Northeast Past. Short Stories The Crazy Daughter of Hao's Family

Wen/Yuan Qiqi

At the east end of the village there was a big pine tree, and under the pine tree sat a crazy woman, chanting, "Smile, smile, smile, smile, smile." People know that she is the old Hao family's youngest daughter, called Hao beautiful, but no one knows what she is talking about.

One

Hao Fugui in the village is notoriously poor, poor is the family, even the rats went to have to cry out. A dozens of square meters of broken house, in addition to the kang, only a rotten table. However, the old Hao family is prosperous, the old Hao sister-in-law gave birth to three sons in a row, the village people envy, but the old Hao is anxious to panic.

Old Hao favorite with three sons in the courtyard around a tree stump to eat, he always said to his sons: "We are a big man in the Northeast, can bend to stretch, now poor, not afraid of, there will be a good life later.

This winter, the old Hao sister-in-law pregnant again, with a big belly, with three sons around the stove to keep warm. The three tiger-headed sons were chasing each other and playing around, and inadvertently pushed Hao's wife to the ground. The three sons were frightened by the pain in their stomachs, and they watched the blood flow from their mother's pant legs and ran out to find Hao.

When Hao arrived with the midwife, Hao's wife had fainted, and there was a pool of blood underneath her, and the midwife said that she could only look at it first, and that she might not be able to keep the child or the adult alive.

But Hao's wife gradually regained consciousness, Hao hid outside the door, sitting on the steps and rubbing his hands. The three sons had not yet recovered from the fear they had just experienced.

"Wow ......" a baby's cry, excited old Hao ran into the house, while saying: "Our Tuen Mun women are skinny." Three sons also followed closely into the house.

"Old Hao, this time it's a girl child." The midwife held a tender baby to Lao Hao.

Old Hao hugged the child, thin and small, I can not say whether it is happy or sad, even if his family is poor, even if he already has three sons, but for him this poor countryside, the birth of a daughter is redundant, what use is not, but also have to grow a long mouth to eat. Looking at the bed weak old Hao sister-in-law, old Hao reluctantly smiled.

Old Hao's mother came from not far away, that is a bright old lady, a hold over their granddaughter carefully looked at, said: "aiya mom ah, do not look at this small nose, small eyes, or a beauty embryo." Said, with that full of smoking gun flavor mouth kissed the child.

Soon after, Hao begged the village chief to take him to the town hospital, and secretly did a ligature surgery, he has no ability to afford the family.

The old Hao sister-in-law stayed at home all day with four children, the youngest daughter has not been named, the old lady called her the youngest child, the family followed this call, until she was six years old, the old Hao sister-in-law felt that it should be taken a name, she had her own name. Old Hao lazy to this little girl, or the old lady made, called Hao beautiful.

Two

In the blink of an eye, Hao's children have grown up. Hao's eldest son, Hao Shouren, became the old carpenter's apprentice, his second son, Hao Shouyi, became the only university student in the village, and his third son, Hao Shouli, worked in the office of the village branch secretary. The village people are envious of the old Hao family is really the ancestor of good luck, not to mention the children, all of them are talented, good-looking.

The old Hao still does not see Hao beautiful, looking at their three sons so successful, he felt that raising daughters is a loss of business, the thought of raising the big have to be sent out again, the heart of the sullen. After the death of the old Hao sister-in-law, Hao beautiful life is even worse.

The eldest son married the village girl, the mother's family did not ask the old Hao family, but also accompanied by a few pigs and goats, a small life is quite comfortable, the old Hao is very satisfied.

The second son out of school, looking for a city girl, since the marriage is rarely to the countryside home, even so, every time Hao Hao said about the second son Hao Shouyi, or will be proud of thumbs up.

The third son has fallen in love with a beautiful girl from a neighboring village, who is too poor to marry him. This can be anxious about the old Hao, he borrowed money from all over the world, vowing to build a house for his favorite old three.

