Volume 4 Chapter 15 The Scene of Youth
"Yingzi, wait for me...wait for me!"
"A Liang, hurry up, come after me."
The sunset is infinitely beautiful, and the sunset at dusk is even more intoxicating. The sky is already red with colorful clouds, adding more splendor to this beautiful evening.
Life in the countryside also has its own highlights.
In the summer, the friends played naked in the river, and often caught fish from the cracks in the rocks with their bare hands. Sometimes what they pulled out with their little hands was not fish, but small snakes and the like, but they also didn't care. In winter, when it rarely snows, friends gather in groups to pick the frozen ice bars in the fields or ditches. They put them in their mouths and suck them with relish, regardless of whether they are dirty or not. There is a chirping sound.
These are scenes that urban children will never be able to imagine.
Children in rural areas often have to walk several miles to go to school and then walk home again after school, all year round, without exception. This is completely different from the convenient transportation or private car transfers in the city. Whenever school is over, groups of friends meet to leave school, chattering and laughing all the way, which makes the uncles and aunts working in the fields feel lost for a while.
Such scenery has never been seen in the city.
During the holidays, better-behaved children may be able to review their homework or help with some things at home, but children in rural areas are basically more naughty. This is due to their nature. They escaped from the school's cage and caused a huge commotion in the village, let alone the New Year. It was not yet dawn. They usually stayed in bed, but now they got up early. After a while, the whole village Because they quickly boiled over.
The soil and water support the people.
Life in the countryside is unimaginable for children in the city, and life in the city is also out of reach for children in the countryside. For these, there is no good or bad, no care, no fairness, no joy or sorrow, no future or end. This is the happiest and carefree time in a child's life, and it is evident no matter where he is.
It is said that a poor man raises a son but a rich man raises a daughter. Not really.
It is also said that a loving mother often loses her sons, but a stick produces filial sons. This is not necessarily correct.
Children all need to be held in the hands and hearts of their parents, boys and girls alike. When children make mistakes, they all need education, and those who deserve punishment must still be punished. This is true for boys and girls.
In today's society, the concept of favoring boys over girls is gradually fading, but it is not non-existent, and in some places it is even worse. In fact, not only boys can continue your bloodline, but who says girls can’t? What's more, is bloodline that important? We cannot criticize the need for labor in rural areas and the preference for boys over girls. This misunderstanding cannot be eliminated in a short time. In fact, girls sometimes even provide more help to the family than boys. It is destiny that boys and girls are the same. They are all blessings given to you by God.
It's midsummer. Hot weather.
The creek in the countryside has become a happy paradise for children.
It was approaching evening, and the afterglow was gradually fading. After an afternoon of playing, the children were tired. One by one, they reluctantly walked ashore from the clear river, naked. So many people were immediately looking for their clothes, pants, and clothes. There was a fuss over the shoes. After a busy period, they all rushed home one after another.
I saw two children chasing each other with bare feet on the edge of the creek, adding a little more joy to this beautiful countryside.
Alas!
The boy running behind accidentally tripped over a small stone by the stream and fell. His body fell forward and his hands stretched out naturally.
Pressing down on the ground, the small sand on the edge of the stream caused injuries, and bright red blood seeped out clearly from his palms.
Seeing the blood, he panicked.
The girl running in front heard his cry and immediately turned around and came to him. His eyes lit up, and when he saw her approaching, he immediately stretched out his hand, waiting for her to help him up. Unexpectedly, he heard a cold but slightly childish voice.
"A Liang, a man, has to stand up by himself when he falls, you know?"
The boy looked at the girl's serious look and was stunned.
Just when he didn't know what to do, the girl spoke again, but this time she seemed to be much gentler.
"A Liang, you have to learn to stand up on your own, so that you won't be looked down upon by others, do you understand?"
The boy seemed to understand, but at that moment he also knew that she would not come to help him. If he did not stand up on his own, she might never care about him again. He endured the pain and stood up slowly.
"A Liang, does it hurt from the fall?" Seeing him standing up, the girl hurriedly came forward, took his hand, looked at it, and stroked it gently. Her voice was surprisingly gentle, but she didn't look so indifferent just now. look.
The boy seemed to understand her hard work, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of gratitude deep in his heart. He also seemed to have an urge to hold her tightly in his arms to prevent her from falling down like he did. There was no one to help her so she wouldn't get hurt at all. A child of his age naturally doesn't understand the meaning behind this. This is just a hazy illusion in his mind.
The girl raised her head and saw the boy looking at her blankly and asked: "A Liang, what's wrong with you?"
The boy replied: "No...it's okay."
The girl asked again: "Does it hurt?"
The boy replied: "It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt at all."
The girl said: "You lied, and you are bleeding."
