As soon as the two of them entered the yard, Xiaowuzi untied the rope, put the firewood into the firewood pile and stacked it. Xiaolan impatiently shouted in the yard: "Dad, Mom, we have a visitor. Dad, do you think who is this?" A middle-aged man came out of the house, wearing a patched cotton-padded jacket, and looked at him in confusion. Holding Xiaowuzi.
After finishing the firewood, Xiao Wuzi came over and called out: "Uncle, I am Xiao Wuzi, the son of a palace minister. I came here when I was a child." Liu Xiaodian slapped his forehead, "Oh~ Oh~ I have grown so big? I I thought you and your father were gone together. Where have you been in the past few years? You didn’t even mention sending me a letter." As he spoke, his eyes turned red and he wiped the corners of his eyes with his hands. Said: "Come into the house quickly, you child, you can go to my uncle's house by yourself, come as soon as you come, what else can you bring?" Xiao Wuzi said: "There is nothing valuable, it is just for living. I know you are good. Let’s drink and buy a jar of small roast.”
While talking, he took everything off the sledge. At this time Xiaolan's mother also came out, and Xiao Wuzi said: "Auntie, do you still remember me?" Auntie smiled and said, "Last time your father brought you here, if you hadn't cried and shed tears to leave with your father, you Now that you are my son, can I still remember you?"
Xiaowuzi was about six or seven years old when he last came. His godfather felt that the child was too young to learn well in the mountains, and that a woman should take care of him. Originally, I planned to let my cousin and his wife take care of her, and I would come and take care of her from time to time, so that my life would be more stable.
But Xiao Wuzi's biological father died when he was a child, and he was abandoned by his biological mother. He had a certain psychological shadow for a long time, and he was very afraid of being abandoned again. When his godfather was about to leave, the child grabbed the court official's clothes and burst into tears, crying so hard that he could no longer breathe. In the end, the palace minister felt really distressed, so he put him under his arm and left. From then on, the fifth child always had one father and never called him godfather again.
When the family enters the house, the uncle's house also has two rooms. When entering, there are two stove pits in the north and south, because there are two large kangs in the north and south in the back room. Xiao Wuzi said: "Let's stew the wolf meat. The wolf skin is good and will make a good hat." Everyone started working together, Xiao Wuzi and Xiaolan made a fire, and the uncle cooked the food on both stoves. After a while, the aroma of stewed meat wafted out. Xiaolan hasn't eaten meat for a long time, and she is sweating.
After the wolf meat is stewed and the bean buns are cooked, the family goes to the kang to eat. The aunt brought the hot wine, and the uncle said, "Wuzi, would you like to have a few sips with me?"
Xiao Wuzi said: "To be honest with you, I was injured in the first few days and couldn't drink. After the injury heals in a few days, I will have a good drink with you." The aunt said: "What should I drink? He is still a Where is the child!"
It seems that life in the uncle's family is very tight. If Xiaowuzi hadn't brought so many things, the uncle's house wouldn't have anything to entertain him.
A meal of meat was enough for everyone. The little girl couldn't move while lying on the kang. She was slapped twice by the aunt and was driven out to digest food.
The uncle was still sipping the wine cup and said to Xiaowuzi: "Don't leave again when you come back this time. Your father didn't listen to my advice at first. He couldn't live a good life because he was too tormented. You are still young, so just stay here with me." Come on, don't follow your father's example, don't bother yourself, and when I get old, you will still point to me when I die."
Xiao Wuzi knew that what the uncle said was from the bottom of his heart, and that the uncle really treated him as his own son. Xiao Wuzi was deeply moved and said, "I still have some things to do. When I finish the things, if I am still alive, I will come back here to take care of the old man." When the old man heard this, he thought of the palace ministers and couldn't help crying. vertically and horizontally.
Xiao Wuzi said: "Is there any way to give me the entire good citizen certificate? I will go to Xinjing in a while. I can't get on the train without the certificate." The uncle said: "I will go to Lao Du's house with me later and let the people in the village recognize it." If I recognize you, I will tell you that you are adopted as my son. The master of the Du family is the village chief, and the eldest son of his family is from the Jiaohe Police Station. I beg them, if they can't do anything, take that wolfskin, right? "
The young man said: "Let's go buy some good things tomorrow. I have money." The old man said: "If you have money, save some money. It's not easy to make some money these days!" The young man took out a hundred yuan. , handed it to the uncle and said: "I honor you, keep it." He didn't dare to take more for fear of scaring them. The aunt's eyes widened and she asked cautiously: "Wuzi, where did you get so much money? Don't let anyone see it!"
