Chapter 4 Grasshopper cage that doesn't bark

At the age of sixteen, he finally had a pair of shoes. That shoe was given to him by a girl named Liu Hanxiang.As soon as she gave it away, she gave away a great regret in her life. Liu Hanxiang is the daughter of Guodou, the village secretary.Although Guodou has some pockmarks on her face, the woman from Guodou has no pockmarks on her face. Not only does she have no pockmarks on her face, she is also a beautiful woman who is famous for tens of miles around.This woman has a nickname called "Da Baitao", another name is "Ten Lixiang".Others said, damn it, no matter how good the water in the Yinghe River is, it will only moisten Guodoujia.Hold!Moisten this furrow and change that furrow, moisten one crop after another, and the water will be purified.It's so unfair!

This Liu Hanxiang is the delicate daughter of "Da Baitao". At the beginning, Liu Hanxiang was just a little girl, so she didn't see much.But as long as it grows, it will be brilliant all of a sudden.It's so brilliant!So some people said that this Liu Hanxiang is the "national bean" of the national bean family! At that time, he didn't know that someone was quietly paying attention to him, he really didn't know.People are so poor that they dare not look around.Even when he was in the middle school in the town, he never looked around.Whatever you look at, it is useless to look at it. The eyes of the poor are very economical.

Long before he went to middle school, the eggs of the "old uncle" family already had their own names.The name was given by an old private school gentleman who used work as relief when the people from the county came to check the household registration. Feng Jiachang is the second child; Feng Jiaxing is the second child; Feng Jiayun is the third child; Feng Jiahe is the fourth child; Feng Jiafu is the fifth child.Then, the old gentleman wrote a piece of paper for each of them with a small script brush, with their respective names on it. The old gentleman said: "Remember, this is an 'official title'!"

But these "official titles" are not called by anyone in the village. People are not used to these "sunless days" things, which seem too elegant.In the village, what should be "eggs" or "eggs".Only later, when they left the village one by one, did these "official titles" become their names. That sorghum field was an opportunity for his destiny. It was an afternoon after the summer vacation, and he carried his bedroll to the middle school in the town to report for duty as usual.Autumn is here, the green gauze curtains have grown up, and the boundless ripe greens crawl out of the fields one by one, covering the road very thinly. Walking on the road, people seem to be submerged in the flourishing green slopes, Everywhere is the fishy heat of autumn ripeness, and the sweetness of gestation everywhere, the wind blows through the gaps in the crops, and the soil under your feet seems to be ripe to the point of being old, and there is nothing left. Crushed, like a collapsed melon.Under the cover of the green gauze tent, when passing the corn field, he even secretly broke off a few ears of tender corn. At that time, there was always not enough food, and if he could eat a few ears of corn, he would save dinner.When he stooped through the corn field with a few ears of corn that had been stolen, and came to the edge of a sorghum field, his eyes lit up, and he stopped suddenly——

There is a pair of shoes in front of me! It was a pair of "liberation shoes".Only soldiers in the army are qualified to wear this kind of shoes, and they are still new shoes. The shoes were placed on the edge of the sorghum field, and they looked brand new, as if they had never been worn.He looked at the shoes, hesitated for a moment, and said in his heart, is there such a good thing?He raised his head and listened carefully to the commotion in the sorghum field.The sorghum was about to ripen, and the iron-red ears swayed in the wind in waves, and the blades of the knife rustled very regularly.When the wind stops, you will be quiet, so quiet, so quiet.It seemed that there was no one in the sorghum field, really no one.There is a sweet potato field to the east, and a corn field to the west. There is obviously no one in the sweet potato field, and the corn field does not look like there are people, so... whose shoes are it?Dropped by a passerby?Not too much.The shoes were neatly placed on the ground in front of him, as if they were specially prepared for him.Thinking about it this way, he shook his head with a smile, no, there will never be such a good thing in the world.He walked around the pair of shoes, his heart was agitated, they were very attractive.Finally, he couldn't help but patted the dirt on his feet, put his feet into the shoe and tried it, damn it, it still fit!

