Lovers come with the wind

In [-], at noon in the spring, Zhuzi Niang stepped out of the threshold of the hall with her tall and strong body shaking, standing under the eaves and squinting her eyes looking up at the rolling clouds in the sky.

On that day, dark clouds piled up in the sky, thickly blocking the sunlight projected to the ground; Diffuse in the villages of the northwest.However, none of this fell into Zhuziniang's eyes. She just glanced at it out of habit, took a few steps, took a look, then quickly looked away, stepped forward and continued to walk forward, with her big feet grabbing the ground, rough Arms swaying through the spring breeze, walking like a monument.It seems that with every step she takes, the time will shatter on her shoulders like a mirror, shining brightly, falling one after another in this spring.

Zhuziniang walked through the small courtyard gate with a slight bow, and beside her stood Zhuzi's father, who was half the size of her.The weather was already very warm. Zhuzi's father was still wearing a dirty black leather hat, with his hands crossed in his sleeves, leaning against the bottom of the wall for a long time. He was always in black clothes and trousers, with sad eyes and a sad face.At that time, Zhuzi's father had already had deep intertwined wrinkles on his face, making him look like a little old man.

And Zhuziniang's fat face is like fermented dough, so full that no grooves can be seen. Her forehead is low and her eyes are lazy, giving people an illusion of thoughtfulness.On that day, he scanned the world in front of him clockwise with this thoughtful gaze, and saw the 6-year-old Yingzi holding a corn cob, peeling off the corn one by one to feed the chickens, and the field in the distance The leaves of the crops are swaying in the wind, and the pieces are shining brightly.

She finally saw Zhuzi's father beside her, and immediately ordered in an impatient tone: "Go back to eat." Then she pointed to Yingzi, "You also go back to eat."

Zhuzi Dad didn't respond.Yingzi replied obediently: "Yes." But she didn't go back immediately, but stood where she was, watching Zhuzi Niang walk by with her head held high, with two thin yellow braids dangling behind her.

Many years later, the local women cut off their braids one after another and kept their hair cut. Later, some people curled their hair, and some dyed it yellow, but Zhuziniang's attire remained unchanged.People who saw Zhu Ziniang first guessed that she looked like a female cadre, but then they thought it was funny and started laughing.Wherever Zhuziniang went, she would provoke many malicious ridicules.

But Zhu Ziniang didn't notice, or didn't care, she belonged to the kind of person who didn't worry, she still passed cluster after cluster of people with arrogance, carrying a basket of grapes from the beginning to the end of the market , Turning around and walking again, she sat next to those old men who had spread a piece of paper on the side of the road to read their palms, and she took the initiative to talk to each other without saying a word.In the life of Zhuziniang, there seems to be nothing that needs to be seriously thought about or actively changed. Everything she does seems to come from some kind of order from the universe, from some magically stable brain. The impulse, when the time came, she carried it out, never reflecting on it, never asking why.

That day, Zhuziniang strolled to the edge of the southwest of the village, and stopped holding a thin peach tree.After a short pause, facing the rolling hillside with lush crops, she cleared her throat slightly.

The world suddenly fell silent, as if an invisible hand in the air suddenly grasped all the sounds in the palm of its hand, and tightened it tightly.It was as quiet as the moment when chaos first opened, even the air was frozen, the trees, crops, and all life on the hillside were motionless, waiting nervously, as if this was a historic moment, and some fates were about to be destroyed at this moment. Totally doomed.

Zhuziniang exhaled from her dantian, put her hand on her mouth, and shouted loudly in the southwest direction:

"Zhu-zi-eat-meal-"

The world seemed to be stunned for a moment, and then a whirlwind was born out of thin air.Immediately afterwards, the invisible big hand in the air let go, and all the voices came back to life immediately, engulfed by this strong whirlwind, and rushed to the sky with the sound waves made by Zhuzi Niang, splitting the thick clouds fiercely, and walking along the northwest The plateau is rolling towards the southwest more and more fiercely, sweeping away.

