I remember when we were young, a group of our children liked to flock around the neighbor’s grandmother to listen to her telling stories. The story of a “debt collector” is still fresh in my memory.
The story takes place in a place called Lijiacun. It is surrounded by mountains and a small river flows quietly through it. The scenery is beautiful. There is a girl named Chunlan in the village. She is handsome and famous in a radius of a hundred miles. However, the most outstanding thing about this girl is not her looks, but her skillful hands, knitting and embroidering. It is said that the flowers she embroiders are attracted to even butterflies. Therefore, there is an endless stream of door-to-door appointments, but Chunlan will not agree no matter how good the other party’s conditions are. After a long time, no one will come to mention it again.
It’s not that Chunlan has a high-sightedness, but that she has someone she likes long ago. That person is a carpenter in the village called Wang Zhu, but because both of his parents have died, the financial conditions are not good. Okay, so Chunlan’s parents have never agreed with them. But seeing that Chunlan is a little bit older, he is still determined that Wang Zhu will not marry. Chunlan’s parents panicked. At that time, it was not like now. Girls who did not get married until 24 and 24 were old girls, so they were reluctant. Promised their marriage.
After the marriage, the young couple worked together, and their days were happily. It didn’t take long before Chunlan became pregnant, and Wang Zhu was even more happy seeing that he was going to be a father. In addition to working greedy in the morning, he took all the housework for fear that Chunlan would be tired.
Ten months later. “Congratulations! It’s a boy!” When Wen Po was holding the baby out of the house, Wang Zhu was so excited that he could not speak. He held the baby tremblingly, only to see the baby’s pink face The dark man looked at him without blinking.
“Yeah, look, this child is so handsome! He is more beautiful than Chunlan when he was a child.” The relatives who were waiting anxiously also gathered around. Making trouble, opening his eyes and looking at others.
“Oh, this kid has his eyes open!” an old man exclaimed. As soon as this was said, people seemed to realize something and took a step back.
It is an ominous symbol of Chuan Milling that the child who was born with his eyes open is an ominous symbol, but Wang Zhu could not associate him with those misfortunes in any way. He is so beautiful and extremely like Chunlan. Wang Zhu held the child tightly in his arms, his heart warm. Because the child was born at Chunda, it was named Chunxi.
Xiaochun Xiyi is a big grown man, looks more and more handsome, and has shallow dimples when he laughs. He can call out father and mother yellingly when he is less than one year old.
Chunlan liked it so much. With a pair of skillful hands, she made a lot of beautiful clothes for the child. Because she was afraid that he would catch a cold, she specially sewed him a beautiful little red hat. The hat is embroidered with tigers with gold thread, and the furry brim is sewn with rabbit fur.But it’s windproof and looks good. Xiaochun Xijing dressed up like this, even more beautiful than the boy in the New Year picture.
It’s a pity that the good times didn’t last long. When Xiaochunxi was two years old, he didn’t know some strange disease. He lay on the bed with a big head and refused to get up, and the second one died.
Seeing that the lively and lovely child disappeared overnight, Chunlan wailed and refused to let down the dead child no matter what others said. In the end, Wang Zhu stole the body while she was crying and fainting. According to the custom, children who were not adults could not build graves or monuments, so Wang Zhu had to bury the children hastily on the barren hills far away from the village.
A few months later, Chunlan became pregnant again. The joy of pregnancy cheered her up, and a smile she hadn’t seen for a long time appeared on her face. Less than two months pregnant, she prepared clothes for the baby. She used red satin for the face, rabbit fur around the edges, and sewed a cloak with a hat. The hat was still embroidered with a little tiger with golden silk thread, and there were a pair of small round ears on the tiger’s head. Chunlan used it to make two pairs of tiger-toed shoes with the remaining leftovers, with a string of golden bells on the upper. In this way, no matter where the child goes, she can hear it.
Seven months later, it’s time for Chunlan to give birth.
The door of the house opened, and Wien Wun wrapped the child in a red quilt and walked out. “Congratulations, Zhuzi, it’s a baby girl. Look, she looks very handsome.”
Zhu Zi took the child from Wenwen and saw the matte finish. A pair of black eyes on his face.
“She, she smiled!” Wang Zhu exclaimed.
“Why? How can a baby just born laugh?” Based on years of experience, Wen Po raised her doubts, but she still couldn’t help but peer into the little red quilt One glance, one glance, Wen Po felt that all her blood was about to freeze, the corners of the child’s mouth were slightly upward, and there were shallow dimples on both sides of her cheeks, she was clearly smiling. “Oh, I have gained knowledge in your house.” Wen Po said in disbelief, “but I said Zhuzi, do you think this kid looks a bit like
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Wen Po deliberately omitted the name Chunxi, but the clever Wang Zhu immediately thought of his dying son. After such a reminder, he realized that the child in his arms really It was like Chunxi, even the feeling he held his small hand was exactly the same as Chu Chunxi back then.
