Chapter 4 Mrs. Wang

The kitchen suddenly became lively, and after asking, I found out that the daughter of Mrs. Wang, the helper, had arrived.Eighteen years old, with bright eyes.Comb a big bun.The face is round, and the lips are shrunk like a small purse.A piece of moon blue cloth was put on the head, a big red flower was embroidered on the apron, and some small red and green lenses were nailed on.His face turns red when he speaks, he is very shy, and he always looks like he doesn't know what to do in front of strangers.Ask Mrs. Wang, only to find out that my daughter has only been married for five months, her husband works in the countryside, lives in the countryside forty miles away from Kunming, and she wears the bride's clothes.The owner said: "Sister-in-law Wang, your eldest girl is here as a guest, let her cook a few eggs and let her eat!" Sister-in-law Wang looked at the daughter with a silly smile, "Madam said to keep you for dinner, don't go!"

The daughter also smiled.The whole family knew that Mrs. Wang had a good daughter, so they all came to see her and praised Mrs. Wang for her good fortune.The girl looks cute and cute. Mrs. Wang just laughed and became more enthusiastic about doing things.Mrs. Wang not only has a good daughter, but also a good son!The son is twelve years old and has already worked as a errand in the tea bureau of Chengxi District, earning a net income of fifteen yuan a month.The discipline in the bureau was strict, and the child was clean and handsome. He wore a gray uniform and walked casually. People who met him said that he was blessed with good looks, and he must be promising when he grows up.Aunt Wang was afraid that he would not learn well, so she would scold him as soon as he came, pretending to be angry, and told the child to go back quickly.Although the child is her only treasure, she is not spoiled, obeys the rules, and never spends money recklessly.

Mrs. Wang left the house for about five months because of some business, and she probably didn't get along well with the master and servant elsewhere, and then came back here.The work in this family is to wash and cook, and occasionally quarrel with the countrymen who sell egg cleaning houses, and all motives are to protect the owner.He is loyal and happy, loves cleanliness, and cherishes things without wasting them, so he is very powerful in the family and is valued by the family.When Sister-in-Law Wang felt this importance, it aroused her self-esteem and made things more orderly. One day, another country woman came and brought some fresh broad beans to see Mrs. Wang, and they were sobbing while talking.

After people came and went, they asked the reason and found out that the daughter who was the new wife a year ago had died two months ago.It was the daughter's mother-in-law who came.The daughter was unable to receive medical care in the countryside because of childbirth. The daughter was bleeding profusely two days after the child was born, and the whole family went to the field. They couldn’t drink water if they wanted to drink water. After drinking some water, the feet of the tank precipitated, and died of abdominal pain the next day. up.The child lived for two months and then died.After such a big change, Sister-in-law Wang is still doing business as usual. It turns out that the ancient Chinese words "Life and death are fate, wealth and honor are in the sky" are used to stabilize her life or feelings.She believes in horoscopes.

When talking about the circumstances of her daughter's death, she said: "They were busy harvesting wheat, barley and barley. They filled the carts with carts and carts of horses and dragged them away. They went to the field. My daughter wanted to drink water, but she couldn't drink it. Poor, she yelled and hurt, and died! After she died, the man cried, and the coffin was not allowed to be carried out. I want to be a strong man, draw lots on my head, and go to Panlong Temple to serve as a soldier! Life and death I have a life." He said less than ten sentences, but how much moving content was included!

At dinner, Mrs. Wang added a new bowl of broad beans, which was sent by her in-laws during the day.When the two parents talked about their daughter, their hearts were sad, their eyes were wet, and they all thought of her. Mrs. Wang died of her daughter, but her son is fine.He had to visit her once a month, and then he paid all his wages. Mrs. Wang counted the amount and gave him two yuan for pocket money. Like other families, this family has chickens, dogs, and cats.Each of these creatures has a place in the home.All these are taken care of by Mrs. Wang. After lunch was over and the pots and pans were washed, Mrs. Wang sat down on a stone bed in the courtyard to feed the chickens and watch them eat.When seeing the domineering big rooster bullying the little hen, he chased the rooster and kicked it, cursing, "You flat-haired bastard with a bad conscience, how much can you eat with a small belly! I will kill you!" The rooster Still pretending not to care, because this flat-haired bastard has already known Mrs. Wang, she is really a good person.The rooster was fostered by Lao Jin, a professor of philosophy living in the upper theater of the Tang Mansion opposite.

Every morning, the little black dog at home is in good spirits as usual, and he can chase each other for fun without a partner. Therefore, when the rooster stretches its throat and crows, it seems a bit mischievous, and it must come to chase the rooster for fun.This kind of game is naturally quite intense, and the rooster can't stand it. So the majestic creature had no choice but to run around the house, screaming, expressing its disapproval of the joke, and hoping that someone would come to rescue it.This kind of voice naturally aroused the concern of the whole family, but knowing that it was a prank by the puppy, no one paid any attention to it. As usual, only Mrs. Wang was the one who really came to the rescue.

