Xiangxi female prose

My earliest geographical concept of Xiangxi originated from Su Yi.

In the mid-1970s, she inexplicably got married in this small village in the plain of the northern Hunan Lake area. From Su Yi, I read the remoteness and mystery of Xiangxi.

At that time, I was a kid, and Aunt Su was in her early twenties. The day before she came to see us, she took off her Miao costume and didn't wear her unique silver headdress. I don't know how to put on a big blue skirt that doesn't fit me. She tied a red wool around her waist and a few waist-length whips. It looks incongruous, but she is particularly proud. I can't say what kind of dress it is, but I like to see Aunt Su. I really admire her. I don't want to admire an old woman named Shuang Yi in The Movie. It's just that Aunt Su is younger and more beautiful. I tilted my head and thought, If Aunt Su grew up in wartime, I guess she might become a great female general. To say the least, it is to miss the opportunity to be a general, or at least take the mountain as the king and become a female bandit leader. At that time, I liked to watch the female spy bandits wearing suits and smoking in electric films, which was particularly charming and interesting. I often steal Yueshan brand cigarettes served at home, learn to spit out smoke rings, and often cry, but I can't spit out a smoke ring. I learned to smoke a cigarette in primary school, and later I became a heavy smoker, which is undoubtedly related to learning female spies.

Su Yi is smoking, so I imagine Su Yi is smoking. Better than female spies? Aunt Sue has kung fu and tricks. I never doubted it. I saw with my own eyes that the composition of Peng Laowu bullying his men was very bad, and this Peng Laowu relied on a large family in the village, with seven brothers and Peng's second son who was engaged in public security in the village. No one dared to provoke them. As long as his family doesn't like anyone, they will be in trouble. Instead of being beaten, you should at least be reprimanded, and you can't talk back, otherwise the consequences can be imagined. No one in the village can take his house. Since Su Yi married Gu Jie's second child in our village, Su Yi has made some moves and showed some hands. Things are different. It's just that Gan Kun hangs upside down and makes the whole village applaud.

I heard that Aunt Su Miao Dao is good, the curved one. Smaller than our firewood knife, bigger than a sickle, with a shape. She threw the Miao Dao out, but it can still turn. Someone saw the flying Miao Dao turn several times in the air, cut off a hair of Peng and flew back. Say it's a warning, and you may see blood next time, scaring Peng's property from doing evil. I've seen her beating pig grass and cutting sweet potato vines with Miao Dao, but I don't know how to believe that she has such great skills. Su Yi is naturally a legend in the village. Everyone only knows that she is a Miao and Xiangxi native, and she has never told anyone where she is from. Perhaps, no one in the village has been to Xiangxi Miao Village. Some people are still guessing what's hidden, and no one dares to ask. My mother and Su Yi met and immediately became best sisters. I just couldn't figure it out at the time. Anyway, I am very happy, and I dare not bully my family in the future.

Aunt Sue is tall, white and tender, and has regular facial features. On the outside, she is as beautiful as she is. People here, men, women and children, come and go in the wind and rain, and no one has her water color. Su Yi is naturally the most outstanding one.

Aunt Su married the second child, and everyone in the village said: It's lucky to have a flower in cow dung.

Xie Jia's wedding is very simple, just two tables of rice, but many people come to see the bride, both men, women and children in the village. My mother helps the guests at home by boiling water and pouring tea. Tea is a unique sesame, bean, ginger and salt tea in Miluo River area. In fact, the most polite thing in our place is boiled eggs with red dates or washed eggs with sweet wine. You know, Xie Jia's second child is poor at home, so he can't afford this courtesy. I naturally have to scream, because Xie's qualifications are deep. Others call Xie Hou, and I sometimes call him Xie Bashi, because he is strong, capable of rough work and gentle. Because of my background, I haven't married a wife at the age of 30, and I'm too poor to even have a decent room. After separation, I have been living in a house transformed from a cowshed in the village. Next door is the cowshed. Going out, piles of cow dung can be seen everywhere, which has hardened after being exposed to the sun. Although the smell is lighter than the sparse cow dung when Niu Gang pulled it down, it is unpleasant after all. What's more, there are cows passing through here. From time to time, they pulled down a pile and accidentally stepped on it. People in the village never seem to be afraid of cow dung, which is a good farmyard manure and seems to feel very kind. If it is night, someone will steal it with a dustpan. Everyone crowded to Xie's door, and some of them were still standing by. Of course, they didn't come for a cup of tea, they came for fun. Let's see if it's as beautiful as people say.

