Sichuan daughter-in-law Meilian

The car bumped along the mountain road and finally stopped. The petite and beautiful Meilian opened the door and got out. What she saw was a bare barren mountain. In the autumn wind of Saibei, everything was desolate. . She didn't believe her eyes. Didn't the matchmaker say it was a good place with beautiful scenery? She cast suspicious eyes on the matchmaker behind her, the sturdy man who accompanied her along the way. The matchmaker saw her thoughts and told her that it was autumn and the north was such a bleak place. It was not as beautiful as Sichuan, which has beautiful mountains and clear waters all year round. The summer here is also a good place with lush green mountains and green trees. He gave her a push and asked her to move forward quickly and block the people who were about to get off the car behind her. Also coming down behind was Yu Lan, a good sister from the same village. They were being held by two men like prisoners, which made Mei Lian feel a little uncomfortable.

As they walked along the mountain road and climbed up the slope, they heard noisy footsteps and someone yelling to stop. She looked for the sound and saw a woman with disheveled hair running out of the ravine below where she had climbed halfway up the slope. She was wearing a red top. She ran desperately, fell several times, got up and ran again. After a while, she was chased from behind. A few strong men caught up with her. They tied up the woman with a thick hemp rope in their hands, cursed her and walked back to the ravine. Mei Lian asked the matchmaker suspiciously in Sichuan dialect, "What's going on?" The matchmaker pushed her away and said, "Don't mind your own business. That's a Sichuan wife who ran away. This is the fate of those who run away." Mei Lian asked strangely: "Doesn't it mean that the men here are all good to their wives? They don't have to work in the fields and they have food and drink. Why are they running away?" "Aren't you satisfied?" the matchmaker said. Mei Lian didn't ask too many questions, but she felt uncomfortable, and the excitement along the way suddenly disappeared.

A group of four of them entered the village. Mei Lian took a look and found that it was only a small village with more than a hundred households. Her heart was beating loudly. This was not what the matchmaker said. Not the same either.

After thinking about it, Mei Lian walked into a courtyard. There were five large main rooms, bright red windows with oil paint, red couples, little black dogs barking at them, and ducks flapping. It squawks with its wings. Mei Lian thought that she was a good family, and she couldn't help but feel happy. An old man with small feet walked out of the house and warmly greeted them to come in. Behind the old man was a young man with a smile that couldn't be concealed. Meilian thinks this is her future man! When she took a closer look, she felt that this man was very tall and of good length. She suddenly felt happy. It was love at first sight! She shyly lowered her head and followed the others into the house.

After entering, the spacious and bright house was clean and tidy. There was a big red kang table on a large red oilcloth, and tea and melon seeds had already been placed.

The wrinkled face of the old man with small feet smiled into a corduroy face, and his eyes shone. The matchmaker and another man who had accompanied them all the way got on the kang, and she and Yulan, a little sister from the same village, stood leaning against the edge of the kang, listening to the matchmaker's greetings. She peeked at the man leaning against the cabinet and felt that the trip was worthwhile, but after the greetings, Yulan stayed, and the matchmaker told her to leave quickly. She was suspicious and couldn't ask in front of so many people. After she was sent out by the old man with little feet, she turned around and waved to Yulan and said goodbye.

She continued walking with the matchmaker, and she asked the matchmaker: "Where are we going?" The matchmaker said, of course, to your house. Only then did she realize that the man she was attracted to was Magnolia. At the head of the house, she was a little disappointed.

After a while, they turned into a small alley, and the smell of sheep dung hit their nostrils. After entering, they found three low mud houses, which were dilapidated. The yard was full of sheep dung, and there was no place to stand. As soon as you enter the yard, there is a sheepfold, and the sheep are braying. A one-eyed old lady shakily came out, saying, "I heard Guibao say, you guys will come over in a minute, I just tidied up the house," while stepping forward to hold Mei Lian's hand in a rare way. Went into the house.

The room was dark, and it took her a while to get used to it before she could see the layout of the room clearly. There is an ancient long table in the front, and then there is a large water tank, and the Kang is covered with mats. It can really be described as a house with bare walls.

Her heart suddenly fell to the bottom. When she was thinking about what to do, a man ran in in the turmoil outside. He smiled when he entered the door, with yellow teeth on his dark face. He kept rubbing his hands and looking at her. He looked at her and smiled honestly.

But she became disgusted. He was not much taller than her. She was only 1.47 meters tall. She had wanted to find a tall man of 1.8 meters in her life. However, why did the matchmaker tell her about a man who was so short? !

