"When Sister Huixiang got married, her parents gave her a dowry and asked a few of us to treat her as relatives and send her to Nanqiao Town. The third and fourth children secretly visited her to wish her well and wish her well. Life was not good...but it was too long later, and we were a little lucky that Huixiang didn't wait for him. For more than ten years, everyone thought that the second brother was dead. If it weren't for the fear of irritating my mother, the family would have given the second brother a long time ago It’s a funeral.”
Lu Cai rolled up the ball of thread and sighed.
It's not that there aren't other girls in the village who like Lu Qing, they always have, but no one has ever mentioned it, and even if they find out, they can only blush and refuse to admit it. Because Huixiang is so good, and because their relationship is so good, Lu Qing only sees Huixiang, and Huixiang only sees him, and others can only see it with envy.
In the first few years of Huixiang's marriage, the girls in the village who secretly liked her brother scolded her. Later, they also got married one by one. Time passed too long, and the aggrieved people were all mothers. More than ten years have passed. , no one believes that her second brother will come back.
Meeting again would be awkward at first, but now, even if they meet, they have tacitly chosen not to mention that past incident.
"If the old calendar had not been used to let the eldest brother get married first, but the second brother and sister Huixiang had been married first, if the family had not been tight at that time and could not buy the second brother not to go, if the wedding date had not been set at the end of autumn, if Zhao My uncle did not contract lung disease because of that cold weather. If they got married before the second brother left, if the second brother could come back early..." Lu Cai smiled bitterly, "There are no what ifs, we are the best couple in our lives. Son, I just missed it."
When Zhao Huixiang got married, not only she, but also her two younger brothers had resentments in their hearts. No matter how their parents tried to explain and tell them about Huixiang's difficulties, they still resented her.
From the time Huixiang said they were getting married until they got married, the three of them never visited the Zhao family again. It wasn't until the day Huixiang got married that her mother persuaded her to go to the wedding ceremony. I reluctantly went.
Thinking back later, she was willing to go that day because she actually remembered Huixiang's good deeds over the years and agreed with what her mother said - after all, it was her second brother who failed to come back as scheduled. Was it going to force Huixiang to wait a lifetime?
If the second brother was here, he would definitely be reluctant to part with it.
That day was very long, and it had been so long that Lu Cai beside her could not remember clearly. She only remembered that the road from Lujia Village to Nanqiao Town was so long. There were very few people seeing her off, and no girl of the same age wanted to accompany her. She takes a walk.
Lu Cai's feet hurt from walking. She lowered her head and turned her feet secretly, one step slower than others. She happened to see a drop of water suddenly fall on the ground.
She looked up and saw that it was a clear sky. There was not even a cloud in the sky. Where did the water droplets come from?
She lowered her head, and another drop fell down, splashing dust on the ground.
She caught up and saw that under the shaking red hijab, Huixiang's eyes were redder than the old hijab.
In her memory, that was Zhao Huixiang's ugliest day.
Their resentment towards her also disappeared on that day.
Zhao Huixiang got married, and all her expectations and longings from childhood, adolescence, and youth died on the same day.
Until Lu Cai chose a son-in-law and got married, she still didn't know if she really understood Huixiang that day. I just occasionally dreamed back at midnight. I dreamed that when the young people were carefree, the second brother led them to pick wild fruits and folded flowers for them. I dreamed that he helped the second brother secretly deliver grilled fish to Huixiang, and Huixiang secretly gave the second brother He was mending clothes, crying and regretting, but at the same time he was even more grateful that Huixiang did not continue to wait for him.
A person's best years should not be wasted in vain for no reason.
Each of them should live as well as they did when they were young.
But just when they all thought that this was right and this was human nature, all the insiders chose to shut up and never mentioned it again. They all became elders. During the Chinese New Year, Huixiang was finally able to calmly take the child back to her parents' home, even Chen Chenchen More than ten years after everything was settled, Lu Qing came back.
Her poor brother now lives in the wedding house he built with his own hands, using the furniture he carved with his own hands for their wedding. Every day when he opens his eyes, he sees mottled dirt walls and furniture that is no longer stable and easy to use. What do you dream about?
How did he survive at the border for so many years?
Lu Cai wiped her tears and said to Lu Xu with tears in her eyes: "Xu Wa, now you have many big business friends, and your second uncle is not a farmer. Otherwise, you can find another job for him."
How could Lu Xu not understand what her aunt meant? She wanted to change the environment for her second uncle so that he would not miss things.
"Okay, I'm also short of manpower. I'll ask my second uncle later."
Lu Xu agreed wholeheartedly.
His aunt said that she came to his mother to talk about flower patterns. It was simply a drunken dream that was not about the wine, but about him. No wonder the other juniors were sent away, leaving him alone to observe.
After listening, Lu Xu said goodbye and came out, but he did not intend to tell Lu Zhou and Lu Wen.
What if the bastard doesn't understand anything and accidentally pokes his second uncle's sore spot?
Lu Wen asked curiously, and Lu Xu only made up a rumor that his second uncle and Grandma Zhao's son were good friends when they were young. Grandpa Zhao was very good to his second uncle, and his second uncle regretted not being able to see him for the last time.
Lu Wen was puzzled. The Zhao family and his family were not related. Why did the second uncle insist on meeting Grandpa Zhao after he died?
