That was a day twenty years ago. Lai Ju remembered it clearly. It happened to be her birthday.
The Lai tribe does not allow members of the tribe to leave the tribe's territory privately, so there are guards on duty at the exits to the outside world.
Occasionally, Lai Ju, who was in adolescence, learned from her parents how wonderful the outside world was, so she came up with the idea of leaving her clan to go outside and have a look.
So, taking advantage of the gap between guards changing shifts, he ran out through the exit.
The exit to the outside world is located on a cliff, so when Lai Ju emerged from the exit, she almost fell into the rushing river below.
At that time, Lai Ju saw a ferry boat at the exit, with a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties and a little boy of seven or eight on it.
That was the first time Lai Ju left the clan, and it was also the first time she met the middle-aged man. The middle-aged man was Lai Bo, and the little boy was the martyr who later died in the army.
When Lai Ju went ashore in the boat, the scenery outside caught Lai Ju's eye. It wasn't until dark when she played that Lai Ju thought of going home.
It happened that Leber had not collected the boat at that time, so he took Leiaju back.
Lai Aju said that the moon was extraordinarily round that day, and it was because of the moonlight that she saw my dad floating down the river.
With Leiber's help, my dad was saved, but he still didn't wake up.
Originally, Leiber wanted to take my dad to his small fenced courtyard, but Laiju was fascinated by my dad's appearance because it was the first time he saw a foreigner and he looked so handsome. He just secretly carried my father back to the clan.
According to Lai Aju's recollection, she struggled to carry my father through the entrance to the clan land, and was surprised to find that the guards responsible for guarding the entrance were gone.
At that time, Lai'aju was still worried about how to get my dad into the clan without being discovered by the entrance guards. She didn't expect that there was no one in front of her, which inevitably made her feel lucky and happy. .
As she approached the door of her home, Lai'aju hesitated again. She got so excited for a moment that she took it upon herself to bring my father, an outsider, back to the clan, without even talking to her father in advance. Mother informed me.
Or she was worried that her father and mother would have an extreme reaction after seeing this foreigner, so Lai'aju had been hiding in a bamboo forest by the river and dared not go home. Later, Lai'a unknowingly Ju fell asleep in the bamboo forest.
She didn’t know how long she had slept, but Lai Ju was awakened by a burst of noise. She looked over and saw a group of people rushing into her home. They came out again after a while and followed them out. There are also her father and mother, and they are still tied up.
Seeing this, Lai Ju rushed out of the bamboo forest to chase after him, but due to her eagerness, she accidentally fell down on the way, causing her leg to bleed.
While limping, Lai Ju was walking step by step, and suddenly she heard the miserable screams from her father and mother, which came from the direction of the altar.
By the time Lai Ju arrived at the altar, the entire altar was deathly silent, with no trace of a living person in sight.
Two horribly mutilated corpses were tied to two wooden pillars, and Lai Ju recognized them at a glance as her father and mother.
At this point, Lai Ju was already in tears.
I didn't bother her, I just waited until she stopped crying so sadly, and then I continued to ask about what happened next.
Lai Aju said that she later met the old grandmother who helped her bury her father and mother’s bodies.
After losing her parents overnight, Lai Ju said she felt like she had lost her soul at the time, and could not even remember how she walked home.
Looking at the already cold food on the dining table, Lai Ju cried even more sadly. She suddenly felt that she no longer had any nostalgia in this world, so she picked up the hatchet at home and wanted to eat it. Follow your parents away.
But just when she was about to take action, she suddenly remembered my father who was abandoned in the bamboo forest by the river, so she threw away the hatchet and ran towards the bamboo forest where my father was hidden.
Later, my dad was placed in Lai Ju's home. According to Lai Ju, my dad not only drowned, but also had internal injuries.
As a Miao member of the Lai ethnic group, Lai'aju has known the functions of Miao medicine since he was a child, so with Lai'aju's help, my dad's health has gradually improved.
At that time, the two of them were in their hot years, and after getting along for a long time, they developed feelings for each other.
As mentioned before, there is no airtight wall in the world, and the fact that Lai Aju secretly hid foreigners soon spread to Lai Aotian's ears.
At that time, my father's injury had not healed, and his condition was very critical. But at that time, the old woman appeared and she took my father away from the clan.
And what happened next was that Lai Aotian's failure to force the marriage ended up adding insult to injury.
After being driven out of the clan, Lai Aju found my dad according to the directions given by the old woman.
It seemed that a beautiful and happy life had begun, but it didn't last long. One day, my dad suddenly received a letter, and then he left without saying goodbye.
Lai Aju waited in the same place for a full year, but still didn't see my dad come back.
Later, she asked around and found my childhood home.
She saw my dad where he was. At that time, my dad had already lost one eye. Seeing my dad's appearance, Lai Ju wanted to rush over.
But when he saw my mother holding me as a baby, she hesitated.
In the end, Lai Ju didn't disturb my dad's life and settled in a nearby town. Whenever she missed my dad, she would come secretly and take a look at him from a distance.
Later, Lai Ju stopped coming to my home because my dad often went to the town to set up street stalls, so she followed my dad to the street stalls, still watching from a distance, not daring to disturb his life.
In fact, Lai Aju hated my dad for leaving without saying goodbye, but when she saw my dad's appearance, everything was relieved.
In this way, I persisted for eight years.
Until a period of time, my dad never set up a street stall again, because he couldn't help but miss him, so Lai Ju came to my home again many years later.
But when she arrived, it was already a burned-out and collapsed ruin.
After listening to Lai Aju's bitter past, I felt very unhappy, because I couldn't understand why my father left without saying goodbye and let Lai Aju down.
"What happened later? You've been looking for my dad all these years, right?" I asked.
Lai Ju wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, nodded silently and said, "Well, later on I just went everywhere to find out the news, and I was happy and disappointed again and again."
"Later, I unexpectedly learned the news about Brother Sanjian again from the mouth of the man in the gang. It was the blind old monk who told me that Brother Sanjian's son, you, is still alive. .”
Hearing this, I nodded silently, finally understanding the youthful past between my dad and Lai Aju.
As for what follows, it belongs to my personal experience, and it would be useless to say more.
There is a kind of love called letting go.
This lyric really reflects Lai Ju's abandonment. Perhaps in her view, no matter what kind of person my dad is, as long as he lives a happy life, she may be looking for such a woman in the whole world. Not even the second one.
"Sister Aju, don't worry, we will definitely find my dad and let him give you an explanation." I said firmly.
Lai Ju didn't respond, she just smiled at me. The smile seemed bright, but it could not hide the longing she had for my dad over the years.
"By the way, Sister Aju, why did your father and mother die at that time?"
My dad's questions came to an end for the time being, and I curiously asked about Lai Ju's father and mother.
What happened at that time that even the old lady couldn't save the lives of these two people, and even used the cruel death penalty of ten thousand poisons to eat their bodies.
