Chapter 8

From Xiejia village to Wangjia village, seven or eight miles apart. Fortunately, it's not too late now. If Wang Xiushu's legs are sharp, she can arrive before dark.

Wang Xiushu's pace is very fast. She is a woman in the end. She is still a little flustered.

After walking more than half of the way, the distance between the two villages was closer. The path between the two villages was along the foot of the mountain, and around the mountain in front of us, we could see Wangjia village.

Wang Xiushu half breath has not finished, see not far from the foot of the mountain there is a man, looking at it is down from the mountain, Wang Xiushu steps slowly.

After a careful look, she recognized that this man was not from Xiejia village or Wangjia village. Looking at a hunter, she should be from a nearby village. When she was a girl, she didn't know him very much. After she got married, even Wang Xiushu from a neighboring village didn't know him. She was not afraid of the simplicity of a countryman, so she raised her feet again.

The talent came down from the mountain, carrying two bloody rabbits in his hand. When he saw Wang Xiushu, he seemed to be stunned.

Wang Xiushu saw that the man's face was abnormal, as if she knew herself. She was surprised to see that the other side was not malicious. Wang Xiushu nodded to the other side, and then stepped over the other side.

When Wang Xiushu got home, her mother, Liu Shi, was sweeping snow outside her house. Liu Shi was diligent and neat. In her spare time, she didn't hide in the house like others, but she took care of everything inside and outside her house.

"Mother!" Wang Xiushu looked at Liu's figure from a distance of more than 20 steps, and her eyes were astringent.

Liu's suddenly heard Wang Xiushu's voice, especially some can't believe it, and felt that he estimated that it was an auditory hallucination again.

After her Xiushu married, she seemed to listen to her daughter's call several times, but she was always disappointed. Her old man also laughed that she couldn't leave her daughter, so she wanted to look up and see that her daughter was living there.

"Xiushu!"

Liu was pleasantly surprised. He threw down the broom in his hand and said, "Xiushu, why are you back at this time?"

"Niang," after she married to Xie's family, she had not been back to her mother's home for a year, except for the day when she returned home in three dynasties.

Time is not long, but Wang Xiushu knows that this is not just more than a year.

Now I see Liu Shi again. My eyes are red, just like the lost child who is trying to find his mother. He hugs Liu Shi and rubs against him.

"What's the matter? Xiushu? But I was wronged in the Xie family? "

Liu is very happy to see Wang Xiushu, but now she looks red. She worries that Wang Xiushu has been wronged in the Xie family, especially when it's late. Wang Xiushu comes back alone at this time.

"I haven't been wronged. I haven't seen my mother for a long time!" Wang Xiushu said with a smile: "mother, let's go into the room. It's cold outside!"

"Good, good, go to the house first! It's freezing all the way back, isn't it? Go into the room first, and my mother will cook a bowl of ginger soup for you

Liu paid close attention to Wang Xiushu. Although her eyes were red, her eyes were clear and her face was not sad. Knowing that what Wang Xiushu said was true, she let her heart go and quickly pulled her daughter into the room.

Although Wang Xiushu is happy to see Liu, she doesn't forget her purpose of going to her mother's house today. She follows Liu into the house and asks Wang Guangliang.

"Your brother went into the mountain early this morning and said that he would go to see if he could hunt some fur before the snow melted."

Liu went into the room and touched an egg to warm up Wang Xiushu with soup.

"Where's my father?"

When Wang Xiushu heard that Wang Guangliang had really gone hunting, she turned pale and flustered. She asked Wang Qiwang.

She remembered in her dream that Wang Guangming didn't come back the day he entered the mountain, but was found and brought back by Wang Qiwang the next day. At that time, Wang Guangming's right leg was injured and frozen, and later he couldn't be cured.

"Your father, thinking that it's time to go to your uncle's house, wants to discuss with your uncle about where to send betrothal gifts in the new year, so as to give your elder brother this marriage.

Next spring, find a good day to pick up people. Your brother is not young. It's time to find a way out. "

Wang Guangming's marriage has always been a disease in Liu's heart. Now that he's decided to settle down, he's also relaxed. Now when I talk about it, I'm very happy.

"Mother, go and get my father back!"

"My daughter, what's the matter with you? But I have something important to ask your father for? "

Liu didn't notice Wang Xiushu's strange appearance, now suddenly listen to Wang Xiushu exclaim, voice with a panic, some can't do.

"There's something important to find my father. Don't ask me, mother. Go to find my father first!" Wang Xiushu wants to tell the truth with Liu Shi, but she is afraid of scaring Liu Shi, so she has to hurry up now.

Liu Shi saw that Wang Xiushu was really flustered and nervous. He was afraid that there was something really important. At the moment, he didn't care to ask any more questions. He wiped his hand in a hurry and went out to find Wang Qiwang.

Uncle Wang Xiushu's family is in the middle of the village, a few Zhang away from Wang Xiushu's family. Liu's legs are still sharp. He came back soon, followed by Wang Qiwang with the same complexion.

"Daddy

Just after Liu left, Wang Xiushu had a few turns in the room, thinking about how to talk with her parents. She saw Wang Qiwang coming back with Liu, and Wang Xiushu was busy to meet her.

"Xiushu, your mother says you have something important to ask your father? But what's the matter? "

Wang Xiushu's emotion is obvious, but she has to frighten Liu and Wang Qiwang. They look at each other, and Wang Qiwang asks what happened to Wang Xiushu.

Wang Qiwang is a typical farmer who has been planting land all his life. Although she is only in her early 40s, her skin is dark and dry, but her body is hard. It's far from her recollection that her back is rickety. Fortunately, heaven favors her, and Wang Xiushu's eyes are moist.

"Mom and Dad, it's OK. My daughter hasn't seen my dad for a long time. She has a strange idea."

Wang Xiushu raised her sleeve and pointed the corner of her eye. She cried and laughed, but she was still in a panic. "Dad, which mountain did my brother go hunting? Go and find my brother

"My daughter, what's the matter with you? If you have anything, just tell your father. How can you find your father and your brother? "

Liu Shi is some worry ground to pull Wang Xiushu's hand concern way, "isn't it that you ate the grievance in Xie's house?"? Don't worry, just tell your mother that your brother should come back later, and then you can go to his good life.

It's getting late today. I'll have a rest at home in the evening and go back tomorrow? "

Liu insisted that she hoped her daughter would stay at home for a night, but she thought of widow Xie and worried, "did you tell your mother-in-law about going back to her mother's home?"

"I said it to her." Wang Xiushu was worried, knowing that if there was no one who could persuade Liu and Wang Qiwang, the two elders estimated that they would have to ask further questions, and explained the situation after calming down.

"Mom and Dad, I had a dream last night. When I got up this morning, I didn't feel secure. I just heard from my mother that my brother went hunting in the mountains, and I felt more and more flustered."

Wang Xiushu didn't dare to tell Wang Qiwang and Liu everything. She only said that she had a dream that Wang Guangming was injured when he went hunting in the mountain.