Alien space

"Why, put mother in a cage?"

Chen Jianchu stood at the door, looking at the scene inside the house through the half-open door.

Dark and damp, narrow tin house full of debris, there is an iron cage, the iron poles are covered with rust, and the gaps between the poles are covered with dust.

A woman was lying in the cage, her long hair covered her face so that her face could not be seen clearly, her hands and feet were tied with thick hemp rope.

She just lay there.

Can't move.

There were some strange noises coming out of his mouth.

The old man who was locking the cage stopped and looked back at Chen Jianchu in surprise.

"Why did you come here?!"

As she spoke, she speeded up and finished locking the lock, pulled out the key, put it in her pocket, and walked out of the iron house quickly.

As she closed the door, she pushed Chen Jianchu forward.

"Why?"

Chen Jianchu was pushed staggeringly by her, and he didn't forget to ask for clarification.

"Mom is sick, so she has to be locked up, it's for her own good."

Xu Liumei slowed down her tone, with a serious face, trying her best to look more believable.

"Ah...?" Chen Jianchu was a little worried, "Then if I'm sick, do I have to be locked up in a cage?"

After Xu Liumei heard this, her nervous reflex was very strong, and she hurriedly said: "Bah, bah, what are you talking about, you child, how could we see that Chu was locked in a cage, mother was locked in a cage because of a serious illness. "

"That would be me"

"impossible!"

Xu Liumei directly interrupted Chen Jianchu's words and refused.

When she realized that her reaction was too big and frightened Chen Jianchu, she softened her face.

She knelt down and faced Chen Jianchu, she whispered softly: "Jianchu will never suffer from your mother's disease, you will not be locked in a cage, so don't say those words anymore, okay? Grandma doesn't want to Listening to your unlucky words, grandma hopes that you will be healthy and grow up in peace."

The old man's eyes were full of benevolence, under her gaze, Chen Jianchu nodded obediently.

Now, Xu Liumei stood up contentedly, took Chen Jianchu's hand, and walked home.

"Go home and grandma will cook something delicious for you."

"Okay, I want to eat stewed ribs!"

The scorching sun hangs high in the sky, the scorching light shines everywhere, the earth is covered with golden sunlight, the weeds in the corner of the wall sway slowly with the breeze, and there are conspicuous sand grains in the cement road.

At four or five o'clock in the afternoon, two elderly people in their fifties and sixties came to visit.

The weather is so hot that only a few houses in the village have air conditioners.

Ordinary families like Chen Jianchu basically hang a big fan on the ceiling of the living room to relieve the heat.

The two old people seemed to be husband and wife, and they were old acquaintances with Xu Liumei.

Chen Jianchu was sitting on the floor, playing with the few toys he had.

"See Chu, call someone."

Xu Liumei repeated the two addresses, and Chen Jianchu followed suit. He looked at the two old people curiously.

The female old man smiled, while the male old man looked serious with a slumped face.

Chen Jianchu was not interested in them, he continued to play with the little toy car.

Several old people sat there drinking tea and chatting.

"They've all grown so big."

"Five years old."

"So soon?"

"Yes."

"Where's that girl?"

"Hey, don't talk about her. I'm still going crazy at Shuiwu today. Fortunately, I didn't hit anyone, otherwise I will lose money again."

Xu Liumei's face was full of sadness, and she could hear that she felt very headache and powerless about this kind of thing.

Chen Jianchu stopped while holding the toy car. He was a little curious about what the elders were talking about, so he couldn't help but focus on his ears.

"It's such a misfortune for the family. If you marry such a woman, you have to support her for the rest of your life. You shouldn't have married before. Now it's troublesome."

"If it weren't for being poor back then, I wouldn't have married her back." Xu Liumei complained, "It's also because Boshi will reach the age when he has to start a family, otherwise he can delay it, alas."

Boshi.

Chen Jianchu knew that this was his father's name.

He seldom sees his father because he is away earning money to support the family.

Every time he sees other children with his father, he will be very envious, always looking forward to his father's return.

"By the way, have you taken him to check?"

The old female pointed to the brain.

"After checking, the doctor said that there is no problem now, and there is a high probability that there will be no problem in the future."

When Xu Liumei said this, she obviously felt much better.

"Besides, he's so smart, he can learn a lot of things once he's taught."

"Oh, that's very lucky. There is a couple in Tai Jing's place. Neither of them is sick. The children they gave birth to are all stupid. They don't know what happened. I really don't know what they will do in the future. "

"It was such a sad day."

"Yeah, you are so lucky that you didn't inherit it."

"He's really smart." Xu Liumei emphasized, and she said, "Jian Chu, bring your notebook and write what you wrote yesterday for uncle and aunt to read."

