Long-awaited

Cheng Yihe grew up in a small village called Longgou. The village is worthy of its name. It is really a gap between two big mountains. Every family's house is built on the mountain, densely packed, high and low, standing on the east side of the house. At the door, you can see the courtyard of Er’er’s house on the west side when you turn your head.

The only scenery on the mountain is in spring, pear blossoms all over the mountains, floating in the mountains like clouds. At this time, Maergou seems to be built in the clouds, with red walls and green tiles, light pink and fragrant, beautiful as picturesque.

But Cheng Yihe hates spring, because in this season, grandma always likes to take him up the mountain to pick ground vegetables.

Cheng Yihe hated that kind of soft and slippery food.But I couldn’t bear it. The old man lived in a time of famine. At that time, the family was short of food and there was a large population. He could only get up earlier than others every day to earn an extra ration.

Grandma often talks about Cheng Yihe, saying that he is a person who lives in a honeypot, and he does not know the blessings in the blessings.

So in the early morning of this day, before the eldest grandson opened his eyes, he was dragged out of the bed.

Cheng Yihe rubbed his eyes, and reluctantly followed behind grandma. The early morning mist was like a veil, cool and fresh air, and soon Cheng Yihe lost his sleepiness.

He bounced and ran ahead, tore off a weed sapling and dragged it behind him. He was very happy to entertain himself, and immediately forgot the unpleasantness of getting up early.

Suddenly, grandma yelled from behind, and Cheng Yihe stopped in fright, only to see her bound feet wobbling and running over at an incredible speed, shouting as she ran, "You little prodigal, look what you put The ground vegetables are all trampled!"

Cheng Yihe lowered his head innocently, only to find that there was a piece of fresh ground vegetables floating on the wet muddy ground under his feet, but he had already trampled a large piece of it, Cheng Yihe moved aside resentfully, stuck out his tongue and ran away.

Only then did grandma's little feet catch up, and she bent down to pick up the remaining ground vegetables with distress.Muttering in his mouth, wasting food and so on.

Cheng Yihe felt bored and ran to the distant hillside early.At that time, it was popular among his friends to compare who caught more scorpions.

Cheng Yihe turned over the rocks while walking, and he really turned over a nest of scorpions. The little bright yellow scorpions crawled on the dirt in panic, looking like a mess.

But Cheng Yihe was still very disappointed, because he didn't bring the equipment to catch scorpions, and regretfully put the overturned stone back to its original place.

Looking back, grandma was still behind her concentrating on picking up vegetables.Cheng Yihe boarded the wheat field built halfway up the mountain, and climbed to a higher place along the field ridge.

Looking far away, the mountain fog is hazy, blocking Cheng Yihe's sight, and the house under the mountain seems to be floating in a dream, as if Cheng Yihe is the only one left in the whole world.

Cheng Yihe felt a little apprehensive, and yelled "Ah—" in order to release the fear in his heart.But as if he was afraid of something, suddenly, Cheng Yihe heard the cry of a weak baby!

Cheng Yihe was taken aback, and subconsciously shouted: "Grandma—! Grandma—!"

But he didn't know where his grandma had gone, Cheng Yihe called several times but didn't answer, Cheng Yihe hurriedly jumped into another wheat field, ready to run down the mountain.

But at this time, the baby's cry became clearer!

Cheng Yihe's heart suddenly jumped wildly. Although he was afraid, he couldn't bear the huge curiosity. He hesitated a few times, but still followed the place where the baby made the sound.

He didn't go very far, and saw a bamboo basket under a pear tree with a crown like an umbrella. The bamboo basket was much fresher than the one his grandmother was holding, and the sound of the baby's crying came from there. Come.

Cheng Yihe looked around a few times, but seeing that there was still no one else, he walked to the bamboo basket.

The bamboo basket was covered with a thin layer of gauze, Cheng Yihe squatted down, and lifted the gauze, and saw a little doll carved in pink and jade lying on the red mattress, with its small fists stuffed in its mouth rattling While sucking, she also let out a soft cry.

Cheng Yihe has a younger brother who is four years younger than him. He is three years old this year. It is time to be mischievous. Because his younger brother likes to sue him, Cheng Yihe doesn't like to play with his younger brother.He fantasizes every day that he can have a little sister for him to protect.

Suddenly seeing such a small and cute doll, Cheng Yihe fell in love with her at first sight, he reached out and carefully touched the doll's forehead, "Sister, be good, don't cry, don't cry..."

Seeming to have finally received comfort from the outside world, the little baby stared fixedly at Cheng Yihe with big black teary eyes.

At that time, Cheng Yihe didn't understand how important it was to take a child home, but he only knew at that time that he wanted to take this sister home.

Cheng Yihe picked up the bamboo basket without hesitation, as if he was afraid that someone would suddenly jump out and grab him, and kept walking back along the field ridge at high speed. In order to take a shortcut, he even held the bamboo basket in his arms and slid down the slope , The clean clothes I just put on were suddenly full of mud.

Cheng Yihe carried the bamboo basket back to the path he came up from, and could faintly hear his grandmother anxiously calling his name, Cheng Yihe shouted excitedly, "Grandma! Grandma! I'm here!"

Grandma Cheng heard Cheng Yihe's voice, ran over staggeringly, and tightly grasped Cheng Yihe's wrist, "Where did you go! Grandma thought she lost you!!"