The boy said: "It really doesn't hurt. Look, the blood is not flowing anymore."
The girl took his hand and saw that there was really no bleeding. A little skin injury, except for a little blood seeping out at the beginning, in fact, the bleeding has stopped long ago.
The girl smiled. Seeing him staring at her blankly, she suddenly felt her face heat up and said hurriedly: "Let's go home."
The two walked hand in hand to where the shoes were. The boy took the girl's shoes and swung back and forth into the river for a few times, then came back and placed them in front of the girl, and then went to put on his own shoes.
The girl looked at him, worried about the injury on his hand. She wanted to stop him, but gave up after thinking about it and just looked at him quietly.
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There is a small bucket next to the girl, which contains their harvest this afternoon, including a few beautiful pebbles and seven or eight small fishes they caught.
After the two put on their shoes, they squatted next to the small bucket and watched the small fish swimming in the bucket.
The boy said, "Yingzi, look at how beautiful these pebbles are. Can you go back and ask your mother to sew a sachet for you?"
There is such a custom in some rural areas. They sew a sachet to bring to the children, put a peace charm in it, add some fragrant leaves, and add some pebbles. It is said that it can keep the children safe and make them smarter.
The girl blinked and said, "I can sew myself, but I have to sew two."
The boy was stunned and asked: "Why do you need to sew two?"
The girl pointed at the boy seriously, then pointed at herself, and said, "One for you and one for me."
The boy said, "I don't want it. I can't wear that."
The girl was a little angry and said, "Who said you can't wear it? If you don't want it, then I won't do it."
Seeing that she was angry, the boy hurriedly said: "No... no, I want it." After a while, he muttered again
Come and say, "It's just that my mother said that boys can't wear this."
The girl smiled and said, "My mother lied to you."
The boy was puzzled and asked, "Why did you lie to me?"
The girl smiled and said, "No reason. Anyway, you listen to me. Many boys in our class wear them."
In fact, the girl knows the reason. Although she usually doesn't say anything, she knows very well in her heart that she never takes the initiative to ask for this or that from her family. Although the conditions at home are not too difficult, she is willing to reduce the burden on her parents in some aspects of expenses and will not ask for them for her own selfish desires. She knew that as long as she asked for something, her parents would try their best to satisfy her, but she never did this.
"Really?" The boy was a little doubtful.
The girl said: "Well, they often show off in front of me, but I ignore them."
The boy became happy and said, "Oh, let's make a few more and show off with them."
The girl said: "What's there to show off? Just make two. Liang, I'll do it secretly. You can't tell other people, and don't tell your parents, okay?"
The boy immediately replied: "Okay, I will listen to you."
The girl said: "Let's go home." After saying that, she picked up the keg.
The boy reached for it and said, "I'll carry it."
The girl said: "You have injuries on your hands."
The boy said: "It's already done. I'll come."
The girl refused and said, "Don't make trouble, let's go."
The boy couldn't resist her, so he had to give up.
The boy followed the girl and looked at her thin figure, feeling warm in his heart.
"Brother Ming, you see they are a perfect match."
Not far away stood a pair of men and women. The man seemed a little older, with a face full of vicissitudes of life, but the woman was very young, with a face filled with happiness. The two of them didn't know when they arrived, but the scene just now fell into their eyes. After Erxiao left, the young woman spoke first.
The older man glanced at Keren beside him, sighed, and said, "Mei Ling, you are wrong, the two of them will not get together."
The young woman asked, "Why?"
The older man said: "Sister Ling, you always wish others well, so why am I different! But there is God's will in the dark, and nature always likes to play tricks on people! I think that boy's face is a bit strange, if he can be like When a woman who is older than him joins hands, although the journey is bumpy, she can always have happiness; while that girl, although her appearance is extraordinary, seems to be missing something. Although she has made extraordinary achievements, it is a pity that she will not last long, which is exactly the fate of a beauty." He said. There is a profound charm in his eyes, as if he has broken away from the ordinary world and can see through all aspects of the world.
The young woman was shocked and said: "Brother Ming, you said that girl...she..."
The older man said helplessly: "Sister Ling, everything will take its own course, why should we worry about it?"
He looked at the young woman lovingly, how could he not sigh and sigh at the lovely person in front of him, and even at his own fate?
Yes, he had glory, love, marriage, family, and happiness that belonged to him. But so what? Everything is like a passing cloud, everything has been blown away by the wind. For him, apart from the woman around him, there is nothing that he can care about.
The young woman saw him in a daze, gently shook his hand, and called, "Brother Ming."
The older man said gently: "Let's go."
The young woman said nothing more. She took a deep look in the direction where the pair of children left, sighed, and held the older man's hand tightly, and the two figures gradually disappeared from the distance.
