There is the largest reservoir in the area of Persimmon Bay in the east ditch of Yunling, which was built more than 20 years ago by mobilizing the villagers of the neighboring three counties to carry it on their shoulders.

The reservoir not only diverts the canal to irrigate farmland from Liuwan, Qingping to Qingxi and beyond, but also discharges flood water along the ditch, giving a different picture to the ditch along the south bank of the Fen River from Yunling to the south bank:

The stream is murmuring, the waterwheel is gurgling, the vegetables are fat and fruity, the grass is lush and the forests are luxuriant, the pheasants are crowing, and the hares are racing, just like the water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

It is precisely because of the Yunling Reservoir, especially the mountain water tank along the ditch that the reservoir discharges floodwater, has become the main source of surface water in the ditch.

With water, the ditch has become the vegetable garden and orchard of these villages along the ditch, and it is also the source of wood for the villagers to build houses, and a good place to collect firewood.

At this time, the farmers in the persimmon bay area still burned the fire for cooking, and mainly relied on firewood. Zhuanghu people often go to the ditch to collect firewood, especially in winter, the leaves fall, the northwest wind blows sky-high, and the dry branches are easy to pick up.

This winter, it seems that there is more snow than usual. Yezi's house is a sunflower pole house, and when it snows heavily, you have to go up to the roof to sweep it to prevent the snow from crushing the roof.

That is, when he was clearing the snow in the upper room, Ye Ziyi slipped carelessly, knocked the house out, and broke himself.

I am busy on weekdays and have no time to spend with my children. This fracture and recuperation gave Ye Zi idle time to take care of the child, and what worried her the most was Ergou and Xing'er.

By this time, Apricot was already in elementary school. When I first started school, the teacher asked Xing'er and her class to take a piece of chalk and squat on the ground to do arithmetic. But Xing'er couldn't do it after thinking about it.

At this time, the other grades were out of class, and many senior students came around to watch, and the dog baby also came. When Xing'er was worried, she suddenly heard her brother quietly tell the answer, and she didn't even think about it, pretended to wrench her finger, and wrote the answer down.

After a while, the teacher turned around and looked at it, and Xing'er wrote it out, so she asked with a smile, "Hey, it's done?Who told you?" Xing'er bowed her head and was silent. "Okay! The teacher seemed to be a little skeptical, so he tried again on the spot.

As a result, in full view of everyone, Xing'er really relied on herself to calculate correctly. The teacher was pleasantly surprised: "Oh! Today, this paper tiger has become a real tiger." Oops, good, good. "When I lined up after school that day, Apricot was the first in line.

As soon as she entered the house, Xing'er happily told her grandmother about it, which made the family happy. In fact, even Xing'er herself doesn't understand what this change is all about.

One day, the dog baby came back from school and said to his mother: "The whole baby in the class is studying well, but there are always people who bully him and scold him for being the landlord's dog." "Oh. You are not allowed to bully. ”

"No, no. They all said that the whole baby's father said that Nanba was good. "Nonsense. People say that the actor who plays Nan Batian plays well. "Classmates all said that his father was also criticized. ”

"He's not in the right family. "What?" "Well, the landlord component. "That must have exploited our poor people. "Who did you listen to?" "That's not what the school says when it's bittersweet and sweet." ”

"The whole baby's family has never exploited anyone. "How do you know?" "I heard the old man and grandfather of the whole baby are very capable, farming in the house, and doing business outside, and the money is hard. ”

"Then why does the whole baby's family live in the kiln?" "This baby also broke the casserole and asked the end." "Hey, hey. ”

"I heard that when they were liberated, their family was fought over, their house was raided, his lord committed suicide, and his grandmother went crazy. Later, his grandfather was so angry that he didn't want a house at all, so he lived in a kiln. ”

"No wonder. "I heard that the whole baby and the old lady are kind to people. "Oh. How can it be said that the landlords exploit the poor? "I can't tell you all about these things. When you grow up, you will definitely understand. ”

"They bullied the whole baby, and they said a few words about them, and they said that there was a problem with the class position. "Hehe, what is the position of the little baby. "That's right, that's what they say. ”

"I don't understand that. Anyway, which one is good and which one is crooked, I know in my heart. But there is one rule, we don't bully people no matter what time it is. ”

"Hmm. Looking at the dog's appearance that she didn't seem to understand, Ye Zi suddenly felt that her son had grown up and began to think about problems, and a sense of relief from her mother arose.

In fact, the whole baby's experience is unique to this time. Politics is in charge, class struggle is the key link, and wherever there is a crowd, there must be a distinction between the left, the center and the right. "The land, the rich, the opposed, the bad, and the right" must be reformed, and their children cannot be equal to ordinary people.

Although the whole baby, like the dog baby, is still just a child, due to the different family composition, their social status is naturally different.

Quanwa's family is a landlord, he has been labeled as different from other children since birth, and his family has been included in the transformation object, even if he has good academic performance in school, he will inevitably have such social treatment.

The whole baby almost grew up in such a contradictory environment, on the one hand, she studied well and was praised by the teacher, and on the other hand, she was a landlord and wanted to accept reform, at most she was just a "teachable child". Of course, this is all off topic.

The three children grew up day by day, and the fruit trees in the Liang family's yard were all in fruiting year. In spring, peach blossoms, apricot blossoms, and pear blossoms bloom brightly, and in autumn, round fruits hang on the branches, and the fruity fragrance hits people.

