The next day, the whole family got up before dawn and washed up briefly. Those who went to the ground went to the ground, and those who went into the kitchen went into the kitchen.
Boil a pot of sweet potato porridge in the pot, steam a few tortillas that were made in advance yesterday, cut some pickles and soak radishes, and a breakfast is ready. If it is the slack season, the breakfast usually only has porridge, and when the farming season is busy, they will eat some dry food such as cakes and steamed buns to relieve hunger.
After the meal was finished, Feng Qiuyue sent it to the field, and He Xiaoyun went to the river to wash clothes. She was worried that Wei Yuanhang was alone at home, so she pulled him up from the bed and took him away.
Children sleep a lot, and rarely get up so early, yawning as they walk, and only when they reach the river surface and see the water in the river, they become full of energy.
He Xiaoyun found a place with shallow water and asked Wei Yuanhang to squat on the river beach next to her and play with the sand.
After a while, another woman came to do the laundry, saw He Xiaoyun, and said hello, "Why did you bring the child out so early today?"
"The whole family has gone to the fields, so don't worry about him being alone at home." He Xiaoyun explained with a smile.
"That's right," said the woman, squatting down not far from her, and went to tease Wei Yuanhang again: "Daddy is back, is Xiaohang happy?"
Wei Yuanhang pouted his fart and was digging vigorously in the sand. He suddenly heard his name, looked up at the other person, said loudly happy, and then lowered his head to continue.
The woman smiled and said a few words about homework, and other people came one after another, and the riverside became lively.
After washing the clothes, He Xiaoyun carried the wooden basin in one hand and led her reluctant son home with the other.
Wei Yuanhang couldn't help but look back at the puddle he dug, and said in his mouth, "I'll come again tomorrow, with my mother."
"Let's talk about it when you get up tomorrow, little slob." He Xiaoyun teased unceremoniously.
When they got home, Feng Qiuyue had already come back, washed the dishes and was sitting in the yard picking beans.
He Xiaoyun hung the clothes to dry, and was going to hunt a basket of pigweed, otherwise the pigs at home would run out of food. It would be inappropriate to take Wei Yuanhang with him, and he was afraid that Feng Qiuyue would look down on him, so he said to the child: "I'm going to cut pigweed, and my aunt is alone at home, why don't you stay with her at home?"
"But..." the child was reluctant, "I want to go with my mother."
"I also want you to go with me, but my aunt has little brothers and sisters in her stomach, and we are not at home. What if the bad guys come and no one protects them?" He Xiaoyun coaxed.
"Then, shall I protect my little brother and little sister?"
"That's right," He Xiaoyun tried to put a high hat on his head, "Hanghang is going to be a big brother, he must be a great big brother, he will protect his younger siblings, right?"
Wei Yuanhang suddenly felt a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, nodded vigorously, and said loudly, "I'm a good brother!"
After coaxing the child, He Xiaoyun changed her tone to Feng Qiuyue, "If he is disobedient, don't worry about it, sister-in-law, don't get mad at yourself, tell me when I come back, and I will deal with him."
Feng Qiuyue smiled and said: "You just go, Xiaohang is good."
He Xiaoyun went out with a big basket on her back, and walked all the way along the river and the paddy fields where the weeds were lush. Spring plowing had already started. She stood on the embankment and took a look. The fields were full of people bending over to work. Hope this year will be smooth and rainy, and all your hard work will pay off.
Waiting to go home with a basket of pigweed, it's time to prepare lunch.
She discussed with Feng Qiuyue what to do, one was washing the vegetables and lighting the fire, the other was the chef, and they worked together to cook three dishes, fried eggs with Chinese toon, fried cabbage with oil residue, soup made with autumn wind silk, and a large pot of steamed rice.
The lunch was heavy, so she didn't ask Feng Qiuyue to bring it to Tiantou by herself.
Yesterday Wang Chunhua had already said where they would plant the seedlings, and she found a place quickly. It was meal time, and all the people in the field came up to rest and eat under a tree beside the field.
Before he came to the front, Wang Chunhua said to He Xiaoyun: "The team said in the morning that there was a shortage of people in the field by the river, and they arranged for Jianwei to go there. You have to go there again."
He Xiaoyun responded, thinking that she hadn't seen Wei Jianwei when she was washing clothes and cutting pigweed, and he probably came later.
Fortunately, I brought a few clean bowls, which were originally used to cover the food to prevent the dust from falling down. Now I just brought them, and evenly distributed the vegetables and soup. When Wang Chunhua and the others finished eating, she carried them Empty bowls and the rest of the meal, walked to the river.