On that day, a tsunami suddenly occurred in the Indian Ocean, and the people along the coast suffered heavy losses.

That day, Zhuzhu sat on the hillside blankly as usual, watching the flock of sheep grazing beside him, when he suddenly heard that voice rushing across the air like thunder.Before he could respond, the flock was frightened and began to flee in all directions.He stood up hastily, and saw several frightened sheep rushing towards the crop field down the hillside.The crops in spring are most forbidden to be trampled on. Zhu Zi immediately picked up the sheep whip on the ground and chased after it.

Zhu Zhu has amazing physical strength since he was a child, and his running speed is far faster than that of sheep.Soon he had already run to the front, and swung his whip in the air with a "crack", blocking the way of several sheep.But in the other direction, the head sheep is leading the flock to a higher place on the hillside, running in panic.Zhu Zi didn't intend to chase after him, he bent down and picked a stone of suitable size on the ground, aimed at the position of the head sheep and threw it out.The stone accurately hit the rock in front of the running head sheep, smashed into many pieces, and splashed everywhere. The head sheep was frightened and turned around and ran back.

The calling voice in the air still hasn't completely disappeared, echoing far and near.Zhu Zi still had time to recognize those lingering sounds, which made him suddenly feel a deep despair.Like many times in the past, there was deep-rooted anger in his eyes, which was so heavy that he could not bear it and could not escape. He knelt on the hillside with his head down, gasping heavily, and his teeth were gritted .

On the same day, a jeep with a mountain of luggage on the roof stopped at the foot of the hill, and four men from afar opened the door and came out, looking worriedly at the strange voice in the sky, expressing to each other in Mandarin With the confusion in his heart, the last older person walked back to the door and asked, "Mr. Wang, did you hear the voice just now?"

The people in the car were busy writing something in a notepad.He quickly finished writing the last few words, put the cap on the pen, closed the book, and then walked out, looking at the raging wind under the hazy sky.

Others made way for him, so he walked up the hillside along the path for a certain distance, with a pair of clean sneakers under his washed white army trousers, step by step stepping on the overgrown weeds that had grown to the middle of the road.

After seeing the figure of Zhuzhu kneeling on the hillside, he stopped, seemed to have thought for a long time, and continued to walk towards the pillar.

He was slightly fat from the back, and his clothes and pants were violently shaken by the wind.He walked forward calmly, stretched out his hand, and stroked the deep grass along the way with his big and thick hand.

That year, Zhuzi was 16 years old.

The 16-year-old Zhu Zi has heavy thoughts beyond his peers.He has already noticed some characteristics in his spirit that are enough to cause harm to him, but he can't control them. Those disappointments or despair that come quickly, go away more slowly than time.At noon, if there was no miracle, he could only wait until his body gradually became tired, calm himself in weakness, and then walk home step by step in a dizzy way.

He heard someone asking:

"Little brother, is this Wanzi Village?"

He was caught in grief and anger, and it was only after ten seconds that he suddenly remembered this sentence.It was an unfamiliar accent, gentle, tactful, simple, and civilized, and it sounded very comfortable as it blew in the wind gently and cleanly.You can imagine that he was a non-threatening person, with a friendly and sincere smile, not like those local fellows who asked for directions, either looked sad or smiled reluctantly.

The voice asked again:

"Little brother."

Zhu Zhu turned his head and saw the person asking for directions standing not far behind him. He needed to raise his head to see the other person's face clearly.

Decades later, Zhu Zi can still clearly remember this moment. The details of the first time he saw Wang Pengze appeared in his dreams thousands of times, as smooth and accurate as a movie.

At that time, there seemed to be a strong sense of crisis lingering and colliding between the sky and the earth. Dark clouds rolled in the sky, the air was dark and cold, and the strong wind blew past, causing the crops to bend down in one direction, unable to stand up for a long time. .But where Wang Pengze stands, it makes people feel warm and bright. Standing on the path in the grass, he has a kind of calmness that people can rely on.

