"Don't go, call your mother!" said the second uncle with a dark face.

Under the bamboo forest, cousin Qin Feng looked at his father with a bitter face, and muttered: "Mom said that the little pigs at home should be fed ......"

The younger brother Qin Zheng on the side pouted and said, "You forgot about the anger that your parents suffered last year, and let your parents go." As he spoke, the hoe in his hand fell, and he cut out the pointed bamboo shoots, and said to Qin's father flatteringly: "The bamboo shoots in this season are the most tender, and the roast meat is the most delicious." ”

The second brother Qin Zheng is only a few months older than Qin Fan, seeing that his brother Qin Feng has a mother-in-law, Qin Fan also brought back his daughter-in-law, and he quarreled with his parents a few days ago, complaining that his parents didn't think about him.

Dad Qin looked at a small pile of tender bamboo shoots next to him, stopped Qin Zheng and said, "Enough is enough." He turned his head and persuaded the second uncle: "Since the in-laws are invited, let's go for a trip, why embarrass the child." ”

The second uncle said with a dark face: "They are not sincere at all, let the children say what's the matter, aren't they showing off that they have money?"

To put it mildly, the second uncle finally agreed to go with Qin's father's family tomorrow, and Qin Feng also turned around to inform his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

When the sky was still slightly bright, Qin Fan and Xuemei, who were in a daze, were called up, simply drank gruel, ate some flatbread, and followed the second uncle and Qin's father on the road in a drowsy mood, passing through tea plantations and pine forests along the way, and occasionally meeting villagers who went to relatives, greeting each other.

Xuemei didn't walk two miles, she still found Qin Fan's thick back and climbed up, tilted her head and closed her eyes, the rural scenery in the past few days really lost its freshness, and the second uncle who walked in front looked back at Qin Fan from time to time, pouted and shook his head, it is estimated that he has never seen such a spoiled wife.

Carrying Xuemei for more than a mile, he came to the pier of a dam, got off the embankment, and there was a small boat that was some years old parked on the water surface of the river, and on the boat was a relative of his cousin Qin Feng and his father-in-law's family, and the two beckoned everyone to get on the boat.

When Xuemei opened her eyes, she was startled, and she hurriedly nestled in Qin Fan's arms, and asked in a loud voice, "Won't this ship sink?"

The boat gang was only three fingers wide from the water, and it looked like it was about to enter the water, and the cousin who was holding the bow of the boat looked back and smiled: "It's okay, as long as you don't move." ”

Except for the person with the sculls at the stern, as well as the second uncle and Qin's father, who looked normal, the women were all full of nervousness.

When the morning glow filled the sky, the boat had been rowing on the river for a long time, and the spring flood season had not yet arrived, and the large and small shoals were exposed between the rivers, and the shallows were densely covered with reeds, and the wild ducks, alarmed by the sound of the boat's paddling, quacked and fluttered their wings and flew up from the reeds, and then the cousin at the bow of the boat lamented: "I forgot to bring my gun." ”

On the quiet surface of the river, there are bursts of water vapor wafting in front of you, and when the boat encounters the shoal that cannot be bypassed, the people on the boat must first disembark, carry the boat across the shallows, and then get on the boat and move forward.

After traveling about three or four miles, everyone abandoned the boat and walked another two or three miles before reaching Longheng Village.

Longheng Village is a large village, with about 70 or 80 households, which is different from Lingqian Village, where most of the farmers are foreigners, and all of them are family names.

As soon as you reach the head of the village, the sound of firecrackers goes off, which is the custom of welcoming distinguished guests.

Cousin Qin Feng's wife's maiden house, located in the village, is also a three-room tile house, but the front yard is surrounded by a wall, and Qin Feng's father-in-law's family is waiting at the gate of the courtyard.

