Chapter 10 Life

In the morning, the sun has risen, and Gao Jialin gets up to fetch water from the well under the cliff in the ditch. He didn't sleep well last night and got up late.

A well

In the morning, the sun has risen, and Gao Jialin gets up to fetch water from the well under the cliff in the ditch. He didn't sleep well last night and got up late.

A well surrounded by stones is as dirty as a rotten pond. Mud paste and frog clothes are at the bottom of the well; There are some sawdust and grass chips floating on the water. Mosquitoes and corpses flooded the whole village.

The horse spoon in his hand hesitated for a long time, but finally he didn't get any water. He just squatted by the well holding two barrels angrily.

At the moment, he feels irritable and depressed. The whole village is using all kinds of rumors to talk about his "immorality" with Qiaozhen. I also heard that Liu hit Qiaozhen, and things seem to be getting worse. At present, he feels even worse when he sees that the well is so dirty that no one cares (everyone drinks this water year after year and cooks with it). All this made him feel heavy and painful: when will the wind of modern civilization blow to this backward and closed place?

His heart is restless, and he finds it difficult to stay in the countryside. However, where is the other way out? He raised his head and looked out of the ditch, and the mountain quickly blocked his view. Heaven and earth are always so narrow! He closed his eyes, but he couldn't help thinking of endless plains, bustling big cities, magnificent locomotives, planes soaring into the sky like arrows ... He often used this fantasy to meet his spiritual needs.

When he opened his eyes, he was still in reality. He looked at the well, but the soil still didn't settle down. He sighed and thought, it is better to sprinkle a little bleach carefully. But where did you get this thing? Bleaching powder can only be bought in the county seat. His legs were a little numb and he stood up.

He couldn't help looking at the clever books on the river bank. He didn't see anyone, Qiaozhen probably went out of the mountain; Or was her father beaten lying on the kang? Either, she was afraid and didn't dare to stand under the old pagoda tree on the bank of their house-she was almost there watching him every time he carried water. They often smile silently or make faces at each other.

Suddenly, Gao Jialin's eyes lit up: he saw Qiaozhen turn out from behind the old pagoda tree again! Her arm hung quietly, and she looked at him happily and shyly, as if she were still laughing! This guy!

Her head was lifted to the roof of their house, which means that Garin looked at it. Garin looked into the hillside and saw Liu pursed his ass and hoeing the ground on the reservation.

Gao Jialin immediately felt angry. Liu hit Qiao Zhen because he scolded his father. In fact, there is no Gao Jialin in his eyes! Second, I can never pay attention to my family because I can earn a few dollars.

Garin decided to get back at him today. He wants to talk to Qiaozhen openly, let him see! Pissed him off! He deliberately raised his voice and shouted, "Qiaozhen, come down! I have something to tell you! " Qiaozhen was so surprised that she didn't know what to do. Unconsciously, she turned around and looked at her bank. I wonder if Liu heard it. But he is still hoeing the ground. Qiaozhen finally resolutely came down from the slope. She didn't even walk. She jumped down from the nearby grass valley and headed for the well platform.

She came to him, her shoes, socks and trouser legs were soaked with dew. She dug her fingers trembling and whispered, "Ringo ... what happened?" Someone in the village is watching us both, my dad ... ""Not afraid! " Garin cut a lock of hair on his forehead with his fingers and said, "Tell them to look at it! We didn't do anything bad ... did your father hit you? "

He looked at her white face and graceful figure and felt a little distressed.

Qiaozhen had tears under her long eyelashes and bit her lip and smiled. She said shyly, "I didn't call … I swore a few words …" "

"If he tries to use force against you again, I'll be rude to him!" Garin said angrily. "You don't be angry. My father is too stingy to do anything to me. Don't be angry, I am the master of our family! " Qiao Zhen is shining with beautiful eyes, persuading her beloved. She looked at the empty bucket beside her and asked, "How did you get the water?" Garin bent his chin toward the well and said, "It's as dirty as a toilet!" " "

Qiaozhen sighed and said, "No way. So dirty, everyone still eats. " On the contrary, she burst out laughing. "There's a saying in the countryside that you won't get sick if you eat it ..." Garin didn't laugh. He lifted the bucket from the well and put it on a stone. He said to Qiaozhen, "Simply, the two of us will go to the city to find some bleaching powder. Sprinkle it first, but please ask some young people to clean up the well. "

"I also go with you? Go together? " Qiaozhen asked in surprise.

