dhibooks Chapter 5 Chapter 5
Chapter 5 Chapter 5
"What about the dead child..." Zhao Dong took a sip of his wine, peeled a few peanuts and threw them into his mouth.
"At Brother Zhao's house, I will stay there tonight." Qu Wanting took a broom and a dustpan to clean up the peanut shells that Zhao Dong threw on the ground.
"Brother Zhao, Brother Zhao, you sound very smooth," he hiccupped and kicked over the peanut shells that Qu Wanting had just swept, "Why didn't you go and sleep together, huh?"
Zhao Dong took a sip of his wine, and continued to say in a strange way: "Aren't you the best at seducing people? Isn't Zhao Feng born by you seducing wild men outside? Go ahead, keep doing your old job, if you hook up with me Zhao Changming, you will have a good life for the rest of your life..."
Qu Wanting swept the floor again, leaned the broom to the back of the door, and was about to go out for a walk.
Over the years, from her initial fear, she was slowly worn down to her current indifference.Zhao Dong insulting her is often a sign of a fight, and Qu Wanting plans to go out and hide by the river.
In this section of the river at the end of the village, Qu Wanting did not know how many footprints she left here. At night, she would go to the most secluded graveyard in the village. There would be no one there. She could take off her mask. down.
She was lighting the small flashlight Wang Zhiyun gave her. Normally she would hide it from Zhao Dong, let alone use it. Her son Zhao Feng was not at home tonight, so she had no scruples. She let go of her courage and brought the flashlight out. Dare to play along in the graveyard.
"Hey..." She didn't know why she was so happy all of a sudden, was it because Zhao Feng went to school this year and didn't have to stay at home all day to remind him that he was afraid of being beaten by Zhao Dong, or because Zhao Feng was liked by Zhao Changming's brother Zhao's family, even Can we spend the night there?
Yes, she is happy, she should be happy, she has Zhao Feng, Zhao Feng is growing up slowly, and will soon grow up, and then...
Then take her out of this place and leave forever.
Zhao Feng didn't know anything about his mother following his expectations in the grave late at night, and now he was lying in bed with Zhao Nan, covered with a soft quilt that smelled warm and sunny.
"Brother Xiaofeng..." Zhao Nan narrowed his eyes and smiled at Zhao Feng like a ghost.
Zhao Feng turned over and looked at Zhao Nan who was lying next to him. With just one glance, he knew what kind of plan Zhao Nan was holding back.
He guessed it, but still pretended not to know, pretending to be iced when Zhao Nan's icy little feet stretched out on his belly, flinched and let out an exclamation.
Zhao Nan wanted to make a joke, but seeing Zhao Feng frowning in pain, he panicked.
"Brother Xiaofeng, I'm sorry, I was wrong!" He admitted his mistake very quickly, with a sincere attitude, and immediately thought of a remedy: he suddenly put a hand with sweaty palms on Zhao Feng's belly, maybe because he was afraid The temperature is not enough, so I knead it twice very carefully.
Now Zhao Feng closed his eyes contentedly, but Zhao Nan, who was kept in the dark, was suffering from Zhao Feng's stomach for a long time, until he was so sleepy that his hands slipped off Zhao Feng's body.
"Yeah, it's delicious..." In his sleep, Zhao Nan seemed to have dreamed of something delicious, so he turned around.
Zhao Feng slowly opened his eyes, carefully tucked Zhao Nan in the quilt, stared at the back of his head for a while, and waited for Zhao Nan to sleep soundly before he fell asleep at ease.
Early the next morning, he got up half an hour early in order to go home and say hello to his mother first.
Because Zhao Dong usually doesn't get up early, early morning is a precious peaceful time for their family.
Standing in front of the wide open door, he hesitated and stopped.Every time he stayed at Zhao Nan's house, Qu Wanting would not lock the door, but put a brick on the back of the door, so that Zhao Feng could come in without knocking when he came back in the morning.
Looking at the dilapidated wooden door, Zhao Feng began to think about why the door was wide open today.
The family is poor, even the rice in the rice tank is eaten and bought every day, and mice will not patronize their house, let alone worry about attracting thieves. The first thing Zhao Feng ruled out was thieves in the house.
Zhao Feng continued to think calmly: Could it be because my mother forgot to close the door when she went shopping in the morning?
