He wants to hold Wang Guihua’s hand

(1)

Zhao Huzi thought about this for a long time. He wanted to hold Wang Guihua’s hand and walk together for the rest of his life.

Zhao Huzi and Wang Guihua are neighbors in the same village. They were classmates in primary school. As her name suggests, Wang Guihua is simple and elegant, with big eyes, a small chin, a dark and pretty face with a hint of red, and two big dimples when she smiles. The ice cream on her face exuded a strong scent of osmanthus, and Zhao Huzi could smell it from afar.

Zhao Huzi and Wang Guihua grew up together, played together, and walked to school together. One time on the way to school, the son of the village party secretary chased after the two of them and shouted "young couple". Zhao Huzi just turned around and scolded him, "Go away", but Wang Guihua turned around to meet him and hit him with her schoolbag several times.

From then on, Wang Guihua never went to school with Zhao Huzi again. Occasionally they met, but she deliberately avoided them.

Zhao Huzi felt very sad. He liked Wang Guihua from the bottom of his heart. His father said that he had to go to Wang Guihua tomorrow. Her father made it clear that the two families had made a marriage arrangement and would marry her back as his wife in the future, so that Zhao Huzi could see enough of her every day.

During the winter vacation, just before the Chinese New Year, the village party secretary bought the first color TV set in the village. The village party secretary found someone to put up the antenna pole during the day, and debugged the signal in the main room at night. The villagers all ran to his house to watch the fun, and the gangster ran around inside and outside the house. The color TV played sound and video, and everyone craned their necks to watch the colorful Hong Kong movie "Huo Tung Pavilion". You pushed me, and everyone crowded into the courtyard.

Zhao Huzi saw Wang Guihua standing at the front of the crowd. He squeezed in and smelled the fragrance of osmanthus on her body. He stretched out his hand, then stretched it out again, and slowly touched forward. He took a soft hand and held it tightly in his hand, like a pair of long-lost friends embracing each other. He saw Wang Guihua blushing with shame. At this time, the scoundrel suddenly approached Wang Guihua with a salivating face and showed his courtesy. Wang Guihua took out her hand, pushed the scoundrel, cursed "disgusting", squeezed out of the crowd, and ran away in a panic.

(2)

Wang Guihua dropped out of junior high school and returned home. Wang Guihua's brother wanted to join the army, and her father forced her to marry the son of the village party secretary, Xiao Lapi, in order to smooth things over with her. She liked Zhao Huzi, but she and Zhao Huzi had no engagement in the first place, and there was no place to reason with her. On the day of her wedding, she bumped her head against the door frame and cracked her head.

Zhao Huzi is very heart-warming. He seemed to have lost his soul during the three years of high school, but he failed to get into college. He didn't even have the intention to repeat his studies and went directly to work in Shenzhen. He didn't go home for several years. He wanted to make a lot of money, marry a more beautiful wife than Wang Guihua, hold her hand back to the village, show it to the young and old men, and make Wang Guihua's father angry.

It snowed heavily in the south that year. Zhao Huzi’s mother was thinking about her son and asked Zhao Huzi to go home for the New Year no matter what. Zhao Huzi works in a color TV factory in Shenzhen. A few years ago, he helped his boss seize a batch of private goods from the customs and received a large sum of money from the dividends. Zhao Huzi carried the money, took the train, reversed the car, and drove several times before finally rushing home. In front of the village, he saw a familiar figure, a figure that often appeared in his dreams: Wang Guihua!

Wang Guihua's face was pale, and the blush was gone from her dark and thin face. She was holding her two children and limping along. When she saw Zhao Huzi, she asked: "Brother, are you back?" Zhao Huzi nodded, took out candy from her pocket and gave it to her two children. "Brother, will you still go out to work after the new year? I also want to go work with you." Zhao Huzi said that he would go, but he was not sure whether he could take her there.

Zhao Huzi’s mother said that not long after Wang Guihua married the scoundrel, the village party secretary was dismissed from office because of corruption reports. Life was not as comfortable as before. The scoundrel became grumpy and drank some alcohol. , beating Wang Guihua at every turn. Wang Guihua resisted at first, but the more she resisted, the harder the scoundrel beat her. Once, he was so cruel that one of her legs was crippled. Zhao Huzi was trembling with anger after hearing this, but he could do nothing because Wang Guihua was already married to the scoundrel.

