Short story: Green Plum Bamboo Horse

Author: Next fall

Little Four has been afraid of the neighbor's old girl Mingzhi since childhood, at that time, the two adults were busy working, there was no kindergarten in the forest farm, during the day, the adults went to work, the older children went to school, leaving the small ones to go to play with their little friends of the same age.

The clearest memory left by his childhood time for Xiao Si is his experience of going to find his neighbor Mingzhi. Mingzhi was also at home alone, she was a year older than Xiaosi, with a chubby round face, eyes squinting, a little yellow hair with leather bands randomly behind her head, although she was a girl, but Mingzhi had big hands and big feet, and stood with Xiaosi, she was a circle older than him.

Eat breakfast, see his parents and brothers go out one after another, there is only one person left in the empty house, Xiao Si first played with his brother's wooden pistol for a while, feeling bored, he came to the courtyard, just next door Mingzhi also played jump rope in the courtyard alone, the two families sandwiched a stick with a plate skin, through the gap between the plates, Mingzhi found Xiaosi: "Little Four, you came to give me a rope." ”

Xiao Si obediently got to the courtyard of Ming Zhi's house, Ming Zhi jumped on the rope for a while, and then asked Xiao Si and her to enter the house, "Xiao Si, we have played with the family, you are a child, I am a mother." ”

Xiao Si did not want to be a child in his heart, but he was introverted and afraid of Mingzhi, so he had to obey Mingzhi's arrangement, "Have you finished your homework?" Mingzhi learned to train primary four like an adult training a child.

"No, I won't." The fourth grade had not yet gone to school, but he remembered what the third brother had said when he was questioned by his father.

"If others do, you won't, are you not listening to the teacher's lectures?" After saying that, Mingzhi dragged Xiaosi over, raised his slap and slapped Xiaosi's ass, Mingzhi's second sister always couldn't finish her homework, she was learning the scene when her mother beat the second sister, Xiaosi was beaten, broke free from Mingzhi's hand, and ran home while crying.

Primary four is a child with a memory, he has never let adults worry about things after going to school, from the first grade he is the learning committee in the class, the awards of the three good students have won more than a dozen, and also represented the school to participate in the grade competition organized by the region, won the first prize of the primary school composition, at that time, the primary four was the top student in the forest school, even the teacher said, the primary four will definitely be able to go to college and have a career.

Although Mingzhi is tall and tall, but learning is not good, she is not willing to go to school, the exam is always failed, the parents are called to school by the teacher at every turn, the neighbors live, Xiaosi often hears mingzhi because he does not write homework to let his parents reprimand and scold the sound, whenever he hears Mingzhi being beaten and crying, Xiaosi's heart is particularly comfortable, "Hum, see if you still dare to beat me? He never forgot when Mingzhi spanked his ass when he was a child.

When it was time to graduate from middle school, the teacher in order to improve the class learning performance, let the students who studied well help the students with poor learning, Primary Four and Mingzhi were neighbors, the teacher let Xiaosi help Mingzhi write homework, the teacher's words Students dare not listen.

After school, Mingzhi came to Xiaosi's house with his school bag, Xiaosi was climbing on the edge of the kang to write his homework, And Mingzhi entered the house and sat next to Xiaosi against the wall. Xiao Si looked up at Mingzhi, only to see that Mingzhi was wearing a blouse with pink flowers on a white background, with a faint red halo on her white round face, her eyebrows were low and her chest was low, her long eyelashes were fluttering, and the girl's body that had developed was wafting with a good smell. Xiao Si sniffed his nose and moved his body outward in embarrassment, remembering the task given by the teacher, Xiao Si asked Ming Zhi solemnly: "You can't, I will teach you." ”

"Little Four, you study well, you can go to high school, you can go to college, but what should I do?" After all, he was a year younger than Mingzhi, and his mind was focused on learning, and mingzhi's heart was not at all understood at that time.

After listening to Mingzhi, Xiao Si also joked with her, "You are tall and big, you can't get into high school and come down to work, hehe." ”

Hearing Xiao Si say this, Mingzhi suddenly began to cry, and she grabbed her bag and said, "I don't understand anything." "Just go outside."

Walking to the courtyard, I happened to meet Xiao Si's mother holding firewood in the house, and when she saw Mingzhi's tears in her eyes, she asked busily: "Mingzhi, why are you crying, and have a quarrel with Xiaosi?" ”

Unable to explain the reason to Xiao Si's mother, Mingzhi ran out with her head down.