After the matchmaker exchanged a few words with the one-eyed old man, he motioned for her to stay and they were leaving. Mei Lian suddenly grabbed the matchmaker and signaled that she had something to say. She followed the matchmaker to the main room. She eagerly asked the matchmaker why she didn't find her a good family like Yulan. She didn't want to live there. The matchmaker said: "Yulan is tall and a high school graduate. That family offers a big price." .” The implication is that she thinks Mei Lian is short and does not have a high school education. Meilian was silent, but her heart told her that she was not satisfied. She asked to go back with the matchmaker. The matchmaker said: "The money has been collected and your father has already spent the betrothal gift. How can you say that you won't be here if you are not here?" There are several matchmakers in between, and they all cost money, so it’s not easy.” After saying that, the matchmaker sighed and left in a hurry, and the one-eyed old man quickly closed the door. While saying that it’s not like one family doesn’t come into the same house, look at how well you two match up! While looking at his son with a smile, his son scratched his head in embarrassment and went over to help Meilian into the house. Meilian broke away from his support and entered the house alone. The old man said that your new house is over here and led her through. The house opposite is the west room with two rooms in one hall. After entering, there is a big red cabinet and a small TV. The bed is also made of red oilcloth, and there are several embroidered quilts with red jokes. Meilian thought, it's over, this is her home. When she wanted to leave, the door had been closed. The old man and the man had gone out. She sat alone and thought about what to do. Sichuan was so far away from Shanxi, and she couldn't go back alone. Besides, she thought of the Sichuan daughter-in-law who was tied back with hemp rope, and she didn't dare to think about it.

For dinner, the old man fried fried cakes. Several women from the village came over to help cook, and some men came over. The small yard suddenly became lively, and a banquet was also served in her house. The old man brought him a bright red cotton-padded coat and said that wearing cotton-padded clothes when getting married would bring prosperity in the future. She was reluctantly pulled by several women to put it on. They laughed and said that she looked so good-looking, like Sachiko!

When he entered the bridal chamber, he saw that the man’s shoes were all rotten. She turned away in disgust, and the man pulled her. She said she was tired from walking all the way. The man laughed and said It’s up to you, this is your home, you’ll get used to it slowly, and you’ll pull out the quilt and sleep on it.

Mei Lian couldn’t sleep all night. She heard the man turning over, and she slept melancholy all night. No, the man was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night.

In the morning, she pretended to sleep. She heard a man come over to look at her, and then tiptoed off the kang. After closing the door, she got up and found that the genius was still bright. She heard the man calling the sheep to go to herd the sheep. She quickly jumped off the kang and tried to open the door, but found that the door was locked. She thought it was because she was afraid that she would escape!

The old man brought her breakfast, noodles and poached eggs, and said with a smile: "You can eat whatever you want. We have no shortage of food in Shanxi, and we don't need you to work in the fields. Just give me a fat baby." Just a grandson." She looked at the old man's face, which was also very kind and compassionate. She pulled the old man to sit on the kang and asked, "Are you just the two of us?" The old man sighed and said, "Your father-in-law. I got sick a few years ago and lost one of my eyes by plucking wheat. Your man, his name is Baosuo. He hasn't grown in height. It's not because he can't find a wife locally, so he asked a matchmaker to go to Sichuan to find a wife. We have a Sichuan wife here. Many of them came here voluntarily. Shanxi's rules don't require women to work. They are very happy. When you give birth to a child, go out and visit them and chat. There are many fellow villagers, so don't miss home." The old man used two by the way! The rough hand held Meilian's hand and rubbed it lovingly.

Mei Lian sighed, thinking that she could only accept her fate!

When the next summer came, it was indeed a village with green mountains and beautiful scenery. It had only been a year, but she had not gone out. The old man and Baosuo had locked the door every time they left. , she thought about escaping, but where did she want to escape? She didn't even know the way in this mountain. What's more, they will be found by the whole village. It seems that when it comes to arresting people, the men in their village are very united. She often hears the old people talking about these things. If a person's daughter-in-law runs away, the whole village will help catch her. return.

Yulan can move around freely. Sometimes Yulan comes to talk to her through the window, asking her to accept her fate, saying that we came here voluntarily, didn't we just do it to not work in the fields? There is really no need to work in the fields here. Yulan also applied for a job as a substitute teacher for an elementary school in the village, and has always had a good relationship with her husband. Yulan comforted her: "I don't have a father-in-law, and it seems that my family is in a good situation. It was all earned by my father-in-law before, and now he has nothing. Otherwise, he would not go to Sichuan to marry a wife, and he would have to rely on himself in the future!" But she...she I don’t want to accept my fate!

The old man and the man were very kind to her and wouldn't even let her cook. Besides, she already had a baby in her belly. She touched her swollen belly and it seemed that she would give birth in a few days. , it seems that we can only accept our fate!

