After eating fragrant pig-killing dishes, it will be the New Year in a blink of an eye. Chinese New Year's Eve, the eldest aunt's family of four, the second aunt's family of four, the third aunt's family of three, Chen's father also returned, a large family of 17 people, very lively.

The first day of the new year went to the eldest aunt's house to pay New Year's greetings, the second day of the second year went to the second aunt's house to pay New Year's greetings, the third day of the third year went to the third aunt's house to pay New Year's greetings, the fourth day of the first year went to the grandmother's house, the relatives and friends around the fifth day came to the house to pay New Year's greetings, and the sixth day of the new year was wild.

After the New Year, the two children are one year older, Xiaoxi is five years old, and Chen Yubin is four years old.

Cherry blossoms bloom in February, pear blossoms bloom in March, apricot blossoms bloom in April, at the end of the month, Chen's mother cooked two poached eggs for herself for her birthday, the wheat ripened in May, and the family began to harvest the wheat, at the end of June, Chen Yubin celebrated his fourth birthday, and then half a month, Xiaoxi celebrated his fifth birthday.

After his birthday, the family began to discuss sending Xiaoxi to school.

In mid-August, Luo Jiawan (Chen's mother's maiden family) grandfather's birthday celebration, because he and his grandfather are cousins, so Chen's mother asked Xiaoxi to call them grandfather to show their closeness.

Because of my grandfather's birthday, this afternoon, the family of five cleaned up the ground, fed the pigs, chickens and cows at home, and set off to celebrate the birthday.

Thinking that he will go to school in September, Xiaoxi is now crazy to play, and he will play with flowers and grass along the way.

When I arrived at my grandfather's house, there were already many people in the house. Seeing that the in-laws were coming, the grandfather hurriedly beckoned the Xiaoxi family to sit and rest, and Chen's mother handed the 50 eggs in her hand to the grandfather, which was a congratulatory gift.

Grandpa Yi pretended to excuse himself (this is the modesty unique to the Chinese) and said, "Oh, it's all here, why bring so many courtesies." ”

Knowing that her grandmother was cooking in the house, her mother-in-law hurried to find the old sister to chat. There was a pot of soaked fungus in the middle of the street, and Chen's mother automatically and spontaneously went to help choose vegetables, Xiaoxi saw that his grandfather was chatting with his grandfather in full swing, and his younger brother was a little shy because of a strange place, so he pulled him to choose vegetables with his mother.

There were more than 30 people in Xiaoxi's family and grandpa's children, sitting at two crowded tables, pushing cups and changing lamps to eat until the middle of the month, and then sleeping at grandpa's house at night.

After breakfast the next day, the family went home and brought their grandmother with them. Because of the death of her grandfather, her grandmother was blind from crying, and it was very inconvenient to go out, and her uncle was working outside.

The third day was Grandpa Chen's birthday, and he got up early in the morning, and Grandpa went to the market to buy groceries. After buying the vegetables, I rushed back non-stop, and after two bites of rice, I began to clean up the dishes to be entertained by the guests.

After packing up, just sat down to rest for a while, Luo's grandmother's family came. Grandpa hurriedly looked for cigarettes and asked his mother-in-law and Chen's mother to pour water and grab melon seeds. Because it was still early, a group of people sat around chatting and eating melon seeds.

At about four o'clock, my aunt came to the house. The eldest aunt said that she was the sister of her mother-in-law, and that was the daughter of the Zhao family, but she only had contact with the Xiaoxi family.

Seeing the eldest sister at the door of the stove room, the mother-in-law took two quick steps, "Eldest sister, you are here, come in quickly, come and sit." He pulled the eldest aunt to sit down at the table, and the stove room was already surrounded by a table of people.

Xiaoxi's stove is very large, the stove occupies only a quarter, and the stove is a board and cupboard, and opposite the board is an ash heap, which is used for baking in winter. The seating board came over the washstand, which only took up half of the stove, and the remaining half, and a square dining table was set up in the middle, where the visitors sat and chatted.

The eldest aunt gave a packet of VV soybean milk and a packet of southern black sesame paste as a congratulatory gift, and Chen's mother quickly put it away, went to bring a bowl of boiling water to the eldest aunt, and went to cook in the pot.

The day after my grandfather's birthday, I had breakfast, and my grandfather's family went home. Grandma also went home with her, and Chen's mother said that she would pick her up in two days to play. The eldest aunt saw that everyone was gone, and she also beckoned to go home, but the mother-in-law hurriedly stopped her and said, "Eldest sister, you can't come twice this year, just play with me for two days." ”

Chen's mother also chimed in: "That's right, auntie, you just play at home for two days and talk to your mother." ”

Thinking of the things at home, the eldest aunt had a headache and refused: "No, I have to go back, there are a lot of things at home, and in two days your brother-in-law will be born, you are here, and I will accompany you for two days when the time comes." ”

Although he knew that the eldest sister was right, he was just reluctant, and he couldn't go back and forth twice a year, so he continued to persuade: "Oh, when can you be busy, you will play with me for two days." ”

Mother Chen saw that the sisters didn't convince each other, so she thought of a way, "Auntie, you can play at home for two more days, and on that day, we will go back with you." ”

Seeing that the eldest aunt was still going to say, she hurriedly said: "Auntie, I know that you are going to be busy with the family breaking corn, just two days, and the day after tomorrow, the eldest aunt will go back with you on his birthday. It's afternoon for you to go back today, only tomorrow you can break a day seriously, and the day after tomorrow you have to buy vegetables and cook, I think it's better to play at home for two days, there are many people, and we will break home for you all day. ”

After being persuaded for so long, the eldest aunt really didn't know what to say, and she couldn't chill other people's hearts, so she agreed to stay and play for two days.

