Last summer, I returned to my hometown on the banks of the Hulan River. It just so happened that in a group of old men, I saw Zhu Erqi again. She is 90 years old and still in good health. The hair is white, the waist is straight, and there are not many wrinkles on the face. A slightly hoarse voice came out, but his eyes were still bright. At this age, she still holds up well. She recognized me, and I recognized her. I joked that Sister-in-law Zhu still looks so young!She responded humorously: "Lord Yama hasn't asked me to worship heaven and earth yet, I'm just alive like this!."Her jokes brought back memories of the past, and memories flashed through her mind like a movie.
Zhu Erjiao, whose real name is Gao Shulan, married at the age of eighteen to the village of the old Zhu family. Zhu Eryu is just a nickname given to her by people, and everyone is Xi to calling her, but they forget her real name. On the day of the wedding, according to local customs, the bride enters the cave house, and the villagers, regardless of gender, age or age, can laugh and tease the bride to their heart's content, and sometimes even make the bride cry. Gao Shulan was no exception, and the night of the cave room became a noise. Diao Shugui, a man in his fifties, should be an uncle by seniority, and asked Gao Shulan for cigarettes. Gao Shulan handed him a cigarette, he blew out the match, teased it twice, and sprayed all the saliva on the bride's face. Gao Shulan was calm, took out five matches, lit one, and pointed at Diao Shugui's mustache. Diao Shugui screamed in pain, turned around and fled. The brave Song Xiaoshan then teased the bride, and his words were ridiculous, causing everyone to laugh. Gao Shulan dealt with it happily, and even made a little joke with Song Xiaoshan and dragged him into the bed. This cave house drama has become a legend in the village.
With the passage of time, Gao Shulan became Zhu Ermei. The name stands for wild and vulgar in the Northeast dialect. However, Zhu Erqi is not a person to be messed with. Once, the naughty ghost Gu Wenlin in the village stroked her hair, and she rode on him to question him, and from then on, Gu Wenlin never dared to provoke her again. Her personality made the people of the village gradually respect her.
Time flies, in the autumn of 1973, Zhu Erfat's man had an accident while pulling beans for the production team and injured his right leg. After resuming work, the production team compensated, but Zhu Erqi thought it was a work injury and asked for more work. During the argument, she came to me for help. At the brigade headquarters, she defended herself so loudly that she even unbuttoned her trousers and wandered around, claiming that the captain had made her bloody. In order to resolve the conflict, I communicated with the captain, and finally the captain compromised and made up two jobs. This past is still vivid in my mind.
Today, I met Zhu Erfat again. Her daughter married an elementary school teacher and became a principal. The eldest son works in other places, and the younger son stays at home to farm. Although she has been widowed for many years, she has lived a happy and healthy life in her old age under the care of her children. When parting, she smiled and talked about the past, with a nostalgia for her hometown, and a trace of emotion welled up in my heart.