(a).
In our village, people who are about the same age as me know the love story of Xiu and Qiang.
Xiu and Qiang are people from the same village, starting from a small age, Xiu and Qiang are inseparable, two little guesses, childhood sweethearts, in the eyes of the people in the village, they are a pair of iron when they grow up, and they are also the most daring, public and envious pair of our era.
Xiuqingxiu is diligent, her family is poor, her father is frail, and her mother is deaf and dumb. Kexiu picked up the burden of the family from a young age, and kept the house tidy every day before going to school.
The Qiang family is a wealthy family in the village, and there are 60 cattle at home, and they kill one to sell every New Year's Day.
Xiu and Qiang interact with each other, adults don't do the same thing, they all say that children play at home, let them play together, it is okay for the people of the same village, plus the conditions of the Xiu family and the Qiang family are very different, Qiang's parents will not look down on the Xiu family, and the people in the village think so.
With the passage of time, the small river by the village gave birth to willow trees by the river, and slowly grew. Xiu and Qiang also read the third grade of junior high school together, at this time Xiu became as beautiful as a hibiscus out of the water, Qiang also became a handsome boy who was praised by everyone, the two got along day and night, grew up together, and after returning home from school on weekends and holidays, they always sat quietly under the willow tree by the river every evening, looked at the stars and moon in the sky, talked about ideals, and looked forward to a better future.
God always loves to play tricks on people. During the vacation of the last semester of junior high school. One night, Xiu waited for Qiang under the willow tree by the river early, and he didn't see Qiang's shadow for a long time, thinking that Qiang's family had something to do, so he returned home after a night of meditation. The next morning, Xiu went to walk under the willow tree by the river, and when she saw Qiang sitting alone, she was very happy and ran to Qiang's side.
Hey, what's wrong?Xiu asked.
For a long time, he didn't answer. Xiu leaned over to see that there were two lines of tears on Qiang's face.
What's wrong?Say yes. Xiu was anxious.
Strong or not spoken. Xiu had no choice but to go to Qiang's house to ask.
Walking into the courtyard of Qiang's house, only Qiang's mother was drying grain.
Auntie, what's wrong?Why are you crying?”
Xiu was in a hurry.
It's okay, you go home. Qiang's mother coped.
Xiu was helpless, and when she left Qiang's house, she found that she felt cold in her heart, so she slowly walked home.
As soon as she arrived at her door, Xiu was stopped by Aunt Wang.
Show, you don't know?Aunt Wang said.
What do you know?Xiu asked.
The Qiang family will be engaged to Qiang tomorrow, and Li Lei, the daughter of the boss of Shangzhai Li, their family is really a good ......"Aunt Wang has something to say.
Xiu didn't want to listen to Aunt Wang's words anymore, she turned around and ran to the river to find Qiang to understand.
You're getting engaged?Xiu asked anxiously.
Qiang nodded and shook his head again.
You agreed, say something," Xiu said anxiously.
What can I do!"Qiang yelled at the sky.
You don't agree!Xiu hugged Qiang and shook it fiercely.
My father said that if I didn't agree, he wouldn't send me to high school, but I wanted to study!He roared heartbreakingly, his body shaking.
Xiu hugged Qiang tightly and cried for half an hour, she suddenly let go, took a step, and walked in the direction ......of home as if she had lost her soul
b) Show and Qiang beat that river under the willow tree after separation. Qiang had no intention of devoting himself to Xi again, and lost his name to Sun Shan in the middle school examination that year, and two years later, he married Li Lei according to his parents and had a daughter.
Li Lei is a young lady, she can only eat, drink and have fun, run to the county every day to fool around with her sisters in the rivers and lakes, and she was dragged down by the strong who worked at home, learned to smoke and drink, dirty clothes, half stick and half dump, and lived a Q-style life. Li Lei saw Qiang's negativity and spiritual desolation, and found that it was not the kind of man she wanted, divorced Qiang, and lost her daughter to Qiang. From then on, Qiang often brought wine to the river under the willow tree to drink, and when he drank it, he was so drunk that he fell down and went home.
The day after the separation under the willow tree by the river, Xiu packed his bags in helplessness and pain and went to find his cousin who worked in Guangdong to work in the factory. Xiu is a diligent peasant girl, but also a new Chinese, 5 years after entering the factory, she was mentioned to the supervision of the factory, Xiu bought a house by her own efforts, learned to drive, her conditions are superior, that is, she never considers finding the other half, and never returns to her hometown.
Time flies. Xiu and Qiang are approaching 46 years old. Affected by the epidemic in recent years, the efficiency of the factory was not good, and Xiu returned to his hometown.
In the days when she returned home, Xiu rarely went out or went for a walk, especially under the willow trees by the river, because it was her sad place.
The village carried out river construction, and Xiu donated money. The village leaders invited Xiu to go to the scene for guidance.
The river is built through the river under the willow trees. As everyone walked here, a middle-aged man with dirty clothes got up from the ground and hurriedly walked away, leaving behind a body of alcohol. "This Uncle Qiang drinks again, divorced and no longer wants a wife, he comes here every day to drink stuffy, I have to carry him home a few days ago, he seems to have a very heavy heart, I heard his family say that Uncle Qiang's brain is a little demented, hey, it's difficult. Xiao Liu, a member of the village-based work team who came with him, said.
After Xiu listened to Xiao Liu's words, he looked at Qiang's departing embarrassed figure, and tears flowed in his heart, "Qiang Ah Qiang, I know what you are thinking!."”
From then on, every time Qiang went to drink under the willow tree by the river, Mr. Xiu followed him, silently, and after Qiang had drunk enough, he watched him go home and ......... silently
Author: Huang Zening, born in 1970, Zhuang nationality, from Tianlin County, Baise City, Guangxi, bachelor's degree in Chinese language and literature, certified writer of China Writers Database, member of Baise Writers Association. His works have been scattered in "China Network", "China Civilization Network", "Guangxi Civilization Network", "Guangxi **", "Guangxi News Network", "Youjiang **", "Baise News Network" and "March 3" magazine.