Lu Xu made nonsense: "Second uncle liked to run all over the mountains when he was a child. Maybe Grandpa Zhao took care of him..."
Lu Wen said "Oh" and lost interest.
After all, Grandpa Zhao has been dead for many years, and he didn't remember anything when he died.
"Alas..." Lu Xuneng secretly lamented to Yan Junqi, the smart and precocious one, "What a pity."
Yan Junqi listened to him silently, without commenting, but asked, "What if it was you?"
"Me?" Lu Xu didn't even think about it, "I won't do this! If I fall in love with someone, I won't let go no matter how difficult it is, and I will try my best to send letters and deliver news!"
Yan Junqi nodded silently, raised his eyes to look at Lu Xu, and then said silently and sadly, "Some things are dilemmas."
"Yeah..." Lu Xu also wilted, "The battlefield is changing rapidly. According to the second uncle's description, in the past ten years, he has traveled all over the northern border. He has no fixed place to live and is precarious. He may die one day. On the battlefield, in that kind of situation, it is very difficult whether you have sent a letter or not..."
I gave it away. I don’t know when I will be born or die, or when I will be able to come back. Should I let her wait or not wait?
If you don't send it, there will be no news for more than ten years. How worried will your family be?
"Alas..." Lu Xu sighed, "Thanks for not fighting anymore. Our generation is much luckier than theirs."
"yes……"
Lu Xu's mind wandered, and he sighed for a long time, then suddenly told Yan Junqi, "In the future, if you have someone you like, if you have something on your mind, you must say it out, but don't be a boring gourd like Lu Zhou."
Yan Junqi suddenly looked up at him.
Lu Xu said sincerely: "It's easy to suffer losses!"
Yan Junqi looked at his clear and frank eyes, and felt depressed for some reason: "...Hmm."
Lu Xu: "I will help you find a way to make an idea!"
Yan Junqi was helpless: "You'd better go see your second uncle."
"Oh oh oh," Lu Xu clapped his legs and babbled as he moved outside, "I'll go take a look. If you have nothing to do, take Wenzhen and the others outside to play. Don't stay in the house copying books all the time. The ink is frozen. , what else to write..."
Yan Junqi laughed. He was not like Lu Xu, who could provoke a group of children into snowball fights wherever he went.
Seeing the New Year coming, Lu Xu would go to her fourth uncle every day to make new year goods for her grandparents. Whenever she had nothing to do, she would chat with her second uncle about what the North was like and what there was, looking like a curious baby.
Lu Qing didn't go out much for many days. He was collecting wood at home to make shelves for the grocery store.
Lu Xu had many ideas. He asked what style to make, and Lu Qing could make it after just a few gestures. The uncle and nephew had a pleasant chat.
Lu Wen deeply admired this, and complained to Lu Hui and Lu Xuan many times that their eldest brother was worthy of being the eldest brother, and he could even talk to someone as serious as his second uncle.
If it were him, he would have wanted to run away after just a few words.
Lu Xuan said sharply: "That's because what you said is nonsense."
Lu Wen: "..."
I always feel that after the third brother served as an apprentice in the county for a while, he became more ruthless in his words?
In the yard, Lu Xu handed Lu Qing a wooden board and told Lu Qing about his glorious achievements: "Originally, my father wanted to send me to the county to learn carpentry. I don't understand how to do it now. It's better for me to make things. I'm in prison. After living here for more than a month, I know all kinds of baskets, baskets, and dustpans. Two days ago, I made a little bunny for them in the twelfth lunar month."
Not only little rabbits, but also little takraw balls and little takraw hats.
The hat was put on the snowman's head, and the sepak takraw ball was given to Lu Rui. He also put an old bell at home into it. play.
Lu Qing was well-informed and had seen a lot of life and death, but this was the first time he spoke so frankly about being in prison.
Lu Qing came back late. He only knew that he opened a food shop in the county. He had not seen Lu Xu’s Guanyang Alliance, let alone the many grievances between Lu Xu and the boat gang. When asked why Lu Xu was in jail, Lu Xu began to talk like a storyteller, banging his hammer here and there. Fortunately, the matter was not complicated, and Lu Qing understood everything.
At the end, Lu Xu whispered: "I have never told my mother, grandparents, and others about this. Second uncle, you have to keep it a secret for me!"
Lu Qing laughed, thinking that if he wanted to keep it a secret, it would be fine if he didn't tell him?
"Are those people still causing trouble for you now?"
Lu Xu patted his chest and said boldly: "It's all solved! Don't be afraid to find me!"
Then he changed the topic and asked Lu Qing: "Second uncle, what are your plans after the New Year? Are you going to farm in the village?"
Lu Qing kept tapping on his hands, "That's the plan for the time being, what's wrong?"
Lu Xu: "Nothing, I just want to buy land and mountains after the New Year."
Lu Qing looked at him in surprise, "Buying a mountain?"
Lu Xu then talked about his "big plans" and said, "I heard from my aunt that you have loved running to the mountains since you were a child. Otherwise, second uncle, you can help me plant trees in the spring! Let us, uncle and nephew, dominate Lujia Village together! That's right! Okay, second uncle, what are you good at raising, chickens, ducks, geese or pigs?"
Lu Qing: "..."
What's going on with his eldest nephew?
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