Chapter 2 Happy Travel

"I don't know how to spell, but I can produce. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info I am a mortal, mortals value family affection. Grandma, don't even tell your parents, uncle, and uncle about these things!"

Grandma nodded in understanding, anyway, she can't say it.

"I'm still too young to have the strength, so I wish I was older. Let grandma live to be a hundred years old. ”

"We only have gods and monsters here to live to be a hundred years old, right?"

After saying that, the grandfather and grandson continued to cook, and specially added a little more salt to the cooked dishes today. Seeing that the sun was about to set, the sound of footsteps came from outside the fence courtyard wall. The grandparents and grandchildren glanced at each other, and they all knew that it was Xiao Gang's parents who came back. Xiao Gang's father is called Zhu Zhong and his stature is a little thin, and his mother is called Lotus, and the little man is also a little thin, which is normal here.

As soon as he entered the courtyard gate, he shouted: "Mother, I will come back with your daughter-in-law." Lotus hurriedly ran a few steps and hugged Xiao Gang, who was going out to greet him. "Xiaogang, do you miss your mother?"

Xiao Gang said very shyly: "Mom and Dad have worked hard, Mom and Dad drink water." "Hand over the bamboo tube, here are the sweet herbs blistered in boiling water. Mom took it and said, "I'm not thirsty, let's give your dad a drink first." The pillar said with a big grin: "Mother, child, you drink first, if I drink first, I will be exhausted." ”

The lotus took a small sip, put down Xiaogang and saluted her grandmother first: "Mother, it's hard work." Then he gave the bamboo tube to the pillar, and the pillar drank it up. "Hehe, this water is delicious, I drank all the two tubes I took out. ”

Grandma helped the lotus flower put down the basket, and Xiaogang took the copper sickle. The pillar walked to the pyre and threw the bundle of dry branches on his back, which was just folded before it collapsed. It seems that it is very easy to throw more than 100 catties of things, and there is a little strength! The family helped each other to take the bowls and carry the basins into the hall. Xiao Gang took chopsticks and a wooden spoon and put them on the table. The table is rough, but sturdy. The whole family sat down. Grandma took a bite of porridge with vegetables, and today grandma didn't eat bud rice, and she ate porridge cooked with rice. The pillar lotus didn't care, and the lotus also picked up some vegetables and ate budding rice with a wooden bowl. The pillar holds a large bowl, and the big bowl of clay-roasted clay is snorting and then pulling out the rice and then picking up the vegetables. "Yo, today's food tastes so good!"

Grandma, Xiaogang, and Lotus didn't speak and continued to eat. Xiao Gang's porridge today is obviously less. It was given to grandma to eat, and the lotus seemed to be a little worried that he would not have enough to eat. The meal was finished in a while, it was not dark, and the sun had set.

The lotus flower was put away and cleaned, but grandma didn't go to help the lotus wash the dishes today. Xiao Gang also sat down and didn't go. The pillar sits with a bamboo pick and picks his teeth. Grandma spoke: "Lotus, put the bowl down and soak it in water first, I have something to say." "Mom also came back, and the pillar put away the bamboo sticks. Grandma brought rice wrapped in lotus leaves from another table. Put a small handful on the offering table, and then break the rest for Xiao Gang's parents to give one each. "Let's try it!" "Yo, what is this, Auntie, what is this? Rice? Hehe, I've eaten porridge, and dry rice is not something we can eat often!"

The lotus flower has been broken into a small piece and eaten. "It's more fragrant when you chew it, not only the taste of rice, but also the beans, which have the aroma of bamboo. "The pillar doesn't need to be broken, and I almost bit it all with the lotus leaf. "It's delicious, and with the beans, this one is hungry. The rice is compact and fluffy. How can these two feelings be at the same time?"

Then, there is no then. The pillar ate it in one bite, "This snack is not bad, my mother can really fix it." Can you figure out a way to make it like this!" Grandma smiled and looked at the pillar, "Pillar, are you my son?" the pillar nodded, "Of course." ”

"Isn't the rice delicious?"