There were only a few toys, and Chen Jianchu played with them over and over again, so it was inevitable that he would not get bored.

Life is always like this, he was very bored, got up from the ground, pushed open the silver-painted iron gate of the house, stepped over the threshold, and walked outside.

There is a tree in the yard of the house.

Standing at the door of the house, you can see the junction of the muddy road and the cement road. Not far away is the land that has not yet been built, and it is used to grow vegetables.

Chen Jianchu walked along the road, the farther away from home, the more crowded.

A group of children gathered together, seemingly playing something.

Chen Jianchu really wanted to come over to play together, but he didn't dare.

Because every time he came close, he would be insulted and pushed.

"Hahaha, I won."

"Fuck, you didn't snatch me."

"I'll snatch you. Mom. Force!"

"Fuck, is that crazy son standing there trying to scare people to death?"

Someone discovered Chen Jianchu.

This sentence attracted everyone's attention to Chen Jianchu.

They looked at Chen Jianchu a little cautiously, standing there at a loss.

"Get him out of here quickly."

As he said that, a child picked up a stone on the ground and wanted to throw it at Chen Jianchu.

"Fuck, don't lose it!"

Someone stopped it.

"Why don't you throw it away?"

Obviously they did the same before.

"Damn, that psycho went crazy last month. I saw it. It was too scary. She wanted to hit someone. Fuck, if you hit her son, what if that psycho came to beat us? What if her son also had a psycho? what to do?"

Hearing what he said, the kid holding the stone was scared and threw the stone away.

"Then what should we do?"

"What else can I do, run away!"

Chen Jianchu stood where he was, watching a group of children flee in a hurry.

Someone else turned around and warned him: "You better not follow me, or you will be killed!"

Before long, only Chen Jianchu was left in the bustling place just now.

When Chen Jianchu returned home, he heard a woman's yelling before he entered the door, and it was even louder when he entered the door.

The sound came from the tin house in the corner of the yard.

The sound was really scary, accompanied by the sound of bones hitting the iron bars.

Chen Jianchu was a little scared, but he still approached the iron house.

The door was locked and he couldn't get in.

Chen Jianchu raised his head and stared at the big copper-yellow lock. He lowered his head and found a crack in the door with sharp eyes. He moved close to the crack, trying to see the scene inside through the crack.

Unfortunately, the light inside was so dim that he couldn't see anything.

Since Xu Liumei locked her inside last time, Chen Jianchu never saw her come out again.

"Mom, get well soon, so you don't have to be locked in a cage, and you can play with me."

Chen Jianchu talked to his mother through the crack of the door.

However, there was no response, she still screamed so strangely.

Chen Jianchu withdrew his hand on the door in frustration.

In the evening, Xu Liumei and Chen Jinxing came back with a hoe on their shoulders.

After dinner, Chen Jianchu heard the sound of the iron door opening, and he hurried over.

Xu Liumei was carrying a large bowl of food into the dark tin room.

Chen Jianchu didn't take the next step.

Xu Liumei forbade him to get close to the iron house, to the extent that he was not allowed to take a look.

Spring Festival.

People who go out have returned to their hometowns for the New Year.

The village is very lively. There used to be empty places, but now there are many cars parked.

Chen Jianchu sat at the door, watching the prosperity of others.

This year's Spring Festival, Chen Boshi did not come back.

The last time Chen Jianchu saw him was last year's Spring Festival.

During the year when he didn't meet each other, he had a total of three phone calls with Chen Boxi, and the time was not long, it ended in a few minutes.

"Grandma, why didn't Dad come back?"

"Dad doesn't have a holiday for Chinese New Year, he can't ask for leave, and he can't come back."

"Ok."

Chen Jianchu lowered his head, his expectations were very disappointed.

Xu Liumei: "After dinner, let grandpa take you to set off the fireworks, okay?"

Chen Jianchu suddenly raised his head and said happily, "Really?"

Xu Liumei was amused by him: "It's true, how could grandma lie to you."

"That's great!" Chen Jianchu threw himself on Xu Liumei, hugged her with both arms, and could not hide the joy in his words, "Grandma is so kind."

Xu Liumei smiled and took out the stacked money from her pocket.

Two for 100 yuan, one for 50 yuan, three for ten yuan, seven or eight for one yuan, two for fifty cents, and a few for one or two cents.

Every month, Chen Boshi only gave his family 500 yuan.

The couple Xu Liumei and Chen Jinxing will go to the fields to grow some vegetables and rice. Therefore, the 500 yuan is spent by two diligent and thrifty old people, and they can save a little money.

Xu Liumei drew ten yuan and put it in Chen Jianchu's hand.

Chen Jianchu stuffed the money back, and took out two one-dollar bills from a pile of money. He smiled shyly at Xu Liumei.

