warm and deep

Chapter 50 Mommy
As the saying goes, when you pay New Year's greetings until the seventh and eighth day of the lunar new year, the jar is washed and collapsed.In the countryside, after the eighth day of the first lunar month, the taste of the new year is coming to an end, and busy work begins.

When Reporter Wang arrived at Qingshi Village by car, the road was still slippery after a rain, but there were people working in the fields.Relying on his memory, he slowly drove the car up the mountain pass, passed the canteen, and headed for Uncle Gu's house.

In the field not far from the col, Minced Meat is pulling weeds in the rapeseed field.From time to time, he glanced at the road leading from the canteen to the town and the county seat, his eyes full of expectation.

When he saw the familiar car, his heart tightened suddenly, and he couldn't help saying the words "Mr. Guo".But he immediately lowered his head in frustration. Teacher Guo won't come before the start of school.

But he still stared at the car unrelentingly, watching it pass the canteen and head towards Uncle Bone's house without blinking.

His heart beat faster, and a wave of ecstasy passed through him.He ran to the field to pick up the vegetable basket, put it on his back, and ran straight to Uncle Gu's house.

From a distance, he saw Reporter Wang get out of the car, took out a large bag of things, and then closed the car door with a bang.

Minrou felt that the door of the car was slapping hard on his immature heart, and he was so painful that he couldn't breathe.

The car door was closed, which meant that there was no one in the car, but he only saw Reporter Wang getting out of the car alone, and he didn't see Mr. Guo, or Uncle Liang, whom he was thinking about day and night.

Unconsciously, tears climbed up his eyes.He was stunned, wiped away his tears, and continued to walk forward.He thought, maybe this Uncle Wang will bring news of Mr. Guo.

When Reporter Wang was chatting with Uncle Gu, he saw a dirty little boy coming by Uncle Gu's door.He stood timidly at the door, raised a pair of sad big eyes and quickly glanced at Uncle Bone and Reporter Wang, then immediately lowered his head in a panic, holding the vegetable basket behind his back with one hand, and wiping the dripping water with the other. Long nose, because the hands are covered with mud and grass juice, not only did not wipe the nose clean, but wiped the nose and mouth with mud.

Reporter Wang thought, why are the children in the countryside so dirty?I didn't go home to wash up, so I came here to watch the excitement.

"Minced meat, come, eat meat floss." Uncle Bone called out lovingly to the little boy by the door, and conveniently took a bag of meat floss brought by Reporter Wang for the minced meat.

Minced meat?Reporter Wang vaguely remembered that he had heard of this name, but he couldn't remember it now.

Seeing his thoughtful expression, Uncle Bone said, "This is the son of Mr. Guo's previous landlord, Minced Meat. This kid used to be very lively and cute, but now, alas!"

Uncle Bone sighed for a long time, and said to Minced Meat: "Let's have dinner at Uncle's house later, Mr. Guo asked this uncle to bring a lot of food for Uncle."

Reporter Wang looked at the minced meat gobbled up, and suddenly remembered that he and Chen Yanming came to see Guo Zisu together a few months ago, and Guo Zisu was leading this little boy. And very generous and polite, running around with Guo Zisu.He still remembers that he was attracted by his vivid eyes and took several shots of him.Why haven't I seen you for a few months, and become such a dirty, blunt ugly duckling.

He stood up and said, "By the way, Zisu also asked me to bring a bag of gifts to her landlord sister Chunhua, so I'm going to his house with this child now."

Hearing this, Uncle Bone's expression suddenly changed, and after a while, he said sadly: "Chunhua has already left, give her things to her child."

gone?Reporter Wang didn't come back to his senses for a while, and asked puzzledly, "Where did she go? Did she have a conflict with her husband and went back to her mother's house?"

When Minrou heard them talking about his mother, he burst into tears, with tears and snot flying all over his face.

Uncle Bone sighed all the way, went to the kitchen to get a face towel, wiped his face with the minced meat, and said, "Don't cry, ah, good boy, it's not yet the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, it's not good to cry, don't cry!"

When Uncle Gu saw Reporter Wang looking at him with questioning eyes, he shook his head and sighed: "On the night of Chinese New Year, her house caught fire, and she threw the child out, but she didn't run out, it's gone."

"What about her husband? Didn't he save her?" Reporter Wang asked strangely.

Uncle Bone spat hard on the ground, and said: "Her husband went somewhere to play cards that night, and he didn't come back until noon the next day."

Oh, Reporter Wang was taken aback for a moment, and asked calmly: "Her family was hit by a disaster, did the local government give them some help?"

Uncle Gu looked at the ground and said slowly: "Her house belongs to others, so it is impossible to give them any subsidies. The village cadres called on the villagers to help the father and son build a shed for the time being."

Reporter Wang nodded: "Yes, this matter mainly depends on self-reliance." He went outside, took a bag of things from the car, and said to Uncle Gu: "Master, since this is the case, then I will Here, give what Zisu entrusted to her family's children."

Uncle Bone nodded silently.

Reporter Wang put the bag next to Minced Meat's feet, and said, "Children, Teacher Guo asked me to bring this to you. There are food in it and painting utensils for you. Take it."

