Chapter 22 Chapter Seven (3)

Immediately greeted Xueyan to lie down, washed the baby, wrapped a candle package, and put it on the bed.Seeing that the mother and child were safe, Bichu felt dizzy and fell down on the chair. After resting for a while, she gradually recovered. Before dawn, Wei Feng came back.Surprised and delighted, he bowed three times to Bi Chu, and also bowed to Mrs. Mi and Qinghuan to express his gratitude.He leaned into Xueyan's ear and said something.With tears in her eyes and a smile on her lips, Xueyan grabbed Wei Feng's hand and fell asleep. Since then, there are three people in this small family. Although he is so small, he is the hope, the future, and the strongest.According to Bichu's wishes, Qinghuan was still allowed to serve here. Wei Feng said that the fifth aunt was too hard, and after half a month, Qinghuan was sent back.Another little girl was found to help, but she didn't want to wash dirty things.It was Wei Feng who took on the main work of serving the confinement, and he did it meticulously and methodically.Seol-yeon is holding the baby, sitting on the homemade sofa, calling the shots, which is something she never wants to do, and now she needs it.Because she has given life with all her strength, because she is a mother.

At the full moon, Mei and He came to visit on behalf of their parents.They are amazed that people are so small to begin with.The baby didn't have a name yet, Xueyan said that the name was to be chosen by my uncle and aunt.Mei volunteered and said: "I will take their place, and I will give him a name, Ananda." Wei Feng said: "Ananda is the servant of the Buddha. He is also a great disciple, and he has a companion named Kasyapa." Xueyan Said: "That's a good name, I can't call it Sakyamuni. But his surname is Wei, Wei Nan is not very good." Hezheng carefully studied the little doll, and said: "You can add the word "no." After everyone read it, Mei said: "You can change not to nothing. Wei Wunan, how about it?" Wei Feng looked at Xueyan who was holding the baby, and said, "There are always difficulties." Suddenly he raised his voice, "What about calling Ling Nan?" , is above the difficulties, and it happens to be my mother's last name." Everyone clapped their hands, and Wei Lingnan also took the opportunity to cry loudly, and the sound shook the roof tiles.

"Wei Lingnan, you have to protect us from disaster!" Xueyan patted the baby. "Yes, yes." Wei Feng responded reverently. In the afternoon, Zheng Huifeng and Mrs. Li came with Zhiwei and Zhiquan.Zhiwei had her two braids neatly combed, and Zhiquan's face was also very clean. They also brought a basket of pastries, including flower rolls, hearty cakes, etc. Mrs. Li praised the baby first when she entered the door, and then praised the pastries, and took a piece of cake. Han Gao, waving in front of the baby, said: "It's been a long time since I've been a peddler, this time I made it just for you." Wei Feng greeted the guests, served tea and water, and said a few words in Xueyan's ear from time to time.The two of them looked at the candle package at the same time, as if they were afraid that he would suddenly disappear.Hui Fong felt envious.Thinking about having a caring husband and children is probably the greatest blessing for a woman.Mrs. Li seemed to understand her thoughts, and commented: "A woman's fate is bitter, and she has to suffer so much for having a child, but she still has to ask for this bitterness. Taking bitterness as sweetness is called real bitterness." Wei Feng laughed and said: "This It is the great motherhood. Without this kind of sweetness from bitterness, how can people continue?" Shizhen said: "Great motherhood, this is a man's talk, coax us." Hui Fong said: "Mrs. Li is making sarcastic remarks. You have everything, so to speak." Everyone laughed for a while, and when it came to moving into the city, each family had already found a house, and it was estimated that by autumn, there would be no school people here.But the city is not safe.From western Yunnan, Guangxi, and Guizhou, the Japanese may come in.Hui Fong leaned on the candle package, looked at the cute sleeping face, and said softly, "I'm not afraid of calling, we are as difficult as Wei Ling!"

Jin Shizhen was particularly elated, saying that she saw the room full of colorful clouds, how many such happy little families are there in the world today!Newborns have a bright future!Parents will surely enjoy his blessing.Wei Feng listened and thanked her for her kind words. After a while, Xueyan's health gradually improved, and everyone felt that she was more energetic than before giving birth. They had already decided to move out next week, and a few days later, Mi's family would also move out. Although Wei Lingnan was born prematurely, he is very healthy. He looks the same every day. He is very restless in the candle bag. He will jump up a little bit, and his upper body will be out of the swaddle. He is waving his hands in the air, which makes Xueyan admire her, "Really!" Capable, the baby is really capable." This is a nursery rhyme she made up herself.His cry was so loud that Mrs. Mee said it was like the horn of the hero Siegfried.Every time she breastfeeds, Xueyan feels very sacred.The hot flow of milk entangled her with the baby, even Wei Feng was outside of it.Wei Feng joked, "I'm really jealous of him." Xueyan was breastfeeding against the wall as usual, and smiled back, her short black hair set off her snow-white face, her half-parted lips were bright red, and the brilliance of happiness was overflowing, as if There is a big halo hanging over their mother and son.Wei Feng felt her heart swell, and couldn't help but stepped forward to hug his wife and child and kiss her hair.

