A Good Day for Lao Zhou (People's Story)

Shuanggou Village, there is a river in the west and a ditch in the east, so it is called "Shuanggou Village".

Shuanggou Village is located in a remote area, and the people in the village can only support themselves, working in the fields all day in exchange for food to fill their stomachs.

It is precisely because of the remoteness of Shuanggou Village that the people in the village are pure and ignorant, and there are often some ridiculous and somewhat ruining things.

For example, the old Zheng family in the east of the village gave birth to a stupid son, and wanted to marry a daughter-in-law for the stupid son, but the daughter-in-law did not conceive for several years, and finally the father-in-law slept with the daughter-in-law and successfully gave birth to a fat child. It's just that this kid calls his family a bit nondescript, calling "brother" as "father" and "father" as "father".

There is also a fat second sister-in-law in the south of the village, who has a severe cold and does not go to the doctor, but has to believe in the goddess, and finally drinks the goddess to get a bowl of medicine full of "incense ash and divine power", almost dying, if you don't go to the hospital, you can really meet the gods.

In short, such things abound, but everyone is used to it.

The person I want to talk about today is an exceptional person, a special person, otherwise I don't need to go to great lengths to tell it, just go directly to the villagers of Shuanggou Village.

As I just said, there is a river to the west of Shuanggou Village, and our protagonist Zhou Laosan lives in two small houses in the west of the river.

Listening to the old people, Zhou Laosan went out for a few years when he was young, and he couldn't tell what he was doing, and when he came back, he was in his forties, blind in one eye, and missed the good time to get married, so he became a bachelor.

He didn't want to go to his two brothers' houses to mess around, so he simply moved out and built two small houses on the west side of the river.

It is said that he has a few acres of land, after all, the land in the village is my head, but I don't know if he has been out for a few years, the two brothers are used to planting, or he doesn't want it himself, in short, he doesn't have any land.

His yard was fenced with only branches, and the gate was just a panel. The simple ones couldn't be more simple, but they were also vibrant, fed chickens and ducks, and a few sheep, and there was a corner where a few plants were planted.

Zhou Laosan lives in a small courtyard across the river from the village, dresses cleanly every day, is kind and kind when he sees people, and never gets together with the people in the village to discuss some gossip without evidence.

But he doesn't talk about others, and he can't stand others from talking about him.

The people in the village saw that he was living a leisurely life, and began to make all kinds of nonsense.

"Zhou Laosan was a bandit when he was young, and he didn't know how much money he robbed outside, and there were treasures buried in his yard."

"No, I heard that he kidnapped a girl from a rich family outside, and finally his mother came to rob someone and blinded him in one eye."

"No, no, Zhou Laosan is working outside, and he actually fell in love with the boss's wife, it was the boss who blinded his eyes."

"Tut-tut, Zhou Laosan doesn't seem to be a good person."

……

When it was time for the farm, several people gathered around the village to talk about it, and they all said it decently, but I don't know who was right.

But in the face of these gossips, Zhou Laosan just laughed and laughed, did not argue, and did not respond.

After a long time, everyone thought that Zhou Laosan was quite boring, and shifted their attention to other people again.

Zhou Laosan is not without income, after all, a person has no desire to live, and he must always have food and drink.

When the weather is hot in summer, Zhou Laosan rushes to the market to sell the "cold powder" he makes, which is cold and cold, sour and delicious, and the business is very good, and a large pot can always be sold out quickly every time.

In the autumn and winter, he was not idle, bought bamboo, split one by one to make bamboo strips, and then through his pair of skillful hands, these bamboo pieces became steamers and grates for steaming steamed buns at home, and some were also made into bamboo baskets and small bamboo baskets, which were also hot sellers before the Spring Festival.

I don't know where Zhou Laosan learned these skills, anyway, he is always busy in his own yard, getting up early in the morning and going back to the house to rest when it gets dark.

Some people are curious, so they go to his house, but they are often disappointed.

Because Zhou Laosan was busy feeding the chickens and ducks, or he was fixing these bamboo poles and bamboo pieces, neither chatting about gossip nor saying right and wrong, outsiders would feel bored after staying there for a while.

