Rebirth Night Talk

When Min Shun's mother returned to her hometown, she bought a whole wild goat on the farm.At this time, no one had a refrigerator at home, and it was too hot to store, so Min Shun's mother chopped up half of it, put half of the sheep's bones into the water, and sent the half of the sheep's head to Zhao Xuejun's house.

Coincidentally, godfather Chang Yu came back from Shanghai in the past few days, and this old man seems to have ordered a few good homes from the second-hand market in Shanghai.The old man was in a good mood, so he slandered Aunt Gaixia for her poor craftsmanship, which is not how the mutton was made.

The old man did it himself, set up a big pot in the yard, and started tinkering with it from the morning.He first put the bones into the pot without adding any seasoning, until the stew turned milky, and then gradually threw the seasoning into the pot and simmered over low heat.When the old soup is ready, put the sheep's head into the water and marinate together.In the evening, he took out the stewed offal, stuffed the mutton with beans, potatoes, and big vermicelli with the old soup, and found the best Northeast rice, and cooked it by steaming.

The Zhao family invited Mayor Song's family, Gao Juzi bought some seasonal melons and grapes, and Zhao Jianguo opened a bottle of Fenjiu.Zhao Xuebing moved the TV to the yard, and Aunt Gaixia cut up a large enamel plate of stewed meat.The three families gathered around the table, eating stewed meat and rice for those who didn’t drink, and stewed meat for those who drank. In this way, they ate while talking and laughing under the bright summer stars.

"I think it's better to live in a bungalow. I used to live in my mother's house, and there was a grape trellis in my house. It's summer, and the whole family sat together and stayed all night." Liu Qingling took a plantain fan and fanned the two young ones at home. , Song Changxi, Song Changle stared at the TV without moving.

"Hey, I've grown emotionally attached to living in this small courtyard. Now who is lucky enough to live in a brick cave dwelling? Some time ago I was quite envious of moving to a new house, but now I don't envy them anymore. Those who live upstairs are exhausted." Gao Juzi applauds.

Song Liaokuo sipped his wine and smiled: "How long can you stay here, not for long."

"What?" Gao Juzi blinked and asked Song Liaokuo, "Mayor Song, is this place going to be remodeled?"

"Reconstruction? The news you got there is nothing like this. It is the government that is going to build the No. [-] and No. [-] courtyards. This time, your house and mine will be neighbors. I went to the secretary to see the design the day before yesterday. The pictures are all small courtyards of single buildings. Lao Zhao is late for dinner this time, but this is a good meal. Some time ago, I divided the floors, and I am afraid I will regret it this time. Small second floor, upstairs Downstairs, front yard and back yard, it’s not small! Your Jianguo’s professional title is just enough for one building, so it’s not bad to transfer back, right?”

After Gao Juzi finished listening, he looked at his small courtyard, small house, small coal pond, walnut tree, and chicken coop.She pursed her lips: "Yo, then I have to thank you, but I can't bear it. I have lived in this yard for many years. This year, Lao Zhao just installed a local heating. The house will be warm in winter. I don't envy those who live upstairs."

"That's not bad. Look at my garden. Once the gate is closed, the sky is everywhere. I want to eat, eat, and do whatever I want. If you are willing, Junjun will go and accompany me, it will be even more beautiful .” Lao Chang interjected, continuing to abduct his godson.

Zhao Xuejun smiled, stretched out his chopsticks and picked up a piece of meat and put it on his godfather's plate: "It doesn't matter if I go or not. If you feel lonely, find me a godmother."

Old Chang picked up the meat in Zhao Jianguo's jealous eyes and threw it into his mouth, and said, "I'm already 61, and I'll find someone else. I'll live with him for three to five years. How can I enjoy these three or five years? It’s not that we don’t know each other, we’re arguing to get to know each other every day. When I get to know each other, I kick my legs too. It doesn’t matter if I die. So stupid?! Look at how smart your mother is. I'm afraid you are from the old Zhao family."

"Damn! It's not uncommon for my family to learn from the military. If he doesn't want anything, you can huddle together with your yard full of broken things and be a primitive man!" Gao Juzi sneered at him.