The water in the small waterfall at Luoyanpo has the power to wash away. Wei Fen was always happy to rinse things in the swirling water. He also thought about fluid mechanics, he told me when he came back.Xueyan sighed: "I really shouldn't ask you to wash things." Wei Feng said: "I'm happy." While skillfully hanging up all kinds of rags and rags all over the yard.Moved a chair and let Xueyan sit in front of the door, "Now travel around the world." He pointed to a piece of cloth and said, "This is America." He pointed to another piece of cloth and said, "This is Europe." Huang Yin, "This is a monolith from Australia." After a while, he said: "I'll take you to the solar system." Just pointing at random, this is Mars, this is Jupiter, making Xueyan laugh stop.Wei Feng was busy inside and outside the house, touching Xueyan's hand and stroking her hair from time to time to see if she was sitting comfortably.

"Wow——" Siegfried's horn rang, and the Mi family couple came out in response.They didn't dare to speak loudly when the baby was sleeping. At this time, Mrs. Mi ran to pick up the baby and walked around the room a few times before handing it to Xueyan.The baby stopped crying as soon as it was in the mother's arms, and Xueyan smiled and carried him into the room.Mrs. Mi followed and said in Xueyan's ear: "Dear Xueyan, I am here to announce that I am pregnant again." Xueyan happily grabbed her hand and said proudly: "We will exist forever." The eyes of my mother and future mother met, and they were very moved.

There was a burst of laughter at the gate of the courtyard, "Mr. Zhuang." Wei Feng crawled under the tattered clothes to greet him, and saw Zhuang Youchen and his wife coming in. "Xueyan, we brought good things." Dai La said as she walked, Xueyan hurriedly went behind the curtain to arrange her clothes.The baby was full, so Baofei took him out to meet him.Youchen and Daila put away big and small bags of food, including milk powder and cocoa.Wei Feng introduced the baby's name. Xueyan came out and hugged Daila. Daila said that when people see such a young and beautiful mother and such a beautiful baby, they will naturally have the power of love and the power of peace in their hearts, which can overcome all difficulties.She took out a letter from her handbag and put it in Xueyan's hand, saying: "This is a really good thing we brought." Xueyan already felt the weight of the letter.The envelope said it was received by Wei Feng and Ling Xueyan, and it also said that Meng Yue and Zhuang Youchen were upset, for fear that it would not be received.Mr. Zhuang said: "Let Xueyan read the letter, we sit in the yard. We specially deliver the letter, and borrowed a car, the car is parked at the bottom of the slope. The small waterfall is very beautiful." Wei Feng laughed: "It is very convenient to wash things. "Mr. Mi made tea, and we talked.Xueyan opened the letter tremblingly, and at a glance she saw that the letter was written by her father. "Dear Xuexue and Fen, I have resigned from that position, they have used my name badly, drained me, some rookie wants the title, (can you imagine?) someone takes over, finally Let me go."

Xueyan hadn't seen her father's handwriting for a long time, the elegant handwriting was a bit like his absent-minded look.This is good news, but the past cannot be changed.My mother said that life in Beiping was very hard, and there was a lack of food and vegetables, but they were fine.Xueyan felt ashamed for the treatment her parents received, read the letter several times, gradually calmed down, and walked out of the room to hand the letter to Wei Feng.Wei Feng read it once and told everyone that it was good news.Xueyan held the baby and put the letter on the swaddle.Dai La said with a smile: "The three generations are reunited." Several people have question marks in their hearts, when is the real reunion.