In my eyes, Su Yi is like a fairy. Even if she doesn't thank her, she doesn't complain about living in such a bad environment. When she came, she couldn't understand our village, and the people in our village couldn't understand her, but Su Yi had a gift for language. She learned our local dialect in three to five days and could communicate with people, which was unexpected. A well-informed person said that she escaped from marriage and cut two people in the other family with Miao Dao. She hid alone in the mountains for several months, and after repeated mediation by a Han cadre, she calmed down. And this person is boss Xie, who works in Xiangxi. The marriage between Su Yiwen and Xie is also his matchmaker. The so-called rich water does not flow from outsiders, so Su Yishan came to us from far away. Boss Gu Jie himself found a Miao girl as his wife. People say it's not easy to get a wife. I cann't believe there's such a good marriage. He is very happy. He really helped his brother. There is no doubt that he will be admired. Aunt Sue has several unique skills. Her children have stomachache, high fever and other diseases, as long as they take her medicine until they are cured. Aunt Sue was generous, and won a bottle of delicious beer without charging a penny at a time. The toothache is particularly severe. As long as this person passes by her, she will know that she has a toothache, without exception. The second mate, Peng Gu, originally came to make trouble with Gu Jie. He threatened to take it out on Peng Laowu and brought militia to arrest people. As soon as he entered Xie's house, Su Yi greeted him. He was not afraid at all. Instead, the gang paused and looked at the cadre Peng. Peng shouted, "Where are you? Come out before I do it! " Xie came out of the back room, wondering what he had done and feeling a little scared. Aunt Su shouted, "Don't be afraid!" Peng's arrogance seems to be going to be taken down. Aunt Su hurried to Peng and said, "I don't think you have a toothache, do you?" Peng was surprised. How did she know that she had dental disease? She has never dealt with this matter before. He has a lawsuit in mind. Su yi said these words, she said:

"Yes, so what?"

"I will cure you!"

"If it can't be cured, hum, I'll arrest you together, and don't blame me for bullying women!"

"You just wait and see!"

Su Yi is so easy to deal with, and this heroism has stunned many men in the village. I saw that she put a spoonful of black powder on the hot tile, and a strange pungent smell came to my face. She dipped a cotton swab into the powder on her teeth. After a while, a small tooth worm crawled out and died. In less than an hour, all the toothworms died. Su Yi agreed, and Peng had to admire her and asked her what medicine she was taking. Su Yi didn't tell him, saying it was the secret of our Miao people. Peng had some taboos about Miao nationality, so he asked her if she could spell. Su Yi said that we Miao people can put the method. Our village says this is a very powerful spell. Peng took it with a grain of salt and grabbed a militia to push him.

"Give me a try, or I'll arrest someone."

Scared the militia, Su Yiwen saw that this situation was not easy to escape, and began to dance and chant. Suddenly the militia called him itchy and itchy. He knelt down and begged for mercy. I saw Aunt Su make a gesture to let him swallow a food, and then let him catch a fish in the river behind the house. The man said nothing. He quickly jumped into the river and caught a crucian carp in only ten minutes. It asked without itching, but he couldn't answer. It's amazing. People who come here are scared. They were all amazed, saying that this Miao woman was not simple and didn't know how amazing she was. Aunt Sue asked if they were still arresting people. Peng saw this situation, where dare to arrest people. He apologized in a hurry and ran away despondently. From then on, the village praised Su Yi from far and near.

I also became aunt Sue's trumpet player.

