Chapter 4 Hui'an Pavilion Legend IV

"Look at your tanned face! Come and eat." My mother didn't blame me too much when she saw me coming back sweating profusely.But I just want to drink water, not to eat, so I pour a few cups of cold boiled water down, sit on the dining table, panting, pick up the chopsticks, but look at my own nails to play with. "Who dyed you?" Mom asked. "Little fairy, it's okay for children to dye their nails!" Dad said half angrily. "Who dyed it for you?" Mom asked again. "Hmm," I thought for a while, "Third Aunt Sikang." I dared not, and would not say that Xiuzhen was crazy.

"Run outside to recognize what uncles and aunts!" Mom took a plate of vegetables for me, and said to me: "Your uncle said, there is still one month to go to the elementary school entrance examination, how can you count?" ? Do the math, if you don't know how to count, you won't pass the exam." "One, two, three,...eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-six,..." My mind was really confused, I just wanted to throw down the chopsticks and lie down on the bed for a while, but I refused to do so because They would say that I was sick and would not allow me to go out. "Random number!" Mom gave me a look, "Listen to me to count for you, two vulgar, two vulgar records one, two vulgar records two, two vulgar records three, two vulgar records plain, two vulgar records five,..."

Song's mother, who was waiting for the meal, couldn't help laughing at first, and then my father and I burst into laughter. I took advantage of this and threw down the chopsticks and said: "Mom, listening to your Beijing dialect, I can't even eat. Twenty, not Ersulu; Twenty-one, not Ersuluyi; Twenty-two, not Ersuluer..." Mom also laughed and said: "Okay, okay, don't learn from me." I didn't eat, and my parents didn't pay attention.I probably drank cold boiled water just now, and I feel better, and my head is no longer dizzy.My parents went to take a nap, and I went to the yard and sat on a small bench under the tree, watching the group of little chickens being released.The little oily chicken had grown very big, and was pecking rice all over the ground to eat. The cicadas on the tree yelled "I got it, I got it", and it was very quiet around.I picked up a twig to draw on the ground, and saw a chicken pecking insects to eat, and suddenly remembered the bottle of hanged ghosts I caught in the Hui'an Pavilion and forgot to bring back.Although I was thinking this way, I was too lazy to stand up, as if I was going to be sleepy, I couldn't help closing my eyes, then bent down, put my head in my hands, and buried it deeply in my thighs.

In this sleepless dream, my eyes were confused; I was catching silkworms under the tree across the courtyard, the hanged ghost wriggled in the glass bottle, and after a while it turned into a silkworm on the table in Xiuzhen's room, looking up. My head was spinning silk, as if Xiuzhen had put silkworms on my arm and crawled on it. As soon as it got itchy, I opened my eyes and raised my head to see, it turned out that there were two flies flying around my arm.I waved my hands to coax away the flies, and fell asleep again.This time, a basin of cold water poured down my back, it was chilly, I hugged my head tightly, no, another basin of cold water poured down my neck, it was cold and wet, I said it was cold!Someone giggled next to me, I struggled to stand up, woke up suddenly, opened my eyes, wondering what time it is?Because the sky seems to be dark all of a sudden, I remember when I sat here there was sunshine!Standing in front of me was Niu'er, she was smiling, and I still felt that my back was wet and cold, so I touched it with the back of my hand, but it wasn't wet.But her body was still a bit chilly, she couldn't help shivering, and then sneezed twice, Niu'er's smile faded, and she said, "What's wrong with you? You're just talking in your sleep while you're foolish."

I didn't seem to wake up yet, and if I couldn't stand up, I quickly sat down again.At this time, the thunder sounded, rumbling from a distance.The sky on the opposite side also turned black like ink was splashed, and the thick clouds followed the thunder, like a group of black evil spirits striding down from the sky.There was a slight wind, no wonder I felt cold.I couldn't help asking Niuer: "Are you cold? Why am I so cold?" Niuer shook her head, looked at me suspiciously, and asked: "You look so special now, you seem to be frightened, or have you been beaten?"

"No, no," I said, "Daddy only hits my palms, never as hard as your father hits you." "Then what's wrong with you?" She pointed at my face again, "It's so ugly!" "I must be hungry, I didn't eat at noon." At this time, the thunder became louder and heavy raindrops fell. Mama Song came to the yard to collect the clothes and drove the chicken to the west wing.Niuer and I also followed in.Song Ma put the chick in the coop and ran out again, saying: "It's going to rain heavily, and Niuer can't go back." After Mama Song went out, no, the rain immediately started to rain heavily.Niuer and I leaned against the door to watch the rain.The sound of the rain was so loud that it fell on the brick floor, and there was more and more rainwater on the ground. Although there was a hole in the corner of the courtyard, it couldn't squeeze so much rainwater.The water in the yard rose and overflowed the lower steps. The water splashed onto the door of the house and onto our trouser legs. Niuer and I were stunned by the ferocious rain, and our eyes were fixed on the ground. Neither speak.Suddenly my mother spoke to me from the window in the north room and raised her hand, but I couldn't hear her words. She raised her hand to tell us not to stand at the door and get wet by the rain.Niu'er and I entered the room according to mother's gestures, closed the door, and ran to the window to look out the glass. "I don't know how long it will take?" Niu'er asked.