"It's much better than bud rice. ”

"If you're my son, you're going to listen to me, right? After you obey me, you'll be able to eat rice every day, and maybe meat. I'm talking about eating meat every day. ”

The pillar's mouth couldn't close and he was stunned. "Mother, is someone who speaks ill of me? I've always been obedient! I don't have meat to eat, and I listen to you. What do you want me to do?"

Grandma nodded: "Tomorrow, don't go to do other work, take Xiaogang to play, what Xiaogang wants you to do, you can do what you listen to Xiaogang, do you understand after listening to me?" ”

Grandma said to the pillar: "People outside won't say anything, and if someone asks you, they will say that you will take your son out to play for a day, see the landscape, and know the road." Teach Xiaogang to know the way, so that no outsiders will know that you will listen to Xiaogang tomorrow. If I don't obey, I'll be angry, and if I'm angry, I won't live long, so I'll go to your father. "The pillar understands this, and he is not stupid. "Okay, Grandma, I'll listen to Xiaogang tomorrow. ”

Then the family broke up, and each did his own thing. I don't need to light any lights when it's dark, and I go to bed early.

As soon as the morning dawned, my grandmother was already boiling hot water and cooking. Hot water is in a wooden barrel, and a thick cotton cloth is the family's washcloth. You washed, he washed again, so many people get sick when someone gets sick in their family. Xiaogang also got up, carrying a basket, a firewood knife, and a bamboo water cylinder, and asked his grandmother to wrap some salt.

Had breakfast. Adults eat bud rice porridge, and Xiaogang eats gnocchi. Other children's children basically eat the same as adults when they are three and a half years old. The pillar asked Xiao Gang: "Xiao Gang, what are we going to do now? What do you want to bring? Why don't you bring something to eat? It's okay for us adults to eat only two meals, can you bear it?" Xiao Gang patted his chest happily and said, "Dad, don't worry! Now, I'm going to ask my dad to go to the pond to pick two lotus leaves and bring them back, and then wait for my little friend. When they came, we set off. "The pillar is a little depressed, it doesn't count to bring his own son, but also to bring other children, how troublesome! However, what I promised yesterday cannot be reversed. "Okay, your little friends won't cry, right? I don't care if they cry!" Xiao Gang said, "Dad, don't worry! They won't cry." After the pillar finished speaking, he went out to pick lotus leaves, and Xiao Gang brought two small stones and a small handful of straw silk, and got some charcoal out of the jar. Grandma came over and asked, "What else do you want to order?" Xiao Gang replied to grandma: "It won't be far away today, just bring these, grandma don't be too tired at home." "Actually, Xiao Gang is not very bottom, is this world the same as the previous world? Can you really find some nutritious food? Looking at the chickens in the yard, it is similar to the previous life. It should be about the same, right?

Thinking about it, there was a voice outside. Dad hasn't come back yet, and the friends have already arrived. Hei Niu also brought his seven-year-old brother and the six-year-old sister of the monkey family, both of whom were from the same great-grandfather, and they came together. The elder brother of the black bull is called Da Niu, and the sister of the monkey is called Momo. Judging from the name, the black bull and the big cow are nothing, peaches, and monkeys? His father wants the monkey to follow his sister steadily in this life and not starve! The two older children are carrying bamboo baskets on their backs to collect firewood and cut grass, and today the black bull also fooled the big cow into bringing an iron firewood knife. A few children were chattering, and after a while the other children came. Dad also brought back two lotus leaves, and everyone set off.

