It starts from here again
It starts from here again
One person, one grave, one tombstone.
"Plum Auntie, I'm leaving. I'll go bring back your other son and we'll keep you company every day. Let you be happy every day." Zhao Guodong knelt in front of the simple grave, kowtowing three times.
Bingcun, originally named Zhaojiacun, was renamed because most of the men in the village were soldiers.
Zhao Guodong also left this village 28 years ago, he was a soldier too.
"Guo Dong Ge." "A small head poked out from the door gap," Guo Dong Ge, what are you doing?
"Fish basket." A burly young man waved his hand at the small head, "How's that? Puppy, isn't my craftsmanship pretty good?"
Gouwa is the son of Aunt Mei, Zhao Guotang's neighbor. The two families' walls are adjacent to each other, and Gouwa is five years younger than him. Since Zhao Guotang can remember, he has never seen Gouwa's father, nor has anyone mentioned what his surname or name was.
"Guo Dongge, mother doesn't let me go to the river to catch fish anymore." Dawei looked a bit down. "Mother said I have to cut pig grass today, or else she won't let me eat dinner."
"Never mind, let's go catch fish first. Then I'll go with you to cut pig grass." Zhao Guotang patted Dog Wa on the shoulder.
"Really?" Dogwa was somewhat skeptical. "You still haven't made good on the turtle you lost to me in that bet last time."
"This time I'll give you two turtles, consider it as interest."
"Alright, it's settled then, no backing out."
The distant mountains blocked more than half of the sun, and the person basking in it was languid, as if stretching a lazy waist.
"What's so funny?" Zhao Guotang looked at the silly Dogwa beside him, feeling a bit depressed. In order to find him, he had carried enough pig feed for three pigs to eat for two days, but Dogwa only took those two fish.
"Huh?" Dog Wa was very annoyed that Zhao Guo Teng interrupted his proud expression. "I'm watching the fish."
"In the past two days, we caught over 10 fish, but I've never seen you smile like that."
"Guo Dongge, what do you think my great name should be?" Dog Wa didn't care if Zhao Guo Dong would answer him or not, and continued to indulge in his own thoughts. "I think it will be especially impressive, once I say it out loud, all the kids in the village will kneel down and call me 'Your Majesty'. My mother said that with a great name, I can attend school, write my own name, write letters to Father, and even become the village head."
The village had a rule that when boys turned 15, the elder of the village would give them a great name. Dogwa was exactly 15 years old this year and in a few months he would have his great name. Every time he thought about having a powerful great name soon, Dogwa couldn't help but feel proud and complacent.
"Stop daydreaming, you'll know when the time comes." Zhao Guotang looked at the dog-wa who was drooling and kicked him lightly "The sun is setting soon, your mother will spank your butt again."
"Ah! Why didn't you say so earlier? It's all over, let's hurry up and leave, it's all because of you that I'm stuck catching fish with you."
The two finally walked to Doggie's house before sunset.
"Dogwa, pig grass hit back and put it next to the pigpen." A woman's voice came out from inside the house hearing the movement in the yard.
"Plum Auntie, I caught two fish, let's cook them at your place." Zhao Guotang put down the pig feed and shouted a greeting towards the house.
"Guo Dong has arrived." The door curtain was lifted, and Mei Aunt, wearing a blue plaid dress, wiped her hands on her apron while calling out, "Sit down first, pour yourself some water, I'll go get the meal ready for you."
It's not that Aunt Mei is a particularly good-looking woman, but she's very pleasing to the eye. From the time Zhao Guotang was young, he had always been living at Aunt Mei's house, and it wasn't until he could take care of himself and cook his own meals that he moved into a broken-down hut vacated by the village head. No matter what, Aunt Mei would often go to sweep Zhao Guotang's floor and wash his clothes.
When Zhao Guotang was 15 years old, according to the rules, he should have taken a big name. The village chief said that Zhao Guotang was an orphan and had no surname, so it was impossible to take a big name. Aunt Mei said, his surname is Zhao. The village chief waved his pen and wrote: Zhao Guotang.
Zhao Guozhu had also asked Aunt Mei if she was his mother, and Aunt Mei always said, "I am your aunt."
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