Text: Zhang Mingcheng
Manuscript recommendation Sun Fengzhang
in the original text
1) Just after the sting, March in the north is still a little depressed, and the clear glow spit out by the moonlight is also dry and cold, and the mother-in-law has just budded.
Early in the morning, Wang Ming's wife was chattering in the house, her little roe deer had not eaten or drunk for two or three days, huddled in the corner of the firewood house, thin skin and bones, and looked at the owner who fed it water with two godless eyes.
What a deal! What a deal! What should I do if I am worried about death? ”
Wang Ming's face was full of sadness, and his wife brought a bottle of condensed milk, squatted down and approached the little roe deer, trying to breastfeed. The little roe deer didn't even lift his head.
In charge, why don't you go and ask Sanxiao if you want to buy our roe deer? ”
You can also sell it cheaply! It's not worth a penny when you're dead. Wang Ming's wife said anxiously to her husband.
It's all your fault, Sanxiao paid 500 yuan to buy it at that time, but you just didn't sell it! That's good, the roe deer is dying, but you let me ......"The two of you say a word, I say a word, complaining to each other.
2) The third small family lives in the west of the village, is in their forties, and wants to be a single person back then, idling around all day long, playing money and cards.
I heard that a few years ago, I did some indiscriminate work of digging graves and digging graves, and I also spent several years in prison, but after I was released from prison, I went back to the village to stop.
The village party secretary is a warm-hearted good leader, in order to put him on the right path, he did not listen to the dissuasion of others, helped him borrow 30,000 yuan in cash in the credit union, and bought some small-tailed Han sheep from Inner Mongolia for him to raise, one to respond to the policy of the Belt and Road Initiative, and the other to help those poor households get rid of poverty as soon as possible.
In the past few years, the sheep handed over to him by the branch secretary have been fat and strong, and the lambs have bred one after another, and the small life is beautiful. Today's Sanxiao is not a scoundrel in the past, he has become a family, and he has built three new large tiled houses in his own courtyard, and married back a yellow flower girl. His daughter-in-law also gave birth to a chubby son.
Are the three little brothers at home? Are the three little brothers at home? Wang Ming stood at the gate of the three small schools and shouted twice at the house.
Who? - Is it Brother Wang Ming? After a while, Sanxiao came out of the house and walked towards the gate.
Brother Wang Ming, what's going on early in the morning? ”
Three little brothers, it's still my little roe deer, your sister-in-law asked me to ask if you still want to buy it? ”
Why, you don't raise it? The animal is so precious, why are you willing to sell it? Sanxiao said mockingly.
Your sister-in-law said that you have sheep at home, and the little animal is easy to raise with the sheep, and it can't be raised at my house. ”
Your sister-in-law also said that if you want it, I will sell it to you cheaper. ”
Well, I know Brother Wang Ming. You go back first, and I'll take a look later! Wang Ming left in a daze.
3) At noon, the loudspeaker of the village committee sounded, first with an opera "Hitting the Golden Branch", and then several pop songs. Then came the voice of the village secretary: "Hey! Feed! ......Attention villagers! Attention villagers! I'll tell you something today, this ......Today, I received a notice from the Longshan Reservoir that the reservoir will open the gate tomorrow to release water, and I hope that every household must tidy up the canals in their fields today. Another is to take good care of your own children and don't let them go out to play, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble. There is another thing - that is, the day after tomorrow the township will send a batch of fertilizer to our village, I hope you don't forget to come to the village branch to receive fertilizer! ”
As soon as the loudspeaker of the village committee stopped to speak, Wang Ming's wife hurriedly ran out of the gate and looked around.
The three small families lived in the west of the village, and at this time, they only saw a few children walking hurriedly after school, and they couldn't see the shadow of the three children.
Strange, I said I was going to come over, why didn't I see a shadow after this meeting! Wang Ming's wife muttered to herself.
Mother! I'm out of school! Behind him came the voice of his daughter.
Ni, it's back! You go back to the house first, Mom is waiting for your third uncle. ”
Well! The daughter went back to the house.
At lunchtime, there was still no shadow of Sanxiao. Wang Ming's daughter asked his father while putting vegetables in the bowl.
Dad, my Chinese teacher asked each of the students to write an essay on caring for the ecological environment, protecting nature and protecting wild animals today, many students have written it and handed it in, I can't write it, can you explain it to me? The daughter looked up and asked her father.
