Chapter 98 97

If a child's eyes can reflect the horrors of war, then Niuzi's eyes can. Because she was hungry, she had no strength to run and jump.Her neck is extremely thin, so it looks very long.Although there is not much flesh on her face, this thin and long neck can't support her small head.Her clothes were old and too short, but they looked loose because she was so thin that only a handful of bones remained.It looked like she was half dead. When she said that she would not eat Gonghe noodles, her eyes seemed to be telling her family members that her little life also had its own dignity: she did not want to eat something that even pigs and dogs would not eat.Now that she has made up her mind, she will never waver.No one can force her, and no one will have the heart to scold her for this.The anger in her eyes seemed to express everyone's hatred for the war of aggression.

After losing her temper, she half-opened and half-closed her small eyes, secretly glanced at the family members, as if apologizing and begging everyone to forgive her, she would not say: "It's so difficult now, I shouldn't lose my temper." Her eyes It does mean that.Then, she slowly closed her eyes and buried all the pain in her little heart. Although she closed her eyes, she knew that adults often came to see her and sighed quietly.She knew that adults pitied her and loved her, so she tried her best not to cry.She has to suffer.The war taught her how to suffer. She would close her eyes and take a nap, and when she opened them again, she would force a smile.She blinked her small eyes, and lied to herself—Niu Niu is good, she knows how to smile when she opens her eyes.She made everyone love her.

If it happened that the grown-ups got her something to eat, she would keep her eyes wide open, thinking that with this food, she would be able to live.Her eyes lit up as if she was about to sing—to praise life. After eating, her eyes were as bright as the sun after a long rain, as if to say: "I don't ask too much, even if I eat such a small amount, I can live happily." At this time, she I can remember the stories my grandma told her.However, the smile in her eyes soon disappeared.She didn't eat enough and wanted to eat more.That piece of melon, or that biscuit, is really too small.Why can you only eat a little bit?Why?But she didn't ask.She knew that her elder brother Xiao Shun'er couldn't even eat this small piece of melon.

Ruixuan didn't dare to look at his little daughter.The British and American navies are fast attacking the Japanese mainland, and he knows that the Eastern God of War will soon surrender unconditionally like Germany and Italy.Time to cheer up.However, if you can't even save your little girl, even if you have defeated Japan, how can you be happy?People can't be resurrected after death, what crime did Xiao Niuzi commit, and why did she end up like this? Old man Qi, he doesn't have the energy to take care of anything now, but he still struggles to care for Niu Niu.The oldest and the youngest are always heart to heart.Whenever Yunmei made him some food that was better than Gonghe noodles, the old man would say without even looking at it: "Give it to Niuzi, I've lived enough, Niuzi—" Then he let out a long sigh.He understood that even if Niuzi ate this food, she might not grow stronger.He thought of his dead son, and his two missing grandchildren.What if something goes wrong with the youngest of the four generations!When he couldn't sleep at night, he always prayed: "God, take me back, take me back, but you must leave Niuzi to the Qi family!"

Yunmei's mother's eyes had already seen the danger, but she could only sigh in a low voice, not daring to disturb the old man.She will deliberately pretend to be indifferent and say: "It's okay, it's okay, girl, life is hard!" That's what she said, but she felt sadder than anyone else.Niuzi is her daughter.In her long-term plan, Niuzi is the center of all her hopes.She could close her eyes and see Niuzi grow up, become a beautiful girl, go out and have children-and of course she herself is a grandma with status and status. Xiao Shun'er is of course an important person.From the perspective of family succession, he inherited the Qi family's cigarettes.But he is a boy, Yunmei can't put herself in his shoes and make careful calculations for him.Niuzi is a girl, and Yunmei can make good arrangements for Niuzi's future based on her own experience.Mother and daughter have to depend on each other for life.

