In March, wild vegetables in the fields sprouted tender buds, swallows returned from drizzle, docked under the beams of the eaves, and shook off the water on their bodies. On this day, people were talking about Changsheng’s wife, Osmanthus, ran away with the Yankees.
Changsheng searches every corner of the town, wonton stores, hair salons, and department stores, but there is no trace of osmanthus. He had to return home dejectedly. The three daughters at home disappeared and the mother was crying. The eldest daughter is six years old this year. She is quite sensible and can coax her two sisters.
Changsheng and osmanthus have been married for six years. Their life is as plain as water, just like wild vegetables in the field. They grow out quickly after being cut. People don’t have to guess. If they want to eat, they go to the field to dig a meal. Because she gave birth to three daughters in a row, Changsheng and Osmanthus seemed to be despised in the town. It was obvious that Osmanthus went to the wonton shop to eat a bowl of wonton on the day of the day. She put an extra spoon of chili sauce, which was rolled by Aunt Liu, the owner of the wonton shop.
There is no son in the osmanthus, and people in the town have also discussed that people with some knowledge say that the Feng Shui pattern of the Changsheng family is not good. The mountain opposite is facing away from his door, saying that even if they give birth to a son, they can't raise them and have to have a daughter.
Most men in the town directly say that they are not long enough for their immortality, and they are the ones who are the youngest to pee together when they were young. Some people who know more about physiognomy say that he looks like a father-in-law, so how can he raise a son?
Everyone in the town is very sure of their views. Two osmanthus flowers were pulled to the Family Planning Office for and ligated with . Everyone's statement was like the truth, and there was nothing inappropriate.
Changsheng didn't care what others said, and it was written on the mud wall: "Son, daughter can pass on the family line." He believed it.
000s in the 1980s, some foreigners would come to the town, speaking languages that people in the town could not understand. People call it "Yankish". They brought some weird things, sold them in this town for a day, and then ran to another town. According to people in the town, Osmanthus ran with the "Northusian". Someone saw her and the Northusian get on the bus with their own eyes. Before getting on the bus, they also went to the wonton shop to eat a bowl of wonton.
Someone asked Aunt Liu in the wonton shop. Aunt Liu said disdainfully: "There are so many people in the store, and I can't care about her. It's better for her to leave. Every time she comes to eat wontons, I'll go half a bottle of chili sauce."
Someone said Aunt Liu was unauthorized. She put more peppers and could persuade her that she should not put more bowls of wontons, just like the vegetables in the field should not be watered.
Changsheng found that the osmanthus flowers ran away. It was early morning. He woke up and found that the bed was empty. At first, he thought his wife got up early and went to the field to dig wild vegetables. During the rainy season, wild vegetables grow wildly when they sprout after they sprout. One day later, they will be the elders.
Osmanthus has never been a diligent person, it is a habit to be lazy. I was puzzled at first, but I thought that spring is coming, everything is changing, and people will also change. The three daughters were sleeping soundly. Changsheng got up and made breakfast without thinking much.
It was noon, but the osmanthus flowers were still missing. Changsheng had to stroll in the field and take a look. The wild vegetables were edible under the spring breeze, and the leaves were tender green. He couldn't help but dig a few. He turned around to the town again and saw that the streets in the town could see the end at a glance, and there was no trace of osmanthus. When he returned home with a boring life, he looked at the room and found that the bright clothes in the osmanthus wardrobe were missing. Changsheng was anxious, where did Osmanthus go? When I go back to my parents' home on weekdays, Osmanthus does not bring bright clothes because I have to go to the fields to work when I go back. The three daughters are temporarily taken care of by their grandmother.
"Where are osmanthus going, I'm so sexy, I'm leaving my children alone during the long day, I don't have much time to see them. I still have to farm in the fields." said grandma.
"Mom, osmanthus may have run away." Changsheng said.
"What did she run away? There is a family and a child here." said grandma.
"How do I know? I have heard her say that she can't live this life any more. Who would have thought that she would really run away?" said Changsheng.
Changsheng In order to determine whether Osmanthus had run away, Changsheng had no choice but to go to her parents' home. The family said that they had not come back and scolded Changsheng for bullying Osmanthus, which made her angry and comforted Changsheng without worrying, and they would go home naturally when it was dark.
Changsheng wants to go to other relatives to find it, but others don’t invite them to drink. What are you doing when you go to other people’s houses? Everyone is busy with spring plowing, and who has time to greet her?
It's dark, and the chickens and ducks that are free-range in the wild are back in the cage, but the osmanthus flowers are still missing. Changsheng had no choice but to tell his uncle and brothers, and everyone was surprised that why did he disappear if he was alone? In addition to having a son, Guihua is a little more powerful, but she is not a big deal. She has also read several books. The uncle and uncle got together to discuss and decided to look for osmanthus flowers overnight.
