The man who used two cornfields to feed his family left...

In 1980, a big event happened in our village - Yang Ming found a daughter-in-law.

Why is it a big deal to find a daughter-in-law? Yang Ming was in his thirties at the time. His appearance was ugly, his face was wrinkled, like a rag that had been pressed by a truck for several days. The right side of his face had a long, blue-red scar, and the teeth in his mouth were still jagged. .....

According to my grandfather, when Yang Ming was 20 years old, he had a dispute with a foreigner on the construction site. The reason was that Yang Ming said, "I have a bottle of wine here. Do you want to drink it?" A stone was vague, and the outsider heard it: "I have a pool of urine here, do you want to drink it?" The angry outsider rushed into the kitchen and took out a sharp knife, slashing at Yang Ming's face, Blood flowed out immediately.

Since then, a scary scar has appeared on Yang Ming's face. The original face was ugly. This scar made it even worse, making this face even more disgusting. The women in the village turned away when they saw him. Yang Ming is also an interesting person. Since that incident, he has become less talkative. When walking on the road and meeting a girl he knows or doesn't know, he consciously hides in the cornfield and waits for the girl to walk away. After that, slip out again.

Because of a scar, an upright person has lived as a "thief" who is afraid of the sun.

Yang Ming was an only child. At that time, there were not many families with only one child. Because of poor medical conditions and insufficient nutrition, the child was very easy to die after birth. Therefore, at that time, each family had five or six children.

I asked my grandfather, "Why do you have to give birth if you can't feed it?"

Grandpa said: "I saw a lot of babies in other families, and I felt that I was behind, so I gave birth to them. Now everyone is fighting for education. In the past, they were good at giving birth to babies. a."

Back then, Yang Ming's mother went into the coal cave to dig coal with his father as soon as he gave birth. This may be fate. As soon as they entered the coal cave, the cave collapsed with a bang, and the two were crushed to death.

Yang Ming was only a full moon when his parents died.

The coal cave gave a pension of 20,000 yuan, but no one knew whose pocket the money went into. At that time, Yang Ming was just a month old, and no one went to find out where the money went. Everyone just remembered that time. Whichever family gave birth to a baby, they took Yang Ming to drink milk. To be precise, it was "borrowing milk". Yang Ming was a man with a big life.

Yang Ming has no parents, no siblings, and his only assets are the two-bedroom hut and two cornfields. The hut was built with government funding in 1970, and he moved a few stones from the back mountain and built it casually. The cornfield was given to his parents when the land was distributed, so it was naturally left to him. Land is not like money, and no one can take it out of thin air.

He is ugly, his family is weak, and he can't speak clearly, but he has a big life. He was slashed in the face without cutting a major blood vessel; he lost his parents just after one month, but he was able to drink Baijia's milk and survived; everyone agreed that When he couldn't find his wife, a girl came to him.

That day, he got an electric meter from somewhere, and was chiseling copper wire with a hammer at the door and taking it to the town to sell it. At this time, the village party secretary brought an ordinary-looking, small-sized woman with braids.

"Lao Yang, clean up the house, here are the guests."

Yang Ming glanced at the girl, and when he saw the smug look in the village party secretary's eyes, he instantly understood. He threw the broken electric meter aside, took out two stools, and brought out two bowls of water in a porcelain bowl, and handed one to the secretary, who waved his hand to express his refusal, and brought it to the girl, who took it. He drank it in one breath, then laughed. When the secretary introduced the girl's situation, Yang Ming took a peek at the girl, and then lowered his head shyly.

A man in his thirties, sitting so close to a girl for the first time, he is also an emotional person and blushing when he meets a girl.

The secretary pulled Yang Ming aside and said quietly, "Maybe you have also discovered that she has a problem with her brain, but everything else is normal. If you can give birth and support, you also know your own situation, so just let it go."

Yang Ming did not despise this flawed woman, and he was very grateful to the secretary.

The woman's name is Lei Yan, and Lei Yan's appearance made Yang Ming smell the breath of life for the first time.

That night, Yang Ming and Lei Yan were lying on the same bed. His heart was pounding, and he had been lying alone for more than 30 years. Suddenly there was a warm person beside him, like a fire in the house. Yang Ming felt that that night was the warmest night since he was born.

Not long after, Lei Yan gave birth to a baby.

