The couple under the mountain

"Ping'er, continue!"

The voice was clear and pleasant, and Zheng Ping knew it was Guo Qingqing again without looking.

When Zheng Ping raised her head, she saw something being thrown towards her, so she quickly raised her hand to catch it. This action has been done countless times, and the small bundle arrived in Zheng Ping's hands accurately.

When I opened it, it was a bag of dates!The jujubes are bright red, each one is very big.

Guo Qingqing stood at the door of Zheng Ping's house together with several young men, and those young men were looking in through the gate.

Of course it was up to Zheng Ping.

Zheng Ping is considered a good-looking girl in Guojialing, she is fair and clean, and she is comfortable to look at.

However, good-looking is good-looking, but in Guojialing and the nearby villages, people who know the basics are unwilling to let their sons marry such a girl.

Orphaned and widowed, life is difficult, not to mention poor, whoever married Zheng Ping now, the burden would be too great.

Seeing Zheng Ping catch the small burden, Guo Qingqing smiled and showed her white teeth, then turned around and dragged those people away.

Guo Qingqing looked carefree, but she was a careful person. If she hadn't been with those people, Guo Qingqing would have gone into the yard to talk to Zheng Ping, or see if there was any work to help her. leave.

Zheng Ping has always thought that Guo Qingqing's smile is particularly good-looking, neither coquettish nor vulgar, so Zheng Ping accepted the little burden, smiled and turned back to the house.

It was stuffy, and the room was filled with a strong smell of medicine. Zheng Ping had already gotten used to it, and didn't feel much.

"Mother, Guo Qingqing sent dates, I'll wash them."

"Okay...ok...Qingqing is a good boy, let's go."

"Well, mother, you lie down well, I'll go right away."

Zheng Ping washed the dates, carefully removed the pits, and fed them to the people on the bed.

"Is it tasty?"

"It's delicious, but it's sweet, and Ping'er eats it too."

"Ah."

The mother and daughter ate a few dates, and the cabin was full of warmth.

But this warmth did not insist on a longer world, and the person on the bed coughed violently.

"Cough...cough cough...cough..."

"Mom, how are you, ah? Do you want some water?"

Zheng Ping looked anxious, but her movements were skillful and quick to help the person on the bed caress her chest, and then she quickly poured a glass of water when she calmed down a bit.

After drinking water, the cough of the person on the bed gradually weakened.

"I, I'm a drag.... I'm hurting you..."

"Mother, what are you talking about? You gave Ping'er's life. You must be filial to your mother in this life. Ping'er doesn't care about the rest."

"Ugh...."

Hearing this, the person on the bed sighed, turned around and closed his eyes.

Zheng Ping sat by the bed for a while, then turned around and went to wash clothes in the yard, her eyes were also full of sadness.

The sick woman is Zheng Chunhua, Zheng Ping's mother.

Fifteen years ago, Zheng Chunhua's man fell to his death while hunting in the mountains, and Zheng Chunhua's sky collapsed.

Zheng Chunhua was originally from Zhengjia Village not too far from Guojialing. Her family was poor and she was a girl. Zheng Chunhua left.

Guo Xisheng is not rich, but fortunately, he has a lot of strength and has a woman who manages the family, and his life gradually becomes more enjoyable.

Guo Xisheng has strength and is willing to work hard. Not only is he diligent, but he is also very honest with Zheng Chunhua. Zheng Chunhua is not allowed to do heavy work.

Zheng Chunhua felt happy from the bottom of her heart, but her health was not good. She was pregnant at the age of 19, and the baby was a fat boy. Guo Xisheng and Zheng Chunhua were very happy.

Guo Xisheng worked harder to get in and out of this small family, and lived a solid life.But God didn't keep this hard-fought couple happy for too long.

The child died of an illness before he was one year old.

Zheng Chunhua cried so hard that Guo Xisheng, who had been alone for more than ten years, couldn't sleep all night, and his hair turned gray in just a few days.

Zheng Chunhua loves the child, and also loves her man, and vows in her heart that she will have more children for the man, not just one child, but as many as her man wants.

But in the end, Zheng Chunhua never gave birth to any of them.

Because Zheng Chunhua hadn't had time to conceive another one, Guo Xisheng was gone.

Zheng Chunhua took care of the man's funeral, and stayed in the room all night without closing her eyes.Zheng Chunhua has feelings for Guo Xisheng, now that she has nothing left, she will inevitably be remarried when she returns to her mother's house, Zheng Chunhua is unwilling.

Guo Xisheng is dead, but Zheng Chunhua wants to guard her body for him.Early the next morning, Zheng Chunhua got up and went to the place where she often washed clothes, planning to walk down the river. The scenery there was very beautiful. Zheng Chunhua knew that there was a deep waterfall there. When they first got married, Guo Xisheng quietly I took Zheng Chunhua there to relax.

You don't have to worry about dirtying the water in the village by jumping down, it's better to go clean.

Then Zheng Chunhua saw Zheng Ping who was thrown on the side of the road.

