Liu Xiaozi, who is it?
Liu Xiaozi, a person from my village, speaking of which, is still not far from the Ben family, and the brothers are also called. To be honest, I can't even call his real name, but in my memory, he was a household name in our larger village, and he was also a "character".
The "character" mentioned here originally refers to a person who has a certain identity, status, or a certain influence in a certain aspect. According to this standard, Liu Xiaozi seems to be insufficient, but in my heart, I always feel that he should be regarded as a "character". After all, for a long time he was mysterious and even frightening to our little friends; even the adults in the village were afraid of him, as can be seen from the look in the eyes of the adults looking at him. As for the long days, the element of fear slowly decreases and disappears, and that is a long time later.
In my memory, when Liu Xiaozi appeared in the village, he was nearly fifty years old. It was on the eve of the eighties of the last century, and I was about seven or eight years old.
It seems that on a winter afternoon, a clean, thin and tall middle-aged man appeared on a high platform called "Mataizi" in the south of the village. "Mataizi" is made of many large pieces of stone, as the name suggests, it should be the place where people who come from the south to the north in the early years rest here and ask for water to drink, and step on the horse.
He had no luggage and only a small package with him. Dressed in a half-new light blue dress and pants, a pair of cloth shoes that looked very new, two hands on his knees, crouched on the stone platform, with a shy smile on his face.
Then the village cadre appeared, and after a few words, led him away.
Subsequently, some things about him spread in the village.
He was originally born into a "well-off" family. The parents worked hard all year round and had savings in the books. Later, Lao Lai Dezi gave birth to him and was very doting on him. First of all, I couldn't study, I couldn't learn art, I still refused to do crop work, but my parents were reluctant to scold; look at the fifteen or sixteen, eat and lazy, idle, achieve nothing, but contaminated with a bad habit. When the parents thought about strict discipline, they couldn't control it. Soon, his mother died, and his father was old and sick, and he could no longer restrain him, so he resigned himself to it.
One winter night, when he returned home after wandering for half a day, he went into his father's bed as usual, put his feet on his chest, and asked him to warm his feet. When I woke up in the middle of the night, I felt that my feet were still cold, only to find that my father had swallowed his breath at some point. With the help of the neighbors, he hastily buried his father. During this time, I didn't see how sad he was, nor did I see how worried he was. However, it was not long before he could no longer be seen in the village. Later, the news about him was brought back by people who came and went to the city.
I heard that he entered Jinan Province alone. First he worked as a chores in a restaurant, but he couldn't eat the pain; later, under the "guidance" of his friends, he joined a "guy". Later, he became a thief. It is said that in this line of work, he worked very hard, haunted, committed crimes in Jinan City many times, had great ability and great fame; even more evil, said that he was the apprentice of the snitch "Swallow Li San" of the Republic of China, went to the house, stole from his body, traveled far away at night, and appeared suddenly, and there were many legendary stories about him in the village at that time. Later, after liberation, the government cracked down the criminal and evil forces, and their gang was even put on the pot by the government, and he was also reformed through labor. The old people said that although Liu Xiaozi did not enter the industry well, he was still very righteous to the people in the village. When I see my fellow villagers in the city, I will help the people who should help, and I will not eat the food in the village in vain.
When the adults said this, they originally hated his disgraceful history, but they had just been released from labor camps, and they wanted to scare and frighten the children and stay away from him; who knows, it has aroused the children's great curiosity about him.
After all, he was born in his own village, and they were all brothers and grandfathers, and when they returned to the village, the production team made a "proper" arrangement for him. Put him in the yard of the production team. The houses there were neat and quiet, and he was assigned a job, helping a few cattle keepers, cleaning the yard, watching the cattle feed the cattle; now I want to come, mainly because it is far from the village, and there are few people coming and going.