The first child, a boy, was lucky enough to survive and was named Yangpi. The second child died within a few days. The next two children unfortunately died due to various reasons. By the time the fifth child was a girl, she was lucky to survive and named Yang Hui.

After that, there was no rebirth. The Yang Ming family had only two children, a boy and a girl. Both of these children inherited the mother's disease, and their spirits were somewhat abnormal. They often hung their heads and leaned against the door in a daze.

Yang Ming was very strong, so the nearby masons took him to work with him, but he was careless, couldn't speak clearly, and had some problems with his ears. To lift the steel bar, he took the screwdriver... Later, the foreman gave him a few hundred dollars to let him find another way out.

At that time, there were only two paths for a person like him to choose, either to be a mason or a farmer, Yang Ming could only choose the latter.

Since I lost my job as a mason, the family has less financial resources. The two children are still young, and they are both old and have a lot of expenses. Yang Ming sat at the door with a dry cigarette all night. The next morning, Lei Yan opened the door and saw that there were a lot of burnt leaf cigarettes piled up at the door.

Lei Yan cleaned the door. Although she was stupid, she knew how to work. She kept the things she had to do every day in her heart, which lightened a lot of burdens for Yang Ming. After breakfast, Yang Ming took a family, a hoe and a sickle, and walked towards the cornfield.

The two plots of land are not small in size. When the government allocated them, considering the economic difficulties of his family, they deliberately divided two large plots of land. They were backed by the hillside, with abundant rain, and there were no trees in the east. The yield of growing corn is several times that of others.

Yang Ming thought about it all night. Since he can't do anything else, why not just do what he is best at. Farmers should live in the fields, live in the fields, die in the fields, and be buried in the fields.

During the harvest, Yang Ming's corn was thick and large, and the corn kernels were full, and everyone said it was good when they saw it.

Everyone thinks that his family's crops are grown well, not because of Yang Ming's skill, but because of the location of the land. He needs light and water.

So, someone began to play the idea of ​​his home. There was a businessman in the village named Wang Jun, who fell in love with Yang Ming's treasure land, and sent someone to inquire. Yang Ming knew that the land was his only source of income, and the whole family depended on it for food, so he sent Wang Jun to the place. Those who came were blasted away.

If it is too soft, it will be hard. Seeing that Yang Ming will not sell the land, Wang Jun and others start to do it. They use steel pipes to break Yang Ming's legs. Wang Jun lost tens of thousands of dollars, Yang Ming's legs were also disabled, and he was limping when he walked, but he was dead, with scars and a lame leg, and he was still alive as if nothing had happened. It's not that the fate is big, but that it can be seen.

Grandpa's house is not far from Yang Ming's house, separated by several houses, and the two often hang out. One day, my grandfather asked Yang Ming, "The price that Wang Jun offered is quite high. After the land is sold, it is enough to buy a few larger ones. Why not sell it?"

Yang Ming said vaguely: "That's what my parents left, two pieces of land, one for my father and one for my mother, if I sell it, it is like selling my parents, who would sell their own parents? Woolen cloth?"

Grandpa and Yang Ming both laughed.

After Yang Ming's legs fell, it was inconvenient to walk. When the corn was harvested in the field, the basket on his back was also smaller than before. He felt that he was really old and his strength was not as good as before. Yang Pi and Yang Hui were also of school age, and the leader said that it would be better for them to go to the field than to go to school. The two fools couldn't learn anything, and they paid tuition fees in vain.

However, Yang Ming said: "I am stupid in the first place. If I don't read, I will be even more stupid. If you want to grow crops, you should also read books. Don't delay."

Yang Pi was expelled after one year of schooling, because he injured his classmates. Yang Ming asked him why he beat others. Yang Pi was dumbfounded and didn’t speak. The classmate said that he was farting all the time in class, and we couldn't stand the smell, so we had to push him outside the classroom. Who would have thought that when we touched him, he would slap him with a fist.

Yang Ming looked at his child with a helpless expression, angry and pitiful. He knew that his son did not do this on purpose, just because he didn't understand.

But for the safety of their children, other parents urged the school to expel Yang Pi.

After Yangpi returned home, he became a farmer completely, either helping with hoeing in the fields or doing small labor with other masons. The wages of small laborers were lower, but for their family, it was not bad.

In 1998, Yang Pi was 17 years old, and Yang Hui was also of school age. Before going to school, Yang Ming repeatedly told him not to fight with others.

Yang Hui was placed in the last row, sitting alone in the back corner of the classroom. She was the one furthest away from the blackboard.