"You can't go back." After I finished speaking, I sneezed two more times. I looked into the room, trying to find a place to lie down, preferably a bed for me to lie on.There were old beds in the house, but boxes and flowerpots were piled up on the beds, and they were full of dust.I couldn't bear it anymore, so I couldn't help but went to the bed and leaned on the box.Suddenly remembered the two pieces of clothes that Niuer kept in the empty box, so she opened it and took it out.Niuer also came over, and she asked: "What are you doing?" "Put me on, I'm cold," I said.

Niuer smiled and said: "You are so delicate! When it rains a little, you sneeze again, and you have to put on your clothes again." She helped me put one on and I wrapped the other around my leg.We sat on a washboard, huddled in the corner, so I seemed to be more comfortable.But Niu'er felt sorry for the clothes wrapped around my legs, and said: "I only have these two clothes, don't tear them apart!" "Stingy ghost, your mother has made you a lot of clothes! You can't bear to lend me any of them!" Maybe my head was dizzy again. A bag of Xiaoguizi's clothes.

Niu'er widened her eyes, pointed to her own nose and said, "My mother? Make me a lot of clothes? Are you awake yet?" "No, no, I made a mistake," I raised my head, leaned against the wall, closed my eyes, thought for a while before saying: "I mean Xiuzhen." "Xiuzhen?" "My third aunt." "Your third aunt, that's about the same. She made a lot of clothes for you, so beautiful!" "It's not for me, it's for Xiao Guizi." I turned my head and looked at Niu'er's face. I saw her face as two faces, and the two faces merged into one face.I can't tell if it's Niu'er or Xiao Guizi. What I think in my heart sometimes isn't what I say. My heart seems to be unable to control my mouth.

"Why are you staring at me like that?" Niu'er slightly dodged her head from me in surprise. "I'm thinking of someone, by the way, girl, tell me the story of your father and your mother!" "What do they have to talk about!" Niu'er curled her lips, "When my father had an emperor in Qianqing's family, he didn't have to do anything. He ate, drank and had fun all day long. Later, when Qianqing's family disappeared, he was poor and didn't know how to I spent all my money on doing things, and I made money by playing the huqin. He taught me to sing, wishing that I could sing as well as Bi Yunxia and make money. Hey! Xiaoyingzi, I’m going to Tianqiao to sing now. A circle of people listened to it, and after singing, I held a small basket and asked people for money, and as soon as they asked for money, everyone slipped away, and when I came back, my father beat me! He said, the one who gave the money is your grandpa, you have to show Smiley face, look at your embarrassment! As he said that, he hit me with a stick." "Is that Bi Yunxia you mentioned also singing at Tianqiao?"

where!They sang in the theatre, the entertainment garden in the south of the city is not far from the overpass, the only ones who listen to Bi Yunxia are uncles!But my father often said that many of the songs sung in the theater were sung on the flyover.He forced me to learn and sing. " "Don't you also love to sing? How can I say he forced it." "I like to do whatever I want. I can sing as I like, and I can sing it to whoever I want. That's interesting. It's like the two of us in this room, and I'll sing for you." Yes, I think of the day I first met Niuer, when the clerk at the oil and salt store asked her to sing, and she had tears in her eyes. "But you still have to sing! What if you can't make money if you don't sing!" "Me, huh!" Niu'er snorted fiercely, "I still want to find my real parents!" "Then why didn't you stay with your real parents?" One thing I don't understand. "Who knows!" Niu'er hesitated, as if to say or not.The rain outside was still so heavy, the sky seemed to be falling down, and it seemed like there was a sea of ​​water in the sky pouring to the ground. "One day, when I was sleeping, I heard my father and mother quarreling. My father said: 'This child is also stubborn, and her voice is actually pretty good, but she won't play if she says she doesn't want to play. What can I do?' My crippled mother said: "The more you beat her, the more you don't care about anything." My father said: "If you don't beat her, how can I be so angry! When I picked it up, it was not as big as a winter melon. I held it and brought it back. Now it’s taller than the table, but it’s out of control.” My mother said, “You made a wrong idea when you picked her up. It’s not the same as the one you raised with your own. I love her so much in my own life, and she can’t treat you as a filial father.” My father sighed, and said: “Five or six years in a flash! I was really evil that day. Butt.’ My mother said: “Yes, you said to pick up some coal cores to burn early in the morning, so as not to be seen as shabby, don’t you always get up first and then wash your mouth and face? That day you I was so busy that I didn’t go to the latrine, so I didn’t pick up the coal, but I picked up an illegitimate kid from someone’s family.” My dad said again: “I’m thinking of squatting at the bottom of the city. If anyone knows, I’ll see a What a burden! At first I thought I was going to make a fortune, but when I opened it, I realized that it was her, a living thing, with small eyes that were still rolling around!' My mother said, 'Hmph! What are you going to do now? To get rich on her, it's not easy to catch Minger singing as popular as Biyunxia.'..." I closed my eyes again, leaning my head against the wall and listening to Niuer rambling, I seem to have heard this story before, yes Who said it?Also said that the child's package was thrown to the root of Qihuamen City early in the morning?Maybe I'm dreaming, I often dream now, Song's mother said that I was crazy about playing during the day and eating too much dinner, so I gritted my teeth and babbled.Yeah?I closed my eyes and asked Niuer: "Girl, you told me this story several times!" "Nonsense, I never told anyone. It's the first time I'm telling you today. You're so confused sometimes, and you still say you want to go to school! I don't think you can pass the exam." "But, I really know! When you were born, the grass was turning yellow and the green leaves were about to fall off. It was a lukewarm autumn, but the scent of sweet-scented osmanthus wafted in for a while from the window..." Niuer pushed me, I opened my eyes, she asked strangely: "What are you talking about? Did you fall asleep and gossip again?" "What did I just say?" I forgot, maybe it was in a dream just now. Niu'er touched my head and my arm, she said: "You are so hot! You have worn too much clothes! Take off my clothes!" "Where is it hot? My heart is so cold! It's so cold that I want to shiver!" I said, looking at my two legs, they really started shaking. Niuer looked out the window and said: "The rain has stopped, I should go back." When she was about to stand up, I grabbed her again, put my arms around her neck and said, "I want to see that bruise on the back of your neck, Xiao Guizi, your mother said you have a bruise on the back of your neck, let me look for it." ..." Niu'er pulled away from me slightly, and said, "Why do you always talk about Xiaoguizi Xiaoguizi today? You are acting like my father is drunk and talking nonsense!" "Yes! Your father likes to drink wine. It's to drive away the cold in winter. It was very windy that day. Your mother ordered some wine for him and bought half-empty peanuts..." I was talking in a daze, pulling away Niu'er's dog-tail braid, no, no, in a trance, I saw a finger-sized green mark in the middle of the messy yellow hair root .I was shaking all over. Niu'er pressed her face to mine, and said in amazement, "What's wrong with you? Your face is so hot! It's all red, are you sick?" "No, I'm not sick," I regained my spirits at this moment, but Niu'er held me in her arms, and I happened to see Niu'er's pointed chin.She lowered her head, her big eyes suddenly filled with tears.I also seem to have some grievances. In fact, I feel that my hair is heavy and I can't support it.Niu'er hugged me like this, caressing me, a kind of dear feeling, made me shed tears.Niuer said: "Yingzi, you are so pitiful, you are so hot!" I also say: "You are so pitiful, your own father and mother, girl, I will take you to find your own mother, and you will find your own father together." "Where can I find it? Go to sleep, I'm afraid of you, don't talk nonsense." As she spoke, she hugged me tightly again and patted me.But after hearing what she said, I immediately struggled out of her arms and shouted, "I'm not talking nonsense! I know where your mother is, and it's not far away," I put my arms around her neck and put it in her ear. Pang whispered: "I must take you there, your mother said, teach me to take you there when I see you, that is, yes, there is a green mark on the back of the neck!" She looked at me strangely again, and after a while said: "Your mouth smells so bad, you must have gotten angry from eating too much. But, is this really the case?...You mean my own mother?" I looked into her surprised eyes and nodded.Her long