There was a distance of less than 10 meters between the two.It was the first time for Zhuzi to see a middle-aged man who was so different from the folks around him, the ubiquitous cleanliness that has become a habit, the short black and thick hair, the faint smile on his face and the gentle color in his eyes. From now on, the pillars can be clearly identified in the long memory, as if you can reach out and touch them.

Wang Pengze was already 39 years old that year, and his figure was a bit fat.But in the eyes of Zhu Zi, all the characteristics of the other party are advantages that he cannot match.Thinking of his dirty and torn clothes, he became tense for a moment, at a loss, and dared not move.Later, he suddenly realized that he was still kneeling on the ground, and hurriedly leaned back, sitting cautiously in the grass.

Wang Pengze was slightly surprised by the unfriendly expressions on Zhuzi's face, so he hesitated for a while, but soon realized that it was not hostility, but a kind of pain, so he walked over, put his hand on Zhuzi's shoulder, and asked :

"Little brother, are you feeling unwell?"

The heartbeat suddenly accelerated, Zhuzi didn't dare to speak, and looked away.He could smell the warm and pure breath coming from the other person, and beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.

This reaction made Wang Pengze think that Zhu Zi was sick, and a big hand warmly covered his forehead.

Zhu Zi's face turned red, he stood up suddenly, and pointed his finger in the direction of his village in a panic.

Seeing that the pillar standing on it was almost as high as himself, Wang Pengze realized that he had misread it. This childish child was not as weak as he imagined.He vaguely noticed that there was some kind of humor or comicality in it, so he couldn't help but chuckled twice, and said, "Thank you." Then he patted Zhu Zhu's arm, turned and left.

Zhu Zhu turned his face and secretly watched Wang Pengze get farther and farther away on the hillside where the wind was turbulent.The moment his back completely disappeared, he immediately ran up to the top of a small hill, looked down the hill, and saw a jeep was already moving, bumping along a winding road towards his village.

He had a kind of happy anticipation from the bottom of his heart, only then did he realize that the painful emotion had disappeared.At this moment, he just wanted to get home as soon as possible, so he let go of the sheep whip to cut through the strong wind, and the "slap" sounded in the air, and the sheep began to circle the hillside.

The captain of Wanzi Village hurried through the village, notifying people he met on the road that a scientific expedition team had entered the village and lived at the western end of the village, and he was about to rush over to see if he needed any help.His notification was a step late. In fact, when the jeep drove into the village, most of the villagers had already left their jobs and ran to watch. Good-looking middle-aged man making presentations.

That was Wang Pengze.Behind him are four other colleagues. They originally wanted to move their luggage into the house on their own and tidy up as soon as possible, but they were quite nervous by the crowd watching. No matter what they moved, they were stared at by many people. So he stopped in embarrassment and stood beside the jeep to see how Teacher Wang cleared up the situation.

Wang Pengze smiled and said loudly:

"Fellow folks, we are from Nanjing, and our superiors arranged for us to come here to do some geographical investigation. We have seen the mountains and valleys around us for decades, and they may think they are normal, but maybe we It is guarding Baoshan. There may be many mineral deposits buried under our feet, which can provide a lot of resources for national construction. We are new here, and we don’t know enough about the customs and habits here. I hope to chat with you more. Visit more, talk more, and we help each other when we have difficulties, the more we help, the closer we get! Thank you all for visiting us."

The crowd was unmoved, still packed with interest.Wang Pengze added:

"We will stay here for more than a year. The days are long and there are many opportunities to talk. By then, everyone will become adults. It is noon and it is time to eat. It is estimated that many people's noodles are still in the bowl Well, if you don’t eat it, it will rot, we don’t have to worry about it now, the future will be long. Let’s go back!”

