Chapter 24 Sister Yaya
Chapter 24 Sister Yaya
Chapter 25 Sister Yaya
After my aunt finished working in the main room, she entered the room and started chatting with her parents. When it comes to the recent situation at home, the two women seem to have endless things to talk about. The uncle went to the outhouse to light the fire pit and prepare to boil some hot water, "Chunxia, you tell your sister-in-law first, and I'll burn some hot water for you to drink. Yanzi, hurry up and find some snacks for the children. Don’t let your children sit still.”
Uncle Fang's square but thin face was full of smiles. After filling the fire pit, he hurriedly followed into the house. He stood at the door and leaned against the door frame to chat with Fang's mother.
Seeing that Fang Qing, who was sitting on the edge of the kang and warming her hands, had grown so big, the uncle was filled with emotion, "I didn't expect that the child would be so big in such a short time! When I came back that year, she was still a little cub, and she was still picked up by the kids in the yard. Goose was so frightened that she suddenly became a big girl!"
After speaking, the uncle looked at Fang Qing again, "Do you still remember your eldest sister? She will be back from get out of class soon. When she comes back, let her take you out for a walk."
Fang Qing nodded with a smile, grabbed a handful of peanuts on the plate and stood in the yard to get some air.
The space in my aunt's yard is not big, but there are a lot of things. To the west is a row of hay sheds, inside which are neatly stacked wooden blocks as tall as a person. Some hay is piled next to it, and a few hens are jumping around on it, looking for a place to lay eggs;
Further forward and close to the door is the pigsty, in which two pigs, one big and one small, are sleeping together. Next to it is a small shed. You don’t need to look at Fang Qing to know that it is the toilet of his uncle’s house. Although Fang Qing was a little uncomfortable with it, but everything overlapped with the memories of her previous life, which made her feel a little emotional for a moment.
To the east was a small vegetable garden, which was covered by a university and was bare. Fang Qing stepped on it a few times out of boredom, and was about to step forward when a woman suddenly shouted from behind.
“Don’t go forward, that’s the cellar over there!”
Fang Qing took back her feet and turned around, only to see a thin girl wearing a red cotton-padded jacket standing at the door, carrying a common green canvas bag, her face was red from the cold, and she was looking at herself with her head tilted.
"Who are you? Why did you get into our vegetable garden? Come out quickly. If you break it, we won't pay for it!"
Fang Qing was amused by the girl's accent. Looking at the cousin with a delicate face and bright eyes in front of her, she finally found a sense of familiarity.
“Sister Yaya, I am Qingqing, don’t you recognize me?”
As soon as Fang Qing finished speaking, the girl was obviously stunned. She took a few steps forward and looked at her carefully. Her smile grew bigger and bigger as she looked at him. She suddenly hugged Fang Qing and stamped her feet happily.
“It turns out it’s you, you stinky girl! I was wondering whose child is so unruly, and even tramples into other people’s homes, hahahaha, it turns out it’s you, the scoundrel, who is still as capable of causing destruction as he was when he was a child!…”
Fang Qing was infected by her cousin's smile. Seeing that her hands were cold, she quickly pulled her back into the house to warm up.
The two sisters always had endless things to say when they were together. Auntie knew that several people had missed lunch, so she quickly set up a table of meals and asked Daya to go next door and tell the second brother's house that she would come back for lunch at noon.
The second uncle's house is next to the first uncle's house, but during the day they both go to work in the nearby brickyard, so there is usually no one at home.
But I heard that my sister’s family was back, and before my eldest aunt’s meal was taken off, my second uncle’s family came back.
There was another exciting gathering scene. Fang Qing watched his mother and uncle wiping tears at each other, and blamed himself more and more. If it weren't for his own reasons in those years, his mother might still be able to come back to see his uncle every year...
The eldest uncle and the second uncle were very happy and drank two glasses of wine while eating. However, the second uncle still had work to do in the afternoon and after drinking two glasses of wine, he refused to drink any more.
"Xia, where will you stay tonight? If you haven't decided yet, just go to our courtyard. The second brother has gone out to work, and the eldest brother is also helping in the county. There happens to be an empty room. If you don't mind, I will go back and clean it up later."
But the uncle waved his hand, "No, I'll do it. You two are tired after a long day of work, so don't rob us..."
In the end, Fang Qing’s family stayed in the uncle’s hospital. After the meal, the second uncle left a few dollars and said he would buy some food for the children, and hurried out the door.
The sky suddenly became overcast in the afternoon, and soon it started to snow heavily.
Da Ya wrapped Fa Qing up like a ball, and then took Fang Qing to build a snowman in the yard.
Fang Qing seemed to have not laughed so wildly for many years. A group of children chased each other in the yard and slowly chased them into the village, where they had a snowball fight around the jujube tree...
The snowmen were not piled up, but they rolled into snowmen one by one. Finally, I returned home with a red nose, and was chased by my aunt all over the yard with a broom...
This night, Fang Qing slept particularly soundly.
The cotton quilt, the hot stove, the late-night conversation between my aunt and my mother, and the tabby cat on the soles of my feet reflected the heavy snow outside the window. Everything seemed extraordinarily warm.
Early the next morning, Fang Qing was woken up by a cold feeling on her neck. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw her cousin putting her hands under her quilt, "Why don't you get up quickly, lazy cat, the sun is shining on your butt!"
Fang Qing woke up with a start. When he turned around, he saw that he was still sleeping on the kang, and other people's luggage had been folded and piled in the kang.
He sat up embarrassedly and then lay back down due to the cold air in the room.
Looking at her actions, my cousin covered her mouth and laughed, "I know you are too cold. I have lit the kang just now, and your cotton pants and jacket have been heated for you. Hurry, put them on while it's hot!"
Fang Qing was moved for a moment, as if her cousin had always been so considerate and attentive. After something happened to him in his last life, his cousin volunteered to go to the city overnight to take care of his sick mother. She also often enlightened him and encouraged him to get out of the gloom.
But at that time, she really couldn't think about it, and she didn't listen to many of her words. Then something happened to her eldest brother, which shattered her last strength.
Fang Qing was in a trance as he watched his cousin busy. He slowly sat up and put on his clothes, and then let his cousin bring him a basin of warm water to wipe his face.
Such a good cousin must have a good home. In her previous life, she had heard that her cousin was married far away, and the man was an alcoholic and seemed to treat her very badly. Now that she has a new life, she will never let her cousin suffer again in this life. She must see her cousin live happily.
“Thank you, Sister Yaya.”
“Hey, thank you for saying thanks to me, but you’re out of town! Get up quickly, breakfast is ready, I’ll be waiting for you...”
Coarse grain porridge with pickles, aunt boiled a few more eggs and distributed them to Fang Qing and the others, while she ate corn dry food with a happy smile on her face.
Fang Qing really couldn't see his relatives treating him so harshly, so he pushed the eggs into his aunt's mouth by saying that the doctor didn't allow him to eat eggs.
"Child, you are really... okay, aunt will eat it for you. Which doctor said that you can't eat eggs yet..."
After dinner, mother packed up and took Fang Qing and others out, preparing to go up the mountain to visit the old man's grave. Ancestor worship in the village is a major clan event, and you are not allowed to move around during those days. Therefore, your ancestors must offer incense in advance to express their condolences.
Walking on the mountain road, Fang Qing looked into the distance and suddenly remembered his last life.
(End of this chapter)