Xiao Si's mother wondered, so she went into the house and asked Xiao Si why, "I said that she couldn't get into high school and came down to work, she cried, I don't know why?" ”

"This child, Mingzhi is a big girl, you can pay attention to the measure when you speak in the future." His mother's words made Xiao Si even more confused.

"She can't study well, she can't get into high school, why don't she come down and work?" Little Four was unconvinced.

Youth is like a spring flower, no matter where it grows, it will be full of vitality, and the fourth primary school has finished high school and successfully entered a finance and economics university in the provincial city. After graduating from junior high school, Mingzhi stayed at home for two years, and that year, when she caught up with the large group recruitment, she signed up and became a forestry worker.

Xiao Si was going to go to college, across the staff Ming Zhi saw that Xiao Si's mother was busy making him a futon at home, Ming Zhi also came to help, she took the cotton in the hands of Xiao Si's mother, and said kindly: "Auntie, let me give Xiao Si a quilt cover, you rest for a while." ”

Xiao Si's mother sat on the kang tip, watching Mingzhi skillfully untie the quilt cover in the summer sun, and her eyes were actually trance-like, at this time Mingzhi was already a big girl, she was half kneeling on the sheet, the snow white cotton fluttered on her hand, and a thick and soft quilt cover was spread on the kang. She pulled through the quilt, sharply threaded the needle, her dexterous hands chased the waves like a fish, and in a few moments, a new set of futons appeared in front of her.

"Hey, how nice it would be if Mingzhi gave Xiao Si a daughter-in-law!" Little Fourth Mother enjoys a beautiful future in her heart.

Time pushed the years like flowing water, the fourth primary university graduated, he was left in the city to become an accountant in a company, twenty-four years old in the autumn, he went home to visit his parents, just entered the house, his mother said to him: "Fourth son, you are not small, your brothers are married, you should also consider your own business, you and your mother to tell the truth, there is a partner outside?" ”

Although his mother's words surprised Xiao Si, he understood his mother's heart, "No, I want to wait for two more years." ”

"Well, my mother is also telling you the truth," the old man pointed to the next door, "people Mingzhi has been waiting for you," after saying that, she took Xiao Si's hand and told her son in a serious tone, "Fourth son, we have a custom, the girl who did not go out can only continue to cover her sweetheart, if the quilt is continued, and let the sweetheart cover, it means that she is already his person." ”

"Mom, what do you mean by that?" Could it be that Mingzhi has renewed the quilt cover for me? Xiao Si smiled and asked his mother.

"But isn't it, when you went to college, the quilt cover was given by Mingzhi, the fourth son, Mingzhi is in good health, will live a good life, looks beautiful, how many people have wanted to marry Mingzhi as a daughter-in-law over the years, but she just doesn't agree, mom knows, she is waiting for you." Mom doesn't force you, but you can't live up to Mingzhi's heart! ”

His mother's words were like the warm wind in April, which instantly made Xiao Si's heart ripple with ripples of love, he stood up, hurriedly ran to the courtyard, and shouted to Mingzhi's family through the gap in the staff: "Mingzhi, Mingzhi." ”

Mingzhi's father came out, "It's Xiao Si, Mingzhi is working in the back garden, you are looking for her!" ”

"Ah, uncle, I'll talk to Mingzhi about the two of us."

"Well, well, come over this courtyard and go through the back window of my house, and save the detour." Mingzhi's father lit a cigarette and smiled as he watched Xiao Si jump from the back window into the vegetable garden behind the house.

Through the dense bean rack, and through the rattling cornfield, Xiao Si ran to the middle of the green cabbage field to stand, he gasped and stared at the front, in the middle of a row of golden sunflower flowers, Ming Zhi was topped with a white hand towel, the red face was covered with golden autumn sun, she held a pickaxe in one hand, and held the dandelion that had just been shoveled in the other, and when she saw Xiao Si standing in front of her, she was a little confused.

"Mingzhi, I just learned..."

"What do you know?" Without waiting for Xiao Si's words to finish, Mingzhi immediately asked him.

Xiao Si took a few steps and pulled up Mingzhi's hand, "I just knew that you gave me the quilt cover." As soon as Xiao Si said this, Mingzhi's face brushed red to his neck.

When XiaoSi and Mingzhi entered the happy marriage hall, the family affairs of their childhood became a topic of people's laughter.