Dashan Makes a Living 1984

The center of Qingquan Town is just north of the two villages, so the distance from the hospital to my mother-in-law’s house in Lijia Village is basically the same as my home in Wangjia Village.

The motorcycle was driving on the small road, and the leaves of the poplar trees on both sides had fallen clean, leaving only gray and white branches. Some birds that spend the winter here have built their nests on the trees. From a distance, it seems that the trees bear many gray and black fruits.

The roads here are all loess roads, which are originally dusty. In winter, they will freeze at night, melt during the day, freeze again at night, and melt again during the day.

Therefore, this kind of road is muddy during the day, and it is particularly difficult to walk. If you ride a bicycle, the mud will soon stick to the frame of the car, and the wheels will not be able to turn.

The motorcycle will not be stuck, but it must be prevented from slipping.

Because Wang Tianxiao works out of town and rarely goes back to his natal home with his wife, many people in Lijia Village don’t know him. The villagers are doing all kinds of housework at the door, and when they hear the sound of a motorcycle, they all look up and wonder, what’s wrong with him? It's a young man from someone's family. He's handsome, and he's riding a motorcycle. He looks so rich.

Wang Tianxiao turned around a small bay, and at the end of the walk was his mother-in-law's house. Just as he was about to hit the accelerator, he found a woman chasing sheep in the wheat field next to him. Looking carefully, it was his mother-in-law Qin Xiaoling.

The mother-in-law's family raised more than a dozen sheep, and it has maintained this scale for many years. It started with my brother-in-law Li Guanhong when he was very young, and kept raising them until the mother-in-law passed away.

When Wang Tianxiao thought of his mother-in-law, she always held a whip in her hand and smiled kindly.

It is winter now, and there is not much grass on the side of the road for the sheep to eat, so the sheep can easily run to other people's wheat fields to eat wheat.

Sheep are very annoying to eat grass. No matter what weeds or plants they eat, they will pull up the leaves and roots together. If they eat them in the wheat field, it will destroy a large wheat field.

Judging by the mother-in-law's appearance, it is estimated that it should have been placed on the side of the road, and it was ran inside without paying attention.

The sheep ran very fast. Although the mother-in-law was just over fifty, she was still young, but she had little feet and couldn't run the sheep at all. She could only shout and use the whip to try to get the sheep back on the road.

But sheep are very stupid animals. They usually run around by themselves, but once the strongest sheep in the flock run there, they will follow there.

The ram with two layers of curly horns in front of the flock must be the leading sheep. Wherever it ran, the other dozen sheep followed, and started a guerrilla war with the mother-in-law, exhausting the mother-in-law.

Wang Tianxiao saw it, pushed the car in and parked it in the wheat field, and ran quickly to intercept the sheep.

"Auntie, let me stop you."

"Ah, it's Tianxiao, why are you here?" Seeing her son-in-law running over, Qin Xiaoling couldn't care less about why Wang Tianxiao appeared suddenly, she stopped and said out of breath:

"Look at these goddamn things, don't let them enter other people's wheat fields, they just want to come in. If they eat other people's wheat, they will be blocked at the door again."

"Don't worry, I'll help you catch up."

Wang Tianxiao quickened his pace, ran to the front of the sheep, stretched out his arms, and blocked the way of the sheep.

The head sheep stood still and stared at Wang Tianxiao. Just when Wang Tianxiao thought it would calm down, the head sheep suddenly lowered its head, and with a sound of "baa", it sped up and rushed towards Wang Tianxiao.

He wanted to hit him with a horn.

Don't underestimate the full force of a ram, if it hits the waist directly, it will definitely break the waist.

"Good guy." Wang Tianxiao saw it rushing over, turned sideways, took advantage of the situation and directly held the sheep's horns with both hands, and pushed it to the ground from the side.

He didn't have the strength at first, but the speed of the sheep's charge was too fast, and the direction was in an arc, which was equivalent to borrowing some strength from him, using the sheep's own inertia to overturn it.

The sheep still wanted to struggle, so he pressed his knees on the sheep's head so hard that it couldn't break free. After a full stalemate for dozens of seconds, the sheep's eyes became tame and they stopped moving.

The mother-in-law also came over at this time and asked Wang Tianxiao to get up. She lightly whipped the sheep's buttocks. The sheep stood up meekly and walked slowly towards the outside of the wheat field, followed by the other sheep.

Their wildness has been basically tamed, and this kind of accidental burst of fragments cannot last for a long time, and they have been obedient in the past.

"Tianxiao, when did you come back?"

Qin Xiaoling pinned the whip to her trouser waist and looked at her son-in-law beside her.

Her height is actually not short, about 1.6 meters, but she is still taller than her son-in-law, and she has an illusion that her son-in-law is taller than before.

"It's been a month since I came back."

"It's been so long, oh, oh, I remembered, it's been a while, Lili's body is okay, when will the child be born, last time I asked your uncle to visit you, but I didn't see my poor daughter."

Wang Tianxiao was thinking about how to speak, when he heard what his mother-in-law said, he said with a smile: "It will only take a day or two, I will send her to the hospital now..."

"Ah, Lili is in the hospital?" Qin Xiaoling grabbed Wang Tianxiao's arm nervously, "Where is she feeling uncomfortable? Could it be that she is going to have a dystocia? What should I do?"

"No, she's fine," Wang Tianxiao hurriedly comforted the panic-stricken mother-in-law, and said in relief, "Isn't she about to give birth? In order to prevent any trouble, let her stay in the hospital first."

"That's right, that's a good feeling, that's a good feeling," Qin Xiaoling felt relieved, and seemed to be talking to Wang Tianxiao, but also seemed to be talking to herself:

"Lili has been anemic since she was a child. Her body looks about 1.7 meters tall, but her resistance is very poor. It took a lot of effort to give birth to your Fang baby last time. This time, I think her belly is bigger than last time. , I'm afraid it will be more difficult to give birth to a son."

"Well, it was because of this that we were hospitalized."

"That's good," Qin Xiaoling grabbed Wang Tianxiao's hand and put it in hers, and patted it lightly a few times, "Your uncle and I have no skills, so we didn't let my daughter live a good life. You eat public meals outside, what is your skill?" Daddy, treat her well, let her live more comfortably in the second half of her life, and let my baby stop suffering so much."

"Auntie, my wife will definitely take good care of me, you just wait to hold your grandson," Wang Tianxiao said here, and then shifted to the topic, "Auntie, I came to you today because I want you to help take care of her in the hospital Lili for a few days, I don’t know if it’s convenient or not.”

"Me?" Qin Xiaoling was slightly taken aback, showing embarrassment, "I don't have any problems here, I'll just cook two meals, feed the sheep, and leave it to your uncle. The key is your side..."

Wang Tianxiao knew what his mother-in-law was afraid of.

According to the general customs here, the daughter-in-law must be taken care of by the mother-in-law when she gives birth. Only when the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is not good, or even if the mother-in-law is not alive, will she ask her natal family to take care of her.

Otherwise, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law may be difficult to maintain.

This is what the mother-in-law taboos.

The third watch is over, and tomorrow will be the third watch.

Monthly ticket or something, don't be polite, just hit my handsome face hard.