★ Silly girl
What I want to say at the beginning of the story is that this is a real thing that I experienced. Although it is slightly bizarre, this is life.
There is a family named Zhang in the village, who lives with his grandfather near the wall. I heard from my grandpa that this family has had bad traditions for several generations. The people in their family always engage in sneaky and deceitful activities, so they have always had a bad reputation in the village.
By the time I can remember, the grandfather of the Zhang family had passed away, leaving behind three sons. The family had been separated. The third son inherited the Zhang family's old house and still lived next to my grandfather. The third son is about the same age as my father, or a year or two younger. I always call him uncle. Uncle Zhang not only inherited Grandpa Zhang's old house, but also inherited Grandpa Zhang's virtues, and even went beyond them. It can be said that the youth is better than the laziness. The ghost child followed me , the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and he has a bad reputation in the village. Very powerful. Because of our neighbors, our family often interacts with them out of face-saving reasons.
Uncle Zhang is an extremely shrewd person. The adjective in our dialect is too energetic, which probably means too smart and cunning. As the saying goes: If you are not one of the same family, you will not enter the same family. Uncle Zhang married a very energetic and shrewd wife. Mrs. Zhang usually visits my grandfather's house, but Uncle Zhang doesn't go often. I heard from my grandpa that that year Uncle Zhang stole electricity from my grandpa’s house and was severely beaten by my third uncle. From then on, he left a shadow and did not dare to provoke our family.
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Uncle Zhang is indeed a very capable person. The family keeps several Stel cars for transporting goods, and hires many young people to help him drive. The house at home is also decorated in a stylish way, with several air conditioners. He is also very particular about food and clothing. It's just that they are often not at home during holidays and so on, because at this time, unknown people always come to knock on the door of their home. Occasionally, I would catch up with someone at home, and I would never open the door despite the loud barking of the dog. Grandpa said, "That's because someone wants to pay. What a life their family is having!"
It turns out that Uncle Zhang’s family fortune was mostly borrowed and cheated. Uncle Zhang often called people outside and called him brothers, and then after a few days of hanging out, he would borrow money from brothers he had just met for various reasons. Outsiders felt relieved when they saw that their "family background was well off". As time went by, the amount lent was as little as one or two thousand, or as much as tens of thousands. It was only when the debt was demanded that I realized that was not the case. When I came to the village and asked around, I found out about their family's character, and I couldn't stop complaining. However, the Zhang family treats everyone equally. No matter whether the creditor is a rich tycoon or a poor farmer of three generations, or the family is in a hurry for a wedding or funeral, they will not repay the money they borrowed. Sometimes those who are being chased have no choice but to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall, cheating this family and paying it back to that family. Their family lives a happy life: "We just want to live freely. They are willing to lend us money, and we don't force them. Life or death has nothing to do with us!" Mrs. Zhang often visits her grandfather's house, and sometimes He ran over in a hurry and shouted, "Uncle, hurry up, hurry up, it's a bit urgent. Lend me a hundred yuan first, and I'll pay you back right away." His eagerness was like a fire at home. In this way, grandpa also received them more than a thousand yuan in a daze.
Uncle Zhang had a daughter at first. What puzzled the villagers was that it was this daughter who was hard to find in the world. Unlike her parents who are extremely shrewd, this daughter is completely stupid, or to use a weird way to describe it, she is called Silly Girl in the village. She was in the fifth grade of elementary school but could not read a few words. If she was asked to add the same single-digit number, she would give a different answer every time. She could not even recognize a clock, and she looked stupid. If you think she is mentally retarded, you are totally wrong. The words she speaks from the age of three never sound like those of a child, but rather like those of an old lady in her sixties or seventies. She often chatted with old men and old ladies, but she always spoke in an adult tone. People in the village often made fun of her, asking her arithmetic problems when they met, or waiting for her to say something funny that was beyond her age, and then used it for fun. I remember asking her once: "Do you remember when your parents got married?" She replied without thinking, "Hey, I was hiding outside the door of our main hall that day and watching them get married. Guess what I saw? I watched When there were two scary monsters inside, they turned around and bared their teeth, but I wasn't afraid at all." Then everyone laughed again, but Silly Girl didn't take it seriously.
