"Tons of ......" Chen Anxiu's throat was a little blocked, he wanted to say, tons of tons, it is not practical to do this, but he suddenly couldn't say these words to his son, although tons of small faces are tense, there is still no expression, but in the end, it is young, as long as adults are careful, they will find that the child's eyes can't hide things, and tons of tons at this time are slightly nervous with a hint of caution in their eyes.

"Isn't it enough? Then I'll give it to you when I have the money when I have it." "It turns out that after saving up for so many years, there is still not enough of a full box.

Chen Anxiu half-knelt to hug him, "Enough, enough, enough, Dad has to work for a long time to make so much money, Xie Lu Xie tons." "How coarse did he have to think that he was not close to him? Obviously, the child is just not good at expressing himself. He's really not a good dad.

Ton Ton breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, their father and son saw that there were few such intimate movements, he twisted his body a little uncomfortably, but quickly stopped this action, raised his little hand in the air for a long time, and finally made up his mind, fell on Chen Anxiu's back, and patted it lightly.

Chen Anxiu hugged him harder, even if it was just for this child, he had to work harder.

In the next two days, Chen Anxiu mostly helped in the mountains, because the mountain was just contracted this year, many places have not been developed, Chen's father only put the previous orchard in addition to weeding, and re-fertilized the fruit trees, as for the result, we have to wait until next year to see, Chen Anxiu mainly helped pick persimmons on the mountain in the past two days, tons and tons of small tails, where Dad goes, he follows where, after that night, the father and son get along naturally a lot, although tons of words are still not much, but Chen Anxiu has now learned to take the initiative to get close to the child, when he carries the ladder, he will take the initiative to beckon tons to help him carry the basket。

This situation was in the eyes of Chen's mother, and at the same time, she felt very comforted, and quietly pulled Chen's father and said, "Look at Zhuang Zhuang and Tonton, now they look like a real father and son." "With their physical condition, it's not that they can't take care of Ton Ton in person, but after Zhuang Zhuang retired from the army, they still decided to hand over the child to him to take care of alone, nothing more than hoping that the father and son who gathered less and left more can get closer, while Ton Ton is not old now, they also know that it is hard to take care of the child alone, but if you wait for Ton Ton to grow into a teenager and then think about it, it will be too late, even if you want to give it at that time, the child will not need it so much. The relationship between father and son can be regarded as an injury.

Chen's father squatted on the ground with a small hammer to knock on the chestnut shell, and when he heard Chen's mother's words, he said triumphantly, " I told you a long time ago, this father and son said that the father and son, when can not be separated, before you were blindly worried, what tons of tons of self-written to strong and tons, she sometimes can't help but think of Changning, now think about it, I don't know if they did the right thing, unmarried children, even if it is put now, it is not a glorious thing, not to mention that it is almost thirty years up, just think about it to know what a bad thing it is, Changning was still a college student at that time, people in ten miles and eight towns know Lu Dao, the Lin family has a young son who is in college in Beijing, very smart, and he will eat public meals in the future。 But Changning, who was envied by everyone and was proud of his family, suddenly ran back one day with a frightened face, and without anyone asking, he shrank alone in the east room, and said that he didn't want to go to school anymore, and he graduated in less than a year at that time.

She still remembers that the season was earlier than this, it should be the beginning of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, one night it was almost midnight, the eldest brother suddenly came to smash their door, as soon as she opened the door, the eldest brother said to let her go back quickly, no one could persuade her, her father wanted to beat Changning to death, she was the only girl in the family, except for the youngest Changning, her father and mother were partial to her, and the eldest brother had no choice but to come. At that time, there was not even a motorcycle at home, so they walked back along the mountain road with flashlights, the roadside was grass, the dew was very heavy, the pants were wet to the knees, and the whole body was cold, she was five months pregnant at that time, and she stumbled several times along the way and almost didn't fall.

Even if there is a mother and a second brother pulling, when they arrived, Changning was already blue and swollen, and his body was full of blood. Dad was going to continue fighting, she ran up to block, she was pregnant with a child at the time, Dad wouldn't move her, and threw down the flat shoulder and went out angrily. She and her mother changed Changning's clothes, and as soon as she opened it, she saw the belly that was already obvious, just like hers, but Changning is a boy, yes, she has carried it from childhood to adulthood, and she knows it best.

