The years I was a birdman

Chapter 110 New Cotton Jacket

The story Liang Yun'er told was beyond Zhang Shifei's understanding, and he also could not accept it, because all of this was too absurd and bizarre.

This story was told to Liang Yuner by Liang Yuner's mother, and it happened in that era of ambiguity and bitterness and the confusion of black and white.

Liang Yuner said that at that time, the return of the educated youth to the city had just ended, Zhou Shengnan (Liang Yuner's mother) did not leave, and stayed in this barren and hopeful land she loved.

To say that this is really a three-acre land in the deep mountains and old forests, the life that Zhang Shifei once yearned for, although poor, is nothing, as long as two people can live happily together and have enough food, the rest is just It doesn't matter anymore, but this may not be possible in today's society, so everything is a double-edged sword. Although people at that time were generally poor, their hearts were pure.

But such stories often say that the good times don't last long, Zhang Shifei thought, isn't this nonsense, if it keeps going like this, can he borrow money.

He really guessed it right, Liang Yun'er murmured: "The good times don't last long, after three years of their marriage, something happened..."

Liang Yun'er said that she heard from her mother that it was a winter that was astonishingly cold, and her face would be numb from the cold if she stayed outside for a while. People in the mountains at that time were not like now, and they couldn't even afford to burn coal. Let me ask You can only scramble two eggs during the Chinese New Year, how can you have spare money to buy coal?
Here lies the problem, how to heat without buying coal?I had no choice but to follow the old tradition and go up the mountain to collect firewood.

According to her mother's dictation, it was an afternoon, and the oppression was very low. Since they ate two meals at that time, after the meal, it was already around two o'clock in the afternoon. Years of educated youth life made Zhou Shengnan an authentic A Taoist rural woman is good at doing rough and tiring tasks. Seeing that it was almost the Chinese New Year and there was not enough firewood, she took a rope and a chopping knife and prepared to go up the mountain to collect firewood.

According to her, it was cloudy and gray that day, and it seemed that it was going to snow again. Her mother put on her cotton-padded jacket and tied her headscarf, and then walked to the barren hill outside the village.

It is an undeveloped barren mountain with no name. In summer, there are many wild fruits, vegetables and medicinal materials on the mountain, so the local people call it 'Jubao Mountain'. There is a fox fairy temple at the foot of the mountain, which is said to be famous. Hu Qideng is the cave of the fox fairy named Hu Qideng. Hu Qideng is a very famous fox fairy. There are legends about it appearing in various parts of the Northeast. According to the ranking, it is second only to the famous "Hu San Taiye" and belongs to his brother of the same generation.

I heard from the old man that because of the catastrophe of the past ten years, the Fox Fairy Temple did not escape the catastrophe. It was smashed by a group of young and strong Red Guards. Also, this would not cut corners and smash it down. Since the Red Guards were all young yellow-haired guys, and they didn’t have any modern tools, they worked for a long time, just smashing the stone statues and the ceiling of the temple. It collapsed, and everyone was half dead from exhaustion, so they read aloud the quotations from Mao Zedong and then dispersed. However, since then, the Fox Fairy Temple has lost its incense. It was really harmonious at that time, and no one would dare to come to offer incense.

Since it was the Chinese New Year, basically no one went up the mountain. Zhou Shengnan passed by the Fox Immortal Temple when he was going up the mountain, and suddenly he trembled, and felt that there seemed to be some movement in the small temple, but she was not afraid, after all, She belongs to the left-behind educated youth. Although her education level is not high, her political background is quite pure. She doesn’t believe in this kind of thing, so she doesn’t care about it and continues. Go to that mountain.

This mountain is quite deep, with dense forests and thick snow. Zhou Shengnan stepped on it with one foot deep and one foot shallow, but the cold weather is also good. The trees are frozen and brittle, and they can be broken off without much effort. After working for more than half a day When I was young, I had already bought a large bundle of firewood, which should be enough for the New Year. Zhou Shengnan tied it up with a rope and carried it on his back. Then he was about to go down the mountain, but when she was about to leave, she suddenly heard a noise from the side. Xi Suosuo's voice.

She turned her head and looked, hey, it turned out to be a wild rabbit. It was alive and big, and looked like a half-grown dog. Zhou Shengnan was very happy when he saw the rabbit, because the rabbit was missing. Yes, the hind leg was injured, and it was still bloodshot, Zhou Shengnan thought, it was probably because of the snow, the rabbit came out in a hurry to look for food, and was picked up by wolves or something.

That's great, I'm worried that there will be no meat for the Chinese New Year, and this meat will be delivered to my door. In normal times, Zhou Shengnan will definitely not chase after it. After all, no matter how fast people run, they can't run faster than rabbits, but this time it's different Now, the snow is holding the lame rabbit. It seems that God wants her family to have a good year!

Thinking of this, Zhou Shengnan dropped the firewood and chased after him with the firewood knife. Although the hare was injured, the speed was still very fast, and he didn't catch up for a while. Before he knew it, Zhou Shengnan ran away To the depths of this barren mountain.

Finally, the rabbit lost a lot of blood, and Zhou Shengnan caught up with him, and lifted it up by his ears. Zhou Shengnan was so happy, and now he can have a good year!

