blue lotus

Walk back to town.The town is going to the market, some are carrying bamboo strips on their backs, some are carrying baskets, and some are carrying bamboo baskets to buy daily necessities.A few white and red sun umbrellas were picked up on the street, and some dry goods, seasonings, children's toys, shorts, sandals and socks were sold under the umbrellas. The shouts were endless, and the small town showed a somewhat lively atmosphere.It's been a month since I went home. Naturally, many people in the town recognize me and come over to say hello to me affectionately, "Leilei, is your injury better? Don't get angry with your dad in the future. Your dad has had a hard time these years." Easy, I have spent a lot of time and done a lot of good things for everyone. Come, Leilei, eat an apple." An aunt with a pockmarked face smiled and handed me a red apple, "Who is this young man?"

"Ms. Ma from my middle school came to see me." I hurriedly said with a smile.

"Teacher Ma, you look like an educated person, come here, and eat one too." The aunt gave Ma Shuai another apple as she spoke, but Ma Shuai was embarrassed not to pick it up, so I picked it up for him, "Thank you, auntie. I'll sit at home when I have time." .”

"Okay, okay, Leilei is good."

"Yes, Leilei, everyone misses your father. I heard that you and your uncle went to the mountains to make trouble. We all know about it. Your father even apologized to us for this, saying that the autumnal equinox is over. Don’t grow red, let everyone live their lives according to their duties, what will our town do in the future? Travel.” A woman in her thirties with a red scarf also came over and interjected with a smile on her face.

"Your dad also said that he will pay for all the drug addicts in the town to help them get rid of them, and those who are serious will be sent to the drug rehab center. We are all rehabilitating recently, and it is best to do so at home. Who wants to run away? Isn't it embarrassing to be so far away in the city? Besides, if this news gets out, doesn't it mean that you are harming your father? How can we do that kind of ungrateful thing. "

"Tsk tsk, everyone in the town raised their hands in favor at the time. Alas, I didn't know that you just didn't know what to do, just wanted to be comfortable, and pushed yourself into the pile of dead ghosts. If something happens, Master Tiger will have to bear it. Do you have any conscience? ah?"

"Didn't you just feel curious at that time, how could you know that you can't touch that thing, once you touch it, you will be addicted."

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For a while, everyone slandered each other with one word and one word, but no one said anything bad about my father, which surprised me deeply.Could it be that I really wronged my dad?But he planted opium poppies to manufacture heroin and smuggled things, which were obviously strictly prohibited by the state, which was an unforgivable crime.

I was really annoyed, and just as I pulled Ma Shuai up to leave, I saw Aunt Man walking tremblingly with a bag of urea fertilizer on her shoulders, and my heart was beating when I saw it, a hundred catties, she was still a woman.Uncle Jun used to help her with farm work. After Uncle Jun was injured and hospitalized, no one helped her, so she had to do some heavy physical work by herself.When Aunt Man saw me, she hurriedly unloaded the manure from her shoulders, and greeted me with a heavy breath, "Leilei, you are playing in the street."

"Hello, Aunt Man." I went up to greet her, "Where are you going to buy fertilizer? Why don't you get a car to carry it back?"

"The rice is earing. Let's get some fertilizer. Your military uncle used to help me carry it on a motorcycle, so I didn't get one. I have to consider going to the county to buy a small trailer, which is also convenient. Is Leilei better? By the way, I went to the hospital to see your Uncle Jun a few days ago, and he was very worried about you."

"Well. Where's my military uncle? How is he?" I couldn't wait to ask.

"You two uncles and nephews, what a fate. Your uncle is fine, he just bled too much, his back shoulder blade was broken, he had an operation, and the doctor said he was fine. He has a strong body and can carry it, so don't worry. "Auntie Man's words made me feel a little anxious, even the bones were broken and you still said it's okay?what doctor.

"Then you have fun, I'm going back first, and I have to go to the field to spread fertilizer in the afternoon." Aunt Man said and reached out to grab the bag of fertilizer, and I patted Ma Shuai's arm next to me, "Go up and help. "

Ma Shuai gave me a displeased look, but he still grabbed it, "Auntie, let me help you carry it home."

Aunt Man was very grateful, "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Ma. I wish Lao Tian was at home."

"Come back soon, maybe this year I will go home for the New Year." While walking to Aunt Man's house, I chatted with him, "Where is Lele?"

"Playing with the little boy next door. His dad said he would come back last year, but he didn't come back when he heard that there was something wrong there."

Seeing Auntie Man's preoccupied appearance, I dare not talk about their family anymore. Obviously, she knows that Uncle Dazhi has gone to Vietnam.

When we arrived at the door of her house, a big black dog was tied to a stake in the grass shed, barking at us. Auntie Man frightened us, but the black dog stopped barking and just hid behind the haystack, growling and hostile to us.

Ma Shuai put the fertilizer under the eaves.Aunt Man shooed away the singing old hens at the door, took the key to open the door, and insisted on letting us in and sit down, "We are tired along the way, and we still need to rest and drink water, or we will go to the town later. When people see me, don’t poke my spine? Teacher Ma, Leilei, come in, come in.”

The kindness is hard to turn down, so we had to enter the house.Aunt Man's house is still an old-fashioned two-story wooden building. Because the man in the house is away, it has not been renovated in recent years.In the middle of the main room is a table for the Eight Immortals, four long benches, and newspapers are pasted on the edges of the wooden windows.A shrine is set up on the wall facing the gate, offering ancestral tablets and burning incense.There is a wooden door on the left, which is wide open, and you can see the loom inside at a glance. There is also a family portrait of Aunt Man's family of three on the wall. Obviously, that room is Aunt Man's bedroom.The roof of the hall is covered with wooden floors, and a wooden staircase is built against the stone wall, leading directly to the upstairs.

Aunt Man brought in a big watermelon from the kitchen, cut it open without a word, and said with a smile on her face, "Why are you two so polite when you come to my house? Sit down and eat a piece of watermelon to quench your thirst first. You are already two young men, and you still know each other when you come to Aunt Man's house." Health?" As he said, he brought in another basin of clean water, handed me a clean towel, let us wash our hands first, Ma Shuai even washed his face specially, and then Aunt Man brought out the water and poured it out.

After sitting with Aunt Man in the main room for a while, we got up and left.

"Who is this Auntie Man?" Ma Shuai asked me softly after bypassing the canal in front of Auntie Man's house and crossing the stone bridge.

"I don't know."

"I don't know you are so kind to her?" Ma Shuai gave me a hard look.

"Handsome guy, don't you think it's a little unfair to carry bags of fertilizer today?" I deliberately said harshly to him.

"That's right, my shoulder still hurts now." Ma Shuai said, leaning on me, coquettishly like a child, "Rub it for me."

I pinched a muscle on his back and pinched it hard, and the pain caused him to beg for forgiveness, "Master, please be gentle, you have never seen such a ruthless person when you comforted me. Do you want to murder your husband?"

Ma Shuai's words scared me all over, and I looked back. Fortunately, there was no one around, so I let go of my hanging heart, "It deserves it."