After the child was born, the old man and Baosuo held her up to the sky, serving her with eggs every day, and the old man took care of the child. She was only responsible for looking after the child at night. When the child was a few months old, she could also hold the child and chat with Yulan, and joke with a group of sisters from Sichuan. It's just that her heart always wants to fly, but the child is already a burden to her!

Unknowingly, another summer arrived, and she also felt the beautiful scenery of this mountain village, as if it were her hometown. She looked south to Sichuan, and that home was thousands of miles away from here, and she missed her. family, but I don’t know if I can go back in this life.

Summer is over and autumn is here. Mei Lian spends one afternoon picking up potatoes left in the field after harvesting. She picks up a sack without realizing it. It took a lot of effort to pull her along, and it was really difficult for someone who is not very tall. At this time, there was the sound of a tricycle. When she looked, the tricycle had stopped in front of her. She saw a pleasant boy calling her, "Sister Baosuo, put the potatoes on my tricycle, and I will pull them back for you." Then he jumped off the tricycle, picked up the potato, put it on the car, and asked her to sit on it too.

She was sitting in the passenger seat of the tricycle. She observed this boy in his early twenties, who was a few years younger than her and looked a bit like Yulan's husband. She asked, "Which family are you from?" The boy said, "I am Magnolia's brother-in-law, but I am not a close relative. I am the son of Magnolia man's uncle." He looked in front of him and smiled as he spoke.

Meilian thought, no wonder he looked so much like Yulan’s husband, who was also 1.8 meters tall. Meilian had nothing to say, "I heard that your brother has become the village party secretary." " Yes, my brother is a party member. He is the only party member among the young people in the village. When the old party secretary resigned, he elected my brother as the party secretary. "Meilian thought, Yulan is really lucky. This person has to tell his fate. Mei Lian seemed to be saying to herself, "Magnolia is so lucky, every talent is a blessing." She thought of herself. The boy smiled and said, "You are not bad either. You look like Yamaguchi Momoe. I have liked Yamaguchi Momoe since I was a child. She has white teeth and a beautiful smile." Mei Lian became embarrassed and lowered her head. . The boy continued: "When I marry in the future, I will marry a petite and cute woman like you. I don't like tall women, they are not feminine." Mei Lian was even more embarrassed. Fortunately, the wind in the countryside was strong and the wind blew. Her hair was messed up, and it was flying in the wind, hiding the shyness on her face.

In the autumn of the next year, the whole village was rumored that Meilian was a bad woman who seduced unmarried young people. The boy's mother cried and made a fuss at her house. Baosuo beat her so hard that she was covered in bruises. When Baosuo became angry, his veins were exposed and his strength was frightening. She huddled on the ground next to the stove, saying nothing. Fa, she neither admits nor denies it. The old man was shaking angrily and picked up the broom to hit her, but put it down again. She took away her two-year-old son who was crying "Wow" in fear, and she was locked up again.

When winter came, snowflakes were falling. She was curious about the snow in the north and wanted to go out and experience it, but she couldn't go out. She could only watch through the window. She also missed her son, but after half a year She didn't see her anymore, she only heard the child calling her mother through the door, which made her heart beat like a knife.

When spring came, she found that she would bleed when she brushed her teeth, and it couldn't stop bleeding. She didn't tell Baosuo, but Baosuo also found out and took her out to see a doctor and went to the provincial capital. She saw the bustling city and the doctor said she had leukemia and it couldn't be cured. Baosuo frowned and took her back without saying a word. When he got home, he said to her: "My family doesn't have the money to treat you with this disease. It's all in vain, as you know."

"Meilian didn't say anything. She also knew that the disease was incurable. Although she felt uncomfortable, there was nothing she could do. Baosuo said, do whatever you want, and I won't lock you up.

Meilian She shed tears of gratitude, and her son came back to her. She caressed her son every day, and her heart broke! She regretted giving birth to her son. How would he live in the future?

The old man also sighed and went in and out every day. She was busy waiting for her, and all the delicious food was brought to her. But she gradually didn't want to eat anything. She became even thinner. She thought of the boy. She heard that Yu Lan had gone to the city to work, and he had already gone to work. After marrying a daughter-in-law, she had already forgotten her, right? She thought of her relatives in Sichuan, and she thought that returning her body would also be a burden to her family. The key was that she could not let go of her son for a minute. She wanted to keep her son by her side in the last moments of her life. , give him more maternal love.

She looked at the son in her arms and thought: "If it hadn't been for you, my mother would never have stayed here! ”

When another autumn came, Meilian left, and her son lay on her body crying for mother, heartbreaking, echoing in the mountains...