When Sha Niu was eleven years old, Uncle Zhang and Mrs. Zhang gave birth to another son. My son can be said to be the master of the Zhang family. When he was only a few years old, he went to my grandfather's house to steal money. He is also very smart and can read and calculate well. The Zhang family also served him like an emperor, and the food and drinks were not a big deal. Uncle Zhang even bought a small gasoline-burning motorcycle for his three or four-year-old son to ride. The younger son is indeed smart and learned quickly. As for other things, the Zhang family's parents always smiled and praised their son, who was full of swear words and went up against the wall.
With children and a daughter, life can be considered happy. However, Uncle Zhang still had women outside and came to the village several times to make trouble; Mrs. Zhang was very angry at first, but then she became very calm. She often saw strange men coming in and out of their house at night from time to time. The people in the village were all well aware of what was going on, and they were talking about it after tea and dinner.
When Sha Niu was sixteen, she was expelled from school because she often peed her pants and defecated in class. She often cries and shouts at home, like mourning, and makes a lot of noise. This year, Uncle Zhang got money again from nowhere and bought a luxury car. Although I don’t go home often, I sometimes take my family out. Uncle Zhang often drank several bottles of wine, held his son in his arms, and taught him how to drive. Mrs. Zhang sat in the passenger seat, content and happy. But Sha Niu didn't always follow her, and often stayed at home to look after her. Sometimes she would cry and insist on taking the car, and occasionally she would go out to pick her up.
When I was in my second year of high school, I lived on campus. I went home to my grandpa’s house during the winter vacation. During my free time, I chatted with my grandpa about daily life. As we talked, we talked about the Zhang family next door. At this time, Grandpa's face darkened, and he felt mysterious, as if he was about to say something terrible.
"Chichi, don't you know? A while ago, the Zhang family was in a car accident." Grandpa lowered his voice, as if he was afraid of being heard.
"Ah? What's going on?" I felt very surprised.
"On the night of Laba, Xiao Zhang went home and wanted to take his family out to play. Silly girl was howling like a wolf at home, crying so much that the neighbors could hear it, but she refused to get in the car, so Xiao Zhang had to leave her at home. Gatekeeper," Grandpa continued, "Then the family of three went out, probably to a large restaurant in the city for a drink. On the way back, they actually got under the car of a large truck, and the whole car was deformed. Zhang and his son went there on the spot, and his wife left after being sent to the hospital for emergency treatment overnight."
Hearing this, I felt calm but calm. I often hear that good deeds will be rewarded with good deeds and evil deeds will be rewarded with evil deeds. It seems to me that this is inevitable. The Zhang family was often cursed, but they just felt that the children were a pity.
"Grandpa, Uncle Zhang must have drunk too much." I guessed.
Grandpa nodded and said: "He must have drunk a lot, and I heard that the person sitting in the driving seat that day was, yes, – their youngest son. Hey, he has committed too many sins, he has committed too many sins. The family is smart The person is gone, and all that’s left is a stupid and inhuman person. It’s true that stupid people are blessed with stupid things.”
I looked out the window and remained silent for a long time.
Silly girl is still as silly and weird as ever. When a family of three encountered a car accident, she didn't shed a single tear. It is said that she even laughed all the way on the day she ran away, as if nothing had changed. The villagers continued to tease her, "Why didn't you go out to play with them that day? Haha?"
With a silly smile on her face, she said calmly, "You don't know, I took a nap that afternoon and had a dream, hehe."
"Guess what I dreamed about? I dreamed that a wolf jumped into our house and took away my father, my mother and my brother. When it jumped towards me, I woke up with a fright."
"After thinking about it, I won't go out. Hehe. You guys think it's funny." Silly girl laughed again. Only this time the villagers weren't laughing.
This time I went to my grandpa’s house and asked about Sha Niu. Grandpa said that Sha Niu was living on subsistence allowance and cleaning in a nearby factory. She was still as silly and weird as ever, but she was still living a comfortable life.
Crazy comment: I believed in the Buddhist theory of karma when I dreamed about ghost children following me . When I was very young, I didn’t believe it when I got educated. Now, after many experiences, I believe it. Good is the cause of good, evil is the effect of evil. According to science, the development of things has its own inherent laws and causal connections. Therefore, in life, we must sow blessings, cultivate blessings, and be willing to give.
Intelligence is a good thing and a gift from God, but some people are misled by intelligence. "The agencies are too clever, and they end up harming their lives." There is a saying in Zi Zhi Tong Jian, "Talent is the endowment of virtue; virtue is the endowment of talent." Having talent without virtue is like a person without a head. Even if he is talented, how can he survive in the world?
Silliness is great wisdom. Ordinary smart people won't understand.