What should I say when my wife runs away?

Many years ago, the bachelor in the village bought a daughter-in-law in Yunnan. That year, she gave birth to a lovely and beautiful daughter and lived a happy life. I thought the good times were coming, but ...

1.

199 1 26th of the twelfth lunar month, I was helping my mother make a cake at home, and my sister at my third aunt's house next door called me, "Go and see my new wife."

I quickly asked: "Whose family?"

My elder sister said, "After the village, it's Lao Zhu's house. Her family just bought a daughter-in-law from Yunnan. "

Because every year from the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, my mother will start to prepare pasta, steamed cakes, steamed cakes, cool them, put them in paper jars, visit relatives in the first month, or entertain guests.

The steamed cakes made by my mother are white, soft and sweet, which are especially liked by relatives at home, especially the elderly, such as aunts, uncles and aunts. Because steaming cakes is hard work, you have to mix the noodles and knead the temperature, so you have to help me every year.

But I am embarrassed, because I am weak, rubbing my face is tepid, and I will be scolded by my mother.

It is very difficult to go out to see my new wife at this time, so I look at my mother carefully.

"Go ahead and come back early." Mom agreed happily.

2.

I heard that Lao Zhu Po came to our village to beg, and she was very beautiful, just hunchbacked. At that time, there was an old bachelor in the village, simple and honest. Because I was poor, I couldn't marry a daughter-in-law, so I took the opportunity to accept the old pig woman.

After marriage, Lao Zhu Po gave birth to two sons, which filled the family with incense and made it very popular.

However, as children grow up, they find that life is not much better. The eldest son is short, with small eyes, a little stuttering and honest; The second son is taller and stronger, but his hunchback is very serious. In addition, the family is not rich, the previous generation was single, and it is the turn of the sons to become two single men.

This worried the old couple, especially the old man, who was in poor health. After a long time, he got tuberculosis and died when his two children were under 20 years old. Mrs. Zhu was left behind, hunched over and followed by two sons who were not very good.

Fortunately, when working in a group, the team saw that the two brothers were still loyal and sincere, so they gave them the job of raising horses. So when I was a child, although I had distributed the production to all households, I still remember that they had a big horse at home.

At that time, we used wooden carts to push crops, but they could pull crops with wagons. They were particularly envious and thought they were awesome.

In this way, the life of Lao Zhu's family is getting better and better. The two male laborers have no other expenses except food and clothing, and their days are getting more and more prosperous. However, Lao Zhupo no longer has to do manual labor. She often sits under the wall, at the door, at the bridge head, and in some crowded places, chatting, bragging and smoking a bag, which has become the envy of others.

The only drawback is that both children are 30 years old and haven't married yet. I don't know if it's old Zhu Po or two sons. In the end, they were still in a hurry.

3.

I trotted to Houcun with my neighbor's sister. When I arrived at Zhu's house, the gate was open, and the yard was small, but the door was spacious, and the horses and chariots were at the door.

I usually come to their house during the Spring Festival, so I'm a little nervous now. Fortunately, there are many people in the room, talking and laughing from time to time, and I can meet other younger children pushing through the crowd to ask for candy.

That year, I was 10 years old, and my neighbor's sister was1/kloc-0 years old. Compared with those children who are like cucumber eggs, my sister and I are a little shy.

We crossed the yard gently, pushed open the half-opened kitchen door and entered the house. My neighbor's sister took my hand and slowly squeezed through the gap to the front of the main house.

I lifted my head back, stretched out my neck and stood on tiptoe. I saw the old pig woman sitting opposite the kang, and the eldest son sitting on the edge of the kang next to her, leaning against the wooden table and cabinet, all smiles. My original small eyes also smiled into a crack, wearing a military green hat with a brim, and looked full of energy.

Through the big mirror, I saw my new wife wearing a velvet coat with red stripes and two braids, which were placed on her left and right breasts respectively. Liu Haier is not tall. She can see two slender eyebrows. However, the new wife has been keeping her head down and there are many people. She can only see her face through the big mirror.

When adults see us, they just think we are children, busy handing out candy and ignoring us. My neighbor's sister is in front. When she got the candy, she quickly turned around and dragged me out of the crowd.

"Did you see it? Good-looking? " As soon as I came to the yard, I was busy asking.

