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At the end of June, it was threshing season in the village. I went out early with the basket on my back and hurried to the field.
The sun had just risen, and the morning dew was still hanging on the rice. I took a deep breath of fresh air and was in a good mood. There are already quite a few villagers busy in the grain field. I found my piece of land, put down the grain basket, and was about to work, when I heard a loud shout from behind me: "Eh, Zhang Xiaofeng, what are you doing here?"
I turned around and it turned out to be my neighbor Lao Zhao and his son Xiaoqiang. I hurriedly explained: "Lao Zhao, I'm not beating the grain field in my own field. ”
Lao Zhao came over and pushed me away, and said angrily: "You really regard my ancestral land as your own?
I was very surprised, and hurriedly defended: "Lao Zhao, you are laughing." This land has been owned by my family for several generations. ”
"Fart!" Lao Zhao said angrily, "I see that you are living too nourishingly, aren't you! A widow dares to grab the land with me? Believe it or not, I picked your skin!" So he picked up the basket and threw it at my back.
I couldn't dodge, and the basket hit me in the back firmly. "Ahh
At this time, my adopted son, Xiao Hei, came running from a distance, still holding a hoe in his hand.
Xiao Hei raised his hoe and smashed it at Lao Zhao. I saw that Lao Zhao was about to be hit, my heart tightened, I didn't care about my bruises, I got up from the ground suddenly, rushed to Lao Zhao with an arrow step, and protected him behind me.
"Xiao Hei, stop!" I shouted.
Xiao Hei's hoe stopped in mid-air, and he stared at Lao Zhao behind me with red eyes, eager to eat him alive.
"Mom, get out of the way, I'm fighting with this beast today!" Xiao Hei said through gritted teeth.
I hurriedly shook my head, pushed Lao Zhao to the side, and said to Xiao Hei: "Xiao Hei, you can't hurt people's lives! What if you hurt Lao Zhao and are arrested by the Public Security Bureau? How will I live alone then!"
At this point, I couldn't help but shed tears. Xiao Hei was so sad to see me, so he slowly put down the hoe in his hand.
"Mom, how can you be so wronged because of this beast?" Xiao Hei asked puzzled.
I wiped away my tears, smiled and said, "Xiao Hei, people live a lifetime, and it is inevitable to encounter something unhappy. We must not hold grudges, but learn to forgive others. And you can also see that Lao Zhao has already regretted it. ”
I turned my head to look at Lao Zhao, only to see that his face was full of shame, and he lowered his head and kept silent.
Xiao Hei snorted and glared at Lao Zhao fiercely: "Let's go, Mom, let's go home." I'll come to this land in the future and promise not to let this happen again!"
So our adoptive mother and son picked up the grain basket and walked slowly home.
Along the way, Xiao Hei looked at me with distress and bruises. When I finally reached the door, I stumbled, my feet were unsteady, and I almost fell to the ground. The little black eye quickly grabbed me and carefully helped me to the edge of the bed and sat down.
"Mom, you're so badly injured, I'm going to call the doctor now!" Xiao Hei said that he was about to go out.
I hurriedly stopped him: "No, no, no! I'm fine, it's just some skin trauma." Go ahead and get busy with yours!"
I was afraid that Xiao Hei would find trouble with Lao Zhao in turn, so I repeatedly assured that I was fine. Although Xiao Hei was not at ease, he had to go out to work.
After Xiao Hei left, I couldn't help the pain and moaned a few times. The place where my back and abdomen were kicked and hit by Lao Zhao were blue and purple, and I felt a faint pain. But I'm more worried about Xiao Hei, for fear that he will go to Lao Zhao for revenge and be arrested by the Public Security Bureau.
I felt guilty and heartache at the thought of this, why can't a widow even protect her children?
After some time, I slowly opened my eyes and found myself lying on the bed, with an anxious face standing next to Xiao Hei.
"Mom, you're finally awake!" Seeing me open his eyes, Xiao Hei said excitedly, "You suddenly fainted in the kitchen just now, scared me to death! I quickly carried you back to the room, and invited a doctor!"
Only then did I notice that there was the village doctor Xu sitting next to the bed. Lao Xu Zheng looked at me with a serious face and said, "Aunt Zhang, your body is on the verge of collapse, and you must recuperate to recover." ”
I asked, "Doctor, is my illness serious?"