Soon this conjecture was also denied.He was still at Zhao Nan's place, and Qu Wanting would never expose him to Zhao Dong's danger carelessly. If there was something urgent to go out, she would definitely go to Zhao Nan's house to notify him in advance.
So what's going on?
Zhao Feng wandered around in front of the door, but didn't find anything unusual around it, but for some reason, Zhao Feng felt something was wrong with that door, but he couldn't tell what was wrong for a while.
Half an hour passed in silence, and Zhao Feng still didn't step into the door that made him uneasy.He couldn't let Qu Wanting go, but if he didn't go back, Zhao Nan should come and ask him to go back for breakfast.
Zhao Dong didn't know if he was at home, Zhao Feng didn't want Zhao Nan to see Zhao Dong.When he was in a dilemma, there was a sound of hurried footsteps not far away.
"Xiao Feng!"
Zhao Feng turned around when he heard the sound, and Qu Wanting ran towards him in a panic.
"Xiao Feng, you come back, it's good to be back, it's good to be back..." Qu Wanting ran to Zhao Feng's side in a hurry, bent her knees and knelt down in front of Zhao Feng, and hugged Zhao Feng , the voice trembled out of shape.
"Mom? Mom, what's wrong with you?"
Zhao Feng rarely saw Qu Wanting without a mask. In his childhood, he selectively remembered Qu Wanting's eyes that were as bright as water.
A hideous scar protruded from the flesh on the left face, like a huge worm lying on it, and the body, head and tail, were deeply buried in the flesh and blood under the face.
"What's wrong with you?!" Zhao Feng didn't let Qu Wanting see that he adjusted his gaze slightly, and took off the scar on her left face.
"No, it's nothing, mom is fine..." Qu Wanting wiped the tears from her face with her hands, and tried her best to restrain the trembling fingers to brush the broken hair on her forehead behind her ears, but she seemed to suddenly remember something, and deliberately He messed up the hair on the left side, and covered his left face with one hand. "Mom just misses you."
She stood up, looked down at Zhao Feng, as if to prove that she really missed Zhao Feng, and added: "Your dad, your dad drank too much last night..."
Zhao Feng's frown was finally relaxed, and the doubts in his heart were resolved.
Ten out of ten times Zhao Dong drank alcohol, he would become drunk ten times, and he would scold Qu Wanting eleven times, if he happened to be there, they would fight together.
He looked Qu Wanting up and down, except for some dirt on his body, she didn't seem to be seriously injured, probably because he ran in time, Zhao Dong was too drunk to catch up, so he avoided a beating.
"This is for you, Nan Nan is still waiting for me, I'll go back first." Zhao Feng stuffed the handful of candies that Wang Zhiyun gave him last night into Qu Wanting's pocket, and then left without looking back.
Behind her, Qu Wanting happily took out a candy, picked up the colorful candy wrapper, and carefully put the strawberry-flavored hard candy into her mouth.
Qu Wanting stared at the back of Zhao Feng who was walking away, and she couldn't stop crying one drop after another. She seemed to murmur: It's so sweet...
In the evening, when Zhao Feng returned home, he immediately realized that Zhao Dong was not there.
"Mom, what about others?"
He doesn't call Zhao Dong's father, which is one of the reasons why Zhao Dong beats him up every time he gets drunk.
In the beginning, Zhao Feng would call Zhao Dong's father when he was too young to be ignorant, but after repeated beatings, the ignorant Zhao Feng didn't want to get close to Zhao Dong anymore.
Soon, he grew up, and when he was less than three years old, he understood the chatter of the aunts and mother-in-laws in the village when they saw him. He accepted gossip almost without hesitation, and even thought it was right. of.
It's good that he's not Zhao Dong's son, his father is not such a miserable person.
In this case, there is no need to call Zhao Dong's father anymore.
Put down the schoolbag, set up a table board against the head of the bed, and move a small bench to sit in front of the shaky 'desk'.
"The teacher asked the parents to sign on it." Zhao Feng handed Qu Wanting a test paper, with a conspicuous '100' mark on the upper right corner of the test paper.
Qu Wanting smiled and took the pencil that Zhao Feng handed her, and neatly laid out the test paper on the table. She stroked the [-]-point mark with her fingers several times, and finally got the pencil in Zhao Feng's hand. Feng pointed to a place to sign.