Minrou raised his head and glanced at him quickly, then quickly lowered his head, glanced at the bag on the ground, nodded slowly, and said softly: "Thank you!"

Reporter Wang smiled: "It's quite sensible. By the way, Teacher Guo said that when the school starts, she will come to see you and your mother. Do you want to check your drawing progress? You should draw well."

"I don't paint anymore." Min Rou said as he bent down and took out the painting tools from the bag, stuffed them into Reporter Wang's hands, and said in a low voice, "I don't want those painting tools anymore."

Reporter Wang looked at Uncle Gu holding those painting tools at a loss.

Uncle Bone said: "You can put it on my table, his father won't let him draw, but ask him to study hard."

Oh, I see.Reporter Wang said with a smile, "I have to listen to my father and study hard so that I can be successful when I grow up."

Min Rou kept his head down, looking at his cloth shoes covered in mud restrainedly, making no sound, tears still rolling down from time to time.

Reporter Wang smiled and held Uncle Gu's hand: "Master, I'm quite busy, and I have a meeting to attend in the afternoon, so I'll leave first, and I'll see you with Zisu next time."

Uncle Bone sent him outside the door, and told him: "Don't tell Zisu about Chunhua for now. After Chinese New Year, she might run over if she hears about it. Don't tell her yet."

Min Rou also followed. He wanted to say something, but seeing that Reporter Wang ignored him all the time, he finally dared not speak.

Uncle Gu saw that the car had gone far away, and said to Minced Meat: "Son, take your things back first. If your father doesn't come back tonight, come to Uncle's house for dinner."

Min Rou took off the basket behind his back, put the bag of things in it, picked it up again, and said, "Master, I'm going back."

Uncle Bone looked at Minrou's lonely little back, and sighed deeply: "Everything has a cause and effect. God, please bless this child."

Minrou carried the bag of things on his back and walked up the mountain. He walked through a field of rapeseed, then a barren corn field, and arrived at the top of a mountain shaded by pine trees.There was a single new grave there.

In that grave, buried his mother, Chunhua.

On New Year's Eve, my mother prepared the New Year's Eve dinner early, set off firecrackers with my father, and respected the ancestor Bodhisattva, and the whole family gathered together to eat happily.

Mom took out the homemade sweet rice wine and drank cup after cup with dad, her cheeks were so red and so pretty.

It was getting dark, and my mother turned on the TV, and the family sat together to watch the Spring Festival Gala.Halfway through watching, Minrou was already sleepy and yawning non-stop, so mother picked him up, undressed him and went to bed.

Dad walked around the house and said to go out for a walk. Tonight, everyone will watch the New Year, go to the next door to play cards, and come back at midnight to set off firecrackers to welcome the New Year.

Although my mother was unhappy, she didn't say a word because she wanted to maintain a peaceful and beautiful atmosphere because of the New Year's Eve.

At twelve o'clock in the evening, the Spring Festival Gala on TV has reached its peak, and the Spring Festival firecrackers from every household come and go, lively and peaceful.

Mom waited and waited, but when Dad didn't come back, she plucked up her courage and went outside to set off her family's Spring Festival firecrackers.

After finishing everything, she didn't want herself to think about those unhappy things on this New Year's Eve, let alone shed tears for those unhappy things, so she turned off the TV, hugged the minced meat in her arms, and forced herself to sleep.

When she was awakened by the flames soaring into the sky, she found that the whole wooden house was on fire from top to bottom.She was terrified, thinking that when she set off firecrackers, some firecrackers flew into the house and set the house on fire.The heart is full of extreme sadness and despair.

She called Shishi's name vigorously, but she couldn't hear his response, knowing that this heartless man hadn't come back yet.

The fire was getting bigger and closer, and she couldn't allow her to think too much.She picked up the minced meat, grabbed the quilt on the bed, wrapped him tightly, carried him on her shoulders, and rushed out of the sea of ​​fire.

However, the fire was so intense, and it was burning from the outside in, that she couldn't get out.

At that moment, the mother involuntarily knelt down and cried: "God, I did something wrong, please give my child a way to live."

The minced meat had already woken up after being roasted, struggled in the quilt, and cried out in horror: "Mom, mom!"

When the mother heard the shout, she stood up abruptly, took off the jade bracelet on her wrist and stuffed it into her son's arms. With all her strength, she lifted the quilt that wrapped her son, roared, and threw it out with all her strength. .

However, she quickly stepped back a few steps due to the reaction force, and then fell to the ground.At this moment, a burning piece of wood from the roof fell and fell on Mama, setting her on fire.

Minced Meat wiped away tears as he walked to his mother's grave. He took out Guo Zisu's bag of gifts and placed it in front of the grave.

He knelt down, buried his head deeply in the loose and moist loess, and cried, "Mom, I brought you what Teacher Guo gave you."

"Mom, come alive, come alive and take me!"

The heart-piercing cry of the child lingered on this lonely and deserted mountain. It seemed that the birds had also fallen into this great sadness and remained silent.

Volume one finished
(End of this chapter)