Ma Yuping was facing the scorching sun, sweat was running down her cheeks, her hands were full of water, her clothes were already soaked, her eyes were pierced by the strong sunlight, and the woman used to say to her companion who was harvesting rice together, it was Hao Jianjun's mother.

After a while, the woman came back and took off the straw hat on her head to Ma Yuping, she wanted to push, the woman said that they were often used to it, Ma Yuping was indeed a little dizzy, took the straw hat and put it on her head, felt better, at least her eyes didn't spend anything.

Hao Jianjun came and went to trip with rice, and when he tripped, he had to work hard, and from time to time he took off the towel around his neck to sweat, and he couldn't stand it when he stood here, how could he do it, Ma Yuping's heart ached.

After the women finished cutting the rice in their field, they stood in a line to help the male comrades hand the rice, so that the relay quickly stumbled over the cut rice, and a middle-aged man arranged for two young men to pick the rice in the tripping bucket to the village dam to dry, and the rest of the work was finished, and then another field of rice was harvested in the afternoon.

Hao Jianjun then grabbed the shirt placed on the straw pile and came to Ma Yuping, Ma Yuping saw that his son was dark, his head was covered with straw residue, the vest on his body was soaked, the collar of the white shirt on his hand had been stained yellow by sweat, the rolled up trouser legs were full of straw residue and mud, and the sandals on his feet were so muddy that he couldn't even see his toes.

Before Ma Yuping's distressed words could be spoken, Hao Jianjun was unhappily: "Mom, what are you doing here?" ”

Ma Yuping: "I'm here to see you, why don't you even wear a straw hat." ”

The young man who worked with Hao Jianjun came to greet Ma Yuping, saying that they had straw hats, Hao Jianjun was not used to wearing them, they all walked in one direction, and Hao Jianjun wanted to follow them.

Ma Yuping: "Where are you going?" ”

Hao Jianjun: "Go to the river to wash, Mom, you go to your mother-in-law's house to sit first." ”

Ma Yuping followed behind her son, she didn't walk the ridge road, she was far behind, Hao Jianjun retreated to help her, and said: "Mom, you don't have to work hard, I didn't even give you the address, I didn't think you still found it." ”

Ma Yuping: "If you can't tell me, of course I have to take a look." ”

When they arrived at the river, they were on the top of the river in the town, Ma Yuping stood on the bank and waited, Hao Jianjun gave her the shirt, and took a few steps into the river, the water splashed, and the pants were all wet, they all sat in the river, took towels and washed their bodies, the river was not deep, otherwise they could all swim.

Hao Jianjun took off the vest, washed it, wrung it out and put it back on, the place covered by the vest and the place where it was hung outside were black and white, forming a vest pattern.

Hao Jianjun washed it and helped Ma Yuping carry the bag: "Mom, what did you bring here?" ”

Ma Yuping: "It's all about what you like to eat." ”

Hao Jianjun: "Give it all to your mother-in-law, I'll eat with them in one pot." ”

Ma Yuping: "Did you give me the cǎo hat just now?" ”

Hao Jianjun: "What eldest sister, people are a few years younger than you." ”

Ma Yuping suddenly realized, no wonder when she called her eldest sister, people sneered.

Hao Jianjun took Ma Yuping around the wide machine farming road and walked back, Ma Yuping took Hao Jianjun's hand, the nails were embedded with mud, the palms were calloused, and then looked at the red marks on the shoulders: "My son, I'm very tired." ”

Hao Jianjun: "I'm tired, I'm busy with farming during this time, and it will be easier to harvest rice." ”

Ma Yuping: "At a young age, it was harder than my parents' apprentices at that time. ”

Hao Jianjun: "But Mom, the family I live in is very good, there is a mother-in-law at home who cooks for us to eat, Wu Qiyong is not as lucky as me, he lives with a few educated youths in the village, and he has to cook by himself." ”

Ma Yuping turned his worries into joy: "Yes." ”

Hao Jianjun: "The one who greeted you just now was her daughter-in-law, and the one who called it a day was her son, Yu Chenghui, the leader of our group." ”

Ma Yuping: "You should write to me and say that I will buy more things to thank others." ”

As he spoke, he arrived at Yu Chenghui's house, and at a glance, he saw that there were three large houses with five earthen walls hanging at two ends, which were neatly organized, and the things were neatly arranged, and there were several fruit trees distributed in the small courtyard in front of the house, and the scattered leaves covered the sunlight, making a clump of shade.

Yu Chenghui and his wife also went to the river to wash and came back first, Yu Chenghui sat in the shade of the tree and fanned the fan, and when he saw Ma Yuping's mother and son coming back, he hurriedly stood up, wearing a vest and shorts, barefoot, dark skin, medium height, and a simple smile: "I'm back." ”

Hao Jianjun ran to the hall to put the bag on top of the cabinet, which is the rule in the countryside, and then went to the stove room to help.

Yu's wife heard the voice coming out of the stove room and smiled: "Eldest sister, rare guest." This is a polite remark from a rural person to a visitor.

Only then did Ma Yuping see that Yu's wife was not old, there were no wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, she had probably worked in the field for a long time, her skin was rough, and judging by her walking pace, she should be a neat person.

Ma Yuping politely said: "I'm causing you trouble." ”

Yu's wife: "It's not troublesome, it's not to build an army to cut in line, but I'm afraid that you can't even be invited by us." ”

Yu's wife turned back into the stove room, took out a wooden basin of water and put it in front of Ma Yuping: "Sister, wash your hands and eat." ”

Ma Yuping washed his hands and followed Yu Chenghui into the hall, Yu's wife served two dishes, a plate of cold eggplant and a plate of fried loofah, all of which had just been picked to entertain her, Ma Yuping thought.

Then Hao Jianjun said that the mother-in-law came out with two bowls of rice, the old woman was in her fifties, she looked very good, not fat or thin, her hair was coiled behind her head, and she said enthusiastically: "Rare guests." ”

Ma Yuping followed Hao Jianjun and shouted: "Mother-in-law." ”

Hao Jianjun came in with a bowl of rice in one hand, and Yu's wife had already returned to the stove room to bring soup and chopsticks and spoons, and said, "Eat slowly." So he went back to the stove.

Mother-in-law: "Sit down and eat, rural people are simple, don't laugh." ”

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