Text: Distant scenery
Figure: From the network
This was a thing that happened many years ago.
That winter, the cold wind struck people, whistled through the ears, and it was cold. At the edge of the vegetable patch at the head of the village, the dark shadow not far in front of me was running forward rapidly. I ran my hand behind my ear the hair that had fallen in front of me, and hurried toward the dark shadow.
That day my brother and sister-in-law went into the city, and they did not return until the treetops on the moon, and my mother was not at ease, took my hand, and went with her to the mouth of the village to pick them up.
The night of early winter was already very cold, it was pitch black on all sides, the faint half-string moon was glowing with a miserable white light, and a few stars blinked their eyes to accompany the moon. I took my mother's hand and took advantage of the moonlight to walk along the path out of the village.
This is the only road into the city, and on the left side of the road is the vegetable patch in the village. The usually dense and exuberant vegetable field was already bare at this time, and I saw that there were still a lot of round, white things standing in the vegetable field, so I pointed at my mother and said, "Mother, you see, it is like a child squatting there in a line." ”
Niang glanced back, beat me with disgust, smiled and said, "Silly boy, that's your uncle Li and Aunt Zhang's cabbage has not yet taken home, you actually look like a child." It's cold, they should be fast, or they'll be frosted. ”
After walking for a while, I suddenly heard the ringing of the bicycle jingle bell, "My brother they are back!" "I ran as fast as I could, and sure enough, it was them.
Brother and sister-in-law got out of the car, brother embarrassed to explain to the mother the reason for the late return home, the mother said generously, as long as there is nothing to do, the mother will be relieved. My sister-in-law took the candy out of the bag and stuffed it into my mother's and me's hands, and a few of us walked and talked, and the silent night sky was filled with our cheerful laughter.
Suddenly I saw a black shadow in the cabbage field that I had just passed, moving back and forth in the vegetable field, and I heard our noise, and the black shadow hurried back to the ground and pulled a cart forward to the village.
Because there was still some distance, it was vaguely unclear, but you could hear the clanging of cars walking on the road. I said doubtfully, "Isn't Uncle Li's family collecting cabbage now?"
The mother also saw it and said in a very affirmative tone: "They will definitely not come to collect vegetables at this time, and if they want to collect them tomorrow, they will not steal vegetables!" ”
As soon as I heard that there were stealers, I shot forward like arrows, quickly leaving them behind.
"Whoa, you're back!" The mother's cry came from my ears, and I didn't look back.
We weren't too far apart, and it didn't take long for me to catch up. The black shadow had gone far out of the vegetable field, and she seemed to hear my running sound, and also began to pull the car to run, in the dim night, two figures in front of and behind were fighting in the dark, and the clanging sound of the car running fast on the dirt road was much louder, which was particularly harsh in the silent night.
Who will it be? I was troubled by psychological doubts, looking at the way she was desperately rushing forward, there was no doubt that this must be a thief, this is not a thief's heart. Who is so bold as to pull a car to steal vegetables?
Our distance narrowed little by little, and we had entered the village. Soon, I was about to catch up, and I had seen the red turban around her neck and heard her panting.
Suddenly a small black shadow came running towards me, ah! I stopped immediately, sweating and standing up, dog. It was a fat big yellow dog that saw me and whimpered a few times in its mouth.
Where is the dog, I don't recognize whose house it is. My heart instantly lifted the throat eye, I am most afraid of the dog, my legs and stomach still have a few tooth marks, that is the big black dog of the Liangzi family bite, a large row of tooth marks, so far I see the dog heart trembling.
No longer able to catch up, I stood in place with a heavy breath and fear, and did not dare to move with my mouth wide open. The dog approached me, looked down and sniffed my feet seriously, and finally threw its tail a few times and ran away. My heart slammed back.
After calming my mind, I hurried forward, in front of a street corner, walking through the street, where there was a figure on the street. Alas, I stood there with my head down, and I vaguely saw that the lamp of Liu Sister-in-law's house at the entrance of the village suddenly turned on.
After all, running was faster than walking, and after waiting for a few minutes, the mother and brother-in-law had not yet kept up. I squatted down and prepared to sit on the side of the road and wait.