The house was built, the girls came to see, reluctantly agreed to the marriage. The old Hao was so happy that he whistled all over the village every day.

The third son, Hao Shouli, is not very motivated, always with their own poor father to ask for this and that, he smacked the marriage of no shoes to wear, towards the old Hao yelled, forcing the old Hao had no choice, look to the side of the laundry Hao beautiful.

"Let you buy it tomorrow." Lao Hao said to Lao San.

Hao Mei grew up, more and more beautiful, wherever you go can make the village men heart itch, but she is still too small, and no one door to propose marriage, old Hao will give her some leftovers every day to feed. Whenever the older brothers have married, the disaster must be Hao beautiful. Marriage will always spend money, spend money Lao Hao annoying, the more annoying to see the white feed Hao beautiful more annoying, punching and kicking has long become a routine. Before the old Hao sister-in-law in the time will go to pull the old Hao, but later, the three brothers will only be like in the theater like secretly happy.

That night, Hao went to Hao's room, took a pair of scissors, and left in a hurry.

Three

Early in the morning, a scream from Hao Mei resounded through the village. She is most proud of the long hair is gone, this is not a big deal, but she had heard the sister-in-law from the city said, the city popular saying: wait for your long hair and waist, I'll marry you can be good. Hao beautiful harboring the desire for a better future, silently stay up long hair, she did not read said, have not seen anything in the world, just naive thought, wait until her long hair and waist, there will really be a teenager to marry her, but now, her long hair is no longer, her hair is messy like a chicken nest.

She saw Sango walking up, showing off in front of her in the leather shoes she had traded for her hair, which looked shiny and made of who knows what. She sat gamely on the steps, feeling her uneven hair and keeping her head down, tears dripping indisputably onto her torn cloth shoes.

When the third brother got married, a lot of people came from the neighboring villages, everyone was watching, Hao Mei still huddled in the corner, not far away, a man watched her. He walked to the side of Hao beautiful, quietly sat down, Hao beautiful to see him, four eyes relative to the moment, Hao beautiful for the first time feel the face of the hot and spicy.

It was the first man in Hao's life. He was handsome and sunny, and he ran with the speed of the wind. He will come to Hao beautiful every night, tell her the story of their nagada, take her in the field running recklessly, that period of time, is the best days of Hao beautiful life.

That rainy night, he hid into the room of Hao beautiful, Hao beautiful first time and a man **** in a room, she just felt her heartbeat accelerated, shortness of breath. The man walked up to her and promised Hao Mei their future. Then he kissed Hao Mei as he hugged her and told her how much he missed her.

Hao Mei feels like the whole body is electrocuted, and it's very soft. The man kissed her neck, and then rudely pushed Hao Mei to the bed, without saying, viciously separated Hao Mei's legs, kissed her shoulders, and then used his tongue to open Hao Mei's lips, the special aroma of the man crazy, Hao Mei can not react in time, a burst of pain surged to the heart.

The next morning when she woke up, Hao beautiful naked in bed, last night like a spring dream, but so real, she looked down to the body of the light red, she knows everything is true.

Just from that day on, the man never came again, Hao beautiful never left the village, she did not even know where to go to find the man, so Hao beautiful began to every day stupidly in the village under the pine tree and so on.

A month later, Hao Mei found herself pregnant, she begged Hao to help her find the man. The old Hao heard the two eyes staring round, he could not help but Hao beautiful kicked to the ground, "rolling calf, I owe you such a debt collector in a previous life? Doing such a shameful thing and still have the nerve to ask me to help you, I don't have a daughter like you who can't stand people!" I don't have a daughter like you." Said Hao beautiful pooh a mouthful, leaving Hao beautiful sitting on the ground by herself.

It was raining, and Hao Mei sat in the rain, not knowing whether it was rain or tears flowing into her mouth, but it was bitter.

