vines and melons

Chapter 22

On the night before her wedding, she had a dream. In the fields, she was looking around in a daze. There was a man standing in the rapeseed field. He was tall and burly. .The golden canola flowers are alluring and beautiful, and Gui Zhi likes them, and she even wants to go closer to see if that person is a good harvest!She walked over with big strides, her vision blurred as she walked, she rubbed her eyes, and when she opened her eyes again, the man disappeared, the rapeseed field turned into a pumpkin field, and the pumpkin seedlings in front of her had three growths. Pumpkins, one big, two small ones, bright and shiny, and the small ones still have flower stalks.Gui Zhi was startled in his lost heart, and woke up, "kuang, kuang kuang." outside the gate was playing watch.Guizhi counted it exactly at 12 o'clock.I heard my mother said before that with 12 o'clock as the boundary, the first half of the night is for family members, the second half of the night is for outsiders, and 12 o'clock is for myself.Because the homonym of pumpkin is sad, this dream haunted her for many days.

Fang Qiong woke up and cried for milk, and Gui Zhi's memories were interrupted.

She hugged Fang Qiong in her arms, and accidentally rubbed her feet against Fang Jie who was sleeping on the top of her feet. She felt terrified, as if she understood something, she quickly shook her head and said to herself: Where is this going?

The more she thought about it, the more strange she felt, and the more afraid she became. Could it be that Fang Jie's inexplicable crying was somewhere? !
No longer sleepy, she struck a match and lit the oil lamp, put on her clothes, and walked back and forth in the kiln restlessly.

Time!You just go quickly!

The halo of the kerosene lamp swayed back and forth along with the wind brought by Guizhi's walking body. In her agitation, she saw the lamp licking the oil bottle and scattering downward. The dying flame, the remnant flame was protected, shaking tremblingly, and rekindled. At that time, the lamp was completely extinguished, and Gui Zhi didn't have the heart to light it anymore, so he lay down with his clothes on.

There was still a long way to go before the sky turned white. Fang Qingniang came to Guizhi's kiln door with her little feet, patted on the kiln door, and called out to the crack of the door: "Guizhi, get up, I'm getting late."

Gui Zhi heard her mother-in-law calling, got up and opened the door.

At this time, it was already 4:5, and it was time to get up and prepare for the 20:[-] train.

Fang Qingniang dressed Fang Jie and said, "Go there, tell your father, don't worry about Ye Ye and me, we are in good health."

Fang Jie said sleepily, "Grandma, I see."

As soon as Fang Jie mentioned going to her father's place, she became excited, because there would be good food to eat at her father's place.

"I just know the child, when to shout, when to wake up, I am not confused at all." Fang Qingniang buttoned Fang Jie, then pulled Fang Jie's jacket front, turned her head and said to Gui Zhi: "Since you have gone, don't come back in a hurry , and wait for Fang Qing to come back together when the four of you are on vacation."

Guizhi gave a casual "hmm", and said in his heart: I don't know how Fang Qing's condition is?Fang Qing was critically ill, Gui Zhi didn't dare to tell his in-laws, but only said that Fang Qing was a little busy recently, and she went to cook for him.

Everything was ready, and finally Guizhi tied Fang Qiong around her back with a wide belt. Guizhi learned this from the southerners.Gui Zhi carried Fang Qiong on her back, carrying the bag in her left hand, and Fang Jie in her right hand, and walked out of the kiln door.

The mother-in-law "hell!" locked the kiln door, closed the damper, and walked in front to turn on the flashlight for Guizhi and her daughter.

Fang Wanxi yelled in the kiln: Jie, you have to pull up your mother's clothes when getting on and off the car!
Before leaving, Fang Qing's grandmother insisted on giving Fang Jie the only flashlight in the house and said, "It's dark, and I'm stumbling on the road, let your mother shine it."

Guizhi knew that when her parents-in-law got up at night, they couldn't light a match for a long time and wanted to use a flashlight, but she insisted not to, saying, "The sky should be clear after a while, and it's an old road."

In the end, Fang Qingniang couldn't hold back her daughter-in-law, so she stood in the middle of the road with a flashlight and showed it to her daughter-in-law and granddaughter, her little feet kept moving forward.Guizhi and Fang Jie kept persuading her to go home quickly.Gui Zhi and Fang Jie waved their hands at the end of the light beam and headed straight for the train station.

Fang Qingniang turned her head and went home, wiped the latch, and lay down. The old couple reminisced about the taste of the Chinese New Year reunion, and the two old faces knit into two flowers in the darkness.

(End of this chapter)