Chapter 9 difficult growth

Liu Dong did not die young, thanks to the help of Tian Liaoshen and Yang Peipei's family.They sent milk powder and some money to Wang Guixiang. Although they did not specify their addresses and names, Wang Guixiang knew that this was the effort of Yang Peipei's family. Although these aids are a drop in the bucket, they often save Liu Dong's life at the most critical time.When Liu Dong was two years old, he contracted a strange disease. His stomach swelled like a hill. His eyes were bulging and his veins were exposed. He could not eat for several days and could only drink some water.They wanted to see a doctor for their children, but they couldn't afford a penny, so Wang Guixiang went to the neighbors to borrow money with tears in her eyes.The life of the neighbors is no better than that of Wang Guixiang's family. Besides, since Liu Dong came into existence, their family has borrowed white flour, and finally they can only borrow cornmeal. These favors.At that time, a half bowl of noodles might save someone's life, and food was more valuable than gold. What a great favor it is.Now, the child is in danger, so they can only ask the host to borrow money from the west. After traveling all over the village, they only got one yuan and fifty cents.When Liu Erga and Wang Guixiang returned home, they could only wash their faces with helpless tears when they saw Liu Dong lying dying on the kang.They asked themselves in their hearts, is a well-behaved child going to leave like this?

That afternoon, the township postman sent them a remittance slip of 20 yuan. Don't ask, it was money from Yang Peipei's family.It was the twenty yuan that saved Liu Dong's life.In fact, what the child suffers from is not a serious illness, but a digestive disorder caused by malnutrition.After staying in the hospital for two days, Liu Dong was discharged. With the remaining money, he bought some condensed milk for the child, because it is cheaper to buy condensed milk than powdered milk.In this way, Yang Peipei's family supported Wang Guixiang's family through the most difficult time.

When Liu Dong was three years old, the three-year natural disaster ended, and his life changed a lot.The eldest, Liu Shu, is already in the third grade of elementary school, and Liu Cao is seven years old, and is about to go to school.The three children are like three steps, standing there in order. Wang Guixiang sighed with a sense of accomplishment: Three children are just right, if there is one more child, I am afraid that I will not be able to support them. For the past three years, she has been worried that her husband Liu Erga would complain about her giving away the child, and she would think about it from time to time, and when she thought about it, she felt very empty.

For so many years, the family has been busy making ends meet, and their only goal is to survive. They really have very little time to think about Liu Dong's brother. Liu Erga and Wang Guixiang knew in their hearts that if they didn't give away their children, maybe neither of them would live to the present, and they felt content with their lives today. At night, the children were all asleep, and Liu Erga and Wang Guixiang were lying on the kang. During the day, this was the only time they had time and mood to talk.Most of what they said revolved around Liu Dong's younger brother. They had four children, and only the youngest was not around, and that child became their distant thoughts.They put more thoughts and all kinds of imagination about children on the children who have not heard from them in the distance.

Wang Guixiang said: I don't know what happened to that child? They don't know what the child's name is now, and it is impossible for them to give the child a name. In their place, before the child goes to school, the family and the people around only call the child's nickname. The name is for the purpose of registering the child.In the days to come, when they mentioned Tamura, they called him "that child". Liu Erga looked at the ceiling: I can't be wrong, he is a high-ranking officer in the army, can he lose his child? I don't know what the child looks like?

Wang Guixiang saw her once when Tian Cun was 100 days old. Now that the child is three years old, she has never seen her again.Ten fingers connected to heart, she is Tian Cun who was conceived in October, although she has not raised him for a day, but in fact, he is still her child, she can't help but remember it in her heart. After hearing Wang Guixiang's exclamation, Liu Erga also fell into his imagination.After a while, he said helplessly: Maybe we will never see that child again in this life. Wang Guixiang heard tears, and only she could feel them in the dark. After a while, she choked up her voice and said: If that child could come back and call me mom on the day I was dying, it would be considered that I did not give birth to him in vain.