But at this moment, she seemed to hear something again, so she turned her head and saw an old lady staggering out of the depths of the woods. The old lady seemed to be old, her waist was bowed, and she was wearing a The flowered padded jacket was quite festive, holding a walking stick in one hand, and a large cloth bag in the other, walking in the snow with great difficulty.

Zhou Shengnan was kind-hearted by nature. Seeing that the old lady seemed to be very tired, he hurriedly pinned the rabbit to his waist, then stepped forward to help the old lady, and said to her: "Mother, why are you in this mountain in this cold weather?" ?”

The old lady had creases all over her face, and she had few teeth left in her mouth. She said to Zhou Shengnan, "Well, I'm from the town next door. It's not Chinese New Year, come and see me in the village at the foot of the mountain. Big fat grandson, it's okay, girl, where are you from?"

Zhou Shengnan said to her: "It's a coincidence, I'm from the village at the bottom of the mountain, whose house are you going to, I'll take you there."

The old lady said that she was going to Lao Li's house. Since there were so many people in the village, Zhou Shengnan didn't admit it all, so she didn't care, so she went on the road with the old lady. Zhou Shengnan, an educated youth, was supposed to carry her on his back, but this time Zhou Shengnan was a girl with very little strength, and he was afraid that the road would be slippery and hit the old lady again, so he picked up his firewood and led her, helped her carry the luggage, and walked for a while. Suddenly the sky changed drastically, and a strong wind blew up. The strong wind was mixed with snowflakes, and it hurt people's faces.

Seeing that Zhou Shengnan seemed to be very cold, the old lady said to her: "Girl, let's be cold, your padded jacket is getting windy, so how about it, I have clothes for my daughter-in-law in my bag, it depends on your heart." Yes, here is one for you, and you wear the windshield."

At that time, the emphasis was on studying, being upright, and not leaving a name regardless of the consequences. How could Zhou Shengnan want this old lady's clothes, so he hurriedly said: "No, aunt, I should help you. How can I want yours?" Where are the clothes?"

The old lady smiled, and then said: "It's okay, why are you being polite to the aunt, besides, I already made too many clothes, so wear them, it's okay."

After that, she took the bag and opened it on the spot. Sure enough, there were a lot of clothes folded on three layers inside and three layers outside. The styles were very beautiful and colorful. The old lady didn't care whether Zhou Shengnan agreed or not. , took out a cotton-padded jacket from the inside and said that Zhou Shengnan had to wear it for everything, but Zhou Shengnan couldn't shirk it for a while, and besides, the cotton-padded jacket was really nice, and Zhou Shengnan had never seen such a nice-looking dress since he came here. Women love beauty, so she didn't resist the temptation and accepted the padded jacket.

She was really happy, thinking that she had met a good-hearted man, and now she would not only have meat, but also new clothes for the New Year. She was afraid that her old cotton-padded jacket would stain the new clothes, so she took off her ragged cotton-padded jacket Get down, and put on new ones. Don't even mention it, the new clothes are warmer than the old ones. Once you put them on, you won't be cold anymore.

So she thanked the old lady again and again, the old lady didn't say anything, just smiled, and then the two continued to walk down the mountain. It was strange to say that they had just arrived at the Fox Immortal Temple at the bottom of the mountain, which is at the head of the village. , Zhou Shengnan took two steps forward, then pointed to the village and said, "Ma'am, where is your son's house? I'll take you there."

Unexpectedly, no one answered behind him. When Zhou Shengnan turned his head again, the old lady had disappeared. Zhou Shengnan wondered, where did the old lady go?So she looked around, but she couldn't find it. In desperation, she had no choice but to go home first.

When she reached the door, she put down the firewood and the rabbit, and wanted to surprise her man, so she called out to the room: "Dashan, come out."

Liang Xianshan in the room was peeling corn, when he heard his wife came back and called him, he got off the kang to put on his shoes, opened the door and said, "What's the matter?"

That Zhou Shengnan said with a smile: "Look, does my dress look good?"

Liang Xianshan looked up and was stunned, his face turned livid in an instant, his mouth was wide open, his eyes were as wide as copper bells, full of fear, he said "Ah" One sound, and then tremblingly asked: "You... where did you get your clothes?"

Zhou Shengnan was quite puzzled, so he said to him: "Just now an old lady gave it to you, look how pretty it is!!"

"Take it off quickly!!" Liang Xianshan shouted suddenly: "That's old clothes!!!"

Zhou Shengnan was taken aback for a moment. After the sound, she suddenly felt very cold, and the strong wind seemed to blow through the new clothes in an instant. When she lowered her head again, she was scared out of her wits!
Where is the new padded jacket on his body, it is clearly a tattered shroud!This shroud was black, the inside of the clothes was rotten, and it was covered with mud, as if it had just been dug out of a coffin. The stench got into Zhou Shengnan's nose, choking her eyes so dark that she almost fainted.

God!What the hell is going on here? !

(The second update is over~~Happy New Year everyone~~~Eat more for New Year’s Eve dinner~but drink less alcohol, alcohol...isn’t a good thing...)
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