Zi Feiyu

The man is driving, the woman is looking out the window, and the little girl is sleeping.

The man said: "Remember to buy incense and paper at the door after getting off the car. Oh, yes, remember to buy another bouquet of flowers."

The woman said: "Well, I remember."

The man said softly: "Don't be angry, we have both received the certificate for half a month, we should come over and talk to the old lady. After all, it's my mother."

The woman didn't speak.She was married for the second time. One year after she divorced her previous husband, she took her daughter and married the current man.This man is almost forty years old and has always been a bachelor, but fortunately, his job is fairly stable - he opened a small supermarket by himself, which is in the community where they live.When a woman divorces, the daughter belongs to her and the house belongs to her.As for the reason for divorce, it is very simple, that is cheating.She actually found out a long time ago, but because she was a housewife, she was divorced and had no financial resources, so she wanted to turn a blind eye and just let it go, but her husband's cheating partner came to her with a big belly , forcing them to divorce.All relatives and friends will know about this pressure.Especially her in-laws.Her parents-in-law persuaded her to be patient, and if she had an affair, she would have an affair. If she gave birth to a son, she would take it back to raise her, and if she gave birth to a daughter, she would pay for it to be raised by the woman outside.The father-in-law and mother-in-law are really smart, the woman outside really gave birth to a big fat boy.Then her husband divorced her.The house is given to her, and the daughter is given to her, and she becomes the woman her father-in-law and mother-in-law said, "If you have a daughter, you will pay to raise it outside".The year after the woman divorced was not good. Although she didn't have to pay rent, her daughter's tuition made her worry.In today's kindergartens, the tuition fees are so expensive that they seem to be extorting money.And it turned out that the monthly money given by the husband, after deducting the food expenses and some living expenses of the mother and daughter, was only a little bit left.So she had to find a job.

Women have academic qualifications, but they are basically useless.She was into marriage and family straight out of college, so she had no idea what it was like to sit in an office.She was looking for a job with her diploma, and she was standing downstairs of a skyscraper looking up at the piercing glass that pierced her eyes, she was so timid that she dared not even enter the gate of the building.Later, a family came in, and someone asked her, have you had any relevant work experience in this position before?She was dumbfounded and had nothing.But she thought that the person who notified her for the interview was either here to make fun of her, or she didn't read the resume at all.

Later, when she kept running around, being blindsided, and self-repentant, she finally learned to put down her academic resume and found a job as a waiter in a small restaurant.The busy hours of the restaurant are very regular, basically concentrated at noon and evening, and she is a waiter, so she just serves dishes, washes dishes, etc., and it is in the community, close to the kindergarten, so it is convenient to take care of her daughter.So I felt relieved to use the money saved for half a year plus the money I saved from living expenses to pay my daughter's tuition for one semester.But the good times didn't last long.The restaurant collapsed.She's about to start looking for a job again.She bought a barrel of cooking oil in a small supermarket. The oil squeezed from fat meat at home was used up, and eating lard all the time was not good for her health.When she was checking out, she fumbled in this pocket, then that pocket, and finally found money for a barrel of oil.The supermarket owner is short and has a square face. He smiled and said, "You haven't been here for a long time."

The woman is embarrassed: "ah, what?"

The supermarket owner was still smiling: "Nothing."

The woman bowed her head, didn't care what she said, and left with the oil.But suddenly, the nose started to pantothenic acid.That restaurant is opposite this small supermarket. When she was not divorced, she would occasionally bring her daughter to this supermarket to buy some snacks. After the divorce, she never came again.Today, I don't know what's wrong, hey, I remembered that the cooking oil in this supermarket is cheaper than the oil in another small supermarket that she often goes to now, it's [-] cents cheaper.

Anyway, I can't cheer up, so let's muddle through.After eating, she sat on the sofa with her daughter in her arms and watched TV. Divorced women could meet better men on TV.And she didn't.She cried while watching, and fell asleep while crying.