The pillar counts as he walks, plus Xiaogang's eight children, plus Da Niu and Peach, which is ten children. Don't wait for a few...... When I got to the end of the village, I was about to leave the village, and I was finally going to get out of the village. Several adults of the Black Bull family happened to meet each other out of the village, and the eldest brother of the Black Bull generation, called Manniu, seemed to be in his thirties and was about to reach forty. Lao Yuan greeted: "Brother Zhuzi, why did you deliberately take the children today, it's really hard! Brother didn't hurt you in vain, but don't take it far." The bear is blind outside, and the wolf cub is very powerful. "The beard can be used as a fan, and the face is full of worry. The pillar said not very loudly: "Brother Manniu, don't worry! Today, I took Xiaogang to recognize the road near the village. Bringing one child is a belt, and bringing two is also a belt. Let's have a few more children to recognize the way! In the future, when they are older, they will not be so born when they collect firewood or something. Manniu nodded: "Good man, so many children can make a lot of noise." I'll let my brother go with you!" Xiao Gang shouted sweetly: "Uncle Niu, we won't cry." You have to do your work, go get busy!" all the children nodded vigorously. "Hehe, your little gang is so good, even my bastard black bull listens to him. Big bull, watch closely, here you can stare at your younger siblings and don't get separated. Without waiting for the child to answer, he turned his head: "Brother Zhu, don't talk about it, I've worked hard for you today." Fortunately, you don't have much land, in case you don't have enough food to eat, look for your brother, and your brother will give you some points. Then he led the adults away. All adult men, women work at home, and there are many things to do at home, and they feed pigs, cows, and sheep at home. Standing on the side of the road and watching the adults walk away, the children laughed and laughed again. As he spoke, he walked out of the village and walked across the moat. The ancestors of the village spent a lot of time and effort digging a moat for the village, and the water in the creek was connected to the moat, and the water would not dry. Originally, the outside of the village was like this, with a lot of dry fields, a small number of paddy fields, and a large number of barren mountains with trees. A little further away is the mountains. I didn't go out of the village before, I could only see the mountains, and I didn't know the surrounding situation.

Now I see that there are bamboo forests and woods. The trees in the surrounding woods are obviously not as tall as those on the mountain, and it seems that they were cut down by the ancestors. The hillsides around the village are low and not very steep. Visually speaking, about twenty miles away is the real mountain. A blueprint emerges in my mind, and in the future, the village will become a gateway, and all the surrounding hills will be developed.

The pillar spoke: "Children, do you see the higher mountains, and there may be smaller mountains among them, and there may be land to cultivate." But those don't belong to us. There are exists in the mountains that we don't know about, but in fact, our village is a family. We are really a family, do you see Brother Manniu calling me brother? I am really his brother, you are also brothers and sisters, and we must unite in the future. Our ancestors used to be the king's guards, and we have a nation. Our country is called 'Qin', and the merits of our ancestors are not enough to establish a surname. But the king at that time was very good with our ancestors, so he rewarded this land to our ancestors. The laws of our Qin State are very heavy, and the rewarded land must be built within a hundred years to have it forever. When the three ancestral brothers arrived here, they had thirteen sons and more than a hundred servants, and the king sent five hundred soldiers from the Qin State. This village is the foundation on which they built. At this point, the pillar stopped, and it seemed very sad that he couldn't go on. "Uncle Zhuzi, why are we now only more than 30 households with a total of more than 200 people?" Only he asked what his friends were thinking. Xiao Gang didn't ask anything, as if he already had an answer. Zhuzi had tears in his eyes: "Because of our ancestors, three brothers, thirteen sons, and five hundred Qin soldiers, all died in the mountains, and only a few domestic servants fled back. At this point, the pillar knelt down and kowtowed to the vast mountain. "Ancestors, descendants are not filial, and they are only seventeen years away. We still can't afford to build a city, and it's hard to even make a living. "The children were crying, and everyone who was sensible knelt down and kowtowed. When he was done, he stood up and continued: "Children, remember not to go to the mountains in the future, this generation is already the last chance, but we have difficulty even buying salt, and now. We were the children of the thirteen brothers who were raised by the women of the family, and the original servants were afraid of the escape. They were domestic servants, not domestic slaves, and they all quit their jobs and left. When the king found out, he didn't blame us, but the law was hard to disobey. We will build the city in a hundred years, and I will be the fifth generation and you will be the sixth. "Dad, don't be sad, there are still seventeen years to go. Xiao Gang comforted the pillar, and then pointed to the bamboo forest under a hill in the upper reaches of the stream, "Let's go there and have a look!"

