Mo Yu felt that the memories that came were like a trickle at first, but later turned into a flowing river, and finally became a rushing river. Her memories of the past eighteen years were like surging rivers pouring into her mind, entangled and confused with the memories of the next five years, and finally connected together.
She remembered a lot of things.
Zhou He was born in the south. The city where her parents worked was in the city, but she was in her rural hometown next to Fuyang, Anhui Province, and was raised by her grandparents. Grandpa and grandma have always wanted to have a grandson. Although they liked their granddaughter, they didn’t spend much effort to discipline her. When they were young, Zhou He was in the wild with other children.
I have always wanted to have another boy at home. When Zhou He was four years old, his mother gave birth to a younger brother for her. She suddenly felt that the center of gravity of the family had moved to her younger brother.
Whenever Zhou He saw her grandparents holding her younger brother, the happiness that overflowed from the bottom of her heart, she would inevitably feel a sense of loss. She imitated the little boy to fight, cut off her braids, and she tried to pee while standing, but all she received was ridiculous and scolding from adults. So later, she vented her anger on her younger brother. She smeared her younger brother’s face with mud, scared him with earthworms and frogs, and secretly fed him chili sauce. For these troublesome things, she has been beaten by her father and grandpa many times. Grandpa is a veteran and he is very serious when beating people, but Zhou He never tires about bullying his younger brother to fight against his grandfather. The more he gets beaten, the more she bullies him.
However, as she grew up a little bit, her jealousy faded later. After all, blood relationship is hard to give up. Children especially like to play with older children. When Zhou He was outside, his younger brother was her follower. Gradually, the younger brother’s position in her mind became more and more important.
“Sister, take me to see them fight.”
“You call me brother, I will take you there.”
“If grandpa hears it, he will beat you again.”
“Stop talking nonsense, shout secretly.”
She often takes her younger brother to fight and play with children from the same village. There are a group of children at the east end of the village, and another group at the west end of the village.
She and her younger brother played with the children in the East Village. Although she was not very strong and was a girl, she dared to attack, relying on the little boys who were concerned about the girls and were quite capable of fighting. At this time, there was no reason why adults called these wild children. Wang Zhaoke, a child from Dong Village, is tall and powerful among the children, and often takes Zhou He to bully the children from Xi Village. Both sides often fight in groups, and if they encounter someone left alone, they will be beaten by the sea on the other side.
Zhao Ke kept hiding her, saying that she would be his wife in the future. Zhou He always said at this time, I won’t be your wife, I’m almost the same as your brother.
There will always be children who don’t know the truth, asking, aren’t you a woman?
Zhou He would refute every time.Said: “Nonsense, I’m obviously a man, I can pee while standing!”
At this time, Zhou He found that there seemed to be two voices in his heart, one of which felt that being a girl was also good. Another voice felt that she should be a man. She learned the name of an uncle and gave herself a male name, Zhou He.