Chapter 3 Chapter 03

The tractor turned a corner, but got up surprisingly fast again. We saw it go far away at once, and drove faster and faster. The village chief stood up and said loudly, it is better to be steady, Kunsheng, drive slower , but the tractor went up fast and couldn't slow down. We saw the village chief being knocked over by the tractor. He fell on one person, stood up, and fell on another person. We laughed and sang again: With a slap across the face, the inner bed was photographed. There was a vat in the inner bed. There was an egg in the vat. There was a yolk in the egg, and a little monk in the yolk.

The village head said that when the teacher got married, I would go to the next village to borrow a new tractor.At this time, the tractor was already far away from us, and it still made a loud chug-chug sound. In fact, it was impossible for us to hear the village chief say this.three It is at this time that Yue'er enters the story. Yue'er was able to walk into the story again because of Lao Pang.Lao Pang is a film screenwriter. When I first met Lao Pang, he stretched out his hand and said, my surname is Pang, so you can call me Lao Pang. Lao Pang noticed the photo on my desk later. It was a group photo of me, Teacher Yu and Yueer. It was taken the year we graduated from elementary school.

Is this your father, Lao Pang pointed to Teacher Yu and asked me.No, it's my teacher, I said, Teacher Yu.This is your classmate, Lao Pang pointed to Yue'er again.yes, i said. This little girl is very beautiful, Pang said. At this moment, my heart surged, and the things buried deep in my heart rushed out. I blurted out, "Old Pang, do you want to hear the story of Yue'er?" As soon as the ground was lit, his spirits were particularly excited, he wanted to hear, he wanted to hear, he said. Yue'er finally came out from the bottom of my heart, and she also walked into Lao Pang's heart.Lao Pang began to record my story.

In Lao Pang's big book with a black cover, the story begins like this: the memories about the countryside all start from this summer evening.It was almost the day when Can'er spun silk and cocooned, and the village was filled with the smell of blue mulberry leaves.Can'er went up the mountain, and the cocoons weaved were hung on tripod poles made of Maichai, like white lanterns. Lao Pang felt that my name fit the atmosphere of the southern countryside, so he used my real name.He asked for my opinion and I said yes.Later the movie was made, and after the villagers watched the movie, they all said, Hey, Liansheng is much more airy than when he was a child. They confused the actor who played Zhao Liansheng with me. I wanted to explain to them that it wasn't me, but they said, It's you, it's you, it's Zhao Liansheng, how could it not be you, I won't explain it anymore, because I really like what they said.

In fact, Lao Pang and I have disagreements on many issues, especially how the teacher thinks.Lao Pang once said to me, what is Teacher Yu.I understand what Lao Pang means. In Lao Pang's record, Yue'er appeared: At sunset, on a small path in the countryside, Yueer, a six-year-old rural girl, was walking along the path carrying a basket of silkworm cocoons on her back. , wearing a pair of calico shoes, the uppers of the calico shoes are made of various kinds of rags, the colorful shoes contrast with the gray and bare road surface. There are large mulberry fields on both sides of the path, and the mulberry leaves are just green. When the moon is far away, when you look at it from a distance, there is a little white in the green bushes, shining in the setting sun.The little cloth shoes walked on the narrow field ridge, and as they walked, the muddy field ridge turned into a stone street, and Yueer walked to the small town, and the last rays of the setting sun fell on the long and thin street.

There is a row of shops on the street, including grocery stores, foreign tin stores, cigarette paper stores, etc. The smell of Chinese herbal medicine is pervasive in the Chinese pharmacy. Yue'er's small figure hurried across the long street and came to Cocoon Station. Cocoon Station is an old-fashioned house. There are several staff members who are preparing to get off work. Xiao Li looked at the old-fashioned wall clock on the wall. Lao Zhang walked to the door and slowly pushed the heavy door. The door creaked and creaked. There was a sound of ah, at this moment, a pair of little feet appeared in Lao Zhang's eyes, wearing floral cloth shoes, stained with mud, Lao Zhang opened the door again.

The small flowered cloth shoes struggled to get over the high threshold, and Yue'er put down the basket containing the silkworm cocoons from her back and lifted it to the counter, but she was too small and her arms had no strength, so she couldn't lift it tremblingly. When he got up, four big hands on the counter picked up the basket. One big hand flipped through the cocoon, and the other hand picked up a cocoon, smelled it, and shook it by the ear again. Yue'er tiptoed to look at the counter, but she couldn't see her. Her back was very weak in front of the huge counter.Lao Zhang: Are you familiar?

Xiao Li: It's ripe, but it's not through yet.Lao Zhang: Do you accept it? Xiao Li: Accept it. Lao Zhang poked his head out from behind the high counter to look at Yue'er: Which village is it? Xiao Li said inside: It's from Lao Du's house in Qianyao Village. The people at the counter were weighing, grading, and counting money, and Yue'er was still looking up on tiptoe. Finally, Lao Zhang leaned out, bent down, and stuffed the money into Yue'er's hand. At this time, Yue'er was the first to face her. Yue'er smiled, her smile was bright and heart-rending.In her hand, she held the ticket tightly.Lao Zhang: How is your father's illness? Yue'er is happy: I ate two bowls of rice yesterday.

