Chapter 3 third chapter

Time has passed six years in a flash, Zhenguan is now nineteen years old, has graduated from middle school, and is now returning to his hometown to prepare for the exam. Chiayi, turned her from a little girl into a young girl, no matter what, she spent six years in this city, but for some reason, every time Zhenguan thinks about it, she feels it is erratic and light as smoke. Every time I go back to my hometown, I don't want to leave again, and every time I leave, I cry. According to her grandmother's description, it's like going back to my stepmother. How can such a person who loves his hometown go out?

Because Zhenguan knew herself, she didn't take the college entrance examination seriously. Thinking about Chiayi, she was far enough away, so how could she mention Taipei, which was so far away from her. Until one month before the exam, Zhenguan was still not in a hurry, and she didn't know what to read. When her four concubines asked, "Do you want to ask Daxin to be a temporary teacher?" She shook her head repeatedly and said no, and Sijin thought she was embarrassed, but said something to comfort her; Zhenguan could only make it clear: "No, Sijin, it's because I don't want to study anymore... After the exam, you will I know, if the big letter comes, I will be the same anyway, but he will intervene and add a layer, thinking that he has not taught it well, and will not dare to come to us in the future, isn't that a grievance?" Reasonable, if Daxin is invited to teach, I will stop talking about it.

Even though they are both Xiao Niu, since Daxin was born in the autumn, he has always been a year earlier; he is now a student of the highest institution in the country! ...Flower City Upstart... I heard from her four sisters that they don't have to take the exam, they are directly recommended by Jianzhong, and their first choice is the Department of Chemistry. , Said that the girls in the class like to do experiments with him, said... To be honest, some things about Daxin can only be done, but not exhausted; Zhenguan is piecemeal anyway, from what she heard from her four concubines. Her fourth concubine later gave birth to a younger brother, who was even fatter than Yinxiang; when Zhenguan returned home, she felt that the baby was growing fast, and she only saw each other every three or two months. Make the tube bigger.

Sometimes when her sister-in-law finished talking about Daxin, she would wave the hands of her son in her arms and say, "When we grow up, Ah Yinxi, we should be able to read like Brother Daxin! O—— O—— —” As soon as Yin Xi was teased, he giggled, then swayed his body, back and forth, left and right, trying to find a place to hide his face. Every time Zhenguan sees this, and thinks back to the scene of Ah Jin crying in the past, he understands in his heart: the wounds of people and things can be healed and recovered!Otherwise, after eight or ninety years, how should life be lived? The fifth uncle, Yinshan, and Yincheng have all married one after another; Yinchuan and Yin'an are either studying in university or serving in the army, and they don't see each other as often as before.

Some of the sisters belong to fishing associations, some water plants, and peasant associations, each of them has to get up early for work; except for dinner and a little talk before going to bed, the thick, sticky family affection and affection in the past are hard to come by again. All these years away, she has no fixed diet, and no one knows about her illness. Thinking of all the things at home, the more I miss her; I still remember the day when I came back, it was raining lightly, and her three sisters held an umbrella and waited for her at the station with her mother; Her mother was wearing a mung bean-colored boat-neck dress. Before Zhenguan could see Yi's face clearly, she saw her mother's familiar figure. At that time, her first thought was: I will never leave Budai Town again.

After returning, because my grandfather's house arrived first, I stayed in the third concubine's room and talked until dusk; for a while, people walked in and out of the room, and Zhenguan's eyes were red and never faded. Not long after, the sisters came back from get off work one by one. Yinyue and Yingui each took her hand, and when they were still speechless, Yinchan was a step behind and spoke first: "You...but you are back. .—" She let Yinyue and them go, went forward to grab Yinchan's hand, just as she was about to open her mouth, the vocal cords turned out to be broken.

Only then did she realize that Yin Chan had said something wrong. In fact, when did she ever leave this house? At this moment, when she returns home and sees her relatives again, she does not feel that they have been separated from each other—she has not left home!She could feel: yesterday, all of them were still together, broke up at the alley, said goodbye, and today, they met again! In the past six years, there has been no trace without a trace. The Ah Zhenguan who went to Chiayi to study is just a female student in the town! The real her is still in this home, in this land, her heart and soul have been lingering here without following her.

How happy is a person who never leaves his hometown all his life!Zhenguan also understood another thing: when she was young, she saw those residents and farmers near the school. When they died, they often asked their children and grandchildren to dig out a corner of their own fields and bury them... Year after year, it turned out that they refused to leave their land even if they died. ... A book of Western history has been spread out in front of me for a long time, but Zhenguan is still fascinated by it. Thinking of those farmers buried in his fields, his heart for going to college is even more weakened.

