At the foot of Baiyun Mountain in the western part of Henan Province, there is a not very tall mountain called "Mu Paste Mountain". According to folklore: In the last years of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang usurped Han, Liu Xiuqi, a descendant of the royal family in Nanyang, was chased and killed by Wang Mang, Liu Xiu once fled to the Baiyun Mountain area, got lost in the mountains, walked around in the old forest in the mountains for a whole day, hungry and thirsty, and later found a river, drank happily, and then went down to the open place in the mountains, and finally understood what this place was. From then on, that mountain was called Mu Mu [dialect: confused meaning] mountain, the river was called the Pain River [now renamed Copper River], and the open place was called the Ming River.
The 78-year-old Uncle Hong lives in a ravine in the Mumu Mountain, because the traffic in the mountain is not convenient, the neighbors have moved out of the ravine, and Uncle Hong has become the only family in the small village.
When he saw Uncle Hong, he was drawing a bamboo pole in an abandoned pigsty, and the old man explained: Prepare to saw the bamboo pole to weave a bed.
Many rural elderly people still use traditional high-legged wooden beds, and the gap between the bed sids is relatively wide, so it is necessary to use bamboo or thorn strips to weave a bed bar, spread it on the bed siding, and then lay reed mats and bedding on it. Uncle said: "I don't have me on the bed, I still sleep 30,000 pounds, fluttering, the old bed can't hold, the bed siddle is collapsed..."
In the rural areas of western Henan, according to the old tradition, congratulations to whoever added a child, called the girl "thousand pounds", and the boys were more expensive, which was expressed as "ten thousand pounds". It turned out that Uncle Hong had 3 grandchildren, and all three grandchildren liked to sleep with him, no wonder Uncle Hong said that he was sleeping on the bed with "30,000 pounds".
Uncle Hong told the author: The old partner is in the distant eldest son's house, he lives in the younger son's house, and the old couple has not seen each other for more than half a year. The daughter-in-law is an intellectually retarded person, the younger son needs to go out to work often, and the three grandchildren have followed him and his wife since childhood, and they sleep with him at night.
"The eldest went to junior high school, in the town, the second went to primary school, in Chestnut Street (village), the third senior went to the Yuhong class, in the lower temple (village). His dad came back to pick up and drop me up a little better, his dad wasn't home, I had to run 3 times. I said buy a small tricycle to pick up and drop off my grandchildren, and they didn't ask me to buy it. I'm 78 this year, and the babies say they don't dare, they're old, they can't afford to that heart. When picking up the grandchildren, I can take advantage of the car, and I can't stop running. We have children in the mountains who are skinny, how much to buy something to coax, how many miles can also run..."
The old man said that when people are old, they are left with this use, cooking for their daughters-in-law, and picking up and dropping off their grandchildren. I just had a stroke last year, and now I'm still a little uncomfortable in my right eye and right cheek. On Sunday, the children came back, all squeezed into his bed, 1 meter 2 old wooden bed sleeping brothers three, often playing and making trouble, lest the bed collapse, the New Year is really collapsed.
"At that time, when the third elder said that it would be a girl's baby, and as a result, she was born as a baby egg, and his father could also worry." There was a person in the health center who consulted with the baby and said that he could get out, and someone gave 50,000 yuan. Our family bears the boss, many people know, just born someone inquired, I was not there. As soon as the baby heard it, she was angry, saying that even if she was poor and dead, she couldn't sell the baby, and gave the woman a day pout [the meaning of scolding], hehe..."
"Come back and tell me, I said that would be willing?" If the doll is looking far away, it will never meet, find it close, and grow up in the future, but it should be said that when the father and mother are inhumane, they don't want others. What's going on? I said: That life is born, but with one more handful of rice and a handful of noodles, we can also feed ourselves. The children went out to work, and the old couple also went uphill to pick up many forks and get pocket money. The children go to school, I hurry to get the pension, can't make the little dolls sick..."
Uncle Hong spoke slowly, and in his dialect-filled words, he showed his love for his grandchildren everywhere.
"If I go anywhere and don't get home, my grandchildren will call me and ask me, 'Grandpa, when are you coming back?'" As soon as I heard it, I knew that the dolls were thinking of me again. The old third grandson, more mischievous than his brothers, wherever I go, I have to carry something for him. That time, I went to the street, came back and forgot to buy something for the baby, so I lay down on the ground and couldn't get up, and finally there was no door, I took a dollar, asked his wife to go to the sales office to buy something, and then stopped..."
The old couple is not in good health, and the daughter-in-law is a. The doll can't go far away, and can't earn money nearby. I went uphill this year to see the ghost that thorn, always difficult to get, a month to cover 1,000 yuan. That's not a lot, just adults, 1,000 yuan can't be spent in a few months, mainly the dolls have to spend money, at least for high school graduation, right? If there is no material when I grow up, then I guess I can't see it..."
"The bed is old and small, the baby egg grows fast, I think about making a bed first, waiting for his father to come back, and then saw a wooden board, propped into the bed, sleeping more spacious." As soon as my grandson came back, I slept on my side, and mu na had no place, and I wanted to lie there comfortably for a while. ”
"You see here, there is no road to build a house, it is not strong, others have moved away, there is only one family left." I and the baby, there is no hope, just to see if the grandchildren grow up, can live a personal appearance. Now that the society is good and foreign countries are fighting like that, how stable do you see our country? They are all useless people, the state still pays money every month, and it will definitely get better and better in the future. I have been working for a lifetime, I can't stay idle, the trolley doesn't fall and just pulls, and the loess is not buried to work like (like) work. ”
People often say that the simple words of Uncle Hong have depicted his intimacy with his grandchildren. Because of the birth environment, the 78-year-old still needs to help his son raise a family, although life is hard, speaking of grandchildren, the smile on Uncle Hong's face has not disappeared...