Angrily, Cheng Yihe dragged the basket in his hand and said excitedly, "Grandma! I found a younger sister!"

"What?" Grandma Cheng was a little dazed, took the basket in a daze, and opened it to see that there was indeed a baby lying in it!

Grandma Cheng was so frightened that she hurriedly put the basket on the ground, took Cheng Yihe's hand and was about to leave, "How can you pick it up casually, this kind of child is sick, so you can't have it! Go away!"

With a pure heart, Cheng Yihe didn't think deeply about the kind of questions that belonged to adults, so he pouted his buttocks and dragged back with all his strength, "I don't—! I don't—! I want a little sister!"

Even though he was a seven-year-old child, he struggled so hard that even an old man in his seventies couldn't hold him down. Cheng Yihe shook off Grandma Cheng's hand, and ran back to the bamboo basket, holding on tightly and not letting go.

Grandma Cheng couldn't let her eldest grandson go, she walked back with her little feet, and pulled Cheng Yihe's arm to pull him up, so hard that she almost lost her waist.

The two couldn't stop arguing, and the little baby in the basket was crying softly again.

Picking up a little doll and throwing her away, Grandma Cheng felt guilty, and was even more afraid of being seen by the villagers at dawn. She had no choice but to let Cheng Yihe carry the bamboo basket, and the two hurried home.

Grandma Cheng gave birth to two sons and four daughters.The old man in the family passed away two years ago, and Grandma Cheng lived with her eldest son, Cheng Rongjian.

There is only one main road in the village in the valley. The homestead allocated by Cheng Rongjian’s family is right next to the road and in front of the village. Every day when the sun rises, it just shines on their yard. As long as the sun does not set, there will be a day Sunshine, great location.

When Grandma Cheng took Cheng Yihe home, the newborn sun had already revealed half of her round face behind the mountain, very warm and pleasant, and Cheng Yihe's mother, Zhao Ying, was sweeping the yard with a broom.Seeing Grandma Cheng, she said, "Mom, you're back. The meal is ready."

As they got closer, Zhao Ying realized that Grandma Cheng's expression was not good, and asked, "Mom, what's wrong?"

Grandma Cheng dragged out Cheng Yihe who was behind her, "Tell me what you did!"

Seeing Cheng Yihe hang his head, Zhao Yingxian felt distressed. Seeing his son's body covered in mud, he said, "It's okay, just wash it off."

Unexpectedly, Cheng Yihe said, "Mom, I picked up a younger sister."

Zhao Ying put down the broom in shock, only then noticed that the basket Cheng Yihe was carrying in his hand was not his own, and hurriedly took it over to take a look, the little doll fell asleep at some point, her eyelashes were black and long, still hanging wet teardrop.

Zhao Ying didn't know what to do anymore, and stammered, "This...how can this be done? Where did you pick it up, put it back quickly."

Cheng Yihe first briefly explained the process of picking up the child, and begged: "Mom, I want a little sister."

Grandma Cheng moved a small bench and sat down, angrily said: "I can't talk to him, I can't pull him back, so I have to take him home first, you take him outside quickly, what does it look like if someone sees him?" talk!"

Cheng Yihe was already pouted, leaning on Zhao Ying's body with a humming sound, his expression couldn't be more obvious.

Zhao Ying has two boys herself. In fact, it would be nice to have another daughter, but it is not her own. It always feels like there is a layer of separation. Besides, who knows if there will be any problems with a child who is thrown away by others.

Zhao Ying took the sleeping baby out of the basket, and carefully unwrapped her. The baby's skin was so ruddy and tender that she hardly dared to touch it. A layer of gauze, it seems that the umbilical cord has not fallen off, it should be a few days after birth, and then Zhao Ying was also stunned, because looking down, the baby has a little chirp!

Zhao Ying said in surprise, "This is a boy!"

Grandma Cheng also took a look, "Xiao Yi kept calling me sister, sister, I thought it was a girl!"

Only Cheng Yihe insisted, "Ah? How could it be the younger brother? He looks better than the younger brother, so he must be the younger sister!"

Zhao Ying and Grandma Cheng chuckled, and Zhao Ying said, "This kid doesn't look like there is anything wrong."

Grandma Cheng's tone softened suddenly, and she said, "If it's a boy, you'll be able to raise it if you raise it, that's..."

Zhao Ying said: "What is it?"

Grandma Cheng said: "It's the second child's family. They have been married for almost five years and have no children. If you give this to them, will it work?"

Zhao Ying knew that Grandma Cheng was trying to test her, but she didn't care, so she said, "Mom, then I still need you to tell the second child about it, if they don't like the child they picked up, I can't help it. "

Only now did Cheng Yihe hear that his mother and grandma wanted to give their sister to their second uncle's house, and quit immediately, "I don't want it, I picked my sister up, and it's mine—!"

Fearing that the neighbors would hear, Grandma Cheng hurriedly covered Cheng Yihe's yelling mouth.

"Brother, why are you sleeping on the sofa?"

Cheng Yihe was startled and opened his eyes. It turned out that he had fallen asleep unknowingly.

Cheng Lin was lying on the back of the sofa looking at him, his eyes were black and bright, and the sunlight outside the window cast a layer of warm light on him, making him dazzling and bright.

Cheng Yihe stared blankly for a moment, then lowered his eyes, pressed his temples hard, and said in a hoarse voice, "Go and change your clothes, let's go out for breakfast."