As the night darkens, the lights go out, and people slowly fall asleep. The village, which had been busy all day, gradually returned to calm, and the mountains in the distance were completely shrouded in darkness, and the stars above the canopy looked even more dazzling.

Here, in the room with the lights off, Cui Jinxi was lying on the bed, his eyes looking at the dark ceiling, motionless. At this moment, he was thinking about what his grandparents said in the stove room this afternoon, although the two old men avoided him, but it was so unfortunate that he still listened to him, to be honest, he still felt that his decision was right, at least on the faces of his grandparents, he saw more smiles.

This afternoon, in the Cui family's stove room, the old lady is chopping vegetables, and her grandson finally came, of course she wants to make her grandson's favorite dish, since Cui Jinxi came, the smile on the old lady's face has not stopped.

Old man Cui looked at his wife, sighed in his heart, and couldn't help but open his mouth and finally opened his mouth, "Old woman, let's leave Xi Xi like this, Jia Zhe and his daughter-in-law will be unhappy!"

The old lady stopped chopping vegetables, looked through the window, looked at the gardenia trees in the yard that were still green, and said expressionlessly: "Hmph! I don't care if she's happy or not, this is the child himself, besides, Jia Zhe didn't object, and her granddaughter was used to being like that, and she was embarrassed to blame us." ”

"Alas, I'm not worried about affecting their relationship between husband and wife!" The old man shook his head helplessly, this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have been a difficult problem to solve since ancient times, and it is the same in their family, but the daughter-in-law is really not very satisfied with his wife, and even he can't look past it.

"Okay, raising a child is a hundred years old, and I am often worried about ninety-nine. I kind of figured it out, these children, they are all debts owed by the two of us in our previous lives, and we should pay them back in this life. The old lady glanced at her wife, this old man is worried about his life all his life.

After so many years of husband and wife, she can still guess what the old man thinks in his heart, in order not to let the old man find trouble, the old lady continued to say to his wife: "Old man, you don't know what the character of Jia Zhe is. If the relationship between their husband and wife is out of harmony because of the children, because of you and me as parents, it is also their own doing. It's good that the two of us avoid it so far away and don't cause trouble for them, and they dare to blame you and me. If Jia Zhe is really like that, I will treat him as a son! I don't want my son, and it's her business if my daughter-in-law has emotions!"

"Okay, okay, why don't you talk more and more angrily! Jia Zhe doesn't say anything else, it can be regarded as filial piety to the two of us, but does this child really want to stay here to study? You also know the conditions here, I am afraid of delaying the child's studies. The old man was still a little worried in his heart, and to put it bluntly, he was still thinking about his grandson's future.

"I said you just think too much, what's good in the city, now there are some dolls that are not diligent, do not divide the grain, cannot be carried on the shoulder, and cannot be carried in the hands! It is not as good as the dolls who grew up in this village, at least the children in the village bear hardships and stand hard work, and the children can go to school and work in the fields at the same time. If you want me to say, it's best for Xi Xi to stay with us, at least he won't be a boy, and he doesn't even know how to wash a sock. The old lady glanced at her wife, and the old man was just worrying.

"You, I don't know you yet, you said so much, I just don't want to go back. If you want to stay, let's stay, and in the next year and a half, we just want our children to stay around. The old man smiled, he didn't say that for the sake of the old woman.

Thinking back to this, Cui Jinxi's eyes had some tears faintly, thinking about his grandparents who were over the age of old, thinking about the kindness of the two old people to him, thinking about thinking that he felt that he had missed a lot.

This time, he found that his grandparents' sideburns were a little gray, that is, his grandmother's walking pace was a little slow, since he chose to stay, he hoped that he could spend more time with his grandparents, after all, you can't recover the lost time.

Shaohua is fleeting, flowers bloom and fall, spring, summer, autumn and winter, cycle after cycle, year after year, this life seems to be long, but in fact it is short, rather than regretting it in the future, it is better to cherish the beauty and time of the present.

The dawn of the first birth pierces the sky from the east, and a new day comes on time. Under the twilight, the sun exudes a soft brilliance, and the mountains under the mist stand quietly, and the mountains and forests that appear faintly under the fog have a unique taste in the colors.

