Seeing Haizi's anxious look, Aunt Xiao San told him to be calmer and not just follow the road into the village, and to avoid the sight of passers-by.
"Don't worry. We can't enter the village yet. Let's go around the back of the village and go directly to your house along the fields."
Aunt Xiao San saw that Haizi was a little excited and reminded him in time. After listening to Xiao Sanyi's words, Haizi knew that he was really impatient and could not enter the village so rashly.
So he immediately jumped off the horse and sledge, stopped, took the horse's reins, turned around and walked off the road, walking along the edge of the land to the west of Duanlonggang.
The ravines here are both horizontal and straight, making it difficult to walk. It took a lot of effort to reach the backyard of Haizi's house, which is facing the home.
At this time, it was the short period of tranquility before the happiest and happiest moment of the farm family. There was no too noisy sound in the whole village, and there was no sound at all in my own home.
Except for the sporadic sound of firecrackers coming from someone's yard and the red lanterns hanging in front of every house, announcing that the New Year has arrived, the tranquility in the village is no different from usual, except for the occasional flash of lights on the road. The silhouette of the person would not even notice that Haizi had arrived home at this time.
"Quickly, go hide the gun first and don't let your family see it. After entering the house, I will handle it if your mother asks you anything. Just follow what you say. Just don't say that we defected to Dulong Mountain. This will make your mother sad.”
Xiao Sanyi whispered to Haizi, and Haizi agreed softly, took the gun that Xiao Sanyi took out from her arms, jumped into his backyard, found a place he thought was absolutely safe, and hid the gun stand up.
"Third Aunt, let me hide the gun there for now. I will find a better place to hide it tomorrow and then tell you the location."
Haizi helped Xiao Sanyi off the horse and sledge, held the horse by himself, suppressed his beating heart, opened the door of his house, and quietly came to the yard.
The yard of Haizi's house was originally very large, but it was all occupied by the garden. There was only more than two feet of open space between the yard wall and the house. When you walked into the yard, you came to the window.
Under the dim light in the room, Haizi saw his mother leading her younger sister and younger brother to make dumplings. Their faces were blurry and she didn't know what had changed over the past year. But being able to make dumplings during the Chinese New Year made Haizi feel a little more relaxed.
Hearing something moving outside, Haizi's mother asked Sanyang to go out and take a look. Haizi's mother didn't know that her eldest son was back, but she knew that someone must have come in from her yard. Who could be celebrating the New Year? So I sent my youngest son out to have a look.
"Brother!" When Sanyang opened the door, he recognized his brother at a glance, so he shouted loudly into the room: "Mom, Mom, my eldest brother is back! My eldest brother is back!" Then he ran up and hugged him tightly. Live brother.
The mother and sister ran out of the house in panic and rushed towards Haizi. Each of them held one of Haizi's hands and said in surprise after a long time: "Why are you back? You've grown so tall!"
Haizi saw that her mother had not bothered to put on shoes in her panic, and her thin face had become much older. Tears immediately flowed from the corners of her eyes, and her words were choked. Her mother had indeed aged this year.
"Mom, not only am I back, but my third aunt is also here. Let's go into the house and talk."
Haizi wiped his mother's tears with his hands and pulled her over to talk to Aunt Xiao San. Only then did Haizi's mother bother to say hello to Third Aunt Xiao. Before that, she didn't even recognize that Third Aunt Xiao was here.
"Oh, it's his third aunt! Come in quickly, it's cold outside. Come in quickly and let Haizi unload the horse. Let's go inside first."
Haizi's mother quickly walked over, took Aunt Xiao's hand, and let her go into the house. Aunt Xiao San quickly took Haizi's mother's hand and walked into the house together. She also saw that Haizi's mother was not wearing shoes, so she couldn't stand outside for a long time.
Haizi asked his younger brother Sanyang to lead the horse to the haystack in the backyard and tie it up, and then he and his sister Erya moved everything on the horse's sledge into the house. The two brothers also dragged the horse's sledge into the yard. .
"When did you come out? Why are you so hungry when you just got home? Quick, second girl, light the fire first, cook these dumplings, and let your third aunt and your brother eat first. This one is cold. If you are hungry, please go on the kang to warm yourself up."
Haizi's mother helped Xiao Sanyi onto the kang and asked her younger sister Erya to boil water and cook dumplings. At this time, she found the shoes and muttered sheepishly.
"I'm so old now, I even forget where I put my shoes when I'm in a hurry."
"Sister, please stop working now. Haizi and I are not hungry. Isn't it going to be the time to hand out paper soon? Let's eat together then. There's no need to be busy now.
Haizi, go cut off a piece of the meat we bought and chop some stuffing. The two of us are back, and these dumplings are not enough to eat. "
Aunt Xiao San stopped Haizi's mother and dragged her onto the kang, saying that she wanted to chat with Haizi's mother and let the children do the rest of the work.
"Let's both go to the kang and chat, let Haizi and the others do it, and you can take a rest. The children are old, and it's appropriate for them to take care of them during the Chinese New Year."
Haizi first took out a pack of candles from his bag and lit them in both the inner and outer rooms. The room immediately became much brighter. The younger sister and younger brother also helped their elder brother with the work, and the family was immediately filled with the atmosphere of the New Year.
"Haizi and I just arrived at Chen Da Shotgun's place a few days ago. It happened that one of his nephews also defected to him to learn hunting. He couldn't make much money by working for others. He was already in his twenties and couldn't even be called a wife, otherwise he wouldn't have a wife. Will go to Chen Da shotgun.
I thought he was pretty good and honest, and we couldn't rely on Chen Da's shotgun to make a living. Haizi was still young and didn't know how to hunt, so I agreed to marry his nephew.
Chen Da shotgun also thought it was quite suitable, so he arranged it for us. But I couldn’t tell my family at that time, so I had to make the decision myself.
No, tell me how fast it is, the baby will be born in the blink of an eye. There was no midwife in that old forest, so if anything happened, I would regret not rushing there.
No, I'm here to trouble you. I can't come here yet, I also raise some chickens, ducks, etc. at home, and someone has to look after the house. Who can I point to for this Chinese New Year? So I asked Haizi to send me back, and let him go home by the way. have a look.
I was thinking about it, and I had no choice but to come to you first. I don’t dare to go back when I have a home! The beards over there may still be thinking about it. I can't cause any more trouble to my family.
But your third sister and I are lucky. The snow is also heavy this winter. Your brother-in-law and Haizi have a lot of things to wear. The furs are good and the prices are good, so they make a lot of money.
I also know that killing is not good. Isn’t this a forced decision? After two years, when it subsides, we will lead Haizi out of the mountain to start a decent business, live a good life, and never do the immoral thing of killing again. "