"Yes, my eyes are quite big, my eyebrows are quite thick, my skin is black, and I have been crying."

"Ah, getting married is a happy thing. Why are you still crying?"

"Who knows, we have sugar to eat anyway." My neighbor's sister shook the candy in her hand and happily dragged me home.

4.

When I got home, I happened to catch my mother steaming a pot of cakes and picking them up from the pot on the grate. That big cake is white and fat, and it smells good. My mouth is watering.

"Mom, I'm hungry." I didn't hold back my desire. I had the cheek to ask my mother for a cake and pretended to reach for the cake on the grate.

"Wait a minute." My mother turned to hit my hand and asked happily, "Do you think the new wife needs enough sugar?"

"Forget it, just give me a piece of candy," I muttered a little greedily.

"Is the new wife handsome?"

"I didn't see it clearly. She lowered her head and saw that her hair was quite black, her braids were quite long and her eyebrows were quite thick. " As I spoke, I opened the candy and put it in my mouth. "Oh, yes, Sister Hui Hui said that the bride has been crying."

"Well, marry a lovely person, of course, smiled. However, it's okay to stay, otherwise Mrs. Zhu should be crying. " My mother didn't look up, so she quickly cleaned up the cakes in the pot, took out the prepared pink and plum seals and marked each cake. The big cake with a leaky spoon suddenly became smart and festive, just like a child who painted white and fat during the Chinese New Year!

"What do you mean, you can still run after getting married?" I asked my mother.

"Yes, Mrs. Zhu spent more than 1000 before, bought one and ran away in a few days. The middleman does not refund and says it is not optimistic. "

"Why is this still the case?" I don't understand.

5.

On the morning of New Year's Day, before dawn, I heard firecrackers.

My mother has prepared a new coat and hat for me, shouting "get up quickly, and there will be New Year wishes later."

I had to leave the warm bed with sleepy eyes. By this time, my mother had made jiaozi, which was steaming hot, and the whole kitchen was shrouded in steam, just like a fairyland.

Jiaozi in the morning of the first day is very special. There will be coins of different sizes, sugar, dates and so on. Whoever gets the money means who earns more money this year.

Jujube and sugar are often wrapped in my bag at will. Of course I don't know what it means. I just feel that eating is luckier than not eating, and the new year will soon have a look forward to.

I had a hearty breakfast and went to pay a New Year call with my neighbors' children. The village is very small, with only dozens of families, and we usually don't leave anyone behind.

After many years of walking, I want to get candy to take home. In the first month, I played "hook class" with my friends and "royalists" with chips. At that time, I thought it was the greatest pleasure in life.

This year, Lao Zhu's family just married a new daughter-in-law, and we have new hope when we pay a New Year call.

When I entered the room, I found that there were not many people inside. Except for Lao Zhu Po and his new wife, only two or three villagers came to pay New Year greetings, and her sons were not there.

Our children went to the front one by one, and after New Year's greetings, they took candy and stayed a little longer. Last time I saw my new wife dressed up, I can see what she looks like this time.

About eighteen or nineteen years old, very young, didn't speak, still hung his head, but this time he didn't cry. Black cotton trousers are supported by two legs and blocked on the chest, and the legs are surrounded by two arms; Round face, slightly thicker lips; Wheat-colored skin looks healthy and energetic; Big black eyes looked up at us from time to time, just a little stiff and sad.

Since I knew it was the daughter-in-law who bought it, I seemed to understand why she was crying. Looking at the deadpan new daughter-in-law, I actually felt an ignorant empathy for her.

6.

Later, gradually, I heard a lot and learned that my new wife is from Yunnan. Somehow, she was abducted by traffickers and sold to fools. She ran away secretly because she was afraid.

She could not speak or understand the local dialect, and was soon discovered by traffickers and sold to the Zhu family.

Old Zhu Po has suffered a lot and has grown up this time. Wherever the new wife goes, she follows. If she wants to go out, the boss and the second take turns to follow, just watching, monitoring and training. The new wife has actually settled down, but she never smiles.

A new wife can usually do some simple housework, because she is in good health, young and works very neatly. It turns out that Lao Zhu keeps horses in front of her house, and the smell of horse manure can smoke half the village. Every time she passes by her house, she walks with her nose held. Even on New Year's Day, the smell is not much.