At the foot of the mountain is a large area of bud rice field, it looks so neat and uniform, solemn, but the original green bud rice field has gradually turned yellow at this time, that is the ripe color, there are occasionally red sorghum and yellow soybeans planted at intervals between the bud rice fields, the heavy sorghum ears are gently swaying in the morning breeze, looking from afar, it is like a red wave, and even the air can smell the smell of harvest.

Wisps of smoke gradually rose from the peaceful village, and the air was filled with the smell of food. From time to time, I heard the cheerful calls of larks and other birds, as if to welcome the arrival of a new day.

People have been busy since early in the morning, and some people have started to work in the fields with the rising sun, which feels like a race against time, and they can't slack off for a moment.

The leaves are yellow, the leaves are falling, the flowers are withering, but the harvest is imminent, people's faces are not regretful because of the summer to autumn, on the contrary, they are smiling, that is the joy from the heart, the joy of the autumn harvest.

Here, Goodsheng put on his rubber shoes and said to his granddaughter who came back from exercising in the morning: "Sisi, don't follow you to the field now, the dew is heavy in the morning, you drill this bud rice ground, your clothes are wet, and you will be in the evening for an hour, and when the sun is shining for a while, you will bring your younger brother over." ”

"Okay, then I'll boil the red bean porridge first, Haohao, I'll bring it, grandpa, don't worry. Gu Sisi pulled Brother Hao'er, originally planned to go down to the field with her grandfather, but when her grandfather said this, she had to nod her head in agreement, she couldn't get off the ground, and she was always good at cooking.

The old man smiled and nodded, and before he was about to leave, he told again: "Okay, be careful when you burn the fire, don't let Haohao play with fire, remember, remember to lock the door when you come." ”

"Grandpa, it's not the first time for my little sister to cook, she won't burn herself, let's leave quickly, so much land has to be collected for a few days." Gu Xing'an ate the cake in his mouth, and said inarticulately, how powerful the little sister is, grandpa is worried in vain.

It's just that Gu Xing'an didn't think much about it in his heart, and was knocked on the door of his head by the old man with a chestnut, he rubbed his head helplessly, and glanced at the little sister sadly, before he could get the comfort of the little sister, he was yelled at by his grandfather, and he had to obediently follow his grandfather out of the house, which he found himself.

There is a lot of land in the ancient family, except for the sandy land near the river beach, which has not planted bud rice, and the other lands have planted bud rice like others. The bud rice produced in the field, in addition to paying grain tax deductions, the rest can be disposed of at home, most of the people choose to leave enough grain, and the excess will be sold after drying, which is also a harvest, and the Gu family is of course no exception.

In previous years, the money obtained from selling grain was in the hands of the old lady, and generally only if there was something important in the family, the old lady would take the money out, and she didn't want to get any benefits from the old lady on weekdays.

Of course, there are exceptions, that is, the old lady's beloved youngest daughter Gu Lixia, and the old lady's maiden nephew Li Yantao. The third daughter-in-law, Xue Guizhi, before the old lady had an accident, she could get some from time to time, but now she can't get it at all, Xue Guizhi's face is very bad at this time, she slowly followed behind everyone, with a reluctant face.

Gu Guofu glanced back, slowed down, and waited for Xue Guizhi to come up, and said in a low voice without a trace of emotion: "Who are you showing your face to? If you don't want to come, go back! Early in the morning, let the village leaders see it, and think I bullied you." ”

"I, I didn't want to ......" Xue Guizhi bit her lip, looked at her husband who was looking straight ahead with a hurt face, and said aggrievedly, but when she wanted to pretend to be pitiful and speak, she was forced back by Gu Guofu's more cold words, "Then put away your face, if you are dissatisfied, come to me, don't hold a shelf, my family doesn't owe you anything!"

"Guofu, I didn't, really, you believe me! I just did, I just didn't sleep well last night, don't you be angry, okay?" Xue Guizhi was very afraid that Gu Guofu would say something serious again, she clenched her hands, and pleaded in a low voice with red eyes.

"Don't pretend, aren't you tired? I'm tired if you're not tired. Gu Guofu turned his head and glanced at the woman in front of him, and walked forward after saying this. Xue Guizhi's seemingly innocent, I saw that he was pitiful, did not arouse his desire to protect and compromise as before, on the contrary, he felt very disgusted, and he was even a little tired of the performance of the woman in front of him.

