jade carver

When Li Rui saw Cheng Ye for the first time, the child was still like a kitten, unable to even open his eyes, just curled up in Grandma Cheng's old cotton jacket, crying softly.

Li Rui heard from his mother that he was hungry when he was a child, and crying would kill him. He wished the whole farm could hear it.Li Rui didn't remember crying like that, and since he was sensible, he felt that crying was a shameful thing.His father said that it's not men who cry, and Li Rui thinks so too.So when he saw Feng Chen from the neighbor next door crying loudly, he felt extremely contemptuous in his heart.

But today this child is different, he is too young.Li Rui got closer and tiptoed to look in Grandma Cheng's arms. He really looked like a kitten, his nose was red from crying.There was a firecracker on the other side of the Baishi shed, and it went off suddenly, covering up the children's cries.

Li Rui saw the child biting his fist and crying all the time. He thought it was because he was hungry.He turned around and ran back to the group of children. There was a candy bar over there, and Li Rui squeezed in to grab a piece.When he brought it back, he was about to stuff it for the child, "Grandma! Give him the fire! Eat it and stop crying."

Grandma Cheng hurriedly stopped him, "He can't bite this, he hasn't teeth yet."

Li Rui was a little disappointed. He looked at the child, then at the puff pastry in his hand, "Then what does he eat?"

Grandma Cheng looked at the white awning over there, and she sighed. "I can only eat milk."

Li Rui nodded, he understood a little bit.At that time, Li Rui didn't know that he would be involved with this child for the rest of his life. He was only thinking about where to find some milk for the child in his little head.

Next to Grandma Cheng, Li Rui finished eating the candy fire with a bitter face, and didn't even think about where to find milk.After dawdling for a while, I went to my parents' side.

On the farm, sheds were set up for white affairs and banquets were held. Li Rui's parents were sitting over there chatting with the neighbors, "Poor child! The third daughter-in-law died when she was born. The third child also went with his wife... Well, I just took a look, and she looks as thin as a kitten."

The neighbor next to him spoke up and sighed again and again, "That's right! She's so small, so skinny, it hurts! She's only four months old, and she lost her parents. What can I do in the future?"

Someone with good news leaned over and whispered to them in a low voice, "I heard that Boss Cheng wants a house for the third family, and now I'm bringing Cheng Yue from their family, I'm afraid Cheng Yue will be thrown into trouble! "

It is a local custom to throw old basins.Someone in the family passed away, and the son cried all the way to the grave and dropped the clay pot. If there is no son, his nephew will usually replace him.I can't tell what name is here, but there is one thing that can't be wrong, whoever falls into the old pot, according to the old rules, can inherit most of the property of this person's family.In the future, burning paper and sweeping tombs in the Qingming Festival will be done as a 'son'.

The third child of the Cheng family was infatuated with his daughter-in-law. After her daughter-in-law passed away due to dystocia, she had no intention of living.He suffered a serious illness and finally followed him.There is only a new house that has just been built, and a crying child.Grandma Cheng sent the white-haired man to the black-haired man. After crying a lot, she still hugged Cheng Ye to her side with her little feet.

Cheng Ye is too young to go to the old basin, and now that she is wrapped in a cotton jacket and brought out, Grandma Cheng is worried.She was afraid that the child would be blown by the wind and would not survive.Grandma Cheng hugged Cheng Ye and glanced at the people walking away with the coffin in her arms. The one walking ahead was Cheng Yue.

The funeral has to be done for several days in a row. In order to take care of Cheng Ye, Grandma Cheng goes there once a day in the morning and evening, and she doesn't go there after that.Cheng Ye was still young and couldn't see the wind, but when she was old, she thought of her son when she went, and couldn't help crying.

Cheng Ye was raised by Grandma Cheng for a few days. Although she only fed some rice soup, she still grew a little bit.He is like his mother, very beautiful, and there is a small dimple in his smile, which is shallow, if he is not very happy, he can hardly see it.

Li Rui liked to make him laugh the most. Hearing the child's giggle, he couldn't help poking the corner of his mouth.On the soft face, poke it once and it will sink in, and if you poke it again, the child will grab the finger and pull it into the mouth.

Li Rui didn't dare to bite his fingers, he was afraid that his hands would not be clean.But he didn't want the child to let go, so he just let him drag and play back and forth.

Cheng Ye cried after playing for a while.

Li Rui knew he was hungry, so he ran out and called Grandma Cheng, "Grandma, Cheng Ye is hungry again!"

Grandma Cheng is heating millet porridge. She has small feet, so her movements are inevitably slower.When the porridge cooled down and was fed into Cheng Chengye's mouth, the child was already crying and shaking, eating while choking.Li Rui looked at the child's pitiful look, and his heart ached.

After returning home that day, Li Rui asked his mother the question again, "Mom, where is the milk?"

Mother Li was picking wild vegetables that had just been dug from the field, and was preparing to dry them to make dumplings. When she heard her son ask, she picked out a dandelion and broke it for him to see, "Here, here it is!" The white liquid looks like milk, but it is bitter.

Mother Li was a little teasing, but Li Rui took it seriously.Since he discovered the secret of "milk" in Dandelion Miles, he searched for it under the sun all afternoon and pulled out many dandelions.He didn't care about being scolded for soiling his clothes, so he came back to feed Cheng Ye.

Cheng Ye originally looked at his little brother with wide eyes, but after drinking the first drop of dandelion 'milk', he burst into tears.

Li Rui was so frightened that he didn't dare to run, so he stood beside him crying and calling for Grandma Cheng.

When Li's mother heard the news and rushed over, she was so angry that she wanted to beat up her little boy, "How can you feed Cheng Ye indiscriminately! You said you were breastfeeding for Cheng Ye, why don't I bring our sheep over here?" Yet!"

This was the first time that Li Rui had broken his 'rule' of not crying. He was a little embarrassed after crying, so he turned his head away and didn't speak.After a while, I couldn't help turning back again, and took a peek at Cheng Ye.He was a little worried, "Mom, Cheng Ye won't die..."

Mama Li gave him a slap in the face! "Bah! Crow's mouth, bah, bah, bah! Cheng Ye has a long life, come home with me, don't make trouble here."

Mother Li brought Li Rui back home. She applied to the old secretary in the branch and asked for some goat milk for Cheng Ye to eat every day.There happened to be a few big sheep feeding the lambs in the sub-field, and each one was enough for Cheng Ye to eat, and the old secretary generously signed it.

When the lambs in the subfield can run happily, the children will shout.When the lamb was eating the green grass of the next spring, Li Rui watched the kid walking towards him tremblingly and calling him brother.

The author has something to say:

Li Rui: Mom, do you know where there are milk...

Mother Li (with a burst of chestnut): How dare you ask me! ! ! !