In addition, chickens and ducks are raised at home, and the whole yard is covered with chicken manure and duck excrement, sometimes on the kitchen counter, so their house is dirty and famous in the village.

Old Zhu Po wears a blue-gray cloth coat with diagonal buttons and black trousers with wide crotch all the year round, which may not be washed often, and the smell on her body can be smelled every one or two meters.

The two sons are unkempt and unkempt, and their beards are sloppy, especially the second son, who is full of rhubarb teeth.

However, since the new wife came, the family has changed.

The stables are clean and tasteless; Old Zhu Po's hair is neatly combed, and her body smells of butter and soap, which is not pungent but a little fragrant.

The two sons had their hair cut and their beards shaved. They smile every day and are in a good mood. The original dejected appearance changed, and the boss stood up straight, feeling that he was suddenly taller. The second child smokes and talks too much. Good people in the village always tease the second child: "Hey, when are you going to marry one?"

"Soon, soon." The second child always answers with a simple and honest smile.

7.

The new wife loves cleanliness, bears hardships and stands hard work, and has no complaints, which is well known in the village. The reservoir is not far from their home, and the river is far away. The family won't let her wash clothes by the river for fear that she will run away.

That autumn, the new daughter-in-law gave birth to a girl, as beautiful as her, with big eyes and curved crescent moon, which complemented the child's nickname "Moon".

After giving birth to a daughter, the new wife has a smiling face and washes her clothes more frequently, sometimes once a day.

Once, by the reservoir, I was there. I was washing my father's clothes. It was heavy. I hit and washed it with a stick, and I barely managed, but I really couldn't move when I twisted it.

At this time, the new wife put down her work and ran to help me twist my clothes. She is not tall, almost as tall as I was then, but she has great strength. Each of us grabbed one end of the skirt and twisted it in the opposite direction. This is also the first time I have looked at her carefully. Smile, teeth are neat and white, and there are a pair of dimples, which are very beautiful.

She still won't say much about us, but most of them can understand. While washing clothes, we chatted and got a general understanding of some of her experiences.

Her name is "Mei", which may be "Mei" or "Sister". There are 1 sisters in her family, and she married at the age of 16. Mei is the second child in the family, along with a younger sister and two younger brothers.

Because the family is too poor, girls either get married early or work for a living. One year, two strangers came to the village, saying that they were looking for a job and working as nannies for the rich. They not only manage food and shelter, but also get money. Mei was moved at that time. He was only 15 years old that year.

Along with two other girls from the same village. Living in a remote place, they walked for a long time before getting on the bus.

Later, in a small county town, the leading stranger separated Mei from the other two girls and took Mei to a poor and remote place alone. On the way, Mei found something was wrong and was taken in, but because of the language barrier, she was thousands of miles away from home, and the traffickers kept an eye on her, so she had nowhere to escape.

The 1 store where Mei was sold is a legendary fool. After a short stay, Mei coaxed a fool to catch fish and took the opportunity to escape along the river. Because, I used to hear the old man say that if you don't know the way, you will run along the river and always run to a bright place.

Mei, who escaped, was accidentally met by a trafficker. They didn't beat and scold her or send her back to the fool's house, which made Mei very grateful.

However, she was sold to an elderly poor family because that person was strong and alert. May tried to escape several times, but failed and was killed. After a long time, Mei settled down and gave birth to a son.

May ran away from home when her son was two years old. To be exact, it was the traffickers who found her and said they would take her home. May didn't believe it at first, but considering that she can't read and can't find anyone with the same language, it's obviously impossible to go home by herself. In desperation, Mei can only trust them and follow them again.

But she was cheated again, and the trafficker sold her to the Lao Zhu family in our village. Mei didn't like it at first, but slowly, she found that the old pig woman's eldest son was honest, good-natured and didn't beat and scold her. Especially after giving birth to a daughter, she felt at ease, thinking that she would live a stable life like this, eating and wearing warm clothes and being satisfied.

Maybe Mei thought I was a child and didn't understand, so she told me a lot. In other words, Mei has many things that she is afraid to tell others, but she is depressed. Tell me to have fun. So, we talked a lot that day.

8.

As the days passed, Mei lived step by step and often came to the reservoir to wash clothes.