Niuzi would die, she didn't even dare to think about it.To be honest, if Niuzi died, Yunmei would also be half dead.Let's say something very unfilial—even if Old Man Qi and Mrs. Tianyou are dead, Niuzi must live on.Old people are like autumn leaves—they have to fall when the time comes, but niuzi is still a flower in bud.Yunmei really wanted to hold her in her arms, as if she was only two or three months old.When she was stroking Niuzi's little hands and feet, she really wished that Niuzi would become a baby again. Niuzi always follows grandma.The old and the young have always been inseparable.If she doesn't take care of her and coax Niuzi, grandma will be useless in her life.Yunmei can't let Niuzi leave her grandma.Sometimes, she was really jealous and wanted to take Niuzi away from Mrs. Tianyou immediately, but she didn't do that.She knew that her mother-in-law had no daughters, and Niuzi was both a granddaughter and a daughter.Yunmei comforted her mother-in-law: "Niuzi is nothing serious, she is not seriously ill." It seemed that Niuzi was just her granddaughter, not the flesh that fell from her body.

When this little life was hovering between life and death, Ruixuan got a lot of good news from the third child, and used it as material for writing articles, and he couldn't use it up.The US Third Fleet is already attacking the Gulf of Tokyo, the Soviet Union, the United States and Britain have concluded the Potsdam Agreement, and the first atomic bomb has also been dropped on Hiroshima. It's hot.Ruixuan was sweating profusely all day long, busy selecting, editing, sending and receiving manuscripts.Although he looks calm, his eyes are shining and his heart is beating faster.He forgot that his body was weak, he only felt that his energy was boundless, and he refused to rest for a moment.He wanted to sing and celebrate the end of humanity's greatest tragedy.

He not only reported the news of the victory, but also wrote a vision for the future.After this bloody lesson, I hope no one will use force again.But he didn't write it down.The underground newspapers are too small to write so many things. So he poured out his hope to the students in the classroom.Human beings have become slaves to weapons and are useless.Fortunately, human beings will calm down, end the war, and conclude a peace agreement.If all would lay down their armaments, and cease to be slaves to arms, there would be hope for peace. But when he saw Niuzi, his heart went cold.Niuzi does not allow him to have hope for tomorrow.He kept praying in his heart: "Victory is just around the corner, Niuzi, you can't die! Persist for another six months, a month, maybe ten days—little Niuzi, you will see peace."

Praying is in vain, victory cannot save Xiao Niuzi.Victory is the end of war, but it cannot bring the dead back to life, nor can it keep the dying from dying.When Niuzi really had nothing to eat and could only swallow a mouthful of Gonghe noodles, she would wash it down with water or soup.The sand and chaff in the Gonghe noodles got stuck in the appendix, causing acute appendicitis. Her stomach was throbbing, as if the pain of eight long years of war had been concentrated at this point. The pain made her curl up in a ball, covered in cold sweat, and her old trousers and jacket were soaked.She screamed, her lips were purple, her eyes rolled up.

The whole family gathered around, and no one knew what to do.In the years of war, no one could think of a good way. As soon as Old Man Qi saw that Niuzi was standing still, he yelled loudly: "Niuzi, be good, wake up, Niuzi, wake up!" Niuzi's two thin legs, as thin as sorghum stalks, stretched out straight.Both Mrs. Tianyou and Yunmei rushed to grab her, and Yunmei let her grandma take the lead.Mrs. Tianyou held her granddaughter in her arms and kept calling, "Niuzi, Niuzi!" Little Niuzi was exhausted and could only breathe. "I'll go get a doctor," Rui Xuan jumped up and ran out the door as if he had just woken up from a dream.