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“Chunxi, it is Chunxi who is back.” Wang Zhuxi couldn’t help himself, holding the baby and yelling.
In the room, Chunlan, who was already exhausted, heard Wang Zhu’s voice and showed a knowing smile. If Shangda really gave her a chance to come back, she would like to give more Love to make up for the past mistakes.
In order to commemorate the death of Chunxi, Wang Zhu and Chunlan decided to name the child Xilai.
It’s another year in a blink of an eye, watching Xiao Xi come, who will not only call Mom and Dad, but also open her little hand to ask her mother to hug her, Lady Wang Zhu is extremely happy. As long as there is time, Chunlan sits there, watching the children playing on the kang, while sewing beautiful clothes for the children.
By the time Xilai was two years old, there was no place to store Chunlan’s new clothes at home, so she packed up the clothes that Chunxi couldn’t wear and gave them to people in the village with children.
When Xilai was five years old, Wang Zhu sent her into the school. She never thought that she had never forgotten her eyes. She remembered all the new words when she was only a few years old. When she was six years old, she could read the article in its entirety. Everyone in the village said that Mrs. Wang Zhu wanted to raise her own student. You know, there were very few people and students at that time, and they were as rare as a panda. Lady Wang Zhu listened to her, and she was so happy from ear to ear.
However, seeing Xilai gradually grow older, bad luck has come again. Xi came twelve years old that year and was in middle school. The place where she went to school was a dozen miles away from home. Because of the difficult conditions, she had to rely on her feet to travel between school and home. This night, Mrs. Wang Zhu made a meal early in the morning, but she didn’t see her daughter coming back. Wang Zhu was a little worried. He called a few villagers to look for them along the way to school, but found nothing. It was not until the second morning that people found Xilai’s body at the place where Chunxi was buried.
Xilai is dead. Like Chunxi back then, she passed away with her signature smile. There was no wound on her body. People will never know how she died.
Seeing Xilai’s corpse, Chunlan, who was filled with many emotions, fainted on the spot. She collapsed because she could not accept reality. The people in the village didn’t understand why a good person like Wang Zhu had to suffer repeated misfortunes.
“Oh, this kid is here to collect debts.” An old man who was nearly eight years old sighed.
Yes, I’m here to collect debts! Wang Zhu suddenly remembered the story his father and mother told him when he was alive: The child is a debt owed by his parents in his previous life, and he has to be repaid in this life. Tears slid down Wang Zhu’s cheeks and silently fell to the ground. What does he owe, Shang Da Jing wanting to punish him in such a cruel way?
He was holding the haggard Chunlan, his heart hurt. He didn’t understand why after taking Chunxi away, Shangda refused to leave it to her even after Chun came. She is such a kind woman, why should she suffer the pain of losing her child again and again?
According to the customs of the village, Xilai could not have his own tomb. Holding Xilai’s body, Wang Zhu came to the place where Chunxi was buried, and dug a hole to bury Xilai too. AdvanceGo, let their brothers and sisters be companions, at least not alone on Huangquan Road.
Xilai’s death hit Chunlan very badly, and she became seriously ill. After lying in bed for half a month, her condition did not get better. She was thin and thin, and there was no more delicate air in her eyes. During the time she fell ill, Wang Zhu was the only one who took care of her outside and home, but the most painful thing was not the body, but the heart. Wang Zhu didn’t know what to do. He heard that wine could pour his sorrows, so he bought wine to drink, but as the saying goes, it is more sorrowful to pour sorrows with wine. But life is like a dream, and being drunk for a while is a moment. Gradually, he really couldn’t live without alcohol anymore, and became a well-known alcoholic.
In the end he made a painful decision. He decided not to have children anymore. He believed that only in that way would Chunlan no longer be sad. It’s just that even Wang Zhu himself didn’t expect that once he was drunk, Chun Lan Jing was pregnant again.
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Faced with this sudden child, Wang Zhu was at a loss. He even tried to persuade Chunlan to remove the child several times, but he saw that Chunlan was a little bit more energetic after she became pregnant. Well, he finally failed to say this sentence.
But he was very scared, afraid that this child would come to collect debts again. If so, what should Chunlan do, and what should he do? Seeing Chunlan’s belly getting up, Wang Zhu had the courage to go home sooner. He specially asked Chunlan’s sister to come and help, but he hid in the neighboring village for a drink. If it hadn’t been for someone to tell him that Chunlan was about to give birth, I’m afraid he would spend the night at a friend’s house today.
He staggered on the village path, under the bright moonlight, the path was glowing with pale light, but he didn’t care at all, and he hiccups from time to time. For some reason, the road I usually walked on weekdays is very long. Wang Zhu was really tired or drunk, in short, he had begun to lose sight of the way. He swayed to the side of the road, found a piece of land, sat down, and slept in a daze.
