Chapter 18 Seven Years Later (2)
I remembered that when I was at school this morning, my mother told me that she would eat roasted eel in the evening, and there was indeed a small half bucket of eel at home. One look at it and I knew that it was my father who caught it at night.
Cooking eels, when I think of this dish, I think of my dad cooking eels, catching a live eel, knocking it unconscious with a bang, then pressing it on the wooden board specially used for handling eels, and pulling it with a knife.
, scrape again, and the fresh eel is ready.
Then cut the eel into pieces, wash them and prepare them, then heat the hot oil in the pot, pour the eel pieces into it with a 'squeak' sound, stir-fry until the aroma comes out, and then add the watercress.
Thinking about it, my mouth is almost watering.
Seeing that my thoughts were moving, Surou encouraged me hard: "Sanwa'er, let's go, we're going back. At worst, you can go to my house. My family will eat 'shaobai' (similar to braised pork with pickled vegetables) tonight, and then
I’ll call my mother, old man, to help you plead for mercy. It’s impossible for you to stay away from home for the rest of your life.”
When I heard the words "please for mercy", I was confused. If my father was the kind of person who could listen to mercy, could I have been beaten so much? I think about the past, when my father beat me, the howl I made was miserable. Passing by
People in the village couldn't help but come to persuade me, "Hey, okay, my dad took other people's advice as cheers, and the more he fought, the more energetic he got.
There is a narration: "A male child cannot be used unless beaten, unlike a female child! If the male child is ignored, he will be able to 'knock the sand jar and eat the peanuts' (shoot him) in the future."
In the end, my fear of my dad outweighed my desire to burn eels, and the Red Army’s spirit of climbing over snow-capped mountains and crossing grasslands also inspired me. I have long wanted to be a little soldier, and I want to go
Climb the snow-capped mountains, cross the grassland, and find a place to be a Red Army soldier.
The Red Army are all good people. If they see me as a little kid, how can they not take me in? What if I never go home for the rest of my life? As long as the Red Army takes me in!
Thinking of this, I became excited and determined. I patted Su Rou on the shoulder and said with dignity: "Go back, Su Rou. When I become the Red Army, I will come to you to become the Red Army together. I absolutely must not
Forgot about you."
"You want to be a member of the Red Army?" Su Rou was suddenly confused by my meaningless words.
"Well, I will be beaten when I go back anyway. Why don't I go find the Red Army today? If I find them, they will definitely take me in. Just wait for me, and you must not tell me, old man." I solemnly ordered.
"But where are you going to find the Red Army?" Su Rou was a little worried and really curious about where the Red Army would be.
"I heard there is one in town. I'll just go to town. Don't worry." In fact, I simply mistook the police for the Red Army at that time, but I was young at the time, so how could I tell them apart?
"Okay, I'm waiting for your news. I will never betray you. When you become the Red Army, remember to take me with you." Surou was also very eager to become the Red Army, but he made no mistakes.
Give him ten courages and he wouldn't dare not go home.
When he thought about it, as long as I came to his door with the Red Army, his parents would agree to him becoming a Red Army soldier. He was looking forward to good news from me.
So, he forgot to ask me, do you know how to get to the town?
So, I also forgot to think about this question, how should I get around town?
After walking confidently for a while, I discovered the problem. When I looked up, I saw fields and rolling hills. Where was the shadow of a town? How should I get to this town?
After the sun sets, it gets dark very quickly. At this time, a crescent moon has quietly climbed into the sky. The sky is a kind of blue-black that is almost dark but not dark.
The surroundings were a little quiet, and I could only hear some insects chirping and frogs chirping. In such an environment, I found that I couldn't hold on any longer.
Go home? This idea came out of my mind. I miss my sister, I miss my mother, and I want a steaming dinner.
But when I thought of my father’s ‘indestructible’ iron fist, I gave up the idea again.
"Bah, Chen Chengyi, is it hard or not? Think of the 25,000 Red Army soldiers!" I said to myself to encourage myself. As soon as I mentioned those brave Red Army soldiers, my blood boiled.
After walking for a while, I didn’t even know where I was. Being hungry and tired, I finally couldn’t hold on any longer, so I sat down on the ground and started to ‘plan’.
My mother is afraid that I will get lost, so she often teaches me, don’t be afraid that there is no road, there is a road right under your nose, which means to ask when you can’t find the road. It’s getting dark now, and I don’t know where to ask.
Road, I decided to ask others how to get to the town at dawn tomorrow.
As for being hungry, I looked around and got an idea. At this season, there were still a lot of corns (corn) in the fields, and I had a match on me, so there was no problem in roasting two corns.
Then there is only one question left, where should I stay tonight? I have been thinking about this question for a long time and have not come up with a solution, so I simply don’t think about it. I will fill my stomach first anyway.
"Sanwa'er, you have so much bean dregs in your head, right? Why don't you think about things all day long?" My mother often scolded me like this, which shows how heartless I am.
There were corn corns everywhere. Now that I had decided on the target, I got in. When I came out soon, my yellow canvas bag was full. Just kidding, I picked three huge corn corns.
Own.
This kind of thing is too common for me who grew up in the countryside. I never stole corn when I was a child, and I was embarrassed to say that I was from XX village.
After stealing the corn, all that was left was to find a bamboo forest. The dried bamboo leaves are excellent firewood. There are many bamboo forests in Sichuan. After wandering around for a while under the moonlight, I found a bamboo forest and ran in happily.
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At that time, I didn't notice at all that there was a cemetery not far from the bamboo forest. But even if I had discovered it, I probably wouldn't be afraid. There are graves everywhere in the countryside. I've seen them so many times that I've already become numb.
As soon as I entered the bamboo forest, I started working on my own. I first tore off the outer skin of the bracts, leaving a thin layer, then gathered a pile of dead bamboo leaves and buried the bracts underneath.
Dead bamboo leaves are very easy to burn, and within a short time, a fire broke out in the bamboo forest.
At this time, all my thoughts were on those three buds, guarding them with all my heart, and adding bamboo leaves from time to time. This bamboo forest was very big, and I guess no one would see me lighting a fire in it, but I didn't want anyone to see me.
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Time passed by, and I don’t know how long it took. My braised corn was finally cooked. I happily pulled the braised corn out of the fire and tore off the remaining skin, not caring about burning it.
, and ate it with big mouthfuls.
The braised corns are very fragrant, and I am very happy to eat them. While eating, I am still sighing that today's braised corns are cooked very quickly. You must know that braised corns are not as good as roasted corns. To eat them, you have to wait for a long time. In the past,
In the village, I cooked rice braised rice with other children in the village, and we often waited all afternoon. Unexpectedly, today it felt like it was cooked in no time.
In fact, the actual situation is that I still waited for nearly 2 hours, but I was so focused on waiting that I didn't notice the passage of time, let alone that it was already close to midnight.
I stayed by the fire and ate three big corns. My stomach was finally full. I felt like I had been tired for a long time. A drowsy fatigue hit my body and I wanted to sleep.
Children in rural areas all know that lighting a fire in a bamboo forest is extremely dangerous. After I yawned and stamped out the fire, I could no longer control the feeling of fatigue and threw my yellow satchel on the ground.
Then, with his yellow satchel on his pillow, he fell asleep in a daze.
I don’t remember exactly how long I slept that night. I just remember that after having some bizarre dreams, I could no longer bear the chill that came from my body and woke up from the cold.
I touched my clothes subconsciously and found that they were very damp. I wanted to change my sleep, but I felt that I had no energy in my body and was still very sleepy. I couldn't explain what it was like, but I felt like I was in a daze, half awake but not awake.
Chapter completed!