pick up a date

In the winter evening, the north wind was blowing, and the whole world seemed to be dry and cold. The poplar trees on both sides of the road were bare, with straight and thick trunks, and from time to time, a few dry twigs were blown off by the strong wind.The sky is gray, and it looks like a heavy snow is coming.

The village of Xiaodu is quiet, and there is no one in sight. On such a cold day, everyone stays warm in bed or sets up a brazier. Three or five neighbors gather around to talk about their daily life. , Maodong Maodong is not like that.

The father of the Du family led the way, and said to a woman in her fifties behind, "Mrs. Zhang Wen, let's go a little faster. It's not far away, and we'll be there soon. If you slow down, I'm afraid it will be late." "

Zhang Wenpo was covered in sweat as she walked away. Seeing that it was getting dark, she still had to find someone to deliver the baby. If the price wasn’t right, she wouldn’t have made the trip on such a day. She raised her hand and wiped her forehead. The sweat on the bed replied: "Hey, let's hurry up." As she said that, she quickened her pace. She was very tired after walking so fast for such a long time at her age.

The scene of the family at the back of the village is quite different from other houses at this time. Zhang Wenpo followed Father Du into the gate, and saw a man in his 20s with his hands folded in his sleeves, his face full of worry and concern. Looking forward to it, turning back and forth in front of the door, pacing up and down, it is obvious that it has not stopped for a long time.Closer to the door, there is a thin and crooked old lady kneeling in front of the door, clasping her hands together, muttering a word, bowing, her head is already faintly blue, showing the effort.When I got close, I heard her pious wish: "The Jade Emperor, the Queen Mother, God, all gods, bless my daughter-in-law to give birth to a fat boy this time, otherwise how can our family live? On the fifteenth day, I will burn a large incense stick for you and offer it every day."

"Mrs. Zhang Wen is here, why don't you hurry up and take her in for a look." Father Du said to Mrs. Du as soon as he entered the yard.After speaking, he took out the tobacco rod, crushed some dry leaves and put them into the pipe, lit it with firewood, and squatted at the foot of the door to smoke.

The thin old lady raised her head when she heard the sound: "This is Mrs. Zhang Wen, but it's here, hurry up, follow me in and have a look." Only then did people realize that she was not that old, but she was too thin and her hair was gray Only then did people misunderstand.

Zhang Wenpo followed into the main room, and heard the woman's constant groaning, probably because of the severe pain, and the time had passed, resulting in lack of strength, so she couldn't hear it unless she was careful, so she turned right into the west side room, I just saw the woman who was about to give birth, and went up to check the situation: "How long has it been?"

Mrs. Du replied: "It started in the morning. I saw that her first birth went well, and I thought it would go well this time. Who would have thought..."

"This child has always passed the gate of hell, how can there be someone like you..."

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I don't know when the wind stopped, and the snowflakes fluttered big, freely, slowly swirling and falling, unaffected by the tense atmosphere in the courtyard.In the early morning, there was a thick layer on the ground, and I walked up and waited until my calves were covered.The people who were waiting were all mentally prepared. The young man sighed continuously, but at this moment he heard a baby crying. Before he had time to be happy, he heard "What evil did I do?" .” Then there was a burst of crying.

Accompanied by the reprimand of Wen Po: "What are you talking about, go out first, and let your daughter-in-law die."

Mrs. Du was still crying when she came out, and she didn't say anything about her situation. They were all in a hurry. They finally waited for Mrs. Zhang Wen to come out. I don't want to get involved, you can settle it yourself. I know what I should say and what I shouldn't say, everyone knows who I am, and I can do what I say. Don't worry."

After finishing speaking, he ignored Xue and left late at night, walked out of the yard and sighed: "I'm afraid I won't keep it." He shook his head and left.

The family rushed in, and the man walked to the bed to look at his sleeping wife, and then at the child next to him. Just as he was about to hug him, someone rushed him a step, grabbed the child's quilt and threw the child to the ground: "I can't have this child, let's settle it as soon as possible."

Everyone in the room was startled, so they rushed to see the child, which was amazing. The child was not surprised by such a big movement. The man picked up the child, and just took two careful pats on it before being snatched away.

"Mother, what are you doing? Even a girl can't do this. She is also your grandson." The man said dissatisfied.

"What are you doing, what am I doing, I'll let you see what I'm doing!" Then he put the child on the head of the bed and began to unwrap the quilt, pulling away the baby's calf: "Look, this can be called a girl Such a thing with no buds, neither male nor female, why keep it? Now that the family planning is in the limelight, this is still born secretly. I didn’t expect to give birth to such a thing. It’s a boy, and the punishment will be ruined. I admit it, and I am willing to go to jail." After speaking, he threw the baby to the ground again.

This time without the cushion of the quilt, she fell directly on the solid muddy ground that was stepped on, and her small body hit the ground with a loud sound. The little baby burst into tears, and Mrs. Du was even more annoyed when she heard it. She raised her foot and wanted to step on it, but the man quickly stopped her and supported the old lady back.