With Lao Zhang's suspicious face, the others were also dubious. Changing from the counter at the cocoon station to the counter of the pharmacy, the little hand holding the ticket tightly reached out to the counter of the pharmacy.Wang Fang said, what about Fang Zi? Yue'er thought for a while, then handed over the prescription held in the other hand, the prescription was crumpled very much, and the words on it were a little blurred. The old Chinese doctor sat in the hall and took the pulse of a patient. Wang Fang handed the prescription to the old Chinese doctor. The old Chinese doctor looked at it: I prescribed it.He re-written the unclear words clearly, and turned to ask Yue'er: How is your father? Yue'er is happy: I ate two bowls of rice yesterday.Wang Fang: Is your health much better?

The old Chinese doctor shook his head, his eyes full of worry. Wang Fang took the medicine and weighed it. Another patient came to check: it was rhubarb, very bitter. Yue'er: Auntie, is there any medicine that is not bitter? Wang Fang: Little sister, medicine is bitter. Patient: Good medicine is good for the disease, little sister, you will know it when you go to school.Yue'er grinned sadly, a long bundle of medicine was tied up, and Yue'er was holding it in her hand, almost dragging it to the ground, Yue'er carefully put the medicine into the back basket, and carefully put it on the back basket .

Yue'er stepped out of the threshold of the pharmacy, and was attracted by the scene on the street. It was a cotton candy seller. There was a tin tube, with a small spoonful of white sugar added, and when it was turned, it turned into a big ball of cotton-like stuff. Yue'er had never seen it before. She asked others what it was, and they told her it was cotton candy. Yue'er asked if it was sweet, and they said that sugar is always sweet. For the last few pennies, I bought a handful of marshmallows. The person next to him was saying that the cotton candy should be eaten quickly, it will melt after a long time, and finally become a pool of water. Amidst the voice, the calico shoes on Yue’er’s two little feet were running desperately on the street, and then I ran to the field ridge in the countryside again... The sky has gradually darkened... In the narration of Lao Pang, my memory returned to my childhood and youth again and again, as if Teacher Yu was standing in front of me now, and Yueer was sitting beside me, and now I am walking I was at the same age as Teacher Yu at that time. Thinking of this, I feel that the footprints of Teacher Yu always seem distorted now, but they are far clearer than ours.Why is that? I asked Lao Pang. Yue'er was holding the marshmallow, the sweat on her forehead started to come out again, her eyes were fixed on the marshmallow, and the marshmallow was slowly getting smaller. The chugging sound of the tractor is getting closer, but the tractor cannot be seen on the screen, only the smaller and smaller cotton candy in Yue'er's hand. Face to face, Yue'er's sister, Lotus, is running towards Yue'er. Because Yue'er is paying attention to the cotton candy, when she sees her sister, she is almost in front of her eyes. Yue'er happily said loudly: "Sister, I'm buying cotton." Give Dad sugar, and Dad will not suffer from taking medicine. The sister's face was full of tears: Yue'er, my father is dead. Yue'er was stunned. At this time, the marshmallow in her hand had melted away, leaving only a small puddle of sticky sugar juice. Yue'er burst into tears: No more marshmallows, no more marshmallows, dad eats No more marshmallows. It was getting dark, and Kunsheng suddenly found Yue'er standing in the middle of the road. He braked quickly, but the tractor that braked suddenly rushed out like crazy...Yue'er fell under the tractor, and the medicine in the back basket was scattered all over the ground... … After many years, I still remember that at that time, I ran over with my classmates and squeezed into the crowd to look in. I couldn't see the whole situation, I only saw Yue'er's eyes, the words conveyed in those eyes. Something, hit me like thunder, can never be erased from my heart. The tractor overturned, everyone fell to the ground, and then got up in a hurry. Teacher Yu's clothes were covered with mud. He was frightened and stood there in a daze with his arms outstretched. Many people were confused. Shouting: Quickly save the child, quickly save the child! The village head bent down, he wanted to hug Yue'er, but Yue'er struggled, crawled, and grabbed the traditional Chinese medicine scattered all over the ground with his two small hands, the village head said: Don't grab it, your father has already... Yue'er ignored him, and continued to hold on, even with mud and medicine... Teacher Yu finally came to his senses. He took Yue'er from the village chief and ran wildly on the country road. We all followed him closely, chasing after him, almost unable to catch up. My head hurts. Once I felt that Mr. Yu’s running speed was like flying. When we grew up, we asked about Mr. Yu. Mr. Yu said, you must remember wrongly. I can’t run fast. When I was in school, whether it was sprinting or running Long-distance running, never passed.I don't know if my memory is wrong, or because we were too young at that time. But one thing is for sure, Mr. Yu ran with Yue'er in his arms. He ran in the wrong direction and went to the village. We didn't even notice Mr. Yu's mistake. The teacher wanted to send Yue'er home, so he didn't say anything, just ran along, but I didn't believe Xuesheng's words. The village head and others finally helped the tractor up, and the tractor caught up. The village head pulled Teacher Yu onto the tractor. Until this time, Teacher Yu didn't realize that he was running in the wrong direction, and Yue'er was in his arms. There was no sound at all, but Teacher Yu kept humming. In the future, we will know that we can use words like "groaning" to describe painful humming, but at that time we were still young, only first-grade students, we didn't know , I just heard Teacher Yu humming, and Teacher Yu also refused to admit this matter in the future. He said, how is it possible, I am not injured, how could I be humming, you must have misremembered.Anyway, in the days to come, Teacher Yu will deny many, many things.