At that time Mrs. Wang might have gotten up and was boiling water in the kitchen, so she danced with iron tongs and came out to chase the dog, and they circled around in the yard with the puppy.Maybe before he woke up, when the puppy played a prank on his head, he would be very angry, and he would take a long bamboo pole from the room and come out to beat the dog.This bamboo pole is placed in the yard to dry clothes during the day, and it is specially taken into the house at night to beat the dog.The puppy is smart and sensible, since Mrs. Wang distributes the food, she is naturally in awe of Mrs. Wang, seeing that bamboo pole is used by Mrs. Wang to beat it every day.

It’s just that it’s so lonely early in the morning, and I’m very excited, so I will still torture the big cock, and I will get two beatings myself, so like a naughty child, I will go to the corner to urinate, no matter what. No more mischief, happy to end this mischief.Despite being scolded and beaten, the little dog still clearly understands that only Mrs. Wang cares about it most in the family. As usual, Mrs. Wang feeds the dogs first and then the chickens.After the dog is full, he goes to sleep on the porch. After feeding the chickens, I clapped my hands to the chickens, indicating that everything was over, and the chickens walked past the big eucalyptus trees on the edge of the yard to play with the soil, so they came to prepare to start being themselves matter.The second half of the day is her laundry time. When the weather is fine, Mrs. Wang is even busier.There are two big basins of laundry in the yard: old gentleman's, gentleman's, wife's, young lady's, student's, children's, and my 12-year-old son who works as a small servant in the tea industry bureau.Although there were a lot of clothes, she did it in a leisurely manner.It didn't bother her that things were never finished.While rubbing clothes, he sometimes sings in local tunes, with a narrow throat and a very melodious tone.Occasionally, when the master heard it and asked her to continue singing, she felt ashamed, blushed with embarrassment, and never spoke again.The purpose of singing is only to listen to yourself, to hypnotize yourself, and to lead yourself into a bright dream with singing.

She currently has twelve yuan a month, but her son has fifteen yuan. The money they earn is useless. The money they earn can be taken back to the countryside to buy an acre of land in a year.If the war continues, rice and grain are expensive, and even if the income is small, the profit will increase and the profit will increase. If you don’t use it for five years, how much will you have!In another eight years, when the son grows up, the director recommends him to enter the military academy and get a new wife. Dowry is not required, as long as he has three to five acres of land and a water ox.

