Moon Moon Bay is a village, and most of the people in the village have the surname Liu. It is said that many years ago, a man surnamed Liu, who was an official in the capital, was on his way back to his hometown after retiring. He saw the open terrain here with water and mountains behind it, and decided that it was a geomantic treasure. He changed his mind about returning to his hometown and settled his family here to buy land and build land. House. Since then, the descendants of the Liu family have settled down on this land.
There is a hill to the north of Moon Bay. The hill winds down to a slope to the west. Several orchards are planted on the slope. Seven or eight miles further west is a small town called Baoliang. There are many lotus ponds scattered in the south of the village. The lotus ponds are surrounded by willow trees of all sizes. The oldest one is as thick as three people hugging each other.
Under the willow tree, Xiaozhu was making a willow flute. He lowered his head and carefully cut it with a knife. Then he brought it to his mouth and blew it a few times. He seemed dissatisfied and threw it into the water impatiently. There were already There are many willow flutes floating. The ripples rippled out one after another, shattering the sunset glow over the pond.
"Ayou" he raised his head and said, "I don't want to go to the Shaolin Temple either."
"Huh?" There was a child lying on a tree branch, with half of his face red and swollen. It was originally a plan of four friends, but two of them have already changed their minds and gone home.
"Mom will cry to death. Also, the roof of my house is always leaking, and they don't dare to climb on the roof. If I leave, no one will go up to put up plastic sheets on rainy days."
I have never seen anyone who cries more than his mother. She cries at every turn. Although Xiaozhu is only 12 years old, he is already the only man in the family.
"I saved this for your travel expenses." Xiaozhu carefully took out a cloth bag from his pocket, and with some reluctance, he took out a few pictures from it and hesitated for a moment. Stuff it back.
“Aren’t you going to buy books?” Ayou caught the small cloth bag that was thrown up, and there were a lot of coins in it. He knew that Xiaozhu had been saving money since very early and wanted to buy a complete set of storybooks.
"Isn't it a long way to go to Shaolin Temple? You take it with you first, and I will save it later. When summer comes, you can go pick up cicada skins and dig in front of the car. It's a pity that you are not here, otherwise no one can pass it. For both of us. I will definitely be able to dig more dirt next year. The cemetery in the back hill is full of sheep dung eggs. I threw a few mutton leg bones there, saying they were dead people’s bones. The girls didn’t even dare to dig.” Thinking of those girls hiding away in fear, Xiaozhu couldn’t help but feel proud, “I’m going home first, don’t forget to write.” Xiaozhu knows how to write. , every Chinese New Year, his mother asked him to write to his uncle who worked in the coal mine in Northeast China.
After Xiaozhu left, Ayou turned over and lay down on the tree branch again. The willow branches are growing, and summer is coming. There will be so many interesting things at that time: swimming, catching fish, roasting frogs, picking wild fruits, making cicadas with gluten, and looking for melons in the fields. . . . . . He suddenly didn’t want to go to Shaolin Temple. Why did he still go to Shaolin Temple? He is already the leader of the children in the village. Although his father is very fierce and the third brother is also very annoying and always says that he is not good in front of his parents, he can't beat them after learning martial arts, right? Besides, as long as he doesn't cause trouble outside, Dad won't lose his temper. When the third brother is happy, he will help him make a slingshot and teach him how to fish.
But this time he got into trouble again. He forgot how the beehive of Kidnap Willow overturned. He only remembered that the black bees came towards them menacingly. They originally just wanted to see if the queen bee was wearing a crown. Although they still wanted to see if they could extract some honey, they didn't want to knock down the beehive. Just like a few days ago, they just wanted to teach that damned one a lesson. Guy, I didn't want to break his head, but he always got bad luck! This time my face was stung by a bee and I couldn't help it.
The sun is sinking little by little, the sunset slowly disappears, the birds have returned to their nests, and the evening breeze is a bit chilly. Ayou shrank his shoulders. His stomach had been growling for a long time. Looking at the smoke rising from the village, he became even more hungry. He began to miss the rice cooked by his mother. He secretly expected someone to come to him. He couldn't walk home by himself. Yes, that would be too shameful, absolutely not allowed.