On the eldest aunt's birthday, after breakfast, I asked my neighbors to help take care of the family's livestock, and a few people set off. It is a long way to get to my aunt's house, and I have to walk for two or three hours.

When I arrived at my aunt's house, it was almost lunch, so my aunt hurried to cook, and her daughter-in-law brought a bowl of fried fish to Xiaoxi and Chen Yubin to eat.

After the eldest aunt's birthday, Grandpa Chen decided to stay one more day and helped them harvest the corn. When I got up in the morning, except for Xiaoxi and Chen Yubin, all of them were dispatched.

There are two jujube trees next to my aunt's house, and the adults went to break corn, and the two children climbed up the jujube tree to pick jujubes, because there was no pollution, only a layer of ash, so they wiped it on the sleeves and ate it.

The jujubes on these two jujube trees are very crisp and sweet, and they are also big, only one circle smaller than the Shandong jujubes. This is much better than what he had collected in his own space, and Brook decided to ditch those pits and use them instead. After the two of them had eaten, they went back to the house to find a plastic bag, began to pick dates, and prepared to go home to dry.

At noon, the adults came back, and when they saw the two bags of jujubes on the table, they suddenly cried and laughed.

Grandpa pointed at them and said angrily, "Xiaoxi Binbin, you two have eaten enough, why are you picking so much, ah?"

Xiaoxi looked at the two bags of big and red jujubes on the table, it seemed to be a bit much, and when he picked them, he couldn't put them away, and he couldn't help blushing a little, and said, "I thought, this jujube is so delicious, so I'll pick more and go home to dry." After speaking, he glanced at his grandfather pitifully.

Looking at the pretending granddaughter, the grandfather sighed, "You, you said you ......"

At this time, the eldest aunt came out to be a peacemaker and said, "Okay, okay, it's still a child, you know what, you can pick it, don't say it anymore, ah, I'm going to cook." "I turned around and went to the stove to cook.

It wasn't until later that Xiaoxi learned that the two jujube trees were not from the eldest aunt's family, but from the neighbor next to them.

The eldest aunt's house has a lot of land, and a dozen or so people are busy all day, and they don't finish until it's dark.

After breakfast the next day, the family went home, and did not help tear the corn, because school was about to start and the family's crops were about to be harvested. When I left, I still carried two bags of dates.

The eldest aunt sent them down the road at the bottom of the mountain before going back.

"Dad, Mom, you see, Xiaoxi is going to school in a few days, why don't we go to the field and buy a school bag." Chen's mother saw that she was about to reach a fork in the road, so she hurriedly said.

Grandpa Chen only remembered at this time that his granddaughter was going to school and didn't have a schoolbag yet, so he nodded and said, "Yes, yes, how can you not have a schoolbag when you are going to study, let's go to the field and buy a schoolbag for Xiaoxi." ”

A few people turned around and went to the field.

When I got home, I was able to pick peanuts from the three-point plot in front of Xiaoxi's house. It happened to rain lightly, the ground was wet, and the soil was loose, so it took two days to lift the peanuts, dry the mud in the ground a little, and then shake the dry mud clean, and then carry it all home and stack it neatly next to the wall. The whole family picked it day and night, and it took two days to finish it, and then it was cleaned and spread out on the sunning mat in the yard, dried for two days, dried and stored.

On the first night of picking peanuts, I picked two pots of new peanuts, washed them and put them in the pot, added a little salt, and boiled a full pot, which was very delicious. A large pot of peanuts must not be eaten for a while, so they are dried in a dustpan and eaten later.

After Xiaoxi's peanuts are put into the cabinet, it is time to register for school.

On August 31, after breakfast, Chen's mother cleaned up the house, stood on the back door and said to Chen Yubin, who was playing in the courtyard: "Binbin, listen to your grandparents and mother-in-law at the head of the house, I will come back with your sister in a while." Because of today's registration, Chen's mother handed Chen Yubin to her grandparents to watch.

Chen Yubin didn't know what going to school was, but he just saw that his mother had a lot of money, so he pouted and said aggrievedly: "My mother brought so much money to buy candy for my sister, but she didn't take me." As he spoke, he shed a few tears.

Well, when did this kid see it, his eyes were quite thief, and seeing his aggrieved look, Xiaoxi quipped: "Brother, don't worry, this time next year, my mother will bring you so much money to buy candy to eat." ”

As soon as Chen Yubin heard that he would have his share next year, his eyes widened and he asked in surprise: "Really? I will have it next year?"

Seeing that my sister nodded, she asked again, "Is it also just me, and there is no sister?"

This kid is really a broken child, looking at his happy appearance, he wanted to beat him, Xiaoxi simply turned his head and pretended not to hear.

What, bad sister, asked her something, but she didn't say anything, so Chen Yubin looked at Chen's mother, and he longed to be answered.

Chen's mother, who watched the excitement for a while, decided to ignore her son's eager eyes, and said to Chen Yubin: "Binbin, be obedient at home, I'll leave with your sister." Turning around and closing the back door, remembering his son's aggrieved appearance just now, he was about to suffocate into internal injuries.

Xiaoxi looked at her mother's shoulder, shrugged twice suspiciously, and was suddenly a little speechless, bullying her own child, is it interesting?

When I went out, I saw that Zhao Juan was already waiting for them in the yard, because Zhao Juan was the same age as Xiaoxi, and it was time to go to school this year. The master knew that Chen's mother was going to sign up for Xiaoxi today, so he simply handed over the money and people to Chen's mother.

Out of the gate of the village school, Xiaoxi let out a long breath, and finally, after five years, he entered the school again and began his learning career.