Chapter 36: Parting

"Alright, it's time to eat. "After the vegetables are fried and the rice is ready, Chen's mother beckons to eat.

I saw Chen Yubin, who had been talking for a long time, and walked to the stove in one step, and watched his mother scoop up his own food.

The family sat down at the table and began to eat dinner lively. Xiaoxi looked at Chen Yubin, who was gobbling up, and admired his eloquence very much! Moreover, after talking for so long, I didn't drink saliva, which is really amazing!

After dinner, continue to chat.

"Mom, how old am I now?" After eating, the family of five sat around the dining table, eating loquats, and set up a dragon gate array for a while.

"Six years old. Chen's mother drew a six.

"Ah...... The last time I asked you, you also said I was six years old. Chen Yubin felt that it was wrong.

"Oh, then you're seven years old. Seeing that her son was very serious, Chen's mother couldn't help but joke with him.

Seeing that his mother was so unsure, Chen Yubin was angry, "Mom, how old am I?"

Poor boy! Xiaoxi remembered that she was like this when she was a child, and always stupidly asked adults how old she was. I remember when I was in kindergarten, I asked my mother how old I was, and Chen's mother said that she was five years old.

In the first grade, when she came home from school one day, Xiaoxi asked how old she was, and Chen's mother lied to her that she was eight years old, and Xiaoxi repeatedly confirmed that she would be five, six, and eight years old for a while.

At night, when her mother and Chen Yubin were asleep, Xiaoxi went into the space to clean up the fruits she bought yesterday.

Apples and lemons are as simple as taking the seeds and raising them in the ground. Pineapple, Xiaoxi has seen a sharing on the WeChat public account, after eating, the pineapple pedicle is buried in the soil, and it will grow a pineapple tree directly. The creek directly carved out a piece of land, cut off the pineapple stalks, buried them in the soil, and poured some spiritual spring water to improve the survival rate.

The same goes for small tomatoes, the seeds are too difficult to pack, so they are directly sliced, buried in the soil to raise seedlings, and then watered with some lake water. After a long time, the aura of the space is sufficient, and a lot of aura has been incorporated into the lake.

When the tomato seedlings grow, Xiaoxi specially set aside a plot of land to plant small tomatoes, because the taste is really amazing, so delicious, after giving it to Grandpa Chen, he also said that it was delicious. Since eating cherries, Grandpa Chen has asked Xiaoxi for fruit every now and then, and now there is another small tomato, seeing that he likes it very much, so Xiaoxi plans to eat more.

And he planted apple and lemon trees on the mountain, and the pineapple came alive again, and now it was growing happily.

Another thing is that the road in the mountains has been made. It's just a simple repair, because it is made into the form of a winding road, so the time is longer.

One-fifth of the mountain peaks are covered by fruit trees, and the rest of the mountain is bare, and the fruit trees are hanging on them. The forest is scattered with some tree stumps, thick or thin, like birds and beasts, like standing statues sitting, strange shapes, thousands of manners. A one-meter-wide path hovers in the middle in an "S" shape like a ribbon, and the stream plans to get some stones to pave on it later, which must be very beautiful.

By the time Xiaoxi had finished the path, it was July, and it was almost summer vacation, and Chen's father's work in the county seat was only waiting to be settled.

In this final exam, Chen Yubin did well, fifth in the class, Xiaoxi first, Chen's mother rewarded two yuan each, for this windfall, Xiaoxi happily put it away.

Along with the summer vacation, there is also summer vacation life (don't think this is really life, this is homework), dozens of pages, mathematics, Chinese are all in the same book.

"Tomorrow after tomorrow, tomorrow is so much", in the past, Chen Yuxi was crazy to play on a holiday, and only stayed up late to catch up with homework in the first two days of the holiday, and every time he rushed to do his homework, he secretly told himself that he must finish his homework next time and then play, but next time he committed it, he made up his mind to commit it again, and the cycle began again, forming a vicious circle. However, now we must get rid of this bad problem of ourselves, the main thing is that I am bored, I can still play with my mobile phone if I have a mobile phone, what if I don't have a mobile phone, I go out to play, the sun can't stand it, and being in a daze is not a long-term solution.

Let's do my homework, just right, Chen Yubin is like a needle on a stool, restless, Xiaoxi feels that he is ravaging him, who makes himself bored. I'm bored and you have to stay with me, so let's do our homework together.

A few days after the summer vacation, Chen's father's salary was over. There are two children studying at home, so it is impossible to stay at home like this, so Chen's father took Chen's mother out to work again. But this time they didn't go quietly, and they said goodbye to the two children when they left.

The day before leaving, Chen's mother went to the county seat and bought them toothbrushes, toothpaste, and small umbrellas, and the two children were happy to receive the gifts.

In the evening, everyone said goodbye. Xiaoxi remembered that he had dried a lot of dried fruits, although the fruits were dried, but there was still a lot of aura, so he secretly stuffed a lot of dried red dates and dried cherries into the package. I was afraid that they wouldn't know where they came from, so I wrote a note and stuffed it inside.

Chen Yubin has also grown up a lot, and when he heard that his parents were leaving, he just cried reluctantly, and he didn't say anything to his mother, nor did he act extremely.

Xiaoxi knows that in this summer vacation, there is still a parting to be staged.

