Past events in Northeast China. The short story The Crazy Daughter of Lao Hao's Family

There is a big pine tree at the eastern end of the village. There was a crazy woman sitting under a pine tree. She said, "Laugh, laugh, laugh." People all know that she is the youngest daughter of Lao Hao's family, and her name is Hao Meili, but no one knows what she is talking about.

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Hao is notoriously poor in the village. He is so poor that he will cry when the mouse leaves. Dozens of square meters of dilapidated houses, except for the fire kang, only have a rotten table. However, it happened that Lao Hao's family was prosperous, and Lao Hao's sister-in-law gave birth to three sons in a row, which was envied by the villagers, but Lao Hao was anxious.

Lao Hao likes to eat around a stump in the compound with his three sons. He always said to his sons, "Our grandfathers in Northeast China are all resilient, and now they are not afraid of being poor, and they will live a good life in the future."

This winter, Lao Hao was pregnant again, with a big belly, and three sons warmed up around the stove. The three sons, looking dignified and strong, chased and frolicked each other and accidentally pushed Lao Hao's sister-in-law to the ground. Sister-in-law Lao Hao had a terrible stomachache, which frightened all three sons. They watched the blood flow out of their mother's trouser legs and ran out to find Lao Hao like lost souls.

When Lao Hao arrived with the midwife, Lao Hao's sister-in-law had fainted and was covered in blood. The midwife said that we can only look at it first, and maybe all the adults and children are gone. In this poor village, it is not uncommon for women to die because of giving birth. There is no medical equipment in this village. With many years' experience as a midwife, no one will send them to a town dozens of kilometers away for medical treatment in case of danger.

However, Lao Hao's sister-in-law gradually regained consciousness. Lao Hao hid outside the door and sat on the steps rubbing his hands. The three sons have not recovered from their fears just now.

"Wow ..." A baby cried, and the excited old Ran Hao came into the room and said, "The woman who lives in the countryside is Pi Shi." Three sons followed into the room.

"Lao Hao, it's a girl this time." The midwife gave old A Hao a delicate baby.

Lao Hao is holding a child, thin and small, neither happy nor sad. Even if his family is poor, even if he already has three sons, it is useless for him, a poor countryman, to have a daughter, and he has to eat for a long time. Looking at the weak old Hao sister-in-law in the hospital bed, Lao Hao barely smiled.

Lao Hao's mother came from not far away. It was a clever old lady who held her granddaughter carefully and said, "Oh, mom, don't stare at this small nose and eyes." It is still a beautiful embryo. " With that, he kissed the child with the smell of his pipe.

Soon, Lao Hao begged the village chief to take him to the town hospital and secretly had a ligation operation. He can't afford this family any more.

Sister-in-law Lao Hao is at home with four children all day. The youngest daughter never named her. The old lady called her Yaoer, and the whole family followed suit. It was not until she was six years old that Sister-in-law Lao Hao thought it was time to choose a name, and she had her own name. Lao Hao was too lazy to give it to the young man, but the old lady took it. Her name is Hao Meili.

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In a blink of an eye, the children of Lao Hao's family have grown up. Hao Shouren, the eldest son of Lao Hao, became an apprentice of the old carpenter, his second son Hao Shouyi became the only college student in the village, and his third son Hao Shouli worked as a handyman in the village party secretary's office. People in the village are envious of the ancestral virtues of Lao Hao's family, and they don't say anything about their children. They're all beautiful and outstanding.

An Laohao still doesn't like Hao Meili. Seeing that his three sons are so promising, he feels that raising a daughter is really a loss-making business, and he is unhappy at the thought of raising it and giving it away. After the death of Lao Hao's sister-in-law, Hao's beautiful life was even worse.

The eldest son married a girl in the village, and her family didn't ask Lao Hao for anything, but also accompanied several pigs and sheep. Life is comfortable, and Lao Hao is very satisfied.

The second son went to school outside and found a girl in the city. Since he got married, he seldom came to his home in the country. Even so, every time Lao Hao talks about his second son, Hao Shouyi, he will proudly raise his thumb.