Your mother has written good essays since she was a child, so let your mother help you tutor. ”
I don't know why, my daughter's words just now seemed to prick one of his nerves.
These days, since he brought back the little roe deer from the mountains, he has been hiding it from his daughter, for fear that her daughter will tell the children in the village after she finds out, especially Meimei, the granddaughter of the branch secretary.
Mei Mei and his daughter are the best friends, and they often come to his house to play on weekdays.
Just make up a story and write about the memories that a little animal left on you. ”
Cats! Dogs, whatever......”
Wang Ming's wife prevaricated her daughter.
Mom, that day, the teacher talked about tadpoles looking for their mothers in class, and the students in the class cried after listening to it! ”
Mother, how pitiful the little tadpole is! I have lost my mother since I was a child......”
There were tears on her daughter's little face. The words just now were like a sharp awl, which directly pierced Wang Ming's heart.
Wang Ming looked up at the white clouds floating in the blue sky outside the window, and felt a faint pain in his heart.
4) Three days ago, Wang Ming went to the mountains. Their village is Wuliwan, not far from the big mountain opposite, and it takes about two hours to climb the mountain on foot.
Although the mountain road is rugged, Wang Ming runs into the mountains twice in three days, and he is familiar with the road. Every time I come back from the mountains, I always get a lot of harvest.
Pheasants and hares often do not fail, he usually hunts wild animals and has unique skills. By its set of rabbits is even more expert.
Some time ago, he was wandering around the mountains and noticed that several roe deer were shuttling through the forest, and they were agile. So, he began to make up his mind about the roe deer. After pondering for a long time, he tied a thick wire to the tree pole where roe de roe often haunted. Coincidentally, a little roe deer was trapped, and when I went up the mountain the next day, I found that the little roe deer was exhausted from struggling, and there was a slight injury to the calf. Wang Ming tied the four hooves of the roe deer with a rope and secretly carried the little roe deer back with a bamboo basket.
That day, when Sanxiao came back from buying cigarettes from the commissary, he passed by the gate of Wang Ming's house, and heard the conversation between Wang Ming and his wife in the yard.
At that time, I saw Wang Ming holding the injured little guy hard, and his wife was sprinkling medicine and bandaging the injured part of the roe deer leg.
Sanxiao usually hears people say that roe deer meat and roe deer skin are valuable. The roe deer leg can also be used as a smoke pot for smoking hookah. I thought to myself, if I can raise this little guy, I will definitely be able to sell it for a good price. So, he discussed with Wang Ming to make a deal.
Wang Ming's wife looked at Sanxiao's sincere face, and thought to herself, Sanxiao, this guy is usually a thief, the things he likes must be valuable, and his family's adult sheep are not only worth 500 yuan when they sell one.
After thinking about it again, Wang Ming's wife rejected Sanxiao at that time. Sanxiao touched the nail, and when he left the gate of Wang Ming's house, he said to Wang Ming's wife: "Sister-in-law, don't worry!" The two of you will discuss it again, and it will not be too late for the two of you to discuss it and sell it to me. After saying that, he walked away.
5) Liu Manjiao, the village party secretary of Wuliwan Village who has been elected for two consecutive terms, is sixty-eight years old this year, with a scruffy face, and usually does not like to trim the edges, but his personality is quite easy-going, and he has won the love and support of the villagers.
His only hobby is to smoke a few puffs of orchid cigarettes, and a large smoking pot with a jujube wood pole does not leave his mouth all year round. Even when I got up in the middle of the night, I didn't forget to crawl in the quilt and draw matches, and secretly smoke a few puffs.
For this reason, my wife was angry and moved the bedding roll to the west room to sleep alone. A village party secretary who led more than 1,000 people became a single commander at night.
On weekdays, even his favorite little granddaughter Mei Mei is reluctant to go to him, thinking that his grandfather's orchid smoke smells uncomfortable......
At noon, the old party secretary had just come back from shouting from the loudspeaker of the village committee, and before his butt was sitting on the edge of the hot kang, the third junior hurriedly came to his house.
As soon as he entered the door, Sanxiao took out a box of Furong Wang cigarettes from his pocket, and hurriedly opened the cigarette box, took out a cigarette, and handed it to the old branch secretary.
Three small, what's going on at noon? The old branch secretary asked with a blank face.
