Chapter 33: Growing Up
Since that time, Li Xi's parents have been very happy every time they grow up, and sometimes they will make delicious celebrations. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The smiling face is filled with the sincere joy of being a first-time parent.
Since my grandmother was injured, my aunt and uncle stayed at Li Xi's house for two months, and then I went back because my cousin and cousin were going to study.
At that time, my grandmother was almost fine, and she was fine if she didn't lift heavy things.
Li Xi is four years old this year, speaks fluently, and is the tallest child of the same age among the three groups of children in Longcun, Li Xi in her previous life had only one friend at this time, but now, she seems to be the little boss of the village.
But anyway, Li Xi is 24 years old, and there is nothing to show off when there are a few little children following behind.
Li Xi followed her mother to Shenshan to herd cattle, Li Xi herded cattle, and her mother went to the field to dig sweet potatoes.
My mother said that because there was no one living there, and the land was on the side of the road, the sweet potatoes were always poached by passers-by, and no one knew about them, so she just went and dug them all out and fed them to the pigs.
Li Xi's family raised buffaloes, not cattle, with a stout physique, a sparse coat, grayish-black, thick and flattened horns, and curved backwards. It always has a lot of dirt on its body and likes to soak in water, probably because of the heat.
Li Xi has feelings for this cow, but it may also be one-sided...... Because when Li Xi looked at its eyes, he always felt that there were tears in its eyes.
Li Xi's memory of it stayed before the age of 3, because at that time his father lost money playing cards, and he forcibly led the cattle to sell after his mother came back from herding cattle, and after his mother came back from chopping wood, there was only an empty cattle pen left.
Then, Mom said that she would never raise a cow again.
At that time, it was Xi Niang who came to tell her mother, she said: "There were many people who came at that time, and they didn't know each other, and it was possible that they were my father's drinking friends, or they might have come to collect cattle." ”
"That cow is also miserable, it was beaten and mooed, and it sounds miserable!"
Mom's eyes were hot at the time, she turned her head and said that sentence with a strained face, in short, Li Xi's family really never raised cattle again.
The reason why the sacred mountain is called the sacred mountain, my mother can't say why, when Li Xi was young, he felt that it was two land temples under the tree, a land lord and a land woman, and people often put sacrifices here.
But it's often 'gone'. ’
Mother told Li Xi that if anyone took the sacrifice here and ate it, it would hurt her stomach, so Li Xi didn't take it, because Li Xi was most afraid of stomach pain at that time.
When he walked to the top of the sacred mountain, Li Xi said to his mother, "Mom, I want to go and worship the father-in-law and mother-in-law of the land." ”
The mother took the cow rope in Li Xi's hand and waited for Li Xi to bow three times to the father-in-law and mother-in-law of the land.
"Mom, you said, is this place called Mount Kinabalu because of these two trees, grandma said that it has grown for a hundred years, and now the branches are intertwined, like hugging each other."
"Maybe, your father doesn't know why this place is called Shenshan, the temple of the land father-in-law here and the land mother-in-law are opposites, but which is the land father-in-law and which is the land mother-in-law, in fact, no one knows."
Li Xi nodded, took the cow rope in her mother's hand, and walked down the mountain.
Looking back, I feel more and more that maybe the tree is the embodiment of the father-in-law of the land and the mother-in-law of the land, holding each other together to protect the dragon village for a hundred years, peaceful and healthy.
......
There was a lot of grass along the way, and the buffalo ate very happily, so Li Xi and her mother walked very slowly.
"Mom, I think it's still the most beautiful place to look at, because no one lives, the trees are extraordinarily green, as it says on TV, verdant and rich, and the stream is also the clearest and most comfortable." It's a pity that Li Xi only came here a few times in his previous life.
"That's right, but it's not the mountain of our Dragon Village, it's from Leipo Village, there is a kind of pointed hat, your uncle and I used to go to the mountain a lot, and you can go around in circles again, like a tumbler." Mom said with a smile, the fine sunlight on the leaves was imprinted on her mother's smiling face, making Li Xi feel that the years were quiet.
