In the early 90s, the remote mountain villages were very bitter, especially in places like Chongxiang, where there were many mountains and few fields, and if you wanted to eat white rice, you had to wait until the Chinese New Year, and the dishes you usually ate were even more difficult to see. Even the second uncle often goes to the county town to do small jobs, and when he is good, he can earn four or five hundred yuan a month, and the family eats nothing more than more rice and less shredded potatoes.

Li Jiaming's father is a laborer at home, and he is dragged by two children, so he can only live by guarding a mountain and a few hills and fields, how good can the food at home be?

The eldest sister quickly chose the vegetables and looked out of the door, and saw that there was not even a single chicken in the sun-dried valley, so she took out the bag from the back and stuffed it into the drawer of the old cupboard. After hiding the eggs, the eldest sister comfortably took three of them and put them in the rice retort to steam them in the shell, glanced at Li Jiaming, who was about to speak, and said indignantly: "Hmph, my mother is too, she was scolded like that, and she still wants to give those two little ones who have no conscience to eat in the school." She doesn't want to think about it, I was in junior high school with my second sister and third sister, what did my aunt give?"

How can this be compared? The four cousins can study, and the second aunt is jealous and quarrelsome, but I still hope that the four nephews can win glory for the family!

"Big sister", Li Jiaming stammered and hesitated: "This egg is not intended for the third and fourth brothers, right?"

"What's the matter? I just said that I ate it secretly, and she can still dig it in my stomach? You have a little conscience, weave a wreath for Sister Wen, and know how to weave one for Sister Man. The day before yesterday, Manmei touched Da Yan's pen, and was scolded and cried by him, except for the four men, their family has no good role!"

It is not possible to dig into the stomach of the eldest sister, but it is certain that she will be scolded, Li Jiaming smiled bitterly and thanked him, but she choked back again, "What about my question just now? I know that you are young, you just say it by feeling!"

Based on feelings? The eldest sister must have been influenced by pop songs from Hong Kong and Taiwan, but how could Li Jiaming say this with feelings? Could it be that she told her that even if the eldest brother and the second brother were tutoring for a year, they would not even be admitted to the teachers' college? If this word reached the ears of the eldest aunt, she would have to be cursed to death. But if you can be admitted, the eldest sister's anger is even more uncomfortable, although the eldest brother and the second brother are also cousins, but compared to the eldest sister, they are not a fart!

"This and this", Li Jiaming scratched his head in distress for a while before pulling out his teacher as a shield.

"Eldest sister, our teacher Wang is a normal graduate, and when he was chatting with other teachers, I heard an ear. Whether it makes sense or not, I don't know. ”

A little guy over twelve years old, talking like an adult, and the careless eldest sister only felt a little strange and did not suspect it at all, but looked forward to it: "Say"

"Oh, he said, going to university is like crossing a single-plank bridge. He also made an analogy, like the small wooden bridge at the back entrance of your school, if hundreds of people have to cross at the same time, there must be many more people falling off the bridge than on the bridge. ”

The eldest sister thought about the bridge made of two cedar trees at the back door of the junior high school in the township, and said dissatisfiedly: "There are still hundreds of people, and everyone has to walk sideways, didn't you say it in vain?"

After finishing speaking, the eldest sister realized it and mocked happily: "Hmph, the eldest aunt is proud all day long, as if the eldest and second concubines have been admitted to the university." If she can't pass the test, I think she can still be proud?"

After mocking the aunt who made the eldest sister angry, she remembered something again, and said with concern: "Ming Yan, the eldest and second sisters can't pass the test, can you pass the test?"

"Me?"

Li Jiaming pointed to his nose and couldn't laugh and asked a child who had just finished the fourth grade of primary school if he could be admitted to university, how confused must the eldest sister's brain be? But looking at the eldest sister's hopeful eyes, Li Jiaming puffed up his chest and promised: "I will definitely be able to pass the exam!"

Anyway, a thin guy brags, and the adults laugh at most, can they have less meat?

The eldest sister, whose nerves are much thicker than ordinary people, actually believed such a guarantee, and said happily: "That's good, that's good! If you can be admitted to college, the third uncle can't afford it, and the eldest sister can help you provide it!"

"Hey, hey, hey"

"What are you laughing at? The most unaccustomed thing is that you laugh like this! Go and see the next sister, the full sister, and bring them over to eat eggs later. ”

"Oh", Li Jiaming hurriedly went out to find the two little ones.

The children were curious, and when Li Jiaming found the little ones, they were squatting on the ground, happily watching a large group of ants carry a dead frog with the tip of their little fingers.

"Brother, brother, Sister Jin said that ants can eat toads, is it true?"

"Hmm"

"Then why don't they eat it now, and move it back?"

This question is really difficult to answer, Li Jiaming can't find an ant nest to poke open, and explain the 'queen ant', 'worker ant', and 'soldier ant' to these little guys, right?

After thinking about it for a while, Li Jiaming explained: "Ants also have yes (dad) and mom (mom), and when they are old, these ants have to help them find food." Think about it, don't everyone's yeses and mothers have to do things, work fields, and support their parents-in-law?"

Corresponding to the things around you, the little ones understand it all at once. After explaining, Li Jiaming looked at the frog crawling densely with small ants, and suddenly slapped his head. Thinking of this, Li Jiaming pulled up Xiaomei and Manmei and left, "Go back to eat first, and then come and play with everyone later." ”

"Oh"

Li Jiaming took his two younger sisters back to the kitchen, and the eldest sister even peeled the eggs, and threatened in a low voice: "Sister Man, you are not allowed to go home after eating." If you want to say it, I won't give it to you tomorrow, do you hear?"

"Oh, I promise not to say it", Manmei blew the piping hot egg and immediately agreed. She is the youngest in the family, and her three sisters let her, but it is not common to want to eat such delicious eggs. The eggs at home, either let the second aunt use them as gifts, or save them up and sell them for money.

The little sister is more sensible, knowing that she doesn't have chickens at home, and when she looks at her brother and sees that he doesn't stop him, she also learns to blow the full sister. Li Jiaming ate eggs, not so childish, picked up chopsticks and split the egg into two, picked up a piece and stuffed it into the eldest sister's mouth.

The eldest sister didn't pay attention, and the egg went into her mouth. Anyway, she didn't spit out half an egg, she ate it herself, touched Li Jiaming's head, and praised: "You still have a conscience, no wonder the fourth uncle always praises you." ”

As soon as she said this, the two little ones stopped blowing, and looked at the eggs in the bowl reluctantly, and the eldest sister rewarded a brain breakdown, and scolded with a smile: "Eat yours, Ming Han is studying, how old are you two?"

Seeing that the eldest sister loves her younger sister so much, Li Jiaming suddenly remembered an old saying - the eldest sister is like a mother, no wonder he and the younger sister have always been the closest to the eldest sister. After she woke up, she always said that she couldn't get used to herself, perhaps a large part of it was because she was sensible and precocious, which made her lose the opportunity to take care of her younger siblings habitually, and her habit of taking care of her younger siblings unconsciously filled the gap of maternal love that she and her little sister lacked the most.