"Let's go together! You push your bike, I'll take you, let's go! Let's forget everything! The villagers are willing to laugh! " Jia Lin looked into Qiao Zhen's eyes. "Do you dare not take it?" "Take it! You send the bucket! I went back to the cart to change clothes. You also change clothes! Don't just clean the well, look at how dirty your clothes are! Take it off and I'll give you a good wash tomorrow. "

Galintou was so happy that he played a joke on his lover in rural slang: "What a good wife!" " "

Qiaozhen pursed her lips affectionately, blew a naughty breath into Jialin's face and said, "It's terrible …" They all went home very excitedly.

For Qiaozhen, under the gaze of family and villagers, it is undoubtedly a bold challenge to visit the county with Garin in a car. How brave her present situation needs! The reason why she is not afraid of her father's beating and cursing, and the jokes of the villagers, is entirely because of her persistent love for Galin! As long as you follow Garin, he will let her jump off the cliff together, and she will jump with him without closing her eyes! For Gao Jialin, he made this decision, which was a challenge to the old rural morality and vulgar public opinion he hated. It is also a revenge and blow to the arrogant "two talents"! Garin put the empty bucket at home and dug out the clothes he hadn't worn for a long time. He washed his face and hair with soap and immediately felt radiant and fluttering all over. He combed his hair in the mirror and felt strong and handsome! Father went out of the mountain, mother went to the private plot, and there was no one at home. He took out a few dollars from a small wooden box and put it in his pocket. He went out to wait for Qiaozhen by the alkali embankment-all the people in the village came out of the path under the alkali in front of his house.

Qiaozhen came, wearing his favorite clothes: beige short-sleeved shirt and dark blue dacron pants. Black and shiny hair is tied into a fluffy ball with a handkerchief at the back of the head, and the face is white and tender like a pear flower that just opened in early spring.

They walked side by side from the village road to Chuan Dao. Both of them felt novel and excited, and they didn't even say a word; I'm embarrassed to look at each other. This is the most abundant moment in life. When they are alone in the field at night, their love is only their own feelings. Now, they want to show their happiness to the world. They feel more solemn and proud now. Qiaozhen is proud: let everyone have a look! She, an illiterate rural girl, proudly went to Jialin, a county town, with a versatile, strong and beautiful "Mr.": Show a farmer in a village full of Sichuan! The most beautiful girl in Mahe, the daughter of the famous "God of Wealth" Liu, is like a lovely lamb, following him meekly!

The village immediately caused a sensation about it. Old women, old people and dolls who didn't come out of the mountain came out to see it. The cultivators who hoed on the opposite hillside and Sichuan Road also left their furniture and went to the fields to see the two "outsiders" in the village.

There are envious zaba mouths, strange words, and cool cavities. The gentleman shrinks his head to see; The rude layman looked at it and drooled. More people find it novel and interesting. Especially the young men and women in the village, envy and hate; Sichuan road, a group of two girls and young men who have a crush on each other, watching and even holding hands behind them!

And Joe know this, but they don't care about it, they just want to go. A group of broken dolls are laughing behind them at a distance, throwing small earthen towers at them and shouting rhythmically, "Gao Jialin, Liu Qiaozhen, my wife, the old man is visiting the county ..." Old Gorman Youde is hoeing the ground with everyone on the opposite hillside. At first, he didn't know what novelty everyone was going to see on the ground, so he put down his hoe and took a look. When he saw this scene, he quickly stumbled back to the corn field in jokes and laughter. His face was flushed with shame, and he sat down on the hoe handle, his thin hands shaking with the rope and touching the barefoot piece. He secretly cried in his heart, what a mess! What a mess! Where is Liu at this time? If the "two wise men" saw it, it would be strange not to knock down these two lunatics!

Liu is in his private plot on the river bank of his home at the moment. These "two capable people" have also seen it. However, Gao Yude worries too much. "Two capable people" are just like what his woman said, a knife in the mouth and a tofu in the heart. Although he was angry and anxious at the moment, he still didn't have the courage to make the heroic appearance that Yude was worried about under the gaze of everyone. He just sat on the hoe, put his head in his hands and sighed one after another. ...

The next morning, there was chaos at the water inlet of Gaojia Village. In the morning, the plowman carrying water came to the well and found something in the water. Everyone doesn't know what it is, and they dare not scoop water. Many people gathered at the well. It is confirmed that these "white things" were spread by Jia Lin, Qiao Zhen and several other young people. Someone explained that this was because Garin loved cleanliness and the well water was dirty, so he put some washing powder in it. Some people say that it is not washing powder, but a "medicine".

