Red Theme Essay: The Flower Quilt
Jin Xiangzhu
(1)
Early in the morning, under the poplar tree in the neighborhood, a group of women were chattering and discussing topics. Si-xiu was carrying freshly purchased vegetables and meat, and as she walked, she watched the women's mouths chattering incessantly. Si Xiu was puzzled, and her curiosity made her stop in her tracks, stick close to the big tree, and prick up her ears.
"Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, so keep an eye on your man stealing oil to eat."
"A man's heart, a needle in a haystack, an octopus man, stretching his claws everywhere."
"Men have no good things, eating the bowl, looking at the pot, thinking about the field." The big red jacket matron's mouth like mixing garlic, spittle flying all over the sky, splashing on the red scarf of the four Xiu.
Another shawl-haired lady drilled into the center of the crowd, waving her right hand in the air: "Let's be quiet for a moment, I'm going to say a few words out of my heart, sisters and sisters, you think that Valentine's Day is a good time to catch adultery ah? The men are ghosts, you see them before going home downstairs before deleting the chat records, those silly chat early deleted clean. Valentine's Day dating more tie people's eyes, some people in advance over, maybe yesterday, maybe today."
"That's right, they have what's fancy for lovers. Waiting for Valentine's Day tomorrow won't catch them." The big red jacket yells approvingly.
Si Xiu said nothing, but her heart skipped and her face flushed. Like a treasure, she took the scripture, pulled the scarf tight, quietly and quickly walked home, feeling that what people say includes their own husbands.
(2)
Carrying something in both hands, Sisu knocked on the door of the room with her foot. Husband Dagang quickly opened the door to the room, did not wait for the four show to enter the door on both hands forward to receive the things in the hands of the four show, while saying: "buy so many good things, and fish and meat, green vegetables, how watery, but not New Year's Eve, not festivals, good generosity." Hubby seemed a bit surprised. Four Xiu's mouth hidden in the scarf, muttered, "Tomorrow is not a festival."
"What festival? Tomorrow where there is a festival ah? I'm confused." Hubby turned his back on Si Xiu and asked.
Sisu eyes staring at her husband's reaction, said the falsehood is not afraid to face me, the face seems to be a little red, red to the back of the neck.
Dagang attentively helped his daughter-in-law to take off the scarf, and personally put the slippers bowed to his daughter-in-law's feet, and patted his daughter-in-law's pants legs on the dust. Sihsiu took this opportunity to put one hand on her husband's bent back and one hand on the slippers. Husband has been bent over, and picked up the shoe shine cloth to the daughter-in-law to wipe the dusty loafers.
Standing on one leg, Si Xiu hit a soft leg, the whole body directly onto the husband's broad back. She lay on her back for a long time, as if she felt a great warmth. Tall and handsome husband, if you do not have a foreign heart, how good we should be!
(3)
In retrospect, it is really hard to hit the grass in the puddle, in fact, it is not easy for the four Xiu. The original good family, because of an accident made now like a broken pot, broken. A few years ago, the four show's home life like a fire like red, the two families keep a baby son, and reasonable mother-in-law to live together. Although the mother-in-law is not good health, but for the family busy, hard-working, and tied up, even the neighbor aunt three times to tempt her to go to the square dance were unsuccessful. The mother-in-law is a sharp person, she does not want to jump, but afraid of dancing on the addiction to miss the housework.
A nightmare came to life when her husband, who drove a big truck all year round, was killed in a car accident on a deserted highway in the middle of nowhere. The next day is like a dark cloud that presses down on the family.
Six months after the accident, many aftereffects followed. Because of the loss of the backbone of the family, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law also became cold, communication words are less, for the high death compensation fee for the chicken flew, eyes on the court. The mother-in-law's body collapsed day by day, the face became yellow and thin, white hair and dirty and messy.
In the midst of a battle, it so happened that her mother's family introduced her to a divorced man who is now her husband, Dagang. She spends her days in a cloud of gloom and noise, fed up and annoyed; in a very short time, she remarries with her son, her mother-in-law's only grandson. The house was going to be demolished too, she was the one who signed the demolition agreement for a huge sum of money. So she married Dagang and fled the shattered home with her son, the death compensation and the compensation for the demolition that was about to arrive.
(4)
Dagang is tall and handsome, working in a state-owned enterprise, party members, workshop director, four show sometimes feel that they really a little unworthy of him. But as soon as I heard that Dagang is because of extramarital affairs wife only with his divorce, crow owls, hooting like a death knell. When I think of these, the four show's heart as hard as eating shit, she is everywhere on guard against a philandering husband. What excellent party members, cadres, mistakes are many. The girlfriends do not often say, the more cadres, especially cadres husband, the more you have to lift up the heart, hang up the courage, they have the power and influence, to flatter them more beautiful.