Her husband's cold words came to her ears, Xue Guizhi's whole person was like thunder, her eyes widened, her face was full of disbelief, she didn't expect her husband to speak to her so bluntly, she bit her lip tightly, her fingers unconsciously clenched into fists, her long nails sank into the flesh, and she didn't feel it when she cut her palm.

Looking at her husband's distant back, Xue Guizhi felt that something was faintly far away from her, she felt that she was about to lose her grip on him, she didn't like this feeling very much, and she even felt a little afraid. Xue Guizhi shook her head, took a deep breath, and soon she adjusted her face and ran forward with a smile, "Guofu, Guofu...... You wait for me......"

Compared with Xue Guizhi's uneasiness, Zhou Xing is much more free and easy here. Since the separation, Mu Jianye has not had a good face for her, and with the selfish old lady in the family, she has no good reputation.

After so many things, Zhou Xing figured it out, this day can be passed, and it is nothing if she can't be separated, but she pities the three children, and now in her heart, the three children are the most important, what do outsiders think and say, she doesn't care, as long as the child has a future in the future, it doesn't matter if she is wronged.

Mu Yingying's changes between her parents, she sees it in her eyes but is helpless, she knows that her grandmother doesn't like her, and her father doesn't care about her, even the two younger brothers don't get much care from her father, she sometimes doesn't understand, why her mother can tolerate it, looking at her mother's sometimes sad face, her heart is also very uncomfortable.

In the dense bud rice field, Zhou Xing turned around and saw that the daughter behind her was holding a bud in her hand in a daze, she turned around and walked over, stretched out her hand and shook it in front of her daughter's eyes, and said softly: "What's the daze, is your hand hurting, come and take this glove with you, although it is old, it can still be used." When our bud rice is finished, Mom bought a pair of sneakers for your sisters and brothers to wear, don't you want it for a long time. ”

"No, Mom, I have shoes to wear, just buy them for Tiantian and Qiqi, they are boys who wear shoes more expensive. Mu Yingying came to her senses and said to her mother with a smile.

Mu Haotian picked up the buds on the ground one by one and put them into the sack, and when he heard what his mother and sister said, he immediately said: "Mom, I don't want it either, my shoes are good, buy them for my brother, my brother's shoes are small." ”

"You guys, don't worry, my mother has money, buy it for all of you, and then it will be comfortable to wear new shoes to school. Zhou Xing touched her daughter's cheek, looked at her son not far away and said with a smile.

"Oh, oh, there's new shoes to wear, new shoes to wear. Mu Haoqi threw down the bamboo cage with a small half, happily walked through the bud rice pole, ran to his mother's side, and smiled. He didn't understand why his sister and brother didn't want new shoes, and he didn't have time to think about it, he just knew that his mother was going to buy him new shoes.

"Be happy, then hurry up and load the buds, you have to be diligent and know. Zhou Xing lovingly rubbed the soft hair on the top of her youngest son's head and said to her son with a smile.

"Why don't you hurry up and break the buds, what are you doing there! One by one, it's only a long time, and you're lazy. Mu Jianye took the hoe and finished half of the bud rice pole, walked over and saw that his wife and children were not working, and his anger immediately came up.

Zhou Xing glanced at her husband who had a bad face, comforted the three children, and then began to break the bud rice again, Mu Yingying and the two younger brothers did not dare to speak out, because her father's face was ugly and fierce. Soon, only the sound of breaking buds and loading buds in the bud rice field remained.

Over there, Cui's family, Cui Jinxi wore a dark dress today, and he didn't wear his leather shoes on his feet, but wore a pair of inconspicuous sneakers, he smiled and said to his grandparents: "Grandpa, grandma, Sisijia is not busy with the autumn harvest, I want to go to the field to see if I can help." ”

"Jinxi, what are you ......" The old lady was surprised, why did this kid suddenly want to do farm work.

"I just want to experience that I haven't really been in the field since I'm so old. Cui Jinxi didn't hide it, and explained directly with a smile.

"Okay, you go, the Sisi family doesn't have enough manpower, you can help if you go, but do everything according to your ability, don't compare everything with others. The old man raised his eyebrows and said to his grandson with a smile.

"Well, I understand. Then I'll go next door to find Big Brother Qi now, I heard them say that they will also help today. Cui Jinxi nodded, walked out of the house under the eyes of his grandparents, and went to the house with cheerful steps.