10

My little mother sent me to my grandma's house. She said that I would go to primary school after the Chinese New Year, and that I lived closer to my grandma's house. She also said that she would go out for a while, and then move to my grandma's house when she came back.

I looked at my little mother's back, and felt that she was very thin, and the torn cotton clothes were a circle bigger than her, and I felt very uncomfortable.

I think she must be cheating when she said "go out for a trip".

I decided to follow her.

I followed her into the city bus, followed her into the train station.Fortunately, I am too short to buy a ticket. As long as I follow the adults in front of me, I will be considered together.

I followed her on the train to the capital, and my little mother was crowded on the seat, feeling very helpless.

I went up to hold her hand, and was yelled at by Hedong Lion: "Han Jiaojiao, what are you doing here?"

She was going to get me out of the car, and the car drove away.

I behaved very pitifully, and I said, "Little Mom, take me with you, I don't take up any space."

But I still didn't lie, I'm only 1.1 meters.

My little mother tolerated me in the end, and she asked me to lean against her so that I could sit more comfortably.

Then we talked like women, and I said to her seriously: "I know you are looking for Alian."

My little mother looked at me for a while as if she didn't know me, and said, "Yes."

I said, "They say that Alian has a bad style and has children before she gets married."

My little mother's eyes were red, as if I had punched her wound with an elbow, and she said loudly, "You fucking nonsense!"

Then she realized it was wrong to yell at me, because it was "they said" after all, she lowered her voice: "You can't say that about A-Lian, A-Lian was ruined by others, A-Lian is very pitiful."

I instantly apologized to myself for dictating gossip.

It took a long time for my mother to recover, and so did I.I gritted my teeth, my little mother and I have no secrets, I said: "I know you like A-Lian."

The little mother's face was distorted, as if she was doubting her life.

"But I don't understand, Mama," I said, "why you both like women."

My little mother thought for a long time before answering my question. She rarely treats me like a child.She said: "Jiaojiao, some people like men and some people like women. This is as common as some people like gardenias and others like roses."

This is a very common metaphor, but I think it may be a long time before I understand it.

Some passengers got on the bus again. This is the Spring Festival travel season. They were carrying big bags and small bags, and they were beaming. The little mother was carrying very little luggage, and her eyes were empty.

I feel sorry for my little mother, other people's journey has an end, but my little mother has nothing at the end.

11

The journey was not smooth, the train halfway down the track was buried by snow, we had no choice but to take a car, my mother was always motion sick, she vomited so faintly.

The worst thing was that someone came to touch my little mother while her face was pale.

Mom just kicked that person in the crotch, and that person ran out screaming, and we have never been provoked again.

I think Xiaoma is very good. If Alian is as good as Xiaoma, she shouldn't be ruined.

I also hope that my little mother can protect her.

Winter in the capital is really cold, with thick snow on the ground.The little mother was afraid that I would be cold, so she kept carrying me on her back, but her own feet got chilblains from the cold.

We didn't know where to find A-Lian. The address A-Lian wrote to my little mother was her old address.The landlord of the house said that Alian was kicked out because she couldn't pay the rent.

My little mom and I were wandering around the capital.

About three days later, my mother suddenly stopped.I followed her gaze and saw half of her frozen red cheeks and long, snowy eyelashes. I knew we had found A-Lian.

But A-Lian didn't see us. She held a sleeping child in one hand, and opened the door of a limousine with the other, with a ring on her ring finger.

Or, what humans call tokens.

I dragged my little mother to go forward, but my little mother stuck to the ground like a stone pillar until A-Lian was out of sight and didn't move a step.

My tears fell into the snow, and I scolded her severely: "Fool."

The little mother's tears flowed down her beautiful jawline into her clothes, and she murmured: "Yes, idiot."

12

Alian is getting married, the newspaper said.There is a rich businessman who wants to marry her, who is older than my grandfather.

My little mother and I went back to Laotai Village, and the price of the trip was my little mother's serious illness and grandma's scolding.

Zhao Fugui came to the house to discuss marriage after the next year. He was one year older and much smarter. He knew that it was useless to talk to his little mother, and he had to directly mention it to his grandma.

He has just been promoted, and he is a young talent. Grandma is very satisfied.

The little mother refused, saying that she was not worthy of Zhao Fugui, let alone being anyone's wife.

Grandma said that her going to the capital to play was the last time she would be willful.

My little mother was locked at home, and only I was with her.But most of the time she shut herself in the house, and I obediently painted still lifes outside.