The sky is clear and clear, the clouds are passing lightly, there is no one around, and there is a pair of shoes in front of him... But what if?What if someone took it off here, and you were about to leave on this side, and someone stopped you from the other side, how embarrassing it would be? !Forget it, forget it.Isn't it just a pair of shoes?Besides, he was used to bare feet, and when he suddenly put on shoes, it was really awkward and uncomfortable.So, he took off the shoes he was already wearing on his feet, arranged them on the ground, and then went to carry the bedroll. Suddenly, there was a "giggle—" laughter from behind!That laughter was like a thunderbolt in the clear sky, like a hen spilled from a cloth bag, or like a string of bells thrown from the neck of a cow, abrupt and crisp!Immediately afterwards, there was another popping bean: "——Jiachang!"

His face turned red from "thumping", as if he was caught on the spot, and he was very "thief" in his heart.He said to himself, have you been fooled?It's the dog's day.Don't look back, go, go forward! Unexpectedly, he had just walked a few steps when he heard a shout from behind: "Feng Jiachang, stop!" He stopped, turned his head slowly, and in just a glance, he saw a touch of pink standing in front of his eyes.Behind this touch of pink, there is endless green, and that green is crazy because of this touch of red. Suddenly there is a wind in the crop field, sorghum and corn are dancing, and the leaves are flying with each knife!He hooked his head down.

That's a girl! Sixteen years old is an age full of fantasy. There is a girl standing in front of her, so bright that people dare not look at her.He also stopped watching, sweating! Liu Hanxiang jumped in front of him and said with a smile, "Jiachang, put on the shoes, I gave them to you." Liu Hanxiang, this name is familiar to him, it can be said that he is very familiar with it.They sat in the same classroom for six years, and then were admitted to the middle school in the town together.However, she is the daughter of the branch secretary's family and the "National Bean" of the Guodou family, and she is not the same as him.Therefore, even though they were sitting in the same classroom, they were strangers, and he had never spoken to her.What's more, in middle school, he was also the object of ridicule, and he was called "Barefoot Immortal".

He stood there, shaking his head silently.He doesn't wear it, he won't wear it. Liu Hanxiang said softly: "Really, it's for you. I've been watching you go barefoot for so many years. You... I got these shoes from my brother, who has been demobilized. Put them on." He said bluntly, "I don't wear them." Liu Hanxiang said, "How dare you!" He turned his head and left, thinking in his heart, what dare you? Liu Han smelled good, stomped his feet and said, "Feng Jiachang, listen, if you dare to leave, I'll call—" He stopped, amused.He said, "You shout. What are you shouting?"

Liu Hanxiang was stunned for a moment, then suddenly said: "I call—I call you to steal corn cobs! Try it, I just need to call out, and I will kill you immediately..." Suddenly, he understood that she had been following him.She is the secretary's daughter, if she really yelled, she could really tie him up... He stood there in a daze, not speaking for a long time. "You put it on," she said. "I don't wear them," he said. The two were deadlocked there.He could have walked away, but the ears of corn in his arms tripped him.Finally, he raised his head, looked straight at her, and said, "Call it."