The third son took a fancy to the beautiful girl in the neighboring village, and she was too poor to marry. This made Lao Hao very worried. He borrowed from the east and the west and vowed to build a house for his favorite third child.

When the house was built, the girl and mother came to have a look and reluctantly agreed to this marriage. Happy Lao Hao whistles in the village every day.

Hao Shouli, the third son, is not motivated. He always asks his poor father for this and that. He felt that he had no shoes to wear when he got married. He shouted at Lao Hao hard, forcing Lao Hao to look at Hao Meili who was shrinking to wash clothes.

"I'll let you buy it tomorrow." Lao Hao said to Lao San.

Hao Meili has grown up and become more and more beautiful. Everywhere she went, all the men in the village felt itchy, but she was still too young for anyone to propose. Lao Hao feeds her with leftovers every day. Whenever brothers get married, it must be Hao Meili who suffers. Getting married always costs money, and it's annoying to spend money on Lao Hao. The more I look at Hao Meili who drinks for nothing, the more annoying she is. Punching and kicking have long been commonplace. In the past, Lao Hao's sister-in-law would hold Lao Hao when she was around. Later, the three brothers would only laugh like watching a movie.

That night, Lao Hao went to Hao Meili's room, took a pair of scissors and left in a hurry.

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In the early morning, Hao beautiful screams resounded through the whole village. It's no big deal that her proudest long hair is gone, but she once heard from her sister-in-law in the city that there is a popular saying in the city: I will marry you when your long hair reaches your waist. Hao Meili has long hair and silently looks forward to a bright future. She hasn't read a book, and she says she hasn't seen much of the world. She just naively thought that when her hair reached her waist, a teenager would really marry her. But now, her long hair is gone, and her hair is messy like a chicken nest.

She saw the third brother coming, showing off in front of her wearing leather shoes made of hair. Shoes look bright, I don't know what material they are made of. She sat on the steps in anger, touching her tattered hair, lowering her head, and tears dripping on the tattered cloth shoes in disappointment.

When the third brother got married, many people came from the neighboring village and everyone was watching. Hao Meili is still curled up in the corner. Not far away, a man is watching her. He walked beside Hao Meili and sat down quietly. Hao Meili saw him, and at that moment, her eyes were opposite. Hao Meili felt irritable on her face for the first time.

That is the first man in Hao Meili's life. He is handsome and sunny, and runs as fast as the wind. Every night, he would come to Hao Meili, tell her the story of their cackling, and take her to run freely in the fields. That time was the best day of Hao Meili's life.

That rainy night, he hid in Hao beautiful room. Hao Meili was in the same room with a man for the first time. She only felt her heart beat faster and she was short of breath. The men came forward and promised Hao Meili their future. Then he hugged her and told her how much he missed her. He kissed Hao Meili.

Hao Meili felt like an electric shock all over her body, crisp and numb. The man kissed her neck and then rudely pushed Hao Meili onto the kang. They threw themselves away, mercilessly separated Hao Meili's beautiful legs, kissed her shoulders, and then pushed Hao Meili's lips away with their tongues. That special smell drives this man crazy. Before Hao Meili could react, a pain welled up in my heart.

When I woke up the next morning, Hao Meili was lying in bed naked. Last night, it was like a spring dream, but it was so real. She looked down at the pink under her. She knows everything is true.

Only from that day on, that man never came again. Hao Meili has never left the village. She didn't even know where to find that person, so Hao Meili began to wait under the pine tree at the head of the village every day.

A month later, Hao Meili found herself pregnant. She begged Lao Hao to help her find the man. LaoHao a listen to eyes wide, he threw themselves to Hao Meili kick to the ground, "roll came, I owe you such a debt collection in a previous life? How dare you ask me to help you after doing such a shameful thing? I don't have a daughter like you! " Hao Meili Pei said, leaving Hao Meili sitting on the ground.

It began to rain. Hao Meili sat in the rain, not knowing whether it was rain or tears that flowed into her mouth. She was actually in pain.