Now the children came back to reality from their grief, hehe, hey, and they ate the whole thing. "Well, you can go there. In the beginning, even the snakes on the hill here were killed by our ancestors. Now there are again, but not many. You are still young, don't go far in the future to mow grass and collect firewood. Along the path, everyone walked slowly for half an hour before arriving at the bamboo forest, during which there were children who could not walk on the pillar and two older children, so they hugged and carried them. When I arrived, Xiao Gang began to command. The black cow dug the earth to prepare for the fire, and the big cow and the peach went to the woods next to the bamboo forest to cut grass and collect firewood. Zhu Xiaogang asked him to cut bamboo, and the rest of the children Xiaogang dug the soil in one place and pried it with a small stick. In a short time, a lot of bamboo fell down on the pillars. Xiao Gang asked him to cut it into knots again, and some of them didn't want to have them. If you don't want it, pile it up, and if you want it, move it next to the pit dug by the black ox. The two older children also returned. Two baskets full of tender grass fell to the ground and went to carry firewood again, and the other children also dug up a lot of fat bugs. These children are not afraid of insects, so they think it's fun and pinch them. Xiao Gang smiled when he saw it, it's okay! It's fat and big. "Dad, you can cut a few of these bamboo tubes out of the middle. The monkey said, "Xiao Gang, they have all dug up the worms, but I haven't dug up the worms, what is this black thing, the duck eggs are so big, so many! The black cow came back from fetching water and saw it, saying, "How can this thing be food if our pigs don't eat it?" Xiao Gang smiled and said, "I don't know if it's delicious?" After speaking, he began to light the flint with flint to light the bamboo leaves. The bamboo tube was also cut open, and the pillar was handed over. "Xiao Gang, are you going to eat these? This is what you mean by eating meat?" Xiao Gang looked at it, and it was full of bamboo insects with three inches of fat, and his saliva was disobedient. I didn't eat this thing in my previous life!" Well, I just ate this, but it's delicious. Grab a handful and stuff it in my mouth, I'll try to eat it. But he startled, "You kid, try me, if it's poisonous, I'll be able to hold on." "After grabbing the bamboo worm in Xiao Gang's hand, he sent it to his mouth. "Yo, it's delicious!" It's not enjoyable to have half a pound of bamboo insects to eat, and you have to dig it out again. "Dad, don't eat and look at you. The pillar was a little embarrassed and touched his head. "Children, it's not that my uncle is greedy, my uncle will try to see if it's poisonous. What kind of eyes are you looking at?" the black bull grabbed a piece of cut bamboo, broke it open, and then took his little hand to pick up the insects, and stuffed them into his mouth without looking. "I can't chew it, what's the matter?" Xiao Gang waved his hand and shouted: "Don't fix it, bear with it and wait for me to get it, the black cow is all a chrysalis, and you can't chew it with a little effort." ”

"Oh!" the black bull pitifully put down the bamboo tube and looked at Xiao Gang. Xiao Gang shouted: "Dad, you cut down this bamboo and break it into sections, and then break it on one side." "Black Bull understands, and the next thing is his business. Grabbed a bag of small pebbles from the bamboo basket on the back of the pillar, picked up a few cut bamboo tubes and left, and the monkey followed and carried a few away. Xiao Gang continued to add firewood to the fire, and beckoned the other children to come and add firewood. The big cow and the peach also returned, two bamboo baskets of dry firewood. Da Niu said: "There is a honeycomb there, and we go around to collect firewood from a distance." Momoko said, "Remember, brother and sister, see the honeycomb walking around." Xiao Gang was silent, but he wrote down this position in his heart. Honeycomb?

"Brother and sister, you can't carry your firewood back today, right?" Momoko replied, "Chai, you can't carry it today." We can carry the grass home, I heard that you can carry the rice back for you, hehe!"

