Crossing the green wheat ears

The happiness of the father and son ended with the donkey cart entering the village. Life is like this. When you are happy, a thunderbolt will always fall from the sky, waking you up from happiness. People's happiness is short as if stolen from heaven.

Just entering the village, the courtyard door of the house was open, Xiyuan got out of the car, Wei Cheng and Xi Wei jumped off the side of the car as nimbly as monkeys, calling grandpa, grandma, The mother entered the house.

There is only grandma in the house, and the house feels quieter than every day.

"Grandma, what did my father and mother do?" People are like this. When they are at home every day, they are busy and don't pay much attention. When they leave home for a while and come back, they will ask one by one. , Otherwise, I feel uneasy, and I can know what they are doing even without guessing.

"Grandma, what's wrong with you, why are you still crying?" Seeing grandma wiping the corners of her eyes with her sleeve, Xiyuan panicked, did she not come home for a long time and something happened?Or is the old uncle running home to make trouble again?

At this time, Xi Mingwen unloaded the cart, tied up the donkey and entered the house.Seeing the old lady like this, she asked anxiously what was going on.Xi Wei and Wei Cheng next to him also knew that something was wrong, and they didn't dare to vent their anger while standing on the edge of the Kang.Children from poor families have a natural sense of crisis, as if they are ready for disaster at any time.

"It's okay, it's not our family's business. You see, I scared the two children." Grandma quickly wiped her eyes with the front of her clothes and grinned.

"Oh, that's good." Xiyuan let out a long sigh of relief, "Grandma, what's the matter?" He asked again without giving up, otherwise he wouldn't be able to sleep well tonight if he didn't figure it out.

"Oh!" Grandma sighed, "The one I used to play with you was Xiaoshu from Zhang Laoliu's house in Dongtou..." Grandma paused.

"Ah, what's wrong with him?" Xi Yuan was a little anxious, as were Xi Mingwen and Xi Wei Weicheng beside him.

"The child drowned in Dongdagou this morning." Grandma said the matter in a short sentence this time.

"Ah? How come?" Xiyuan asked in surprise.

The Dongdagou in Grandma’s mouth is on the east side of the village, which is the boundary with Hezeng Village, which is six miles away from the village. Because the terrain there is relatively low, when it rains heavily in summer, the water in the fields has nowhere to flow. Collected there, slowly washed by rainwater formed a deep ditch about one and a half houses high, this ditch is very long, it is said that walking along the ditch can lead to the Xinlan River dozens of miles away.

In fact, this ditch should be a dry river that has been blown out. When it is not raining, there is no water in it. When it rains lightly, there is water but not much. It's dangerous to go here.Usually, because there is no water, people who pass by here are going down and up the ditch slowly. In fact, a dry river of this size should have a bridge built on it, but the bridge needs money. The government doesn't care, and the common people don't money, so year after year this ditch is allowed to lie there, and people will climb up and down year after year.

The entire ditch is more than ten meters wide. Because the ditch is very deep, people can pass through it lightly, but cars can't. Therefore, the passing vehicles don't go there, which also affects the communication of people in the two villages.

"That's right, isn't there water in Dongdagou?" Xi Mingwen also asked anxiously.

"Yeah, they said they couldn't keep it. Didn't it just rain the day before yesterday, and the water in the deep part of the ditch hasn't dried yet." Grandma then told a few people what happened this morning.

Because Xiyuan's ducks and geese were sold for some money last year, everyone in the village saw it, so this year more people in the village raised them.Except for the ones selected by Lizheng, there are many others.Because they are inexperienced, they don't dare to raise too many. Few people raise more than a dozen, and many people raise thirty or forty.These poultry are privately raised by others, and no one has the right to refuse to raise them, so there is no voice in the village.

For this reason, the children in the village have jobs this summer. The adults are busy with the work in the fields, and the children are left to herd the geese and ducks.Fortunately, ducks and geese are easier to keep. Just find a place with grass and water for them, and they can graze on their own. After eating the grass, they can go directly to the water to swim. The children only need to look after them. Children Well, they all like to be lively, and think that one person is boring, so they often play together with a few good partners.

Xiaoshu’s family has also raised more than 20 geese this year. Usually, Xiaoshu leads his younger brother to release them. The younger brother is still young and uncertain.

This morning Xiaoshu and a few friends drove the geese to Dongdagou, and when the geese and ducks went to graze, the children started playing together.

In summer, there will be a small pink wild flower in the wheat field, which is as big as the belly of a finger after opening. Because of the bright colors and the clusters of clusters, it looks very beautiful.It happened that there was a wheat field near Dongdagou. Several children ran into the wheat field and stepped on several bunches of these wild flowers. They played with them while fighting. During the fight, a bunch of flowers fell into the puddle in the ditch. .

Although the Dongdagou can't hold water, the puddles formed in the deep place at the bottom of the ditch have water in them for a few days after the heavy rain.

When the little tree saw it, he squatted on the edge of the pit and stretched out his hands to fish it. Maybe he was leaning and didn’t stand still, or the water beside the pit was slippery, so the little tree fell into the ditch. The water in the ditch was not deep. The tree struggled to climb up, but the bottom of the ditch was covered with mud. The more he struggled, the more he slid towards the middle of the ditch. Although it was not very deep, it was enough to submerge a ten-year-old boy who was not tall.

