Chapter Twenty-Three: Burning Yourself

The night is terrible, and the scenery inside the house is different.

Xiao Mu tossed and turned, unable to sleep. He didn't know what he was supposed to do, he didn't know how to be a good boy.

And Zhang Laohan has never been there, he has never experienced such a situation as cultivation and education, and he doesn't know how to do it to make Xiao Mu grow up healthy and happy.

You can clearly hear the ticking of the clock in the main room, without the slightest intention of stopping, walking minute by minute, Xiao Mu gradually fell asleep.

"Xiao Mu, Xiao Mu, have you woken up, get up when you wake up, and the bus will do something for you." Zhang Laohan shouted outside the house.

Xiao Mu was sleepy-eyed, feeling that everything had just ended, and she had just gone to sleep, why did it dawn so quickly, and she got up in a daze.

"Xiao Mu, my grandfather told you that there are still noodles cooked by your grandmother in the kitchen, and you will go to herd cattle with your brothers in the village later, I have already told them, okay?"

Zhang Laohan looked at Xiao Mu who was groggy, and he didn't know if Xiao Mu heard clearly, so he nodded.

After a pause for a few seconds, Xiao Mu reacted, "Ahhh

"Hehe, boy, I'm afraid you're slower than me, your grandmother and I are going to the field, see what's going on in the field, the grass should be vigorous, weed. ”

At that time, Nancheng had few sources of economic income, and it was already a very good family to be able to fill its stomach at sunrise and rest at sunset.

In the southern part of the city, where rice is the staple food, paddy fields are a must. However, the entire paddy fields of Nancheng are far away from Nancheng, several kilometers away, and it takes about an hour to travel lightly.

The backwardness of agriculture does not have any mechanical blessings. There are no conditions to use pesticides, and even chemical fertilizers are rarely used.

"Oh, then will you come back at noon?" Xiao Mu asked weakly.

Zhang Laohan took out the porcelain jar that had been removed, and it was rusty, "If you don't come back, I'll use this thing to bring some cold rice and pickles at noon, and I'll eat it." ”

"What about me, where do I go to eat?"

Xiao Mu was a little anxious, because he hadn't learned the skill of cooking at that time, and when he heard that Zhang Laohan and the others didn't go home for lunch, he would naturally be anxious.

"Hey, what are you worried about, we've already prepared lunch for you, it's in the kitchen pot, and the temperature of the charcoal fire is enough to support until noon to ensure that the meal is still hot. After speaking, Zhang Laohan hung his coat on the wall panel of the main house.

After getting the food to be taken away, Zhang Laohan and his wife went to the field. And after eating a few mouthfuls of boiled noodles, Xiao Mu Caocao found that he had no appetite and was not eating, so he went directly to the brothers in the village to join them.

Zhang Laohan's family lives in a bit of a remote area, only their family, and they need to go over half a mountain bag to the village, about ten minutes away.

Before he arrived in the village, Xiao Mu heard someone shouting: "Xiao Mu, Xiao Mu, let's go, let's go and let the cattle go." ”

It must be the big brothers in the village, Xiao Mu turned around and rushed home.

The thin Xiao Mu led the three cows and walked towards the entrance of the village. This situation was not strange in those days.

"Hey, Xiao Mu, you little kid, look at how many cows you have, can you stop it?" said one of the slightly chubby brothers.

"What is this, it's not like I haven't seen it, no problem, besides, there are still you today, right?" Xiao Mu did not show weakness.

"Let's go, let's go, hurry, don't be verbose. Another tall, thin brother said.

On their way there, they passed through the once bustling streets of the village.

Two years ago, it was a noisy and noisy city, and it was not the 10th street day, the sky was slightly bright, and people from all over the world gathered here, all took out their mountain goods and shouted.

The first time Xiao Mu rushed to the market, it was this street that he came.

A large lawn, in the center of the street are three huge banyan trees, vaguely remember that the bottom of the banyan trees are selling fruits, 5 cents can buy a large handful of plantains, can also be exchanged for commodity equivalents.

The streets are lined with adobe tiled houses, where there are wholesale snacks and daily necessities.

Now, without the hustle and bustle of the past, all that remains is a crowd of three or two, and the uncle who sells beef soup pots at the east end of the street is still shouting, "A bowl of beef is rotten, and no money is not rotten!"

The bird sellers are still there, but there are not as many as before, and the doors on both sides are almost closed, and I don't know where the shopkeepers have gone.

At this time, the slightly chubby brother suddenly came out with a sentence, "Ah, today on the 10th, alas, how beautiful it would be if I could eat a bowl of beef rotten." ”

"Come on, you, herd the cattle well, don't think about those useless ones, you don't have any money. The skinny brother retorted.

The fat brother just glanced at the thin brother, didn't say anything, turned his head to Xiao Mu and said, "Hey, Xiao Mu, where are you going to eat later, your grandfather and they won't come back, what should you do?"

"It's okay, my grandfather left me lunch, I'll go back and eat. Xiao Mu didn't think too much about it, and answered the fat brother directly.

Who would have thought that Xiao Mu would burn himself when he said this.

"Then we'll drive the cattle to the mountains later, and then we'll almost go back to your house and get food together, I'm afraid you'll hurt yourself if you don't get it right." ”

Listening to the fat brother say this, Xiao Mu felt that the fat brother cared about himself, since he cared so much about himself, why didn't he agree?

"Okay, it's decided, I'll go to my house for lunch later!" Xiao Mu happily agreed.

The three of them drove the cattle up the hill and went home.

"Won't the cows run into other people's fields when we leave?" Xiao Mu was a little anxious.

At that time, Xiao Mu had not let go of the cattle with the villagers, but they didn't know that this was the consistent practice of the villagers, driving the cattle to the mountains and leaving them alone, waiting until the afternoon to find the cattle back.

"Hey, it's okay, let's just look for it in the afternoon, it's such a big mountain, you can't run anywhere, and there are no crops around here." "The thin brother finally spoke.

Hearing this, Xiao Mu was much more relieved.

At this time, Xiao Mu's mood was getting better and better, and he cared so much about his two brothers, and he didn't have to follow behind the cow's butt, what a happy thing.

For Xiao Mu, who has a lot of fun, this is understandably one of the happiest things for him, and the whole person is much more relaxed.

"Hurry up, I'll take you to my house to eat bacon, I still have bacon at home, but I can't do it, you will do it when you go together, and I will be responsible for eating." ”

At this moment, Xiao Mu couldn't be more suitable to describe him with a smile.

Hearing that there was bacon, the two brothers were naturally happy.

At that time, pork was very precious, and it could only be slaughtered all year round, even two or three years. Generally, the family is reluctant to take it out to eat, and it is reserved for entertaining guests.

After all, a child is a child, just be happy, reckless of the consequences, or it is more appropriate to not think of the consequences, the danger is approaching Xiao Mu step by step, but he doesn't know it.