Uncle Man, I want to give you a reflection. ”
What's the matter? You say. ”
Sanxiao raised his head and looked at the gate of the old branch secretary through the glass, and stopped talking.
What the hell is going on, you say! Don't spit it out, there are no outsiders in my house."
The old branch secretary put the cigarette in his hand into the ashtray on the kang, picked up his dry tobacco pouch casually, twisted a pot of orchid cigarettes, and smoked it with a match.
It's ......It's ......The matter of the little roe deer of Wang Ming's family,".
What happened to Wang Ming's family? , what about the little roe deer? ”
The old branch secretary was confused by the three little ones, and his brows were furrowed.
While asking Sanxiao, he took the thermos and cups from the cabinet, poured a full glass of water and handed it to Sanxiao.
Third little nephew, you drink saliva first, and talk about something slowly. ”
Sanxiao saw that the old branch secretary was in a hurry, so he poured out everything he had seen in Wang Ming's yard three days ago, the conversation between himself and Wang Ming's wife, and the story before and after Wang Ming went to the gate of his house to find him to sell roe deer.
The old branch secretary was speechless for a long time, bowed his head and pondered for a while, and then said to San**: Sanxiao, uncle didn't misunderstand you, the matter you reflected today is very timely, let me think about it, you go back first, I will go to Wang Ming's house to talk to him in the afternoon. "After the three-**, he left.
6) Tuk! Sincere! Sincere! A hurried knock on the door woke up the old branch secretary who had just been lying down for the afternoon from his sleep, and the old branch secretary sat up, rubbed his sleepy eyes, raised his head and shouted outside the door: "Who! Who? ”
Uncle Man, it's me - Wang Ming! ”
Well, it's Wang Ming? Come on in! ”
Wang Ming pushed the door of the book's house and walked in, followed by his wife.
The old branch secretary let Wang Ming into the house and beckoned him to sit down, and then poured two glasses of water and put them in front of them. said to Wang Ming: "By the way, Wang Ming, I am thinking about going to your house to talk about something in the afternoon."
The old branch secretary looked determined. Wang Ming didn't speak, his heart was flustered for a while, and then he had the courage to stabilize his mind.
Uncle Man, I also have something to talk to you about. ”
Oh, what's the matter? The old branch secretary first pretended not to know and asked tentatively.
Uncle, I was holding a little roe deer in the mountains a few days ago, and I haven't been able to bother to say hello to you these days, I feel a little inappropriate about this thing, you see, ...... you see?
Well, I know about it, and I'm going to go to your house to talk about it. In the past few years, it has been repeatedly ordered that it is strictly forbidden to capture and hunt wild animals, and we should all love nature and our hometown. ”
The old branch secretary said a lot in one breath, Wang Ming was stunned, and secretly wondered what the branch secretary said just now, who revealed the news about this matter, how did the branch secretary know, could he pinch it? It's weird.
What is the roe deer doing now? Eat well, don't you? ”
The branch secretary's words interrupted Wang Ming's speculation just now, and before Wang Ming could speak, his wife picked up the topic first.
Uncle Man, I am both at fault for this matter, thanks to my daughter's words at noon today, I reminded me during the meal, I think about it, and you have to give me an idea. ”
Niece and daughter-in-law, if you make a mistake, just change it, no one is perfect. ”
After the old branch secretary finished speaking, he smiled at Wang Ming and patted Wang Ming's shoulder.
Uncle, that roe deer hasn't eaten or drunk for three days, and I'm dying of sorrow! You can figure it out! ”
Oh! Is this really the case? ”
Don't worry......Don't worry......I'll immediately call Veterinarian Li in our village and ask him to think of a way, you two go back first and wait for news. ”
7) When the night fell, the little roe deer finally improved under the careful ** of Veterinarian Li, and the little guy first drank some goat milk that Sanxiao took from his house, and then ate some feed. The little roe deer's eyes began to glow, Wang Ming and his wife were overjoyed, and a smile finally bloomed on their faces. When Veterinarian Li left, he left Wang Ming a few glass bottles of potion and asked him to continue to feed the roe deer the next morning, and repeatedly told him to drink more water and not let the roe deer catch fire.
When he went to bed at night, Wang Ming was moved by compassion, and deliberately carried the little roe deer into a large bamboo basket, put some soft hay, and then carried the basket into the hall.