These words are still useless, and the crowd is still staring at it persistently.Most of the eyes were on Wang Pengze. It was the first time I saw such a man. He was tall, imposing, high-spirited, white, fat, and cleanly dressed. Under the old military uniform was a white shirt. He was more beautiful than a rare animal. Also be interesting.

At this time, an unusually fat woman squeezed in unstoppably from behind the crowd and stood at the forefront.Wang Pengze didn't know that this was Zhu Ziniang, his neighbor next door, and warmly went up to her and asked, "Slow down, slow down, fellow, what's the matter?"

Zhu Ziniang asked: "Do you eat mutton?"

There was a burst of laughter from the crowd.

Wang Pengze was taken aback for a moment, not knowing why people were laughing, and why this burly woman asked this question, he replied casually: "Eat, mutton is a good thing."

Zhu Ziniang turned around and squeezed out again, and went home.There was constant laughter in the crowd, some people also left, and some women did not leave, looking at Wang Pengze persistently.At this time, the captain arrived and shouted: "Look, what are you looking at, go back to bed and watch your own men!"

Only then did the crowd dissipate.Wang Pengze was surprised that the captain said such words, and was a little embarrassed, but now his four colleagues started laughing.

Cleaning up all afternoon.At night, under the lamp, Wang Pengze looked exhausted, put on some clothes, and sat at the table until his eyelids became heavy.Finally, he had a strange feeling. After thinking about it, he opened the window and looked at the dark night.There was a trace of bewilderment in his heart, as if there was a pair of eyes looking at this place in a corner that was hard to find.

He closed the window, opened the door with another squeak, and walked out.The hazy night in the country is the kind of darkness where you can't see your fingers.He could see nothing at all, and thinking that he was being too paranoid, went back into the house, shut the door, and the light in the room was quickly extinguished.

Yingzi's small figure was swaying in the night, she ran out of the house, deftly bypassed all kinds of obstacles in front of the door, stopped under a tallest poplar tree, raised her head and shouted: "Brother."

The poplar swayed slightly in the wind, and the leaves were rustling all the time.After a while, a nimble black shadow slid down from the tall treetops, quietly took Yingzi's hand, and walked home.

Early the next morning, when the sky was slightly bright, Zhuzi's mother ordered Zhuzi to fetch water.When Zhuzi brought back the first load of water, he saw that Zhuzi's mother had placed a large stone jar in the open space in front of the door, and told Zhuzi to pour the water into it.

Zhuzi felt strange, but he didn't ask. He was even angrier to ask Zhuzi's mother a question. There was never any conversation between mother and child.So he silently carried one load after another. At first, he could meet other villagers carrying water on the road, and then he came and went alone.After Yingzi got up, he followed his brother to play on the road.Zhuzi carried the last load of water and set foot on the way home with Yingzi. At this time, he saw two people walking towards each other from a distance.

When they were still far away, Zhuzi could see at a glance that one of them was Wang Pengze, and the other was the young man Wang Pengze called Xiao Peng yesterday afternoon. Xiao Peng was carrying two empty buckets, and the two talked while walking. Peng was explaining something, gesturing in the air with his hands.

Seeing Wang Pengze made the pillar tense up, his feet seemed to be glued to the ground, and he couldn't take a step forward.Yingzi had already run to the front and turned around to look at him.He tried to move forward, but finally felt that his shoulders were weak, and he had to put down the burden of carrying water with a "boom".

Wang Pengze and Xiao Peng got closer, smiled at the pillar standing on the side of the road as a greeting, and continued walking.

But Wang Pengze is an extremely sensitive and careful person, so he stopped in the end, turned around and looked up and down the pillar, then walked up to him, and asked with concern: "Little brother, what's the matter?"