Later, when you bring the cow over to drink water, your mother will pick some for you to play with, okay? ”
"Okay." Li Xi deserves it simply.
Li Xi's favorite thing is to stay with her mother and know about her childhood from her mother's mouth.
"Mom, do you think Dad can sell that sauerkraut?" Li Xi remembered that his father went to the town early this morning to sell sauerkraut.
The sauerkraut was made by my mother who stayed up late last night, planted it with her own hands, washed it with her own hands, and blanched it with water, Li Xi thought, it should be sold at a good price to be worthy of my mother.
Mom sighed, "Your dad is like that, he can still squat at the corner of the street to sell vegetables, at most he will take it to the vegetable market and spend it together, it won't sell much like that, it is estimated that he will have to go to the card hall to sit for a while, where can he still have money!" ”
Li Xi frowned, why did he repeatedly persuade his father but not listen!
Li Xi saw that her mother was a little depressed, so she stopped asking about it, and deliberately said some happy things, such as who made a joke when she went to play.
Mom finally smiled reluctantly.
Li Xi walked forward while leading the cow, although sometimes he was led away by the cow, but fortunately, his mother helped Li Xi stop in time, "I'll lead it, wait until you are going to be pulled away by the cow." ”
Li Xi shook her head, she wanted to help her mother do things, because her mother was too thin and too hard.
"Mom, there's a sweet potato field in front of me, I saw it, it looks so beautiful, that vine." Li Xi said happily, "It's the most beautiful in our family." ”
Li Xi walked a little longer, and suddenly froze, and his grandmother's tomb was here in the future......
It seems to be aware that Li Xi's bull rope is too hard and uncomfortable, and the buffalo can't eat the grass over there because he wants to eat it, so he pulls it hard, and Li Xi is pulled and hit the back of the cow's buttocks, and then the buffalo's hind hooves kick, Li Xi is hit.
Li Xi gritted her teeth to see her mother, because her mother walked in front and didn't find Li Xi's abnormality, Li Xi moved her toes and could still move, but it was a little painful when she walked, and she didn't dare to make a noise, for fear that her mother would worry about driving her back to rest, so she didn't speak.
My mother walked all the way to the sweet potato field, and began to dig with a hoe, and asked Li Xi to go to the rice field that had been harvested over there, and watch the cow not run away, and it didn't have to hold the rope all the time, so that it could let go and eat.
Li Xi nodded, did as her mother said, led the buffalo to a place with a lot of tender grass, and ran back to the sweet potato field, helping her mother, and digging with a small hoe.
When my mother raised her eyes, she saw Li Xi limping, "What's wrong with your feet?" Just let the cow kick again? ”
"No, I just ran too fast and twisted it." Li Xi smiled and laughed, because Li Xi was still young, she would not lie in her mother's subconscious, so she was not suspicious and began to continue working.
Li Xi stuck out her tongue, and couldn't help but sigh that her mother was really like a god, and she guessed it.
"Mom, this sweet potato is so fragrant, I think I'll bake one when you stir-fry in the evening?"
"As long as you can eat it, you can bake as many as you want." Mom wiped the sweat from her face and looked at Li Xi with a smile.
Li Xi giggled, and the silver bell-like laughter resounded in the valley, "Great, great, I'm rich!" ”
Mom laughed, "Two sweet potatoes will send you away, and if anyone gives you 100 yuan in the future, you won't have to run away with anyone." ”
Li Xi pursed his lips, "No, you can't eat it for 100 yuan." ”
"You can buy a lot of food, you stupid guy."
"Oh... Hehe, then I won't, huh, the TV says those are bad guys. Li Xi pouted.
Mom nodded, "No, it's fine." "Very gratifying.
After finishing, he instructed Li Xi, "Look at some buffalo, if it runs to other people's fields, you can call me, lest it go to other people's rice and eat it." ”
"Okay, make sure you get the job done." Li Xi made a military salute.
Mom laughed at her again, and in a moment, the sweat swayed as follows, falling on the fragrant green vine soil, instantly moisturizing.