Everyone in Guojialing also knew that Zheng Ping was a picked child.

Zheng Chunhua picked up Zheng Ping, and somehow her dead heart was shaken again.

After hesitating for a while, Zheng Chunhua picked up the obedient child and walked to the village chief's house.

"It's fate for you to pick up this child, so let's take your surname. Broken stem duckweed is also pitiful, so let's take the name Ping."

In this way, Zheng Ping got a name, and Zheng Chunhua took in the child, giving him some reason to survive.

The village chief is a virtuous person. He has taken good care of Zheng Chunhua and Zheng Ping's mother and daughter these years, and the people in the village do not bully the orphans and widows of this family. We went to the field together, no matter how tired we are alone, look at Zheng Ping playing on the ridge of the field, Zheng Chunhua beat his back day after day.

Zheng Ping is 13 years old. Seeing that it was time to say goodbye, Zheng Chunhua suddenly fell ill.

The doctor in the village is also a kind person. Zheng Chunhua doesn’t charge a penny for seeing a doctor and getting medicines, but after drinking bowls of medicines, sometimes he can walk around the yard when he is in good spirits, but most of the time he still has to lie in bed , It’s just not getting better, it’s been two years now.

While doing laundry, Zheng Ping was thinking wildly, thinking about her mother's illness, thinking about her own life these past few years, thinking about Guo Qingqing.

Apart from feeling sorry for her mother's illness, Zheng Ping didn't feel much pain.

What I eat is the grain grown by myself and my mother. Although it is only two women who work, the grain grown is enough to eat, and the surplus grain can be sold in the town for some money. With this money, I can buy some salt and oil , buy some cloth, mother can make cloth into clothes when she comes back.

Is it hard?It's actually okay.The backyard is not small, and a lot of vegetables can be grown every year. There is no need to worry about it in summer and autumn. In spring, there are wild vegetables in the field that can be dug. In winter, it is very cold, and the cabbage and radishes saved are also quite good.

Meat is unaffordable, but meat can be eaten every once in a while. The mother and daughter raise several hens. If there are not enough eggs, people will exchange some meat for eggs.

Later, there was Guo Qingqing.

Guo Qingqing is Zheng Ping's first friend and best friend.

Men and women have different seats at the age of seven. Zheng Ping, who is sensible, stays away from those naughty boys, because those boys like to tease people and put bugs on people's clothes. As a little girl, Zheng Ping certainly doesn't like it.

So when Guo Qingqing, who was dressed as a kid, came over, Zheng Ping was wary.

It wasn't until Guo Qingqing opened her mouth that Zheng Ping knew that the person in front of her was a girl like herself!

Unlike Zheng Ping, who is down-to-earth and diligent, Guo Qingqing has been mischievous since she was a child.

Climbing trees with a group of boys, catching hares, fishing, clothes are dirty when they come out, or they are scratched, Guo Qingqing's mother beat her up several times and she couldn't control it, so she had to let her go up.

At the beginning, when Guo Qingqing caught fish, he immediately grilled and ate them on the bank with a group of playmates, and threw them away if they couldn't eat them.

Later, if Guo Qingqing went to catch fish to roast and eat, she would definitely bring some back to Zheng Ping.

At the beginning, Guo Qingqing felt that Zheng Ping never played with her friends, it would definitely be boring, and she probably didn't eat that much, so she used it as a fresh snack for Zheng Ping.Gradually growing up, and realizing that not everyone can have enough food and clothing, and that life is very different, Guo Qingqing felt more pity for Zheng Ping in her heart.

For some reason, every time she saw Zheng Ping, Guo Qingqing, the fearless mud monkey, felt very uncomfortable when she met those clear eyes, as if she was bound by a rope.

Guo Qingqing attributed this feeling to her admiration for that kind of quiet little girl.Guo Qingqing felt that it was too difficult to be such an obedient girl, like herself, if she could stay at home peacefully for three days, then her mother would definitely be very happy.

However, there are other quiet little girls in the village, but I don't feel anything else. Is it because Zheng Ping's family is so miserable that I pity them?

This must be the case. Guo Qingqing felt that she should be a good person as people said, so she took something from Zheng Ping when she had the opportunity. Their mother and daughter had a difficult life, and they could help.

Or a handful of fruit, or a plucked rabbit, or a bag of mountain mushrooms...

They were all things that Guo Qingqing got from the mountain by himself.

When she was seven years old, Guo Qingqing wanted to give Zheng Ping the fruit she picked for the first time, but she felt embarrassed when she walked up to her. Standing in front of Zheng Ping, she blushed and didn't say anything. Stuffed in Zheng Ping's arms and ran away.

Later, the two became more and more acquainted, and Zheng Ping always smiled immediately when she saw Guo Qingqing, and she no longer looked like a frightened deer.

If the days passed peacefully like this, perhaps the fate of some people would be different.

The author has something to say:

Dedicated to my baby!It still makes sense.

(So, don't think that I am very diligent, I just want to write an article on this day, ho ho ho ho!)