Because of the extra trip, when she got to the river, everyone else was already eating, and only Wei Jianwei was still in the field.
Seeing her passing by from a distance, the others shouted at the top of their voices: "Jianwei, your wife is here!"
Someone joked: "It's over, what delicious food did you cook, and it took so long?" He craned his neck to look into He Xiaoyun's basket as he spoke.
She just smiled and didn't answer.
Wei Jianwei came out of the field, went to the river to wash his hands and feet, splashed water on his face, and then came over.
Because she didn't want to listen to other people's jokes, He Xiaoyun deliberately put the basket some distance away from the crowd. He didn't move his position after he came, and sat down to eat on the spot.
He Xiaoyun was originally standing, but after standing for a while, she felt a bit awkward, wanted to go further away, but was afraid of being teased by the people around her, so she sat down on a rock not too far away from him.
Although it was only April, she felt quite hot in the sun as she walked all the way, but now that the breeze blows, she immediately feels cool and comfortable. She only stayed in the sun for a while, and people who have been in the field all day must be hotter. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look at Wei Jianwei.
He was eating rice with a big mouth, his face was rolling down without knowing whether it was water or sweat, his neck and chest were also wet, his clothes were tightly pressed to his chest, and his strong muscles rose and fell with his breathing.
He Xiaoyun suddenly felt uncomfortable, as if she had eaten human tofu, she quickly moved her eyes away, and this movement happened to meet Wei Jianwei's gaze. Holding on, bluffing: "What are you looking at?"
Wei Jianwei lowered his eyelids and continued to grill the rice without saying a word. That demeanor seemed to reveal a disdain for not being too lazy to argue with you.
He Xiaoyun is angry.
After Wei Jianwei finished his meal, she put away the bowls and chopsticks, and walked home with stiff steps.
The men at the edge of the field ate and drank enough, sat and rested for a while, chatting and bragging by the way, chatting and chatting about Wei Jianwei.
"Jianwei, what did you say to your wife just now? Make her angry."
"That's right, I'm not afraid that I won't be able to enter the room at night."
"I'm afraid it will be a 'kneeling at the head of the bed'!"
The others suddenly laughed.
When He Xiaoyun returned home, she found that there was another person in the family. Wei Jianhua, the third child of the Wei family and Wei Jianwei's younger brother, came back from school after school on weekends.
Wei Jianhua is 19 years old this year. He is only a sophomore in high school now because he was a late student and was mischievous when he was a child.
Today is the "May 22" school system. You only need to study in high school for two years, and then participate in labor. If you want to go to university, you need to be recommended by your unit or production team. Only workers, peasants and soldiers with more than two years of practical experience have the opportunity to be recommended.
However, it is now 1975, and He Xiaoyun remembers that at the end of 1977, the country resumed the college entrance examination.
When she was in high school in her previous life, the teacher showed them a film about the resumption of the college entrance examination. She deeply remembered the maniac about the college entrance examination in the film. It was not just an exam, but more like they were fighting for their destiny and their beliefs.
At that time, she said to herself that she wanted to study, she wanted to go to university, she wanted to leave that closed and backward village, and she wanted to get rid of her fate, which almost became her obsession.
Later, wandering in big cities, she also wandered outside the beautiful gate of the university several times, but unfortunately, until she died of cancer, she never had the chance to enter the university classroom.
Seeing Wei Jianhua now, He Xiaoyun felt her heart pounding, and a thought appeared in her mind: God let her live again, is it giving her a chance? An opportunity to take the college entrance examination again, an opportunity to enter the university campus with dignity
Married and having children, these are not obstacles. She remembers that when the college entrance examination was resumed in the first year, in order to take care of older educated youths, the country specially relaxed the age limit. So at that time, it was very common for husband and wife to take the same examination room and brothers to take part in the battle. .
And she still has two years to prepare, enough to fight again for the college entrance examination!
As soon as this thought appeared, she couldn't hold it back any longer. She took several deep breaths before barely calming down her heartbeat.
After coming here, all the unsatisfactory things encountered, such as the backward environment, lack of material, embarrassing situation, and the troubles of being forced to be "married and have children", are all gone now. He Xiaoyun feels that she has never been so grateful, so grateful happy. Only now did she truly admit that this adventure was a new life for her.
As soon as he was in a good mood, everything seemed pleasing to the eye. At night, Wei Yuanhang said he wanted to play with his father. He Xiaoyun immediately hugged the little fat man and said, "What's so interesting about him? Mom will play hide-and-seek with you."
The child said several times before that she wanted to play hide-and-seek. She thought it was too naive and didn't want to cooperate, so she dismissed it casually.