The husband loves to dress up, all day long, greasy hair and powdered face. There were several times when she looked out the upstairs window at her husband, who was about to enter the house from work. The husband will definitely stand downstairs for a while before entering the building door, pulling out his cell phone, in deleting something.
Once her husband took a lunch break, she looked through his cell phone, very ambiguous chat is not, there are also deleted by him. She saw her husband chatting with a friend, and there was a "red flag at home does not fall, outside the colorful flag fluttering."
The four shows do not understand the meaning of this, she memorized, dead in the heart. Then she found the big red jacket matron: "Big sister, you help me figure out what the meaning of this sentence is?" The Big Red Zoroastrian laughed and laughed, "You still don't understand this? It means that you are well raised at home, and you can find a good match outside."
In recent days, the husband's actions are really some anomalies, often chattering about overtime, always later than before to go home for an hour or two, and find a reason to go out on days off. The body is also exhausted, heavy heart, like a frosted eggplant, wilting. He is also indifferent to himself, as if he owes him money. At night, he would fall asleep, and the tenderness he had shown to himself after marriage was gone. Worse, sometimes late at night woke up by the cell phone, and did not answer the phone, and then quickly put on his clothes and ran outside, four show brain on the beautiful girl outside to call him, with a code word, like a fucking underground party, spies. Wolf hearted thing, she will pretend to sleep in the middle of shouting, "where to go so late, will lover?"
"There's an emergency at the factory, must go quickly." Dagang impatiently replied.
(5)
Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, why is there such a nasty holiday. The first thing you need to do is to get your hands dirty.
Today, the four show a burst of scrutinize than the past days, incomparably attentive husband. After the afternoon, the husband has been at home to busy housework, peaceful and stable. Four show heart has a trace of shallow warmth, it seems that her husband will not go out today. Yes, at home to coax their wives how happy.
At three or four o'clock in the afternoon, Dagang suddenly said, "The housework is done, I should get ready for work."
"What shift? Don't you have an 8pm shift?" The husband listened to his daughter-in-law's rhetorical question and turned his back to her again, perhaps not daring to look her straight in the eye, "The factory has been busy lately, so I have to go to a meeting early. I drop by to bring some food, go to the factory and old Li head to cook and eat."
Si Xiu gloomy face, heart also gloomy. She watched as the man took a handy bag, loaded it with greens loaded it with meat, and loaded it with a couple of freshly cooked pancakes.
Husband cleaned up, and stood in front of the dresser mirror combed oil head, wiped powder face, like a small whirlwind impatiently out of the door.
What's going on today? The first thing you need to do is to get your hands dirty. No, this is a dog lifting the curtain, all depends on a mouth, coax me! I'm not sure if I can find a way to make a difference in the world. I don't believe I can't find a donkey's hoof in the mill. I'm going to follow him and catch him in the act. The worst thing is to get a divorce. Anyway, I have the money, the death compensation, and the demolition money that's coming soon. The mother-in-law also argued with her that a man's philandering can't be relied upon, and that it's more affordable to rely on oneself. The four show to find some old clothes old pants old scarf, to disguise themselves.
(6)
Her husband rode a bicycle, which was almost out of the neighborhood. Four Xiu rode on the electric bike, put the head and face around the tightly. Started the switch and looked at the back of the negative man and chased after him. She felt like she was in a movie, tracking and chasing, into battle.
One road after another, from east-west road and turned on the north-south road. I'm not sure how much I'm going to be able to do, but I'm going to be able to do it, and I'm going to be able to do it, and I'm going to be able to do it. In the same small city, the road is very familiar. It didn't take long to follow her to an old neighborhood. Because of maintaining a safe distance, she watched her husband turn into the front of an old building. She rushed to the wall of the old building, but there is no sign of her husband, she did not see her husband into the door of which building, the mood and a burst of disillusionment.
Only wait, waiting for a rabbit. She put the car far away, quietly came to the north side of the building behind a large holly ball, all only reveal two like a gun muzzle like black eyes, like a spy closely watching the broken building in front of her. This broken building that broke her heart and maybe made her marriage collapse again.
Not much work, the door of the east unit of the building has moved, these old buildings do not even have a door to the building, a bit of noise can be heard from a long way away. A moment, from the door out of a woman dressed in colorful, tall, shoulder-length hair, tight cheongsam, demonic, it does not look like a serious good woman.
