and howled, "Daddy, Daddy! The cry was miserable. The father didn't know what was happening, so he hurriedly put down the hoe and ran to his son. "What's wrong, what's wrong?" Dad asked as he ran. The son cried and said, "Daddy, Daddy." Look, look! The son pointed his little finger to his calf and cried. The father was frightened by his son's crying and couldn't wait to take a closer look, stunned by the tragic scene of his son's calf in front of him. The son's two calves and feet are covered with "horses and turtles." "Like the two calves and the top of the feet are covered with nails, and they are black and terrible. He hurriedly picked up his son and ran to the side of the road to let his son lie down and stretch his legs, and then he 'snapped, snapped, snapped' and slapped his son's little feet and calves continuously. One by one, the horses and turtles were stopped from forging ahead, so they had to slowly withdraw their muscles. Dad pinched down the retreating horses and turtles one by one, but there were still stubborn ones who squeezed their muscles and squirmed forward. Ignoring his son's pain, the stubborn horse and turtle father slapped violently again. The horse and turtle were attacked by external forces, and they no longer had the strength to exert their strength, and they no longer had the physical strength to force them, and obediently retreated from the body surface of their calves and feet. Dad pinched the last stubborn man, looked at his son's bruised calves that were slapped by himself, and looked at the spots left by the horse turtle deep into his skin, and he felt ashamed. I am ashamed that I only care about work, and I am ashamed that I failed to take care of my son and almost buried my son's life in the mouth of the turtle. Thinking about this scene back then, eating this boiled fish, thinking about his son's words, he was sad for a while, and tears almost dripped down. He looked at his son and hurriedly picked up the small fish to hide his tears.

Three

Dad ate silently, put away what he thought and said: "This pasted dumpling and boiling small fish is a good meal, the meal is simple, saving time, effort and trouble." There is one drawback. ”

The son hurriedly asked: "Dad, you said that it was a good meal, which saves time and trouble, why do you still say that there is a shortcoming?" What are its drawbacks? ”

Dad pondered for a moment and said: "Rice is good rice, it's simple to paste dumplings and boil small fish, everyone loves to eat this meal, and if you love to eat, your appetite will be opened, and the food will increase." Isn't this a disaster for us poor people who tighten their belts every day and scrape their surplus with their teeth? Isn't it bad for the poor? ”

The son listened to his father's words: "Dad, the poor are always calculating themselves, always saving on their teeth, and always asking for surplus food from their teeth. Dad, you can't do this, people are iron, rice is steel, and if you don't eat enough, you'll be hungry. What's more, you still have to sell a lot of sweat? I touch fish and shrimp a lot, and I feed on fish and shrimp. There are also more fish and shrimp in exchange for money to buy food, I will not let you scratch your teeth and go hungry. ”

Dad laughed when he heard his son say this. Then he said, "Good son, I don't mean our family, I mean all the poor. Aren't the poor all calculating to live a life saving from their teeth? ”

The son listened silently, thinking about his own poverty, and thinking about which of his friends was not so poor that he was tinkling? Which family doesn't drink rice soup to survive? It's no wonder that Dad regards boiling small fish as a luxury meal. It is not only the love of the common people, but also the appetite of the food. For this, people don't dare to boil small fish easily, and they don't dare to make this kind of meal easily. Only relatives and friends who come to visit during the Chinese New Year can have a meal.

He thought, thinking about the difference between the poor and the rich. It is too luxurious to want the poor to eat the worst, and to want the poor to touch the small fish and shrimp that they don't have to spend money to buy; The rich are not satisfied with eating fresh fish, it is really a world with two heavens, the rich are three feet three in the sky, and the poor are in the abyss. He thought, glanced at his father and said, "Dad, you eat!" It's hot, hard work, and sweating, how can you do it without a full stomach? ”

"This physical work is really laborious, and you can't eat without a full stomach."

"Dad, you're right. I'm also old enough to contribute to my family, so you don't have to save on your teeth. ”

The father looked at his son and said affectionately: "My son is older and sensible, I know that you can contribute to the family." For example, touching fish and shrimp, touching snails, and stacking grass seeds, these are all things you can do, and they are of great use. ”

"Dad, I'm making a lot of money today."

When the father heard his son say that he was still making a lot of money, he was surprised, he opened his mouth wide and chewed on the gluttonous fish, stared at his son with his eyes, and then quickly chewed and swallowed and said, "What did you say?" Are you making a lot of money? What kind of money are you making? ”。

"Dad, I caught a big fish today, and it was bought by the rich lady before I came ashore." As he spoke, he let go of the waistband of his crotch-free pants and took out the money roll that was rolled firmly, and gently and carefully unfolded it, saying, "Look at this money!" Here you go, buying cornmeal is enough for the two of us to eat for two days. He proudly showed the money he had earned in front of his father's eyes and handed it over to him without reservation.

Dad took the money and looked at it carefully, and said in surprise: "Oh, enough, enough." Buying cornmeal is enough for my grandfather and me to eat for two days. My son is older, and he can contribute to the family! After speaking, Dad looked at the money, and looked at the money that could buy cornmeal enough for the father and son to live for two days, and his face was full of smiles and bright faces.