Zhu Zhu shook his head in a panic.He never had the courage to meet Wang Pengze's eyes.He was a little worried, although he didn't understand what he was worried about, but in front of Wang Pengze, he was so inferior and cowardly, anything that could be noticed by Wang Pengze would make him extremely ashamed; if Wang Pengze showed any signs of ridicule or dissatisfaction, It will be a fatal destruction for him.

But that spring, Wang Pengze's eyes were like the wind blowing on this northwest land for thousands of years, sometimes confused, sometimes deep, with a kind of compassionate calmness, no matter who he was to, he was always a kind of simplicity warmth.There is a kind of sincere warmth on his face, and there is a kind of wisdom hidden, as if he has seen that the soul of the child in front of him, sinking in the abyss, is hopelessly waiting for a helping hand that will come from nowhere, and he hopes And small.

Yingzi ran over, held his brother's hand, and timidly looked at Wang Pengze's pensive expression.

Wang Pengze didn't ask any further questions, but just patted Yingzi's hairy head and told them to go home early.

When Wang Pengze and Xiao Peng walked away slowly, Zhu Zi was freed from the tension, and then a kind of joy and happiness gushed out from the bottom of his heart.Every time he sees Wang Pengze, it will end like this. He can feel the ease and fulfillment he has never felt before, and his whole body is refilled with strength.

When Zhuzi poured the last bucket of water into the water tank, Zhuzi's mother had already set up a large pot beside her, directing Zhuzi's father to boil the water.Xiao Liu from the scientific expedition team stood by and watched, and asked Zhu Ziniang:

"Auntie, why are you boiling so much water?"

Zhu Ziniang turned to face Xiao Liu, her eyes were still looking around for something, and she answered briefly:

"Kill the sheep."

Zhu Zi's father, who was lighting the fire, also turned his head, and repeated vaguely with a sad face: "Kill the sheep."

Xiao Liu said "ah", seemed quite surprised, then hurried back to the yard, and soon called Da Liu to watch the slaughter of sheep together.They are about the same age, both surnamed Liu, Zhuzi has heard Wang Pengze call them Big Liu and Little Liu respectively.Big Liu wore a pair of glasses, and when he followed Xiao Liu out, he had a solemn expression.

Zhu Zi already guessed that he was going to kill the sheep, although he was mentally prepared, but at this moment, his heart was still shrouded in sadness.He followed Zhu Ziniang into the sheepfold, and stood motionless at the gate.

Zhuziniang walked up and down in the sheepfold, touching every sheep.Look up and shout the pillars:

"Come here and pick the biggest one."

The pillar didn't respond, and stood coldly.

Zhu Ziniang shouted again: "I'm calling you, are you deaf?"

In an instant, Zhu Zi's emotions were enveloped by anger and despair again, he felt all the blood pouring into his head, he tried to restrain himself, took a deep breath, and then exhaled it again, but it was ineffective.His eyes became more and more fierce.

So Zhu Ziniang did it herself, and after a long time of picking, she picked out a big fat sheep, brought it out, and tied its four hooves with rope.Realizing the crisis, the sheep bleated in fright and struggled desperately, but it was no match for Zhuziniang's infinite strength.Zhuzi's father came to help, and cooperated with Zhuzi's mother to push the wailing sheep down on the big rock.

Zhuzi Niang shouted angrily: "Zhuzi!"

Zhu Zhu walked over slowly, looking at the pleading eyes of the sheep.

Zhu Ziniang suddenly realized that she forgot to do something, so she looked at the sky and shouted, "Yingzi, bring a basin to catch the blood."

Yingzi ran back to the yard in a panic, took a basin and ran out, and when she was about to run to her, the pillar went up to catch her, pushed Yingzi to let her go away, and threw the basin on the sheep's head with a "clang" sound. on the ground.Then he picked up a knife on the ground and held it tightly.

Da Liu and Xiao Liu had never seen a sheep slaughtered before, and they stared dumbfoundedly from the sidelines.

At this time, Lao Zhao, the oldest member of the scientific expedition team, also came out of the yard.

