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Carrying the third sister to school
The third sister is six years younger than me, and when I was in elementary school, I carried the third sister to school. When the third sister was young, she looked like a fleshy beep, and I had a hard time carrying her!
The first on the left in the picture above is the author's third sister, and the one on the right is the author
At that time, this kind of thing was not new. Because the old man died early, his parents had to go to the team to work and mix, there were many children in the family, and no one looked at the children, they would carry the children to school like me. One of my relatives in the hospital also watched her sister go to school.
My family is in the west of the village, the school is in the east of the village, carrying the child to school in one breath can not reach the school, have to stop and go, walk for a while to do, even if it arrives early, it does not matter if the class time is not up, you can first coax the sister to play for a while, so, every day to eat breakfast or lunch, I will carry the bag early, carry the third sister to my own village primary school to go to school.
On the way to school, we have to pass through a small bay, the small bay has a name called "Temple Bay", listen to the old man, this temple bay is not very "clean", often people fall into it and drown in it, do the ghosts in the temple bay, therefore, every time I pass through the temple bay, I am worried, careful, I grasped the three sisters on the back firmly, afraid that we two accidentally fell into it, did the little ghost in the temple bay.
During the class, I was in the classroom, and the third sister was playing in the open space outside the classroom. There are several children playing together, they either sit and play with the dirt, or play with clams, or watch ants go up the trees, or run around in the yard to play... Had a great time. After class, I took my sister to play with me for a while.
One spring, the third sister was playing with a few children, the sky suddenly blew a strong wind, suddenly dusty, the sky became yellow, at this time, the teacher let a few of us take the child out to see, the third sister is still there, I am relieved, the little aunt did not see the sister, anxious, we shouted while looking, and finally found the child's body in the temple bay. It turned out that when the child was playing, he walked out of the school by himself, and at this time, he encountered a strong wind, and as a result, the child disappeared and was pulled by the King of Yama in the temple bay to become a little ghost. Since then, I have seen that the third sister has become more attentive, and when she is in class, she looks out from time to time, afraid that she will go to play outside the school by herself, and follow her after class.
Because I am not old and my strength is limited, there are often some ridiculous things when carrying children. Once after school, when I was about to get home, I was too tired to call my mother in a loud voice: "Milk, fast, fast, I can't hold on..." The mother took three steps and made two steps, seeing the arrival of the mother, I gave up, and the result was that the mother had no time to catch it, and the third sister was thrown heavily on the ground, and the mother laughed and sniffed: "Look at your child, I haven't caught it yet!" You're going to give up! Fortunately, your sister's flesh is not hurt! I don't care, I think I finally unloaded the "baggage." Another time, I actually touched the third sister who was sleeping on my back to the tree, but I didn't know it at all, and when the third sister was crying on my back, I realized that the third sister had been touched on the head. There are many troubles like this.
In this way, the third sister accompanied me on my back through my elementary school years, and now that I think about it, it still feels very good! That time is worth remembering!
The second from the right in the picture above is the author, and the first on the right is the author's third sister
【About the Author】
Zhang Wenhua: Teacher of Shanghe County Experimental Primary School. I have a wide range of hobbies, and after work, I love to dance and dance songs, listen to Peking Opera, raise flowers, feed birds... I usually like to write something. I once published an article in Qilu Evening News entitled "Childhood Life in the 1980s", and in the Qilu Evening News's book Collection Contest that influenced my life, I wrote "Love for the Red Chamber" and won the third prize. He won the first prize in the "I Love My Hometown" and "Education Strong County" essay contests organized by the county.
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