Showa decade

Within the territory of the Jinrui Dynasty

It is located in the Luohan Mountains at the southern foot of the Changyang Mountains, 500 miles

I only saw some sparse figures on the streets of Chaotian Village, which formed a strong contrast with the heat of summer, but it was the boundless bleakness of autumn, and the slightly chilly autumn wind blew pedestrians galloping, but there was no response, everyone only walked forward, or performed their duties, and did not see the joy of the autumn harvest.

The fallen leaves on the ground are blown away with the wind in the distance, and there is only an occasional "rustle" sound when it touches the ground, accompanied by a few weak dog barks from the old dog at the head of the village, which is the loudest music in this village.

It was late autumn, the sky was already a little dark, a light mist filled the air, there was no movement around, and the whole village was left with a winding road that did not know where it led.

A dilapidated thatched house stands quietly in the middle of the village.

In the room, I saw a woman lying on the bed weakly, pale, skinny, her eyes bulging as if they were about to burst, and a teenage child kneeling in front of the couch, holding the woman's hand, teary eyes.

His voice was hoarse from crying for a long time.

His body trembled slightly, as if he might fall at any moment, it was a feeling of helplessness to despair, and only a weak voice was heard

"Bu Fan...... Bu Fan ...... Mother's good boy. ”

This cry stopped the crying child, looked up at the woman on the bed, and saw that the woman was slowly opening her eyes, tears were flowing from the corners of her eyes, her face was full of tears, her eyes were full of pain, and she looked at the boy in front of her, and suddenly choked up.

"Mother, Bufan is here"

The boy choked.

The woman slowly opened her eyes, the tears had stopped flowing, looking at the boy in front of her, her eyes were full of endless love and reluctance, she stretched out a hand and gently stroked the boy's head, and whispered: "Child...... Don't cry...... will cry into a big face, the blanket under my mother is the last money of our family, you are the last blood of your Li family, my mother will not be there in the future, you must take good care of yourself, take good ...... Stay alive ......"

Before the words fell, the boy felt that his hand, which was still stroking him, fell down heavily, and he knew, mother, gone......

This boy is the son of the woman in front of him, named Li Bufan, this name was not taken by his father, but he occasionally heard his father mention it before, but he never took it to heart.

There was another low sobbing, as if he was too tired to be tired anymore, the crying gradually stopped, Li Bufan stood up tremblingly, wiped the tears that had not fallen at the corners of his mouth, walked to the wooden basin placed next to the bed, picked up the fine linen cloth covered with mold spots in the basin, dipped it in water, and wiped the woman's face clean, although he was already unable to cry, his body still trembled.

After scrubbing, he put his hand into the thin cotton blanket under the woman, and after a while, he took out a worn-out cloth bag that could no longer be broken, and took out a few broken silver the size of soybeans, and a piece of paper, which was full of handwriting, although he couldn't read it, but the boy knew that this was the deed in his father's mouth before, put them in his pocket, and walked out of the door.

He walked along the only road in the village, until he reached a shop, and called out in the same way as his mother had been: "Cao Da shopkeeper, Cao Da shopkeeper." After a shout, he walked out of the house, and the mouth of the visitor was full of joy: "Hey, guest officer, what are you going to do, I'm here...... Why are you such a little rabbit cub, go and go, go and play at someone else's house, don't come to me. But after seeing the person who came, he was full of disgust.

Li Bufan looked innocent

"Shopkeeper Cao, I came here to exchange some silver for my mother's burial."

Later, his voice was a little hoarse. Hearing this, Hu Yan's face suddenly changed several times, and then he smiled again: "Oh, it turns out that the little brother wants to do business!" ”

After that, he led Li Bufan to the counter to discuss: "The little brother is here to exchange for silver, I don't know what you want to exchange?" ”

"This is the house." As he spoke, Li Bufan took out the deed in the bag and put it on the table.

Cao Yan's face was happy, and he hurriedly opened it to look at it, and after confirming it, he handed it to Li Bufan: "Well, there is no problem with things, but little brother, you also know that over the years, there has been a famine, and this silver is naturally not much." Seeing that the shopkeeper said so cheerfully, Li Bufan hurriedly replied: "I...... I don't want much, just a coffin and a tablet for money. ”

Seeing Li Bufan's answer, Cao Yan stopped bargaining, and took out an ingot of silver and some broken silver from the drawer, "Little brother, these five taels of silver are the most I can take, you see ......"