"Hey...we are gentlemen, gentlemen don't bicker with women, I eat meat." Lao Chang lowered his head to eat, Zhao Xuejun smiled sullenly.

"Old Chang, I heard from the Foreign Affairs Office of the Municipal Committee that your family has many overseas relatives, and they have been asking to take you there to support them. In any case, the material conditions there are still superior, and you are not a problem alone." Mayor Song asked in a normal way.

"Who says I'm alone, my son is here. They... Hey, they can't be traced in the past, let alone mention it, family love, family love is a university question. Let's not talk about it, let's talk about Zhao Jianguo, this old thing, recently You have hidden yourself so deeply, and you are getting less and less popular." Chang Yu sighed a few words, and brought the topic to Zhao Jianguo.

Zhao Jianguo refused to fight at all. He ate cantaloupe and watched TV.

Zhao Xuejun wrote to Wang Xi by the lantern in the yard:

"Hi Wang Xi:

Summer is here, the weather in the south must be very hot.You grew up in Shanxi, you must not be able to stand the weather there.But be patient.

The day before yesterday, my mother called your mother.Auntie is in good health and is doing well in the unit.Wang Rui took the first place in this exam again, and he is sensible.I think next time you see him he must have grown a lot taller.

My eldest brother wrote a letter from the military academy and asked my mother to send me ten pairs of cotton underpants. My mother said that he eats underpants.You don't even know, my eldest brother may be pretending now, and every letter is divided into two letters, and the content written to my dad is all about politics, what kind of thoughts.I think that the time when we went to catch fish together will never come back.

Do you remember the poplar grove we played in when we were young? Uncle Song who came to the house just now said that the No. [-] and No. [-] government courtyards will be built there.When you come again, we're afraid we'll have to move to a new house.At that time, I beg Dad to save a room for you. You and Wang Rui will live at home when you come back.

Wang Xi, are you okay there? Although you always say yes, I don't believe it.Just like me, bad things always disturb me every day, don’t you?Tell me if it's okay.

In the past few days, there have been a lot of news about your side on TV. It seems that the era of your south is coming.If I grow up, I will go to your place, start a business, set up a factory, I think, as long as I keep my feet on the ground and be down-to-earth, I will always gain something. Really, although there are many people who go to sea now, but do Dad said, the weather is right, the location is right, and the people are harmonious.The place where you have the upper hand now is precisely on your side.So, you should read more books and learn some foreign languages.Really, I think those are useful.

A few days ago, a distant relative came to a distant city. It is said that he is the son of my great-grandfather's brother's eldest son.This kinship confuses me.Since Dad resumed work, various relatives have come.This uncle from his hometown is very interesting, it is said that he has some ideas in Guangzhou.He came this time to sell a million tons of steel to the old district. My father was frightened at the time and entertained him with good wine and food for three days. Uncle sent away.

The surroundings are chaotic now, many people are dreaming, and I don’t know why they have such wonderful ideas about the world. My mother said, buy and sell, buy and sell, you have to have ready-made goods before you can buy and sell them, right?Didn't see anything, just believed that you could make a fortune and make a lot of money?The godfather said that rapid development always brings about some wonderful phenomena, and that uncle may have been involved in such phenomena.I don't think this is good, I don't like it very much..."

Song Chang'an looked at Zhao Xuejun, who was writing something seriously with a pen, then jumped over and sat on a stool beside him to look at it cheekily.The members of the old Zhao's family all wrote quite beautiful handwriting. Just looking at the writing, the handsome handwriting attracts people's attention.

"Who are you writing to?" Song Changan asked.

Zhao Xuejun covered the letter and gave Song Changan a blank look: "Well...don't worry about me."

"I don't care, I just ask, do you want cantaloupe, I'll get it for you." After speaking, Song Changan stood up.

"Don't you, I don't bully the disabled, I'll get it." Zhao Xuejun folded the letter into a paper crane and put it in the envelope. After pasting the envelope, he stood up, took two slices of melon and handed one to Song Changan.

"Open, open." Chang Yu, who had always been calm, suddenly moved a stool and got together with the children.In the past few days, my godfather has been chasing and watching Journey to the West every day.As long as the music of Journey to the West starts, he will stand at the forefront even if he dies.

