It would be a lie to say that I was not touched at all by Zong Bao's actions. In my father's family, he was the first person in my father's family who made me experience family affection.
After getting to know him more, I discovered that he is actually a very kind person, but his parents' pampering since childhood made him a little too self-centered and lacking in awe.
Standing at the gate of the courtyard, watching the taxi drive away, an inexplicable sadness surged from my heart into my eyes. I raised my head, turned around and went into the house to prepare some incense candles and paper money to see my fourth uncle and grandma.
It’s not that I’m so reluctant to part with Zong Bao, it’s just that after my fourth uncle and grandma left me, the invasion of loneliness and helplessness seemed to become clear again at this moment.
It wasn't until it was almost dark that I came down from the mountain and was walking home when I saw a vague figure walking towards me.
We were still quite far away, and the sky was too dark, so I couldn't tell for a moment whether the person coming was a person. I stopped and stepped slightly to the side of the road to avoid running into him directly.
"Ling'er girl? Is that you, Ling'er girl?" The person walked a few steps faster and called me.
"Aunt Yan'er?"
I finally saw clearly that the person coming was the daughter-in-law of Grandpa Xiu Cai.
"Hey, come down from the mountain. This child is really filial. He's back this holiday. Your milk is so precious to you!" Aunt Yan'er said.
"Aunt Yan'er, brother Dongzi is on vacation too!"
"It's a holiday. As soon as the holiday came, he went to the provincial capital to see his dad. He said he was going to play for a few days. He would go back with his dad on the 28th. How is it like you? As soon as the holiday came, he always wanted to come back and visit." Yan'er
Aunt said with a sigh.
I didn’t know what to say more, so I said to Aunt Yan’er: “Aunt Yan’er, it’s getting dark today. You should go back early. I’ll go to your house to see you tomorrow!”
"Hey, okay, look at me, I won't stop talking about this. Come back, you go back and rest early. Your baby is gone. If you need anything, tell your aunt. Don't be polite to your aunt. Didn't your baby say that you
It’s my dad’s job to close the door, so what’s the point of closing the door? We’re all a family anyway!”
"Close disciple!" I said with a smile, "Then I'll go back, see you Aunt Yan'er!"
"Well, let's go back! Goodbye!" Aunt Yan'er said, waving her hands.
"By the way, girl Ling'er, I heard that the principal is sick. I have to go to his house to take care of him tomorrow morning. Don't go to my house. I'm not at home during the day!" I had just taken two steps when Aunt Yan'er came from behind me again.
the sound of.
"I heard that the principal is sick? Is it serious?" I stopped and turned around to ask.
Principal Wen was the principal who agreed to my admission back then. The nine-year compulsory education was not so strict back then. Because of my rumors, I didn’t get to attend the first grade of elementary school until I met him when I was eight years old. My fourth uncle and grandma always said,
People should know how to be grateful. Principal Wen can be regarded as a benefactor in my life.
"The doctor is afraid that he won't be able to make it through the end of the year. He is pitiful. His son and daughter-in-law have to go to work and have no time to take care of him, so he asked me to take care of him," said Aunt Yan'er.
"Aunt Yan'er, what time will you come over tomorrow? I'll go with you to see Principal Wen." I said.
"Okay, I'll go at half past seven. I'll call you when I pass by your door!" Aunt Yan'er agreed.
According to our local rules, you cannot visit a patient after twelve o'clock at noon, otherwise it will mean that the person will be seriously ill. If anyone visits the patient in the afternoon or evening, the patient's family will be very taboo and unhappy.
If it weren't for this custom, I think I would have been tempted to visit Principal Wen at that time.
Early the next morning, Aunt Yan'er called me outside my house. I brought some New Year's goods that Zongbao bought for me and followed her to Principal Wen's house.
I met villagers I knew along the way, and while saying hello to Aunt Yan'er, she looked at me with some hostility. Aunt Yan'er didn't explain much, but turned around and whispered to me: "These are all elm lumps."
, your mother’s death will be blamed on you, so don’t pay any attention to them.”
I smiled and said I didn't care. I've been used to being ignored since I was little.
Even my mother avoids me like a scourge.
Principal Wen's home is at the west end of the village. It is a small foreign-style building newly built in the past two years. Although it is already winter, the courtyard is full of flowers and trees, and all kinds of evergreen flowers and trees that I cannot name are bustling with life.
I accidentally thought I had walked into spring.
My fourth uncle and grandma once said that plants gather in the shade, and if the flowers and trees in a house grow too prosperous, it will not be a good thing for the owner.
Not only will it take away the master's power, but it will even hide some things that shouldn't be there.
My arms felt slightly cold. I looked around and didn't see anything I shouldn't have.
Aunt Yan'er told me that Principal Wen's wife died two years ago. Now there are only her daughter, son-in-law and a grandson at home. Her daughter works as a teacher in our village primary school, and her son-in-law works in the county and only comes back two or three times a week. Principal Wen
There was no one to take care of this illness, so I invited her.
I know Principal Wen’s daughter. She is the head teacher of my elementary school. Her name is Wen Juan. She is dark and thin, and speaks very sternly. She was not satisfied with me, the student her father forced on her, and she was always left in the last class in the classroom.
Row.
Just as she was thinking about it, Wen Juan and her daughter Rao Honghong walked out of the house.
Seeing me, Wen Juan was stunned for a long time. It took her a long time to squeeze out a smile from the corner of her mouth and said: "Hu Ling? You have grown so tall. You have become a big girl. I almost didn't recognize you!"
"Hello, Teacher Wen! I heard from Aunt Yan'er that Principal Wen is ill and came to see him." I bowed slightly in response.
Wen Juan nodded slightly, turned to Aunt Yan'er and said, "Sister Yan'er, my dad kept complaining about pain in his body last night and didn't fall asleep until it was almost dawn. I have to trouble you to press on him more today."
"Okay, okay, you can go to school without worry." Aunt Yan'er nodded.
"Sorry to trouble you, I'm going to class." Wen Juan said, taking Rao Honghong's hand and walking out.
When he walked to Aunt Yan'er, he stopped and asked softly: "Why did you bring her here? My dad is like this now. What if she is really like everyone said..."
"No, it's all those people's lies. My father said that this child just has strange eyes and will be able to do great things in the future." Aunt Yan'er glanced at me and said to Wen Juan with a smile.
"I trusted you so I asked you to take care of my dad. Oh, forget it, you don't have any bad intentions. I'm going to work." Wen Juan said and gave me a slightly apprehensive look.
"Sister, you are so good-looking!" When mother and daughter passed by me, Rao Honghong gently tugged at the corner of my clothes and whispered to me.
I felt a sudden warmth in my heart, not because I was good-looking, but because this was the first time since childhood that a child in the village was not afraid of me and took the initiative to contact me.
"Honghong looks very good-looking too." I smiled at her.
"Let's go, we're going to be late!" Wen Juan pulled Rao Honghong with a look of impatience on her face. This chapter has been completed!