After Yang Yong had a meal and "entered the front door", he was called out to eat, drink and have fun every now and then, and the dragon became blind. On the evening of the third grade, on a whim, I went to dig winter bamboo shoots at a friend's house in Gaoshan Col with my uncle of the Jin family of the same age. Like a fish in the water, he didn't return all night, and he irresponsibly threw Qianmai and Qian Xiaomo in the Yang family compound for self-reliance.
There was a patter of spring rain at night. The next day, when the sun came out, there was a moist and refreshing coolness in the air, and the narrow ridge road was more slippery. The dry grass next to it looked far away. Also faintly added a hint of green. At this moment, Yang Gongjian took the sickle basket and led the big yellow dog to open the way. Yang Xinlian was holding Qianmai and Qian Xiaomo one by one on the way to the Yang family field.
There is a big pond in the middle of a vast field at the foot of the West Mountain. At this moment, several buffaloes are grazing leisurely on the bank of the pond. Qian Xiaomo asked curiously, "Sister, are there any fish in there?"
Qianmai replied familiarly: "I don't know now. But in summer, there will be a lot of small fish, mud snails and shells in it. It's delicious if you catch it and cook it."
"You still remember. Last summer, I didn’t know who was greedy. The two people secretly took the net bag and lay on the edge of the pond to fish for fish. The adults in the family turned Luodian to find you. All over." Yang Xinlian teased her niece with a smile.
Of course I remember, when Grandpa Yang found himself and his cousin with a pale face, he was solid and sturdy and each rewarded him with a board. It's just how embarrassed to admit this kind of thing, so I don't say anything. Yang Xinlian pointed to the sandy land in the distance and asked, "Remember the sandy land by the stream? In summer, my uncle, sister-in-law and us will guard the watermelon at night."
"I remember. There is a bamboo bed in the melon field, and a straw house like a tent, right?... One night, Aunt, you were all right, and you made me a pair of straw sandals." "Aunty's mother's duties" take care of her grown-up aunt, Qian Mai is sincerely grateful and loves to be close. In the past, even Yang Yong had to admit that his daughter's personality and dealings with her own daughter are completely with her elder sister.
Aunt, did you know that in my memory, the starry sky above my head in summer is so beautiful. We listened to the insects and breathed the unique refreshing breath of Guadi. You taught me to make a wish to the meteor, and you taught me to sing your favorite song "People are on the Road". I still remember clearly how the night wind blowing on your long hair under the night sky. Since then, you have lived in Serbia. We are separated by half of the earth, in the days when the phone cannot be heard, and in countless sad nights, I miss you little by little when facing the starry sky and the moon.
Now, once again holding Yang Xinlian's warm hands with thin calluses, Latent Wheat could not help but gently rubbed it softly.
Yang Xinlian smiled knowingly: "Yes. You are also very good at catching thieves. One time, the second brother's friend "Dalongjia" came back from Huayang city at night and came to our house with loose shoelaces. , Was bending over. We all didn't notice it in the shed, but you who ran outside to catch fireflies, regarded him as a thief, and secretly smashed him with a stick from behind."
"Hehe, I don't remember this. But I still remember that uncle. There are two jujube trees in front of his house. The green dates are crispy and sweet."
"That's it. After you left last year, he came to our house and said that without your help to digest, his house would have an extra 30 catties when he was hitting dates."
"Hehe, isn't it? Then this year, I will tell my cousin Gongjian to take the children to help them digest well..."
Walking and chatting all the way, leisurely travel, and finally walked to the Yang family field at the foot of the West Mountain. Now the fields are planted with a lot of tender green celery and Chinese cabbage, but the middle one is tall and protruding, and it is thickly covered with plastic film and soil straw.
Yang Gongjian walked to the corner of the soil buns, lifted up the straw, dug a few times with a sickle, and revealed a small opening. Yang Xinlian stepped forward quickly, reached in and dragged hard, only to see a sugarcane with a thick, smooth stem and a smell of earthy stalk pulled out. She beckoned Qian Xiaomo to go over, and leaned over and said cordially: "The first root is for our best-behaved little Mo."