Since then, whenever a woman lacks something at home, she goes to this small supermarket to buy it.After going there a lot, she could tell that the owner of the supermarket had taken a fancy to her.The owner of the supermarket said to her that day: "I am not married, and I don't care if the other party is married. My father left early, and my mother also left two years ago. There is also an older brother in the family, and the older brother has married. A family of three Settling in another place. I have no future, so I just guard this small supermarket. I won’t leave. You see, if you want, we will run together, if you don’t, just pretend I didn’t say anything.”

The woman didn't hesitate, she figured it out, she was doomed to live by men in this life.So she left with a large bucket of cooking oil, and she said, "As you said, let's do business together."

Finally, the two are together.

In fact, women long for the dog blood in TV dramas, but the dog blood in life is ordinary, but if they magnify their dog blood and add more oil and vinegar, it will not be ordinary.

The man turned his head: "Asleep?"

The woman opened her eyes: "No. Are you here?"

The man said: "It's here. I'd better go down and buy it. You and your daughter will wait in the car."

The man got out of the car and entered a store, bought incense and paper money, and went to another store to buy flowers.The woman looks out the window, the little girl is still awake with her lap on her head.The woman rubbed her eyes, as if she really wanted to sleep.She wasn't actually angry, it was just that her former mother-in-law made her feel horrible, even though her current mother-in-law had already been buried underground.But come and see, it really should.And should give a good face.She rubbed her tense face to relax her expression.After a long time, the man hadn't gotten into the car, she turned her head to look at the rear window, and suddenly, she shivered with fright.The little girl was awakened by the shaking of her mother's legs, and got up sleepily: "Mom, you woke me up."

The woman hugged the little girl tightly: "Mom is wrong, mother is wrong."

At this time, the man opened the car door and got into the car. Seeing the mother and daughter hugging each other, he asked, "What's wrong?"

The woman looked up at the rear window again, looked around a few times, then turned to look at the man again, "Did you see it just now?"

The man was confused: "What do you see?"

The woman stammered: "I, I saw everyone standing next to you just now."

The man said: "What's so strange? There are so many people coming and going."

The woman said: "No, no, yes, it is a hunchbacked old lady in white clothes, standing beside you with her feet on the ground. The shop where you buy flowers."

The man looked at the back window: "This car should be washed. Wash it when you get back. You, don't scare yourself."

The little girl yelled: "Mom, you hug me too tightly, I don't feel well."

The woman let go of the little girl and fell back on the chair to comfort herself: "Maybe I was wrong, maybe I was wrong."

When the three arrived at the cemetery, the man introduced his daughter-in-law to the old lady in the black-and-white photo on the tombstone. The woman dared not look at the photo, but lowered her head in front of the tomb and said, "Mom, my daughter-in-law is here to see you! You are always missing from the bottom." Just tell us anything! We are all fine, don't worry!"

In fact, it doesn't seem that difficult to say it.The woman thought to herself.

The man looked at the woman and smiled, thinking that this daughter-in-law is good and can talk, and the old lady must like it.He also introduced: "We also have a daughter who is five years old this year. She is very cute. Do you always see her?"

The woman followed the man's words to pull the daughter beside her, but the lead was empty.She was horrified: "People, where are people?"

The man turned around and scanned his surroundings. Except for two tall and thin men in front of the tombs in the two rows below, there was no one else in their area.He said: "Don't worry, the car we got off together just now, the one we came here together must still be around here. I'll go over there to look for it, don't go anywhere while you wait here, maybe she will come back later .”

After the man finished speaking, he jumped down the steps they were standing on and went to the row of tombstones on the next floor to find them.Then keep looking down.Because there are tombstones everywhere, I dare not call the little girl's name loudly, so I can only frown: "Stop playing, Mom and Dad are looking for you, come out quickly."

