Chapter 7 Chapter Three Seven

It's Dragon Boat Festival.Grandfather and Cui Cui had made an appointment three days ago. Grandfather was guarding the boat, while Cui Cui and Huang Gou passed the Shun Shun stilted building to watch the fun.Cui Cui refused at first, but later agreed.But one day later, Cui Cui came back with regrets, thinking that two people should watch, and two people should guard the boat.Grandfather understood that meaning, and it was the result of Cui Cui's war of playfulness and love.Because of the bondage of my grandfather, I can't play what I should play, it's not okay!Grandfather smiled and said: "Cui Cui, why are you doing this? You have regretted what you have agreed to, and it is not commensurate with the usual morals of Chadong people. We should say that one is one, and no half-heartedness is allowed. My memory is not so bad that I put you Promise me and forget it immediately!" Although the grandfather said that, it is obvious that the grandfather agrees with Cuicui's plan.But he was so well-behaved that my grandfather was a little unhappy.Seeing that her grandfather stopped talking, Cui Cui said, "I'm leaving, who will accompany you?"

Grandpa said: "You go, the boat will accompany me." Cui Cui frowned and smiled wryly, "The boat will accompany you, hey, hey, the boat will accompany you. Grandpa, you really..." Grandfather thought to himself: "You will have to go one day." But he dared not mention it.Grandpa had nothing to say for a while, so he walked through the small garden under the tower behind the house to see the onions, and Cuicui followed. "Grandpa, I decided not to go, I'm going to let the boat go, I'll accompany you for the boat!" "Okay, Cui Cui, if you don't want to go, I'll go, I have to wear a red flower, and pretend that Old Liu is going to the city to meet the world!"

Both of them laughed for a long time at this sentence. Grandfather trimmed the green onions, but Cui Cui picked a big green onion and whimpered.Someone called for transition on the east bank, Cui Cui didn't let her grandfather take the lead, so she hurriedly ran down, jumped on the ferry, and pulled the boat across the river with the help of the Hengxi cable to pick up people.While pulling the boat, he shouted to his grandfather: "Grandpa, you sing, you sing!" The grandfather didn't sing, but just stood on the high rock and looked at the emerald green, shaking his hands, without saying a word.

Grandpa has something on his mind.With a lot of worries, Cui Cui grew up. Cui Cui is getting older every day, and she will blush when she accidentally mentions something.Time is growing her, and it seems to be urging her to take responsibility for another matter.She likes to see the newlyweds with powdered faces, likes to tell stories about the newlyweds, likes to wear wild flowers on her head, and likes to listen to people singing.She can already appreciate the lingering part of the Chadong people's singing.Sometimes she seems a little lonely, like to sit on the rock, staring at the sky with a star.If the grandfather asked: "Cui Cui, what do you think?" She would say with a little shyness, "I'm watching the water ducks fight!" According to the local custom, it means "Cui Cui doesn't think about anything".But at the same time, she asked herself in her heart: "Cui Cui, what are you really thinking?" The same person also answered in her heart: "I think very far, a lot. But I don't know what to think." She was indeed thinking, And he really didn't even know what he was thinking.Since the girl's body is fully developed, a "miracle" that comes naturally due to her age will come at the end of the month, which also makes her think more and dream more.

Grandfather understood the effect of such things on a woman, and his mood changed a little.Grandfather is a person who has lived in nature for seventy years, but there are some natural phenomena in human affairs that cannot be arranged.Because of Cuicui's growing up, my grandfather remembered some old things, and found some things from the stories buried in a lot of time. Cui Cui's mother used to look exactly like Cui Cui at a certain time.Long eyebrows, big eyes, red skin.She is also so good-natured that people love her—and she also knows how to raise her eyes and eyebrows in some small places to make the elders in the family happy.And it seemed as if he would never be separated from this one in the family.But a bit of misfortune came, she met the soldier.In the end, the old and the young were left behind, and the soldier died with him.From the old boatman's point of view, no one is guilty of these things, and only "Heaven" should be responsible.Cuicui's grandfather didn't complain, but he couldn't fully agree with this unfortunate arrangement.It's really unfair to apportion to one's own share!Saying that he let go is exactly what Mo Ke Naihe, who can't let go, tolerated!

At that time there was still Cui Cui.Now if Cui Cui was like her mother again, at the old boatman's age, would she be able to raise the young again?Man is willing but God does not agree!One is too old to rest, and all the toil and misfortune that a good countryman deserves has been given.If there is a God on another high ground, and this God has two hands to control everything, it is obvious and very reasonable to take the grandfather back first, and then let the young man receive his due share in the new life. Or unfortunately, it makes sense. But my grandfather didn't think so.He was worried about Cui Cui.Sometimes he would lie on the rock outside the door, thinking about his thoughts to Xingzi.He thought that death should be coming soon, just because Cuicui has grown up, which proves that he is really old too.In any case, Cui Cui has to be settled.Since Cui Cui was entrusted to him by her poor mother, when Cui Cui grows up, he also has to entrust Cui Cui to someone, so his business is over!To whom?What kind of person is needed to not wrong her?

A few days ago, when the elder Tianbao of Shun Shun's family was crossing the stream, he was talking to his grandfather. The very first sentence of this outspoken young man was: "Old man, your Cuicui looks so beautiful, like a Guanyin. In two years, if I have free time, I can stay in Chadong and take care of things instead of flying around like an old crow. I will definitely come to this stream every night to help you." Cui Cui sings." Grandfather rewards this confession with a smile.While pulling the boat, he looked at the old man with those small eyes. Then the elder said again:

"Cui Cui is too delicate. I am worried that she is only suitable for listening to some Chadong people's singing, and cannot do all the serious things of a Chadong woman as a daughter-in-law. I want a lover who can listen to my singing, but I can't lack a housekeeper. daughter-in-law.'I want the horse not to eat grass, but also want the horse to walk well.' Alas, these two sentences are exactly what the ancients said for me!" Grandfather slowly turned the boat around, let the stern of the boat touch the shore, and said: "Boss, there is such a thing! Just watch." What exactly is it, the grandfather can't explain clearly.After the young man left, the grandfather reviewed the truth that came from a man's mouth, feeling sad and happy at the same time.If Cui Cui should be handed over to someone, is this person suitable to take care of Cui Cui?Really hand him over, is Cui Cui willing?