I sometimes wonder about this. How did Su Yi know that people had dental disease, and how did the militia get it? I'll ask my mother. My mother is puzzled. I went to ask Su Yi, who urged me not to let others know. My mother whispered, that's your aunt Sue's secret, you can't talk nonsense. Most people who know bad breath have dental worms, Su Yi guessed by experience. As for the militia, it's not a trick. Su Yiwen has no ability to play tricks. It turned out that when Su Yi was cutting a chemical fiber bag, the broken foam of chemical fiber accidentally got on herself, which made her feel itchy. Take a bath and she'll be fine. I laughed my head off and thought it was so funny. The clever Aunt Su used this discovery to trick people into jumping into the water. She really thought it was necessary to catch fish to cure the disease, and the villagers spread it strangely. Later, I also learned to try to use chemical fiber foam, which is really clever. I learned this kung fu, and I feel much more confident. I'm not afraid of other children bullying me.

A few years later, a great event happened, and I admired Su Yi even more.

At that time, the radio was a strange thing. I could hear a lot of things that I seldom heard. My dad came back from the original work unit in the province, and an old colleague gave one to my dad, and he played it to his neighbors when he got home. Xie couldn't put it down, so his father gave it to him. It's lively now, and everyone is flocking to his house. It's late, everyone is scattered, and Xie He can't sleep. First she was excited, then she was afraid. Because Xie knows how to turn off the frequency, but she doesn't know how to turn it off Voice of America appeared on the radio. This is an enemy's compound. I want to come to my house, but the radio is much louder than during the day, and I'm afraid to go out and be heard by others. I don't know if it's good. Su Yi doesn't understand it very well. But she didn't panic She thought of a way. Aunt Sue thinks that we night owls have to sleep when we are tired. I don't believe that Americans don't sleep at midnight. Xie thinks it makes sense. It's three or four o'clock in the morning, and the two of them can sleep in peace. Aunt Sue didn't sleep well, as if she heard something at the back door and got up to watch the door again. She didn't find anyone. She also suspected that the night owl caught the mouse and fell asleep again. Suddenly there was a quick knock on the door, and they were awakened. I wonder what happened again. At first light, the militia battalion commander brought a few people. It is said that someone reported that Xie turned off the enemy station in the middle of the night and sent a telegram to the United States and Taiwan Province Province. They were ordered to look for it. It seems that they are all spies! The radio was finally found, but it kept playing all night last night and the battery was dead. The clever Su Yi refused to admit it, and said that she was afraid of being stolen in the rice jar. She has to find the informer and confront her. If she doesn't say it, she will recite the scriptures, and she will know who sued her. People with ghosts in their hearts feel hot all over. Shuang Yi's legs are weak, and he is afraid. He stood up. It turned out to be that old goat who likes to wander at night. When he saw Su Yiwen's house with the light on, he scraped the window and listened through the gap, thinking that people were having sex. After more than an hour, he was bitten by a mosquito. He didn't see anything, but vaguely heard the sound of the radio and couldn't hear what was said in it. At that time, false accusations were common, and several people were inexplicably locked up. So the onlookers accused him of being too boring, because he falsely accused him of several things, and the villagers hated him for a long time. The militia battalion commander was afraid, and still felt that there was no evidence to bring people like this. He scolded the informer and left. Later, someone specially investigated Su Yi's life experience for this matter, but it was also in vain.

Aunt Sue never stops doing farm work, not because she doesn't do it, but because she can't do farm work well and always gets into trouble. Let her hoe cotton, not a few weeds, but a lot of cotton seedlings. Let her dig into the ground with mud all over her face and become a big cat. Her husband simply didn't want her to go to the fields and stayed at home to wash clothes and cook. In fact, she can't wash clothes either. Some clothes often take hours to clean. My mother often washes her, rubbing one by one with a hammer, dividing three times five by two, and flushing with water, and it will be fine. My mother sometimes thinks that playing with flying knives when she can can can challenge the men in the village, "Bring it on if she has the guts", saying that she can't do it, and needlework and farm work are always clumsy. But her food tastes better than anyone else, just delicious. Just no speed, slow down!