The woman stomped her feet anxiously, not daring to look at the old lady's tombstone.Because she was afraid, because this black and white photo reminded her of the hunchbacked old lady in front of the flower shop.

And the little girl ran and jumped with a little fat cat into the undeveloped woods.The kitten climbed up the tree, and the little girl smiled under the tree: "Hey, you are so cute. Come down, I want to hug you."

The kitten was lying on the tree and flicking its tail, it was really too lazy to care about the little girl's nervousness.

The rustling sound in the woods has never stopped. I don't know if it is the wind, or the sound of birds stepping on the leaves, or the sound of small animals and insects rolling under the tree.The little girl blinked her big eyes and looked around, and suddenly, she began to cry.She whimpered: "Mom, mom, where are you, I want to go back, I want to go back." And the more she cried, the louder she shouted.

The kitten moved its ears, and a hunchbacked old lady in white appeared behind a tree not far behind it.It meowed, and the hunchbacked old lady disappeared.The little girl was still crying desperately, the kitten jumped under the tree and stomped on the little girl's feet with its little paws.The little girl sobbed: "You are down. You are too fat. Do you want me to hug you. I want to find my mother. I want to go back."

The kitten meowed, and turned back while walking, leading the little girl to the tree.The hunchbacked old lady appeared behind the tree again, revealing the right side of her body, frightening enough to scare people to death.But the little girl wiped her nose and asked, "You, who are you?"

The hunchbacked old lady lowered her head and said nothing. The kitten jumped on the old lady's shoulder and meowed a few times.The hunchbacked old lady said, "You want to find your mother? You can turn around and keep walking until you get out of the woods, and you will find your mother."

The little girl wiped her tears again: "Mom said you can't talk to strangers." Turning her head to look at Lin Zi who made her cry, "...Grandma, don't lie to me, you should take me out."

The hunchbacked old lady raised her head and smiled, stretching out an old hand: "Then follow me."

The little girl looked at the old lady's wrinkled face and hands with fear, but didn't know what to do, so she could only drag one of the old lady's fingers while sobbing, and walked out of the forest together.The old lady occasionally asked a few questions about her parents, but the little girl whimpered and did not answer.The moment she walked out of the woods, the little girl mustered up her courage: "Thank you! It seems that you didn't lie to me, I came out. But I haven't found my parents yet, forget it, grandma, go home."

The hunchbacked old lady stood under the big tree, watching the little girl and the kitten walk away, watching the couple hugging the little girl, laughing and scolding.Without saying a word, she turned and floated into the woods.

The little girl found her parents, and the kitten walked leisurely, wagging its tail.Gu Chen, who promised to offer incense to Zhang Ping, but delayed until the next day, suddenly appeared behind the kitten and kicked it.The kitten was kicked and turned over.It got up, took two steps back, and frowned all over: "Oh——"

Gu Chen rubbed his chin, turning a deaf ear.Ye Qiao came over, bent down and rubbed the cat's head: "Stop barking, go home."

The kitten returned to normal in an instant, and rubbed Ye Qiao's hand: "Hold me."

Ye Qiao said, "It's too dirty, go by yourself."

The kitten hugged Ye Qiao's calf and didn't let go, "There is a white bird in the woods. It's an old woman."

Ye Qiao had no choice but to pick up the kitten: "I saw it, and I saw you take the little girl into the woods."

The kitten opened its big eyes and argued, "She followed in by herself. White Wuzi is different from Hei Wuzi, so I asked the old woman to take her out."

Ye Qiao and Gu Chen turned their heads to look at the big tree where the hunchbacked old lady disappeared at the same time. Bai Wuzi was different from Hei Wuzi in that they didn't hurt people, and some of them were even the owners of these tombs.Bai Wuzi is neither a ghost nor a spirit, perhaps he still has a little bit of reluctance for the world or nostalgia for his relatives, so he stays and lives erratically.

The kitten asked again: "Is the old woman the old woman who died in that family's house?"

Gu Chen replied: "Who knows!"