These days, she was reading in the backyard "Hands Out", and no one in the house was coughing; even Yin Jubilee was crying yesterday, Si Jin said to him: "Sister is reading a book, if you want to cry, go outside and cry!" This "hand out boy" was cooler than Sanjin's room, and it was always a good place for her grandfather to sleep in the summer. Now for her, the old man even gave up his bed. With such serious expectations, Zhenguan thought about it in detail, it is really not good to take the test, and it is not good not to take the test. This stretch boy... why is it called such an interesting name?It turns out that its eaves are lower than those of ordinary large houses, and if there are tall men, they are often within reach, so it is called that.

When Zhen Guan was a child, he was probably three years old!She was once held up to the eaves by her third uncle with only one hand; she sat down for fun, but she couldn't get down. When the third uncle glanced away, she actually climbed to the middle of the horse's back and refused to listen to or coax her. The third uncle, with a six-foot body and a handsome red face, was so anxious that he rushed up with bile. Later, it was the third concubine who asked someone to bring a wooden ladder, and the fifth uncle went up and took her down. There are quite a few such thrilling growth experiences in Zhenguan. I heard that when she was five years old, her fifth uncle was also a half-adult at the age of seventeen or eight. Once, he thought he was smart enough to feed her, because fish had bones and meat There was a bone, and there happened to be a bowl of fish ball soup in front of her, so she just fished the fish balls and fed her.