Oh, my God! Whether it's washing powder or medicine, how can you just put it in the kitchen? Everyone cursed with foul language: Gao Yude's tender boy doesn't want the life of this village! Someone rushed to Qiancun to report to Gaominglou-let the brigade secretary have a look! More and more people carrying water are talking and cursing impatiently. The young cultivators who "sprinkled medicine" with them explained to everyone that they sprinkled bleach into the well to talk about hygiene, and everyone immediately scolded: "You blind boys, keep up with the madman!"

"Your mother doesn't pay attention to hygiene. Have you lost your arm or leg? "

"Hu! Annoyed the dragon king, you can drink urine when the water vein is broken! "

Those who support Jialin's healthy revolution these days, no matter how many people scold them, have scooped water home. But their father immediately poured all the water they carried back into the yard. There are more and more people by the well. Fighting with the Liu family: Liu Pu Xiang Qiao Zhen; Qiaozhen's mother protected Qiaozhen and wrestled with the old man. Fortunately, Qiaoying and her son-in-law were in their house, and finally the picture frame was opened! Liu was so angry that he went out to do business without breakfast-he turned from the path behind his kiln to the back hill for fear that people at the well would see him.

Gao Jialin heard what happened in the well and tried to explain the situation to people who appeared in difficult times. As a result, his parents grabbed one arm and wouldn't let him go out. The old couple forgot to blame their son first, but they were afraid that he would go out and be beaten by the well.

At this time, Liu's third daughter, Qiao Ling, came out of the back ditch with a book. She has just finished the college entrance examination and is waiting for her grades at home. She got up early and went to the ditch to recite English words, so she didn't know about the fight at home just now. Now that she saw so many people around the well, she came over curiously and asked what had happened.

Someone immediately sarcastically said, "Your second sister and your second brother-in-law thought the well was dirty and put some washing powder. Your family probably often drinks washing powder, right? Look how white your faces are! " Qiaoling's face flushed bright red. Although she is not yet twenty years old, she is as tall as Qiaozhen. She is as beautiful as her second sister, but more elegant than Qiaozhen. Qiaoling had already seen that Second Sister was in love with Garin-now she knew that she was really with Garin. She also likes and respects Garin, so she is very happy to find such an object for Second Sister. Last night, she knew about throwing bleach into the well, so she tried to explain the function of bleach to everyone with the chemical principles she learned at school. Before she finished, someone rudely interrupted her: "Hum! How beautiful! You climb down and have a drink first! Bite Beijing dialect like the second brother-in-law! Wear a pair of pants! " Everyone burst into laughter. Qiaoling turned with tears and ran away in shame-ignorance quickly defeated science. At this time, Gao Minglou, who heard the news, rushed to Qiaozhen's house to ask about the situation. Originally, he wanted to ask Jialin, but after thinking about it, he didn't go, so he went to his in-laws first. As soon as I entered the in-laws yard, I saw four women in their family crying. Liu has disappeared. His eldest son is clumsy and can persuade his mother-in-law and his sister-in-law eloquently. Ming Lou told them not to cry and said he was involved!

After asking about the situation in Qiaozhen and Qiaoling's mouth, he quickly turned and walked out of the Liu family's gate and strode to the well at the bottom of the ditch.

Gaominglou came to the well, and everyone immediately calmed down; They saw what the tough leaders in this village could do. Ming Lou untied the old newspaper coat one by one, crossed his thick waist with his hands, and walked to the well with his eyes bright. Everyone made way for him.

He bent down to take a symbolic look at the well, then turned to everyone and said, "Hello! We are really stupid! Garin did a good thing for the people in our village, but you cursed him. You wronged someone else's doll! This well should have been renovated a long time ago, because I didn't take it seriously! Why don't you pick this water? This water is the cleanest water now. Sprinkle bleach! Uncle Wu, give me your horse spoon! " Gao Minglou said, taking the bronze horse spoon from an old man around him, scooping half a horse spoon of cold water in the well to show his neck and drink it off!

This guy touched the water on the stubble with his hand and said with a smile, "I was the first to drink this water in Gaominglou!" " Practice tests the truth! Do you dare to mention this water now? "Everyone hey hey smile. The magnificent Gaoming Building made everyone put on casual clothes at once. So everyone began to struggle to scoop water-hurry back out of the mountain, the sun is already one shot high!