"Thank you, shopkeeper, that's enough, but shopkeeper, I have one more request."

"Well, let's say, it's not easy for you kid." Cao Yan looked at Li Bufan's appearance and couldn't help but soften his heart.

"Shopkeeper, can this house be collected in three days, I will definitely deliver the house on time, and I will never delay it again."

"This ...... That's it, I won't need your house for a while, so in three days, I will call someone to collect the house, and you will clean it up in the next few days. ”

"Thank you, thank you."

As he spoke, Li Bufan trotted out of the shop

Cao Yan looked at Li Bufan's figure, couldn't help sighing, and picked up the deed, "Stunned!" Stunned! ”

"Huh!" Another voice came from the backyard.

"Eh, what did you call me to do?" A strong young man came running from the backyard.

"Give, take, this house will be collected in three days, remember?"

The young man took the deed and looked at the location written on the paper: "Hey, the owner, you took the house before, didn't you buy it on the same day and collect it on the same day, why did you change it today?" ”

Cao Yan listened, and hurriedly picked up the feather duster that was placed aside and knocked it on the young man's head.

"Ouch!"

"You kid has a lot of skills, don't you, and you want you to teach me how to do things?"

"Hey, don't dare, I'll go back to the backyard to fetch water first." The youth quickly ran back to the backyard.

After leaving the pawnshop, the boy went to several shops one after another, ordered the coffin and the stone tablet, and then went home.

As the distance from home got closer and closer, Li Bufan's mood gradually sank again, and he didn't know how to face the body lying on the bed, the most familiar but coldest body.

Li Bufan slowly pushed open the door, "Mother...... Bufan is back. He sat on a stool on the edge of the bed and looked at the woman on the bed.

As the sky darkened, Li Bufan became more and more physically and mentally exhausted, but the appearance of the woman in front of him lingered in his mind, his heart was full of fear and grief, but he still couldn't bear the sleepiness of his body and fell asleep.

In the next few days, Li Bufan successively found two uncles who had been friends with his father and mother before, and asked them to bury his mother.

They also hindered their former friendship and agreed to come down.

Two days later, the coffin and stele ordered by Li Bufan were ready, and two middle-aged men walked in front with a coffin, followed by Li Bufan, although it was his mother, but there was no too much pain on the boy's face.

They are in a row. Soon attracted the attention of the rest of the villagers, "Hey, the child's father, you see that is not the son of Li Shi next door, what is that name?" Oh, the one named Li Bufan? The coffin in front of you isn't, is it? Harm, this child is also strange and pitiful, a few years ago, his father was gone, and now his mother is dead, and now he has no father and no mother, I don't know, what can I do in the future. ”

In front of the house on the side of the road, a woman who was doing laundry patted the man who was chopping wood on the side, and the man just looked up and started chopping wood again.

"Okay, okay, do your own work, you women are just troublesome, and you are in the mood to take care of other people's affairs, if you don't borrow food in a few days, our family will not be better off than them."

Seeing the man say this, the woman did not say anything more, but reluctantly wiped the sweat from her face, and continued to wash her clothes.

With the help of the two uncles, the three of them quickly buried the coffin, and Li Bufan gave them a tael of silver as a reward, and the two of them received the silver and quickly went down the mountain, leaving Li Bufan alone to stay here, he just looked at the tombstone in a daze.

Li Bufan stood up, walked to the stone tablet, gently stroked the handwriting on it with his hand, his eyes were full of sadness, he didn't know how to face everything in the future, but he knew that it was time to leave this village.

In the early morning of the second day, the sun tore through the thick clouds, and the sky was shining, Cao Yan walked out of the backyard, took off the wooden board in front of the door and was about to open, but found that there was an old cloth bag hanging on the door panel, opened it, and found that it was a key, and his heart sank, but then the corners of his mouth raised slightly as if he shook his head with relief: "Hmph, this kid ...... Stunned! Stunned! Come out and help, I didn't hire you to eat dry. Then he walked inside the house.

The clouds of the early morning sent away the lonely evening star, plunged into the warm arms of the sun, danced the dress stained with grain gold dust, and accidentally shook off the world.

"Boss, how do you sell this cake?"

Next to the post station in the countryside, Li Bufan bought a cake with the only money he had, which would be all the dry food for his trip, he looked back in the direction of Chaotian, "Dad, mother, Bufan is gone." ”