Four

Old Hao told his three sons to come back and solve the big problem of Hao Mei. The old third daughter-in-law said that instead of letting the whole village know this kind of shameful thing, it is better to find someone to marry, that is, to earn some money, but also to send her out of Hao's family without saying a word.

The old Hao agreed, Hao beautiful surprisingly also agreed. The old third daughter-in-law from her village to Hao beautiful to find a fool, the two families are afraid of each other back to regret, so casually and hastily to do the marriage.

The fool is a very honest person, from the wedding night onwards just stupid at Hao beautiful smile. He likes to sit quietly next to Hao Mei, but Hao Mei dislikes him and always avoids him. But the fool will still sneak her with delicious food, and even gave her a beautiful hairpin, sometimes, she wondered if the fool is really stupid, stupid is quite cute.

A month later, the fool family knows Hao beautiful pregnant, happy, every day to her to do delicious, the fool is still stupid to guard her side, rushing to her stupid smile.

Hao beauty like to sit quietly on the door steps to the past crowd, the fool is always around her. She told him about the people and things she had seen, told jokes to the fool, she asked the fool after the child called what, the fool just stupid smile, she shook her head helplessly, how good a man, but unfortunately do not understand anything, but she also felt happy for him, do not understand anything, at least do not understand the sadness of this world.

Everyone said that Hao beautiful belly round, should be a daughter, stupid mom on Hao beautiful gradually began to cold. Hao's third daughter-in-law got Hao Mei the medicine to change the fetus, in this feudal village, only to have a son to be able to get ahead.

Hao Mei ate the difficult medicine, while imagining their future children, she has not thought of the man who hurt her for a long time, she is now living with the fool, at least very relieved.

That night, Hao Mei's water broke, scared the fool, he shivered and ran to find his mother, called the midwife, the fool in the doorway in a hurry to beat, Hao Mei shouted in the house at the top of his voice.

The child's cry broke the silence outside the house, the fool rushed in, saw the blood in the basin whimpering, this is the first time Hao beautiful to see the expression of the fool in addition to the smile, Hao beautiful smiled at him and said to the fool, it is called smile smile, she hoped that the child will be happy life, unlike her, not like the fool.

Silly mom hugged the child, began to be very happy, suddenly the face stared up, Hao Mei felt wrong, snatched the child to see, the child even at the same time have a boy and girl **** the same characteristics, I think it must be the medicine eaten at that time caused by.

Hao beautiful paralyzed on the bed, holding in his arms the poor child who has just exchanged life for life, the fool mom crazy like to seize the past, heavy child on the ground, the child's voice is getting weaker and weaker, and finally even gradually did not, Hao beautiful post-partum weakness, fainted, fainted, before she seemed to see the fool rushed out with the child in his arms.

Hao beautiful fainted before, the fool to see the child by the mother fell to the ground, see Hao beautiful expression of pain, he picked up the child, trying to find someone to save the child, just too much in a hurry, even by drunken tourists from outside the country bumped into the death.

Hao Mei looked at the stupidity of being carried back, and the baby lying around, the brain buzzing, she has been unable to hear the surrounding sounds, she can not hear her mother-in-law's insults, can not hear the accusations of the people around her, the world seems to be left with her family of three.

From that day on, Hao Mei went crazy.

But Hao Mei still found her way home, the same village people sent her back to the old Hao's house, the old Hao did not recognize such a daughter, threw her out.

The crowd, no one to pay attention to this crazy woman, she is ragged, crazy, messy hair after the long hair can not see the appearance of the year.

She did not eat or drink, sitting under the big pine tree at the head of the village, her eyes staring straight into the distance, as if waiting for her husband and children who had not returned for a long time, and her mouth kept whispering: "Smile, smile. The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on a new one, and you'll be able to do it.

No one knew what she was saying, but she repeated it over and over again. Perhaps at this moment, she felt that her child was still alive, and she hoped that her child could laugh happily, even if she laughed like a fool.