Gao Juzi stabbed Zhao Xuejun and whispered to him: "Xuejun, I think there is something wrong with your godfather. Is the prescription of his glasses inappropriate? Take him to the optician's store tomorrow. He wears those broken glasses." How many years has it been?"

Zhao Xuejun nodded, went into the house and made a cup of strong tea for his godfather and took it out.The godfather held the teacup, and looked at his father as if showing off.Zhao Xuejun hastened to have a cup for his father too, otherwise he would die of mourning when he left in a while.

"Sister-in-law, someone is looking for you at the door." Aunt Gaixia entered the yard with a strange expression on her face: "It seems to be someone from your hometown, reporting the funeral."

Gao Juzi trembled, and half of the cantaloupe fell to the ground.

The family hurriedly came to the door of the backyard. A girl dressed in white looked at the door of the house in a daze with no expression on her face.Seeing Gao Juzi come out, she bit her lip: "Second Aunt, my mother is dead, and grandma asked me to call you."

Gao Juzi froze for a moment:

"Yue? Are you this? Who are you wearing mourning for?"

"Who? Yueyue who are you talking about?"

"Don't lie to me!"

Tan Yueyue is Gao Juzi's eldest sister and Gao Pingguo's eldest daughter, who is currently attending high school in No. [-] City Middle School.

"My mother is dead." When she said this, Tan Yueyue's voice didn't fluctuate at all, as if she couldn't believe that this happened, it was a dream.

"How did you die? Your mother is only... 44 years old this year. Why did she die?" Gao Juzi's voice cracked a little.

Tan Yueyue shook her head and sniffed: "My mother suddenly vomited blood when she was pulling bricks for the brick factory to make brick embryos, and she was taken to the hospital, the hospital...the hospital was late...perforated...can't mend it... ..."

Gao Apple is exhausted, exhausted.A husband with tuberculosis, five children, two are studying in the city, two are studying in the town, the youngest is also studying at the age of ten.The whole family is big and small, and the burden of the whole family is on this woman.In recent years, Gao Juzi hated her sister the most.She swore that in this life, even if she died, she would not forgive her.

Now, Gao Pingguo is dead, only 44 years old, exhausted.

Sitting in her husband's car, Gao Juzi's expression was stiff, and she remembered many things.When she was very young, she was timid, and she was very afraid of going to the latrine, and every time she dragged her eldest sister.At that time, the family's hut was outside the wall, and every time they went there, they could hear wolves howling.The wolf, barking and barking, finally came one day.That day, the eldest sister was standing at the door of the hut, watching the big wolf come over with green eyes, and she didn't know where the strength came from, so she yelled "Beat the wolf!" The stone wall was pushed up.

"Little dog girl, sitting on the kang, what are you thinking about? Marriage? Carrying a sedan chair, with a cover, red clothes, green jacket. Dog girl, marry the groom. The groom doesn't want it, because the girl has big feet. The girl cried, and the wolf ate it." ..."

The wild flowers on the hillside! !The third sister took her younger brothers to run around, wild, the eldest sister carried the younger sister on her back, and led the two younger brothers by herself, singing "Little Gou Niu".

By the way...no one...wouldn't know how to sing Little Dog Girl, that song was made up by the eldest sister, right?It seems that it is made up by the eldest sister, the eldest sister is very smart.

Gao Juzi's tears fell, and she looked at the increasingly familiar road outside, as if she saw the day of the blind date again, she was wearing a jacket that was half-short, standing at the entrance of the village tremblingly, not daring to leave, Her eldest sister walked more than ten miles, carrying a bundle, opened it when she saw her, and put it on for her at the entrance of the village.That's the most beautiful jacket for my eldest sister, the one with a red bottom and yellow flowers.The eldest sister wears that dress when she gets married, and everyone who sees her says Jun is dead.

"My tangerine, life is the best. If you want to marry, you have to marry a PLA. In the future, if you eat the imperial food, the eldest sister will rely on oranges. Enjoy the blessing!" The eldest sister smiled sweetly.After laughing, he stroked her big braid again, and said, "I, Tangerine, have grown up. I'm going to get married..."

