baby boy

Author: Ben Fei

Cheng Jing tied the pork with straw and handed it to the guests. He wiped his sweat casually with his clothes. Seeing that the sky was getting dark and smoke was coming from the chimneys on the roofs of every house, he packed up his things and fetched a few buckets of water. After cleaning up the pig's blood on the desk and the ground, he returned home with the pork that was specially left behind.

The day after tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival. According to the custom, every household has to make zongzi.Cheng Jing pushed open the door to the yard, walked into the kitchen, picked up a ladle and scooped up half a scoop to quench his thirst.Then dragged the sack from the corner of the wall, poured the glutinous rice into the wooden basin, soaked it in water, washed the pork back, cut it into finger-width strips and put it in a bowl, poured salt, five-spice powder, soy sauce and the pork used in the previous two days. The pork was replaced with rapeseed oil, stirred for a while, covered with a sieve and put in the cupboard.After simply finishing dinner and taking a shower, it was already completely dark.

Cheng Jing was lying on the bed with his arm resting on the back of his head, thinking that he might not be able to open the store tomorrow.He is already in his twenties this year, and other men would have already fathered several children.

When he was [-] years old, his father made an appointment for him, and the two children were well-matched, but the little brother was only nine years old, so he was too young, so the two families discussed waiting for the little brother to get Sheng Let the two children get married.

When I was 19 years old, my little brother would be ready for Sheng after his birthday. Both families were preparing for the child’s marriage. Originally, Cheng Jing could marry his little husband back home, and his parents were looking forward to it, but it’s a pity. Unexpected situation, a month before the wedding, it rained heavily, for several days and nights, the river embankment was breached, several nearby villages were reduced to ruins overnight, and many families were destroyed. Father Cheng Jing and Ah Mo didn’t exist at that time .

At that time, he was busy taking care of his father and mother's funeral, and everything was gone. He wanted to live and survive, and he really didn't care about his children's personal affairs. He only knew that the situation in Dongjia Village was no better than his village. I heard that the little brother Son and his father, ah, are still alive.When his life was gradually getting on the right track, a matchmaker would propose marriage to him from time to time, and those bright almond eyes always appeared in his mind at that time.He thought about asking someone to go to Dongjia Village to see how the little brother was doing. If he was not married, he would propose marriage to him. If he was married, he would treat him as destined.

One day, Cheng Jing was sitting in the yard making zongzi when Wang Matchong from the village came to the door. Cheng Jing asked him to sit down and poured him a glass of water.After drinking a glass of water, the matchmaker said to Cheng Jing, "Cheng family boy, I, I went to Dong's village for your marriage, and the Dong family's brother is not married yet." Well, but..."

As he said that, a strange expression appeared on Wang Meigong's face.

"But what?"

"But, that little brother has no father or anything, he's still an idiot." The last sentence, Wang Meigong lowered his voice and said to Cheng Jing.Hearing this, Cheng Jing frowned.

On the way to Dong's Village, what Cheng Jing was thinking about was Wang Matchong's words.It turned out that Dong Qibao, the youngest brother of the Dong family, was flooded a few years ago, and he finally woke up but became an idiot. His father also suffered from illness, and passed away two years ago. The son was stunned, but he couldn't make it through and went with his husband.His uncle looked at Dong Qibao pitifully, at least he was his own nephew, but their family was not rich, so they could only provide Qibao with two meals a day, so Qibao still lived in his small shabby house.

Cheng Jing followed Wang Meigong to Uncle Qibao’s house, Wang Meigong explained the situation to the uncle, everyone let them in the house again and again, and called Qibao’s uncle, Cheng Ahme, who went to play with the children under the banyan tree in the village and called Qibao back .

The uncle’s house is a mud house, and there are very few things in the house. Except for an old dining table, there are almost no large items. The flood makes the family already struggling even more. Two sons, one younger brother, borrowed money from relatives last year to get the eldest son to marry his husband.Now the eldest son has gone to work outside to subsidize the family, and his husband is also capable, taking care of the house in an orderly manner.

