dhibooks Chapter 19 Yin Marriage
Chapter 19 Yin Marriage
Xiaofang's feet are inconvenient, but her handwork is very quick, and she will tidy up a clean place in a while, "I often do it. If I don't work here, I will do farm work. I want to stay here for a while."
Fei Yan saw a thick layer of calluses on her hands and several scars on her arms, "Well, it's sunny outside, so we don't know about these, thank you!"
With an extra simple rural girl, the cleaning is much faster.After several people moved the bed and table, they were tired and sat aside to rest.
Tianling howled beside him: "Damn it! Is it so difficult to do housework?" He thought these trivial things were not worth mentioning, but he didn't bother to do them. It turns out that doing them is much more difficult than imagined, such as cleaning The order of the rooms should be from top to bottom, otherwise a lot of work will be useless; there is also glass, which can only be wiped clean with dry newspaper.
Xiaofang brought a pot of hot water, made some tea for the four of them, brought a plate of fruit, and sat on the pony saddle, her complexion turned slightly rosy after she was sweating all over.
"Have you all gone to college?"
"I've read it." Fei Yan answered, he should be the only one who has studied in college.
Xiaofang admired her face, her eyes sparkled, and she said enviously, "How is college? Is it fun? Are all the boys as handsome as you?"
"This..." Fei Yan felt a little ashamed when he recalled his mediocre college days, "It depends on how you live, and it's wonderful if you live well. Four years go by so quickly, in the blink of an eye."
"Alas..." Xiaofang sighed, regretting, "It's a pity that I dropped out before finishing junior high school... I don't know if I can go to university in the future?"
Fei Yan was surprised, and then remembered that this was the countryside in 2008, and it was very common for girls of this age not to go to school: "What about after that? What are you going to do?"
Sitting there, Xiaofang was not idle weaving bamboo baskets, her hands were very dexterous, and after a while a delicate bamboo basket appeared in front of her eyes, "My parents told me to get married, saying that it is useless for girls to study."
"Then who is there in your family?" Fei Yan reckoned that such a young child would not be able to study, there might be quite a few brothers and sisters.
Xiaofang counted on her fingers, "Father, mother, younger brother, me, and the one in mother's belly."
"I've given birth too much!" Fei Yan remembered that in the family planning at that time, there was a fine for having a second child, which was quite a lot.
"Yeah." Xiaofang nodded, "My mother is going to give birth in a few months, so I want to get married quickly and use the dowry money as a fine."
Xiaofang stared at her leg, and said in a daze, "I don't know who to marry? With this leg..."
Fei Yan asked cautiously, "When... did you get hurt?"
Xiaofang straightened her legs, and several people found that the reason she was walking awkwardly was because her left leg could not be straightened at all. "Three or four years ago, she fell into the water and almost died at that time. After she was finally rescued, her leg was like this."
"what did the doctor say?"
Xiaofang looked at her legs and shook her head, "I didn't go to the hospital, I was lying on the bed for a month, and then I got out of bed like this."
Tianling: "Aren't your parents taking you to the hospital?"
Xiaofang: "They said I was a loser, and the money from the family was going to build a house for my younger brother."
Fei Yan didn't know what to say, patriarchy was not a problem of Xiaofang's family, but a problem of most rural families in this era.
"Then don't you have any old people in your family?" Going around and finally getting to the point, Fei Yan felt a little guilty and got the information from the innocent child.
Xiaofang looked sad: "Grandpa passed away very early, and grandma passed away a few years ago. She took care of me when I was in bed for a month."
Fei Yan wanted to ask another question, but when he heard someone shouting outside, Xiaofang got up from the saddle in a hurry, "My mother called me, I have to go to work. If you have anything to do, come and call me, I can listen." get."
Fei Yan waved his hand: "Okay, go ahead."
The next day, before a few people woke up, someone knocked on the door.
Fei Yan was still awake, so he looked at the door and found that it was Xiaowei who called them this time. The boy's voice hadn't changed, it sounded crisp and tender: "My mother is calling you to have breakfast." After speaking, he ran away quickly.
Several people washed up and entered the main room.
There is a big table in the room, with several bowls of porridge and eggs on it, and the peasant woman is busy in the kitchen.Xiaofang came out after a while, and smiled when she saw a few people: "Eat quickly! Sure enough, people in the city get up late."
Fei Yan was embarrassed by being called lazy by a little girl, so he ate with his head down.
While drinking porridge, he asked, "Is there that mountain near you?"
Xiaofang also picked up a bowl of porridge and looked at the people: "Yes. Are you going to the mountains?"
"At that time, we may go to the mountains to see the scenery," Fei Yan put down the bowl, "Let's go explore the road first."
Xiaofang glanced at the kitchen, and whispered: "You guys should not go to the mountain! It has been haunted these days, and several people have died in the mountain."
Tianling had a hippie smile: "We used to catch ghosts, hehe, do you want to go together, little sister?"
Tianling has a good appearance, with such a smile, Xiaofang is too ashamed to look him in the eye, and stammers: "Then... what... Anyway, you...don't go."
Hupo gave Tianling a white look, Tianling smiled sarcastically, and put away his face, "I won't tease you, the mountain is haunted? What's going on?"
Xiaofang: "I don't know the details. It all happened at night. No one dares to go out at night recently."
Fei Yan frowned: "How did those people die? What did the police say?"
"After the police took it away, there was no news. The family of the dead even asked the master to do it."
Fei Yan and Yin Lu'an looked at each other, the earthen jar grave - nine times out of ten it was on the mountain.
After a while, the peasant woman came out of the kitchen with a bowl of fried dough sticks, and Xiaofang immediately fell silent.
She looked at the people who were eating: "Four of them are forty."