Dad and Niang obviously know, it used to be only a story handed down by the ancestors, and then Dad and Niang went to find whom, she didn't know, anyway, their family knew that there was a hospital called Ning Shi who could help them, probably just after the frost season, Changning gave birth to Zhuangzhuang, but her child did not survive. Changning has always refused to say who that person is, in fact, they can't help it, they have only heard about places like Beijing in books and on the radio, and they want to go there to find someone to settle accounts, but they can't even find someone's door. If Changning raised this child, this life would be ruined, and the father would call the shots, and the whole family would hide from Changning that the child would die at birth. Changning heard that the child died, but he didn't react much, and after recuperating his body, he went back to continue his school, and then went to the United States, got married and had children, and has been until now. They hugged Zhuang Zhuang back, and this is probably the end of this life.

"Mom, are you going to pick the ones from the tree over there?"

"Oh?" Chen's mother came back to her senses, "Let's pick it together, and then keep it, it's all soft, and I can't eat it if it falls on the ground and breaks." ”

"What are you thinking, Zhuang Zhuang shouted at you several times and didn't hear it. ”

"What do you care what I think, smash your chestnuts, I looked at the weather forecast at the living desk, the weather was very good this week, and I just dried the chestnuts and persimmon cakes together. "The weather is bad, and what comes out of the sun is not easy to preserve, and it grows hairy.

They raised Zhuang Zhuang like an ordinary boy, and Zhuang Zhuang was even more solid than ordinary boys, but who knew that Lu Dao people were not as good as heaven, and in the end, Zhuang Zhuang and Changning suffered other people's losses outside. At that time, as soon as she saw her strong belly, she knew that after all, she had already experienced the same thing once.

"Tons, I'll hang the basket down, and you untie the rope and tie it to an empty one. Chen Anxiu stepped on the ladder and sat on the tall persimmon branches, there are many persimmon trees on the east mountain, Chen Anxiu knows three or four kinds, one is called oval persimmon, there is an arc in the middle, like two large dough cakes directly pressed together, this persimmon is very large, you can eat it when you pick it from the tree, and there is a small point, called ox heart persimmon, this kind of persimmon can not be eaten directly, you have to take the pear to dye it, but this kind of dried persimmon cake is super delicious, and there is a kind of most common that does not know the name of the road, one or two can emerge in the mountain valley every year, until winter, the leaves are gone, and the red persimmon can still hang on the tree。 In the past two years, people in the village prefer to plant crispy persimmons, and my father also planted one behind the house, which can be eaten with a little redness, crispy and sweet, with chocolate-colored cross flowers in the middle, so some people call it chocolate persimmons.

Now pick the persimmons, part of the storage, can be kept until the New Year, and some mothers will peel off the skin and hang it under the eaves with a fishing line to dry it into persimmon cakes, how to dry those translucent and beautiful persimmon cakes on the market, he doesn't know how to do it, anyway, the persimmon cakes dried at home, the surface is already black, take a bite, the flesh inside is still red, very sweet, silky, and the taste is tougher than the one bought outside. When I was a child, my mother always said that she would keep it for the New Year, but no matter where my mother hid, the three of them could turn it out and steal it.

Before and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is also the time when the express company is busy, Chen Tianyu came back in the evening of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and brought back a lot of things with the car, most of which are gift boxes from various hotels, all kinds of moon cakes, sauce meat, tea, and cereals, Chen Tianyu said that it was sent by a friend, and the family knew that his friends were a lot of three religions and nine streams, and there was nothing to doubt when he said this.

"Brother, this box of mooncakes is for you...... And tons tons to eat. Chen Tianyu deliberately handed Chen Anxiu the last box of mooncakes in the car.

"Mooncakes?" Chen Anxiu looked at the box with two silly rabbits, "You know that I don't like to eat mooncakes." "He didn't like to eat mooncakes since he was a child, and when he ate them together at home, he wouldn't move.

"I heard that this is different, it tastes good in the refrigerator, you can taste it. ”

Seeing that he insisted on doing so, Chen Anxiu took it with a smile, "Well, okay, I'll put it in the refrigerator later, Dad made a lot of dishes today." ”

"Brother. When he was about to enter the courtyard gate, Chen Tianyu shouted at him behind Chen Anxiu.

"En?" Chen Anxiu was very accustomed to agreeing, and turned his head to look at him, "What's the matter?" Why do you look at me like this?

"Have you been busy at work lately?"

"A little, but it's fine. Why do you suddenly ask that?" "Today's Mid-Autumn Festival, unemployment can be concealed for a day.

