The sun doubled in size near the place where the earth and the sky met, and the entire western sky turned red, and a red fog barrier rose on the ground in the distance. The sky overhead, the wisps of light veil like clouds, seemed to move. The green ears and leaves of the wheat have also turned purple-red. The willow forest belt arranged along the irrigation canal quietly tears a row of green barriers in the blue sky. In the evening of early summer in the Weihe Plain, it presents a magnificent bearing. The four sisters were walking on the road in the field, and remembered the scene in their hometown at this time, the sun was covered by the barren and grassy loess mountain in front of the door early, but the sky did not fall for a long time.

He, Lu Jianfeng, her son-in-law, is now walking side by side with her, with a careless and sloppy look.

According to the custom here, on the second day of marriage, the husband and wife should go to the woman's maiden home and bring four gifts, such as good wine and snacks, to visit the old man who had raised their daughter. The mother-in-law and the father-in-law must happily receive the son-in-law and daughter, seven plates and eight bowls disdainfully said that a bowl of poached eggs at the time of farewell is indispensable. The fourth sister's Yamato mother is far away in northern Shaanxi, thousands of miles away, and she can't express the old man's heart to her beloved son-in-law, and she has no blessing to accept the son-in-law's respect, all of which are replaced by the second aunt, and the second aunt is really as close as the eldest and mother! Now, she and he have finished returning to the second aunt's house, and they are returning to Lujiabao before dark.

She walked beside him, and even though she had already had the first night of her husband and wife life the previous night, and the most mysterious event of her life had lost its mystery, she still felt cramped. From the time she and him saw last night, it was only a month, and the total could not say more than a dozen sentences. She didn't touch his temperament, and she didn't reach that level of inseparability. She wanted to talk to him, but she was still embarrassed and couldn't explain her worries.

"My second aunt treats people so well, I can't eat so many eggs!" he said.

"But you...... I still ate it. She said.

"Do you know?" he flashed his eyelids mysteriously, making a serious look, "Why does the mother-in-law want to give her son-in-law eggs?"

"You're a new guest!" she said nonchalantly.

"No, no, no. He shook his head and smiled secretly, "That's to add material to my son-in-law, hoping that my son-in-law will be fat, and I will come ......back a few times in the evening."

"Ahh......h

He laughed, walked over and pulled her arm, leaned on her ear and said, "It's the same thing as feeding the breeding cattle on the farm......

"Ahh He ran with a smile and she chased after him.

A large canal is in front of you.

He staggered over the ditch. She stood by the ditch, looking and looking, not having the courage to stilt over.

"Call Brother Sheng, I'll carry you. He said on the other side.

She turned around and walked back the way she came, and she showed him what to do. She didn't look back, she quickened her steps, and looked like she was going back to her mother's (aunt's) house. There was a sound of running footsteps, and he finally blocked in front of her, giggling, and pretending to be pitiful: "If you leave, I will have to sleep with my pillow in my arms tonight." ”

The fourth sister really couldn't cry or laugh, and Lu Jianfeng, who was so shy, was now sour and sour. She hit him on the shoulder with her fist, but he didn't dodge, laughing: "It's so comfortable to hit hard! It's so comfortable for a woman to hit someone......"

She and he walked along the edge of the ditch, and it became dark in the thick shade of the willows. He said a string of rude words, which really embarrassed her, but also made her close to him. She wanted to walk close to his shoulder, but she was embarrassed, and the first time she wanted to get close to this man in Guanzhong, after all, it was born.

"Do you know what this ditch is called?" he asked her, pointing to the clear water in the ditch. Seeing that she didn't answer, he showed off, "This is a big branch of Jinghui Canal." Jinghuiqu, have you heard of it? Ho! There are records in history books and geography books, and it was repaired by Mr. Li from us. Mr. Li, the farmers in Guanzhong know that ......"

"Isn't it just a canal!" she said deliberately lightly.