Lao Xu sighed and said, "You are overworked, and you are already in a critical state because of the damage you have suffered too much." It is necessary to stay in bed and recuperate, in case of fever or physical failure, it is dangerous. ”
By the end, I was in tears. Lao Xu was also very unhappy, and he comforted me: "Don't worry, I will find a way." Now the most important thing is that you have to stay in bed!"
I nodded, and Lao Xu told Xiao Hei a few words, and left. Xiao Hei looked at me with tears streaming down his face, and said with red eyes: "Mom, you will definitely be fine! I will take good care of you, and I will definitely make Lao Zhao, a brute, pay the price!" I listened to Xiao Hei's words, and I felt very uncomfortable. I comforted him: "Xiao Hei, the matter has come to this, we should no longer hold a grudge against Lao Zhao." Lao Zhao's actions are certainly wrong, but if we also repay evil with evil, what difference is there between him and him?"
Xiao Hei couldn't listen to it, and insisted on going to Lao Zhao to settle accounts. I saw that he was full of anger, and I was really worried that he would do something out of control, so I decided to reason with him:
"Xiao Hei, the most important thing you should do now is to take care of me and let me recover as soon as possible, don't you say?"
Xiao Hei was stunned for a moment and nodded: "Of course I have to take care of you, Mom." ”
"Then is it useful for you to run to Lao Zhao to take revenge? When the time comes, I will be arrested and put into the bureau, what will I do with a patient? Isn't our mother and son even more miserable?" I continued to persuade him.
Xiao Hei realized the seriousness of the problem, he knelt in front of my bed with red eyes, and said, "Mom, I'm sorry, I can't think about it." I promise not to trouble Lao Zhao, I will take good care of you at home, ask the doctor to treat you, and I will make you recover as soon as possible!"
I felt a little at ease, and comforted Xiao Hei not to blame himself, and the good boy should look forward.
Since then, Xiao Hei has been by my side every day, serving me to eat, change dressings, and wipe my body. He spent a lot of money to ask the doctor to come to my house every day to treat me. Under the careful care of him and the doctor, my health has finally improved, and it is no longer as bad as it was at the beginning.
On the day I basically recovered, I heard Xiao Hei say that Lao Zhao brought someone to see me, and brought some silver taels and rice, flour, oil and salt as an apology. I was a little surprised. To be honest, I don't blame Lao Zhao for what he did. It is common for people to become old and refined, and love to take advantage. I didn't expect Lao Zhao to come to compensate, and I didn't expect him to send an apology.
Xiao Hei naturally disagreed with Lao Zhao entering the door. I thought about it, so I asked him to let Lao Zhao in. After all, people didn't want to go, and they came all the way to apologize. I can't put it back.
Lao Zhao entered the door and saw me lying on the bed with a pale face, he couldn't help but gasp and whispered: "Xiaofeng, I'm really sorry, I'm too much! With that, he burst into tears.
I hurriedly comforted him, saying that I was feeling much better and that my body was slowly recovering. Lao Zhao was relieved. But I still said to him seriously: "Lao Zhao, you and I are old neighbors in this village." Let's not care about the past, but in the future, you still have to learn to control your temper and stop hitting people casually. ”
Lao Zhao nodded again and again, and promised me that he would never beat and scold others for no reason in the future. He said he would come and see me every day and give me some living expenses every month until I was fully recovered. I refused a few times, but seeing that he sincerely wanted to atone for his sins, I agreed.
From that day on, Lao Zhao often came to my house to help Xiao Hei do some chores, he was quick with his hands and feet, and took care of all the daily chores of my house in an orderly manner. Sometimes I even feel that if it weren't for Lao Zhao's help, Xiao Hei wouldn't be able to keep himself busy.
Under the careful care of Lao Zhao and Xiao Hei, my health deteriorated, and I was finally able to get out of bed and do some light work. I am very grateful to Lao Zhao in my heart, and I am also relieved of what he did in the past. People are not saints and sages, and mistakes are common. I don't remember the villain, Lao Zhao soon became a close friend of our family.