Zhao Huzi spent the New Year at home in style, but before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the boss in Shenzhen called him to urge him to go back, saying that he had received another big deal. Zhao Huzi is gearing up and preparing to return to Shenzhen to work hard. If he works well, he will be able to buy a house by the end of the year, and then he can take his wife over and enjoy the happiness together.

On the day before he was about to leave, he received a call from the scoundrel, saying that Wang Guihua had drunk the pesticide paraquat and was being treated in the hospital. She was dying and she wanted to see Zhao Huzi before she died. When Zhao Huzi heard this, he was like a bolt from the blue and couldn't believe anything he said. People in the village said that since Zhao Huzi came home for the New Year, the scoundrel had been drinking even more fiercely. When he was drunk, he would beat Wang Guihua to death. People in the village were used to seeing scoundrels beating their wives and didn't take it seriously. Unexpectedly, Wang Guihua took poison.

Zhao Huzi rushed to the hospital and without saying a word, punched the scoundrel to the ground. He rushed to the ward. Wang Guihua was speechless. She just held Zhao Huzi's hand tightly, just like Zhao Huzi held her hand back then, with tears streaming down her face. Zhao Huzi was heartbroken. He hated himself for being incompetent and not marrying Wang Guihua as his wife. Didn’t you agree to go out to work after the new year? However, she actually left first.

On the day Wang Guihua was buried, Zhao Huzi was sitting in a hard-seat carriage of the train. The sound of the train wheels hitting the track was like crushing his heart. He turned to look out the window at the dark night, tears streaming down his face. He felt that his heart had been hollowed out and he was very tired. He fell asleep on the table.

(3)

When Zhao Huzi woke up, his face was full of tears. It turned out that he had had a dream. He was lying on the bed, holding Wang Guihua's hand. Wang Guihua was sleeping soundly, and the moonlight came in from the window, shining like mercury on her peaceful face.

Zhao Huzi’s scientific name is Zhao Tianliang, and Wang Guihua’s scientific name is Wang Shuming.

Wang Shuming did not die. She and Zhao Tianliang went to high school together. Later, they both went to college, fell in love, got married, and have settled in big cities for several years. Their children are all in junior high school.

"Hey, my wife, wake up quickly. I had a nightmare again. I woke up crying." If you wake up from a dream and cry, you won’t be afraid of being laughed at.”

“This dream is just like the real thing. Do you think it’s strange that I was holding your hand in the crowd, but now that I think about it? It's like a dream. My father later came to your father to talk about the engagement. Your father initially disagreed, but then he asked for a bride price. "

"My father took half of the gift money and gave it to my brother to marry him. I deposited the other half into the credit union and asked my father to allow me to continue schooling and I would renew my degree after I graduate from college. Return it to him with interest."

"Honey, you have the right idea! Now you have taken advantage of my father-in-law, and he has no choice but to let you continue to go to school. , you are better than me, there is no reason why you can’t go to college.”

“Yes, apart from going to school and serving in the military, there are really not many ways to change our destiny.” My father originally wanted me to marry a scoundrel and ask the village party secretary to help me enlist my brother in the army. I was so angry that I ran to the motor shaft at the end of the village. If he mentioned it again, I would jump in. My father knew it. My temper was right, so I quickly changed my tune. "

"However, the little scoundrel did well later. I heard that he opened a rubber factory and made a lot of money. His wife and children all immigrated. He moved to Australia and made money at home."

"Yeah, my dad still regrets it when he mentions it! It's better to say that I followed you and married a poor man in the city. I married a rich man in the countryside. Well, poor people are poor, and I am happy with it! If I marry a scoundrel, it might be just like in your dream."

Zhao Tianliang held onto Wang Shuming tightly. He is truly willing to accompany her for the rest of his life.

However, Zhuang Shengxiao was obsessed with butterflies in his dreams, and he was a little afraid that the life in front of him was a dream. He pinched his hand quietly, but it still hurt.

The night is deep and autumn insects are chirping. Zhao Tianliang hugged Wang Shuming and continued to sleep with peace of mind.

(4)

The train braked with a click, and the stainless steel tray on the table fell to the ground with a clatter. Zhao Huzi woke up with a start, and the tears on his face were not dry. Outside the window, there is a strange station. The pale moonlight shone through the window into the snoring car. Zhao Huzi picked up the stainless steel that fell on the ground and put it on the table. He took a breath and wiped his face. The tears lay in his palms, passing through his skin and blood and reaching the top of his heart, which was chilling to his heart.

("One Yuan Short Story Training Camp"? +? No. 011? Diandian's Crab Mother's Second Assignment)