The Zhuang family is also planning to move into the city. Because the little black horse cannot be accommodated, it has been postponed. It is fancy a house, not far from the wasteland alley, and it has not yet been negotiated.Because the car couldn't wait much, Wei Feng sent them downhill to the waterfall. The driver was scooping up water to rush the car, saying that the water was really good, but the rocks were too slippery.Xueyan held the baby and stood outside the courtyard gate to see them off. School is about to start, and there is some business in the Weifeng Department, so I will go to the city to live for two days.Xueyan felt that her body was strong enough, she didn't want to wait for Wei Feng for everything.This afternoon, she surrounded the sleeping baby with a quilt, and said in her heart that this is a fortress, the fortress that mother made for you.As soon as he left the room with the bamboo basket containing the dirty cloth, Liu, who was lying in the yard, immediately greeted him, held the basket in his mouth, and kept turning his four feet, as if happily saying: "Hello, You're going to do the laundry again," and walked out of the house.Xueyan stood in front of the courtyard gate, and heard the sound of the small waterfall, like a low groan, like a whisper.She walked down the winding stone steps, her body was a little shaken, she hurriedly supported the tree on the side of the road, stood for a while, Liu raised her head and looked at her with concern, "It's okay!" Xueyan said, patted Liu, the two Slowly walking to the pool of water, the sound of the waterfall became stronger and stronger, "Siegfried's horn." Xueyan thought briskly.There were people washing clothes by the pool, and they all enthusiastically asked how the little doll was doing, saying that Xueyan was well-raised.When a woman stood up, she pressed the stone under her feet. Xueyan thought that a railing should be installed here for everyone's convenience.For a while, the laundry people dispersed, only Xueyan and Liu were left.She washed the cloth in the water and thought of her parents far away, do you know what Xuexue is doing and when will you see Ananda.It was washed soon, and she wanted to rush back to see if Ananda was going to rush out of the fortress.The vortex swirled, and she was a little dizzy. When she stood up, she also pressed the stone under her feet, but her body tilted, and she slipped into the water very softly and without a sound. Xueyan seemed to hear Wei Feng's words "Xuexue, come here!" ", I heard my father's sentence "Xuexue, do you hate me".She doesn't want to leave, she doesn't want to hate, she wants to hug her loved ones tightly, but there is only ungraspable water around her.The vortex pushed her around, and the sound of the waterfall drowned out her cries for help. She sank, sank, as if she had returned to her own little world at home in Peiping, and the two glass doors closed heavily.Liu hurried back and forth by the pool, barking loudly.There was no one nearby, it jumped into the water resolutely, caught up with Xueyan's clothes, tore off a piece of the skirt, but couldn't pull Xueyan, it also sank by itself.

Xueyan was gone, and so was Yoo.The water spray of the waterfall keeps falling, like salt and snow.Someone heard the barking and rushed over to look, only the bamboo basket filled with clean cloth lay quietly on the bluestone. After finishing his business, Wei Feng went to check on the new residence.Dai La's friend returned home and left behind a sofa bed. Wei Feng asked for it and put it in the room.He thought of Beiping, the well-decorated new house was useless, now it would be nice to have an old bed, the bed was soft, Xueyan would be happy.It was almost noon, and for some reason, he became more and more uneasy. He hurriedly ate a bowl of rice noodles at the alley, and then went out of the city.He walked quickly, almost without looking away, and he was about to get home, he said silently.But the closer I got to my home, the more uneasy I felt. Walking through the waterfall, the water was still the same water, and the rocks were still the same rocks, as if nothing had happened.When I went uphill, I met several villagers who sympathetically greeted "Mr. Wei is back", but they all hesitated to speak. "What's the matter, what's the matter?" Wei Feng strode into the courtyard gate and rushed into the house. There were many people standing in the house, including the Mi family couple and a few acquaintances in the village.

