happy looking back

The son left in a hurry.

"Come on! Grandma feed the baby sugar water, you must be starving." The body was hugged into another warm embrace, and the faint smell of sweat permeated me, but it didn't disgust me.The lukewarm spoon was passed to the mouth, and a trace of sweet warm water flowed into the mouth, and poured down the throat without the door.

"Look, Aying, the little guy eats so much." I babbled and swallowed the water, and my mind was full of fog: How many years is it now?

"Mother—" the woman couldn't hold back, and choked up again.

"Don't cry. When I gave birth to Aqin, I happened to catch up with the natural disaster in 56. At that time, not to mention milk, I didn't even have to drink boiled water. How many people starved to death. Now you, Aqin, are sixteen years old. Who in the village won't praise you as a beautiful girl." My grandmother comforted the young mother while feeding me sugar water.

I slammed my mouth mechanically, and there was a huge wave in my heart: 1972!The background of the Cultural Revolution is hard to recover, the material is extremely scarce, and the society is under martial law!

2. Go home...

"Aying, look at this kid's cleverness, he will definitely be more successful than his father in the future!" Grandma said, pinching my chubby cheeks, "I was born on the seventh day of the first lunar month, and I belong to the rat, so I have to take a good time to do my fortune-telling." .” Grandma mused.

"Mom! What nonsense are you talking about?!" The young mother said in a low voice, looking around nervously.

"Okay! Don't engage in feudal superstition." From the slightly complaining tone of grandma, I knew that this old man believed in gods and Buddhas.But in the era of "breaking the four olds", engaging in feudal superstition was a felony.

"Take a break first, and Heping will come to pick you up later. It's really worrying to be here without money." Grandma said, and handed me back to the young mother, who was in a daze and sleepy, quickly. After pulling up the four corners of the quilt, he walked out with the two obedient little girls in the corner.

"My cousins ​​are too numerous to count, and they don't come to the door for any important event. Although they are relatives, they don't recognize each other—" a gentle and soft singing sounded in my ears, and the rhythmic pat on my chest made me fall into a deep sleep.

I don't know how long it took, and cheerful shouts came from my ears. When I opened my eyes, the still hazy light was a little drowsy.

"What a boy! This chubby little piggy has tormented my second sister-in-law!" The young and loud voice yelled above my head.I feel aggrieved: a good child is said to be a piggy, is this a compliment or belittlement!Looking at the young father and young mother next to me laughing and scolding in disobedience, I think that pigs are probably more popular in this era, after all, pork is eaten once a year.

"Yanchao! When will you add another son to your old Ge family!" said the rough male voice.

"Brother You doesn't take you to make such insinuations, I'm still early." The young man who was called Aid Korea retorted with some embarrassment.

"Wake up, wake up! Brother, look at this kid who will grow up to be a handsome young man! Look at the round eyes, as black as the bottom of a pot." Yuan Chao shouted excitedly.

"Can you talk, kid! This is so bright! Study more if you have nothing to do!" The rough man named Brother You bounced his head on the back of Yuan Chao's head. Most of the resentment was released in one mouthful.

"Uncle, I want to watch it too! I want to watch it too!" Xiao Fu yelled loudly.

"You really are crazy alone!" Cursing, Yuan Chao still grabbed Xiao Fu with one hand and hugged Xiao An with the other, and took the two yellow-haired girls to look at me as if they were cherishing animals.The girl named Xiaofu was eager to pinch my face several times, but I dodged it cleverly.

"Okay, what are you all doing here! Hurry up and help pack things up!" The low voice was very serious.

"Brother!" Yuan Chao hurriedly put the two yellow-haired girls on the ground, and swiftly stacked the basin and bowls and chopsticks next to the bed.The two little girls hurriedly stood on the corner of the wall in fear, acting as obedient girls, not making noise.

"Brother, you are here." The young father hurried up to meet him.

"Brother Jianguo! I wouldn't shout without red duck eggs!" the rugged man named Brother You teased.

"Red duck eggs! You Jianjun thought very well. Two days later, 'Fengshan Duan' came to our old Ge's house to drink brown sugar water." The man called Jianguo spoke seriously.

"Okay! The elders just stand at the door and beg for food. They are not afraid of being laughed at." The woman who came out behind Ge Jianguo spoke very softly but capablely, "Xiaofu, Xiaoan is going out to play, you can't help me." The woman There was a touch of sadness in the gentle tone.

"Sister-in-law!" The father hurriedly took the quilt from sister-in-law's hand, and stepped sideways out of the way.

"Aying, it's hard for you." The woman choked up while speaking.I deeply sympathized and nodded with lingering fear: If it weren't for my extraordinary talent, this time I would have killed two people!

"Sister-in-law, I'm not working hard." The young mother's voice trembled slightly, but she couldn't hide her tranquility.

