Chapter 24: Hardship
When Wang Caiyun was teaching his son in the courtyard, Xu Zhongchao came back humming a little song, and he seemed to be in a good mood. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"What are you two arguing about in the yard, daughter-in-law, is the meal ready? I'm hungry. As he spoke, Xu Zhongchao took out five yuan from his pocket and gave it to Wang Caiyun. "This money is for you, buy whatever you like. ”
Wang Caiyun saw her husband giving money, and took it with a smile on her face. "I won money again today, husband, you are amazing. ”
Xu Xiangming rubbed his ears on the side, and was hurt to death by his mother, and he was rescued only when his father came back.
"What were you two doing just now, I heard a voice from afar. ”
Xu Zhongchao asked, and Wang Caiyun told the matter one by one. Xu Xiangming will be very honest and stand aside obediently.
"It's just a little thing, and you deserve to yell for a long time. That blower is just a little water outside, it's okay, hurry up and cook, I'm hungry. Stir-fry these snails with some chili peppers, and then prepare me some wine, and I'm happy to have a drink today. ”
Sure enough, as Wang Jing guessed, Xu Zhongchao felt that it was not a matter for his son to take some snails at his second uncle's house, and he didn't blame him for half a sentence.
While Xu Zhongchao was bragging about how powerful his card skills were at his dinner table, Xu Xiangqing was preparing the costume design drawings for the competition at home.
Unconsciously, a few hours passed, and Xu Xiangqing looked at the design in front of him and was very satisfied. Folder the blueprints into books you don't use often, and pack up the rest of the paper and watercolors and lock them up in a drawer.
Xiang Qing thought about sending the design drawings as soon as possible, but she had no money on hand, so she had to wait a little longer and save a little from the living expenses for the next week. And the deadline for this manuscript is November, and it's only September, so you don't have to worry about running out of time.
And after thinking about it carefully, Xu Xiangqing decided to wait until the end of October to send the design draft. If the design is allowed to appear in front of the judges too early, I am afraid that it will not have a stunning effect. There is still more than a month to go, Xu Xiangqing thinks that he can draw a few more design drafts when he has time, and then select the best ones to send over.
As soon as Xiang Qing packed up all these things and took out her homework to prepare to write, she heard a knock on the door, and turned around to see her mother Wang Jing coming in with a bowl.
"Qingqing, it's already late, so I'll write the rest of my homework tomorrow and rest early. You may also be hungry so late, it's freshly cooked chaos, you eat a bowl. Wang Jing smiled and put the bowl on the table.
Xu Xiangqing was secretly glad in her heart, but she just put the design draft, watercolor and the like into a drawer and locked it, otherwise her mother would have seen it, and she probably wanted to get to the bottom of it. And I will preach at length for a long time, and I guess I will tell myself not to waste my time on things that have nothing to do with studying.
"Mom, thank you for cooking chaos for me so late, I'll go to sleep after eating chaos for a while, you and my dad should also hurry up and rest, it's quite tiring to work during the day." ”
Xu Xiangqing went to the kitchen to brush the dishes after eating Chaos, and then went to sleep after a simple wash. I don't know if it's because I went back home to relax, and I got up a little late the next morning.
Xu Xiangqing rubbed her eyes that hadn't opened her eyes and got up, the house was quiet and there was no movement, and she turned around and found that her parents were not at home. Xiang Qing washed her face and brushed her teeth and came to the kitchen, and her mother put the prepared breakfast in the pot and warmed it.
Xu Xiangqing found a note on the pot next to him, and he saw that the handwriting was written by his mother. "Qingqing, your father and I went up the mountain to harvest corn, you study hard at home, breakfast is hot in the pot, don't forget to eat. ”
Such a seemingly ordinary note made Xu Xiangqing feel inexplicably warm, and at the same time felt a little guilty. In the past, I was ignorant, I was a lazy girl, and I didn't help the family. Now it is my parents who are so dedicated to their studies that they do not participate in housework or farm work in the fields. Looking back, Xu Xiangqing realized that she really hadn't done anything for her parents, and it was her parents who had always paid for it.
Xiang Qing didn't go out after breakfast, just studied in the house. When you're tired, take a walk around the yard twice and move your body. Seeing that it was almost noon, Xu Xiangqing took the basket to the vegetable garden and went home to prepare the meal. I didn't go to work in the mountains with my parents, but at least I should have had a good meal when my parents got home at noon.
Sure enough, not long after the meal was ready, Xu Xiangqing saw his father come back, pushing a cart full of corn. "Dad, I've finished the meal, let's eat quickly after a tired morning, why didn't my mother come back?"
Mother Wang Jing has not come back yet, and father Xu Zhonghui unloaded the corn and hurriedly returned with the cart. "There is still corn on the mountain that has not been delivered, your mother is watching it in the field, the weather forecast says that the weather will be bad for two days, you have to hurry up today, you can eat by yourself first, don't wait for us." ”
Looking at his father's distant back, Xu Xiangqing wanted to cry. In the morning, my father's face was flushed with sunburn, and he was sweating profusely, and his shabby work clothes were also soaked with sweat. The corners of his mouth are also a little chapped, and I don't know if he is in a hurry to harvest corn and even have time to drink water.
The hard-working parents haven't eaten yet, and their daughter, who is comfortable at home, eats first, Xu Xiangqing feels that it is not a taste in her heart.
Opening the cupboard, Xu Xiangqing found the lunch box. Since my parents don't have time to eat, I will bring them the food myself.
After packing the lunch box, bringing the key, locking the door, Xu Xiangqing set off to his own field. Because I haven't done farm work in the mountains a few times in my previous life, I only know an approximate idea of this location. was worried that he would miss it, so Xu Xiangqing watched and listened to all directions along the way.
However, when I saw Xu Xiangqing going up the mountain to deliver food, many uncles and aunts in the village took the initiative to say hello, and even more enthusiastic aunts helped shout to their parents. "Xu Lao'er's family, your daughter is here to deliver food, hurry up and rest and eat. ”
Xu Zhonghui and Wang Jing put down the work in their hands, straightened up and turned around, and sure enough, they saw that their daughter was already standing on the ground, holding a basket in her hand.
"Mom and Dad, hurry up and come over for dinner. Xu Xiangqing tried her best to smile and wave to her parents.
"What's going on on this hot day, your dad and I will go home to eat after a while. Wang Jing said and put an idle straw hat on her daughter Xiangqing's head, "Take an extra straw hat in the morning, you wear it, don't tan at noon, girls won't be beautiful if they are tanned, and it will take a long time for your skin to come back in vain." ”
Xu Xiangqing fully felt her mother's concern and nodded very seriously. "Mom, I'll wear a hat well, I won't let myself get a tan. ”
Xu Xiangqing's cooking skills are not bad, although there is no meat and it is just a vegetarian dish, but the taste is good, Xu Zhonghui and Wang Jing are very satisfied. Because of the hot weather, Xiang Qing deliberately stayed in mung bean soup, and the two of them also drank a bowl each.
Xiang Qing packed up her lunch box and went home, and when she looked back, her father and mother were still working hard facing the loess with their backs to the sky. Xu Xiangqing clenched her fists, she didn't want her parents to bear such hardship.
A month is not a long time, and time always flies by inadvertently. It's been a month since the start of school, and although the eleventh holiday has arrived, the school has only given one day off when the third year of junior high school is tense. While students in other grades were enjoying the holidays comfortably at home, the first monthly exam was being held in the third year of Zhenjiu Middle School. This is a test of the learning achievements of all students in the whole grade this month, and it is also the time when Xu Xiangqing and Peng Jiajia gamble to decide the outcome of the game.