It turns out that the place where Mei washes clothes is in the southwest corner of the reservoir, only a few hundred meters away from her home. My mother-in-law sits at the door and can see her from a distance.

I, on the other hand, am often in the southeast corner. From that day on, whenever Mei saw me washing clothes by the reservoir, she would come to me with a basin. In this way, she had to cross a slope near the reservoir. It's still dangerous to think about it now.

Gradually, she could understand what we said, and I could guess what she meant. In the long run, we have become friends.

In the following year, I went to junior high school and needed to live on campus. I could only go home once a week. Every time I go home, I will take the clothes I saved at school to the reservoir to wash.

When the weather is cold, my mother will help me boil a pot of hot water at home, soak my clothes in a big iron basin, rub them with laundry detergent, and then rinse them by the reservoir.

During that time, I often met May. As usual, we talked and laughed. I talked to her about school, and she told me about her hometown. For example, there is a river in their hometown, and there are rice fields by the river. She used to touch snails in the fields with her brothers and sisters. ...

Gradually, we talked a lot, but not all of them were good.

Mei began to complain a little, and her mother-in-law wouldn't let her take the children out alone; The family still won't let her go to the river to wash clothes; The money earned by her husband must be given to her mother-in-law, without giving herself a point; I am still being watched and guarded, unlike a family; It is inconvenient to live under the same roof with my brother-in-law; Besides, she said that she missed home, her brothers and sisters, her parents, and the son she had given birth to before. ...

9.

Everyone in the village praised Lao Zhu's wife for her luck. Her young wife from Yunnan keeps the house clean, and she can do everything in the field, so she deserves to be a good worker.

As the days get better, Lao Zhu's eldest son's eyes are smaller, squinting every day, and a happy look makes many little boys envy him.

However, Lao Zhupo's youngest son has never married a wife. It seems that Lao Zhu Po is not in such a hurry. She visits her granddaughter every day and even smokes less.

When I was in the second grade of junior high school, one Saturday before the summer vacation, I went home and took my school savings to the reservoir to wash clothes as usual. I didn't meet May this time.

After returning home, out of curiosity, I casually asked my mother, "Didn't Lao Zhu's wife and children go to wash clothes today?" .

"Oh, I ran away." Mother was preparing to cook, grabbed a handful of straw, lit a match and put it in the stove.

"Ah, when did this happen?" Hearing this, I suddenly thought of her daughter, who is almost two years old.

"Just a few days ago, it is estimated that my family is still looking for it." Mother said, shaking her head casually. "Oh, isn't she particularly fond of washing clothes? I often take my clothes to the reservoir for washing. At noon a few days ago, she cleaned up the house, cooked the meal and took the clothes to the reservoir. The family waited for a long time and didn't see her come back, so they went to the reservoir to look for her. Only then did I find that people were not there at all, the clothes were washed in half, and the thick clothes were still on the embankment next to the reservoir. "

"Oh, I see." At that moment, my mood was quite complicated. Mei has obviously become a landscape beside our reservoir. Without her, it's like something is missing.

10.

Perhaps because she was old, or stimulated by this incident, Lao Zhupo fell ill and never got up again, and died the next spring.

The second son left the village for a while and went out to work. A few years later, I heard that I fell in love with a widow in a neighboring county. They spent more than ten years together. When they were in their fifties, they fell ill and returned to the village. No, Tuo died, too.

The eldest son regards his daughter as father and mother. Although he didn't take good care of her, at least he brought her up.

The girl has heavy eyebrows and a little dark skin. She looks more like her mother. The child lived up to expectations and was admitted to the university. After graduation, she worked in a city not far from home, got married, had children and lived comfortably. She picked up her father from time to time to stay.

This matter was discussed for a long time in the village at that time. Some people say: "This Yunnan wife is just unreliable and can't stay anywhere";

Others said, "The hearts of this daughter-in-law in Yunnan are all made by scales. They are very hard, and I don't miss throwing them away after giving birth. "

Some people even said, "I'm here to cheat money, and I must be with the traffickers."

In my opinion, people's hearts are all meat. Which mother doesn't love her children and which children don't want their parents?

Compared with what people say, Mei is a group of traffickers. I'd rather believe that she was cheated again. This time she cheated her home and visited her parents. ...