The politeness on the scene, Qin Fan didn't see any disrespect for his in-laws during the banquet, but occasionally showed a show off look when he spoke, and between pushing the cup and changing the lamp, what he said was always not right;

The second uncle's family name is Huang, a man in his fifties, he joined the militia when he was young, and was trained by the second uncle, and the relationship between the two is still good, but in the past two years, Uncle Huang has suffered from many children in the family, four girls and two boys, and the family is poor, so he started a small business, collected some dry goods and native products in the township, and shipped them to the town or Jiangcheng for sale, and gradually set up a small façade in the market street of Longtan Town.

Since Jiang Chengnian made a fortune as a fool, Huang Bo also followed the trend and started to speculate on melon seeds, and he really made a lot of money.

The second uncle, who was already disapproving of fools, was very disgusted with his in-laws' doing these things, and when he heard the two of them talking, he was about to choke again, and Qin Fan, who was at the next table, slipped and said, "I think it's good for Uncle Huang to do this." ”

The black-faced second uncle turned his head and glared at him when he heard this, and shouted, "Adults speak, what are you talking about!"

Uncle Huang hurriedly stopped: "Big brother, it's just talking, I'm angry." ”

The second uncle said angrily: "How to persuade you, you don't listen, don't you know that the fool has been arrested, the country has been very good to us, package production to households, allow each of us to develop their own land, what they want to plant, you can also raise ducks, chickens and pigs, this is something that you didn't dare to think about before, what do you want?"

After hearing this, Uncle Huang was silent, since he heard that the fool was arrested, he hadn't slept well for a long time, but he gave up, he couldn't do anything in his heart, but he had an income of 10,000 yuan a year. If you just farm the land, there is little land and many people, and you are only enough to eat for yourself all year round, how can there be food to hand over to the state.

Under the persuasion of other relatives, the two kept silent about business matters, and some relatives here regretted that after returning from North Korea, the second uncle refused to let the superior leaders let him lead troops to Xinjiang for construction, otherwise, the second uncle would now be at the level of division commander.

After hearing this, the second uncle laughed and scolded: "Are you annoyed, you have to mention this matter every year, I'm annoyed." Everyone also smiled, as the pride of the township, the villagers all knew that the second child of the Qin family was a very filial person, and although everyone was very sorry for the decision he made back then, they all praised the second uncle for his loyalty and filial piety.

The second uncle shook his head silently, and then chatted with the others about his living situation.

Qin Fan slipped out and squatted in front of the ear room and smoked, no one could convince the stubbornness of the second uncle, everyone got different information, and he didn't know how to go in the future.

Huang Bo came out of the thatched house, stopped when he passed by Qin Fan, and asked hesitantly, "Have you heard any definite news in the city?"

Qin Fan stood up and said with a smile: "Uncle Huang, don't listen to my second uncle, I think it's good for you to do this." Huang Bo asked hesitantly: "But the young fool really has to be arrested." ”

Qin Fan knew about this, and to put it bluntly, he was also a fool arrested for the crime of hooliganism, and it was also a "trumped-up" crime to say something unpleasant, reflecting the city government's doubts about the above policies.

Qin Fan didn't know how to tell him, did he want to say in advance that the fool would be released soon, or that the great man of the year made a speech on his southern tour, and the instructions for the unwavering reform and opening up for a hundred years.

Seeing Qin Fan's hesitation, Huang Bo shook his head, feeling that he was really crazy, and actually asked about the child.

At this time, the second uncle also walked out, pulled Huang Bo and said dissatisfiedly: "You have nothing to listen to the child's nonsense, go, go and drink with me." ”

Uncle Huang smiled at Qin Fan, and then went back to the room with the second uncle to greet the others. Qin Fan knew that he didn't believe what he said, so he didn't say much anymore, still squatting there, watching the girls in the village surrounding Xuemei and Qin Ying, touching their clothes with a sigh, envying their looks and skin color.

After a while, Xuemei saw Qin Fan squatting in front of the ear room, whispered a few words to Qin Ying, smiled and apologized to those girls, and walked towards Qin Fan.

"When will it end?" asked Xuemei tiredly.