"I watched Qibao grow up. Although he is an idiot, he is a good boy. You have seen what happened to our Dong family. After all these years, you still think about our Qibao. My old man is for Qibao, Dad. So remember, if you really want to marry Qibao and treat him well in the future, I am also very happy, but if you just want to fulfill your father's wish, I think you should go back. Although our family is poor, we should have more There are more than enough bowls and chopsticks!"

After listening to the uncle's words, Cheng Jing was silent for a while, but when he was about to reply, he heard footsteps, and a figure was running into the main room.

Qibao was playing with stones under the banyan tree when he saw his uncle rushing over to ask him to go home. On the way, he joked with Qibao that someone proposed marriage to him, and Qibao has grown up and wants to get married!He also said that the man was a kid from Chengjia Village, and he babbled on all the way, regardless of whether Qibao could understand him or not.Although Qibao was dumbfounded, he also felt embarrassed, and finally ran back in shame, not caring whether Dong Ahmo could catch up or not.

He didn't realize it until he ran into the main room and looked at the strangers sitting there. The usually heartless little idiot felt ashamed at this moment, and his little face was flushed.

Seeing Qibao's small appearance that he wanted to see but didn't dare to look at, Cheng Jing became more determined in his mind.

Qibao was called up early in the morning by his uncle and sister-in-law, staring at the red inside and outside of the room in a daze, until he was put on a bright red dress, Qibao realized that he was going to marry someone A man who has met twice but is willing to be close to him.Uncle and sister-in-law looked at Qibao's dress and couldn't help wiping away their tears.After all, I have raised a child for so many years, and now I want a family, I feel reluctant after all.

The uncle said that they had a marriage contract, and he should have married him a few years ago, and the uncle also said a lot but he couldn't understand.

There is only one person in Cheng Jing's family, and the part of the obeisance to the high hall is Uncle Qibao, who will replace him, father and uncle.

It wasn't until he went out that Qibao vaguely understood that he didn't live here anymore, and felt sad for a moment, thinking in his heart not to cry, uncle said it was unlucky.

After Cheng Jing saw off the guests and returned to the festive wedding room, he found that his little husband's eyes were red.Cheng Jing naturally knew why he was crying, but he still asked softly: "What's wrong? Qibao."

"Because of me, I won't be able to see my uncle and them in the future. Qibao will, and will miss them." Qibao said to Cheng Jing with a sob.

"Who said, we can go back to see Uncle and the others in the future." Cheng Jing hugged Qibao into his arms and wiped his tears with his fingers.Cheng Jing liked Qibao very much since that time when he saw Qibao, although he is an idiot, he has the simplicity that other people don't have.

"Really, really?"

"Of course it's true, I won't lie to Qibao." Cheng Jing easily coaxed Qibao, like a child.But there are some things, Cheng Jing doesn't think that Qibao's child will let him go.

When Qibao woke up the next day, Cheng Jing was already up.When Cheng Jing came in with hot water, he saw Qibao sitting on the bed in a daze, his face turned red instantly when he came in.Cheng Jing wiped his face and looked at his red face, his mood became better and better, the little idiot was still shy, really cute.

Carrying Qibao to the dining table, let him drink porridge first, Cheng Jing went to the kitchen and brought out some side dishes, which Qibao likes to eat.

"Ah!" Cheng Jing just put the dishes on the table when he heard Qibao's cry, looked over and found that Qibao was hot and was breathing.

"It hurts, it hurts."

"Open your mouth and let me see."

Qibao obediently opened his mouth and stuck out his little tongue.Fortunately, apart from a little red, there is nothing serious.Cheng Jing looked at him for a while, then lowered his head, took his little tongue in his mouth and licked it carefully, then picked up the bowl and blew cold porridge to feed Qibao.

Qibao pressed his chest while Cheng Jing was not paying attention, and felt his heart beating fast.Did he have some kind of illness? Qibao frowned.

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