Chapter 7 Section VII

Qinwa was lying on the kang, her eyes wide open, and she was breathing heavily. Her father had sent a message to the owner of the adobe, saying that his son was ill and asked him to find another person to make the adobe. He wasn't sick, he was just irritable, and bad breath kept accumulating in his chest, he let it out with a sigh, and it quickly accumulated again. The real patient now forcibly stands up, not daring to touch the edge of the kang.Yuxian had a headache and felt nauseous, and his heart pounded every step of the way.She wrapped a black cloth veil around her neck, covering the bloody neck that was strangled by straw ropes. She silently swept the courtyard, quietly tore the straw in front of the firewood pile in the front yard, and sat silently in front of the stove to light the fire. bellows.

The ruddy face turned gray, and he walked up to the father-in-law with lowered eyebrows and handed him the rice bowl, his voice could not be squeezed out of his throat.She picked up another bowl of rice and brought it to Qinwa: "Eat..." Qin Wa turned over and knocked over the bowl with a punch. Broken bowl pieces, long and thin noodles, soup and water splashed on the ground. He hated her so much that he gritted his teeth, slapped her, and tore her hair.At night, after taking off her clothes, he beat her body.The beating was so ruthless that her arms, which had been trained to beat adobe since she was a child, left black scars and red wounds on her body.He didn't feel distressed, and felt a little relieved after a burst of crazy venting.She doesn't hide, she suffers all the reprisals she deserves, as she should.She just covered her face, not to let those hands as hard as shovels leave scars on her face, any place on her body should be covered by clothes, let him beat it.

Sitting in his hut, Kang Tiansheng couldn't sit still listening to the sound of his son beating his wife in the front room. Every sound was like a knock on his heart.He walked out the door and squatted on the small wooden bed in front of the door to avoid the unbearable noise.However, before he finished smoking a bag of cigarettes, he jumped off the mediocre again and walked into the small courtyard. He didn't dare to stay away, because if something unexpected happened, he would be even more afraid of people. The spring is bright and the sun is shining brightly. The leaves of the elms and Chinese toon trees above the houses are turning green, and the peach blossoms on the slopes are in full bloom after the fallen apricot blossoms.But in this small crop yard under the ridge slope, the air is cold, the sun is bleak, and the spring breeze is endless.

Three full days passed. Both his son and his daughter-in-law lost their facial features, and Kang Tiansheng himself became agitated due to anxiety and eating less. His eyes were sticky and red, and he couldn't open his eyes like glue pots.He thought more and more about his responsibility as a supporter in this broken family.How can I persuade my son, and how can I persuade my daughter-in-law?As soon as he saw his son's face in pain, he couldn't bear it anymore, how could he say anything?He knew the weight of his son's misfortune in his life.As for his daughter-in-law, that ruddy face that he used to like very much, now he is not even in the mood to look at it, it is disgusting to look at!The old man was smoking a cigarette, with his sticky eyes open, wondering what to do.No matter how much he hates his daughter-in-law, he can't continue doing it recklessly like his son.He wanted to discuss countermeasures with someone, but he couldn't, even the village chief couldn't discuss it. Can such a scandal be told to others?He finally thought of his cousin and sister-in-law, who were his closest relatives, Qinwa's adoptive parents, and the most trustworthy people.

He still felt afraid to leave the house where accidents could happen at any moment, and let the people who stopped by the mountain pass the word to his cousin. No matter what, he had to come down the mountain. Qinwa was sick, and he missed his uncle... "That's it." Kang Tiansheng narrated the misfortunes that happened at home from beginning to end, staring at his cousin's wise eyes under his long eyebrows, and asked, "What do you think we should do now?" "It's easy." The cousin raised his head, "Call Qinwa here." When Qinwa came in, her eyes fell into the pit. When she saw her uncle, she threw herself in front of her, and cried with a "woo".The old man Tian Sheng turned his head aside, unable to bear to see his son's dejected and decadent posture.

"Hold your head up! Don't cry!" Uncle said sternly, "It's a twenty-year-old man, cry and cry, what's the matter!" "I...I'm not alive..." When Qinwa saw her uncle, the sour water in her heart couldn't stop, she hit her head with her fist, "I...hey..." Uncle stretched out his hand, slapped, and slapped Qinwa's distorted face with snot and tears, and cursed sharply: "Do you expect me to say something nice to you? Wait!" Qin Wa couldn't cry anymore, she just stood there with her head lowered. Kang Tiansheng was surprised. He looked at his cousin's gray beard sticking out on his chin. He had never seen his cousin so powerful!He hurriedly pulled Qinwa away and sat on the small wooden pier.