Every time is [-]%, but every time Qu Wanting's joy does not decrease a bit.
Zhao Feng put the paper away and stuffed it into his schoolbag. He opened his homework book and prepared to do his homework. With a pen in his hand, he tapped lightly on the homework paper, and looked up at Qu Wanting without showing any emotion.
"Oh, that, I don't know where he went, he wasn't home early in the morning, maybe... went out for a drink..." Qu Wanting explained a little awkwardly, rubbing her hands and laughing a few times and walked out out of the house.
Zhao Feng didn't really want an answer. With Zhao Dong around, he would be in a bad mood, but what he wanted to accomplish could still be accomplished.
It's just the difference between earlier and later.
On the fourth day, Zhao Dong stopped Qu Wanting who wanted to hide and pretend to go out to clean the courtyard.
"Mom, tell me the truth, what about others?"
Qu Wanting opened her mouth and said, "I don't know, maybe I went out to drink."
She said the same thing for four days, even a fool could feel something was wrong, let alone Zhao Feng with a super high IQ.
"Mom, I know you are very tired from working on the construction site these days, think about it carefully, did he tell you about the past?"
Qu Wanting lowered her head, seemed to think seriously for a while, and finally shook her head.
"Actually, it doesn't matter anymore, he's not here, only our mother and I are better!" Zhao Feng stepped forward and held Qu Wanting's calloused hand, looking up at Qu Wanting with a pure and handsome face, smiling at Qu Wanting He said: "Mom...you said it?"
Qu Wanting's hand twitched violently in Zhao Feng's, but fortunately Zhao Feng only held her briefly and then let go of her.
She took a deep breath and left Zhao Feng as if relieved.
Half a month later, the winter vacation officially began, and the village was full of children running wildly, chattering and buzzing.
Zhang Tianyou's small shop became overcrowded, and the most popular on the shelves were all kinds of small firecrackers.
The children in the village are no more pampered than those in the city. When parents see their children playing with firecrackers and fireworks, they will follow them to join in the fun, and even teach the children how they played at that time.
"Uncle, can firecrackers be fired even in water?"
Zhao Nan was surrounded by a group of children, Zhao Feng stood beside Zhao Nan, sticking to him and invisibly separated the children who wanted to squeeze forward.
"Nan Nan, you don't believe my uncle's words, take care!" Zhang Tianyou stretched his sleeves up, and said to the curious babies who stretched their necks in a swarm: "Back back! Come back later!" In the river..."
Zhang Tianyou's legs and feet were fairly nimble, he stepped on the frozen river with his toes to make a hole, and then he tapped the Sky-Switching Monkey on his hand, and stuffed it firmly and firmly into the hole he just stepped on.
There was a muffled sound under the ice surface, and with a whoosh, the Sky-Scrolling Monkey ran straight for a long distance under the ice surface, leaving a long trail of white smoke behind its tail.
"Wow..." Everyone exclaimed in unison, and then dispersed in a crowd. The two of them started to take up positions by the river, eager to have a shot.
"Uncle, you are really good. It's fine if you don't stop them, but you still encourage them." Zhao Changming saw a group of children surrounded by the river from a distance, and hurried over to have a look in fear of accidents.
"It's okay, I'm here to watch..." Zhang Tianyou put his hands behind his back, looked at a group of noisy little guys, and smiled deeply from the corners of his eyes.
"The surface of the river is not frozen yet, what if..."
"Ah! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Before Zhao Changming could say the bad things he expected, Zhao Nan, who was a few steps away, started to yell.
Zhao Changming was so frightened that a layer of sweat broke out on his back, and he ran like crazy to Zhao Nan who was crawling up the bank with his arms and legs.
"Son, son!" Zhao Changming hugged Zhao Nan, touched his pale face and asked, "What's the matter, what's the matter?"
Zhao Nan was so frightened that he was panting heavily, pointing to where he was standing just now with trembling fingers.
Zhao Changming looked in the direction he pointed. There, Zhao Feng stood motionless by the river in an ill-fitting black cotton coat.
Then, he turned around very slowly, and said to Zhao Changming in a flat and clear tone, "Uncle Zhao, there is a dead man over there."