Liu Erga seemed to be angry, and became a little impatient: the child is given away, so don't think about it any more. After all, Wang Guixiang is a woman. When she talked about her sadness, she sniffled and said, "He was born to me. If you don't let me think about it, will I not want to?" Liu Erga turned around and lay down on the kang, rolled a cigarette, smoked deeply and lightly, and then said: That child must enjoy better life than Liu Dong. He is from the city, and his father is a high-ranking official. The child will definitely not be wrong in the future. No matter how well he lives in the future, I will be his mother, and you will be his father.

Hearing what Wang Guixiang said, Liu Erga didn't say anything anymore, turned his head, glanced at the three children lying on the kang, coughed and said: Being a father and mother means life is cheap, and how many children you have is just an idea. . Wang Guixiang sighed again: I really want to take a look at that child, just one look is fine. You just die of this heart, there is no reason to take back the children you send out and the water you pour out. Wang Guixiang said aggrievedly: I don't want to come back, I just want to take a look. Liu Erga waved his hand, and persuaded him earnestly: Why don't you dare to leave your real name and address when you send us money and things?It's not because we're afraid that we'll disturb others.You are going to see your child at this time, what will people think?

Wang Guixiang said quietly: "That's the reason, but I can't help but think about that child." In the future, don't think about it anymore. The child belongs to someone else and has nothing to do with you. We can't do things that don't count.Don't forget that people have helped us a lot. If it weren't for their help, Liu Dong would be where we are today? Wang Guixiang stopped talking, she covered herself in the quilt and shed tears silently.In the days to come, whenever she thought of that child, she would always shed tears silently, and the child in the distance became her heartache.

Three-year-old Liu Dong has just been able to walk, and his small body looks completely malnourished. When Wang Guixiang saw Liu Dong in front of her, she looked sad. She sometimes stared blankly at Liu Dong and muttered to herself: I don't know how tall your brother is. Liu Dong asked in bewilderment: My brother, where is my brother? Wang Guixiang knew she had made a slip of the tongue, so she hurriedly interrupted: I am talking nonsense. Liu Dong staggered forward. He saw a group of ants moving on the ground, so he squatted down and said, "It's going to rain when the ants move.

After hearing this, Wang Guixiang scolded loudly: Dong, don't talk nonsense. When Liu Dong was stopped by his mother, he shouted even more vigorously: Bastard is wearing a straw hat. At the age of eight, Liu Dong went to school. On the day of school, his elder sister Liu Cao took him to school. At that time Liu Cao was already a fourth-grade student, and his older brother Liu Shu was already in junior high school. Liu Cao took Liu Dong to the first-grade teacher, and said to the teacher: This is my younger brother, named Liu Dong. The teacher has to take a test for the newly enrolled students. For those children who are slow to respond or have stunted development, the teacher always persuades them to go back and let them come to school again next year.This test method is also very simple. It is to let the children count. If they can count to fifty, they are qualified, and if they can count to one hundred, they are excellent. The teacher asked Liu Dong to count, and Liu Dong glanced at his sister, and Liu Cao said: "The teacher asked you to count, so you can count." Liu Dong counted ten to five, and counted to one hundred without stopping. When he was still counting, the teacher waved and said, "Okay." Then, the teacher wrote "Excellent" after Liu Dong's name on the form.Liu Dong also wanted to perform a song, and that song was "I Love Beijing Tiananmen".This is what he learned from his sister Liu Cao. He likes this song very much. When he sings this song, he thinks of a radiant tower. That tower is Tiananmen Square. Tiananmen Square is in a place called Beijing. He has seen it in his sister's textbook. .He fell in love with this song because he liked the radiant city tower. It's a pity that the teacher didn't let him sing, so he asked his sister to take him to the first grade classroom.He could only sing that song in his heart, and at this moment, the radiant city tower flashed in front of his eyes again. Liu Dong started his study life in September 1968.