Chen Jianchu took a box of falling guns he just bought, and happily walked towards home.

There was almost a stinky ditch beside the alley, and the water flowed straight down. As for where it led, Chen Jianchu didn't know.

"Hey, look at the one in front."

A few children came out from another alley, and in front of them was Chen Jianchu.

Among them was a well-dressed boy who lived with his parents in the city all year round and was highly respected.

The boy was very puzzled, he didn't quite understand why he was pointing at Chen Jianchu.

"He is a child born to a mental illness in our village."

After hearing this, the boy was shocked.

He had never heard of such a thing.

"Then he is also crazy?"

"Yeah! His family is still very poor. I heard from my mother that his father was 27 years old and couldn't marry a wife, and then he married a psychopath. Moreover, the psychopath's family has long wanted to get rid of the psychopath. Who wants to You're crazy." He muttered, "She's still a girl."

"It's terrible, let's go another way, don't get too close to him."

The boy is afraid to avoid it.

"What are you afraid of? How old is he now? He can't beat us."

"Come on, let's play with him in the past."

"Here, it's better not to, he is crazy, what should I do if he is in a hurry?"

"He hasn't gotten sick yet, he's fine, just playing around."

The boy hesitated.

"We'll make fun of him when we're free, isn't that all good?"

"What if he told his family?"

"Oh no, he doesn't dare, just make a threat."

"Well, if he goes crazy, let's stop playing and run away."

"Of course it is."

Chen Jianchu's shoulders were buckled.

It's coming from the rear.

He turned his head and saw five or six boys, with an average age of nine or ten. Except for one new face, the rest were all familiar faces.

They just laughed like that.

Chen Jianchu didn't know what they were going to do, so he looked at them cautiously.

"Hey, where's your mother?"

"I…"

Chen Jianchu, I can't come here.

The boy who clasped his shoulder became impatient, pushed him, and said viciously: "I'm asking you something! You're squirming, isn't it disgusting!"

Chen Jianchu was even more frightened after being attacked so fiercely by him.

He wanted to run away directly, but he definitely couldn't run away from them.

"My mother is treating an illness."

Chen Jianchu murmured.

"Ha ha ha ha."

Several boys laughed, as if they had heard some big joke.

"What are you laughing at?"

Chen Jianchu was puzzled.

"Your mother is crazy, how can she be cured hahaha."

"I'm dying of laughter, this little psycho speaks too funny."

Chen Jianchu retorted: "That's not true!"

"Why not? Even if insanity can be cured, does your family have the money to treat it? Your dad hasn't come back for so long, who knows if he's out with other women?"

Chen Jianchu blushed with anger: "You're talking nonsense, he won't!"

"How do you know he won't?"

"Don't tell me, he might really know that his father can't."

"Because his father is poor! Who wants him, hahahaha."

"Fuck, you're so right hahaha."

"There are two losers hahaha."

Chen Jianchu squeezed the cannon in his hand, burning with anger.

certainly not.

They are talking nonsense.

"Ouch, you're angry, you're too narrow-minded to get angry so quickly."

"Yes."

"Look, he looks like he's about to cry."

"Tch, there's nothing to cry about."

One of the bored boys looked around.

Go a little further and you'll come out of the alley.

There was a barbecue at the entrance of the alley. The stall owner charged him a few dollars more and never admitted it. This matter has angered him for a long time, and now he is still very angry when he thinks about it.

An idea flashed through his mind.

"Hey."

He pushed Chen Jianchu.

When Chen Jianchu looked at it, he said condescendingly: "You go to the barbecue stall at the alley and steal a few chicken wings, and we won't care so much about you, how about it?"

Chen Jianchu didn't say anything.

"Speak, dumb?"

"Have you heard that? If you don't go, you will die."

The other boys followed suit.

"Go quickly."

"I'm not going!"

Chen Jianchu said in a loud voice, his eyes were flushed, and there was water in his clear eyes.

"Oh shit."

The boy's hands clutched his collar, and he shook his fist against his face.

"Ask you one last time, go, or, not go."

Chen Jianchu stared at him, stubbornly: "I won't go!"

Snapped--!

"Fuck me!"

"Fuck. He. Damn. Forced! That idiot dared to hit me with a throwing cannon, he is dead!"

"It's really fucking unlucky for those who celebrate Chinese New Year."

After throwing out a whole box of cannons, Chen Jianchu ran towards home without looking back.

The author has something to say:

I think I am very productive during the Chinese New Year!Look!I have more than 4000 more today!Normally, I would write [-] characters at the last minute... and during the Chinese New Year, I would stay at home and type every day, and I didn't go out to play (humble tears

I have to go to the hospital tomorrow, I feel that I can't write during the day, and there is a high probability that I will die quickly tomorrow night!ah! kuso!