"A canal, what kind of canal!" He was stirred up by her light tone, "How big! How long, how much land to water! How much grain is harvested! With this canal, the Guanzhong area can be harvested in drought and flood! Think about it, this was before liberation, in the Qing Dynasty, right? Ah, anyway, it was built in the old society, is it easy? I heard that Mr. Li studied in Beijing and stayed abroad, and is a great water conservancy expert. Where are you...... Is there such a canal?"

The fourth sister was dumbfounded. There is an impenetrable loess mountain bag in his hometown in northern Shaanxi, bare, and even the grass dies in the dry season, where is there such a flat land, such a clear canal water, and such a benefit to the people? If there is such good water and land, will she come here to find him Lu Jianfeng?

"You have a 'Xintianyou' in northern Shaanxi. He flattered her and said, "Really, when I was in junior high school, my Chinese teacher said that 'Xintianyou' was a folk song in northern Shaanxi. I've heard it on the radio, and it's so good. However, I always only sing those five songs, and I get annoyed when I listen to too much. ”

"We have a lot of good things in northern Shaanxi!" the fourth sister said proudly, "Let's just say this Xintianyou, there are so many that no one can count them, where are only five songs sung on the radio!"

"Sing me a paragraph. He said sincerely.

"You call me...... Sister!" She had a chance to get revenge on him. However, as soon as he said it, he blushed first.

"Sister—hey—" he roared.

The four sisters were suddenly startled, and looked around in a panic, and there were farmers who were drawing water to irrigate the land, and they were looking at them in a daze.

"Sister—" he cried again, and turned back, grumbling, "why don't you keep quiet?"

"Ahh

"That'...... It's your turn to sing. "He pretended to be a fool.

The fourth sister was teased by him so much that she really wanted to sing, her heart flickered, and she glanced at the big man in Guanzhong next to her, and deliberately pretended to be stupid, she thought it was very interesting and cute. She calmed down a little, and sang in a low voice—

When it comes to a family, there is a family to be famous

The family lives in Suide Sanshilipu Village

The third brother loves to see a fourth sister

You are my sweetheart

……

"Ahh

"It's not. The fourth sister said, "It's been there for a long time." ”

"Then why did you sing both of us?" he asked, "You are the fourth sister, I am the third in my family, everyone calls me the third baby, you have to call me the third brother......

"Ahh......h Three babies!" The fourth sister said aggrievedly, "I only know that your name is Lu Jianfeng." ”

"Coincidence!" he said with a big grin, "sing one more song! preferably...... The singing section is more sour. ”

The fourth sister couldn't help but glance at him and sang-

You want to take my hand

I want to kiss you on the mouth

Hand in hand

Kiss the mouth

Let's go together

He suddenly stood on his feet, grabbed her hand, and with fire burning in his big eyes, he said in a daze, his voice trembling: "You can sing ...... Fourth sister, I want to hold your hand and kiss your mouth, let's live a good life!"

The fourth sister looked around and whispered, "People are here." ”

He threw away her hand and said in a trembling voice: "Fourth sister, I know that you have suffered, and you people in northern Shaanxi have a hard life. I'll take good care of you. ”

The heart of the fourth sister flickered and jumped, and this stout Guanzhong man, although he spoke clumsily, was very sincere. She really wanted to pounce on him now, and stick it to his broad chest, so that her heart could have a solid support. Before she could muster up the courage, he had lifted her off the ground and into his arms, arms that almost cut her waist.

It was completely dark.

The fourth sister fell into his arms, her hands hooked around his neck. Her heart is very down-to-earth and very happy. She had attained her hopefully humble purpose—to say goodbye to the chaff bread that could be eaten hard. She found a lovely son-in-law, who was able-bodied, not disabled, and liked her, which was far better than the situation where so many of the women of the same country (including the second aunt) could only find a deaf or lame person.

Returning to Lujiabao tonight, in that small courtyard that is no longer a stranger, she will start her new life tomorrow, no longer a guest, but a member of the Lu family, a serious member of the Lujiabao brigade. It is conceivable that sleeping on the kang with a new futon in that small house tonight will be much more wonderful than last night......