The uncle and his wife also knew what the fifth son and his wife did before, but they were still a little flustered. The aunt said: "Why don't I take him to Jiaohe River tomorrow and go directly to the eldest young master's house to ask the eldest young mistress that Huifang is easy to talk to." The uncle nodded and said, "I won't go to the river to collect the nets tomorrow. You can collect the nets in the river tomorrow." Let him go and come back and let’s eat fish.”
Seeing that things were clearer, Xiaowuzi felt relieved and took out the box of cannons and asked the aunt to put them away. The horse-playing roller is compact and convenient, so he has to carry it with him everywhere. The aunt cleared the table and made a quilt for him on the north kang. The quilt was full of patches and the cotton was exposed. Xiaowuzi secretly decided to buy more things tomorrow.
After a while, the little girl came back, and everyone was tired and turned on the lamp to sleep. Xiaowuzi has been feeling nervous these days. Finally I could relax, put my head on the pillow and fell asleep.
In his sleep, he saw the person he had never forgotten in his heart, his godfather, the man who looked gangster but loved him the most in the world. He would always smile appreciatively when facing him.
Commander Yang, that god-like man, was the idol of all the anti-Japanese children. It was he who told the children that they must not be slaves to the subjugation of the country.
Political Commissar Wei, that gentle and wise man, every word he said was a wise saying.
Aunt Caiqin was the person he regarded as his mother deep in his heart.
Jin Douzi, the boy he always regarded as his older brother, betrayed everyone.
Sister Yun, he has always regarded her as his sister, his life mentor, and the woman he fell in love with when he was young.
These people and things came and went in his mind like a revolving door, and the sixteen-year-old Xiao Wuzi seemed to have matured overnight.
At dawn, the aunt got up to cook. She cooked some porridge and steamed a pot of steamed buns. Put the leftover wolf meat back into the pot from yesterday. The family had another hearty meal.
The uncle took matters into his own hands and went to the river to set up a net. Xiaowuzi tidied up and prepared to go to Jiaohe River with his aunt on a horse sledge to do errands. Xiaolan also wanted to follow. The aunt asked her to look after the house. The little girl pouted so much that she could hang a bottle of oil on her lips. Xiao Wuzi said: "Take her with you. I plan to buy some clothes for her. When she goes there, she can try to see if they fit." So Xiaolan Her beautiful big eyes were full of smiles, and she followed happily.
This place is more than 20 miles away from Jiaohe Street. There are quite a few people who get up early to go to Jiaohe. There are about ten people sitting on the big sledge pulled by two horses.
The aunt is young and beautiful, and is a celebrity in the village. Everyone greets her when they see her, and asks her who this young man is and if he is a good friend.
The aunt laughed and scolded them a few words, and said with a proud face: "This is my son. He was adopted from my brother-in-law's family. I will count on him from now on."
The aunt is in her early thirties, more than ten years younger than the uncle. She was won by the uncle Liu Xiaodianer in the casino. Liu Xiaodianer has been playing games all his life. He just likes gambling and has never played games to make money. So much so that I lost everything in my family, but I gained a wife.
The aunt’s maiden name is Sun, and her nickname is Sun Guizhi. Her family was poor, so she married Zhang Carpenter from the same village at the age of fifteen. Zhang Carpenter gave her father a big man as a betrothal gift. A beautiful yellow-flowered girl is worth a cow.
After getting married and having no children, Carpenter Zhang drank a lot and made a lot of money. Sometimes he would beat his wife when he drank too much. I almost always lose when I make some money doing carpentry work. One time I was betting against Liu Xiaodian'er and I lost a lot of money. I put my wife's 20 yuan on the money and lost in one fell swoop.
Northeastern people in this era rarely defaulted on their gambling debts. At that time, they asked someone to write a document and asked Liu Xiaodian to take the person away. Liu Xiaodian still had plenty of money at that time. He has thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a strong back. The aunt happily left with the uncle without any nostalgia for Carpenter Zhang.
The horse sledge moved very quickly on the ice, all the way up the river. The white breath exhaled by people and horses in the cold morning is particularly obvious in the sun, and they all look like they are smoking.
When we arrived at Jiaohe Street, most people's legs were numb from sitting. Some got off the bus early and trotted along with the car, while others were in the car and couldn't get out of the car.
Jiaohe was called Emu County in the former Qing Dynasty, and the county seat was Emusolo in the east. A few years ago, Wang Delin led troops to capture Emu County. The county magistrate of Manchukuo led his men to Jiaohe Street, because there was a Japanese consulate here and was protected by Japanese soldiers. So we asked Xinjing for instructions, and the county seat was moved to Jiaohe Street. The name was changed to Jiaohe County the year before last.
Xiaowuzi told his aunt that he would buy some gifts to give away first, and then buy things for use when he came back.
The aunt nodded in agreement. Watching the child who was still peeing on the bed grow up in a flash and can make decisions for himself. The more I look at it, the more I like it, with a happy smile on my face.
