Chapter 2 Uncle

The next day, Yuan Anping woke up quite late. He was still in a daze, but suddenly heard someone knocking on the door, and the sound made him violently agitated, and he immediately woke up.

A thick voice came from outside the gate, "Anping, it's me, I'm your uncle, come out and open the door." Anping ......"

Yuan Anping listened carefully, it was indeed not far away, and he should be calling him. He sat up suddenly, his mind was chaotic, and he agreed first, "Alas...... Alas, wait a minute, I'll go open the door right away. After thinking for a while, he hurriedly put on his shabby cotton clothes as quickly as possible, and after seeing that he could indeed cover his thermal underwear tightly, he put away the quilt on the bed, and then went out in the original owner's torn cotton shoes. With apprehension in his heart, after all, he didn't know anything about the original owner, and he was afraid of being discovered, in case he was burned to death as a demon, he would be too unlucky.

As soon as Yuan Anping opened the door of the outer room, he felt a biting chill hit him, and he couldn't help but shrink his neck. After looking at the gate of the yard and the snow in the yard, he stepped on the snow and creaked to the gate.

As if hearing his movements, the other party patted the door and said, "Anping, I'm an uncle, I'm here to bring you something to eat." ”

Yuan Anping paused, thought of the identity of the person who came, and responded, "Uncle." He withdrew his hand and lowered the bolt, opened the door, and saw a middle-aged man with a scruffy beard standing outside the door. Wearing a patched cotton jacket and cotton pants, he is quite tall, but thin, with protruding cheekbones, a shrunken neck, and a slightly curved back. Yuan Anping was stunned for a moment, the person in front of him was like the poor people who bent their backs that he could only see in film and television dramas.

Yuan Gensheng didn't see the strangeness of his nephew, he looked at Yuan Anping's face, although he was a little pale, he was in good spirits, and he was relieved. "It's snowing these days, and I can't come out, I don't know how you're doing, thinking that you should be short of food, so I'll bring you some. Alas—" he sighed heavily, "you know the situation of the uncle's family, and the uncle can't stand you." ”

Yuan Anping didn't know the specific situation, and he didn't dare to answer casually, so he said: "Uncle, let's go into the house, it's warmer in the house." ”

Yuan Gensheng nodded, "Okay, your body is not good, don't freeze." The two entered the house, Yuan Gensheng put the things he brought on the table, and looked at the room, "Anping, why didn't you light a fire in the house, it's warmer." ”

Yuan Anping smiled, "I got up late, thinking about lighting the fire later." ”

Yuan Gensheng nodded, "Okay, I'll rest assured that you're fine." Uncle doesn't have much to offer, you eat first, and when you're done, go to my house and ask for it. It's not easy for you to live alone now, after all, I am your uncle, and I should take care of you. Your aunt ......" he paused, perhaps remembering what his mother-in-law had said before, "she just doesn't say it well." Her person is a knife-mouthed tofu heart, don't go to your heart. "Thinking about my own food, I also tightened it, and I took some to Anping, although my mother-in-law was unhappy, she didn't stop it, so my mother-in-law's heart was also good. In the past, I was so careful, but in the final analysis, I was still too poor.

It can be concluded from the words of the uncle that the original owner lived alone, and as for where his parents went, the biggest possibility was that they had passed away. And his uncle, the family is also very poor, although the eldest aunt who has never met is for him to help himself, although he is not happy, he still does not stop him, otherwise this eldest uncle will not be able to bring food over. So his uncle and aunt are generally not bad. He was relieved, to be honest, he was quite sorry for his relatives.

Yuan Anping glanced at the gray cloth bag on the table, and said to Yuan Gensheng: "Uncle, you take these things away." It's not easy for your family, I still have some food at home, and I can make do for a few days. ”

Yuan Gensheng sighed in his heart when he heard his nephew say this. His nephew is good at everything, but he is very angry, because of his mother-in-law's words, he is unwilling to go to his house to ask for food. He really felt sorry for this nephew, after all, he was his eldest brother's only son. Thinking of the eldest brother and younger siblings who died early, there was a pain in his heart, so he persuaded him and said: "I don't know how much food you have in your family, let's keep it." Anping, you remember, I am your uncle, and I should take care of you. Also, don't be like your aunt, she is a mother-in-law, don't go to your heart, go to my house to find a pillar to play when you have time. ”

Yuan Anping didn't want to say anything more, nodded and put the things away, "I know uncle." ”

When Yuan Gensheng heard that he answered, he was also happy in his heart, and looked at the snow outside, "I hope to have a good harvest next year." Hey, no matter how much we harvest, we can't leave much left with so many taxes, but we can eat a full stomach. In fact, he was also worried that the food at home was not enough to eat, especially when the green and yellow were not harvested, and he had many children. But everyone lives like this, trying their best to feed themselves and their families. The people in the village really don't have much to ask for, they just want to fill their stomachs.

