Chapter 17 Morning Flowers and Evening
The fourth uncle was relieved to see that the wound was no longer bleeding, but the woman's face became paler and paler. The fourth uncle carefully cleaned up the wound for her, but found that the woman's body was full of bruises. Xuanqing hit the fourth uncle and sighed, "Look at this bruise, it is obvious that the man hit it with brute force, and I don't know who is so immoral."
The fourth uncle clenched his fist, and tears swirling in his eyes, but it didn't flow down for a long time.
Except for the death of my grandparents, I have never seen the fourth uncle look like this. Perhaps only the fourth uncle can experience those unforgettable love and hatred. Xuanqing saw the fourth uncle's sad appearance and said deeply to the fourth uncle, "I didn't expect that you, a rough man in Northeast China, also have such a temperament."
The fourth uncle helped treat her with the wound. Although the woman was still unconscious, she was fine for the time being. Just wait for her to wake up and slowly recuperate. The fourth uncle took out a red pill from her arms and took it for her. In the past, I heard the fourth uncle say that this pill is called "Huiyang Dan". Of course, this pill is not Huiyang, which can mainly suppress the resentment and yin qi in her body, making the side effects of "Nyou ming huo" smaller. The fourth uncle gently covered her with a quilt. He walked out with a sigh.
The three of us sat around the coffee table in the hall and looked at each other without saying a word. At this time, Xuanqing's words broke the short calm and asked the fourth uncle, "What on earth is this woman saying to you that she is so?"
The fourth uncle looked at us with a lonely expression and said earnestly, "If we talk about this, we have to talk about it ten years ago."
It turned out that the fourth uncle was also Hua Zhengmao ten years ago, not to mention Pan An, but at that time, there were only a few young men in our village who could do it. But at that time, the fourth uncle had to look at his pulse and look for the person who dug the monument in those years. He didn't have time to consider his children's private affairs, but the word 'affecacy' could not be explained by the word 'affecacy'.
That winter, the north wind blew and hurt people's faces like a knife. Most people have hot kang with their wives and children. After a year of busyness, they should play. In short, few people are willing to stay in this cold weather.
The fourth uncle wore a shiny cotton-padded jacket and staggered on the frozen river. Because the weather was too cold, he could only put his hands into each other's sleeves and carry the fish that had just come out of the ice hole on his shoulder. Because the river is frozen in winter, the oxygen content in the water is extremely low and the fish swim along the broken river. Although it is a little colder, as long as you are patient, you will still get a lot.
was walking with his head down when he suddenly heard the sound of the ice breaking in front of him. The fourth uncle fixed his eyes. There was a lot of water splashing in the water. He hurriedly ran forward and thought, "Today it's time for me, Mr. Li, Laosi, to make a fortune. This big fish must be unbearable and wants to breathe on it.
But before the fourth uncle ran near, he heard a woman's call for help. The fourth uncle quickly ran over and took a look, but a woman was struggling in the ice hole and was about to lose strength in the cold river. The fourth uncle saw someone fall into the ice hole, took off his coat and jumped in, saving the woman, but was cold. The river blistered all over and fought with her teeth. The woman couldn't say what she wanted to say.
Seeing this, the fourth uncle picked up the coat on the river and put it on the woman, regardless of his clothes being soaked. The woman glanced at her fourth uncle's trembling voice and said, "Thank you, thank you."
After hearing this, the fourth uncle scratched his head with a smile and said, "Thank you, it should be. Why are you so careless? When you walk into this "warm collapse", there are springs under the warm collapse. The spring water above does not freeze the ice in winter, but there is a thin layer of ice on it. People walk up and walk on the road. I don't know how many times I have suffered losses! You have to be careful when walking on the river in winter.
The woman nodded after hearing this. Then he said, "Thank you, brother." He said that he took off the ice on his hair with his cold red hands. The fourth uncle giggled and said, "Big sister, where is your home? How can you walk on this river in winter? I'll take you back. It's so warm."
The woman nodded and said, "My family lives in the town. A while ago, my father didn't know what strange disease he had. He didn't eat every day and didn't talk nonsense. The doctor came several times, but he couldn't tell the cause. I really couldn't help it. I heard from my neighbors that there was a god in the Wuli River and wanted to invite her to show my father. This is not just a piece of money to borrow enough and fall into the ice hole. With that, the woman sobbed softly.
The fourth uncle looked at the woman and didn't know how to comfort her, but on second thought, since she had an evil disease, isn't this a fart in the woods - a stinky bird (accently)!
hurriedly said, "Big sister, don't get angry, I can see your father's evil disease!" The woman looked at the fourth uncle with questioning eyes. The fourth uncle immediately realized that he was a little abrupt and said, "Don't worry, sister, your father was just rushed by the kid. It's not a big deal." After saying that, he patted his chest. After watching it, the woman nodded.
The cold wind is still cold, but the fourth uncle's heart is like a fire. His clothes are frozen hard and he doesn't feel cold. Looking at the watery woman from time to time, her heart seemed to jump out of her cavity.
The river is covered with snow and whirlpools blown out by the wind. It has walked through the desolate river countless times, but it has never been so beautiful. Once again, the snowflakes fell one after another.
Soon I arrived at the woman's house. The yard was not big, but the snow in the yard was very deep. Obviously, there are no other men in the family except Dad.
It turned out that the woman was originally the daughter of Du Laohan in the town. Her name was Du Juan. Du Juan also had an older brother, but since Du Juan's mother died, she went to other places and had not returned for many years. She just sent money back to her family every year. Dujuan is in his early 20s this year and is famous in the town for his appearance.
Of course, there are many people who talk about matchmaking, but because they can't let go of their sick father, they have been procrastinating. Old Du looked into his eyes and didn't know how many times he cried behind his back.
One late autumn morning, the bleak autumn wind blew the withered old trees, and the fallen leaves fell like a drifting boat on the river. Sparrows pecked at the scattered corn in the open space in the distance, but the faint cooking smoke was scattered into dust by the wind and swung in the air.
Du Juan was cooking breakfast at home, but he heard a heavy footsteps. Just as he wanted to go out to check, he saw three or four big men pushing the door in. The leading man saw Du Juan and said with a treacherous smile, "Oh, isn't this Juan'er? But let me catch you, where's the old coffin ladle?"
The leading man is Zhao Debiao. His father was originally a famous second-rate son in Wulihe Village. He is ugly and has not married a daughter-in-law in his thirties.
Later, he learned to jump from Wang Xiaojiaoer. After learning for several years, he was catching up with the culture and revolution. Zhao Dahu did not know what means he used. Not only was he not fought, but he became the second leader of the Town Revolution Committee and married a watery daughter-in-law, but Zhao Dahu was vicious. I don't know how many people had suffered his losses at that time.
Wen, after the revolution, Wang Dahu successfully became the mayor, but his arrogant and domineering arrogance was not less. Zhao Debiao relied on his father as the mayor and ran rampant in the countryside. But everyone dares to be angry and dare not say anything. If you offend the stript mayor, you won't think about it in the future.