She has deciduous teeth and a yellow mouth, and she knows how to chew slowly, anyway, she opens her mouth when she comes to eat... Then the spoon was raised to her mouth, and she couldn't open her mouth again, so she let out a loud cry and burst into tears. It turned out that she didn't bite the fish balls, and kept them in her mouth with rice. When her mouth was full, she could only cry. For a while, all the fish balls were bouncing on the ground, and the fifth uncle picked them up one by one, counted them, and asked her to open her mouth to examine, saying to her, "I can't see, Ah Zhenguan's mouth is so big." Little, why do you have six or seven fish balls in one bite? ... Just when her grandma walked by, she scolded him and said, "Are you going to kill Yi?"Ah Zhenguan choked to death, and you are not married, how can you give birth to a daughter to compensate your brother-in-law? Zhenguan has been close to her mother and uncle since she was a child. When she saw her father, she was like a little ghost seeing the king of Hades. Her father worked in the salt field. When she was in elementary school, she had to pass through the salt field every day when she went to school. The air-raid shelter, the trench is covered with purple and red flowers.Every time Yinchan passed by, he would pull her in and steal it, because her grandma loved this flower. Once, the two of them were plucking flowers, and when they turned around, they saw her father and the deputy field manager coming out—the lord actually didn’t say anything about her, but from then on, no matter what Yin Chan said, she refused to step into the salt field again. feet, especially her father. Thinking about it now, she was ashamed at the time, feeling that she had lost her father's face in front of others. Later, when her father came to visit her grandmother, Zhen Guan avoided seeing him, and she petitioned for the third uncle to grind ink for an afternoon, and even went to see the fish fishing, or fishing. Looking at the fish farm is actually chasing Lu Luan; in May, Grain Grass, in June, Huo Shaopu, that kind of weather, it is said that dogs are not allowed to go out, but Bai Luluan chooses this time to come out to rob, and come to eat you at dusk and before sunset. It was a solid meal; when it was circling in the air and suddenly fell down in a straight line, it had already selected the fish fat in the fish farm. Therefore, the watchman has to take a quick step, pick up the bamboo clapper to beat, and make a sound in his mouth - yo - yo yo - yo, it will startle and turn its head, then soar into the air, and then hate leave. Another way to scare Luan is to set off firecrackers, but the gunpowder falls into the pond, which is not good for the fish. Therefore, most people still use bamboo clappers; The more top-grade it is, saw it down about three feet long, then cut it horizontally about one-third, and hollow out all the bamboo joints inside. ring…… This kind of ordinary, plain voice, to Lu Luan's ears, is like ringing the bell of soul, the bell of panic. Luluan is actually a very aggressive bird. Seeing how they dare to enter the house to eat fish is enough to prove it, but they are so terrified of bamboo clappers for no reason.Maybe, it's just like what her grandfather said: The villain has no guts! When it comes to fishing, Zhenguan must think of earthworms at the same time. Because she is most afraid of this soft thing, so far she is not very good at fishing, because the bait is torn into pieces by earthworms; I found the fish pond while fishing for small shrimps, but my feet were not stable and fell into the bottom of the pond; the adults said: When the fourth uncle came back with a swarthy girl covered in black mud, no one in the family would recognize Ah Zhenguan, But when boiling water to wash her body, a lice jumped out of two or three pockets of her clothes... Compared with these, the matter of grinding ink can only be regarded as trivial and unremarkable, but because it is done for the third uncle's people, grinding ink and inkstone has become a major event. In the world, there are people who can lift shoulders, lift hands, and have strong skills, and there are many people who can recite poems and inscriptions in the world, but Zhenguan has never seen an all-rounder who can lift a thousand catties with his hands, carry heavy burdens on his shoulders, and at the same time recite poems and do the right thing. But her third uncle is like this who has both. Since childhood, Zhenguan only knew that the third uncle was Taishan of the orangutan, one person equals ten people, fishing at home, temple fairs in the town, everything that others can't do, you have to look for him; pick. It wasn't until after entering school that she knew a few big characters. One day, she walked past the entrance of the palace and found that on the stone pillars of the corridor of Jiaying Temple, there were three uncles' names! Looking at it closely, what a majestic and impressive pair of door couplets is actually written by the third uncle himself: The main gate of Jiaying Temple is facing Budai Harbor, Mianmiangang Bend, connected to Huwei River on the upper side, and Luermen Gate on the lower side. The southwest coast has always been collectively called Kunshen... At the age of ten, she stood in front of the colorful portrait of the door god, her eyes were shining with gold, but she couldn't finish watching it, couldn't finish it... Turning her head and looking back, the sea water not far away seems to be swaying, as if at the bottom of her own feet. In an instant, the words of the third uncle, one by one, appeared in her mind, from identifying, distinguishing, and then becoming understanding and understanding. Just when she turned her head to look at the sea, Zhenguan felt that she was not only born and raised by her parents, but also belonged to this sea!She is a heroine of Huweixi, a son and daughter of the sea, like a master sister in the world of martial arts, with a bright and beautiful sword behind her, carrying it on her back, and walking around the rivers and lakes wearing stars and moons. Since she was ten years old, Zhenguan has watched his martial arts for three years. After going home, although she no longer has the same mood as before, she is still moved and unforgettable by the taboos of martial arts that she knew back then. Warriors, refrain from fighting, but loyal ministers, filial sons, chaste women, and martyrs, even if they risk their lives, they should support them with all their strength. Just twenty-seven words, Zhenguan read it again at this moment, still think it is good, and only better! Perhaps it was such a majestic sentence that made her so obsessed and fascinated day and night! Speaking of these, it is inevitable to go back to Daxin: That year, when he was promoted to the second year of junior high school, he followed his mother to visit Auntie. In order to keep the little guests, everyone moved out of Yincheng and their martial arts and comics; "Enmity against the Dabie Mountains", forgot to eat three times, and did not know to turn off the lights twice—— On the head of the bed in front of her eyes, the domed ribbed white cloud gauze mosquito net hanging obliquely is a living proof—— At that time, Daxin read the book all night, and for some reason, he burned two holes in it: the first hole was patched by her sister-in-law with gauze tent cloth of the same color, and it was stitched so well that it was almost invisible. There was a flaw, but the second hole was made by Yin'an and her; when Daxin wanted to report it, Yin'an thought it was a trivial matter and there was no need to talk about it seriously, so he quietly found a needle and thread, and sewed it up for Daxin by himself. She walked by the door of the hand boy, and was called in by Yin'an: "Ah Zhenguan, do your best to help us make up for this!" Zhen Guan took a look, and found a piece of blue gauze tent cloth that Yin'an had found somewhere. Although the texture was the same, it was of different colors. "You can't see it if you don't mend it! Only after it's mended can people see clearly that there is a hole in the mosquito net!" It was only after she finished speaking that she began to regret it, because at first glance, Yin'an's craftsmanship was really funny, but if she wanted to come back, she believed that she was a customer, so she should avoid embarrassing others... Because of the guilt, she darns with extra care; when she finished it, she walked away without even daring to look at her—— However, that night, she tossed and turned, but it was difficult to fall asleep. She opened her eyes to look at the window a few times, but the sky was still dark. After a little sleepiness, she got up to watch the clock again. At dawn, seeing Daxin, you can apologize to him for being rude... Zhenguan wanted to come back at this time, and only then did he understand why grandpa and grandfather, people of that generation, said: If you are wronged, you can eat and sleep; if you are wronged, you can't eat or sleep. ... It turns out that it is because after the incident, there is still conscience to come to reason. However, when she saw Daxin again the next day, he was still unconscious, and it was difficult for her to speak. She didn't know it at the time, but now, she is nineteen years old, and she thinks that her opinion should be right: Why do Daxin people look kind?He was a sincere person... Random thoughts, Zhenguan fell asleep on his stomach because of this, in fact, he didn't really sleep, he just closed his eyes. When she opened her eyes again, she jumped forward and screamed at the same time. It turned out that the lamp fell towards the mosquito net at some time, and it was burning a cloud of fumes... Zhenguan hopped to grab the mosquito net, and when his hands were burned, he thought: he should pull the plug first...