"I don't look good at you. ”

Chen Anxiu raised his eyebrows very badly, turned around with his eyes shining and dragged the person in by his shoulders, and said with a smile, "It's rare, it's rare that you care so much about me as an elder brother, why don't I allow you to sleep tonight?" But this waiter doesn't mean anything else, it's to warm the quilt in advance in their house. Tianyu is the kind of high-temperature physique with very strong firepower, when he was a child, he was often pitted by Chen Anxiu to drill the cold quilt first, and when the quilt was warmed up, he ignored the age of four years old, and he got into it and squeezed people without skin and face, and shouted shamelessly in his mouth, oops, it is an honor for you to sleep and something like that.

Chen Tianyu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he probably remembered the unbearable past, pushed him away, and instead scolded him with a smile, "Dream it, you." ”

"Do you want to be so fratricidal?"

"Seriously, if that job is really tiring, just quit, there's no need to make yourself like this for a job. ”

Chen Anxiu's eyes fluctuated for a moment, he was still good at his own family, but he still stubbornly said, "I quit, you support me and Tonton?"

"What's not going to happen? You're my brother. There was no light in the courtyard, but it was already dark, and Chen Tianyu's words revealed an inexplicable seriousness and stubbornness.

But apparently some people didn't understand it, and went over to make up for it and said, "Of course, those who haven't married a daughter-in-law now can say anything, and when they marry a daughter-in-law, they will definitely dislike us." ”

The sound of the range hood and spatula in the kitchen was continuous, and the smell of vegetables came out for a while, and Chen's father fried a plate of shrimp balls, and shouted to them inside, "What are you two doing muttering outside, don't wash your hands and serve the food." ”

"Coming, coming, Daddy. Chen Anxiu promised in his mouth, patted Chen Tianyu's arm and said, "Hurry up and put things in the house, wash your hands and prepare to eat." ”

Chen Tianyu smiled to himself, what was he thinking, did he expect this person to understand something? Forget it, he had always hoped that the person didn't understand, if he was like himself, it would be really disgusting.

Before dinner, Qingqing also called back, saying that she was having dinner with her classmates, and it was indeed quite lively on the phone.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Chen Anxiu stayed at home for another three days, seeing that the holiday was about to pass, he couldn't find any excuse to stay any longer, so he pretended to be casual and led tons down the mountain as usual.

The job will not be easier to find because of the Mid-Autumn Festival, plus he has to take care of tons and tons here, but fortunately, let him find a good job, just in Dongshan District here as a milkman, the working time is two o'clock in the morning to seven o'clock, but he must get up at one o'clock to go to the milk station to load the goods, there are not many high-rise buildings in the community here, generally the kind of six or seven floors, no elevator, door-to-door delivery to the door, it is not an easy errand, tools need to be brought, he borrowed a second-hand motorcycle from Liu Bo in the Chengdu snack bar, in exchange, he automatically proposed, send milk back every day, help Liu Bo go to the morning market to serve。

The salary is not high, but he can do other small odd jobs during the day when he has free time, so it is not much less than in the hotel. He thought about doing it while he was doing it, and he couldn't wait at home all the time.

After a long time at home during the day, I am familiar with a few college students who rent a house, one of them is named Zhang Xueying, according to her own said that she studied landscape design in the nearby agricultural college, when she comes back every day, there is a big burden on the back seat of the bicycle, after a long time, Chen Anxiu asked her, she said, "There is a night market at the entrance of the school, these are some small ornaments that girls like, to earn a pocket money." ”

"Is business okay?"

"It's okay. Brother Chen, haven't you heard that students and women make the best money? Female students are both students and women, and of course they are more profitable. ”

Chen Anxiu was amused by her exaggerated demeanor, and heard Zhang Xueying say again, "Brother Chen, have you ever wanted to set up a stall in the night market, although it doesn't look very eye-catching, but if you do it well, you won't make less money than going to work." There is a warehouse near their school, and she has twice seen this person there to help people load the goods, so a big bag and a big box, it is tiring to look at, "It's good to sell girls' clothes, I mainly don't have channels to buy goods, and I don't have so much capital, Brother Chen, think about it." ”

Chen Anxiu promised to consider, after the summer vacation, Ton Ton went to the fourth grade, and changed a very young head teacher, called Dai Chenjie, a very responsible teacher, called Chen Anxiu twice before, mainly to say that Chen Qiuyang's grades are good, and he is polite to others, that is, the relationship with classmates needs to be strengthened, she said vaguely, in fact, Chen Anxiu heard it, that is, Ton Ton is not social in school, he can actually see a little bit, every time he goes to pick up Ton Ton from school, other children are in groups, and then they will hold hands if they want to be better, and they will always fall behind the most alone。