I never persuade her, because I know she doesn't want to be anyone's bride, except Alian's bride, or groom.

13

Zhao Fugui came very suddenly, he seemed to want to see his little mother very much.He walked too fast, I didn't stop him, after all, he was 1.8 meters, and I was only 1.1 meters three.

The moment Zhao Fugui pushed open the little mother's door, I knew it was too late.

How should I describe that scene? Perhaps only wide-open eyes can describe the almost tragic splendor.Mom's room is full of oil paintings, all of them are A-Lian, A-Lian wearing a western-style wedding dress, A-Lian wearing a phoenix crown and Xiapei, smiling A-Lian, crying A-Lian, all A-Lian.

The peach cake that Zhao Fugui brought fell to the ground.

14

Zhao Fugui did not marry his mother in the end, maybe he knew in his heart that it would be very painful not to live in his wife's heart.He married Cuihua's second sister, Chunhua, but he was really a nice person, he didn't mention Xiaoma and Alian to anyone.

I have learned a lot of new idioms, and my little mother is still alone.

But her mood has gradually improved since she discovered that I have a high talent for art.She would teach me how to draw every day after going to the ground, but she never drew A-Lian again.

Alian has become a secret for me, Xiaoma and Zhao Fugui.

Later, the town primary school was restructured, and my mother became an art teacher. Her paintings are beautiful and her stories are very novel. Everyone likes her.

Her hands are also clever, Chunhua gave birth to a pair of lovely twins, and she made them cute tiger-head shoes.I looked at the drooling little uncle and aunt in the arms of the second aunt's grandmother. They are spring flowers and fruits of wealth.

Well, the flowers bloom richly.

The moon rises and sets, the moon is changing, how can the stars remain the same.A year later, my little mother had a new idea, and she went to Shenzhen.

There are only a few sentences in my mother's letter. The first sentence is that the parents are not filial, and the second sentence is that I must let Jiaojiao have money to go to an American school.

The first few years she went there must have been very hard work. The photos she sent back may not be seen carefully by others, but I know how many scars there are on her fingers.

The years passed so slowly without a little mother.

15

When I was 12 years old, my little mother developed a lot.She is so smart that she can do anything and make the company bigger and bigger in Shenzhen.

Grandma wiped away her tears and packed my luggage for me to send me to the art school in the capital.

Put me in new clothes, she cried again, I know why, I look exactly like my little mom.

Although she has one deep dimple and I have two.

The journey to the capital went smoothly, the adults were worried and asked Zhao Fugui to take me there.Before leaving, Aunt Cuihua held my hand and said that she would go to the capital to become a doctor, and told me not to forget her.

For the first time in my life, I was not polite. I didn't call her Auntie, but Cuihua.

Zhao Fugui sent me to the school. I was stunned. The school is so big and beautiful, with deep paths and green hillsides. The two of us kept admiring and laughing, chatting happily.

But I will never forget who held up my wings and made me a flying bird.

Zhao Fugui is 27 years old. He is much fatter than before, but his face looks happy and kind. He was holding a lot of silk scarves in the souvenir shop and asked me which one was better.

Chunhua's second aunt scolded him for spending money indiscriminately on the phone. I took a look at the bright red and green color schemes, and felt that what my second aunt said was very correct.

Zhao Fugui finally chose the one with green flowers on a purple background. One of his children is named Zhao Kaixin, and the other is named Zhao Happy. He is always so unique in aesthetics.

Later, I was the only one left in the capital, but there was Laotai Village behind me, and there was another person in Shenzhen, so I was not alone.

16

The curriculum of the American school is rich and interesting. I absorbed nutrients like a tree and grew wildly towards the sky.

Laotai Village is very small, and the capital is also very small, maybe I was destined to meet Alian.

She is not as fresh as in the TV series, she is getting old a bit fast, and fine wrinkles appear at the corners of her eyes.

What impresses me the most is her eyes, so beautiful and so sad.

A-Lian came to our school to attend an event, and her name was Mrs. Zhou, or Mr. Zhou's widow.The rich businessman left her a family property that could not be spent in several lifetimes, but since it could not be spent in several lifetimes, why did he leave so much property?

She looked at the students in front of her, and when she glanced at me, she suddenly stopped moving. She asked me, what's your name.

Han Jiaojiao, I said.

I repeat, Han Jiaojiao.

Her eyes lit up and I knew she was looking at someone through my body.

She asked me why I was here.

I said that such a meeting is destined to happen, just like flowers and birds, trees and fish.