Xiaoxi's pear trees this year had a lot of fruit at first, but they were blown off a lot by the wind, and only a few were hung on the fruit trees sporadically. But the strange thing is that the pear tree leaning against the stone on the side of the road in front of the old house is full of green-skinned pears, and the branches of the tree are bent.

August is the season when pears are ripe, and it is also the season of sadness.

It rained overnight last night, which brought a little temperature down to this hot summer. When the creek got up, he found that the moss in the courtyard outside was covered with water droplets, which had been washed by the rain, and looked even greener.

The courtyard dam in front of Xiaoxi's house is full of brittle stone slabs, and it is covered with a thin layer of soil, so it is easy to grow moss. The moss is difficult to remove, Grandpa Chen used a hoe to remove it, and even scalded it with boiling water, which is very efficient, or it will turn yellow and die in two days, but a few days later it will grow new. Alas, people are "wildfires can't burn inexhaustibly, and the spring breeze blows and grows", and it is "boiling water can't be scalded, and a stubble comes again after it dies".

Still, moss is good. For example, chickens like to peck at the young leaves, and the moss is softer, like a blanket, especially when it has rained, absorbing enough rainwater, stepping on it barefoot, it is very soft, and it is more comfortable than the blanket.

After breakfast, I saw that there was nothing but Chen Yubin in the house, but I heard that the old courtyard was very lively, grandpa and they might have gone there.

"Hurry up and eat, after eating, we will go to the yard to find Zhao Juan. Under the spur of Xiaoxi, Chen Yubin's summer homework has long been completed, and now he can play with peace of mind.

After Chen Yubin finished eating, Xiaoxi quickly washed the dishes and went to the yard with him.

"Xiaoxi, my mother-in-law is dead. As soon as they entered the courtyard, the Xiaoxi sisters and brothers were pulled together by Zhao Juan, and then said the news flatly. In fact, it is normal that children at this age do not understand what death is, what parting is, what sadness is, and what pain is.

"Ah, what is dead?" Chen Yubin asked Zhao Juan curiously.

Zhao Juan thought she knew something, so she explained to Chen Yubin, "It's just lying there, my mother-in-law is lying on the bed and falling asleep now." ”

"Oh, can we go and have a look?" Chen Yubin hadn't seen a dead man yet, so he was curious about how the dead man slept well.

When Zhao Juan heard this, her eyes lit up, as if it was her own novelty, which could be displayed in front of the guy, and she pulled him and said excitedly: "Okay, go, I'll take you to see." ”

Xiaoxi hurriedly grabbed the two of them, and Zhao Juan asked in surprise: "Xiaoxi, what's wrong?" Chen Yubin also looked at his sister suspiciously.

Seeing their innocent faces, there was no sadness at all, only the curiosity and excitement of discovering new things, Xiaoxi almost couldn't control her emotions and steadied herself, "Oh, my aunt is sleeping, let's not bother her, Binbin, don't you hate others to disturb you when you sleep." ”

Chen Yubin thought about it, so he nodded in agreement, "Yes, I hate others disturbing me when I sleep, then Xiaojuan, let's not go." ”

Zhao Juan felt that it didn't matter if she went or not, and said indifferently: "It's okay, just forget if you don't go." ”

Xiaoxi was speechless when she saw that the two of them started chatting again.

"Xiaojuan, how did your mother-in-law die?" Chen Yubin still couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked.

"My mother-in-law is dying. He also gestured with his hand, "I ate such two bowls of noodles last night, and I didn't get up this morning." ”

"Ah...... Then I can't do this in the future, let's eat a little less when I encounter delicious food, what if I also "die"?" Chen Yubin said worriedly.

Seeing that the more they talked, the more outrageous it became, Xiaoxi hurriedly stopped it and pulled Chen Yubin, "Binbin, let's go see what grandpa is doing, I didn't see them when I got up in the morning." ”

The child's attention is easily diverted, "yes, I didn't see my grandparents when I got up in the morning, why did they go?"

"I know, I know. Zhao Juan on the side saw that they didn't know where their grandparents were, but they knew, and pointed down, "At the head of our stove house." ”

Xiaoxi took Chen Yubin to the stove house, and at the door, I heard them talking about shrouds and coffins inside, and I didn't want to hear this, so I said to Chen Yubin and Zhao Juan, let's go play, it's too boring to listen to them talk.

Zhao Juan didn't care, Chen Yubin listened to her sister, so she came out effortlessly, and the destination was a big stone on the side of the road.

The three of them climbed up carefully, and when the brook saw that the green-skinned pears on the pear tree next to them were ripe and ready to eat, they carefully climbed the branches and picked three that looked relatively ripe, one for each person, rubbed them twice on their clothes, and gnawed off the outer skin with a "click", and then ate the inner flesh.

This kind of green-skinned pear has more juice, is sweet and delicious, and is the most thirst-quenching.

In the morning, people in the vicinity knew the news and came to offer condolences. It's said to be a condolence, but it's actually to see if there's anything to help with, and there's a gossip together.

The adults were busy discussing trivial matters, such as wearing shrouds or something near and mourning from afar, and a few children were not idle, and when someone came, they went to pick pears and served them with their own hands.

People come one after another, sit for a while, say, "I'll help when it's day," and leave.

In the morning, there was a production team, and in the afternoon it was relatives who came from a distance.