When I went to pick up Ton Ton from school again, I happened to meet this Teacher Dai, who was as young as the voice on the phone, a little thin, with a ponytail, wearing glasses, and a person who was Swenwen, she said that she had something to discuss with Chen Anxiu, Chen Anxiu asked Ton Ton to go to the playground to play for a while, and this Teacher Dai entered the office, and began to talk about Ton Ton's situation in school, and when talking about Ton Ton's character, Dai Chenjie obviously hesitated, "Qiuyang's father, I don't seem to have seen Qiuyang's mother come over." ”

"He and I were separated a few years ago. "Ji Junheng still doesn't know where Lu Dao is.

"Well, it's too presumptuous for me to ask that. ”

"It's okay, Teacher Dai doesn't have to be polite, just say anything directly. He saw that this Teacher Dai was talking to him, definitely not just to talk about this, sure enough, listening to him say this, Dai Chenjie's hand was a little nervous to hold the water cup, and then said a little embarrassed, "Yes, there is one more thing to discuss with Qiuyang's father, yes, my mother used to teach art in the Children's Palace, and now she is retired, and she has nothing to do at home, so she wants to run a small class, and the fee is much cheaper than outside, I see that Chen Qiuyang likes to paint, so I want to ask your opinion." Maybe she herself thinks it's inappropriate to look for students in school like this, and her face is red when she talks about it.

Chen Anxiu smiled good-natured and said, "This matter is very good, but I still have to go back and discuss it with Qiuyang, if he likes it, I don't have any opinion here." ”

Dai Chenjie breathed a sigh of relief only at this time.

"I don't want to go, Dad. When Chen Anxiu discussed with Tonton, Tonton replied like this.

"Why don't you go for nothing? Don't you really like to paint?" When he doesn't have anything to do, he often writes and paints alone, although he can't see what he paints.

"I don't want to paint now. ”

Chen Anxiu can now sense some of the child's thoughts, "Are you afraid that your father will have no money?"

Tons pursed their lips and didn't speak.

"Dad has a job now and is making a lot of money. Tons of tons of even if they go and learn well. ”

"But that job wasn't good. "I wake up in the middle of the night every day and can't sleep.

Now even children understand this, "That, I'm also looking for that, and I'll find a better one in the future." "It's just a temporary transitional phase.

Dai Chenjie's family is also coincidental, she lives in a university town, and I heard that her father works in the logistics office of the university. After thinking about it, he decided to adopt Zhang Xueying's suggestion and set up a stall near the university town, there is a county below Green Island, where there are many garment factories that specialize in receiving foreign orders, he followed to sweep some foreign trade tail orders to buy, all of them are girls' clothes, he was really embarrassed to greet people at first, but Zhang Xueying is an enthusiastic girl, every time she sets up a stall to help beside him, sometimes tons of early class, Chen Anxiu will buy him a roasted sweet potato or corn for him to eat, Zhang Xueying also has a copy。 Tons peeled the sweet potato, gave him a bite, and ate another bite himself.

In the years to come, Chen Anxiu's life has been very good, and Ton Ton has grown up, and he sometimes remembers the early winter of this year, when he and Ton Ton shared a sweet potato on the street.

Occasionally, things sell quickly, Chen Anxiu will also go up and wait for tons to get out of class, and Dai Chenjie has more contact, he is aware of a little bit of Dai Chenjie's thoughts, she is very skillful, gloves, scarves and hats, knitted a whole set for tons, and gave him a scarf, but in his current situation, how can he still have the heart to delay other girls.

Ancestors have lived here for generations, relatives are connected to relatives, Chen Anxiu did not think about how long he could hide the news of his unemployment, one day in December, in the northern region, it was more than five o'clock in the afternoon in winter, it was already dark, he just put the stall out, and a car came next to him, Chen's father and Chen's mother got off the car, and there was rain together.

In Chen Anxiu's memory, he had never seen his mother cry like that in front of him, he sat on the bed without making a sound and shed tears, and his father's eyes were also a little red, "I don't know what to say about you, what can't be discussed with the family, what are you doing, the family lacks your food or your money?"

After Tianyu sent them home, they slammed the door without a sound, and later heard Zhou Yuan say that Wang Jian once drove out of Lu, he was blocked by a group of people, and the person was beaten to the hospital for two months, and the car was also smashed.

The clothes on Chen Anxiu's stall were transferred to Zhang Xueying at the purchase price, and the job of the milkman was also resigned.