Father's Land Mother's River

Chapter 27 Conflict Escalation
"You lost your soul!"

His father's yell stopped, waking Liu Xiaonan up from his dissociative state.Trembling all over, he took a closer look and saw that the two juxtaposed corn seedlings were knocked down by him together with the weeds.A long gap appeared in the middle of the entire corn ridge.

It was time to carry water to replenish the seedlings again, Liu Xiaonan grinned unnaturally.I was distracted, absent-mindedly, my thoughts had already flown to the prairie beside the Don River, imagining the finale of the second half of "Quiet River Don".

He seemed to see that the Cossack cavalry companies were gathering in formation, holding their spears high and wielding their sabers gleaming with cold light, charging forward bravely.On the vast grassland, galloping war horses are unstoppable.

He guessed whether the emotional entanglement between Gregory and Natalia and Aksinya would eventually turn into a tragedy or a comedy.The book's detailed descriptions of natural scenery and characters' personalities fascinated him even more.

It's a pity that I only read it once. If I had known this, I might as well have read the first half several times.

Because of the Agricultural Broadcasting School, Liu Xiaonan knew that he had offended her father, so she was always worried.Get up early in the morning to pick up water and vegetables, put down your chopsticks and pick up a hoe, and take the initiative to go up the mountain to do farm work.

My father seemed to be quite satisfied with his performance, and he didn't say anything from last night until he dumped the corn seedlings.Although his face was gloomy like a harbinger of a storm coming, there would be lightning and thunder anytime, anywhere.

I was careless, how could I go back to the book when I was working with my father, isn't it ready to stop reading?

Liu Xiaonan continued to groan with her head depressed, and ignored her father's violent drinking.There are other people in the field who are weeding, so they can't confront father face to face, so that father can't get down, otherwise the anger will grow.

"A basket of wood can't cut a wedge, and a few awls can't pierce a drop of blood."

Liu Zhixin stared at his dull son in extreme disappointment, suppressed the anger all night, and finally erupted at this moment.He yelled loudly without hesitation, wishing he could pick up the hoe and give him a blow.

The son didn't take the right path, and easily gave up a good and foreseeable development prospect, so he really had no face to open his mouth to mention the marriage with Guan Deyu.Xiaoyun is such a good girl, it seems that he is still unwilling, why does the bastard not understand the painstaking efforts of his parents at all.

Everyone around stopped what they were doing and looked at the two men with their own thoughts.

Liu Xiaonan tried her best to restrain her emotions, gritted her teeth and closed her mouth tightly, her slender masseter muscles kept trembling, her brain was dizzy as if being hit hard, and her arms mechanically repeated the movement of picking grass, comparing each other with strength.

It was like punching a cotton bale with no reaction.Adhering to the ancient teaching of face-to-face teaching, the veins on Liu Zhixin's neck twitched, and he spoke again to his insensitive son: "You can't keep your spirits up when you do anything, are you just going to live like this for the rest of your life?"

Liu Xiaonan still lowered her head, and finally couldn't hold back after holding back, and whispered back: "It's just two corn seedlings, so why make such a big fuss?"

Liu Zhixin continued to roar: "It's not about the two corn seedlings, what else do you think you can do?"

Liu Xiaonan said nothing, it was true, he was powerless to refute.

Liu Qishun, who was closest, smiled and said, "Xiaonan wants to be a writer, it will be a big deal in the future."

Liu Qishun's beautiful partner also giggled, the laughter was clear and sweet, and it spread far and wide in the open land.

The chick knows the ambition of the swan.Although it was harsh like noise, Liu Xiaonan didn't care at all. Parents don't understand support, so how can they expect to be praised by others?

"He was daydreaming." The anger in Liu Zhixin's heart was ignited again: "I don't know what to do all day long, I didn't study hard in school, and doing farm work is too dirty and tiring. You are a waste. You just expect to take over my class?"

Self-esteem was ruthlessly trampled on!Liu Xiaonan straightened up and faced his father, his face was as pale as paper because of his father's humiliation, and he replied with trembling lips, "I never thought of taking your class."

"Like you are now, if you don't take over my class, you won't even be able to find food."

"In your eyes, I have always been a waste. I will never take over from you. Even if I starve to death, I don't need you to control me!"

An explosion in silence.Liu Xiaonan yelled at his father, threw down the hoe, turned around and ran away, like a calf that had broken free from the rein, feeling full of grief, anger and pride, and only the sound of the wind whistling in his ears.

After running across the long ditches and blindly running along the river bank for some distance, he suddenly stopped and sat down with his head between his legs, crying bitterly.

Without a penny in your pocket, and without any skills, where can you settle down when the world is so big?

This cruel reality, living in front of him, is more depressing and hopeless than his father's domineering and oppressiveness.The sad thing is not that there is no way out, but that the dream is too far away and vague, and the serious disconnection with reality makes people feel sad.

Tears flowed, Liu Xiaonan cried heartily, crying out the grievance and unwillingness in her heart.In his world, only the whimpering of the river and the howling of the wind remained.

Someone came running in a hurry, panting and stopped behind Liu Xiaonan.Based on the feeling that he knew who it was, his vulnerable side could no longer be concealed, so he simply cried to his heart's content.The mournful cries echoed in twists and turns among the sparse woods.

