Chapter 20 Section IX

After wandering outside the West Gate for three years, Xu Taichun finally returned to his hometown! Taichun hurriedly came from a distance.When he saw the outline of Pingyuan Village, there was an expression of excitement and excitement on his face.It’s better to be home, the small river in the ditch, the locust tree at the head of the village, even the soil in the field is also kind, home, finally home! Taichun walked to the river, took a few sips of river water with both hands, and washed his face again. When he saw the big locust tree at the entrance of the village, his steps gradually became heavy, and the sound of walking to the west entrance sounded in his ears. Shi's promise to his mother and Yulian:

"Mother, I heard that Guihua City has a lot of money and takes a dustpan. I'll come back when I earn enough money!" "Yulian, when brother earns money, he will come back on a big horse and lead you to visit Longxian Town. We will buy whatever you want!" Thinking of this, Taichun heaved a long sigh. He looked at the village in front of him, walked a few steps and then turned back. Taichun was hesitating and wandering under the big tree... It was getting dark, Taichun leaned on an earth cliff, looked at the stars in the sky, and was full of thoughts: go?Or go home?Forget it, let’s go home, let’s live with my mother... No, mother is still waiting for me to earn money to come back and build a house to marry a wife. I go back empty-handed, why should I explain to mother... Sigh, why don’t I go!

Taichun leaned on the earth cliff and sighed. He looked at the dark sky and said painfully, "God, what should I do?" Suddenly, Taichun thought of something, he took out a copper coin from his pocket, and said to himself: "The tail is not to go, the head is to go, just let fate!" Taichun throws up the copper coin, catches it, and has a look: the front!Not counting, do it again. Taichun tossed another copper coin and caught it: heads!Here we go again... still positive! Taichun caressed the copper coin and said to himself: "Could it be, this is really God's will..."

Just when Taichun was not sure whether he was going or staying, his mother was holding the soles of her shoes under the lamp, thinking of her son.Alas, Taichun has been away for three years, why hasn't he come back?When I left, I said well, and I will come back when I make money. Could it be that I didn’t make money?Or is it that he is not feeling well and is sick?Son, no matter what you say, you should send a letter to your mother... At this moment, a black shadow passed over the wall and tiptoed towards the window.When he got closer, he saw that it was Taichun.Taichun looked in through the small hole in the window——I saw that my mother was cleaning the soles of her shoes under the lamp. She looked thinner and older, and almost half of her hair was white.

There were tears in Taichun's eyes. Suddenly, with a "crash", Taichun accidentally knocked down the shoulder pole beside him. Tai Chunniang was stunned in the room, and said loudly, "Who?" Taichun quickly shrank back, fled to the door, and escaped over the wall. At this time, the door rang, and Tai Chunniang came out of the room. She looked around: "Little thief! Just wait, and see if I don't break your leg when I come back!" Outside the courtyard, Taichun leaned against the wall, tears streaming down his face... Early the next morning, in the cornfield at the entrance of the village.Taichun stretched out his hand to leave an ear of green corn behind, and after picking it apart, gnawed.From yesterday to now, Taichun Shuimi has no sticky teeth, and I have been starving for a long time.At this moment, Taichun heard footsteps outside the corn field.Taichun hurriedly walked a few steps deep into the corn field, then squatted down, carefully picked apart the corn stalks and looked out——

Seeing this, Taichun was completely stunned, it was none other than his unmarried daughter-in-law Yulian!I saw Yulian walking towards here with a basket on her arm, she looked plumper and better-looking than before.Taichun felt sad for a while, alas, I can't go back to my family, and I can't come forward to recognize my relatives, what is this?I blame myself!If I listened to Huang Yang's persuasion and guarded Sanyitai to do the forage business, I would not be able to make a fortune and live more than enough, so why can't I go home like now?Also, if I hadn't lost the 200 mu of water land to Hao Sanqiang that time, I would be an old man with mules, horses, cattle and sheep in pens; alas, even if I have been opening a bean sprouts shop to sell bean sprouts, I'm afraid it will be enough for me now The shopkeeper is enough to drink, but right now...

Just when Taichun was thinking about those things quickly, Yulian had already arrived at the corn field and was about to pass by. There was a rattling sound. "Who is it? Come out!" Yulian shouted vigilantly, grabbing a stick from the ground. "If you don't come out again, I will call someone!" As a last resort, Taichun got out from behind the corn stalks and stood unkempt in front of his wife. "You are?..." Yulian unexpectedly found her husband standing in front of her: "Brother Taichun?" Taichun: "Yulian!...It's me." Yulian seemed to feel something was wrong, she asked Taichun: "Brother, when did you come back? Why don't you go home?"