The baby is still asleep, in the fort. "Where's Xueyan?! Where's Xueyan?!" Wei Feng let out a howl.Where is Xueyan, is she playing hide-and-seek with me, come out, come out!Mr. Mi sat him down on a chair, and an elder in the village told Wei Feng that someone saw Xueyan taking Liu to wash clothes.He heard the dog barking again, the barking was very urgent, and when he rushed to go, both the man and the dog were gone.It has already been salvaged, and this pond is connected to the Longjiang River, so it cannot be salvaged.Sure enough, there were two long poles erected in the corner of the room, Wei Feng rushed over to grab them and left.Everyone hurriedly stopped.Mr. Mi said, let him go and have a look, how could he not look.So someone took a long pole, and someone pulled Wei Feng to the pool again, "Xuexue—— Xuexue—!" Wei Feng shouted, his voice was smashed against the stone wall, and disappeared, where was Xueyan's figure? . When the news reached the Meng family, everyone was shocked.Bichu burst into tears, Fuzhi burst into tears, and Zhezi carved a stamp that said "Ling Xueyan is not dead".He was weeping all the time, so that no one could see him.Mei cried so much that she couldn't lift her head. She wrote a sacrificial article, comparing Xueyan to the Luoshen who walked gently on the waves, and said: "The beauty of Luoshen lies in its shape, and the beauty of Ling sister lies in its rhyme." , the waves carry it, and the Bo of the River captures it.” At this point, I couldn’t write any more, and the paper was wet a lot.She gave her tears and the unfinished sacrificial document to Sister Ling. Three days later, someone found Xueyan at the big rock in the Longjiang River, lying in her wide white embrace like a flower.People lifted her up and put her on a temporary bamboo frame.Wei Feng stood by the bamboo bed, so for three days and nights, everyone helped to buy a coffin in Tongtou Village, and the wood is now very particular, so they circled a small piece of land on the slope of Longjiang.The old stonemason in the village carved a stele. On the day of the burial, the sky was clear and the sun shone unobstructed, roasting the earth and the river, as if it wanted to dry up the river to punish its tyranny.There was a white light on the river, shining, rushing, and whimpering.A lot of people came to the school.Fuzhi Fuzhi came with his whole family, Wang Dingyi, Xia Zhengsi and the people in the department, Zhuang Youchen's family and Wei Jin's acquaintances, Tan Taixuan, Wei, Li Lian, Qian Mingjing, You Jiaren, etc. all arrived. There are many students.Xueyan slept in the coffin, tightly wrapped in a plain cotton quilt.People can't see her, but they feel that her voice and smile are still alive.Mei stood in front of the coffin with Ananda in his arms, Ananda cried loudly, and Mei cried softly.Suddenly someone pointed to a big rock and said, what is that?Mei handed Ananda to Qinghuan and ran a few steps down the city. People pulled Liu up and put it there.Liu died, still clinging to the skirt of his shirt. Wei Feng refrained from crying at the funeral, he knew that this was what Xuexue wanted.Tears welled up in my eyes when I put Mei's sacrificial oration and seal in the coffin.He wanted to throw himself on Xuexue and cry loudly, but he still held back.He nailed the coffin together with a villager, and every nail seemed to be nailed to his own heart.He and a few others lifted the coffin and put it in the cave. Xia Zhengsi, Qian Mingjing, Li Lian, etc. all helped. Everyone remembered You Jiaren and his wife's slander against Xueyan, and they unconsciously looked sideways at them. Wei Fen threw the first shovel of soil into the hole, Xuanzi came over and put a little soil in Ananda's hand, but his little hand couldn't hold the object, so it fell into the hole naturally.A new tomb was soon erected.The blue stone tablet in front of the grave is engraved with "Tomb of Beloved Wife Ling Xueyan".One line of small characters: Wei Feng led Zi Ling Nanli in August of the 32nd year of the Republic of China.From then on, Xueyan stayed away from the hustle and bustle, only facing the surging river, and lost her time in the world. She is not alone, she is accompanied by Liu.People buried the willow with the skirt it was biting tightly beside Xueyan's grave.After everyone saluted Xueyan, they bowed respectfully to Liu. Ananda was crying throughout the funeral, and going back to his bed, he was still crying.It wasn't just a sporty cry, it was full of grief, confusion and fear. Wei Lingnan Song Wei Lingnan's song is a song that continues the existence of life and is a song of immortality. I cry out loud.Because I don't have a mother.The soft breasts I used to rely on, the warm milk I sucked on, were gone.The real face, hair, and the sound of "baby" that I could touch with my hand were gone.People carry me around, in many colors and many sounds Walking through it, I can't get out even if I want to.I just cry. The things brought to my mouth in the past few days were very strange. I struggled hard at first, trying to escape and hide. I wanted what belonged to me.Later, I was so tired and so hungry.I sucked other people's milk, and someone shouted: "Okay, this baby can live." People hugged me from one mother's breast to another mother's breast.They pat me tenderly, rock me, and nurse me.How can I die?I will not die! They discussed that the old stonemason's grandpa's ewe gave birth to a lamb, and Mr. Wei could take it.One day, people brought something, is it willow?no.Its head was very different from that of a willow, and my father said it was a sheep.It has milk, it will feed you, you have to thank