She suddenly remembered a chat with her girlfriends, saying that nowadays, some of the dusty women, do not work, idle, rent an old house in an old neighborhood, doing unseemly hooks. Could it be that the husband is here to have fun? The four show's heartbeat "thud" sound.
After a while, the West Building Road and twisted out of a more beautiful woman, lipstick painted like drinking blood, while walking to the mouth of the blood stuffed with things to eat. Four Xiu suddenly a little nausea, want to vomit but did not vomit out. She felt that the bloody mouth was rushing to herself, devouring herself, devouring her husband, devouring her home.
I'm going to get into the fight, rush in and grab this pair of dogs, rip out her hair and tear her face. If the negative man wants to help the bitch, I will kick you hard in the lower body, kick your life root, kick you a life can not take care of themselves!
Paying is fruitful, is her heart anxious, a familiar figure appeared, four show rushed to squat the body. Through the holly ball gap, she finally saw her man - still tall and handsome husband Dagang holding a bed of flower quilts walked out, and then hurriedly turned the corner of the building to the south side of the building, as if to bask in the quilts, so new flower quilts zapped the four-Xiu's heart even more painful. It seems that it is necessary to dry the flower quilt, comfortable **** degree of good night.
(VII)
The sun blossomed quilt, the man turned back to that east side of the building. Walking very quickly, light footsteps, as if afraid of people to see.
This time it must work, will certainly catch a current, I will block you to the house. She was determined, and kept telling herself, calm down, calm down. I'm not going to be able to do that, but I'm not going to be able to do that," she said!
Si Xiu two eyes staring straight up and down five floors of 'each window, regretting that he did not have a telescope. Looking, looking, not too long ago, an all-too-familiar figure appeared in the kitchen on the third floor. The figure also kept reaching out through the kitchen window to get something from the outer windowsill. She mused that the conditions were in place to get started!
Si Xiu tiptoed, looking left and right, quietly drilled into the door of the building, step by step on the stairs, every step, the heart is "thump" jump. She clenched her teeth and made up her mind. I must catch this pair of dogs and men, no longer as a sick cat, so that you can not live this man and woman prostitution "Valentine's Day"!
"Knock" "knock" "knock" knocked the door three times, no movement. She knocked three more times. That's when a most familiar voice came from inside: "Who is it?"
"Of the property!" Si Xiu, who was no ordinary woman, wrinkled her nose and answered in a muffled voice. A gloomy door finally opened, a choking pot smell came ......
She quickly pushed away from the man tied apron, leaped to the kitchen, the gas tank on the pot of yellow smoke, to paste the appearance of the chopping board with cut beans and fresh meat. It was exactly what she had bought herself this morning.
She went crazy, foaming at the mouth, eyes fierce, copied the kitchen knife, rushed to the inside bedroom ......
Looking at the scene in front of her, she was stunned, open-mouthed.
The gray bedroom, a not fresh smell came, a broken bed cleaned up. A white hair, wrinkled paralyzed old man lying on the bed, sickly but through the heart satisfied with relief.
The mother-in-law, this is not against their own mother-in-law?
(H)
Si Xiu stood like a stake in front of the bed of the lonely old man, did not say a word, after the shock, two lines of hot tears rolled down ......
The mother-in-law like a shock, hands shivering, mumbling dry pale lips slurred, intermittent only said: "You found a good man, more filial than the real son, you and the grandson is blessed, I died also assured."
The husband held his daughter-in-law's shoulders, and Si Xiu cried out. Pushing away her husband's hands, she rushed out of the house like a madman.
The husband went out in hot pursuit, afraid of what might happen. Daughter-in-law ran out of the building door, and around the corner of the building, leapt to the south side of the building, crying uncontrollably. Seeing her husband followed up, she covered her face and drilled into the flower quilt folded on the wire. She had no face to see people, no face to see this glorious sunshine, even if the evening sun is coming ......
The husband also drilled into the flower quilt. The flower quilt was big and red and green, with flowers and grass and long-tailed magpies. The red satin was adorned with festivity, good luck, warmth, and a bit of romance!
In the dark shadow of the flower quilt, Si Xiu cried, "I am not human! I am not human!" The husband hugged his daughter-in-law tightly, passing on his warmth to her ......
Writer/author/brief/introduction
Jin Xiangzhu, pen name Sanmu. Guangrao County, Shandong Province, a member of the Chinese *** party, member of the Western China Prose Society, member of the Shandong Province Prose Society, member of the Writers' Association of Dongying City, signing writer of the "Lookout Moon Literature" magazine; a number of works published in the provincial and municipal journals.