eyelashes were wet, and when I said that, she smiled, tears streaming down her puddles!I felt sad, so I closed my eyes again, and there was a golden star in front of my eyes. When I opened my eyes again, she became Xiuzhen's face. I wiped away my tears and looked carefully, it was still Niuer's.I couldn't control my mouth anymore, so I said, "Girl, come to me after dinner tonight, we will meet at the cross alley, and I will take you to Xiuzhen's place, and you don't need to bring your clothes." , she made you a big burden, and I also gave you a watch to show you the time. I also want to give Xiuzhen something." Then I heard my mother calling me.It turned out that the rain had stopped and the sky was still cloudy.Niuer said: "Your mother is calling you! Let's stop talking, see you tonight!" She stood up and hurriedly opened the door and went out. I was very happy, so I stood up with a burst of strength, took off Niuer's clothes, and threw them on the chicken coop.I opened the door and went out, and a cool wind blew me in the yard, and the ground was full of water. My mother told me to walk along the eaves of the corridor, but I had already waded over.My mother took my hand and was about to scold me, when suddenly she put both hands on my hands again, pressing my body and head, and said in a panic: "Why is my whole body burning like this, I'm sick, don't you? I came from under the sun at noon When I got back from the sun, my face was flushed, I was drenched in the rain just now, and now I am wading in the water again. Water, I always want to play with water! Go and lie down!" I also felt that I had no strength, and my mother dragged me to the crib.She took off my wet shoes, changed into dry clothes, and put me on the bed, wrapped in a soft quilt. I was really comfortable, and I couldn't help but close my eyes and fell asleep. When I woke up, I felt hot and kicked off the quilt.At this time, the room was pitch black, and through the gap of the cloth curtain, one could see that the lights in the outer room had been lit.I suddenly remembered an important matter, and shouted: "Mom, are you eating?" "This way, she actually wants to eat!" It was Dad's voice.Then, my mother came in, brought in a kerosene lamp and put it on the table.I saw that her mouth was still moving, and there was oil on her lips. Did she eat "back meat"? My mother came to the bed and threatened me, saying: "Dad is going to beat you, and you will eat if you are sick." I was in a hurry and said: "I don't want to eat, I didn't eat at all today! I just want to ask if you have eaten? I still have something to do!" "What a ghost!" Mom pushed me down again and said, "Your body is still so hot, I don't know how high your temperature is. I'll buy medicine for you after dinner." "I don't take medicine. If you give me medicine, I'll run away. Don't blame me!" "Nonsense! After Mama Song finishes eating, ask her to cook gruel for you." Mom ignored my words, and she went back to the outhouse to eat after she finished speaking.I was lying on the bed, anxious, thinking of going on a date with Niuer and meeting at the entrance of Heng Hutong after dinner. I wonder if she has come?Listen carefully to the sound of pattering rain outside. Although it is not as loud as during the day, there is no place to hide from the rain in the alley, because the entire alley is the back wall of people's houses.I was so anxious that my chest hurt. I rubbed it and coughed. When I coughed, my chest hurt like many needles. Mom had finished eating at this time, and she and Dad came in.I pressed my hand to my lips, trying to press hard to stop coughing, but my hand was shaking on my mouth; I was shaking, not because I was afraid of my father, I have been shaking since this afternoon; my legs were shaking, my hands were shaking, My heart trembled, and my teeth trembled.At this moment, my mother saw how I was trembling, took my hand on my lips, and said, "I'm shaking with a fever, I think you should go and ask Dr. Yamamoto!" "Don't! Don't that little Japanese!" Dad also said at this time: "Let's talk about it tomorrow morning. I'll use an ice towel to give her a cold head. I still have to write a letter to my hometown and send it out tomorrow morning!" Mama Song also came in to see me.She suggested to her mother: "Go to Xihe Niantang's house at Caishikou to buy some small medicines, such as Wanying Tablets, just eat and sleep." Mom is very obedient, she has always listened to what her father said, and she also listened to Song's mother, so she said: "That's good, Song Ma, let's go to the street to buy it. Yingzi, lie