The children on the edge of the ditch were frightened and stupid at first, and when they realized it, they hurriedly shouted, but the work in the field in summer was already done, and there was another wheat field next to it, so they just had to wait for the time to harvest, so early in the morning No one from the village goes there at all.

Several children scattered in a panic to find someone. Xiaoshu's younger brother reached into the water to save his elder brother, but was hugged by an older child.The other children went to the pole to see if they could pull the young tree up.But when they found it, and when the adults called, it was too late to save Xiaoshu.

"Then why didn't you get the water out of his stomach, maybe it can save his life?" Xiyuan asked hastily.

"Why didn't it happen? Lizheng took all their cattle away, and they couldn't save them after a whole morning in the small woods to the east." Grandma said, looking out of the window.Although it wasn't my own child's accident, the people in the village felt uncomfortable. After all, they were all parents, and they could understand the painstaking efforts of being parents.What's more, Xiaoshu's child is very sensible, and they all think that this child is very good.

"Water above the cow's back?" Xiyuan asked again. He didn't know if this method would work, but people here generally use this method to save them. Of course, the chance of saving them is very low.Xiyuan remembered the modern methods of rescuing drowning people, such as artificial respiration, removing ascites, etc., but no one here knows it, and the only one who knows it is myself, who is not here today, and four or five hours have passed by now, and it is useless at all .

Under the lights of the Spring Festival, the child who was so silly and laughed and called Brother Xiaoyuan disappeared just like that!Lost his life because of a bouquet of wildflowers with no name!Drowning in a puddle of just over a meter!

Xiyuan was stunned for a moment, he felt that this is not true, life is so difficult once, how can it be said that it is gone?Moreover, for a ten-year-old child, life has just begun, and the best years have not yet passed!

At this moment, Xiyuan was a little annoyed. If he hadn't always felt that it was unbelievable for an adult soul to play with a kid, if he had declined time and time again when Xiaoshu came to play with him, maybe the kid's Fate would not be like this.For the first time, Xiyuan blamed himself for his indifference!

Although it has been almost two years since time travel, and the relationship with the family members has gradually developed, Xiyuan feels that he has integrated into the life of the Xi family, but facing the outside world, facing other people in the village, he feels It is more from the perspective of a spectator, who feels that everything has nothing to do with him. No matter how hard he, a modern person, cannot have the same thoughts as the ancients, and he cannot adopt the same attitude towards life and others like them.

Even in the Xi family, if it wasn't for Xi Wei and Wei Cheng, two little boys who can't be called "humans" in the true sense, if it wasn't for the two little guys who aroused Xi Yuan's deep sympathy and compassion for weak lives, If it wasn't for the two little guys getting close to his elder brother naturally, if it wasn't for the two little guys touching the tender corner of his heart...

And grandparents, if it wasn't for their kindness that made Xiyuan feel the warmth of family affection; and parents, if they weren't for their inarticulateness, they cared for him silently. Xiyuan thought, he might still treat his family members as a spectator.

The shock caused by Xiaoshu's incident to Xiyuan was beyond his expectation. He thought that he could calmly watch the world and accept the gains and losses in life in this life, but now he realized that he couldn't do it. arrive.

Xiyuan began to reflect on what attitude he should take to face the present world, present life, and the people and things that appeared in his life.

Xi Wei and Wei Cheng also heard the whole story, and they were also very sad. Children's hearts are the purest.Xiaoshu has played with them before, even though he is older than them, he is not likely to play together, but Xiaoshu is a child who knows how to give in, he is the eldest in the family, and he is the one who coaxes the younger brothers and sisters, so follow Xiaoshu Guys play like a big brother.

"Oh! Xiaoshu's mother has cried so much that she has been crying for several times." Niang Xiyuan came back at dusk, and everyone in the village had to go and see if such a thing happened to the people in the village. Niang Xiyuan didn't let the old lady go , I can't stand sad things when I'm old.Zhang Laoliu and his wife are also honest people. They usually keep quiet in the village and have never had a feud with anyone.

"It's useless to persuade anyone about this matter." Grandma said.

"If the child who is not sensible may be better, the child Xiaoshu helped his mother pick up the table and wash the dishes when he left in the morning, and did almost all the housework before going out to herd the geese. He said his mother was not in good health. He needs to help more!" Xiyuan Niang wanted to wipe her tears when she mentioned it.

"Don't talk about it, it's useless to die, let's take care of life first." Grandpa said while filling the cigarette pot with cigarettes, he didn't want to make his family so sad, poor people live like this, God give Everything has to go on.He also went to the grove with the men in the village to rescue the child today, but... there is no way, this may be the child's life, God thought he was too sensible, so he took him back.The old man has experienced a lot in his life, and he seems to be able to think about it, but in fact it is a kind of compromise of resignation, man and nature are fighting, can they win it!

The atmosphere at home that night was a bit dull. The family finished their meal in silence, and then went back to doing their work in silence. Even Xi Wei and Wei Cheng didn't go out to play, and even the 50 taels of silver in the house didn't make people happy. stand up.

The author has something to say: Regarding Xiaoshu, Jin Yao hesitated for a long time whether to write as originally planned, but in fact he was very reluctant!

Xi Wei: Will you be sad to see Xiaoshu lose her sisters?

Wei Cheng: Let me tell you quietly, tell the sisters quietly again, Xiaoshu is not dead, he has passed through to the place where his brother came!

Xi Wei, Wei Cheng: So sisters, don't be sad!