Zhou Bin was caught off guard when he saw the figure. He was so frightened that his heart tightened and his palms began to sweat.
Suddenly, the figure slowly turned his head.
Zhou Bin couldn't help but scream: "Grandma Liu!"
She was wearing a red wedding dress, with white hair draped over her shoulders and an embroidered shoe on her foot. She was sitting in a grass nest.
Granny Liu was also startled by Zhou Bin's sudden intrusion, and she kept muttering, "Brother Bao, are you back?"
Zhou Bin's heart was at ease, and he immediately said, "Grandma, it's me, Zhou Bin!"
Granny Liu looked at Zhou Bin carefully, a look of disappointment appeared on her face, and she muttered, "I thought it was my brother Bao who came back."
After she finished speaking, tears flowed from her dry eyes and she began to sing again: "Brother, you are leaving for the west, and I, your little sister, cannot keep you..."
The song was so sad and lingering that it made people feel cold all over and get goose bumps.
She acted as if she didn't see Zhou Bin and just sang by herself, crying as she sang, which made people cry.
Zhou Bin was stunned for a moment. He didn't understand what could have made a 70-year-old woman so sad.
He remembered that when he was a child, his mother once told him that this Grandma Liu seemed to be named Liu Xiaomei.
She has a very high seniority in the village, so everyone calls her Grandma.
Granny Liu was a widow all her life. It was said that her husband disappeared when she was 19. However, she gave birth to a son and named him Zhou Jihua.
Granny Liu took care of her son and raised him alone with great difficulty. Others also tried to persuade her to remarry many times.
But Grandma Liu firmly refused, saying that her husband was not dead and would definitely come back to find her.
In this way, as a woman, she had to work in the fields and take care of the children. After much difficulty, Zhou Jihua grew up and was about to get married.
But when people heard about her family situation, no one was willing to marry her son.
Zhou Jihua was a handsome and strong man, but he couldn't find a wife because his family was poor.
Many years passed, and Zhou Jihua was already 40 years old, but still single.
Granny Liu was so worried about this that she couldn't eat or sleep, and she sat at home crying all day.
Seeing his mother so sad, Zhou Jihua told everyone he met that he felt sorry for her and that he would rather die.
Everyone advised him to be more open-minded, after all, life still had to go on.
Finally, he heard from several people in the village that there was coal on the river beach next to the village, which could be dug and sold for money.
He was so excited that he followed several people from the village to dig coal.
But instead of finding any coal, the hole collapsed and buried him inside.
When the villagers dug them out, they were all dead.
When Granny Liu heard that her son had been in trouble, she ran over like a madman and cried loudly around her son's body. She cried so hard that her heart was broken and she was extremely miserable.
After that, people in the village rarely saw her. It was said that one of her nephews wanted to take her away, but she was unwilling to leave, so she lived alone in a cave at the east end of the village all day.
Her nephew had no choice but to send her some things every now and then, and she relied on her nephew's help to barely get by.
Zhou Bin didn't expect to meet her today, and she was dressed so scary, which really scared him a little.
Seeing her singing with tears streaming down her face, Zhou Bin couldn't help but ask, "Grandma, what's wrong with you?"
Grandma Liu finally stopped singing and looked back at Zhou Bin. She suddenly said, "Oh, it's Binwa! Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you."
As she spoke, she wiped her tears and asked slowly, "Why are you here?"
Zhou Bin immediately replied: "I'm growing corn over there, come and take a look."
Granny Liu nodded and said, "My child, did I scare you? This is the dress I wore when I got married in my youth. I have never worn it before."
As she spoke, she lowered her head and carefully felt her clothes with her dry hands, muttering, "What beautiful clothes! It's a pity that Brother Bao can't see them..."
Suddenly, she raised her head, stared at Zhou Bin, and said, "Binwa, I heard that you are now a capable person in our village. Do you know when my brother Bao will come back?"
Zhou Bin was stunned by the question and said in confusion: "Grandma, what do you mean? I don't quite understand."
Granny Liu sighed and said, "Alas, I am also old and confused. How could you know my brother Bao?"
Zhou Bin saw a smile on the old man's face, even with a hint of blush, and he couldn't help but feel curious.
He asked tentatively: "Grandma, who is Brother Bao?"
Grandma Liu suddenly showed a shy look and said, "Brother Bao is my man, a very handsome young man. You don't know that in the past, Brother Bao was the most handsome among all the people in the surrounding villages."
Zhou Bin nodded. It turned out that Brother Bao was the man who had disappeared!
Granny Liu opened up and continued, "At that time, I was one of the most beautiful women here, and I didn't like anyone else except my brother Bao."
As she told the story, Zhou Bin learned about the old man's sad past...
It was still the old society at that time, there was chaos and war, and life was difficult.
In Beiyuan Village, everyone guards the barren land and endures the hard days.
There was a family named Liu in the village. They had a daughter and named her Liu Xiaomei.
This girl has been very cute since she was young and is very likable.
Gradually, Liu Xiaomei grew up to be eighteen years old and became a graceful young lady.
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