Qian Xiaomo happily accepted: "Thank you, auntie. This corn stalk is so big."
If not, Yang Xinlian and Yang Gongjian laughed. Qian Mai stepped forward and rubbed a confused Qian Xiaomo, and explained to them: "There is no sugar cane in Nanjiang Village, and the children there don't know it. What they eat is corn stalks."
Yang Xinlian stubbornly pulled out a few more: "What's so good about the corn stalks. That's so stupid. I'll pull some more in a few days and let you take them back to Xiaohai to eat."
After pulling out the sugar cane, everyone was in no hurry to go home. Yang Xinlian picked a sugarcane and took it to the ditch to wash it, chopped it into small sections with a sickle and gave it to the three children. She told them to sit on the ridge to eat, and she carried the basket to the side to choose some vegetables to take back.
Qianmai also tended to follow along to help, carefully picking out the weeds mixed in the celery, while talking with Yang Xinlian.
Yang Xinlian: "Wheat, can you still adapt when you return to Nanjiang? The aunt sent you back not only because you are going to school. But also because the aunt will go to Beijing to help the boss make clothes in a few days. After half a year of graduation, I have to become a sewing apprentice. No one at home will take care of you anymore.
Qian Mai: "Auntie is going to be a teacher? Congratulations, auntie. Everything is fine for me in Nanjiang, so don't worry."
"How are Nanjiang's grandparents treating you?"
"Yeah. It's all very good. Grandpa Qianjia also taught me a lot of things."
"That's good. How about your second aunt's family in the same village?"
"It's my mother who has contact with them, and I don't have much contact with my father."
Yang Xinlian cut off the mud tail on the celery and sighed: "Even though the second brother never said it, we still heard something from others."
"Auntie, why does my dad go to Nanjiang to be the door-to-door son-in-law?" Qian Mai Weiwei asked the question that had confused him for two lifetimes.
Yang Xinlian sullenly changed her posture: "I don't know too well. I heard that when my grandfather was alive, his second brother was his most beloved grandson. Envy and jealous. Grandpa a hundred years later, they always look for the second brother's uncle. When the second brother was 19 years old, they had a big fight with the brother in the lobby of the back room. The father took care of the uncle’s face. , I shaved my second brother for a meal. Unexpectedly, when I woke up the next day and saw, my second brother actually left the book and ran away... The second brother was also a stubborn temper. For the next two years, except for sending money back, nothing happened I went home. One day I came back in a hurry, but I told everyone that he was going to recruit in Nanjiang."
"Then what?" Unexpectedly, my father was still angry.
"There is no more. When the old man goes to investigate the potential house before and after, the matter is almost settled. The second brother himself is willing to recruit extras, and it is useless to regret it. This matter, but the old man's heart has a headache."
Young impulsive, it seems that my father has suffered a loss that has not been investigated.
Yang Xinlian spoke faintly again: "In fact, the last thing your fifth uncle, sister-in-law, and I want is for your second brother to leave this home. In this family, apart from parents, second brother is the best to us. Even if you leave the book and run away, I would also send money back to pay for our tuition. Knowing that I would recruit extras, I cleaned up a wing room before leaving home, which is where we and my sister-in-law lived.
Seeing the sadness on her aunt's face, Qian Mai immediately turned the topic wisely: "The fifth uncle, the aunt and the little aunt are also very good to me. My dad said that you taught me very well and sensibly. He was very happy. ."
Hearing this, Yang Xinlian faintly squeezed out a smile, sighed and said: "Mai, you have grown up. I haven't seen you for half a year, and I am more sensible than before. In the days when my aunt is not around, you should take good care of yourself and help. Mom and Dad take care of younger siblings, you know?"
"I know. Aunt, you need to bring more clothes when you go to Beijing. Dad said that the north is much colder than ours."
"Well, I have already prepared a lot. I heard that there are many interesting places in Beijing, Tiananmen Square, Great Wall, Forbidden City... When my aunt makes money, I will definitely take you to play in the future.
"Really? Then I'll wait for my aunt to make a lot of money..."
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