Taichun: "Yulian, I..." Yulian looked Taichun up and down: "Brother, what's wrong with you? Are you sick?" Taichun shook his head. Yulian: "Then... you met someone who robbed you?" Taichun sighed and turned around. Yulian: "Brother, you should say something anyway." Taichun turned around and held Yulian's face with both hands, with tears in his eyes: "Yulian, brother, I'm sorry..." Yulian asked suspiciously, "Could it be that...you committed a crime outside?" Taichun shook his head. Yulian asked vigilantly, "So you're out there...have a woman?"

Taichun: "Oh, let's see where you want to go!" Yulian pretended to be angry: "This is neither that nor that, you... Forget it, you should go home, if you have anything to go home, go home and tell your mother." Yulian said and dragged Taichun to leave. Taichun sighed deeply: "Oh——" Autumn crops, ripe and plump corn, red sorghum.In the village in the distance, there is smoke from the kitchen, and the sound of chickens and dogs is heard... In the cornfield, Taichun told Yulian about his experiences in the past three years outside his mouth. Taichun said: "That's it, it's over."

Yulian burst into tears when she heard this. Taichun: "If I hadn't been concerned about you and my mother, I wouldn't have come back. Let the wolf eat the dog and eat it to death!" Yulian covered her mouth at once: "Don't dare to talk nonsense...Brother, as long as you come back whole, it's better than anything else, let's go, let's go home, mother thinks you're going crazy." Taichun: "No. Last night I secretly went back to look at it. Mother is fine, so I feel relieved." Yulian: "Are you going back? Sigh - it's already at the door of the house so you can't go in, bro, can you bear it?"

Taichun: "Yulian, when you go out, you have two hands, but when you come back, you have a pair of empty fists. How do you ask me to meet people?" Yulian: "I don't care! If you don't go home, I'll call my mother!" Taichun grabbed Yulian's hand: "Yulian, my good man, I beg you... If my mother finds out, I won't be able to leave!" Yulian was startled: "What, you still have to go?" Taichun nodded.At this time, he fell into unspeakable pain, and the three years of walking west made him hard to prepare for.In the cold and muddy water of the Yellow River, at the moment when the hailstone hit the top and made him fall to the ground, he thought of his mother and Yulian, wanted to see them, wanted to hold their hands to pour out the bitterness in his heart, Telling the grievances of the past few years, I even thought about going home to reunite and spend the hard days together happily.But when he saw his mother and talked with Yulian, infinite power germinated invisibly, thinking: "If a big man doesn't make steamed buns to steam his breath, when he can't make himself look good, I won't come back to see you." people!" Yulian: "No, bro, I won't ask you to leave! I don't ask you for gold or silver, I don't care for anything, I want you!" Taichun: "Yulian, listen to me, everyone knows that I went to Xikou to earn a lot of money. If I go back like this, I will be killed if I am a fool!" Yulian: "Brother, I understand. From the day you walked out of the west entrance, you are just a kite, and your heart is broken. Pingyuan Village can't hold you anymore... Tell me, brother, I can help you do it." What?" Taichun: "Yulian, try to bake some dry food for brother, don't let mother know..." With tears in her eyes, Yulian looked at Taichun and nodded. Tai Chunniang was feeding pigs and chickens in the yard when Yulian came in with a small basket on her arm and shouted, "Mother!" Tai Chunniang said angrily: "Why have you been washing for a long time? The water is cold when you get up early in the morning." Yulian remained silent, picked up her clothes and shook them vigorously, hanging them on the rope to dry. Taichun Niang: "The noodles have been ground, the rice has been ground, and the house has been tidied up. Mother will correct the word "Happy" again, and everything will be ready. Just wait for Taichun to come home!" Yulian pretended to be relaxed: "What's the rush? It's just a letter. When he comes back, I don't know it's a matter of the year of the monkey..." Tai Chunniang: "Look at you! Why are you saying something unlucky!" Yulian's tears rolled down, and she quickly wiped them away with her hands. Tai Chunniang raised her head: "Yulian, what's wrong with you?" Yulian shook her clothes rattling, pretending to smile: "It's not bad, the water on the clothes splashed on my face... Mother, I had a dream in the dark night last night. I dreamed that some swallows were sleeping on the eaves of our house. Wo, you can't get rid of it even if you push it out." Taichunniang: "Sweet dream! Yulian, maybe Taichun will be home in a few days!" Yulian: "Mother...Mother, you rest, I'll make lunch." Tai Chunniang looked at the sun: "What's the rush, it's still early!"