When Wei Yuanhang heard it, he was really overjoyed: "Okay, okay!"
He Xiaoyun put him down, turned her back, and said, "Hurry up and hide it, and I'll find you when I count to ten. One, two—"
"Mom, slow down!" Hearing how fast she was counting, the child screamed anxiously, running around the room, trying to find a hidden place to hide.
He Xiaoyun slowed down, listened carefully, and heard the sound of Wei Yuanhang opening the closet door, probably there were too many clothes inside, and he couldn't hide in, so he could only give up, ran to the table and walked around, and finally walked to Wei Jianwei's side , Said in what he thought was a low volume: "Dad, I'm hiding here with you, so I can't tell Mom."
Wei Jianwei had just made the bed, and before he lay down, he was already occupied first. Seeing the child's round eyes and the urging of "Dad, come in quickly", he had no choice but to follow suit, but he didn't lie down. Li took a book and was flipping through it.
He Xiaoyun heard it clearly, counted to ten with a suppressed smile, turned around, and saw the obvious little bump in Wei Jianwei's quilt at a glance. In order not to hurt the child's self-confidence, she decided not to take him out on the spot, but to put on a show After searching for a while, he looked through the closet, looked behind the door, and said while searching, "Where is Hang Hang, why can't I find him?"
After cooperating with her for a whole circle, she was ready to lift Wei Jianwei's quilt. Unexpectedly, the little boy couldn't bear his temper at all, and suddenly got out by himself, his face was flushed, and he shouted excitedly: "I'm here!"
He jumped on the ground, "It's Mommy's turn, Mommy hide!"
He Xiaoyun was quite speechless, but the game she promised to play with him, no matter how childish she was, she had to finish it with a smile.
Wei Yuanhang has already started counting with his eyes closed. He just counted the numbers from one to ten smoothly not long ago. Otherwise, he might have to ask his father to help count.
He Xiaoyun looked around the room, and there were only a few places where she could hide. The bed was too dirty, and the door was too conspicuous. She gently opened the closet door, put the clothes hanging inside aside, and Standing in, sticking tightly to the cabinet wall, hanging the clothes to the front to block it, and gently closing the cabinet door.
The cabinet was dark, with only a sliver of light peeking through the crack of the door. She heard Wei Yuanhang finish counting and started looking for her. The first place was Wei Jianwei's bed. It's just a decoration, she is such a big person, can she nest at his feet
The sound of pattering footsteps approached, and she hurriedly held her breath.
Wei Yuanhang came to the wardrobe and opened the door with both hands.
He Xiaoyun thought she had been discovered, and was about to come out, but the kid only peeked out, saw that it was dark inside, turned around and walked away again, without even closing the door, leaving her staring inside.
Wei Yuanhang searched around the small room, including under the bed, but couldn't find it, so he ran to Wei Jianwei and asked him in a low voice, "Dad, do you see where Mom is?"
Through the open wardrobe door, He Xiaoyun happened to be able to see this scene. She saw Wei Jianwei put down the book and looked towards her.
He Xiaoyun stared at him hard.
But it was too late, such an obvious hint that a three-year-old child could understand, Wei Yuanhang ran over again, pulled off the clothes covering her body, and giggled, "I found my mother!"
He Xiaoyun could only come out of the closet, and ran to settle accounts with Wei Jianwei very dissatisfied: "How can you cheat?"
What the two of them have said these days can be counted on one hand. If it wasn't for the fact that this man was unkind just now, she would not have planned to talk to him.
Wei Jianwei looked up at her.
Although he was sitting and standing by herself, for some reason, He Xiaoyun always felt that she was a bit shorter than others, so she straightened her back and said, "You don't follow the rules of the game like this, do you know what it means to watch chess without talking?" ? It’s the same for playing games.”
"I didn't say anything." Wei Jianwei said.
"Then look with your eyes, isn't it still the same?" He Xiaoyun won't let him argue.
Wei Jianwei's tone was still flat, "I don't have eyes that you can see."
"What do you mean?" He Xiaoyun asked subconsciously, and then suddenly realized that what the other party said was that she saw him at noon
Her face turned red all of a sudden, and her aura weakened quite a bit, and she replied indiscriminately, "I don't know what to look at? I, I didn't look around!"
She didn't dare to settle accounts with him anymore, she hurriedly turned her head to find Wei Yuanhang, and covered up her embarrassment by coaxing him to sleep. My mind regretted more than once that I didn't control my eyes at noon.
After this embarrassment passed, her mind calmed down, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong. This Wei Jianwei, she always felt that he was quite taciturn, and he looked calm and reliable, but she didn't expect that he was listless in her heart! Not honest at all!