The grown-ups rarely go except for the use of livestock; the idlers and us half-grown children often inquire about something new. From him, we learned: Before the liberation, There was a big drama garden in Jinan Province, people came and went, the traffic was busy, it was really lively; there was a kind of hot bun in the city, which came from Tianjin, called "Dog Ignore", fresh, fragrant, and hot; the women in the city looked really white... Hearing this, idlers are infinitely yearning, but we only eat the bun.
After a long time, everyone felt that he was not terrible; it seemed that there was still a bit of kindness in the bones of the villagers. Someone inquired about his "instinct", but he did not want to say more. Slowly, everyone learned that "Swallow Li San" had indeed stayed in Jinan, and that the man was a man with great powers and was a lone wanderer; but he did not live in a large hotel, and no one knew his whereabouts, and on several occasions it seemed that he lived on the hanging bucket of the flagpole hanging on the tower of the city gate, because there were buns that fell from above. As for himself, he didn't seem to have much of a performance, and he knew that in his line of work, there were two most important things: one was to run fast; the other was to be able to be beaten. Both of these points were later verified in him.
We have a big set here, every four on nine, one set every five days. Two miles away from the village, people from the south and north gathered there to catch the big market. The set has a long history, all kinds of people, etc., fish and dragons are mixed, and there are often thieves, cheats, fights, and fights.
He is idle, so he must go every episode, and every time he catches the market, he is alone. The people who saw it all said, "Liu Xiaozi's legs and feet are really fast, just now he greeted you, and in the blink of an eye, he fell far behind you, and for a while, even the figure disappeared." ”
At first, people were wary of him. Soon, there was a change of opinion about him. During that period, the materials were not rich enough, people were still very poor, petty theft often occurred, and the public security had few manpower and could not take care of it, so almost every village in the village threw money and lost things. Since he returned to the village, the people of the village have hardly lost money or property. A few times, the wallet in my pocket had just disappeared, and I was in a panic, and I returned to the same way, unconsciously. Later, it was reported that the thieves on the set had made a new rule and would never steal the people of our village again. Several times, the villagers took something to thank him, and he did not refuse. When he spoke, he laughed sarcastically, looked shy, and people praised his eyes as "poisonous."
Later, he was beaten. It is said that it was because he spoiled the "good deeds" of those people. Perhaps because of their self-esteem, they insist on going it alone, while the other party is in a gang. It is said that he was not lightly beaten that time, but then he was "respected" and said that this man could really be beaten! Played for half a day, not a word of soft words. Later, the people in the village rushed to the market, or they would not be stolen, so everyone was still grateful to him.
Over time, especially after hearing that he was beaten, the aura on his body gradually faded; but in the eyes of our friends, as soon as we saw him walking alone in the countryside, we felt that he was still a "character".
After going out to school, the number of times he came home was less, and there was not much to know about him. After that, work, start a family, and go home less often. Many people in my hometown gradually drifted away from my vision; but strangely, I occasionally thought of him, and after tea and dinner, I often talked to my colleagues and friends around me about this not glorious but a little "legendary" figure.
Last year, when I went home to give my parents a grave and walked around the cemetery at random, the eldest brother pointed to a loess mound and said, Look, that is Liu Xiaozi's grave, and no one has taken care of it in recent years. Looking at it, there is an inconspicuous mound, the grass is scattered, the big brother does not say, and it is really impossible to see that it is a grave.
I can't help but wonder, is this buried the former legendary "figure"? The situation in front of him is in line with his solitary personality. The real one is, "Let you rise up, bury with the grass."
On the way back to the city, remembering my own experience over the years, I can't help but sigh sadly, and I also understand why I often think of "Liu Xiaozi"- this "character" who is not close to me and does not have much intersection. In this life, the ancients still said well, "What is the fluttering, the heavens and the earth are a sand gull."
Sighing at his people, he chanted four sentences - "Loneliness is nameless, and it is walking in the world." Bury the grass and listen to the autumn wind everywhere. ”
One point suddenly understood
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