In the end, Zhou Laosan finally lived a clean life, maybe this is his favorite mode of life.

But soon, this pure day was broken.

It was the twentieth day of the lunar month, and Zhou Laosan was selling things at the market as usual, and when he was about to close the stall, he suddenly found a baby in one of his bamboo baskets.

The baby didn't know how long it had been there, and his face was red from the cold.

Zhou Laosan immediately took off his coat, held the baby, and waited for her parents to come looking for her.

At the same time, Zhou Laosan kept recalling in his mind the people who came here to buy things today, and he really couldn't remember who came with a child in his arms.

He waited with the child in his arms, and kept asking about the people around him and the store, but no one paid attention, and no one saw who put it here.

Zhou Laosan waited until nightfall, and the shops on the street were closed, and he didn't wait for the people he wanted to wait.

There was no way, Zhou Laosan could only take the baby home, and he thought about waiting until tomorrow to go to the market to find the baby's parents.

This baby is really well-behaved, lying on Zhou Laosan's bed without crying or making trouble, looking back and forth with a pair of big eyes, and the powder is cute.

Zhou Laosan had never taken care of the child, and he was a little at a loss, so he first thought of boiling some rice soup to feed her, and then found his old clothes and tore them to make diapers.

He fed it with a spoon one bite at a time, and the baby was really well-behaved, and after drinking half a bowl of rice soup, he fell asleep.

For half a month, Zhou Laosan never waited for someone to claim the baby. But the baby seemed to like him more and more, and laughed at the sight of him.

In the end, Zhou Laosan decided to take in the baby and named her Zhou Xiaohe.

He was busy in the yard, Xiaohe was playing beside him, and with Xiaohe chattering by his side, Zhou Laosan's life was a little more fulfilling.

At the same time, Zhou Laosan is also working harder than before, in the past he was busy in summer and winter, and the rest of the season was leisurely. Now, he is busy all year round, bent on earning more money for his little girl.

Zhou Xiaohe has grown to the age of eight or nine, and he has already been slim and beautiful.

At this point, those people began to chew their tongues behind their backs again. Once, an old man saw Zhou Laoshan and Xiaohe passing by, so he said: "Zhou Laosan's abacus is good, wait a few more years, and you will be able to be your new daughter-in-law, this is so tender ......"

The old man said, and even swallowed his saliva subconsciously.

This time, Zhou Laosan didn't endure it, but swung a fist at the old man's face.

"It's all grandfathers, and they still speak so uncleanly, and they're not afraid of retribution?"

When the people around looked at Zhou Laosan's posture, fire erupted in their eyes, and they all left in disdain, and no one made fun of Zhou Xiaohe again.

"Look, Dad, I'm the first in the exam."

"Daddy, I'm taller than you."

"Dad, I'm back from vacation."

……

shouted and shouted, Zhou Xiaohe was about to take the university entrance examination in a blink of an eye, and Zhou Laosan was also in his early 60s.

On this day, Zhou Xiaohe was very depressed when he came back from school, and he was silent behind his father.

Zhou Laosan made Xiaohe's favorite yellow braised fish, fried a plate of peanuts for himself, and brought it to the yard to prepare for dinner.

"Dad, if I don't take the test, go to work, so that you won't be so tired."

"Nonsense, only by going to school can there be a way out, I am just smashing the pot and selling iron, and I will definitely provide you with college."

"Otherwise, I will get married sooner, you see Ami in our village, she didn't just marry into the city, I also went to see her when she got married, and the scenery is beautiful."

"Hey, don't think nonsense, the college entrance examination is going to be next year, didn't you say that you want to be a doctor who saves lives in the future, then you will be admitted to the best medical school in our province."

"But ......"

"No, no matter boys or girls, they have to rely on their own skills, so that they can live a chic life."

"Daddy, why are you so good to me?"

"Why do you say, because you're my daughter, hahaha."

At night, Zhou Xiaohe couldn't sleep over and over, in fact, she knew that she was not Zhou Laosan's biological child, from childhood to adulthood, many people told her about it, but she never believed it.