Everything is simple and specific, so that this simple person feels healthy and happy in life. Although the world is constantly changing, people's hearts are also changing, and chickens and dogs seem to be changing. Only this peasant woman who went to the city from the countryside has the same outlook on life. Hope, but always becomes not very big. After March the weather improved, the town was sunny and there were frequent air raid sirens in the city.When the alarm came, the old and young in the family were divided into two groups as usual, one group went out, and the other group did not move.As usual, Mrs. Wang smiled when she went out in a hurry, and said with a smile: "Sir, here you are, let's go!" She spoke very little, but seemed to mean a lot.A bit sarcastic, a bit coquettish, mainly means that she is not afraid.I am not afraid of the plane coming overhead.Why not?The teachings of Confucius had an impact on this simple heart, "life and death are determined, wealth and honor depend on heaven".I still remember a story, "Huang Chao killed eight million people, and there is no way to escape in all directions of doom. If you are not in doom, sit down and the judge will not accept you." Two simple words and a simple story stabilized this simple heart, Therefore, she does her best in normal times and is very reliable. In times of chaos, she is not afraid. There are not many chances of blowing up her head, and she is really not afraid of being blown up. After those who were evacuated went out, those who did not go out continued to do things and study in their rooms as usual. The courtyard was quiet, and Mrs. Wang was left alone.She still does the laundry, counting the number of planes in the air while doing the laundry, so that she can report to the master.Or when meeting someone who comes to the hospital, have something to say.She needed a word or two of kindness, admiration, or admiration, and she was very glad to hear it. Lao Jin, a professor of philosophy, usually comes to see his big rooster at four o'clock in the afternoon every day. He will bring a big sesame seed cake, sit on the stone under the eaves, and feed the chicken while chatting with Mrs. Wang.If there is an alarm, or ask: "Sister-in-law Wang, are you afraid?" After knowing that she is not afraid, she raised her thumbs up and said, "Sister-in-law Wang, sister-in-law Wang, this is you. You are the most courageous in the whole family!" Sister-in-law Wang listened Lai smiled shyly: "Hey, Mr. Jin, you're right! I'm not afraid, life and death are destiny, wealth and honor are in the sky!" As if knowing that the opposite is a gentleman who teaches philosophy, he quoted two words of the great philosopher, expressing Reward.Lao Jin, a professor of philosophy, must repeat those two sentences once, "Where is it! Where is it!This is what the saints said!You can't go wrong! " Mrs. Wang smiled, "What the sages said, what could be wrong!" Although Mrs. Wang never went out of the city to avoid air raids, but this city is really "destined", and until now has not been bombed once.Sister-in-law Wang only saw her own plane circling in circles in the city sky. She had never seen a Japanese plane.The weather was particularly good on May 9th, the alarm was still issued, thousands of people walked past the door to evacuate, and some people still went out of the house.This time the situation was a little different. There were actually twenty-seven planes queuing up to fly over the city around three o'clock.Dropped a bomb at the airport.The appearance of the plane, the sound, and the news of the bombing all together produced a comprehensive impression in Mrs. Wang's mind. But everything works as usual.At dinner, I brought the vegetable soup to the table and stood by the table to listen to the news.A guest joked to her: "Sister-in-law Wang, did you see the Japanese plane?" "Twenty-seven, and the height is also high! Oh, the anti-aircraft guns over there are rattling, the machine guns are rattling over there, the booths are passing, the soldiers are passing, the airport is blown up. I won't hide, I'm not afraid." "Aren't you afraid? The bomb is as big as a water tank. This house can't stand it!" "If you want to blow it up, let it blow up, life or death is a matter of life." This thing is over.In the afternoon of the second day, the weather was still fine and there was no alarm. At around two o'clock, while she was doing laundry, she was using her eyes and ears to search for the direction of her plane in the sky, when the puppy suddenly barked wildly.It turned out that the youngest son who worked in the Tea Industry Bureau came. The child's face was dark, and his trousers were torn, and his mother had to mend them. "Fushou, where are you from?" The child said, "I come from the French Ganmei Hospital near the building." "Where were you alerted yesterday?" The child said, "I am at Hedian camp." This time Mrs. Wang was stunned. "How do you get to the airport? Didn't the Japanese planes blow up the Hedian Camp? Many people were killed. You go and watch the excitement! What's there to see!" "I have something to do. The plane came, dropped twelve bombs, three incendiary bombs, the house burned down, I was manned, and three horses were blown to pieces. Machine guns blah Answer NANDA. In the end I died too, and the soil buried me. Someone touched my heart, and I was still a little angry, so the car drove me to Ganmei Hospital.I woke up at nine o'clock today, and they said yes, you're awake, what's your last name?Alright, son of the Wang family, you can go home.Go to the bureau, your mother is looking for you!My trousers were ripped by the car door, they thought I was a dead man! Di Yiting皮砻砻打扎playingviewing byg! ? The child narrated the events clearly, and felt no horror, no pride in the experience.Sitting by his mother's washtub, with a big rip in his trousers, wiping his hands, his thin legs were completely exposed.Mrs. Wang's voice became hoarse, "Hey, hey, hey, you didn't kill yourself! Did you see dead people? Did you see houses collapsed and burned? Did you see people's hands and feet flying up into the sky? You'll be taken to the hospital at nine o'clock. Zhong just woke up. Will the director scold you when you go back? Come, let me see your pants!" The child walked up to her, and she pulled up the torn trousers, and slapped the child three times on the naked buttocks. "Aren't you afraid of death? I'll beat you to death myself, so you don't have to be torn apart by a big water tank bomb!" The child giggled, looking at his mother's eyes, which were already glistening. The child said: "I'm not afraid of Japan, I want to be a soldier when I grow up!" Wiping the corners of her eyes with her apron, Mrs. Wang said angrily, "Okay, you go to be a soldier. They let you be a soldier, Mr. Douzi. The old crow thinks you are a mouse, so I will take you to heaven!" "I'm not afraid of war. I want to capture a living prisoner and bring him back. You must capture a living prisoner, tie him up with wires, and bring him home to help us farm!" "You have the power to catch the rush man." "I'm going to grow up! I swear I'm going to fight a big war." Mrs. Wang stopped arguing with the child, and hurried to get needles and thread to sew trousers for the child.He fetched the needle and thread, and when he sat down on the small bamboo chair, he patted the child a few times, but the child felt a kind of caressing warmth and asked his mother, "Mother, are you afraid?" "Huh, what am I afraid of? The sky is above me." She looked at the sky, the sky was blue, and there were clusters of white clouds inlaid in the space.Just three old crows flew to the high branches of the eucalyptus tree in the courtyard and stopped. The child clapped his hands, and the old crows flew away again.After Sister-in-law Wang sewed the trousers, she bit off the little bit of thread with her mouth, pinned the needle to the topknot, and grabbed the child's dirty ears and said, "You are going to be a soldier, and the old crow will take you to a tree. Fushou, can you be a soldier? " The child didn't make a sound, only smiled happily.He thought to himself: "Why can't I be a soldier? When people grow up, they can do everything well. " After the child left, the family members knew about it, and they all thought Mrs. Wang was a good person, with a good heart and a good fate.Mrs. Wang didn't make a sound, just smiled.In the evening, he quietly bought some incense paper and took it outside the north gate to burn it.She thought of her dead daughter, she died too hard, her life was not good, she was a little sad, she hid in her room and cried for a long time, never had dinner.No one in the family knew about this, because she was afraid that people would laugh at her, ask her, and comfort her.She doesn't need any of this. Worked in early 1940