Yuan Anping frowned, "Taxes?"

Yuan Gensheng thought that he was also worried about paying taxes, so he said two more words, with resentment in his words, "The emperor is greedy for pleasure, the officials are tyrannical, and the taxes are collected in various names, but it will not make us poor people." After speaking, he felt that his words were a little rebellious, so he instructed Yuan Anping to say, "You can listen to this, don't go out and say it, although many people scold the emperor like this, after all, we are ordinary people, don't get into trouble." ”

Yuan Anping understood that the imperial society could not talk about human rights, so he nodded, "I listen to my uncle." ”

Yuan Gensheng was relieved, "Okay, there is still something to do at home, I'll go first." ”

Yuan Anping got up and sent people to the door, "Slow down on the road." ”

Yuan Gensheng nodded, "Okay, you go back to the house quickly, it's cold outside, I'm leaving." ”

Yuan Anping closed the door, thinking about Yuan Gensheng's words, he was a little worried. Unexpectedly, he caught up with a mediocre emperor, the common people lived in dire straits, and he was also a member of the common people, and he had to worry about his own life. I thought I'd have to inquire about the situation in a few days.

Walking into the house, Yuan Anping came to the table and looked at what Yuan Gensheng had brought. There are more than 20 catties of sweet potatoes, and some don't know what kind of noodles they are, they don't look like wheat flour, but they also look like more than 20 catties. The most in Yuan Anping's space is food, and he naturally has no shortage of food. However, he didn't want to send these things back to Yuan Gensheng, thinking that he would put them first, and when Yuan Gensheng asked about them next time, they would be regarded as evidence that he still had food.

Looking at the food, he also felt hungry, but he had to go wash up first. He still doesn't know about this home, so I'm going to check it out first, and I don't know if there is a well in this house.

He walked around the whole house, and it can be summed up as a small yard. Although it is small, it has an area of 15 or 6 square meters for a single front yard, and a backyard of 50 or 60 square meters. A shed was built in the backyard to put firewood, but there wasn't much firewood in it now. There are two habitable houses, one main house, which is where he lives, and it should also be where the original owner's parents used to live. There is a hall house, and there is a small door next to the hall to enter the bedroom. Judging by the appearance, the hall is also used for kitchen.

As for the other room, it was very dim because the windows were a little small, and there were a lot of miscellaneous items in it. He wasn't in the mood to clean it up at the moment, and he would talk about it later. However, I turned around and didn't see the storage of the well, thinking that there should be a shared well in this village, but I didn't know that it was far away.

He went back to the hall, where a table and some kitchen utensils were placed against the west wall. He looked closely, and there were four sea bowls, some chopsticks, and two or three small jars. He looked through it, and it was all empty, and he didn't know what was in it before. A knife was a little rusty, and it looked quite dull. There was also a tripod with an iron pot hanging from it, and there was a shallow pit in the ground, some of which was blackened, and it was supposed to be burned with firewood. There are also two tanks, one large and one small, a water tank and a tank for grain. The grain tank was very clean, and as for the water tank, there was not much water and it was all frozen.

Yuan Anping put the grain brought by Yuan Gensheng into the jar, covered it and pressed it. After thinking about it, he went to the backyard to get some firewood, and then went to get some snow into the pot, and began to boil water, and washed his face first.

He doesn't know how to use flint, but he has a lighter. After lighting the fire, I suddenly felt that the house was warmer. It took a lot of time to boil the water, but fortunately I didn't have to boil it, but I enjoyed the fun of being a child, and I roasted two sweet potatoes while boiling water.

After brushing his teeth and washing his face, Yuan Anping drank another meal of white porridge, but he couldn't help but eat some food, but fortunately, the packaged dishes were still some vegetarian. After eating, he felt that people still had the strength to eat some salty.

After breakfast, I thought that water was indeed a problem, and I thought that I still had to go to the village, so I took the boiled sweet potatoes and wrapped them in a cloth as a hand warmer.

Walking out of the door, he looked left and right, it was quite warm, he suddenly realized that he was wearing a pair of torn cotton shoes on his feet, frozen feet! However, warm clothes can be wrapped inside, his modern shoes are not easy to hide, so he can only endure first, look at the direction of the village and walk towards the village step by step. didn't go far, Yuan Anping felt that he was completely looking for guilt, this snowy road was particularly difficult to walk, especially when he wore a broken cotton shoe. It didn't take long for the cotton shoes to feel wet. He considered whether he should go back or keep going. After thinking about it, he turned around and went home. I washed my feet with the hot water in the zài space that I had boiled before, then changed into the socks and winter shoes prepared in the space, and found a torn dress in the utility room, and tore two pieces to wrap the shoes. After a closer inspection, he made sure that his shoes would not be exposed, and went out again.