The door of Liu Sister-in-law's house squeaked open, and Liu Sister-in-law probed for a while, found me, turned around and walked out, "Oh, it's so late, who is this outside?" ”
Brother Liu works in the city, is a cadre, receives the salary of the state, the conditions are the best in the village, Liu Sister-in-law's figure is well-proportioned, dressed is always extra trendy, eating and wearing is not nervous, has always made the village daughters-in-law envious.
I stood up embarrassed and said, "It's me." "Oh, it's so late, what are you doing?"
"My mother and I picked up my brother and sister-in-law, and they were in the back." I was in the dark, pointing with my finger, not knowing if Sister-in-law Liu could see it. "Oh, that's the way it is. Whoa, you come in, I have something for you. Sister-in-law Liu enthusiastically stepped forward to pull me, and pulled into his door, I passively walked forward, Sister-in-law Liu's floral jacket rubbed my cheek, soft and comfortable.
Although Liu's sister-in-law's family and our family are not far away, I usually don't have much to deal with, and I am a bit restrained.
"You Brother Liu bought back a few ham sausages in the city, I am not used to that fragrance, thinking that children must like it, you take it and eat it!" As she spoke, Sister-in-law Liu had already stuffed a few ham sausages into my arms, bit my ear and said, "Don't let your mother know, eat it yourself!" ”
I had never eaten ham sausage, once at Liangzi's house, Liangzi's aunt bought it for him, Liangzi ate it in a small bite in front of me, the aroma drifted into the wings of my nose, the incense, I smacked my mouth several times, and the hungry Ha Lazi almost flowed out.
In the face of Sister-in-law Liu's hospitality, I was a little overwhelmed for a moment, and while sending the ham sausage to her hand, I said solemnly: "I don't eat!" I don't eat! ”
"Take it, whoa, I don't eat it, it would be a pity to throw it away." Just when I was pushing and shoving liu sister-in-law, suddenly a red scarf on their couch came into my eyes, just now...?
However, I quickly denied my own ideas, and even felt ridiculous for my absurd thoughts, looking at the decorations of Liu Sister-in-law's house, as well as the clothes on her body, this condition, beat her up, she would not do the stealing thing, and she could not afford to lose that person.
Watching my gaze pause on the sofa, Sister-in-law Liu looked a little flustered, grabbed the scarf casually, lifted the curtain and threw it into the back room, smiled and said: "Look at our family chaos." ”
In the end, the ham sausage was still carried in my arms and taken out. First, I wanted to eat that fragrant ham sausage too much, and second, Sister-in-law Liu was also too enthusiastic, and I couldn't refuse at all. Sister-in-law Liu pushed me out of the door again and explained: "Hurry back, or your mother will be in a hurry." ”
When I went out, Sister-in-law Liu deliberately turned on the headlight outside the door so that I could clearly see the road outside. My heart was hot, and I carried the ham sausage through the West Wing and walked out.
Suddenly, a rack car in the back of the southwest corner of the yard caught my attention, with a few cabbages on it. I was like an electric shock on the spot.
Everything came out, and a sense of humiliation came up from her heart, and it turned out that she had long known that I was the one who chased her. I threw all the ham sausages in my arms to the ground, pointed at her and shouted, "You, you this..." And then ran out in anger.
, I—you're not allowed to talk nonsense when you go out!
I ran out quickly, and my mother was eagerly looking for me outside, and when she saw her, I suddenly threw myself into her arms, and somehow the tears flowed down at once.
I couldn't figure it out for myself, but I kept it a secret and didn't dare to tell anyone about it. But once I asked my mother, do you know who stole the dish? The mother smiled and said, where there is any stealing vegetables, the children's family should not talk nonsense. I opened my mouth, and finally swallowed back what I was about to say.
Since then, I have never mentioned this matter again, and even walked around the road when I went home, and I was afraid of running into Sister-in-law Liu again.
Two years later, listening to the villagers, Brother Liu was imprisoned because he had privately swept away the funds raised in the factory to gamble. Sister-in-law Liu couldn't stand this blow and went crazy at once. Often a person ran to the vegetable field in the village, prostrating his head while reciting words, and the most fashionable woman in the village was covered with dirt and became a fool.
It seems that people cannot forget their roots and have no greed at all times.