The first time my daughter saw such a cute little animal, she liked to touch the little roe deer, and she always loved it. The two of them looked at their daughter's happy appearance, and their uneasy hearts finally calmed down.
Mom, what's the name of this little animal? What about its mother? ”
Baby, this little animal is called a roe deer, its mother lives in the mountains, today your father heard that you have encountered difficulties in writing essays, specially invited the little roe deer to our house as a guest, tomorrow morning to send the little roe deer back. Wang Ming's wife looked at her daughter's cute appearance, and somehow lied again.
Mom, can you let the little roe deer stay in our house for a few more days? I love it! ”
Baby! You tell me? If the little roe deer leaves its mother, its mother will miss it! ”
Oh, well, let's have Daddy send the little roe deer back to the mountains to find its mother tomorrow. ”
The daughter entered a sweet sleep, and the two small dimples looked even more cute in the dream. Wang Ming and his wife put down a heavy burden, and the sorrow of the past few days was swept away today. The wife pillowed Wang Ming's arm and looked at her sleeping daughter, feeling an indescribable ease in her heart.
Wang Ming took his wife in his arms, and gradually, gradually, gradually, ......I fell asleep.
8) As soon as the day was dawning, Wang Ming got up early, and his wife made him a bowl of noodles and two poached eggs, and stuffed him with a bottle of boiled water and a few white flour buns in the dry food basket, which were dry food for entering the mountains. Wang Ming was afraid of waking up his sleeping daughter, so he quietly put the little roe deer gently into the bamboo basket, and in order to prevent the little roe deer from running away halfway, he covered the basket with a piece of cloth and wrapped the corners of the basket. Then he said goodbye to his wife and went into the mountains......
Today's sky is blue and blue, the air is particularly fresh, the gentle spring breeze blows on the face, soft, slippery, and the tender grass under the feet is like a cloud, soft and comfortable.
After climbing over a few mountain beams, Wang Ming finally came to the place where he put the little roe deer in the trap that day. In the forest, the sun shines through the dense foliage and on the lush green grass of the forest. The silent mountain was broken by the crisp chirping of birds in the trees.
Wang Ming put down the bamboo basket he was carrying behind him, stretched out his arm that was strangled by the rope, and looked around into the depths of the mountain, searching any corner in front of him.
After about a cup of tea, I heard a noise in the woods, and under the big tree in the distance, there was a faint animal the size of a deer shaking, and the vision became clearer and clearer, followed by a few mournful hisses, and like a hoarse whistle. Wang Ming hurriedly hid behind the big tree and quietly peeked ahead.
My God, isn't this a big roe deer, with a miserable cry, as if looking for some ...... from afar
Wang Ming almost screamed excitedly, at this time the bamboo basket on the ground also sounded, and the cloth covering the basket was also pushing upward, Wang Ming understood everything, this was the little roe deer heard its mother's call. He could no longer hold back the surging tide of his heart, he slowly crawled on the grass, crawled forward until he reached the bamboo basket, and then untied the cloth lump covering it and knocked the bamboo basket down. After a while, I saw the little roe deer come out of the basket, tilt his head and bark forward a few times. Under the big tree in front of him, the big roe deer also responded a few times, this heart-warming side, this reunion after a long absence, Wang Ming's eyes moistened, and tears fell down ......
The little roe deer stretched his legs and ran forward, and the big roe deer standing under the big tree also opened his legs to meet him, and the mother and child finally reunited, the big roe deer lowered his head and licked its child, and the kind eyes were full of maternal love, and also revealed the deep instinct of mother and child.
Facing the warm sun, Wang Ming walked back along the mountain road, the grass and trees in front of him, as if nodding to him, the ground under his feet seemed so thick, he felt very proud, and felt that in this spring, the little roe deer was no longer lonely......
About the Author: Zhang Mingcheng, pen name (Youlin Qingzhu), a native of Xinzhou, Shanxi, a member of the Shanxi Prose Literature Association, a member of the Fanzhi County Writers Association, a member of the Fanzhi County Yinglian Association, his works have been published in "Young Writers", "Dadu River", "Delta", "Shanxi Radio and Television News Xin Weekly", "Shanxi Science and Technology News", "Sichuan Humanities", "Sohu News", "Today's Headlines", "Tencent News" and other paper and electronic platforms, and has won many national competition awards.
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