Xiao Liu didn't even turn his head, and shouted directly: "Old Zhao, come and watch the sheep slaughter!"

Old Zhao said impatiently: "Don't look at killing sheep, but go and see why your teacher Wang hasn't come back yet, pick some water, why is it taking so long?"

Big Liu and Little Liu looked at each other in blank dismay.

Zhuzi's father hurriedly said: "I'm afraid the bucket fell into the well. Zhuzi, go and help fish it out, and the sheep will be killed later."

Zhu Zi dropped the knife and immediately walked quickly outside the village.

Big Liu and Little Liu trotted to keep up.

The only well in Wanzi Village is still quite a distance from the village, and it takes at least half an hour to come and go.Wang Pengze and Xiao Peng originally wanted to come out together to take turns carrying water, but they didn't know that the old well looked very dangerous. The mouth of the well was as wide as a pit, and it slowly narrowed after sinking halfway, extending deep.The person who fetched water stood at the edge of the well without any shelter, and when he looked down, he could only feel the cold and the wind blowing.Wang Pengze was afraid of heights, so Xiao Peng carefully tied the bucket to the hook of the well rope, and fell down with a creak. After touching the water, he suddenly felt light, and the bucket was separated from the well rope.

Little Peng was puzzled and explained to Wang Pengze:

"My operation is completely correct."

Wang Pengze leaned close to the mouth of the well and looked down, and felt dizzy after a glance.He insisted on watching carefully, and then vaguely saw the bucket floating on the water, and Xiao Peng only stirred up a well rope.

The two had no choice but to sit down by the well and wait for a fellow villager to fetch water before asking for help.But there was silence in the fields, up and down the slopes, and only the chirping of birds could be heard.After waiting for a long time, no one was there.

The first person they saw was the pillar.

After a while, I saw Big Liu and Little Liu running out of breath.

Wang Pengze hurriedly stood up and asked Zhuzi:

"Little brother, are you here to fetch water? Why didn't you come with a bucket?"

Zhuzi saw Wang Pengze sitting on the ground waiting from afar, and felt sad for a while. In his opinion, it is very unfair for such a good person like Wang Pengze to experience such embarrassment in such a place.He wanted to say to him: I am here to help you get the bucket.But he didn't know what to say, even though it was a simple sentence.In front of Wang Pengze, he hadn't accumulated enough calmness to speak, so he couldn't open his mouth.

Da Liu shouted loudly from behind: "Mr. Wang, Zhuzi is here to help us get buckets."

Wang Pengze said "Oh", looked at the pillar, put his hands on his shoulders, and expressed his thanks earnestly.

"It's great to have your help, we are worrying. Thank you so much!"

Zhu Zi didn't dare to look into Wang Pengze's eyes, and turned around, but his heart was filled with a little pride because of these words, and he suddenly became calmer.Pointing to the well rope, he whispered, "You guys, put me down."

When he spoke, the pillar had already grasped the well rope. Since he was a child, he was much stronger and more agile than others, and it was easy for him to do these things.He held the well rope firmly, and the four of them gathered around the potter's wheel. Among them, Xiao Peng and Xiao Liu were more powerful. When the pillars were suspended in the air, they shook the potter's wheel and let the well rope go down.

The pillar falls with the well rope.He raised his head and looked at the mouth of the well that was getting farther and smaller, and finally there was only a circle of white light left, and the four heads looked at him nervously and concernedly.This made Zhuzi feel a warm touch in his heart. For the people around him at this moment, for Wang Pengze's sincerely grateful words just now, and even for Wang Pengze not to have to go through such embarrassment again, he would rather hang in this cold underground every day. Go back and look up at the distant warmth on the ground.

He heard Xiao Liu's voice from above:

"Pillar, do you want to continue putting the rope?"

He wrapped the rope around his feet, let go, and fell head-to-toe, facing the swaying water.

He reached out and caught the bucket with precision in the darkness.