down obediently, take the medicine and get well soon and go to school. Wait, I will also stop by the Fozhao Building to bring you your favorite food Bazhenmei is back." Now, Bazhenmei doesn't impress me anymore, I heard that Mom and Song's mother left under umbrellas, and Dad also went to the study, and I was full of thoughts about my date with Niu'er.Is she in a hurry?Will she go back disappointed? I crawled out of the quilt and landed softly on the ground. My head was heavy and I coughed again, but because I was too nervous, I didn't feel any chest pain this time.I walked to the front of the chest of drawers and stopped, hesitated for a while, and finally boldly opened the drawer where my mother put her clothes. In the innermost and lowermost place was my mother's jewelry box.Mom opened the jewelry box and only picked when Dad was not at home. She didn't hide it from Song Ma and me. The jewelry box was really pressed under the clothes, I took it out and opened it, and the gold bracelet that my mother made new was inside!My heart skipped a beat, and when I was about to take it, I couldn't help but glanced out of the window. It was dark outside the glass window, and no one was looking around, but I could see my own shadow. I saw how I took out the gold bracelet, and how I put it away The jewelry box was put back under the clothes, and when I pushed and closed the drawer, my hands were shaking.I want to make money for Xiuzhen and the others. My mother said that two taels of gold are worth a lot of money. I can go to Tianjin, Shanghai, and Japan for a visit, so Xiuzhen and Niuer can go to Hui'an to find Si Kangsan Uncle?Thinking about it this way, I found it very reasonable, so I put the gold bracelet on my arm with confidence.I turned my head again, and suddenly looked at the glass window, my shadow became clear, no!I was startled, it turned out to be Niuer!She was beckoning to me, I ran out quickly, Niu'er's hair was wet, and there was water on her hands, she whispered to me: "I was afraid you were really waiting for me in the alley, so I sneaked out after dinner. I waited for you for a while, thinking that you would not come. I was just about to go back when I heard your mother and Song's mother passing by. It seemed that they were going to buy medicine for someone. I was worried about you. Come and see, the gate of your house is open Hitch it, and I'll come in." "Then let's go!" "Where are you going? Is that Xiuzhen you were talking about during the day?" I smiled and nodded to her. "Look at you laughing so terribly! You're out of your wits!" "Where!" I puffed up my chest, coughed immediately, and quickly bent down again to feel better. I put my hand on her shoulder and said, "You will know as soon as you go, how much she misses you! Compared with my I made some clothes for you. By the way, girl, what do you think about your own mother?" "She, I often think in my heart, if she wants to miss me, she must be as thin as me, with a face that is so thin. White and clean,..." "Yes, yes, what you said is absolutely right." We both went out the door while talking, the door was dark, I opened the door with my fingers, and there was a gust of wind blowing in with rain , I blew off my short jacket, and my belly was cold and wet, but I still said to her: "Your mother, with her thin lips, when she smiled, there were two puddles of tears under her eyes, and when she cried, her eye hair was wet and long. She said, "Xiaoyingzi, I trust you so much..." "Ok." "She said, Xiao Guizi is the lifeblood of both of us!..." "Yeah." "The first day she saw me, she told me that when she saw Xiao Guizi, she asked her to come back. She didn't eat or wear clothes, so she ran outside, anxious to find her father..." "Ok." "She said, tell her to come back, our mother and I will go together, just say that I won't scold her..." "Ok." We have already reached the entrance of the Hui'an Pavilion. Niu'er listened to me and answered "um, um" while she was sobbing and crying. I put my arms around her and said: "She is..." I wanted to say a lunatic, but I stopped, because I had long since refused to call her a lunatic, and I changed my mind and said, "People say she misses you and wants to be crazy! Girl, don't Cry, let's go in." At this moment, Niu'er seemed to ignore everything and wanted me to give her advice. She just walked and cried on my shoulder. She didn't pay attention to where it was.On the steps of the Hui'an Pavilion, I pushed it lightly, and the door opened.Xiuzhen said that the doors of Hui'an Pavilion were not fastened in the first half of the night, because