Ayou climbed down from the tree and sat by the pond. He didn't want to miss the person who was looking for him to go home because he was in the tree. The half-curved moon slowly rose, and unknown little insects began to chirp in the fields. The water in the pond was like a mirror. Occasionally, a small fish timidly poked its head out, then circled with its tail, and then burrowed in. in the water. It’s hard to believe that before long, there will be countless pointy and delicate little lotuses vying to get out of the water, and they can’t wait to stretch and grow in the sun. When the dark green leaves covered the water, he, Xiaozhu and Erdai waded to the center of the pond holding a lotus leaf and fishing with a small homemade fishing rod. At that time, they were no longer afraid of the old men looking at the lotus pond. They could only yell and curse on the shore: These little bastards are slipperier than loaches. Once, a little frog jumped onto his lotus leaf. The leaf swayed and tilted with the weight of the frog. A few water droplets rolled down along the slope of the leaf and fell onto his shoulders. The small size of the frog was vaguely revealed from the back. legs, he could see it holding its head high, opening and closing its chin, trying to stretch its short and short neck and shouting happily. He stared at it in surprise, held his breath and held it quietly, and at that moment he felt that he It's almost turning into a load.
Actually, Ayou prefers autumn and winter. When the water in the lotus pond is drained one by one, the men roll up their trouser legs and sleeves and dig lotus roots in pairs.
The children picked up the lotus roots while holding a basin or bucket to catch the loaches. At that time, the loaches became lazy. They often just rummaged for the loaches and forgot to work, causing adults to yell and scold them. But the scolding was also sweet. The women gathered in the adjacent pond to wash themselves. When the black mud was washed away, white lotus roots appeared. Eyes full of whiteness surrounded the black water, and their laughter mixed with the strong smell of mud. Every year, some foreigners who work part-time to earn money come and bring many fresh jokes and stories. One time, the outsiders laughed at the people here for their lack of strength. The men were not convinced and decided to compete in wrestling. His father fell six times in a row. He was very proud of that day. After returning home, my mother stopped my father and their four brothers into the yard and prohibited them from entering the house. While inspecting their hands and feet, she lamented:
"Oh my god, look what kind of person I married into." "Hey guys, are you digging lotus roots or playing in the mud?"
The five men looked at each other and smiled knowingly without making a sound. The tacit understanding made the men form a team. , being able to enter this camp makes Ayou feel proud.
Ayou couldn't help but laugh, and when he laughed, he found himself alone by the pool. When my father heard that they had knocked over the beehive of Guaiziliu, he came angrily. Fortunately, he ran fast.
"Run, don't come back to this house again if you dare."
Remembering his father's scolding words, this made him very frustrated. When he touched a pebble under his butt, he was annoyed. thrown into the water. Looking towards the village, I saw that the lights in some houses were turned off, and the dogs barked less loudly, but no one came yet.
"Will you no longer want me?" A very strange thought emerged. My mother often complained at the dinner table: "Four sons and four wolves were born to torture people. You little bastard is even more of a white-eyed wolf. You have caused so many troubles! You started wasting money before you were even born. If you had known better, you wouldn't have done it." Leave you alone."
Ayou's mother is the only daughter of a family in the village. His father is a foreigner. One year, he came to Moon Bay to dig lotus roots with his fellow villagers, and he and his mother became close. He became a son-in-law for the elderly and a butcher in the village. People on the street called him Zhu San. In the early years, Zhu San met a fortune teller on the street. The fortune teller said that he was good-looking and blessed, that he would have enough food and clothing throughout his life, and that he was destined to have four sons. Although Zhu San was born with a broad waist and a bold personality, he was always a little sullen because of his wife's marriage. He was secretly proud when he thought that he would have four sons to stand up for him in the future. When the first child was born, it turned out that he was indeed a son. According to the clan's generation, his son's generation is the generation with the character "De", so the eldest son was named Zhu Deli. His wife gave birth to Zhu Dezheng and Zhu Deshang two years in a row, which means "strive to the top". When he met anyone, he said that the fortune teller walking around the street was Zhuge's reincarnation. Unexpectedly, after giving birth to his third child, his wife's belly stopped working, causing the neighbors on the street to make fun of him for several years by saying "strive to the top". In the sixth year, his wife's belly actually bulged again. At this time, family planning had already begun. He took his wife and hid in Tibet before giving birth to Zhu Deyou, completing his great cause of striving for the top and washing away the ridicule he had made for several years. However, he was regarded as a bad example and was fined a lot. This gave Ayou another crime in the eyes of his mother.
My stomach hurts a little, and I am shivering from the cold. "You must be annoyed and don't want me anymore." Ayou became sad and forgot about the trouble he had caused. He only felt that he was a poor abandoned person. In the end, he couldn't help crying. When he wiped away his tears and raised his head, he found a girl staring at him, her eyes like a lamb reflected in the moonlight.