On the way back, Da Liu, Xiao Liu, and Xiao Peng took turns to pick the bucket of water. No matter how they picked it, it didn't feel right, and they all complained of shoulder pain, and they took turns again and again.Zhu Zi smiled secretly in his heart, he wanted to help them a little more, so he walked over and said, "Let me pick it for you." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to pick up the load.

Before Xiao Peng hastily declined, Wang Pengze had already grabbed Zhu Zhu's arm.

"Let them pick, you've done us a great favor."

Wang Pengze walked side by side with Zhuzi, looked at him while walking, and said with a smile:

"We have met several times. It was the second sentence I heard you say just now. You are not afraid of me, are you?"

This was a joke, Zhu Zi understood it, but he couldn't answer it in the same joking tone.He avoided Wang Pengze's gaze, shook his head in panic, and said softly, "No."

But Wang Pengze was determined to get him to talk more, so he said with a smile:

"Then why are you so nervous when you see me? Look, you haven't even looked at me?"

Zhu Zi was extremely nervous, and replied timidly in a low voice: "I can't speak."

Then he added: "You are all from the city."

Wang Pengze said, "There is no difference between us."

But after he finished speaking, he felt that this sentence contained too much hypocrisy.He suddenly felt that he could understand the taciturn child in front of him.

In Zhuzi's memory, what a happy time that day and that road were.The few people walking together have no ridicule or prejudice towards themselves, only gratitude and praise.He longed for Wang Pengze's care and appreciation, and he already had it at that time.There was a breeze blowing on that road, and as long as he turned around, he could see the bright sunshine on Wang Pengze's forehead.The road is filled with the laughter of pure men, and they are knowledgeable and qualified men from the city. His inferiority complex and melancholy are being quietly resolved by their happiness.At that time, he was thinking that if one day he could laugh unreservedly like them, it could only be that he also had a similar identity to them, doing things that cultural people do, which is completely different from now.

It was almost noon, Zhuzi Niang was very dissatisfied.When the group carrying water came back, they heard Zhu Ziniang saying to Old Zhao:

"I wanted you to be able to eat mutton at noon, which is good. You have cooked all the meals, and my sheep is still alive."

Old Zhao laughed gratefully, and flattered Zhu Ziniang: "With your words, we are happier than eating mutton!"

Everyone walked over with a smile.Wang Pengze walked into the scientific expedition team's yard holding Yingzi's hand, and said something to her while bowing his head.When Zhuzi's mother saw Zhuzi, she immediately shouted, "Come and kill the sheep." Zhuzi's father started to boil water again.

Hearing that the sheep were going to be killed, three young men, Liu, Liu, and Peng, quickly put down the bucket and stood aside to watch.There were already a few neighbors on the sidelines watching.

This made Zhu Ziniang a little proud, and she boasted to the three young people from the city:

"My pillar is a good hand at killing sheep."

Hearing Zhuziniang's voice, Zhuzi felt a fire in his heart again.Recently, he has become increasingly intolerant of everything about Zhuziniang, her voice, her thinking, her dullness and self-righteousness, and the ridicule of her by those in the village.Besides, Zhu Zi never felt that killing a sheep was something worth boasting about. It seemed to him a shame to kill a life with feelings and warmth into a cold corpse.

He also didn't want to resist or discuss with Zhu Ziniang, he was used to bear or vent in silence.He pressed the sheep's head tightly, and quickly pierced the sheep's neck with a knife, cutting the throat and nerves, and the bleating and wailing sound disappeared with a gurgle, and sticky blood gushed out from the broken neck of the sheep. .

Zhuzi Niang pressed the two twitching hind legs of the sheep, and complained to Zhuzi:

"The stab was too deep, and the sheep was about to die. If it died early, the blood would not be drained cleanly. You don't know that."

When Xiao Liu heard Zhu Ziniang's words, he gasped, turned around and walked back, saying as he walked:

"If you don't watch it, you won't be able to eat lunch any more."