However, today she studied biology class at school, and listened to the teacher talk about the genetic matching of blood type, she silently calculated that she was type AB and her father was type O, and her heart sank suddenly.

Listening to his father's words at night, thinking about his father's support for himself over the years, Xiaohe understands that it is better to be born than to raise kindness.

The college entrance examination came as scheduled, and Zhou Xiaohe lived up to expectations and was really admitted to the provincial key medical school.

On the day when Zhou Laosan celebrated the inscription of Xiaohe's gold list and feasted the villagers, a pair of uninvited guests suddenly came to the courtyard.

The couple looked very young, and Zhou Laosan only glanced at it, and he understood what was going on, because that lady had a face that was extremely similar to Xiaohe.

The couple cried in Zhou Laosan's house, repeatedly recounting that they were young and ignorant, and they were not married, and they had a child unexpectedly and no one told them, so they really had no choice but to secretly put them in Zhou Laosan's bamboo basket.

Zhou Laosan had mixed feelings in his heart, since they knew that the child had been here, and they had not come to recognize their relatives for so many years, but they waited until the child was admitted to college, and the couple did not look like real people.

And Zhou Xiaohe probably guessed it, looked at them coldly, and didn't say a word.

When the crowd dispersed, Zhou Laosan wanted to speak several times, but was interrupted by Zhou Xiaohe.

"Dad, don't say anything, you raised me so big by yourself, it's my father." One sentence made Zhou Laosan cry.

Soon, Zhou Xiaohe happily went to the provincial capital to study at university, Zhou Laosan was still busy with his own business, but his energy was not as good as before, his eyes were not very good, and the small business was getting worse.

In the four years of college, Zhou Xiaohe almost never came back, but just called his father during the New Year's holidays.

At this time, rumors spread in the village again, saying that Xiaohe went to find his biological parents. They have good conditions, and they have already settled in the city to buy a house, who still rares the two dilapidated houses of Zhou Laosan.

Zhou Lao looked forward to Xiaohe's coming back for the New Year for three years, but he was disappointed every year, and he had to think about it in his heart, but he still paid Xiaohe living expenses every month, and he never stopped.

Without Xiaohe by his side, Zhou Laosan aged rapidly, and he was originally a very healthy person, but now he has more of an old man.

Every evening, Zhou Laosan sat at the gate of the courtyard, staring blankly at the highway.

In July of this year, the weather was very hot, and Zhou Laosan lost his energy as soon as he reached noon, so he lay in the house and took a nap.

In a trance, he heard someone shouting "Daddy", the voice was the same as before, Zhou Laosan thought it was in a dream, but when he opened his eyes, he saw the river he thought about day and night.

"Dad, I'm back, I'm graduating."

"Xiaohe, it's really you, Dad still thinks you're not coming back."

Next, Xiaohe talked in detail about her experience in the past four years, it turned out that she was working hard every time she had a vacation, just to reduce the burden on her father, and now she has been sent to graduate school because of her excellent studies.

"Dad, I have thought about it, when I graduate from graduate school, I will take you to the city as soon as I join the work, so that you can enjoy your happiness."

"This is the card you gave me money, and I didn't even touch it. Dad, you're old, don't go to the stall in the future. ”

That night, their father and daughter fried a few dishes, and as usual, they sat in the yard and chatted, the small courtyard suddenly regained its vitality, and Zhou Laosan seemed to be a few years younger one day.

Later, when Zhou Laosan was 70 years old, he really followed Xiaohe to live in the city.

Xiaohe unit is divided into staff rooms, small two-bedroom and one living room, and the first floor is gratifying, with a small garden.

Zhou Laosan, as in the past, is still busy in the small yard, he is busy planting vegetables and flowers, and occasionally playing chess with his neighbors.

On this day, he lay down in the courtyard for a nap, and in his dream he went back to the day when he saw Xiaohe for the first time.

She was a small person, lying in her own bamboo basket, her face was red from the cold, she didn't cry or make trouble, her big eyes flickered.

Zhou Laosan felt that this dream was so beautiful that he really didn't want to wake up, so he kept being immersed in the dream.

In his dream, he had two dilapidated houses, a small yard, and of course, a small river that swirled around him.