Aunt Su is really a mystery in the eyes of the villagers! She gave birth to two boys, and no one knows what kind of education she has. She doesn't know a few words, and children can read and obey from an early age. We have lived in the town for more than 30 years, and my mother will visit her from time to time to bring us some news about the village. Whoever dies and who is terminally ill will not live long. My village is becoming more and more strange to me, so I seldom go there. Last year, Niang also brought news from Su Yi, saying that her eldest son had graduated from a doctor's degree for more than two years, and he was in charge of technology in a foreign-funded company in Beijing, making a lot of money. The youngest son also graduated with a master's degree and stayed in Shenzhen. Su Yiwen's family has now left the village and moved to the town. Xie drives a transport vehicle and runs a rice threshing factory. Life is thriving. Aunt Sue runs a rice factory and takes care of other people's doctors. She is very busy and earns a lot of money. Especially when her two sons send money back every month, she is so happy that she keeps smiling all day.

On that day, Su Yi was accepted by my mother to live in Yueyang City. She has lived for less than two days and is not used to calling home. I later learned why, because she was afraid to cross the streets of the city and the passing cars. At first, I couldn't believe that she was so timid. I used to be fearless. My mother said that she didn't want company the next day and wanted to go out for a walk by herself. But when she wanted to have lunch, she didn't come back. My mother is in a hurry, let my brother go out and see what's going on. She doesn't know how to use a mobile phone. Her son bought her one. She only looks at the time and never calls. She said that she was not reluctant to pay the phone bill, but generous, that is, the radiation of mobile phones was not good for her health. If anyone says that she can't use it and teaches her, she will be angry and say that she looks down on her. Great, I can't go back to the street. My brother found her at the T-junction and realized that she had not gone anywhere. She stood here for more than two hours and said that she was dizzy and her legs were sore. Asked why she didn't take the sidewalk, she said she was still afraid that the car would come and hit someone soon. My brother was in distress situation and brought her back. At lunch, I also went back to my parents' house to spend time with Aunt Sue. Aunt Sue was embarrassed to see me and said, "Don't laugh at me! Your aunt Su debuted today, and I have always been timid! " No way. I grew up admiring Yi. How could this happen? Were all those heroic acts false before?

Aunt Su told the story: what happened when I first came here was a defense method described by a Miao expert. If she wants to live in a strange place, she must show her strength without being bullied or hurt. Taught her some skills. So she often imagines some possible ways to face things, and I don't know how many times she rehearsed at home. In fact, every time something happens, I am still very scared. I can't calm my heart for many days, afraid of being seen by others. It was only after a long time that she got used to it. It is much more common for her to really blend into the village and become a part of it. People are not what they think, so she takes nothing for every treat. She even regretted that she had scared many people by playing tricks, but she still felt guilty all the time.

Mom said that she used to have such a good figure, how did she gain weight in a few years? My mother went to the hospital for a physical examination that day and asked her to accompany her. By the way, she also had a physical examination. No one can understand her refusal to live or die. Later, when we called her husband, we realized that she was terminally ill and would not live long, so she was most afraid of the hospital, and she was afraid of this place where she was declared dead. I think: What does the hospital in a place where people are not reborn get in return? ! What's wrong with Aunt Su?

Sometimes it really takes a long time, even a lifetime, to get to know someone.

I haven't really known Aunt Su for more than 30 years.

She is afraid that all strange things will hurt herself and her family, so she has a strong sense of defense. Before, Su Yi refused to come to town to play. Are there such psychological barriers and pressures? Even her son took her to play in big cities many times, but she refused for various reasons. She is worried that her sons will take her to the hospital because they don't know that he is ill yet. She forbade her husband to tell her son, or she would kill herself. She is afraid that her son is not married and it will cost a lot of money to buy a house in Beijing and Shenzhen. Anyway, she will die sooner or later, so why waste money? She didn't touch the money sent back by her sons, saying it was for them.

I also know that Su Yi has never been back to Xiangxi, where she was born. Since she married our land, no relatives of Xiangxi have been here. She never said why, and no one knows. Only recently did I know that she also has a heavy crock that has been treasured for decades. It is not filled with gold and silver treasures, but with her cherished tears.

My eyes are moist. ...

How many little-known secrets does Aunt Su have?

I can't find an accurate word to explain Aunt Su's life. Because any sentence is weak. I just feel her forbearance all her life, how sad she is and how much strength she needs to support her.