The three of them went back to the yard to eat, and when they came out after lunch, they saw that the lifeless sheep had been held in hot water and shaved, and was being hung naked on a tree branch and disemboweled.Zhuzhu kept silent, took out the internal organs of the sheep with a cold face, and then chopped the whole sheep into two.Zhuziniang crossed her arms across her chest, walking up and down the scene contentedly.

Zhu Ziniang asked Xiao Liu and the three of them: "Where is Chef Zhao?"

Da Liu called out to the courtyard: "Old Zhao."

When Lao Zhao came out, Zhu Zi was taking two large fans of mutton from the branches and putting them on the big stone.

Zhu Ziniang said to Lao Zhao: "The sheep are killed, let Zhu Zi move there for you, and bring the money back by the way."

Old Zhao was stunned, and asked, "What?"

Da Liu, Xiao Liu, and Xiao Peng all found it strange and funny, and waited for Lao Zhao's reaction with great interest.Zhuzi suddenly understood Zhuziniang's purpose of killing the sheep, and was a little surprised, but he had already seen Zhuziniang's weird thoughts, so he didn't show it on his expression, but thought fiercely in his heart: This is a big shame! up.Several neighbors who were watching had already started laughing.

Mr. Zhao suspected that he had heard it wrong, and asked Zhu Ziniang again: "Do you want to sell all this sheep to us?"

Zhu Ziniang replied blankly: "Yes."

Old Zhao couldn't laugh or cry: "We didn't say we wanted to buy mutton."

Zhuzi Niang: "You said it."

Old Zhao: "No."

Zhu Ziniang suddenly raised her strong arms and pointed in one direction.

"He said it."

Everyone looked in that direction and saw Wang Pengze walking out of the scientific expedition team's yard holding Yingzi's hand.In Yingzi's hand was a pack of biscuits given to her by Wang Pengze.

At that moment, Zhu Zi wished he could disappear from this world immediately and leave this place that marked him with shame forever.

Wang Pengze suddenly remembered what Zhu Ziniang asked yesterday, and immediately understood why the onlookers laughed.

Old Zhao also remembered, and said to Zhu Ziniang: "We said we would eat mutton, but we never said we would buy mutton."

Zhu Ziniang: "How can you eat if you don't buy it?"

The surrounding villagers burst into laughter again.

Lao Zhao felt that he could not reason with this rural woman, and said angrily, "Well, let's buy five catties."

Zhu Ziniang got angry: "You have to buy them all, this sheep was killed for you, if I had known you were such people, I wouldn't have killed it."

Old Zhao's anger also came up: "It's your own business to kill the sheep, and it has nothing to do with us. I definitely won't buy it."

Zhuzi Niang stood in front of Lao Zhao like a hill: "How dare you?"

Lao Zhao suddenly became frightened.Seeing this, the three of Da Liu hurried forward to persuade both parties to calm down.Da Liu pulled Old Zhao back.Xiao Liu and Xiao Peng each held Zhuziniang's arm.

Wang Pengze beckoned Lao Zhao to go over, and said a few words in a low voice.Old Zhao said loudly: "No, our food expenses are limited."

Wang Pengze signaled him not to speak loudly, and then said a few words in a low voice.Old Zhao still denied loudly: "No, Director Wang, we don't live here every day, who can finish eating such a big sheep!"

Leaving Lao Zhao behind, Wang Pengze came over by himself and said to Zhu Ziniang:

"Big sister, we really can't buy so many. Let's buy one. Can you sell the rest to others?"

"No." Once Zhu Ziniang got angry, she would not give in to anyone, "You promised me, now I have killed all the sheep, so don't count your words."

"It's not that I mean nothing. It's just that there was a misunderstanding. I didn't know what you meant yesterday. We are good neighbors, and the pillar helped us salvage the bucket just now. Don't