"Oh, that's good!" At this time, it was all Mao Maochai who looked at Wang and did not last. Xiao Gang threw more than 20 of those black duck eggs, the big and hairy things, into the fire, thought about it, and threw more than 10 more. There are forty of them, so I grabbed the bamboo leaves and bamboo shells and continued to throw them inside. At this time, the black cow and the monkey returned, and the bamboo tubes were all processed. Put a pebble in it, pour water and shake it more than ten times, and you can deal with one. These insects, Xiaogang classified, added an appropriate amount of salt water, and then closed the bamboo tube and tied it up. "Today, there are so many people, I came to add firewood and asked three people to help turn over the bamboo tube, and be careful not to let the salt water come out. It's good to turn over two bamboo tubes by one person, Brother Black Bull, Brother Big Niu, and Sister Peach. The pillar watched from the side, but he wanted to dig out the bamboo worms and eat them in his heart. Xiao Gang pointed to the bamboo tube with insects, "Dad, you go and cut some more bamboos like this." Don't eat it secretly! Eat too much raw and not digest it. The pillar was a little depressed: why did he know what I was thinking?

"How can you talk, child! Don't worry! Daddy won't steal food. "I picked up the firewood knife and left, thinking about finding more to take home and give to my grandmother. It's strange that delicious food can't be eaten alone! Xiao Gang saw it again. "Daddy, don't go too far, we're all children, we don't promise you, the beast is coming, what are we going to do!" "Oh, well, don't go far." "Add firewood and add fire, command the bamboo tube, add dry firewood at this time, not too hot, not too little, not enough heat. Today, the bamboo tubes used are nearly two feet long, which is the longest bamboo tube in the bamboo forest. I have never seen such a long bamboo tube in my previous life, and it may be that there is no pollution here! Two children were thirsty and Xiaogang handed over the drinking bamboo tube that he carried to his home: "Drink less, don't wait for a while and lose if you can't eat it." The two little ones nodded, but still gurgled and took several sips. "The water in Xiaogang's bamboo tube is better than ours!" I didn't drink the three bamboo tubes, and I drank up one bamboo tube. In addition to the three bamboo tubes, the monkey is the largest, and finally took two mouthfuls, and there with their mouths open to catch the drippings. Hei Niu was upset: "Brother Monkey really has you, don't you see that my brother is busy here? Xiao Gang said: "There is also a tube, Brother Hei Niu pay attention to turning the bamboo tube and so on." It is estimated that the water in it is boiling dry, Xiao Gang asked them to turn it over faster, and the firewood was also slowed down a lot, and the wooden sticks on both sides were replaced with new ones, so as not to burn their hands, Xiao Gang shouted to the black bull to stop him and flip it. "Brother Hei Niu, you have a lot of strength and a big voice, you can help me call my father. Calling him back, he was going to eat. The black cow looked at the bamboo tube in Xiao Gang's back basket and didn't move. Xiao Gang understood, grabbed the bamboo tube and handed it over. "I can only take three sips, and I'll start eating right away. Hei Niu really listened to Xiao Gang, and put it down after three sips. "It's really better than the water in our house!" "Peaches and Big Niu were also dumbfounded and wanted to drink too. Xiao Gang handed it over, and it was also three mouthfuls. Now everyone laughed. The black bull opened his throat and shouted, "Uncle Zhuzi is back to eat." For a while, there was a loud noise in the bamboo forest, and Xiao Gang had an idea in his heart again, and it seemed that he could bring some good things back today.

A voice came from afar, "Okay, I'll be back soon." "It's a hundred meters away.

The bamboo tube was about to burn, Xiao Gang asked Da Niu and Peaches to stop, and Da Niu took the boy to the left hand. Momoko takes the girl to the right hand conveniently. When they were finished, they went to the creek to wash their hands and fetch water, and the bamboo tubes and water jars were all filled and brought back. Xiaogang's father and pillar also came back, holding a lot of bamboo tubes, and the belt was also full. Xiao Gang carefully opened the fire with a wooden stick, cooled it, and started a new fire next to it, adding a small amount of dry firewood. The black eggs in the pit were fragrant and sweet. The bamboo tube of the barbecue also came from the cracks, and bursts of meat aroma and oil were poured out.

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