Walking in the dark, my uncle couldn't help but scold Changsheng. A big man couldn't control a woman. Where did you use your usual strength? I didn't see you farming more crops in the fields. Changsheng didn't dare to say anything. His aunt gave birth to four sons in a row. Who would dare not give him a little shame in the town? When the uncle saw his nephew gave birth to three daughters in a row, he was really anxious. His younger brother took his life because of a typhoid fever and finally helped him get rid of his child. Unexpectedly, his pulse would be broken in the generation of immortality.
When Osmanthus had two daughters, Changsheng's mother advised Changsheng to give one to others to raise and to strictly control family planning. If you are not careful to catch it and ligate it, the incense will no longer last. But I can't bear to live forever.
Uncle also found Changsheng privately and taught him some secrets of having a child. Uncle specially taught some movements of going to the room at night. Changsheng couldn't help laughing when he heard it. The uncle was so sorry that he slapped the back of Changsheng's head twice, and then threw it away. The uncle said, look at your cousin or his son.
"You have a good teaching, it is your biological child after all. You should have witnessed it on-site demonstrations." Changsheng said with a smile.
"Beat your bastard to death." The uncle picked up the rattan and chased the immortal. There was no way to fight, Changsheng had already run away.
Changsheng and Osmanthus secretly gave birth to their third child, but the result was still a daughter. They began to accept that this was fate. The family planning office also believed that the long-term life was destined to have no children, so they decided to take them to ligate, but the long-term life was afraid of pain. When they saw them coming, they threw down the osmanthus and ran very fast. Perhaps because of this, Guihua often said that life could not be passed.
The frogs in the fields were screaming at night, and Changsheng and uncle held the flashlight and decided that every household would knock on the door and ask. Some dogs barking at the doorstep will be spared. After searching for one night, people were not found, and many people were scolded. It was not that people called them disturbing their sleep, but that they came to knock on the door in the middle of the night, making them mistakenly think that the Family Planning Office had arrested people for ligation again, and they were sweating.
It was dawn. After searching for it all night, everyone was hungry and they all returned to the town. They went to the wonton shop and cooked a plate of rice noodles and beef brisket. The wolf ate it voraciously. My cousin felt that there was no need to look for it again. It was already Jingzhe. If you don’t rush to plant it in the field, you will miss the spring seeds. My sister-in-law has legs, so she will come back naturally if she wants to come back. It is not like corn in the field, which is fixed in a pit and blooms and bears fruit until the autumn harvest is over.
After a night of searching, people in the town knew that the immortal wife Osmanthus had escaped. People started to talk about it, and everyone guessed that she ran away with the "Yankun". After reading for several years, Osmanthus can understand what the "Northern Man" said.
After Osmanthus leaves, people talk about her for a few days, and her life returns to normal. Only Changsheng and his three daughters still think of her from time to time, and most of the others no longer care about it.
Changsheng was depressed because he didn't see his wife and didn't go to farm for several consecutive days. The uncle and cousin had to help him and finish the spring planting.
Time in the town is very slow, the day is long and the night is long. People guard one acre of three-point land, waiting for winter to pass, and when spring comes, let the sun and the moon pass by, and the cold and heat change. There are many things in the town. Whose sow gave birth to piglets, whose cows ran to other people's vegetable fields to eat vegetables, whose corn on the cob was long and thick, people would talk about it all day, and Aunt Liu's wonton shop was even more troubled. Aunt Liu said that whoever licked the bottom of the bowl with wontons was licked cleanly, and whoever ate it on credit.
People also say that Aunt Liu’s wontons are not delicious, and there is always a smell. It is speculated that Aunt Liu never washes her hands when she urinates, and then wraps the wontons again. But people say they are disgusted, but their steps are very honest, and they have to eat a bowl every day. Her family is the only one selling wontons in the town.
There is only one hair salon, most of which are men and children, and there are long queues every time you go. In order to save money, children shaved their heads directly, even saving shampoo. The women in the town didn't have to go to the hair salon at all, so they took a pair of scissors and cut them off.
Osmanthus leaves quickly forgotten everything. But in March of the following year, osmanthus appeared in the town with a big belly. People were surprised. The child had already gone to tell Changsheng that his wife was back.
The only thing people wonder is that the osmanthus has obviously been ligated, so how can it still give birth? Osmanthus said hello to everyone a little shyly. Back to the familiar place, she couldn't help but smile. Aunt Liu asked Osmanthus to eat a bowl of wontons before going home. She just made the chili sauce and the money could be paid for by Changsheng.