Without saying a word, he was shocked.He was shocked by the light and shadow, it was the autumn sun that illuminated a wonderful scene.It is not a face, it is the delicacy of peaches, the nourishment of wheat yellow apricots, the tenderness of cabbage hearts, the crystal like pomegranate seeds, the bright red of apple branches, the synthesis of autumn light The illusory, that is the twinkling of Yingshui's pregnancy!In the autumn light, on that flowery and jade-like face, there are still some soft fluffs that seem to be there, like smoke, which are like the shadow of light, the dew of light, the glow of light, the light of light. The rhyme, the light, the light brother-in-law who can play magic!It's so vivid, it makes people want to stretch out a hand from their hearts and touch it lightly, but they dare not touch it, for fear that water will leak out just by touching it... Just one look, he seemed to be nailed. As if staying, the three souls have gone and the seven souls have gone!He didn't dare to look any more, he wanted to get his "heart" back quickly, but he lost his "heart", and he couldn't find it! At this time, Liu Hanxiang rushed forward, regardless of the situation, squatted in front of him, and ordered: "Lift your feet!" Like a coincidence, he involuntarily raised his feet.He regretted it when he lifted it up, but Liu Hanxiang didn't allow him to regret it. Liu Hanxiang grabbed his feet and forced him to put on the shoes, wearing this one and then another... Then, she said, "Let's go." Then they hit the road, just walking in tandem.Wearing such a pair of "liberation shoes" and carrying the stolen corn in his arms, he walked awkwardly. His iron feet seemed to be tied by ropes, and he stumbled when he walked, which was very funny.From a distance, it looked like a "captive" escorted by Liu Hanxiang! Along the way, Liu Hanxiang was very happy. She often "giggled" and said a lot.But he only said one word.When he was almost in town, he said, "What a bully!" Liu Hanxiang said in surprise: "Who bullied you?" He didn't say anything anymore, he didn't say anything, a nest of thatch grew in his heart! When they were approaching the school gate, Liu Hanxiang deliberately slowed down and gradually fell behind.With the absence of an "escort" behind him, he walked a little more comfortably.However, at the school gate, he was surrounded by people again.Some students who came to report to the school with their quilts on their backs came up to him in twos and threes, and looked at him with very surprised eyes: "'Daxian', why, put on your shoes?" He said "um, um".Those people even chased after him and asked: "Hey, new shoes?!" He said: "New shoes." Then asked: "Liberation shoes?!" He said: "Liberation shoes." Someone asked persistently: "Hey, Didn't you say that bare feet are comfortable?" So, within an hour, this incident became an anecdote.The whole campus is running around telling everyone: "Daxian" is wearing shoes! That night, when those curious students flocked to his dormitory to see the foolishness of the "barefoot fairy" wearing shoes, he had already taken off the pair of "liberation shoes" and his big feet were still bare. After that, for a long time, he thought it was a disgrace.He said in his heart, you surrendered, you surrendered again, it is really disappointing, why do you always surrender? !That night, his foot hurt, and he kicked the threshold, it was so spicy!In the pain, that face suddenly appeared in his mind, that face was like the moonlight in the basin, shaking one after another, lingering!This was something he had never done before, and he was ashamed of his actions. He never wore those shoes again. Those shoes later became a luxury item for the "Four Eggs".The shoes are already on, so it is not easy to return them.On Sunday, he quietly tucked the shoes home and tossed them to his brothers. The "four eggs" rushed forward, all looking at the pair of shoes in amazement, you come up to touch them, and I come up to touch them.Goudan was stronger, and asked first: "Brother, who wears it?!" He glanced at Tie Dan, then at Goudan and Guadan.After reading it, I went to look at my father who was squatting on the ground. My father was blindfolded and said nothing.So, he said: "Wear it in turn." As a result, the "eggs" wore it in turn.First, Tie Dan was dressed fresh for a few days, then Gou Dan was dressed for a few days, and then Guadan.Guadan was too big to walk, and he was crippled when he walked. He stuffed some torn cotton into his shoes.When it was Nudan's turn, he just thought it was rare, so he dug two holes in the heel of the shoe, put on a rope, and tied the shoe to his feet with the rope to walk, dragging and dragging, just like rowing a dry boat Yes... Just wear it back and forth like this, and after a few days, the shoes are worn out. For some reason, that shame has been hidden deep in his heart, and after hiding it for a long time, he actually hides a little sweetness.It was like a little jelly bean stored deep in his heart, it kept jumping out of his heart, bouncing around to lure him. What is Liu Hanxiang doing?In his memory, Liu Hanxiang is vague.For many years, he didn't even have an image in his mind.That's right, they haven't sat in the same seat, and haven't spoken to each other. They seem to be little girls before, so how come they've grown up all of a sudden?And give you a pair of shoes? ! Suddenly, he remembered, was it because of that thumbtack? At that time, although he was too poor