Later, after getting married... Many years have passed, and the eldest sister has also changed. She has black hair and is gray and gray in her forties. , huh... my man is going to be the backbone, I have five children, the fifth child, you pity my sister, will the money be paid to my sister, you go back and tell them if the money has been delivered. Your brother-in-law also needs to take medicine, I want to help you too, you are poor, poor sister, can you do it? My sister kowtows to you, kowtows for your poor nephew and niece... I dare not ask Orange to forgive me, I will be an old hen for her in the next life, and lay eggs to compensate... My man, Waiting for help...ah, Guolin..."

It's nothing, it's gone. At that time, she must have hated the elder sister to death.How can there be such a ruthless sister in the world, she is her own sister.How dare you say such a thing?Your man's life is fate, but my baby's life is not?

Gao Juzi and Zhao Jianguo brought Zhao Xuebing with them. Zhao Xuejun entered the village in the middle of the night, and heard the sound of suona from a distance. They walked over, and as soon as they entered the shabby yard surrounded by corn stalks, they saw a coffin. In the yard.Gao Juzi's mother's cry came from inside: "Apple...Apple, you are comfortable, you are well and comfortable. You don't have to work anymore, you don't have to pull bricks anymore You took my apples! Old Tan’s family, goddamn wicked! I didn’t ask God to take you, why did you take my apples!

Oops, my apple, you have never had a good day when you marry.It’s all my mother’s fault, your mother’s eyes are blind, my old eyes are just a pair of black holes, so my bright apples are filled with black holes, ouch, it hurts me, hurts me, hurts me to death Ah, my apple... At the moment before the head, it was said that you would not give birth, and you would not be able to return home for seven or eight years. They bullied you, so you didn't tell mother!Apple, how tender and honest are you... I just said, I just said, it’s good to have a baby, and if you have a baby, you will be exhausted after having a baby, my Apple!You are only 44 years old, my apple... ah... you have never eaten a bite of chicken cake, and you have never worn a piece of Dacron.My poor apple..."

Gao Juzi didn't dare to go in, and stood at the door in a daze.The old branch secretary in the village saw Zhao Jianguo and knew who Zhao Jianguo was, so he ran over quickly: "Director Zhao, you are here, hey, poor, poor, the village gave relief food and relief money. But There are so many people in her family who can't help but spend money... Apple is strong, insisting that all the children go to school, has her man been lying in bed for seven years, can't do anything..."

Zhao Jianguo half hugged and dragged Gao Juzi, who couldn't walk, into the yard. Gao Juzi's mother suddenly stopped crying when she saw her daughter, and just sat there blankly. She stared blankly for a while, pointing tremblingly Pointing to the coffin: "Your sister...your sister is gone, the oranges, the apples are gone...it's in here, call her, she owes you, if you call, maybe she will come out, ah! Call! "

"Ah!!!!" Gao Juzi suddenly pushed Zhao Jianguo away, walked to the coffin and beat it desperately: "Gao Pingguo! Come out! Come out!" The people in the coffin, sleeping soundly, just ignored her.

"You still owe me the money, don't try to hide!" Gao Juzi shouted at the coffin, "How dare you hide away...Ah...Big Sister! Ah...Gao Pingguo, didn't you If you pay back the money, you dare to leave, I owe you, your baby owes you? Ah, the big one, the small one, big sister...don't leave me!!!!"

Zhao Xuejun stood at the door, watching his mother crying hysterically, and his tears fell down along with it.How strange, in the previous life, my aunt did not die.

That night, Gao Juzi was sitting in front of the burnt paper basin, burning paper money one after another. She bought 200 yuan worth of burnt paper, and pasted paper bundles for her eldest sister, big tall buildings, golden mountains, silver mountains, and pairs of virgins. Virgin.While she was burning, she sang with tears in her mouth: "little dog girl, sit on the kang... ah... what are you thinking about? Getting married?! Carrying a sedan chair with a cover, red clothes, and a green jacket Gou Niuzi, marry the groom. The groom doesn’t want it, saying that the girl has big feet. The girl cried, but the wolf ate it..."

"Eldest sister... I don't want money anymore, come back!"