There was another colic, and Xiao Niuzi twitched in grandma's arms, using up her last bit of strength.Mrs. Tianyou couldn't hold her, so she put her back on the bed. Niuzi's frail little body couldn't resist the torment of the disease, and she twitched a few times, then she rolled her eyes up and stopped moving. Mrs. Tianyou tried to put her hand on Niuzi's lips, but she lost her breath.Niuzi no longer opened her eyes to look at grandma, and she no longer called "Mom" in her sweet voice. Mrs. Tianyou broke out in a cold sweat, and her outstretched hand stopped in mid-air.She couldn't move or cry.She stood in front of the crib in a daze, her mind was numb, her heart felt as if a knife had been stabbed, she didn't even know how to cry. Seeing that Niuzi had stopped moving, Yunmei threw herself on her little daughter, hugging her numb body that was soaked in sweat and tears tightly.She couldn't cry, she just pressed her cheek against Niuzi's chest, and yelled frantically: "Niuzi, my flesh, my Niuzi," Xiao Shun'er cried loudly. Old man Qi trembled all over, groped and sat down in a chair, and lowered his head.There are only Yunmei's shouts and Xiao Shun'er's crying in the room. The old man sat with his head bowed for a long, long time, then suddenly stood up, he walked slowly but resolutely to the small bed, and lifted Yunmei's shoulders, trying to pull her away. Yunmei grabbed Niuzi even tighter.Niuzi is the flesh that fell from her body, and she can't wait to be one with her little daughter again. Old man Qi was a little anxious, and said in a pleading tone: "Go as you go." Yunmei cried out frantically after hearing what her grandfather said, "What are you going to do?" Sitting on the ground, the old man picked up little Niuzi and called, "Niuzi," as he walked slowly out the door. "Niuzi, come with your great-grandfather." Niuzi refused, her calf swaying slightly following the old man's steps. The old man staggered to the courtyard with Niuzi in his arms, his brow covered with sweat.His little gown was only buttoned two times, exposing his stiff and shriveled chest.He stood still under the steps, panting heavily, as if afraid that he would forget what he was going to do.He hugged Niuzi even tighter, and kept calling in a low voice: "Niuzi, Niuzi, come with me, come with me!" The old man called in a low voice, and Mrs. Tianyou came out after him.Staggeringly, she looked forward, walking behind the old man like a zombie, as if the old man was not calling Niuzi, but her. Yunmei's call sign and Xiao Shun'er's cry disturbed many neighbors. Ding Yuehan is the head of the village and stands at the head.Judging from his air, when it came time to speak, he was of course the first to open his mouth. The fourth mother's eyes are going blind, but her warm heart to help others and her sincere and friendly attitude are still the same as before.She was leaning on a cane, and was busy trying to help, as if since "the old man" died, she had to bear the responsibility of helping her neighbors alone. Cheng Changshun hugged Xiao Kai and stood behind the four mothers.He looks like a middle-aged man now.Although Xiao Kaizi is not very fat, she looks quite upright. The old widow Ma didn't come in.She was worried why the members of the Qi family burst into tears all of a sudden.However, she still stood outside the gate, patiently waiting for Chang Shun to come out and tell her everything. The cross talker Fang Liu and many others stood quietly in the yard. Old man Qi walked very slowly with firm steps.He was afraid of falling, so he turned his legs to the left and then to the right, so he couldn't go fast. Ruixuan led the doctor and rushed into the courtyard.He walked around the screen wall and saw his neighbors huddled in the yard. He quickly pushed everyone away with his hands and walked up to Grandpa.The doctor also came over and picked up Niuzi's stiff wrist. Old Man Qi stopped suddenly, raised his head, and saw the doctor. "What are you doing?" he yelled angrily. The doctor didn't notice the angry look of the old man, and only whispered to Ruixuan, "The child is dead." Ruixuan didn't seem to hear what the doctor said, and with tears in his eyes, he walked over and grabbed Grandpa's arm.The doctor turned and went back. "Grandpa, where are you taking Niuzi? She's already—" The word "dead" was stuck in Ruixuan's throat, and he couldn't say it. "Get away!" The old man's legs didn't work, but he kept going. "I want to show those Japanese devils on the 3rd. They stole our food. Their children are well fed, but my granddaughter is starving to death. I want to show them, stand aside! "