Not long after my body recovered, Xiaofang from the village married into a neighboring village. According to the Xi of our village, the new daughter-in-law should return to her mother's house to respect the elders after marriage. So Xiaofang's mother-in-law took her back to her hometown. When my mother-in-law and daughter-in-law came to my house, I was surprised to find that Xiaofang's mother-in-law was actually Lao Zhao's eldest daughter-in-law! It turned out that during the time I was lying in bed, Lao Zhao's eldest son married his daughter-in-law, and the new house was built opposite Lao Zhao's house.
So from then on, Xiaofang married into Lao Zhao's family, and Lao Zhao and I became relatives. From neighbors, to friends, to families, the relationship is getting closer and closer. Nowadays, our family often gets together to cook and chat, and the party is very lively, and we have become a well-known pair of good neighbors and relatives in the village. After Lao Zhao and I became closer, people in the village said that we were relatives with broken bones and tendons. I also gradually Xi the existence of Lao Zhao and regarded him as my brother. Xiao Hei and Lao Zhao's son Xiao Qiang are also inseparable and have become good friends.
After a few months, when I was preparing for the New Year at the end of the year, I suddenly remembered that Lao Zhao's family was poor, and the money for preparing New Year's goods was a little nervous. Thinking that Lao Zhao had helped me so much before, I decided to help their family.
So I found a reason and asked Xiao Hei to carry a bag of rice to Lao Zhao's house. Although Xiao Hei was a little strange, he still complied. When he brought the rice to Lao Zhao's house, Lao Zhao and the second elder were very surprised.
"Auntie, is this for us for the New Year?" Lao Zhao's wife asked in surprise.
I smiled and said, "Yes, I've been working hard for you for a year, so I think it's a little bit of my heart for you." ”
Lao Zhao thanked him repeatedly, saying that he must invite me back to have a good meal. I waved my hand and said that there was no need for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, just let the old couple and the children reunite.
During the Chinese New Year, Lao Zhao's family came to my house as usual to pay New Year's greetings. I also prepared a lot of delicious food, and we had a sumptuous reunion dinner together. Lao Zhao's grandson also got a red envelope for New Year's money that I specially prepared. The whole family was very happy.
Since then, every holiday, Lao Zhao's family and I have become a well-known pair of good neighbors in the village. Everyone envies us for having a good relationship, and we always spend the holidays together. If anyone in the village is sick or in trouble, we will also act as a "fire brigade" and take the lead to help. Over time, Lao Zhao and I were like brothers and sisters, inseparable.
In a blink of an eye, it is another year, and the Spring Festival is approaching. This time, the old Zhao family encountered a big disaster, their house caught fire, and everything was burned to the ground. As soon as Xiao Hei and I heard the bad news, we hurriedly ran to Lao Zhao's house, only to see that the entire house had been destroyed, and Lao Zhao's family collectively lived in the vacant old house at the entrance of the village.
Hei and I immediately decided to take their family into our house. So Lao Zhao moved into our spacious courtyard with his wife and several grandchildren. Now my house is crowded with more than 10 people, but everyone is happy, after all, everyone is already like a family.
After Xiao Hei and I talked about this matter with Uncle Zhong and Aunt Ma in the neighborhood, we all volunteered to fund Lao Zhao to rebuild the new house. In the end, with the help of the whole village, the new house of the old Zhao family was built soon after the year. I also used some of the money I had saved up for many years to help them.
It has been more than half a year since the new house was moved in, and the relationship between me and the old Zhao family is closer and more harmonious than ever. All the unhappiness of the past has long since disappeared. Now we are a family, Lao Zhao said that he wanted to repay me for raising me, and his second elder also regarded me as his own sister. It's really unthinkable that neighbors who were incompatible in the past have become flesh and blood relatives today. Lao Zhao's family and I are already like a family, and we are always together during the New Year. Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is the harvest season in the village. In this year, the crops in the village were exceptionally bumper, and Lao Zhao's family also worked hard, and the harvest was extremely impressive.
On this day, I happened to pass by the door of Lao Zhao's house, and I heard the quarrel between Lao Zhao and his wife's talent in the house.
"Our harvest this year is so good, it is a blessing from God, and it should be distributed to the poor people in the village!" Talent said resolutely.
"You're crazy!" Lao Zhao said angrily, "This is the crops we have worked so hard to grow, why should we share them with others?
"Oh, you two don't quarrel!" I stepped forward and grabbed Lao Zhao's arm, "If you have something to say, why be angry?"