it.The sound of sheep bleating is very strange.Qinghuan is standing next to the sheep, I know her.She stroked the sheep, then touched me, and said, "I will take care of you two." We are leaving. Mr. Mi and Mrs. Mi, as well as many villagers, will send us to the car.Mrs. Mi took my hand, touched her belly, and said something, and Mr. Mi said loudly: "Our child and Ananda are brothers." Let's get out of this place.I was born here, my mother died here, I sucked all the milk of young mothers here, and took a sheep with me. Everyone disappeared, and my father carried me into the new home and put me on the bed.He looked at me, I looked at him, he suddenly sobbed: "Wei Lingnan, this is the home I prepared for my mother and you, but she no longer exists. There are only two of us, only two of us." Then he fell on me and cried bitterly, and I cried too.So I was wet from the inside out.My father smelled the smell, sobbed while tidying and replacing for me. I am Wei Lingnan, I have no mother. My father used to talk to me, and he said that war is a monster that eats many people and eats it in many ways, guns on the battlefield, bombing in the rear, disease, plague, and disasters that were completely unexpected.Even the shadow of the devil's wings can torture people to death.There are often guests at home, and they take turns hugging me and discussing many things.I know where the Japs attacked, where they bombed, and where the Japs made demons.They don't allow people to live because they are devils. I am Wei Lingnan, I was born in the war years, in the gap between life and death, I live. After a while, I recognized two women among the people I met. One was called He Man, and the other was called Xuan Gu by my father.They all come here often and take great care of me. One night, He Man talked with his father for a long time, and it seemed that He Man wanted his father to go somewhere.Father said: "How can I leave Ananda alone?" He Man said, you can entrust others.For example, give it to me, we are comrades.My father did not speak, but came to see me, and said in amazement: "He opened his eyes, as if he was listening." He Man said: "You can really imagine, what does he know!" And Aunt Xuan thought I knew everything, so she said to me: "You see Aunt Xuan is very beautiful, right? She was even more beautiful in the past!" They often disagreed.Qinghuan complained to her father, "Ms. He said the milk should be cooler, and Miss Tantai said the milk should be warmer. What do you think?" Dad replied, neither cold nor hot. I was sucking the lukewarm goat milk, and finally I could make a sound "Mom", "Mom!" I yelled loudly. "Shout it, shout it!" It was Dad who answered. Dad is going to a meeting somewhere.He asked me if I like He Man or Hyun Gu, I cried loudly, crying is my song.I want my mom, my own mom.Dad hurriedly hugged and patted me, and said, "Me too! She will never leave us. We are three people—" Dad pointed to his heart and cried along with me. Later he said: "It's better for Qinghuan to lead you and the sheep, and the fifth aunt's family." Dad came back soon, saw that I was fine, and said: "I'm just trying to see if I can leave you, but life can't be an experiment. , can’t do it all over again.” Life is like a gust of wind, even if it blows the mountains and the ground shakes, it will never come back after passing.If life could be repeated, everyone would be a saint.These are Dad's words. Dad was not at home, I finished sucking lukewarm milk, I could only lie down and look at the roof, it seemed to be dark, I wanted something, but I didn't know what I wanted.At this time, there was a very loud sound, which was harsh and strange.Qinghuan rushed into the house and picked me up, saying: "Alarm! Alarm!" Someone in the yard said: "There has been no alarm for so long, why is it coming again?" Qinghuan hugged me, not knowing what to do, and walked to the gate of the courtyard He came back again and kept saying, "Ananda, what's wrong!" It was really dark, and people coming and going couldn't see clearly. Someone called Qinghuan, "We are going out of the city, you can go, you have to take it yourself. Idea." Some people also said that they won't come so late.Qinghuan just said: "Ananda, what's the matter." After a while, Aunt Xuan came, took another quilt, wrapped me up, and put me in the stroller, Qinghuan didn't say what to do , Just push the cart and walk quickly with Gu Xuan, sometimes one person pushes, sometimes two people carry it.Qinghuan praised: "Miss Xuan, your family is so capable." People dispersed in the darkness.I saw a very large roof with some light embedded in it, blinking, and we sat by a small river, and I fell asleep. I don't know how long it took before I heard Aunt Xuan say, "Let's go home." So I pushed and lifted and walked for a while.Suddenly someone said: "You are here, I will look everywhere." It was He Man's voice.They were talking and walking very slowly, and I could slowly look at the very, very big roof. Dad said that Ananda ran the first alarm, and hopefully it will be the last. There is often a smell on He Man's body, which my father said is the smell of ink; there is also a smell on Aunt Hsun's body, which my father says is the smell of incense.I don't like the smell of ink, but my father said: "It represents an ideal. I yearn for that ideal, but I also like Yixiang more." Dad also said: "War shortens the time, forces people to forget, and forces people to choose. Ananda, do you know the crossroads? I am standing at the crossroads now." I am Wei Lingnan, my father told me that there will be many crossroads in life, what should I do? I just cry.Crying is my song.