Tian Xiaoxia gathered her half-dried hair and went out, and walked to the beach, the salty and wet sea breeze still carried the temperature, there were children playing on the beach, and there were fishermen who had just returned from collecting their nets.

I found a reef and sat down, picked up a shell and played with it, the teeth on the edge of the shell were a little sharp.

Shells, yes, shells! Shells are inconspicuous in this small fishing village, and no one even cares about them in the whole city, but what about the children in the hinterland, who have never seen the sea, those who only know about shells in books?

Handfuls of shells are worthless, but what about processed shells? From shell wind chimes and ornaments to shell keychains and earrings, these can be sold for some money when they are brought out, the raw materials are simple, and the processing does not seem to be particularly complicated.

Things from small fishing villages always have to be taken out, and isn't it a good opportunity to take them out when you have to go out to school?

Tian Xiaoxia took advantage of the last light of day to pick up a large handful of shells and bring them back.

I didn't expect that the yard of my house was quite lively, the uncle and uncle were all there, and the second cousin was also there. After Tian Xiaoxia obediently said hello, he took a stool and sat down at the small square table under the shade of the porch, rummaging over and over the shells he brought back, and by the way, he saw what was going on with the uncle and uncle coming to the house.

A few people saw Tian Xiaoxia come in and didn't go back to the room directly, so the conversation stopped. Seeing that she was concentrating on studying the shell in her hand, she began to speak again.

Uncle knocked on the cigarette stick, "Just do as I say, none of our three families have a kid who can do things, Xiao Maotou is only in junior high school, just don't go to the army, just go to work in the factory, the boy from the third family of Zhou Lao in Beicun went to the private factory in the Special Administrative Region to do a side job for people, saying that the salary is higher than the salary in the state-owned factory in the county." ”

Ah, because I didn't go to the army? Although the current economic situation is getting better and better, this can break out in the business world at the right time, in the right place. In his previous life, the eldest brother seemed to have done a good job in the army, and the second cousin just ran a noodle door in the county, and then the island was developed, and he came back to open a hotel on the island, and then it seemed like that.

"Big brother, let him go if he wants to go, maybe he will come back after two years, how difficult it is to be a soldier now, that is, other village cadres can't raise high school graduates, otherwise maybe they won't be able to get Gangzi." Uncle Tian said.

"That's it, our brothers just want someone to take care of them, and young people can do whatever they want, but when it comes to doing side jobs, go back and ask Zhou Laosan's boy, can I do it at my age. Tian Jianshe said.

Tian Xiaoxia wanted to speak, but felt that whatever he said at this time would seem abrupt. Although my father is not very old, it is not that no one has gone out to work at this age after 20 years, but Tian Jianjian is not good, his temperament is too loyal, and his health is not good.

In the end, the second cousin still didn't come up with an explanation for whether he would go to be a soldier or not. The three brothers made an appointment to go to sea at three o'clock and went home separately.

Tian Xiaoxia is thinking about earning money as soon as possible, so that not only will his family be a little better, but the uncle's family and the uncle's family can also breathe a sigh of relief, in fact, Uncle Tian and Uncle Tian don't need to go to sea in the middle of the night, in the end, it's not because of themselves, maybe it's to take care of them with their father, maybe to make more money for themselves.

"Dad, is there any way to drill holes in shells?"

Tian Jianshe sent someone back and closed the courtyard door, "What are you going to do?"

"I want to wear a string of wind chimes. ”

"Your eldest brother made you such a big wind chime before he went to the army, you don't like to hang up, why do you want to do it yourself now?"

Huh? I still don't know what to do?

"It's okay to be idle, I want to play with it. ”

"If you want to hang it, hang your eldest brother to give you the one, it's very difficult to drill holes in shells, use an awl to cone a small hole first, and then use a knife to scrape slowly. ”

So primitive? Yes, this small fishing village was quite primitive in the first place. Tian Xiaoxia nodded thoughtfully, Tian Jianshe felt that since the woman sent a letter, a good child had not been normal. Shaking his head, he went back to his room and went to sleep.

Tian Xiaoxia also went back to the room with the shell, and she didn't think about sending the wind chimes, but she also had a vague impression when she said it.

There is so much place in the room where things can be placed, Tian Xiaoxia soon found a string of big wind chimes in a few cardboard boxes stacked next to the chest of drawers, it was really big, half a meter long to carry, and it was quite heavy, and there were one or two hundred shells, if it was really punched as Tian Dad said, it would take a lot of effort to punch the holes.

Why didn't I hang it at the time, in fact, the eldest brother and the second brother were good to themselves, why didn't they hang up at that time?

The eldest brother and the second brother Tian Jing were recruited into the army together, and the second brother Tian Jing bought her a watch for dozens of dollars before leaving, but his eldest brother made a wind chime for himself that was not eaten or used.

Probably since then, I have been estranged from the eldest brother and the second brother, and I feel that the eldest brother and the second brother say that they treat themselves as their own sisters, but in fact, there is still a difference between them and their own sisters.

But I don't think about it, my brother's allowance is all my own, and my brother's allowance has to be subsidized by the family, and my brother is more attentive than other people's brothers!

Tian Xiaoxia also found in the drawer the letter that the eldest brother wrote to her more than half a year ago, in fact, the eldest brother went to be a soldier, and he would write to her in two months and three months, telling her to study hard, telling her about the world outside the island, if it was the New Year or her birthday, she would put ten yuan in the letter, but she never replied to the letter, and then the eldest brother did not write to her alone, but in the letter to the family, a greeting.

People's hearts are flesh and blood, and I am really too bad at human feelings.

Tian Xiaoxia felt that she had to improve her relationship with her brothers as soon as possible, so she found the letterhead and replied to her eldest brother, saying that she had received all the previous letters, but she always wanted to reply when she was in her third year of high school, but she forgot about it when she put it down......

Writing and writing, Tian Xiaoxia felt that she was not writing this letter again to improve her relationship with her brother, but wanted to find someone to talk to, and she admitted her selfishness and vanity.

Tian Jianshe still got up in the middle of the night to catch up with the sea, Tian Xiaoxia didn't sleep until dawn today, she got up after six o'clock, and went to the uncle's house according to her memory, wanting to go with the eldest aunt before she went to the vegetable field to water it, and by the way, ask the eldest brother's address if it has changed.

Fortunately, she got up early, and when she arrived at the uncle's house, the eldest aunt was holding a tool to go out, Tian Xiaoxia took two steps, and the bucket in the eldest aunt's hand turned out.

"Auntie, are you going to water the vegetable patch? I'll go with you. ”

Aunt Tian was stunned, looked at her for a few seconds before saying, "Go back and get a bucket." Then he turned and went in.

If Tian Xiaoxia was allowed to go to her own house alone, to be honest, she really couldn't find it, there were few people who went, and after so many years.