C14 It Was Even Scarier than a Tiger

When the bamboo leaves ran out of the yard, raindrops began to fall from the sky.

She looked up at the dark clouds. Look at the way it's going, it's going to rain.

"Green Bamboo." Suddenly, someone called out to her from behind.

"Sigh!" The girl looked back and saw a thin old lady with small feet waving at her from the yard.

The old man had a head of silver hair, neatly combed. He had tied a knot at the back of his head, and there was an emerald hairpin inserted diagonally on it.

Although his face was wrinkled and slightly hunched, his eyes were bright and he gave off a scholarly aura.

It was Granny Yu, who lived next door.

It could be said that she was the best person in Stone Village for Qing Zhu.

In the early days, the old man came from a large family and fell in love with a blacksmith.

His parents were strongly opposed to their marriage because they thought the blacksmith's family was poor. She hardened her heart and directly eloped with her lover.

The two of them returned to the blacksmith's hometown, Stone Village, and lived a poor and happy life together.

Later, Granny Yu gave birth to two sons. Unfortunately, one died at the age of three. The other was in good health. When he grew up, he married his wife and gave birth to a boy. Then, at the age of thirty, working on the construction site, he accidentally fell from a high place and died.

Not long after, the daughter-in-law married off to another village. After his grandson grew up, he also went to work in the city. Now, only the old lady lived alone.

Grandmother Yu was eighty-eight years old this year. She was deaf and blind, but her heart wasn't too good and she couldn't do heavy work.

After the green bamboo finished her own farm work, she would often go over to help her chop firewood, fetch water, do some chores, and so on.

The grandson was very filial to the old lady, sending money back on time every month.

With this income, Granny Yu's life was better than the others', and she had two appliances at home.

A second-hand black and white TV and a small electric fan.

She was a warm and lively person. At the end of the week, the small house was filled with children who had come to watch TV. She was very happy, and she took out fructose and hawthorn to entertain the little children.

"Granny Yu, you came out for a stroll?" It's cloudy again. Why don't you go back to your room and rest? In case of rain, it's easy to catch cold. "

The green bamboo stood in the drizzle and grinned. However, when the wound appeared at the corner of his mouth, he couldn't help but hiss.

The old man pushed open the door and walked out into the courtyard. When he arrived before the girl, he immediately saw the wound on her lips. He could not help but wrinkle his nose and raise his hand to touch it.

"What happened to your face? Did Auntie hit you again? "

Green Bamboo turned his face to the side and avoided the old man's worry. He then said a lie, "No, I accidentally tripped a little just now and got a little bruised. It's fine."

Granny Yu shook her head and could not help but sigh in her heart.

Sigh, it's a pity that I didn't have a good family with such a good, sensible kid.

He was born thin and usually didn't have enough to eat or wear. He didn't have any mother around him.

I heard that he fell ill the moment he was born. It was finally cured after much difficulty.

Qiu Feng committed a crime, and Green Bamboo was also subjected to a lot of sarcastic remarks. Xu Zhu's health is not good, all day lying in the house, not worldly affairs. Qiu Hai was always gambling outside, so he didn't really care about her. That wicked aunt of hers bullied her every now and then, but no one in her family helped her talk.

He completely agreed with the old saying, "I am not close with my grandma, and my uncle does not love me."

Sometimes, when she was working at home and heard the Qiu family's evil daughter-in-law beat up Qing Zhu, she couldn't help but run over and try to persuade her a few times. But not only would it not work, it would only get worse in the future. Thus, she didn't dare to interfere.

Granny Yu did not pursue the matter any further. She raised her wrinkled hand and took something out from her pocket and put it into the hands of the green bamboo.

"This was just sewn by me, but it's thick. I've made a total of two pairs, a pair for my grandson, and a pair for you. "

The girl took it and looked at it. It was a new pair of pink embroidered cloth shoes. Two lifelike goldfish were embroidered on the upper of the shoes. The stitches were thin and uniform, and the embroidery was exquisite.

The green bamboo rubbed the embroidery on it, unwilling to part with it. She also wanted to learn embroidery, but it was a pity that she wasn't as skillful as Granny Yu. Even after a few tries, she still couldn't do it.

"Let's try it on and see if it fits."

"Sigh." The green bamboo didn't stand on ceremony. It bent over, took off its old wet shoes, and placed them side by side on the fence wall.

After that, he lowered his head and took out an old piece of cloth from his bag. After carefully wiping off his small feet, he put on his new shoes.

She found a dry spot and walked a few steps back and forth. The more she looked, the more she liked it:

"It's nice to look at, and the size is just right for it. "Thank you. You always miss me."

"There's no need to be courteous. Didn't you also do a lot of work for this old lady?!" In the heart of the old man, she was already treated as his granddaughter.

After the test, he put on the old shoes and stuffed the new shoes into his bag.

The old lady was puzzled. "Why did you come back?"

Qing Zhu buckled the bag, explained with a smile: "It's rare to have a new pair of shoes, I want to keep them for New Year wear. Granny Yu, I have to pick up the pillar from school. Go back to your room and lie still. If you have any work to do later, just call me from next door. "

"En, you can go now!" With that, Granny Yu took out a pack of dried radishes and stuffed them into her green bamboo pocket. "This, you keep as snacks to eat."

"Alright."

After bidding farewell to Granny Yu, the green bamboo hurriedly rushed to the village entrance. However, after standing there for a long time, he still couldn't see his cousin.

Seeing the rain getting heavier, she opened the umbrella in her hand, shielding herself from the wind and rain.

The sun was about to set. Why was the pillar not back yet? Could it be that he stirred up some trouble in school and got punished by the teacher?

Right, there was a cave not far ahead. On rainy days, there are often people inside to take shelter from the rain. The pillar had no umbrella. Could it be there now?

Green Bamboo decided to search around the cave first. If you can't find it, you'll have to run to the school.

She walked about half a kilometer before she found the cave. Looking in, he saw that his cousin was not there. There were two short, thin little boys inside, sheltering from the rain.

They were all honest children from the village, studying in the same class as Pillar.

Green Bamboo put away his umbrella, stood at the entrance and asked: "Do you see my pillar?"

The two children didn't make a sound, and quickly took a step back.

The adults at home had said that Green Bamboo was a dangerous and bad child. If she accidentally encounters one, she must take a detour and try not to speak to her. Although this girl seemed quite obedient on the surface, she was actually the same kind of person as her mother Qiu Feng. If she got angry, she would use a knife to chop people, which was even more terrifying than a tiger.

"What?" Green Bamboo was startled and took a step forward. "I don't eat people, so I just want to ask about something. Where are you guys hiding?"

The two children were still silent. They looked at each other and took another step back.

Green Bamboo pursed his lips and looked at them speechlessly. In his heart, he understood what was going on. It seemed that he had to change the way he talked in order to get the truth out of him.

She put her hands on her hips and snarled menacingly, "Answer my question, or you won't be leaving here today."

The two children were scared to the point of trembling, their little faces instantly becoming deathly pale. One of them hugged his head and squatted on the ground while crying out, "Spare us!" The other one had the courage to tell her with a stutter:

"Half an hour ago, we left school, Pillar... He was the first to leave. I seem to have heard from him that after returning to the village, he will go to his classmates' houses to play. "

Green Bamboo blinked his eyes. He had gone two ways, "Which classmate?" Did you say what it's called? "

"Nope." The other party answered honestly.

"Alright!" She had an umbrella in her hands and had planned to pick them up on the way back, but the two children refused to do so.

Thinking about the people she had in the village, Green Bamboo did not force her. He thanked her and went back alone.