Osmanthus touched her stomach and said she was not hungry and had to go home first to check it out.
Jinhua just arrived at the entrance of the village, and people from all villages stood at the door to watch her come back. Osmanthus is indispensable for uncle and aunt to say hello one by one.
"It's back."
Everyone welcomed her back with a smile. Changsheng led his three daughters to come out to greet her long ago. When the three daughters saw their mother come back, they cried a long time ago.
Changsheng and osmanthus flowers are facing each other. There are a lot to say, but Changsheng only said three words.
"Go back to the house."
Their family went home. The town has to discuss the return of osmanthus for a few days. Some people lament that the "Northern Man" is so powerful that even the ligation makes her pregnant. How powerful does it take? People understand that ligation is like tying the mouth of a cloth bag with a rope, but as long as the stick is hard enough and you can still find a gap and stuff it into the cloth bag.
This is why osmanthus can get pregnant. While people were talking about osmanthus, they also imagined the power of the "Northern Man" and burst into admiration.
When Osmanthus came home, he took some candy from his pocket to give to his three daughters, as well as his cousin's children. Osmanthus also bought a piece of clothing for her mother-in-law. Changsheng was busy taking the bacon from the eaves that had been dried last winter solstice from last year, washing it with water, cutting it, putting it in a pot and stir-fry.
Osmanthus looks at the busy man with love, and she feels very at ease. After leaving, she understood that although the man in front of her was usually a little bad, she loved her the most. She also discovered that life in the town was the source of her happiness.
That night, Osmanthus slept next to Changsheng again, and she cried and said that she would not leave this home in the future. Guihua said that she was deceived by the "Northale". She wanted to go out to make money, but she was forced to sleep with the "Northale". Changsheng touched the smooth and warm palms of osmanthus, what else could he care about?
Three months later, Osmanthus gave birth to a fat and white boy. The people in the town were happy and said that they would live and die in the future, and someone would visit the grave during the Qingming Festival. Everyone knows that he is not a species of immortality, and that will not stop everyone from loving this baby. They believe that children are better than their own children when they are young. Some people in the village have no sons, so they have to go to other families to adopt them.
Name is still the most educated old man in the town. When the old man looked at the boy's horoscope, he had no shortage of five elements, and he seemed to have a good fortune. The old man thought for a while and said that he happened to be born that day, so he called him "Xiaoman". Everyone was very satisfied with the name, so Changsheng quickly handed the cigarette to the old man. He also said that Xiaoman had no grandfather, so he recognized the old man as his grandfather.
Xiaoman recognized the old man as his grandfather, which aroused his uncle's dissatisfaction and said that Changsheng would not ask for his opinion. It is not in vain to recognize others. You must catch a chicken to respect him during festivals and festivals. Changsheng said what a chicken is. Xiaoman asked him to grow up healthily, but he was afraid that there would be no chicken to eat.
"It's better to give it to me than to give it to him. It's useless to raise you. I'm the authentic uncle of the child." The uncle said in dissatisfaction.
"Just respect the fattest one." Changsheng said with a smile.
"How can you give it to outsiders? Don't let your ancestors down." The uncle said and lit a cigarette.
After giving birth to Xiaoman, Guihua farmed steadily in the town. She knew how to accommodate immortality. This man with a slightly weak personality is her god. After that, she went to Aunt Liu to eat wontons, and put a large spoon of chili sauce to eat wontons. Aunt Liu didn't say half of her. Aunt Liu wanted to find out which "Northern Man" she ran with. Guihua said she didn't want to mention the past. She now has three daughters and one son, and she needs to be very diligent to raise them.
Aunt Liu no longer talked about it, but suddenly said from time to time: "Is it the one who used to push the cabinet to sell raisins, which is quite tall?"
Guihua shook her head and said no. Aunt Liu scratched her head and said she couldn't guess it. She asked the osmanthus that needed some scalding water, and the people in the town would eat wontons and put them in full red scalding water.
When Xiaoman was one and a half years old, Guihua gave him a younger brother. The family planning office holder came to the door again. Changsheng said that even if they were not arrested for ligation, they would not give birth. There were three daughters and two children, so what else would they not be satisfied?
People who do the family planning work feel that there is no need to attack others, so it’s fine, but they have to punish Changsheng. Changsheng said he had no money to ask for money, just catch the chicken fat in the chicken cage. The family planning workers think it is not easy for them to have a family, and at least they only take a few eggs, which is considered a fine. He also warned Changsheng and Osmanthus that you should pay attention to your proper care when you tinker while sleeping and do not get pregnant again.
Changsheng and osmanthus agreed and promised to sleep in separate beds in the future. Who knows whether it is different to sleep in bed? The mayor knew about them and was very concerned.