In the confusion, Wang Zhu was awakened by the crisp sound of a string of copper bells, like a group of children playing nearby. Wang Zhu squinted his eyes and looked around, but saw nothing. He was so dizzy that he wanted to sleep well right now. “Have you heard? Wang Zhu’s wife is about to give birth again.” The copper bell-like voice came again.
Hearing someone talking about his family, Wang Zhu suddenly felt suspicious. How could there be children’s voices in this wilderness? He secretly opened his eyes, but he was the only one in the deserted moonlight.
“I heard, I heard. Another child, replied, “It seems to be born tonight. “
“Yes, how happy to be a child of her family, with beautiful clothes and beautiful hats.” “A child envied.”That Chunlan’s hand is a coincidence, the fish she embroidered is like the real one.”
“Yes.” Another child sighed and said, “A few years ago I I went to her house to be a child for two years. She made a lot of beautiful clothes and shoes for me. You don’t know, she made me a fluffy hat, but it’s pretty. So after coming back, I can’t forget it. I went to her house to be a child for twelve years, but when you mention it today, I really miss those days. There were beautiful clothes and beautiful hats. You know, it was not just me. Even the other children in the village can wear the clothes she made.”
“So that’s the way it is.” The other children are not without envy, “Then what are you doing here? Ah, can’t you just stay in her house?”
“No, you don’t know, you have to move out when you grow up, and you won’t be able to wear what she did. Beautiful clothes.”
“It turned out to be so, but isn’t this Chunlan going to have another baby? Since you want to wear beautiful clothes so much, why not take the opportunity to go back? Wait a few years. Just come back.” Someone suggested.
“Okay!” The child clapped his hands and laughed, “I will go now.”
The child’s voice is getting farther and farther, and finally Disappear.
Wang Zhu got up from the ground with a reel. The wine was all awake. He looked at the place under him, and it was clearly a mass grave.
“Grandma’s, I still betrayed my son many times because I owed some wicked debt in my previous life. It turned out that it was all you little ghosts.” Wang Zhu vomited in disgust. Spits, hurriedly rushed home, “I want to trick Lao Tzu into wearing floral clothes, don’t think about it!” Wang Zhu became more and more angry, and ran back home all the way.
But before I could enter the door, I heard the cry of the child from the room. Wang Zhu rushed into the room and saw that Wen Po was rolling a pink baby with a little red quilt and he was about to congratulate him. The child’s eyebrows were the same as those of Chunxi and Xilai, and there were two sweet dimples when he smiled.
“Mom.” The child’s tender voice came from the baby, and everyone in the room was shocked. Sure enough. It was Wang Zhu who reacted first. He snatched the child from Wien’s hand and walked out the door without looking back.
“Pillar, where do you go with your baby?” Chunlan on the bed asked weakly.
Wang Zhu’s footsteps stopped. He turned his head and saw the weak wife on the bed full of pity. “Go to the child’s grandma’s house and let his grandmother also look at this child.” A gentle smile was piled on Wang Zhu’s face. “They definitely don’t believe that this child will call mother when he is born.”
< br/> Wang Zhu did not dare to look at Chunlan again, holding the babyWhen Fu went out, he snatched a shovel from the yard. Instead of going to the child’s grandmother’s house, he took the child to the mass grave where he had just fallen asleep.
He threw the child on the ground, sullenly lifting the shovel to the child’s slender waist. “Do you want to come to our house to cheat on beautiful clothes, do you? You want to cheat on beautiful hats, do you? Don’t think about it!” Wang Zhu raised his shovel and slammed the child’s waist fiercely, and the child’s body instantly broke in two.
“You have all seen it, this is the end of coming to our house to lie to our feelings.” Wang Zhu’s expression was as hideous as a ghost who had just crawled out of hell, he raised it again The shovel slashed at the child’s left hand, and the child’s left hand fell to the ground, and a drop of warm blood splashed on Wang Zhu’s face. He slumped on the ground in pain with tears, “Do you think you lied to clothes? You lied It’s the relationship between our couple. Do you know how sad Chunlan is? Do you know how painful it is for you to leave her twice? Have you seen her carefully just now? Is that still the woman you remember? She is now like this, She loves you and loves you so persistently, but what did you do? You are so selfish and only think of yourself. Have you ever sympathized with this woman who was once called a mother by you? Stay far away, don’t show up in front of me again, otherwise I will still send you back to this place that belongs to you as I am now.” After saying these, Wang Zhutou left without looking back, leaving only the incompleteness. Uneven limbs are allowed to bite by mosquitoes and gnawed by wild dogs. He wants them to remember Jinda and stay away from him and his family ever since.