to wear shoes, he liked playing basketball very much.Every day after class, he always runs on the basketball court with a pair of bare feet, so he has the nickname "Barefoot Immortal".The basketball court of the middle school in the town is very simple. Two wooden poles were erected in the open space of the campus, one east and one west. A rectangular wooden board was nailed to the wooden pole, and an iron basket was nailed to the board. This is the basketball court up.He spends a lot of time after class on the basketball court, and he is a basketball fan.The basketball court is close to the dining room, so there are always many people watching.I remember one time when he was playing a match with the county middle school team, he was running, but he heard a "pop" and his feet softened, so he squatted down on the sidelines, just squatting like that, putting one foot Turning it over, I found a thumbtack on the sole of my foot!He didn't care, just pulled the thumbtack off his foot, threw it to the edge of the court, ran quickly, caught a good ball, and hit it!At that moment, he heard an exclamation of "Ah! Ah!" from the sidelines.In a glance, there is a beautiful figure of a girl. Is there Liu Hanxiang there? What else?Nothing more, nothing more.But someone gave you a pair of shoes.Don't think about it, don't think about it, he is the "national bean" of the national bean family!What are you? !He said he didn't want to, but he couldn't help it.Occasionally, that "little jelly bean" always pops up from the depths of my heart, and then I catch it with my heart's mouth, sweet for a while. However, in school, the two ignored each other and did not speak when they met.When washing dishes, you are in this sink, and I will go to another sink, just like an enemy.It feels so good, so good! The study is more diligent, people are like a whip, the Russian "" always hangs silently on the lips, and "kill Aunt Cui" (), everything has become "jiu, jiu Chirp, chirp, chirp"—that's (a little, a little) honey-like sweetness.Yes, it's a secret.Secrets enrich people. If you secretly hide something in your heart, you will be extraordinarily calm and at ease.When learning is too bitter, the "little jelly beans" will pop out in time to make you sweet and dilute the bitterness.Just hide it, hide it well.In that semester, his Russian unexpectedly won the first place in the school! The shoes are worn, but they cannot be worn for nothing.Anyway, this favor is owed.What do you pay for it? Next, he spent four whole Sundays, leading the eggs to carefully and quietly set up a two-story katydid cage.He put a lot of effort into setting up the katydid cage. First, he sent the eggs around the field to look for those smooth, thin sorghum stalks. This kind of thin sorghum stalks can only be used for one knot on a plant. This section has to be one in a hundred, it's hard to find.As a result, the sorghum fields in the four neighboring townships were swaying everywhere, and at least they found them all.He made the grasshopper cage with his own hands, and he didn't let anyone move, so he hid in the house and played with it carefully.Every time he starts, he has to wash his hands first, and then he starts to tie up the cage: the "two tent buildings" have ridges and eaves, corridors and mansions; The doors on the two floors can still be opened and closed; what is particularly embarrassing for him is that he has also installed a curved staircase in the "two tent building"... After all the doors are tied, he forced the egg again. We turned in twelve grasshoppers who could only call. It was another Sunday afternoon, and he didn't even eat lunch, so he ran out of school early.He took the grasshopper cage and hid quietly in a locust forest beside the river bank.He waited until the sun went down and saw Liu Hanxiang coming from the road from a distance, and then he put the grasshopper cage on a small path on the riverbank... That's what she has to do. Finally, Liu Hanxiang came over with her schoolbag, and she saw the grasshopper cage at a glance.She stopped and looked at it for a while, then suddenly raised her head and said loudly, "Come out." He didn't move.His heart was pounding, but he didn't move. Liu Hanxiang said loudly again: "Come out, I saw you!" This time, he had no choice but to walk out of the locust trees... Liu Hanxiang looked at him and said, "You did it?" He shook his head and said, "I did it." Liu Hanxiang said, "For me?" He said: "For you." After speaking, he sweated and added: "I don't want to owe you..." Liu Hanxiang bent down and picked up the grasshopper cage, saying, "It's so well tied!" He just stood there without saying a word. But Liu Hanxiang changed the subject and said angrily, "Why don't you wear the shoes I gave you?!" "I can't wear it," he said. She asked, "Why?" He said, "My five brothers have no shoes. I can't wear them alone." She hesitated for a moment and said, "You are in middle school..." He said dryly: "That's not the reason." After speaking, he turned his head and ran away like the wind. Behind him was the cries of grasshoppers, the cries were hot and numb! It's a pity that the grasshopper cage was first forced to hang on a jujube tree, which was a jujube tree in the yard of Guodou's house.Because the twelve grasshoppers are all "old oil" picked out one by one, they are so noisy that people can't sleep!Later, when the cage was quiet, it was finally hung on Liu Hanxiang's bedside—— Because the twelve grasshoppers were all dead.