"Your sister-in-law is useless! You can't give it to the old Ge's boy—" The woman choked up and couldn't speak any more.

"Sister-in-law! Xiao Fu and Xiao An Duo's sensible children are no worse than boys. Besides, my sister-in-law and my elder brother are so young, I'm afraid there will be no chance in the future!" The mother's comfort made the woman burst into laughter.

"How can I say this boy, Heping, is blessed to have my family's understanding, Ah Ying, whose mouth is like honey." The woman swept away the gloomy knot in her heart, took me from the young mother's hand, and shook it gently.I hummed comfortably: Sister-in-law——, no!The eldest aunt is indeed the mother of two children, and the posture of holding the child is really comfortable.

"Sister-in-law, Ah Ying, my eldest brother and I have prepared the bamboo strips, we can go home!" The young father who hurried over hurriedly said, panting.

"I'm a father now, and things are still so indifferent, hurry up and put on more clothes for your daughter-in-law." The eldest aunt picked me up and made room for the young father to dress the young mother.

"Mmm! Mmm!" The young father said shyly.

"Put on the hat! A woman who has just given birth can't see the wind, or she will suffer from sickness when she gets old!" The aunt hurriedly said.

"Hmm! Hmm!" The young father hurriedly wrapped the young mother in a bright red knitted scarf.

"The old quilt is also wrapped up, and the shoulders can't be exposed! Otherwise, there will be rheumatism in the future!" The aunt wanted to push away the young father with hands and feet, and rolled up her sleeves to go into battle.

"En! En!" The young father nodded again and again, and the movements of his hands quickened but became more and more stiff.

"Ah~~~Ah~~~" Haha~~~, I couldn't help laughing, but what came out of my mouth was a yell, loud and loud.

"You laugh at your father for being clumsy too~~~" The aunt gently rubbed my chest with her fingers to tease.The sound of "da da" from my mouth attracted my attention, and I was entangled in my heart: why does it feel like calling a chicken to eat.

"Okay!" The young father let out a long sigh of relief, which made the young mother who was wrapped into a rice dumpling burst into a low laugh.

"Carry your daughter-in-law on your back, let's go home." The eldest aunt walked out with me in her arms.My whole body was wrapped in a thick old cotton-padded jacket, and I could not move my hands and feet. I just felt that the strong light outside made me unable to open my eyes. The careful aunt put a red towel on the tightly wrapped brim of the hat up, blocking the strong sunlight.

"Peace, let Ah Ying's head face south, we are born with handles." The eldest aunt continued to use her on-the-spot command ability.I am glad that I am still a man. If I were a woman, the sudden physical change would make my life worse than death. Not to mention, this era is seriously patriarchal.

"Aid Korea! Let your second brother and Jianjun carry the front." The aunt hurriedly said, "Jianguo, you go inside."

"Okay! Get up! Sister-in-law, lie still." Yuan Chao yelled, only to hear the bamboo making a "creaking" sound.

"Aying, hold the baby in your hands, and pay attention to the noise on the road, so as not to startle the baby." The aunt put me into the warm quilt of the young mother, feeling the shaking under my body, I knew I was going home.

"Wait! Is that Huang Ying?" The deep female voice behind stopped the crowd carrying the bamboo rafts.

"Sister Mei! But what's the matter with my wife?!" The young father who was holding a bamboo pole in front of him asked nervously.

"It's not a big deal!" The woman named Sister Mei quickly explained, and the young father was relieved.

"But I have delivered so many children, and this boy of yours is quite special." When the woman named Sister Mei said this, her whole body was shocked: there will not be any weird visions!The fear of this age is the anomaly.

"Don't be afraid~~Don't be afraid~~" A pair of hands patted on my back, and the young mother's soft comfort sounded in my ears.

"What's wrong with the child?!" The four men carrying the bamboo strips exclaimed at the same time, making the woman named Sister Mei dumbfounded.The mortality rate of children these days is very high, not to mention the first-born male baby, who has a high status.

"The child is very healthy. I haven't seen a boy who weighs eight catties in all these years of delivery. It's just Huang Ying, you are too thin, which is not good for the child. Pay attention to nutrition when you go home." The midwife named Sister Mei asked worriedly road.

"En! Thank you, Sister Mei!" The young mother's voice was choked up, her heart was sad, and tears flowed down her cheeks.

"Aying can't cry after giving birth, her eyes will become blurred when she gets older." The aunt hurriedly patted the young mother's back and comforted her softly, "Our old Ge family has so many people, we are afraid that we can't raise a child! "

"Okay, don't worry about these disappearing things! Parents are still waiting at home!" Ge Jianguo, who will be my future uncle, made the final decision.So I swayed and fell asleep quietly amidst the sound of "creak, crunch".

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