How fresh.

17

But I soon stopped hating her, and I knew that A-Lian was indeed spoiled.The nasty Mr. Zhou drank her alcohol, but she was pregnant.

This is Mr. Zhou's only son, so she has to marry him.

Alian took me back to her house to play. Her son is very good, unlike his hateful father.

She made pork rib noodles for me to eat. It was thick and fragrant, and it was much better than my mother's.

She watched me eat noodles, her beautiful eyes were a little greedy.

I feel sorry for Alian, and I also feel sorry for my little mother.

18

I wrote to my little mother to tell her about it, and she replied, I got it.

I said that A-Lian and I went shopping, she replied, got it.

I said her son didn't hate it, and felt sorry for her mother, she replied, I got it.

I got annoyed, so I just said "Alian is well" at the end of the letter, but she still replied, I got it.

She is more and more like Emperor Yongzheng, and she keeps replying to my letters, I know.

It seems like I don't care, but I will still write.

Because I know it too.

19

When I wanted to go home during Chinese New Year, Alian was very reluctant. She also wanted to go home, but she said she had no face.

I said, it's not your fault, you shouldn't have no face, whoever did something wrong will have no face.

Alian brought Xiao Zhou and me home, and we took the plane.I leaned on the backrest and fell into a dazed sleep, and then said that it would be great if my little mother came to the capital by plane.

Alian was curious, I explained it to her, and she cried.

We both broke two rolls of toilet paper crying.

20

When A-Lian first came back, there was a lot of gossip, but it gradually disappeared, because A-Lian was kind-hearted and no one didn't like her.

We chatted at Cuihua's house, and then went to the river to release fairy wands.

Cuihua calls it "呵花", and when it is pronounced, it is grinning. Although it is dirty, it is very cute.

A-Lian stood under the bare apricot tree and laughed.

21

Mom can't go home this year either, it seems that the company is working overtime urgently, so I have to do the visit.I am almost 15 years old, and I am not an ordinary kid. Since I have been given the heavy responsibility, I have to do something different.

I took Alian to the cellar.

Where the torch illuminates, there are all kinds of Alian.Mom remembers all of A-Lian's demeanor, all of her expressions, the now numb A-Lian is fake, and the A-Lian she described is real.

A-Lian caressed those dried paintings carefully, and begged me to add another person next to A-Lian in the phoenix crown and Xiapei the next day.

I said that my skills surpassed that of Xiaoma, but I couldn't draw better than her.

But I finally tried because of that unfinished still life of apricots.

22

Sure enough, I screwed up.The Alian described by Xiaoma is sincere and warm, while the Xiaoma described by me is full of motherhood.

Alian is a layman, she can't tell, she is still happy.

I wrote a letter to tell my little mother, and my little mother said, I got it, but the words were very vague.

Is the word miss salty?

23

At the end of the winter vacation, A-Lian and I returned to the capital. She looked much better. I brought back the painting of her and my little mother. I saw her hiding in the depths of the villa and carefully covered it with a cloth.

I told her not to be so cautious, Xiao Zhou is an open-minded child, he understands.

The next day, A-Lian and I didn't move, and the painting was placed squarely in the center of the living room.

Xiao Zhou was laughing, he looked like the son of a fairy.

24

It's spring, and the apricot trees in the school seem to be budding.

25

Alian and I went shopping together, because the car was taken for repair, we took a taxi.

A figure passed by outside the car, wearing a crisp black coat, that person's back was flexible but straight.

I cried and yelled, stop the car!

The driver didn't react and the car was still running.

I'm still shouting, stop stop!

I couldn't wait, I opened the door and jumped out of the car.

My knees hit the ground first, I couldn't care less about the pain, and I kept rolling and crawling, much like Ah Huang, the new Cuihua family.

I followed that familiar figure.

I can allow the common sight of the world, but I don't understand how the so-called rules can stop missing.

She turned around.

I saw A-Lian and Xiaoma tightly hugging each other, separated by hundreds of thousands of years, countless spring, summer, autumn and winter, flowers broke her back, but birds became her root system, and the mountains and rivers have grown forever , no one can separate them again.

So I allow them to ignore me for a moment as I fall to the ground.

26

The new year will be grand and lively, I glanced at Zhao Fugui next to him, he was crying, and I had to ask my second aunt to wipe his nose.

It was my turn to toast, and I looked at Alian and Xiaoma who were on the right side, like a contented parent.

I say respect A-Lian and her great lover.

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