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Lao Hao called his three sons back to solve Hao Meili's big trouble. The third daughter-in-law said that instead of letting the whole village know about this shameful thing, it is better to find someone to marry, earn some money and quietly send her out of Hao's house.

Lao Hao agreed, and Hao Meili actually agreed. The third daughter-in-law found a fool for Hao Meili from the village, and the two families were afraid of going back on their word, so they hastily decided on the marriage.

The fool is a very honest person, and he just smiles at Hao Meili from the wedding night. He likes to sit quietly beside Hao Meili, but Hao Meili doesn't like him and always avoids him. But the fool will still secretly give her delicious food and even give her a beautiful hairpin. Sometimes, she thinks, is a fool really stupid? It's cute.

A month later, the fool's family knew that Hao Meili was pregnant and they were very happy. They cook good food for her every day, but the fool still stands beside her and giggles at her.

Hao Meili likes to sit quietly on the doorstep and watch the crowd. Fools are always by her side. She told him about the people and things she saw and told jokes to fools. She asked the fool what the child would be called in the future. The fool just laughed foolishly. She shook her head helplessly. What a nice man, it's a pity that he knows nothing, but she feels lucky for him. She knows nothing, at least she doesn't understand the sadness of this world.

Everyone says that Hao Meili has a round belly and should be a daughter. Fool's mother is getting cold to Hao Meili. Lao Hao's third daughter-in-law got Hao Meili a tire change medicine. In this feudal village, only having a son can get ahead.

Hao Meili imagined her future children while eating bad medicine. She hasn't thought of the man who hurt her for a long time. She is living well with a fool now, at least she feels at ease.

That night, Hao Meili's amniotic fluid broke, which frightened the fool. He ran to his mother and called the midwife. The fool was in a mess at the door, and Hao Meili shouted at the top of her lungs in the room.

The child's crying broke the silence outside the house. The fool rushed in and began to cry when he saw the blood in the basin. This is the first time Hao Meili has seen a fool's expression except laughing. Hao Meili smiled at him and said to the fool, just laugh. She wants the child to live happily, unlike her and a fool.

Fool mother holding the child, very happy at first, suddenly looking dignified, Hao Meili felt something was wrong, grabbed the child and looked at it. The child had the same characteristics as a boy and a girl at the same time, which must be caused by the medicine taken at that time.

Hao Meili sat on the bed, holding the poor child she had just bought with her life. Stupid mother snatched it like crazy and threw the child to the ground. The child's voice became weaker and weaker, and finally it gradually disappeared. Hao Meili was weak and fainted after delivery. Before she fainted, she seemed to see a fool rushing out with his child in his arms.

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When I woke up again, there was no one around. She stumbled to the door and heard a whisper, passing through the crowd three floors away. He saw the fool lying quietly on the ground and her child lying next to him.

Before Hao Meili fainted, the fool saw the child being pushed to the ground by his mother and saw Hao Meili's painful expression. He picked up the child and tried to find someone to save him, but he was in such a hurry that he was killed by a drunken foreign tourist.

Hao Meili looked at the fool who was brought back and the baby lying beside him. Her brain is buzzing and she can't hear the sounds around her. She can't hear her mother-in-law's abuse, and she can't hear the accusations of people around her. It seems that there are only three of her in the world.

From that day on, Hao Meili went crazy.

However, Hao Meili found her way home, and the villagers sent her back to Lao Hao's house. Lao Hao denied having such a daughter and kicked her out.

People come and go, and no one pays attention to this crazy woman. She was dressed in rags, crazy and messy, and she couldn't see what she looked like in those days.

She didn't eat or drink, sat under the big pine tree at the head of the village, staring straight into the distance, as if waiting for her long-lost husband and children, and kept whispering "laugh, laugh." Smile and laugh. "

No one knows what she is saying, but she keeps repeating it over and over again. Maybe at this moment, she thinks that the child is still alive, and she hopes that the child can laugh happily, even if he laughs like a fool.