some students came back very late, and one door was propped up with a bar, and the other half was closed.I whispered to Niu'er: "Shut up." We walked in lightly, lightly, passed under the porter's window, touched the lid of the water tank under the eaves, there was a sound, and there was Xiuzhen's mother inside, and asked: "Who is it?" "I, Xiaoyingzi!" "This child! I'm still looking for Xiuzhen when it's dark, and it's in the courtyard! Don't play too late, do you hear me?" "Yeah." I agreed, and walked towards the courtyard with Niu'er in my arms.I have never come here after dark, and when I pushed open the door across the courtyard, there was an ugly squeak, like a needle piercing my heart, why is it so uncomfortable!In the rain, Niuer and I were walking, and my foot touched something. I looked down and saw that it was the bottle of hangman I caught in the morning. I picked it up, and when I walked to the door, I put it on the window sill. The back room was lit, but not lit.I opened the door, went in with Niu'er, and stood by the door of the Tongli room.I took Niu'er's hand, and her hand was shaking. Xiuzhen ignored us and came in, she was packing the box in front of the bed again, with her back to us, she said without turning her head: "Mom, you don't need to rush me, I'll go back to sleep, I have to pack Sikang's clothes first!" Xiuzhen thought it was her mother who came in. I didn't answer after hearing this. I didn't know what to do. I wanted to talk, but I couldn't speak, so I just stared blankly at Xiuzhen's back. She often likes it like this, saying that Uncle Sikang likes her dressing up like this, the way she plays with her fingers around the ends of the braids, and the way she bites the ends of the braids and thinks about her thoughts.Maybe it's because you didn't listen to my answer?Xiuzhen turned around abruptly, "Hey!" and shouted, "It's you, Yingzi, you're covered in water!" She ran over, and Niuer hid behind me. Xiuzhen squatted down and saw the shadow behind me, her eyes widened, and slowly, slowly, she turned her head to look behind me, and hot air was blowing from the back of my neck, it was Niuer who was standing next to me. Because of my back, her breath became more and more anxious, and finally she burst into tears. At this time, Xiuzhen also shouted hoarsely: "Xiao Guizi! It's my poor little Guizi!" Xiuzhen pulled Niu'er from behind me, hugged her, and sat down on the ground, hugging, kissing, and stroking Niu'er.Niu'er was dumbfounded, she cried and looked back at me, I took two steps back and leaned against the door frame, wanting to fall down. It took Xiuzhen a while to let go of Niu'er, then stood up hastily, dragged Niu'er to the bed, and said hastily: "You're wet, change your clothes, we'll catch up all night, we'll catch up, listen!" It was the sound of a train whistle in the quiet rainy night, which was terrifyingly shrill.Xiuzhen raised her head, listened and thought for a while, then continued: "There is a train to Tianjin at 8:50, let's catch the big steamer in Tianjin, hurry up!" Xiuzhen took out the bundle from the bed, opened it, and it was full of Niu'er, no, Xiao Guizi, no, Niu'er's clothes.Xiuzhen put on many pieces for Niuer one by one.It's the first time I've seen Xiuzhen do things so quickly and in such a hurry.She busily took out the watch I gave Xiaoguizi from the hair comb box, wound it up and put it on for Niuer.Niuer fiddled with Xiuzhen, but stared straight at Xiuzhen's face without making a sound, as if she had become stunned.I leaned back and touched my arm against the wall before I remembered the gold bracelet.I rolled up my sleeves, took the gold bracelet off my arm, went to the bed and handed it to Xiuzhen, saying: "I'll make money for you." Xiuzhen took it unceremoniously, and put it on her wrist immediately, without saying thank you, mother said that people should say thank you for everything they give. Xiuzhen was busy for a while, stuffing a box with messy things, then lifted the box, took Niu'er's hand, put it down suddenly, and said to Niu'er: "You haven't called me yet, call me Mom. "Xiuzhen squatted down, put her arms around Niu'er, turned Niu'er's head again, lifted Niu'er's braid to look at the back of her neck, and said with a smile: "It's not my little Guizi, call it! Call me mother!" " Niu hadn't said a word since she came in. At this time, she was hugged by Xiuzhen, and when she asked, she stretched out both hands, wrapped around Xiuzhen's neck, and pressed her face to Xiuzhen's, gently and embarrassingly. called: "mom!" I saw their faces turned into one face and then