"Don't cry, don't you still have me?" Guan Xiaoyun sat down next to Liu Xiaonan, gently shaking his arm, with sympathy and longing in his tear-filled eyes.

At that time, Guan Xiaoyun was also pulling out seedlings and weeds in the field.There is only father's share of land in the family, so she doesn't need to worry about her parents. She can take care of herself by herself.

When she first heard Liu Zhixin lecture Liu Xiaonan, she felt very relieved.

This boy who had been attached to and cared for since childhood really made her very sad.She couldn't walk into his inner world, and what he did was also incomprehensible to her, no matter how different he was, he couldn't escape the world.

After secretly shedding a tear, she vowed not to talk to him again.She saw the fact that he and she were not the same.

However, when she saw that the conflict between the father and son became more and more intense, and saw him being degraded to nothing by his father, she secretly complained for him.

When she heard Liu Qishun and his object sarcasm unscrupulously, she found it even more unbearable.The person she likes cannot be belittled by others.

She was about to rush over to argue with Liu Qishun, but she saw Liu Xiaonan throwing away her hoe and running away like crazy. Her lonely, stubborn and helpless back broke her heart.

She chased after him.Even if the whole world doesn't want to see him, she still has to stand with him.

She had never seen Liu Xiaonan run so crazily, galloping like a rebellious wild horse.She couldn't catch up, she didn't know what kind of terrifying power erupted from his body, the more she chased, the more anxious and anxious she felt.

She had an ominous premonition that if she let him run away, she might lose him forever.

When she saw him slumped on the ground like a beast that had been hit to the point, she slowed down her exhausted pursuit and approached him slowly.

His low cry shook the whole world, turning her beating heart into a puddle of water. When he was most vulnerable, she became calm and firm.

Guan Xiaoyun coaxed Liu Xiaonan: "A man bleeds but not tears, if you cry any longer, I will cry too."

Liu Xiaonan lowered her head and said in a muffled voice, "Xiaoyun, can you lend me some money?"

"How much do you want? I can give you all, what do you want to do?"

Liu Xiaonan raised her head and looked across the river with tears on her face: "I want to leave Liuzi Street."

He made up his mind that he was going to find his high school classmate Yu Zhiyong.Yu Zhiyong is homeless, and his ability to survive should be particularly strong. Find him and go out into the world with him.

"I don't borrow, I don't borrow any money." Guan Xiaoyun stretched out his hand to wipe the tears on Liu Xiaonan's face: "Forcing yourself into a dead end, that's not ambition."

Liu Xiaonan shook her head, avoiding Guan Xiaoyun's extended hand, heartbroken: "I can't take it anymore, Xiaoyun. Since I was a child, I haven't received a single compliment from him. When I disappear from his eyes, he can't see it. gone."

"Xiaonan, let's get married!" Guan Xiaoyun no longer hesitated, and said eagerly: "I will do whatever you want after I get married. You can read books if you like, and do whatever you can. I won't force you anymore." Do things you don't like."

"Xiaoyun, I know you treat me well. It's not that I don't have long-term intentions. But I look down on myself now. What should I marry you with?"

Liu Xiaonan calmed down, and wiped the snot and tears from her face by herself: "There are a few broken houses, and I can't do anything well. I can't even drive a bullock cart. Marry me and drink the northwest wind?"

"I can do it! Do you know how much I earn a year with my tailoring skills? Do some small business in my spare time. If I don't have a house, let's slowly save money to build a new house by myself. Just read your handwriting and write your handwriting, I can do it. feed you."

"Let you feed? I might as well buy two pieces of tofu and smash my head on them."

"It doesn't work, it doesn't work, I still don't care about you."

"That's not the case, Xiaoyun. Give me some time, and I will marry you when I can."

"You said that a long time ago!" All the efforts will eventually pay off, and all the worries will turn into tears of joy.

Guan Xiaoyun tightly hugged one of Liu Xiaonan's arms, and was about to lean on him, when he caught a glimpse of Liu Zhixin walking towards him.She quickly let go of her arms and stood up, gently pushed Liu Xiaonan, and reminded in a low voice: "Your father is here to look for you, don't talk back."

Liu Xiaonan sat without moving, not even turning her head.

Liu Zhixin stood behind his son without saying a word, his face gradually turned warm.

Guan Xiaoyun didn't leave or stay, she hoped that the two of them could talk calmly, but she was afraid that Liu Xiaonan would be stubborn and stupid, so she stood aside shyly and embarrassedly.

In the end, it was Liu Zhixin who spoke first: "There is no father in the world who wants to harm his son. They all hate iron but not steel. I am worried for you, and I hurt you by saying bad words. When you grow up, I will not interfere with you in the future." , I just hope you can be worthy of yourself. Go home and eat."

Liu Zhixin walked alone, returned to the field and picked up two hoes, walking quite heavily.

Guan Xiaoyun dragged Liu Xiaonan up, and pulled him to follow behind Liu Zhixin.

Liu Xiaonan dawdled with his head downcast, and Guan Xiaoyun would push him from time to time, as if he was holding a prisoner who had no resistance.

(End of this chapter)