One day, there was a stench in the classroom. Everyone covered their noses and hated each other. A classmate suddenly said loudly, "Teacher, it's Yang Hui. She's in her pants."

Everyone laughed, and from then on, everyone gave Yang Hui the nickname "Cuckoo Dog".

The classmates threw the garbage into the corner where Yang Hui was sitting, which had become a garbage station. After class, everyone gathered around, and students from other classes came to watch. Yang Hui, who was looked at by countless pairs of eyes, just smiled stupidly. Maybe she always remembered what her father said: "It doesn't matter what others do, just be yourself."

Later, the situation became more serious, there was often a stench in the classroom, the principal called Yang Ming to the school and explained the matter, but Yang Ming knelt directly in front of the principal: "Principal, I have no choice. They all told her to change and wash her pants, to ensure that it would not affect the teacher's class, but only hope that the child can stay in the classroom, even if he can learn a word."

Later, Yang Hui was not expelled, nor did she smell again, but she was still sitting in the last row, and her classmates still called her by her nickname.

In 2008, when Yang was nearly 60 years old next year, the village checked the low-income households, and Yang Ming's family was undoubtedly selected. Whenever there was a heavy rain, his toilet would overflow and sewage would be everywhere.

In order not to affect the lives of the people around him, the government invested in building a toilet next to his hut, with a white exterior wall and silver aluminum alloy windows, which is similar to the toilet of a wealthy family in the city. The delicate toilet is next to his dilapidated house. Together, it seems a little out of place.

Yang Ming is a traditional person. It can also be said that he is a feudal and conservative person. In recent years, many people in the village will not burn paper for sacrifices during the festivals. But Yang Ming is different. Every Spring Festival, whether he has money or not, he will go to the street to buy a bunch of firecrackers, a pack of paper money and two couplets.

Grandpa said that although Yang Ming had an unfortunate family, he couldn't see what was on his mind. He always had a smile on his face, as if all the troubles of life would vanish with him.

All these things about Yang Ming were told by my grandfather one night after Yang Ming's funeral. Yang Ming died without warning last week. From my grandfather's mouth, we learned a lot about Yang Ming. A well-known bitter past.

Last month, a man with a hunchback came to Yang Ming's house to propose a marriage, and the object of the proposal was Yang Hui.

Yang Hui is in her twenties. Although she dropped out of school early, because she has been in school for more than 3 years, she is no longer smirking under the influence of the surrounding environment.

Someone came to propose, Yang Ming was very happy, others brought a lot of gifts, he had nothing more valuable, just caught two chickens and a piece of bacon for the hunchback man to take back. The grandfather said that on the day of the proposal, Yang Ming came to the grandfather's yard with a cane and kept talking, as if he wanted to say the words of his life.

He said, "Someone has taken a fancy to my Xiaohui, and she is lucky. I'm going to be a grandfather, and I still don't know what it's like to be a grandfather."

My grandfather said: "Don't be envious, it's just noisy and panicky, and a bunch of children are making it uncomfortable."

Yang Ming said, "You are in the midst of happiness and do not know your happiness."

Yang Hui left home on the 30th of last month. There was suddenly one person missing from the house. Yang Ming felt like something was missing. He used a stick to look at the two plots. Flashlight to go again.

Grandpa met him and said, "Why do you run several times a day? The ground doesn't have wings, so you can't fly."

Yang Ming said, "I just don't feel relieved. I want to stay in the ground all the time and smell the soil, so I feel at ease." Later, Yang Hui came back several times and left without staying overnight.

On a sunny afternoon last week, Lei Yan was eating noodles on the threshold outside the house, Yang Pi was knocking coals in the yard, and heard his father calling him to take something. Yang Pi hurriedly picked up his father, but he couldn't wake up no matter how he shook it, Lei Yan shouted loudly, and everyone came over to take a look, only to realize that Yang Ming was out of breath. Yang Pi's eyes were dazed, and two lines of hot tears flowed out. He probably didn't know what death was, but when his father lay in his arms and didn't respond no matter how much he shouted, he could also feel the pain caused by death.

With the help of the surrounding neighbors, Yang Ming's funeral lasted for 3 days. He was buried in those two fields, because he said that staying there would make him comfortable.

My grandfather told us not to step on the seedlings emerging from the soil when passing through the two fields, because it is extremely difficult for them to break through the soil.