Three generations of grandparents and grandchildren live in the meantime, laughter and laughter, and the joy of family is overflowing. Although life is quite tight, there is no money, and there is not enough food to eat, but the farmer family is safe and sound, which is also a kind of happiness. It's just that Ye Zi still misses his good friend Huan'er.

But he said that Huan'er's son went to Pingyang to ask his father to find him a job. But how can a junior high school graduate from the countryside look for a job in the city?

Jianwa admitted to death this time, and couldn't find a job for a day, so he pestered his father for a day. Gangwa changed her method to persuade her son to go back to Liuwan, but both soft and hard methods did not work.

Just when Gangwa was at a loss, Xiao Pei secretly went out. After all, Xiao Pei is from the city, and he sees the problem clearly after all, and he really does his best in this matter, which is better than doing things for her family.

First, I'm afraid I feel sorry for Huan'er's mother and son; second, it's also to calm the trouble of Jianwa's old man going to the unit to find Gangwa; third, I'm even more afraid that the night will be long and dreamy, and the marriage between her and Gangwa will be yellow.

Xiao Pei didn't squeak or squeak, he went out to run as soon as he got off work, carrying gifts to the east and west, I don't know who he found, and I don't know what means he used, anyway, a few months later, he got a temporary worker quota for Jianwa in Pingyang Petroleum Company, and let Jianwa live in the collective dormitory where she lived.

After settling the matter of Jianwa, Gangwa and Xiao Pei received a marriage certificate and held a wedding. Although Jianwa didn't mess with his father again, he still refused to attend his father's wedding with Xiao Pei.

In this way, as if playing a trick, things went smoothly, Xiao Pei not only appeased Jianwa, but also settled herself. In this regard, Gangwa is more grateful to Xiao Pei, and can even be said to admire.

Xiao Pei is indeed a smart woman. People are worried that stepmothers are not good for their children. What is unthinkable is that Xiao Pei is exceptionally good to Jianwa. No, it's washing clothes and changing bedding, and I went to see Jianwa with fruit or something for three days.

Of course, Jianwa initially did not accept Xiao Pei, but he has never lived independently, and no one can take care of him. In this way, although I am repulsed in my heart, I need it in life, and I will do it half-way. As the days go by, it comes naturally.

But there is one thing, Jianwa never calls this little Pei her mother. Because of Huan'er's mother, it is impossible for him to call other mothers.

As for Huan'er, although divorced, she still lives in Liu's house, living with her two daughters and in-laws.

The persimmon bay area is still an old tradition, and the daughter who marries out is the water that is spilled, and if the brothers of the mother's family divide the family, the property is not a daughter's share.

Even if the divorced daughter returns to her parents' house, she can only live with her parents for a short period of time, and she has to remarry quickly. Otherwise, there is no way to live in my parents' house like before marriage.

The parents of the Liu family naturally understood this reason, so they wanted to recognize Huan'er as their daughter and continue to stay in the Liu family.

In fact, these two granddaughters are still young and need to be taken care of by their mother. The parents of the Liu family even released cruel words, saying that they would cut off the father-son relationship with Gangwa, and they would recruit a son-in-law for Huan'er. This naturally gives Huan'er enough face.

But Huan'er has a different feeling, which can really be said to be like a year. At first, I felt too ashamed, I was bored at home all day, not going to work in the production team for a month or two, at most one person went to do some work on my own land.

Gradually, Gangwa has remarried and started a new life, and there is no hope of "turning back", and Huan'er has to think about the rest of her life. She also thought about going back to her parents' house and left, but she couldn't worry about a few children.

Besides, at this age, how can I remarry? In desperation, at the urging of the Liu family's parents, I reluctantly stayed in the Liu family for the time being.

The yard is still the same yard, the house is still the same house, the kang is still the same kang, but this home is no longer the original home. Today, Huan'er lives in the Liu family as the daughter of the Liu family's father and mother and the mother of several children.

Ye Zi naturally understands the embarrassment of Huan'er, and from time to time rides a bicycle back and forth between Liuwan and Yunling. Several times Ye Zi wanted to persuade Huan'er to find another person, because it was not a way to live in Liu's house all the time, but he couldn't say it when the words came to his mouth.

In this way, I watched it again and again, and went back again and again, and what I wanted to say was always held in my stomach.

Before you know it, it's summer again. Strangely, this early summer, it rained for more than ten days in the persimmon bay area. The flood water of Jiwang Mountain is rolling down, and the Yunling Reservoir is constantly rising, although the flood discharge is not stopped, but the water level is still quite high.

Either they were busy making trouble or doing other things, and as a result, they neglected inspections and missed the best time to plug the leakage, and the wide loess dam burst through a hole more than two feet wide.

The water raged along the two-mile-wide ravine for three or four days, the mud and sand were all down, the rocks were rolling, the ditch that meandered for dozens of miles was a vast ocean, the vegetable fields and fruit trees were swept away, and the big trees with thick waists were crooked from side to side, and they were in a mess. Occasionally, I saw a few brave people picking up the wood that had been washed down by the turbulence.

In this way, the Yunling Reservoir disappeared all at once. The former vibrant reservoir area is overgrown with weeds, bare sand, and only a little water is left in the pond. From Yunling to the south bank of the Fen River, dozens of miles of ditch land, a barren land.