divided into two faces. I felt dazzled, so I closed my eyes and held on to the railing of the bed before I stopped.I was confused for a while, but I didn't hear what the two of them said again. When I opened my eyes, Xiuzhen had already picked up the box. She took Niu'er's hand and said, "Let's go!" Always watching my actions, and reaching out to me, I held hands with her.We walked out lightly, the rain outside was getting lighter, I was the last one to come out, and I took the bottle of hanged ghosts on the windowsill in my hand. After leaving the gate of the courtyard, walking along the corridor of the porter's house, it is so light, there is still some creaking sound under the feet.In the room, Xiuzhen's mother spoke again: "Is it Yingzi? Let's go home! Come play again tomorrow." "Hey." I agreed. Walking out of the gate of the Hui'an Pavilion, the street was pitch black. Although Xiuzhen was carrying the suitcase and pulling the girls, they were walking so fast. Xiuzhen said, "Hurry up, hurry up, we won't be able to catch the train." After leaving Chunshu Alley, I couldn't catch up with them, so I leaned on the wall and shouted softly: "Xiuzhen! Xiuzhen! Niuer! Niuer!" A foreign car approached in the distance, and the dim yellow light beside the car shone on the shadows of Xiuzhen and Niuer, who both ignored me and continued to run forward.Xiuzhen heard me shout, turned around and said, "Yingzi, go home, we will send you a letter when we arrive, go home! Go home..." The sound became thinner and smaller and farther away. The rickshaw passed by, and the big and small shadows were shrouded in the night again.I leaned against the wall, supporting myself so that I would not fall down. The rain fell from the eaves of the house onto my head, face, and body, and I shouted in a hoarse voice: "Niuer! Niuer!" I was cold, scared, and reluctant, and I cried.At this moment, the rickshaw passed by me, and I heard someone shouting from inside the hood: "Yingzi, it's our Yingzi, Yingzi..." what!It's mother's voice!I cried out: "Mom! Mom!" I had no strength at all, and I fell down, fell down, and knew nothing. Fives Far away, far away, I heard a group of house sparrows calling, chirping, chirping.The voice was getting closer...it wasn't a house sparrow, it was a person, and the voice was right next to my ears.she says: "...Madam, don't worry, your body is also in serious condition. Didn't the doctor say that you will definitely wake up?" "But she has been in a coma for ten days! Why am I not in a hurry!" I recognized it, it was Mama Song talking to Mama.I want to call mom, but I can't open my mouth or my eyes. Where are my hands, my feet, my body?Why can't I move, and I can't see a little bit of myself? "In our country, it's called evil. I just went to the Qianmen Guandi Temple to burn some incense. Look, I brought this bag of incense ash back. I'll pour it back into her. Okay, you can do it again." Go to the Guandi Temple to burn incense and make a wish." Mom was still crying, and Song Ma said again: "But it's really strange. How could she abduct the two children? If we come back a step late, our Yingzi will catch up, alas! The more I think about it, the more frightened I am, the cute girl! Alas! That train, the two Together, alas! I just said that Niuer is handsome, but she is a little thin..." "Stop talking, Mama Song, I was shocked when I heard it. Where are Niuer's clothes?" "Those two on the chicken coop? I burned them." "Where was it burned?" "I burned it right next to the railway. Alas! Pretty little girl! Alas!" "Ugh!" The two sighed and stopped for a while without speaking. After hearing the teaspoon stirring the teacup again, Mama Song spoke again: "Let's pour it, shall we?" "Stop for a while, she's sleeping very well now, and we'll talk about it when she turns around. Is the house all tidy?" Mom asked. "It's packed, the new house is really big, and the lights are installed today, it's very convenient this time!" "Moving is better than anything else." "You don't listen to me! I said that the Huian Pavilion has high walls and we have to hang a gossip mirror at the door to look at it. You don't believe me." The place is right. When Yingzi gets well, don’t tell her anything. Go home and change to a new place. Let her forget all about the past. She pretends not to know what she wants to ask. Did you hear me? ? Song Ma." "You don't need to tell me, I know it too." What they were talking about, I didn't understand at all, I was thinking, what's going on here?Is something wrong?I thought about it and felt that I was gradually rising, rising, and I was