"What are you looking at! Go aside." Ayou suddenly felt embarrassed when a girl saw him crying.
The little girl took a few steps back, then turned around to look at him.
"Leave quickly, I'll beat you carefully." At the same time, he waved his fist. He didn't know whose girl she was.
Hearing the word beat, the little girl turned and ran away. He wiped away his tears and walked to the yard not far away. There were some firewood piles there. In one of the firewood piles was a small nest they had dug out. He planned to go there to sleep for a while. When I looked up and approached the courtyard, I saw a man walking towards me, followed by the girl from before.
Kuaizi Liu! He actually found this place by himself. After seeing it clearly, Ayou ran away.
Most of the children in the village are afraid of Guaiziliu, and Ayou is also afraid of it in his heart. There are many rumors about him among the children, saying that he is good at beating people. His mute wife was so sick that he beat her. They also say that he would steal dead children and bury them under the apple tree late at night, so the village Only his apples grow best. Guaiziliu was brought back from a foreign country by a lonely old man who looked after the orchard. When he first came here, he was thin and small, and his legs were lame at that time. No one except the old man knew the reason for his lameness. He did not like to play with children of the same age. Living with the old man in the orchard on the west slope. Before the old man died, he arranged for him to marry a mute girl in the town. The mute girl gave birth to several children for him. Later, he only had one girl to support him. Because she was born on the night of August 15th, she named her Yueyue.
"You have to run faster when you see the wild boar later." Guaiziliu shouted at his back.
"Wild boar?" Ayou heard someone say that there are wild boars in the hills behind, with green mouths and tusks, and they will run out to look for food on moonlit nights. The children had never seen it before, and the rumors became more and more vivid. The adults were very happy to watch those crazy children go home honestly at night.
Ayou looked around and saw dark shadows everywhere, so he couldn't help but stop running.
"Not long after spring, the wild boar is so powerful that it can eat up both legs."
Ayou saw the girl clinging to the kidnapper tightly. Liu's clothes, and then looked at his legs. When he felt that he was too timid, Guaiziliu came over and grabbed his hand: "Go home, if you are hanging out so late, the family will be worried about bad things." Ayou wanted to take his hand away. , but Guaiziliu held on tightly.
"Run away, man, if you dare to cause trouble, you must dare to take responsibility."
Ayou was a little ashamed, and was finally dragged home by Guaiziliu. When his mother saw him, she rushed up and took his hand:
"Little ancestor, where have you gone? Go to the kitchen quickly, I'll leave some bones for you." She turned around and shouted to Zhu San: "I'm not allowed to look for it! Look how frozen the child is. If anything happens, I won't be done with you."
When Ayou heard what her mother said, her heart warmed up. It turns out that her mother didn't want me. , the earlier nervousness and doubts immediately dissipated, replaced by grievances, and he went to the kitchen sobbing.
"You see it's the woman's unreasonable family that makes the child spoiled. I originally thought about taking him to your house tomorrow to make amends. How much does a beehive cost? Although we are brothers, we still have to sort things out when things happen. "Don't worry," Zhu San said while greeting Guaizi Liu.
"It doesn't matter. The beehive is not broken. The queen bees in both boxes are still there. It's just that some bees escaped and some have been recruited. Don't scare the children. If Yueyue hadn't gone to the lotus pond to look for ducks, He might have slept on the firewood pile."
"It must have been damaged. We must pay for it," Zhu San insisted.
"It will only take a little repair. Okay, if you really mind, let the kids help me pull the weeds. Once it rains in spring, the grass grows faster than anything else. Yueyue’s mother has been having some of her old habits these past two days, and my legs and feet are not good either. It's not good. It's getting late, so we won't stay any longer."
Zhu San sent his father and daughter to the alley: "I'm so sorry. Let them go there early tomorrow. I'll use my strength later. If you are here, just ask, I will send these four boys with you to save them from getting into trouble." After sending Guaiziliu away, Zhu San came in with a dark face and watched him enter the house. Her wife quickly pulled Ayou into her arms: "The child has already suffered, no more beatings are allowed."
"It will hurt him to protect his shortcomings like this. Look at him now, he already looks like a demon king. Guaiziliu relies on those bees and apples to support the family and provide medical care to his wife. No matter how courageous he is, he can't survive the hardship." Zhu San stared at Ayou fiercely and said, "I'll take those few to the orchard to pull weeds tomorrow. , if you cause any trouble again, I will break your foot.
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I don’t know about the others, haha