"Your mother died early, why did your father drag you up so much? How much have your relatives and friends worried about you? You have grown into an adult, you have grown up, and you want to die if you don't talk about starting a family and starting a business!" The uncle reprimanded , "Isn't it easy to die? Just close your eyes and jump into the river. Is it worth it?" The father and son fell silent, not daring to intervene. "That—it's nothing!" The uncle didn't take that scandal seriously at all, "The general also married a prostitute's wife! I was a husband in the grocery store of the wealthy owner in Hebei, and the shopkeeper's wife had an affair with someone. The shopkeeper doesn’t even recruit, he’s only busy with business to make money! Are we, a farmer in the countryside, more shameless than the shopkeeper of other grocery stores?”

Qinwa seemed to wake up all of a sudden, Kang Qinwa was by no means the only one who encountered such a scandal, but someone more decent than him also encountered it.He said dully, "I feel disgusted... like I ate a mouse..." "It's...of course it's not a good thing." Uncle turned the words back, "Such a scandal, if you make it public, what glory do you have? Peasant, is it easy to marry a wife? It's not a cow, it doesn't obey, and it's sold on the street. Now, come back with an easy-to-handle one. The current government advocates freedom of marriage and allows divorce. What should you do if you leave her? Marry again? You are a post-marriage man, where is there a suitable widow waiting for you to marry? Even if there is, Your money is in other people's trenches, can you earn it in a short time? Ah? When you encounter trouble, you should think about it. A twenty-year-old is crying and wants to die. What kind of man are you... ..."

"Yes, yes, yes! To be honest." The old man Kang Tiansheng admired his cousin's practical truth, ashamed that he had been confused and confused these days, and persuaded his son, "Listen, what your uncle said is right. " "After eating, go out for a walk, and your mind will be open." The uncle said, "Tomorrow, I will carry the stone rammer and go out to make adobe! The uncle will not die, just want to see you prop up the tile house." Qinwa smiled wryly, this was the first smiling face he had shown in recent days, even though it was forced and painful, it still made the old father's heart light up!

"Remember—" Uncle glanced at Qinwa, then at Kang Tiansheng, and lowered his voice to advise, "Don't mention this to anyone again. Your grandparents and grandchildren have been in Kangjia Village for generations, do you dare to fall down?" Kang Tiansheng nodded repeatedly. "Qinba." The uncle called his name, and said solemnly in a low voice, "I won't mention it in front of outsiders, and I dare not let go in the house! Women have this stupid problem, and they have to dig out the root for the first time! This disease is not serious. Eliminate, there will be endless disasters!"

Listening to her uncle's inconsistent words, Qinwa was really convinced at this moment. With bitter eyes, she stared at her uncle's thin lips surrounded by a gray beard, waiting for a good way to save him from the sea of ​​suffering. "You—don't beat her anymore. If you miss, she committed suicide. What should I do? Besides, if you beat her hard, she will hold her grudges in her heart. How will she live in the future?" Uncle said, "You go to her natal family People, let her father, mother and father take care of her and cure her blindness. Save..." "Hmm, yes, yes!" The old man Kang Tiansheng admired all the conversations of his cousin, and the old adobe guy who would only sweat and lose his strength all his life, has always respected his shrewd cousin as the guide of enlightened life, "I thought about this trick at the beginning, but I was afraid of hurting the harmony among relatives..." "He dares to speak harshly when his daughter does something offensive to public morals!" Uncle said, especially telling Qinwa, "I can't let her go for this matter; but when you talk to other people's parents, don't hurt anyone..." Qin Wa nodded and stared at her uncle gratefully.This elder who had raised him and was still worrying about his misfortune seemed to be more approachable than his clumsy biological father. Uncle stood up and shouted to the front yard from the door: "Yuxian—" Yuxian walked up to his uncle lightly, bowed his head and stood still, his voice was soft like a mosquito: "Uncle—your old man... come here!" "Go and cook for uncle." He seemed to know nothing, or knew everything and didn't mind, and said, "After eating, your father and Qinba still have to work!"