"Hurry up and wrap it up." The man said to his sister while pulling the old lady.

Perhaps the mother and child are connected, and the exhausted and comatose mother woke up when she heard the cry of the child. Enduring the pain, she forced herself to straighten her body and leaned against the head of the bed, just in time to pick up the child handed over by her sister. Gently brushing the dust off the baby’s body, looking at the bruises on his body, he felt distressed. He patted, shook and coaxed him. After putting on the quilt, he felt the chill, and before he had time to observe carefully how he was injured, he hurriedly put on the small underwear that he had prepared earlier in the morning. After he was dressed, he wrapped the quilt and tied it with a belt. I caught a cold.I wanted to ask what was going on, but when I got the answer, I couldn't believe it and was scared. With my mother-in-law's temperament, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep this child.

Thinking of this, he got out of the bed with the crying child in his arms, and Ninja knelt down in front of the old lady sadly: "Mother, I beg you, let him stay first, and I will find a way when he grows up. How will such a small child live away from home!" His tone of voice became more and more trembling, and the last few words were completely brought out by crying, and he could only hug the child and kowtow non-stop, his face full of tears. The snot and tears dripped down, mixed with the tears of the baby who had just experienced a life-and-death catastrophe, and smeared into the blanket. The man also knelt and kowtowed.

Mrs. Du didn't respond, she allowed her son and daughter-in-law to move and said: "Either you stay or the child doesn't stay. I won't do anything, but I have to send him away."

Hearing this, the daughter-in-law raised her head and looked around, and immediately turned her head away when she met her gaze. No one would say a word, and my father didn't dare to say a word. Also, who would dare to disobey her with such a powerful mother-in-law.He didn't dare to ask again, firstly, he was afraid that the mother-in-law would immediately turn back and hurt the child, and secondly, what would the daughter-in-law who was kicked out at this time have what to do, so she could only ask: "Can you wait until the child is full?"

"The most indispensable thing in this world is people who gossip. If you keep this child today, he will come to you for an inspection tomorrow. What will we do as a family?" Mrs. Du wanted to take the child away after she finished speaking. The daughter-in-law escaped.

"Then let me feed him." Saying that, he sat up on the bed, and some babies stopped crying after eating, and slowly fell asleep while sucking milk, twitching from time to time.

Mrs. Du went out to find a small basket and gave it to her daughter-in-law, signaling to put it in quickly: "Hurry up and send it away before dawn before no one sees it."

Hearing this, the wife reluctantly took the basket, put two layers of ragged cotton padded jackets in it, and secretly stuffed a Mrs. Tang in it before putting the baby in: "Bao'er, Mom is sorry for not taking care of you when I was born. In your next life, if you cast another number, don't look for a mother like me again."

Mrs. Du took the basket, opened the curtain and walked outside.

Seeing Mrs. Du walking outside with a basket, the wife finally passed out. The husband was just worried but didn't try to stop him. I don't know if he was afraid of his mother or what.

Besides, Mrs. Du, when she went out, she called Father Du to join her. Both of them brought a big padded jacket to put on, took the only flashlight at home, and went outside. There were still two or three hours left, and I was afraid of being seen by others. If someone’s dog barked on the road, I would stop and dare not go any further.

Finally out of the village, Mrs. Du heaved a sigh of relief: "It's probably because you're not from my family, and you didn't wake up all the way." Perhaps thinking about the love between grandparents and grandchildren, this was the only time, so she untied the big padded jacket and put the small basket into it. His arms tightened, and he wrapped his padded jacket tightly and continued on his way.

Papa Du took a few puffs of cigarettes with the stick: "Where are you going to send him?"

"Isn't there a dam about four or five miles ahead of the village where our eldest daughter married? There is no one around there, and there are many dead branches and leaves, so let's just go there."

Father Du opened his mouth and finally said nothing. The two of them walked towards the destination with one foot deep and one foot shallow. Fortunately, the two of them didn't feel cold while walking.

There is a lot of white everywhere. If you don’t lean on the poplar trees planted on both sides of the road and walk along the sidewalk, you don’t know where to go. Even so, after touching the wrong road a few times, the two arrived at the dam Underneath, Mrs. Du thought about the dawn and found a random place to put the child there. Mrs. Du got up and walked to the dam along the road that was stepped on by others. Standing on the dam, she saw the scene in her memory. A family went back the same way without making a sound, and walked to Mrs. Du. Mrs. Du had already put the baby away. Perhaps Mrs. Tang was still useful and showed no sign of waking up.

Finally, he glanced at the baby: "Don't think I'm cruel, it's also good for you, there is no impenetrable wall in the world, even if you survive, you will have to be poked in the back for the rest of your life. I will admit that I hate me."

After walking for more than a few minutes, Mrs. Du still hasn't caught up, and Mrs. Du hasn't pointed it out. Even if he was picked up and raised by someone, it has nothing to do with their family.Slowed down, waiting for him to follow.The two of them walked back through the snow while the sky was about to dawn.