"Huh?" Tianling just stuffed a deep-fried dough stick into his mouth. The fried dough stick was fluffy and crispy just after he scooped it up. He was obviously taken aback when he heard the woman's words.
Fei Yan pulled out two red notes, "We may have to disturb you for a few more days."
The peasant woman took the money, didn't say anything, sat down to eat, and put a deep-fried dough stick for Xiaowei in the middle.
Tian Ling blinked at Hu Po: I was slaughtered again! The prices in 2008 are really expensive!
Amber Squint: Wipe the oil from the corner of your mouth.
The few people didn't talk anymore. After eating, the peasant woman called Xiaofang to stop, "Come with me to Wenpo's place today! Clean up, change clothes and wash your face!"
Xiaofang's complexion changed obviously, she sat there in a muffled voice, and then said "um".
All four of them could feel that Xiaofang's mood had changed. After the peasant woman took Xiaowei out, she asked, "Who is Wen Po? A matchmaker?"
Xiaofang sat at the door, staring at the mountains and the morning glow in the distance: "It can be considered a matchmaker, but it's just for the dead."
Fei Yan was stunned. He had heard of Yin marriage, which meant that boys and girls died for some reason before they were married, so the two families held a wedding ceremony in the world for fear of ghosts, and buried them together. Dark marriage.
Another situation is that in some families, men of the right age die before they get married, and the family will find a dead woman with a suitable horoscope to hold a yin marriage.
The living and the dead... how to marry in the dark?
Tianling's voice became much louder: "You want to marry a dead person? Widow?"
Xiaofang raised her head, the sun was rising higher and higher, she was so stabbed that she couldn't keep her eyes open: "I can't keep it. I only have one kidney, so I won't live long. Maybe the wedding will be held after I die!"
Tianling's tone also became serious: "Missing a kidney? What's wrong?"
Xiaofang also seemed to like her younger brother very much: "Xiaowei is not in good health. After I replaced a kidney for him, he didn't suture it well, and it got infected." After speaking, he lifted up his clothes.
Several people were shocked when they saw it.
Under the clothes is a girl's fair skin, fair and youthful, but unfortunately there is an ugly long scar, it is like a giant centipede winding on the girl's back, bringing an indelible shadow to this body .
Around the scar, there were some erythema and pustules, which were obviously infection caused by unclean sutures after the operation.
Amber stepped forward and gently pulled off her clothes, "Put it down, don't get infected again."
The temperature gradually rose, the morning glow gradually faded, and the sun became more and more dazzling. Xiaofang suddenly began to recite classical Chinese: "When Yu Yi was a child, he could open his eyes to the sun and see clearly."
Her side face was facing several people, her hair was tied behind her ears, and a few strands of hair were blowing in the wind.
She suddenly grabbed Amber's hand, her face was stuffed in that hand, and she said in a crying voice: "Sister, I will also endorse. I want to live and miss college, even for a day! Take me away! I don't want to It's too painful to stay here! This place is hell!"
Amber froze, didn't pull out her hand, just stood there so firmly, letting the girl cry on her palm, after a while, she felt a large area of her palm wet/wet - it was the catharsis of a rural girl, It was a grievance and a plea for help that was unwilling to fate but powerless.
Fei Yan was speechless, he sympathized with this kind of help, he resented him, he was annoyed, but he could do nothing, he himself was a half-dead person, what could he do to save others in the sea of fire?
Even if he can save this one, what about the remaining tens of thousands?
Although Xiaofang dropped out of school, she has been educated and knows what kind of environment she is in. What about those girls who don't know a single word?They don't understand anything, and they only think it's normal when they encounter unfair things, and they just bear it abruptly.
Their rights are deprived, they may be strangled when they are born, given away, scolded for losing money, named to recruit younger brothers, given needles to ask the sex of their next child to be male, or abused and raised carelessly. Age is sent by the family to marry, and it is used as a reproductive machine. On this small piece of yellow land, I work from morning to night, do thankless work, and live for others all my life.
Xiaofang cried for an unknown amount of time, Tianling handed him the paper, but was stopped by Amber, she patted her head lightly, and handed her a brown pill: "It will get better, let's live first."
Tianling's eyes widened, and she stomped her feet anxiously: "Fuck, you're crazy! Hu Po, if you act like this—" your merits will be eliminated!
"It's okay." Hu Po handed the paper to Xiao Fang, and said lightly, "Eat it, sweet."
Xiaofang's eyes were swollen, and she looked at the woman in front of her suspiciously—she always had a cold face, didn't smile or talk, and was dressed in black, so it was hard to get close to her.
Just now, I was also emotional, and I didn't think too much before I dared to grab her hand. As a result, not only did she not push me away, but she even gave me a candy.
Even strangers... are treated better than their biological parents.
What more could she wish for?Since she was a child, no one cared about her. All the good things belonged to her younger brother. She was always responsible for his troubles. When she fell into the river, her family was celebrating her younger brother's birthday, and no one rescued her.After finally saving her life, she was afraid of spending money not to take her to the hospital.
During the month she was lying in bed, countless nights, she was shivering all over, had a persistent high fever, and continued to have nightmares, and her parents didn't even give her a word of caring.
But it doesn't matter, she still has grandma who loves her, cares about her, feeds her porridge, and stays with her.
But grandma... Grandma was sent to the mountains like this, and starved to death!
After that, she completely gave up on it all.She hated her parents, her younger brother, and even herself!She hates herself for being incompetent!
She held the brown pill tightly in the palm of her hand, as if she was about to squeeze out water.
The author has something to say: re-edited the outline, this story may have more dialogues~~~
This chapter is relatively heavy, so I won't put it in a small theater.