Lao Zhao calmed down at this time. I advised him not to be too careful, since the crops were abundant, why not give the points to the disadvantaged groups in the village? Lao Zhao snorted, and when he saw that I was reasonable, he no longer insisted on his own idea.
So in the end, we persuaded Lao Zhao to distribute the extra crops this season to several families who were particularly poor. The people in the village praised our husband and wife and Lao Zhao as good people, and we won a higher prestige among the neighbors.
And so it went on for a few more years. Lao Zhao's health deteriorated, and his daughter-in-law Xiaofang came to me to discuss sending him to the county hospital for treatment. Without saying a word, I picked up Lao Zhao's hand and walked out, Xiao Hei also hurriedly drove over on a tricycle, and we sent Lao Zhao to the hospital together.
After examination, the doctor said that Lao Zhao had pneumonia and had to be hospitalized for infusion observation immediately. Xiaofang and I took turns to take care of Lao Zhao in the hospital, and spent a lot of money to hire the best doctor to prescribe medicine for him.
After staying for more than a week, under the careful treatment of the doctor, Lao Zhao's condition finally improved and he was discharged from the hospital. I secretly breathed a sigh of relief in my heart, after all, Lao Zhao has regarded me as a sister, and I also regard him as his own brother, if he has any mistakes, our family will be sad.
Lao Zhao's health is deteriorating, and we are all paying close attention to his condition. In the autumn, Lao Zhao suddenly fainted in the field one day, and Xiao Hei carried us to the county hospital with him on his back. The doctor diagnosed that Lao Zhao had reached a critical state and could die at any time.
Lao Zhao was lying on the hospital bed dying, and the doctors said that his time was short. Our whole family stayed in front of Lao Zhao's bed, anxiously waiting for Lao Zhao's last moments.
I held Lao Zhao's hand so excited that I couldn't speak, and my tears couldn't stop flowing.
After Lao Zhao left, he and his family were extremely sad. We often get together to recall all kinds of things in Lao Zhao's life, and it is difficult to hide the feelings of longing.
It didn't take long for Caicai's body to begin to deteriorate, and finally he died. Hei and I went to the city several times to get the best doctors to treat Cai, but we still couldn't save her life. Now Lao Zhao and Cai Cai have passed away one after another, leaving several children to live in their hometown.
Hei and I visit them from time to time and do our part to help them live. Xiao Hei introduced several young people from Lao Zhao's family to the factory where he worked, and I often cooked some delicious food and sent it to Lao Zhao's house. Our two families seem to have a peaceful return to their lives.
In the blink of an eye, spring goes to autumn, and another year's Spring Festival is coming. This time, I decided to hold a grand group worship and invite Lao Zhao and his talented tablet to spend this special festival with their children.
I started preparing a month in advance. Clean the house and cut the weeds in the yard. I also personally went to the street to buy a lot of New Year's supplies and ingredients, ready to entertain Lao Zhao and his family.
Early in the morning of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, several of Lao Zhao's sons came to my house carrying the spiritual positions of the old two. Xiao Hei and I deliberately placed two desks in the center of the hall, on which were the portraits of Lao Zhao and Caicai. Cigarettes were smoking, and children and grandchildren knelt before the spirit and kowtowed silently.
This is a special Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and the old Zhao family is missing two elders, and it is inevitable that their hearts are a little empty. However, everyone sat around and chatted about the past of the old couple, and felt that they were right next to us, so the reunion dinner was very happy.
Since then, I have invited the tablets of Lao Zhao and his wife to go home to reunite with us every Spring Festival. Their children have also grown up, and all of them have achieved success in their careers with the help of me and Xiao Hei, and they have lived a well-off life. I often think of Lao Zhao and feel that he treated me like flesh and blood back then, and now I have been doing my best to take care of their family.
I grew old with Xiao Hei, and my children and grandchildren were around my knees. People in the village said that if it weren't for Lao Zhao's fire, our two families would not have come together. They praised us as a pair of good neighbors made in heaven, and even God felt sorry for us, so they brought us together.
Life is like the ethereal green smoke in this chimney, there is gathering and dispersing, and it turns into this beautiful fairy tale. I look forward to meeting Lao Zhao again in the next life, so that we can continue to be good neighbors who are as close as flesh and blood.