lying here, high, high, high, my nose was about to touch the roof, "Ah!" I jumped all over, and fell from the top again, Surprised, he opened his eyes.I only heard Mama Song say: "Okay, wake up!" Mom's eyes were red and swollen, and Song's mother was also in tears.But I still can't speak, I don't know how to open my mouth.At this time, my mother hugged me and pinched my nose. I opened my mouth and poured me a spoonful of water. Before I could resist, I swallowed it. Then I yelled: "I don't take medicine!" Song's mother said to her mother: "Did I say it works? Did I say that Master Guandi is effective? He will talk immediately after drinking it." Mom wiped the water from my mouth and made me lie down again.It was only then that I wondered, looking at the white roof, white walls, white doors and windows, tables and chairs, what kind of place is this?I remember I was in a ? ... I asked my mother and said: "Mom, is it raining outside?" "Where is the rain coming from? It's a sunny day!" Mom said. I was still thinking in a daze, I want to think of one thing. At this time, Mama Song approached me, and she asked me very carefully: "Do you recognize me? Yingzi!" I nodded: "Mother Song." Mama Song smiled at Mama.Mom said again: "You have been sick with a fever for ten days, and your father and mother sent you to the hospital. When you recover, we will return to your new home. The new home even has electric lights!" "New home?" I asked strangely. "New home, yes! Our new home is in Xinlianzi Hutong. Remember, when the teacher was testing you, he asked where your family lived? Just say Xinlianzi Hutong." "Then..." I really couldn't remember some things, so I couldn't continue what I wanted to say, so I closed my eyes.Mom said: "It's good to sleep a little longer, you just feel tired, don't you?" Mom touched my mouth, my eyelids, and my hair, and suddenly something touched my head, which hurt After a while, I opened my eyes and saw that it was the gold bracelet on my mother's hand!I couldn't help but exclaimed: "Bracelet!" Mom didn't say anything, and pushed the gold bracelet onto her wrist again.I looked straight at my mother's gold tin and thought, isn't this gold bracelet the one I gave to someone?What is that man's name?I'm confused, but dare not ask because I can't remember that incident clearly now.Why did I get sick and live in this hospital?I don't know at all.Mom patted me and said: "Don't be in a daze, look at how many people bring you food and things to play when you have a fever and sleep!" Mother picked up a beautiful box from the small table next to the bed, put it beside the pillow, opened it, and said: “匣子是刘婆婆给你买的，留着装东西用，里面，喏，你看，这珠链子是张家三姨送你的。喏，这只自动铅笔是叔叔给你的。你自己玩吧！”她便转头跟宋妈说话去了。 我随着妈妈的说明，一件件从匣里拿出来看，我再摸出来的是一只手表，上面镶了几颗钻，啊！这是我自己的东西！但是我手举着表，一动也不动地看着，想着，它怎么会在这只匣子里？它不是，也被我送给人了吗？ “妈！”我不禁叫了一声，想问问。妈回过头看见，连忙接过表去，笑着说道： “看，这只表我给你修理好了，你听！” 妈把表挨近我的耳朵，果然发出小小滴答滴答的声音。然而这时我想起了一些事情，我想起了一个人，又一个人。她们的影子，在我眼前晃。 “妈！”我再叫一声还想问问。 妈妈慌忙又从匣子里拿出别的玩意来哄我： “喏，再看这个，是……” 我忽然想起好些事情来了，我跟一个人，还有一个人的事情，但是妈妈为什么那样慌慌忙忙地不许人问？现在我是多么的思念她们！我心里太难受，真想哭，我忽然翻身伏在枕头上，就忍不住大声地哭起来。嘴里喊：“爸爸！爸爸！” 妈妈和宋妈赶着来哄我，妈妈说： “英子想爸爸了，爸爸知道多高兴，他下班就会来看你！” 宋妈说： “孩子委屈喽，孩子这回受大委屈喽！” 妈妈把我抱起来搂着我，宋妈拍着我，她们全不懂得我！我是在想那两个人啊！我做了什么不对的事吗？我很怕！爸爸，爸爸，你是男人，你应当帮助我啊！我是为了这个才叫爸爸的。 我哭了一阵子很累了，闭上眼睛偎在妈妈的怀里。妈妈轻轻摇着我，低声唱她的歌： “天乌乌，要落雨，老公仔举锄头顺水路，顺着鲫仔鱼要娶某，龟举灯，鳖打鼓……” 她又唱： “饲阉鸡，阉鸡饲大只，台刂给英子吃，英子吃不够，去后尾门仔眯眯哭！”那轻轻的摇动使我舒服多了，听到这里，我不由得睁开眼笑了。妈妈很高兴地亲着我的脸说： “笑了，笑了，英子笑了。宋妈已经把家里的油鸡杀了给你煮汤喝呢！” 宋妈从桌底下拿出一只小锅，打开来还冒着热气，她盛了一碗黄黄的汤还有几块肉，递到我面前，要我喝下去。我别过脸去不要看，不要吃。碗里是西厢房的小油鸡吗？我曾经摸着它们的黄黄软软的羽毛，曾经捉来绿色的吊死鬼喂它们，曾经有一个长长睫毛大眼睛里的泪滴落在它们的身上……我不说什么，把头钻进妈妈的胸怀里。妈妈说： “她不想吃，再说吧，刚醒过来，是还没有胃口。” 我在医院住了十几天，刚可以起床伏在楼窗口向下面看望，爸爸就雇来一辆马车，把我接回家。 马车是敞篷的，一边是爸，一边是妈，我坐在中间，好神气。前面坐了两个赶马车的人，爸爸催他们快一点，皮鞭子抽在马身上，马蹄子得得得得，得得得得，一路跑下去。马车所经过的路，我全不认识。这条大街长又长，好像前面没尽没了。 我觉得很新鲜，转身脸向着车后，跪在座位上，向街上呆呆地看。两边的树一棵棵地落在车后面，是车在走呢？是树在走呢？ 我仰起头来，望见了青蓝的天空，上面浮着一块白云彩，不，一条船。我记得她说：“那条船，慢慢儿地往天边上挪动，我仿佛上了船，心是飘的。”她现在在船上吗？往天边儿上去了吗？ 一阵小风吹散开我的前刘海，经过一棵树，忽然闻见了一阵香气，我回头看妈妈，心里想问：“妈，这是桂花香吗？”我没说出口，但是妈妈竟也嗅了嗅鼻子对爸说： “这叫做马缨花，清香清香的！”她看我在看她，便又对我说：“小英子，还是坐下来吧，你这样跪着腿会疼，脸向后风也大。” 我重新坐正，只好看赶马车的人狠心地抽打他的马。皮鞭子下去，那马身上会起一条条的青色的伤痕吗？像我在西厢房里，撩起一个人的袖子，看见她胳膊上的那样的伤痕吗？早晨的太阳，照到西厢房里，照到她那不太干净的脸上，那又湿又长的睫毛一闪动，眼泪就流过泪坑淌到嘴边了！我不要看那赶车人的皮鞭子！我闭上眼，用手蒙住了脸，只听那得得的马蹄声。 太阳照在我身上，热得很，我快要睡着了，爸爸忽然用手指逗逗我的下巴说： “那么爱说话的英子，怎么现在变得一句话都没有了呢？告诉爸，你在想什么？” 这句话很伤了我的心吗？怎么一听爸说，我的眼皮就眨了两下，碰着我蒙在脸上的手掌，湿了，我更不敢放开我的手。 妈妈这时一定在对爸爸使眼色吧？因为她说： “我们小英子在想她将来的事呢！……” “什么是将来的事？”从上了马车到现在，我这才说第一句话。 “将来的事就如英子要有新的家呀，新的朋友呀，新的学校呀，……” “从前的呢？” “从前的事都过去了，没有意思了，英子都会慢慢忘记的。” 我没有再答话，不由得在想西厢房的小油鸡，井窝子边闪过来的小红袄，笑时的泪坑，廊檐下的缸盖，跨院里的小屋，炕桌上的金鱼缸，墙上的胖娃娃，雨水中的奔跑，……一切都算过去了吗？我将来会忘记吗？ “到了！到了！英子，新帘子胡同的新的家到了！快看！” 新的家？妈妈刚说这是“将来”的事，怎么这样快就到眼前了？ 那么我就要放开蒙在脸上的手了。